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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION.
VOLUME
: FAYETTEVILLE GA -
LBOrlgg* 0
TUESDAY MOBIUNG, SEPTEMBER 12. 1882.
PRICE 6 CENT 8
DURING THE WEEK.
“WHAT THE PEOPLE OF T
WORLD ARB DOING.
End of iho Pittsburg Buiko—& Propoood Honumnt
to Hill-acquit"*: of C.'* plain Halle—The Clooo
of tbs Star no» « Trial.—Tho Ysllnsr
Psvsr — FaUtiosl KoBln.tlona.
M os hat, September 4.—The Pittsburg strike
is ended. The yellow fever lias become ejri-
Hemic in I'en«:i'/'.Lt. The small jh>x is raging
in New Jersey. Three men drowned.in tne
Merritnac river. The strike of the Dublin
police has ended by the men being reinstated.
The nrchbishop of ‘Canterbury is dangerously
ill. A St. Louis father murders his two chil
dren. A disastrous cyclone visits the gulf
ports. A movement lias been inaugurated in
Atlanta for the erection of a monument to
the late Senator Hill. It is designed to cost
435,000, to be raised by popular subscriptions
of from $1 to $10. All contributions for that
purpose sent to Itcv. C. A. Evans, Atlanta,
<ia., will be properly acknowledged. Police
'Commissioner Thrower has resigned, and is
succeeded by Mr. W. H. Frizzell. Two men
were killed by the falling of the frame of St.
Philip’s chapel on Saturday. Judge McCay
took his seat as United States judge to-day.
TtobdiY, September 5.—The state conven
tion of the grecnbackcrs of South Carolina
has nominated Dr. Hendrix McLane for gov
ernor. ’20,000 men paraded in the workmen’s
demonstration in New York. An electric
railway is to be experimented with in Cin
cinnati. The election in Vermont resulted
in the usual republican success, while Ar
kansas went democratic. Mrs. Jennie Oz-
burn Hclllin died in Jackson, Ilu ta county,
and was buried in Atlanta. A young men’s
■Stephens club has keen organized in Atlanta.
The work of paving the streets in Atlantajis
being rapidly pushed forward.
ffnnBiSAT September G.—The porte has at
last declared Arabi Pasha a rebel. Fighting
lias taken place between bands of Greek ami
Turkish.soldiers on the frontier. It is pre
dicted that the democrats will have a majori
ty of in the next house of representatives.
The shah of Persia is seeking an alliance with
, the porte against several Asiatic tribes. The
■Cheyenne and A rrnpnhoe Indians are threat
ening trouble. Cholera is raging in Manilla.
Captain Haile,*on trial in 8outh Carolina for
the murder of L. W. K. Blair, has been ac
quitted. Col. W. M. NicUolls,formerly of the
Kimball house, is dead. The two wings of
the republicans have fused. Subscriptions
to the Hill monument fund are coming in
rapidly. The Marietta ink mine is declared
to be worthless by the stntc chemist. Mr. Jo
seph M. High and Miss Hattie Howell Wil
son were married by Rev. John Jones. Hon.
A. H. Stephens was’ present at the ceremony,
looking quite gay. Mr. Louis Seldner, for
fourteen years a resident of Atlanta, has re
moved to Washington.
Thursday, September 7.—In the star route
trial it was announced by the judge that an
attempt had been made to bribe the jurors.
The judge said a briber deserved to he shot
on the sjiot. The English troops in Egypt
arc again under orders to move. Secretary
iFolger has forbidden tho collection of politi
cal assessments in his department. The
grecnbackcrs have nominated .state tick
ets in California, Nebraska, 'Illinois,
and Texas. A Pennsylvania clergyman has
been arrested for bastardy and breach of
promisp. Secretary Lincoln is anxious to go
to the senate from Illinois. Judge S. B. Hoyt
lias been nominated for the senute from the
’thirty-fifth district. LUt Jones will oppose
him as an independent. A new schedule is
to be put on the Georgia railroad which will
bo the fastest in the south,
i Friday, September 8.—The star route trial
. -J* tbovi-j La. fcotr ay.uj :t. tbi»
jury. The yellow fever epidemic has caused
u complete cessation of business in Pensacola.
Ten editors of one Paris paper have chal
lenged ten editors of another to fight a duel.
The crops in Europe are abundant. The
German annual drill lias taken place, but
the emperor was too unwell to witness it all.
Jay HulibcU has been defeated for renom\na-
tion in Michigan. Diphtheria is raging in
Spotsylvania. Virginia. Tho bodyof an Arab,
hanged in Alexandria for murder, has been
taken by the natives and embalmed as that
of n saint. A disastrous earthquake^ is re
ported from Panama. Jonathan Norcross
says Gartrell is a good enough republican for
him. Improvements nrc being made in the
-capital. Tallahassee is said to be one of the
rising cities on the Georgia Pacific.
Saturday, September 9.—Dawson, a colored
■clergyman, is running for cougressnian-at-
largc in Virginia. President Arthur is fishing
at Marblehead. The Utah commission is re
vising the registration lists of that territory,
•with a view of reaching the polygamists. The
star route trials have cost the government
4200,000. An engagement has taken place at
Kassassin between the British and the Egyp
tian forces, with drawn results.
another EARTHQUAKE.
MR. STEPHENS’S SPEECH.
The Next Governor ©f <» nrgU*i EbqiCRt AdlreM
la Xaraa.
Special Dispatch to The Constitution.
Macon, September 9.—Despifc a terrible
storm of rain and wind, an immense audience,
representing the best element of Macon and
Bibb population, including many ladies, as
sembled at Masonic hall in this city to-night
to bear the address of Hon. A. H. Stephens.
A brass band •iiq.ensed music on the occasion.
The distinguished speaker was introduced
by Congressman Blount, who paid
a glowing tribute to the patriotic,
able and glorious life and character of mo-
illustrious nominee for governor of the deoke
cratic party of Georgia. Mr. Stephens sp -
with great power and brilliancy, and his ad
dress was received with tremendous applause,
showing the sneaker's popularity and the con
vincing truth of iii> arguments. A com
mittee of eminent citizens occupied the stage
with Mr. Stephens. After returning thanks
for the compliment of addressing so distin
guished and large au audience, he proceeded
to discuss the salient points of hi* oration,
asking his hearers not to strike till they heard
him, and it. after he had spoken, they could
not agree with him, then they might strike.
Bat Mr. Stephens carried his audience
enthusiastically with him. As to
ms ani.ATio.ws wrm sin. davb.
He claimed that not an unpleasant word
ever passed between them from the beginning
of the war to its close, and whatever be did
was for the good of the south. As a part of
his warrecord he eited the fact that he had not
been able to walk in twelve years owing to
the rheumatism contracted when he was in
carcerated in prison as one of the southern
leaders. He showed bis democracy to be
pure and sound, founded upon true and liv
ing principles, and that in no act of his life
could he be shown advocating the breaking
down of the democratic party. By organization
alone, he claimed, could centralization be
successfully encountered, and he was for or
ganization heart and soul in the democratic
party. Do not divide, but present a strong
outwork to the common enemy.
HOME RULE WIU. BE LOST.
and prosperity fiee the country if the coali
tionists triumph. If Georgians love liberty,
if they love the institutions of their country,
now* is the time for them to stand
shoulder to shoulder. He said that lie had
been asked to-day, and he could not tell why,
if he was in accord with the recent address
issued by the democratic executive commit
tee oi Georgia, and the only answer he had
to make was that he was perfectly
IN ACCORD WITH EVERY WORD
and syllable of the address and by it he was
willing to live or die. He was willingto com
pare past records with General Gartrell who
claims to be a better democrat than he was.
If that is so why then did he not
join the great democraic hosts and march
on with us rO victory. Mr. Stephens said he
had never yet done an act that was not di
rected to Georgia’s best interests, and every
act of his as governor would be discharged
towards the same grand end. He was for a
free ballot and a fair count, and stood bR the
old Jeffersonian principle of acquiescence in
the will of the majority. In the pending
contest the radical party desired to
PRESS THE RACE ISSUE.
He depricateil the policy as being injurious
to the interests of the colored people,
and he advised them to vote for that man
they liked best, but
WHEN T1IK COLORED RACE RASD
together against the whites they arise against
their truest friends. HtT en'ire life proved
him to be a warm friend to the negro,
and as long as he lived he would con
tribute ’ to their good. Mr. Stephens
said that in 1878 he was for
Felton, because Felton was then an avowed
democrat as he professed; but Felton's yosi
non liow seemed hostile 4u the tiei.ioc.niic
party, and tinder such circumstances Mr. Ste
phens said be was opposed to Felton and to
any manvwho sought to disrupt the demo
cratic patty.
Mr. Stephens’s peroration was beautiful,
and the audience hung in rapt attention upon
his every word. After Stephens’s address loud
calls were made for Hon. Thomas Hardeman,
who made a few remarks in behalf of demo
cratic victory, and unanimous support of
its democratic gubernatorial standard bearer.
A HEAVY SENTENCE.
BUZZ AND BOUNCE.
THE GOSSIP THEY HEAR IN NEW
YORK.
Spicy Talks sad Brisht Aiecdctea or the Man and
Things Fas. and Protect la tho Dfetropolii or
the Wow World—Borne Wall Street
Gossip—Theatrical facts. Bee.. S a*
New York, September 9.—The Central and
South American Telegraph company have re
ceived a dispatch from their general manager
at Panama, stating that there was another
-short but sharp shock this morning at five
o’clock. For the past two nights half the
population of Tanama have slept in or walked
the about the square. Many families camp on
Square. A few dare sleep in high buildings or
narrow streets. Much sickness from fright and
exposure is expected. Trafiic oh the Panama
railroad is suspended as the bridges are out of
line. Baraedo bridge is safe, but its ap-
. proaches are sunken and the masonry cracked
or fallen. The freight houses at Colon are
•badly damaged. It is hoped that traffic may
be resumed on the 11th. The Island of To-
boga suffered considerably this morning.
The towns are reported badly damaged. The
long dormant volcanoes of Chiriqui are re
ported to be in active eruption.
A SHARPENCOUNTER
Between the British •>< KgyplUneKauudi.
Many Killed
London, September 9.—Reuter's telegraph
•company has the following: Ka>-tassin, Sep-
tember 9.—The enemy attacked both tlanks
-of the British position this morning. Aahort
•encounter ensued, resulting iu the repulse of
the Arabs. General Wolseley is now on his
•wav to the front. Troops are marching from
Keil Mahanta to Kassassin. Reuter has
•alsd the following later' dispatch from
•the British camp: Kassassin, September 9.—
'Noon.—The attack of the enemy has been
repulsed, but still the action continues along
;1he front, which ex. ends a distance of three
imiles. AU the troops are out from the Brit
ish camp. The wounded are now being
•brought in, but the total casualties are not
vet exactlv known. The Brish loss is roughly
estimated at 150 killed and wounded. Many
.shells fell in the Brtish camp before the enemy
were repulsed. Allof Arabi Pashas troops
from Cairo have been brought to Tel El Kebir,
also the black regiments, which form a part
of the Kgvptian soldiers. The enemy ts work
ing night and day at the entrenchments
across the fresh water.canal on his right. Gen
eral Wolseley is now in direct telegraphic
■communication with London. General Moist-
ley telegraphs to the war officer
from a point three and a half
miles west of Kassasin lack the following re-
( port of the morning operation: September
9. noon.—The enemy reconcitiated our ad
vance posts with a considerable force of all
arms at daybreak this morning. General
Willis advanced and attacked them, driving
them back with loss. We have taken four
.guns. Our loss vbrv trifling.
Judge McCay Gives a Man Six Mouth* for Disposing
or a I'lnt of Moonshine.
Yesterday in the United States district
court Judge McCay sentenced John Thames,a
sixty-years old farmer, who lives near Red
Oak, to six months in Fulton couuty jail,
and to pay $500 fine and costs for violating
the revenue laws. The details are as fol
lows: On Thursday Thames was put upon
trial charged with removing distilled
spirits on which the tax had not
been paid, and with wholesale dealing in
illicit whisky. A man named Ross swore
that on one occasion he came to Atlanta with
Thames, and that they brought along two
kegs of illicit whisky, whicli they sold at
Morris’s wagon yard. A man named Howell
testified that on one occasion Thames traded
mules with n negro and paid tiie negro
partly in Illicit whisky. Several witnesses
were introduced to impeach .Ross. Several
others were introduced to testify to his good
character. Thames was sworn at his own re
quest and testified in his own behalf. He said
that Ross’s story was false in every particular,
and that while lie had traded with a negro for
amule,he had paid him a balance thatwasdue
him by order to a store at Red Oak. Hesaid
admitted that on two occasions he had bought
a half pint of illicit whisky. The case wen
to the jury Thursday evening, anu at two
o’clock that night the jury returned a sealed
verdict. Friday when the verdict was opened
it was found that Thames was convicted of
illicit removing.” He was remanded to jail
and vesterday was brought out to re
ceive'his sentence. In passing the sen
tence, Judge McCay told Thames that
lie had testified in direct conflict with the
other witnesses, and had doubtless perjured
himself. He therefore imposed a heavier
penhlty than he would otherwise.liave done,
and accordingly sent him to jail for six
months and ordered that he pay a fine of $500
additional and costs. Thames was very in
dignant at being charged with perjury and
consulted his lawyers, L..J. Gartrell and w,
H. Hulsey, about bringing a suit for slander
against Judge McCay. He did not do so, how
ever.
Special Correspondence of the Constitution.
New York, September 0.—Last Satur ay
about noon a stir was mad in the New
York stock exchange by a sadden drop
in Hannibal and St. Joe railroad stocks. For about
a year this stock has been quoted 85 bid SO asked,
and Saturday when these old familiar figures were
rubbed out and 43 bid substituted there was a flur
ry among the brokers, and inquiry was made if
there was not a mistake in the figures. Finding
the quotation correct, every one com
menced inquiring the cause of the un
expected decline. During the confu
sion a western broker thinking the
price too low asked what the stock was offered at
Mr. W. E. Conner, agent for Jay Gould, explained
then that he and a party of friends had that morn
ing bought the shares with the exception of about
1,500 shares of the stock and that they were offering
43 for the balance of the stock, and at present they
were not offering any for sale, but would quote it
in a day or two.
The history of this stock is an Interesting one
About a year ago Mr. John F. Duff, of Boston, a
young man with little or no experience “’on
change,” inherited five or six million dollars. His
first move In Wall street was to •‘cirner” Hannibal
and St. Joo by buying, through his brokers, 90,000
shares of the common stock of the road, ifhich left
less than 2 000 shaies owned by the balauce of the
world. He caught J. R. Keene, Russell Sage, Amos
L. Hopkins, and a nupiber of other smaller opera
tors, ‘‘short'’ on the stock, which he, in three day’s
time, ran up from S8G to $300 per share.
Mr. Keene settled his short contracts at 180. Mr.
Hopkins carried his ea e to the court, but after
wards settled. How the other brokers who were
caught short settled was never made public, and
Duff, the unknown boy, who had made the “cor
ner,” like Byron, woke up one morning and found
himself famous. The papers alluded to him as a
bold, shrewd operator, who had introduced himself
in Wall street by catching the oldest operators
asleep and making a corner on them that netted
him a zool million. This all looks mighty
well in print, but the story had
a sequel This unnatural spurt from 8G
to 300 gave the stock an unstable look, and it has
since been quoted as a fickle, fancy stock, and
everyone knowiug that the control of the road was
in the hands of a speculator who fixes the price of
ihe stock to suit his purpose quit dealing in it.
The consequence was that Mr. Duff could not
•■unload” his stock at any price. Mr. Duff finding
that, without intending it, he had through his
brokers practically bought the road. Alter carry
ing him for about a year his brokers decided to sell
him out, and commenced looking around for pur
chasers. Mr. W. E. Connor formed a company,
composed of Jay Gould, Russell Sage, Sidney Dil
lon. Frederick L. Ames and himself and bought
from Mr. Duff’s brokers the whole of his stock at
42. Mr. Duff says the stock cost him 75, and that he
loses $3,000,000 by liis brokers selling him out. Next
week the management of the road will be changed.
Mr. Gould will be.elected president.
At last Edison has lit up the first district with his
electric light. Nine hundred and forty-*ix resi
dences, besides a large number of stores and public
buildings are using the light. It gave satisfaction
beyond what the most sanlnriii.e had hoped for.
Unite a number of those who have their houses
wired by the Edison company notified the gas com-'
panies this 'morning that they had qui; using gas
and requested them to take out their meter and re
turn their “meter deposit” with interest: In many
instances the deposit has remained with the gas
companies for twenty-five or thirty years.
Last evening tho Herald building was
lighted for the first time by Edison’s electric
light. The system worked excellently and received
many favorable comments. In the business depart
ment eighteen incandescent burners, arranged in
groups of three burners, with three clusters to the
chandelier, gave a light much brighter than gas,
In the eoitorial department the same system is
adopted. In the composing room the lights are
placed on a hanging shoulder which can be moved
at will. One light is used to every four composi
tors. The compositors speak highly of the light.
In the editorial department the light is placed on
handsome Argand lamps upon each desk. In the
reporters’ room the light has made a great improve
ment. The "plant” is located in the Bennett build
ing, it is an isolated system and does not depend
upon the Edison central station for power. The
Evening Telegram has also been fitted up with the
Edison lamps.
Marine Casualties.
Key West, Fla., Septembers.—The Ameri
can schooner. Wm. L. Farwell, from Cedar
Keys to New York, with lumber, ran ashore
at Tarboys during the cyclone. She was as
sisted by wreckers, and is now coming here.
She is reported bilged. The mate and three
of the men left in a boat to go ashore and
have not been heard from since, and are sup
posed to be lost. Another American schoo
ner, name unknown, struck near here and
will be a total loss. The master and crew
stripped her themselves and will send the ma
terial here. She was from Cedar Keys to Bos
ton.
A Mayor’s Rash Act.
Danville, Va., September 9.—This evening
John. H. Johnston, mayor of tlie city, shot
John E. Hatcher, late chief of police, in
flicting what is believed to be a mortal wound,
The parties met casually this afternoon, and
Hatcher demanded an apology for a state
ment of Johnston that Hatcher had not ac
counted for fines he had collected. The
apologv was refused. A scuffle ensued,land
Johnston shot Hatcher. Joluiston>urrender-
ed himsel, and was admitted to bail for five
thousand dollars.
Last week I wrote you about the domestic trou
bles of the Blanck family. Mr. Blanck left home
on account of the incessant quarreling between his
children and their step-mother. He leased his
house to hii son-in-law, who took possession, but
could not induce Mrs. Blanck to vacate the prem
ises. Old Blanck is still liid out. and as Mrs. Blanck
c raid not be persuaded to leave the house Mr.
Gedne/, the son-in-law, had leased, he withdrew,
leaving her In possession, but surrounded the house
with guards, appointed by law, who do not allow
any one to enter. This is done with a view of
starving Mrs. Blanck out. For the past week she
has been living on canned goods, fruit, etc., which
she found in the pantry. Mr. Gedney thinks her
stock of provision is getting low, and she will soon
be compelled to vacate. She says she intends to
'hold the fort” until a satisfactory compromise is
effected, and that she will die in the house beiore
she will leave it, unless her husband provides her
with sufficient means of support
Kov-l? y Minnie Palmer, Rankin’s "Danites” and
9,” .'jihanfrau’s “Kit” Alexander Caufman,
Rae<- ' No. 10” (Harry Meredeth).
Con; By companies—Bieadlc & Prlndle's pleas
ure pa, y, Eric Bay ley’s English comedy company,
A Lo. ke’s mates company, Fred Boy ton’s comedy
company, Frank Bush’s iky Solomons company,
Forbes.& Colton's comedy company, George Hol
land's • 'olonel company, Harry Webber's “Nip and
Tuck, George S Knight in ’Baron Rudolph,”
Gus Williams in “One of the Finest,” John Dillon,
Marion Elmore iff “Chispa,” Joseph K Emmett,
Claire .. Russell’s “Just in Time,” Mrs Partington,
Mitchell’s pleasure party, Nugent «fc Glea-.on's Me
tropolitan comedy company, Ensign's Rooms for
Rent, Robson & Crane, San DeVere’s
Jasper company. The Halons, The Pathfinders,
The Idlers, W H Lytell’s comedy compa-
Je-se James company, Richmond’s Our
Candidt-te. Sam’l oi Posen. Judge Slasher com
pany, Carrie Swain in “Cad the “Tom-Boy,”
Phora McAlister's company, Charles A Wyndham’s
London comedy company, Willie Edouin Sparks,
Joe Jefferson, Roland Reed's “Cheek,” Will Gil
len’s Msdison Square Professor, J O Barron’s Mad
ison Squire Professor company, Baker <i Farron,
Julia A Hunt iu “Florinel,” Barry & Fay’s Irish
Aristocracy, Den Thompson, Minnie Maddern in
Fogg’s Ferry” and “Wild Wave," Lotta, Sol Smith
Russell. Salisbury’s Troubadours, John T Raymond
Mr and Mrs W J Florence, Barney McAuley, Han
ley’s Squatter Sovereignty, C B Bishop, Robert
McWade, the Irish-American company, the Passing
Regiment.
Opera Companies—Alice Oates, Mile. Theo, Hes-
Acme company, Norcross company, Boston Ideals,
Mnpleson Grand Italian opera, Chicago church
choir, Deakin’s LUiputian, Forbes's comic. Haver-
ly’sopern, Boston Miniature Ideal, Audran’scomie,
Grau & Snyder’s Philadelphia church choir, Emma
Abbott, Bennett <& Moulton’s comic, the Holmans,
John A 'stephens’s Twelve Jolly Bachelors, Fay
Templeton, Little Corrinne.
Variety Companies—Harry Miner’s, Tony Pas
tor’s, the French Davene. Rentz-Santley Novelty,
Leavitt’s Specialty company, M B Leavitt and Tony
Pastor’s United company.
Minstrel companies—The Big Four, McIntyre &
Heath's, Niles, Evans. Bryant & Hoyes, Barlow,
ilson & Co, Thatcher, Primrose «t West, Rice <t
Hooley, the San Francisco?, Havcrly’s Mastodons,
Callender’s Georgias, Hague’s Euiopean, Leaven's
Giganteans.
Spectacular—George H Adams’s “Humpty Dump-
ty,” Kiraliy’s “Around the World,” Kiralfy Broth
ers, “Siberia,” Kiralfy’s “Michael Strogoff,” Kiral
fy Brothers’ “Black Crook,” Tony Denier s “Hump
ty Dumpty."
Legerdemain—Hartz the Magician, Hermann,
Dncle Tom’s Cabin,” Jay Rial’s company, C H
Smith’s Concert company, the Mc.Veal Family, the
McGinueys, the Donaldi concert company, flf the
above companies seventy-two are devoted to “the
legitimate drama,” fourteen to comedy, twenty to
opera, eleven to minstrelsy, seven to variety, six to
spectacular, two to legerdemain, three to concert
and two o “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” Jt is estimated
that there are one-third as many companies of
smaller note that will play in smaller towns. So
that about 230 companies will be “on the road
during the coming season.
“THE-
"CURBSTONB ECHOES,*-
CAUGHT ON
And MAN- THE WINS
Sent Flrlsg ABOUT - _BY "
Through Ties
CONSTITUTION. TOWN,”
By canvarsing the different dramatic agencies If
«m enabled to send you a full list of theatrical
companies that will travel this season.
Dramatic combinations.—Union Square theatre
company, Ada Gray, Bartley Campbell’s White
Star company (Nos, 1 and 2,) Bertha Welby, Char
lotte Thompson, C H Smith’s Two Orphans ;compa-
ny, Clara Morris. Claire Scott, Frank Mayo, Gns
Frohman’s Ada Ward company, Frank Evans'
Galley Slave company, Henry E Abbey with Mrs
Langtry, Kate Claxton, Aldrich & Parsloe’s My
Partner company, Agnes Herndon in “Only a Far
mer’s Daughter,” Helen Blythe in the same play,
Gleason's Dramatic company. Scanlan’s “Friecds
and Foes,” Fred Warde, Lawrence Barrett. Morris’
“OldShipmates," “The Danites,” (Palmer & Us
mer,) Rose Eytinge, Joseph Wheelock in Leonard
Grover's “Captain Warder,” Milton Nobles. Salvi-
ni, John A Stevens, Mile. Rhea, “Maid of Arran,"
Madison Square “Hazel Kirke,” (three companies)
Madison Square Esmeralda companies (three) Madi
son Square Theatre Esmeralda and Hazel Kirke
Company (combined), Mary Anderson, Leonard
Grover’s' "Sister’s Sacrifice” with the Harrisons.
Hoey* Hardie’s “Child of the State.” Colville’s
“Taken from LUe,” Laura Don’s “Daughter of the
Nile,” Goodwin &. Thorne's (Edward) “Black
Flag," RM Webb’s Brentwood company, Margaret
Mather, Ben McGinley in “A Square man.” the
Lingards, William Stafford and Rosa Rand, Boston
Theatre company, Janauschek, Thomas W Keene,
Katherine Rogers. “The Romany Rye.” "The
World.” Brooks & Dickson (two companies), John
McCullough. Maggie Mitchell. Annie Pixley in
“M’Uss,” Collin's “lights o’ London,” Felton’s
Globe Dramatic* company, Buffalo Bill, John R
I went to sec Marion Elmore last night in “Cbis-
pa,” which means a small diamond, and in this
special case is a California or Australian diamond,
which is by no means a very sparkling brilliant
The story ts told in four acts with a short but event
ful prolopuein which two people are killed off and
another goes crazy. In the second and third act.
another man is killed in each. Several
others riioul’d have been killed off
and . have been mourned by the
audience.” “Chispa” is a California play without a
mining camp, a Chinaman, a gambler, or a local
politician. Chispa, tho heroine, is waif raised in a
lumber camp, and the hero.is an Indian. It is
written by Clay Green and Slasoit Thompson, au
thors of Sharps and Flats and M’liss. Miss Elmore,
a pretty little soubrette, who plays the titular role,
is an Australian by birth, and is twenty-two years
old. She made" her debut when three years old
playing Little Meenie to Joe > Jefferson’s Rip Van
Winkle. When she was ten years old she was
placed in cjtarge of Mr. Chatterion, of London
the manager of the Adelphi, Princess and Drury
Lane theaters, who superintended her theatrical
education. She played soubrette roles, and was
under study to Miss Lydia Foote. In ’78 she
came to this country with Lydia Thomp
son, afterwards playing with Willie
Edonin in his “Babes in Woods,” and “Sparks,”
companies. The programme last night was not a
success, yet the universal opinion seemed to be that
Miss Elmore, with a good play, would do credit to
heiself and her training. I have written at length
about Miss Elmore and her play as she is booked
to appear iu your city during the season.
POINTS.
At a “Black Flag” matinee, at the Union Square
theater, Monday alternoon, Nat Goodwin answered
an encore , at the end of the fourth act, when he
escapes from prison by jumping from a window
and swimming through real water to a passing ves _
sel. • He came on the stage spouting water from his
mouth like a porpoise, which elicited such a round
of applause that it brought down about six feet of
plastering upon the heads of the ladies in the pit
and came very near creating a stampede. Good
win said to Thorne, as the curtain fell, “They got a
little more than they bai gained for, when they
called me out that time.”’
It is rumored that John H. Starin, a prominent
candidate lor the republican nomination for gov
ernor, is negotiating with Cyrus W. Field for the
Mail and Express. Starin has offered $225,000 for
the paper, and Mr. Field asks $210,000. In case the
sale is made, Howard Carroll, formerly a correspon
dent of the New York Times, who is well known in
the south, will have editorial charge. Carroll is a
son-in-law of Mr. Starin, and is now one of the ed
itorial writers of the Times.
Mr Bichard Peters, Jr., formerly of your city, is
one of the wealthiest and most influential citizens
of Chester, Pa. He Is at the head of a rolling mill,
is building a street car railroad of fourteen miles In
length, and is a partner of John Roach, the great
ship builder, in several other enterprises. He
lives in magnificent style, and entertains royally.
Mr. J. F. Ward, of Burke county. Georgia, has
written to the commissioners of emigration, com
plaining of a scarcity of laitor in Georgia and asks
lor immigrant iarm hanflS to supply the place
of the negro who has virtually quit work and
adopted preaching or politics as a profession.
Mr. Frank R. Stockton, author oi the Rudder
Grange Stories, which were published ia Scribner
some time ago. left last week for Europe. He takes
his family and “Pomona” with him and will re
cord their adventures in the old world in the Cen
tury Magazine.
Ed Stokes, the slayer of Jim Fisk, who has since
made himself notorious by building in New York
the finest bar-room in the world, has justpurchased
Moon’s famous lake resort at Saratoga, and will fix
it up in magnificent style for next season.
The society for the prevention of-cruelty to chil
dren broke up the baby show at Bunnell’s museum
by threatening criminal procedings against him if
it continued.
The railing that encloses Sam Tilden’s new resi
dence at Gramercy park costs $50 per running foot,
and will be the handsomest fence’in New York.
Statistics from the publishers show that 2.951
books were published in the United States last
year.
Mr HI Kimball has the finest suite of offices In
the city. Buzz and Bounce,
Evan Howell is just back from the blue grass
region, where he fell in love with the sheep. He
says: “I saw one sheep twelve months old that
weighed 230 pounds. It took four men to lift him
in a wagon. I asked the price of him. and they
said $250—just a dollar a pound. I thought that
rather high for mutton and didn’t invest. 1 asked
the sheep growers if their flocks were ever attacked
by dogs. “Oh. no,” they replied. “The only
trouble we have is that once in a while a sheep gets
on its back and it is so fat it can’t right itself.”
The other day I took a look at Atlanta from
the top of Mrs. Ballard’s school. The most striking
feature of the scene was the lack of trees in almost
every direction. Nothing beautifies a city so much
or adds so much to the comfort and health of its
citizens, as shady streets and groves. And yet
Atlanta is os bald as a bat. The plantiog season is
almost here. For one dollar each we can get a two-
year old treo and have it set ouL Why will not
every property holder have his lot filled and sur
rounded by trees. ’ If we were to have 10,000 trees
set out this fall, in a few years Atlanta
would be the prettiest city in Georgia. Let
every man make up bis mind to set out a few.
What money could buy the shade trees between
James's and Grant’s houses on Peachtree? A hand
some shade tree on a city lot will add $230 to its val
ue. We can have them on every lot 11 we will only
take hold of the matter in earnest.
A new train put on the .Kennesaw and Cen
tral roads on October 1st will iptroduce the first
hotel cars ever run in the south. This train or its
connections, which is the sixth dally train of the
Kenneron’, will leave ten cities of over 10,000 in
habitants in the west after dark and will leave At
lanta at 4:15 in tin morning and reach Jackson
ville, Florida, at 8 o’clock the same day. Hotel
cars with the best of cooks will be run regularly.
One very important result of this train will be
that The Constitution—the full and last edition-
will leave Atlanta at 4:15 and reach Macou at 7:15,
8mi go south on all the morning trains. Precisely
the same paper that we furnish our Atlanta patrops
will thus he in Macon to early breakfast and over
southwest Georgia before dinner, and into Florida
before dark.
Ben Hill has already begun the work oi compil
ing his father’s letters and speeches. In a casual
talk with him on yesterday I ascertained some facts
that will be of interest to the public
To begin with the book will consist of two vol
umes. and will be more than a mere compilation.
It will give a history of the late senator, garnished
with such gossip and anecdotes as may be proper.
Of course with the wealth of resource at the hand
of Mr. Hill this part of the work will be more than
Interesting. The letters and speeches will be edited
with a fullness that will give the motives and pur
poses of the senator’s life, and will make a running
commentary on the troublous times in which the
senator lived, and the stormy scenes through which
he moved so conspicuous an actor.
As to the records of Senator Hill’s work, they are
fuller than I had dared hope they would be. He
was a careless man with his papers, and cared little
for his speeches after they had served their purpose.
He never edited or amended them, and rarely kept
copies of them. Of the “Notes on the Situation,”
Mr. Hill has only fourteen out of the forty, hut is
assured that he can gel the unbroken set from the
files of the Augusta Chronicle, in which the whole
series first appeared. It is a part of .the history of
the times that the “Notes” were not copied In the
Intelhgencer, then tho democratic paper of this
city. The Davis-Hall speech is presented in a full
report—not stenographic, however—made Dy Mr.
Henley Smith. The Bush Arbor speech is lost alto
gether. There appeared In many papers at the
time extracts from this speech and a synopsis of it,
but no detailed report was attempfed. It was Mr.
Hill’s intention for many years to write out this
speech In full from his notes, but he never did so,
Beyond this omission every notable speech he has
made since the war is preserved in more or ltss per
fect thape. A speech about which Ue was especially
solicitous was a speech made at Jonesboro about
ten years ago on agriculture. In this speech he
urged the farmers of Georgia to abandon the sys-
temof all cotton planting and raise their own pro
visions. He predicted with prophetic words the
poverty that would come oi that policy and the in
dependence that would follow the establishment of
our barns and smoke-houses at home. He called
this his -‘hog and hominy” speech, and said to me
once that it was the most useful speech he ever de
livered, because it first opened a discussion that
has resulted in bringing the farmers to tho right
policy and making the state independent.
Mr. Hill’s speeches in the confederate senate
are all lost. Of his brilliant record as chairman of
the judiciary committee and the champion of the
Davis administration not odj speech remains. His
ante-bellum speeches are preserved, many of them
in official shape. Of his legal arguments—and h
was as great a lawyer as he was a statesman—only
two are preserved in such shape that they can be
printed entire. One of these is an argumenttouch
ing the constitutionality of the reconstruction acts
before the circuit court, and the other his speech
before the United States supreme court on the Tex
as Pacific hill His debates on the lease of the State
road, his terrible fight with Toombs before the
Georgia railroad directors, and his seties of letters
to the legislative committee that reported against
the lease, in which he urged them to withdraw
their report, are all preserved tmd will makq an in
teresting chapter of the book.
A great many of Mr. Hill’s private letters on
all sorts of topics, which have never been pub
lished, will first see the light in this book. Many
of these, especially those -written in the latter part
of his life are purely personal, but Interesting as
illustrating a grand Christian' character. Many
others are written to public men of the highest
rank, and discuss questions of the greatest public
importance. Among this last series are letters
written to the leaders of the New York
democracy just' after the war when he
urged Governor Hoffman to resist
the bringing of men-of-war into New York harbor.
The correspondence with Chittenden, and similar
letters, the most interesting of all, however, will be
the letters that passed between Senator Hill and Mr.
Garfield just after the election of ‘ the latter to the
presidency. No more important contribution than
tl£) to the political literature of the day has been
made in years.
_..It is intended that no important speech, of
which a copy can be procured, will be omitted,
no episode of the senator’s life passed over. Many
of his fierce contests with gentletneo, with whom
ne was afterwards in perfect accord, will make in
teresting reading iu view of what follows on the
other line. By the way, it is a mistake to suppose
that he left an undelivered speech on the coalition
movement In the south. He intended making a
speech on this subject, and was accustomed to say
that, it would be the grandest speech of his life.
But he made no notes of the proposed assault ex
cept a few casual ones.
Mr. Hill thinks that the ablest speech ev»r
made by his father was the one In which he dis
cussed the army bill in the senate. The speech In
cluded the right to use troops at the polls, and was
an answer to Messrs. Conkling and Edmunds. I do
not believe that the whole range of American pol
ities will show a public man whose letters and:
speeches show better English, more chaste or forci
ble than Mr. Hill. No better model for writers or
speakers could be found than his short and elo
quent sentences. He was fond of the period, and
his sentences were terse and epigrammatic. They
always reminded me of what Holmes wrote about
short sentences. To paraphrase, he said short sen
tences were like short swords. The Roman sol
dier was invincible because he fought with a two
foot sword, and Poland would have never lost her
liberties had she not defended them at the butt of a
ten foot lance. Mr. HlU’s book, will be looked for
with Interest, and will make a valuable addition to
our literature.
I met a young man yesterday who asked me
whether I thought the reported wedding oi a well-
known young lady in Atlanta would take place at
the time alleged to be appointed. J gave my opin
ion and then asked if he was interested in the lady
question. “Oh, no,” he replied, “I do not even
know her." “Why then do you want to know
about her marriage?” "Oh, I have bought four
matrimonial policies of $3,000 each on her, and I’m
anxious to kfiow if I’ll get my money?” “Does
she know of this?” “Oh, no. That isn’t neces
sary. Anybody can take out a policy on any
body else. If you know of a lady that is engaged and
will not marry within five months from the time you.
take a policy on her, you can get any amount on
her wedding that you want. I suppose there is
$25,000 or perhaps double that on the young lady I
asked you about." “How does the company make
itsmoney?” “I suppose it bets on the fickleness of
the young folks. No policy will be paid except five
months after it is taken’ out. There are very few
couples they think that love each other well enough
marry that will wait five months to marry. If
they do, fire months of engaged life is full of
dangers." This is a queer world.
Colonel John T. Grant was led into a personal
conversation the other evening by a number of
young fellows who were on the street car, going out
with their rifles to shoot at a target "I used to be
great rifle shot, bill a squirrel was the only target
ever shot at. When I was a young man I hunted ,
constantly, and could send a rifle ball through a
squirrel’s head in the top of the highest pine.
Judge Jackson and myself used to hunt together
day after day, and I killed about twelve to his two
the season through. 1 was considered the best rifle
shot in my section of the state, and we had some
mighty good shots iu those days. There were two
things I never refused to do, and that was to go
squirrel hunting or to follow the fox hounds. But
we didn’t know much about shooting at a target or
glass balls.”
The Georgia summer resorts have done better
this year than ever beiore, and several important
improvements will be made. At New Holland, for
instance, a $40,000 hotel is to bo put up at once and
eight or ten new cottages bttilL A stock company
has been formed with $100,000 and all the stock
taken. It is slid Bob Lowry and Mr. Huff are the
leaders in the enterprise. Almost the whale tapi-
tal will be put in new buildings and In beautifying
the grounds. With these improvements New Hol
land will be second to no resort in the south.
I met Mr. J. C. Kimball, one of the most ac
tive members oi the school board, the other day,
and he gave me some interesting facts about the
schools. He said, “We have at the close of our
first week of tills session 4,000 pupils In tho schools.
These pupils are In charge of 7G teachers.”
“What Is your appropriation for the year?”
“It is $32,000. Of this amount $10,cuo will run the
schools. This leaves us $12,000 with which to build
new schools. The board has determined to build
at least one new school of 650 seats each year. We
spent $15,000 on new schools last year. Even this
increase is not fast enough,”
“What is the annual increase In applications?”
“That is hard to estimate. We have, according
to ettreensus nUast July, 11,000 children in 1 tf?***“
of the school age. Of these we have 4,000 at school.
Of course many of the others are at private schools,
and many are not able or willing to attend even
free schools. But the annual increase in applica
tions is very large. Wo have enrolled 1,500 new
names since July 1st—1,000 white and 500 colored.
It would astonish you to know how many of these
are new residents. Of the 1,000 white children fully
three-fifths are of new families that have come in
As the school population is only one-fourth of the
general population this represents fully 2,500 peo
ple added to our population in the past six months,
as shown by our school records. I know of scores of
families that jiave been attracted to Atlanta be
cause of our superb schools. We shall need two
new schools a year.”
What does it cost to educate the children per
capita?”
It costs just S9 a year for each child, or less than
Si per month. That is os cheap education as can be
found anywhere, I think, considering it is so
thorough.”
“What are the teachers paid?”
“We pay the White teachers from $500 to $1,209 a
year. The principals get $1,400 to $l,G00andtho
superintendent $2,000.’’
How many colored teachers have you?"
We have sixteen. For the first time this year we
have put the colored schools entirely In charge of
colored teachers, and the plan works admirably.
These colored teachers were educated here, and are
thorough and efficient. They get from $450 to $750
a year.”
•What is the school property worth?”
•The real estate, hulldlngsiand property is worth
$259,000.” ,
The board iscosmopolitan in its makeup. Colo
nel Hammond is the only native Georgian it has.
Nine states and Europe are represented by the
thirteen members, and three cdfcte from New Eng
land. They get no salary and their work is a labor
of love.
.Touching the boom in fruit and small crops
that has so auspiciously opened in Georgia, and
that so many influences combine to foster, I hear
that there was shipped from Chattanooga last season
over $1,000,000 worth of fruit and truck. This is on
the authority of Mr. Bennett, the president of a
fruit-growers club of tint city. The price of land
on the mountain slopes about Chattanooga has
gone up immensely. If this small crop boom con-
tines I shall move to the country and become a
market gardener, for when there’s millions it#
melons and more iu truck, it really wont pay to be
A Man About Town.
NICHOLLS FOR CONGRESS.
The First Congressional District Convention Settles
Upon Hon* John C. Xiefeolla for the Knee*
Special Dispatch to The Constitution.
Savannah, September 8.—The congressional con
vention assembled to-day pursuant to adjournment,
and the impression was general that, after the two
days fruitless balloting, something definite would
be arrived at. On the 173** ballot Colonel Black
having fallen to five votes his name, after
some earnest remarks upon his claims,
was withdrawn by Colonel Dell, of Screven, who
had placed him in nomination. The balloting
then proceeded with WarreD and Nicholls in the
field, DUt no result was obtained. Onjthe one hun
dred and seventy-ninth ballot the vote stood z3
each, when a motion for a recess of half hour for
conference was carried. At the expiration of that
time the committee proposed that one more ballot
betak-nand the candidate following the smallest
vote be withdrawn. The ballot ^was taken and
showed Nicholls 25, Warren 21. Mr. Clifton
of Chatham, then presented a letter
from Mr. Warren to the Chaitman
lithe Chatham delegation stating that in the in
terests of harmoDy and the success of the democ
racy, wnieh were above any personal considerations
or ambition, be would authorize the withdrawal of
his name. Captain Hughe.*, of Liberty, moved that
Mr. Nicholls be nominated bv acclamation, which
was carried. The nomination does not give satis-
• faction, but will be supported, although the repub
licans arejubilanL It is announced that Tom
Johnson, collector of the port, will be the republi
can nominee. The convention passed resolution*
in reference to Colanel Black and Senator Hid and
then adjourned.