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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.