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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION.
VOLF 'll. XIV.
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BEHIND' trrii- c JdNS.
THE PEOPLE ON THE MIMIC STAGE
AND OFF.
The Pert Hair Has to Perform In the Theatrical
Make-Up???Tbe Fancies and Expenditures of
???cion and Actresses for Wics???Ecoen-
trloiUea of Well Known People.
TUESDAY MORNING* DECEMBER 6, 1881.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
???Talkin??? about wigs," said a nabdorninous
old actor, whose nose, fired by the generous
fumes sf the jorum of ???hot Scotch" that
.steamed before him on the Continental bar,
.scintillated like a half-pound ruby, ???I see on
Wednesday they sold about forty that cover
ed the heuds of the was figures in the cen
tennial buildings. The whole lot went for
.$10, and they were bought for Bunnell's mu
seum, in New York. Blazing cheap wigs, I
can tell you; but they couldn???t have been
made of real liair, could they, Bucli???? said
the old gentleman, appealing to the well
known wig-maker, who stood by. Mr.
JBuch said he thought not, and then the
conversation turned on liair, wigs, wig-mak
ing, famous theatrical wigs and their owners.
Nearly till the theatrical wigs worn in this
???country arc mode by Myers and Hclmcr &
tiluth, of New York, and A. M. 'Bucli, of
Philadelphia, although there are many actors,
like James Deane, Gcore Bostick and J. W.
V>1 wards, who mukc wigs more skillfully than
professional perruquiers. This is notably the
case with Mr. Deane, who received $300 from
John McCullough for a King Lear wig anil
-board of white hair, which is thirty-two
daches long and cost. $75 an ounce. Two
???ounces and a quarter of hair were used and
the wig and beard, when finished, weighed a
.trifle over three ounces.
WtIRHR T1IE IIAIlt COMES FEOM.
The liair used in manufacturing wigs comes
tfrom all parts of the world The natural
blomlc Li imported from Sweden and Norway
Dealers in the south of France supply great
4}uantittai of dark hair, and thou
sands of pounds of black hair
is brought from Italy to New York
.every year. The cheapest hair comes from
???China, but it is rather coarse, and is used in
manufacturing lower grade theatrical wigs
4tnd hack pieces and lira.(is for Indies??? street
wear. By blenching and dying, Chinese hair
-can lie given any color that is dysir^l, but it
.assumes auburn similes best, and as those
shades are now fashionable, an enormous
..quantity of this coolie hair will be used in la
???dies??? wigs before the reigning color craze is
-over. The Swedish hair is rarely longer than
twenty-two inches, and on reaching this
-country is always dirty and teeming with in-
sect life. The French hair is generally clear,
but the Italian hair, which conies to New
York in 1U0-pound bundles, is exceedingly
filthy, and the workmen who clean it before
it is purchased by the wig-makers, frequently
contract diseases from handling it. Dyed
hair is called??????dead" and it becomes harsh
.after being worn a short time. Chemicals arc
used to give it a glossy appearance. In addi
tion to the human hair referred to, large
???quantities of Yak and Augora goat hair and
jute fiber are used.
DUCKS REGULATED BY COLOR.
Natural hair varies in price according to
the prevailing fashionable color *a??tl rare
.shades of light ami auburn hair a yard long
costs from $150 to $175 un ounce. Clara Louise
Kellogg has a blonde ???MurgucrcUe??? wig, the
hair of which is a yard and four inches long,
anil cost $150un ounce in Paris. Four ami a half
ounces of hair were used, and the wig when
completed cost $700. She wore it half a dozen
time- and then seiytTt to a wig maker in Chi
cago id' liave it dressed, and lie burned it'so
badly that when it was repaired by Mr. Buch,
a few months ago, two hundred dollars??? worth
of hair was taken out of it. Hair smuggling
is very profitable, as several thousand dollars???
worth may be carried in the pockets of a
vest; but the experience of a smuggler
.named Jansen, who had $5,000 worth
of blomle lmir seized by the cus
toms olliciuls in Now York in 18S0, had the
effect of greatly checking the practice, but it
is still carried on to some extent in New Or
leans. The price of a wig depends entirely
upon its style and the quality and quantity
ot liair used; but as actors thoroughly appre
ciate the value of first-class wigs they are, as
a rule, willing to pay good prices for what
they want. J. L. Stoddard has over 300 char
acter wigs; C. W. Couldockowns HO; William
Warren, of Boston, has several hundred; E.
L. Davenport had a trunk full; George Grif
fith has over fifty wigs for old men; John
McCullough travels with a trunk full of tine
???ones; Edwin Booth's wigs number about fif
ty. Hamlet being tlie only part he plays
without a wig; John 8. Clarke has sev
eral dozen, and the wigs lie wears
at night are always dressed by
a professional wig maker in the
afternoon. Joseph Jefferson has but few
wigs, hut they are very fine. The light brown
curly wig he wears in the first act of Rip Van
Winkle weighs less than an ounce, ami, was
made by Leon Peril, of Paris. The gray wig
used after the sleep cost $150, and was manu
factured by Myers, of New York. Rose Wood
' paid Bucli???$00 for a blonde wig last year, and
Fanny Davenport had one that cost $150.
-Ada Gilman boasts of a beautiful red dress
wig which cost $125, and Marion Booth in
vested $100 last year in a blonde boy???s wig,
made of baby hair, that cost $50 an ounce.
A COMEDIAN???S DILEMMA.
When Sothem played the Crushed Trage-
???dian here for the first time his wig was stolen
from his dressing room after the second per
formance. The loss was not discovered until
3 o???clock the next day. Bucli was sent for.
*???I must have a wig made before? o'clock this
???evening,?????? said the comedian.
???It is impossible,??? replied the perruquier.
???It is not. Fix your own price for your
work; but have the wig at tlie theater this
???evening.???
"But. Mr. Sothem??????
???it must be there,??? interrupted the actor.
???"I shall depend upon it. You are wasting
your time now."
* Btieli cut a description of ???Fitz AltamontV
flowing locks and went away. Five minutes
before the appointed time he appeared at the
theater with the wig complete.
"What is your bill?" inquired the actor.
"l???hu-ty-five dollars,??? replied the wig-
zuakor.
"There is $50,??? said Sothem, handing Buch
that amount of money. ???Now, never tell an
.actor yon can???t make-a wig in three or four
Iiours!???
The favorite wig of John Wilkes Booth,
President Lincoln???s assassin, was made of the
lmir of his sweetheart, a Miss Beeket, of Rich
mond, Virginia. She died of typhoid fever,
but her head was shorn before death and her
lover had the beautiful light brown liair
woven into a wig. Clara Morris has a black
???wig thai cost $120, and RoseCogblan is happy
in the possession of a light blonde and an
auburn wig, each of which cost over $100.
When Ben De Bar died be left over 100 wigs,
of all kinds. Edwin Forrest had a splendid
mock of wigs, and scores of p3gcs of the old
books of Buck???s business are covered
with orders of the great tragedian.
???Mis last order was a $35 dark Roman
wig in 1805, a few months before lie made liis
first visit to San Francisco. W. E. Sheridan
has $1,000 invested in wigs and John Gilbert
has more than double tliat amount invested
in the same way. Charles Feebler was a
great admirer of lieautiful wigs, and the gray
wig he wore as the count of Monte Christo
will be remembered by all who ever saw it.
This wig cost $140, an j was pronounced the
most perfect piece of work of tlie kind ever
done in this country.
ARTISTIC HEAD-COVERINGS.
Fine wigs are now made on human hair
netting, which is made in Paris and Is so fine
that at a little distance it is imperceptible.
The netting used in one wig costs from $5 to
$S. Modem bald spots are made of a patent
substance not unlike cork, and it - is light,
flexible and has a natural color. Wigs made
in this country are fully as good and natural
HER HEART IS SORE,
ed ivifiao. All this was in tlie
(lays of slavery and slave aristocracy, and these
graud men had abundant leisure, and dident have
j to be on the wild hunt tor money. It was the aristoc-
non wntix TV HF??T T-rcnc-wP ! rn-y of dominion, for dominion dignified a man
BUT S2S.OOO WOULD HEAL ITS DEEP , . hcU , and It does now Just as it didin the days of
j the centurion who saiu: **I say unto this man, go,
: and he goetli, and to another, come, and heeoni-
ite.??? Dominion over men makes a man feel a re-
, , _ _ ^ ??? _ , _ . , ..nonsiuility that nothing else does, and this respon-
Qtrls in New York. Seeurcs One of Their Lot- stblliiy enlarges bis moral nature and ennobles him
LACERATION.
AGayYoang Linn from Richmond Imposes Upon the
ins Hearts, and Then Troves Truant???How
the Aflalr Began and * Ended.
New York, December 1.???An interesting suit for
breach of promise of marriage came up tor trial - -
fore Judge Wallace in the United States circul
court to-day. The plaintiff was Miss Ida Ullmauu,
of this city, and the defendant Barry H. Meyer, of
Richmond, Va. Miss Uilmaun is twenty years old,
as those made in London or Paris???indeed, I and is the daughter of Mayer Ullmann, cigar man-
many actors hold that foreign wigs are ihfe- ufacturer at 49 Walker street. Mr. Meyer is twenty
rior fn appearance on account of the large I five years old, and Is eugaged in the dry goods bus!-
quantities of hair many of them are adorned ness with his father in Kiciimond. Mr. Meyer, sen.,
\vfUi. The wig in which Barry Sullivan is reputed to be moderately wealthy. Hissoncame
played Richard III., in this country a few to New York two years ago on business, and while
years ago, weighed five ounc^ The class of leisure hours was introduced in
tawny blonde wigs which became so popular ?? ?? . .. . . ,
in thu country after the first visit of Lydia * he ^ lmaun household. Miss Ida, who is a charm-
Thompson's burlcsqucra were nearly all made lu S brunette of petite figure, made a deep Iropres-
of yak liair, bleached and dyed. si on on the young southerner. He was at once
Wigs of this kind are only worn now smitten with hpr charms, and before returning south
by variety hall prima donnas and the .ballet arranged to correspond regularly with her.
girls in spectacular plays. These wigs cost I Lovingletters were exchanged,and finally Meyer
from $5 to $10, aiul are frightful objects when resolved to come to New York and brin^ matters to
seen in the light of day. In fine wigs for I & crisis. His inamorata gladly received l.erad-
eitlier men or women each hair is drawn m j rer _ am i carriage rides were a frequent diversion
through the scalp netting with a needle, and ] . . .... ,, , . ...
consequent! v the work is slow and tedious, U ehappjpa r. Mr. Meyer, dunug one of these
but when completed a wig of this kind can I c ??? rria S u rides, plucked up courage enough to ask
be combed and dressed as perfectly as a crop I Mlss Ullmann to be his bride. She blushingly ac-
of hair in its natural place. The best kinds 1 eepted the proposition, and her parents in-
of negro wigs arc made in the same way, only dorsed the contract. Accompanying Mr.
the hair is boiled in oil and treated with a Meyer and Miss Uilmaun on the Om-inge ride In
secret chemical preparation to make it curly. I question was a Miss Leon, a seamstress, who Isa
These wigs cost from $10 to $15, but as a rule bosom friend of Miss Ullmann, and who was u wit-
minstrels do not care to go to that expense ness to th e marriage engagement. Everything
hSplnsh OTtoSSwS* ' S nlL C ?? ??? I **>ned auspicious now, and it was announced in
qucntly than real hair.
PRAYER CURE.
Tlie most important wig to a comedian who 1 the society in which SUss Ullmann mingled that she
plays in the rural districts is a ???fright,??? for was engaged to a wealthy southerner. Her friends,
when all other tricks fail to stir the risibili- of course, heard of the engagement, and she was
ties of a rural audience tlie rising of the hair I warmly congratulated. Trouble came, however,
on a ???fright??? wig takes them by storm, and the engagement did not culminate as happily
Joseph Jefferson, a grandfather of the pre- as expected.
sent Joseph Jefferson, was tlie invcntorofl Miss Meyer, a sister of Miss Ulimann???s betrothed,
this ingenious contrivance, and as a means of | came to New Yor k to visit the Ullmann family, and
own satisfaction
according to style and the quality of the I ???? so " ol > oun S laa F *er brother had
material, white yak being used more fre- chosen fora wife. Miss Meyer???s visit was for a
time very pleasant, and she thought her brother
was to be the husband of a charming wife.
Something occurred, however, to change Miss
Meyer???s mind, and she and the bride-elect had
a little misunderstanding, which resulted seriously.
Miss Meyer left the Ullmann household in high
dudgeon, and refused to be comforted, although
Miss Ullmann, who has the reputation of belli;
very spirited girl made no advances in that direc
tion. Miss Meyer returned to Richmond and told
her brother of the quarrel, saying many unpleasant
things about Miss 111m.mil. Meyer was influenced
by his sisters???s representations, and after some cor
respondeuce summarily broke off the engagement.
He is now asked to pay $25,000 for his venture, and
he does not appear tojike the situation ut ull.
Chicago. December 1.???A sanguinary conflict took
place in a German boanliug house, owned by Adam
Lassamar, on the corner of Forty-eighth and Lutllu
streets, and the probabilities are that a murder wil
be tlie result. At the hour mentioned Lassamar,
who had been on a spree for several weeks, came
home in nn intoxicated condition, and began to ut
ter vile imprecations upon his wife aud four of the
MMr he was drunk, paid no
Lassamar, finding that
possible to provoke a quarrel by
reviling tne men, repaired behind the
bar and drank several glasses of
liquor, after which he informed the inmates that
he wanted them to leave his house. He attacked
his wife, a frail creaiute, and drove her out of
doors. lie then took a heavy piece of wood aiid
belabored Otto Seiber wiih in The remaining
men, August Schniit, Albert Keitsch and Albert
Hausen, rushed to Seiber???s assistance and rescued
him from the murderous. blows of Lassamar.
Keitsch. .Schmidt mid Seiber immediately left the
place. They importuued Hausen to accompany
them, but he declined to go. The three men nail
A 1 ounc Lady Cared by Prayer and Married One Year
After.
Honespale, December 3.???The wedding of Miss
Lillie D. Tyler, of Damascus, Wayne county, Penn
sylvania. to Mr. Johu G. Mitchell, of the same town,
took place a day or two ago, preciously oue year
from tlie mysterious cure of the young lady. Miss
Tvler had been nn invalid for upward of six years
with a peculiar disease which kept her conliued to
her room most of tlie lime, fihe was treated bv
eminent physician* from New York and
Philadelphia, but in vain. In Octo
ber, 1880, she heard of a female
.... . * to
ap- I
in Connecticut who cured people by prayer, mid
this person Mbs Tyler wrote, receiving a reply t.
pointing the '.???0th of November as the day when
l.ilHc should, with her friends, prey for her restora
tion to health. The day came, nun Miss Tyler was
so weak she could scarcely raise her head from the
pillow. The company included her familv and
pastor, Rev. Thomas Wescot. At noon they com
menced their prayers, and before night the young ???
lady was able to go about the house, and, as her boarder8 ?? llo seeing that he w
cure has been entirely effected, she has lust re- , utention to h f s remarks. Lam
deemed the pledge made long agcijto Mr..Mitchell, lt was impossible to provok
and they were married last Saturday bj the same 1 ... r -
clergyman who prayed so fervently only a year be
fore for her recovery. The case has attracted wide-
pread attention, and the story as told by the bride
true In every particular. -jgi
T??tbe General Conference.
Athens, Gn., December 3.???[Special.]???The fol
lowing gentlemen were elected to the general con
ference by the North Georgia-conference to-day:
\V. II. Potter, A. G. Haygood, J. Boring,TI. II.
Parks, W. F. (look, J. E. Evans, It. J. Adams, C. 1).
McCntchcn, James Jackson, W. A. Tucker, WilUum
Sessions, C. P. iwfqrd. K. F. McIntosh.
THE DRUMMERS.
A Meeting and a Hop.
The National Mercantile Travelers??? association
met In Judges??? hall at the exposition grounds on
Thursdayaiidlransactedasmullamirantof business. . . .
The meeting was presided over bv Colonel Frank faint light the three men proceeded to tlie rear bed
Howe the president of the association. room, and there found Lassamar weltering in a pool
In the absence of. the secretary, Colonel T. P. of his own blood. A bloodstained butcher knife
Grusty was elected secretary pm tem. was found thrown under a sofa a lew feet distant
The resolution fixing New York ss the place of from where tlie wounded man was lying. A mes-
noxt meeting was reconsidered. The matter was senger was sent for Dr. Hull, and that g??utiemnn
left in the hands of the executive committee. The | arrived a few minute.- afterward. An exainin-tion
ns a gentleman and a philosopher. It is this feeling
that dignities judges and railroad presidents, aau
captain^ of snips, and generals in armies. They
eaii all command men and be obeyed; but thev
can???t command ???em like the old slave owners used
to command their slaves, for there was in that case
no appeal, no dodging, no way of escape, and the
very helplessness of the slaves made the master
kind, raavery producedgrandermen than freedom
ever did or ever will???grand like the patriarchs of
old, whom the scriptures speak ol and tell us the
number of their servants.
lint the time came in the Providence of God fora
change. The musses of tlie people were under-u
cloud. They were overshadowed and the wreck of
the slave aristocracy, together with the results of
the war. made nn opening for them and their chil
dren. Humbler men have come to the front and
now run the machine. The masses are looming up.
Overseers have got rich. Poor boys, who had a
hard time, are now our merchant princes. The old
lines of social standing are broken down, and oue
man as good ns another, if he succeeds. Success
is everything now, especially success in making
monel. Statesmanship has gone down. Great
learning isat a discount, money rules the roost, and
everybody know lt, and everybody is pushing for
it Money makes presidents, and governors and
members of congress. M e talk about a candidate's
??????bar'l ' now just as wa used to talk about his elo
quence or his service to his country. Everywhere
there i-a wild rush for money, audit don???t matter
how n man gets it so he gets it
Now. how can this sort of an age produce great
men? How cap the young men escape the infec
tion? Where is any purity or honor iu politics or
in the ourt house? When a man has to resort to
deceit or hypocracy or questionable means to sup
port his Cattily he loses his self respect, aud when
liis seif vspect is gone, his ability to be a great man
is gone. lie can't do it. No monis truly great who
is not I* nest and sincere and a lover of his fellow-
men. A lawyer who lies or resorts to tricks???a
raerel i.???.it who conceals the truth may get rich, but
they w 1 never be great.
Well i nm just ruminating along generally, for
there .???..v many exceptions. I think 1 can name a
thousand in the state that Grady 1ms not named???a
tlious.-u 1 as good and smart as those he did name,
and I.??? m proud of it, but 1 tell you the grand old
men a ??? gone, or going, and their places will not be
filled i y this generation nor the next The next
generation will be worse tjnm this, for these people
who have sprung up and got rich are going to get
richer, - and they will spoil theiT children with
money and a fashionable education. They are do
ing it now, and by and by these children will get to
be proud and vain and no account, and won't work,
and finally go down the hill their father climbed.
Stuck ur> vagabonds will marry the girLs, and the
boys will loaf around town and play billiards and
drive a fast horse. Amur .vho was raised poor and
by a hard struggle gets rich, is the biggest fool in
tlie world about his children. He came from
one ext rente and puts his children on tlie other.
Nevertheless X am hopeful, aud if I do sometimes
take th.- shady side, as Grady says, I mean no harm
bv it. i am always reconciled to what I cannot
help. T lrl??? wild rush for a big pile of surplus
money alarms me, for the older 1 grow the surer 1
am th..e the surplus will not bring happiness orbea
blessing to the children. There is nosecurity except
in h'-LcHt industry, and boys wont work whose
fathe..- are rich. Old Agur wns right. ???Lord give
me neither poverty nor riches, lest if I be sick I
take t! : mime in vain or lest I be poor and steal.???
Hut there is some comfort in this great change from
tlie old to the new. The common people have a bet
ter chance than they used to have. A11 classes are
as-inni luting and becoming more alike???more on an
equalliv. One mail is about as good as another
now, if not better. Tlie Joe Brown type is in the
ascent!ant, and the humblest man has an equal
chance 'or tlie highest honors. So let it rip ulong
fora wl<?? Providence Is above us.
But , I was going to hunt round among the
vouur- men for governor I wonldent take any man
that Or idy mimed as my first choice. 1 would
hunt n-ra man who had brains, and culture, and
heart, mid who had enough money iti-his ???barl??? to
keep i Im from hankering after more???and that
man i irady. I wouder how he would like that.
Maybe he will say that Arp can put it on as thick
aslici .es. Bill Arp.
p. s.- -I see some papers print my letters as origi
nal tlm The Constitution pays for???that is not
like t???u old times either. If they were not able to
pay tin v gave credit to those who did.
GLEANINGS OF GOSSIP
CONCERNING THE FRAILTIES
MEN AND WOMEN.
Lynching Approved by Ohio Ladies???A Jilted
Yoons Man???A Father-in-Law's Experience???
Indianapolis Bigamist???a Lost Young
Woman???The Story of a Death.
Bloomfield, Iowa. December 2.???The elopement
of its leading minister with his servant girl has
thrown Bloomfield into a state of feverish excite
ment. The disappearance of the guilty couple
dates back two weeks, but the facts have only just
come to light, and, outside of the* wife of the dis
graced clergyman aud a few intimate friends, there
has been no suspicion of the uctuul condition of
affairs. The clergyman had an estimable wife and
two small children, the elder 1C months of age aud
the youuger4 weeks. Rev. Thomas Baskerville.the
central figure in this disgraceful scandal, has been
(and as for that matter is still) the pastor of the
Bloomfield Congregational church and clerk of the
Des Moines River Congregational association, and
the object of his illicit passion is Lizzie Collier,
who entered the clerical household about the mid
dle of September iu the capacity of servant. Her
employment was rendered uecessany by Mrs. Bas-
kerville???s approaching confinement. The Collie
girl had made her appearauce in the town about a
month before, in the company of a man who repre
sented himself to be her father. They said they
came from Lancanshirc, England, and, as both had
the provincial English accent, there was no reason
to doubt their statement The man only remained
iu the place two or three weeks, when one day he
packed up his traps and left, saying he was going
home; the girl seemed to be in good hands, and he
would leave 'her behind. She was a buxom lass of
English mold, golden-haired, good-natured, slow
aboVe the medium height, full of figure, and not
lacking in grace of carriage, though there are
nothing about her to indicate intelligence or culti
vution beyond the average of her class. She could
read aud write, and that was about all, aud why
she should have infatuated a man like Boskervillc
must remain a mystery- Bet ignorance and lack
of culture were apparent from her conversation
and the pair could have no mental traits iu common
But tlie servant and her master have ilitted. They
did not depart together, and nobody who knew
them has seen them together; but the circum
stances attending their tlight leave no room
for doubt of their guilt. The Rev. Bas-
kerville is English, like his paramour, and
from the same shire previous to his com
ing to America. Two years and iv half ago
he lived aud picached iu Bum???s Bottom, Lanca
shire. He was at that tkue a minister in the Free
Mvtliodbt ehun-h. He brought letters with him
from England, which leave no reason for supposing
his conduct there to have been otherwise than ex
emplary. He settled first in Delaware county, in
this state, preaching at Monticello and other places
in United Brethren pulpits. He was invited to
Bloomfield not long afterward, was then taken on
trial, and finally installed iu the pulpit of the Con
gregational church as tlie regular supply. He was
well liked and bore the reputation among church-
people, of being an earnest, devoted and worthy
minister.
scarcely proceeded tjreuty yard* rtp? Jt-Jwe
wheirfona cries of ihu' ??? * - ??? - ??? -
NORTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE
, AiiMer v.cre.Picard, emanating
from a room In the rear. The men returned hastily,
but found the lights extinguished and the doors
locked. The sharp cries continued for a few mo
unts, and then died away iu a gurgling groan.
The doors were forced open and the party entered.
A match was quickly struck, and guided by the
next meeting will be held on the second Monday
in June. ,
The following resolutions were read and unani
mously agreed to:
Whereas, The Willimantlc linen company has
given to the members of this association an enter
tainment at its residence in Atlanta far surpassing
was commenced, and it was found that the whole
surface of l-assamar s head was literally hacked to
pieces A few cuts were visible on the hands, and
showed that he must have grasped the blade
of tlie weapon in attempting to save
his life. After dressing the wounds,
which required twenty-four stitches, Lassamar was
enntile Travelers??? association are due and arc here- I shortly afterward and began a search for Hauson,
bv formally tendered to the Willimantic linen com- 1 who was found in bed, feigning sleep. He was
pany and Mr. R. A. Allison, us representative, for aroused, and when brought in the glare of a lamp
the princely hospitality this association has cn- presented a horrible appearance. Ills face, hands
lov'd at their hands. And that each and every and raiment was saturated with blood, and in this
member of this association in recognition of his in- condition he was taken to the police station. Dr.
dividual appreciation of Willimantic hospitality, I Hall would not express his opinion as to whether
make it a special point to do all in his power while ] Lassamar would recover or not until to-morrow,
on the road to further the interests of the Williman- The greater tuirt of yesterday morning he was
tic company. speechless. Ilauson is an illiterate, stolid German,
Colonel B. S. Pardee, Colonel T. P. Crusty of the and employed as a butcher in Armour???s packing
Louisville Courier-Journal, and Mr. Rollins, of the house. He frequently ue.its. liis wife, and for that
Boston Commercial Bulletin, were elected honorary offense wits fined $10o a short rime ago.
members of the association. The shall of Persia fell violently in love
Colonel L. Stewart 'addressed the meeting in be- I with the princess of Wales during his visit to Eng-
half of the commercial travelers and merelmuts of i ilu d some years ago, and about once a year inakes
Atlanta, inviting the association to a banquet and I a tempting offer to the prince for her. His last
hop at the Kimball house to occur last night. The proposition was to give him two of bis best wives,
his mother and his grand-mother in exchange for
invitation was accepted.
Mr. Reid, the treasurer of the as
sociation, addressed the meeting on
the importance of keeping up llie organization
and fighting the present laws imposing a tux on
drummers.
Tlie executive committee was authorized to
print the proceedings of the session.
The convention then adjourned, to meet on the
second Monday in June at whatever place the ex
ecutive committee may select
The banquet and hop which was tendered the
visiting drummers by the business men and drum
mers of Atlanta at the Kimball house last night
was a very pleasant affair. The hop was particular
ly so, and the banquet was marked by much hilar-
ty which at length arose to such a height that
all attempts at speaking were vain. Among the
toasts offered around the tastefully arranged and
well loaded tables were the following:
By Mr. U. H. Atkinson, of Massachusetts??????Bos-
tin drinks to Atlanta, aud the commercial tour
ists."
By Mr. A. J. Shick???'"New York."
By Mr. Atkinsou???"To the ladies of Atlanta: God
bless them.???
"To the drummers' wives and their sweethear's
at home and abroad.???
By A. G. Stewart???"To New York.
Captain John Millcdge was called for and res
ponded in a happy mauner -
Short addresses were made by Colonel Grasty, ol
the Louisville Courier Journal, Mr. Daniel, of Ken
tucky. Mr. Louis Huuler, of Atlanta. Colonel
Frank Howe aud others.
The banquet w:is over at 12 o???clock, and after a
few more hours spent in the ball-room the drum
mers sought an interview with nature s sweet re
storer and the convention was well over. There
lias, perhaps, never been a convention here
that was more pleasant or more generally
enjoyed. Its success is due, in r. great degree, to
the wise selection of the president. Colonel Howe.
To his efforts, more than to those perhaps of any
one else, are the members indebted tor the pleasant
dispatch of business, and he will be remembered
with the keenest feelings of gratiude. The Cossrt-
TlTins trusts that the drummers have had as pleas
ant a time os their smiling faces would lead one to
believe.
The Marriace Dower Scheme.
Indianapolis, December 3.???A special to the
News from Union City reports the failure oi the
National marriage and dower association. A large
numbe of these associations have been organized
in this state within the last few months, and two of
them have already failed.
The Star Koate Thieve*.
Washington. December 3.???The grand jury found
six indictments in the star route cases, four against
Frederick B. Lilley and two against George B.
Biatt. Benah warrants were issued for the arrest
of the parties.
Alcxundra, but Wales still declined.
BILL ARP???S COMPLA
A Dlacnuton of II. W. G. sc J Ilia Kc cat
Written for the Constitution.
Henry Grady is a trump. Henry Grady writes up
all the big men and inakes ???em feel good, and that
is right. When a man does good in his day and
generation it is right to praise him for it, and no
body can do it as Well us Grady. Everybody likes
praise. I do, 1 know???that is, when it is sincere,
when Mrs. Arp commends me it sets me up so high
I feel like I was in a balloon. But she don???t do it
often, for 1 don???t deserve it, and that makes it all
the belter when it does come. She never wastes
anv sweetness on anybody, alie don't deal in these
gushing adjectives or superlative degrees. When 1
was away off iu the army I used to get a little tender
epithet lit the top of her letter, but that was a long
time ago. She don???t write now, but waits for me to
come Home. The other day X received a letter
while I was away and opened it, and tne first words
at the top were, "Mv dearest, sweetest darling
hubby.??? Well, 1 just sealed it up again right
quick without reading another word aud handed
it to the postmaster with the tneluucholly remark
that it wasn???t for tne.
Yes, we uil line praise, and Grady is a public
benefactor in that line, lie has sel up all the big
men aud great men and successful men, and now
Ueltashiken up the boys who are to be big aud
great and successful. That is all right. Let us en
courage the boys???the rising young men and mid
dle aged men. Let us pal cm on the back and
point to the tt-ig aud say, "Excelsior.??? It will help
em climb the mouulaiu. Jesso???but I said awhile
back that this generation will not produce men as
S md as our fathers aud it wont, and' Grady joiii6
uc with me. There are no young men who
give promise of equalling Clay or Webster or Cul-
houn or Crawford or Forsyth or Troup or Howell
Cobb or Toombs, in the days of his splendor, or
tephsns or Joseph Henry Lumpkin or Warner
or Walter T. Colqe'ti and a score of others I could
name. How does th - legislature compare with the
davs when Jenkins and Miller were there. How
does the supreme court campare wiih the first one.
How about the circuit ju ages and all theoiher state
officials. I dont want to belittle anybody, but I
stick to what 1 said, Urady or no Grady. 1 am talk
ing about graud men???men who stood away up
above their fellows and adorned society like moun
tains adorn and dignify a landscape. Nobody is to
blame about it that I know of, for it comes accord
ing to nature???s laws and the decrees of Providence,
and 1 reckon its all right. Those grand men of the
olden time have served their day and accomplished
their work. They moulded manners aud states
manship and great principles and patriotism and
the masses looked up to them and learn-
SevuBd Day???s Proceeding* of the Body.
Athv :s. December 1.???Conference met at nine
o???clock Bishop MeTyeirc in the chair. Religious
service were conducted by Rev. 1*. \V. Ryburu, of
the ci^fTcnee. Additional members appeared and
mdicB|itr tea s ju She ljody. The attendaiicais
how about full. _ _
Reports from Wesleyan female college, LaGrange
female college and Emory were read, and were re
ferred to the committee on education. The reports
indicate that all the institutions aro on rising
ground. The Wesleyan and Emory are wtll known.
A more extended notice of LaGrange lemale
college, now under the presidency of Rev.
John W. Heidt, D.D., aud that has
before it an unmistakably bright future, is proper.
The college, instituted iu 1833, chartered iu 1845,
has graduated several hundred of the first ladies of
ihe land. The building was burned to the ground
in 18C0. It has been rebuilt at large cost, and is the
most ample college building in the state. The
chapel is said to be (he finest in the south. New ap
paratus aud uew appliances for teaching have lately
been purchased. The faculty is full and competent.
Music and art departments excellent. The pupils
are taught to speak French, a French table in din
ing room,. where only French is spoken, is
part of the plan. The patronage is
good and increasing every year. The
great want of tlie college is a new boarding house
or enlargement of the old. Tlie new president iu
his report savs the new building is a necessity to
the work of the college. The old house is now full
to overflowing, and applications arc* still coming.
Will not some friend of the college, or some fneiid
of the geuiul aud able president, supply the lack?
Where is the man or men who will come to the aid
of this institution at this juncture, and shove it on
to glorious success? ???
Deferring to the Wesleyan again, the report shows
about 200 young ladies in attendance. 90 of,
whom are boarders, is iu better condition than
since the war. Of the Sency gift, $40,000 will be
spent iu build&igsi'Si.OO* on the library aud seieu
titic department; $5,000 on ornamenting the
g rounds aud furnishing the college; Szo.OOO for en-
owmeutof aSeney professorship, and $25,000 for
endowment of a Lovle Bierce professorship. The
endowment is in six per cent bonds.
L. D. Balrner, business manager of the publish
ing house at Nashville, addressed the conference iu
the interest of that institution. He stated that tlie
bonds of the house were selling at their par value.
Dr. J. O. A. Clark culled attention to the Wesley
memorial volume.
A committee, consisting ol nine, was
appointed to confer with a commission of the Mu
onic female college at Covington, with reference
to the tender to the church of the institution.
The following were continued in the superan
uateu relation: J. M. Armstrong, W. J. Wardlaw,
J. Jones, J. Chambers, F. F. Reynolds.
Of tlie class of superanuates, R. B. Martyn was
made effective. _
Tlie following were made supernumerary: J. B.
Ho well, A. W. Rowland, R. H. Jones, A. Means, Vi,
M. Crumley, E. G. Murrah, C. A. Mitchell. ???
The following admitted last year were continued
on trial: C. A. Jamison, E. i. Smith, G. S. Han-
leiter, Howard Crumley. E. T. Huuleitor, J. B. Al
len, T. O. Iiorie.
The following were discontinued: C, T. Jones,
J S Askew
The following were admitted into full connec
tion: W. T. Bell, R. J. Bigham. The latter was
elected to deacon???s orders.
notes op interest.
An afternoon session will be held to-day.
There are only seven er eight applying for admis
sion into the conference.
Rev. W. D. Anderson, absent up to to-day. ap
peared aud took his seat.
Rev. H. J. Adams guards the doors to the super-
anuated relation with sleepless vigilance.
This conference is to elect seven clerical and tlie
same number of lay delegates to the general con
ference at Nashville next May.
When the name of Dr. Means was called for the
passage of his character he very eloqueutly und
touchingly addressed the conference. He is a pa
triarch indeed, being now eighty years old.
W. H. LaBrade aud S. P, Jones preached last
night???the first at the First Methodist church and
the latter at Oconee street. J. W. Lee and A J.
Jarrell are announced to preach to-night.
Aurora, December 2.???Chatles F. Raymond has
been culling a wide swath here for the b\st six
months which may laud him in the penitentiary.
Home time ago he met in the east an Aurora young
lady of very modest demeanor aud estimable quali
ties. Having paid her con idemble attention there,
he came on to Aurora to see her. While here he as
sumed the bold front and entered into negotiations
with the city council relative to the establishment
of a furniture factory. He represented that he had
sufficient 'capital, needing only a location for his
buildings. A site was fiually selected upon the
island and the papers drawn. Raymond was to
erect buildings to tlie value of $45,000 and
furnish employment to 100 men within one year.
But one incident created suspicion. During the
pendency of the negotiations he desired his name
to be kept silent, assigning as his reasons that
thereby lie could i-ecu re better bargains iu wood
with Michigan firms. Since the signing of the pa
pers he has taken no steps toward their fulfillment,
nor has he been seen iu Aurora. But during this
time he has been lleecing the innocents of Chicago,
borrowing various sums of money of all the persons
whom he could blindfold by the representation
that he was running a large furniture factory at
Aurftra, ami would secure them valuable positions
at convenient salaries.
The contract papers he secured simply a3 a guy.
He seems to be a thorough-going rogue.
STORRS IN COURT.
Ht?? Evidence llac* not Plcnoe the D-rcuc.
Washington, December 3.???There was no ap
parent dimunition in the crowd that pressed
for admission to the court room this morning,
notwithstanding the general impression th3t
Uujtcau having left the stand the proceedings
for a day or two would be of an uninteresting char
acter. The numberofapplicantsfortickets wasfully
as great as upon any other day. It was soon whis
pered about the court that the defense
had subporaa*d President Arthur. viee-
Prcsldeut David Davis, Speaker Ran
dall and Senator Bayard to appear in
court this morning, and the interest in to-day???s
proceedings was immensely increased. The court
\v:L-^>pened ut 10:05, and Mr. Scoville began at
oned by calling Colonel J. O. R. Burnside, dis
bursing officer of the post-office department. The
witness formerly lived in Freeport, IU., and knew
the prisoner's family. He testified that Mrs. Gui-
teau was an invalid, and he seldom saw her.
Charles Gallon, of Missouri, lived in Freeport and
knew the Guitcau family. Mrs. Guiteau was
in feeble health, and before the birth
of the prisoner was for some time coniicd to her
bed.
Emory A. Storrs, of Chicago, knew Guitcnu in
that city l??y sight, as a young lawyer. He met him
on Broadway. New York, five or six years ago. The
prisoner overtook the witness and handed him his
msiness card. He didu't speak with him above
three minutes. The witness saw Guiteau, perhaps,
a dozen times at the national republican committee
rooms during the late presidential campaign. 1 he
prisoner came up to him gleefully, and patting him
on the shoulder said: "You arc on the right track.???
The witness never saw Guiteau doing anything at
the committee rooms other than reading papers.
He seemed to have no special employment. life
thought Guiteau had an "illy balanced mind??? but
never discovered anything to indicate that he
could not distinguish right from wrong. The evi
dence created quite a stir in the court room and
seemed to stagger those about the defense table.
The sister of the prisoner was particularly excited
and intensely made the remark, distinctly caught
by the reporters: ???He has perjured himself, that
is all there is about it.???
Senator David Davis was.callcd but knew noth
ing about the prisoner.
Two or three other witnesses were examined anil
the court adjourned till Monday.
The object of putting David Davis on the stand
was not apparent, but Mr. Scoville said it would be
explained when the nrgument tame on. The fol
lowing are passages from his examination:
Q???From your knowledge of the political difficul
ties which grew up last winterandspring,and from
your knowledge of the American people, what, in
vour opinion, wasa probability of their difficulties
disrupting and destroying the republican party?
A???That is a far reaching question. The repub
lican party has not been destroyed, and yet there
have been breaches in it. There is only oue way
iu which the republican party can be destroyed.
Q???In what way is that?
A???The disruption of the democratic party would
destroy it. [Laughter],
Q???Is it your honest opinion that the difficulties
between the branches or factions of tlie republican
party have been, ornre in danger of absolutely dis
rupting the republican party.
A???That is a mere matter of opinion. T cannot
understand this line of examination. The repub
lican party is an extraordinary organization. I do
not believe it will die until the democratic party is
dead. [Laughter.]
Q???What is your opinion on this point???whether
the success of the deinocraiic party at tills time, or
at the next presidential election, would imperil the
existence of the republic?
A???I do not think that the success of any political
party would imperil the republic. 1 don???t believe
that at All.
Q???Do yfiu believe that the success of the demo
cratic party would tend in any degree to bring oh
another civil war?
A???No; I do not think that the southern people
are the Inst people in the world to desire to go
into any war. If there be any war it will come
from somewhere else than the south.
Mr. Scoville.???That is all.
Witness.???I was quite unwell when Igot the
summons to attend. 1 had never seen tlie prison
er and knew nothing about the matter.
Mr. Scoville???Tlie reason will be stated in thQ
argument.
The prisoner rend a list of names of persons whom
he has subpomied to show the political condition
of the country last spring. The names wero Bresi-
dent Arthur, General Grant. ex-Senators Conkling
and Bln it. Messrs. Jewell, Robertson and Dorsey,
and Senators Jones and l.ogan, also Bennett of tlie
Herald, Reid of the Tribune, Joues of the Times,
Dana of the Sun, Hurlburt of the World, Gorham
of the Washington Republican, Hutchlus oi the
Washington Bost, and Nixon of the Chicago Inter
Ocean.
CRIME AND CASUALTY.
Lynchburg, . December 3.???The usual quiet of
Big Spring Montgomery county, was terribly rent
to-day by the report that a brutal murder had been
committed. The report was soon confirmed. John
W. Barnett shot his father-in-law, Fred M. North-
cross, twice with a shotgun and twice with a pistol.
The gun-shots took effect in the legs; then he put
th<* pistol against Northcross's back and fired, the
ball entering on the right side and passing entirely
throueh his body, killing him. The
two men lived near together. The difficulty
grew out of Northcross???s daughter running away
with a cousin of Barnett. Xorthcross thought his
son-in-law was instrumental in bringing about the
marriage and aiding his cousin to get the young
lady to elope. Threats and strong language had
been indulged in for a week or more, but iiamett
and Northcross had met and wore supposed to have
settled the matter. But this morning as Xorthcross
was returning to his house from his front gate
he was met by his son-in-law, armed with a shot
gun aud pistol, and without any warning was fired
UDon. Northcross was unarmed, and begged Bar
nett not to shoot. He advanced on Barnett and
wrenched the gun from his ham]. Then Barnett
fired with Ills pistol with deadly aim and intent.
Both were good citizens, and the affair has created
S rofound svmpathv for the unfortunate families,
ir. Barnett has not been arrested yen
IndianArous, December 3.???Edgar Swain, alias
Charles Dcvers, was arraigned in the criminal court
this afternoon on a ehaige, aud entered a plea of
guilty. He is a voung man. but little past twenty-
one years, and liis only defense is that he was ig
norant of any violation of the law. He married
his first wife when he was seventeen years old, but
left her. he savs, uuon discovering tliat she was
holding illicit intercourse with another man.
After awhile he married his second wife and
came from Milwaukee to this city.
He had taken steps to procure a di
vorce from his former wife at the time of his arrest,
but bis counsel advised him to pleud guilty to the
charge,there being no defense to offer excepting his
ignorance. Swain???s present wife is a strikingly
handsome woman, young also in years, and about
three months ago figured in a sensational escapade
iu Chicago,in which an Indianapolis jeweler played
a conspicuous, but not an enviable part. The mat
ter was not given a wide ck-culation out of regard
to the jeweler???s family, to whom he returned, his
father helping him out of his difficulty. Sentence
against Swain is reserved by the court
New Orleans, December 3.???The Democrat pub
lishes specials from all portions of tlie cotton coun
try giving the latest news of the condition of the
crop. The reports from Alabama show a decrease
iu the crop of twenty per cent as compared with
that of last vear. In Arkansas the equre crop is
gathered, and will range from forty to fifty per
cent below that of last year. In Georgia the crop
will be generally 1-32 short, except around Colum
bus where the vield is better thau last season. The
parishes in Louisiana show a great difference in
yield, Moorehouse not raising one-fifth of a crop,
while St. Landry has nearly nn average yield. The
yield for Mississippi is about sixty-uin percent,
somewhat less than what was anticipated. The
Texas crop will be half an average one.
Mr*- Lincoln to ltctnrn Home-
Springfield, 111., December 3.???Mis. Lincoln is
expected to return to this city some time during
thu month. She will remain here the greater por
tion of the winter, making her home with her sis
ter, Mrs. Edwards. Her health is not much im
proved since she went to New York.
Where the Doabt Comm In-
Cincinnati Gazette.
There is no question as to Guiteau???s guilt, but
there is a doubt as to whether the jury will have
sense enough to hang an assassin.
Charleston, December3???Arnold Vanderpost, a
prominent citizen ol Charleston and owner of ex
tensive rice plantations on the coast, was killed op
Thursday on Kiawah island by the accidental du-
chaige of his gun while deer hunting. He was a
member of the Society of Cincinnati. ???
St. Louis. December 3.???Two men. named Hunt
and Dunklin, between whom an old feud existed,
met on the road two miles from Fillmore, Andrew
county, on Thursday, and ufter some hot
words Hunt shot Dunklin through the
head, killing him instantly.
SiiELBYVitXE, December 4.???Last Sunday morn
ing a young lady named Julia II111 died n this city
and was buried Monday morning at the Liberty
church cemetery five miles east of here. Suspicion
was aroused tliat her death was die to unnatural
causes, and such a pressure was brought on the
coroner that to-day he, in company with Drs. Drake
and Perry, exhumed the remains for the purpose
of holding a post mortem. The body was dissected
and parts of it brought to the city for further exam
ination, but the result of the inquest will not be
made public till to-morrow.
While the details cannot be ascertained, enough
has been learned to say that the girl came to her
death bv having an abortion performed.
The case at present rests under a cloud, and not
till a thorough investigation is made can any sur
mise be given. The officers are quietly working
out a clue, and before the verdict is rendred nn ar
rest may be made.
The victim was young, and not at all homely.
New York. December 1.???A richly dressed and
handsome looking young woman appealed to a po
lice officer in the city hall patk this evening for pro
tection. Hetock her to the smtion house, where
she gave her name as Jane Stevens, and said she
lived at No. 20 Hyde park avenue, Chicago. Her
father she said, was Henry Stevens, a Chicago
broker, and she gave her age as sixteen. She also
stated that she ran away from home with a
voung woman named Jane Gould, and that
they arrived in this city to-day. Miss Could,
she further stated, took her to the citv hall park
after dark and borrowed her watch and S20 in bank
notes, saying she would find a boarding house, and
then left her alone in the park. Miss Gould had
persuaded her to come to New York. She appealed
to the police officer because she had become fright
ened in the park.
Miss Stevens was taken to police headquarters;
The Chicago police will be notified to-morrow. The
alarm sent out directed the police to look for Miss
Gould.
Detooit, December 3.???Some months since Rev.
Dr. K. L. Kexford, a well-known Universalis! clcr-
gvman of this citv, filed a bill against his wife for a
divorce. It is alleged that long-coutinued cruelty
as principal cause of the fact has become generally
known througnout his denomination, at least
so that now it becomes proper to state that
the bill has been withdrawn on tho strength
of medical testimony that Mrs. Rexfora???s
physical condition has been such ns to
develop an abnormal menUil state, sufficiently se
rious to account for the violence complained of.
This information was obtained subsequent to filing
the bill, although Dr. Rexford, before taking that
step, consulted eminent medical authorities as to
his wife???s condition. As Mrs. Rexford is a much
esteemed lady, this adjustmeutof the matter causes
much satisfaction to the friends of both parties.
Their former relations will be resumed.
Newark, N. J. December 3.???Chancellor Penny-
on has refused to grant a writ of error in tlie case
of Kenkowtki, the Hudson county murderer.
Pelma, Ala., December 3.???On Tuesday night, a
difficulty occurred ut Rehoboth, Alabama, between
Captain Jones, a prominent merchant of Mobile
and Max and Moms Michaelis. during which Jones
was fatally stabbed. He died last night. The
trouble was about a business settlement.
City of Mexico, December 3.???An attempt was
made on Saturday to inurder Governor Manuel
Ledo, of Guaniciaio. by two men who had been in
stigated by political enemies. Much pany feeling
has existed in Guauj--iato.
General Ord has gone to Oaxaca a* the represen
tative of the Mexican .Southern railroad to be pres
ent at the inauguration of General Diaz as go ernor
of the state, and crpwiattv ???mnt by General Grant.
A Grand ii-- , tluu.
NEW Orlf. A NS, DecemberOn December 15 th the ^snue.
v...,- will lttve a irrand ball and evt-rj un
ON THE GEORGIA PACIFIC.
The railroad bridge across the Chattahoochee will
be finished by Christmas.
Almost all the laborers have quit the farms and
gone to work on the railroads.
Judge Daniel Pittman???retumed from the line of
Georgia Pacific railroad Friday.
The Georgia Pacific railroad crosses Nlcfcajack
creek in Cobb county three times.
Farmers have great difficulty in getting wheat
sown along the lines of the new railroads.
There Is a great deal of cotton in Douglas and
Carroll counties yet to be brought to Atlanta this
season.
The Georgia Pacific and also the Rome extension
of the Macon aud Brunswick railroad are progress
ing finely.
Heavy work on the Georgia Pacific beyond Doug-
^Sona^the???French O^VnStt^W.r'l.l ' Thestone pier for the raUroad bridge onthewest
to??<Iktingi!rixhed French???Irisitors, who were re- Meu2? teSrth??ofthetnlfel
cently guests of the nation at the \oiktowncenten- ^ sm&Ucost by extending tne iengtn oi me dii