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CONSTITUTION - PUBLISHING CO.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1879.
VOL. XL, NO. 51
TIIE STORM PATH.
AND THE DAMAGE IN ilTS WAT.
Th* Fill Pirtlcvkrt ef tks TrrriV.e Cycler#
Wfcich Orir Iu m-I Gt«a: Fas
ter of Per;!# KilM-Blm 100
Twdi-i Dcaelato It*#**.
Kansas Cmr, June 3.—Fuller particulars
from the terrible cyclone that visited this
•action last Haturdav evening ftlmw that it
waa one of the must furiou* nature. It be*
gan it Frankfort, on fbe cental branch of
the Union Pacific railroad, went <»f Atchi-
•on. A large •alien-looking cloud wae Aral
seen. The cloud a an funnel-shaped, and
until it reached the town, when it receiv<
•verything In Itsembrar* like some terrible
stock and human beinj», twisting huge
timber* and tree* like reeda, and leaving
death and destruction in ita wake. Four
perrons were killed at this point.
The cyclone then pasted ra»t and struck
the town of Fulton, unroofing sixteen
honsm, tearing up immense tree* and kill*
ing nine »• ore iteople. Among the build*
ing* destroyed were the Presbyterian
church, rchwl buildings, po*tofficeand two
elevators; al*o tlie nine!y-foot span of the
iron biidgeamea the Blue river, the iron
rods and girder* being twisted like pipe-
atema. The storm apent ita fury in Iarene
lake, it* path being nearly half a mile wide
and ra-ily discernible by uprooted tree*
and demolished fences.
At shout the same hour the town of Lee’*
Summit, on the Mia-ouri i’aciUc railroad,
thirty mile* cant of Kama* City, «u also
vinitrd, and •* in I he atmre ca-*-. the e\-
clone VU noticed fully ten miles before it
reached the town. The day had been sul
try, and lust previous m the anlvul of the
cyclone the afr wan tilled with electricity.
A* the dark, rolling mi.« of clouds at»-
nroached very clo>e to the earth, the |»eop!e
left their houeea in alarm, but tbe element
of destruction suddenly turned to the left,
barely tnosMiy d> .fawn proper. In the
suburbs s ii amber of houses were levelled.
The tiaih made hy the storm was abou tbr* e
hundred yards wide: Tbe cyclone travel
ed in a direct line only at a rate of
te • mile* an hour; in the circle it prob
ably exceeded stxty mile* atT hour. It
extended through nearly tbe whole tier#.!
conntim in northern Kansas and southern
Nebraska, but was most violent between
the Blue ranids and Centennial stations, on
the Central branch railroad, and about
thirty miles span. The storm moved in a
direction a little north of east and passed
Into Nebraska through Richardson county.
at ucx*a SUMMIT,
Mr. Warren’s bouse waa blown to atom*,
two of the family killed and the others se
riously injured. At Mr. Alex. ScruggVa
the mof was blown o!T his dwelling, ha
wife’s cullar-bMie broken and her skuh
fractured. In the same vicinity Dr. Ihui-
ningson's residence* was blown down, but
fortunately the family escaped uninjured.
- ■ * •* ■ Mr l f i..b.r.
utterly destroyed. Tbe track of the torna
do varied from three-fourths of a mile to
one mile in width. Where it enwsed
Blue river it lifted every drop of water in
its course, and passing over a well irr* Irv
ing scooted it ary. A committee from this
City and Hi Jonepli have ivued an address
sar.tig the disaster b unprecedented in the
history of tbe state; that the inhabitants
of the district swept by tbe storm are left
destitute, and unless immediate relief be
afforded ra uch suffering must ensue. They
inviie contributions to be sent to J. a.
Walker, treasurer Irving relief committee.
IK THE MINES.
What a Californian Thinks of Geor
gia's Mlnrc.
Aurora, Lumpkin Co.. Oa., May 31.—
Kditoks Constitution: When I came to
Georgia two years ago from California 1
found the mining excitement at a fever
b«at, and It has been growing hotter ever
since. There b reason for excitement.
There are plenty of rich mines iu Georgia
Northern capital is cowing In very fast, and
northern men who look into Georgia's
mining interests are nearly alnay*
so well satisfied that they do
not hesitate to invest. They do more; they
go back to tbe north and bring out rich
friends who follow their example. Tbe
southern people are rilling idly by, blinded
to the golden opportunity. The general
opinion is that it takes half a million dol*
Jars to fix up and work a gold mine. This
b a great error. Often a few hundred dol
lars judiciously invested will lead to a
fortune in tbe business. The best
chsrce b in the deposit mines.
The quartz mines are rich bat they are ex-
• »Im
The
A STRANGE CASE.
a condition of deceased as to allow her
statements after tbe shooting to go to the
jury with the full force of dying declare-
CRIME AND CASUALTY.
’ i toons. On account of the heat and irowd 1
MISS DUER IN THE COURT-ROOM, .the court-room was stifling, but all the THE SHARP BOYS OF UW YORK.
derad 3*r Sreras iks w-vld Hrt-Tks
SceLci la tks OiHlw, tit
Pritcatr, Etc.
The Vermont Foiaomieg.
I doors were opened wide and window sash
taken out to make the place endurable. n - BnrriM
A Dirt was waste* ts marry Asoteer. ana mar- Outride the bar sawdust was laid on the * r n mi v thrA ^
‘ ‘ “ ‘ * fioor an inch or two thick. Tbe gallery was 1
jacked with ladies and the steps leading to ^ fU Tkm lean is nypittss—
it. where they sat interested listeners to the
testimony oi several ladies called by tlie
state.
• THE PRISONER PALE AND WX VK.
Other ladies inside the bar besides the
prisoner, who aits in anann-chairand seems
to be suffering in health and is pale and
weak, were her mother, sister and two
young companions. \Vhen not in court the
prisoner lodges at a hotel opposite the court-
Sxow Hill, Mu., June 1.—When a
woman, ai.d a young and not uncomely
one, stands in the shadow of the gallows,
her position is vested with more than ordi
nary or average interesi. Homicide, inclu
sive of all the grades of.the crime known to
the law, b usually the work of man ujon
man. More rarely the man’s victim is wo
man. and still more rarely it is the woman
win) takes the life of roan. But rarest of all
is woman the victim of her own sex. Hence
it is that the homicide of Ella Hearn by
Lillbu Duer stirs popular feeling as deeply
as if it were the perpetration of a new and
startling crime. The depth of thia feeling
is seen in the wonderfully widespread in
terest taken in the trial of Miss Duer.
The place at which tlie homicide occurred
b the little town of Pocomoke City, distant
about fifteen miles from here, situated on
the Pocomoke river, an Indian name, like
many of ihoee prevalent in this region, and
meaning "black water.” The stream takes
its rise in the cypress swamps and b tinged
a deep tea color, which in it* depths be-
bouse, where she has a room in tbe custody
of the sheriff, and is attended always by her
another or sister. In coming to or leaving
court for ita various sessions she leans on
the sheriffs arm.
comes so dark as to have readily suggest!
ppellntiou. The name of Poc
.enrgia who know bow to work a depovit
nine. Tbe idea is to let It fall in ana run
lift gravel and gold, a* fast as water and
pood grade will move It The mass will
,<aj» into a flume and here the gold will
stop if there are the proper arrangements
| made for savingit Home miners think the
I gold cannot be saved when tlie top dirt and
gravel are worked together. This
us all bosh Water cannot be
made so muddy that as heavy a substance
as gold will not rink to tbe bottom. It
will find the bottom every time, and get
into the quicksilver which b ready for itJ
reception. There are plenty of mines sup-
The next place visited was Mr. Under-
wond'*. his anus* being completely demol
ished, but his family, who had seen the
terrille funnel approaching, escaped re-
rlnus damage by running to the yard,
lying down and holding on to stumps,
sir. Mr Hutehln’s hou*e was next torn
to pieces and hir family badly injured.
The tornado traveled with wonderful ve-
Wily. and at a point about half a mile ea*t
of Blue Pprings it demolblieU Mr. Lee Har
ris’* dwelling, killed Mr. Harri#, hb wife
and Hale daughter, ami fatally injured
three children, all of whom were at last ac
counts in a dying condition. Mr. Harris
was carried about 100 feet in the air and
than thrown will) terrible force to trie
ground 200 feet from the house in the
course of tlie storm, while his wife and
daughter were found the same distance in
the opposite direction. When the*!itt!e
giil was found, a sad sight presented it
self. Her shoes had to he twisted from
her feet. Her budy was terribly mangled.
A quantity of weeds and gras* had been
tangled around her bead as though some
one had tied it. At thb place the cloud j
burnt, and for a moment it seemed os
though it had finished ita terrible work, but
quicker than it disappeared it came to
gether with a thundering crash, carry
ing up mud and water and throwing
It In every direction. Parties near tlie
scene say that their faces were scorched I
•lightly hy the hot airand electricity caused
by the collision of the cloud*. As tbecy-L
clone Imunded from Mr. Harris’s place it
rose high in the air and traveled at the rate
of ah ml forty miles an hour. U came
down iu a field close to Mr. Gore's dwelling,
which it isssed through, leaving only
tne sides standing. Kail fence*
were blown down and the rail*
and rubbish carried the entire length
of field*, and in many instances driven in
the ground several feet. Accompanying the
tornado was one of the heaviest rains that
ever fell in thb section of the state, and in
tome places the people tay that water fell ini
solid column*, deluging and destroying
prut ert v that was not levrllcd by the wind.
After leaving Mr. Gore's residence the
cloud, which had traveled in a complete
tunas! shape, burst, rose high in tbe air,
traveled northwest and disappeared.
pneed to be worked out which worked . in
the way I propose would easily yield
$1,000 per month. Many of them would
pay expenses while being opened up but in
nearly every e»*e the exi»en*e ne« es*ary to
gening the work siariea would soon be
paid-by the yield of these mines which are
considered worthies*.
Tliere are very few "deposit” mines in
Georgia, but there are many mines which
are yet to yield their best. Recently sev-
rral experienced miner* Imve come to Geor
gia from California and they are un to all
the latest, improvements in scientific min
ing. They will be of great service in devel
oping new mine* in Georgia and in working
ilie old ones well. Wx. Thomas.
OHIO WILL BE OURS.
The Democrat* Nominate a Winning
Ticket—The Green backer* Fljr tbe
Track.
Columbus, O., June 4.—Tlie democratic
state convention was organized here to-day
hy the election of Samuel F. Hurd, of Cl
cinnati, iiermanent chairman.
The following ticket waa nominated: For
governor, Tlun. Ewing, of Fairfield; lieu
tenant-governor, A. V. Rice, of Putnam;
treasurer, Anthony Ilowell, of Stark; judge
the Indian appellation. The name of Foco-
rooke City will not be found on any but
very modern map*—the legislature having
recently changed it from Newtown to Its
preseu 1 designation, a bit of good taste
which will >eem rare in view of the usual
opposite tendency—viz., to pervert histori
cal into stupid and matter-of-fact geograph
ical term*. In thb little town
Ella Hearn was born on tbe 2Gth
February. I860. She was there
fore nearly nineteen years of age when she
died last December. Her father is a plain,
blunt man, who, without being a scientific
engineer, has been. engaged quite steadily
and satisfactorily to hb patrons as a ma
chinist, his skill commanding him ready
employment in the grist aud saw mill* of
this neighborhood. Ella was his eldest
child. Hhe was a quiet, amiable girl, rather
plump if not stout in figure, with dark
uair.li
brown eyes and a fair complexion.
Mr. Duer. who is a carpenter and a reputa
ble citizen, was not a native of Pocomoke.
He and his family moved there about three
years ago from an adjoining county, but
had not been long in the town when an ac
quaintance and later a strong friendship
sprang up between their eldest daughter.
Lillian, and Ella Hearn. The tragic out
come of this intimacy b now historical.
Whether the shooting was intentional, as
werted by the prosecution, or accidental,
1 claimed by the defense, b the great ques
tion at itaue.
THEORY Of THE STATE.
The prosecution expect to show that Miss
Duer had habitually carried the pistol for a
long time anterior to the homicide, and
that she bad threatened to use it 4 *to kill;”
thatabe was forward, strong-minded and
*emi-ma*ruline in her conduct; that she
conceived for Miss Hearn an affection much
like that of a bold young man, and that in
her jealous rage at learning that she was
not the preferred of Miss Hearn’s favorites
she shot and killed her. There were several
witnesses, young ladies, subpoenaed to show
that Mias Duer had been indiscreet enough
to do many unf'-minine tilings; but it is re-
r, . „ 7 t i Gilman Of PrV.X- P^trd tb *t they could rot be found by the
SSaSS JZSEl \ PUl^ofAUen i Seriff. owing to their female delicacy about
tEL fair elec- i •'***}?«,« «*»
lions without tlie Interference of military
£S?SJ«hX ul’derVhe iSSSSHS- Sta^SSShSTJlSSSKJ byVm*
congrw wincl.,1]i.d«r m. pretena. of ngn; | <|1|r||l , ‘ t |,a1 the roost they «uk
they could
.. . contrary not-
. i.... ,1.- mwn ,incr the I withstanding—b tliat the at some time in-
clroicl of such officer? ere Sncon-
?,“de££?d, Chen™'‘in U,s wSmuv u*l?r thS fnip’rotiw L he?!*:
‘ J TQuic redinp, AecotJof diroe novel.
that the action of the president and tlKi VemntlrtaheronnnaelanH
THE SECOND UXB or PBOCEDCRE.
When the question of admissibility of
the dying dec!arations of Miss Hearn are
di-(»o^ed of, the question of her death by
the wound inflicted or from the shock to
her system will be a second line of proced
ure. The defense will claim that her death
was by chloral administered; that the
shooting was accidental aud could not have
caused death.
WHAT MISS DUER SAYS.
To the manner of the shooting Miss Duer,
tbe prisoner, is the only witness, and, as
under the law she is allowed to testify, will
be called to the stand. She ways she was
talking to Miss Hearn, and both were
laughing, when, as she held her pistol in
gloved hands, it went off accidentally.
The ball grazed the hand of Miss Hearn,
which she was holding to the side of her
face, and entered her mouth without touch
ing the lips, penetrating the gum above the
left eye-tootli, and there imbedded itself.
Four false front teeth which Miss Hearn
wore fell out. After death, the ball was
found inbedded in tbe bone above the eye-
tooth. It came out when the tooth was
drawn. It will be claimed that this was a
wound which could not have caused death.
It will also be shown that the post-mortem
disclosed a perfectly healthy state of the
New York. June 1—The whole story of
the Manhattan bank burglary on .the 27th
of Or toiler, whereby money afd securities to
the value of three millions qf dollars were
stolen, has at la««t come out thjtagh 4h<
the safe had been tampered with. !
To cover their jraces as best they could thev I
took some putty, stopped up the hole witii j
A CANDID ANSWER
it and smeared it with dirt from the floor,
so as to make it appear that the drill had
not been u^ed for a long time on it They
pleases, and hold any political opinions that
suit him, and be will be welcomed all the
same. In short, a man's birthplace, his
retired then, but the result of their work
told on the temper of people doin» business
with the b.iiik next morning. When the
officers came li e safe could not be got open
d it resolutely resisted the attack of local
locksmiths. Au expert named Johnson was
sent for. He took the door off its binges
and discovered tbe hole that had been
drilled in it, but could not tell whether it
was old or new.
m m . n f .l. hiirirlirs. *Kn vm nrrpu- 11 . *»OI>e CUIuDIIiailon alHl 1116 SCllCl
fwion of one °* 7* . ‘ Ut-u* —k. guishea until one day Shevelin met George
tedbyCapti ,
^ « first pjannea ”7 * ® s j lager-beer saloon between Eleventh and
Littl, Tracy, more aco. | Twelfth street,, where they frond Billy
and a gang organized to accomplish it.
kidneys, though medicine for kidney dis
ease tad been given to Miss Hearn after
and before the shooting.
THE RELIANCE OF THE DEFENSE.
The defense does not cousider it vital to
tbe final issue if the statements to various
persons made by Miss Hearn are admitted
as dying declarations. They rely more on
the nature of the wound, its accidency, the
want of motive to murder, and the medical
treatment of the case and larg® use of
chloral. The onlv motive to murder which
has been imputed in the goasip about the
case is jealousy on the {i«rtof Miss Duer lie-
cause Miss Hearn loved some one else bet
ter than she loved Miss Duer.
Yesterday the testimony as to the state
of Miss Hearn’s mind when her declaration
was made, was concluded, and after hear
ing arguments on the admissability of dy
ing declarations, ths court adjourned until
Monday.
tux judge’s ruling.
account, however, of the arrest and convic
tion of most of its members for other
crime* it ww broken up. A second
ganu of burglar" - was then organized
including a man named Slevin. who was
employed a* a watchman at odd hours in
the hank. Two attempts were made by this
gang, but both failed through the inability
of the watchman Slevin to co-operate. One
of the gang, however, named Jimmy Hope,
was convinced of the feasibility of the
scheme, and his forces were again reorgan
ized, and an impression in *srax obtained,
through the watchman, of a key to the outer
Bleeker street door. The bureUu-s then
made another attempt, ana effected
an entrance to the vaults containing
the safes, hut failed for want of
time. The last and successful effort was
made eight months later on^unday morn
ing, October 27. It wa$ tned for the
previous night, when it was thought Slevin
would be on duty, but was postponed by
accident till morning. How well it suc
ceeded everyone knows: nearly three mil
lion dollars were carried away. Detective#
have been hard at work ever since, and after
a long search two of the burglars, Dobb#
and Hope, were arrested. 81evin was also
watched, and was found to be drinking and
spending money—spending money lavishly
—and finally he was arrested and confessed
the plot to Captain Byrnes. Four
of the gang are now in custody. Slevin
says each member of the gang was,assessed
six hundred dollars, after a division of the
spoils, and the money sent to Washington to
defeat the passage of the bill authorizing
the duplication of tbe stolen bonds, which
would permit their negotiation. Three
other members of the gang are still at large
hut are known and will soon be arrested.
The trial of Hope will begin Wednesday.
When, on the morning of the 2Gth of Oc
tober, it was discovered that the Manhattan
bank had been robbed of $11,000 In money
and $2,700,000 in securities, there was a
general gathering of all the wiseacres of I
tlie central office and tbe representatives of
private detective agencies to canvass the
matter, but all were forced to confess that
the thieves had carried off their booty
without leaving a single trace by which
they could be identified. Outside the jrm-
tor’s rambling story and the vague narra
tive of some by-passers nothing appeared
. . .1 i. nM.
Porter, Big Peter and Billy Kelly. They
Mason agreed to come to the bank and look
the .safes over. He appeared according to
agreement aud was waiting on the corner of
Bieecker street aud Broadway when Cap-
tai u Byrnes came along aud arrested him
as a suspicious character. He recognized
him in the station-house, but Mason
pleaded that he bod been only waiting fora
girl and was let off Just after this Mason
was arrested aud sent to jail, and there were
no more machinations against the bank’s
finances till Jimmy Hope got out of prison
**- Bangor, Me., when he made his way to
Shevelin and insisted on robbing the bank
Snow Hill. Md., June 2.—In the trial
Miss Duer last Saturday. Judge Irvin an
nounced the ruling of the court on the ques
tion before them. He said it was unneces
sary and perhaps not proper for the court
to >ndicaie in what way the testimony ad
duced had influenced their minds different
ly from the way it had impressed the coun
sel. Tlie court after full consideration ruled
that the old declarations offered in evidence
and made by the deceased daring the last
week of her sickness,must be admitted.ss all
conditions necessary to make them admissi
ble concurred. Judging from the evidence
before them in reference to the declarations
made anterior to that time the court was
not satisfied, and will not receive them.
Mrs. George Truitt, being called and not
answering, Mr. Page ►aid that under the
ruling of the court James Hearn,
he deceased's father, and Mia Truitt, were
the only witnesses to tbe dying declarations
that the state bad. and he would call Mrs.
Hearn on the stand, reserving the right to
call Mrs. Truitt, who was sick in bed to-day.
H> allow .uV)"li« tobe »ot«3 unteB tiro ro.- ttTsSl-JiJKSS . Mr ‘ Hth ' n **“«»?.
joriiy would consent to the use of troops at ‘ h !* 0 " Sunday previous to hw daughter's
the noils and the msintaiimuce of the un- interviewer, pronounce there stones rub- ,i eat h be adeedher how she hurt her srro.
constitutional and unjust election laws, has J”*? 1 - I?'j‘iT’therefoi^be^toVeS^to^ve S u C 8 . h ? nh ^ d ! t t °nf p *j££?
shown tlie spirit of faction and devotion to *"*; ** JS”, L ^Si!£Sl ?n«l I £ ho , r ’ 1 ** w wh f I ? Sl *
tianv succts* instead of to the “•Y (Heater prominence to the gossip and I back, from the expression of her face, that
welfsre of the country, and deserves speculation extant concerning her and her she jn tended to shoot me.” This was
the condemnation of the whole American doi "R»- objected to. hot the objection was over-
people. It asserts that President Hayes, by thsoky or the prressa. ruled. Pending the preparation of a bill
inlerpo-lng vetoes to defeat constitutional The theory of tlie defense is that the of exceptions, the court adjourned,
and weU consideTed legislation, has disre-1 shooting wss accidental. This thsy expect
carded the intentions of the framers of the to prove by tlie entire absence of motive on ■ DDD ,„, ur TUV CTI n Hrff
constitution and the wishes and welfare .if the part of a woman for so dreadful a crime I BREAKING THE siLKHCBt
the people: that it is the sense of the de- I M the murder of one who was her most in-I „ . . _
mocracy of Ohio tliat not a dollar should timate comj>anion and friend. They tell | BIU ^ Interview
be appropriated by congress to pay soldiers. I the story of the shooting without reserve | Bllllsfi.
marshals or supervisors to interfere with j They admit all the prosecution alleges of a I Detroit Free Press,
elections. The financial plank of the plat- j long and ardent friendship between the two | Mr. Carlton introduced us at his store,
to throw any light on tho offenders. The
police began sifting among the criminal
commnnity for the right man. and each
singled out his own pet to build a theory
in. Captain Byrnes, even at this early
date, conceived the idea that Jimmy Hope,
the notorious bank burglar, was concerned
in it. The well-known sagacity of the man
and his familiarity with all the crack*-
men’s arts warranted such an assumption,
and on it the captain proceeded to act.
There were other men of his opinion. De
tective Dorsey, of the central office, strong
ly favored it, and Slevin. his own ward de
tective, furnished information calculated to
ei courage it. At work they went with a
will, and for many a day every known
haunt of the foxy old burglar was under
surveillance. AU last Christmas day und
night the two detectives waited at a hou<e
where they believed he would appear if in
town at all, but they found their labors un
rewarded. Tlie bird had clearly flown to a
safer perch. Out of town then went Messrs.
•Byrnes, Dorsey and Slevin. and such abid-
• ii.r nt*PM n! ihn “rmnlcwl” fratemitv am
They met several times in^ the park in
Union square, and Hope said he had a
good set of men ready to do the work.
They s|»ent loma time*, however, testing
Nhevelin’s reliability, and fnllv six months
•lapsed before they expressed themselves
caay "to make the crack.” One Sunday
Jimmy Hope appeared, and after examin
ing the vault went acroM Rr-mlwHy anil
joined a man who was waiting for him on
the corner of l’.leecker.and the pair took the
cars. Three weeks brought them to Saturday,
October 2G, the day preceding the burglary.
That evening the gang met on tire corner of
Bieecker and Mulberry streets. They were
prepared and had agreed to begin the rob
bery at eight p. m. Shevelin told them
there would be another man on duty then,
so they agreed to defer it till he went on in
the morning. At the hour appointed they
appeared, entered and the result is kuown.
It was Billy Kelly who tied the janitor up
stairs and forced him to give the combina
tion. Here a bit of humor occurred, for it
appears the poor man was so frightened
whun he had told them all he knew tliat he
called them back and repeated the combi
nation to them, fearful tliat if he had made
a mistake they would take his life.
About a week after the robbery Billy
Kelly went to Patsy Ryan, the bartender of
tlie saloon on the corner of avenue C and
Seventh street and gave him $1,639 to trans
fer to his friend Shevelin. The watchman
came and received it as his part of the
spoils, and received the further assurance
that as soon a* the bonds could be nego
tiated he would bo sent more. Shevelin
took only a part'd the money, leaviug the
rest witl» Ryan.
According to Shevelin’* narrative, the
man who waa the plotter and chief execu
tor of the Manbattau bank robbery was
Jimmy Hope. He was one of the tint con
cerned in the scheme, and he seemed to
brood over it while at liberty and carry it
with him into the prison walla He clearly
has been the head and front of the plot, al
most from its conception to its consumma
tion. The story of his life is no less sensa
tional than this his latest achievment in
the career of crime.
TO A QUESTION ABOUT 6HBEP.
What Thousand* of Horthtraon Wish to Enow
A Basinew that Faya a Big Profit—Rais
ing Sh»«p in Bonthw#*t Georgia—
A Few Good Suggestions.
The Constitution is almost daily in re
ceipt of letters asking for information on
Georgia, its resources, people, climate, etc.
It is impossible for us to answer all of
these letters at the length they demand by
private correspondence. We have therefore
concluded to give from time to time space
in The Constitution for an answer that*
will do for all inquirers. One of the points
upon which many questions hang !« the
business of sheep raising, its profits. Its
dangers aud its pleasures. ' We quota at
length a letter received on yesterday as a
sample, and shall answer it direct, letting
tlie answer serve for an answer to all of its
class:
Chelsea, Mass , May 16th, 1879.
business and his politics have nothing to
do with a man’s social position in Georgia.
Of course any man can make himself
obnoxious if he determines to do
and in any community. But
he will find the people of Georgia hospit
able, courteous, and cordial, and above all
things anxious to buildup their state and
fully aware of the fact that thrifty north
erners are the best men to help them do it.
....... j .
—Perhaps you will be kind enough U>
We engage that our correspondents cannot
find a more cordial welcome anywhere than
in Georgia. We can give them the names
of hundreds of northern republicans, who
vote the republican ticket here, and will
testify to this fact.
in conclusion, wk sat
that il these young men are willing to work
and have a little capital, they can make an
independent living and a fortune in this
Hate. Let them come, make a careful selec
tion of Jand, buy a flock of 100 or 200 corn-
on ewes, and a few merino bucks, a cheap
•rso, and go to work. They will find that
they will have a delightful home, a pleasant
business, and a competency.
I can get reliable Information. We
think we could make It pay with proper care and
attention? Whatrooldwefray land_forj>eracre.
and Rood sheen land? What conld sheep be
s to have to keep sheep In the
Lam in the winter the same as here in Massachu
setts? and do you have the fever aud ague? We
have had It and don’t like It a bit. Please to an
swer these questions, and any other Information
which you cangiye us will be very thankfully
received. Enclosed please find $2.00 to pay for
Tiie Constitution one year. If It Is not enough
let us know and we will send more, a* we wish
very much to get the paper.
Is there hard feelings by the people to northern
men? Would a man be all right if ho would
mind his own business and let politics alone?
Hoping to hear from you a* soon as convenient,
I remain, resi»ectfuUy, W. B. Chapman,
17 Hawthorn street, Chelsea, Mas*.
In answer to the above questions we may
safely say that sheep husbandry is a profit
able bunineas iu Georgia. Indeed it .
probably the most universally profitable
bu-incss in which our people are engaged.
Dr. Janes, the commissioner of agriculture,
issued a short time ago a series of questions
addressed to men actually engaged in the
business, and their answers covered the
following points:
Of those w bo have tested crosses in Geor
gia 93 per cent, report tlie cross of the me
rino and the native most profitable.
The average annual pr> fit on the capital
invested in sheep in Georgia is 33 per cent
This presents a very, marked contrast be
tween the profits of sheep raising and cot
ton growing.
The average annual cost per head of
keeping sheep is only fifty-four cents. In
answer to question No. 13, the'average cost
of raising a. pound of wool is only six cents,
while the average price for which the un
washed wool is sola is 33% cents, or 27*4
cents net.
An average of seventy-four lambs are
raised for every hundred ewes, notwith
standing the ravages of dogs.
The average yield of unwashed wool to
the sheep is 3.44 pounds, which, at 27
cents net, gives an average clear income in
wool from each sheep ot W cents.
The average price received for lambs sold
to the bu cher iu Georgia is $1 87. The av
erage price of stock sheep is $2.58 per head.
The average price of muttons is reported
at $2.75 per head.
Ninety per cent of the corespondents
at iktino.
Tlie town of Irving, ninety miles west of
Atchison, was nearly destroyed. At that
point the storm took the form
of a cyclone and levelled every
thing in ita path. About forty build
form reaffirms the principles heretofore ad- They say that on the day before the I under the Fifth avenue. Josh was a set-
vocated by the party iu Ohio; CaVors the unlianpy affair occurred Miss Hearn visited j tin’ there about half asleep. 1 thought be
abolition of the present national bank-1 Mis* Doer and spent a pleasant evening; 1 *ras a Methodist ex’orier. Mr. Carlton,
ing system, the substitution of green- that when they parted an appointment was 1 says he to me: "Arp—Major Arn—allow me
backs ft»r national bank notes and I made for a visit the next day to. the woods I to introduce you to Colonel Billings—Josh
declares that the demonitization of silver t*> shoot at a mark, as they had often doue I Billings. Colonel Billings, Major Arp,
was a monstrous fraud on the people and before, the target being usually an old en-1 from Georgy.” ^
that it ahonld be restored to its place on an ytlope pinned against a tree; that on tbe I Seating myself, I looked at Josh and Josh
equality with gold. An alditional naolu- iu.f*ted 5th of November Miss Duer called I looked at me. He never said nothin’ and I
lion requesting the democratic member* of I f or Miss Hearn; that the latter was I never said nothin’, for I still took him for
congrats not to vote for any appropriation | not disponed to go out of the house; I an ex’orter. After a good long minute he
lngs were destroyed, fifteen persons wrrs
killed aud thirty to forty wounded. Among
the casualties are the following: John
Keeney, wife, father and son, killed; Mm
W. J. William*, killed; Mrs. Brick master
T9.J. M lllinillM, MUCH, miuwici
mm) fir. childrvtt, killed; Jiu-ob 8ubin> and
ultr. (null; injurtd; K. Slwtdon, wife and
.later, d«np-rm;»!y hurt mnd not tx|>rclrd
tomrvire; Mix. W.U Butfoiind two chil
dren, badly hurt (one h»» .inee died) »nd
Mr*. Xtwh. Mr* Geo. Martin nnd -event
other., more or taa •evenly injured.
Anions the buildinsa blown down are two
ehurehe* one a Hite .tone building, the
public *chonl, the gniln eleeetor, rail rood
depot, Wetmore in.titnteM.d the revideneen
oi John A. Warden, t'harlte Proton, W, H.
fetbrin* M. I. 1-eddjr and Me»r* Arm-1
•trons, Tbom|»on, Sheldon, Bate* Wil-
linnix end other*
*t rexxsrottr. ■ I
The Putty Chxnipton he. » .pedal front
Frame fort jtivine the following lt»t of caau-l
.Hie. in the virinitTof that niece: Jemr.
I town, and wife, killed; John llowe, hoy of
bill until e provision be inede to keep the j tha; the two girl, went out into I opened hi. mouth solem’ly end aid:
entty front influencing or intimideting the t lte hallway, where they talked end I "day something.”
jteople et the poll, wtu.ubmitted by Frank laughed; that while they were talking Miss | “SomethingT” said I; for I had Just
13, killed; Mr* Groove,, killed; Miwi
Groove* leg broken; a child of
Mr. Worn-
ifurd, in behalf of th® minority of the I () U cr produced the pistol, and was toying I spotted him and was looking
committee on resolutions, but it was de- carelessly with it, when it went off, she possible.
(rated by a heavy vote. I knows not bow, and shot Miss Hearn; that I *-When you fled from the foul invader
ins oaxKNBACREiM. I in the excitement which followed, a neigh- | you had a steer with a knot in his tail,” said
CoLuxars, O., June 4.—Tne state green- \y iTt Mr. Clark, entered the house and took I he.
back convention met here u»-day with about the pistol away from Miss Duer. who in her I "Yea,” said L
five hundred delegate*. President 8. F. Ca- J distraction at the injury of her friend was I «*hi he well? ’ said he.
rey was made permanent chairman, and the brandishing the weapon, threatening that if I "As well as could be expected, consider-
following ticket nominated: For governor, | s he had killed her friend she would kill I in’,” said L
General A. Saunders Piatt, of Logan {herself; that in the long month of Miss I "Considerin’what?” said he.
county; lieutenant-governor, Hugo Pryor, | Hearn's illness no suggestions of felonions 1 "He is dead,’’ said L
of Starks. The platform adorned favors ] *. hooting was advanced; that after her death | Billings sighed, and, wiping his eye, said,
the distribution of civil and political rights j resentment and vindictiveness prompted I w jth much feeling:
without favoritism on account of birth, | proce« ding*, and, finally, that the I "Hence these steers.’
color, creed or financial condition; de- I wound Miss Hearn received was not such ai j Just then Mr. Carlton called us to the
mand.v the issue by the government of an ordinarily would cau«e death, and that her door to see a balloon sailing away with a
amp.e volume of legal tender currency to death was occasioned by circumstances balloouatic in iu We looked at it as long
meet the business wants of tbe country; { disconnected from the responsibility of the I as we could see it. After awhile it drifted
cliarge* the present suffering and financial | accused. | dear out of sight aqd we sat down to ru-
distress uron the old political parties; de- T1I , ALLIGO) murderess. nrinate. Billings sighed again and thecor-
nounce* all references to the late civil war tfncmw the hug mue % I ners of his mouth drooped very low. Said
a* revolutionary; rolls for the abolition of Her age is said to be twenty-one, but sue | j ie;
the national banking system; substitution | appeared a few yeara older, and her weight I «Th e like of that makes me very sad.
i-ofa graduated income tax for internal reve- was estimated at 115 pounds. In height she j Thirty years ago I embarked upon life’s
nue laws, and the calling in and payment I >eemed to be about five feet three or four I uncer tain sea—not the wet sea shore enuf,
of all United States bonds in legal tender inches, but the spectators could not deter- but ^ dry Ian(L j 8ta rted west with $4
notes. A minority report was also submit- mine it, as she leaned upon the arm of the and a carmkter—which is to say there
* ■ - * ... .nJ if ImI amt atGnnni in • liar linPTHts*. I ° t a- i_ r •. _
UnXITn, »r|s iTt'k' -i. ■ vmiiw vi «(■ .. u.
field, seriously injured; Mrs. Vaughan,
badly injured; John Vaughan, eeriously
ted hy the committee onjdaGora.. and it led | sheriff and stoopedjn^ a jwmewhatjingraa?- J were tK) indictments agin me; I wasn’t a
injured; Mrs. A. a Fox, right arm broken;
Henry Johnson. mortally injured;
Ben Fox, seriously injured; Mrs. Henry
tter and excited discussion.
GREENBACK DISSATISFACTION.
Special dispatch to The CoastituOoa.
Con MSUS.O. JuneS.—Geuersl Ostvy.Gen
eral Sherwood, and others, who participated
in tbe greenback convention yesterday,
Joshua llowe, James Vaughn,
Robert Laughlin and Miles Kelly and
family, all badly injured. At Irving twelve
were killed outright and 49 wounded, moat
of the latter severely; many of them will
die. A committee of citizens and physi
cians from this city arrived there this after-
n*ton, and. medical supplies and clothing
have been forwarded from here to provide
for tbe immediate necessities of the suffer-
Ottawa county. Fifteen
been brought in from two square miles of
territory. One man from Beloit was taken
up in his wagon, thrown to the ground
again and instantly killed. A woman
and a child were thrown against a wire
fence and kill. X Five persons were killed
in one house near Delpboa. Tbe crops bare
been severely injured. Reports from Scan-
dia. Republic county, state that tbe storm
was very severe In that section, but no cas
us'lice are yet reported. Oilmens of this
rise® raised thb afternoon $1,300 for tbe re
lief of the sufferer*. A special train leaves
here at midnight carrying supplies of medi
cir.es, blankets and clothing.
TOE ORIGIN OF TOR STURM.
It b not unlikely that these storm* had a
cvmmen origin out on there plains in wes
tern Kansas, at some local cause broke tbe
original cloud to fragments, and that sepa
rate, storms were framed from there, one of
fnl way in her movement around * n, i ronnin’ swav front nothin*. I went on —
acrom the court. But the general effect exp iorin* expedition like Columbus and Sir
created by her appearance was in her favor, | Jo £ n Krankliii—an experimental survey of
ing places ot the "crooked” fraternity as
tlie neighboring cities contained were well
watched. In succession they suited Phila
delphia, Wilmington and several towns in
Delaware, but Jimmy Hope was not to be
found at any.
All this time, however. Captain Bvmes
had kept his eye on Shevelin, the watchman
in the bank building. Katurany he had
come under his eyes at tbe beginning of the
quest, and a rumor that got afloat tended to
bold hu attention. It was the story which
gained currency at the time relative to the
watchman’sintimacy with one of the you*>g
women of the neighborhood whose charac
ter and associates were of the worst stamp.
The captain disproved the theories which
had been built upon that rumor at the time,
but for other reasons he thought well to
keep him under constant surveillance.
Not an action of the man but was noted.
He was tracked on his walks, followed to
hu places of resort, lbtened to when
he talked and watched closely in door
and out. Soon thu began to have its fruits.
Shevelin was discovered to be living rather
high, indulging freely in drink, and he
always seemed to have plenty of money on
hand. The captain redoubled his attention
and bad the detectives trace up fils history
and inquire into his past mode of living.
It then transpired that previous to the rob
bery Shevelin had been in a tight strait for
money, had earned only a meagre salary
and could barely eke out an existence. It
was learned, too, that he had subsequently
become a frequent visitor at a liquor store
on the comer of Seventh street and avenue
C, where he had consultations with a bar
tender named Ryan.
Dorsey and Slevin now began watching
the two, and one day they were agreeably
surprised to discover Shevelin in conversa
tion with Billy Kelley, who bad been sen
tenced to twenty years’ imprisonment, but
had been pardoned nine years ago through
political influence. A little while and he
was again discovered with Kelly. On this
Captain Byrnes got on the ex-bundaT’s track
ana had him as carefully watched as the
others.
He learned that two Sundays previous to
the bank robbenr Kelly liad'stood on the
corner opposite the bank at about 60’clock,
seemingly watching it, when he should
have been working as bartender at Flood’s
liquor store on Eighth avenue. Following
up his inquiries, he learned that on the
day of the robbery he had left the place at
two o’clock in the morning and had not re
turned till late in the afternoon. Aftor
that day, too, he changed h'is
whole course of life, gave up his
situation, took to the road and developed
into a fall blown sporting man. He ut-
It was about nine years ago that Jimmy
Hope first became famous to police annals,
when he was arrested for complicity in the
robbery of the paymaster’s safe in the Phila
delphia navy yard- He wa- -«nt to prison,
but with the good fortune that afterward
followed him, he made his escape. Again
he was arrested and convicted for his con
nection with a bank robbery in the interior
of New York state, and again he escaped
from prison, i# conjunction with Jim
Brady, Dan Noble, the ‘‘Big Kid” and four
others. The scene changed to Wilmington,
Delaware, where, with other desper
ate burglars, he rented a house next to
the First national bank, and one day
captured the cashier and his whole
family. A servant escaped to tell the tale,
and Hope, with his companions, Joe How
ard alias Kingsland, Frank McCoy alias
"Big Frank” and Jim Brady were captured
and sentenced to forty lashes each and ten
years’ imprisonment. Not long after they
all escaped. Hope was arrested about a
'ear ago for an attempt made with Jim
the most phlegmatic of the look- tbe face of the eart £ j traveled afoot—
era were compelled to acknowledge that I * -
and <
—- - -, , ,,, - . - , that is a good many feet—in fact a few
im —j. .her thoughtful, intelligent face went j hundred miles, and got out of money and
held a meeting last night.at which speeches to confirm the stones or her possession l exrC dj erl | S about the same time—way off at
were made denouncing the action of that | of a decided, erratic and eccentric genius. I K i{ tl j e town in Indiana,
convention. A resolution was a«lopted to I The tasteful character of her attire, the | "My nataral aversi- a to muscular exer-
issue a call for another convention at Tol- 1 neatl.v gloved but rather huge, although I c - se about brought me to tbe_ verge cf
edo on June 17, to nominate a new ticket. J well shaped hand*, and her composed, not | bankruptcy when I spied a crowd moving
- _ , to say self-possessed demeanor gave her the | ronn d in the suburb*. There I found a
A Ited Ae«Me««_ «« _Ctrl**-A | »i ro } a rcfin^TamTcitj-bred^girl, »nd mrnde | f““, e dric j. up Italian going nraitd with a
her appear quite out of place as the Mood hat , ing to ^, lke np « n dollar* He said
MMitn.tad a ith th* hnnilnql nf MCirinl I , . ; a l, f .1 .......
I contrasted with the hundred of awkward I he oouidgo up in hia balloon for that sum
| and unfashionable country girl* wbo have 1 ud no The crowd hesitated, and
r the
only obstacle to sheep husbandry.
The United States census of 1870, gives
the number of sheep in Georgia as 419,465.
It will be seen that the average annual
profit oil the capital invested
sheep husbandry is sixty-three per
cent. There is no other business that
will equal this. We are enabled to give a
comparison between the business of sheep
raising in Pennsylvania and in Georgia,
that will speak volumes in favor of thi:
state.
Mr. David Ayers, of Camilla, Mitchell
county, in southwestern Georgia, where
snow never fidls and the ground seldom
freezes, and where the original pine forest
is carpeted with native grass, says his sheep
—-3,500 in number—cost him annually four
teen cents per head, clip three pounds of
unwashed wool, which sells at thirty cents
per pouud, giving a clear profit of ninety
per cent on the money and labor iuvested
in sheep. Lands suited to sheep raising can
be purchased in this section of the state for
from $1.50 to $10 per acre according to lo
cation. Mr. Ayers does not feed his sheep
at any time during the year, neither has lie
introduced the improved breeds, using
only what is known as the native sheep.
Mr. 'Avers complains of the ravages of
Hunt, BArnesville, Georgia; Sergeant,
Major, T. E. Murphy, B&rnesville, Georgia;
Quartermaster, A. H. Snead. Forsyth,
Georgia; Paymaster, W. M. Mitchell,
Griffin, Georgia, Surgeon, J. L. Moore:
Griffin. Georgia; Commissary, D. A.
Stroud, Bamesville, Georgia; Judge-advo
cate, R. S. Benner, Forsyth.
Company A—Bamesville Blues—Captain,
0. J. Murphy. First lieutenant,T. C. Banks;
second lienten&nt, J. E. Reading. First ser
geant, W. R. Tyler; second sergeant, J. M.
Howard; third sergeant, ; fourth ser
geant, J. A. Fouche; fifth sergeant, W. C.
Stafford. Quarter-master, J. E. Round. First
corporal, N. H. Truitt; second corporal,
. third corporal, J. 6. Rooche; fourth
rporal, K. C. Barrett Privates—J.
Smith, J. T. Chandler, Charles Tyler, A. C.
McCay, W. Gardner, R. E. Banks, W. Rey-
* ‘ ‘ -,C. Os-
GIGANTICJSWINDLE.IN »THE STATE.
An Organized Band of Wild Land PI
rates at Work.
For ten years past there has been a species
of rascality in successful operation in many
pans of Georgia. We refer to the forging
of wild land certificates, to which are at
tached counterfeits of the great seal of the
state. This business has gone on so long
that there is no telling how many of these
bogus certificate shave gone ont to swindle
innocent purchasers. It is said that there
live been several organized gangs of these
rindlers who have pushed their villainous
hemes with remarkable succes*.
About two years ago a gentleman inform
ed the secretary of state that in a printing
office in Atlanta, several hundred land
grant* had been printed for the use of one
of these gangs. In other places in the state
there have been frequent operations of the
satneVmd. The sharpers have bogus land
grants printed. Tney learn the names of
justice* of the peace iu various countie*
and somehow they procure their signal urea.
These are artfully counterfeited and signed
to tho certificate*. To make the bogus
instrument complete a fac simile of the
great seal of the state is attached thereto,
and the swindler disposes of hi.* home
made certificate for a paltry sum to any
body he can take in. Usually these fraudu
lent papers are offered for $2 each. It i*
said that many of them first go into the
hands of what are known as laud-sharks or
speculators in wild lands. They in turn
dispose of them to honest men for a mule
lything they can get. Frequently
njtrfttitf *4i(1ao .m
Holds, W. M. Howard, J. C. Dozier, L.
born, T. Adams, J. McDowell. J. A. Fouche,
~ S Graddick.
Company B—Spalding Greys—Captain,
Seaton Grantland; first lieutenant, J. K.
Porter; second lieutenant, W. S. Tennant;
third lieutenant, J. L. Boynton. Sergeants
R. J. Dean, T. G. Bailey, G. W. Seymour,
M. Springer. T. J. Rockwell. Quarter
master—W. F. Thomas. Corporals —H. B.
Fuiral. II. A. Jones. S. L. Martin, H. W.
Grant, L. L. Woodruff Privates—J. N.
Allen, J. W. Buckalew, W. W. Barrett, N.
(Collins, L. -Cleveland, T. E. Cauthorn,
Flynt, L. W. Drewry, W. F. Ison, T. P.
Jones, J. F. Morris, M. F. Morris, C. L.
Maugham, M. D. Mitche'l, C. P. Newton,
J. IL Nunnally, M. J. Patrick, G. W. Pick
ering, J. R. Wilson.
Company C., Quitman Guards.—Captain,
. B. Cabaniss; first lieutenant, W. J.
Dumas; second lieutenant, J. M. Banks;
third lieutenant, B. Myrick. Sergeants—
firat. A. C. Roddy; fourth, J. F. Green;
fifth, J. R. Bank. Corporals—first, G. M.
•eer; third, J. \V. Thweatt Privates—T.
Bridge*. J. M. Bridges, V. M. Cabani i
2kL Uiddens, Wm. Clower, S. B. Head, T.
Jug*topper, J. B. Mount, George Banks,
W. J. Phinczee, J. Pye, J. a Pinkard, W.
~ '• * ~ilder, C. :
•Sanders, E. C. Nilder, C. A. Thurman.
Company D., Griffin Light Guards.—Cap
tain, II. W. Johnstone; first lieutenant, G.
C. Stewart; second lieutenant, J. L. Bass;
jr. second lieutenant, W. B. Hammond;
irst sergeant, C. P. Beeks; second sergeant.
N. Seymore; third sergeant, E. J. Flemis-
;fourth*ergeant, J. R. Sims ;fifth sergeant,
T. Murray; first corporal, C. T. Logan;
second corporal, W. M. Johnstone; third
corporal, Win. Stewart; fourth corporal, L.
Daniel. Privates—W. C. Beeks, J. C.
Brooks, H. Bass. J. H. Clark,
A. B. Clarke, M. H. Conually,
W.. H. Conually, J. J. Couch, G,
Cunningham, J. D. George, E. C. Goodrich,
Centennial.
Griffin, Ga., June 2.—A very peculiar
and unfortunate accident occurred at
Methodist church yesterday morning; been her social peers, ard tnu» refinement ta j ked aad i aug hed and joked, but they
caused by the sudden tilling of a large ffwr. | was all the more striking m the eye of the I d j dn » t contribute. The little fellow looked 1
I Mrs. Lockhart, an old lady nearly eighty spectator passed over her face to, success- ^ and dbcouraged, and was about to gire
yeara of age, happened near tbe door, I ively, the faros of her mother, father and I it up i suddenly discovered toy op-
when, without any warning, it was loosed I sister, ranged as they were in that order I portunr.y. Rousing myself as it were from
from tbe hinges and came down, crushing [ next to her. There was the family likeness I j whispered to him and asked if be
her to the floor. Several bones were | in them all. She was her parent s child as 1 wo ** d _j ve me ad over t ij e len dollars that
1 broken, and if it does not prove fatal, a long 1 rare as ever parent had a child; I I couldget. -Yes,’ said he. Seizing the hat,
confinement will be the* result. She was f mother, while an intelligent and qniet ladr, | j w eloquent. I let fly my homely wit
m«d far tbedaugbter a inferior in breed-j a ^d got everybody iu good humor, and in
about five minutes had raked in $22.
picked up in an insensible condition and seei
carried to the home of a friend. The wood j ing and manner. .
into which the hinges were screwed was J On the first day of the Inal the mothered I »-'n je nitten old balloon was fired np in a
rotten, and it is supposed gave way to the I the girl that was killed was called. e I twinkling. I heljied to fire it—and filled it
touch of some qpe uear it. C.T. L. | give the * ’ ’ ” u
year ago tor an attempt maae witii jiui
Cokely to rob the Deep River bank at Deep
River, Conn. Both went to jail, but mean
time Hope was taken to Dexter, Me.,
to see if he could disclose any-, ,, _ , . _ .
thine about Cashier Barron’s murder there. . Mr - ‘Ayers complains ot the ravages of
It was believed that he had some knowledge A" » h «P. » nd ot h °K* ««l eagles on
of the parties who did the killing, though ) la h'” s * , ,
he was in prison when it was done. It was 1 Ma John McDowell, of Washington conn-
also believed that he had some share in the I W* Pennsylvania, keeps 6o0 highly tm-
robberyof the bank at Limerick, Me., to proved sheep, which cost annually, $1.04 per
which place he was taken from Dexter and V? bead, to keep them. He aims to make
placed on trial. He was acquitted after a bis wool clip clear, which averages four
week's examination. Hope was credited pounds of brook-washed wool per sheep,
with being engaged in the robbery of the and so!Id t^Ids year at fiftj-six cents pe^
Beneficent saving fund and the First na- pound, or $2 24 for each sheep sheared; bin
tiorml batik of Wellsboro, Pa. He was as the last crop cost, on account of the severe
fortunate as he was skillful and daring. |
. ing to its freedom from hay seed, and the
Boston, June 1.—A special to the Herald r f u ct that the heavy soring rains wash out
from Island Ponds, Vt., announces that the l the yolk and dirt, just before shearing time,
entire school district known as Jacobs Mills Georgia unwashed wool is as clean a9 Penn-
district, at Newark, ten miles from there. | s ylvania brook-washed. His sheen are
numbering twenty children, drank wat- r worth $3.50 per head, and his net prohts are
from a brook poisoned by the carcasses of forty-six percent on the capital invested in
dead horses and sheep, also potato tons upon | them.
which Paris green had been used, they be- The land on which Mr. McDowell pas-
ing thrown into the brook. Seventeen tores his sheep is worth about fifty dollars
children were taken down, eleven are dead, per acre, or fully ten times the value of that
and the others cannot live. Edvrard Morse 0 n which Mr. Ayers’s flocks feed,
lost two, Fred. Simpson one and John A\- J In other words, Mr. McDowell, in the fine
drick five, thua taking his entire family of farming regions of Pennsylvania, must in-
five children. Mrs. Aldrick is hopelessly [ vest, supposing that be keeps two sheep to
insane. The children suffered untold ago- the acre and Mr. Ayers one, five times as
nies, and after death tbe bodies became | much in land as Mr. Ayers, to make one-
pulrid and required immediate burial. | half the profit on the money invested in
Work has been suspended and great excite- aheep.
raent prevails. The teacher of the school it will thus appear, that where sheep-hus
noticed something wrong about the taste of baudry is made a specialty, southern Geor-
the water, and forbade its use in school; I gj a has a decided advantage over Penuayl
but seventeen of the scholars used it, end J vania.
were stricken do\?n within twenty-four | Mr. Robert C. Humber, of Putnam coun
hours. One of the children, a son of Mr. j ty, in middle Georgia, fumisaes some m-
Hudson, pulled through. Just above the teresting facta from his experience in sheep
school-house was a field of potatoes last sea- raising as a factor of mixed husbandry, in
son, and parts green was used to extenm-1 which the famous and much dreaded Ber-
nate potato-bugs. The potato tops were j m nda grass is utilized,
dumped into the ham-yard of Horace j He keeps 138«heepof the cross between
Cheney, who drained from the barn-yard tbe merino and the common stock,
into the brook. He also buried a colt in the . He says they cost “nothing except the
spring of 1878 on the edge of the brook, and l salt they eat,” while they pay 100 per cent
, the flowing water washed out part of the | on the investment, In mutton, lambs and
tended the races, bet freely, drank a good '• carcass. Mr. Simpson, who lias lost one j wool.
deal,and always had money to show. All child, objected to the colt being buried j They yield an average of three pounds of
his movements were watched now, and the tliere. ana caused Cheney to remove it and j wool per head, which he sella at the very
bury it elsewhere, which was done; but it j ) 0 w price of twenty-five cents—less than
was'buried In a swamp only fifty feet from j the market price. It co^ts him nothing ex-
the brook, the water of which ran into the | cept the shearing. His sheep range oh Ber-
brook. Cheney remarked that he guessed niudagrass old fields in summer, and the
he hadn’t bettered it much. Violent threats J plantation at large embracingtbe fields from
are freely expressed toward Cheney. j which the crops have been gathered and
Samples of tbe water have been sent to tbe cane bottoms in winter. They are never
Boston for analysis, and the selectmen will' fed at any season.
not take any proceedings until the result is I We do not think a better example can be
known. Ol'd and voung are taking the dis- | found than these, and we are confident tliat
ease, but in a milder form, and will soon I they give a true result,
recover. Six physician* have been unre- { As to selection of lands there
mitting in attendance. Public opinion runs | great range of choice. In south Georgia
high each one having his or her view of the the lands are worth from $1 to $10 per acre,
trouble, no two stories being alike. “The | but there is an immense range that is free
brook was poisoned, and Cheney did it,” is {and open. This is covered with luxuriant
a common expression. The offenders, if any. wire grass that is native and wild, and that
will meet with just punishment. {is nutritious from early spring until frost.
1 The unoccupied pine forests of this section
would easily subsist a million she p for
lands with perfect ’titles
exchanged for these tx?gus certificates.
While this crooked business has been in
vogue for at least ten years it appears that
all efforts to suppress it and to catch the
criminals have been unavailing. Tlie fault
h# been mainly with the local authorities.
There is no way to atop this rascality except
for the authorities of each county where it
practiced to take hold of the matter
and search it to the bottom. There
are such large quantities of wild lands
in Georgia that these counterfeiters
have had ample material on which to oper
ate. Their busines* has been particularly
lively during the past two years. Fre
quently parties have brought these bogus
land grants to the secretary of state for veri
fication. They are instantly detected. The
imitation of the seal is usually very good,
but sometimes is a little rough in finish
and in nearly every case larger than the
genuine.
Recently there have been very bold and
successful operations in this line in
northwestern Georgia on the Alabama liue.
There is said to be a regularly organized
gang in this traffic, which has proven disas
trous to the ho|>es of many a poor fellow.
In April, 1878, a man named Lambert, who
is said to have been ot.e oi the gang, was as
sassinated in Polk county by unknown par
ties. It has always been the belief there
that he was killed by two men named J. M.
Rowe and Horatio Chisolm, his part
ners in the wild land frauds. They
liad a difficulty, and to prevent
Lambert from disclosing the secret* of the
gang his former confederates are said to
have put him out of the way. Rowe and
Chisolm have disappeared from Polk
county. The governor offered a reward for
the apprehension of the murderer of Lam
bert, but us yet the matter remains in
bloody mystery. It is said that thus same
man Chisolm, about two years ago, went
into the office of the secretary of state and
asked to aee the wild land books for several
of the northern counties. Ho was shown
the papers he wished to see and was soon
A. Heard, vf. A. Hartnett, T. N. Hatton.
P. Johnstone, R. H. Johnstone, F. R.
Jones, J. W. Little. W. P. Lovette, A. A.
Maxwell, W. R. Mangham, W. C. Mang-
hara, Wm. White, J. B. Milligan, Wm.
Mickleberry, J. E. Thome, J. B. Mills, C. P.
Nall, P. O. L. Orr. Wm. Sears, H. J. Simon-
ton, A. M. Speer, jr., G. W. Simpson, R. A.
Thompson, R. T. Daniel, J. F. Stevenson.
observed copying off the diagrams of the
wild land plots. He
was informed that it
against the rules of the office to allow
any one such a liberty, whereupon lie
apologized very politely ami retired.. He
was a man of very pleasing address. At the
time referred to he was probably in Atlanta
arranging some scheme of swindling, such
os he has since earned out so boldly. Both
he and Rowe are said to be desj>eratc
men who have defied the
authorities of Polk county more than once.
There are true bills against both in that coun
ty for forgery. It is said that Chisolm has
vowed vengeance against some of the
attorneys and witnesses against him
in Cedartown. Just before the re
cent fire he was seen near that
place. While this seems to be tlie boldest
gang in tlie land forgery business, yet there
are doubtless in other parts of the state sim
ilar organizations who work by slyer but
not less successful methods.
There is absolutely no telling how many
bogus land grants there are now in Georgia.
Whether the investigations of the wild land
committee, now going on, will touch this
r icular ijart off the subject or not cannot
ascertained just yet. * It is probable,
however, tliat the more light that is thrown
on the general subject of wild land specu
lations, the more apparent will
become all such frauds as those
described above. In several of
the counties where such villainy has
been most common the authorities have
number of suspected parties spotted and
will bring them to justice. If the same
vigilance were adopted wherever the rascals
ply their game they would soon be brought
to a stop and further frauds u|Mm the gov
ernment and innocent prevented.
result of this and other precautions on the
;ptaiu’a part was tbe arrest of Jimmy
Hope and subtequently of Johnny Bobbs.
He had refrained from taking the watchman
into custody until hecould get him Inextri
cably entangled in the web of evidence he
wa-> weaving about him.
Now that Kelly’s character was investiga
ted and an inkling of the nature of the
meeting at Ryan’s bar was had the moment
seemed opportune for action. On Wed
nesday last he presented himself before
Shevelin, accused him of the robbery,
showed how complete a case he had against
him and then put him under arrest. The
fellow had rested all along in fancied secu
rity. believing in the sagacity of his asso
ciates and building hopes of realizing still
larger gains on the promises they made
him. His arrest thoroughly upset him,
and when he was confronted by evidence
he had never dreamed of he broke down
mnd made an open breast of it alL
wh eh traversed the southern tier of coon-
tle* in Kansas; amuher traveled eastward,
striking tbe earth in Jackson county. Mi»-
M/uri, tbeiww n** ved northeast to Kirksdale
and beyond, ud the Urir!, and the darkest
one of tbe three passing over tbe country
In the neighborhood of St. Joaeph. A heavy
rain fell have last night, and today tbe
temperature is quite cold, rendering fires
almost necessary for comfort. Heavy rains
prevailed all over tbe central, southwestern
and northwestern parts of this state. d«4ng
so full of gas the old guy-ropes could hardly
. bold it to the ground. I saw that tbe little
ftomtaa, Ga.. Jane 2.—Smyrna church . v- r | fellow looked anxious, but I felt gaily and
(Presbyterian) in this county, observed its bSnSliaiail^herlS; l£tfal£3 was bound to give him a lively send-off
semi-centennial yesterday. The anniver- J^not remember the exact time—Mias l>uer "When we cut tbe ropes he shot up like
preached by Rev. Henry | came to our house; I was lying on a loanee, and 1 a sky-rocket; in less than a minute be was
" 1 — ■J5SS" about a mile up in tbe blue ethereal vault.
tbe room dmrnbeslde | It waa a calm, still day as you ever see, and
„ *,«*.«**. would have to go. 1 ho went up so straight it almost broke our
vast crowd in attendance, as Smyrna chnrch J u4 txsned for the door, but came back mnd sat j necks to looks at him. Up and up and up
ta one of the oldest (if not the oldest) I down again; abe did this several times; the see-1 until the balloon was a bare speck
charci*. in .hi. Tidmtj. _ W. P. a 1 ta*”*>^5
ited lttek: I went Into the kitebts. btttl until tbe speck was gone, ana not eren*
returned: Mia. Duer then .eeaed ml tried j tky-glass could find It.
ud mvl. «* aid mj lUuxhler »^o, tltoach nocta- “My friends, from thxtdsT to thu nobudy
s*ry sermon was preached by Re* Henry
Muuac. of Oonyer* and was an able, elo
quent and appropriate discourse. The
one of great intereat to tbe
sqwelal dtqaueh la The OooKltoltoo.
Ctarnt-xitA*. June 4.—City Marshal | tag wa. aakjmml" remember: the hat ante Mlaa | hssever >«n or heard of that little Italian.
Burousti. of kinsston. who allot and killed } I *nj aouebow or somehow eL=e I hare al-
the twu Monia twotlser. about two weeks gS'lal^StteMnlu ns rtuwas I way, fait respond We fc* him. My only
. a. i ...Mat itiifira tr uu v* s * T* Tr w i.Ti I i .1 - • * --—•- • —
since wLile engaged ta a .ireet difficulty
in that city, aune into Cartersville this
morning at an earn
to Sheriff Gna Franklin. When the sheriff
got up in the morning be found Bumtugh.
outside of the door and tbe
once took place. Hunuugh was earned to
great benefit Iu the wheat and other trope j i.j, where lie will remain until Friday,
ttpwUI dispatch tTlha - ~ “ j * preliminary trial will take pU«.
Sr. Lori* June l—i djqaltb from The Late Heated BhleMa.
Atchison. Kansas, taya: A committee of ' *i«dal dispatch to The Constitution,
rurgfott* and eitiaena were sent to Irring. j Jjto, Roc... Jane S.—The Mexican war
Kansas, last Saturday and returned to- T ' Wrul asaocUtiun of Arkansas met vested
agy. They report that twenty persona day in respect to the memory of tbe late
were kil.ed, and forty-eight severely | General James Shield* and passed resolu-
nded at or near frying and at Frank- J How, «xpieeaiye of their appreciation of his
serine Kiss Doer: alter theywent out I lay down 1 bore is that be went dead straight to heareu.
tew* went to sleep; heardanciselike Mar the Lord haTe mercy on usalL"
Billings choked up and sobbed a little.,
SahaB liy‘tteS 5£teStok£Su£y^£l •» remarked:_ Tye got.to part of the
rocs ping: la a short time I — —— -
jSSTeTV^op.
nd Bft me wttb ber
ton fifteen were killod and many wounded j ability and heroism as a •oldier, integrity
*ix { a man and unswerving patrioowa. The
In tbe vicinity of Delpboa.
wounded and many casualties. In j members of tbe association throughout the
tbe other parts of tbe eountry traversed ) SU |te will wear tho usual badge of mourning
by IU atom * * ‘
n forty per- i thirty days.
, ,.j have been killed and asventy Weighty j ' _ ^
wounied, all of the Utter severely. The 1 toeatfc t Baron Bwti
destruction of property was very great. ! London, Juno 3.—Baron Lionel Nathan
Hundreds of bouses hare been demolished | De Ro.hschhd, the chief
_ De Ro.becfaitd. tbe chief partner in the
pd crojw ’.in the path of the cyclone were j Unking finn of Rothschild s. Oo~ is dead.
and hob in? tor fab* t etafaber hand; she tried
tore* bold of me and faUnired m« •rTeral tip--
the table.crying. **Ob. na. dooT l|
arouuU the table, crying. "Oh. ma. d*m t Iran
outolthetfuisc room and called for help: after
the »booUmf^fa^^^g^^ec^^vjJT
be remarked. __
twentv-two dollars, but if he’s ever beard of
rn par it to him and three per cent, in
terest—I will ’pon honor—Arp, let’s step
round and take somethin*—I’m feelin* so
The BL Leafs Bctoal Mmnej.
St. Louis, June 4.—The board of public
schools has brought suit against the sureties
of J. P. Creiger, jr„ late cashier of the
Broadway savings bank, who waa also treas
urer of tbe school board, to recover $72.0X1
school funds in bis hands aud deposited in
the Broadway savings bank when that con
cern suspended.
HOW THE BURGLARS ORGANIZED.
A plan was arranged for bursting the bank
at an opportune moment, and tbe gang wbo
were to operate was made up of tbe "Big
Kid.” ••Little Tracy,” “BigTracy” and Dul
lard. After several meetings they became
disheartened, the scheme lagged and finally
was given up altogether. Jimmy Hope was
>anguine still, however, and half a year
later be sought out Sbeveline again.
This time he made an arrangement to
_jsociate Johnny Dobbs and the “Big Kid”
with himself, and then went to wurk in
downright earnest. On the first available
Sunday he visited the bank aud carefully
examined the vaults. On the following one
be gave Shevelin some way to take an im
pression of the outer door with, took it
away with him and returned with a key
which be had made and which the watch
man found worked in the lock quite easily.
Hope went away with it and returned the
the next Sunday with a kit qf tools with
which he went to work on tbe safe. He
tampered with the combination, took off
tbe plate and tested the lock.
On tbe fonrth Sunday he brought Johnny
Dobbs along. They.drilled a bole ander tbe
combination, threw the lore tumbler lo'Jc
of the combination back, and opening the
door, entered tlie vault. Inside, however,
they were at a loss how to proceed, for they
found there the two steel safes, both with
combination lock*. Fifty minutes was all
the time they had to complete the job, and
they concluded that it could not be done
with safety in that time, so they reluctant
ly gave it over. They came out. and Hope
undertook to luck tne door. Somehow be
dropped the screw, and was able to force
AFFAIRS OF STATE.
rant Train* on tbe Central—Along tbe
aiacon and Western—Stray Notes
from Acwortb.
BURIED ALIVE.
Sunnybidk, June 4 —The large well being
dug at tliis place for the Central railroad
caved in tonlay about ten o'clock. The
dirt caught three negroes who were at work
in the well. Their injuries are not con
sidered dangerous.
PEACHES AND ROASTING KARS.
Bolingbroke, June 4.—Tinsley Whitle
Si Beville, owners of Fruitland orchard,
near this place, have shipped on an average
Lebaxox, Pexx., Jqna 2 —Thi, little bo-1 nine mouths in the year. They are equal
tmday the aeene of a terrible to the best blue-grass pastures of Kentucky.
hlqmiy afTsir, < wbuch resulted in the instant A new settler will need only enough isnii
deatnof one man by suicide, and the fatal tor, hia house and hts farm. His sheep
wounding of another. The facts of the case -walks be will find all around him. This
are as follows: Wm. Ulrich, a batcher, wbo | gnus will support six sheep to the acre for
at one time did a thriving business, became nine months m tbe year.
involved,and about two years ago wa, sold As to tbe trouble withdng*that will un-
ont by the sheriff, since which time his af- doubtedly soon be over. It is nelie-ed to
fair, have been going on from bad to worse, be certain that the next legislature will pas,
until he finally became reckless, and told 1 a d°f» that will rid tlie slate of rite
. . •> .a - i j I. i_ I niisnmnln rinr. f nnf fiitinVr tit. khi'.n Tlisa
fifteen boxes of peaches each day since May
23, to New York and Philadelphia, by t’
Southern express company. Mr. Jarrett,
farmer near here, shipped eight or t
dozen roasting ears to Atlanta. He clahns
the blue ribbon.
OUR NEXT FAIR.
The Preparations for the Fair of Mao
North Georgia Stock and Fair Asso
ciation.
The most attractive and to many the
most interesting feature of the coming fair
of the North Georgia stock and fair associa
tion is the racing. The programme is just
out, and embraces eight running races and
four trotting contests. The programme is
follows:
The aggregate of premiums offered is
$3,150. which is considered, quite liberal, as
many of tbe western fairs and racing as
sociations fchave offered smaller pre
miums. Great care has been taken in the
arrangement of this programme, and it i*
generally conceded that the work has been
consummated in a most gratifying manner
to all concerned. At the aprifffe meeting
recently held ;at Nashville. Many -
of the directors of the North Georgia stock
and fair association were present, and era-
become ac-
braced the opportunity
quainted with the managers of that
association as well as all of the leading and
influential turfmen who were present The
directors were kindly received by the offi
cers of the association and were shown
much attention. The directors believe that
they have accomplished much good by their
visit to Nashville, and are of the opinion
that the attendance of racers at our next
fair will be unprecedented in Georgia. All
of the turfmen spoke favorably of
Atlanta and our fine race
course, and showered much praise
upon the directors for their generosity in
offering such attractive purses. With no
vellow fever this vear, and it is hardly
likely tliat there will be any, we may expect
to have thousands of visitors from Kentucky
and Tennessee. The programme will be as
follows:
FIRST DAY—MONDAY, OCTOBER 20.
Trotting—Purse $200, for three minute clan;
$125 to first, $50 to second, «25 to third; mile heats,
three in five, to harness.
SECOND DAY—TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21.
Running—First race—Trial puree I2Q0. of which
second to have $50; for all aces: dtoh of one mile.
Running-Second race—Kimball house puree
$250, $160 added; mile heat, three in five, for ail
THIRD DAY—WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22.
Running—First race—Puree $200. of which sec-
id to receive $50; for all ages; mile heats.
Running—Second race—Stake for two year olds;
,2Jentr nee: play or pay: $200 added ;*second to
receive 120 out of stake*; dash % mile.
Trotting—Third race—2:40 class; puree $250, $150
to first, $75 to second, $25 to third; mile heat*, three
In five, to harnr-
fOUKTH DAY—THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23.
flOJoutof stakes; da.-h 2 X A miles.
Trotting—8eeond race—2:35 class,
$150 to first, $50 to second, $25 to third; mile heats,
three in five, to harness.
■ Running—Third race—Stake for three year olds:
*25 vntnutc: play or pay; »00 addedI. of which
second to receive £50 out of stakes; dash of one
mile and a half.
FIFTH DAT—FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24.
Running—Third race—Puree $300, of whiah
Trotting—Third race—Free for all; purse $400;
$300 to first, $100 to second; mile heats, three in
five, in harness.
CONDITIONS—OTEN TO TIIE WORLD.
Rnnning—All running races to be governed by
the rule* of the Louisville Jockey dub.
ix Tuesday, October
Entries'made by telegraph must be prepaid,
and repeated by mail.
In all puree races, three or
two or more to go.
* to enter, and
Horses will be called at 1:30 p.m., and start at 2
P ™he association reserve* the right to postpone or
declare off on account of weather.
Trotting—All trotting races will be governed by
the rales of the National association, of which
this ashociatlon la a member.
Entrance fee, ten per cent of puree, which mu*t
accompany the entry.
* * * nVlc
Entr.es clcee at 8 clock p.m. the night previous
t0 A*horee distancing the field, or any part thereof
thall only be entitled to find money.
When eight or more horses start, the distance
,hall be 160 yards.
At a recent meeting of the directors of the
his wife that he would commit suicide in miserable cars that attack the sheep. The
order to rid himself of earthly friend* of the public school are at work.in
troubles. Not much attention was frvor of this law, relying: upon the dog tax
paid to hU threats, which were carried out l to help their schools. There m little doubt
With terrible effect. A short time ago a »hat the law will be piv«ed. This will give
levy was made on Ulrich s household goods » great impetus to shee^hitobandry in
and other effects, which were to be sold for Georgia. There are scon* of men who have
taxes, and the sale was to take place today. jo»t gone into the business, and they are
At the hour appointed for the sale to com- i more than satisfied with the result. We
mence. which* was two o’clock this after- can furnish the name* of many of these
noon, Tax-Collector Peter Hftnn and Con- | men if it is desired,
stable John Leininger put in their appear- climate, healtufulness, etc.
ance, and told the auctioneer to proceed to The c n raate of southwest Georgia is fine.
LuMnesa At this time Ulrich appeared. I ^ no healthier country on the E lob*
an oath, declared that he would than the immense pine forests of that sec-
kill tbe first man who would attempt to tion. There are many point* where pal a-.
THE GUARDS AND BLUES.
Backesville, June 4.—The Quitman
Guards, of Forsyth, nnder command of
Captain Tom Cabincss, and the Bamesville
Blues, of this place, under command of
Captain E. J. Murphy, went to Griffin yes
terday to pxrtiDipate in tbe grand encamp
ment of the Fifth Georgia battalion. Colo
nel A. H. Sneed, quartermaster of the bat
talion. came up from Forsyth also. Each
company had about thirty men rank and
file. J-
• ximNO over the rails.
Macon, June 4.—Last Sunday the train
on tiie Southwestern railroad, from Macon
to Eufaula, made its first trip through to
Montgomery, Alabama. This is over tbe
road lately purchased by Mr. Wadley. A
man that will stand and bid two million
dollars for a railroad with less excitement
than « common man would have in bidding
twelve and a half cents for a pair of home
made socks at a country auction ought to
be boss. It is rumored here that in a short
time a man can breakfast in Augusta and
sleep in Montgomery, That is flying. E.
North Georgiastbck and fair association the
following communications were received
and acted upon favorably:
H. L Kimball House, Scovllle.. Selden 4 ljW,
Atlanta, Ga.. May 14. 1873-MaJ. W. B. Cox,
ITwident North Georgia fair aMOclation-Dear
Sir: We will contribute to your fall meeting of
the “North Georgia Fair Association" two hun
dred and fifty dollar*, as a "Kimball House"
V«ryre^,«dlJ,8»vnA^teMTOACo.
taii snj article botompng^to bim. and at j hotels have b^eu put~up. and are*kept
Midencea, and often as sum*
once commenced putting his threats ^ into I open as winter fA
execution by diawiug a large Gdt s re- l xvaorts also. Tbe dry balmy air is
volyer from ms pocket and shooting 1-einju-J ^p^hdly beneficial on consumptives oj
and, it is ieared, a fatal wound. Ulnch pUiut*. As to the {^v*.- inif ague,
then turned on Hann. who had commenced & co Urse that i a W he reared in iheswampy
running to get away from the infuriated l ^ jj a man goes wheie there is nm-
roan *nd fired, the ball grazing his shoulder, 1 j^ria he may expect malarial disea&es. Bat
inflicting a slight wound. Ulnch than I a Httle care in the aelecliua of a hum® %\\\
placed the revolver at tbe tack of his own pal a new fce ttler bevona the af this
“ “? t,, r°R£*i . 1 dread disease or of anvtLjtq; like it. He has
nd and diet! in. I i_ . —: j .l. . . ■ j .
ear and fired, the ball
BeTMtcra Clilweee Lerere.
_ _ Igiy Francisco, June 4.—The steamer , I . _ _
* China sailed to-day for Hong Kong via , only three of the tumblers back, as he had
th« iaiur pan of her iUaras about najrZing. i Yokohama. Among the possengers were lost the wire of the fourth. They knew that
1 seventeen Chinese -lepers, who have been this would have the effect of closing the
rowdrd court-room. • j rm ites of the county pest-houses for door np to the bank people, as well as
day of the trial was consumed ?eTrral months, now shipped to China by themselves and they feared that
by prosecution in showing the judge* euch crier of the supervisors, an investigation would reteal that
head. He fell to the ground and died in-
Offiee of Chamberlin, Boynton & Co., Atlanta,
Ga., May 17,1879. Colonel W. C Morrill-Dear
Sir: We wi l, to Induce competition and to add
interest to the "North Georgia fair” offers* a
special premium, to be known as Chamberlin,
Boynton ACo.'snremium,a fine top stry Brus
sels carpet of 40 yards, for the finest display of
domestic made preserves, in quantities of not le«s
than one gallon of a kind. Respectfully,
Chamberlin , Boynton A Co.
Office D. H. Dougherty, Wholesale and Re
tail Clothing Store, Atlanta, Ga., May 29.
IsTD.—To the directors North Georgia stock and
fair association—GenU.: Believing that every
I business man in Atlanta should contribute to
ward the success of your association, I desire to
offer a special premium of a $50 silk dress for the
ifcest and Urgent dbplay in merit and variety, at
east three entries required, and each is to em
brace specimens of uccdlo-work, embroidery,
crocheting, knitting, etc.
I ITruiting that your effort* may be crowned with
D. H. Dougherty.
The following resolution was passed;
Resolved, That the thanks of the association are
due and hereby tendered to the following busi-
THC FIFTH GEORGIA BATTALION.
Griffin, June 4.—Tbe fifth Georgia bat
talion met here to day for its annual en
campment. The battalion consists of the^
Griffin Light Guards, the Spalding Greys,
the Barnesville Blues, and the Quitman
Guards, of Fort-th. Tbe Griffin companies
have arranged an elegant campground just
jn front oif the 8am Bailey institute, and
here all the companies are pleasantly lo
cated. Griffin ia full of visitors- Social
gayety is at its height and will continue so
for the
• the next week.
The following will be tbe programn
I be proceeding! at camp: Gaard mount, at
7 a.m.; company drills, at 8 a.m.; drills, at
4pm.; dress parade, at 7 p.tn. *
stantly. Ulrich was about thirty-seven
years of age, and leaves a wife and family
of five children in destitute circumstances.
He always bore a good reputation, and
served through the late war as a soldier of
wife says he told her that in case he com
mitted suicide he wanted to be buried in
ML Lebanon cemetery, as a soldier. Great
only to avoid the swampy wstkos and set- , platform has been erected in the center of
for theftr liberal donations in aid of the
next fair and races: Richard Peters, president
Atlanta street car company; P. H. Snook, Mark
Kerry, Beermann A Kuhrt, John Lagomarino, K.
II. Thornton. J. Heinz, A. <T - ' , -
Kenney, D. If. Dougherty.
Oar Baby Bonds A brand.
New Orleans Democrat.
The Georgia baby bonds are not only popular
tn that state, but are being bought up for invest-
abroad. For this purpose they are being
whk-b are to be turned <
■ to bis employees.
equivalent amount in savings banks.
tie upon the rolling pine barren* and
aafe as be would be upon tbe highest p
r .l. ii'L.’t. *
of the White mountains.
AS TO THE SOCIAL qUESTI.Ctt,
We notify our correspemdont that he will
be welcomed here hy all the people if he
conies and behaves himself. U is not at all
necessary that he should let politics alone.
excitement prevails in town over the case, ge can go intp politics to any extent be
the camp and there is dancing every even-
! ing. The boys are having a good lime al-
-eadv, and expect a continuance of tlie
same.' The encampment mill continue one
week. Theb-ittaHon is in splendid trim.
None of the companies ever looked better.
The following is a fall roll of the battalion.
Field and Staff Ofkicers of the Firm
Georgia Battalion.—Major, a W. Man-
ghuntj Griffin, Georgia; Adjutant, John T
would speedily become as popular in Louisiana
as in Georgia, and would soon come v>be looked
on as a great public convenience, as well as a safe
and profitable investment for small savings.
Constantly tieltlng Better.
Augusta Evening Newa
Tub Constitution, Unifies being one of tee
newsiest papers in the world. Is most ably edited.
What the Times is to England, TheConstititcio*
is to Georgia. It is constantly making improve-
meats.