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AERIAL EA'TERI GA ^
PROFESSOR KING'S COM I KG VOYAGE
Hit 5 v-FasUtsad Balbem Almost Completed—
At AmmiuIi Mad* at Mtxaanpeli* to De-
sg:itri*4 the Exut«tc» of u Euterly
Kifian* «Mk* Atanpbtrr.
"Positively no owl pittance. Go to the
rear door." TV* waa the placard at the
entrance of % wayside building out at
If r.verford rood and St veuty-aixth street.
There mm nothing about the building that
suggested may cause tor tayiiary. It was a
long, low, whitewashed, factory like struct-
ore, built on the edge of a wooded stream.
Its one side brushing the clay bank of
dusty Haeerford road where it disappears
from the city line, on ita way out on the
farthest verge of Haddington.
▲ reporter of the Times, in the act of
entering the only door visible in the old
whitewashed structure, saw the above
placard and stopped,looked about a moment
for the “rear entrance," failed to discover
it and resolved to go boldly forward to the
forbidden door, which was slightly ajar.
The reporter clutched the door and pulled
it toward him, when all of a sudden it re
listed and looking down be saw apeir of
mild, protesting eyes and red*bearded face
raised toward him, the owner of which was
rquatted in front cf a large iron pot, in
which he bad been in the act of stirring
some black, sticky compound which
emitted the powerful but unmistakable
odor of India rubber.
“ProfesMor King,” *eid the reporter in the
sled voice of ra -gniGoi, before the pro
fessor had time to d;e a single word in pro
test of the % .olation of the precept of (he
placard. The raiplduui, questioning ex
pression went out ol ihe professor's fane,
and instead there wa* the light of recogni-
tiou^and welcr.ii«
Jl'iw do ; >u do? * ssi J tbs professor cor
dially, getting up. “«has in ‘
For met it he over, the pr.ifes«or waa re
mind'd pf hi? f:»im >' <d several mouth#
ago to nave completed about mistime a’
cnammotb balloon with which to demon-
atratethe theory mat the atmosphere Is
governed by a constant movement from the
westward to the eastward, t"d having once
established this, show co cl naively that an
aeronaut may cro» ihe A-lantic orean in
a balloon, provided it is largo enough and
is made of the right cloth to resist leakage of
*"“pid you come from my other place?"
asked the professor, resuming his stirring
of the black mixture, which proved to h*
rubber cen.ent in the process of manufac
ture, or, in other words, ladies’ gossamer
cloth in its incipient stage.
“No, ’ said me newsman. "I didn’t
);%w yon had another place."
•This is my factory.” said the professor,
• where I make my rubber cloth, goa-timer
and other material, but my workshop is
ever at Fifty-second street and Lancaster
* /anus. There’s where I’m making my
i..w balloon. I’m going over there my
M-lf in a few minutes, and if yon don’t
mind a walk we can talk while we go
ever."
The repo ter did not mind the walk. The
processor, atlrring the mix*nr© until it be
earner thick and pitchy, tbrn took «-ur *i
■lick, and calling a workman told huu to
bring the pot and its conisnts to the other
shop when’he came, and birth with started
out It would take a book to contain all
the professor said about his coming experi
ments and what he expected 10 demon it rate.
The first thing to be done n to ucortain a*
a fact whether the atrum>pber-» a* a whole
doea move from the *e>iw»ri to the east
ward. This is to be done by a xirosof voy
agea in the “Ureal Northwest," which the
professor in about three weens will inaugu
rate. If this is established, the next atc|*
will be to find wnat sort of a balloon will
he necessary to cross the Atlantic in The
■baboon which the n-ronaui is now buildi. g
nnd which ha expect* 10 complex this
week is di lie rent from auy other balloon
ever built in America.
“Von saw that gossamer cloth at my fsc
tore/’ said the profemor, as with his visitor
he walked along. “Well, I take two thick
neeses of that cloth, either of which is im
permeable to gas. and I cement them to
gether face to face. There 1 have double
thickness of doubly-ini permeable material
and out of this 1 am making my balloon.”
At Park Hal), second s'ory. where the
btl.loon sailor has his woikshop. a busy
scene was presented. The great, long hsl
waa littered with pieces of gossamer canvas
•ix sawing w.>meu sat before six aewiiif.
tmetiinrs stitching the pieces together; six
workmen with (tots < f India rubber ce
ment and brushes were at work sireici»ii. r -
out long aeciioua of the balloon on the fi ror
and cementing the seams ss fsst as they
were sewn together. Cost after coat is given
to each seam so as to insure them agsintt
the possibility of leaking The long sides
•of the bslloon, etietchea out on the door,
gave oua a vast idea of iu proportions when
completed.
’The balloon," suid the professor, ‘will
be 1ft feet long and lt» feet in circnmter
ence, *nd will have a cspaciiy for 100,000
ftetofgss. ‘Ilie material out of which i.
will be made is almost tbs same kind that
was used in (be great Paris balloon which
served for captive ascensions during ihe
Paris exposition in 1H78. That was the
largest balloon ever made, hiving a cspac
ity for 850.000 feet of gas. There i* not the
least doubt on my mind whatever hut tbji
helicon would have enabled a pels in to
audely cross ihe ocean, provided ihis east
VOL. XIV.
ATLANTA, GA.,. TUESDAY, AUG US t' 30, 1881.
NO. 13
flashes whose reflex startled the continent.
For eight and forty hours the blind giants
fought with desperate purpose and then,
leaving twenty-five thousand men the
fate of the brave, they dragged their crip
pled lengths sullenly southward to better
battle-grounds beyond.
roomusn or tbe akw.es
Here in the Wilderness are tue bc*t pre
served heel-prints and claw-marfca of the
war. The face of the earth retain# scars a#
as wdll as the face of a mac, and nit are,
when let alone, will show sers’ches made
a those who long since have ber:i gather-
beneath her green. As soon a< a line of
breastworks was thrown up in these un
trodden forests there sprang from the sub
soil all sorts of shrub* and wexxi plants,
which, with the coating of shatters blown
from the pines around, resist me wear and
tear of time. The Wilderness is a wide
stretch of timber on rocky, rolling land,
covering the northeastern corner
DEATH SPECULATION
GROWING RAPIDLY IN PENNSYLVANIA
tte Char.cellorsville battle ground, fifteen
miles below is the scene of slaughter at
Fredericksburg, and to the south is the
gpottsylvania Court House, where occurred
the terrific t win battle to tae one delivered
here. F.very square mile of land
vtk epotuyivama is -Historic-
place of battle upon which to
fight meant to slay. Bur, unlike the other
fields in the county, this upland corner,
hemmed in by the Kapidan, is heavily tim
bered with scrub oak, pine, chestnut and
hazel, with briers and chir capin bushes j
springing at the roots of the trees. There
in occasional opening nnd at this point,
the Wildernem run, a brarch of the
Kapidan, are several farms.some comfortable
dwellingsanda store. Tneland immediately
bordering tne ran is more fertile than that
at the distance of a mile or so. and a narrow
strip of it is now in corn and grata. When
the battle was fought a tavern stood near
tbe Orange turnpike, on a hillock at the
side of the stream, but it was torn down by
soldiers and since then there has been no
attempt at reetoration. Within sight of
the store, whither countrymen for miles
around come to trade, are four farm bulld
ogs, while somewhat to tbe north is a mine
from which gold recently has been taken
in paying quantities. Looked at while in
the midst of its deepest shadows the Wil
derness is a howling one indeed, bat seen
from the store, it isn’t half so bid a case of
the forest primeval as I expected to see.
A DITCH WITH FILCH OF DEAD.
Hiding out the pike with tbe obliging
youngstorekeeper we came to a point where
at the edge of an oak belt is a new growth
of pines which lift their small green conea
twenty or thirty feet above the ground
At the time of the battle this pine woods
was an open field and througu it ran a
ditch. The ditch remains, hut its bed is
dry and overgrown witn weeds. Files
buzzed around our heads and bit our bands
as we made onr way along the ditch, for
here three thousand men fell and we
were searching for evidences of
the struggle between Warren and
Ewell. Of bones there were none in sight,
but rusty canteens were as plentiful ss pr
simmons and I had the good luck to find a
s’ump from the rotten heart of which we
picked a number of niioie ball* The
storekeeper tells me after the desperate
assaults this ditch was so filled with bodies
that in one place a miner, shod with bLody
grime, walked for two hnndrtd yards or
mtira with human heads for stepping-stones.
But Warren aud Sedgwick, under Grant’?
stern eye, gave back in kind So it comes
that along the dearly-marked li; eof rebel
entrenchments on the other side of the thick
et are several mounds and just as many
trifling relics of tbe canteen kind aa are to
be seen in the ditch. The canteens that I
noticed among ihe weeds, where the meu
of the north stood, are inclined to the oval
in shape, bat those picked up along the
confederate breastworks were round and
flat, like a slice cat crossways from a water
melon. Campaigners and those familiar
wiih the tqaipment of the two armies will
r< call that the rebel canteen was as differ
ent from the canteen of yankee make
is Kentucky corn juice from Connecticut
cider or Jersey lightning
A THICKET OF DEATH.
The battle was fonght in two defiles—for
while on tbe 5th of May it raged along the
Orange turnpike, at Grant’s right hand, on
the fob Hancock aud Longstreet wreitled
along the Orange plank road, io tbe left of
Granljand some two miles to the south of his
headquarters at Old Wilderness tavern
Returning from the ditch ol desolate pines
on the federal right, we drove down hill to
Grant’s cleared field,crossed Wilderness run,
came again to the store, paused over a hard,
rocky wagon way, red in the h»*y suu,
light, and after a half hour’s trot struck the
uiuojs Brock road. Here, at that thor
oughfare's intersection with the Htevens-
burg road, stands an oak, nailed to which
is a sign pointing southeast to Chancellors
vile and south to Spot tsy Ivan in Court
House. This point of intersection is his
tone for more incidents than olc. Or. a
day in May, 1863, Jackson led his *25,000
Geversar H*yi’« Ojiaicn sf tks Bsslatss—He Dr
uucti it as tks Worst Kiad of Swia-
Ci«, bat Bays Ho is Bosbls to
Fravoat tko Traffic.
H.tautacao, An ‘us f 23.—Statements
haal.ig been made by officers ol deathbed
insurance companies in this state, that
Governor Hoyt had control of policies on
the lives of old people representing $100,000,
and that other state officials had also
largely Invested in this business, the
governor was asked by your corrrspond-
ent to-day what foundation there waa
for these allegations. He replied that any
such statement was a lie, and added
that he had never had but one opinion oi
these companies, and that was that they
were swindlers, morally and mathemati
cally. He had not only entertained this
view of them, but liAd ~ihtormed AUum-
ber of persons who had written to him
concerning these companies that they
were swindlers. This is. also aaicMobe
the opinion of the itiomey^enenliyikoU
represented by insure officer# 4o be
largely interested in speculative risks, and
tbe insurance commissioner. The latter
official for a time relu&ed to approve titles
of these companies, and b* ing much berat
ed for his action, he appealed to the attor
ney general for an opiuiou, which was to
the effect that the insurance commissioner,
under the law, could not withhold his
approval. The giver nor nays that he would
not grant a charier to any of the swindling
companifs but for tue mandatory require
meats of the statute on the subject. An
effort was made at tbe recent session
of the legislature to pas# a law
break up ihe base speculation
human lives but the opponents
it, by the use of the most disreputable
means, defeated it Among the men
working against it was a member of ihe
other german fate spun another vengeful
thread and the two met again. MissT. was
begged by the leader of the german for his
sake to uot repeat tbe ecene of the ni^ht:
before. She yielded to this entreaty and | THE KENTUCKY
danced with her enemy, *he chance partner. »
Thus far there was nc occasion for an ex
plosion.
The next day there appeared by another
accident of late that was leadirg two
young meu on to danger or death, a little
poem describing tbe se- rations of
his arms in a waltz. Tbe poem wps
cite one, write:; vi the brilliant McCarty’* ‘ Lexington. Kentucky. August 18 —To
best vein. Coming right upon the heels of j the superficial traveler .'he Alue grass doesn’t
* j—.. .u- * Ul “ *•* j oak a b - lt bi n . r than th 3 acard of any other
sification to be a satire directed at ber. j dae agricultu'.-.l ,*:u iau - but those who
Mordecui cdied McCarty to account for J live there itl t*u* ihat, when compared
it, and a*:d to him tha* ne was a pdtroon witb other field*, i: jaDws^deep bltt-green
soda coward for at’acktng a defenseless i , _ A T —*
lady Tbe matter was placed in the hands saada ***** reason fer *ta name* Last
of friends. It waa found tba*. thepoam had week I passed through tb« blue g a s and
been written days bef ic. and even had I into that wilderneai of r-^cks, nvers and
been in type before the incident, so that it I CfU< j a civil'sstioo upon tile western slope
could not bv «• v means lmv-i referred to I '7 ... V- .
Hits F. Mr’eta, to his credit h-> u said. °* lt « Bice B * vi ia ♦•“ternTennessee,
made a full apoU gy upon tbi- prcien'at { *o, I which, iu its nearly, broken solitude, seems
and withdrew n:s offensive remarks ^.°T ! to almost jmt fr th< lie- of those young
Jy tendency of theatmoepbere is a fsc» ”
The maindiflrrer.ee between Prcfeseor
*E\ug'a balloon and the Paris balloon—sist
0 nt of the question—i# that tbe former’#
b«i 'oor will ne much lighter proportionate
S r th vi was the latter. The builder of the
. Aria i , elloon used lour or five sides of rub
her mat cemented together, while Pro-
feasor Kin^* pwa batiw°. I veterans by"quick and secret march to this
thing, of u “\2' , mOT.mini 'the&dYo' wb«l>ng. ««ept in r«is I*a fury
th*t ihw ' aown Uio road until be yav« Hooker his
tha»tmofl>hM'«w.«vth.i.it»iUl»a«r>o tou scar auJ , onud for him . e if the
him that with > riv‘it »rt of» Mtaam l de8th . wound of , 0a a , Uy j B May,
maycroaa tha will u 118#| G hurries past the oat to the
organize a.Block coin' > *“i plank road’below. that he may stop Lee’s
talUtain me mat cr o 9*»y ** - » oncoming host and thwart Lee’s purpose
and construct an .mu.* i %. ha- J' P . , to crush the new chief of a grander army
in e.ery detail, if the than hia own. There in the thicket to the
ingin which tousefol I rl * ht »trtkes the enemy and holds
not beli«»o balloon* will ev»r be usetui loi bim but s wtakfrHlld welker E3 Ihe
ponawes ol „ r ; n.oments fly, so that he Slaps h.s thigh for
,P . tin .IH^i. ph |i«f in its u-e in W when he hears the ring'eghuzzaot Han
of the balloni., he ^tnnk-, iie* in its use I n men as they brdlUmly end a brilliant
sol.ing m.te .rnlofitcal pr..blenis WnlLl l cat [nlrcb jn th< njck of „ me There in the
not be reached by *"y he h i 1 Hays has given his life,
talk of u-ing them lor conveyances he b. , ,t viviug men are at the root of every
Haves is fooluhn' -
l’roftssur King's inaugural voyage whi le
Mile from Minneapolis, Minnisota. during
the progress of a great Uir there on the 7m
of brpteniber. Already ail the arrange,
sneuta have been made, and the managers
ot tha fair liave advertised the thing widely.
Htbasaltodytentoii nil car and ceiling ( ^ au
Ktd e.pecM to follow in two wesks. I • | lhr „ luU „
voyacc is bound to make a seuatiioti in tte
west, m r«pr#renMiiivf» of JesdiiVs n«wsj>»-
pers from all over the country have appli- d
tor permisaioo to accompany him. At
pt.MDt, however, the nnraber Is limited to
jirt, nresenutive from a Boston papsr, one
*reo> a New York p*|>er. two from two Chi
cage p'p***» » n ‘* on# * rom * Minneapo.ts
sod uu* from a St. Paul paper.
VIRGINIA BATTLEFIELDS.
jPrtutmt Appekrune’ * r **»v Wllder-
amwtaere UM#l sak Lee Het.
Special Correspond an os FhlUdelpWa Tine*.
Thk Wildersk## P O. Auguit 10 —“Ho
bo\ I Ho boy! Ho boy!” ,
«%.Vhoop im! Whoop’ira’• ’take him!
••r u io, Uttle uifgabs, ruu!"
Code rth# dicamstanoe* it dida t take
xne long *® hop out of bed and get to the
window tz’ ■ « ii'»* *he fu># waa ail about.
ISoTaWa n-fUM down near the Wilder-
nMCNtk A h:g buck, with two dogs at
hia tail was a.'HJOting like MaudS on the
i"o track, and, foiloaiog, were five little
darkies, hot fooU^» hut in »pue of their
tSt ^d^or drc.’Pin* behind. Awav
went the deer out frt m the ootc, through
the abailow water of .he creek and, wtin
wet belly, up the blit whrnson Grant,
beadouarters sine suwi. t-srucg thrcce to
SLhe shelter o: ibe forest »Ume ways toth*
’trwrth. In trout of the suScs A deksn yr8n
fttkar nay aindviw three or |0C7 men were
teaang the o » with exited cries and
.antica ludicrou# enough to h-'y»t a iauiM
•even to a person rudely aroused if*MU sleep
“.What’s m th# windT’ I asked.
Ruthin ’tall Vept the little shavers
rousted a buck in the co’n an* they tcck
an’ cock anar ’»m. Many deah roond
heah? Yo* je#» bet yo’ bottom dollah!
Las' wimah one of ’em lolloped croea the
sto’ pj’cb, ard we cotcl* that fe.Ier. 1 *e i-
ty ot ’em. Offen have frolUcs mnng us
\wi;h d^g* and drab. Oh. yes. jee. srr; had
sa reg’iar devil of a time las’ wintah.
• Any bears?" , ,
•“Scauerio' tew of ’em. but Grant ana
l.se was the boas bears Grant was a retfiar
rjCk<k»A-«;*r—a whole passsl o’ wildcats
in’ad ioot.*' Darin* the battle the deah
;snd ai d mi'keya, an’ even the tukkey-
* t azrt dy—vis, Mr, the tukkey*buxk» ds—
4cg OU-. sail s# didn’t see * wild beast cor
ka#-iy abtrd ihsttsammcr.’*
’ -THd me fcuszuds e'ear out? Iu
wotder- th.y did Vt sm.li thecareatsa and
‘ I ^L^rty ; !*C<«'»““» SMtuwood. np by the
coidmine. say< h* didn t se. a bnaas dfjr ,
two tnonthaam-d. hatu.. 8ke.nd ern
clean oil—.very son P< » g»jt« > **•
lit,,; jet, sirve; that waa adevUof a time, j
with a bushel o’ brimstone throwed in.
And so it wss. In the dark dep'-ba of
thia wildwcod two mighty artnias. both
veteran, eager, metHttome. enme with a
Healthy erm-pin*. and theo with a rMcund
irg clash, hard uicatbw. Anvil bad gt»«"
fresh foliag. loSe twes, bet May bad
brought two hundred ibonsaud man tolnrk
In th. ehapsrrsi, to tear tbroagb tha tbick-
M of ctambie bushe. and elntnpa of
tboroy ahrubi and to light up the hollows,
ititberto dismal tram time aa^oon, with
dying men are *i the root or every
pine. Into the undergrowth move* Han
cock's great line of battle, and hour utter
hour he wrestles with the toe. Trees are
stripped of their limbs, the dead leaves of
l>«al auturuLS are swept by fire ar d the
rattle of musketry tells of the desperate
woik in tbe depths.
1 rode along the Brock rjad for aloat
the ruins of the Brock house
legial ature, who bn* invested $150,000 on
the lives of per->ecs ex peeled soon to die.
The defeat of this bill gave a new impetus
to tbe organization of these companies,
and to-day there *n over 200 in the state,
with no prospect of a diminution of the
number. It is evident that tbe names of
Governor Hoyt and oiJber officials have
been associated with thee companies as
advertisement to prosper their business.
A Dusky Brother Saved From Espi
slon by Ills Valiant Npense.
Marion, Ohio, August 18.—An ugly alter
cation took place last evening at Merchant’s
Grove, one mile east of town, where a lively
camp-meeting has been in progress for
eral days, under the auspices of the colored
Methudists. For obvious purposes a small
admission fee is collected at the gate.
Among the sable worshippers oc*
cupyii ' front seats was a stalwart
from I.igan county lie waa accom
panied by hia wit« and a very small
piccauniny. Shortly after the minister
uad commenced the «ie :iveiy of a vifforous
and character istic canp-uitieiing sermon,
six of tha breihreu, {armed with huge
slicks ami lieconteii with large semi-luiui
pieces of tin on ihai* «* jat iapei*. rusbr
violently uj»on ‘.he rc-jj-vseutativo fr-ji
Logan county, who they -.tlieged hati
scaled the fence and braieu them
out of their price cf admis
sion. A rough-and-tumble fight tbeu
ensued directly in front oi tbe speaker’s
stand Brother Hiwardeu, tbe manager and
the minister, a# well as several laymen,
took a hand, and after several minutes of
severe lulling the intruder was dragged
outside the ropes, where a second round
t«>ok place. Gathering the diminurive off
spring under her left arm, aud snatching -
club from one of the specials, the good wil
rushed to the assistance of her lord, aud
after knocking two or three of the “po
lice” down, dispersed the entire force
nnd valiantly escorted her husband to his
former seal, which ho retained nndis-
tu bed during the remainder of the rer
vice. Several minor rows have occurred
since the openitg of the camp, and, as
the meeting is announced to coutinuc a
week longer, demonstrations of a similar
character may follow. In this connection
your correspondent desires a to statj that a
fracas reported from this city some weeks
apo, as occurrirg in the African M. E.
church was incorrect. The affair origi
nated among the members known as the
colored Methodists, who, it ap(>ears. were
origiaallv members of the African M. E.
church, out seceded from that body.
polled Tall*# Daughter and Bar Love
for a Dragoon Officer.
8u Caul special to New York Sun.
Major Gordon, of the Second infantry,
was well acquainted with Spotted Tail, the
8ioux chief, who was killed by Crow Dog
at Rosebud agency. He first saw him at
Fort Laramie iu 1866, he having come
thither on an errand so Sid that it affected
hia after life. He brought there
the body of his favorite daughter for
burial, and officers of the post, with other
white residents of the neighborhood, took
part in the obsequies. Spoiled Tail killed
a number of pones a f . the funeral and
r.aiud the skulls on the posts pupporting
the coffin. These ekulls still remain, and
every year the commanding officer sees to it
TUE BLUE GRASS.
a widespread interest and promises to be the in-
U us trial event of the year. It is sate to assume
Hones aid Biarbim Waiiksy—Aihlaad, tks
Hot* sf OUy—MsG:att'« Drum—
8eiau Aitk« S>ad to Trimtsn#
—Tas Svgby * C-lony.
SPOT. I is a small city of . . _ - ,
itanw. with very limited hot^l accommodations.
Will tne crowds that to there be comfortably
the visitors will depend In n » sir all measure the
success of the expt«idon If strangers are made
uncomfortable and wretched there through lack
of hotel acoommodatidUB, and moreover become
prey of restaurant sharks, they will come
away disgusted with the whole thing. Thia
mid hardly tend to promote the good feeling
the exposition. The managers of the enterprise
cannot give too much attention to this matter. It
it their business to see that ample arrangements
for accommodating the multitudes that will be
in attendance arc made in reason and to take
every precaution to protect them against exorbi
tant price* and other impositions.
THE DEATH OF GENERAL LEE.
| Uu»by E'gl sbmea
Ojht t‘i„v \
| western frontier..
The c:tv of Lexington, some three hour#
*!y arrived there,
»!!*?*& oar extreme
der the fidjustment, however, it was eg eed
that Mordecii anti McCarty were to o ut
eioct eoenotuer t *■ -
Hera the m itier should have en<* -1, aud in
all probability would have so ended had it
not been for the baaybodies that in every , D ..
community are never so daiightei #iwneu aoatil Cincinnati upon the Southern
stirring np mischief. I railway, is tha ma'ropoii# of the blue grass
Doubts were exit upon the courage of j country, and lives upon two ideas—horses
.he"Ld" & d -J * “»/’ ««
tie. The gossips were so vigorous upon the I R third, namely, fealty to the time-honored
subject that McCarty said in the club room I and threadbare orthodoxy of democracy,
one day to* gToap offrirads: “ I am tireo j£ ?erv ^toefe f arm fi M its practice track, and
and sick of all this talk about my affair.; I j , t .
am going to .end for Majo/^Tabb (hi. largo structures ao frequently mutaken
second) and see if this devilish talk cannot 1 by pus:ng traveler! lor manufactories are
be stopped." j only distilleries. Tnere are five of these iu
Fate appeared again, for Mordecai enter- L i loI and the capital they have in
ed the room by chance, and heard the re- I ... , , V. • . ,
mark. He stepped lorward and warned to vested in the Stock of liquor runs into the
knowif the remark referred to hi in Uoder | millions. Right banks are doing a lerge
their agreement they were both bound io I busia<*s hero in cenmetiou with this
!&: fc 5wbo"i-rr MtCa ' ,y “ ,d ‘° -«• P"-«* . ...
“It does not matter who I am. lama There is a growing conviction in the
gentleman, at least ” I minds of thoughtful citizars that, after all,
"Ah, indeed!” said McCarty, in a sneer-1 ij 0rae3ant i whisky are the twin evils of the
1D Theif followed a quarrel of blows, and ****** They have been west and noted the
fr*im then reconciliation was impossible. J phenomenal growth of cities upon the
Tiie gossips who b#d forced *11 th>s iniacbief, I ^beat bearing plains of Illinois and the
by dtciariug that they would muke Rich- I rising fortunes of Iowa, Nebraska and Wis-
mond too hot to bold the young men if I consin, and reason that if the magnificent
they did not fight, were currespundiagly aoil oI the b i ue gr^a was applied io good,
ha^y.^ ^ ^ ? R;.hmAn<l j sqrnfee agriculture, and flour mills replaced
meanor during his l
i dn*l took place near Richmond, in I tue distilleries, the city, which is no larger
_ —luded place. One of the aurgeous, I than when it sent forth Henry Cray to wiu
whose services were sought, refused It has I hi s laurel# in the senate, wouid grow into
always been thought it was be who notified I a metropolis and center of trade, such as
the police. Here occurred another fatality. I Atlanta, the "Chicago of the south," is fast
The police did not receive the information | becoming.
in time to reach the ground before the I The old court house where Clay imbibed
fatal ?hotR were fired. When ths first shots I bis lessons in law still th' units a square iu
were tired no one was hit. An upper but-1 t b e middle of the town. Ashland, the
too of McCarty’s coat was cut An I borne of Clay, is still the Mecca of every
other fatality here occarred. Had th»- j pilgrim to this region, and a stately monu-
second* taken time to examine their men j ment stands above his sepulchre iu the
to see if they were hit, the chief of police j | er 0 [ Lexington cemetery. Ashland
would have arrived in time to prevent the I converted some years ago into a college
•eccnd shots. As it was, Mordecat cried I through a union of the interests of churcn
out, "I am all right; Mr. McCarty s button I a3 «i state, but trouble occarred between
only was cut off, as I can see from here ” I t o e two interests and now the
The seconds of the challenger demanded I state j 3 building its college
aseoondsbot. Another fatality. If duel-1 j n another part ol the town. Tue
iag pistol# had beeu employed, time would j buildings at Asnland are no longer ussd for summonedan<
have been needed to load, and then the j collegiate purposes aud the brick structure
chief of police would have arrived The I built as au annex, and ouce devoted to
Weapons used were self-cocking army re- | technics, is now a tobacco barn. Au at-
volvera. The second firing resulted cun I tempt has been made to ••restore’' Ashland,
ously. Both men were struck m the same I but the old charm of the association with
places in the right tide. The ball lo one I |f, e great protectionist is man ad by the
case—that of Mordecxi—passed through, j knowledge that cnanges have tee a made,
resulting fatally, while the ball in Me- j a native said, "Jim Clay sold the old house
Gariy’s case deflected, and pawed around I in walking sticks." The title is held by the
Both men threw up their hands and fell I * Chriatian” church, Garfield’s denouiina-
upon their faces _ The chief cf police was I ^ on>
on the hill, running, and witnessed the last | Clay’s sarcophagus bearing the following
shot. Mordscai died within a week. I impressive declaration:
McCarty was in bed six mouths, and barely 1 i can, with unshaken confidence, appeal to the
escaped with his life. I divine arbiter for the truth of the declaration
There is no denying one fact, that the thu 1 have been Influenced by no Impure pur-
.Y»1 i*« .tLflinu f«ati*rea arn 11***- nopera mal mouve; have songot no per-
code and u attending leatures I mwki aggrsnaiz-ment, but ihat in allinypaLlic
thoroughly condemned by northern peo- I gets! have had a sole and single eye and m warm,
pie, there is no doubt; but right here upon ) devoted heart directed and dedicated to what in
tbe ground, where it is a matter of honest I my beat judgment 1 believe to be the lutereatof
“d e 'i S^vor*' M™ t « m mo h ra 8 circu^ %«SW ‘b. coun “gtUwm .
sp^t in what they say or do. Southern national funeral. Every city paraded ita
oien are much politer to each other in a I cortege, and no man wag so honored be-
ocial way than are northern people in the I tween the deaths of Washington and Lin-
wh 1 ^™ y £7*^ rr, ,rom
herded together without enrauntering K-vea that unpre^ton of Uberal domain
more or lees of the rowdy element. Her;- j pi*oaliar t° English porks. These old line
there may be much out of the way as any- statesmen cuose tbe sues of their bomei
where else, but, upon the surface, unusual 1 ™ ll lt an artistic oyo. Caiheun lived upon
decency and decorum upon the pert of the I Hm°i^nimh*f*eI3lBsf r Jut SI
’ ^ s of both cexes are observed.
CHR1STIANCY DIVORCE SUIT. |
the war, and raids were made by both
Why the Oia Men Dldn*c Want to I armies alternately, although federal power
Raise a Family, and the Henna He I was maintained after the first year. Morgan.
Adapted to Prevent It. I a resident of Lexington, raised his raiders
Washington, August 22.—The testimony In the j here and mounted them on coursers led
Interesting Private Letter From the
Late Mrs. Mary C’nstla Lee.
- Charlottehyillx, Va, August 23.—In
tbe fall of 1870, we went to Lexington to
visit General and Mrs. Lee. Perfectly do
I recall my impression of the general as be
advanced to meet me. Ths preoccupied,
care-worn expression that his face had
worn during the war was gone, and
he looked as I had remembered him
years before. He had accepted the results
of the war. There was no r. serve of bit
terness, uo u*eleas regrets, but the brave
determination to make his life useful. If
tbe true indication of genius is the power
of concentration upon any given subject,
General Lee demonstrated it in hia active,
thoxoagh interest in his duties as president
of a college. One felt that it was not a
forced interest, but a deep solicitude for
tbe youih of the count.y.
Looking better for several years, ener
getic end active, how was it possible to
realize that death was waiting in the near
future—merciless death that heeded not
people’s cry that he might be spared to
lead in peace as he had in war. \V«
doubt not but that be would have modera
ted bitterness and counseled wisely. Wo
bade him farewell on Monday, September
20, after several days most pleasantly spent,
and on the Wednesday following suddenly
and as a shock to the whole country came
the avant-courier of death. I will here
add a letter from Mrs. Lee, giving wme
details of the sad event, and bespeaking
her own noble, beautiful character:
Lexington,November 20,1870.—My Dear Mr*.—
I should sooner have replied to your letter, but
bare been very sick and confined to my bed for a
mouth.
Dear friend, I am t
. ourself made that vis . _
could have remained longer. Constantly are ■
reminde-l how important it is to do what#.ever
ILL AROUND US
WHAT THB PEOPLE ARB DOING.
ssy, he did mot take sU the money.
1 that was la it. The next morn
ing the back door was found unlocked. It
I ts presumed that the burglar entered through the
tky-light or was unintentionally locked in br
the proprietor.—An amusing Incident occurred
at a camp meeting near thia place. A youcm
told by her moth
Sunday afternoon, bh
xady had
Ends32, th^r Tyrrell Goamty Murderer, Tnratd 1 J°
Over is th* Authorities—Threat* of Lyneh* I was taken to
ing H m-Tha Grlfla Bare Balliata and chastised for disobedience'—-Misa'Tfzle
—Marriages la Samter. E.c. Je ks hts returned home after aever-1 weeks xtc-
■uiu S n»«aw l ii.<i. I reation. The Bullock county court house,
which adorns one side of our buslnees thor-
nhere It does not interfere with our duties. Thii
terrible storm, l suppose, has prevented all use
of the canal until next summer, so that you
would hare been entirely cut off from us.
That Wednesday night, at half past J o’clock,
after a day every moment of which had been
time. Where have you been?'' He did not reply,
aud stood up as if to say graoe, but uo sound pro
ceeded from his lips and he sat down in his chair
perfectly upright and with a sublime look
of reda ction on hia countenance, but did not
attempt to reply to oui *"*■'
never to be forgotten,
he felt U»“
submitted
small, fallow, anfeuced field, half way
to Todd’s tavern, i be grow th of timber oa
either aide of the road i* unbroken. There
is not a sign of human habitation. Toe
woods are so dense that at some puiuts it is
impossible to see tweatjr yard# with
in, aud at no place is an obj ci a hardred
yard* off from the road discoverable. Tes
aud bushes, bushe# aud trees But alorg
one side of ihe road from the Orange plsnk
south to the Breck ruins is a continuous
line of well-preserved earthworks. Here it
is up to ibe top button of the coat, again it
is knee high and occasionally almost level
»r.h the ground; but it is always tracea
ble. At lime# it runs ot! into the wcods
for a few feet, but curves again and lies
by the side of tbe road like an endless
grave monnd. In most places it is
brown, with • covering of dead leaves
and pine shatters, while at other#
it u green with email thru be and
matted briars. Legs stick out at interval#
and their ends are charred in the place
where a roaring wood fire helped L mg-
etreet to make a temporary breach in the
line. Three qaaiters of a mile in the woods
to the west, and ptarallel to Hancock's en
trenchmenta, are the confederate breast
works. They stretch to the right and left
of the plank road and run for a seemingly
interminable distance. Tne earthworks
t wit 1 taw at Bull Run, in the Peninsula,
at Fredericksburg and at Chancellorsville
were slight compared with these, but when
the armies started on the Kapidan cam
paign they knew the value of the shield of
sand.
Thia was the strangest battle ever fought
and it is tbe strangest battlefield. There
tall# the dusk ol an August day and a vast
breadth of crimson siauts up from the
arttt in the track of the sun. Trees are to
the right and isft and everywhere, and ih*
silence of the Wilderness oppresses. It is
easy to think of New England’s Kicg
Philip, of Boone, of Tecumseh and of Tip
pveanoe, but it is difficult to keep the mind
upon generous Wadsworth, who fell here,
upon Sedgwick, who soon followed, upon
Lee and Grant. To regard this as a place
of battle where Paiuted warriors dodged
from tree to tree and pioneer rifi-men held
th* ir own. is natural enough, but it is hard
to rrahae that here was lought a battle
according to the art of war, that here Grant
and Lee met for the first time, and that here
was begun such a series of awful combat#
as the world never saw before. G. M.
the doctors, who were Immediately
in had uot eyen reached their homes
showed oae who bid
taken leave uX earth.
He rarely at.cmpted to speak except in hia
dreams, ana wueu he wandered to Uun>edreadful
battle-Ileitis. Due j, when urged him to take
some medicine, which be always took with
luctance, bp looked at her aud said: “’lla _
use." but aitcrwards took 1L When he became
so much bettor tue doctor said: “You must
soou get out and ride your favorite grey." He
suook bis aead emphatically and looked up
ward.
He slept a great deal,but knew ns all and greeted
Ui with a kindly pressure ol the hand, loving to
have ua around him Fpr the last forty eig t
hour?;hf»jseemed quite Insensible of onr presoucs,
breathed heavily and at last quietly sunk to rest
witn oue deep drawn sigh. Onf what a glorious
rr-t wesin store for him—the humble, ooushtont
Christian, who, not many weeks before, had said,
wheu we wore talkie ~ ** ” “
he wished he could
be surprised at the v.
aud faithful servant, t
„ 0 , oi tt.,j ougb fare, is one of the handsomest building* of
Alt any, Angus. -1.—Frank Hudson, the I the kind in the state, and has been completed at
Terrell countv murderer, was delivered an expense of *<*>.000. ——Several deaths have os-
. * . . , . . Iccurredin this vicinity within the past two
over to the authorities of that county yes- week* Crop prospect# are said to t*Tlo u r
terday, and left under guard on the 12 ???l m ****Z *£**y.*y.» **■ county. The
. . , land# are exceedly fertile, and nearly alsay*
> clock train for Dawson. A dispatch re- I yield abundant harvests.— Last week lightning
ceived at' th, N.w. and Advertiser office
late last evening states: “Prisoner arri red, the Methodist pastor. No serious damage wan
butiu great peril ; sheriff just succeeded in • done ’
getting him to jail; great excitement.’’| Athens. August 22 -Mlaa Ltxxie 8tovail is on a
The murderer attracted much attention Dr. Benedict and wife hav^»
, , , , ... J returned from their bridal trip. Professor and
here from a large crowd gathered in front Mrs. White are on a v«sit to the north Mlue#
of the jiil. aa he was brought out, who fol-
lowed him to the depot. Ho was personally I returned to their homes.—The * • treme drouth
known to a nuinber present, who recog tS^tSlfaVi
nixed him. From Sheriff Edwards of this I make half crops. Fruit la very plentiful; fine
county we learned tart evening the follow-
ing facta, which, differ slightly from our threo bales of new cotton brought
flret report. On Friday morning laet, after Niohofie?* c“?or i ls' 5“u rannal—
the prisoner had been jailed here and after I A * r, .5’ Jr -» *“d Miss Lucy Sppes, both
., f u a vi v * I of this city, were married in ClaikbvUle. on **
the interview had with him by a reporter i*th. Mr. B, has rotarned to Athens with
of the News and Advertiser the sheriff Anna Bredford upon proper pro-
. ... „ ■»».»* , , I ceedlngs before the ordinary, was adj .dged a
started oil to hod one Dan Miller, colored, I lunatic, and will be soon scnt«to Mi Hedge villo.—
living in the lower part of Terrell, with JStra’l.SSm ud» M A ThS3«
whom the prisoner, Hudson, stated that he | locatfd In 8t Lonlst Mlssonrl Quite a a
bed left. Fomon of the money he had Ku&X SttSSfi* *&!?££&&%
taken from the bouse of Mr. Lee. Miller revive, and we notice that the last few days the
Bret denied Saving any of the »®«o *Ued wiffi jw^on Iron the
money, but being pressed, he I
admitted having it, and showed the officer Gbifvin, August 54 —The State Sunday-school
where he had concealed it Tbe sheriff I conyeuttoa convened here to-day, with General
found $46 in greenbacks and coin, which I iV, i ? t lilU, \ il ;, Br 2, wne ’ ot 4 thens 't ,re,iiliu B- Hon.
Miller ernted he had received from Hudson ‘S.CS
the night of the murder. Dan A filer. It ap-1 a change of president every year for sectional
pears, is Frank Hudson’s father-in-hw, and 1 reasons. The morning was consumed in the
as he states, Hudson told him he gave him 1 appointme .1 qf committees, la the afternoon
the money because he had been kiud lohirn I delivered, Inauelo-
and hia children, telling him how it tvaa I Sfl .n^bfu ratSiL Sde b: n'SittVi Bmmie
obtained. He ate supper at Miller's, and j of Athena Tne couvcntlon is rather alimly ‘
tried to get him to bring him on to Albany I tended up to now, but more delegates arc c_
iu his wagon, which Miller refused to do. I Pfcted to-night and to-morrow In the game
Ae stated in my Brat dispatch, the next Between the
seen of Hudson ws, the next day, Wednes- ^| lUo ^ 0 ' by Ve °KSf:
day, at 111 Am., at the Oakey Woods store, some eoore of thirty-eight to nothing,
eight miles from Albany, where he bought Comment is unnecessary. The Llghtfoots are the
a pistol, a shirt, and other articles, and dis- I undoubted champions of Georgia, and make no
played, hie money. After obtaining the- SS^o.t^dmSSfy. tmlbttnl m
money from Miller, and notifying several and Griffin la having a r**uiar boom, a hirty
men from Dawson of the fact, and of Mil- I cheer and a tiger for her plnck.
ler’s statement. Sheriff Edwards went to I
where the negro girl was lying at her moth- I Hawkiwsvillk. August 23.—A gloom pervaded
er’a house, who was the sole witness and sur- I °? r i 0 !* 11 M<1 community to-day on the receipt
vivor of the tragedy. From her, whom he wibiSSfS k!!S
found perfectly conscious, and apparent- I came here in 4 Annary last, nnd took chargo of
in doing well for one in her I the music department of the Hawklmvilie in
condition, he obtained the facts, substan I atitute, in which position the won an enviable
lially, as follows! A short time after having br
Mr nfF to attend «ha «ra I her loTel I d>#poalUon the admiration of all wh m
tolled Mr. LeeoU to attend to ihe tire, 8 hemet. unlyafew of h. r friends here had
Hudson returned to the bouse. It was then J heard of her iilucs*, and they, not thinking it
some time after dark, Mrs Lee was sitting | was aerion*, was unprepared for the news of her
on the front piazza. He told he: that Mr. Many remaned that they never had an
Lee had sent him back to gat some supper. \? r u< 5S l tdSc?raffen2S d ^P ly - — ~
8 r!«rtrt S im wher * ¥f* ™ D a .f®’ I tloned in mv yesterday’s anlcle as^having serl-
plied that he was watching the fire, fearing I ously shot himself on aunday last, died yesterday,
it would break out again. Mrs. Lee thou I He was buried In Orange Hill cemetery this
told him to go into the room where a light I AtaoMriTbomaaEnlott, late of Ai
wa# burning and get something to eat from * 1 •** » nucu,iced
ihe cupboard. This he did, and, as the girl J “*
states, ate heartily. After citing he walked hakwku, August S0.-Qulte a serious acci
out on the piazza and struck Mrs. Lee with I dent happened to the worthy sheriff of our county
an ax, kilting her instantly. Her dead I Mr. Booert J. Myers. He was returning late ies-
body was found on the piazza next morning. I evening from hia field where he had been
He then returned into the room, and by I
the light of the lamp > robbed the bouse | aadthrowed him off backwards, hU whole weight
OUR RAILROADS.
HOW THE WORK IS GOING ON.
A Nsw Fores at Work on the Gsorgia Paolfie-
Arrengiag for tha Laying of Ekllt-Makiag
Bids on tha Bern# Ext*nafen-Tha
Cola Ohariar la tha 8anatr.
On Wednesday a long caravan of wagons file-1
ont of the city making their w*y beyond the
grade on the Georgia Pacific, where they will
join the force now working. These wagons with
about eighty meu. I# a force that ihe Richmond
and Danville extension company has
just released from work in Virginia, and
advance guard of a large number that will
follow. Major Johnson, vice-president of tho
Richmond and Danville exteusion company, whi»
here, saya that coining will now delay an
active and vigorous prosecution of tbe work.
On Tuesday Gen. Gordon with Gen. Maclbu*
and Mr. Johnson went out beyond
ihe fair grounds, on the right of way
of the Georgia Pacific as granted to the Georgia.
Western, and arranged for the layiug of the
Georgia Pacific track on the Western and At
lantic right ol way. The work of track laying,
which will begin immediately, will atari from the
city and continue straight ahead.
The profiles and specificatiot a for the contracts
a the Rome extens on of the Macon and
Brunswick road fire now ready, and Mr. Holt,
Captain Grant and several other gentlemen who
will possibly be contractors, have been examin
ing them for (he past day or two. The track* on
this llue will be laid as soon aa possible.
The Cole charter will be reported In the senate
this morning by the senate committee on rail-
road*, with a recommendation that it pass. There
will be no minority report and the bill comes
from the committee in exactly the shape that it
passed the house. Scarcely any opposition was
developed in the committee room. The bill will
be resul the second time to day aud will then
probably be made the special order <or a future
day, possibly as late as the middle ot next week.
A PRESSING INQUIRY.
Wlii’u Will tbe Legislature Conclude
to Adjourn ?
Upon investigation and inquiry among tho
members of the committee appointed for the
purpose of fixing a day for tho adjournment of
tho legislature, we find that the probable time
for adjournment will bo between the 15th and
25th of September. It is probable that tha
legislature will not get away before the last of
September. This will give a session ol about
seventy eight days, which, added to the thirty-
two days of the session of la? t year, will give 110
days for the total session. The cost is estimated
at about 81,200 per day, ao that tho present
legislature will cost the people of the
state about 8135,000. Up to date It
has not shown work commensurate with this
cost, but it may do better daring the balance of
the session. It will be seen that tbe biennial ses
sion feature of the constitution doea not work
very well, as the first legislature elected under It
set thirty-two days lost year and will act about
seventy-five this year. This is a new definition
of bietiuial sessions but may be a satisfactory one
to Ute peop.e.
THE ARKANSAS METHOD
r thou into the joy <
»y xora."
Had h? bsen successful instead of the“hero'of
lust cause,” he couiu not have baen more be
loved and honored.
1 am con tout and would not have him hack,
though I must Continue my weary pilgrim.ge
alone, without ute support on which i have
leaned with such perfect confidence for more
than thirty years. We shall couunue to make
this o
o into a
that the coffin is decorated with flowers and
streamers The daughter had a romantic
history, which is familiar to many army
officer# and plainsmen. She fell in
love with Lieutenant Brockhorst Living
ston, of the old Second dragtocjs. and a
direct descendant of the tamon# Chancel
lor Livi: cston, of New York. Heatems to
have reciprocated her love, aud they lived
together a# man and wife, though bound
by no legal ties. Livingston at length took
s:ck, became a prey to dementia, was sent
to Europe and tnere died. The poor girl
awaited his return long and amxiously,
and guarded as dearer than her heart’s
blood hia son, a bright boy two or three
years old. At length news of his death
reached her, and the wife—for so the con
sidered herself, and to her native friend*
corn ulered her—pined a few months with
a slowly breaking heart, and then died.
Her last words were the few English words
of endearment Livingston had taught her
in days gone by. Spotted Tail took
the beloved form where Livingaton
had first met her, and there buried it.
Mrs Livingston, the motherof the lieuten
ant, is still living in New York, or was
a sboit time ago, and has instituted
itqniries relative io the sou spoken of,
wiih a view o! caring for and educating
him, but all trace of him wss lost, or his
dusky relatives preferred to keep him with
themselves.
are, unexpectea Dy tne piainuu ■ counsel, t : . , h renrasuntativ
developed, which proved « vertt»blo bomb- i a Qf ?£o MUlh. ^ reminiscences, liltc
shell in the camp. A witness named Ambrose most of 8Qch mem0 iiea. were interesting
Telliot testified that la July, 1S76, Mr. Cbristiancy I Morgan is looked upon here as the “Lighi
called at hia drug store in this city and Informed I Horse Harry" of the rebellion,
him that his wife was iu a critical condition from I Behind tbe counter, open a fire proof, at
sn operation performed on her. and he said he I this same hotel is the first drum ever used
had been recommended to witness aa a oomne- as a starter for horses. It was used at New
tent practitioner in «ncb tpecbddee. Witness Orleans, and given to McGrath, who lately
dechoed to give tbo matter pen.on.1 attention, I died at Ipeg Branch. The drum is silent,
mid recommended at. Chrtrtlsncy to go to some «nd the Uetarne course onceso famous, n
...... . « .rarartlrar tlorasw I * thlDg Of th© pOSt. And SO g06S Ut6 WOfld.
regular physician, namirg a regular practitioner. clofl J . LfcXington ^ King’s stock-farm,
Senator Cbnsiiaaty said be wouid not call on any Xen firoeks’, and Dr. Herr’s. We drove
such phjtician; that be desired counsel rather I ^ t j ie latter place, a regular, conventional
t han practical services; that he was read up in I southern home—Grecian portico, low c.>r-
obetetries, and theoretically posted on matters I nice, big trees, and all, with a flee approach
pertaining to prevention of procreation; that hs I across a broad lawn. Behind the house aud
wasgetUi'-: too far advanced !n year* to com- | stretching away toward the her x m were
mence the reariB? of * jouag family and lor that the fold. tm0 otb and green, dotted with
reason he hou o;ierated upon hi# wife blmrelf j Wfl i nn . »., AT »te and
and he ashamed the responsibility. Hi* wife. I cops® 3 of walnut, maple via oak,
however, was nuet aUrmr!. c-jufi’jod to her bed I under which ths sleek, blooded cattle,
suffering from the effects of tne operation I equine and bovine, lingered in the
After continuous appeti* tbo witue*# made au I monotony of content. When the doctor
d l?Jrtf.5ii U bv if Otfltred ont a magnificent Btallion. and had
room, .ea’ouud hlr him exercised for our del.ctatiou, we could
▼t ry weak and oomp.’aiMn.; of great pain, and on I enter in some slight degree, as we watched
examination found ‘ • - - »-
tempted aoonien JTS
prescription, went to
and prepared it.
laa drug store
reiuming, deliv
ered 'it' to cxSenator t;lmsiUn..y. The
day following Mr. Chrisiiancy called at the store
and informed me tlul hir wtte waa golfing aloog
nicely. Two days afterward he called ojuda,
saving his wife * " *
Witn©
A CONVICT KILLED.
the graceful action of the spirited animal,
his glistening sides and arching neck, into
the enthusiasm which actuates men who
follow tbe turt as a life-long form of amuse
ment or profit.
Fine cattle, bovines being meant, are ev
identiy held in good esteem here. While I
waa in town a sale occurred at which the
average price for cows was $590.
, Bidding good-bye to tbe velvet hills and
time, and, therefore, he would have to wait un- 1 ee9S G f corn, to the winding brooks,
tli he coutd get rid of her. After rome fielay b® I wreathed with willow glade#, sod to the
saw Mr*. Christlancr as&in sad made an exam-1 ... . 7
ination, and informed both the ex senator and I high stepping pacers, we left for Teunes
hi* wife that nothing could be done, as an abor- I see. Oue huudred m:feb below Cincinnati
Uon would soon occur. Mix Chris- I the Southern railway crosses the Kentucky
tiancy appeared much distreaaed, stating I Hver upon the highest bridge on the couti-
l^bto^nhfdSSLiMSd rt hS ° ent highest piet bridge in the world
husoond, ex-Scnator Chrittazcy. Witneia esu-1 Immense and costly towers stand upon the
tloned her aaafost undue excitement, and in- j verge of either cliff', showing that it was
formed her that her huaband had aw-ured him I originally intended to make this a suspeu-
hia determination «id | gjoa-bridge, bat for some engineering
A Aoted Italian rrlmlaat Xr#ia D*«*a
ni the Hands of a c omrade.
Sews reached ths city jettorday of Ufe tilling
ot an Italian convict named Anioxlo Pimontt.
which occurred at the Old Town camja Sunday
morning. Hxmntt waa serving oat a sentence of
tsn yean for sa attempt w murder anotoer
Italian in Aagusu. The fell ioxticuixn art not
known, but trem what la known tt appears that
Sunday morning Punooti and a fallow ojavict
named Dan Mo^a. got into a difficulty. Mosca
drew a kolfs sod atafcbsd PxxaooU Uirce tlm^
tat e near the heart and once io the abdemen.
Bribar wound waa snffirieat to prodnoe drain. A
•wooer's jury returned a verdict wffich chaigsd
Moses with marffir. plmoatl was a very de*?er-
dtlBO-
Darling Is Virginia.
Wh.ls Sulphur Springs Cor. Caicago Times.
There has never been any law in Vir
ginia rigid enough to prevent dueling, l he
best young meu believe in the code; to re
fuse to give an enemy the satisfaction of
going out upon the field would only result
in the mau refusing, becoming asocial out
cast To take any part in a duel under tbe pre
sent Virginia law. one becomes equally
guilty with the principals. To kill a man
in n duel is classed as a murder in the first
degree, but uo one has ever been convicted
under tne law. It is impossible to have a
jury that will convict, so strong is pnbiic
rent intent in favor of the code. Judges
juries, prosecuting attorneys, all at least
believe in it; so where is the possibility of
a rigid enforcement of such a law?
The McCarty-Merdecai duel in Richmond
was one of the last fatal duels fought in
Virginia. In some ways this was one of
the n;o*t dramatic bits of southern social
life that I have ever heard related. One of
tte second# in this duel gave me the other
d&y a light free sketch of this historical
du* l and its causes.
McCarty and Mordecai were two young
coh federate officers, born and bred in the
‘-luifa. Both served with great credit and
b. a very during the rebellion. Mor-
decai was a gunner and refused a great
many times promotion to bis gal
lantry, saying that he could do the
si uth more service at bis gun. After the
j war the two young men moved in the best
! society of Richmond, and were members of
lhs same fashionable dub. A young lady
wss the cause of the bitter quarrel between
them. McCarty was very much in love
with her—but the two, bee ^mirg estranged,
became bitter enemies. Then Mordecai be
came the lover of the young lady. Miss T.
and naturally sympathized with her in her
expressions of dUl.ke for her former ad
mirer.
There wss a fatality, however, in the affair
that brought about au *x plosion. Once
when dancing a chance figure of the ger
man, M:ssT met McCarty a# a partner, and,
refusing to dance with him, left the floor.
This made a scene. The next night at an-
ionSoriroSon before the wttneo# content*a to I * v * , ow *“‘*
SuthM ^focame to w^ireremefiUl relief, reason the original plan was abandoned
and would ao aid her that with careful caning I and the massive iron trackway is sup-
oil would be well. Tbe Sunday following fin* I ported from below at & height of two hun
vUit senator Chrlrilancy colled at the store of tbe I died and seventy-six feet,
witness and Informed him that the treatment Th#( —hole line of the Southern nil wav
had been raccemfnl. and he desired to know If .. A i! .» . Sit
other treatment was necessary. Wiuiea* gave I projected as it is at a right angle w»th
him additional direction, wttn a proscription. I mauy spurs and rivers, is a meze of engt-
ond the senator paid the bill, $25. for hi# personal I neering difficulties. Taree hours south of
Lexington a long tunnel terminates upon
services, including his medicines.
au iron bridge that springs direedy trout
ANNIE MOORE. I the sheer cliff at a dizzy height above the
——— I Cumberland river. Tne effect i# g-.artliug.
K„pp«,,nc. „ Horn, or .«« W„,. Jxl « Puiut total hrad.^J
ward Girl Who Married a Negro.
I named in bonor of the general, who cou
I ducted some military operation# here.
Beiyee, Pi, Augusta.—The citizens of I Point Barnuide the milw&y company has
Beaver were not a little surprised to learn I built a hotel, and a man from near Treuton
that Annie Moore, the young lady of good I runs it. .
. .. * „ ---.1 ....imi . JLv But little is said about Rugby, the Eng-
faaitly who, two} ears ago,married a worth* I colony in Tennessee. The general
less negro and .eft for Ohio, had again been I impression I obtained from the natives
seen on her native streets. It will be re-1 to the enterprise was not reassuring,
membered that some months prior to her | Glen Mary, where the Rcgbyitescome to
marriage with the negro, Danger fie Id, the I meet trains, there were two or three youcg
fair Annie became the mother ] Englishmen standing by the track *s we
of a fiae, healthy son. whose pa- halted for a moment, and I iancied they
teraity she imputed to a young law locked tired and worn. They certainly had
student of Beaver, bat who, on the other I lost the clear, peach bloom complexions
baud, stoutly a-serted his innocence, and I they brought with them last year, and were
who, rather than accede to tne demands as brown as mountaineers. 1 regretted that
that were made of him by her family. ] want of time prevented a repetition of my
served his time in jail and came out under visit of last year. Ragby will dsubtles
the insolvent laws. Shortly after her I hold its own as a pleasant summering
union with her dusky mate she moved to J place, for ita surroundings are very pictur-
Salem, Ohio, wnere she has since figured etque and ita inaccessibility provta rather
more or less prominently. After causir-g j a spur than a hinderance to visitors. Bat 1
jealousy and domestic jar# in certain cot- j think those of ita projector# who proposed
ored families of that place, last winter she | making it a great farm must have become
was heard from again, this time in the I discouraged ere this. If the settlers will ex
United States court in .Cleveland where I periment with grapes, pears and “garden
she appeared a# plaintiff, having charged I sisi,” I think they will make a success of
some other negro with lifting her letters I it. But then I don’t know anything about
from the Salem post-office On the occasion | farming. F. H. T.
of ibis suit our townsman, W. A. Laird, was
called to tbe foreat city as a witness for the I a Word to Atlanta,
gentle Annie. Since that time nothing has Sew York Herald,
been heard of her until she turned np on Tha now are that the visitors to the
our streets last evening. What the object I Atlanta exposition will far oatnnxnoer wnat waa
of her visit here is a mystery. Whether she si first antfotpaieo. The affair was origin ally in
is on .Tint to her fn«d. ud to see her I «=. a«3 . hica.ytii <*^1.
boy, or with an idemof mgva domiciling her- ! U “to
self among the saints, is asyet but an object j proportions of a ceuerxl of all
of conjecture here. ' and all natioaa It ho* awakened
When tbe canal is open come and visit ns
again.
Believe me always truly and affectionately
your lifeud, Moby Cvstij Lks.
The flood alluded to will long be remem
bered in Virginia, particularly by those
living along the line of the canal, who, by
its destruction, were cut off for months
from the rest of th»j world.
Horrors of Hydrophobia.
Chicago News.
Peter Dahl was lying on. a cot in a base
ment ward of the county hospital yesterday
afternoon, surmunded by several of the at-
tendaufe, Drs. Norman Bridge, Dr. Fengtr
and several newspaper reporter#. Dabi
w a suffering front what was supposed,
from the symptom?, to be hydrophobia.
"I was bitten by a dog about ti.e middle
of March.” he explained, between deep
inspirations of breath, accompanied by a
wild, frightened look in his eyes. 4 *fhe
dog was running around, chewing up pieces
of rags, and when 1 hit It with my pipe, it
jumped at me and bit me here in the fleshy
part cf the thumb,” showing a small
wound perfectly healed and almost iuvisi
bie “I pul some salve on it. It didn’t
trouble me till Monday. Then I had a
pain iu the side and back of my head.
Tuesday morning I felt sick, and when I
went out in the open air, and the wind
struck me, I commenced to bark lik**a
dog.”
“How?” a.ked Dr. Bridge.
The mau tave a terribly realistic answer.
Opening hi# mouth, he took a deep and
sudiien inspiration, the air whistling as it
entered tbe passage to the lungs. His
teeth clattered and his eyes glared. For a
moment he looked like a wild animal.
‘That’s how. I staid in the house that
day, and the other morning I went and saw
Dr. Tingel and came to the hospital. The
people stared at me as I came along."
Au attendant explained that the patient
was a good deal worse when he arrived than
at present, having been quieted with eighty
graias of chloral, twenty grains of Fowler’s
solution, and ten grains oi quinine, the lat
ter administered hypodermically. He had
at first manifested the greatest abhorrence
of water, but had overcome his repugnance
later, so far as to take some tea
“That inspirational spasm," said Dr.
Bridge to the Morning News reporter, “is
one of the symptoms of hydrophobia—a
test, though not an absolute one
external irritation is transmitted
the spinal column through tbe sensor
nervts. and there is an impulse in re
turn through the motor nerves In coses
of bydiophobia, as in cases of tedonns, the
ipiral column i# morbidly sensitive."
“Juat notice,’ he remarked, as he blew
wiih his breath upon the exposed portion
of the patient’s abdomen. Tne man started
up aghast, and drew a sadden breath, aa in
awful terror, regaling the nightmare
scene witnessed a iew moments before.
Dr. Bridge questioned the man at length,
and drew ixoui him the statement that he
was of a nervous disposition, which had
manifested itself particularly since his
fathei’e death, seven year# ago. He had
always entertained a particular dread of
hydrophobia, and since he received the bite
four months ago, bad been unable to read
through accounts in the newspapers of
case# of hydrophobia. The doctor also drew
from him the statement th«t he was in the
habit of drinking more or less every day,
and on Sunday last had drank consider
able.
The girl states that she t-a whim from an I foiling on bis bock. Ihe doctor wo* scat for, who
adjoining room where she and the other col- I found hi* collar bone broken in two place*. Tne
ored girl were sleeping, the door of which I 5?^u HEiS* a I ^ >mio l tA *?■'
u™oi
Hudson then blew out the light and started I .he best officers In the state and Is also one ol the
to leave, but, hearing a noise in the room | best farmers of this county. He does not depend
where she and her companion were sleeping, I on his offles lor a support, but mokes plenty of
turned back and entt*rtfd the room, stoop ® c S“?,S5Sl t
iug over the girls, the eldest of whom, about l0 eSed bfjtoUtfeV\h£co5nt£ wuooray
Hi years of age. wag asleep lio indeed u ] earnestly for his speedy recovery.
they knew him. 8he replied, “Ye?, its you I
Uncle Frank." He struck at her with the I Talbottoh, August 21.-No town In Georgia
ax in the dark, a blow which fell upon the I i*Improving Uke Taibotton. Our new railroad
herTnfunt I v e ilie 8 a{ , o r oM
her instantly. She at once jnmped up and We received onr first bole of new cotton on
run into Mrs. Lee’s room, and threw her Saturday. It wa* raised by Mr. H C. Trussed
seif under the bad. Tbe fiend followed and I »n<l *>ld to Mr. W. I*. Waits for llM cents
dragged her out, ntui with the ax struck I £?« rel i Urae ^ to our .—
her tvto blows, aimed at her head; but bom tti u,fi£u£time
missing her head m tbe dark fell one on I hsyiag hot, dry and sultry weather, but our
each shoulder, breaking the «>houlder bone# I crop* in Talbot county are the ben for ten ye ire.
and leaving her insensible. She recollected | -—The central camp meeting, five miles from
no more until she came to, several hours SgS“i““ o,ti0 >^<»t la the stale, bertas
afterwards, and managed to make her way I 7 ** *
S?u th S n if a r eS !- h ° !Ue ' ab0U . t ? mUe . . d u ista ? t GbEssKBrao, August 23.—Although we have
The girl’s testimony was taken at the in- had fine prospects for rain, we are Mill drv. *ad
quest held the day after the murder. She I crops look bodty. We have the consolation that
is not expected to survive her injuries We I °ur community Is healthy and our people geu-
learn that two other negroes, implicated by I J5Sf *jSLSfS5iS fewSSiTitMSiiJS—From
Hudson’s statement, were arrested in Ter- I the appearance of tnowln market, we monos© the
Of Dealing wrltb people who are In
w »y .
Little Rock, August 23.—The particu
lars of the double murder in Scott county,
18 miles from Waldron, reached here to
day. Two men, known in that part of the
state by the name# of Falsom and Hobbs,
had been gambling for several days with
John Stewart. Stewart was proprietor of a
country Btore, and dealt quite largely in
whisky. He was also a successful gambler,
and had won steadily of the men named
above until about $100 had changed hands.
Finally thev arose from the table, and one
said, “I am broke." They took several
drinks to brace up with, mounted their
boree* and rode off The night afier the
termination of the game, they rode back to
the store, woke Stewart up and m-ked for
whisky. He got up and went into the store,
drew the liquor aud placed it on the counter.
One of the desperadoes then quietly
pulled out a navy six, placed it on the
counter, and aa Stewart turned toward
him, fired a bullet into his body. The un
suspecting victim fell to the floor, the
blood pouring from the wound in his
breast. The murderers theu ran around
behind the counter, dragged him out into
the street, and shot him six times, Billy
Messingale, who lives near Waldron, and
Who was on a visit to Siewart’a family,
heard the row, and ran out to see what was
the matter. He saw Stewart on the
ground, and went back to the residence
and told his wife the circumstances.
While talking, one of the men stepped up
to the door and said: G——d d u you,
do you want to take it up?” Without
wailing for a reply be shot Messingale in
the back of the head, the ball passing
through and coming out his upper lip.
Thu# the second victim fell. Stewart was
known to be a desperate man. The court
records show several iudictmeuts against
him.
JENNIE .CRAMER.
The myaietnna Hunting for Traces.
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
New Haven, Conn., August 22.—It la believed
that the ehemio&l examination of the stomach of
Jeanie Cramer points towards the presence of
cantharides. and this will strengthen the theory
that the girl was drugged for the purpose of i
expects U* flrfeh It September 5th. The Malley
cousins, Walter and James, were brought from
tho Jail to West I laved this morning.
C. K. Bosh, attorney for tho state, asked for
postponement of tho case for murder a.-olmt
them on tbe ground they hod not yet got the
s statement, were arrested in ier- | the appearance of those ia market, we suppose the
melon crop is about gathered. Each one looks as
if It contained ono chill or more. The peach crop
GnirFcr August 23—In this moraine’I has exceeded our expectaUons. Nice ones can be
IVitivMm. % tSStJSmuS. had for 75 centu to SI per bushel; dried one# for
Daily News appeared the following item. Ig ceata per pouud. The worst prospects
“We regret to learn that Miss Kitty West- I sometimes succeeded by abundant harvests
brook is ill in Atlanta. We hope soon to I may it be with our provulou crop this year.
chronicle her recovery ” The first iutima- I
tion of the young lady’s illness had hardly Roswell, August 2?.-The train upon the new
time tn l.eite in imnrrm nn who I i all road Is being run dally between Duuwody
urne io i*aye u# impres# on tnose wno an u uie junction, connecting morning «md after-
read it, ere the news earns flashing over the I noon, with the Air-Liue Bclfe™ Quit? annmber
wires that s le was dead. Had a thuuder I of visitors from Atlauia avail themselves of the
ji ip tudJe.riy burst in a cloudless sky, it | opportunity afforded by tbe railway, to spend
could not have been more at,riling to our I ?jLS2‘n7w.J u r!iI?,I eI i
community than thia awful intelligence i$°3?BJKiS^MrVswiuX "“a^ECE
Your correspondent took a walk up the I uta town, and will probably locate here, taElug
street a few minutes after the message ar- I charge of the town scnool.—Mr H 8 Adams has
rived, and from every one he met came I returned from the springs much improved in
words of sorrow and expressions of regret. I
Indeed, the death of no one individual in all I Mr John T Poden.— Mr Ac ion, the“fat b;v,“ of
of Griffin cjuld have cast a deeper gloom I rnr Constitution, was iu town thi. week."
ora darker shadow. Just budding into I
young worn nboid; talented and accom I LsGkangx, August 23.—Uamp-meollngs are in
plished; witu a character that all acknowl- I TO * u ®* T5 ° at Rock, Uo»rd county,
lengthy argument Justice Bjotfi decided to
grant the ptsiponement lor two weeks. The
counsel for ihe prisoners asked ih«t they be ad
mitted to ball. Justico Booth decided to con Milt
State Attorney Doolittle on this point and re
served his decision unlit S pm.
At the inquest two of tbe witnesses
testified that they thought James Malley,
who was pointed out to them was the mau they
saw in the grove with Jennie Cramer Friday
, * ewbo keep
alley’s time
was marked full on Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, August 3 4 aud 51 James Behan, cosca-
man for Edward Malley, testified that Malley had
uine iiaffsem three of which Edwa-dand
his son usied for driving;purposes. Michael drove
out with one cf them on Friday afternoon.
p ( i„ P d besntifnl * with a life’* rwi.nl filled I wnich came off last wees, was weU attend*
.!?Ls?K a I!!5 'aIa. .;*? a SI. Lautange Sunday. Salem camp-meeUug,
only With good deids ard pure; with a m fos below LaGronge. bezlns Thursday?*
gentleness of manner that made every one I one ra Meriwether next Thursday follow!
love her, it is no wonder that I Grope along the road In Heard county are good,
her sadden taking away ehraht craw w
many hundreds of heart to weep with a I wb0 km*,, tfo ^ Newnan about July L
pitying, sympathetic sadness. The ciroum- I wss captured near LaGrange by our efficient mar-
stance# connected with the death of Miss | shal, J. R. Ware, and will to carried to Newnsn
Westbrook are particularly touching. She j w-d*J»
was at heme enjoying her vacation from ( _ _ . . .. .. .
the HawkineviUe liadtmy. where she pre- ftport * d hc '- r '■ th .*. 1
• i .. ^ ■ • tu I me negro wno amed one man, woman aua cniia
eided as principal of the uinsical depart I lu Tr . rr[1 county ihnweck lu, been caushtand
ment. Before returning she wanted to I tbat the people of the county intended to pub-
spend a few days in Atlanta, and last week I licly burn him this evening. The «mtire commu
bv ent frtaSdi 0r t ^n Pn Xr e 'reac C S^rif
by friends. Soon after reaching At- 1 < ncddisturnar.ee between the editor cf theEa-
lanta she was taken ill, anal crpiife and Professor M. A. McN Ally, has about
the friend# who watched her, thinking each I subsided and blown over. All partlea have about
day would find her improving, kept the I P sy«l“quii*.”-—Cotton iaoomiugiu (island
news of her illness from her mother. This repkUy. A nice shower fell here
morning Mrs. Westbrook, who poesiblyim-I ““ even **
agines her lovely daughter enjoying herself ha*tw*ll. August 22.-Profaaor Morgan H.
among friends at the capital, has her heart I Looney's daughter. Miss rfaud Looney, dfedhere
pierced with a dart of sgony that must I last Saturday. She was burled yesterday, a large
prove crashing beyond all human idea. To I reucoone of people being out at the foneraL
an idolizing family the hearts of this people **r. CMUom Thomum OMOoeted *JJ *2^
® ou tonder est sympathy at this terri- I , a t a valid for come time, suffering withe .nsump
ile affliction. Miss Westbrook was an es- I tion, which disease caused her death. She was
pecial favorite with MLs Porter’s school, la beantllul and good girl, and be.oved by all who
snd there is a bitter sadness pervading the I * new Her loss is mourned by this whole
room thia morning. | rammochT.w^Tmp.tm,, flceply whh her he-
Tbe 31«con and Branawleb.
McDonough, August 21.—Editor Constttu-
ion: Yonr correspondent at thl* place dropped
.. at the camp of Mrior M. F. Tntwiler, divis
ion eugfoeer of the Mscon and Brunswick exten
sion and during the oonvemtioa gathered a few
items concern log the construction of the railroad
wh:uh may Interest tne readers of Tax Consti
tution He informs ns that there are now five
corps of engineers locating between Atlanta and
Mscon and that in the coarse of a few weeks tbe
whole line wiUberesdj for the contractor*. Sev
eral part.es are already at work ou parts of the
line already located, not less than two thousand
hands being in the employ of the company. The
Messrs. Condon A Co., cf Knoxville, who are to
conjunct sixty-five miles of the road, yesterday
Kit on the wagons and Implements to Jackson,
when they will commence to construct towards
McDonough, other contractors having alrealy
started at McDonoagh and graded a long dis
tance. Already thirty-five miles of telegraph
wire has been pat up, the work
rspldlv progressing at the rate of
a mile a day. The people along the whole line
are enthtuissUc over the prospects of the road,
and fox thrift and lodnstry McDonough wLl soon
rival its sister cities between Mscon and At
lanta.
The length of the road will be eighty-nine
miles and Almost au air-line. It wiU develop a
recti n ol the country which will add materially
to the progress of the state, and which tha*
makes Atlanta the outlet of the products of
another seeffon ol the suto.
denly. H# bos been residing in Albany, Ga, but | aud was buried yesterday.’—--Our city
removed to Hawkintville ab me two weeks since I visited by a refreshing shower yesterday.—The
and obtained employment with Mr D H Kirk, a first bale of new eolton was troaght In on the
contractor. He had Just recovered from | wth last, and sold for l2jf cents. Ihe crops
an attack of typhoid fever when he came here, I in this county ore considered to be a * '
and has since had the measles, of which It was I and tho cotton receipts are expected w «««
thought he had recovered. Hl*«sadden death is ] Mr and Mrs. Edwards and Him Mamie Bry-
suppooed to have result d from heart disease. He | an, a charming young lady ol Covington, leave
leaves a wife aud one child, who had not removed I for their home to-day.
from Albany, but were expected to day. Test I
ta“SSf^SK^f"e SSSSm JffSS
we, IrandUti,.Smith * Woraou pUtol, J W JanU^ ptrloSta. he JrS
ss I learn, trying to throw a cartridge I •vlCm >»rarrl.» -
iTMB lt when tira ptotjl wra the toll mm/iuc dra2SS**Mk
penetrating hlsUKly. He was brongat to Mr. I i^q offidatlng minister. Long life, happiness
SsrrfE* s? 1, J5fgr , £g z™*™* ss pp
SndUion. 10 l*eutitamt V h!i fooler I FrSffynui'r^T”, ’mtaT “'ften'*
Mhss s. J R Beverly and ManhiTrH (vJinaUv I bia reifons lllnem. He was a former resident of
wuTbegln Swutthefet^ O^for 11 toe < SSSl£ but now of dtone Mountain. Most of
Sou bf iheHaiStoiSue XmmuuStt u,e during the severe rains
h-vinz been made for all th-> I l Mt winter, in thl* county, are under out. act
ind uuiSMn Km “A will wx,n be built single Boom camp
amns la »1L I understand the gentlemen have I aua ■ eTermi
received much enoouragemeut especUUy in thi
way of promised advertising Ihey are occom-
piUhed jonrnollsts os welt as clever gentlemen,
GaimN, Aogurt 2i—Oonslderable interest
being manifested over the baseball match to take
i>l#ce b '.ween the J union, of covington, and
excellent paper now, and the Dispatch, under
found able to afford two such pipers.
Beverly has been foreman in the Dispatch office
for the post six yean, also ousting in the focal
department oOhat paper. Mr.,connal!y«U the
stenographic reporter for this, tbe Ocmee, cir
cuit, and will nave the advantage oi meeting
seal anaally the oeople oi the surrounding coun
ties while attending the different court*. Mr.
Woods has also made arrangem-ota for improving
the management of the Dispatch. Ia short our
town Is on a “big boom.” About one hundred
bales of cotton were received by our several
warehouses last Saturday and busmen is looking
Union String?, Ala, August 21—Saturday
night a burglar mysteriously entered a afore In
this place and stole forty dollars. He cat open
the cash drawer in order to avoid sounding the
alarm bell, which was attache 1 and, strange to
freely offered that tbe Lightfoots will lose
game. It will probably be tbe last match
tbe season.— Captain W. J. Dallas and W. _
tileckton, of Atlanta, are in the city this morning
Jurss, August 20.—Mr. Abraham Crow, one
hi* loss. We have not had any rain
parts of this county since the first of July. There
are Urge fields of corn that will not yield
11.
man denied having told Cnarlee J. Wil* m ou
Saturday, August 6, that he was about sick,
having been up the greater part of tho previous
night waiting for the return of the horse*.
The Arltansa* State Fair.
Little Rocx, Ark.. August 20.—Editors Con
stitution : The State fair ass iciaLon of Arkansas,
the Arkansas Gazette and aomeof the enterpris
ing business men of this city offer i rises «ggrega»
Ung S ,50J in an interstate military contest to
take place on the beautiful grounds of this asro-
cUtlon on oue day during our lair, which com
mences Monday. October 17th, and continues one
week as follows, to-wlt.
$1,000 to the best drilled military company, $300
to the second best, and $200 to the third best, con
ditioned as follows:
Not lets than four companies outside this state
The skirmish drill and bayonet exercise to bo
excluded.
The judgeato be United Slates officers.
The i outine of drill to be according to the Up-
16 programme to ba furnished by tho judges
_ _ hour before going iniodrilJ, and the under-
signe 2 to be notified of any oompauy de-lring to
enter by September loth, prox.
No percentage of auy prize will be required of
any winning company, as enhance money.
We cordially invite any military companies of
Georgia to compete and assure them that onr cit-
■ ens would feel complimented by their p.csenoa.
We ore sorry to Bay that the Chickasaw Guards,
of Memphis, will not enter on account of busi-
~ wa engagement# of >t# members.
Very respecfnlly.
R.V. Ykakle. Secretory.
Hard Fan Georgia.
Vicksburg Herald.
The following is a significant advertise
ment in The Atlanta (Gx) Constitution:
"Money to Loan.—We want to loan a
half million dollar# on improved farm# in
Fulton and D^Kalb counties, on five year#’
time. Nelson Barker & Co."
That advertisement tells more jn those
four line# than the finest writer could tell
iu pages. It gives the best evidence that
can be offered that affair# iu Georgia are
settling down to hard pan, and Ibatca. •
talists know their money is now aud W..i
continue to be protected in that state. It
shows that where the laws are right, real
estate ia considered sufficient security, if,
indeed, it ia uot the best security. We
printed a statement some time since of a
prominent business man of this city, who
declared he was offered a half million to
loan on real estate in this stale, but the
offer was withdrawn after a careful exam
ination of the statutes of the slate govern
ing collections. Surely our legislature
will apply theproper remedy when it meets,
Kenator llllFe Betarn.
Senator B H. Hill reached the city Sun
day from Washington. He is enjoying
excellent general health and his tongne
troubles are nearly over. The healing
which followed the operation which wa#
performed a month ago has been highly
satisfactory, and in two or tbree weeks all
trouble on that score will have disappeared.
Hr. Hill is cheerfnl, and although he buf
fers no pain, and can speak a# easily and
with aa little inconvenience as ever, he
does not consider it beat to talk more than
is necessary at present. He will remain
here several-weeks.
A National Divorce Law.
New York Htrald.
Aa the laws of the reread states now stand,
there are tens of thousands ol married men and
women who, if they should makes journey of a
few thousand mites up and down the oontineut,
would find themselves divorced and married and
divorced again half a dozen times, according to
their latitude and longitude. Tbe remedy lor
thisabfurd state of ihiuga ia, a* the Herald has
again and again pointed out. a uniform national
law of marriage and divorce. Such a statute
would be productive of the best results. It
would prevent fraud, make mote sacred the mar
riage optigatkm. check crime and put an end to a
o! litigation, a large proportion of
hich Is based ou perjury and fraud