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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, DECEMBER 6, 1881
THE CONSTITUTION.
Entered at the Atlanta l'ost-otlice ns second-class
matter, November 11,1878.
n???cctlr Confutation, price *1.00 per annum.
Clubs of twenty, 820, and a copy to the getter up
the club.
WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, SIX MONTHS. SI. <<
ATLANTA, GA., DECEMBER 6,1881.
The claim agent is in Washington.
The Mississippi editors will be in Atlanta
on Tuesday.
Charles Dawson, the new lord mayor of
Dublin, is a home ruler.
The French republicans will gain nineteen
scats in the election of January.
The annual report of the government offi-
eers furnish prosy reading for the multitude.
The North Georgia conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church south is in session in
Athens. _
Miss Ullmann'r bleeding heart is valued at
&25.0Q0 in a breach of promise suit against a
Kichmdnd beau.
A shocking tragedy took place in Harris
county the other day in which Dr. Norwood
was burned to death.
Florida was on the grounds yesterday,
where she was greeted by North Carolina,
with Georgia as an approving witness.
Thf. tori AT convention grew weary yesterday
ami adjourned sine die. Every man present
had his ax, and was anxious for the grind
ing to begin.
Colonel Jack Brown has again floated to
the surface ns a republican candidate for the
door of the house. The caucus will, probably
show him the door.
A rattle between a goose and an eagle is
rciKirtcd from Arkansas, in which the goose
was the victor. Ii is not the first time that
an eagle was worsted by a goose.
The cotton crop of the current year, in the
opinion of many New York statisticians, will
fall short of 5,000,000 bales. Bradstrect???s esti
mate however, places it at 5.014,170 bales.
Secretary Hunt, has completed his report.
He is not at all satisfied with the hulks left
him by his predecessors, and says the navy
demands the imperative attention of con
gress.
The perils of a Chicago boarding house are
beyond compare. An infuriated landlord
went home tiie other night with a butcher
knife, and enforced obedience in a summary
manner.
A Central railroad passenger train was fired
Into Wednesday night near Jonesboro. The
authorities should spare neither effort nor
money in securing the criminal. Such crimes
are peculiarly atrocious.
An Italian court passing sentence on two
prisoners for -insulting the pope, who does
not recognize the authority of either the
court or the government behind it, is an an
omaly in modern politics.
???Four days of the Atlanta exposition,???
says Governor Blackburn to the Kcntubky
legislature, "is worth forty days of lcgisla
tion.??? What a level head that old man has!
It beats a billiard table.
tuqritudc the entire city government of Phil
adelphia. Tax bills were made out largely in
excess of the legal assessments, special levies
of an illegal character were served upon igno
rant tax-payers, and every method was re
sorted to by which money could be gotten.
The news from So uth America is, as usual
full of base intrigue and revolutionary move
ments. The arrest of President Calderon, of
Peru, by the Chilians, is explained in such a
way as to show that he was in the way of
some treasonable subordinates, who procured
the arrest, and thus put him out of the way.
This, however, does not ???relieve United States
Minister Hurlburt from blame, as the entire
diplomatic corps look upon his conduct as
being unprecedented and officious. A war-
cloud also looms up between Gautamala and
Mexico, in which event Gautamala will re
ceive the support of the other Central Amer
ican states. Gautamala has also ruffled the
AT THE EXPOSITION.
FACTS AND INCIDENTS OF THE DAY
NOTED.
A. Tine Day and a Good Attendance???Tha Coming
Great Dog Show???New England???s Delegation???
The Mississippi Editors???The Grand Dis
play Made by all the Exhibitors.
Drummers* Day.
THE HIGH OI.B TIME THE BOYS UAD YESTERDAY AND
LAST NIGHT.
Yesterday was a red letter day at Oglethorpe
park. The crowd was large and the interest rnani-
lested was great. The special features of the day
consisted of the convenuon of commercial travelers
and the visit of Postmaster-General James and
party.
At 11 o'clock the commercial traveler* assembled
in tiie arcade of the Kimball house, where the
badges were distributed and the ??????drummers,???
headed by a brass band, formed into line and pro
ceeded to the depot, where the train was boarded
for the exposition grounds. Upon arriving at the
grounds the line was again formed and the drum
mers, to the musi* of the band, proceeded to make a
tour of the buildings, commencing with the main
dignity of the French minister, who lias re- ^'^???"aubuUdTngaud??? arthail!"^ 0111 theFe *??
orted tiie matter to his government.
The narrow gamge railroad is one of the
greatest developers of the age. It enables
every railroad to place itself in connection
with all important points within a day???s reach
along its line, thus extending its benefits fifty
or seventy-five miles on either side. The ex
tent to which these feeders can be made to
contribute to the business of the trunk line is
simply incalculable. They will penetrate all
the hitherto ???dark comers??? of the country,
bringing them within the influence of law and
civilization, and it is also safe to say that
wherever a railroad station is established it
will he soon followed by a modest little
church, and a schoolhouse filled with neatly-
clad pupils. Push the narrow gauge to its
limits.
There is no Indian war now going on. The fact
is, the weather is so cold in the west that the gov
ernment agents who are appointed to rob and plun
der the red men are compelled to sit by the stove.
In the meantime they are mapping out a programme
which will stir up the Indians from the British pos
sessions to the Kio Grande. In small way, the
country has no abler statesmen than tpc agents
who plunder the Indians.
The New York Tribune wants the republicans to
forget that Gorham is the author and inventor of
Mahonc.
There is nothing left for sensible people to do
but to saw wood and say nothing. The cranks hold
the balance of power.
Rainey, colored, of South Carolina, is a candidate
for clerk of the house. When the republicans were
in a minority in the house, they showed their love
for the negro by voting;unanimously for Rainey.
Now that they are in a position to elect Rainey, the
organs refuse even to mention the fact that he is a
candidate; and if the republicans should sq far for
get their prejudices as to mako him clerk, there
would be quite a little howl at the north.
A retort made fo the New York chamber
of commerce commends the railroad commis
sion of Georgia, and credits it with having in
two years removed many unjust discrimina
tions both as regards localities and individ
uals.
The bank problem has been solved in Kan.
sas. The depositors in a broken bank have
taken tiie president and cashier from the ofli
cere, and are now holding them until they
furnish money or blood, it was always
bleeding Kansas.
The business prosperity of the country
on a solid basis, and no amount of croaking
can disprove the fact. A heavy trade, car
ried on by legitimate methods, attests the
growing confidence of tiie people in tiie re
sources of their country.
A grand consolidation of tiie St. Louis iron
mills Is being perfected, in which $5,000,000
capital will be represented. The iron and
steel business in the west is very active, ow
ing to tiie demand for material for the many
new railroad enterprises.
Skkor Vicuno, the Chilian ambassador to
France, in his circular explaining recent
events in Peru, states that Chili showed its ap
preciation of the Calderon government, set
up by United States Minister Hurlbut, by
abolishing it altogether.
The track of the Texas Pacific was connect
ed with that of the Southern Pacific at six
o???clock on Friday evening with interesting
ceremonic??, two ladies driving in the last
spikes. Tiie ceremonies had to be conducted
by the light of bonfires, owing to tiie lateness
of the hour at whitfi the work was co-epic-
led.
Is the annual meeting of the Erie railroad
the Jewett ticket was entirely successful.
Jewett gained his election by paying the
preferred stockholders a long-delayed divi
dend ; n consideration of which they gave
him their proxies. Jay Gould was apparent
ly anxious to win the presidency, but the
sharp Ohioan outwitted him.
The triangular contest for the reptihlican
nomination for the speakership is approach
ing a culmination. Mr. Kasson seems to be
hacked by the greatest amount of enthusiasm
Mr. Hiscock has a well organized and deter
mined eastern support, while Mr. Keifer':
coterie of newspaper friends are making fran
tic efforts to write him into the chair. It is
very plain that the real contest is between
. Kasson and Hiscock, with the chances greatly
in favor of the former. It will be observed
liat all the calculations include the green-
backets and readjusters as republicans in
practice. The preliminary caucus will be
held to-morrow.
The report of the receiver of taxes to the
city council of Philadelphia exhibits the
most unparalleled system of frauds ever per
petrated upon any municipality. What
makes it appear so much the worse is that
collusion must have existed, not only between
the officers and their employes, but
also between the different de artments of the
citT government, thus involving in moral
The illustrated papers would be glad to get a pho
tograph of the next governor of Georgia. We have
no time now to remember the color of his eyes and
hair, but the general contour of his politics will be
democratic???too progressively democratic, perhaps,
to suit the ideas of the inflamed critics who wanted
to commit suicide because General Sherman visited
the exposition.
The so-called friends of the Lincoln family at the
north have a queer habit ot mixing up scnii-aunual
messes for the public. The Lincoln family can
well nlford to pray to he delivered from Its friends.
The New York Tribune doesn???t know whether to
tickle the nico r.ew administration with a feather
or knock it on the head with the butt end of th<
poker. It is hardly necessary to say that this inde
cision doesn???t delay the procession which has been
organized toearry ffie banners of Grantisin.
Tiie indications are that small-pox is gradually
working its way toward the south, and it may hap
pen that Atlanta will be compelled to entertain a
few cases. Are the city authorities and the board
of health prepared for such a contingency? In the
language of the poet, a stitch in time will save a
h whole pair of pantaloons.
Jones's mission in Nevada is to provide his con
stituents with Conkling???s post-oflicc address. Jones
is not only an accomplished usher, but a first-class
bill poster. He is the advance agent of the admin
istration, so to speak.
The political sky is murky with cranks. They
muster up and down the country in herds, and
wave the banner of the bloody, shirt. In the midst
of all this we would Inquire If the president goes
armed?
The blood-tax on quinine was bad enongh, but
the tax on rice, which is an article of food, is still
worse. Still, rather than see the Ogeechec coons
fail to get their wages, we are willing to compro
mise. We are willing to say no more about it, if the
tax is repealed by the present congress. Taking all
the circumstances of the outrage into consideration,
this is a very fair proposition.
The swallow-tail of the Hon. Hannibal Hammer-
lin is attracting Immense applause in Spain. The
veteran statesman is treated with as much consid
eration as if he were the advance agent of a Pina
fore troupe.
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL,
Hh Impression* of the South and the Exposition.
Postmaster-General James, with his wife
and daughter, have been at the Kim
ball hons9 for a dny or two, and
yesterday a Constitution man called to find
out how he was pleased with his southern trip,
and In reply to an inquiry made on this line he
said:
I am delighted with what I have seen. I was
through the south about eight years ago,
and I can see how rapidly the people
are building up their waste places. It is certaiulv
encouraging to any mau that is interested in this
government.???
??????You have visited the exposition???? he asked.
??????Vac tip* nmi \rr?? worn iloliorhtiul TLo rl??? ur
Yes, sir; and we were delighted. Thedisplav
made there of the mineral wealth of the south is
wonderful. Major Fitten, who was our escort with
Colonel Terrell, has shown us all around, and we
are well posted about Atlanta and the exposition.???
We returned feeling like all we have seen who
have visited the exposition, thoroughly enthused
with it.???
In further conversation with the postmaster-
general and Colonel Thompson, we learned that
arrangments are on foot to give fast mail service up
the St. Johns river from Jacksonville, Florida to
Palatka. Tho appropriation for mail service on
tiie Savannah river from Augusta to Savannah
has been discontinued. It cost the
department six thousand dollars, and only paid
about eighty dollars per annum.
???What is needed In the south," said the f>ost-
mastcr general, ???to perfect the fast mail service is
about twenty-five thousand dollars more per an
num. The six thousand dollars saved here is
nearly one-fourth of the amount, and I want to see
If there is any plan to save the balance. U there is
not, then congress should make up the deficiency.???
The postmaster general made particular inquiry
about the post-office in Atlanta, its needs and man
agement, and was pleased with the report he re
ceived of Postmaster Conley's efficiency and
promptness. The party left last night for Augusta.
MATTERS OF NOTE.
_ pon reaching
Judges hall the drummers were sealed iu a body
and the exercises of the occasion were commenced.
The first part of the programme was a concert
given by the Estey organ company, under the di
rection of Mr. C. M. Cady.
Air. camuel Bradley played the beautiful Gate
City Guard march, ana at its conclusion was re
warded with a shower of applause.
Mr. R. B. Toy, general traveling man for the
Estey compauy in the southern states, sang, ???Never
go Back on a Traveling man.??? He gained an ill
eore and sang, ???Call Her Back and Kis3 Her.???
Mr. W. H. Ryan, of Cincinnati, was expected to
read a poem, but was late in arriving in. the city
and was too much wearied to do so.
Mr. A. B. Abenethey, of Richmond, sang ???Davy
Jones," and pleased the audience to such a degree
that he was encored and sang Kitty Tyrrell.
Mr. C. AI. Cady, the Estey organ company's man
ager in Atlanta, sang ???Nancy Lee.??? The drum
mers were requested to join in the chorus, which
they did with spirit. This closed the concert pro
gramme. Miss Emma Uahr was expected to be
present and favor the drummers with some of her
fine piano music, and would have done so had it
not been for the fact that she had happened to a
painful accident yesterday morning just as she was
starting to the exposition grounds. In going down
the steps at her home she accidentally lost her
footing and fell. When picked up it was found that
her right arm was painfully hurt, and it was at
first thought to be broken, A surgeon was called
in and pronounced the arm not broken, but the in
jury was great, and the paiu which Miss Uahr ex
perienced was severe.
At theconclusion of the concert Mr. Sam W. Small,
of The Constitution, the orator of the occasion, was
introduced and delivered the address. It would be
useless to attempt to give the reader an idea of the
charming address that Air. Small made. With only
a few hours to prepare himself, he succeeded iu
throwing into the address enough of his native,
sparkling humor to keen his hearers delightfully
entertained, while his references to the noble-
hearted actions of commercial men which had
come under his observation, o their kindly acts of
charity, generous impulses and devotion to duty
aud to business brought out round after round of
applause. When ihe speech was concluded amid
rousing nppluuse and ringing three cheers for "Old
Si,??? there was a general opinion that the choice of
the orator of the occasion was indeed a most happy
one, and that the office had been most satisfactorily
filled.
At ihe conclusion of Mr. Small's address, Major
J. F. Cummings was introduced, and made a short
address, welcoming the drummers to Atlanta.
The committee on resolutions and constitution
then made a report. The resolutions condemned
the present tax, which some cities im
pose on commercial travelers, and
urged Their repeal. The constitution and
by-laws for the permanent organization of the as
sociation were read and approved.
The meeting was then dismissed, and the drum
mers proceeded to make a second tour of the
buildings and grounds, while the drummers??? band
took possession of the band stand and furnished
music for the general public.
At four o???clock the line was again formed and
the drummers boarded the train and returned
the city, where thev marched through several
streets, passed The Constitution office and saluted
it with three cheers, aud soon after broke ranks.
Lost night at 7:30 the drummers assembled again
at the Kimball house and proceeded to the Willi-
mantic linen company???s headquarters on Peachtree
street, where Sir. Allison, assisted by Air. Denny,
tendered them an elegant reception. The handsome
liousewas brilliantly lighted and the genial gentle
men who tendered the reception were particularly
industrious in making everything pleasant. Every
thing wliich-could add to the enjoyment of the oc
casion had been provided lavishly, and it is impos
sible that any company of gentlemen could have
crowded more enjoyment into four hours than
marked the time from eight to twelve at the Willi-
mantic headquarters last night. The remarks that
were made over the punch bowl were sparkling
and bright, and evinced the high enjoyment of the
S on. Altogether there was never, aud there
never have been, a more delightfully pleasant
occasion than drummers??? dny, nor a more elegant oi
enjoyable reception than that tendered the drum
mere last night by Mr. Allison, of the Willimantic
linen company.
' Our Nashville Guests.
THE RECEPTION AT JUDGES??? HALL YESTERDAY.
The party of Nashville visitors who are now here
spent yesterday in visiting the exposition. Every
member of the party showed a deep interest in the
great show, and the expressions of astonishment and
admiration were universal. The party, which is
stopping at the Exposition hotel, is composed of the
following named ladies and gentlemen: Mayor
Thomas A. Kerchevai and wife. Judge S. A.
Duling, John L. Glenn, Ben McCann & Son,
C. B. Kuhn, Miss Carrie Kuhn, Sirs. Fannie Wessel,
\V. H. Hyronemus and nephew, Dr.Duncan Eve, R.
M: Howell, C. F. Brown, James Robinson, John
Hess, K. U. Page and wife. Miss Slary Page. Sire.
Ware, Mrs. R. SI. Porter. Miss Laura Reese, W. S???.
Glenn, W. A. Barry. C.- E. Parker, J. C. Hood, P.
Harris. Jr., N.C.Tucker and Sliss Ella Tucker, John
Bcerlein, George Moore and son, Charles Kieli, J. H.
Hutchison, A. N. Grisham, A. B. Tavel and sister,
Dr. R. Cheatham, Dr. J. D. Plunket, I???at Cleary. R.
Deubleliciss, W. R. SIcFarlai d and wife, \V. T.
Linck and wife. Sir. and Srrs. Rosenheim. IV. II.
Fisher. Dr. M. Baxter, L. H. Davis and wife and
Miss Tober.
At three o???clock yesterday afternoon the party,
after being shown over the grounds by the mayor
and council of Atlanta, was escorted to Judges' hall
where an address of welcome was made by Mayor
English and responded to by members of the party
of visitors. The meeting was called to order by-
Major J. F. Cummings, who introduced Mayor Eng-
??? lish. Mayor English made a short and appropriate
address, in which he said that it was not necessary
for Atlanta to formally welcome Teunesseeuns.
He closed his remarks by introducing
Slayor Kerchevai, of Nashville, who
made an interesting address. He said
that he was just from a sick room and feltvrey
little like making an address, but that after hearing
such warm words of welcome as fell from the lips
of the mayor of Atlanta he felt it his duty to re
spond. He spoke in enthusiastic terms of the ex
position, and predicted that many good results
would follow it. He made an eloquent appeal for
immigration, and said that by it our hills and val
leys could he made to blossom gloriously, and that
wealth and plenty and happiness would follow.
At the conclusion of his remarks Sfajor
Cummings introduced Dr. Barry,
a member of the party, who made a beautiful ad
dress of a few minutes???s duration. He spoke of the
greatness of the exposition as an educator and of
the consequent good results that would flow from
it. His address was listened to with great interest
and closed the exercises, which, though short, were
exceedingly interesting and pleasant.
At Judges* null
WELCOMING BREECHES AND RESPONSES.
Governor Bloxham and his party of distinguished
Floridians spent yesterday in looking through the
exposition and in examining the exhibits. At one
o'clock the party dined at the Florida building.
A superb dinner was prepared especially for the
occasion, and it was partaken of with zest by the
party.
At three o???clock the party was formally welcom
ed to the city with addresses at Judges' hall.
The opening address was made by Director-Gen
eral Kimball. He spoke of the fact that Florida was
the only state to come here and erect a building for
her own exhibit He said that the state was cer
tainly entitled to the consideration of the manage-
queucc. It is a state of warm and loving hearts, it
is a laud of flowers, the orange, the olive. It is the
beautiful state. The very idea of Florida would
inspire me and make me speak. 1 shall only sav
that we of Georgia welcome you as brothers and
greet you with a warm grasp of the hand.
Governor Kb-xham was introduced, aud said that
he was certainly proud of being one of the repre
sentativesoi r luriaa, to whem such a graceful ac
knowledgment and such a cordial reception had
been extender! by the officials of the exposition.
He spoke of the great success of the exposition, and
said that it was the admiration and pride of all the
Floridians who had seen it, and that it was but in
keeping with Atlanta's record. He spoke of the
rapid increase ' of Atlanta???s population
which has increased with such rapidity
during the last few years. He attributed the in
crease to the pluck aud energy of our people, and
that, he said, was the great mover which had made
the exposition such a success. She rose, phienix
like, from her ashes and stands to-day the brightest
city of the south. In the course of his speech he
said:
My friends, I sincerely thank you for the
compliment paid Florida by receiving her citi
zens. I have learned much here at your ex
position. I have examined the implements and
pieces of machinery connected with the agricultural
and manufacturing interests of tiie country, and I
have found much that is full of interest to all men.
The great Webster once said that agriculture, man
ufacturing and mills were the three great balances
u;mu which rested this country???s prosperin', and
that of these agriculture was the greatest.
But in a few years you will find the
sou'h vieing with the north in manufactures mid
developments of every kind that go to make a
country and a people great
lie went on to speak of the great lessons taught
by the exposition, and spoke of it as a school
wherein men from all sections of the country could
learn. In speaking of the present good feeling
which pervades the country, he said that
we should mix together as one people
and thank God that we are American citizens
wiping out every feeling of bitterness that comes up
from the past. He said that he was ready and that
he knew that he spoke the sentiments of the people
of his state when lie said that they were ready to
ecctcnd to the people of all sections a warm grasp of
the hand. He spoke of the great benefits that At
lanta would reap from the exposition, and closed
his speech with a tribute to her energy and enter
prise.
Hon. E. K. Foster, superintendent of educa
tion of the state of Florida, was introduced and
made a few remarks which were listened to with
interest by the audience. He spoke of the fact that
he was a northern man by birth, but that he had
found a home under the sunny skies of Florida.
The pride in hisbirth place, lie said, was great, but
it did not exceed his pride in his adopted home.
At the conclusion of Mr. Foster s remarks, Mr.
Kimball arose aud paiiL a tribute to the press and
the great work done by the journals of the country-
in furthering the succsss of the exposition, lie
closed his remarks by introducing Mr, Charles R.
Jones, of the Charlotte Observer, who made a nea
address for the press and for the visiting journal
ists from North Carolina especially. In the course
of Itis remarks he read the following resolutions,
which were passed by the visiting editors from the
old north state:
Exposition Hotel, Atlanta, Ga., December 2.
At an informal meeting of the press association of
North Carolina held this morning to take into con
sideration the programme of to-day, in which a for
mal reception of the association has been arranged
by the authorities oi the exposition, the following
resoluiions were adopted:
Resolved. That the members of the press associa
tion of North Carolina present at the exposition in
the city of Atlanta have learned with profound sen
sibility the distinguished honor proposed to be ex
tended to the association by a formal reception
by the authorities of the exhibition and the execu
tive of the state of Georgia.
Resolved, That the arrangements previously
made for the return of the association to North
Carolina make the acceptance of the proposed hon
or impossible at the hour designated by the com
mittee, and it is therefore reluctantly declined.
S. A. Ashe, President.
Jordan Stone, Secretary.
The remarks by Mr. Jones closed the exerciscsand
the uudience dispersed well pleased with the events
of the occasion. /
Knurr, the cannon man, is employing 30,000
workmen.
North Carolina has 112 species of wood and 1S6
of minerals.
California mines yielded last year 819,000,000,
and Colorado $20,000,000.
From 25,000 to 30,000 pies are daily sold in the
city of New York alone.
A colony of five hundred Danes is another ad
vance in Texan civilization.
Bourbon county. Ky.. after paying her indebt
edness, has ss,955 63 in bank.
The income of the Indian school at Carlisle, Penn
sylvania. will exceed the expenses this year by
nt-arly S200.
ment. and that it afforded him pleasure to welcome
the citizens of that state to the exposition to which
they had contributed such an Interesting displav. I
He spoke with earnestness of the obligations which j
the exposition was under to the state of Florida.and J
closed his address by introducing Governor Col
quitt, the president of the exposition.
Governor Colquitt said: It s a very unnecessari-
task that I should extend a welcome to the people
of Florida who have come here to visit the exposi
tion and the state of Georgia. They are in their
own household. They are bone of our bone and
flesh of our flesh. I suppose you would think it
was a very strange ceremony for the head of some
family to stand at the door of bis house aud stop his
own kin, and deliver a formal address of
welcome. Our doors are open, my friends. The
heaits oi the people are open, and you must think
it a needless task for me to assure you here that
you are welcome to these grounds. They are yours.
They belong to the people of Florida as well as to
the people of the state of Georgia, and if vou are
here long enough, instead of having an address of
welcome for you, i should relieve myself of this
- fly if L
speech
is
The Coming Great Dorr Show.
the biggest event of the exposition.
All the talk iu the city is about the dog show, and
most of our citizens are staying off to witness the
exposition until this show takes place. The show
opens in Judges???hall on the 13th instant and will
be one of the great attractions. All classes of people
will be interested in it. The sp-.rismen of America
and especially the sportsmen of Atlanta are inter
ested in it. We have no doubt it will be a brilliant
week. The ladles will be greatly interested in the
show. One fine Skye terrier has been entered
that to* the prize at the great London show,
This breed of dogs has been made his-
done by Sir Walter Scott, and as this
???dog is a direct descendant front the old-fashioned
breed, he will undoubtedly attract great interest.
He is named ???Sir Badge" and valued at $5,000.
In an interview with Mr. Lincoln, the famous
superintendent of bench shows', he expressed him
self as entirely satisfied with the prospects of the
show, only, he said, in order to give all parties an
opportunity to enter their dogs, the entres would
remain open until thelOlh instant and possibly *
the 12th.
Reporter???Do you think the public will take much
interest m the show?
Superintendent???Oh, yes. You have no idea how
muc hinterest a dog show causes with all classes of
people, especially with the ladies.
Repoiter???Well, do any prominent people take
interest in those shows?
Superintendent???Well, I should think they do
General Grant at the great centennial show visited
the show privately, and at the time did not seem
interested, (at least i thought not) but next morn
ing General Gosham sent an order to have all the
dogs ready for inspection by General Grant and
pnrty.
Reporter???Well, were they pleased with the pa
rade.
Superintendent???I should think they were,
most every dog received a recognition, especially
the far-famed ???Paris,??? owned by L. H. Smith,
of Stralhoy, Canada, who took the first prize
over all tile setters at the exposition. He Is valued
at 810,000, and it is expected his owner will send
him here for exhibition only.
Reporter???Well, how about your Georgia entries?
Superintendent???You know a separate class is
mode for Georgia-bred setters, besides some special
prizes will be given for them.
Reporter???Do you tbiuk their owners will send
them?
Superintendent???Yes, if you will tell them that
they will be judged separately; and you enn snv
that it rests with the people of Atlanta to make this
show a grand success.
Reporter???Do you think it will do any good to the
exposition?
Superintendent???Yes, no doubt about it. The
correspondence I have received from ail parts of
the country indicate this, and a great many are
waitiug for the bench show week.
Reporter???Do you expect many crack dogs here.
Superintendent???Yes, some of the best. Dr. Daw-
ney, of New Market, Ind??? has promised to send two
of his famoues field trial colleys. These dogs, itis
well known, are a special favorite with the princess
of Wnles.
Reporter???How about your fox hound entries?
They should be grand.
Superintendent???Well, 1 have no doubt they will
be, only their owners seem shy in entering them,
but I think we should have a grand representation
of this class of dogs.
Reporter???What about your toy and ladies??? pet
dogs?
Superintendent???They are sure to be on hand.
Director-General Kimball has promised to enter his
imported pug dog, the only one of its kind in the
south. It is said to be one of the best of this rare
breed of dogs.
Reporter???Whare cau people find out informa-
tinn about the show?
Superintendent???At Heinz <fc Berkcle???s gun store.
Reporter???Any more news?
Superintendent???Yon can sny that almost ever
??.ate in the union will be represented here, alsov
Canada. The English papers nave already taken
notes of the show, and I hope it will be a success.
Reporter???Any more news?
Superintendent???Yes, call again and I will give
you the names-of the judges and other points, ancL
1 hope you will induce all your friends to enter
their dogs.
The Procramme for the Month.
While the programme for the month of December
is not fully made up, and while there will be much
of interest during that time that is not now known
of still we have a long list of attractions that will
make red letter days is the history of the exposi
tion. We mention below some of the special days
that are now arranged for:
Thursday, December 8th, will be Norfolk day.
The; director general on yesterday received a tele
gram from tho Norfolk cotton exchange stating that
the business men of Norfolk, Va. would be here in
force on the sth. Appropriate exercises will be ar
ranged for the day.
Friday, December 9th, will be mayors??? day.
Many rcsposes have been received from mayors
who express a determination to come to the exi*>-
sitionon mayors???day. This wilt be one of the
most interesting days of the three months.
December 16th will be ministers??? day. Among
those who are expected to be here are Rev. Henrv
Ward Beecher. Rev. Morgan Dix, Rev. James Free
man Clark, Bishop Pierce. Mshop Warren, Bishop
Simpson and many other distinguished divines
December 20th will be editors??? day, an occasion
that should draw an overwhelming crowd.
It cau be stated with a considerable
degree of certainty that Hon. Carl
Schurz will be here, aud he is expected to deliver
an address which will be responded to by Hon
Henry Watterson, of the Louisville Courier-Jour
nal. Addresses are expected from Mr. J. H. Estill
and other gentlemen of the south.
December 22d will be Texas day. The governor
.. programme for the reception of Secretary Blaine,
the president???s cabinet and the judges of Die su
preme court who are expected to come on during
the month.
Under such a magnificent programme. as the
above almost any day offers Tt good occasion for a
visit to Atlanta and the exposition. There is not a
day in which there is not a distinguished party
here.aud the visitor is liable to run over a governor
or a high official or distinguished citizen at every
turn of the street.
Farmers' Day.
There is every indication that the largest crowd
by thousands will visit the exposition during farm
ers???week, commencing December 6th. The efforts
of the railroads from all parts of the United States,
together with the regular one cent excursions in
the state, will cause an immense crowd to come.
Over five thousand planters from the Mississippi
river will be here, and it is safe to count on live
thousand Georgia farmers. We urge every Post
master throughout the state to help us in telling
the farmers of the day.
Special trains leave New* Orleans, Vicksburg and
Memphis on December 5th, and large numbers will
come. ,. .
Will not Colonel Thomas Hardeman, president
Geoigia agricultural society, issue an address to the
farmes, requesting them to come? His address
would do good, and all papers would publish it.
The Editors.
The North Carolina editors, numbering thirty-
nine, after spending two days in the city and at the
exposition, have returned to Iheir homes. The
Constitution was honored with visits from quite a
number of them. It i??? to be hoped that they will
come again before the exposition is over, and it
would be a good idea if the president of the North
Carolina press association would call a meeting for
the 20th???editors??? day.
Whut tho l???am-r* Say.
Birmingham (Ala.) Age.
The writer spent several days of last week in At
lanta. and was really surprised at the magnitude of
the great enterprise. First, the exhibition excels
in point of general attractiveness the most sanguine
expeetatioais of those who attend, for even the
newspaper accounts do not fully portray the extent
and magnificence of the show. Second, the num
ber of people in attendace from a distance entitles
the exposition to???the tony cosmopolitan title which
Director-General Kimball gave it. Northern and
weslern people, however, constitute the greater
portion of patrons, sight-seers and fact-gatherers.
The south is not so fully represented ns it should
be, although most of the southern states are mak
ing very creditable exhibits of the great products
of their soils, and in this way advertising before the
northern eye the great wealth of the cotton fields,
ore beds, forests and streams, natural advantages
and God-given wealth.
Vicksburg Herald.
The meeting of the planters and manufacturers at
Atlanta, on the sixth of December, will be a big day
in the history.of the exposition. We hope every
southern raan that can spare the time anu means
will use every effort possible to attend. The exhibi
tion has not been as well patronized from Missis
sippi ns it should have been. There should be no
fear on account of obtaining comfortable quarters.
At last accounts there were thirteen thou
sand strangers comfortably housed in At
lanta, and comfortable accommodations for ten
thousand more. All these unoccupied spaces
ought to be filled. There are also thousands of
people all over the country, no doubt, who would
be perfectly willing to endure more or less discom
fort for the sake of witnessing the exposition. But
why are they not there? It would seem that a dis
play of such extraordinary interest and national
importanccr-by far the greatest of its kind ever in
the country, and surpassed in no respect
excepting by the late centennial
at Philadelphia ??? should attract at least
ten persons where it now only draws one. Such
would undoubtedly be the case had the railroads
north and west made a systematic reduction of
faros and properly advertised the character of the
exhibition. By this means public attention could
have been more generally' centered upon that
point, and the railroads, at the same time, have
correspondingly profited. It has not been done,
nor is it likely to be done. Yet the exhibition is
a grand success, and eanuot well be over estimated
in the magnitude of its results.
EXPOSITION FACTS.
THE BIRD OF LIBERTY
not inspire me to eloquence. 11 is, of all thestates
of the union, most calculated to"
) inspire me to elo-
task and place it upon you instead. Surely if I of the state and a large delegation of citizens will
were going to undertake to make a speech' be in attendance, ana an appropriate programme
in welcoming the state of Florida there
not an association about the state, or th<
their institutions, her climate or historv
Find* lXirtiftelf I.uld Out by a Goose.
Little Kock, Ark., December 1.???A gentleman
from Stone county, who has just reached the city
gave the particulars of a remarkable incident which
he witnessed while crossing White river on the ferry
just above the mouth of Sycamore creek. When
nearly half way across the stream an enormous
eagle swoo|*ed down on a Hock of geese which were
swimming iu the river some eighty rods below the
boat. The fowls upon observing the eagle appn ach
ing instinctively dived under the water just as the
bird struck the wave. Bullied in the first ils
sault the eagle fiew slowly upward, and when the
geese came to the surface darted downward again
and burying its talotts in one of them, attempted
to bear it away. The goose struggled violently,
while its companions swam around it uttering
shrill cries and the persons on the ferrv-boat
watched the strange scene with keen interest.
Once the eagle lifted its prey clear out of the water
and seemed on the point of conveying it to the
mountain cliff that rose grandly in the air on the
other side of the stream, but the struggles of lire
goose forced the captor downward. When water
was again reuched the goose made a
preme effort aud plunged below the
surface, dragging the eagle after It.
and causing the latter to loosen its hold and rise up
ward with a fierce scream. The eagle next attacked
another goose, but with the same result, being c im
pelled to relinquish its hold when its intended vic
tim plunged beneath the waves. This strange cor
test lasted fully thirty minutes, at the end ofwhicL
time the eagle gave up the fighi, and, rising, soared
away to the mountains westward, while the tlock of
geese swam further down the stream. None of the
Hock were killed, but the water in the vicinity was
dyed with blood, aud the surface of the stream wi
covered with leathers for a considerable distance.
DISEASE IN CONNECTICUT.
The Programme to be Carried out ThU Week.
This week will certainly mark a period in the his
tory of the exposition unsurpassed iu point of im
portance. Each day will present a programme of
much imiKjrtancc as has come to any day since
the exposition opened.
The executive committee of tho National Cotton
Planters' association, composed of colonel Benja
min Kicks, W. B. Ricks, W. Britton and Rev.
George C. Harris, with President F. C. Morehead,
James N. Odgeu, secretary, and J. s.
Schwab, assistant secretary, have arrived in the
city, aud last night held a meeting iu the gentle
man???s parlor at the Markham house. The pro
gramme, which was published in TheConstitution
several days ago, was slightly modified, and in its-
present slillpe we reproduce it. It will be seen that
the programme is for Tuesday's exercises, aud
makes no allusion to what will be done on any of
the later days of the week. The programmes for
those days have not been arranged, but will be-
made up from dny to day and published in The
Constitution. Below is the programme w ith its-
preamble:
In consideration of the fact that the mtional cot
ton planters???association will hold its meeting at
the exposition, commencing on the 6th of Decem
ber, and that the association of cotton manufac
turers association of the south meet duriug the
same week, the management of the exposition have
designated the second week in December, from the
5th to the 10th inclusive, as planters??? ami farmers???
week, and have arranged a programme of special,
interest to both producers and manufacturers of
cotton.
Planters mid farmers who desire to.partioipate in
the convention of the National cotton planters' as
sociation. will register on arrival in the city at thc-
room of the committee of receptiou at tiie Markham,
house in gentleman???s parlor.
The following named gentlemen compose the-
comniittee of reception:
Colonel Mark A Harden, Atlanta, Ga.. chairman.
Major Joseph 11. Morgan, Atlanta, Ga.'
Major A. F. Woolly, Kingston, Ga.
Colonel James H. Fannin, LaGrange, Ga.
Captain Marshall J. Hatcher, Marsh all rille, Ga
llon. L. F. Livingston, Covington, Ga.
Colonel John B. Gorman, Talbotton, Ga.
Judge T. G. Holt, Macon, Ga.
Majors. M. H. Byrd, Ccdartown, Ga.
Cuptain K. J. Powell. Barnesville, Ga.
Captain T. F. Newell, Milledgcvitle, Ga.
Dr. J. S. Lawton, Atlanta, Ga
Major W. B. Cox, Atlanta, Ga.
Colonel B. J. Wilson, Atlanta, Ga.
Colonel K. 1???. Howell, Atlanta, Ga.
Colonel George W. Scott, Atlanta, Go.
Colonel E. C. Grier. Macon, Ga.
Colonel I- M. Felton, Marshallville, Ga.
Colonel George E. Heard. Elbcrton, Ga.
Mr. Robert Winship, Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. John N. Duuu, Atlanta, Ga.
Dr. Amos Fox, Atlanta. Ga.
Colonel B. J. Lockett, Albany, Ga.
Major John A. Kitten, Atlanta, Ga.
Hon. W. L. Peck. Conyers, Ga.
Mr. J. C. Kimball.
Mr. R. J. Lowry.
Mr. R. II. Knapp.
Mr. T. J. MaGuire.
Colonel T. 0. Howard.
Colonel C. B. Howaid.
Mr. 11. Cnstlemun.
The committee will receive, register and aid the
j'ftnters and farmers in seen ring comfortable board-
ng places during the 5tli aud forenoon of the 6t&
of December, when the list of names registered wilE
be delivered to the secretary of the national cotton???
planters' association, which will assemble in J udges"
hall on the exposition grounds at 12 o'clock, De
cember the Gtli. All planters and farmers so regis
tering will be under the special care of the reception
committee, and are cordially invited to make
known their wants during the week.
On assembling, the convention will be called to
order by Director-General Kimball, who will intro
duce Governor A. H. Colquitt, who will deliver an
address of welcome to the planters??? association on
the part of the state of Georgia and the exposition.
Hon. Thomas Hardeman, Jr., president of the
Georgia state agricultural society, will then wel
come the association on behalf of the planters and
farmers of Georgia.
A response will he made by ex-Chief Justice Sim-
mll. of Mississippi, on the part of the cotton plant
ers association.
After the address of welcome and responses.
President Morehead will call the convention to-
order and offer an opportunity for those who de
sire to participate in the proceedings of the con
vention to become members by complying with the -
Prevalence of Different Discuses??? Singular Cnscs
Li-U???t Poisoning.
Hartford, December 2.???The October report
the state board of health, issued to-day, shows an
unusual prevalence during the month of dipluhe
riain Hartford and Waterbury, there having .been
three deaths In one family in the latter place. The
disease has prevailed muliguantly in other parts of
the stale, notably in Naugatuck, Salisbury, Man
chester and Humpton. Typhoid fevers and
malarial disorders are much more oxter si ve
than usual. Norwalk and Bridgeport report
an alarming frequency of typhoid cases; more than
the last five ortix years together. In Manchester
there have been several cases. Derbv reports a
marked decrease in mularial diseases anil a maiked
increase in typhoid fever. Naugatuck and eleven
other towns report an increase of typlioid. Berlin
has been afflicted with typhoid and niulurial fevers,
and Sutlleld, New Caiman, Salisbury and South
Manchester report an increased number of both
fevers. The board say that this year it seems to be
rather the rule to see typhoid and tvpho-inuluriiil
in the same pluces. Either the mula???rtal fevets are
in the decline or else the typhoid fevers have taken
a new lease of strength, 'ihe old antagonism be
tween them does not seem to exist so strongly now.
Gerebro-spinul meningitis is reported ' from
Derby, and ulso scarlet fever of a mild type.
A large number of cases of uterine cancer
are reported from Tolland county. Whooping
cough has prevailed iu Salisbury, Manchester und
Hainpton.aud measles in .South Manchester. Small
pox appeared iu Essex, and two deaths resulted
but the spread oi the disease was prevented. A sin
gular series of cases of leud-polsoiiitig were reported
from Fairfield county. The fanners had been in
the custom of buying barrels which had contained
boiled linseed oil to use for storing cider. After 7t
while obscure symptoms developed aud medical
aid was invoked. The litharge oxide of lead used
in the processor boiling the oil forms an adherent
sediment U|>on rite inside of the barrels, and the
acids of the cider readily unite with this and dis
solve large quantities of it. V the cider is kept
long enough to tarn to viuegar, the proportions *
lead are still more increased.
THE IMPRISONED BANKER.
Probability That He Will be Lynched Before
Moraine.
Hunnewell, Ks., December 1.???The committee
appointed to go to Wiehlta and investigate the col
laterals abstracted from the Caldwell bank by
Smith, cashier, when he fled, returned late last
night, and reported to day that they think there
win not be sufficient to pay over twenty-five cents
on the dollar.but it will amount to over this,for the
disposition is not to allow a claim of some $20,000 pul
in by Wilson, of Kansas City, for some New York
indebtedness. They find but little other property
and that Danford???s financial situation has been
very desperate for some time past. More crooked
ness is developing every hour. Tanner
and Denman, who were found hid
under the hay in a livery stable at Wellington
were terribly frightened and squealed When s
full report is made, it will astonish people. Smith
it is reported, had bought tickets for Texas and it
is believed the whole party were booked for flight
in that direction. It is publicly claimed on the
street*- of Caldwell, this evening, that Danford will
be taken out, to-night, and strung up, but not
killed: but there is uo telling to what extent an
excited mob will go. The trains are watched
closely and any attempt to send militia to rescue
rite prisoners will result in their instant death
There is much diversity of opinion as to whether
Danford is able to pay out or not. It looks now-
very much as if this was his last night on earth.
???y ??? -w appropriate programme
of exercises will be arranged.
December 26th will be freedman???s day. An ad- A Dull Week,
dress will be made by Hon. Fred Douglas, and alto Mobile Register.
by iB^&???eneral^^yyesterdayiarrangin S ro I b t ^, duU week in Te ^ when there is no stage
hen ilie organization is completed President
Morehead will deliver his annual address.
Reports of standing committees will then be im
order to be followed by the appointment-of com
mittees to report on iheir various exhibits of special'
interest to tiie association.
Subsequent sessions of the convention will con
vene during the week and programmes will be-
issued from day to day.
Arrangements have been made for a special ex
hibition of agricultural implements and machinery
which will be bad duriug the week when the judges,
will act upon the exhibits of tools implements and.
machinery. Department 11., groups 6, 8 and 9, em
bracing machines for preparing cotton and cotton
seed, tools anil implements used iu tho pmpamtioD.
of the soil and citliivai ion of crops, machines and
implements for pluming, machines and imple
ments for harvesting crops and preparing them for-
market, implements and machinery for lifting,
storing an-1 cleaning crops, engines and other ma
chinery for supplying power. Indeed all tools, im
plements and machinery of peculiar interest to
planters and farmers will be on steciai exhibition,
during the. week. In addition to this, all the ma-
chiuery for manufacturing cotton, wool and silk
will be in full operation, and the general exhibit
in endless variety and unexcelled in interest to the
observant visitor will be opened for inspection.
During the week a special test of all the cotton
gins on exhibition will be had in the presence of
the committee of awards.
Committees of conference on subject of mutual
interest to purchasers and manufacturers will be
appointed from the national cotton planters' asso
ciation and the associations of cotton manufac
turers.
Arrangements will be made by the proper au
thorities for the reception of the associations of
cotton manufacrurers.
Mr. Gutiby Jordan, of Columbus, Georgia, will
deliver the address of welcome to the mnnufRc-
association before the convention, which
will be replied to by the president of tho New Eng-
cotton manufacturers??? association.
utlieere of the National cotton planters??? associa
tion will be found u t all times at tiie reception
rooms at the Markham house, and reception rooms-
at the exposition grounds.
The Future of Atlanta.
Spnrta Ishmaclitc.
In the opinion of the Ishmaelite the future of At-
latitu as a business and industrial center is bright.
A cheap motive power is all that it needs to enable-
k e 1 . V 1 t * ie industrial nice upon
which some of our cities have already enterea in
httl "orieity may lack in the way
o. rHilronxl facilities w ill not long be unattained.
In individual enterprise, in public spirit. In a
well-grounded confidence in its own future, there
, PHKBhe of muscle nmi brain and
to meet every demand made by the new
industrial era. But there is lacking a motive pow-
whinh l ?h?? C *hc vast aggregation of machinery,
S e5 ?? e ,* aith can see is inseparable from.
??????. Atlanta. It will be forthcoming,
a ounni" ??????l ,lot V? Atlanta is going to have
a canal. Any other city, similarly located, could
????? ir nul F 1,e true that many
o.. 1 , m , 1101 improve the opportunity, it is-
mnsOiaTa 111 Atlanta'will. The canal ivlll be
coortructefl; and then th<- Atlanta of the South
< better ,hau ???the Chicago of the
1 ha i c "???ter power-enough to turn all
Tm.If in- that thc f,i tur? of the city demands.
T obvious reasons,it w ill have the advantage
tjttt' 111 facturing facilities, over any other
fsm.Vlw ? tUte ??? u well-known fact that it
Gma aJ lw H w ??L k al I of Its advantages, and on full
i Tfce fjhmaelite rejoices in thc belief
fmnri llfi- on, >. n , totoiature representation of the
licve In , 8 Cttpib i l < U >' glad to be-
brightness of its future because it is a-
a ( ???a, r ?? la Clt - V - and ??? better still, be
lt to si mi^ P fhi ^ e eneigy and enterprise entitle
iKX^l UC i Cesa \L is not a prophecy. A man with.
'^^f r , 1 a ss { ,han ours can tiptoe and see the realiza
tion of the future that we have sketched.
Dirt and Dlsoaxe.
Chicago Herald.
andlrili^n 8 ? 1 deatl ???s from small pox last week-
filth whina -T 8 ? 8 lu an . y attempt at abating that
ease the city and encourages thc dis-
attri???hutaro?^ccjtrBC that visits the race is directly
smalS feeds ur-??? ??? ??- ^ a -" d
???{. * .,, ??? wuiu ue iin uiriy as uiis
rienchm a???ni and su ?i ive a season without expe-
2.5 a Plague. This is not a mere mntter of'
fuBv^raeif I ?f?? st seri ? us lrulh . which will rue-
rcsidin^m. 1 tSe l f V pon the attention of every person
foliage 8 h ??? bCf0re We see ,he col ??rof next year's
Consumption Cared.
..,5 ,ace 18i0, Dr. Nherar has each year sent from this-
fficmriwl.'h a l | ,,S an<1 cure to thousands af-
tated ihi rhe correspondence necessi-
Smerohil oid' orit becoming too heavy for him, I
miRhft iie.fow feels constrained to relln-
?o5mn{??ofVw > s ftu 'l hlis Placed in niv hands the
b\ran Kn??t roa* rfm P???? vegetable remedy discovered
for^thc^S^do ??? yts-iomuy. and found so effective
rinn permanent cure of Consump-
?nn???r-tj-ata'rh, Asthma and all Throat anil
\eTOiwnSt. a so ? Positive and radical cure for
rc-mtirVnWft^ 1 tj and all Nervous Complaints. Its
manvthn????S15d Ulvc have been proven in
to reHevA s,^. d cas ?? s ??? ttnd ??? actuated by thc desire
diitv hurnaI1 ity, I gladly assume the
w th s i k 5??? kno ^' 1 to others. Address me,
SiL,\?ro.y*P??? nai ???l??B this paper, and I will mail you,
dv with fnu V- lhe .- r<K 'l pe of this wonderful reme-
orintVrt p rection for its preparation and use,
Nn?^ d -iioP? ern ! a ?,% or???English. W. A.
???versBlock, Rochester, X. Y.
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