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THE WEEKLY COXSTITUTOK, OCTOBER 4, 1881
THE AUTOPSY ANALYZED
BY THE SUR'IEONS WHO CON
DUCTED THE OPERATION.
An OSe???.al Report Rendered by Use Barg eon*. In
Which the Results of the Autopsy are Fully
Traced???The Course of the Ball???The
Real Cause of the Victim's Death.
Fiiiudeuhu, October 1.???The American Jour
nal of Medical Sciences contains the official report
of the autopsy of President Garfield, prepared by
the surgeons in charge. A fter stating that a con
sultation was held and the mode of procedure
adopted, the report my* the examination was then
proceeded with, and the following external appear
ances were observed: The body was considerably
emaciated, but the face was much less wasted than
the limbs. A preservative fluid hud liecn injected
by the ombalmcr a few hours before into the left
femoral artcrj- The pipes used for the purpose
???ere still in position. The anterior surface of the
body presented no abnormal appearances, and there
trus no ecchyinosis or other discoloration of any part
of the front of the abdomen
Just below the right ear, and a little behind it,
there was an oval ulcerated opening about half an
Inch in diameter, from which some sations pus was
escaping, but no tumefaction could be observed in
the jmrotid region. A son.siileruble number of pur
pura-like spots were scattered thickly over the left
scapula, and thence forward as far as
the axilla. They ranged front one-
cighth to one-fourth of an inch in diameter,
were slightly elevated and furfuraceous on the sur
face, and many oi them were confluent in groups of
two to four or more. A similar but much less abun
dant eruption was observed sparsely scattered over
the corresponding region on the right side. An oval
excavated ulcer about an inch long, the result of a
small carbuncle, was seated over the spinous pro
cess of the tenth dorsal vertibra. Over
the sacrum there were four small
bad sores, the largest about half an inch iu diameter.
A few acne pustulcsnnda number of irregular spots
of post mortem hypostatic congestion were scattered
over the shoulders, back and buttocks. The inferior
part of the scrotum was much discolored by hypos
tatic congestion. A group of hemorrhoidal tumors,
rather larger than a walnut, protruded from the
anus. The depressed cicatrix of the wound
made by the pistol bullet was recog
nized over the tenth intercostal space
three and a half inches to the right of the ver
tebral spines. The deep linear incision made in
parthy the operation of July 21th, and extended by
that of August 8th, occupied a position closely cor
responding to the upper border of the right twelfth
rib. It commenced jiosterioriy about two inches
from the vertebral spines, and extended forward a
little more than three inches. At the anterior ex
tremity of this incision there was a deep, nearly
square, abraded surface, about an inch across. A
well died, flexible catheter, fourteen inches long,
was then passed into this wound, as had been done
to wash it out during life. More resistance was at
first encountered than had usually been the casc, but
after several trials the catheter entered without any
violence to Its full length. It WATthcn left in posi
tion, and the lrody disposed supinely for an exami
nation of the viscera. The cranium was not
epeued. A long incision was made from
the superior extremity of the sternum
to the pubis, followed by a transverse
incision, crossing the abdomen just below the um-
billieus. Four flaps just lormcd, were turned back,
and the abdominal viscera exposed. The subcu
taneous adipose tissue divided by the incision was
a little more thun one eighth of an inch thick over
the thorax, but was thicker over the abdomen,
being about a quarter of an inch along the linear
alba, and as much as onc-half inch thicker toward
the ou ter edge of the transverse incision. On inspec
tion of the abdominal viscera in situ, the transverse
colon was observed to lie a little above the line of
the umbillicus. It was firmly adherent to the an
terior edge of the liver. The greater omenutum
covered the intestines pretty thoroughly from the
transverse colon almost to the pubis. It
was still quite fat, and was very
much blackened by venous congestion, on both
aides. Its lateral margins were adherent to the ab
dominal parictics opposite the eleventh and twelfth
ribs. On the left side the ndbesions were nnmerous,
firm, well organized and probably old.
A foot note here says: ???These adhesions and the
firm ones on the right side, as well os those of the
spleen, possibly date back to an attack of chronic
dysentery, from which the patient is said to have
suffered during the civil war."
Ou the right side there
were a few similar adhesions, and a number of
more delicate and probably recent ones. A mass of
black coagulatcd.blood covered and congealed the
spleen, and left the margin of the great omenutum.
On raising the omenutum it was found that this
blood mass extended through the lumbar and iliac
regions, and dipped down into the pelvis in which
there was some clotted blood, and rather more
than a pint of blood.
A foot note here says: ???A large part of this had
probably transuded from the injected material of
the cmbalmer.???
The blood coagulating had been turned out, and
collected measured very nearly a pint. It was now
evident that secondary hemorrhage had been the
immediate cause of the death, but the point from
??? which the blood had escaped was not
at onceapparcnt. The omenutum was not adherent
to the intestines, which were moderately disturbed
with gas. No intestinal adhesions were fgund
other than those between the transverse colon and
Uie liver already mentioned. The abdominal
cavity being now washed out as thorouglily
as possible, a fruitless attempt was
made to obtain some indication of the position of
the bullet before making any further incision, by
pushing the intestines aside. The extremity of the
catheter, which had been passed into the wound,
could be felt between the peritoneum and the right
iliac fascia, but it had evidently doubled upon
itself, and although a prolonged search
was made, nothing could be seen
felt to indicate the presence of the bullet either in
that region or elsewhere.
The abdominal viscera were then carefully re
moved from the body and placed in suitable ves
sels and underwent an examination scriatum with
the following result: The adhesions between the
liver and transverse colon proved to bound an
abscess cavity between the under surface of the
liver, the transverse colon and the transverse meso
colon, which involved the gall biad
dcr and extended to about the same dis
tance on each side of it, measuring
six inches transversely, and four inches from before
backward. This cavity was lined by a thick pigo-
gcniac membrane, which completely replaced the
capsule Of that part of the under surface of the
liver occupied by the abscess. It contained about
two ounces of greenish yellow fluid, a mixture of
pus and biliary matter. This abscess did not in-
TOlvc any portion of the substance of the liver,
except the surface with which it was in
contact, and no communication could be detected
between it and any part of the wound. Some re
cent peritoneal adhesions existed between the up
per surface of the right lobe of the liver and the
diaphragm. The liver was larger than normal,
weighing eighty-four ounces. Its substance was
firm, but a pale yellowish color on its surface and
throughout the interior of the organ, from fatty de
generation. No evi icnce that it had been penetrated
by the bullet could be found, nor were there any
abscess or .nfmotives in any part of its tissues. The
spleen was connected to the diaphragm by firm,
probably old. peritonea! adhesions. There were
several rather deep congenital fissures in its margins,
giving it a lobulatod appearance. It wasabnormally
large. weighing eighteen ounces of very
dark lake red color, both on the
surface and on the sections. Its porenchyma was
soft and flabby, but contained no abscesses or in
fractions. There were some recent peritoneal adhe
sions between the postered wall of the stomach, and
the posterior abdomiual parites. With this cxcep
lion no abnormities were discovered in the stomach
or intestines, nor were any other evidences of gen
eral or local peritonitis found besides those
already specified. The right kidney weighed C
ounces, the left kidney 7. Just beneath the cap
sule of the left kidney, at about the middle of its
convex border, there was a little abscess, one third
of an inch in diameter. There were three small
serous cysts on the convex border of the right kid
ney just beneath its capsule. In other
respects the tissue of both kidneys
were normal in appearance and in texture. The
urinary bladder was empty behind the right kid
ney.
The track of the bullet was dissected Into. It was
found that from the point at which it had fractured
the right eleventh rib three inches and a half to
the right of the vertebral spines, the missile
had gone to the left obliquely forward
passing through the body of the first lumbar verte
bra and lodging in the adipose connective tissu.
immediately below the lower border of the pun-
creas, about 2'/. inches to the left of the spinal
column, and behind the peritoneum. It hud
become completely encysted. The track of the bul
let between the point at which it had fractured the
eleventh rib, and that at which it entered the first
lumbar vertebra, was considerably dilated, and the
pus had burrowed downward through the adipose
tissue behind the right kidney, and thence had
found its way between the peritoneum and the
right iliac fascia, making a descending channel,
which extended to the groin. The adipose tissue
behind the kidney, iu the vicinity of this descend
ing channel, was much thickened and con
densed by inflammation. In the chan
nel which was found almost free from
pus, lay the flexible catheter introduced into the
wound at the commencement of the autopsy. Its
extremity was found doubled upon itself immedi
ately beneath the peritoreum, reposing upon the
ilia fascia, where the channel was dilated Into a
pouch of considerable size. This long descending
channel was ulreudy seen to have been caused by
the burrowing of the pus fron the wound, supposed
during life to have been the track of
the bullet. The last dbrsal. together
with the first and second lumbar vertebra, and the
twelfth rib, were then removed from the body for a
more thorough examination.
When this examination was made it
was found that the bullet had penetrated the
first lumbar vertebra In the upper part of the right
side of its body. The aperature by which it entered
involved the intervertebral cartilage next above,
and was situated just below and anterior to the
intervertebral foramen, from which its upper maa-
gin was about one-quarter of an inch distant,
passing obliquely to the left and for
ward through the upper part of the
body of the first lumbar vertebra. The ^bullet
emerged by an aperture, the center of which was
about half an inch to the left of the median line,
and which also involved the intervertebral car
tilage next above. The cancellated tissue of the
body of the first lumbar vertebral wits very much
communited, and the fragments were somewhat tiis-
pluced. Several deep fissures extended from the
track of the bullet into the lower part of the body of
the twelfth dorsal vertebra. Others extended
through the first lumbar Tertebra, into the inter
vertebral cartilage, between it and the second lum
bar vertebra. Both this cartilage and that next
above, were possibly destroyed by ulceration.
A number of minute fragments from the
fiacturcd lumbar vertebra had been driven into
the adjacent soft parts. It was further found that the
right twelfth rib also was fractured at a point 1%
inches to the right of the transverse process of the
twelfth dorsal vertebra. This injury had pot been
recognized during life.
On sawing through the vertebra, a little to the
right of the median line, it was found
that the spinal column was not in
volved by the track of the ball. Tbe spinal
cord or other contents of thjs portion of spinal canal
presented no abnormal appearances. The rest of
the spinal cord was not examined. Beyond the
first lumbar vertebra, the bullet continued to go to
the left, passing bchiud the pancreas to the point
where it was found, where it was enveloped in
firm cyst of connective tissue, which
contained besides the ball a minute
quantity of inspicated, somewhat cheesy
pus, which formed a thin layer over a por- _
tion of tlie surface of the lead. There was also a
black shred adherent to part of the cyst wall, which
proved, on microscopical examination, to be the
remains of a blood elpt. For about an inch from
this cyst the track of the ball behind the pancreas
was completely obliterated by a healing
process. Thence as far backward as the
body of the first lumbar verterbra, the
track was filled with coagulated blood, which ex
tended on the left into an irregular space rent in
the adjoining adipose tissue, behind the peritoneum
and above the pancreas. The blood had worked its
way to the left, bursting, finally, through the peri
toneum behind the spleen into the abdominal cav
ity. The rending of the tissue by the extravnsatim
of this blood was undoubtedly the cause
of the paroxysms of pain which occurred a short
time before death. This mass of coagulated blood
was of irregular form and nearly os large as a man???s
fist It could be distinctly seen in the front through
the peritoneum, after its site behind the greater
curvature of the stomach had been exposed by the
dissection of the greater omenutum from the stom
ach, as especially after some delicate adhesions be
tween . the stomach and part of the peritoneum,
covering the blood mass, had been broken down by
the fingers. From the relations of the mass, as thus
seen, it was believed that the hemorrhage had pro
ceeded from one of the mesenteric arteries, but
as it was clear that a minute
dissection would be required to determine
the particular branch involved, it was
agreed that the infiltrated tissues and the adjoining
soft parts, should be preserved for subsequent study.
On examination and dissection made in ac
cordance with this agreement, it was found that the
fatal hemorrhage proceeded from a rent, nearly
four-tenths of au inch long, iu the main trunk of
the splenic artery, two inches and a half to the
left of the colliac axis. This rent
must have occurred at least several
davs before death, since the inverted edges in the
vessel were united by firm adhesions to the sure,
rounding connective tissue, thus forming ulmost a
continuous wall bounding the adjoining portion of
the blood clot. Moreover, the peripheral portion of
the clot in this vicinity was disposed in pretty firm
concentric layers. It was further found that the
evst below tne lower margin of the pancreas
in which the bullet was found, was situated three
inches and a half to the left of the eolliae axis.
Besides the mass of coagulated blood just describ
ed, another, about the size of a walnut, was found in
the great omenutum, near the splenic extremity of
tne stomach. The communication, if any, between
this and the larger hemorrhagic mass, could not be
made out.
An examination of the thoracie viscera resulted as
follows: The heart weighed eleven ounces. All
the cavities were entirely empty, except
the right ventricle. in which a few
shreds of soft, reddish, coagulated blood ahdercd to
the internal surface. On the surface ofthemitrol
valve there were several spots of a fatty degenera
tion. With this exception the cardiac valves were
normal. The muscular tissues of the heart were
soft, and tore easilv. A few spot* of fatty degenera
tion existed in the lining of the membrane of the
aorta, just above the semilunar valves, and the
stender of the fibrin was found in the aorta, where
it was divided about two inches from the valves for
the removal of the hearts.
Fatal Balloon Accident.
Cincinnati, September30.???The Gazette's special
savs Preslev Cowan, son of Judge Cowan, of St
Clairsville, Ohio, was killed to-day at Washington
in a balloon ascension at the fair. Professor White
had made a successful Ascension yesterday, and
Cowan obtained permission to go up alone to
day. As the balloon was nearing the timber, Cowan
became alarmed and tried to catch a tree top, and
fell fifty feet to the ground.
The Cincinnati -Syndicate."
Cincinnati, October 1???The Cincinnati speculators
in wheat at Chicago, who have lost so heavily, are
supposed to number five. Of these, two will meet
their obligations in full, and the others only in part,
and will be seriously embarrassed. Some ??400,000.
it is said, has already been paid over, and more will
yet be paid. The losers do not include all of those
who recently made such large gains at Chicago.
New Bankruptcy Bill.
Washington, October 1.???The bill which the sen
ate sub-committee on bankruptcy has taken as a ba
sis of the measure to be reported to the full judicia-
rv committee and to the senate is the Lowell bill as
modified bv the national board of trade.
THAT TAKES THE BREATH OUT OF
THE L. & N.
Colonel E. W. Cole Continues His Masterful Railroad
Operations???lie Makes Some New leases and
Combinations that Place Him in tha Tan
of Modem Railroad Developers.
New Yoek, September 28???A contract has been
signed to-day between Colonel E W Cole, president
of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia rail
road company ,ond the Seney-Cole roads, fourteen
hundred miles, andG H Tyler, president of the
Norfolk and Western railroad company, and F J
Kcmball, president of the Shenandoah Valley rail
road company, embracing seven hundred miles,
in all 2,138 miles, which unites per
manently these properties under the name of
theVligiuia.Tennessee and Georgia Air-Line.;Presi
p nt E W Cole and President F J Kcmball constitute
an executive committee for the whole line, and
have appointed Henry Fink general manager of the
united line, which penetrates seven states, to-wit:
Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Ken
tucky, North Carolina and Virginia, with all rai
routes to the east; via Virginia Midland, and from
Norfolk to Memphis, Norfolk to Meridian, Miss.,
Norfolk via Borne, Atlanta and Macon to
Brunswick on the Atlantic and Florida,
to Louisville and Cincinnati via Knoxville
and Ohio division of the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia railroad, and into North Carolina by
another division of the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia railroad.
The Banker and Broker of this city says the Eas
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad business
lias been increasing during the past two months
immensely???freight is being piled up along the road,
the rolling stock being insufficient to meet the
heavy demand made the entire route. The net
earnings are sufficient to pay a handsome dividend
on the preferred stock if it was advisable. The in
come bonds, which are now strong at 60 will shortly
be advanced to 80, in all probability.
WAYFARING.
A GIGANTIC SCHEME
THE OTHER HALF
Of the Capital Prize In the Loatulana Lottery.
A day or two after the last drawing of the Lou
isiana Lottery, it was reported that Mr John Con
ners, an engineer outhc L&N road, had drawn half
of the capital prize???$15,000. Yesterday au Ava
lanche reporter heard that Mr Conuets was iu town,
and hunted him up. He was found at his boarding
house, and readily answered the questions put to
him. t
???I understand, Mr Conners,??? said the reporter,
???that you held half of ticket No 43,713, which drew
the capital prize in the Louisiana Lottery.???
???Yes sir, I did. On Wednesday before last (the
7th inst) I bought three half tickets of Mr Gillespie,
the agent here. I didn't think much about it, and
never knew I had won until I saw the drawing iu
the paper at Milan, on my return up there the next
morning after it came off.???
???Did you have any trouble or delay in getting
your money????
???Not a bit. On my return to Memphis I took the
ticket around to Mr Gillespie, and he went with me
to the Bank of Commerce, which collected the
money for me. I got every eeut of it.???
???Well, I suppose you will go in and buy an inter
est in a railroad now,??? suggested the reporter.
???No, sir; I intend to go. on and work as I have al
ways done, and keep the ??15,000 to fall back on in
case of bad luck,??? was the reply.
Mr Conners is a fine specimen of the American
mechanic, broad-shouldered, well made and intel
ligent. There is no doubt but that he will put his
winnings to good use???Memphis Avalanche, Septem
ber 20. * octl iktwlt
From ???Geraldine.???
The way is long.O, Lord, that leads
To cooling springs and fragrant meads.
I weary of its weary length,
I lose all heart and hone and strength,
As here 1 halt my tired feet,
And pray for rest, so far, so sweet.
I thank Thee for a halting place.
Made glad by Thine own smiling face;
I thank Thee that the dustv way
Thy footsteps kuoweth day by day;
I thank Tbee that some path there be
From pain and care to peace and Thee.
I know my times arc in Tliy hand;
I long for light to understand
How thou canst for each pilgrim care.
How Thou canst hear each pleading prayer,
How unto Thee eaeh soul is known
As if it walked the world alone.
And some time I may comprehend.
The way is long; but at its cud
A clearer vision waits the sight.
In Thy dear garden of delight,
Wayfaring done, let me abide,
Where never falls an eventide.
CROP NOTES.
The turnip crop around Kirkwood is promising.
The caterpillar is at work in Washington county.
The potato crop of Houston county is not promis
ing.
The potato crop in Dougherty county will be
short.
Oglethorpe county has a tremendous turnip crop
sown. ???
Mulberry district, Harris county, will make com
enough.
Corn in Murray county sclls;forseventy-flve cents
per bushel.
Rev J A Shank, of Lincoln county, will make 800
bushels of com.
Brooks county will make several thousand fush-
els of com to spare.
Many Oglethorpe county farmers will raise meat
enough to do them.
Dr Jarrell will sell 8800 worth of hay from his
Greene county farm.
Mn James Smith, of Oglethorpe county, will make
9,000 bushels of com.
Some Liberty county farmers have made com
enough for their own use.
Corn is turning out better in Greene county than
was thought a month ago.
The cotton crop of Whitfield county is turning
out better than was expected.
Greene county farmers are preparing to sow a
large amount of wheat and oats.
Cotton yielding better in Gordon county than
was at first expected; also com.
Greene county farmers will not repudiate their
debts on account of short crops.
Clayton and Henry county fanners are saving a
great deal of crab aud swamp grass.
Mr Dennis Kea, of Laurens county, has made
fifty-four bushels of com on one acre.
Cotton and upland com around Penfield, Greene
county, better than at first anticipated.
Gordon county farmers will sow a large acreage
in small grain during the coming season.
Farmers about Pinelog. Bartow county, doubt if
they can comply with their guano contracts.
Martin Collins, colored, of McDuffie countv,
has already gathered and sold 1G bales of cotton.
Mu Harlow Clark, with twelve plows, will make
this year sixty bales, of cotton and 2,300 bushels of
com.
Since the rains a great many oat and cloverseeds,
hat had been lying ou the ground all the summer,
came up.
The com on Moria and Beamndom creeks in
Hart county is excellent. Cotton better than it has
been for two years.
Governor Roberts, the erratic executive of
Texas, personally supervises the prisoners iu the
state penitentiary.
Savannah, Ga, has shipped more cotton to for
eign ports since September 1st than any other port
except New Orleans.
Forepaugh???s ???ten thousand dollar beauty??? was
injured by a freight car being run into the circus
tent at Bowling Green, Ky.
The Methodist Episcopal church is about to
establish a college for the training of white minis
ters at Little Rock, Arkansas.
Jonathan Vandyke, the largest land owner in
Spencer county. Ky, had made a deduction of 13
per cent on money owing him for rent on account
of the drouth.
???Mr. Walter F. McCune, of Pittsburg, Pa.,
writes: ???My age is 28 years. I was born with
an excellent constitution, but at the age of
19, having just finished my collegiate educa
tion, I fell into habits of ???dissipation. After
six years of fast living I felt my constitution
broken down. I put myself under tbe care
???of one of our best physicians. His treatment
seemed to do me no good. Finally lie said at
best I could live but a few years, that my
bowels, kidney and lungs were all threatened
with consumption and were fast wasting
away in certain decay. I tried everything ad
vertised, hoping to??? gain relief. ???Finally I
drifted into a state of melancholy and hope
less despair. sulFering excruciatingly from
dyspepsia, short breath and urinary catarrh.
A year ago I saw Brown???s Iron Bitters adver
tised. I used them, and they acted like a
charm. 1 soon began to enjoy dreamless
slumber???and now I feel myself a man once
more, and have gained 54 po'unds since using
the remedy. I feel very strong, and can liold
out a 45 pound weight. Brown's Iron Bitters
saved my life.??? oct2 d&wlw
???Madame Theirs used to torment the life out of
her milliner by insisting upon wearing hats that
were suitable to girls of sixteen.
Proof Everywhere.
If any invalid or sick person lias the least
doubt of tlie power and efficiency of Hop Bit
ters to cure them, they can find cases exactly
like their own. in their own neighborhood,
with proof positive that they can be easily
and jicrmanently cured, at a trifling cost???or
ask your druggist or pliysicidn.
???Count ElemcrBatthynny astounds the upper ten
thousands iu l???uris by announcing the betrothal to
Mile Emilie Loisset. a pretty circus rider.
The Stable of Mr. Robert Bonner,
Proprietor of the New York Ledger, is built
aud kept on the most improved aud modern
plan, both as regards ventilation, light,
warmth, etc. Mr. Bonner???s taste for horses
is well known. The gentleman in charge of
this valuable stable was Mr. Boss. By the
use of Giles's Liniment Iodide Ammonia, lie
removed tlie ringbones and bunches timt had
resisted all ot tier treatment. Bend for circu
lar, giving full instructions, to Ur. Giles, 120
West Broadway, N. Y.
Giles???s Pills cure Neuralgia.
Sold by all druggists. oct2???d2sun&wed
???King Knlaknua is distinguished as the only
crowned head who has gone round the world. The
king is exacted to visit the Hampton normal
school this week, and, anil the navy dciuirtment has
placed at his disposal the United States steamer
Dispatch.
???Many who long suft'ered from nervous
debility would now he in their graves had
they not used Brown???s Iron Bitters.
???William Wheelwright of South American ccle-
britv left 81:18,001), which is now ready for use, to
a school in Newburyport, Mass., to educate young
men in practical business knowledge.
The poor sufferer that has been dosing him
self with so-called Troches and thereby upset
his stomach without curing the troublesome
cough, should take our advice anil use at
once Ur. Bull's Cough Syrup anil get well.
???The sea serpent turned uy the other day in Sta
ten Island sound. The sea serpent must be gettiug
prettv old???us old us the oldest mason or the man
.who shook hands with Washington,
??? ??? ??????
??????My patients and I are very much pleased
with Liebig Co.???s Coca Beef Tonic,??? says Ur.
J. BeBeers, of 224 Tremont street, Boston.
There is nothing like it for weak, feeble
stomachs. It imparts fresh energy into an
enfeebled, disordered system. Beware of
cheap, worthless imitations under ours anil
similar names. One thousand dollars reward
for evidence leading to the conviction of
counterfeiters.
sept29???dlw fri sun wcd&wlt
???A mourning world will be astonished to learn
that some heroic indiviihiuls are preparing to start
-Jpaper to be calledjthe Morning \\ orld at Nashville,
enu.
Shiloh's Coiuraraptlve Care.
This is beyond question the most successful Cough
Medicine we have ever sold; a few doses Invariably
cure the worst cases of Cough, Croup and Bronchi
tis, while its wonderful success iu the cureofeon-
sumptiou is without a parallel iu the history of
medicine. Since its first discovery it has been sold
as a guarantee, a test which no other medicine can
stand. If you have a cough we earnestly ask
you to try it. Price 10 cents, 50 cents, aud 81. If
vour lungs are sore, Chest or Back Lame, use Shi
loh???s Porous plaster. Price 25 cents. Sold by all
druggists.
502 julyl7???d6meow sun wed fri&weow
???A section of Guiteau???s vertebra: would look welt
alongside of J Wilkes Booth???s.
No Woman Need Suffer.
when Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure
can be so easily obtained and so safely used.
oct2???d2w sun??? wed fri&wkygw 3dp
???The Cincinnati Enquirer says that the better
S nrt of the republican party was buried on Mon-
ay.
New York I?????t OBce.
Wm. H. Wareing, Esq., Assistant-General
Superintendent 3rd Uivision Mailing and Uis-
tributing Uepartmcnt, New York Post Office,
in writing concerning St. Jacobs Oil says:
The reports from the several Superintendents
and clerks who have used the Oil agree in
praising it highly. It lias been found effica
cious ill cuts, burns, soreness anil stiffness of
the joints and muscles, and alFordsa ready re
lief for rheumatic complaints.
, If I hadn???t resigned; but never mind, I???m he
lming over again.???ltoscoe Conkling.
SHILOH???S CaTaRRH REMEDY, a marvelous
cure for Catarrh, Diphtheria, Canker mouth and
Headache. With each bottle there is an ingenious
nasal Injector for the more successful treatment of
these complaints without extra charge. Price 50
cents. Sold by all druggists.
502 julyl7???d6meow sun wed fri&wkeow
???Living in Paris is as expensive ns at a fashiona
ble American watering place.
Greenwich, February 11, 1880.
Hop Bitters Co.???Sirs: I was given up by
the doctors to die of scrofula consumption.
Two bottles of your Bitters cured me.
Leroy Brewer.
A good, Baptist clergyman of Bergon, N.
Y., a strong temperance man, suffered with
kidney trouble, neuralgia, anil dizziness
almost to blindness, over two years after lie
was told that Hop Bitters would cure him,
because lie was afraid of and prejudiced
against ???Bitters.??? Since his cure he says
none need fear but trust in Hop Bitters.
WHITE & MILLER
General Agents for C & G Cooper's
PLAIN, PORTABLE, TRACTION
STATIONARY ENGINES, SAW MILLS,
GKIST MILLS, SMELT MACHINES, ETC.
Also for the Hamilton Stationary and Monarch
Portable. Traction anil Road Engine. These latter
guaranteed to draw 4,000 foot o: lumber, or 20.000
pounds of freight over ordinary roads. Also tlie
Eclipse and Merchant Saw Mills, manufactured at
these works. The machinery of these two houses
lias no superior in the United states. In stock anil
for sale: < ireular Saws, solid and planer tooth: tne
celebrated Gilpin Sulky Plows, walking Cultiva
tors. and a general assortment of Steel Plows and
Cultivators, manufactured by Deere. Manson &
Co. Call and sec the Moline Elliptic spring Stalk
Cutter, for cleaning cotton and corn fields, send
for illustrated catalogues orcallon, MI
Cor Broad an J Hunter sts, Atlanta, Ga.
oct2???d2t sun thurs&wfim
THE CROWING COTTON.
HOSTETTER???S BITTERS
New York, October I. ??? Special reports .to
Bradstrcet's from 500 cotton growing counties by 839
correspondents as to the condition and prospects of
the growing cotton crop, published to-morrow, ure
as follows:
The condition and prospect of the crop, based on
the yield, are shown more forcibly in the following
table. This gives the actual average condition of
the cottou crop as compared with that of last year
at tlie same time, as indicated by our reports from
each state, and the average for the whole country:
North Carolina and Virginia, below last year???s*per
cent 37.9; South Carolina, 39.8; Georgia and Florida,
28.8; Alabama, 24.7: Missisfippi, 28.6; Louisiana
30.6; Texas, 39.4; Arkansas, 51.8: Tennessee, 40.2:
average for the cotton belt, 31.5. Our last month???s
report indicated a condition 27 per cent below that
of last year, no allowance, having been tak-
eu of the increased acreage planted
Hence, during the month ending September 19 the
erop seems to have been injured some 7)4 per cent.
It is very possible that under the depressing in
fluence of the damage actually done to the erop
some correspondents have overestimated it, and
that the actual outturn of the crop will be
somewhat larger than the figures indicate.
It is evident, however, that the erop has
been very seriously injured, and must fall
considerably short of that of last year, even with
tlie most favorable fall weather amj full allowance
being made for the increased acreage planted. It
should be understood that we are not prepared to
give an estimate of the final outturn of the crop.
We hope to be able to do this in our next monthly
report. Our reports indicate that a good fall and late
frost will improve the present condition and pros
pect of tlie plant in each state, as follows: In North
Caroliua uiid Virginia, 2 per cent; South Carolina,
3percent; Georgia and Florida, 2* per cent: Ala
bama, 1 2 per cent; Mississippi, 15 percent; Lou
isiana, 3 5 per cent; Texas, 44 per cent; Arkau
sas, .25 per cent, and Tennessee 23 per
cent. The grade of the crop, as far os it is
gathered, is reported to be very good, though from
some localities there are complaints of the staple
being poor. From North Carolina, ]>arts of South
Carolina and Alabama, there are ulso complaints,
but us a rule our udviees are that the mins were
general nud did little injury. With favorable
weather for tlie next month, the crop should be a
line one in quality, and show a great improvement
on tlie last yeur???s growth in the amount of waste
fromdamaged cotton. The mail advices summarized
above have been supplemented as stated at the
outset by numerous special telegrams from im
portant points throughout the cotton grow
ing region. These have borne on the
condition of the plant between September
19th, tlie date of the mail returns, to September 28th,
giviug the state of the weather, etc. These telegrams
show that tin improvement has taken place during
the past ten days, though not markedly; while not
estimating the outcome of the growing crop, the
report unmistakably points to a serious reduction
in the present crop as compared with that of last
year.
Horaford???s Add Phosphate
Strengthens tlie system by quieting the ner
vous agitation.
DIMINISHED VIGOR
Is reimbursed in great measure, to those troubled
with weak kidneys, by a judicious use of Hostetter???s
Stomach Bitters, which invigorates and stimulates
without exciting the urinary organs. In conjunc
tion with its influence upon them, it corrects nciili-
tv, improves appetite, anil is in every way coinlu
clvc tonealth anil nerve repose. Another marked
quality is its control over fever and ague, and its
power of preventing it.
For sale by all Druggists and Dealers generally,
octl???dim sat tues thur nx rd mat&wylm
DR. W. T. PARK,
(Office opposite Kimball House, Decatur street)
ATLANTA, GA.
Thirty Years in successful treatm.entof all Chronic
Diseases, in cither sex, and various complicated old
standing cases upon which others have tailed.
Cures Syphilis, iu all its'stages, Blood, Skin and
Lung Diseases.
Catarrh, in all its forms, Neuralgia, Rheumatism,
Ulcers and Cancers,
Kidnev and all affections of the Urinary Organs.
Womb Diseases, etc. Also Opium and Morphine
Habit.
All with safe and pleasant Remedies, and without
Mercury, Poisonous or Nauseous Doses.
At tlie patients??? homes, anywhere, (he furnishing
Medical advice. Medicine, etc, through mail and
express); or. if desired, or the case requires it, takes
patients under his personal supervision in Atlanta.
Mail to him a full history and statement of your
affliction, symptoms, etc, and postage for his reply,
terms, etc, or
Come to Atlanta and consult him in person.
93 oct4???wlw .
Hannibal and $t- Joe.
New York, September 30???'The Hannibal and St.
Joe railroad company casc has been postponed until
next week.
???Dr Bliss, Senator John A Logan, of Illinois, and
Senator Jones, of Florida, and Jonas, of Louisiana,
are in New York.
Answer this Hncstlon.
Why do so many people we see around us seem to
prefer to suffer and be made miserable by indiges
tion, constipation, dizziness, loss of appetite, coming
up of the food, yellow skin, when lor To cents we
will sell them Shiloh???s Vitalizer, guaranteed to cure
them. Sold by all druggists.
502 julylT???d6meowsun wed fnwweow
???In tlie United States, it is said, the people annu
ally spend 8100,000.000 for funerals.
???Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, 233 Western
avenue, Lynn, Mass., is rapidly acquiring an
enviable reputation for tlie surprising cures
which daily result from tjie use of her Vege
table Compound in all female diseases. Send
to her for pamphlets.
oct2dlw sun wed fri&wlt
???The mother of the late president became an oc
togenarian the day after her son died.
???The color and lustre of youth are restored
to faded or gray hair, by the use of Parker???s
Hair Balsam, a harmless dressing highly es
teemed for its perfume and purity.
sepl7???dim tus thnrs sat&wlm2dp
???It is difficult for busy people to realize toot ???the
president" means Chester A Arthur.
BURNETT???S C0C0AINE
promotes a vigorous and healthy growth or
THE HAIR.
It has been used in thousands of cases where
the hair was coming out, and lias never failed
to arrest decav. Use BURNETTS FLAVOR
ING EXTRACTS???the best.
Forty gears??? Experience of an Old Norse.
Mug Winslow???s Soothing Syrup is the prescrip
tion of one of the best female physicians and nurses
in the United States, and has been used for forty
years with never-failing success by millions of
mothers for theirchildren. It relieves the child from
pain, cures dvsentery and diarrhoea, griping in me
bowels and wind-colic. By giving health to the child
it rests me mother. Price 25 cents a bottle.
mar26???dly sat sun wed??fcwly
Troy, October 1.???The fourth assembly district of
Albany county, republican, to-day elected dele
gates to the state convention. Their party prefer
ences are not stated.
Cheerfulness is impossible witii a torpid
liver, but Portaline will regulate that organ,
and cure diseases arising from it. Ask for
Portaline,
oct 1???d&wlw sat tues thur
Buffalo, October 1.???The second assembly dis
trict elected delegates to-day who formetly were
recognized as stalwarts nud for Conkling???s re-elec
tion are now announced to be ???aUnilnLstrativc
men.???
???It is worth remembering that nobody en
joys the nicest surrounding if in bail health.
There arc miserable people about to-day with
one foot in the grave, when a bottle of
Parker???s Ginger Tonic would do them more
f ood than all the doctors and medicines they
ave ever tried. See advertisement.
sepl7???dim tues thur sat&wlm 3dp
The tobacco of Virginia only promises to make
half a crop.
Kentucky has 58,000,000 gallons of com and rye
juice on haud.
Albany, October, 1 ??? The republicans mis
afternoon elected stalwart delegates to the
state convention from the first, second and mini
districts. Thy anti-stalwarts of the second and
third districts withdrew' from the convention and
nominated rival delegates.
Sleeplessness.
- Remove tlie cause by regulating the bowels,
by establishing good digestion, and by quiet
ing tlie nerves witii Simmons Liver Regulator.
Try it, and you will soon know the blessing of
good health and sound sleep.
Tlie genuine prepared only by J. H. Zeilin
& Co.
COLUMBIA THCYCLE.
A permanent, praclicvl road ve
hicle, witii which a person can
ride ilirct' miles as easily as he
could walk one. The exorcise
'.-minotes health and strength. Send
c stamp for 21 page catalogue, w ith
???ricelistandfull information, THE
POPE M'F???GCO., No. 560 Wa-liing-
Mass. fehl.'i???wkvly
DR. WARNER???S
CORALINE CORSETS.
Boned with a New Material,
called Oomline, which is
vastly superior to liorn
or whalebone.
A REWARD OF 810
will be paid for every
Corset in which the Cor
nline breaks with six
months??? ordinary wear.
It is elastic, pliable, and
very comfortable, and is
not affected by cold .heat
or moisture.
Price by mail for
Health or Nursing Cor
sets, 81.50; for Caroline
or Flexible Hip Corsets,
81.25.
For sale bv leading
merchants. Beware of worthless imitations boned
with cord. WARNER BUO???S,
octl???d&w8t 372 Broadway. N Y,
San Francisco, October 1.???Last night the appear
nnce of a finely executed counterfeit 810 piece was
noticed in this city and Sacramento. The queer
coins were made of babbit metal and lead and elec
tro plated. Other man being a little light, they
were undistinguishablc from the genuine eagles,
and were more than usually dangerous productions.
The cites mentioned were soon flooded with several
thousandjlollars worth of the queer, small trades
men being the principal sufferers. Detcctivcs.-af-
ter months of labor, arrested a woman named An
toinette Lawson, to-dav, while attempting to pass
one of me counterfeits. Several other base pieces
were foundon her. A man named Lawson is iu
jail waiting trial for making the counterfeit coin.
Chicago, September 30.???Telegraphic reports from
various points in me northwest indicate me occur
rence of a wide-spread wind storm which lias proved
very disastrous. It is reported to have lasted all
day. The wires are down at many places and full
accounts of me damage done cannot be obtained.
A DMINISTRATOR???S SALE???BY VIRTUE OF AN
order from the Court of Ordinary of Stilton
county, Ga, will be sold on the first Tuesday in No
vember next, at the court house door in said coun
ty, between tlie legal hours of sale, lots of land
numbers 1110,1111, and 39 acres of No 1122, all in tlie
2d district of the 2d section of said county. Sold as
the property of Jarrett W Glover, deceased, for the
benefit of the lieits and creditors of said deceased;
also sold subject to tlie widow???s dower. -Terms???
cash. This, October 28th, 1881.
. ISHAM TEASLEY, Executor.
octl wlw
/"Y EORGI A, FAYETTE COUNTY, ORDINARY???S
VJTOffice, September 30,1881: J C Guy has applied
fur exemption of personalty, and setting apart and
valuation of homestead, and I will pass upon me
same at 10 o???clock a m, on the 22<1 dav of October,
1881, at my office. L B GRIGGS, Onlidary.
80 oct2???w2w
E XECUTRIX???S SALE-BY VIRTUE OF 1
will of J H Elder, directing the sale ot his
real estate when hiz youngest child arrived at
age of twenty-one years, and said youngest c
having arrived at tlie age of twentv-one vears,
be sold at the courthouse door'in Kiivcttev
Fayette county, Georgia, on the first Iiicsdav
November next, between me legal sale hours",
following described property, to-wit:
???202J4 acres of hmil, No 171; also fractional lot
1G9, containing 1G6 acres, more or less, lying in
upper 7th district of Fayette county, Ga. Sol
property of J II Elder, deceased, for the puri
of distribution among the heirs of said decea
Terms cash. September 30, 1881.
_ MARTHA ELDER,
79 oct2 w4w Executrix of J II Eldi
Omaha, Nebraska, October L???A tornado, arising
at 1 o'clock yesterday morning, nearly demolished
Madison, a town of about 1,000 inhabitants in mis
state. The railway buildings were wrecked, and
most of me private residences laid level, and two
persons are known to have been killed. The telc-
???raph wires are down, aud me Union Pacific rail
oet4???w2t oct4 11
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0,000 AGENTS WANTED TO SELL T
LIFE OF GARFIELD
His early life and career as soldier and statesm
fits election and administration: his assassinati
his heroic strusvle for life; wonderful medical tr
ment: bl??od-i>oisonmg-, removal to Elberou: dei
e? c - n /rated. Splendid portrail
Garfield.lns wjfeandmother:sceneof theshooti
the sick-chamber; Grnteau in ills cell ;tlio sunn*
and the Cabinet The onh/ complete and aathe
"???ork. There ten fortune for agent, firet in the j
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