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Newspaper Page TextWEEKLY CONSTITUTION. VOLUME XIV. ATLAXTA, CrA., TUESDAY MjOEXIXa, SEPTEMBER 13, 1S81. PRICE o.CEXTS. CHARRED TO CRISPS. FIVE HUNDRED HUMAN IN MICHIGAN. ROASTS The Forest Fires Spread Over an Immense Territory and Sweep Everything to Destruction-Over Five Hundred Dead Bodies???A Harrow, leg Tale of Suffering, Etc., Etc. Detroit. September 9.???The loss of life and prop erty is Immense am! dead bodies have been brought in from nil direction*. It is estimated that 500 hu man beings have I>erifhed and 5,000 homeless and in want of immediate assistance. The details continue to come in relative to the de struction by forest fires. Huron and Sanilac counties have been the principal theater of the greatest destruction and sufferings. An eye vritnew states that darkness and a copper colored sky preceded the approach of the fire; later the sky changed tea deep red, and on Monday afternoon it became so dark that lanterns were necessary for people to find their way. This condition of affairs continued until about 8 o'clock Wednesday morn ing, trim the wind shifted from the west to the north, cooling the air and bringing a slight relief. In the woods were many scorched mid charred bodies, which presented a revolting _ appearance. The high winds that prevailed cutoff I twenty-five years ago. and saw n man lodged on a log just above tlie brink of the awful precipice, and . how Mrs. Arp ami 1 stood there all day and part of masses would be lifted up bodily and borne along the night without thinking of food or of sleep,while for n great distance. In many instances these bum- thousands of anxious people were all around us, and every train that wine brought more. How stood not upon the order of our going, but went, avoiding the big roads and camping out at night somewhere in the wilderness where an old man lived who gave Mrs. Arp a shelter from the rain and fried us some meat in a skillet and trashed his feet in it before he went to bed. I noticed next morning thut Mrs. Arp diden???t seem to huve much appetite for breakfast. But that is all over now and almost for gotten, and I was a thinking about how those peo ple who fought u* ami ruineikus are now putting up their money to build us up agnin and help us. I have mingled a good deal of late with their officers and soldiers, and wondered how we could even have been such ene mies, for they are genial and kind and consid erate I have seen them and our own boys working together on the line of this railroad and listeued to them by the camp-fires as they exelianged their war records ami narrow escapes ami I enjoyed their friendly communion. The Hon and the lamb are lying down together so to speak. though I think an old ram with light in him would have been a more appropriate figure of speech. I am willin??? for ???em to believe they whipped us if It will do ???em any good, though, as Bob Toombs snys, ???we wore our selves out whipping them." But it???s all over now, and all right, I reckon, or It wouldn???t have been so, as Cobe savs, ???we are all a nation once more.??? Mr Garfield Is our president as much as theirs, uud I hope the good Lord will let him live to unite the whole country in bonds of peace and harmony. I was a thinking of this curious trait in human nature that alu sorbs us in sympathy for a man- who is suddenly overtaken by u great misfortune or an unusual dan ger, when ut the same time we hardly notice a poor fellow who In a natural way lies at the door of death not more than a mile away. I was a thinking about the time when I stood on the shore of Niagara falls EARTH TO EARTH OVER THE BODY OF POOR DICK JEFFERIES. The Funeral on Yesterday???Meeting ot the Bar ???Speeches and Hesolutions???The Par ticulars of His Death???The Uni versal Sorrow Shown. ing masses started fires in fresh places. Tlie skill and oumgo of tnun seemed impotent to combat with such llamcs, and Hying |ieoplc were caught in fire- traps and roasted. One fanner who was plowing with his oxen a few miles from Sand Beach, perceived the approaching tiarknem mid started for his house. On reaching the house lie found that his wife had gone to a neighbor's. He then took two of his children, ills ???eldest daughter taking three others. Before going many rods they found themselves cut off by flames. Tlie farmer then turned in another direction and es capes] with two children. His daughter and the other three children were found next day all in aheap charred beyond recognition. Up to Wednesday night 15 bodies had been found within a mile. In Baris township many are missing, most of them Poles. The whole sctslcmunt, buildings, fences, jehops, etc., were swept clean. In Delaware township there is hardly anything, left not one house to the square mile. They were new settlers who had small clear- smart men worked with life boat* in the rapids, but worked in vain, for though held with ropes from the bridge above and from the bunks on either 1 side, they wliorled over mid over like a feathery toy, and how at hist they built a raft of heavy logs mid let it down safely to him und he got on it anil raised his hands in grateful prayer and all the multitude shouted, and strong men wept like children. He was nothing but a man???a |ioor mechanic???and his wife and lit tle children were there, and yet all hearts were for tlie time absorbed in him mid them, and Riotismids of dollars were offered as a reward to those who would save him. A day and a night he had been on the end of that log and when at the last hLs safety seemed assured the people rejoiced and almost smothered the poor woman mid her children with their embraces. But It was not so ordained. The raft was slowlyguided to the islnnd. when suddenly it reached a whirlpool that lifted It Its edge and turned It over. The man was lost. He rose erect as he neared the brink, and with his hands clasped over his head went down. How solemn was tlie stillness of those moments I will never forget, and yet he was nothing to us or to anvttody except his family mid hLs kindred. I won der whv It is that such scenes arouse us and affect us, and vet we care so little for the sufferers all around u's who Unger and languish for weeks within reach of our help and our purses. This little village is the center of a beautiful and prosperous region???a region where good people live d enjoy all the comforts of life ings, and the lire swept them like a hurricane. They . , , ??? . -??? , lost all they had, and many oi them lied to the I many of its luxuries. In an area of ten nriics lake. The shore line has been crowded with liu-1 square hardly a poor man inn be found???that is, man beings, cattle and everything that could get to ???tlie water. Eye witnesses from Forestvllle say the utmost confusion prevails. Many could not see. One man who lmd lost his nil was both blind and crazy, mid had to lie led to the lake north of Sanilac. The !i re almost] North of Sallna the fire on Monday was terrible. a'man who has'not a comfortable home or Is not In some honest way making a comfort able living. There are the middle .classes that old Agur prayed about not rich enough to curse nor poor enough to steal. Some good men a long lime ago settled here, who paid their debts punctnullv and these people have kept It up. A merchant told me that his credit sales last year were son Monday night was terrible, sweeping away 89,JJK>,and it was all paid b> Christmas exupttw tuts ?????? .* .. I dollars. Here is where the KLsers made their nost_e\erj tiling. I money, and I'll bet they will never be ns happy <orth of Kalina the fire on Monday was terrible, I again ns they were here. This Is a nice sweeping away almost everything, but it seemed to place to live in, und ??? if there is virtue In any , 1 . , , ??? , ,. . mineral water there must be in these springs, for lease houses, llie people here did not know an} I ,h??,- fr,??m * -uliihiimns ration. These farm- thev come from a sulphurous region. These farm- fire was near until It was upon them und had to | ers???luive got pretty good crops notwithstanding (lie drouth. Some of them are experimenting with ??? , , .... , , ??? ... , J clover, and Mr Butncr, who set one acre year before nwn> 11 H rwcheil it siift?l\. A Iurj-,0 pi\Tt> of J hurvested from a idnsiu cutting this summer men have gone to bury the dead 1 leasts I four tons, lacking 'JO pounds by actual weight, of in the forests. In some townships many I well cured hay. <>ne hundred nnd twenty ilolla^ . , , , , | irom a single acre. Just think of it, yon cotton men .are ,-o blind that they have to be led, and many are 1 )in( j rveep ???without food. A number of parties have already | General Sullivan broke flirt here vesterdav. There gone with foot] help mast cm IV1 * ,, - . . I gers hollered at the mn .es, a ensue. 1 hey have "???"tyr nmrMWi I llSiaW Ink Tun i??? |1i i < * i b-ntt-t-iisst .n Saturday witnessed one of tlie [saddest fu- | It was nearly dark when the friends, who had gathered about the grave, left the cemetery, turning their backs upon all that was mortal of poor Dick Jefferies. But in many and many high and humble hearts in this city and throughout' tlie south his memory is enshrined tenderly and regretfully, and will l>e held sacred with the coming years. A gentler, more loyal and affectionate friend never slept be neath the sod. The Meeting of tlie Bar. The bar of Atlanta held a meeting in the city court room at nine o???clock yesterday to take suitable CRAMER???S COUNTERPART I YOUNG VIRGINIA WIDOW DIS APPEARS FROM VIEW. She Takes a Hide with a Friend, Having in Her Pos session Five Hundred Dollars???The Man Reap pears, but Explains that the Widow???s Path Lay Different from His Own. >???!& ruiguson, ol White Buck, who has been ground, and the good work was begun. Standing >u the bank. I said: ???/All hail to the tie that Ls to Itome to the sea, mid the north to the south. ncrals ever seen in Atlanta. The friends of ;- action in reference to the death of Mr Jefferies. Mr. R. 8. Jefferies gathered in tlie Central j Judge Clark presided, and on motion of Colonel ??? , . . . . . , , I Huge a committee of five was appointed to draft Presbyterian cliurcli to hear the last " or j suitable resolutions. The committee as appointed spoken over Ills dead bodv. Tlie scene was e-J eqjisisted of Colonel E F Huge, Hon N J Hammond, . , , , . , | Captain Henry Jackson, Judge John Milledge and solemn and touching one, and as the coinn I }i, m Henry Hlllyer. was borne down tlie aisles and out of the i The committee submitted the following preamble , , _ . , .... J and resolutions, which were unanimously adopted: cliurcli there were few eyes in the building! Mr Chairman: The committee appointed to sug- that were not wet with team and few hearts j that were not heavy with sorrow. \Y e do not { mg: rninninluir tl??n nf ??nv ninn tlmt tmidied 1 The of the city of Atlanta has received with remember the death of any mail that toueneo | I;rol - (mnil the wd announcement of the a more sympathetic chord in the breasts of all j death of Mr Richard S Jefferies, which occurred on classes than that of Jefferies, who lias been ??? Young, mid freshly crowned with collegiate tlie defender of the poor, the generous friend , honors, Mr. Jefferies came to this city in 1871, mid in , , , , , , ! tlie execution of a cherished purpose, and the one and the lovable gentleman. .1 to which his liberal education had been especially ^??? { directed, entered upon the practice of law. His The Particular* ot III* Death. ' talents, seconded by his tireless energy, honorable aberration ok the MiicD, CAUSED by DISEASE, IN- : wnl in the assertion of the rights of his clients his ... _ .......... i high attainments,professional pnile and aspirations, diced His act???A sad recital. ( g, lV e ample guarantee of his success in any branch Our people were shocked yesterday morning, on ; of tlie profession. .Soon, however, he developed a reading the associated press telegram in Thf. Con- ; decided predilection for' criminal practice, and this .... ....... course, in which inclination prompted him to stitution, announcing that Mr. Jefferies had taken j mkL . thB lin . t stt . p was made irresistibly his own life. There were many, howyver, who j attractive to him by a series of brilliant successes, knew the terrible nature of his diseasc-nctv- and public opinion, that makes or unmakes, np- , . . . ?????? . .. , j plmiding what he had done, cheered him ou and ous dyspepsia???and the effect it has ou the j jointed upward to a place beside the proudest, minds of all who are in its grasp, that were scarcely J Brilliant mid scholarly, tireless and enthusiastic, astonished at the news. A physician who was con j sensitively honorable, stainless in character, loyal suited by him alwmt a month ago, stated confiden tially thut his mind was disordered by this disease, and that at times he was not even then responsible for his actions. ThLs statement had reached tlie ears of many of his friends who found. sad confirmation in many strange little actions on hLs part. They were therefore to a measure prepared to hear the worst. For three months he has been steadily getting worse, and it was the uni versal opinion that his ease was hopeless, and that death must in a short time release him from his suf-. ferings. To many friends a mouth or more ago he stated that he had not the slightest hope of recov ery. und that he knew death was inevitable. The sad particulars of his death we are enabled to giVe below: .-*?? A short time since Mr. Jefferies went to visit liis brother, Mr. John IV. Jefferies, a most estimable gentleman, who is tenehiug school at White Sul phur springs, in DeKalb county, Alabama. While there he did not reeujieratc and was thoroughly hopeless of beiug able to throw off the dread disease that had taken hold upon his life. HLs mauner at times- was so strange??? and his general deportment so uneven, at one time reaching to the deepest]de]eetion and at another to artificial and equally unnatural good spirits that his brother watched him with some con cern feeling that at any time he might commit an imprudence or do something even more serious ' Ou lust Thurday he was invited to (line nt???the home of Professor Callens, the pnrttyer of his brother in the school. The engagement was overlooked and atnighthe insisted upon going to Mr Fallens's house and rendering an excuse and apologize for his carelessness. His brother agreed to this, and Jeft???eries then said that humust shave before he went . out. His br-'hcr remonstrated, but he insisted, and at leng" 1,1 *, jwreujvas tne >am tint lminicr ease, me vox case, r.tnor and shaving materia' were Jnjzf Stafford murder, case, the Julia Johnson rr " fTk ???t-iA-???v- atm ."if "??? lc ??? ??? murder case, and the Defoor murder ease. Richmond, Va., September 7.???The tragic and mysterious death of pretty Jennie CmracT has found counterpart in Virginia. The victim in this case is a beautiful young widow whose charms have often been the theme of praise in the county in which she lived. She has been missing since Au gust 15th. At first her absence did not create more than slight uneasiness, but now, as slight clews are being gained toward unraveling the mystery,excite ment and interest isat fever heat. Mrs. B. M. Harvey, the mussing widow, was about thirty-six years of I son. age, and had been married twice, her husband be ing the son of Robert Harvey, u celebrated Brazilian railroad contractor. Her last husband died about six weeks ago in Ashland, Kentucky. About two weeks ago a letter written to her from a relative here was returned unopened. This created uneasi ness and a telegram was sent to West Point, near [ low water. io liLs friends and true to his convictions of right and duty at all times and everywhere, he was an or nament to this bar and to the profession. But tlie night 1ms come, and our brother folds his busy hands und sleeps. Resolved, That in sadness we bow to the dispen sations of Providence that has removed our friend und brother, Richard S Jefferies, from umuugst us anil from n sphere of usefulness and honor. Resolved;. That to the bereaved family of tlie de ceased we extend our deepest symjiathy and condo lence. Resolved, That a copy of this report he furnished by tlie secretary to the family of the deceased. Resolved, That as a mark of respect to tlie mem ory of the deceased, the members of the bar will at tend his funeral in a body. Captain Jackson delivered a beautiful address, touching the life and character of Mr. Jefferies. He poke of him as a true and noble man. with a heart .???ull of sympathy for the distressed uml friendless. ??? Judge Cunningham also spoke of the life of Mr. Jefferies. Judge Clark, in a touching manner, spoke of the beautiful life which Mr. Jefferies lived, und the bright future that was stretched out before him had he retained his health anil life. Tlie committee was directed to report a memorial of tlie life of Mr. Jefferies to the supreme eourt when the Atlanta circuit is reached. Mr. Jefferies was one of the brightest nnd most ovable men that ever made Atlanta his home. He vns educated at the university of Virginia, where V i> took distinguished honors, being remarkable as a finished and eloquent orator. After leaving college e taught school for a while and then took a law .-nurse. He then came to Atlanta anil began the practice of law. His success was almost instantane ous, uml he was soon recognized ns one of the best criminal lawyers that this bar had ever mown. He was engaged by tlie defense fii almost every criminal ease of con .-quencc in tlie past few years, was noted fordevo- um to liis clients, a painstaking endeavor to do his . ill duty, and courtesy toward his fellow lawyers, vfiiong tlie most noted cases in which he was en- -,-gcil was the Sam Hill murder wise, the Cox case, city, holding some as an investment and selling other pieces on s]ieculation. He is said to have made money in this business. He has always been a public-spirited citizen, contributing freely mid handsomely to all charitable or business enterprises, and has been active in the management of some of Atlanta???s most imiiortant products. He was a di rector in the Atlanta and Alabama rail mud, is a member of the executive committee of the cotton exposition, and has always responded to any call hat was made in Atlanta???s behalf. DOWN IN DIXIE. The rice crop of Louisiana is unusually fine. The North Carolina state feir begins October Uth. Ralekui, N. C., lias 10K public pumps nnd wells. The Alabama river is down to its lowest fall stage. The Lexington, Ky., races commence Septembe, Memphis received 470,257 bales of cotton last sea- Thref. cotton seed oil miTIsare building in Mem- , phis. Nashville has on hand 15,009,000 feet of sawed lumber. Navigation to Chattanooga ha*been stopped by Hoc.s are dying for the waut of water, in Mureer county, Ky. which place she lived, uskiug her whereabouts. The answer came by wire: Mrs. Harvey is supposed to have gone to Ken tucky to look after some property left by her late husband, but nothing iletiuite is known of her. She certainly went from here to Richmond on the train.??? Her relatives in Richmond were positive that she had not come to this city, mid therefore went to West Point to investigate the matter. They learned that the widow hud indicated her purpose to visit her daughter here, nnd hail left home with her cousin, Mr. Edward Slater. Mrs. Harvey had a fine plantation near Burnt Ordinnry, upon which was a store. When she left she had S500 with which to I There are seventy-five prisoners tn Charleston, pay some bills in the city. The investigation | Sout ' 1 Carolina, jail. showed that she left home in a buggy with J&ZSZ*'Ala., are liauiiug water to Mr. Slater. He saidf when questioned that he left | her about a half mile from West Point, anil that she walked the remainder of the distance. From Mis. I George Pettit, of Caldwell county, Ky., has cut Harvey???s country seat to West Point is about twelve [ 150,000 pounds of hay. miles. She was seen and recognized by a black- The Bibb (Ala.) iron worksare making seventeen smith at Burtonsville, a small village on the road, I tous ot * ron P er d'W- and at the time she was in the buggy with Sir. I S? drouth in many parts of Kentucky, Virginia Slater. She said sho had to cross the Mattnponi I n 'Il???, , l ??? , , - river before she reached West Point, but the negro ? yL%oIn prfvil^e < t 1 ex?? f MisslssI PP i ?? ferrymen have been unable to give any ex-1 VoLl'st a county, Florida, is making the largest cot- Thb East Tennessee Border fair, at Bristol, opens [ September 21. The estimated value of the school lands of Texas | Ls 8100,000,000. The Alabama state fair begins- at Montgomery [ November 7th. Two Chinamen have opened a restaurant in Ray- | ville, Louisiana. Virginia lias just had lieff first colored lawyer ad- [ mitted to the lmr. Continued drouth in Virginia threatens destrnc- | tton to the fall crop. A man in Ynzoo City, Miss., has sold 0,000 water melons this season. Cotton in Mississippi is fully one month earlier this season than last. planation as to her whereabouts Ru mors of a lady, deeply veiled, leaving West Point on the steamer for New York, have been exploded, and the conductors on the train to Richmond say Mrs. Harvey did not get on . , , ??? ... | Mississippi has nine hundred there. Other persons have been seen who thought churches with 50,000 members. toil crop she has ever raised. An Owensboro, Ky., thief stole a bridle, a can of | coal oil and a jug of vinegar. Thf. new artesian well in Charleston, S. C., has reached a depth of l.osa feet. white Baptist they saw a lady answering her description at tlie ] West Point hotel, but here again the link has been lost. It is understood that the detectives will arrest I a ]>arty to-morrow who, it is thought, will throw | some light upon the mystery. A SUSPENSION IN ATLANTA. Camming*???* Cotton Exchange Succumb* to an Ad ver*c Market and Close* It* Boor*, By noon Thursday rumors began to float abont the streets to the effect that the Atlanta cotton and produce exchange, owned and conducted by J. F. Cummings & Sons, was in trouble, and would prob- 1 ending August :ii, 1881, was 817,528",820. . Railroad builders now at work iu Texas out number the United States army. The grand lodge of Good Templars meet at Sal tillo, Mississippi, fith of October. Some of the farmers in Bourbon comity, Ky., are hauling stock water three miles. Kentucky pays more internal revenue than all the New England states combined. ??? Tiie cattle in Avoyelles parish, Louisiana, are [ beginning to die for want of water. Putnam county, Florida, has thirteen hundred persons engaged in raising oranges. The little city of Tyler, Texas, has invested $50,00, in an elegant public school building. The total value of Norfolk???s exports for the year -,.11,,??? l??? ???-n KUl IM MB upon bind ! on the road since Monday, reports that he lias seen 110 burned bodies at one place. He I All hail to King Cole. who conceived, und to Major four wagons bearing eight coffins, with one man I McCracken, who planned, and General Sullivan, walking behind alone; it was his family. I JSSJ 1 ??? ,U -worit\ng h "boys*?? n* fur- Spccinl dfriMtch to The Constitution. I getting the brawny arms who are to On Wednesday night the bunting district of Deck I level the hills and till tip the hollows nnd tunnel crsvillc nnd Sand Beach, was visited by a rainstorm- ^X?s??p P Uc^rsin"vs of VhK^-ful war which put out a considerable portion of the fires I and to Mr Souey, a noble patriot who knows no and cleared the atmosphere. The latest reports arc I north or south in his munificent benefactions.??? that the tires appear to be abating. Tne report I And Mr. Buntcr said, Amen. Bill Arp. from Port Austin, at the top of the burned peninsu la, suimt up the general destruction as follows: Loss of life by the forest fires on Monday nnd Tuesday is estimated at from two to three hundred. The fol lowing villages were bunted: Baduxe, Verona, For est Bay, Kichraoudville, Charleston, Anderson, Deckersvillc, Harrisonvtllc nnd Sandusky. The following were lsirlly burned: Portliopc, Minden and Elbly. Tlie great loss iu tlie villages is nothing to that tn the country, where the losses are too nu merous to be named. The report from Saginaw, Tuscola and Lapeer counties, one tier back from Lake White, showing much destruction of property, don???t approach the losses in the shore counties. The loss by tire was much less sweeping and gen eral. and the loss of life was small. But in each of three more favored counties hundreds of thous ands of dollars worth of property have been de stroyed. The latest reports from all these counties encourage the belief that rain has visited many sections and thut the deluge of flame is largely subsiding. Work immediately must now be systematically entered upon. Lumber to build houses, provisions of all kinds, clothing and seed for future crops must be furnished in large quantities to prevent still greater destitution. Benevolent everywhere can safely send money to Mr. Carieton, mayor of Port Huron, or to Senator O. D. Conger, in the same place, with the assurance that the means will be ju diciously used. Prompt action is urgently de manded. BILL ARP???S QUAINTNESS. GEORGIA CROP NEWS. Related far the Renders of The Constitution. Powder Springs, September 10.???There are some good signs of war in these i??arts. Tents are pitched nil around the springs, aud shanties and bunks for the soldiers and sheds for the horses and mules. Strong boxes are full of powder aud fuse, and the little town is full of exeited people, who have gath ered to see the beginning of the fight???to hear the sound of the first gun. Day after day they have waited for the grand army and the train of supplies * ???food for the men and forage for the horses. Public expectation has been up to a fever heat, aud every body exclaimed. ???When will they come, and what ha* become of Sullivan???? One conld hear all sorts of conflicting reports abont General Sullivan and his caravan. Some said he had 3,000 mules and a thousand wagons and 500 yoke of oxen, and I thought from the talk that maybe he would come like Job, with 7,000 camels and she ass???s without number. But night came again and there was no ???Sullivan. Hope had almost despaired, when jnst before day there was a sound in the distance like the sound of many waters???nearer and nearer it came, when suddenly there was a voice in the street crying. ???Sullivan is Coming!" Men women and -children rose from their beds in disheveled haste and rushed to the doors and windows, and sure enough the long train canie rumbling and rolling down the hill. It was like ait artillery train moling by night to its line of battle. But the silver moon was shining peaceful scene. There is no war in tiie*,- parts except a war against the wilderness, and bad roads, and high prices and inconvenience, and ignorance, for railroads, areciv- izers and bring comfort and convenience and build up schools and churches and printing offices, and give new markets to the people and save the wear and tear of wagon tire and horse-flesh, and they brighten up our ideas and quicken our movements and serve as a clock in every household. Nobody gets tired of looking at a moving train. The novel- tv of it never wears out, and it comes and goes in such a hurry that we catch the motion and the eld man strikes a taster lick a* he says ???hurry up John, hurry up: I hear the ten o???clock train a coming.??? I was a ruminating over the contrast between now and seventeen years ago.when Sherman was matvh- ing through this beautiful eountry, burning and destroying as he went. I see the trenches all along from here to Dallas and recall the time, the only time and the occasion that brought me and Mrs Arp and a few infantile children along this road, fleeing in hot haste from the foul Invader. We Meriwether coni and cotton crops good. Talbot county will sow a large acreage In oats. The genuine caterpillar at work in Talbot county. The cotton crop of Rockdale county will be a short one. The mountain creeks of Murray county have gone dry. Hawkinsville received, last week, 991 bales of cotton. Oconee county will make about a half crop of cotton. Oglethorpe county made 10,000 hales of cotton lust year. Some farjners in Houston county arc already sow ing outs. ??? The cotton in Cochran samples well. Pickers in demand. Talbot county counts on 15,000 bales of cotton this season. Murray county will not make more'than half a cotton crop. About 15,000 gallons of wine will be manufactured at Cuthbert. Walton county will make two-thirds of a corn and cotton crop. ??? Talbot county will make com enough for home consumption. t Cholera among the poultry In some sections of Gordon county. Houston county now counts on little more than half a cotton crop. OPEN cotton a good deal beaten out by the storm in Telfair county. The cotton crop of Spalding county seems to be already half open. The rice crop on the coast was seriously injured by the recent storm. GREENEcounty will make but little over half crops of com und cotton. Two-thirds of the cotton crop counted on by farmers around Byron. Tiie com crop of Tatnall county Ls turning out better than was expected. Brooks county *will, perhaps, not make as much cotton as she did last year. Caterpillars are injuring the cotton crop pros pect of Randolph county. Oglethorpe county crops are much better than those in neighboring counties. Mr T L Nuckells, of Forsyth, says crops in his settlement will turn out well. The drouth has caused many of the mills in north Georgia to stop running. The forage crop of Talbot county will be quite sufficient to meet all demands. R. W. Branch, of Greene county, sold from half acre S57.75 worth of watermelons. 8ever.il steam engines have been purchased by Houston county farmers this season. Cotton pickers in Hancock county get thirty-five cents a hundred and feed themselves. Dr. Pharr, of DeKalb county, has sold from few acres 51,000 worth of grapes this season. The crops of Habersham county are going to turn out better than they were at one time thought. Dr. McTyre will make two hundred bushels of rice from his twenty acres iu Thomas county. The wine factory in Cuthbert must have its pres ent capacity increased on account of business. Mr. T. S. Cowan, of Pulaski county, ginned 591 pounds of lint out of 1,627 pounds of seed cotton. Sweet potatoes do not promise to be a full crop in Whitfleld county. The turnip crop will be a shor one. W T Forduam. of Lowndes county, is selling hams, bacon and lard, aud his supply is not yet ex hausted. Mr IIenrv J Hill of Wilkes county, has on hand 10,000 bushels of rust proof oats. He also has 1,000 acres in cotton. L L Varnedoe, of Thomasville, has received Le Conte pears from Liberty county which measured 13 by 15 inches. Cochran will make half a cotton crop: a good com and fodder crop: the pea crop promises well; the cane crop doing finely. paid the visit, seeming to be in unusually good spirits. After* tlie two brothers returned to the house, they walked in the moqpilight down.to tiie spring, nnd sat there for some time talking on vari ous subjects. At length they started back to tiie house attd Jefferies walked more rapidly than he had done during his stay, preceding his brother to the house. When Mr. John Jeffer ies reached tiie house he noticed that liis brother???s manner ivas strange aud exeited and feeling nerv ous after lie had lit the lamp in his brother's room proposed to take the razor into his own room for the purpose of having an edge put on it. At this Dick seemed worried aud said that his brother was very foolish and had absurd suspicions about him. Rath er than confess what his suspicions really were and feeling that they might be entirely groundless his brother left the room. He was still uneasy, however, and laid awake nearly all night, noting that the light was still bunting in Jefferies???s room. At about three o'clock he dropped asleep. At about four o???clock his little daughter, who was up, noticed Mr. Dick Jefferies coming ??? in from tlie yard with his coat buttoned tightly about his throa t, and the collar turned up. She noticed nothing wrong, but waking be mother said, ???Uncle Dick is up.??? Mrs. J. touched her husband aud said, ???Dick is up; you had better see if lie.wants anything.??? At this Mr. Jefferies arose quickly and went across the hall and saw blood ou the floor. He summoned help at once, but when he reached his brother??? room he had fallen oil the floor with a deadly gash extending clear across his throat, and without speaking a word, died. It appeal's that when Mr. Jefferies left the house at 4 o???clock he went around one comer of the smoke house. and there inflicted the wound that caused his death. He threw the razor into the weeds near by, buttoned his eoat about his throat so os to con ceal the Wound, walked back into the room and leaning with his elbows on the mantelpiece, buried his head iu his hands. He stood there a moment and then fell to the floor. There were api??trently two wounds in the throat, as if the cutting had been done with two strokes. A note was left simply directing, ???if I should die to-night??? that his effects should be given to hLs dear wife.??? His brother does not think that he intended taking his life when he wrote this note, as he was subject to certain attacks for the past mouth and feared that he would die suddenly in some such attack, and had frequently told his brother if he should die during the night what to do. It is the opinion of all the physicians and others who were acquainted with the nature of his disease that his death was induced by aberration of the mind caused by his sickness. In this opinion we concur, for a matt less likely to take such a step as this in his sane moments than Dick Jefferies, we never knew. Mr. Jefferies was beloved by all who knew him, and we doubt if he had an enemy fit the city. He peculiarly affectionate, loyal and de voted, being as tender as a woman in his friendship. A few years ngo he was mar ried to Miss Gould, of Augusta, a lovely aud accomplished lady, who, with a bright boy, SENATOR HILL???S AFFLICTION. ably be forced to suspend. Nothing definite could | be obtained, however, until about 5 o???clock, when the following notice was posted upon one of tlie | boards itt tlie office: SPECIAL NOTICE. It is extremely mortifying nnd humiliating to tts I .j say that on account of some of our friends not responding to calls for margins,;and inability of ne gotiating loans on real estate ill the city of Atlanta, I tucky is 108, with a membership of G.23-I. which had Iiewi promised ns, we are compelled to I j, AXDS in Wilson county. Tennessee, have largely suspend operations for the present. AU contracts 1 advan ced in price within the past year, with us will be dosed on the opening to-morrow I * , . . * ..... morning, and balances paid as early us practicable.! The country people in many instances in Mtssis- hope to resume in a few days, in the meantime mppi are compelled to haul water for miles. The OhAceuIe*. The body of Mr Jeffcries.uuder escort of his broth er, readied Atlanta at 4 o???clock ou Saturday morning. It was carried immediately to an un dertaker's to be put iu a suitable coffin. When this was done it was carried to the residence on Peach- treet street. A large number of friends visited the body during the day to take a. lust look at the face of one who had been so universally beloved. The face, pale in life and still paler for the last month through disease, held Its natural gentle and lovable ex pression, and looking upon it ope could scareely tell but that he was sleeping. It was peaceful and did not bear the slightest evidence of distortion, showing thut his death must have been almost painless. The funeral services were announced for the Central Presbyterian church at four o???clock, but it was five before the slow mov ing cortege reached the church. The members of the Atlanta bar took charge of the remains at the house and paid ail possible honor to the deceased, Dr Boggs delivered an appropriate funeral discourse at the close of which the body was carried to Oak land cemetery. The pall bearers were Dr R D Spald ing, Major J A Kitten, Captain E S Gay, Colonel E F Huge, Hoke Smith, Captain R J Lowry, Mr H C Peeples and Mr A C Kiag.jc The Second Operation Performed Ycsterday-Exprc*- *lon* of Sympathy. The interest in Mr. Hill???s condition was increased rather than diminished on yesterday, and all through the day there were callers at this office asking for information. The expressions of sympa thy were deep aud earnest, nnd one gentle man expressed the general feeling whan he said: ???It Is strange timt out of fifty million tongues in America cancer should have set Its hold upon the mast eloquent of them all.??? The matter was looked on in the light of a public calamity. There was, however, a perceptible hope in nearly all that was said. The faith in Mr. Hill???s superb physique, in his splendid figure, nnd strength of will, inspired the belief that somehow or other he would recover. It was the rarest thing to find ft man who was disposed to consider a cure hopeless. It is said that Mr. Hill himself, is more cheerful about the mntter, and has more faith in getting well than almost any member of his family. The second operation was performed- yesterday; to what extent and with what immediate effect will be seen by our special telegram which follows: Philadelphia, September G.???At 12 o'clock to-day Dr. Gross performed a second operation on Senator Hill for epithelioma of the tongue. This operation was much more extensive and serious than the first. Besides cutting off a portion of the tongue, it was found necessary to take out the sub-maxillnry and lymphatic glands, and also the whole iloor of the mouth. The patient was under'the influence of ether und had no shock or hemmorhage. He is now doing well and we have hope that this operation may give permanent relief. B. H. Hill, Jr. It will be remembered that Senator Hill went to Philadelphia this time at the suggestion of Dr. Willis F. Westmoreland. Yesterday a representa tive of The Constitution culled on Dr. W estmore land, and showing him the above telegram, asked Ills opinion of the results that would follow the op eration. Dr. Westmoreland said: ???That is the operation which I suggested to the friends of Senator Hill would* be necessary to afford any relief, and if Dr. Gross has agreed with me I am very mueh gratified, and have great hope of its success. It is impossible to sav in ease he recovers to what extent his voice will be restored. If the disease has t??ecome general there is no hope of a permanent re covery, but if it Ls still local I think this operation should secure an effectual cure.??? Dr. Ridley said to a Constitution reporter last ???I knew the maxillary gland ivas involved, and since this operation I am more hfipeful of a perma nent cure than ever before. Mr. Hill???s splendid health makes this more favorable. He has not been otherwise sick a dav in a year. Hisexcellent health, perfect digestion, fine spirits and remarkable cheer fulness are most gratifying. our office will be kept open to nil as usual. We | hope to he able to pay all we owe. The posting of this notice created considerable ex citement, as the rumors referred to atiove lmd trav eled below the current and had not generally been heard. A crowd of about fifty people was seen col lected in and around the office, and the situation was discussed with Major Cummings and his sons, who seemed disposed to give any information with in their power. They were very mueh affected at the suspension of their firm, so much so that at times they could hardly speak. In conversation ith a Constitution man Major Cummings said: ... .. .... , , ??? A bed of eanncl coal???14 feet in thickness has been ???The writing of tlie notice on that board u as tiie discovert . d on Spanish lake, in DeSoto parish, I.a. saddest act of my life. I came to Atlanta with my boys determined to give the rest of my life to estab lishing a business for myself nnd for them, and of cord???where the entire removal pf the glands has been followed by s care, an<r There rare cases on re tire glands has I.hope perma- hope this. Hill told me before he left that he would remain iu Philadelphia uutil the wounds caused by the sur geon???s knife were healed, which will probably be three weeks or more. He will then, it is likely, visit Eureka springs, Arkansas, a place thut has been highlv recommended to him.??? it mar be stated that the sub-maxillarv glands are glands that secrete the saliva and are just under the jaw. Above these, and next to the tongue, are the ???ub-lvmphatic glands, which have also been re moved. The lymphatic glands are small glands next to the veins throughout the body, and carry off the broken down blood corpuscles that exude from the veins. When the cancer attacks the lyjnphaties it Ls considered a very dangerous state of the case, as these glands cover the whole body, and the imLson that affects one is apt to travel through out the svstem. We learn that about onc-half oi Mr. Hill???s tongue has been cut away in the two ope rations. but it Ls not thought that it will interfere scriouslv with his articulation. The breadth aud scope of the cutting in thLs operation leads to the hope that all the deceased tissue has been removed from tiie system. A telegram was received yesterday from Mr. B. H. Hill, Jr., who is with his distinguished father at the Jefferson medical hospital, stating that his father had rested quietly the night after the operation, and ou the succeeding day had been comparatively ou of pain, and was doing admirably. Five thousand people from other states visited East Tennessee this summer as a resort. The state convention of horse traders, racers, etc. will be held In Opelika, September 17. A Harrg. . Ky . v.-oin.iu i..i ??? ca'ifeo ???> that was made in England 2U0 years ago. A Nicholas county, Kentucky, firm sold 100,000 pounds of tobacco last week for 830.000. The number of Knights of Honor lodges in Ken- Both the medical colleges of Nashville have just opened, with an unusally largo attendance. By a town ordiiinnoe Winnsboro. South Carolina, will have no guano stored within the place. During the year the dry goods business of Char lotte, N. C., increased from 15 to ???J"> per cent. A copy of everi??? newspaper publLslied in Texas will be placed on file at the Atlanta exposition. Among Pensacola???s new enterprises are a guano factory, a steam laundry and a shingle machine. Hewn cross-ties nre being shipped north from ulong the line of the Florida Southern railroad. Fifty-four towns in Texas present ???superior ad vantages??? for the location of the state university. doing in my humble way ivhat I could for the city in,*, which I had cast my for tune. My business has been successful from the start. I have invested in property here nnd have attempted to do my part in advancing all pub lic enterprises. Of late, however, the current has set against me. Many of my customers were unable to respond to calls for margins; the markets fluctuated with such force nnd rapidity that I was unable to keep my balances adjusted properly and this even ing found that the market had gone so strongly against us that I was forced to suspend. This is about the whole story.??? When did you first have wanting of trouble???? As I said before, we have found ourselves short frequently within the last month or two but our customers have come up upon repeated solicitations and relieved us by making good their margins. Yesterday, however, I felt that if the markets still edntinued adverse that could not go through it. In consequence I have refused to take several large orders to-day or even to receive margins that were offered. I felt that in my condition I had no right to take large orders or large margins as 1 might not be able to protect them fully. Journeymen plnstcrcrs of Baltimore are demand ing an increase of wages from 82 50 to S3 per day. Three thousand and three hundred mortgages have been filed in Barbour county, Ala., this year. Tiif. rice crop of Mr. James Corbett, of Suwannee county, Florida, will average fifty buslieLs per acre. More attention than ever before is being paid to raising horses and mules in Pike county, Alubuma. The North Alabama Conference. Bishop Mc- Tyiere, presiding, meets in Huntsville, November 23d. Kentucky conference of the M. E. church, meets at Marysville September 28, Bishop Merrill presid- ing. The nnnual fair of the Mississippi stock Breed ers??? association will be held at Meridian, October 31st. The Autaugavillc, Alnbamn, factory is prospering and now turns out eight thousand yards of cloth per day. Crops along the Selma, Rome nnd Dalton railroqd for fifty miles this side of Selma, arc better than lust year. River water, for washing purposes, is being haul ed In Monroe, Louisiana, ut twenty-five cents a barrel. Galveston and Houston, Texas, are feing con nected by telephone wires. The distance Ls fifty miles. One thousand snapperswere taken into Pensacola last week by one smack.os the result of {one day???s fishing. Tiif. Englishmen at the Rugby colony, tn Tennes- It Ls a comfort to me even In this deep trouble to be I see, are buying up thoroughbred sheep in Keu- ablc to say that I challenge any man to show that I tucky. haiT- dealt with him dishonestly or unfairiy in the M??&i^oWS*S^ slightest particular. I have tried to do my dut> as 1 Ujjg' year# a citizen and as a business man.??? I Qcite a number of children in Alabama have Can you give me a statement of your liabilities I climbed the golden stair in front of kerosene cans and assets*??? I recently. We are unable to do this at present,??? said Major ^Fon thyw Cummings, referring to his sons who sat by him. I revenue I never slept a wink last night, and my sons were The j, u jij on nssa j- s a t the United Statesnssay office occupied until daybreak in attempting to get our I in Charlotte, N.C., during the month of August was books up so that we could know exactly where we I 87,309.37. stood. They have been unable to do so, and I eon- ?? ^L^fetireS.^tltfeLm^???in sequently cannot give you a statement of our 11a- I x a lle<lt-}::i. bilities and assets.??? THE cotton crop in some sections of Louisiana is ???We hope,??? said Mr. James Cummings, Jr., ???to not as promising as ut one time it was supposed it be able to have the statement ready to-morrow, or J '*ould be. ??????? *5 "??????I'm 1 given to the public. Our books will be tubject to I ,f n y 0 f March. the inspection of any one who has a right to look at | already parties from the north are engaging them. We have nothing to hide, aud propose to make a clean showing.??? Major Cummings expressed a firm conviction that he would he able to pay every dollar that he owed, and more too, but his sons said that no state rooms and board ut the different hotels ulong the St Johns river. Thf. Texas nnd Pacific railway is now pushing its iron feelers nlong the plains between the Pecos and the Rio Grande. Four citizens of East Feliciana, Louisiana, will ment could be made definitely until the books were I each contribute 810,000 towards a cotton factory to They hoped that their condition was such that 1 ** erected near Clinton. up. they could not only pay up but resume business in a very short time, but preferred to make no prom ises until they had made a careful and specific ex amination. Major Cummings came to Atlanta about two and Quite a number of Alabama prodigaLs are return ing from Texas satisfied that ???my father???s house,??? is the best place after all. New Orleans is enjoying a boom in Teal estate, both as regards the amount of property transferred and the prices paid for it. . ,. , , ??? I a number of eocoanuts are being Jplanted in half jears ago, and opened a cotton I county, Florida; Filer, Foigurty and Key and produce exchange. His business was I west already have 9,000 in the ground, very successful and continued so, according to I >i R . .sam Brice, of Dallas county, Alabama, general impression, up to the last few months I boasts of his seven cows which yield him one liun- wheu it was generally ^-ratood that they had ^ ^ ^ whiledtaiTa^en nearCads- made heavy losses, and that their customers wen. Alabama, struck the opening of a cave. A considerably behind on margins. Major Cum-1 rook dropped into it will roll aud rebound for tea. mings has bought considerable real estate in the minutes.