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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. TUESDAY, MAY 23. *t882.
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THE DISHOPS.
A.TTICUS
G. HAYOOOD, DECLINES
THE ELECTION.
Fen Sketch of the Han WHO Hava Dean Chosen to
Bale the Ha hadtat Cauroc.—Who Thar Are.
What Xbey Have Dona, aud Their
Promiae lor tbe Fa-are.
Special Dispatch to The Constitution.
Nahuvii.i.e, Tenn , May 17.—The following
note from Dr. Haygood, president of Emory
college, Georgia, was read in the conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church, south,
this morning:
To the HiJjjpa and Msmbcrt of the general con
ference of the Methodist Episcopal church south:
—My dear an<l honored brethren: I am deeply
moved liy your action yesterday In electing me to
be a bishop of our beloved church. Though I
might well fear the responsibilities of tbe office, I
do uot shrink from its labors, yet with a clear con
viction and a deep sense of my duty to God aud to
my fellow men. I respecttully and humbly decline
to accept the position to which you have called me.
I cannot, with a gotsl conscience, lay down the
work which 1 have now in hand. With perfect re
spect and abidlug love, I am truly your brother,
Atticcs G. HaYGOOD.
BIH1I0P WILSON.
The American of this morning gives biogra
phies of the newly elected bishops, beginning
■with Rev. A. W. Wilson, D.D., who heads the
delegation from the Baltimore conference.
Dr. Wilson is the son of the lute Norval Wil
son, whose name is historic in the annals of
Methodism. Early in life Dr. Wilson became
a mem her of the Methodist church; graduated
in Orltimbia college, Washington, D. C.. nnd
read medicine, vmn the purpose of practicing
the same. Galled to preach the gospel, lie
abandoned medicine, and joined the confer
ence of which he is now an honored member.
II is early circuits were hard fields, and
helped to develop in him those char
acteristics which have since made
him a useful worker in the clmrch-
At one period in his career circumstances
obliged a temporary withdrawal from his
chosen work He read law, and practiced
successfully in Baltimore city, meanwhile
preaching frequently. Through the per
suasion of friends wito desired his valuable
services in the ministry, lie re-entered the
active work, in which lie has continued
until the present. Dr. Wilson has. tilled
all positions in the regular work, in cir
cuits, stations, and us presiding elder. He
was elected delegate to t lie general con
ference of 1H70, itiicl has been a member of
each succeeding session. As a wise coun
selor he stands pre-eminent, and
as a parliamentarian has few, if
any superiors. Though somewhat retiring in
manner, lie possesses a warm heart and is in
full sympathy with his brethren. He was a
member of the Ecumenical conference, held
in London last year, und took high position
there us an able representative of our church.
He has just finished his fourth year as mis
sionary secretary, and, by his energy and
thorough work, done much to advance the
missionary cause. He is too well known as
an aide preacher for us to sneak of him here
lie lias a tine personal uppeurunce, and at
once impresses you as a man of eminent
ability.
BISHOP HAYOOOD.
Atticus G. Haygood was born in Clark
county, Georgia, but owing to his father's re
ntovitl, when lie was a boy, to Atlanta. Gcor
gin, was brought up iu that city, lie is forty
three years old, in the very prime of life, but
of mature mind, which has been made botli
strong and patient by the arduous und deli
cate duties which the church lias imposed
upon him since the beginning of his minis
try. He gtinitialed at Emory college, at nine
teen years of age, und soon after his gradua
tion was admitted on trial into the Georgia
conference. Ar the division of the con
ference Ids lot fell on the side of the
Not tit Georgia conference, of which he
was an honored member and delegate to
the present general conference. lie was
elected Sunday-school secretary by the
general cotilerence held in Memphis in 1S70,
and inaugurated that valuable department of
our work. The degree of D. D. was conferred
upon him in 1870 by his Alma Mater, of which
lie is now the honored president. His success
in building up that college is a marvel of wis
dom aud work. For four years, while pre
siding over the college, be bus edited tbe
Wesleyan Christian Advocate in a way to
make the paper fell throughout the country.
His capacity for work seems to have no limit,
and his elevulion to the oflice of bistiop is a
prophecy' of an advance movement on all the
lines of movement in the southern church.
nisiior oka.nbxkry.
I?ev. John t. Grunberry, D. D., bishop-elect
-of the Methodist Episcopal church, south,
was Imrn in the city of Norfolk, Va.. Decern
ber, 1929. In 1841 he was sent to Randolph
Macon college, then under the presidency of
Dr. W. A. Smith, where he spent three years,
taking his diploma at the head of his class, in
June. 1847. Tbe succeeding conference, in
No vein tier, he joined the Virginiaconference,
and was sent to the Prince Edward circuit.
Afterwards he tilled other appointments, be
coming eliapluiu at RundolpU-Mucou col
lege, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
church, smith, at Washington city, und
chaplain at the university of Virginia.
While at the latter place tiie war broke
out, and he was appointed chaplain in the
confederate army, lit one of the seven-day
battles around Richmond, he was wounded
in the forehead an i lost an eye. He wusulso
taken prisoner und carried to Fort Warren
from which he was released, as soou as it was
established that he was a chaplain, and he re
turned to service again. Alter a service of
four years, he returned to the pastorate, be
ginning at Lynchburg, then Petersburg four
years, und Centenary Church four years,
and then Broad street church, Rich
mond, where he was pastor when called to
take the position lie now holds at the Van
jerbilt University-
HlsHOr HARGROVE.
Robert Kennon Hargrove was born in Pick
ens county, Ala., September 17, 1829. Edu
cated in the university of Alabama, having
received the degrees of A. B. and A. M. The
degree of D. D. was conferred by Emory col
lege, Georgia. Converted September, 1S40;
entered the ministry September, 1857, being
licensed by the quarterly conference iu Tus
caloosa. Ala., and entered the Alabama con
ference on trial December, 1957. lhe ap
pointments served in the Alabama confer
ence were Macon circuit, Havana cir
cuit, Columbus, Miss.; Summerfield, Ala.;
Greensboro, Alabama, and St. Francis
street. Mobile. In the Kentucky conference,
Lexington station. In the Tennessee confer
ence, Fraukfin station, McKeudree station,
Nashville district, Fratikliu district aud
Clarksville district. After graduation ne was
tutor and then associate professor of mathe
matics, pri sideti l of Centenary institute aud
of Tennessee Female college. Ordained dea
con by Bishop Kavanaugh, and elder by
Bishop Baiiey. Served on the book commit
tee und board of missions, and on the peace
commission at Cnpe May.
Bisiior PARKER.
Rev. Linus Paitter. D U., was born in Onei
da county. New York, April 23, 1829; iu 1845
lie went to New Orleans, continuing liisedu-
ealion; joined Hie church in 1847; licensed
to preach in 1949. and in December of the
same year was received on trial in the Louisi
ana con lerence, his first appointment being
Lake Providence llis second and third years
were iu the Shreveport station; in 1953 he
followed the Rev. H. N. MeTycire in Fclici
ty street church. New Orleans, remaining
in that charge three years. In
1856-7-8 he was stationed at Carondelet
church, New Orleans. Subsequently he was
a presiding elder nine years with an interreg
nuiu of two years whilestationedat Louisiana
avenue church. From June, 1870, lo Hie
present time he lias been editor of the New
Ornans Christian Advocate, succeeding Bish
op Keener. From the Centenary college.
Louisiana, the degrees of muster of arts -nd
octor of divinity. Dr. Parker married Miss
Ellen K. Burrus, daughter of the Rev. John
Edward McGehee. The children consist of
three boys, aged respectively 21, 19 and 15
years.
THE DAY’S PROCEEDINGS.
This morning the conference transacted lit- i
tie but routine business. The college of
bishops were authorized to appoint fraternal
delegates to the general conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church, to meet in Phil
adelphia in May, 1884, and also to the
general conference of the Methodist Epis
copal church of Canada to meet in
Kingston in September next. The commit
tee on temperance submitted a report, which
was laid over for future action, sympathizing
with the Woman’s Christian temperance
union in their work. The conference au
thorized the appointment of a commission of
PORTABLE PEACHES.
THE PROBLEM PERTAINING TO
THEIR* TRANSPORTATION.
Tbe Vtflvi of Diet! -suUbed Georgia Pratt Grower eon
tbe Beet Way to Heat tbe Difllealty—4 Clear
Statement of tbe Case from John D. Cab-
niogtitza. Jr.,J.O. Rhea, and Others.
The interview with Dr. Alexander and the edito
rial accompanying it, on the subject of cheap Mid
swift transportation ior the peach crops of middle
Georgia, has brought about considerable discussion.
The railroad men are considering the suggestions-
contained therein, and the fruit growers themselves
Ol I
education in aid of the Colored Methodi-.t are awakening to the importance of the subject
We print this morning some practical letters on
the subject, from gentlemen interested in the mat
ter, to which we invite attention. These will be
followed by others and by such information as we
Whittle pR-sidTug. Tiie session is considered j ““l - be able t0 8 et -
of unusual importance, as tbe question of the j J - D - Cunningham's views.
division of the diocese is likely to be dis- Orchard Hill, Ga., May 16, 1832—Editors Con
cussed. and 3 large 'majority are believed to stitutlon: Your favor of the 15th inst. containing
Episcopal church in America.
THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL Cl 1C Kelt IN VIRGINIA
Norfolk, Va., May 17 —The eighty-seventh
annual council of the Protestant Episcopal
church oL Virginia assembled to-day. Bishop
^•siding
be iu favor of the project.
The Last Caspar the Coalition.
.Savannah News. *
A conference—uot a caucus—of nine independ
ents met yesterday in Atlanta, and afier indefinite
ly po -tponiug the general mass meeting of their fac
thru, which was to have been held on the 1st prox
imo, ••recommended” Mr. Stephens to iudepeud-
cui support. It would J>e very proper now for Mr.
Stephens to come out aud say that should hereceivo
the democratic nomination for governor and these
gmlent nine aud their followers choose to vole for
him. all right; hut if he does nut receive that nom
ination be will not consent lo be used as a tool to
defeat aud disrupt his party.
Augusta Evening News.
The committee of uine leading independents mot
In Almiita yesterday and unanimously urged that
party to support Mr. Stephens for governor. The, ..... ■ , .
June convention was Indefinitely postponed. This look to the railroad and steamship companies, ana
rem ves the barrier In the way of Uie regular dem- |'
ocracy iu nominating Mr. 3iepheus as their candi
date when iheir convention assembles later. As
the mailer now stands, he has not been regularly
nominat' d by tbe independents, and the organized
can go ahead, if they think proper, and bring Mr.
Stephens ut as the regului nominee of their party.
Thus honors will he easy and Mr. Stephens ne gov
ernor.
Macon Telegraph.
The “ground swell,” the "ambitious and bril
liant young man” and the great mass meeting ;havo
fled before a few poor negroes wi.h varioloid and
small-nox. l’arsou Pel ton, Elder Hook aud the
colonels beg the urivllege.ot Voting for Mr. Stephens,
in case thv uouiboti democracy may Nominate him,
in the hope that he will, in consideration of their
voles, give lliem some ollieial mu.-u. The parson
and Speer hope to sail into congress again under
the eo .Hails of Mr. Stephens. 'Ibis ends the “inde
pendent party.” The “libera' party,” a separate
and distinct organization, under the command of
Colonel Ihornton, is yet to lie heard from.
Gri.nn News
The coalition colonels met ut the Markham house
Monday all" confidentially communicated toea h
oilier u fuel long ago know u lo tiie people of the
stutc.Umi their jig was up. Tuey rescinded the call
for a muss meeting, because it was so very evident
that tbe musses would not meet. They recommend
ed the independents to support Alexaitoer H. Ste
phens for governor, but further than that they did
not go; they cared not what platform Mr. Stephens
roigut stand upon, nor by whom h< might be nom
inated, but, uelermiued to be on the popular side
in ease he should be nominated by the democrats,
decided to support him anyhow. Now that the
coalition has yielded up the ghost—and it Wus nev
er mote than a specter—let ns say nothing had of it;
let us say that its leadets, who hud no followers,
meant well but they laige y lacked intellect. How
ever, it cannot be said that they did not know
enough to get iu out of the rain.
Home Courier.
It will be seen that the independent leaders in
the sute. afier consultation in Allan la with General
Longslrect, stub tssador from the admini iratioit ut
Washington, b.»ve resolved not to hold the proposed
muss meeting on the first of June, and huve under
taken to do by themselves what tile meeting was in
tended lo do The revocation of the call for the
mass meeting was an act of good policy iu a parly
s-.-ttse. for it would unquestionably Dave been a very
slim atlair, nnd have demonstrated the weakness
instead o any strength of the so culled liberal par
ty. But we really think t at a conference of ten
gentlemen, after thu, arrogating to themselves the
a request for my views Iu regard to the transporta
tion of our peach crop is received, and 1 will gladly
give the opinion I have formed after years of raising
and shipping peaches. It is now the mast import
ant question to the people of mb’ '.!e Georgia that
has ever came before us. m the first place, 1 have
found out that at present we cannot rely on
the Sou them Express company to transport but a
small part of our fruit. They have uot the capacity
tolmud'eit, and are in uo way prepared to do so,
and iu proof wf this my experience has been that
when a small shipment Is sent by express it arrives
In much better shape than when a large shipment
is made. This shows that they have uot the time
or force to transfer aud handle It carefully as it
should be doue, and as we cannot at present rely
on the express company for relief we must
about six cents each. There are two evaporators.one
at Woodruff's and one at cuunlnsbam's,
preparing to dry the peaches that cannot be
shipped, and our merchants estimate the amount
of dried fruit that will be marketed here at not less
than $50,600. Our people are thoroughly iu turn
about realizing the full returns of our fruit
crop, and are thankful to The Constitution for
the great interest it takes in the matter, end will
also thank auy oa<* with experience in the busi
ness for any suggestions they may have to offer on
the subject. Feeling that X am iiot capable of do
ing justice to a subject of so much interest to
Georgia. I beg to submit these lines oaly for what
they are worth. Very truly yours,
• J. G. Rhea,
how TO DO IT.
Griffin, Ga., May 15—Editors Constitution: This
section will have (if n > disaster) one hundred
thousand dollars surplus fruit to dispose of this sea
son. Your article as to the best method of getting
it into market involves the whole question of sav
ing or losing that large amount of money. We can
readily handle our dried fruit, but the bulk of the
crop, except in oue or two large orchards, will be
lost or made into brandy. An experienced fruit
man located in Grifilu with proper conneclions
north, east and west, can have this fruit gathered
as desired and delivered at his packinghouse, mak
ing daily shipments as his interest dicutes. Iam
inclined to believe that purchase of fruit on the
trees will involve too much expense of time and
money, orchards being small and widely scattered.
A few years hence, when our thousands of young
trees come into bearing, the plan will doubtless
work well, as it does with orange groves. Yours
truly, 8. Vi. Maxgam.
CRIMES AND CRIMINALS.
Tije upshot of the matter jyas that Governor
Cameron, in the presence of General Mahone,
Mr. Riildleberger and tiie representative, was
told by Mr. Postmaster-General Howe that lie
should have the desired power of control,and
be given every facility to swing the adminis
trative arm without interference. This is a
true story, and what it lacks in pointof moral
made up in political interest.
WRECK AND RUIN.
iu them lies my hope for Georgia’s fruit industry.
1 fi ud I cut ship any quantity of fruit by the Cen
tral railroad to savannah, where it is transferred
carefully from the cars to the deck of the steamer,
and It theu goes to New York, Boston, Baltimore or
Philadelphia.
Wo have two large refrigerators iu Savannah that
we place on the steamers iu Savannah and ship our
fruit iu, with but little risk of decay.
The Central railroad aud Ocean steamship com
pany deliver uur fruit In New York for one dollar
per one hundred pounds by steamer, and we pay
about that rate also to Boston, Baltimore and Phila
delphia, w hieh are the principal aud best markets
for our peaches.
The southern Express company change three dol
lars per one hundred pounds to New York, and the
difference In the time of arrival In New York by
express and steamer Is not enough to make the risk
in shipping by steamer sufficient to warrant the
difference in the rate, and 1 have found but very
little difference iu the condition of fruit shipped by
the two routes. In my opinion this is at present
the best aud only outlet, ior our fruit. But that is
not l»v any means wliat we need and must have if
we ever expect to develop the enormous fruit re-
souicesof central Georgia. I believe we should have
a line n! well ventilated fruit cars running througn
id I of the fruitcuiicrs of Georgia to all the princi
pal markets, und that it should be run on a plan
similar to that of the Green Line freight company,
and that the rate to New York should not be over
one d. liar per 100 pounds, and to other markets
in proportion. At that rate the railroads and ex
press companies get from two to lour hundred dol
lars per ear each trip, which is certainly enough.
If we < o,tld have such an arrangement perfected, 1
feel confident that all the minor details could be
arranged so as to suit the wants of all fruit growers.
The great trouble is that we fruit-growers don't
pull togeiln r to accomplish our cuds, and 1 am
itr favor of the fruit growers of this state meeting
in couveulio,. aud fixing on some plan to remedy
the present evil* of transportation, aud, when they
decide on a plan for shipping, to appoint commit
tees to see the express tuid railroad companies and
insist on such changes being made us justice to
ourselves demands; und lam in favor of the con
vention being held in your city. The melon-
id their party culled to determine its policy and Potation and tini-ir inlit haudited as It should
«f er iiiuii-riakmg^to^pcriorm^thal^litik; tne*iucuu- I ^ think***
nf er undertaking to pertorm that little job them
selves, ought
sisteney (not
their demucraiiu opponents with “pers.iuu.i-m in .
politics.” ’machine management” and “packed 1
thUf*” 1 vhiiocarrying off the stuleu' good^ou their by the railroad and steamship companies, ai -Weill
,,w . sho ,M ra > y the stolen goods ou their p^dle our fruit carefully as it should be; oft If
own snouunre. | , hey or woll t do it we mU!(t Iaolc t0 the rail .
SYDNEY SMITH OUTDONE.
Congressman 8.8. Cox's speech.
The little girl cannot play with her doll, nor the
boy whiz his top, nor lhe mother w ash her offspring
with soap, except at an expense of from one-tbird I and cheaply, it will bring millions of dollars to
roads to perfect some such plan, and I feel ce tain
that the Coutral railroad will do anything reasona
ble to advance Georgia's f uU interests,as they have
always ex pressed e determination to do io We want
fast trains and close connections, and don’t need
refrigerating care if we can have them
if the present fruit crop cau be marketed easily
to one-half of their cost for the domestic privilege.
[Laughter 1 If the mother gives her child castor oil,
she pours down 148 per ceut ad valorem [laughter];
if the child does not enjoy the dose, there is a 25 per
cent bowl as the recipient of lhe conlenisof its ten
der stomach And though she “wash it with niter
and take to it much soap, yet the iniquity is inaiked
before me.” sailh the Lord, for the soap Is taxed 40
per centum! <>od help the child!
Mr. loAitsend, of Illinois—How about Candy?
Mr. Cox. of New York—I am eomiug to that in a
moment,my honey. [Ureat laughter]
it she wraps the little do-r in u plain bleached
cotton night-shirt, it has a nightmare of 5>4 cents
per square yard specific [laughter]; when lhe child
uwakes iu ibe mornLig treifui she combs iu* little
trend 13 ■ cents ad valorem laughter]; if she would
amuse it, she rolls it over a Brussels carpel at !W
centspersquareyard.orgivesitconfec'ionery made
of refined sugar at 4 ce* t. a po ind tax aud 25 per
ent ad valorem; if it tears its 11 tie panties the
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Ur. Kelley) sews
tin in up wild sp ol thread taxed at three quarters
of its value. [Laughter]. Why, ii she used a strin-
gie to bring the liule "toddling wee thing'’to its
senses, as the honorable gentleman cau recall, tbe
cost would be enhanced at the rate of 17 per cent
taxation. [Laughter]
If the youngster has a patriotic inclination on our
fourth of J uly, his fire crackers are taxed as a patri
otic luxury at SI extra a box, aud the bunting
which furnishes the flak, though but i3 cents »
pound, cost 121 per cent extra, while the band plays
on iu t umeuls ia->cd at30c.uts Stic takes him to
the menagerie to study natural history. There is
tbe zebra, sy mbolic of a mixture ud valorem and
specific [laughter], and thes.ately giraffe, high pro
tection [laughter], the royal tiger, and uuic ru of
Holy Writ at 20percent, and the procession of ele
pliant-, every one 20 percent. T-ue, Jumbo, for
purposes uot to be mentioned, is excluded by the
affidavit of a consistent protectionist. But the log
chain that holds his huge legs binds the monster iu
protective chaius. [Laughter.]
DROWNINGS AND DISASTER.
Twelve I’ersona Drowird In llltaota; and Four Others
1’robabtj Drowned In Mtanraota—Fire*.
CmcvGO, May 15.—A pleasure sail boatcontaining
eight persons capsized ou Lake Caiumetat Pullmau
Sunday evening, and all were drowned. The boat
was iu charge of Captain UuckUu, au old sea cap
tain from Maine, aud his two sous, aged 12 and 17
the others were mechanics in the Pullman car
shops A high wind was blowing. The snore of the
lake was crowded with people a the time, and
among the witue-ises of the catastrophe were Buck
lilt's wife and daughter. Several boat crews en
deavored to save the stiling party, but the water
was too rough, aud the rescuers narrowly-
escaped with their own lives The
following are the names of the men lost:
Napoleon Bucklin, aged 30. and his two sons, Ben
and Jan es: John L. 8miih aged 20 Charles F.
Pierce, aged 4-; H. f. Moore, 38 years; W. J. Bunts.
22 years; a young man named Foster a man named
Davis, 45 years old. aud three other men, nanu s
uot learned. Alt the men w orked at Pullman. The
bodies of Benjamin Buekltu and smith have been
recovered. Captain Bucklin leaves a wile aud five
daughters, smith leaves a wife aud child, aul
river leaves a wife. Pierce and Moore were car
penters.
firs in Canada.
Richmond. P.Q.. May i5—F -rty houses and stores,
about half the village of Danville, have been burn
ed. The loss is e'ti'oated at Si50.0tt>.
PROBABLY DROWNED.
Sr. Paul May is—News ba» just been received
from \\ hite Bear b-ke of the probable drowning of
CD * Young, auditor for the Chicago, St. Paul and
Omaha railroad, and one of the newly elected di
rectors of the Minneapolis and 9L Louis road; slew
art Mo 're, chief clerk in the freight office of the
Northern • a ific railroad, both of 91 Paul, and <t C
Go-aack, of sirakopee, living at tbe i<k ior the
summer. They went out for a rail this morning,
and have not been seen since. Tw o hats a d a
broken rudder have been found on the shore, but
the boat aud bodies are still mi-sing.
DISABLED STEAMERS.
London. May 15 — I he steamer .-wrmation, whieh
arrived to-day reports that she towed the disabled,
steamer. Catalonia, 240 mile , aud after having
Ibis state, and if it caunot be. it wi.l be
either thrown away or be worse than thrown away
by being made into poor brandy.
A nother thing which has caused the railroad and
express companies to be negligent iu providing
transportation for us is that we have had su- h un
precedented bad years for fruit for the last few
years, and they have no idea either of the size of
the crop of this year, or of the extent of peach cul
ture iu central Georgia, and it is growing every day.
lira radius of a tew miles from here there is over a
hundred thousand peach trees which will probably
average at least one third of a bushel of marketa
ble fruit per tree, making at least thirty-rive or for
ty thousand bushels that should be shipped.
I expect to ship from eight hundred io one thou
sand bushels per day from our orchards during the
greater pa t of the season, aud will use from two to
three cars a day
Iu regard to selling our fruit on tbe trees, I do
uot like the idea of it, as the men who g neraliy
buy It are certain when they buy of making money-
out of it, unu if there is auy money to be madeout
of my peaches I want to be the one to make it. Since
this question of transportation has forced itself be
fore ine people, and The Consiitut.on ha , w ith
Its usual energy and foresight, recognized he vital
importance of it, 1 think that we wi 1 soou have
just rates and first-class train ortatiou.
Very truly yours.
Jno. 1). Cunningham, Jr.
WnAT A NON-GROWER THINKS.
Editors Constitution: 1 am in receipt of your
communication of the 13th, asking attention to
interview in Sunday’s Constitution with Dr. Alex
ander in relation to the peach crop of Georgia. If
i am cutitled to any views at all on tbe subject, not
being a fruit grower, I wou d say that Dr. Alexarr
der expresses very nearly my own views In regard
to handling the fruit, the nearest market being
the best for all our crops. Tbe grower has no time
to study the intricacies attached to handling in the
great markers of the east and north, and should
have a ready market at his nearest railroad station
hat takes the fruit off his hands as fast as be cau
produce it. Wbat is needed, to my mind, is ex
perienced men with sufficient capital to come here
and establish a canning factory and advertise the
prices they will pay for fruit, aud there will be no
trouble iu getting as much as they can handle
brought right to the door of their factory. This
1-aves the Luit in the hands of middle men, i is
true, but they are experienced in their business
and the success or failure is left with tnem aud the
demand for their goods, while the farmer and fruit
grower have only to work up the supplies to meet
the demands of the trade and know every day just
what his fruit is worth It prices pay, they will
airy to the dealer, if not, will carry to the distiller,
dry them or feed to the hoes. X have uo doubt but
that tbe Hues of public carriers in the state will do
their duty in furnishing transportation udi-qua e
to the demands of ~ the trade, as it is
certainly to their interest to h.iul it off
as fast as the producers can lay it by thesideof their
tracks, and to carry it where and in the tiest man
tier that will yield the be t income to all concerned.
Tne Orchard Hill fruit farm, six miles from here,
has now say 50 000 bearing trees that will yield, at
lowest estimate, half bushel to the i ce. which
would be Z5.000 bushels at a value of S12.5U1 if arid
at fifty cents per bushel; but Mr. Cunningham ex
pects much larger figures, aud we nope he will
realize them.
The Woodruff fruit farm, two miles out of town,
has 8.000 bearing irees yielding oue half bushel to
the tree, sold at fifty cents per bushel, would britit:
$4,' 00 * Ine hundred bushels of pears are expectet L
to be sold from his pear orchard, at an average of
$1.00 per busbtl. jieloing3400.and e tteu thousand
grapevines, yielding teu pounds per vine, or suy
one hundred thousand pounds at five cents
per pound, bringing an income of $5,000. There
are nomerdus other orchards and viueyardsaronnd
the city, and taking the surrounding country for 20
miles around. 30,-0-1 bU'hels could be easily
reached, if the narket was established here for
their fruit. We can giv.e every encouragement to
anyone coming here for the purpose of handling
our fruit crop. Two factories are now at .work
here under contract—C H O borne. 20.000 crates
and J. A. B- ek* <St Son, 2-t.OOOcrates—and we hardly
think Urey mill be able to supply the demand for
them They are cutting poplar timber, aud haul
ing it into the factories and sawing it up in proper
A Double Murder In AInbutna—A Louisville Crunk
Washington, May 15.—Colonel Stiltvell W. Rus
sell, late United States marshal for the western dis
trictof Texas, was arrested here to-day, on a warrant
backed by an affidavit by one Brewster Campbell
of Texas, charging him with embezzling govern,
ment funds, aud that iu March,
1879, he deposited 6.660 dollars of
government money In a private bank at Austin.
Texas: that certain sheep and goats were seized by
the United States os having been smuggled from
Mexico into Texas, and that he took possession of
the animals and held them subject to the order of
the court, which directed them to be sold, and the
sales of the stock realized some 31,300, which was
retained by him; third, in carrying prisoners from
Texas to other states while he had received a puss
from the railroad company he charged the United
States mileage fees. Justice Wylie
released him . ou $2,000 bail to
appear when wanted. Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll
becoming his surety. In his owu behalf Colonel
S til well says the public funds in questiou were de
posited in a private bauk because there was no
United States depository in Austin and the depart
ment authorized such deposit of funds being in
tended for current official di-bursement. No claim
of deficiency is made in this connection. In regard
to live stock the cost of keeping and expenses of
sale nearly equalled the amount real
ized. besides the claimant for th • stock
has obtained judgment against him for its value
against it, whieh judgment appeal is pending. As
to traveling on a free pass he does not see what the
government has to > o with tnat and claims he
never charged for mileage where he wasuotenti
tied to it. Mistime expired two months ago und
has been he trying to secure reapportionmeuL
Decatur. Aia„ May 15.—A man named Andrew
Allen, residing iu Fayette county, who has been
separated from his wife for several mouths past,
visited her at her mother’s residence this morning
and deliberately shot her dead. The brother of the
dead woman entered the house a few in intents
later, and seeing the dead body of his sister lying
ou the floor fired the contents of a double-barrellecl
shot gun into Allen’s body. Allen fell dead by the
side of his wife. His slayer surrendered himself to
the police. -
A White House Reception.
Or.poslte the entrance stood Senator and Mrs.
Mahone, receiving au “ovation” from the repub
lican members, while tbe southern democrats es
pecially na-sed and rcpas.-ed them with haughty
unconsciousness, it reminded oue of the Veneer-
ings. Even their friends were brand new. Socially
General Mahone has always been the most nmbi
tiuusmun that ever walk' d of all the kicks he
has received, the one that did most to s lid him
into the republican party was when Virginia society
showed him the door, and the people whom he had
wined and dined ana by w hom he ita i been invited
to their Jrig parlies and left out of their little ones,
reminded lnra that although he could run the po
litieal machine the social machine was beyond
him. No doubt it would have been a greater tri
umph for him to have one of those wry men, whom
politically he has f- -r a time defeated come up and
recognize him, than to receive twice the fawning he
has from the republicans. Bo there he stood, with
bis keen, yet coarsely-moulded face, restless aud
nervous and ill at cose, as he always appears iu gen
eral society; while his big. placid wife stood by
him, gorgeously dressed, gushed over by oue-hulf
the company ua-i silently ignored by the other
half.
BRUCE AND HIS WIFE SNUBBED.
Ex-Senator Bruce aud his wife were the only
colored peopel present. Of all the screaming ab
surdities a social cyuic cau see at a presidential
levee the position that this man nnd his wife oc
cupy is the most fared al. The male element of the
republican pnrty nod to Bruce, sometimes in a con
descending way which is meant to be friendly,
aud, again, with a surreptitious glance arouud to
see if anybody is looking. The republican ladies
hanging on their arms are purblind to Bruce and
stonebllnd to his wife, and skurry away from her
like lightning. They dare uot, for their
lives, speak a civil word to either. The
southerners, on the contrary, speak to them iu
a good-humored way. asmuchas tosay, “Well, how
do you like yourself iu your uew st timi?” Occa
sionally, a southern woman audacously goes up,
is introduced to them, and after talking for a few
moments to them goes buck to her coterie to say
"Actually, my dear, 1 have talked to adarky in a
drawing room. You don't know how qurer it
seemed!” It has been generally said that Bruce'
wife could not be told from a white woman, but
ilia; is ridiculous. She is a very light mulatto—
but as unmistakably of Africau blood as if she
were blacker titan night They say that Koscoe
Coiikling Bruce i» a genuine little pickaninny,
much daikcr even than Bruce himself.
THE TRAFFIC IN OFFICES.
takcu off her mails aud 122 of her passengers left . ,
. her in longitude 42, making eight knots au hour shape for making crates. These crates are to hold
Burrus, and ulster oi the wife of the late Judge under steam. one-third of abushel each,and will cost when made
h. True £tory, In Which Muhonelum Ge « the Best
C'lvll**crvice Kctorut.
Special to the Lout ville Courier-Journal.
Washington, May 14.—Here is a little story
that is both new and true: W. E. Cumeron
governor of the state of Virginia, by the grac
of Mahone and his own triggering, called yes
terday upon Secretary Chandler in his de
lightful quarters, the navy department. Along
with him was General Muhone. Senator elect
Riddleberger, and a Virginia congressman
Cameron was introduced. The rest is best
old in dialogue form:
“It’s a pleasure to meet you, Governor Cam
eron, and to see in you one so youthful to look
upon.”
"Thank you, sir. But, by G—d. I’m not
vouthful as I look (witit a cocky swing of the
head); I am governor of 'lie state of Virgin
ia, and as such al8o parry to a coalition con
cerning which I have somewhat to say.”
“Go on, governor.
“Well, sir, my side of the bargain has been
faithfully carried out, and I am here to know
if the administration intends to live up to its
promises ?’’
“ What is it that you particularly want,Gov
ernor Cameron?”
“I want it understood that I am to have the
say in the matter of distributing federal pat
ronage in the state of Virginia, sir! I have
done everything agreed upon, and there are
districts to carry which the republicans will
need, and this *canuot be done without full
control of the giving out of the offices, both
great and small.”
“You are right, governor, but your federal
places are mostly post-offices, and Mr. Hewe,
not the secretary of the navy, has charge of
the matter.”
Governor Cameron and bis party immedi
ately retired, and ordered the driver to go
the post-office department. There was i
waste of time in either compliments or apolo
gies. On arriving, Governor Cameron was in
troduced by General Mahone, after whiclt the
two senators were seated, aud Cameron pro
ceeded to do the talking, as he had done at
-.he Chandler conference. Mr. Howe re
marked in a complimentary way that the
governor was very strongly backed by the
gentleman with him. whereupon Cameron
begged him to “st p right there,” and to
“please understand that he had no backing,
aud needed no backing, but was himself gov
ernor of Virginia, and represented that state
and a party that could handle it if the ad
ministration would stand up to its side of the
bargain and give him control of the offices.”
Mr. Howe remarked: “I think your wishes
have not been disregarded in the matter.”
"We have had some of the offices, it is
true, Mr. Howe, but we want control of*all;
we want it understood that the getting of
them comes through me as governor and rep
resentative of the administration, so. far as
the coalition is concerned in Virginia. The
entire lot of offices, great and small, from
tide-water to the mountain tops, I want to
handle."
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Special to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Hot Springs, Ark., May 15—Several per
sons arrived this morning from Montgomery
county with appalling particulars of a most-
destructive cyclone, which passed through
that section last week. Owing to the high wa
ter they were unable to reach this the nearest
railroad point for Polk and Montgomery coun
ties. The magnificent farm of Gejrge Kinney,
ith all its valuable and substantial improve
ments, was made a total wreck. Timber,
fences, orchards and buildings were thrown
down and scattered along the line of the de
structive cyclone, leaving an unsightly mass
of debris where splendid forests, pleasant
homes and productive fields could be seen
but a few days ago. The cyclone first struck
the prosperous settlement along the banks of
stream called Polk’s creek, and at Caddo
cove the storm fell with terrible force, pros
trating everything before its resistless march.
Mr. A. S. Swindle, of that place, had his
RESIDENCE BLOWN DOWN
and destroyed, while himself, a daughter and
Mr. J. N. Anderson, who were in the house at
the time it was reached by the storm cloud,
ere taken by the terrible force of the wind
and carried some distance, and then dropped
into the well, where they were afterward
found, and finally rescued from • their
perilous position.- Messr. Swindle and
Anderson were considerably injured, and the
daughter supposed to be fatally. Other mem
bers of the family were also, mote or less,
injured. The house of Simp Bales in the
same neighborhood was wrecked, and the
family swept away and carried t a ravine,
where they were rudely deposited, all sustain
ing injuries of no slight character. The far
thest point heard from west, or rather south
west, which is the course of the tornado, is
Blocker’s creek, fifty-five miles in an air line
from here, tearing down houses, etc., until it
struck William Shield’s house, which was de
stroyed, killing him and seriously injuring his
wife. It then crossed the mountain divide,
between the south fork of the Caddo and the
Caddo Cove. Tito first place it struck was
James Rogers’s, and the top of his house was
blown off and his wife injured. His farm isa
fearful wreck. Next in its course was Judge
Cabbler’s. The tops of all his houses
WERE TORN OFF
and his farm ruined, also stock killed, Joe
Pepper’s house wus blown down and a child
oumled. Everything lost-. At Mrs. Robert
Montgomery's, a widow, and her son-in-law,
Bird Smith, living together ten in the family,
the house was blown all to pieces and scat
tered for a distance of two miles, where a bed
was found. It passed from there to William
Gillespie’s, where house tops were blown oif
aud ltis farm ruined. The widow Shilotte's i
house was blown to atoms and herself badly
hurt, and nearly everything lost. Charley
Jones’s was me next place. Here the family
were not at home, and the house blown to
atoms and all lost. Then Mr.
Lewis’s place was struck. His house
was blown down and some
of'the logs carried a distance of several hun
dred yards. He was dangerously injured and
several other members of his family hurt,
everything being lost. A. S. Swindles’ house
was blown to fragments, everything blown off
:tnd the eldest daughter dangerously hurt.
Che balance of the family were saved, per
haps by being blown into a well, which is
accounted for by their trying to hold together.
Goods were all lost. Preston Beck’s house
was blown down and all lost. Then it crossed
the mountain dividing Caddo and Ouchita.
and
STRUCK THE WHEELER SETTLEMENT.
where it blew down the house of David and
Pleas Wheeler, and injured their farms badly.
The estimated damages in a course of thirty
utiles are placed at $300,000.
The storm force was very remarkable: logs
and trees were carried a distance of several
hundred yards; many trees seemed to have
been torn up and lifted into the air and car
ried various distances. In some places loose
gravel and small stones were blown upagainst
logs in drifts just like that done by water;
also in many places were to be seen holes
and gullys that seemed to have been blown
there.
The head of the storm force was a fearful
whirlwind, that traveled at a fearful rate.
This created a vaccuum, and a rush of wind
from each side caused all the timber for a mile
to fall in toward the main storm center,
which was about one hundred yards wide.
Then followed a main forward force, that
seemed to exceed all that had been, as it was
this force that carried all the large trees lo
great distances.
In General.
Da. Agnew ha3 taken a cottage at South
ampton, L I, for the summer.
During Mr. Aldrich’s absence in Europe,
tbe Atlantic will be edited by Mr H E Fcudder.
A sister of the late Jesse James resides in
Wichita, and is said lo be a most excellent woman.
Cardinal Manning frequently declares that
the English government behaves justly aud liber
ally to the Catholic church.
Henry K. Oliver, of Pittsburg, is the choice
of the Pennsylvania congressmen and of the iron
interest for tariff commissioner.
Mr. Darwin, who in politics was a radical
was very fond of lecturing his tory publisher, Mr
Murray, who is also Mr Gladstone’s publisher.
In obedience to public sentiment, Mr.
James Gordon Bennett will abandon his proposed
arctic expedition, which was to have been on a
much grande scale than that of the ill-fated Jean
nette.
Miss C. L. Wolfe, of New York, whose for
tune is estimated at many millions of dollars, is
said to be the wealthiest unmarried lady iu the
United States, and the picture gallery in her New
York house is said to far exceed Vanderoili’a in
value. Sue inherited her fortune from her father.
The freaks of fortune are strikingly illus
trated in the case of Mr. L. VVelaen flawkius, an
English artist. Previous to a year ago he had never
been heat-d of. His clothing was seedy and an-
fortiiouatileand his landlady anything butamiubie.
lie was 32 years of age and - had prod ced nothing;
blit a picture of ‘Poororphansvi-ittng the grave ot
their parent*" seemed to him w.-nli sending to the
exhibition. I n: onl> attn cted attention bat won
a medal and ve him a nr me. Commissions ar
rived from a quarters. Before the exhibition
closed the artift had new clothes, the most perfect
tempered landlady in the world, and Work on baud
for whieh he was to teceive when finished more
than £12,000. Mr. Hawkins paints little touches of
quiet country landscapes.
George Otto Trevelyan, who has been ap
pointed chief secre tary for Ireland to succeed the
murdered Lord Frederick Cavendish, iu the son of
Sir Charles Tr velyan, long a prominent official in
the civil service of the (Jtilled Kingdom. His
mother was Hannah More Macaulay, the favorite
sister of Lord Macaulay, anl the only member of
his family with whom he had any close sympa
thies. i o Lady Trevetyan and her chidreu Lon
Macaulay bequeathed the bulk of his fortune.
George Otto Tr Velyan was born in 1833, aud was
educated at Harvaid and i riuity college, Cam
bridge. He is a fine scholar and is ao author of
some distinction He entered parliament in 1865,
beiug returned for Tynemouth. In 1868 he was re
turned for Harwiek, and still bolds the seat. In
November, last), Mr. Gladstone appointed him sec
retary to the admiraUty, and he s:ill continues in
that position.
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A New County Suggested.
From the Perr, Home Journal.
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two districts from Crawford county, and
"Cold Neck,” and form a neflr county, with
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