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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.