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THE TELEGRAPII AND MESSENGER: FRIDAY- SEPTEMBER 11. 1885. OVER THE STATE. . .POM ALL SECTIONO ■» MAIL «*• ' MDOOMAMM. The CampbeUite* #re in session near physician of Indiana is con- locating in Home. te ®. P v or th Georgia Agricultural Col* l^nMMondiywiS a iair attend- *’ 1 Grier-i cave, near Cuthbert, U pro- unMd by recent explorers to be well worthv a visit. Mm F. Coleman, an esteemed young _rr ol Walton county, has mysteri- Sulr disappeared. The pay-roll of the It. D. Cole Man- nfscturing Company at Kewnan calls for $3,200 per month. Twenty-seven minks have been vilted on C. A. Moore’s farm, in Greene Sy, this spring and summer. itnion Point steam mill, with 250 v.nshe’.s of wheat, was totally de stroyed by fire Friday morning just be- foreday- Tlie Columbus Guards have adopted resolutions of thanks to the members the Georgia Legislature who voted tor tbe militia bill. r x. Kelly killed two fine deer and . (ok while fire-bunting in JVorth coun tv one night InBt week. Ho killed an ther deer Tuesday night. Iclio'lal Soyl"*»< Both Quaint and wist. WBAT AS SniTOB 1IAS DISCOVERED, There is more brain and less money In the newspaper fraternity of Georgia than in any other proiesaion.—Baxley Burner. said the darkey to himself. "Dis one seems to bo ripe an’ I’ll pullet,” ns the darkey Baid when ho made a long reacli for the chicken roost.—Hartwell Sun. MARRIAGE KO OBJECT. While we are married, wo are none thedfss an admirer of female beauty, aniHyo can eny in truth that thero are more pretty girls visit Jackson than any other placo of its sizo in Georgia. —Jackson Argos. A PI KB COl’KTY APHORISM. Come up from the low grounds, of of prejudieo to the high plains of im partiality, and you will not believe that everything you seo above you is your enemy.—Jonesboro News. A PRESCRIPTION FOR HAPPINESS. ith ths line crop* all over the State the pcoplo nro in a very good condition to live and do well if they can just get shed of the temperance Question and the legislature.—Conycra Weekly, ONK Or THOSE SAGACIOUS MEN. Mr. Felton can very well say he is no candidate for Governor now becaoso there is no Governor to bo elected this year; but, he docs not deny he may be a candidate next year. You Bee the doctor is ono of those sagacious men who never know "whataday will bring forth.”—Covington Star. HOW IT CAN HELP AMAZINGLY We should be glad, onto in a while, to have you coma around and say that y , : •Ain'p.iy. if ever tin- bar 1 , tines let up. 01 course we don’t expect you to actnal.y pay, but it helps amazingly to hear you acknowledge the obligation and try to make us bclievo you wouli pay if you had the money and no uso lor it.—Dahloncgd Signal. A Fire Yi.ld of Syrup. Mr. J. 0. Maddox, of Iron Spring, made forty-eight gallons of sorghum syrup from one-fourth of an acre.— Jackson Argas. A Mini, t.r Oon. Daft. Rev. H. Jackson, of Jug Tavern, has nearly entirely lost his mind. A few nights ago he started to the mill pond to drown himself, but his son, Ilills- man,was with him and persuaded him to go home. Wants a 'For# ds War Corn Shucking^ Our farmers should havo a few old' fashioned corn shuckings this fall. The corn crop is large, and wo would enjoy listening to a regular ante lellum negro frolic at a corn shucking one mare time.—Jackson Argus. A Puzzla in Black and White. Charles Harris, a negro man from Meriwether county, is a real curiosity, from the fact that lie is turning white. His hands and body are white, witli the the exception ol a few specks, and his face quite spotted. He says that he has been changing in color sinco “freedom” and that lie was formerly gingercakw color. He ia al>out35 years of age.—Newnan Herald. A Wife Shot. A negro man in the Cawthon neigh borhood shot his wife last Friday quite seriously. Ho claimed that it was ac cidentally done, but previous threats and the peculiar circumstances of the shooting convinced Mr. Cawthon that it was an intentional accident and the man wa* bound over t> tli'u Superior Court.—Sparta Iahmaelito. beat bred signals living, who nlono must have brought $10,000. The sec ond bull was “King KofTer,” for which $3,200 was paid w ben he waa a six- months-old calf. There was evidently money in this particular herd.—Athens Chronicle. The Montezuma Boat. The boat committee at Montezuma have perfected their arrangements for building a boat to ply the Flint. They have employed Mr. Daniel Collins, of this city, to superintend the work. The lumber has already been ordered and tbe machinery will be ordered right away. From the Montezuma Record we learn that tbe committee, after some little dUcessinn, decided to build a boat 100 feet long, 20 feet floor and 3>fj feet hold, with a capacity of 350 to 400 bales of cotton. Tho pilot hou-e will be so arranged that ibe top portion can be taken ofi, if necessary, to pass under the Drayton l ridge. The boat will have five state rooms sft of the pilot house for the accommodation of the crew. Two 30-horse power en- S 'nes, with cylinders 9x30 Inches, will > necessary to propel the boat. These engines. Including boiler, will cost about $1,400. Mr. Collins is to receive four dollars per day for his services, and it is believed tbe boat will be fin ished in six weeks.—Coiambus En quirer. A FATHER’S SUSPICION Causes an Inquest to be Held Over the Dead Body of His Son. It will be remembered that yesterday we published a notice of the sudden death of Marshal! A. Burke of conges tion of the brain. Burke was about eighteen years old and lived with his grandmother, Mrs. John T. Walker, in this city. Yesterday morning Mayor Grimes received a telegram from Mr. Henry Burke, of Atlanta, father of the youth, asking that he have the death of young Burke investigated, stating that his aunt had threatened to kill him. Burke said that he could not come himself, but would send a friend. Mayor Grimes referred the matter to Coroner Brooks, and he at once had a jury summoned and held an inquest. The testimony of Dr. Grimes and Dr. Butts, the attending physicians, wai taken. Dr. Batts testified as follows “I attended this case. I was called Sunday evening between 7 and 8 o’clock, and found him sensible. My decision was that he had been exposed to the sun all day and he was suffering with severe headache, and had every appearance of having an overloaded stomach. His brain became implica ted, he went off into a comatose state, and remained so nntlt his death. I saw him two or three times Sunday night and nearly all day Monday. I was with him when he died. I saw no symptoms of poison. I would have no ticed such symptoms had any existed. Poison could not be administered with ont symptoms being developed.” The jury returned the following ver dict: We, the junr, find that the deceased came to his death from providential causes, as stated by Drs. Grimes and with his brother, Jim Williams, this evening, shot him twice. The wounds nro fatal. Jim was whipping Bob’s child. When remonstrated with, he mado a murderous assault upon Bob with an open Inife, with the above as the result. No arrests. KILLED BY AN A88A88IN. A Case Whore tho People Acted Coolly nnd With Good Judgment. Amibici'S, September 7.—Tbe quiet little town of EUavills waa on Saturday night the scene cf a most willful, pre meditated and cold-blooded murder. Between 11 and 12 o’clock Sir. Stone wall J. Tondee, who was salesman for Mr. Jesse Carter, was standing Lu the rear of the storenouse, which is a long wooden building, leaning on a desk, with his back to the door In tho rear of tho building, which was open. One or two persons were also in the boose. Suddenly the report of a gun was heard and Mr. Tondee commenced running to the front of the store, ex claiming “I am a dead man!” Just as he readied tbe front door he fell dead, five buckshots having penetrated his body. Behind the storeroom is a cotton patch, the fence running very near the store, and it was in this patch the murderer stood and shot Mr. Tondee through the back door. Upon exam! nation of tbe cotton patch sev eral tracks, made by tho same person, were seen, the tracks being made by a bare-footed person with some peculiarity in the foot. Among the crowd congregated around tho tracks were several negroes, who in stantly remarked, "Why that is Char lie Blackman’s track.” Charlie ISki.-k- man is a negro who works around Ella' villeby tho day, and lias a peculiarity in his foot corresponding with the track. This evidence, coupled with tbe report that Charles Black' man had said there “were two men in EUaville he intended killing, Stonewall Tondee and Doc Murray, a negro, led the crowd to believe at once that Black man was murderer. On Sunday morning lie waa seen by several parties nearEUaviilo and would dodge In the weeds in an excited man ner. Sunday morning ho and several other negroes were arrested. This morning a committal trial was had in Ellaviilo and all discharged ex cept Blackman, who is bound over to the Superior Court for the murder of S. J. Tondee. SCENES IN ELLA VILLI. The largest crowd over seen in Ella- ville congregrated there yesterday, and the feeling of the crowd to use severe measures against Charles Blackman was checked only by the efficient offi cers and cooler persons. This morning the prisoner was brought to this town for safe keeping. Mr. Tondee was an exemplary younp man, a litUe over twenty-one years ol age, and was at the time of his death justice of tho peace for the EUaville district. No cause for his murder can be assigned. He will be buried to day. A Cam* of Fre«i« Out. J. J. Barlow and E. F. Hinton had a cool game of “freeze out” yesterday evening. Both were seated on a twen ty-live pound block of. fee at Jake la* rad's, each endeavoring to freeze ont the otiier. ilinton stood tbe test forty* eight minutes* and then hunted warm er quarters, Barlow wearing off the belt.—Americus Recorder. Bacon forCattrnor. However worthy Judge Simmooi may be and how earnestly he may de sire to be Governor of Georgia, lie doc not improve his chances any by untag oni/iug Hon. <>. Bacon, of Bibb. Major Bacon having had a majority of the delegates in the convention of 1883 his friends throughout the State will insist upon his claims os Gov. McDan iel's Biicces8or t whether It be in ISSbor 1&SS.—Lumpkin Independent. A Lamoltuior tn Fire. A few* days ago, Cicero Ellis, the col ored lamp-lighter, was filling up one of the street lamps with gasoline. A negro man with rural habits waa stand ing a few feet away, smoking a cigar, anu looking at the lamp filling. Hod- denly he was astonished to aeo tbe air around him flash up into a flame and set his clothing on fire. Cicero at tempted to put out the flame, but the frightened uarkey went down the street like a race horse, when be stumbled, fell, rolled over, thereby extinguish ing his burning clothing.*—Americus Republican. Lars* a bM of Jen#y Cattle. Speaking of Jerseys reminds us of s larire sab- the other >!ay. Messrs. L. and A. \V. liill, of AtlaJU, pr. i rit- tors of tii- fnm . |llii. l.i 1.* t ! I..." • -.r i ntir,' ■ • Jrtot-vs t" Mr. llllller \\ ...-i» ir.l, of Dalton, Ga. This i* perhapsi«be lar." eat sale of J**r**-ya ever made at one time in (Bt'luxe. A1 the l.' .i-l of U herd aiood “Leou-JAa," one ol Butts.' It will be seen from the above that tho suspicion of Mr. Burke was not sustains.—Columbus Enquirer-Sun. A HEARTRINDINO ACCIDENT. Particulars of th» Drowning of TwoChtL Oran In Coosa Rlr.r. The Rome Courier furnishes the do* tails of the drowning on Sunday after noon of two children of Capt. F. SI, Coulter: ■About 1 o’clock Sunday afternoon Capt. F. M. Coulter, with four chil dren, Miss Mary, fourteen year* of age, Jose, Lillian and the baby# Viv ian, a sweet little prattler nealy three years of age, started down tho river in a light bateau. Capt. Coulter’s eldest daughter, Mias Imogene, has been vis iting in Gadsden and was returning homo on tho steamer Hill City, and it was to meet her that the party started on tbe journey that resulted in tho ter rible death ot Alias Mary and the baby. Capt. Coulter was sitting in the rear of the boat, and with sturdy strokes sont tho little craft down tho river. Miss Mary was in tho front, sitting in a chair, and her lap held the babe, tho other two children wero sitting in tho middle of tbe boat. About 3 o’clock, just as ths boat neared what is known as the “eight-mile rock,” so named from its distance from this city, tho baby began crying for somo water. Tho father of the child picked op a muscle shell and threw it to his eldest daughter telling her to give the child some water in it, and warned her not to lean over too far, or tho chair in which sho was sitting aright tarn over. Bnt ths ray ing came too late, tor jnat as tho words came out of the captain’s mouth the girl leaned over to dip tbe shell in the water. Instantly the chair tilted over nnd tho young lady, with the baby still la Mr arms, struck ths water. The captain at this time was sending the lioat spinning along by powerful strokes of the paddle, and before he eonld stop the exalt be WIS tsn or fif teen feet from bis drowning children. As quick as he could ho backed the bateau towards the spot where the children had fallen in, and with bis hands on the paddle ana cyea strained to their utmost, he looked In the water for his lost darlings. Suddenly, ami for but a moment, lie saw the feet of the eldest girl, and with despair he saw them disappear in the water be fore he could possibly reach tho spot. In tho meantime Die two little girls remaining in the boat, frightened al most out of their beads, began scream ing and wringing their hands. Fearing that they, too, would jump out of the boat in their fright, the Captain was made helpless, and as he saw his child rise again to tho surface of the water, this time tier head, hecoold not plunge into the water after her. Al most crazed he leaned over and grabbed at the hair, bat alas, he saw his darling sink once more Into the water, never to rise again. One mare stroke of the paddle would have placed the boat alongside of the girl as she raw for tbe last time, and would have I saved a world of griel and painful sor row to the diatreeaed parents. The little baby, Vivian, was never seen alive again after the fatal fall. Tbe dlstract-d father, after aeelng that be coaid do nothing to re cover the dead bodies of bis children, continued rowing down the river until be was picked up by the Hill City, five miles below the scene ot the accident. Instead of the antici- B ted joyful meeting with bit daughter was the carrier of the terrible atory as fold above. About 9 o’clock yester day morning, • party went down on the steamer Marable for tbe purpose of dragging the river for the dead bodies. Shortly alter arriving at the place Oscar Fleming dived for his first time down into the water, and when ha came u > be brought ths baby's dead body with 1dm In his arms. Tim body of Mary was found Tuesday morning, and the funeral of both children took place In the ~ ■taw finuNo, 8 | Williams, colored, RIOTINC IN CHATTANOOCA. Brutal Negro Murderer Lynched, and n Race Riot Follows. Chattaxjooa, Tan,, Stpteraber 6.— Charles Williams, a disreputable negro, ■hot and instantly killed a street car driver amed Polk Mitchell, at 6 o'clock this at- terncon. An boor before, Williams had been ejected from tbe car for entering It in drunken manner, smoking in the pres ence of ladies, and when asked for bis fare refusing to deposit it. Williams swore that be wonld have revenge, and followed tbe oar. While tbe driver was waiting on a •witch William w.lked cp, deliberately ebot Ibe driver three times, and then shot twice at bis body in the throes ol death. A crowd of cttizsni pursued him and ht was captured a mile from town and carried to jail. Mitchell waa recently tbe autetant chief of police, and was very popular. In tense excitement prerails and the jail ia closely guarded. The ehtriil baa taken every precaution to prevent the talk ol lynching him being carried into efiecL A large lores of men are keeping guard at the jail and the joeai mSttssy aomnoBiee wtll be called upon if It Is necessary to tbtu preserve tbn peace. Tbe murder was tbe most bru tal and unprovoked that ever occurred lu this city. LYSCUEBS REACH TUX JAIL. CHATrANoooA, September 7, 1 a. at—A. mob ol determined men, mostly composed of factory men, armed with shot-guns and all other kinds of firearms, about 11 o'clock marched to tbe jail followed by several hundred peip’e and at ones began demanding admittance to the jail. It soon transpired that nothing would deter them and shcotiogInto the crowd by tbe tru-thf-rul w iM Crrtaiiilv result lu tbe killing of a large number of people, so nuthing was 14 prevent tt»e i-n trance of the mob and the front door of tbe jail was som broken in. Once in tbe jail, all the excitement seemed to bare pissed away. Only about forty of the mob were in the jail buildiug, They were not boisterous or loud, made no outcry, and attempted do wanton de struction ol property, but proceeded ac tively and energetically at work to force an entrance into Ibe cells. They attempt ed to find out in which tier the prisoner was confined, bat could learn nothing. Sheriff byott remained in the jail yard, knowing that 11 be fell Into the hands of Ihe mob they wonld endeavor lo force the keys from him. The crowd first went to work on the upper tier, and began pound ing and battering the outer door with might and main They worked hard lor folly twenty minutes, and bed succeeded In prying the door open an inch, perhaps, when some one Imparted the luformailun that the prisoner was In cell > 0.13, on the SHERMAN'S ANSWER TO COVERNOR HOADLY. An Appealtotha Northern States to Re duce Southern Representation In Conaraes to the Basis of tha Whits Vote Cast, Etc. Lxsasos, O., September 8.—Senator John fibermen delivered a speech here last night—delivered mainly to reply to the address ot Governor Hoadly. The Senstor claimed that the Governrr bad not fairly staled the speaker's pceilion, end Hint he evaded and avoided Important Is'oes growing ont ol tbe rendition of afiairs In the 8onth. The Bens ler reiterated that tbe war was over, and he only demanded what was fair ly won by the sd lers in the war. Blx million people were emancipated and en franchlsid by the war and the conetitn tial amendments, made with the personal approval ol Governor Hoadly, as a lesnlt of which they were entitled to vole end were granted representation in Congress and In the electoral college. They bad r radically been denied many ot the neceiaary incident- ot liberty, among the most precious ol which la tbe right to free discussion, and they were now disfran chised and thus openly and boldly depriv ed ot all the sareauards by which alone tneir llherlit-- t'l. 1.1 lie preserved The speaker claimed that there Is tcarcely a district ol tha Booth where there It any pretence ol a fair election, and the negroes were openly detrended ol every device the Ingenuity of crime eonld invent. The speakar declared Gov. Hoadly could not deny ihla in the face ol accumulated testi mony. This was not only unjust io the colored people bnt unjust to the whites ot Ihe North "The effect ot tbe crimes I have men tloned” eakl tbe apeaksr, "la to confer u|*oo the while people ol the Booth not only the hnmber ol votes to which they • reenliUed for the white population, bnt also with tha votes based on the co ortrd population, and in this waylnaome Couth vrn Slate* every white voter possesses the political power ot two white voters in the Northern BUtea. Tbe colored people have practically no voles In Congress, and no voice in the electoral college. Mr. Cleveland la now President ot the United BtaUa Instead of Jamee O. Blaine by reason ol three crimes. 1 claim this should be corrected. An Injustice eo palpable will not be submitted to by the colored people ol the South nor by fair- minded white men In Ihe Booth, who hate wrong and injustice, nor by the great body ol the Northern t eople by whose sacrifices In the onion canse the war was brought to a luccu'ful termination. I confess tbere are difficulties in the way ol proper remedy. Tula may be brought about, firtt, by an appeal lo the Booth to correct an injustice and wrong which wlL at long as It last, nnd to m -ke our politics sectional. In Booth Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, Uiaairilppiand Louisiana a lair election would at onco correct this, but it will be resisted as a mailer of coarse by thedominantelement tbatnoweontrola the Boutb. H the policy ol the past It lo be panned, and there ia no rwlraaa for thecolored people ot the South for these offences, committed undercolor ol Slate law, then under the ltth amend- ti.ent to the constitution we may fairly appeal lo all the Northern States to eland together to redace the representation baaed on the colore-1 rote, amt on this question Gov, Hoadly ought to be where he wea during the war.” The epeaker said a contest waa going on in Virginia led by prominent leaders in the army to secure tha political rights aUcitlaana. Senator Sherman finally s Governor Hoadly did not eetm to under stand the distinction between s man who fare re tha Miatiuippi policy and inch man as Key aid Aketman, who did a'l they eonld to pat down Use kaklnx. Tt<« Boundary Dispute. Sr. Psiaassure. September 0 —The act- tlement ot toe Kneeo- Afghan question will epevdil? be embodied In a treaty definina tha main points of tbe frootier. Tha Afghan frontier eoasmle-lon will torn delimit tha boundary to detail. Kuaeia baa abandon ed her claim lo tbe whole ot Z-fittest pass proper. Msruthek la also tall to Afghan, liter . Tim frontlet Una will tun no tbe heals of the agreement of 1883. Sir Kiwerd Tborn'oa 'tie British embassador, aU leave for England to-morrow. ■ GEN. GRANT’S CAREER. A MEMORIAL ADDRESS BY CEN. W. T. SHERMAN. The Characteristics that Led to His Great Success—The Events of His Life Traced from West Point to Appomattox—His Death. IUAb VUO JHilUUCt RBI ISA LU.I A-V. AXJ, VIA tUG second tier. A rash was then made down stain, and the work was renewed in good earnest. Tha bat'ery work was continued perhaps thirty minutes, and finally Ihe lock ol the outer plate vs. broken ai d it fall forward. This wai the flrat real impression that had been made. Another door-plate confront, ej tbe mob, bat they worked with a good will, and the heavy sledge hammer blows and the leverage of sharp crowbars finally loosened this plate ana it tell forward. The circular cage waa the next obstruc tion, and a few sledge-hammer b owe broke the lock, the cage waa turned and the mob poared Into the Jail cor. Idor. Jailer Belch, who waa hidden inside, was enabled to go oat without surrendering any keys. The mob proceeded lo the cell where the mur derer was confined, and by means of s pick ax. after long and ardaons work, were enabled to shove the door open and stand face to lace with the murderer. A shout arose and tbe men exclaimed "We’ve got him." Williams was ashy pale, bnt seemed cool under the circum stances. The only words he spoke were "I'd Ilka to see my mother.” They led the pruoaer from the corridor Into the jail hallway. Tbere was no noise now. The mob bad their man and were going to do the work qnle ly. They con dueled him to the third ilorvoItbejaU. Here abeam Is bnllt across (he hallway, immediately In front ol the entrance to tbe cells. In tbe excitement one of tbe crowd tore ctl a mosquito bar and male a noose of It, which was thrown over tbe beam. The murderer's hands were tied behind hie back and hit feet were pin ioned. He was lilted and the noose way adjusted, bnt the mosqutto bar waa not strong enough. Some oee by this time found a rope on the first fioor, and it waa paiaed up to the hangmen. In a moment a noose was made and thrown over tbe beam. Tne prisoner was again lilted, the rope was Usd about his neck and be was then allowed to awing His feet were eight Inches from the fioor while be waa swinging and be slowly strangled. The only serious breech that occurred daring the entire affair took place while the mob was within the jsil banning at the iron plates and was precipitated by the negroes. As previously staled tbe ne groes organis'd eatly in the evening to de- tend tbe jiU, but they were wiibo.it lead- ershlp and were hanging to the vicinity ol ilia premises -lurLg ibe entire disturbance. After the white tuuu had tucceeded in get ting within the jail, the negroes began to grow very excited and gathered In a group lit front of the jail and began ahoutlng "lat'e ran in ana kill tha a ." A tqnad ol Ca’et. and Guards wereatationed at.tbe gated the Jail yard to keep the ttegrees heck and prevent tha Impending race con flict. Tbe s. tuition was growing more serloos every moment, and the negroes became more disordeilj and excitable. When tbe excitement was at a lever beat tome peraon, either while or black (is not known) accidentally discuss ed a pistol. Tbit waa the much dreaded sound that alt were hoping wonld not ba heard. Tbe secon-l this shot waa heard, os 11 by magic, a perfect lusllade began, and pistols, guns and muikata were fired In qnlck succession and ballets were wblz- tinjt like hailstones. The crowd scamper ed tn all direcUona and the excLemact be came a Ireniy. The volley lasted perhaps two minutes and folly filly ahola were fired and then all was qoleL TUX KILLED AND WOUNDED. CBAttASOooA, Tis.v , September 7 —The city la now quiet, but men are teen tn groupa everywhere niscnsilng tbe terrible events ot last night. There ts a great deal of suppressed excitement, bnt no fear ot any further trouble. The body of the murderer Williams was cut down from tha beam In jail at 2 o'clock this morning, and war taken In charge by bis family. Wm. Q. Man Ing. a prominent young man, who waa shot daring the In Jitcrimlnite shoot ing ot the negro mob. died this morning from hit wounds, and hla dea h has Inten sified tbe pnblie grief. Ben l'almer, a am gro. who waa abot, ia very low, and will perhaps die. The other wounded mao la not aerlonsly hurt. The remain? of ex Chief of Police Mitchell, whom Williams bra- tally murdered, will ba interred today. It la now clear that had tha negroes not at- temp ed an outbreak no aboo-tng would have occurred. Tbs hanging was done within the Jail bolldlng without excite- mant or disorder. a Fitter rate war. Cbicaoo, September 9.—A magnificent andtence assembled at Central Music Hall to night, when the oration ol the occasion wea delivered before the Society ot the Army of Tennessee. The exercis’s were opened with prayer by B'ebop Fellows, who wasfollowrd by General Pochard J. Oglesby, who delivered a glowing tribute to Ibe deeds of the Army of Tennessee. He waa followed by Gen. W. T. Sherman, who spoke at fdllcwa: “Comrades of the Amy of Tennessee: This le our eighteenth annual reunion, though twenty eventful years have tran spired since the close ol the war. I cannot repeat to yon tbe trite expreaaion that onr ranks are growing thinner, onr hair whiter and that tne eyes which look up to me and which once kindled and flashed at the trumpet's snand now seem sad, at though envying the fate of those fine young fellows whose gay and gallant n-mp-to k their II lit in tree glorious -lay-, the memories ol which we have come together to celebrate. Though In war Death makes tbe cattle-field bla harvest, yet In peace he inaldionaly invades the moat sacred premises, taking here the in nocent babe, mere the gentle, laving wile, •gslnlhe yonth In lusty manhood and the king on In- I..rone. During our fii.t vaca tion be has stricken from onr Hat of mem bers the very head. General U. S. Grant, the same who In the cold winter ol 1801 gathered together al Cairo, Illinois, the fragments of an army and led them up the Tennessee river, the creator and lathi r of the Army ot Tennessee, took his final leave of earth at 8 o'clock and 8 minutes, on the morning ot July 231, 1885, from Monnt McGrogor, a spar of Ibe AUeheneyn. lo plain view ol the historic battlefield ol Saratoga. He had finished bis life's work and had be queathed to the world hla example. The lightning's flash carried the sad tiding* to aU parts of tbs civilized earth, and I doabt whether etnee the btginning there ever arose so spontaneous a wail ot grief to bear testimony before high heaven that manklni bad text a Kindred spirit and h'i countrymen a leader. \Vi, his first war comrades, concede to his family tneir supreme right, bat claim the next place tn the grand procession ol mourners. We were with him in hla days ot adversity •• well as prosperity, and were as true to him as tbe needle to tbe pole, we shared with him the trials and tribula tions as well as tbe labors and hsttl-a of Henry. Denelson. Snlloh, Corinth, Inks and Vicksburg, when that transcendent and most valuable ol all victories lamed the universal gaze of onr bewildered conn* try men to tbe Lew star In tbe West which plainly foretold wbo bad dispelled the cloud which lowered over the hoot* ai d waa to lead to the triumphant victories ot 1865 and the stable and enduring prosperi ty of 1885. Hundred!, yea thousands, of busy brains and pens are trying to com- prebend and describe this man, who did so much In eo short a time, to trace the mysterious causes ot his most wonderful career, and to account for known results. They look to ns. who were his dally associ ates In that critical epoch, to aid them in their commendable work, and, as your president, 1 mutt on this occasion contrlb ate a share. “In the year 1S391 was a first class mao in the United States Military Academy at West Point—a position of exaltation never reached eince, though reasonably success ful In life— and there appeared on the walla ot the hall lo the 'old north bar rack' a lilt Of new cadets, among which wai U. S GranL’ a crowd of lookers-on reading United States Grant, Uncle Sam Grant, Sam Grant and Son Grant. H« Is to day a tradition ol the Fourth Uolted States Infantry, It afterwards Irani tired that bla name was actually Uly»lr« Hiram Grant. A mistake had been made by Gen. Hirmer, the member ol Congreae who nominated him as a cadet from bis dis trict. Cadet Grant tried to correct this mistake at the beginning and end of hla ca det’s life wllhont success, and to history n a name mast ever be U. o. Grant. I remember hla personal appearance at the lints, bnt the gait ot separation between a first-class man and a plebe at West Point was and atilt ia deeper and wider than between the Gene- ral ln-chlet anil a private soldier io the army, ao that 1 hardly noticed him. Hla reputation In the Fourth Infantry. In wh:ch be served through the Mexican war until he resigned his com- mission ol captain lu Oregon, July Slat, 1851, was of a goon, wilting officer, always ready for doty, extremely social and friendly with hla talliwa, bnt in no sense conspicaonaly brilliant or man- dealing (be wonderful qualities afterwards manifested In him. I recall an Instaro when 1 met him In BL Louis tn 1857, white ha was _ ■ _ larmer was the end yet. After this great battle three armies were a-oembled on that bloody field—Buell’s, Pope's and Grant's —and Geo. llalleck came in person from St. Loots to command tho whole, with tire declared purpose to ateume a bold ollen- ■Ive. These armiee wore reorganized. Bnell'a army became Ihe “centre," l'cpe's the "left” sod Grant's was broken up. One part, under Gro. H. Thomas, was styled the “right,” while ibe other, under Gen. McClernand, composed tho "re serve.” Gen. Grant was abso lutely left ont in toe oold, with the title ot second In command, unknown to American lew or bletory. All moved forth to Gorlutb, emsuming tbe whole month cf May, and during that month became cemented the personal friendships between ui which lasted till the end. Not one word ot complaint came from him, no critlciam on the acta of his superiors or the g jvernment, yet the trembling eye-lid, silent tear and averted bead told that bis big heart was troubled, thousands of Ihe best men on the con tinent, who eonld, If nutted, have march- ed to Vicksburg orjMobite were dellbe* rut* ,y ■ - ull-n-il. Gen. li mil, who Hie Army ol the Cumberland, which Thomas rejoined, was sent eastward toward Chattanooga, anfl the others were scatter- ed dtfenaively from J-bstport to Memphis. Gen. Grant wee sent to command the dis trict of Memphis, and Gen. Halleek blm- -II I- ing summoned to Washing! n, rn-t about for a new commander of the Army of Teuneasee. He offered the post lo a most worthy quartermaster, who had the good sense to decline, and himself being compelled to leave tbe command at the West devolved on Gen. Grant, not by se lection but by virlne ol hla superior com mission. Henceforward his career was ever onward end upward, and when on 'the t-.h ot Jnly, 1803, Vicksburg surrendered to him and the mighty Mississippi went unvexed to the sea, the whole country arose and recog nized In him a giant who was distinedto guide anil lead us all to dnat victory anil triumph. These circumstances were all known to you at the time, but were little appreciated, aDd were in trnth tbe fires designed by providence to teat the ability, courage and endurance of him on whom the whole epoch in history was destined to hinge. Gibers have told tha whole story ol war and still others are repairing and elaborating it. Kven he himself, almost in bis dying hoars, was engaged in re-corllng his ex perience, and we all await the pub ication with profound interest.I have seen some of the manuscript, and have been told of the rest, but I prefer to await the whole publi cation, certain that whatever he has re corded ot his tsn knowledge wlllsland the test ol time, and I am sore hlmeell will luurev tguv. *d I tie truth end w.ll have recorded facta that campaigns from Balmont to Vtcksbnrg were the most valuable of his whole life. In that brief period be discovered tbe pow er that was In him, that he. In tact, im personated the great mass of onr b-st people who abhorred war and only resorted to it when toe national honor and safety demanded IL He knew little and cared Las about 'strategy,' and I doubt if he ever read Jomlnl, Grotius or any books on the art and laws ol war, except the Weat Point text bonks. So with tactics.’ He never, so far as I cart recall, expressed preference forllardee over Scott. Casey or Mcore. Slid ha loved to see order and system, and wanted his corps, divisions, brigades and regi ments handy and well inatrncted when called for. He aimed lo achieve resnlta, caring little lor the manner by which they were accomplished. “He promised and always asserted the most perfect faith in the jutce ui our case and always claimed that suotteror later it would prevail, because the Inter est ol all uiauk ud demanded the existence ol just such a republic as wo had inherited, and that bv a concurrence of political canset a coLtllet bad fallen upon u», which we had only to meet like brave men and conquer as a matter of course. He always claimed that we mast follow np and defeat the Rebel armies and com pel them to submit to the authority of the national government He believed In deeds, not werdr, of aggres-loo, not of maneuvering, and ftom Belmont to Appatomex nis strategy and tactics were the same—ever straight to the mark till all armed assistance bad ceased and absolute submission to lawful authority was promised." In concluding, Gen. Sherman touched upon the subject of ibe place of Qrant's burial, saying that every di'y* *°wn and even bamlet may have whalevtr SF’p'J' merit the", are willing to erect, lull It seemtd to bim belter that all should unite ami build a solid, strong and simple monument, characteristic ot the tran, over his grave “on the banks of the Hod- son,” and there let bia remains lie forever undisturbed. AS Tha Principal Southern Ratlroaea In' •OitetL CgARAjrooOA, Tax*., September Tbe bitterest rate war that ever occurred between Southern railroads la now In progreaa. Tbe war was be t on two weeka ago by tbe Wea tern and Atlantis road, wbieb made a rat 55 per eent In Kiltsrn rate* oat of Chattanooga. This rat waa made oo account ol lb* rivalry ex'ating betwcon that line and tbe East Prune'See, YerginU and Georgia railroad. The rat waa not met, and Iberenpoo tbe Western and At- iwutlc clfialala announced that tbe low rate* would be permanent. At ooee the East Translate, Verginia and Georgia mad* a rat of S3 per eent uo Bas'ers business out of Atlanta, and the Richmond and Danville waa brought into the ti-ffit. Ills now said that lb* official* of tbe Western wasd made hii All fruits that grow with a pit, core or witb seeds can be male to grow wllhont them, when it la understood, ssya tbe Live S ock Record. It iiaeccmp’.irbrd by waning tbe edon—rooting tha t, p end of the plant To do this you trend tha acfou to apront down and cover it with dirt. A9-r routing, cat It looee and let tbe i>T]be and h root end be up. Apples are grown wi'.luj'.it th* tight and threat*-:,* lo make the rata e,rrs. pearhea will,out »**.!, and grape*I fromGhotla OLga l Mra,|>:,re two d. and other y;r.also, by simply rrvrr-.ng , in,terd ot *.ght dodari, c- ubtnw against Jute plant. It II IT:.- and ca:. be dgl.e to a the List T«nn*«-** »)r,:eru. Ah the certainty, says the Record. Southern Lues are Ltcummg mvolred. ■b ■ ■country, and I too waa ont ot the military service. The only impression left on my memory Is lhatl tbeo concluded that West 1’oint and the regular army were not good schools tor farmers, bankers, merchants andmteban- i.>. I did no: meet him again till Hi* civil war bad broken ont, when chaos aremed let loose and tbe gatsa of hell wide open in every direction. Then cam* news of General Grant's attack nr, the enemy's camp at Belmont, on tbe 7th ol November, 1801. Soon fol lowed tne evanu ot Columbus, l’aducali Henry and Donation, all ao simple, an dp rect, ao comprehensible, that ibeit t fleet on my mind was migteat. They raised tha dark cnrtaln which bad before almost bidden hope for the future, and displayed tbe po'lcy and course of action necessary only to ne followed with pertinence lo achieve ultimate success. Great as were bla alter achievements, I shad ever rate those of Henry and Donelron among tbe beat. Yet by one cl tbote acci dents ao common In ibe war be bad in- car, ed tbe dlipleaanre of bia anperlor, Gen. Halleek, whom 1 then vittemed as a master mind, rating and directing tbe sev eral armies subject to bis orders Horn his headquarters in St. Louis, so that when In Mateo, 1892,1 was permitted to take the field from l’adocah with a new division, I found Gen. Grant at Fort Henry ntder orders from Oen. Halleek to remain there, and tn turnover the commando! his army, then flushed with victory under bia Im mediate leadership, to Gen. C. F. Smith, bis next in rank. It ao happened that Gen. Smith bad been adjutant and com mandant w Iren Grant was a cadet at Weat Point, and he wai universally es teemed >s tbe model soldier ot his day. He htd alio acquired large tame In tbe Utah expedition and in tbe then re- cent captnre of Fort Donelaon, ao that General Grant actually loosed np to him aa tbe older It not the better a ildier.tbOEgn be was not at that time hla senior by commleafon. Not one word of oosnplaint cam* from bim, only a general expression of regrat that be had been wrongly and nnjaaiiy rrpraaeniad to Gen. Halleek, and be advised me to give to Gen. Smith tn* most loyal support. Geo. Smith con ducted tbe expedition np tbe Tenuis, see river to Savannah, Eaetport nnd Pittsburg trading, and gave all orders and InatrooUooa to within a few cay* of lb* balU* of Shiloh, when bit health, shattered by the merest accident compelled him lo niuoqnlib tbe oommanl again to General Grant, wbo quietly ie- • timed whet* Smith had left off.I accepted Use ettoatton, mad* few Of uo changes, and fought oo tha E Mod which bad been etteeted by Oen. th, Us* bloody battle of Shiloh. Dol ing Uila fier-ely contested batUe be die- stayed (a* raolnma, personal eon rage, foreShough! and >l*l*beratiun which al AN OHIO TOWN WRECKED Mnnv Poople K'lUd arc th» Moi«y Heavy—T®rrible 8uff nnjn cf tl People Exoosftd to a Storm at Night—Partfouf jrs. A BLOODY FAMILY ROW* The Oeap«rato Flaht to Which th« tiop«- m«nt of m Young Atlanta Girl Ltd. (SPECIAL TKLXO&AM.l Atubta, fieptember 0.—A terrible do me! lc tragedy occurred At 0 o'clock at 33 DatIa street, the circumstance! of which make up a thrilling And bloody chapter. On the corcerofEll.'otand Nelsonitreetalivee J Ervin Maxwell, a well known mechanic. He la a widower, but Mveral ol hU chil dren lived with him, among them a iod, Matt, and a ftlxtceu-jear-old daughter, Ida. John Xeiiou, a youug man, paid court to the daughter, but fearing oppcai- lion to tbe marrUge pertuaded her to elope with him to-day. This after noon the escaped from a back window of the house, and joined N’eI»on, who took htr to Weat Hod, where they w$re marrie.i. Tb*y went to hit home on Da vit street. Later, when Jarvis Max well and his son heard of it, thi y were ereatly incensed, aud determined to kill Neiioo. Thev armed themselves heavily and went to the houte of Nelion, entered and attacked him. His wife tried to In terfere, screaming, which aroused the neighborhood. Tbe people rushed to the houie. but young Maxwell stood lu the door wiin a pistol and swore he would kill the first one to enter. While the crowd was intimidated, Jar?Ii, who was inside, after laying oat Nelsou, prccee led to beat hU young wife. The crowd in the street! increased to hundreds, andiomeliad the courage to rush In to prevent farther bloodshed and per haps murder. Tbe Maxwells reaisted and some one struck young Maxwell in the back of tbe bead with a heavy ham mer, crushing In the skull. This put an end to the bloody scene. Police otllcera arrived and took charge of matters. Jarvis Mexwell resist ed them, and waa handcuffed, and both he and hla eon carried to.the station. The former wai locked up but the letter seemed fatally wounded and waa carried home to die. At 10 o’clock tbe attending phyiiciana sent to the fetation laying young Maxwell could not live through the night, and made an urgent re quest that the father be allowed to come to the bedside and slay Um night. The request waa granted, and lb* father permitted to go, attended by an officer. Nelson wai badly hurt, but will probably recover. The authorities are unable yet to discov er who dealt young Maxwell the blow. Tbe neighbors wbo roibcd in all a»y they do not know who did IL It Is believed they know, bat In sympathy with bim will not diactosabli name. Chief Marahal Kcblnson, of Newnan, Arrived her# today with « prisoner, John Im, captured at Talladegx, Ala.,charged with stealing a mult at Newuan Ian week. He Jwtt with his priioner to-night for New- Cibcixwati, September 10.—Th» Com mercial Gazette has telegraphic advice* from Washington Court Honse, Ohio that a terrific cyclone pats d over that neigh borhood lft^t night, doing great darpas-e to property. A number of live* were lo t. A Dlcomingburg special ti the same pa per adds that that town is inruics. Owing to the csiidition of the telegraph wires de tail) cannot be given. A violent elecvical fllatorbance was seen to the north iaat night, although the storm here wei not very heavy. Columbus, September 10.—Most alarm ing reporta are current here regarding the loss of life and property in Washington Court House, where a cyclone struck tha city last night. Help was at nt this morn ing to destitute families. At Plain city eighteen miles from this city, a carriage factory and mill were demolished and other buildings unroofed. This place ia on a direct line north of Washington Court Hoiiif* and nil *lnpg snith u tha Ohio river the trail of deilruction la reported in lika manner. Cleveland, 8aptemb*r 9.—A Leader special from Springfield says: A terrible cyclone struck Washington Court House, a city of I.C00 inhabitants seventy five miles west of bare, a: 8 o'clock Us; even ing, and almost literally hwpj.’ it f r0 ;i, the earth. It came from tli* northwest and broke upon the town very suddenly, carrying everything before It. Tbetorn»do whirled up Court street, the mtio busi ness thoroughfare, and ruined almost every basinet block on it, at least forty or fifty in ail. Hardly a private resi dence in the town escaped, fully JuQ build- i’-gi g'/irg down. The Bsptiat, Presby terian and Catholic churcnp* all suf fered a common fate. The Ohio Southern and tbe Panhandle narrow nauge railr.>Hii depots we e blown into amilher- eens," and every building in the v.cinitv wai ca rn d away, making inaresa or egrets almcst Impossible. Every wire within a circuit of two milea ia djtrn. Tha reports received of the catastrophe arc from a telegraph operator who is working a wire two miles west of the town, an l win sit- ting im a heavy rain storm w irking his in strument. Tho panic-stricken |*'»ofe were taken rompletdy unawares, nn<l tl *d from their crumbling buildi iga in every direction through the mur ky darkness. A mad fren/y teemed to aefzs them, and they harried hi he' and thither iu their di«trar:i^n, lit- tle knowing where they were fleeing. Af ter the whirlwind, which lasted about ten minutes, a heavy rainfall s -tm, which continued unabated dtirit g the night. As soon ns a tew ot the cooler neatli recovered • h-ir eeniei, searching parties wore orgm- v. *d, nod tin* sail work of looking for the •1-ad begin, bo far fifteen boo.es have h**en recovered fro::: the the va rious ruined buildings, and the dreary work ii j i*jt beginning to get unJer way. It ia prooable at many more will M found. The glimmer ol lanterns procured from houses in the vicinity and from houses left standing was tfie only light they had to work by. Two or three bodiea were stumbled upon in the middle of the *fre«t, where they ware stricken do vn by flying bricks or timbers. The cellars of houses and every sort of refuge were tilled with shivering people, huddling together in a vain attempt to keep warm. One babe in arms has died from expoiare. The morning trains will carry plehty of assist ance. Cincinnati, September:» —Heparts from various parts of Ohio and Indiana show that yesterday’s storm, which devastated Washington Court House,was wide spread. In Miami county. Ohio, ita coorsi was das easd. At Colmvillfl, in that county, two barns were blowD down and the dwelling of Mr. Winteratein wai carried around and one side and end blown swiy. Tbn* inemhara ot his family are seriously hurt. On the other side of the Miami river a grain house was blown away and Bejj- Hamsey’s frame gfnsq 0icwn f rom foundation 4btl wr6ck«J. Tbs path of the storm was from forty rods id half a mil* wide. At Cambridge City. Iod., M. Hhanks’a house waa blown i'.9 wn *°d Mra. Hhanks waa Injured, At Dabiin ssveral houses were wrecked. At Seymour and Napoleon, O., the damage is area*, but lives lost. Advices from Circlevllle, 0., state that It!t night’s tornado passed through the Country a few miles suuth of that place, Qnrocfitg douses and blowirgdown fences aud treea. A very heavy rainfall accom panied th* storm. A si*cial dispatch to ths Times Htar from Washington court home says Mra. Mollie Jones, Edith Floyd, Klim Korsba, Jennie Foraba and Flora Carr were killed and Herbert Tanga*t, James Jackson and John C. Van P*lt are sup posed to be fatally injured. Kullv 300 per- uma were hurt. Tne loss will exc**d IIUU.UUO. The council has appointed a re lief committee and militia are guarding the stores, where th* contend are all ex posed. Columbi a, 0., September 9.—An Even ing Dupatch special aavs: Amoiu the killed at Washington Court Hoqm is a girl named tihackleford, aged ten. Among the seriously injured are JuJg* Asa Gregg, W. W. Hharp.lJowman lUet, Hilton Hyer, Hugh Foater, H. H. Wbi'ptey, station agent. The lut of slightly iu,ured ia very large. The Commerclal-Uftzette'i special says: Th* people were not frightened until they heard the rattle of algos in the terrific storm. It kept getting worse and wore* until the largest and moat lUMtantlal structures of the city heaved to and fro at the mercy of m steadily increasing gale. Bricks and beams, rcufs, fences and almost every conceivable thing that could possibly be wrenched loose flew through the air, scattering death a.od destruction everywhere. For eight long minute $ the disaetrooa work went on. Mua.c Hall was tilled with people attending s Salvation Army meeting, and as a portion of the roof and ceiling fell in a disastrous panic and stampede was pre vented with the g rt-(ttc-. d t!;cn!ty. A list of the killed has already been sent and no others hare been foand. Among the serious wounded are Mrs. O.F. Irving, badly injured; B. Hess, tejured «>a the head; Milton Hyer. back :i.; :red Jamee tihapn. struck by a falling le.egraph pole, Mrs. W. Thorpe, blown across the street and badly injured; Mis! Lula Clifton tl*e lower portion ' body unshed; Herbert Teggart, badly crushed; f’has. Mt-rcer, badly in irtd; Mrs Jao. Beach and Mim Shots, ‘rtisrs was no in- surance against this suit of damage. Among the incidents of |fced:sv»ter was the blowing of the house of W. rrmrp* en tirely to piece* and out of » rhe three occupants were dropped across the street w. th only Mrs. Thorpe severe / bruised. Hi * other- had bui v • ■ Ihe boose cannot be foand. is missouel Kansas City, SwpL 9.—Tbe Journal's Bleb Hill. MaIiSEk mys: tinted this place last n ght.cau^ ng seve ral thousand do Jars’ •temvtc. rhe hue brick iwted—et ol Mi. Kteucbswa • partly (kosottebad. and Masoa, acid |fcciud»td to death. H. M. Booth's booaa from llatooikdEtioB and a number of other-; unroofed. An Overdose of Morphlre. Asheville, N. C., September 9.—Wm. L. Boxers, of Mont gomery, AJa., came to Asheville a month ego for nil health, and K. Ud by t vra« Improviug until last nfght. when he accidentally took aa overdo** of tuuvt'Llne and died at2 o'clock this afternoon. His Sor. her 9 —J *n.« :ol and fa I morr.: C *’• PWBBWWBI — — famous among men, jet and AtlanUe railroad will Open a ticket of- j was he traduced, slandered aud wj flee in Knoxville end bvgm an lr.'iiKrim-, not only by the press univi t # aliSoctbern points. _ T . bv thoee who wrr«- in i*. i were carried ho PirrsBu Mclnto-h aged -3 >t-ar> Wounded bit mother th ndtemteaeNstPlM Crct tratof thlaclty. Tha mother bed ray edbim to about a cat, end • r : rr ' itapped directly in frout of th* 3 b;.l et burjru >; .r» i .r a Th< * U Jififlebofca The > »hl. who were at iu. *tU* Zror.t by him. tr ie an 1 loyal always and to h‘a dying day he saved th# Ar: *V of Tenn**»»«*j at<>re ail others by reason of their fuyaitv in th**« darkest days of tea evtiuful lift, Nor , .-C. l " fu.il ad- j rn«! iu kill tacked ■cverai »tatloin of African As sociation and ro *ied and devoured a uuru- 1 ”*r o! while.. No lor tier dc'-ifis Rare I .sen recalled, I London is already theoriz ng on a new opera by Gilbert and Bui.tran. Tnjpre#- eotrumotte that It wui have a Hindoo subject