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WEEKLY 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.