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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. VOLF 'll. XIV. = oa -= 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