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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY, NOYEMK
THE TIPTON TRAGEDY,
M. HARRELL ARRESTED IN AL
BANY FOR MURDER
A Promtoenou. Rovo'.rer C»ed-Ere*k Bone Fever.
Foit VeUey’e Arteeten Well—The Contested
Fence Election—D*S!one*st Court Busi
ness' in Oood Condition, Etc.
Special Correspondence of The Constitution.
Albany, October 25.—It is earnestly hoped
by our citizens that the fast mail and expres
trains, soon to be placed on Central railroad
between Atlanta and Savannah, will effect a
change in the present inconvenient schedule
of the mail.trainon the Southwestern road.
A short while back, the northern mail train
bringingTnE Constitution,reached here at 2 p
m. Now it is after 4 p. m. and it is nearly o
quite dark before this mail is fully distributed
There would be no occasion for grumbling,
however, if the old arrangement had not
proved so much more convenient. Albany,
with her radiating system of railroads, is
blessed with mail facilities, such as few towns
of its size enjoy, no less than half a dozen dif
ferent daily mails arriving and departing ev
eryday in the week, except Sunday, which
day cuts off only two of them.
A run-off happened to the down freight
train on the Savannah, Florida and Western
road last Monday morning at 5 p. m., near
Hardaway’s station, eight miles below Alba
ny, by which four of the six freight cars com
posing the train were badly smashed up and
their contents scattered around. Fortunately
no one was hurt. The accident was caused
by a broken flange on the wheel of a Green
Line car. The up passenger train was delay
ed by the wreck lour or five hours.
Mr. J. J. Jncksou. the artesian well-borer,
who has been absent for several weeks,having
been compelled to suspend work on the com
plction ol the county well on account of the
sessions of the superior court, has re
lumed to the city. He has been
spending his time in Sumter county, whither
lie was summoned by Captain John P. Fort,
who had got into difficulties with an artesian
well he was trying to bore on one of tlie
Hugucfiin places in that county. He will
very shortly begin work on another well here
at the depot for the Southwestern railroad,
which, with his increased experience and fa
cilities, is expeeted to be put through rapidly.
The Albany journals are complaining, and
very justly, of tbe attendance of dogs at
church. A more dog-ridden town than Alba
ny, by the way, does not exist this side of
Stamboul. Curs of high and low degree, and
of every cross and breed known in the cats.
Iogue throng its streets by day and by night-
A projios to dogs, Albany sportsmen report an
unusual quantity of game in the fields around
tills season. Quail are numerous owing to the
fine small-grain crops, and are brought in every
day or two by the hundred. They would be
cheap and not an occasional luxury to most
families, but for the fact that the bar room
restaurants buy them all, and keep prices up
beyond a poor man’s resources. Wild turkey
and water fowl, are also reported to be plenti
ful
The Rev. Mr. Christian of the Methodist
Episcopal church, and presiding elder of this
district, is on a pastoral visit to Albany. He
reports upwards of a thousand recent acces
sions to tlie church in the district.
The Hon. C. E. Janes, of Polk, is down here
on a visit to his planting interests in the
county. The pleasant cool snap and delight
fully clear weather, is welcomed by quite a
number of chiTl and fever patients still lin
gering in Albany.
Considerable interest is beginning to crop
out in regard to tlie contest for the municipal
officers for another year, to come off early in
December. Major Wilder, the present mayor,
who has filled tbe office for a number of con
secutive years past, is again offering for the
place. He will doubtless meet with opposi
tion, aspirants being plentiful, and not at all
disposed to let any office go begging.
Special to Tbe Constitution.
Albany, October 2C.—A slight frost was vis
ible this morning to early risers, bringing a
feeling of relief to many a poor chili and fe
vered, bcdoctored wretch around here. The
lateness of its appearance makes it none the
less welcome. The Rev. N. Bachman, of
Knpxville, Tennessee, who has been conduct
ing a senes of revival meetings in the Presby
terian church here during the past fortnight,
left this morning for Brunswick on a similar
mission.
Albany will shortly lose one of its best and
most enterprising citizens in the person of
Mr. Joseph Gilmer, machinist, who has been
in the service of Tift & Co. here for a number
of years past. He goes to Brunswick to ac
cept a more remunerative position. Some of
liis practical inventions ia farming imple
ments etc.,(have been heretofore alluded to in
your columns.
It becomes more evident every day that the
f eneral assembly among its first duties, will
lave to pass an act for the relief of owners of
wild lands, by extending tlie time for the
payment of the tax for 1882. A gentleman
who returned yesterday from Worth county,
and while over there attempted to ascertain
and pay the state and county tax on a num
ber of these wild lots, found that owing to a
squabble of some kiad between the people
and the county commissioners, the said tax
had not even been assessed. It cannot be im
agined that the representatives of the people
will see innocent land owners, put to unnec-
cesarv expense and the hazard of losing their
lands, by such defaults as these. An act to
extend the time of payment, to. say the
first of February or March next, and another
to repeal the inconvenientlactJoffSeptember 23,
1SS1, should be early in order.
A SUUAT FROST.
Albany, October, 29.—A .new, and quite
an important industry for this place, “The
Albany Oil company,” (cotton seed) whose
spacious factory building near the entrance to
the fair grounefe, is now approaching comple
tion, bids fair to be in full operation
long. It will form a branch of the company
- ■■ J 5 -‘ *- Mont-
colored population from Dougherty and ad
joining counties.
ALBANY DOINGS.
Albany, October 30.—A man from about
Hardaway’s station, by tbe name of Bunz,
with the aid of a pint or so of whisky and a
revolver, made himself unpleasantly conspic
uous for a short while among the large crowd
assembled on the circus ground last Satunlay
v brandishing his weapon and firing it into
me crowd. The ball took effect in the thigh
ot a colored woman, named Mattie Walker,
where it lodged, inflicting a severe and pain
ful flesh wound. He was at once arrested
and brought before tbe mayor who promptly
fired him.
I neglected to state in my notice of the cot
ton seed oil mill, soon to commence opera
tions here, of which Mr. Geo. M. Dudley, of
Montgomery, is at the head, that the estima
ted consumption of tbe mill will be twenty
tons daily—yielding twenty or more barrels
of oil. The statement heretofore made that
the meal made from the expressed seed is
more valuable as a fertilizer than the cotton
seed, has been confirmed by tests made this
yeqr by Mr. B. F. Wilder, a very intelligent
and practical farmer of Dougherty county,
who experimented with both on his oats and
ccton, and who estimates tbe advantage of
fully thirty three per cent in favor of the
meal.
Mr. J. M. Harrell,one of the principles in tlie
recent Berrien county tragedy, accompanied
by two of his friends on the occasion, Messrs.
Tatume and Pope,came up by the Brunswick
train on Friday night last to attend the cir
cus. Tlie trio were arrested after their ar
rival on warrants handed the sheriff of this
county by Colonel W. A. Hawkins, who has
been retained for the prosecution by the
mayor, and who came uj>on the same train
with the party from Tifton. The warrants
issued were peace warrants against all three,
and one for murder likewise against Harrell
Under these warrants tlie parties were taken
back on Saturday morning to Berrien.
Worth superior court adjourned on Friday
last, to meet again in adjourned session in
February next. His honor, Judge Wooten,
is making a conscientious use
of the small term of office
allotted to him, in clearing away the accu
mulated rubbish of the over-crowded dockets
of this circuit. The adjourned term of
Dougherty court meets to-day, and will con
tinue through the week.! ...
Captain J. J. Barton has thoroughly over
hauled and repaired the steamboat ‘‘New
ton,” which was built and equipped in Al
bany' a year or two ago, for the navigation of
the Flint between Albany and Bainbridge.
Tbe boat will soon make regular trips be
tween Chattahoochee and Cheevertown.
Whether all the money in the United States
treasury can ever make the Flint navigable
sent Mr. Collier forth several years ago to the
city of his adoption with many a God speed.
THROWN FROM A HORSE.
Special CorreGDondeace of The Constitution.
Conyers, October 27—Hon. TV. L. Peek our
popular representative has just completed a
fine merchant mill and is now ready to sup
ply the finest grade flour. We regret to hear
of the death of Walker Sammons, which oc-
up t
althi
to Albany is beginning to be questioned,
lough Captain P. M. Slaughter, we be
lieve, is still industriously tugging away at
logs and snags as far up as Montezuma.
The Hon. H. M. McIntosh, member-elect
from Dougherty county, will leave for Atlan-
lanta this morning. The Hon. W. T. Jones,
Dougherty’s candidate for the judgeship of
this circuit, left yesterday. Several* other
prominent citizens of Albany, will follow
during the week.
The commissioners of Dougherty county
have given notice by publication, of a local
—' to abolish fences in the 2d and 3d dis-
large cotton seed oil mill interests in
gomery and Eufaula, under the presidency of
the Hon. Mr. Dudley. It is principally im
posed of Cincinnati capitalists, ana is said to
be quite a wealthy concern. The building is
nearly ready for the machinery, which it is
expected will arrive by the beginning of next
year. About $30,000 will be the amount of
the investment in the Albany mill. Only
two of the stockholders live in Albany, Cap
tains Hobbs, and John A. Davis, and these
only to the extent of the value of the build-
D| The Albany News and Advertiser, encour
aged by the manj- encomiums of the state
° - * *•- announces its inten-
s size, and making
w extensive patron
age it enjoys. 'its editor congratulates him
self this morning upon the fact that it is now
the only dailv published in a city of Albany
size in the United States. The paper has
host of well wishers in any and every im
provement it wav venture upon, to whom its
regular daily appearance has long since be
come all but indispensable.
The lawyers returning from Worth supe
rior court, report the quietest and most satis
factory session of court that county has en-
joved for years. Among the side bar inci
dents of the week, we note tha*. a rousing and
effective democratic speech was made by the
Hon. W. E. Smith in favor of harmony and
Turner. The latter gentleman finished his
campaign exercises at the same place, several
days ago. His triumphant re-election is
longer a matter of question.
Tlie
act,
tricts of Dougherty county.
Quite a number of cases of what the doctors
call diegue, or break bone fever, are
under treatment in Albany just now. The
present warm spell is not favorable to the
sufferers.
The cotton receipts in Albany up to Satur
day night last amoanted to 14,768 bales.
A NEW DEPOT AT EASTMAN.
Special io The Constitution.
Eastman, October 27.—Tlie railroad au
thorities have commenced work on tbe new
freight and passenger depot at this place, to
supply the loss of the one that was burned a
few weeks since. Tbe new one is to be con
siderably larger than tlie old, as it should be
for the increased cotton receipts and growing
trade of Eastman render it absolutely neces-
xy to have a larger freight house.
A cotton buyer said yesterday that present
indications point to a heavier shipment of
cotton from Eastman and to a crop in Dodge
country this year in excess of last year, al
though there was planted about fifteen per
cent less than last year. Butwhile less was
planted the seasons have been jnorc favorable,
and the yield is much^BMMH
ARRESTED
Special to The Constitus^^^^^H
Dalton, October 28.-*|^May evening
John Jakes, and employtnWJPrdwick’s hub
and spoke factory, forged an order on the
banking house of C. L. Hardwick &, Co.,
for $14, signed Mr. Hardwick’s name, the
proprietor of the factory, to the order. When
the order was presented at the bank and
paid, the cashier suspected something
wrong, as the order didn’t resemble the
handwrite of the name signed. The order
proved to be a base forgery. Jakes was ar
rested and carried before Justice Treoitt,
who bound him over to appear at
April term of superior court under
three hundred dollars bond, which he could
not give, now awaits his fate in the county
jail. The money which he received on the
order wa3 recovered. His family is in East
Tennessee, in a pitiful condition, as he is a
poor man, but he will probably be a wiser
man when he gets out of th'is scrape.
General B. M. Thomas, while walking
along the street yesterday, accidentally miss
ed bis footing and fell agai At some lumber,
breaking one of his arms and otherwise bruis
ing himself up very painfully, but not seri
ously.
Fox hunting is getting to be the sport of
Whitfield county.
THE EIGHTH DISTRICT.
Special Correspondence of The Constitution.
Hartwell, October 24.—Hon. Seaborn
Reese the nominee for congress from this,
the eight district, made a ringing speech in
the court-house to-day. There was a fair
crowd out, who were much plesised with the
speech, and together with this county will
give him a rousing support on the seventh
of November next Duncan A. Twigg’s fol
lowing in this county will be slim, and
outside of a few deluded dar
kies and one or two republicans,
will hardly get a vote. There was a meeting
of the party held to day, who elected Messrs.
T. W. Ayres, W. C. Mathews and Jeff D.
Turner as delegates to attend the convention
to be held in Augusta on the 30th inst., to
nominate a candidate for tbe short term i n
congress and who were instructed to vote this
county for Hon. Seaborn Reese.
INDIAN SPRINGS.
Special Correspondence of The Constitution.
Indian Spring, October 27.—Since the new
cured at Robt Medlock’s near Norcross. He
was thrown from a horse and sustained
injuries that killed him. The
Saint Mount association is holding
a conveiftion in the interest of Sunday-
schools of the association, at the Baptist
church in this place.
' ROME MARRIAGES.
Special to The Constitution.
Rome. October 27.—Mr. J. R. Cantrell was
married yesterday afternoon to Miss Lyde,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Whitely; all
ot this city. Rev. Dr. Lewis performed the
ceremony in a very impressive manner. Ifclr.
John Reed and 3iiss Bessie Adams, of this
city, were married last night, Rev. Mr. Smith,
of Dalton, performing the ceremony. Colonel
J. I. Wright, grand master of F. and A. M.,
leaves for Macon to-morrow morning. He
will stop in Atlanta until Monday. Colonel
T. W. Alexander, Colonel J. F. Snanklitiand
Mr. H. C. Norton will also attend the meeting
of the Grand Lodge at Macon. Miss Lottie
Brown, of Atlanta, is visiting the family of
Dr. O. R. Ford, of this city.
ACCIDENTS IN BARNESVILLE.
Special to The Constitution.
Barn ESVILLE, October 23.—Captain E. J
Murphey was thrown from a Texas pony the
other day and hurt very badly about his
shoulder. He is up though now. Mr. Joe
Holmes, who lives near town, was struejk on
the head with a rock by a negro boy, a day or
two ago. and knocked senseless. He is grad
ually getting over it.
Hon. N. J. Hammond speaks here to-day
Hon. J. F. Redding will leave for Atlanta
next Tuesday.
MARRIAGES AND MILITARY
Special to The Constitution.
Canton, October 27-.—P. P. Dupree, of this
place, and Miss Marie Garwood, of Marietta,
will be married this evening at the residence
of the bride’s parents in Marietta. A recep
tion will be given them at the hotel this even
ing. and the Etowah band will give them a
serenade. Mr. Dupree is one of our best law
yers, and also a partner in the hotel. Other
marriages are to take place soon. Our young
men have organized a military company and
will apply to the governor for arms hud
commission soon.
A COTTON MILL FOE CAINESVILLE.
Special to The Constitution.
Gainesville, October 28.—Our people are
quite pleased over the prospects that we may
soon have a cotton factory. There are soma
gentlemen here getting estimates on land and
buildings for that purpose, and it is probable
that in sixty days the machinery will be in-
tact.
DRAMATIC DAWSON.
Special to The Constitution.
Dawson, October 27.—The young ladies ana
gentlemen of tbe amateur dramatic compauy
will play this evening for the benefit of the
Dawson* library association.
A WOMAN’S TRICK.
Special to The Constitution.
Gainesville, October 30.—At the August
term of Hall superior court Britt Osborne, *
well known character in this community,
was convicted of robbery and sentenced to
five years in the penitentiary. He lias been
lying in jail since his sentence pending an
appeal on a motion for a new trial. His wife
has frequently gone to visit him and to carry
him some special article of food.
She came last Saturday evening about dark
bn of the gun he rushed for the car
ioor and in another instant would have leap
ed from the train but Mr. Ashley was equal to
the emergency and by catching one end of the
short chain which was fastened to the negro’s
right arm succeeded in stopping him at the
car door. Davis seeing his escape retarded in
this manner, made several attempts to shoot
Mr. Ashley, but he prevented him from
cockinghis gun by pulling and jerking at the
chain. In this position they had remained
for several minutes when discovered by Con-
dnetor Burk, who at once joined
Mr. Ashley in the struggle and
the two soon convinced the negro that his
escape at that time was impossible Mr.
Ashlev was severely bruised in the scuffle
with the negro andbis hands are badly cut.
spu. .
as manv different hours for closing and open
ing the’mails as Atlanta itsell. There is an
hour far the mail going north, for tbe mail
going south, for the mail to Forsyth, and for
the mail to Monticello. It makes bi
for the post-office, and this is en rapport with
things at this point. Cotton, cotton is com
ing in at all hours of the day brought to our
merchants on account and brought here as e
market. As a market this point is fast grow
ing in favor and a few more buyers here
would find employment for capital-seeking
investmen t that way.
The new read between here and the live
neighbor that is springing; up at the station
has been revived and determined upon, and
it is hoped will soon he open as it shortens
the distance considerably, and will be better
ground in every respect than either of the
two roads now traveled, East End at Indian
Spring station has taken on a boom, and ma
ny lots have been invested in with near pros
pect of their being improved—the improve
ment on several being already underway.
Your live townsman Colonel George VV.
Adair was happy oyer the guod pnees. and
the good territory it has to support it must
Mr. B. F. Mason, an enterprising and pros-
* a
and asked Sheriff Gaines if she might be pe
mitted to stay all night in the eell with hi
husband. After some hesitation her request
was granted, but she was told that such fre
quent visits would not be permitted hereafter.
All was quiet in the jail during the night, and
af :er sun up Sunday morning the sheriff let
the woman out. He did not notice her face
nor look at her particularly close, as it is his
habit when opening the gate to
let any one out to keep his eyes on the crowd
of prisoners inside to prevent a rush from
them The woman slipped quickly out and
no more was thought of the affair, until two
hours afterwards, when Osborne’s little girl
came to the jail with a lot of woman’s clr
ing, and said her father had sent them to.
mother. She was told her mother had gi
but when the child insisted that she
had not the sheriff's suspicions
were aroused and he went to
Osborne’s cell. There he was surprised to
find Mrs. Osborne crouched up in her night
clothes and her husband nowhere to be seen.
The woman had dressed him up in her
clothes and thus secured his escape. He had
gone by his house and left the woman’s ap
parel to be returned to his faithful spouse.
Two circumstances made the deception very
easy. Osborne’s wife is a woman of large
frame, and fully as tall as he. Then she al
ways wears a very large sun bonnet, and when
meeting a person, keeps her _ eyes
invariably averted. When the sheriff dis.
covered her trick he felt badly sold, but after
some deliberation let the cunning woman
out of jail in the same attire that had served
to liberate her husband. Search has been
made for Osborne but he doubtless has made
good his escape. His wife seems to be very
proud of her successful scheme to get him
out of jail. Hereafter Sheriff Gaines will be
suspicious of petticoats.
DALTON PEOPLE.
Special to The Constitution.
Dalton, October 30.—Prof. W. T. Cheney,
elocutionist, delivered a powerful and elo
quent lecture on temperance in the Methodist
church last night to a large and appreciative
audience. May his good work accomplish
much. Mrs. E.D. Wood has been quite ill
at her home in this city with pneumonia.
She is slowly recovering.
Misses Rosa Harman and Rosa Crown two
Atlanta young ladies who have been spending
several weeks in the city with Mr. John Kel
ler, returned home this morning.
A DUEL NEAP. RED CLAY.
Chattanooga, October30.—Dave Thomas and
Brit Farrell quarrelled yesterday at the Red
Clay and Ooltewah railroads works, and be
gan firing at each other. Thomas is dead and
Farrell will die.
SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD.
Macon, October 30.—At a meeting of the
board directors of the Southwestern railroad,
held this morning at eleven o’clock at Cen
tral Georgia bank, Col. John E. Jones was
elected president of the company, to fill the
nnexpired term of Gen. W. S. Holt. 1 ice
President, W. G. Raaul, of the Central rail
road, was elected to fill the vacancy in the
board of directors, caused by the death of W.
M. Wadley, and J. J. Gresham was elected
to'fill the vacancy caused by the promotion
of Col. Jones from the directorship to the
presidency. Col. Jones was the oldest direc
tor of the road, having served
since February 12, 1863. The boar 1 as now
constituted stands in the order of priority of
services: John E. Jones, president Directors
—Virgil Powers, A. R. Lawton, J-.S^Baxter,
T B Gresham, George S. Jones. W. G. Raoul.
J J Gresham. The elections made to-day
w ; ill" stand until the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the road in February next,
when no doubt the ©lection \s ill b© \inuni~
mously confirmed by re-election. A commit
tee consisting of J. J. Gresham, Virgil Powers
| >erous merchant of McRae, was married to
Miss Lola Wynne, of Cochran, on the 26th
inst.. Rev. R". H. Felder, of Hawkinsville, of
ficiating. We wish them a pleasant and
happy voyage over the sea of life.
FARMERS SELLING CATTLE.
Special to The Constitution, . .
Thomaston October 28.—Several adjoining
counties have adopted “no fence,” and the
question of “fence or no fence” is agitat
ing the minds of many citizens of Upson
and when the question is’ put to a vote,
which will soon be, doubtless “no fence”
will carry tbe day. In view of it, any way,
the farmers are cutting down their stock
of cattle, Which are being bought up by
drovers and shipped to the different markets
in the state. We learn from Messrs. Daniel
& Kelley, who are shipping from this point,
that the cattle are generally in good con
dition, and bring a fair price.
Colonel J. Y. Allen is visiting Birming
ham, Ala.
Colonel Stephen Woodward, the real es
tate agent, is off on a business trip to Barnes-
ville.
Dr. J. C. Drake and lady are visiting their
daughter, Mrs. Harrison, at Auburn, Al
abama.
GEORGIA MASONS.
Special to The Constitution.
Macon, October 30.—The Grand Lodge of
Free and Accepted Masons for the State of
Georgia, convened in the Masonic Temple
this morning at ten o’clock, with the most
Worshipful GrandMaster J. I. Wright in the
chair, with the following grand officers in
their places: J. M. Rushing in the west and
J. S. Davidson in the south, J, E. Blacksliear
at the secretary’s desk, J. E. Wells at the
treasurer’s stand,W.W. Goodman, S.G. D., A.
C. McIntosh, J. G. D. The lodge was opened in
due form and the calling of tbe roll proceeded
with. There are over three hundred dele
gates present with quite a number of visitors.
This grand body is composed of the masters
of lodges, past masters and past grand officers.
There are over three hundred subordinate
lodges in tlie state, and all, or nearly all, are
represented. The prominent feature of the
morning session was the delivery of the grand
master’s address. It is a lengthy document,
but is full of wisdom and wise suggestions.
Grand Master Wright evidently has the good
of Masonry at heart as well as the interests of
his fellowman, and he has put himself on
record among his brethren in unmistakable
terms. There are a number of past
Grand masters and deputy grand
masters present. The sessions of the
Grand lodge will continue two or three days,
at least unt.l all the business is disposed of
The hotels and boarding house are all filled
full and the streets present a lively appear
ance.
BURGLARY IN STONE MOUNTAIN
Special to Tbe Constitution.
Stone Mountain, October 31.—The safe bur
glars visited this place last night and divest
ed the citizens of between $1,000 and $1,500 in
cash. Some time during the night the safe
of G II. Wells was broken into and robbed of
its contents, amounting to over one thousand
dollars. The tools—a coal chisel and a sledge
hammer—with which tlie work was done,
were found near the safe. Six twenty-dollar
gold pieces, two checks, $455 in paper money
and $50 in silver were taken. The
post-office is in the same store,
and from it the thieves took
some stamps, while they robbed the"store of
cigars, six pistols and several pairs of boots.
The work was not neatly done, but there are
evidences that an expert had a hand in the
operation. The same persons also attempted
i safe in another store, but failed.
nc> blue to the burglars, and the town
it excitement.
ami Mr. Tf>.liam Lavender got into an alter
cation and a difficulty ensued, in which the
latter was cut about the shoulder and neck.
Drs. Benedict and Carlton attended him, and
his wounds are pronounced by them not seri
ous. Dr. James S. Hamilton returned from
New York to-day.
A HEAVY FAILURE.
Augusta, Ga., November 1.—Mvers Mar
cus. dealers in dry goods and boots and shoes,
reported their a'ssets at $327,000 of which
$50,000 are bad and open accounts. Their li
abilities are $223,000. There are $160,000 in
doubtful and bad accounts. In stock, good
accounts and bills receivable, there are $220,-
000.
ORGANIZING THE MILITARY,
Special to The Constitution.
McRae, October 31.—The boys of McRae
contemplate organizing a military company
at an eany day, and from the way the ques
tion is being "agitated and the "willingness
shown we think they will be pretty apt to
succeed.
A LIME BRANCH GALLINIPPER.
~ " yet with
pears
to Albany to-day.
Such a crowd has never
manifested.
Some visitors
are
been seen here before by the oldest inbabi-1 u. and likelv will be, the
taut. Saturday and circus day, in Albwy, 1 mtomSSS*
is a rare, and for tbe circus people, a fortu-. case tbroughthe wxmerasm^mu^
nate conjunction. The crowd commenced I is always of s av;mn ab. who is
tee, consisting —
and John S. Baxter, were appointed to draft
suitable resolutions on the death of General
Holt and Mr. Wadley.
■ •* DESPERATE DAEK1E.
Special of The Constitution. , ,
McRae, October- 26—On Wednesday,
Mr. George Ashley was deputised t<
take BSherrard Davis, colored, from
McRae to Eastman jail, for .cattle steal
ing As the north bound freight train, winch
Mr Ashley had boarded witn his pn«mer,
neared Chauncey. Davis conceived the idea of
disarming Mr. Ashley, and thus, by overpow
ering him, make his escape, by jumping fron
the train. Had it not been for the timely ap
pearance of Conductor J. A. Burk, he^would
have doubtless succeeded. ,
Davis is very “stout and dann
It was but little trouble for him to wrenc
Mr. Ashley’s gun from him when he was off
his guard. As soon as Davis found himself ,r >
DAHLONEGA.
Special to The Constitution.
Dahlonega, October 28.—Our superior court
adjourned to night, after a full two weeks
session, presided over by Judge Welbourn
with general acceptability, and will likely be
liis own successor. About all the old cases in
court that were ready for trial, and much of
the new have been disposed of this term,
leaving the business in court here in better
condition than it has been for years. A great
many cases, but many important ones, have
been tried this term. J. C. Bell, whose case
had been before the supreme court for a new
trial, and refused, was re-sentenced to be
hanged on tbe 8tli day of December, next H.
D. Gurley, and others.poled the town of Dah
lonega to-day, and found three voters for
Colonel Candler, to one for Mr. Speer. S.
A. Kelly returned from Texas to day, and
Candler man.
FORT VALIEV'S FEXCES.
Special to The Constitution.
Fort Valley, October 30.—W. M. GordoD
ieft yesterday evening for Atlanta to serve
his term in the legislature. J. Monroe Gray
leaves this evening. They are both anti-
Colquitt. Our artesian well seems to be at a
stand-still. The decision of the suprme court
on the fence contested election from this
county is received with approbation by a
majority of the best citizens of Houston
county. By the decision, we have no fence,
which goes into effect immediately.
DEATH IS MACON.
Special to The Constitution. ,, ......
Macon, October 30.—Mrs.-Cornell B. Wright,
a most estimable lady of Macon and daugh
ter of Judge Eugenius A. Nesbit, died to-day.
Mr. Joseph Quinker. an old expressman, was
buried here yesterday:
badly used up.
Special to The Constitution.
Dalton, November 1.—Newt Bearden, white
inflicted some ghastly wounds with a knife on
the person of Henry Jackson, colored, Sun
day morning last, at Buzzard Roost, near
Tunnel Hill. It seems that Bearden and an
officer went to Jackson’s house to arrest him
for some mischief, when he resisted the officer
and the difficulty arose. Jackson is a track
hand on the Western and Atlantic railroad,
under Mr. John McFarlain, section boss
Officers King and Bivings brought Bearden
to this place Sunday, waived preliminary
trial and gave $150 bond to
appear at the next term of the superior court.
Jackson also gave bond to appear at court.
His cuts, though not dangerous, are very se
vere and painful.
OPELIKA.
Special to The Constitution.
Opelika, October 29.—W. H. Hanson, an
ex-iustice of the peace in Lee county, was
killed in this city by the down passenger
train on Sunday morning. The engineer dis
covered him lying on the track, but too late
to stop the train. The engine struck him,
and ms head was severed from his body, ine
store of Hudman Brothers & Co. was ur-
burglarized and $400 in cash abstracted, to
gether with other personal property. No
clue. Hon. B. H. Kieser and Isaac Hyman,
postmaster, bad a shooting frolic this wee.k.
Several shots were exchanged. .No material
damage. A small child, colored, was discov
ered dead, near Salem, in this county.
FIRE IN MARIETTA.
Snecial to The Constitution.
SP MARiErrA, November 1.—A fire occurred
here to-day, in which Mr. J. B. Glover’s resi
dence was totally destroyed. He was insured
in tbe Southern Mutual for $3,500 on his house
and $500 on his furniture. Most of the furni
ture was saved, but badly injured. The fire
company claim that the fire could have been
checked but for want of water in. the cistern.
AN AFFRAY IN ATHENS.
J. F. J,cb,o„
A Truthful Tale of a Sort of lnwct Common In
Georgia.
From the Dooly county, Ga. News.
Mr. Editor: Our friend Harris’s Spring
Creek mosquitos are nowhere. A Lime
Branch mosquito struck a cotton picker the
other day and he said he thought an owl had
hit him. A neighbor of mine was caught out af
ter sun down, in his shirt sleeves, when a gal
linipper struck him between tiie shoulders,
so that he could not reach him with his hands.
He fought him right and left over the should
ers with a brush. Not succeeding in dislodg
ing him, he backed on a pine and tried him
horse fashion, but the more he rubbed the
worse he got, and finally he concluded that
some one was boring him in tbe
back with a three-fourth anger. Cow
like be betook himself to a thicket, with no
better .uck. A bushy tree top being in easy
distance, lie went on allforcs head foremost
through that. Nothing made, he went back
wards in the same position, thinking to lift
him from the rear. But no go, so he went in
again and waved right and left and reared up
and down, still the thing hung. As it was
about dark, and he knew liis wife knew he
had not had time to go to Blakely and had
seen no one from there and there was noth
ing in Damascus or Arlington or “Sugar Tit,”
he took himself to a hog wallow and he
thought he would drown the “Devil.” This
expedient proved fruitless, and as the matter
was now becoming serious, he determined to
rid himself of the pest at the cost of his shirt.
Accoordingly, he unbuttoned and shucked
his shirt, except where it was pinned to his
back, and that he couldn’t loose with liis
hands. He now cut a hole in the tail of his
shirt and hitched to a knot ona log and tried
to pull loose. But still no go. _ He _ now be
came badly frightened, and imagined that
the drill of some artesian well had turned up
and struck him in the back, and made for the
house with his bloody sliirt flying. On
his arrival, of course his -wife was
frightened and would not believe anything
or touch anything, but told him, if he would
hitch on to a peg in the warping bars, she
would saw him off. He had a convenient hole
and soon had it over the peg. His wife began
to saw and told him to lean forward, so that
the saw would go easier, and of course he fell
in a position to have the wound easily exam
ined. With the aid of a pair of tongs, she
soon extricated the bill of the gallinipper, ad
ministered one of Dr. Doster’s porous plasters
and a little sothing syrup, and the patient was
soon quiet.
P. S. The shirt still hangs on the warping
bars, for the wife thinks there is a snake in it,
which the mosquito had caught, or something
else. My neighbor says he feels tolerably,
but he looks mighty pale. * >
How Charlie and Wiliie got the Squirrel.
From the Franklin Ga., News.
Charlie L. and Willie B. went hunting the
other day. Tbe dog ran a squirrel up a tree,
and Charlie bawled out at the top of his voice,
alsoat the topof the treeand at Willie, “Gint
me the gun” W. handed banded him the
gun. and he crawled up on a log to get a look
at the squirrel. In a few seconds he saw it
creeping along on a limb. He then rested
his piece on a fork of a limb on the log, and
with the excited ejaculation “We’ll rake ’im
in or die,” pulled the trigger, but what hap
pened next, he could not testify to, for when
next seen, he was ruakidg circumambulatory
] lerambulations around a brushpile. hunting
: or his aim, which he had lost in his excite
ment. In the meantime Willie was driving
up stakes around the tree to prevent the es
cape of the infuriated beast. After C. had
brought in reinforcements, they marched for
ward, armed to tlie teeth, and made another
assault upon the rodent animal. In the 14th
attack thev had so far exhausted their ammu
nition and stores of supplies that captain L.
spoke to W- and assured him that unless some
decisive action took place at once that they
must abandon the fort. So the guns were
reloaded for the last time, and when the red
olent beams of the setting sun were streaming
down the mountain side, and the birds were
seeking theimighfc-homes, and all nature was
preparing for slumber, and the toads bad be
gun their croaking in the bog, and the beetle
whizzing through the balmy evening air,
there was the report of a shot gun .heard from
the neighboring villa, and the mighty squir
rel which had for years defied the cunning
of tlie most stalwart foes, lay lifeless at the
feet of tlie two bold hunters.
They then erected a bier and placing the
game upon it, marched triumphantly through
town, eliciting the wonder and admiration of
the lookers-ou.
as an arrow. The durable nature of the wood
makes it specially suited to the purpose. Mr.
Greenwood, who has charge of tlie work, says
he will have the pole up by to morrow or
next day. A two thousand candle power
lamp is to be attached to a horizontal piece
three feet from the top of the pole. At the
top of the pole will be another horizontal
piece supporting the block and teckel by
which the lamp is to be lowered every day in
order to put in fresh carbons. The engine to
be used arrived this morning. It is of about
sixty-five horse power and will be placed on
Cherry street, just across tlie Central railroad.
Tiie work is being pushed right along, and as
soon as the engine is put. up and got. into good
working order, tlie lamp will be lit up. Mr.
Greenwood thinks we will have the light in
ten days or two weeks.
What a Step-Mother's Breath Is.
From the Dublin, Ga., Post.
A reader of the Post asked us a day or so
since the meaning of “step-mother's breath,”
as it occurred in the locai column a week ago.
As Mark Twain observed on a similar occa
sion, we don’t know, but we know it was the
correct thing to say. With us .tlie phrase has
a history. Captain John James, who brought
the Governor Troupe to Dublin on her trial
trip about 1859, went from here to Johnson
county to look after a steam mill. It was
At a Colored Camp Meeting
From the Waynesboro Ga., Citizen.
We have the following statement of the
occurrences at the colored camp-meeting near
Millen, last week, from what we believe to be
a perfectly reliable source. The woman who
was reported to have died, was in the altar,
and was laboring under considerable religi
ous excitement, and screamed, or “shouted”
only once and laying her head in the lap of a
man sitting in the altar, she died instantly
and before any one knew it. Dr. Lanier,
who was called in, pronounced it a case of
heart disease, with which the woman was
known to have been suffering for a long time.
The man who was reported to have been
killed there, was noton the ground at all,
but was some mile and a half off, at a point
on the Ogeechee river, where the negroes
meet on Saturday nights and Sundays to gam
ble, and was shot in a row over a game o*
cards, the ball taking effect in his neck and
ranging downwards. He was not dead at our
latest accounts, but his physician says he
cannot live. Rev. L. W. Coats, colored, who
we believe is the presiding elder, informs us
that the best of order was kept on the camp
ground.
Buried 1 reasures.
From the Pike County, Ga.. News.
During the war or some time soon after a
negro entered the home of a wealthy gentle
man residing in the western part of this coun
ty and walked out with a large sum of his
money. His wife, thinking it unsafe to keep
money in the house after that, took the re-
mainder, amounting to several hundred dol
lars, and dividing it into several parcels of
four or five hundred dollars each, buried them
in as many places where no one bat herself
could find it. Soon thereafter she sickened
and died before telling where she had lnd the
money. One of the parcels was buried in the
smoke-house. A few seeks since the old gen
tleman hired his son-in-law to clean out the
smoke-house, and he in return engaged a ne
gro to assist him. After removing the sur
face for some distance a few half dollars were
shoveled up and soon 'a sum of about $400
dollars was dug up. We are told that tlie
young man was loth to part with his sudden-
ly acquired wealth and that a law suit be-
tween him and the old gentleman would
probably be tbe result.
The Electric Light in Macon.
From the It aeon G»_, Graphic.
The long cypress pole to be used by the
electric light company is now lying in Wall
street, being trimmed up. It is seventy-six
and a half feet in length and almost as straight
there one frosty morning in October we heard
him say: “There is a step-mother’s breath
*n the air this morning!” Just ten
yeats later one frosty morning the
writer met a young friend named Mason on
the streets of Lexington, Virginia, and re
marked as we passed, “A step-mother’s breath
in the air this morning?” \Ve fell in with
Mason again in the afternoon when he said,
“I have been beating my brains all day to get
at the meaning of that step-mother’s breath’
you made use of this morning as we passed.
The solution has just occurred to me. For I
remember that this morning was very cold
and everybody knows a step-mother’s breath
in the coldest thing this side the grave.”
If Mason’s explanation is not satisfactory
we know of none that would be.
A Married Man's Reflections.
From the Irwington, Ga., Southerner.
Just fifteen years ago, yesterday, in tbe city
of Griffin, we invested one dollar and fifty
cents in a set of marriage, license, and led to
the altar one of the prettiest girls in Ameri-
cus. Since that memorable event, time has
come and gone with us pretty well divided
up between the bitter and sweet: yet, in the
words of the late Daniel Webster—“We still
live!” (Right here, our wife peeped over
our shoulder, and seeing what we had writ
ten about the “bitter and sweet” business,
exclaims, “Indeed, my share in
the copartnership has been most
all bitter/’) This, however, with the ruad-
atue’s permission, we quote “irony." All in
all, our married life has, perhaps, been as ev
en and successful as most anybody else’s; and
while we’ve neverbeen able to “strike it rich,”
we shall at least be qualified to bequeath to
the wife and little ones that which tiiey can
never be robbed of—poverty! In conclusion,
we will add that our crowd consists of 30 in
family, viz: wife 1, Claude 1, Madge 1, and
ourself 0—3 and 0—30.
What Can be Done.
From the LaGrange, Ga., Reporter.
Having just witnessed tlie gathering of the
most prolific patch of potatoes that I have ev
er seen, and having secured a few samples
from the raiser, I send them to you to snow
what can be done in the way of raising pota
toes, as well as other crops, around Pleasant
Grove. 17 pounds of the sample grew on two
vines and from five vinos there were sixty-
five pounds weighed, eight bushels of potatoes
in tlie patch weighing from five to eight
pounds each. This patch was only 30 yards
by 17 yards and there are several wagon loads
of potatoes on it. The raiser of these is a
young farmer of whom Troup may feel proud.
On a two horse farm, he expects to gather 20
bales of cotton and an abundant supply of
wheat, oats, and corn to do the farm. There
are two other patches of potatoes, besides the
one spoken qf, to hear from. This young
man is Mr. John T. Rakestraw, who is not an
asprant by any means, but we think he is a
candidate. Young “ladies, don’t all speak at
once.
Candis and Martha's Bitter Fight.
From the Calhoun County, Ga., Courier.
On Tuesday, the 20tli instant, Candis Ford
and Martha McLarin, colored, both of whom
are employed by Mr. P. E. Boyd, on the Dil
lon place, as they were returning from the
cotton field, had a dispute, it seems, about a
threat made by the latter to thrash the for
mer, and the more the subject was discussed
tlie warmer the antagonists grew, until finally
they hitched, and Candis. being armed with a
razor, made for her foe with a vim unexcell
ed, and inflicted three ugly wounds on the
person of Martha—one a huge cut in tlie left
breast, which is at least six inches in length,
passing through the breast vertically, split
ting the nipple wide open. She came to
town for surgical aid, anu Dr. Ethridge dress
ed the wounds in a creditable manner and
with dispatch. The patient displayed great
fortitude while undergoing the operation.
Jake Martin’s Mouth.
From the Hartwell, Ga., Sun,
We beard some ladies talking at the break
fast table at the Bobo house. One was com
plaining of headache. Another suggested
oromide. “No,” she replied; “I can’t take
bromide or morphine, either of them run me
wild.” Another said: “That was just the
way with a lady I knew who liad a beautiful
small mouth. The doctor gave her morphine,
and she imagined some one had unscrewed
her head and put old Jake Martin’s on in
place of it. Ola Jake was a wicked, profane
old sinner, and had an awful big mouth, and
the lady kept both hands over the supposed
mouth "of old Jake to keep it Jrom cursing.”
Tom White’s Horae Trade.
From the Hartwell, Ga., Sun.
Mr. Thomas White, of this county, some
time ago had a horse that did not exactly suit
him, so he concluded toswap him. A gen
tleman hearing that Air. W. wanted to trade,
came with one he said would just suit him.
Mr. White told him lie was no horse trader,
but that he was willing to leave the matter to
Mr. Larkin Clark’s judgment, and saia: “I
am busy and can’t go; you iuat take both
horses to Larkin and let him make the trade.”
Thiswas done, and Larkin said, “Tell Tom I
say give you $10 to boot, and no more." Mr.
White aid so, and both were pleased with
j.he trade.
The Rabbit and the Snake.
From the Campbell county. Ga, News.
Leley Thornton, of Fayette county, while
passing around his plantation a short time
since, came across a coachwhip snake that
was coiled around a rabbit which it had just
smothered. With the aid of bisdog he killed
it, and when it was uncoiled it measured six
feet in lenght. Mr. Felix Hartly killed one
a few days afterwards, near the same place,
about the same lenght, supposed to be its mate.
Hungry Men.
From the Americus, Ga., Republican.
Bill Mimms, Jr., and Jim Wilkins, spent
three days on Flint river, this week, during
which time they killed one hundred squir
rels, thirteen partridges, some' ducks, and a
lot of othergame. Getting hungry they ate
the entire lot, fur, feathers, bones, and all, as
another huntsman says that they brought
nothing home.
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