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2 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.