The Weekly constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1881-1884, November 08, 1881, Image 4

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J THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, NOVEMBER 8,1881. THE CONSTITUTION. Entered at the Atlanta Post-office as second-class matter, November II, 1878. tVrrkly Can.Ututloa, prlrc J1.SO per annum. /ciulis of twenty, *20, and a copy to the getter up of the club. WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, SIX MONTHS, $1.00. important. Wt send THECojtsTmrrios and Cultivator to one addren for 82.50. This does not apply to past sub ftcription. Both subscriptions roust be made at the same time. ATLANTA, GA., NOVEMBER 8,1881. Nor.THEltS relic hunters are gradually carrying tiff Stonewall Jackson's house. And. indeed, friends, he is a good roan to remember. Ir a procession of cranks should be organized, with Guiteau at the head, the roost famous republi cans in the country would fall naturally into line. Titr. confederate bond factories of the north have taken measures to resume operations, qnd it is thought that in twelve months the demand can be supplied. _ Louise Pox mow is making money in Australia I,y bad acting. It is a comfort to know that Brick, her ex-husband, is mukin^inoncy, not by bad edit ing, but by mining. When Mr. David A. Wells acknowledges that he should bn unable to pass the examination papers nt Yale, he means that he is neither a pedestrian nor a professional oarsman. Wanted in Georgia???A candidate for governor who will shoulder the bogus bonds. Comfortable salary guaranteed. For particulars, apply to Colonel Blank, Blanks nta. Week t.Y or sc mi-weekly excursions, at reasonable rates, over the Georgia railroads will be a good thing for Georgia. The exposition is much more ira- isirb>nt to the people of this state than any political issue ean be. ful processes which they employ in the pit - duction of their lieautiful fabrics. Let them also see the richness of Georgia in natural fa cilities and ratv material for their dextrous manipulation. Thus will the exposition be turned to the best account. Thus may the gathering of manufacturers and men of en terprise at the capital of Georgia be made of the most benefit naturally to the visitors and the visited. We trust that invitations for isits of inspection and interchange of civili ties will come from all sections of the state, and will be accepted by the ???solid??? and en terprising men who have been or may be drawn to Georgia by the cotton exposition. PERSONAL. Caktf.rrvhle has become famous at the north by means of a circus row. It is curious, but the slightest manifestation of a tendency to suppress circuses sends u patriotic thrill from one end of the country to the other. Some of onr more esteemed northern exchanges take readily to the plan recently introduced by The Constitution of alluding to the late unpleasantness as the whatyoumnyeallum. Thisis a good conserv ative word. It should be embalmed. Athens is somewhat excited over the prospect of having Pledger as postmaster. Emory Speer is op posed to his appointment, and now we shall have war between the independent ami the chairman of the republican state executive committee. The correspondents of some of our southwes' Georgia exchanges nre endeavoring to prove that the farmers of that section ore growing poorer every day. If this be true, it would seem to show that there is less In the man than there is in the land, The Hon. Sitting Bull announces that he was ???created for a purpose.??? It appears that in chasing O. O. Howard about over the plains, Colonel Bull captured some of his Sunday-school ninunition. People will licgin to suspect after awhile that How ard 1ms not lived in vain. The statement is made that ???Dean Stanley left' a piece of plate to his old friend. Bishop Colenso, of Natal.??? The average cook is more generous than this. She will retire any day and leave you not only a piece of plate, but several hundred pieces of cups and saucers, as well as the fragment of a stove-lid. This is a way they have, Mb. Edward Atkinson was loudly cheered yes terday by a southern audience, when he said that his second son, who is now at Harvard, was a prac tical blacksmith and carpenter. Let us see now ???whether any of the southerners who cheered him will have the nerve and moral courage to do, in the education of their sons, what he has done with his. We hope that their cheers meant more than mere empty impulses. A great mistake is made by the high tariff mo nopolists in supposing that the increase of tnanu- lacturing in the south increases tire number of ultra protectionists in this section. For instance, if onr cotton manufacturers are allowed to import im proved machinery duty free they do not ask to be protected by a tax on cotton goods. They can com pete. not only with the English manufacturer on his own ground, but with the New England manu facturer on his; and they can undersell both and atill make a protit of fifteen per cent. All of which is respectfully submitted for the information of Mr. Voorhees nnd other so-called statesmen who are engaged in an attempt to mislead the people. THE WHOLE STATE INTERESTED We arc glad to see that the authorities of some other cities of Georgia, acting in accor dance with a suggestion made by The Con stitution a week or two ago, are inviting the cotton manufacturers and others, brought to the state by our exposition, to visit their lo calities and see the advantages which they respectively offer for development and enter prise. This is sensible and right. It is much better than carping at Atlanta and trying to disparage the great exhibition which has been gathered here. We trust, too, that our exhibitors and visitors will accept these invi tations. We assure them that they will find all over Georgia most inviting fields in which to ???plant??? their capital and energy Our rivers and creeks abound with water power running wild and unappropriated, which, if prop erly utilized, would drive any desired amount of machinery. Nearly all the ???stock??? for manufacturing uses is to he found in the state and easily accessible. Of cotton we have even too great an abundance, and its culture now extends all overtlie state. Wool growing has already attained considerable proportions, especially in southern Georgia and in some localities in the northern coun ties of the state, and is fast increasing, as its profit and the adaptability of our pasturage and climate is becoming 1 letter understood The upper eoutics of the state abound in iron Ore of every quality, besides lime and other minerals that can be profitably worked. We have some coal, and the rieh coal beds of Alabama and Tennessee are near at hand and transportation cheap. Those of Alabama ar unsurpassed in this or perhaps any other Country, either in extent or quality. Fine marble is obtained in several counties, and in woods Georgia is unexcelled; her extensiv pine forests for building purposes invite^ the woodman's axe, and her fine grained woods for furniture and orna mental work would supply any demand. To those who prefer to dig money directly from the ground, without dependence on ???seed time and harvest??? or manufacturing skill, our gold fields present alluring opportu nities. With all these rich - resources, only partially developed and In very small part ap propriated, Georgia is as good a field as the country presents for the prospector and capi talist. It should all be seen by the men of en terprise and means who have come here to couuibute to or visit the International cotton exposition. Wc have seen with admiration Louise Pomeeoy has made over $40,000 out of her Australian engagement. Sitting Bull is leading a quiet life with his folks at Randall, Dakota. Mr. E. B. Haskell, of the Boston Herald, who is now in the city, owns large landed interests In south Georgia. / Salvini made his farewell tour in this coun try last season. Sir. Chizzola says the great tragedi an will make another next season. The daughters of Governor Foster, of Ohio, will visit the family of Justice Woods, of the su preme court, during the coming season. The latest advices from the beautiful Mrs. Langtry???s beautiful baby are that it resembles its mother much more than it docs Mr. Langtry. Hon. Milton Barnes, ex-secretary of the state of Ohio, whose term of office but recently ex pired, is in the city as a visitor to the great expo sition. A little bird whispers that General E. O. Babcock will be made commissioner of public lands and buildings in the not distant sweet bye and bye. Governor Colquitt is. improving, and will lie at his post again in a day or two. It is likely the rate question will be settled without his having to visit New York. Bismarck is quoted as saying one day con cerning General lgnatieff: ???The report goes that he told the tru .h once in his life, but 1 have never heard him do so.??? Governor McEnery, of Louisiana, decides not to call an extra session of the legislature. The new lieutenant-governor, William A. Bobertson, is a native of Connecticut, but served in the confeder ate army. Lovely Mrs. Langtry, who has been blessed with a baby, is sojourning in her native islet. She is sharing the habitation of a daughter of Lord Kanelnugn, of volunteer and the lute lamented Madame Rachael renown. There was another marriage by telegraph in Ohio on Sunday, the parties being Joseph Camp bell, agent of the Lake Erie road at Raivsou, and Miss Louisa Kelsey, of Celiua. Two ministers were employed, one at each place. Two young southerners, pupils at the Hol lins Institute, Virginia, Miss Merlins, of Alabama, and Miss Wilson, of Sonth Carolina, have won the honorable mention of the English Shakspoarc so ciety by their examination papers in ???Hamlet.??? Mademoiselle Grevy???s troussea was so sim ple one would think Uovas intended for a Quaker ess. Strange to say, this young Frenchwoman cares nothing for laces and puffings, and enjoys nothing irore than following her father, gun in hand, on his shooting excursions. Mr. Jones, the present steward of the old Astor house, New York, is the only man now con nected with the hotel who served there under the late Colonel Coleman, and, so far as he knows, is the only one living who served with him, excepting his partner, Charles A. Stetson, who is now in Swampscott, Mass. Until she was fourteen years old, Victoria did mot know she was heir to the throne. But on seeing a genealogical table one day she discovered the fact, and said to hergovemess: ???There is much splendor, but much responsibility.??? Then with tears she exclaimed: ???Baroness, I will be good.??? She was more sober and more dignified ever after. Mrs. Garfield came in with her daughter Mollie, a maiden of 1-1, her father???s self in feature and in form. A noble girl! Beside this heiress of her father???s grand proportions, Mrs. Garfield looks smaller than her daughter: yet she cannot be called a little woman. Sweet-voiced, lady-like; her ap parel again most fitting, most simple, most becom ing.???London Whitehall Review. The report that Mme. Adelina Patti has arranged to give, in addition to her concert, on her approaching visit to this country, eight operatic representations is incorrect. Mme. Fatti will give concerts only. The concerts of the famous singer will, however, resemble so many dramatic soirees, since, as wc are informed, she will sing the princi pal pieces of her opratic repertory. The kind of a man Blaine is may be seen in a siugh incident. With all his might he fought Plsisted, of Maine, a year ngo, and had the mortifi cation of seeing him win. It was a bitter defeat of Blaine, and hurt him for the rest of the campaign. The other day he found that Governor Plaisted und his newly-wedded wife nnd his military staff were looking in vain for provision to get to Yorktown in comfort, whereupon Blaine made the whole party his guests. IN GENERAL. Four thousand women keep whisky shops in New York, ami wonder the intricate machinery and skill-1 isso, 10,678,516. California has shown her proverbial gen erosity in her contributions to the Garfield monu mentfund. UponOctobcr20thecollectionsamount- ed to 810,479.75. The real and personal property in the United States average twelve hundred' dollars to every man, woman and child. We feel richer since making this calculation. The czar has ordered that seventeen of the imperial palaces and castles, including those of Livadia, in the Crimea, and the Belvedere, near Warsaw, shall be converted into educational insti tutions for the benefit of the poor. Seven hundred millions of dollars were is sued in confederate bonds, and the New Orleans Democrat says they are worth nearly as much now as they were toward the end of the confederacy. - Vexnob predicts a mild winter, and if he???s any sort of a man he???ll go round without au over coat and complain of the thaw, even if the ther mometer goes 40 degrees below. Let' him have the courage oi his opinions.???Boston Post. New York city manufactures to the extent of $435,000,000 against Philadelphia???s $22,000,000, and yet New York isn???t howling for tariff bounties to keep up her business. But Philadelphia goes around with the beggar s hat for collection, still. -President Arthur is credited with saying to Governor Foster recently that if there were any factious in the party he hoped all sides would confer with him: that so far as he was concerned he had no enemies to punish, and did not intend to he used to punish the enemies of other persons. The number of sheep in England has fal Ion off from 30,313,941 in 1874 to 24,582,154 in 1881, a loss of 20 per cent. As the population has increased iu the meantime, the outside demand for mutton is greatly increased, and the large and growing shipments from American ports shows what coun try furnishes a good share of it. Spain is looking after her lost glories as the great armed power of Europe, and is collecting money for the purchase of Gibraltar. In the event England will not sell she will spend the monev in fortifying the strait between Spam and Africa. 'The effete monarchy may get a tight on her hands which will interest her more than bull-baiting. She sported a wart on the end of her nose she had false teeth and a glass eye, her hair was red her face freckled, and she was pigeon-toed and-wore a No. 8 gaiter. In spite of all this he resigned the love of a beautiful maiden to marry her. And was he happy? He was. Why: Easy enough. He had been a newspaperman for fifteen years, and the girl was rich. Puking the past month there liavo been nearly 2,000 barrels of New England rum shipped from Boston to Goree, an Africnn port. Under the old Massachusetts laws the people of that state were prohibited from drinking beer. A new one to prevent them from sending snakes to Africa might not be a bad idea. A remarkable stampede is in.progress to ward Beni river in Bolivia, unexplored until last winter, when Dr. E. R. Heath ascended it, and dis covered vast forests of chincona and caoutchouc. Fully 10,000 men have since gone there, and the ex port of rubber alone has risen from 15.000 pounds to 75.000. with promises of 6,000.000 next year. Dr. Heath is sanguine of finding rich deposits of pre cious metals and medicinal plants along the Madre deDios. The first cotton mill in the United States was started at Bernlv, Mass., in 17S8: the first one inRhode Island at Providence, in 1791: the first one in Maine at Brunswick, in 1809. The first cotton mill in New Hampshire was in New Sprincb. in 1*04. The late Hon. Samuel Batcheldcr, of Cambridge, Mass , formerly for many years agent of the New York manufacturing company, ai Saco, Maine, and subsequently treasurer of that and the Everett Mills at Lawrence. Mass., was concerned in build ing the second on the same stream in ISOS, and of this enterprise, it Is said, the proprietors of the first mill were nighly indignant about the building of the second, apprehending that the business would be overdone. Each of these mills had about five hundred spindles. In 1807 the whole number of spindles in the United States was 4,000: in I860 there were 5,000.000: in 1870 there were 9,539,361, and in EXPOSITION EXCERPTS. An Excnraton. Mr. Kimball has received from the secretary of the Baltimore exchange a letter stating that an im mense excursion from Maryland will leave Balti more on the 19th and be here on the 21st and 22d. Governor Hamilton and Mayor Latrobe, of Balti more, and a number of mayors from other cities will come with the party, and it is believed that at least one thousand persons will come on that excur sion. The 22d has been named Maryland day. The Maryland exhibitors have organized for the pur pose of meeting the governor and other distin guished citizens and are looking forward to the day as a grand occasion. A Distinguished Pnrtj. Information received at the ofllce of thf director general indicates clearly that the visit of General Sherman, Hon. Samuel J. Tilden and General Han cock this mouth will be a rare day. Other distin guished gentlemen will be here early in December: Visitors are steadily on the increase, yesterday hav ing the largest crowd since governors??? day. Drnmmcra* Day. At a meeting of the executive committee last night a unanimous invitation was extended to Mr. H. \V. Grady to address the commercial drummers on drummers??? day, which is now about ten days or two weeks off The suggestion of a drummers??? day has been the cause of the receipt by Mr. Kimball of a large number of letters.and postal matter from drummers stating their gratification at the sugg<?? ; tion and saying that there would be an immense gathering. Senator Wade Hampton. HIS ARRIVAL ON A VISIT TO THE COTTON EXPOSITION. Last evening Hon. Wade Hampton, the distin guished United States senator from South Caroling, arrived In the city and registered at the Kimball house. He is looking remarkably well. His pur pose is to give the cotton exposition a thorough review during his stay in the eity. He will be warmly welcomed by his admirers in the city from all parts of the union. Exposition Notes. ???McBride & Co., have a remarkably fine exhibit at the exposition. The goods on exhibition are from the handsome stock they carry, and this is a sufficient guarantee that they are doing credit to themselves and honor to the exposition. An Interesting Experiment. We are pleased to announce a most interesting experiment that will take place on next Monday. Mr. Edward Atkinson and the delegates from the New England manufacturers??? association will go out to the exposition grounds in a body. They will enter a cotton field belonging to the exposition and pick with their own hands enough cotton to make suit of clothes. This cotton will be taken trom the bags worn by these wealthy pickers by the Willimantie linen company, and at once put into theirmachinery and by night a suit of clothes finished from this cotton will be presented to Mr. Edward Atkinson as a souvenir of the great exposi tion that he was the first man to suggest. It will be aninterestingsightto see these wealthy men who have spent their lives in the manufacture of cotton try their hands at the other end. They enter into the project with great zest, and are anxious to see what they can do. A Novel Affair NEW ENGLANDERS PICKING THE FLEECY STAPLE. At 5 o???clock Monday rooming Mr. Edward Atkin son and other New England manufacturers will go into the cotton patch on the exposition grounds and pick cotton from which a suit of clothes will be made by the Willimantie company. The suit will be made in the same style as that manufactured on governor???s day, and the process will be watched with great interest by every body. The Senators. Among the distinguished "persons present yester day were Senators Hampton, Morgan, Slater and Brown. They went the rounds of all the buildings under the guidance of Senator Brown. They were evidently interested. The senators arc of opinion that great practical good will result from the expo sition, not only to Atlanta but the entire. south* Senators Hampton and Slater have returned home, and Senator Morgan will leave Atlanta to-day or to-morrow for Rome, where he goes to visit some relatives. Several other senators are expected. Exposition Notes. ???Probably the biggest day of the week will be Saturday. On that day, which has been christened by the director general as Rome day, there Will be another large excursion along the Western and At lantic railroad, beginning at Rome. It is estimated that the largest crowd ever yet admitted to the ex position will pass through the gates that day. This day has also been set apart for the schools and school children, and if accompanied by their parents or teachers, will be admitted between the hours of 9 and 11 a. m. for twenty-five cents. ???Thursday, November the 24th, is educational day and all the colleges, schools and all institutions of learning, whether mechanical or otherwise, will be admitted nt twenty-five cents. On that day ad dresses will be made in the Judges hall by students who may hereafter be selected. A complete pro gramme. prepared with great care for this occasion will be published as soon as arranged. The commercial tourists are takinga lively inter. cst In their day, the date of which has not yet been arranged. ???The big annex to the great big building is com plete and is full ofvery ornate exhibits. ???Mr. Capers Dickson, of Oxford, has some beau tiful cotton stalks in the Georgia exhibit. ???Tlie Eagle and Phenix mills, of Columbus, have left their superb display in the charge of Mr. Fraak Woodruff, Mr. Halstead having returned to Colum bus. ???The three great engines which turn the long lines of shafting are very much admired. ???Dr. Loring has pleased the people strikingly. His visit to the south will do good. ???Ten thousand people will be here on Rome day, so they say. ???The colored people are liegining to patronize the exposition. ???Plenty of free music and good things to eat. ???Cent a mile on nearly all the roads. / ???Every day brings a larger and larger number of people out. ???The Pennsylvania exhibitors will meet at Judges hall at 9 o???clock to-morrow. ???Colonel George J. Carr and wife, who have spent the past few days at the exposition, returned to {heir home at Lynn, Moss., yesterday. ???The Novelty saw mill, exhibited by the E. M. Birdsa.1 company, of Auburn, N. Y\, attracts much attention. ???The display of buggies, wagons and carriages is especially fine. ???A funny incident occurred at the exposition on yesterday. In a party of four United States senators ???Hampton, Morgan, Brown and Slater???a banter was made about the most skillful use of the old- fashioned spinning wheel, and a trial resulted. Senator Brown leading off. His success was tri umphant. and the other; senators retired from the contest. ???The wire fence making machine of the Wash- hum & Moen company, Worcester, Mass., has had about it ever since it was put in position a con stant crowd. Everybody wants to see it and every body docs sec it. Since it has been in position it has been running steadily and has manufactured several miles of barbed wire, which is kept for ex hibition. ???Colonel C. P. Atmore, general passenger agent of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, telegraphs Mr. B. W. Wrenn that he will run an excursion to the exposition at one cent per mile from all of the points on the lines controlled by that company, which includes the Louisville, Evansville and SL Louis, the Memphis, Montgomery, Mobile and New Orleans. The exposition feels thankful to the Lou isville and Nashville. ???When does the first excursion come from Colonel Cole???s lines? ???Diamond day on Monday at Jaccard???s, art halL New arrival of solitaires and lace pins. AFFAIRS IN GEORGIA, AS REPORTED BY THE CONSTITU TION???S CORRESPONDENTS. An Eagle Tries to Carry Off a Child in Monroe County But ia Frustrated and Captured???Baroesvillc???s Improvements???Death of an Old Citizen of Americas???A Jail Escape at Conyers. By Mail and Wire to The Constitution. Forsyth, November 5.???Little Katie,infan- daughter of J. J. and M. L. Hussey, whose life has hung upon a thread for some weeks past, breathed her last on yesterday afternoon. ???On last Thursday Mr. John Abernathy who resides about six miles from this place, started out squirrel limuting with his little ???four-year-old boy. The little fellow was ahead of him about fifty feet, when Mr. A. heard a rambling noise over his head and looking up he saw a large bird swooping down upon his child. ???Raising his gun he tired, breaking the bird???s wing. On coming up to it he found it to be a genuine bald eagle. Endeavoring to capture it, his majesty showed fight, fixing liis talons in Mr. A???s. arm, and with his beak inflicted several wounds in his hand, forcing him to cry for help. Some of his neighbors came to his assistance, and released him bv cutting the eagle???s throat. On being brought to town it caused quite a crowd to assemble. His honor, Mayor Allen, liaS purchased it for the city council, and turned it over to a tax idermist, who will prepare it in the highest style of the art, and in the future the royal bird will grace the council chamber. Its weight is_17 pounds and measures 7 feet and 4 inches from the tip of one wing to the other ???Last evening a mass meeting of our citizens was held to' devise ways and means for the completion of the Monroe female college. It is thought that $4,000 will complete it; $500 was raised and with tile $8,000 subscribed leaves a balance of $500, which it is thought will be raised to day. Work will be commenced at once and it is hoped that the exercises of that noble, time- honored institute will be resumed at the spring term, 1SS2. Hartwell, October 31.???Our whole com munity is in deep mourning, by the sudden death on yesterday evening at 6 o???clock of Rev. B. C. Thornton, more familiarly known by everybody in this country as ???Uncle Cal loway??? Thornton. He was one of the purest of men, and his life of unostentatious piety was admired and made him beloved by all who knew him. He had been sick but a "very short while, and had been suffering a few days with neuralgia. On Saturday evening lie wciit to Ur. Matthews, who extracted a tooth and gave him some medicine, consisting of mor phine and quinine. He went home and his wife gave him the medicine, and, very soon afterwards he fell into profound sleep, the first rest he had had for several days. Noth ing was thought of it until yesterday morn ing, when the family became uneasy about his not waking, and sent for the doctor. Everything was tried to rouse him, but with out success, as . he never awoke, but quietly passed away to his heavenly home with the setting of the sun on yesterday evening. The opinion of the doctors, we learn, is that, his death was caused by apoplexy. He will be buried here this evening at four o???clock. He was widely known all over Georgia, haying traveled a good deal with liistwo little children, Mack anil Jessie, known as ???the lit tle singers.??? He himself was a great singer, and a favoritcjhymn of his, ???Have You Heard the Good News???? will be remembered by all who ever heard him sing it. ALBAXY.Novembcr 1.???The long delayed and anxiously awaited rain commenced to fall in earnest about 2 p. m. last Sunday and con tinued with occasional intermissions, to an learly hour Monday morning. It was a splen did season and breaks up the longest and severest drouth this locality has passed through within memory. All the cisterns about town that had been dry for weeks have now received a sufficiency of water, anil many families are relieved from a great incoveni- ence, as well as an untim ilv item of expense in hauling water from a distance. A dis patch received from Bainbrige yesterday stated that Judge Fleming was too seriously ill to hold the adjourned term of our superior court, which was to have commenced yester day. The court stands adjourned over till to day, hut it is hardly probable that a judge will be in attendance, which will adjourn it to the next spring term in April. This will likely be the case with Worth and Baker counties, likewise, unless some other other judge can spare the time to hold them for Judge Fleming. The weather since the rain is superb. No frost as yet, but tending that way fast. A good frost would be almost as welcome as the rain, as a good deal of sick ness is still reported from the country around. Mrs. Sophia Mann and Mrs. * Cordelia F. Bagley, of Hawkinsville, have been on a visit, for sotjie days past, to friends and rela tives in Albany, of whom they have a legion of both here. Milledgeville, November 5.???Yesterday was the first frost of the season. It was not severe enough to do any damage, except in very low, dump localities. Cotton crop nearly all gathered and most of it marketed. There is much money in circulation, aiM the average freedman is happy. Never a day passes that there is not one or more loa s of corn, in the ear, on the streets for sale and tons of crab and swamp grass hay are being sold. Seed oats are in gooil de mand. Every farmer is sowing largely of this important article. One farmer, who has hut thirty acres of land, on which he has made this year four-fifths of a bale of cotton to the acre, has sown the whole of it in oats, put ting as manure seventy-five bushels of cotton seed to the acre. A telephone connecting the city with the lunatic asylum has just been completed. Our market is now bountiful ly supplied with very fine beef, fattened on the pea fields. Mrs.Dr.Hartwell,of Albany, is visiting her brother of this city. Rome, October 30.???The telephone exchange and the street railway are Rome???s latest pro jects. The Cherokee artillery wiil give a grand ball at their attractive armory on No-, vemberlOth. Tlie leading cotton'men of the city will visit tlie exposition on the 12th of next month.??????The people of Rome will vote on the qtiestion of public schools on the first Tuesday in December, the day of the mu nicipal election. It is impossible as yet tc predict the result, but it is to be hoped that our people will range themselves on the side of progress, education and liberality. The friends of public schools are quite sanguine. The recent ordinance of the city council. taxing college property in Rome, is unfavor ably commented on in'some quarters. It is believed by many that tlie effect of the ordi nance will be to injnre the cause of education in Rome. Others contend that the ordinance is sound and salutary. Mr. Joseph H. Sar gent has purchased the Rome hotel, and it will hereafter be known as the ???Sargent house.??? The new proprietor is one of tlie best caterers in the city. All the Romans who have thus far attended the exposition report it a grand success. West Point, November 1.???The negro who had his head crushed as Forenaugh???s circus train passed tinder the car shea at tills place about a week ago, died to-day. Mr. W. E. Jones, of this city, intends making Atlanta his future home. He has rented his hand some residence at this place tp the Rev. Mr. Rlioby, of Cusseta, Ala., who has just been called to the pastorate of the Baptist church of this place. The Constitution, always alive to the interests of its subscribers, has by a special arrangement been enabled to place The Constitution on the breakfast table of its West Point subscribers the same day of its is sue. This is a great convenience, and West Point shows her appreciation of it by arousing subscription list. The vote for ???fence??? or ???no fence??? at this place yesterday gave ???no fence??? 55 majority. Mr. W. L. Willing ham, of LaGrangc, has been on a visit to friends here this week. Dawson, October 2!>.???The Catholic priest 1 Rev. Father Pendergast, has bought Mr. Pat rick Ward???s residence and lot in the southern portion of our town. I learn that a Catholic church will be erected at an early day on a suitable and eligible site on the lot. Colo nel P. J. Howard has recently purchased a de sirable home in our eity, and will reside here next year with his family. Our people all most heartily indorse The Constitution???s ef forts to induce the railroad officials to give bet ter rates over their lines to visitors jto the cot ton exposition. If the rates remain as they now are, I am sure that a dozen people from this county will not attend, but with rates re duced to a'ccnt per mile each way, there is no doubt but that several hundred would visit the exposition and he benefited thereby. Heavy rains here to-day. ??? Dahlonega, October 2S.???The land suit known as the Smith heirs vs. McMillan <fc Snow, was terminated this court, after a tliree days??? trial, the jury rendering a verdict in favor of the defendants. This case involved tlie title of a five thousand dollar farni, near Leathers???s ford, in this county, which Dr. Ben Smith left to his children, but which farm J. A. Wimpy sold, and most of the heirs did not receive any of tlie benefits of said sale, and never will, I suppose.-???Professor E. H. Beck has tendered his resignation as teacher in the North Georgia Agricultural college. Bad health and business claims, wc learn, led him to take tliis step. James Rice is now on trial for killing a prisoner whilst under liis charge. This occurred during the war, in 1804. Marietta, October 31.???Some excitement exists in our city on account of the arrest of a negro, Sam Edwards, last Saturday by Cap tain W. P. Stephens, of the exposition police. Upon his person were found several valuable articles, amongst which was a handsome gold watch, the property of Colonel P. W. Alex ander, stolen mini his home some months since. The prisoner lias confessed his crime, and ims implicated all of his accom plices, who, he states, arc tlye gang who have committed so many burglaries lately. Ar ticles from half a dozen houses have been re covered, showing the extent of their opera tions. Mr. John C. Shugart, one of our oldest citizens, died yesterday; also Miss Nina Mallins, last night, of typhoid fever. The farmers report/that tlie entire crop will be gathered by Novejnber 15th. Amkkicus, November 4.???On Wednesday, at one o???clock, p. in., Mr. James W. Furlow, one of the oldest and most highly esteemed citi zens of Americus, died. He was .sixty-nine years old, and had resided in this city for thirty years, during which time he sustained the character of an upright, useful and influ ential citizen. He was one of the directors of the hank of Americus, and, for sercral years, was one of the hoard of county commissioners. A negro man, named Ed Partridge, whip ped his stepdaughter, a child six or seven years old, to death,-in Sclilev county, last week. The coroner???s jury found a verdict in accordance with the facts. Barnesvili.k, November 5.???Mr. C. C. Holmes, administrator of tlie estate of Mrs. H. A. Barnes, divided lier landsiti the incorpora tion into one and two acre lots, run several new streets through the property and sold a great many of the lots last Tuesday. They will be lmilt up, no doubt, and thus Barnes- villecontinucs tospread her wings. Mrs. A. J. Yates died at her residence iti Upson coun ty, last Sunday, ana her son???s wife died short ly after, thus father and son were widowed in one day. Red Clay, October 31.???On yesterday Mr. York, who lives near Red Clay,shot and killed his son Thomas. It seems that bad feeling has been existing between them for some lit tle time. Thomas lived on the farm of his lather as a tenant, and they cropped together. He lived in a different house with his wife and child. Yesterday morning Thomas and his wife were in the cow pen, where he was shot by liis father with an army musket, in the presence of liis own and Thomas???s wife, Eight buckshot took effect just below the heart. He lived but a few moments. Mr. York fled, and as yet has not been captured, though being pursued. Athens, October 29.???On Thursday last the passenger train on tlie Northeastern railroad ran oft' tlie track at Harmony Grove; some thing wrong about the switch; no one hurt; tlie engine badly broken. Two brilliant weddings will take place here next Wednes day. Miss Ethel Hamilton and Mr. Devan, anil Miss Sue Thomas and Mr. A. R. Jones, of Atlanta. Friends are sending in many hand some bridal presents. The negro cut by Mr. McDonald, who was reported to he dead, is still living and is now thought out of dan ger. Elbertox, October 29.???Considerable ex citement was created here yesterday by a traction engine traversing the different streets of the town. A little child of Mr. N. B. Casby???s died yesterday. Corn is selling at about 80 cents a bushel at public sale in this comity. -Landlords arc beginning to inforce their liens for rent and supplies by legal pro cess,. A number of our citizens have re turned from Atlanta and give a glowing ac count of the exposition. Reduced railroad rates would induce nearly all our farmers to attend tlie exposition. Eufaula, November 3.???Hon. A. L. Brooks, of Macon county, this state, one of the rising ntcn of this section, is in the city. He con templates a removal to Elba, Coffee county, to practice law???a fine field. He will com mence the publication next week of the Elba News, a new candidate for public favor and advertisements. An infant child of Rev. Mr. Wamboldt???s died in Jacksonville, Fla., on the 1st inst. He left for that place yester day. The Baptists here didn???t get Dr. Goodwin; he goes to Danville, Va.; nor did the Catholics, Father Ryan; they have Father Fullerton, and the former, nobody yet. They have a mind for Dr. Mitchell, of Griffin, ora Mr. Cliumbless, of Kansas City, Mo. Albany November 3.???The steamboat New ton, having been lately overhauled and re fitted with a new engine and machinery, is now making occasional trips between Albany and Newton, carrying freight and passengers. The Hon. Phil Cook. M. C , from the third district, is in the city. It is surmised lie came down to satisfy himself about the time the circus would arrive. His many friends here were glad to see him looking in such elegant trim for the approaching session. We learn that $13 per $1,000, was offered a party here yesterday for confederate bonds. Cedartown, November 4.???On yesterday afternoon Dr. Charles H Harris was thrown from his buggy, near the court square, from which he received painful but not serious in jury. Two small children were in the buggy at the time and were also thrown to the ground but escaped hurt. The shoulder strap by which one of the convict guards carried his gun broke this morning while tlie men were being put upon the cars to go to the woods and his gun fell, and in the fall tlie same was discharged, slightly wounding three of the convicts in their feet and legs. Baikbbxdge, October 31.???The Gunby Jor dan, running between Columbus and Apa lachicola, ran upon a rock at 1 o???clock to-aay about two miles below Bainbridge and sunk. No lives were lost. Two very heavy engines formed a part of her cargo, and both toppled into the river as the boat sank. A large quantity of salt went to the bottom. Smne two hundred head of sheep and cotton were ahoaod but saved. The loss to the company will 'be heavy. A gentleman from Apa lachicola, Fla., reports 36 deaths in that place during the last 20 days, from malarial fever.' Patients, in some instances, die in a few hours. Washington, October 2.???Mr. B. D. But ler???s gin house was burned night before last, together with ten hales of cotton. Mr: Butler estimates liis loss at twelve hundred dollars. A few nights previous an attempt was made to hum lii s gin house, and since that time Mr. Butler lias been setting up at night watching the gin house, and on tlie night it was burned he had just retired, when he discovered tlie house on fire. He was insured for about $1,000. The wife of Major James Willis, a highly respect ed citizen of this county, died day before yesterday. Dalton, October 31.???A horrible difficulty occurred near this place yesterday morning. A Mr. Callaway York shot and killed his son. It is said that the difficulty was about some rent coni. York was arrested and lodged in jail to-day. The new compress attracts a good deaf of attention. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Babcock, have returned from Nelson, New York, to spend the winter here. Misses Frank Wyley, of Jacksonville, Alabama, and Minnie Rogers, of Millen, Georgia, are the guests of the Misses Trammell. Hon, J. C. Clements, congressman from this district, is at the National. CdfcYERs, November 4.???A negro man put in jail some time ago for stealing 40 cents, made a leap for freedom yesterday morning when Sheriff Mitchell went to give him his breakfast, and made a success of it. Up to this'time he has not been recaptured. Did not learn his name. Ice and a big frost here this morning and overcoats and log tires in demand. Jessup, November, 1.???At o???clock a. m. our town was alarmed by the cry of ???fire! fire!??? and we soon discovered the Hames issu ing from the roof of Mr. W. T. Wilkins???s cot tage residence. Owing to tlie early hour at which the fire was discovered, it 1iad made considerable progress before the nssembleu crowd could do anything. They succeeded, however, iu saving nearly or quite all the furniture, the sash and doors from the lower rooms and the kitchen. Spartanburg, S. 0., October 31.???Professor David Duncan died at 11 turn, to-day, aged 90. Twenty-seven years ago Professor Duncan was called from Randolph and Macon college, to fill a chair in Wofford. During a life full of honors and usefulness, he commanded and re tained the respect, esteem and love of all. DEATH OF JUDGE FLEMING. Hod. L P. I). Warren Appointed to Fill the Vacancy. Hon. \V. O. Fleming, judge of the Albany circuit died at his residence iu Bainbridge, Friday evening lost. He has been sick since October with some affection of the lungs which resulted In typhoid pneumonia. Tne death of Judge Fleming left a vacancy in that office which Governor Col quitt filled yesterday by the appoint ment of Hon. L. P. D. Warren, of Albany, Georgia. As the governor left Atlanta yesterday for New York, and there was immediate necessity for a judge to continue the fall courts, he made the appointment without delay. Judge Warren was recommended by telegraph by the bar of Albany and by leading lawyers all over the circuit. He is an accomplished jurist, nnd will fill the bench with grace and ability. It was an interesting coincidence that Judge Wil liam B. Fleming and Judge William O. Fleming, father and son, should both have been occupying our supreme court bench at the same time, ??? the father in the Eastern nnd the sou in the Albany cir cuit. It has been a sad coincidence that both at the same time should cense their judicial .labors, the father resigning his position on account of old age, and tlie son removed by death in the very vigor of his manhood. Judge Wm. B. Fleming retired the first of November and on the 3d, two days later, his son. Judge William O. Fleming, died. 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