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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION.
Fayetteville ga
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VOLUME XIV.
TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 31; 1882. N
PRICE 5 CENT
THE ANNUAL REPORT
OF'THE STATE COMMISSIONER OF
AGRICULTURE.
A Review of the Work of the Department for Two
Team—Th. Bute’s Consumption of Fertilizers
—The Report of the Fish Com miss! oat r—
Several Other matters of Interest.
The annual, or, more properly speaking,
the biennfel report of Hon. J. T. Hender
son, commissioner of agriculture, was issued
from the press yesterday. The commissioner
begins his report by a reference to the cause
of his failure to issue a report last year. He
attributes the failure to the fact that in the
latter port of 1881, when the report
should have been prepared, the
time and attention of the com-,
missioner and his subordinates was so thor
oughly occupied with the extra duties under
taken in connection with the International
cotton exposition, superadded to the current
routine duties of the office proper, and with
the unusual influx of visitors attracted from
all quarters by the exposition, that it was
found impracticable to prepare n report.
Even afler the close of the great exhibition,
the pressing character of the usual office
work—in the midst of the fertilizer season—
that could not he laid aside or postponed,
made it altogether inexpedient to attempt a
ormal, comprehensive, official report,
ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT.
The commissioner states that since his last
report no changes have been effected in the
clerical force of the office proper and none in
the Laboratory and Inspection division, ex
cept those which that report anticipated. As
there intimated, Dr. N. A. Pratt resigned the
position of chemist of the department on the
12th day of November, 1880, and the vacancy
was tilled on the same day by the installation
of Prof. H. C. White, of the University of
Georgia; and on the loth of October, 18S0,
Mr. Samuel Hawkins was appointed to suc
ceed I)r. W. P. Harden, resigned, as inspector
of fertilizers at Augusta.
On the first day of October, instant, the fol
lowing changes look effect; Wni. H. Howell,
clerk of tiie department, was made inspector
of fertilizers at Coiuaibus vice George W.
Rosette; W. P. Harden, inspector at iiruns-
wick vice Troup Butler, and the latter ap
pointed clerk of the department. The organ
ization of the department at present is there
fore as follows: J. T. Henderson, commis
sioner; Troup Butler, commissioner’s clerk;
R. J. Redding, assistant commissioner; J. S.
Newman, editing clerk; W. B. Henderson,
mailing clerk: II. C. White, chemist of de
partment; 0. T. Rogers, inspector of fertilizers
at Augusta; J. S. Lawton, inspector of fer
tilizers at Atlanta; Samuel Hawkins, iuspcc
tor of fertilizers at Augusta; W. H. Howell,
inspector of fertilizers at Columbus; W. I*i
Harden, inspector of fertilizers at Brunswick:
E. L. Thomas, inspector of fertilizers at Ma
con; Dr. H. H. C’ary, superintendent of
fisheries.
T1IB MATTER OF FERTILIZERS.
Some interesting statisticsshowing the con
sumption of commercial fertilizers are given.
The following table shows the number of
tons inspected for each of the last eight sea
sons:
Season of 1874-5 48,048 tons
Season of 18750. 55,310 tons
Season of 1876-7 75,824 tons
Season of 1877 8 93,478 tons
Season of 1878 9 85,019 tons
Season of 1879-80 119,583 tons
Season of 1880-1 152,401 tons
Season of 1881-2....... .125,427 tons
The number of tons of acid phosphates or
dissolved bones inspected in Georgia during
MuAa.pwt:nisbf R'kSdn* i« (UtfplV'Wf;
For the season of 1874-5. (Not classified.)
For the season of 1875-6 6,499 tons
For the season of 1876-7 12,812 tons
For the season of 1877 8 15,332 tons
For the season of 1878-9 10,291 tons
For the season of 1879-80. 13,906 tons
For the season of 1880 1 22.030 tons
For the season of 1881-2 20,602 tons
The receipts of the department for the sea
son of 18S0-1 were $76,232.03 from which was
deducted the amount paid for tags, express
charges, etc., leaving $72,260.23 as the amount
paid into the treasury. The salaries of the
inspectors and chemist reduced that amount
to $64,060.23. That was an increase of $11,
021.87 over the previous year. For 1881-2 the
fees were $62,713.31, and after the payment of
the expenses left $50,251.32. The net balance
for the last several seasons was as follows:
nted. as in the previous years, over the state,
and so far as reports have been received they
have, in every particular, sustained the high
estimate placed upon them. It is hoped that
a very lame distribution will be made the
present fall, as a letter from Colonel McDon
ald, in charge of the distributions at Wash
ington, states under date of the 5th instant:
“1 am directed by Professor Baird to say to
you that he can probably supply all appli
cants for carp from Georgia ”
AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT.
Mr. Emanuel Heyser, of Madison. Georgia,
an enthusiatic fish culturist, a careful obser-
er and reliable gentleman, has given me the
CODY’S COSY CASTLE.
THE HOME OF A NOTED SCOUT.
Special Correspondent of The Times.
North Platte, Neb., October 5.—-This beau
tiful prairie town is located 291 miles west of
Omaha and is the terminus of the first division
benefit of a careiul experiment made during I of the Union Pacific railroad. It lies about
the present year, and as I regard this experi- midway between the north and south fork of
ment as very important, I beg leave to detail th „ Piatle rivpr „ the ranntv seat of T mooli,
it somewhat fully. On Friday, Mar i2th, 1 1 mte J lver> “ seat of Lincoln
1882, he had three scale carp taken from his j county and noted as the home of the renown
pond with hook and line, two females and one I ed hunter, scout, author and actor W. F.
male, weighing about three and a half pounds C ody. better known as “Buffalo Bill." North
each. On Saturday, May 13th, he placed 1 .. . . .
them in the lied of a spring branch, running Platt ? m maD >’ aspects is not unlike the typi-
through the bottom of an old pond that haa I cal oil regon town. The low wooden build-
been dry for about four years, and was over-1 ings in the business portion will however,
grown with grasses, rushesandweeds-except in be re pi ace d by more substantial
On fh« tl follow7nf I5tif structures - Th ® Cody 7 homestead is
1 P leasantl y situated one mile west of
tliG breach in the dam of the old pond | tug viU&tre on"a frpntlv rising clnno r»f
the^urface^f the^nontf^'on 7 t^edne^av P rairie and 13 tIle m03t conspicuous dwelling
the surface of the pond. On ednesdaj I m *j ie uWo The bouse—a laree and roomv
in the place. The nouse—a large and roomy
carp were spawning in water and not over
six inches deep and the water was so clear 1 model o£ convenience in everv resnert TherZ
K X ry i8lh Ve and Vrf
the fish. On Thursday the 13th, 411(1 parlors, the windows of wh&h are draped by
day the 19th, lie gathered eggs from where I { leaV y i ace curtains and the floors covered
he had seen the carp spawning, deposited j w itL luxurious carpets. One of the curiosi-
on grass, weeds, etc.; some of these eggs | jjgg ; s an un jq Ue easy chair ingeniously con
structed out of buffalo horns and covered
with the skin of a grizzly bear which Mr. Co-
For the season of 1878-9 : 831.267 6‘.
For the season of 1879-80. - 49,438 36
For the season of 1SSO-1 61,060 23
For the season of 18S1-2 50,250 82
Decrease compared with 1880-1 13,808 91
Previous to the season of 1877-8 the fees
arising from the inspection of fertilizers were
perquisites of the inspectors.
THE STATE CHEMIST.
The state chemist. Professor H. C. White,
makes a lengthy report, which is incorporated
in the report of the commissioner. After
touching on the analyses made. Professor
White has this to say of cotton butter oil:
“I have also carefully examined a sample
of cotton butter oil submitted by you, and
find that it contains nothing whatever dele
terious to health, and nothing in its compo
sition or properties that would unlit it for
safe and wholesome use as an article of food,
As I am now engaged in an invastigatian
of the dietetic and other uses of cotton seed
oil, with a view to a more extended report
hereafter, I confine myself at this time to
this brief statement.”
The analysis of the sweet potato, a yellow
yam variety, is also given.
In a comparative statement it is shown
tnat one bushel of Georgia corn is equal to
2.89 bushels of yam potatoes, ami in flesh pro
ducing constituents, to seven bushels of po
tatoes.
THB FISH COMMISSIONER.
The report of the commission embraces
very interesting report made by Dr. H. H,
Cary, superintendent of fisheries, in which he
sayso German carp:
This new fish has more than sustained the
reputation acquired up to my last report.
Up to that time only about 700 had been in
troduced into the waters of Georgia, and most
of these having been placed in ponds with in
adequate drainage, but few opportunities had
been afforded to test their growth. The few
examinations made, however, showed
growth of about four pounds per year. The fish
above named were the hatchings of 1879, the
first hatchings east of the Rocky mountains.
The hatchings of the carp ponds at Washing
ton for 1880 had enormously increased. Geor
gia, through the department of agriculture,
received and distributed over 3,700, and the
members of congress received and distributed
about as many more, making the entire dis
tribution in the state for that year over 7,400.
Many of these fish were very small, not more
than one or two inches long* and weighing a
fraction of an ounce. A shipment was receiv
ed from Washington in February. 1881; six of
these were sent to a gentleman in Talbot
county, and were rel.ised in his mill pond;
the last of September one was caught and
weighed, and it was found that in seven
months it had taken on a growth of five
pounds. That this may not be an exception
al case. I will state that other cases of nearly
equally rapid growth have been reported to
me. Of the hatchings of the carp
ponds at Washington of 1881, we failed to get
the supply we expected, hence, a large num
ber of applicants were disappointed. The de
partment of agriculture received about 1,700,
and probably the members of cangress even a
larger number than this, which were distrib-
BnStlo Bin’s Brosd Acres and Bemutifol House at
Korh Bike, Nebraska—Halloa of His Indian
Figbla—Remarkable Feats on Horaeback
and With tke Bias—Yellow Hand’s Scalp.
lartner^Major Frank North, a well known
‘ Indian titter and*soldier. It is the ifitentio'n
to raise thoroughbred ", hoses on a large scale.
He has one hundred and eighteen brood-
mires that will compare favorably in build
and style with the'best eastern stock ancfalso
a large number of promising youngsters. He
also has a large herd of short-horn cows and
heiic-rs, with a high pedigreed bull' at their
head. • .
AN EXTENSIVE LAND OWNER.
Aside from all this Mr.‘ Cody, owns several
thousand acres of land in the vicinity and is
also one of the heaviest real estate owhere in
some of these _
were placed in a glass vase and some in
tin bucket, both filled with clear water. The
vase be kept in his_ dwelling house; the | gy killed while out on "scouting expedition
bucket he placed on the branch of a tree in
open air. six feet from the ground. These re
mained undisturbed until Tuesday morning,
May 23d. when he found that in both in the
bucket and vase, the eggs were hatching. On
making this discovery he w nt immediately
to the pond from which the eggs were taken
and with a basin could dip up large numbers
of tiny fish. That they were scale carp he
1861.
YELLOW HAND'S BUFFALO ROBE.
A handsomely-trimmed buffalo robe, which
was taken from Y'ellow Hand, a son-in-law of
the notorious Sitting Bull, ornaments the
he&dofasofa. Yellow Hand, it will be re
membered, was killed in a duel with Buffalo
Bill almost immediately after the fatal Custer
massacre, and his scalp, which has a place in
DURING THE WEEK.
WHA. . THE PEOPLE OF THE
WORLD HAVE BEEN DOING.
A Slice of the Comet Falls Away—Penn’s Bicentennial
—The Hoyt-Fersuson Contsst Abandoned—
Death of General W. S. Holt—The Cholera %
in China—Fires, Accidents, Etc.
Tuesdaj, October 84.
Observation proves that a large slice of the
ROBERT D. GARVIN.
North Platte. He owns and rentaseven neat comethas fallen away. A "six days’ walking
d wolfing houses and will build several more. <$pntest opened in New York. Philadelphia
He is the father of the town, so to speak, and is celebrating the bicentennial of Penn’s
is at the head of every important business lafading . Mr . Flower) c f New York, refuses
enterprise and is the most popular man to-day . . , „ ’ ,
in the glorious state of Nebraska. Many of I 10 n,n a S am for congress. Guerrilla fighting
the business men came here at his solication. prevails in Peru. The cholera is raging in
His'family leads in all social matters. Mr. Gody China. 19 men scalded to death in North
SWTS, “iecS. »**• •>f— M
Legislature in 1872, is one of I wave at Panama. Milan, king of Servia, shot
the most generons and whole soulea men at by a crazy woman. An extensive con-
that ever breathed. He is no desperado, al- spi^y has been discovered in France; ntt-
thongh he is credited by General Phil Sheri- _ , , , , , , ’
dan with having killed more Indians in legi- I merous disturbances have taken place. Gen-
timi.te warfare than any white man living, eral W. S. Holt, of Macon, is dead. Aaron
His, has been an exciting and eventful life Alpeoria Bradley, the notorious negro poli-
an:>' the history of liis varied exploits would tictan, died suddenly in St. Louis,
fill f olumes. Not many of his old cronies is the city
liy, in this vicinity. His best friends, Wild 0 n the Sth of October, Mr. A. W. Ross, a
Bil- ar.d Texas Jack, are dead. Buffalo Bill s | wealthy citizen, of Glendale, Ohio, was found
fau viis hunt with the Grand Duke Alexis and murdered, and a large sum of money, sup-
the L-arl of Dunraven are matters of history, posed to have been on his person, missing
as are other great hunts in which some of To-day, officer Bagby arrested a man named
our prominent public men participated. As I “West, who confesses to have been a partici-
a horseman he nas lew, if any, equals, as a I pant in the crime, and shortly afterward two
crack snot I believe no superiors. I men named Morrison and Sherwood were n1«n
* no superiors.
BUFFALO BILL’S RIFLE FEA1S.
men named Morrison and Sherwood were also
was certain, as he kept watch of them for I Mr. Oodv’s collection of Indian relics, was
about a month, when they had attained a the first taken after the gallant “Long-haired
length of one and a half inches. That the I Chief’ had fallen a victim to Indian treach-
young fish were hatched in from five to six C ry. On the walls of the parlors hang hand-
days there can be no mistake, as there was no I gome oil paintings representing memorable
water where lie gathered the eggs until less I scenes in the career of this noted border ce-
than a week before he saw the young fish, and lebrity. The most striking is that showing
it bad just risen sufficiently deep to allow the I a herd of buffaloes dashing over
fish to swim around in spawning. Mr. Hey- the prairies, with Mr. Cody, mounted
ser having no thermometer, had no means of I on his favorite horse, Old Brig-
ascertaining the temperature of the water at I ham, and armed with a pet Springfielu
the time, but by reference to my register, I I breech-loader which he calls “LucretfaBorga,”
find the average temperature of the atmos-1 pouring death and destruction into the ranks
phereintheshade wasonthedayscovering this J 0 f the herd. It was in the year 1868, while
experiment G9°, but as Madison is about one- I supplying the contractors of the Kansas Pa*
half degree north of LaGrange.the temperature I cific railroad with fresh meat, that Mr. Cody
mightbealittle lower, and this would approxi-1 earned the title hi so proudly wears. In one
mately indicate the temperatureof the water, I day be killed sixty-nine buflaloes, and for this
so that we may assume with the temperature I remarkable record, whichhasnevereven been
oftbewnter at about 69 degrees, these eggs I nppjoached, was given tbetitle“Buffalo Bill.”
batched in from five to six days. } In a period of eighteen months, while con-
An appropriation of one-third of a cent. ] nected with the company, 4,280 noble animals
per capita of the people of Georgia will en- u f the plain fell victims to his unerring aim.
able us to make fish the cheapest food in the | buffalo bill’s library.
state, and will take them, from the list ot lnx-1 A large and pleasant room, opening from
uries and place them in the reach of all.” I the second parlor, is devoted to the use of Mr.
Commissioner Henderson’s report also con- I Cody as a library, reading&nd smoking room,
tains elaborate articles on the fence law, a re- I The walls and ceiling are decorated with life-
view of tbc cotton exposition an article on I like portriats of Wild Bill, Texas Jack, Kit
cotton seed and cotton seed oil mills, an arti- I Carson, Captain Jack Crawford and other no
de on the geological survey and several other I ted border men whose names figure pro mi-
matters of interest. Tke report will be freely j nently in the history of Indian wars. The
circulated. | walls and ceilings are elegantly papered, the
work having been done by an Eastern artist.
The annual report of State Treasurer Speer I A most excellent crayon portrait of Mr. Cody,
was issued yesterday. It is a compact pam- | takenin his prime, bangs over a marble maii-
phlet, composed principally of tabulated state-1 tie. Mrs. Cody s handsome iace also peers at
ments, and shows at a glance the condition of | the visitor from a heavy gilt frame. In the
the State’s finances. The balance in the treus- I parlors are a fine Chickering piano and ah or-
ury on October 7th. 1881.. was $794,547.51. The
mount reoeive''.di-ili4J.SK^4y. f rom ’.j’ her , - - , s . ■
7, 1881 to September 30, 1882, was I In Mr. Cody’s privateTooni up
$1,609,432.10 or a total of $2,403,976.61. I elaborate gun and pistol-rack, literally loaded
The disbursements from October 7, 1881, to I downwith rare and valuable arms, mostly the
September 30, 1882, were $1,713,507.46, leaving I gifts of admiring friends,
balance in the treasury on October 1st, 1882, I The Cody homestead, which has been nick
of $690,472.15. Tne balance of $690,472.15, is named “Welcome Wigwam,” is surrounded
not a cash balance, but largely consists of I by one hundred and twenty acres of land and
state of Georgia and United States bonds, re-1 lies about three rods sout > of the Union Pa-
ceived on account of the second payment [ cific railroad track. A white picket-fence
from the purchasers of the Macon & Bruns-1 surrounds the homestead, giving it an eastern
wick railroad, and the suspended balance due I look. At the head of the croquet ground
from the citizens’ bank and the bank of I stands a slender flag-pole. When the master
Rome, (state depositories) viz: I is at home the national emblem flies from the
State of Georgia bonds .S115.000.00 peak, when out of town the flag is hauled
United States Registered bonds I60,0e0.0» 1 down. The spacious grounds surrounding the
Balance due from Citizens’* bank 83,218 51 | house are kept in most excellent order and
Balance due from the Buhk of Rome 22,206.23 | the clack of the croquet balls during the sum
mer is almost constant.
Safas i s?Sn,ri U y H s is
S? “lutra 'ihS S35, I I b « Fc 'S" , » n - Ho l ,t been .ban-
ara&saS&H isa ay
de. tui exhibition. The arm was a Winches- I W«4»»»4«y, Qctaker*5
/epeating ritie. -The steed was* given the I . "P** -hjjugtrey, the English beauty, arrives
* r and .started off on a keen run. At every 1 1 j ^ork for a theatrical tour of the Uni-
the mustang jumped sidewise I States. Mrs. Scoville, Guiteau’s sister,
riolently that it seemed impossi-1 . 88 been pronounced insane by a Chicago
bl< for the rider to keep his P r Y- Pariiamenthas re-assembled. General
ser :, but with both hands occupied inhandle- £°P e been promoted to major-general,
in: the gun he gracefully maintained his I Baker Pasha hakbeen put in command of the
:i:i—:— ^ i , - > Lgyptian forces. A jealous husband in
An Old Atlnutl Man In Tronble la Wlnuepcc, Maul-
toba—Charged with Murder.
Robert D. Gore in, an old Atlanta man, is
in trouble in Winnepeg, Manitoba. Yester
day‘s Constitution contained a telegram from
that place announcing the killing of Arehio
McDonald by Garvin, the killing having been
occasioned liy a drunken quarrel.' McDonald
was shot through the heart and Garvin \yas
promptly arrested. Yesterday a Constitution
reporter called at the home of Garvin’s father
on Decatur street, near the terminus of the
street car line, to see if any news
of the killing had been received by the fam
ily. The family had not even read the dis
patch published in the paper, and the first
news that they had of the killing was that
carried to them by the reporter. Robert D.
Garvin is a son of William Garvin, and a few
S ears ago was well known here. He served
is time as a fireman on the Western and At
lantic railroad, and attained to an engineer-
ship. Subsequently he took a position on the
Air Line, and in a fight at Charlotte one day
nearly fatally shot a man. He was tried and
acquitted, however. Garvin married a very
beautiful woman, and the result of
their union was a daughter—a
very bright and and prettv little
girl. They did not live happily together how
ever, and the wife sued for divorce. The^- di,-
vorce was granted and then a struggle arose
over the possession of the child. The child
was finally awarded to . the mother. Mrs.
Garvin then married Sr. T. S. Gourdin and
they are now living at Tilton. About four
years ago Garvin left Atlanta, going to Mont
gomery or Mobile. It is said that in Alabama
he was tried for bigamy but that is denied by
hts family. He drifted westward and finally
got into Mexico. He wrote to his father reg
ularly until about three mouths ago when he
stated in a letter that he would perhaps not
thi lr .nark*. To say that I was surprised* to*[, s ^? r Gh^tuel was^run over by the street cars
witness his remarkable feats on horseback
with the rifle is putting it mild. It is only
the broad prairies that Buffalo Bill mp show
. .. . .. dvanta:
his markesmanship to; the best advantage,
anh mounted on a fleet wild horse the hero
of ..his letter surpasses the most preposterous
f in New Orleans and killed.
in the city.
A new military company is to be organized
in Atjanta There are five military compa
nies in the city. The new mail services
on the East Tennessee road, between Atlanta
ex’.gyerations of Cooper’s “Leather Stocking I and Macon, has been put in operation. Al-
st "™ q derman Lowry is to build a handsome
house. General Charles A. Reynolds, U.
S. A., has been stationed in Atlanta as in
A ROMANTIC CASE IN COURT.
Making an amount (unavailable) of .5380,421.74
Which deduucted from the stated balance
of $690,472.15, will show the cash balance on
hand on the first day of October, 1882, to be
$310,047.41.
RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS,
An interesting table is given showing the
receipts and disbursements. The general tax
for 1881 was $738,920.41. The larger items
given are as follows : Rent of Western and
Atlantic railroad. $300,00*); railroad tax,
$12,247.45 for 18S2, and $21,453.83, for 1881.
Liquor tax for 1882, $31,504.25; liquor tax for
1881, $22,573 S3. Fees of inspectors, $50,308.80
Insurance tax, $12,901. Interest on sale
ol Macon and Brunswick railroad $25,000; sec
ond payment on sale of Macon and Bruns
THE CODY FAMILY.
Right here a word as to Mr. Cody’s family
may not come in unappropriate. Mrs. Cody’s
maiden name was Louisa Frederici and her
home in St. Louis. She was beautiful and
accomplished, and of distinguished family.
Mr. Cody met her in 1864, while on mili
tary duty, and in the spring of 1866 the happy
scout led his beauteous bride to the altar.
The result of this happy union of heart and
iiands has been three bright and lovable chil
dren. The eldest child, Miss Arta, just turn
ing sweet sixteen, is of medium height, of
well developed figure and has the same grace
ful pose and carriage that distinguisnes her
father, whom she resembles greatly. She
is a splendid musician, a brilliant conversa-
wick* railroad $250,000; hireof convicts in 1881 tionalist ’ “decided penchant for paint
$24,871.00. There are various other smaller ™8, “ a splendid eques|tnenne and m also a
432.10, which added to the balance brought |
forward for the previous year make $2,403,
979.61. The larger sains disbursed are as
follows: Public debt, 1882, $686,773.0# and
public debt 1881, $2St>,274 00. Legislative
pay roll, 1881, $100,416.35. School fund
1881, $195,137.36. Lunatic asylum, 18S2, $96,-
002.05; lunatic asylum, 1881, $3-5,380 S5 Luna
tic asylum enlargement, $45,000, Special ap
propriations, $41,397.24. Civil establishment
$42,775.00 for 1882, and $29,170.74 for 1881.
Six hundred and fifteen dollars is the amount
expended for artificial limbs. The usual ap
propriations of $8,000 each to the State uni
versity and Atlanta university have been
paid. * 1 liese sums with many smaller ones
make the disbursements run up to $1,713,-
507.46, leaving a balance of $690,472,15.
. The amount of the public debt not J'et due . Mr Cody’s favorite horse. * Jack,” a pretty
is put at $9,b24,13o 00, on which there will be I wa t er s pa niel, is the pet of the household
interest accumulate to the amount of *04o,- I The favorite trick mule, also named “Jack,’
440.00. The public debt with the interest I ] ias a comfortable stall all by himself. Id
added will tall due as tollows: 18»3—$lw,- I and ab out the barns three men are constantly
°°$ l^^OOOhO ?i590*^ OQ 3 ’?^’ 00 ^^ 6 • employed. In a large field west of the house
025.00; is96—$579,94000; lS89-$2,4:
1SS5—$78,660.00; 1932—$3,210,000.00. I tame and were secured by Mr. Cody, who is
Georgia’s assets and liabilities. j seriously thinking of going to Europe next
The amonntyet due on the Macon and season with a troupe, to be composed of Ia-
Brunswick railroad is about $700,000, The 1 dians, Mexican rancheros and buffaloes,
state is endorser for the South Georgia and ©n the north side of the railroad, almost di-
Florida railroad to the extent of $464,000 rectly opposite the house, is a “little” pasture,
and on the Northeastern to the amount of I comprising 1,800 acres, all fenced in. Mr.
The state is secured in each instance I Cody in selecting his home picked out
lady can shatter glass balls, oring down birds
on the wing or puncture silver dollars equally
well. Little Orra. who is turning her tenth
year, is an unusually bright and attractive
child, and already evinces a decided taste for
music. Mr. Cody’s t-nly son, Kit Carson, died
at Rochester, N. Y., in 1866. Had he lived
be would have been the idol of a fond father’s
heart.
THE SCOUT’S HORSES.
Leaving the family I will pay a brief visit
to the neat, whitewashed barns and sheds,
located some distance back of the dwelling.
The stables contain three finely-matched
teams of horses that do not take anybody’s
dust, two trotters and the pacer John, each
with a record of 2.40 A clear-limbed black
stallion, who can trot a mile in the thirties, is
Mr. Cody’s favorite horse. ‘ Jack,"
a story of a Coanecttcut sctiootma«ter who Went to I spector of Federal cemeteries. Mr. Henry
the Mexican War. I Turner, of. Atlanta, and Miss Annie Harrison,
Norwich, October 28—A romantic case has I ot Macon, got married without parental
been brought to the attention of the superior license.
co-.rt. in this county. A year or two previous I Thursday, October 2e.
to the Mexican war, Benjamin F. Brown, a I Canadian lover, after an absence of 36
competent schoolmaster, 21 years old, son of I y® ars > retunis to_ Montreal and marries his
a ■> . e.i 1-to-do farmer, John ’ Brown, of North I sweetheart, who, in the meantime, had mar-
Su u ugton, ran away from home. His pa- j ricL become a grandmother and been
rent.- never received any tidings of him. He I widowed. A silk smuggler in San Francisco
w<-at to Mexico, and in the war that began I harbor shot dead by an officer whom he was
soon afterward served in aregiment of United I trying to elude. The American missionary
Stall dragoons. As lie spoke Spanish fluent- j association is in session at .Cleveland. Four
ly. h ’ soon became interpreter of General I persons killed by an explosion of fireworks in
Tr.yl-r’s staff. After the close of hostilities I I’hiladelphia. Louisiana bonds are now
hew ut to Corpus Christi and married a beau- I quoted on the New York stock boards. A
til il -'panish girl, Innocente Castillo. The I storm on the English coast proves to be the
con,:: went to Laredo, Texas and I worst iu thirty years. The star route jurors
' fijt; lived happily until I860, when I ar< ? being indicted for listening to proposals of
n, who changed his nauV-after the close bribes.
.. . vnerictn wer to Benv tj rfip F. Wrownn, I in the city.
lit-: left TV ! Emory college ^tndenf-v *. flog
and four children—Frank, JSssjamin, Juan, j show is proposed fur the winter. Thc’fTecui.c
and Isabella. During his married life he had I flue alarm is in successful operation. Jack
spoken only Spanish in his household, and I Dudley, a runaway convict, has been brought
his family, who know nothing of English, | back from Alabama for the fourth time on
were unacquainted with his real name or his I requisition. Colored emigrants from the
history prior to his marriage. At about the I Carol.inas for Arkansas are passing through
time that Wrowan was killed, his aged fath-1 the city in great numbers. Findley, Who es-
er in North Stonington died, leaving his farm, | caped from the federal court-room in Atlanta,
worth $10,000 or $15,000 to six heirs, includ I.is understood to be at home in Fannin coun-
ing the missing Benjamin and his brother, I ty, and defies arrest. A revenue officer named
John, the latter of whom had settled I Richardson tired a pistol shot at a waiter in
in Stonington, Illinois. In 1873 the heirs to I Ballard’s saloon for which he has been put in
the North Stonington property had it sold by I jatl.
order of the superior court, and the portion I Friday .October ar.
due each was properly assigned, with the ex- ] In the Protestant Episcopal congress, held
ception of Benjamin’s share. That was de-1 Richmond, the condition of the southern
posited in the Chelsea savings bank of this negro was discussed. The speakers were quite
city in the name of Jeremiah Halsey, trus-1 hard on the colored race, accusing them of in-
tee. At the same time a copy of the court nate dishonesty and natural hypocrisy. The
order was sent to the latest known address of government is experimenting with the use of
Benjamin. As the family of the dead man tricycles in the delivery of city mails. Irami-
were living under a false name, the order gration from Europe is decreasing. The pres-
never reached them. I ident has gone to New York. Brady, the star
In 1881 Frank, the oldest son of Benjamin’s I route thief, has recently lost $75,000 in a busi-
widow. determined to learn English so as to I ness venture. Guiteau’s skin and bones are
understand the contents of his father’s papers. I boxed up in the Washington museum. Thir-
After getting a smatteringof English he found I teen men drowned in a gale near London
among his father’s private documents a letter I in the city.
from ihe Illinois brother that furnished the I Jerry Damon, charged with the murder of
first clue to Wrowan’s early history. The let-1 John Crews, on trial in Fulton superior court,
ter was dated Stonington 111., Nov. 16,1858,and I before Judge Branham, has been found
was signed, “Your Brother John.” It spoke of I guilty and sentenced to life-imprisonment,
the writers aged parents in this country, I Four negro colleges are in Atlanta. Simons,
and of their lifelong sorrow over Benjamin’s j a negro, shot Coursey, a rival in a love affair,
early disappearance. The boy Frank at once The latter is expected to die. Several cases
wrote to the Illinois postmaster, asking about I of burglary have been reported. Marriage
John Wrowan. The reply was that there was I associations are coming into disfavor,
no such person, bat that a man had lived and I Saturday, October as.
died in Stonington, Illinois, named John I p>. Garvin, a former notorious character
Brown, and that he came from North Stoning- j in Atlanta, has committed murder in Mani-
ton, Conn. The boy then wrote to the post- I toba. Silver mines have been discovered in
master in North Stonington and established I ^joska. Secretary Cnandler s to manage the
in his opinion, tiro fact that his _ father was | aa tional campaign for the republicans. In a
stretch of land in the heart of the buffalo
grass country. This grass, which grows hard
ly two inches ab ve the ground, is curly and
feels like a matting of down under foot. In
this region hirses and cattle literally live on
this succulent grass, which is hardly ever cov
ered with snow, so mild, as a role, are the
B. F. Brown. Through Mr. Halsey, the |
trustee of Benjamin’s share of the Brown es
tate, Frank secured the services of lawyers in
this city, to press the claim of the Wrowan
family to their portion of the Brown estate.
A hearing was had last week before Chief
Justice Park of Jthe superior court, and ape-1
tition in equity granted. It is probable that
the heirs of the late B. F. Wrowan will soon
t, • „ . - . . . , —.— < be alfle to write again soon. That was the
The Ferguson-Hoy t contest has been aban- ; as t that was heara of Garvin until yesterday.
His family say that he is not now married.
He is about thirty years of age and is a man
given to an over indulgence in liquor.
AN ELECTION MURDER.
A Unm Swamp Negro Found Dead and the Murderer
Eftcape*.
From the Cochran, Ga. Banner.
On the fourth of October, election day, a
negro by the name of Ed Rogers was found
dead, with a pistol ball in his head, in Gum
Swamp creek near Chauncey. On investi
gation it was learned that the murdered man
and one Sam Lowdy, (also colored) had been
engaged in picking cotton for several days
for Captain John A. Harrell, and that op the
day before election had gone to Chauncey.
Sam had returned to Captain H’s, however,
on the same day, alone, and reported
Ed as sick in Chauncey and that he
was commissioned to collect the wages dqe
him and get his trunk. The truhk and wages
were delivered to Sam, and the last seen of
him he was about six miles from Chauncey,-
supposed to have been en route for Macon.
Both negroes had formerly been employed as
gravel-hands on the M. & B, railroad, and
Captain Albert Sharpe was immediately tele
graphed to in Macon to apprehend Sam, but
up to date no arrest has been made.
$260.
by first liens. To set off these liabilities the
state has the following property
Western and Atlantic railroad, 138 miles—
lease 9 years to run—annual rental $300,000.
Macon and Brunswick railroad—19* miles—
sold for $1,125,000, of which about $700,000. is
vet due. Bonds of Marietta and North Geor- , ™ u .. u . «. — - —-
gia railroad $66,233.62. South Georgia and I winters. The country for miles an/und is cut
Florida railroad—5S miles—(contingent)— up into cattle ranges and speculators are now
has never defaulted in paying interterest. I turning their eyes to the raising of fast hor-
Bank state of Georgia—1,833 shares of no val- 1 ses. Mr. Cody has probably tried the
ue. Bank of Augusta—800 shares of no val- endurance of the horse as much as any
ue. 186 shares Georgia railroad and banking I man living, and having recently dispos-
company, $25,000. Atlantic and Gulf railroad I ed of his cattle ranche on the Dismal
—10,000 shares—par $1,000,000—(no market i river, sixty-five miles north of North Platte,
value) Southern and Atlantic telegraph | for tne neat sum of $125,000, has determined
guaranteed by Western Union telegraph j to invest his surplus capital in the develop-
company—440 shares—$10,000. Public baud- j ment of the useful animal, and has associated
ings—not estimated. ( with him in the enterprise his old friend and
fight between Indian troops and Mexicans 23
of the latter and 200 of the former were killed.
Louisville is to have a cotton exposition next
year. In San Saba, Texas, Tom Jones killed
his cousin, William Jones.
IN THE CITY.
Five thousand people at the circus. In 1874
Joseph Stanley killed a white man near
..... . | Buford, and fled. Two yearsago, his brother,
come into possession of their share ot the | Hosey ’ stanley) killed a negro at the same
place, and also fled. Last week both were
Marginal Dealings Decided Illegal. I captured and are how in Gwinnett county
Chicago, October 28.—A decision upon the | jail. Colonel. E M. Broyles robbed of a gold
question of the legality of marginal dealings 1 watch. Ike Shipman, the Eastman rioter, has
on the board of trade was rendered in the ap- had his sentence commutted to imprisonment
peltate court to-day. A commission firm for life.
brought suit against a customer for marginal Sunday, October as.
difference on a deal of grain. The lower The false prophet has defeated the Egyptian
Court rendered a judgment for the amount troops, and is marching to the front. A fire
claimed. The appellate court holds the pur- I in Fall River destroyed one of the largest
chase of grain for future delivery, where it is I mills there, worth one million dollars. Dick-
evident that there is no intention actually to son, the foreman of the late star route jury,
deliver the grain, but to settle the differences I has been arrested for collusion with bribers,
in price in money, comes within the law I Eight deaths from yellow fever in Havana
against gambling, and the aggrieved party I during the week. The bey of Tunis is dead,
has no ground for action. I is the city.
A Boy Ground The safe burglars, of Louden, Tennessee, ar-
Mahanoy City, October 28.—At Tunnel rested in Atlanta, returned for trial. Deputy
Ridge colliery this afternoon William collector Shepherd has made a large seizure of
Northey, a slate-picker, aged twelve years, I soui niash .near Cumming, Georgia. L. K
was sent to fetch a pick, and in passing the I ^ running for mayor. Conductor
rolls he dropped it, lost his balance and was W. Bishop was accidentally _ killed on the
drawn into the rolls and literally ground to I East Tennessee road while crossing the Chat-
pieces. The breaker had to be stopped and I tahoochee.
the rolls taken out before the mangled body
could be recovered.
A Murderess Found Guilty.
Petersburg, Va., October 28 —Maria Daly,
colored, who has been on trial in the county
court at Mecklenberg for the murder of her
child, was to day found guilty of murder in „
the first degree and sentenced to the peniten- I man had forcod the front door open. All at-
tiary for 18 years. Counsel for the defense I tempts to pacify her were in vain and after
moved for a* new trial, which the court grant I shrieking that somebody was breaking in she
ed and the case was continued to the Decern | fell into convulsions, wtiich lasted until about
her term ol the court. - , daybreak this morning, when she died.
Au Aged Lady Frightened to Death.
Philadelphia, October 26.—John McEl-
hone, who resides at No. 1116 Galloway street,
stumbled and fell on the floor while entering
the house late on Friday night. His mother-
in-law, Mrs. Mary Hilt,_ 56 years old, was
alarmed by the noise, believing that a strange
The Whole Guiteau Family Insane.
Chicago, 111., October 26.—In the inquiry
into the alleged insanity of Mrs. Scoville,
yesterday, Dr. Andrew McFarlane, the dis
tinguished alienist testified that he has been
acquainted for eighteen years witli the Gui.
teau family. Luther W. Guiteau, Mrs. Sco-
villfe’s father, brought, another daughter to
the McFarlane institute for the insane, and
himself betrayed symptons of insanity. The
witness arrived in Washington too "late to
testify on the Guiteau trial. The witness
said }"iej4)i!ld understand how the son inner-
ited h : *Uather’s infirmity and became Presi
dent LWfield’sassassin, "in conclusion. Dr.
McFaiW'.ie said: “My professional opinion
is that JT jin and Charles J. Guiteau and Mrs.
ScovillVWHve been and are of unsound mind.’.
Pretty Country Cousins.
From the Rom Ga. Bulletin.
The rosy, blooming face of many of our
lovely country cousins were to be seen in
town yesterday and the day before, and
wherever they appeared clouds and gloom
seemed to disappear and be forgotten as
though by magic. Some of them must have
felt happy, too, to j udge from the merry, joy
ous dancing of their eyes.
All the young city clerks—and the old ones
too, for that matter, are always glad to see
the country lassies come in, their freshness
and brightness is always infective, and our
boys, being all more or less susceptible, are
improved in the contact and intercourse with
them.
The Rev. John Henry Jackson.
From the Elberton, Ga., New South.
This is the name and “entitlements” of a
somewhat distinguished divine who ministers
in spiritual things to the A. M. E. church In
Elberton, but who now languishes in one of
the parlors of Alexander's hotel, awaiting the
slow process of the law which threatens him
for too much marrying. Rev. Jackson, with
a living wife and a not too sacred regard for
the law governing the marital relations, took
to himself another damsel of this community
last week. The incensed relatives of the de
ceived damsel immediately had a warrant
issued for his arrest, and on Friday he was
captured at Bowman and jugged in Elberton
that night. With the consolation afforded by
the bible and a flask of whisky, he calmly
awaits the stern decrees of date
An Atlanta Murderer in Manitoba.
Winnepeg, Manitoba, October 26.—A man
named Archie McDonald, of Ratportage, was
shot through the heart in the Caledonia hotel
late last night by one Robert D. Garvin, said
to be from the state of Georgia and only three
days in the city from the south, where he wc*
a locomotive engineer. The tragedy was the
result of a drunken quarrel. The police took
the murderer into custody at once and lodged
him in jail.
Finding Bodie«oi the Asia’s Victims'
Collin gwood,;Oh^.. Octobe 26.—Thejbodies o
two women and a man victims of the Asia dis
aster, have been found on Horse Island. The
women,were;identitled,as Miss McNabb and
Mrs. Walters. The former a passenger the and
latter ladieB’ maid of the Asia. Tne body*of
the man is decomposed beyond recognition.
A Strange Suicide.
Victoria, B. C., October 27.—A suicide oc
curred this morning at the residence of ex-
Mayor Turner. Arthur Breton, aged twenty-
two years, a wealthy, temperate and indus
trious young man, snot himself through the
head and heart. No cause is assigned for the
rash act His father is a merchant in London
and in Victoria.
An Engineer’s Crime.
North Adams, Mass., October 27.—Emerson
G. Watson, engineer of the Troy and Green
field locomotive which ran into the caboose
loaded with workmen on the Hoosac tunnel
line last Saturday, causing several deaths, was
arraigned her last Tuesday on a charge of
homicide. He pleaded not guilty, and went
to jail in defanlt of bail.
A Dead Bey.
Tunis, October 28—Sidi Molianed El Sadok,
bey of Tunis died last evening. Sidi Ali Bey,
brother of the dead bey and the legitimate
successor to the throne has assumed power.
A Town Burned
East Brady, Pa., October 28—A fire last
night consumed’a number of buildings in the
business part of the town. Loss $75,009
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