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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY, MAY 16 1882.
THE ROUNTREE CASE.
GAINESVILLE FEELS COMPARA
TIVELY SECURE.
Albany’* New Well—The Surplo* Southern Mutual
rood in Athtm—Adju’.am-Gencral Baird In
America*—An Old Well Discovered in
Albany-A Negro Prisoner Killed.
Special Correspondence of The Constitution.
Athens, May 9.—Sonic time since the South
ern Mutual life insurance company, of Ath
ens, Ga., filed a bill in equity to determine
the ownership of tlieir surplus of about
$1,000,000. Many of the policy holders, some
of whom are now insured, and some who
were formerly insured, have united in
claiming an interest in this fund. They also
insist that this fund is much larger than the
necessities of the company require, and that
all, or at least a part of it, should be divided
among all who have contributed to produce
it. Tiie case was called this morning, and
upon motion, was continued until the next
term of Clarke superior court. Messrs. Hen
ry Jackson and J. H. Lumpkin, of Atlanta,
and Messrs. H. H. Carlton and E. K. Lump
kin, of Athens, represented those who claim
that the surplus should be divided. This is
a case of great interest, so large an amount of
money being involved, and affecting the in
terest of so many persons.
THE FATAL BULLET.
Special Correspondence of The Constitution.
Athens, May 8.—I have just been informed
that after a most careful and thorough inves
tigation, it is found that the ball that killed
Walter Rountree could not have been fired
from Frank Johnson's pistol, as it does not fit
it at all, but exactly fits the pistol of Walter
Rountree’s brother, consequently Solicitor-
General Mitchell will not have Johnson in
dicted for murder, but for an assault with in
tent to murder.
From the Augusta Chronicle.
The announcement by tho committee of physi
cians who exhumed the body of young Rountree,
rcceutly killed in Athens,will create great surprise.
From tho position of tho parties at the time of the
ahootingAome donbt had arisen as to the direction of
the fatal shot, and a re-examination of the body
was necessitated to determine the range and proba
bly the size of the bullfet. Exactly how the decis
ion that Walter Rountree must have been shot by
' his brother was made, we do not know, but this
evidence, if conclusive, will assist to clear the ac
cused, Johnson and Echols, of the crime of mur
der. They will probably be prosecuted for
ass in It with intent to mitrder. The result
o the investigation, if established, will cer-
tatnly show the full necessity, in all cases
of homicide, of a clear and impartial
examination into facts.however they may seem un
warranted in conception or revolting in detail. A
hasty judgment and precipitate lynching of the
supposed mnrdcrcrs would have been as mortify
ing, under tho circumstances, os the full and fair
investigation has been creditable to the county of
Clarke. And if not legally guilty of the killing of
Walter Rountree, Johnson and Echols, the colored
assailants, stand morally accountable for his death
and should be punished as far ns the law may al
low. We could but deeply sympathize with young
Bartow Rountree, if it be proven that in the excite
ment of the moment his ball did kill the brother
whom he was endeavoring to rescue from the hands
of his would-be assassins. Other men in the time
of trepidation have done the same thing—the case
of the Sotcldo homicide in Washington city offer
ing this point of similarity to the Rountree tragedy.
„ , . A TERRIBLE REPORT.
Special Dispatch to The Constitution.
Griffin, May 9.—A report reaches the city
this evening that a school of seventy-five pu
pils near Gladeville, in Jasper county, has
been exposed to a genuine case of small-pox.
The Jasper county physicians have hurried
off to the nearest railroad stations for vaccine
points.
ALBANY’S OLD WELL.
•Special Correspondence of The Constitution.
Albany, May,9.—Mr. Cornelius Coffey, our
worthy city sexton, made a find yesterday
which promises to give Albany another arte-
- sian well at an early date. It was known
among a few of our oldest citizens that in the
vear 1854 several public-spirited men then
living in Albany, prominent among whom
where Messrs. W. W. Checves and N. W. Col
lier started to bore for water somewhere on
Commorce street, and that the piping had
been sunk to a depth variously estimated at
from 200 to 400 feet. For some reason or other
the work was then abandoned, due mainly it
is said, to a discouraging letter upon the sub
ject from one of the scientific Professor Le-
Conts of the state university, asserting that
an artesian well in this section was an impos
sibility. The precise locality of this well,
which had long been lost to memory even,
after the success of one artesian, became an
object of interest and inquiry.
THE PL ACE FOUND.
On yesterday Mr. Colley, who had been long
balancing the probabilities, etc., in his mind,
concluded to sink a shaft just over a small de
pression he had noticed in the middle of the
street opposite his house. After digging with
the assistance of two hands, to the depth of
17 feet, he was fortunate enough to come upon
the end of the sunken piping striking up di
rectly in the center of the shaft The Diping,
which he uncovered for several feet, was
found to be in an excellent state of preserva
tion, about four inches in diameter, and had
been plugged carefully after the abandon
ment of the well. The tube was found clean
of obstruction to a depth of twenty-five feet.
WORK TO BE RECOMMENCED.
We learn that a private subscription, al
ready amounting to $300, has been made up
among the occupants of the street, to recom
mence the work, and the city council will
supply the balance of the funds. The well
is on a slight elevation, about 400 yards
nearer the river than the present one, which
fact, if bored by the same process, will in
sure its early completion. Most of the delay
incurred in boring the present well was
owing to the distance from water, and the
difficulty of pumping it through long sec
tions of hose from the river. Mr. Coffey de
serves the thanks of our community for his
fortunate and timely discovery, it being
done entirely on his own responsibility.
OTHER MATTERS AROUND TOWN.
We learn that Captain Rouel, of the Central
railroad, will begin work at an early day at
tiie railroad depot, A delightful, timely and
most refreshing rain fell here yesterday, last
ing two hours or more. From the appearance
of the clouds, it was pretty general around
Albany.
The free fair on Wednesday next is engag
ing the time and attention of the several
committees of arrangement, and appearances
indicate that it will hot fall short of its pre
decessors in attractiveness. The colored fair
to follow immediately after, is also being as-
sidiously looked after. After these two nota
ble events, Albany will settle down to the
dead calm and deathly quiet of its summer
solstice, and its myriads of gnats.
A NEW FACTORY IN LaGRANGE.
Special Correspondence of The Constitution.
LaGrasue, May 10.—At a called meeting of
the city council 'held yesterday resolutions
looking to the exclusion of small-pox were
adopted. It was made the duty of the mar
shal and deputy marshal to police the whole
city of LaGrangeand to take up such persons
as may have been exposed to small-pox.
Every precaution is being taken to prevent
the terrible disease reaching here.
A negro woman by the name of Lou Chiv-
ets dropped dead of heart disease ou the streets
yesterday.
Great interest is being manifested in the
§ retracted meeting in progress at the Metfio-
ist church. Several have joined.
Tiie grain crop in Troup county was never
more promising than at present' and abun
dance have been sown. An air of returning
prosperity seems to pervade the farmers in
this section, and if this year’s yield is any
thing like the promises now given, another
year will find Troup county farmers on the
high road to success.
The stockholders of Troy factory met yes
terday to declare the semi-annual dividend
and uiscuss the advisability of building an
other factory here at once. 'Thirty thousand
dollars was subscribed by the stockholders of
Troup county, besides the amountsubscribed
by others. The present factory pays an an
nual dividend of 24 per cent.
A BAILIFF KILLS A NEGRO.
Special Correspondence of The ConsUtution.
Clarksville, May 9.—Information has just
reached here of the killing of James Stewart,
colored, one of the railroad hands, by Wm.
Nix, a bailiff, who was trying to arrest him
near Powers’s camp. It seems that In the
morning the deceased and another negro, had
a difficulty, in which the deceased drew a
pistol and attempted to shoot, but was pre
vented by some one. This caused the one he
drew the pistol on to come to town and swear
out a warrant against him. which was placed
in tiie bauds of Nix to be executed. On arriv
ing at the place he was confronted by the
negro, who, with a drawn knife, commanded
him to stand back, which, of course, he did
not do, but continued to advance, when the
negro struck at him with his knife, cutting a
hole in his coat and shirt, and slightly mark
ing the skin. When he did this Nix shot at
him and killed him almost instantly. After
killing him, Nix came to town 'and sur
rendered himself. There seems to be but one
opinion and that is, that Nix was justifiable.
GAINESVILLE GOSSIP.
Special Correspondence of The Constitution.
Gainesville, May 9.—Mr. D. E. Banks,
mayor, is quite sick at present. He is suffer
ing from the effects of a wound received in
the war. Dr. W. F. Westmoreland, of At
lanta, and Dr. J. W. Bailey, of our city, are
his physicians.
The series of religious meetings which have
been held here for five weeks, closed Sunday
night. Much good was accomplished by the
meeting. Dr. Bochman leaves to-morrow for
Jefferson, where lie will hold another series
of meetings.
Our people feel very secure on the small
pox question. For a while we thought of
quatantining our town, but after deliberation
decided on compulsory vaccination. Our
physicians have been instructed to visit every
house in the city and vaccinate every inmate
at the city’s expense. Most of our people
have already been successfully vaccinated,
WEAVER OUT ON BOND.
Special Correspondence of The Constitution.
Decatur, May 10.—This morning, Vincent
R.. infant son of M. M. and Mrs. Carrie Tur
ner, and grandson of Mrs. V. R. Tommey,
passed from earth to heaven.
Mr. James Carroll, a highly esteemed citi
zen of this county, died at his home, near
Doraville, yesterday morning, and was buried
at the family burying ground, near his resi
dence. this evening,
There is not a case of small-pox in the
county, so far as known by the county author
ities.
W. P. Weaver, who you stated in this
morning’s paper was in DeKalb county jail,
is at his home, near Doraville, at work. He
gave bond before James Jolly was tried. The
case against him is still on the criminal
docket for trial.
This Takes the Cake.
From the Dublin, Ga., Post.
On yesterday something rare and racy
happened at the dinner table at the
Keen house. Mrs. Keen was in ecsta-
cies over the music of the rice birds
which infest the oat patch around the hotel
and fill the air with their melody. Major
Bryan's delicately attuned soul caught the
spirit of the occasion and, with the consent
of the company, recited, in his happiest
mood and with great warmth, the following
appropriate verses from Michael Bruce:
Hail beauteous stranger of the grove,
Sweet messenger of spring;
Now heaven renews thy rural seat;
And woods thy welcome sing.
Now when the daisy decks the green,
Thy certain voice I hear;
Hast thou a star to guide thy path,
Or mark the rolling year?
Delightful visitant! with thee
I hail tho time of flowers.
And hear the sound of music sweet
From birds among the bowers.
Sweet bird, thy bower’s ever green,
Thy voice is ever dear
No sorrow in your song,
No winter in your year.
Oh, could I fly, I’d fly with thee.
And make, on joyous wing,
Annual visits round the globe,
Companion of tho spring.
When lo! at the conclusion one of the sweet
songsters flew in through the window,
alighted by the major’s plate and allowed him
to take it into his hand. Major Bryan is a
man of the rarest culture and the most re
fined feeling. He has been frequently heard
to say recently that he deprecated the spirit
that induced the boys around town to shoot
and murder these lovely warblers of the
woods, and that, if rich, lie would plant fields
of oats for the birds. His rendition of the
poetry was singularly beautiful, the sound
being, verily, an echo to the sense. Consid
ering these facts, we are not of those who re
gard the above as a coincidence.
BERRY AND BANTAM.
From the Ellijay, Ga., Courier.
We have ripe strawberries.
From the Athens, Ga., Watchman.
Strawberries are abundant.
From the Washington, Ga., Gazette.
Strawberries are becoming plentiful.
From the Rome, Ga., Tribune.
Dewberries have made their appearance.
From the Madison, Ga., Madisonian.
Strawberries sell rapidly.
The peach crop is abundant.
From the Pike County. Ga., News.
The crop of spring chickens is promis
ing.
From the Crawfordville, Ga., Democrat.
Eggs not so healthy. Green peas in sea
son.
From the Dalton, Ga., Citizen.
Prof. Schoeller says the grape crop in his
vineyard will be immense.
From the Ellijay, Ga., Courier.
There are more straw hats in Ellijay to the
square inch than—well, there is no use of
talking, bat they are numerous.
From the Jackson, Ga., Herald.
It will soon be time to rob bee gums, and
then the farmers can sweeten their strawberry
and blackberry pies to their notion.
English peas! Strawberries! Irish pota
toes! Spring chickens!
From the Cedartown, Ga., Advertiser.
The man with a bad breath took on three
raw onions and a last year's piece of cheese,
and the spectators paused to witness the trial
of strength.
From the Washington, Ga., Gazette.
Mr. J. 0. Dyson sells twenty or twenty-five
dollars worth of straw berries every season off
of a very small area planted with them, be
sides having them all the season at home.
From the Cedartown, Ga., Advertiser.
We return our most sincere thanks to Mr.
Thomas Griffin for a dish of strawberries sent
to this office last Saturday. The berries were
of a large growing variety, of excellent flavor
and made a dish inviting and grateful to the
taste.
From the Dalton, Ga.. Citizen.
A Murray citizen was indebted to a Dalton
firm to the tune of about five dollars. Last
month he wrote to the merchant saying, he
would like to come to town and “clerk it
out”
From the Camming, Ga.. Clarion.
Mrs Clement had a royal mess of Irish po
tatoes last Saturday. The mother potatoes
were planted in the ground on the 20th of
February. Those planted in the moon
on the dark nights following afforded
only a few small tubers. Thus the moon
theory has been exploded.
RICH AS CREAM
IF YOU WILL ONLY EXTRACT THE
RICHES FROM IT,
V
An Enterprise Wear Coviaffton that Tell* me Story
of What All Georgians Could Do—How Mr*.
Camp Hon* Her Creamery, and Geta
Fifty Centa for Her Bntter.
The pen in a woman’s hand tells this morn
ing a wonderful story of possibilities achiev
ed under most unfavorable circumstances.
Mr. and Mrs. Camp were born near Coving
ton. They went west and gained experience,
which they are now putting to use on a red
clay farm, with the aid of nine common
“scrub” cows. Their butter they sell in Au
gusta for from 50 to 75 cents a pound. But
let Mrs. Camp tell the story in her own di
rect way.
MRS. CAMP'S EXPERIENCE.
Colorado Dairy Ranche, Near Covington,
May 9.—Having been earnestly requested to
give what experience I have had on dairying,
I will say that a woman, be she rich or poor,
who has seven children and attends to them,
can have but few leisure moments in which
to study, but such time as I have I am wil
ling to devote to giving information that may
benefit others. I know there are
many young married people of small means
but who have pluck aud energy and are am
bitious to make a rise, but to their anxious
eyes no opening appears, only, perhaps, in
many cases, hard work on a farm raising
cotton, or may be-a precarious clerkship for
a man in some store, while the wife can sew
and knit and cook, aud nothing is laid up for
a rainy day. Of course this is not encour
aging.
ADVICE WIIAT TO DO.
To all such I would say; Do not go west, for I
know what that means, but stay right here in
Georgia and go to dairying. Land is .cheap
and it grows the grasses to perfection, ana
when the pasturage is good our ordinary cows
give good results in milk and butter, if they
are properly managed. In a first-class article
of butter there will always be a big demand
at good prices. During the month of
April, just past, we have received
for butter and milk from nine cows'
$110.11, an actual clear profit, after paying for
feeding the cows and supplying the family, of
$80.
AN INTERESTING HISTORY.
Being convinced that it was a good paying
business, we bought this place, which- is a
short distance from the Georgia railroad depot
at Covington. It consists of 48 acres, part
upland and badly washed, lying on both sides
of Dried Indian creek. There was no fence
around it, and but an apology for a house, so
during the few months we have been here we
have had many expenses, and some discour
aging obstacles to overcome. We began with
but two cows, and now the corral encloses at
night 11 cows and 2 calves.
A WORD ABOUT CALVES.
We keep no calves but of the best stock, as
there is a loss in raising poor stock, besides
the trouble they are at milking time. T-he
calves we do keep are taken from the mother
as soon as they are vigorous enough to stand
and have their stomach filled with warm
milk once, they are put in an isolated place
and fed by hand. Experience teaches that
calves raised in this way thrive much better,
and are'more docile and easier managed.
UTILIZING THE MILK.
Wc find it more profitable to make all the
milk into butter and sell the skim and butter
milk, feeding the balance to the pigs, than to
peddle the fresh milk, which, besides being
troublesome, is a thankless calling, home
of our customers have said that our
milk was so rich they had to add water
to it to make it digest, others would accuse us
of skimming the milk. If it happened that a
cow had to be milked before she calved—
which is frequently imperative—some one
would declare that we were mixingAhat
cow’s milk with the others and selling jfbmd
would forthwith stop taking any. All this
was disagreeable to bear, so we procured all
the proper appliances for
MAKING CREAMERY BUTTER,
and we could now sell 100 pounds a day if we
had it at 50 cents per pound, it being pro
nounced in Augusta first-class in every re
spect and superior to Goshen. Some people
here say that we produce the beautiful golden
color by adding the yelks of eggs. Such a
thing I never before heard of in connetion
with butter. We add nothing but salt. Af
ter washing the butter in brine until it comes
clear of milk, it is then put on a “butter
worker,” and all the bnne is thoroughly
squeezed out, and then it is packed in glass
jars with tops and bands and rubber circles.
They are closed as fast as filled and set in the
bottom of the creamery to keep cool, until
there is a sufficient number to fill a box,
when it is shipped* immediately. But were
we even some distance from a railroad the
butter would doubtless keep sweet in the air
tight jars for an indefinite time.
COWS AND THEIR TREATMENT.
Wc have one half breed Jersey cow and the
rest are of the common “scrub” that can be
found all through the country. In dairying
one must be methodical and cleanly. Butter
and milk arc dainty products and readily ob-
sorb any impurity. The cows should have
clean, fresh running water, convenient at all
times through the day. What they are fed
on at milking time should be first-class. Our
cows will riot eat slops or cooked food, but
like what they have in'its natural state, We
follow the old time rule of salting once a
week.
THE WAY TO BETTER TIMES.
I am aware that there is many a poor man
burdened with debt, with a hopeless mortgage
on the old place—his only home, with per
haps a large family, and to him the outlook is
gloomy enough. To the perplexed wife and
mother especially there seems to be no bright
time ahead. All may work hard on the farm,
but not much is left in the fall after the pro
vision bill has been paid and the interest on
the debt has been met. I know there are
many nice women who, after making what
butter the family consumes, have a few pounds
every week to spare, which often they cannot
sell for more than 15 cents. She might make,
with the outlay for fixtures of a few dollars,
butter that would sell just as readily for 50 to
75 cents, and at the same time make
all the children useful from the
age of five upward. The business is pleasant
as well as remunerative. The children, be
sides being occupied, will be earning what
they wear and eat, and there will be a snug
sum besides every month. I have been around
in states where dairying is carried on success
fully with not half the advantages that
Georgia affords. If there be any one who
would like to ask any information concerning
the business it would be to me a pleasure to
give it. Mbs. Mary E. Camp.
THE PROCESS DESCRIBED.
They use a creamery, without which it is
impossible to make uniform butter at all
times. The milk is put into vessels and
placed in the creamery, and by keeping cool
fresh water, and in warm weather ice, yon in
crease the quality of the butter. The milk is
drawn, by means of a faucet, from the cis
tern, which leaves the cream undisturbed. A
barrel is used as a churn, with a movable
head, which is made secure after placing the
milk into it, and with a railway (dog-power),
which is at present worked by a pet calf, but
ter is soon had. The buttermilk is drawn off.
leaving the butter in the churn. The butter
is then placed in a “butter-worker,” and all
the milk is worked thoroughly from it. ft is
then labelled, packed into neat two-ponnd
glass jars, secured by a rubber ring, or band,
the same as fruit jars, then packed into a case
and shipped by express, and the empty jars
and case are returned free. Mr. Camp pro
poses to add cheese-making to his enterprise
in a short time.
pull a line over a yoke of oxen in the fall of
the year in a pea field with a load of pump
kins, trying to get home ia a hurry from an
approaching rain? I know you have bad lots
ot experience with tough beef, I know you
have. I’m going to give you a 15 minute
spree with a big robust red and black spotted
four-year old steer, a regular jolly whopper of
a fellow. Mrs. Franklin hassomehigh jump
ing bovines, just from browsing around so
many poor fences. I tell you what, we must
have the no fence law. I concluded I would
yoke about ten of em, so I and six or seven
poys of color concluded we would go yok
ing. Wegot on swimmingly with the" milch
cows. I just knew when we struck Romeo
that we were going to have some rearing. I
just knew it from the way he backed himself
into the fence corner. We flung the big ox
rope over his ankle and drew his head around
a big apple tree and I was of the opinion that
we had the dead wood on him. Some gath
ered him by the nose, some by the horns and,
I having a wonderful good grip, got him by
the tail. Well, he began to take on amazing
ly. He pawed, cavorted, his eyes turned red
and waxed hot. Just about'the time the
yoke was attached he made a renewed flounce
with a most terrific wail sorter like a mad
circus lion, (I reckon you have heard ’em).
I heard the ropes crack. Before I knew it
the boys of color were over the fence, leav
ing me and the ox, he master of the pen and
I of his tail. He made for me. I was raised
up with cows and know just how to take’em
it takes a smart cow to fool me. sure as you
are horn. As fast as he changed from front to
rear I changed from rear to front. Just like
Joe Johnston use to do Bill Sherman before
we, Joe Brown’s boys, went to his assistance.
Around and round we went. The boys hol
lered, “Mr. Franklin, why don’t yon turn
loose and get out of there?” But I couldn’t
turn loose. Around and round we flew, the
yoke flip-flopping, he bellowing and making
for me, and I getting around mighty peert, I
tell you. Mrs. Franklin fortunately had had
some half-cooked eggs for breakfast, and
you know they are splendid to give you long
wind. Not bragging on myself, but I don’t
believe Stonewall Jackson or Napoleon
Bonaparte could have displayed more good
tactics with him than I did. I began to get
mortified and vexed at such conduct. But I
kept my presence of mind about me, and
never abused him at all. I couldn’t help ex
claiming once in awhile, “Whoa Romy, what
are you about, sir?” Well, sir, you ought to
have seen the pine straw and sand mixing
over our heads. I began to think the egg
theory wouldn’t hold out so I made for the
fence, and all the jumps ever I made. I
went over that staked and ridered ten rail
fence like ypu have seen those circus boys
jumping over fifteen horses and an elephant.
Well, sir, Romey quit that lot and was gone
four days and nights. Ever since he looks at
me sorter cross-eyed.
GEORGIA’S TAN.
Romeo Looks Cross-Eyed Now.
From the Sandersville, Ga., Herald.
Have you ever had much experience with
young steers? In other words, did you ever
Some Facto About the Hide and Leather Product o
Gainesville.
From the Gainesville Eagle.
Meeting Captain A. Rudolph the other
evening an Eagle scribe on the hunt for news
grabbed him by the buttonhole and brought
him to a standstill. Tell me, said he, about
the tannery. IIow are yon getting on?
Oh, well, said the captain, with a smile, we
are doing well enough, but we keep quiet
about it. We do not choose to make much
fuss and parade over it.
Exactly; but I want you to tell me about
it. About how much is your weekly product?
We turned out over4,500 pounds of finished
sole leather last week.
You must use a lot of hides?
Yes, we have bought over 25,000 pounds of
hides in the last forty days, and are still
at it.
How many hands do you employ ?
We employ ten or eleven regular hands all
the while.
It must be expensive?
Yes, we have paid out over $2,000 for labor
since Christmas, and will pay out fully twice
as much more before the end of the year.
Your product for a year will run up to pret
ty high figures?
We calculate to tuyi out during the year
50.000 pounds of finished leather of various
kinds. Our orders come from far and near,
and we have no difficulty in disposing of all
we can make. I have said this much not be
cause it is of much moment, and you may not
think it worth an item.
Monument to a Colored Woman.
From the Waynesboro Citizen.
A beautiful monument to be placed at the
head of the grave of an old colored woman,
named Lucinda Sturges, who died at this
place on the 19th of January last, has been
received by Mr. Schwarzweiss. The stone
was executed in New York, and is of fine
Italian marble, and bears the following in
scription :
“To the memory of Lucinda Sturges, born
in Winchester, Virginia, in the year 1822.
Died in Waynesboro, Ga., on the 19th day of
January, 1882. EreGted by her white friends
to commemorate her fidelity.”
Could the northern fanatics who are always
howling about the mistreatment of southern
negroes by the white people see this stone,
and appreciate the feelings which induced
her southern white friends to erect it to the
memory of a faithful old colored woman, we
think they would blush with shame for their
misrepresentations. Let the marble be erect
ed, and bear testimony to the virtues of the
old colored woman, and to the sympathy of
the whites for all of all colors who do right.
A Georgia Dinner.
From the Waynesboro Citizen,
On Monday last our popular clerk of the
superior court, Mr. S. J. Bell, was the happy
guest of Major W. A. Wilkins at dinner, and
reports the following vegetable bill of fare:
Irish potatoes, peas, carrots, parsnips, vegeta
ble oysters, beets, turnips, onions, asparagus,
leeks, cabbage, lettuce, radishes, beans and
eschellotts, all of the finest quality. Can any
of our exchanges show an example from the
gardens of their towns that can compare with
the above list of fine vegetables so early in
the season? ■
A Solvent County.
From the Thomasville Times.
As will be seen by Collector Heetli’s final
report, only forty-eight dollars, out of over
eight thousand dollars collected for the past
year, is reported as insolvent. This is a most
gratifying exhibit It demonstrates two
things: 1st. That Thomas county is in a sol
vent condition; 2d, that she has a tax col
lector who looks after his business closely.
BIRDS, SNAKES AND THINGS.
From the Carroll, Ga., Times.
William Craig says there is a million little
grasshoppers in his field.
From the Crawfordsville, Ga., Democrat.
English sparrows are becoming very com
mon in our town. They occupy the court
house square.
From the Ellijay, Ga., Courier.
Mr. Albert Dillingham, on the 27th instant,
shot and killed a fishing hawk, talco paleae-
tus. We did not measure it, but it was a large
and powerful bird.
From the Madison, Ga., Madisonian.
Bird nests are daily robbed by indiscreet
lads. Boys, it would be better for you to fish
on Sunday (thus taking an extra day of frolic)
than to thus cruelly steal the eloquence of
spring.
From the Washington, Ga., Gazette.
Mr. John Shank has a goat which makes
his living by knocking his head against the
underside of his crib, and eating the corn as
it falls through the cracks. He looks well.
The corn he eats was not hauled a mile from
where it was raised to the cnb.
From the Cumming, Ga., Clarion.
A large snake was killed near Judge Clem
ent’s residence one day last week. It was
thought to be a section of the “hoop-jointed
snake,” that had returned for revenge.
Thomas W. Hunt, of this county, owns
a heifer which had a calf two months before
she was two years old, and which gives one
gallon of milk at a milking.
THE EMPTY JAIL
AND THE PENSIONERS OF STATE
AT LIBERTY.
How Phil Ararew* and William Wright Surprised
tho Jailer of Washington Jaunty—Tho Manner
in Which They Gained Their Freedom—
The Offense* for Which Held.
From the Washington, Ga.. Gazette.
As the jailer, who had gone down for the
purpose of feeding the prisoners, opened the
jail door on Wednesday morning, he turned
to the boy with the pans and cups, and with
a melancholy air, remarked to him that he
might take the breakfast back and give it to
some of the servants at home. The front door
was apparently all right, but as the key was
put in the lock the jailer’s suspicions were
aroused and he was able to swing hack the
door without unlocking it. Inside was like
some banquet hall deserted, as far as being
deserted was concerned anyhow. The day
before the only prisoners in the jail—two ne
groes named Phil Andrews and William
Wright, alias Cofer, charged with hog steal
ing—were tried and convicted. They were
to have been sentenced next day; hut with
an indefinite term in the chain-gang or peni
tentiary before them, they put tlieir wits and
their muscles to work to get out of jail.
now IT ALL CAME ABOUT.
There were only two doors between them
and liberty, as the other three doors were
either standing wide open or left unlocked.
There were two door-ways that they had to
go through, and there were two doors that
swung in the one leading into tlieir cell, and
three, including an iron grate, that swung in
the outer door-way. The inner door of the
cell was locked, and also the outer door of
the jail, all the other doors, with tiie iron
grate, being unlocked, as the prisoners were
not suspected of being experts at jail Unlik
ing. Just here we will remark that the
inner door of the jail was broken open by
some prisoners only a few months
ago, but the iron grate being locked they were
unable to get out. At the jail breaking on
Tuesday night the prisoners, it seems, drew
up a small piece of iron which soine one on
the outside tied to a string. This string was
made of very narrow stripsof blanket, and to
the end of this was tied the piece of iron with
a white cord. There were loop holes at both
ends of the cord, showing how well the iron
was fastened. Tiie bar of iron was about two
feet long, and about an inch and a quarter
broad. With this the prisoners broke the
brads from the staples on the first
door they had to pass. By this
means they got a stout liar of iron which was
on that door. The iron grate had always
swung to the outside, but as it was not locked
they wrenched it to the inside and it is now
considerably out of shape. The outside door
was now reached, and it fastened with only
one bolt. The small bar was inserted in the
keyhole and the lock greatly wrenched and
broken; besides there are numbers of marks
along the door facing where the large and
small bars were used. The bolt was broken
inside of the lock. These jail-breakers under
stood the use of a lever well, as their work in
dicates.
WHY THEY WERE HELD.
William Wright alias Cofer, had served one
term in the penitentiary for house burning,
and lie had also been in another hog stealing
in Warren county. The father of one of the
prisoners was seen not far from town on
Wednesday morning and his home is some
distance in the country. There were no
marks about the jail door to indicate that the
breaking was done from the outside.
More doors would have been locked, but for
the fact that the officer who put the prisoners
in jail Tuesday evening thought the jailer
was going hack to jail before night.
BARTON N STRIPES.
on a pump underneath the mill at theChem.
kec works, bis foot accidentally got fastened
between two cogs in the machinery 0 f the
mill and was mangled terribly before lie Waj
extricated. Amputation was, howqver, not
necessary, and at last accounts he was doine
well. Yesterday morning, about 10 o’clock
Mr. W. J. Roach, who was running the
planing machine at the wood shop at the
works received a violent blow in the stomach
from a piece of timber that had not been
rightly directed in the planer, and has suffered
the most severe pain in consequence, and in
flammation is threatened, in which case his
condition would become one full of danger.
He is receiving careful attention, and thj
best is at least hoped for.
THE BOOTY FOUND.
Stolen Good* Fouiwl Under u Pulpit In Jnck*on County
From the Jackson Herald.
Last week some changes were made in the
arrangement of the pulpit in tho Methodist
churcn at this place, and as Mr. .ToqWilliam-
son was tearing up the floor of the pulpit he
discovered that it was the hiding place for a
whole lot of goods that had evidently been
concealed there some years ago. The list of
articles found was as follows: Ten pairs of
ladies shoes, abont a dozen pair of suspenders,
two bunches of shoe strings, three dozen
spools of thread, three gross of pins, two or
three gross of buttons, two bottles of cologne,
four bolts of ribbon, one liood and one
girl’s hat. The pulpit floor is over
eighteen inches from the floor of the
church, and a step is used to make the as-
cent. The Step had been removed, and the
plank forming the base hoard of the pulpit
had been bored into and a piece taken out,
and the goods were shoved through the hole
into the empty space underneath the pulpit,
he step was then placed back in its former
osition, and no trace of the hiding place
could be found. Many are the surmises as to
who did the stealing and why it was
that the articles were never carried oft or
used. The general opinion is that the goods
were stolen from Mr. F. M. Bailey’s store oi
thei in the latter part of 1878 or in 187!),
as his store was broken open about
that time and some articles were
missed. Some of the shoes have Mr. Bailey's
cost mark upon them, which is further evi
dence of the fact that the goods were stolen
from his store. But as to who did the crime,
or why they have never used the stolen goods,
remains a deep mystery that defies solution
with the present meager array of facts. Some
think that the parties hid them so securely
so that they could return and secure the booty
at leisure, and have since died and carried
their secret with them to the grave, or that
they are in the chain-gang. Others think
tiiat they have returned for them, but have
been scared away. In fact, the circumstances
warrant any amount of conjecture, and it is
being indulged in to the fullest limit.
EXCITING CASE IN DANIELSVILLE.
The passenger train on the Western and
Atlantic railroad which left the city Monday
at 2:15 p.m. numbered among its passengers
the young attorney C. J. Barton, who is under
sentence of four years in the penitentiary for
perjury. Barton, it will be remembered, col
lected some money orders here while acting
as attorney for an Atlanta business firm, and
after considerable delay was culled upon by
the superior court to show why the money
had not been duly paid to the parties for
whom it was intended. Barton swore that he
had never collected the money. He was ar
rested on a charge of perjury, and the evi
dence went overwhelmingly against him. He
was convicted and sentenced to four years.
Pending an effort to secure a new
tfial, he ' left the city, and
for several months has been keeping
at a safe distance from Atlanta. Last week
he was caught and brought hack to Atlanta,
and yesterday he was taken to the camps of
the Marietta and North Georgia railroad to
begin his term of service. He was under the
charge of Mr. .1. B. Blackwell and Mr. T. W.
Glover, and with him were two negroes, Jim
Young and Willis McAfee, the former under
sentence of two years for buiglary and the
latter under sentence of five years for larceny.
They were all chained. The chain was placed
around the neck of McAfee, who is an old
offender. Barton sat text to the window and
kept an eager eye on the crowd which moved
about the train on the outside. He bad sent
a note forhis wife to come down and tell him
good-bye, and he was impatiently awaiting
her coming. His movements were quick and
he appeared exceedingly nervous. A Consti
tution reporter asked him if lie had anything
to say to the public. He replied angrily:
“I have only to say that the statement
made in yesterday’s Constitution by W. A.
Fuller is a falsehood from beginning to end.
Fuller put me in irons, hand and foot, at
Louisville, and brought me back here without
giving me a thing except a cup of coffee and
two glasses of water. He robbed me of all the
money I had, and then refused to give it
back to me when he reached Atlanta,
although he admitted that he had taken it.
That is all I have to say.”
“Will your wife remain in Atlanta?” asked
the reporter.
“She will remain with my relatives and
under their protection. I have nothing fur
ther to say, sir.”
With that Barton again turned to the win
dow and ran his eye from face to face and
form to form, nervously trying to search out
his wife. Finally he said:
“There she is; ask her to come here.”
One of the guards brought the
lady up to the window. She was
a pale little woman, with a sad,sweet face and
a gentle, timid demeanor. Her lip trembled as
she reached her hand up to the car window
and took the hand ot her husband. She did
not cry, but could barely speak above a whis
per as she asked:
“Where will they take you?”
“To the Marietta & North Georgia Rail
road,” Barton replied.
“Can I hear from you?” she asked eagerly.
“Yes.”
Barton ran his hand into his vest pocket
and took out two pieces of silver and handed
them to her, trying at the same time to pre-
1 vent the lookers-on from seeing what he was
doing. She protested and he urged her to
take the money. The reporter could not see
whether or not she took iL He thought, also,
that he had heard all that his duty required
him to hear of the conversation of the unfor
tunate man and wife, and accordingly moved
away. The train prepared to start and Bar
ton and his wife said an affectionate good-bye.
The little woman turned away and walked,
rapidly through the crowd. Barton called to
the reporter and said:
“You may add to what I have said that
the statement that I have vowed vengeance
against my persecutors is false.”
The bell tapped, the train moved away, and
to-day Barton begins his four years of service.
Serious Accident.
Front the Cedartown, Ga., Advertiser.
On Thursday of last week, while Mr. John
Vedder was engaged in making some repairs
A Fight ltctwoen a White l*ady and aXcgrcMand the
Final Ending.
From the Athens, Ga., Watchman.
The quiet little village of Danielsville has
at last been treated to a sensation of some
magnitude. It seems that most scandalous
and libellous reports were in circulation re
specting a highly esteemed lady of tiiat place,
which the injured party traced to a worthless
negro woman. Meeting the creature a few
days since, she asked her about the slan
der, when the woman sp ke up anil said
that she had started and circulated the
reports, and moreover that they were true
and she intended to prove them. At this in
famous acknowledgment the lady’s indigna
tion got the better of her judgment and she
slapped the hag’s face. The negress was a
stout, able-bodied woman, and ns the white
lady had no one to befriend her she was cru
elly beaten by the creature. The news of the
outrage soon spread, and the marshal, know
ing that the lady’s husband would certainly
murder the assailant of Ills wife should he get
his hands on her, locked the woman in jail,
where she was kept for a short time. But as
soon as she was released he went for her with
a stout hickory and brought the juice at
every lick, amid.thq.clieeisof.tlip Uy-atiuvVrs.
The woman was completely hacked, and
when released was found to be fearfully
beaten, although not seriously hurt. The
action of the husband in the premises is ex
actly right, and was indorsed by botli whites
and blacks, as the slanderer was one of the
vilest creatures in the county. This righteous
chastisement restored quiet, and Danielsville
soon relapsed into its accustomed peace and
tranquillity, w
A Strong Combination.
From the Americus Recorder.
A Methodist, a Baptist, a Presbyterian, a
young man and a young lady constitute the
animated portion (exclusive of the rats) of
one of our handsome trading houses. Mixed
orthodoxy, this, though the “divil' of a bit”
of money buys a great mauy goods from the
firm.
Floyd’s Fortune.
From the Rome Courier.
The farmers of Floyd county find that their
guano bills will be at least one-tnird less than
last year, and that the grain crops are far su
perior to anything they have had for twenty
years.
FACTS TO BE PROUD OF.
From the Athens Watchman.
Mr. James Dottery is said to have the best
farm in Jackson county.
From the Pike County News.
Mr. John Jackson, of Upson, tells us that
lie is harvesting his wheat crop.
From the Washington Gazette.
Mr. Redding Sims lias fodder in his barn
that has been there for twenty years.
From the Early County News.
We hear that some parties in Miller county
will commence harvesting oats next week.
From the Athens Watchman.
Judge Howell Cobb has the largest lot of
improved breeds of chickens in this section.
From the Wiregrass Watchman.
Mr. T. J. Lester has the best crop of whea
in this section. It is more forward than Mr.
Phtnizy’s. Mr. Lester will cut his wheat in
about ten days.
From the Cumming Clarion.
Gus Woodliff informs us tiiat he will plant
one hundred acres in corn and one hundred
in cotton this year. He is one of Forsyth
county’s best farmers.
From the Washington Gazette.
The large carp in Mr. W. W. Simpson’s
pond have hatched, and now lie has hundreds
of the little fellows not an inch in length.
We are glad this most desirable fish is multi
plying in this county.
From the Crawfordville Democrat.
We hear of several farmers who expect to
harvest from ten to fifteen thousand bushels,
and many others who expect to save three
and four thousand. We will surely be inde
pendent once more.
From the Washington Gazette.
Mr. John L. Anderson will gather ten or
twelve thousand bushels of oats this season.
He lias ten acres that he says will produce one
hundred bushels to the acre, if such is possi
ble. They are tall enough to hide a mule of
ordinary height.
From the Camming Clarion.
Tuesday, while rambling around town in
2 uest of an item, we run into the arms of J.
i. Williams who stated to us that he made
four hundred bushels of corn, four bales of
cotton, taught school and run a store last year,
and is running two or three stores this year.
This is a “big” item, the truth ot which he is
responsible for.
From the Pike County News.
On our way to Zebnlon last Tuesday we no
ticed that crops between Bamesville and
Zebulon are still looking fine; some farmers
have commenced chopping cotton, others are
just through planting; wheat is fine for the
land; rust proof oats were never better; corn
has been plowed. But few attended the sher
iff’s sales, and but little property was sold.