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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION; TUESDAY, APRIL 11.' 1882.
ATHENS AROUSED
BY THE SHOOTING OF A UNIVERSI
TY STUDENT.
WUter Houndtree, • Student from Qa’.tman. Shot
Down by » Iferro-Tho Toon* Msn Followed
ap with atm Murder In View—The Mur
derer >nd Eli AocompUoe Arrested.
Special DUpotoh to The Constitution.
Athens, April 5.—Walter llountree, the
btudent who was shot yesterday, died tills
morning. Twelve of our best citizens com
posed the coroner’s jury and rendered the
following verdict: “The killing of W. J.
Rountree was by a pistol shot, wound fired by
Frank Johnson. It was a premeditated mur
der. Enoch Echols was accessory, present,
aiding and abetting in the commission of the
crime. It. L. Moss, Foreman.”
From the Athens banner.
Last evening, about sundown, just as our
merchants were closing their stores for the
day, a report was circulated that a student
bad been killed by a negro near the court
house. We hastened to the scene of the trag
edy, and in passing up Clayton street found a
large crowd of both whites and blacks congre
gated in front of Miles Johnson's establish
ment. while the police were endeavoring to
make them disperse, but apparently without
effect. Frank Johnson and Enoch Echols,
the perpetrators of the outrage, were arrested
ami in ihe building, which caused the assem
blage of the crowd. Passing on, we started
for the court-house, the scene of the shooting,
but met on the way a buggy, guarded by
students, containing the wounded man, who
proved to be Mr. Waiter Roundtree, of Quit-
man, Ga., and a boarder with Mr. J. G. Ed
vards. It seems that there had been some
previous difficulty between Mr. Roundtree
and the negro Frank Johnson, (who is a son
of Miles Johnson), and on last evening as
several of the students were taking a stroll,
in disjointed parties, the said Johnson, with
a friend named Enoch Kcliols, decided that
they would have a bloody settlement. So
arming themselves with pistols they started
in pursuit of those young men. In passing a
pair of students, Johnson asked if they
could (ell him the way the two Messrs.
Roundtree went. The young men, suspicion-
ing nothing wrong, told them the direction.
Quickening their pace Johnson remarked,
“WeTl catch them yet.” Mr. Allie Berck
man says be was some distance behind the
two young Roundtrees, and bis attention was
attracted by a shooting in their direction. He
hastened forward just in time to sec the ne
grocs with pistols in their hands tiring at bis
friends, lie did not see the two white men
shoot, but saw Mr. Walter Rountree fail.
Another student says the brother to Mr. It.
sliot one time at Johnson. Dr. Camak, who
also witnessed the affray, does not think the
young men attacked tired a shot. From
what we can learn the negroes shot at
voung Roundtree seven times, one ball tak
ing effect back of the neck, breaking tiie
spinal column, anil the wound must
necessarily prove fatal. Dre. Bene
dict and Gerdine arc both attending
on the wounded man, and the latter gentle
man docs not think his patient can survive
throughout the night, and says that lie can
not iKjssihly best many days, as he is even
now paralized from the breast down. His
principal wound entered the back, ranging
between the last cervical and the first dorsad
vertebra. After probing the wound the doc
tors could not decide whether the ball bad
entered the spinal marrow or not. It is re
ported that lie is' also slightly wounded in
the head. Soon after their murderous deed
Johnson and Echols fled and took refuge in
Aliles Johnson's shop, where they were ar
rested and aflotwards conveyed to jail.
PETER CORBAN’S SPORT.
He Amki IIlmKirby Try In* U Break Jutland Kill
the Keeper.
From the Ellijay Courier.
l’cter Corban continues to keep up liis Sun
day amusements. Last Sunday ho made an
other attempt to break jail, and bad he have
bad live minutes more in which to work there
is no doubt that he would have released him
self. He was confined in a good, stout iron
cage, which had been searched by the jailer,
hut nothing found that could ho advantage
ous to the prisoner in breakingou(. But not
withstanding all this he had procured and
concealed an iron spike about five inches long
with which he managed to break a pair of
hand-cuffs off the top bar of the cage door,
and in a very short time lie was out of the
cage; but he still had a considerable amount
of work to perform before lie could get
through the outside wall. So he prized a
large bar of iron oil the dungeon doors, went
down into the dungeon and succeeded in get
ting a short bar of iron off of the dun
ceon wall (which bar the jailer
lias failed to find) and with these bars of iron
and a thick piece of plank which he had torn
from the jail lie went back to the upper story
and commenced work on the outside dcor.
He opened one ot them which left only one
more to open, and he was gouging earnestly
at it when he was detected by a person pass
ing the jail. By this time the jailer was in
formed of the fact that Pete was out of the
cage; so he walked lightly up the steps with
jail key in hand and patiently listened until
Fete commenced work again, when ho (the
jailer) thought lie would surprise him by un
locking the door and going in to see him—but
Fete had fooled with the lock so much that
the door could not be opened with a key, but
required the use of a chisel. Pete closed the
inside wall door and fastened it so that those
from the outside could not enter, and at the
same time swearing that he would hurt the
first man who touched him; but seeing that
he was overpowered, he opened the door and
relumed to the cage, where he has since been
ohained.
SHEEP RAISING.
Haw It IIm Paid and Mar be Made to Paj,
From the Amcricus Republican.
Southwestern Georgia is peculiarly adapted
to the raising of sheep, ana it is strange that
when so largo a revenue can be obtain
ed from it, that it is not made more than it
one of the industrial resources of the coun
try. The blind infatuation of thinking about
nothing else but cotton, wc are glad now to
see, is leaving many of our farmers, who are
turning their attention to a development of
the self-sustaining principle in many of its
parts. Sufficient acres of land allotted to two
hundred head of sheep will pay fifty per cent
on the investment. To every sheep an aver
age of three pounds of wool can he given;
hut it will be even more than that if the sheep
are well cared for, for the average then wifi
he five pounds to the sheep, and thirty cents
'j'er pound can be obtained for the wool. One
acre sown in turnips will be sufficient for
the winter feed of fifty head of sheep,
2nd that fifty head of sheep will make the
richest kind of manure for two acres of land.
A farmer in Ware county, in this state, lias
ten thousand head of sheep, and that large
number was multiplied from only two hun
dred head. You stock a ranclie with two
" hundred head of sheen at $1 a head, and
three years you will have increased the
amount to $600. But to make sheep raising
source of valuable revenue, you must take ;
good care of your sheep as you would of your
horses, mules and cows. The ugly cry that
the dogs will kill them need not to be made,
or enclosed pasturage can be given the sheep
and the revenue obtained from the raising of
the sheep will more than meet the care re
quired, giving you besides a valuable reve
nue. Sow plenty of turnips and peas
and then you will have the best
kind of feed for the sheep; that
kind of feed will cost but a mere pittance.
Besides, you can be all right on the meat
question, for you can have at a moment's
bidding, that most healthful and nutritious
of meats, the four quarters of a fat lamb,
which in summer is a most delicious dish,
especially with green peas. Now. take two
buudrcd'hcad of sheep, five pounds of wool
from each at thirty cents per pound, and you
will have $300 from your investment.' So
you see there is a mint of money in it, for
nothing pays better than the raising of sheep,
for wool can and will always command
good price in any market. Wc hope our
farming friends will think upon this matter,
and go to work raising sheep for the benefit
of the wool as well as that which relates to
the meat question.
Governor’s Horse Guards Then snd Now.
From the Miiiedgeville Union and Recorder.
The following named gentlemen having
placed their names.upon the roll of the com
pany, are hereby notified that the governor
■as been requested to order an election to be
held for officers on Friday April 10th; at that
time a thorough reorganization of the old
Governor’s Horse Guards will be made. The
postal card sent to each member, will desig
nate the place and hour at which the election
will be held.
I, L. Harris, O. T. Kenan, F. G. DuBignon,
committee.
ROLL.
S. Barrett, F. Butts, H. Barnes, W. Brake,
P. Brown, M. Buck, C. Case. G. Case, J. Calla
way, C. Compton, K. Champion, W. Cook, F.
G. DuBignon, D. DuBignon, C. W. Ennis, J.
Ennis, J. M. Edwards, F. C. Furman, C.
Goctcbius, \V. Hunter, I. L. Harris, G. Haug,
I. H. Hall. M. Johnston, O. T. Kenan, T. H.
Kenan, Thomas Latimer, \V. Massey, W.
Myrick, I. T. Miller, J. Miller, T. F. Newell,
.1. A. Orme, W. Paine, R. Perry. E. Patillo.
D. Stanford, Edward Treanor, T. \V. Turk, H.
Vinson, G. "Whilden, M. White, O. T. White,
J. White, C. White, C. Wright, A. Walls.
UOI.r. OF GOVERNOR'S HORSE GUARDS.
Mustered into confederate service July,I8Gl:
Captain, Chas. DuBignon; first lieutenant, S.
G. White; second lieutenant, J. H. Nichols;
third lieutenant, . First sergeant, T. H.
Kenan; second sergeant, J. 8.Butts; third
sergeant, John McDonald; fourth sergeant, I.
L. Harris. First corporal, E. J. Humphris,
second corporal W. T. Mapp; third corporal,
J. A. Beall; fourth corporal, J. W. Drake, Jr.
Privates: Jas. Andrews. Chas Hunnicnt,
Geo. B. Beecher, Thomas Haygood, J. 0. Bon
ner, Tom Lundy, P. W. Brown. John Law
rence, R. V. Cox, John Nelson, Chas. DuBig
non, Jr.. T. F. Newell, L. A. Dance. Tom
Prosser, E. F. DeGraffenreid. Newton Pugh,
W. Gnerrinean, Janies Sherlock,-Jas. Gregory,
D. M. Smith, T. H. Hall, Win. Smith, Rabun
Hall, John Stcmbridge, Jas. Hall, Henry
Wyse, John Best, R. N. Lamar, W. Echols
John Pugh.
Loves Longstreet no Longer.
From the Miiiedgeville Mirror and Recorder.
Last Tuesday we met with an old soldier of
this county who fought with Longstreet.
When did you go out? we said.
Confed: “I went out with Captain Beck’s
company, and lie was a grand captain, and
General.Longstreet was the bulliest fighter,
except Stonewall Jackson, in the whole army.
I was with him at 2d Manassas and was
wounded, then at Malvern Hill, the Wilder
ness, Spoiteylvania court house, Chicamauga
and that awful charge at Knoxville, Tennes
see, and I love Longstreet; yes, I do love
him.” But, says the reporter, what do you
think of him now, since he has become the
leader of our political enemies?
Confed.—“1 don’t care, I love him yet.”
But, the reporter inquired, do you know
that men under his command, a few days ago,
killed an old man in his yard, and arrested
his son on a charge that he was distilling con
trary to law?
Confed.—“Is that so? Do you tell me it’s
so?”
Yes, the reporter responded.
Confed.—“Then say for E. B. Huff in your
next paper, that he can’t love Longstreet no
more. Such doings as you talk about takes
all his glory away, and my love too.”
Wc promised to print his sentiments as he
requested it earnestly, and then thanked him
and bade him good bye.
How It Is Done.
From the Rome Bulletin.
Some time since the revenue authorities
arrested a white man in Harralson county
who had in his charge a small amount of il
licit corn whisky. The man was lodged in
jail at Cartersville, and the wagon and its
contents brought to Rome and sold at public
outcry, yesterday. The wife of the man ar
rested was at the sale and bought the horse
and wagon, paying forty dollars for the same.
There was some five or six gallons of corn
whisky sold also, which brought $1.15 per
gallon, and was bought by Mr.
Satterfield. The prisoners’ wife had only
forty dollars ana claimed the horse and
wagon as her property, so when
she bid the amount for the same
no one would bid against her,
sicians took an old Spanish dollar and cut it
and put one-lialf over the fracture, which she
carries to this day. The other half was either
misplaced or lost, and was never found until
a few days ago, when Mr. Geat Wiggins, who
occupies the house cow, was having the door
facing repaired the workman came across it I
stored a say behind the old facing, where it I
has been for <2 years. Mrs. Wicker is still
living and in good health, and is about 84
years old.
PARISIAN GAYETY.
Merry Madcap Laugher—Mm. Bonanza Hackay’t
Wrath.
Special to the New York Herald.
r.vBis, April 1.—A merry and mad
cap association of pretty actresses,
’ gave a sup-
GE0RGIA NEWS-
CURRENT EVENTS THROUGHOUT
THE STATE.
Effect* of the Cyclone—Drowning in Cuthb©rt-A
Cruel Practical Joke on a Younz Dalton Physi
cian—A Notorious Tnlef Caught at
Greensboro—From State Exchanges.
Special Correspondence of The Constitution.
Dalton, April 3.—The season of
year for spring fishing is now
band, and every man, woman
child in the city and country that has time
will begin this sport. The dogwood blossoms
indicate in all climates the proper time to
the
on
and
knownas the “Rieuses,
per and ball this week, which lias since been
the talk of all the Parisian clubs and green I commence to fish,
rooms. The association of Rieuses was The best fishing in north Georgia is for
founded three years ago on a strong anti-mas- . , . . , . e , . , ,
culine basis. The members met jferio lically I brook trout The befd fishe ™an f^r brook
at dinner, from which the male element was I trout in north Georgia is Colonel W. H. Tibbs,
rigorously excluded. Among the rules of the of Dalton.
rionoTa^thinVm^culineat 1 th^bin^ The remarkable success which has attended
I the efforts of Colonel W.H. Tibbs in catching
under penalty ofafine. Atterawhile, however,
these pretty Rieuses began to get sick of tlieir
own sex, and this year it was decided that
each member should invite two male guests
to the feast. The entertainment came off at
Durand’s on Wednesday. The roles of the
two sexes were exactly reversed. At this
original symposium it was the ladies who
watted on the gentlemen, not the gentlemen i , ., , „ . - ■ . ,,
on the ladies. The guests.had, in fact, noth- tb,s nl 2 st . del ft 1 ^porter rail
ing to do but to sit still and let the fab hands ? d ^ S : t ^ nd ^ 1 n ^ n,, ? R n be . f ? re
of their hostesses make them happy. I *° F bls l antatlon ’ " ltb tbe fo owing
Mrs. Maekay is exceedingly indignant at the I - “Colonel^wliat is necessary to success in
the brook trout, has called attention to him
as the lead : ng fisherman in north Georgia.
Hence he receives .:ommunications from dif
ferent parts of the state asking for the secret
of his success. Knowing this, and that many
others who have not written to him would
like to know how. successfully, to enter into
reports current in Paris of her daughter’s ap
iroacliing marriage with a scion of the hour-
ions. She informed a Voltaire reporter the
other day that there was not a word of truth
in the story. “If a monarch were to propose
for Miss Maekay,” declared her mother, “he
ould be refused.'
pressed herself very
whole subject. She complains that
she is besieged by fortune hunters.
If this goes on I shall have to put a notice
upon the door,” said the wrathful little lady,
'announcing that in conformity with Ameri
can customs Miss Maekay will not have any
marriage portion.” A curious commentary
_ rise from the bottom.
Mrs. Maekay ex- , .
strongly on the I ber > our minnow
You must not cncum-
with lead nearer
than ’ eight inches, but be sure to
have lead enough to keen your line
sunk in switt water. Let the hook be in
water two-thirds of the depth. In pond fish
ing it does not matter materially as to the
depth, so the hook and minnow are sufficient
ly out of sight. Be sure to have live minnows
on this social incident is supplied to-day by I f or ba j l —hook stuck between the first top
the Madrid correspondent of the Gauloisl fi nan *} be ad, above the back bone, so as
who, in noticing the reports about Don Phil- no ^ kill the minnow. The lite of a nun-
ippe, the bourbon in question, and Miss Mac-! now is all in Ins bladder. The moment you
kay, observes that Pansdoesnot seem to know P r .>ck him below the backbone lie is a dead
that Don Philippe was married morganatically * nimnow. A trout will not bite at a dead
to a widow called Bordre, on the 18th of Feb
ruary last.
Sea Shells Under the Earth.
From the Americus Republican.
Eugene Rogers was in the city on Sunday.
He says that the artesian well,on Mr. J. P.
Fort’s place is now five hundred and eighty
feet in depth, and is of the opinion that
a fine stream of good water will soon be
reached. Boring had been discontinued, for
awhile, a? the piping had given out. He left
with us fragments of different kinds of sea
shell which were brought up from the low
est deeps yet attained.
A Crack Hunter.
From the Berrien Couuty News.
John McNubb, of this county, killed last
year four wild cats, four rattlesnakes, one of
which had eighteen rattles, and thirteen deer.
He killed last week a turkey gobler that
weighed twenty-two pounds after being
dressed. He says he had to pass through a
swamp to reach his turkey, that was so thick
Georgia Beaver Trapping.
From the Columbus Times.
Mr. W. E. Wardlaw, who is an amateur
beaver trapper, has been very successful in
capturing these wary animals. Near his
place on the Upatoo creek during the month
of February he caught nineteen. The furs
are valuable, bringing from $2.50 to $5.00
each, and then the meat is very palatable.
Hon. LaFayetto Harp, and his brother. Mr.
A. D. Harp, have also captured several
I dined yesterday with the former, and
for the first time partook of beaver. It
was prepared under the supervision of his ac
complished lady, who is a queen in the do
mestic ciicle, and “it was a (fell fit to be set
before a king.” In flavor and appearance the
flesh very much resemble j the wild duck and
is equally as delicate, though the animal
from which it was taken, Mr. Harp tells me,
weighed over fifty pounds. They are caught
in steel traps which are sunk in the oreek
near the bauk, baited with the musk of the
animal. Exceeding care is necessary to make
everything as natural as possible and to oblit
erate all traces of the presence of man.
How to Get Rid of Loafers.
From the Americus Republican.
Me., one of our young merchants, is always
up to a practical joke. A one-legged darkey
of this city is a victim of liis playful ingenuity
for fun. This negro was in the habit of ap
propriating Mc’s sugar to his throat at sundry
times. After eating some, the negro was in
formed that ratsbane had been placed upon
it—terribly frightened, lie begged for relief,,
and Me told him to throw it up. after vio
lently straining he was unabled to do so
when Me. administered to him two table
spoonsful of August Flower, one-quarter
pound of Epsom salts and told him to chew a
quarter of a pound of tobacco, swallowing all,
which the negro did, then he bolted for home.
Recent developments proved that the negro
did not reach home uncil some hours after,
the bushes having in that time held his mis
erable carcass. Four days after the negro
came back to Me. and thanked him for hav
ing saved his life, but added: “I came near
dying anyhow.” Me. says that lie don'
think he will be troubled any more with va
grant negroes.
A Columbus GLOSt.
From the Columbus Enquirer.
Last night a man addressed Lieutenant
Robarts, of the police force, in a greatly ex
cited manner, and told him that he bad jnst
seen a ghost on Mott’s Green. He said that
he noticed the form of a very tall man walk
ing leisurely along in front of him, and that
suddenly it disappeared, as though it had
sunk in the ground. He would have been
much more surprised, he said, if the same
thing had not have occurred before. He
claimed that others besides himself have seen
the same figure and that it causes a great deal
of comment among those who have witnessed
its nightly walks. Lieutenant Robarts informs
us that he did not know the man who talked
to him last night on the subject, but lie was
perfectly sober and seemed to be a man of
the usual amount of common sense. He
believes, however, that he had seen a ghost
and earnestly asserted that others had also
seen this walking figure.
A Spanish Dollar in Her Head.
From the Sandersrille Mercury.
Mrs. Wicker, the mother of Colonel T. O.
JVicker and Mr. John R. Wicker, when a girl
twelve years old, was kicked in the forehead |
by a horse, fracturing her skull, and her phy-
fisliing for the brook trout?”
“A live’ man, with a live minnow, and a
lively movement of the pole when the water
is not swift enough to move the line. Let the
leads be on the bottom, or near the bottom,
leaving the minnow and hair line a chance to
minnow unless he is very hungry. Spot-tail
minnow is most preferable; the spotted hog-
fish next. A trout will not bite at a trout
minnow. The trout is the master fish of the
scale race. A trout four inches long will whip
a sucker twelve or eighteen inches long out
of water. They bite best from six to ten
o’clock in the morning. They invariably feed
in swift water because they are masters of the
stream. When a trout retires to
still or eddy water it is hard
to catch, for it retires there
to rest. They withdraw from their feeding
waters about six in the evening and rest all
night. You cannot catch trout in the night.
There are three species of fish that does not
feed at night.”
Colonel Tibbs’s neighbors know that he has
not simply the theory of fishing. When they
see him start off in his buggy early in the
morning, with three or four long eanes by
his side, they expect a mess of fish at night,
and they are not disappointed. 1( is not to
be supposed, however, that lie is merely a
of it to-morrow. Miss Lessie Few, a lovely
and fascinating brunette, of Madison, will
spend the summer with her sister, Mrs. Robt
S. Douglass at the Simms house, in this place.
Mr. Thomas L. Johnson, who was adjudged
insane several months ago, and placed in De-
Kalb county jail, hung liimsclf in jail this
avening. He leaves a widow and several
small children at this place.
POLITICS AND CRIME IX ELBERT.
Special Correspondence of The Constitution.
Elbertos, April 3.—The adjourned term of
Elbert superior court consumed the most of
last week. Quite an amonntof criminal busi
ness was disposed of. Allen Blackwell, col*-
ored, charged with murder was-found guilty,
but with a recommendation to mercy, and
was sentenced to the penitentiary for life.
Robert J. Kanes, charged with arson, was ac
quitted. Three white men were fined $200
each on a plea of guilty of an assault and bat
tery on a negro boy. Political matters were
freely discussed during the week, hut no for
mal announc mentsof candidates were made.
The grain prospi ct in this county still con
tinues very promising, and if no ’misfortune
befalls it a very large crop will be harvested.
La’-ge crops of'corn are being planted and the
outlook for better times is good.
The people in the lower part of this county
are very much in earnest about a railroad to
connect with Augusta, and active measures
will be taken soon looking to that end.
MADISON DAVIS IN CHARGE
Special Correspondence of The Constitution.
Athens, Ga., April 3.—A beautiful instance
of Christian union and brotherhood is exhibi
ted here in the tender of the Presbyterian
church one Sabbath in each month, and the
Baptist church one in each month, to the
Methodist congregation while their church is
being remodeled. The real estate assessors
started on their round of duty to-day. It is
thought that the value of real estate here will
be at least $2,000 000. Judge Bleckley, of At
lanta, lias been invited to preside at the con
tested debate between the champions of the
State university and Mercer’ university, to
take place at Macon in June. Our new post
master, Madison Davis, is here preparing to
take charge of the post-office in a few days.
He has appointed Mr. Tunison stamp clerk,
and retained Mr. Reynold, general delivery
lerk.
ATLANTA rRESBYTERY.
Special Correspondence of The Constitution.
Conyers, April 3.—Dr. F. O. O’ Kelley, of
Hoyl, Gwinnett county, died Saturday morn
ing and was buried* at the family burying
ground on his place yesterday. Atlanta pres
bytery meets at this place on Wednesday be
fore the third Sabbath in this month. Our
citizens are preparing to give ministers and
delegates a warm reception. Our farmers are
taking advantage of the good weather we are
now having and are putting in full time.
riRF. IN GREENSBORO.
Speelal Correspondence of the «institution.
Greensboro, April 4.—Rev. M. W. Lewis
had the misfortune yesterday to loose his
barn, three mules, 150 bushels of corn, alibis
oats, fodder, buggy, wagons, harness, plows
and, in fact, all liis farm implements by fire,
which occurred while Mr. Lewis was in town.
It was set on fire beyond any doubt. Mr.
Lewis has the sympathy of our entire com
munity.
ATHENS STUDENT SHOT.
Special Dispatch to The Constitution.
Athens. April 4.—In a difficulty this after
noon between some colored men and univer
sity students, which was provoked by the ne
groes, Walter Roundtree was shot and danger
ously wounded by Frank Johnson, colored.
MAY AND DECEMBER.
you could not stick a butcher knife to the sportsman, sacrificing everything to the fish-
handle in it without rattling a leaf or crack
ing a stick. “Cousin” John is a sweet one.
ing business, for few men have more busi
ness or pursue it with more vigor than he.
But ever and anon he leaves business and
care and with a crowd of boys, a good lunch
and plenty of strong coffee, he goes to
the river to spend a day or two in de-
A Farmer Lawyer.
From the Brunswick Advertiser.
A legal friend of ours this week stepped up . _
to a crowd, and, opening his horny palms, lightful sport. On these i ccasions Colonel
said: “Bo you see these hard lumps in my Tibbs is the leader of the crowd
hands, gentlemen? They represent one- by mutual consent. He generally catches two
fourth acre of roots grubbed up (on short I or three times as many fish as the whole crowd,
rations), forty-seven hills of squashes, ninety- He permits no swearing, or drinking of spir-
four of beans, six rows of radishes, three of ituous liquors in liis party, and at the close
mustard and six of lettuce.” He evidently! divides fish with all,successful and unsuccess-
doesn’t aim to depend on fees of clients!
coming season for "garden sass.”
Saved from Death-
From the Columbus Enquirer.
Yesterday a man named F. M. Barnes,
while loitering around the Empire mills in
an intoxicated state, came very near losing
his life. He was just in the act of jump
ing into the machinery when Policeman
Greer discovered him and took him to the
guard honse. It is not known whether he
intended to commit suicide, or was too
drunk to know what he was about to do.
Pecan Grafting.
From the Brunswick advertiser.
The budding of pecans to young hickory
trees is an experiment being tried at Frederi
ca. by Mr. Willie Taylor. The buds have
taken splendidly and we don’t see why they
won't do nicely, both being of the same gen
eral speces. In this connection we might
state that Mr. Taylor lias two of the largest
pecan trees we ever saw. One of them is two
feet in diameter.
A Popular Song.
From the Hartwell Sun. . _
The following song is now popular with the j jump the same distance w-est^at three j^umps
colored vocalist. It has a thousand verses in “ J *■“ ”
it, all alike:
Jus’ so niggah live,
Jus’ so he die:
Jus’ so de tree fall,
Jus’ so he lie.
A ltl* Find orMncnetlo Ore.
Chattanooga, Tenn.. April 5.—A private dis
patch received here states that the Cranberry iron
company, in Mitchell county, North Carolina,
have discovered two veins of ihe finest quality of
ul. He says a lazy man cannot fish. He is
an ex-member of congress, a large real estate
owner, a good farmer, and as pleasant a man
to fisli with, or to talk to, as it is possible to
meet.
HERE IS THE CHAMPION.
Varnell Station, April 3.—To the editors
of the Constitution: I sec in the Franklin
County Register, headed “A Model Young
Man,” a letter which says: “We have a young
man in our town who has never shot a gun,
never went a hunting, never drank a cup of
coffee, never tasted a drop of whisky, never
swore an oath, never used a speck of tobacco
any way, and we were about to say had never
hugged a girl, but we cannot vouch for the
truth of the latter. Whose town has a boy
that can beat this?” We have a model old
man in this neighborhood. He was a young
man forty-four years back. Then,
at the age of twenty-one years,
had never drank a cup of coffte, had never
been drunk, had never swore, had never used
tobacco in any way, had never played cards,
had never played base ball, had never hugged
a girl, had never had a fight; and could stand
flat-footed on level ground and rise and jump
t hirty feet at three jumps east, then torn and
jump the same distance west at three jumps
and cut and split two hundred and fifty oak
rails in one day, and cut with a scythe and
cradle, bind and shock fifty dozen of wheat
in one-day; do this for a week at a time’
He is now sixty-five years old, has never
been drunk, lias* never swore, has never
used tobacco in any way, has never
played cards, has never played base ball,never
had a fight, has never committed adultery,
farmed it for forty-four years and never failed
•TREADWATER JIM.
BY SAMUEL W. SMALL, “OLD SI.”
From the Jacksonville Times.
“Who’s flat! W’y dat’s Treadwater Jim—
De wust little nigger in town—
What de fofces all sez dey’ll hang him,
’Kase w’y, hit don’t seem he kin drown!
He keeps hissef dere in de watah
’Bout haf ob his time in de year.
An ’ef he’z got enny home 'round hyar
Hit's out on de eend ob dat pier!
“Well, de name what he’z got—it was gin him
By fokes what was kno’in de facks,
Fer dey sed dat sum title was due him
'Kase he’d done wun de nobles’ of aeks!
Ob koaise I kin tell yer de story,
’Kase I was rite dar on de spot.
An’ ef Jim is entitull'd t£r glory
He fa’rly earnt all dat he’s got!
“Yer see, hit wuz out on de wahf, dar,
Wun sunshiney mawnin’ in May,
Dat er little chile up fnm de Nawf, sir,
Wuz tooken out dar fer ter play:
An’ Jim wuz out dar wid bis fish line.
An’ de nuss warn’ta watehin de chile,
So hit walk’d off rite inter de brine
At dat comder dar by de big pile!
“Weft, den dar wuz skreatnin’ an’ cry in’
Fnm all de folkes ’round on de pier.
But Jim seed hit warn’t no use tryin’
Ter reskew de chile fum up heah—
So he tuck er long dive fer de watah
An’ struck wbarde chile hed gone down.
An’ hit tuck him so long fer ter fine hit
De peeple tho’t bofe ’em would drown.
“Butpnrty soon outin de streem dar
Kr kinkv black hed cum in slie.
An’ helt close ter bis bres, wif bofe han’s, sah,
Wuz de baby all limpy an’ white!
Den de moufs ob de peeole wnz opin’d
In er long an’ enkuridgin shout!
Cum on wid de bote, men!’ Jim holler’d—
•I’ll tread watah ontell yer git out!’
“Den dey bent ter dere ores like Maisters
An’ flew ter v bar Jim, wid de chile,
Wuz doin’ hiz bes’ ter keep flotin'.
But weak’nin’ hiz lick all de while!
Dey brought de two heah ter de landin'
An’ de muther wuz crazy wid Joy,
While de father jiss retch’d fer dat darkey
An’ hugged him ez do' hiz own boy!
“So, yer see, dat’s dereezln’ dey gib him
De name dat yer heer’d me jess call—
An’ nobody bodders’ along wid Jim,
An’ he does ez he pleezes wid all!
Ob koarse, what he done wuz rite brave, sah,
An’ mebbe wuz wurthy er crown—
But Jim!—'Well, Jim's jess deblamedes’
No ’coun; little nigger In townl”
got some money; he lias been married thirty-
eight years; liis*old lady and him are living
happily together and have been for thirty-
eight years, is now as happy as mortals can be
in this world. Now let your Franklin county
man step down and out and wait forty-four
years and then report where he is and what
he has been doing. Isn.
A COTTON FACTORY FOR ACWORTH.
Special Correspondence ol the Constitution.
Acworth. Ga., April 4.—An earnest desire
is being whispered among our business men
for a cotton factory; and, as we have some
energetic men, the whisperings will soon be-
| come audible. This is a step in the right di
rection. It certainly would be highly expe
dient that our business men should not with
hold their efforts from this enterprise. Such
! an enterprise would give vitality to our town
| and community, and would be very advan
tageous. Acworth is a very suitable locality
for a cotton factory. Its proximity to adja-
I cent three counties render it just the place.
The counties, Cherokee, Bartow, Paulding all
comes within a mile and a half from the
town, and as a goodly portion of the cotton
raised in the above counties, together with
< obb, is brought here, a factory would induce
it all to come here. A great deal of freight is
' being put off at our depot. A great deal of it
is machinery for gold mining and supplies
for the new railroad at Dallas, Paulding coun-
| ty. Our farmers are very rapidly planting
both com and cotton, and all seem to be en
couraged by the very flattering prospect of a
[ good wheat and oat crop. Who will be our
next governor, is being discussed with inter
est in our town.
DECATUR SOCIETY.
I Special Correspondence of The Constitution.
! Decatur, April 5.—Thisevening at7o’:Iock
a wedding of unusual interest will take place
in our town. The parties mostly concerned
| are Mrs. Lucy H. Simms and Dr. A. F. Pharr.
Only the immediate relatives of the contract-
I ing parties and a few intimate friends have
been invited to witness the marriage. The
ceremonv will be performed at the residence
of the bride bv her brothers, Rev. J. O. A.
Branch, of Savannah, and Rev. Frank A.
Branch, of Waynesboro, Ga. The bride and
groom are both well and favorably known,
and are connected with some of the oldest
and most honored lamilies in this state. Mrs.
' Robert S. Douglass, of Madison. Georgia, has
A Young tilrl or Fifteen lfun» Away with un Old
Mun.
From the Macon Telegraph.
Not many miles from Macon, within a
stone’s throw of a very popular mineral spring,
lives a farmer whose worldly possessions
amounted .to much more than the average
wealth of the well-to-do. To tell the truth,
he is quite wealthy, and his daughters have
been given learning under the shadows of
even mope stylish and aristocratic seminaries
than our old Wesleyan. These daughters,
with their accomplishments and education,
were sought after by not a few of the young
men of the section in which they lived, and
the yonngest of the girls was not averse to the
attentions of a young doctor wiiosc sheepskin
was yet fresh from the medical college in
Atlanta. The farmer, whose love for liis
daughters was strong, favored the suit
of the doctor, and smilingly approved
his union with his fifteen year old darling.
This young lady found a place in her heart
for the young Aesculapius, but she was under
a spell. The farmer bad a man on his farm
to transact and look after his business. This
man was gray in years, but he had a hanker
ing for the young lady. He seemed to haunt
her, to dog her footsteps, and never let slip an
opportunity to' beg for her hand. Under or
dinary circumstances she would have repell
ed liis advances and given him to understand
at once that he was wasting his sweetness on
the desert air, but some how or other, he had
her under a spell. She could no more refuse
his wishes than she could take wings and tty.
She seemed to be compelled to obey, by some
irresistible power, every slight wish he
might make, and last Friday night when he
bade her leave her home with him she
crept away in the darkness with her gray-
liaired lover and hied to Macon. The
farmer, whose eyes had not failed to see
the influence liis overseer exerted over
his child, but who never dreamed _ that it
would go so far as to elope with him, sus
pected the aged lover as soon as his child’s
absence was discovered. He boarded a freight
train bound for Macon and arrived here
Saturday morning, about eight or ten hours
behind the fugitives. In Macon be bethougut
himself of a friend on the police force,
Officer Frank Mosely, and soon be and that
officer were in consultation. Matters were
explained and the search commenced. The
hotel registers were examined, but no trace
of the couple was found. At the Southern
hotel, it was found that an old man and a
yuung lady had applied for lodgings but the
bouse being full they could not be accommo
dated. Officer Mosely, being off duty, went
up town and began to peer into the faces of
young ladies as they flitted in and out of the
stoies, hoping to see on the street the young
girl, whom he knew by sight. When on Tri
angular block, he saw ’he young lady
for whom he was searching, come out of
Juhan’s and enter a hack. The officer went
up and made himself .known as an old friend,
but reserving the fact that lie was a minion
of the law. She was glad to see him, and said
she was on her way to the park. The officer
gallantly asked permission to chaperone her,
and she consented. Once inside the hack*
the officer told her of the arrival of her
father, and ordered the driver not to to the
£ ark but to the point of meeting agreed upon
y himself and tne girl’s father. The young
lady very sensibly admitted doing wrong in
leaving and was glad to be able to go back to
her father. She said she was under the
spell of the old man with whom she
had ran away, and while she did not
love him, was compelled to obey his
commands. She was to be married that
evening, and they were to go to Florida to
live. She also stated that beyond coming
away with him she had not acted in the least
unladylike, and could go to her father with
out a blush. She said her old lover was ut the
hotel, awaiting her return from shopping. It
was not long before she was sobbing in her
father's arms, freely forgiven. The parent, in
his joy at receiving his daughter, pressed a
large gold piece into the hands of the officer.
That night the two left for home, and now
the man who put her under a spell with his
eyes has lost bis situation, for be dare not
show himself in that section again. Officer
Mosely is not averse to working up this kind
of cases, especially when the outraged parent
finds it in her heart to shell out handsomely
when the enrtain falls on the tableau of joy.
Badly Burned
From the Columbus Times.
Last night as Mr. and Mrs. Cuquilla, an
aged couple who occupy rooms over McAr-
die s tin shop on upper Broad street, were
about to retire, they were the victims of
an accident that came near costing them
their lives. The old man had disrobed and
clothing caught fire. They were quickly in
flames and her husband came to her res
cue, tearing them off but not before she
was badly burned. His own clothing caught
fire, as did also the bed clothing. They both
ran out in the hall crying in agony for
help. Officers Ticket and Duncan were for
tunately near, and hearing their cries, rushed
to tlieir aid. They soon pulled the remain
ing clothing of the old man off and ex
tinguished the fire in the room. Both of the
old people suffered greatly and the officers
went for a physician, and' finding Dr. Thos.
W. Tuggle, Jr., soon had him at the scene
of the disaster. He dressed tlieir wounds
and at last accounts they were resting eas
ier. The old man’s hands were badly burned
in his efforts to free his wife of her burning
garments.
Lost the Day of the Week.
From the Washington Gazette.
A gentleman who is farming not far from
town was out working in his field with liis
boys one fine morning not long since, and the
other members of his family were bnsv at
home with their domestic work. Everything
moved along in the even tenor of its way
until about 12 o'clock, when a colored man
came along dressed up in his Sunday clothes,
and remarked: “Hello, Mars. , what you
working on Sunday for.” The gentleman re
marked' that it was not Sunday and told the
colored brother to go on about his business
and let liim alone. But the colored brother
prevailed on the white man to investigate the
matter, and to his great astonisinent. after he
had inquired around, lie found that he had
been working on Sunday sure enough. He
forthwith took his boys to the house, stopped
all work and went about making amends for
loosing the run of the days of the week.
A Second Moses.
From the Augusta News.
A few days ago the ferryman at Neal’s ferry,
on the Chattahoochee river, while putting
some passengers over in his flat, discovered a
box floating down the river. As soon as the
box was discovered, and after the flat had
landed its passengers, the ferryman seized a
bateau and made way to the box, which he
soon overhauled. On reaching out his hand
to grasp it, he was astounded to find that it
contained a sweet little babe, which raised its
head and smiled at its rescuer. It was a white
child, well dressed, with plenty of good
clothing besides. Some old people who live
in the neighborhood have taken the little
Moses to raise.
Didn’t Care About the Bee's Walk.
From the Dawson Journal.
A few days ago a little child gave expres
sion to an old story in the following terse
manner: It seems that the little fellow had
discovered a bee crawling upon his hand.
Finally, the bee stopped for a moment, and
after remaining stationary ior an instant
stung the little fellow. When the cry of
pain was over, the little child in its simplic
ity and beauty ot stylo said to its mama that
he didn’t care for the bee’s walking about
on him but he didn’t like his sitting down
on him.
Copper, iron and Gold.
From the Cherokee Advance.
Mr. P. M. Holden of this county left in
our office hist week, some specimens of ore,
that give indications of much wealth in the
locality where they wer* picked up. We have
but little-assaying facilities, but to the best
of our judgment one of these is ut least 30per
ceut. copper, while another indicates iron and
another gold. Colonel Sharp lias just handed
us another specimen that has some mica but
wl>at else we are unable to tell. This whole
land is doubtless rich with minerals.
Two Women’s Work,
l’enfielil Correspondent Greensboro Herald.
There lives near here two ladies, who since
the war started to farming witli one old blind
horse. Now they own a good plantation well
stocked, all paid for, and have eighteen or
twenty bales of cotton on hand. They man
aged for themselves, one attending to tlie farm
while the other managed the household affairs,
and yet men will whittle the goods boxes and
discuss hard times.
Indian Skeleton Unearthed:
From the West Point Enterprise.
Recently while the little son, Sidney, of
Mr. E. B. Johnson, four miles irom this'eity,
was plowing in a piece of new ground, his
plow unearthed the skeleton of a human
being, supposed to have been an Indian.
The bones, witli the exception of the thigh
hones, were complete and well preserved.
The excepted bones rapidly crumbled on be
ing exposed to the air.
“Them Little Punkins.”
From the Columbus Enquirer.
“Pap,” said a little thirteen year old boy
yesterday, on his first visit to the city, and as
lie passed a basket of oranges in front of one
of our grocery stores, “buy me one of them
little punkins.” “No,” said “pap,’’ “we’ve
got plenty at home that are larger and better,
but I’ll buy us a giuger cake as soon as I sell
my aigs.”
“Is She After You?”
From the Montezuma Weekly.
A few days ago a lady near town attempted
to whip a young son and to escape a well
deserved whipping, the little fellow crept
under the house. Presently the father came
in and hearing where the boy had taken
refuge, crept under to take him out. As
lie approached on bis hands and knees the
bad little boy asked: “Is she after you, too?”
A Smoking Mulberry Tree.
From the Griffin News.
A mulberry tree in front of Captain Cun-
nigham’s store acted in a very curious manner
the other day, emitting what seemed to be
puffs of smoke at short intervals from all por
tions of the tree. The smoke, or whatever it
was, was light and thin, like cigar smoke, and
scarcely visible to the casual observer.
Munchausen Outdone.
From the Athens Banner-Watchman.
Richard Tiller, a farmer living in this
county, says he killed, at one shot by shoot
ing on the water with a rifle, 413 fisli, and
says that he killed three bushels of fish by
striking a large rock with a sledge hammer.
The largest number of wild turkeys ever
killed by him at one shot was thirteen.
Georgia Mocking-Birds.
From the North Georgia Times.
Mocking-birds in and around the village
have tunes 24 hours in length, interspersed
with 82,000 variation^, more or less.
An Editor Shot Head.
Special Dispatch to The Constitution.
Galveston, April 5.—The News’ Gilmer special
says Judge J G. Lyons, editor of the New Issue,
was found shot dead in his private office this morn
ing. A printer named Ashley, who is missing, Is
suspe«ed of the crime.
o ... went to bed and his wife stood by the fire
rented the Simms house and will take charge warming preparatory to doing so, when her
THE APRIL ANGLERS.
Now from his ambuih does the trout
Look sharply out.
To keep upon the wandering fly
An anxious eye;
And carefully Lis optics scan
The quiet man
Who seeks to lure him from his pool
An April fool.
Forth do the eager anglers fare.
Devoid of care,
And seek, afar from busy streets,
Their unusual beats.
Where iu his cool and quiet bed
The liver fed
And logy trout can now be caught.
Or dearly bought.
But others seek the mountain streams,
Where sudden gleams
Tell of as true and game a fish
As heart can wish—
A fish whose senses, keen and sly,
Cali judgea fly;
Who calls for patience, nerve and skill
To break his will.
Good luck with all the anglers go:
And may they know
The keenest joys of their pursuit,
And gain, to boot;
And when, with baskets full, they come.
Recruited, home.
May they omit, to oursurpri.se,
The usual lies.
—New York Sun.