About The Weekly constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1881-1884 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 7, 1882)
j THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1882, 3 ATLANTA OF YORE. A CITY WELL-NIGH DESTITUTE OF ■NATIVES Tba U'lta Clearies In tba Woods-Tho Rrmnanta of tbe Ba.lroad Qacsa-Sigza of Orcwth—Monlof. pa) Lawleaeneaa— Too Kororcoa Ktot—Tbo Midnignt Bald—Toe People Analyzed. Hewn from the forest, a city while yet the sx of the frontiersman was heard within its limits. Atlanta stands a marvel of growth and a unique figure among tbe capitals of the original thirteen states. Columbia, exclusive and aristocratic, is the pride of every South Carolinian, while the tar which has crossed the streets of Raleigh, would furnish sticking material for the unborn millions of the old North state. Richmond has grown venerable in glory and tobacco, and demands a pedigree before admitting a stranger within her portals. Anna- pois has made herself known through her big aister, Haiti more, whose fair daughters have exacted tribute from kings and heart offer ings from Europe’s noblest and best. Dover has not outgrown the narrow confines of Delaware, and thrives on peach brandy ami antique notions. Harrisburg, a long way to the west, supervises the struggle of Clan Cameron and Clan ]>eople, and smiles sweetest when victory leans to the side witli the bulging nurse. Trenton recalls to every Jersey man some of the hardest days of the revolution. Albany, grown obese with corruption and courted by millionaires, is a fit venticle for a state whose God is Mammon and whose deeds are recorded in the dingy hack rooms of Wall street. Connecticut's capital is distin guished as a city where murder runs riot, abortion stands unchecked, and the Malley boys are the typical heroes of the hour; while Rhode Island and New Hampshire have ns capitals towns so seldom heard of that peo ple out of the school-room are not expected to know their names. And last of all comes Massachusetts, who displays Boston as the smartest and most esthetic town on the con- inent. ATLANTA'S rocvuAXirr. "Do you know,” said an old gray-bcard, whose memory ran back into the early 10s, “that Atlanta's population is the most jum bled up of any city in the Atlantic slope?” “Why so?” said the astonished reporter. “Pray unbosom yourself.” “Away back when Jonathan Norcross was a young man—in 1844—n little clearing of jterhaps four or five acres stood where now tlie car shed centers. Several years before Colonel Garnett, a railroad man, had blazed out the way for the new railroad to the northwest. Following in the wake of this rude army of developers came several men who located at the termin us. Hardy Ivy had preceded these persons by a few years, owning the land lot now Squared off by Houston, Calhoun, Harris and lVuchtrce streets Rut that location was then deemed a long way out of the village, and though Hardy would quithis farming pursuits early on Saturday evenings and come to town to see sights lie lind to be content with being regarded as a country man. A little distance from him, on the site wlic:c Mr Hemphill's house new stands, dwelt a Mr. Poole. At.th's time Mr. Norcross was one of the rising bust ness men of the place, closely followed by Major Terry, the father of Mr. George W. Terry,who owned tbe farm where on the waterworks are located. Indeed, these were the only two men whs realized that a town w s to be the result of the settle ment. This cannot be better exemplified than by quoting the 'statement of Governor Crawford, who, standing at the Norcross cor ner one summer day in 1845, laughed at the idea. “It will never be anything but a mere water station," said he. "Why, there’s Ma rietta where you can get every tiling you want, And then there’s Decatur which will, of course, get all the business the country can afford. Lawrenccville, too, will attract all the trade of northeast Georgia. Tut, tut, there is nothing to make a t*wn of.” "But Governor Crawford was an Augusta man “Yes, but he was not alone in his opinion The Georgia railroad got in in the fall of 1845, the first train being run on the 15th of -eptem her. From this time the place began to make pretensions. Of the half dozen families here at that time might be mentioned the Terry 9, the Ivys, the Joneses, the Lynches, the For syths, the Mondays, and some few others who did not stay long. ’ SOME OF T1IE FIRST VENTURES. “What were the first ventures in busi ness?’ * “In 1844 Mr. Norcross.seeing the coming de- mad for lumber, started a saw mill. In 1845 Dr. Furnerdin issued the Luminary, which whilrtiot as pretentious as The Constitution met the requirements of tnat day very well A general store was started and kept running for some time by Loyd & Collins, the fathers of John and James Loyd and James Collins, who are now well known citizens of this city. Their business was transacted by a modest youth, K. M. Clarke. Of course the new town had to have its liquor, being so largely recruited from the ranks of the navvies oh the roads, and Mr. Kile dealt it out to them with a generous hand. Front that day to the present the name of Kile lias been prominent in At lanta chronicles, the late Cor oner Kile having sat on more cases perhaps l. Willis than any other man in the Union Carlisle, so long on the peace force of the city, was also among the first few who watch ed tlie building of new houses along the cow pntjbs leading out from the centre, and since dignified l>y the names of streets. At an ear ly' date also Richard Peters, a young man from Philadelphia, with hard sense and a clear head, made himself known as one of the tuen of the future. A full-figured young man by the name of Markham came along introducing yankee clocks, and soon made himself at home both in church, and state. James Loyd built the first hptel— Washington Hall. “Were there any children born in Atlanta? "Why stars, yes! Atlanta has always been a powerful place for women to have chil dren. There is a good deal of dispute as to who was the first child boro here. Mrs. Withers, who is a daughter of Willis Carlisle, is generally credited with ticing the eldest daughter of Atlanta, though Mr. Isocrates Ivy claims the place as the eldest son. This dis pute is, however, subject to some explanation Mrs, Withers was probably boru within the corporation of that day and has tbe technical honor, while Mr. Ivy, though born within the limits of the present Atlanta, was regarded by the young mothers of Murthasville as a most promising country child. However, it is well to know that the claimants are both alive and in good health, and that there is room in the city for them both, as well as for those who have come after them. Rev. Virgil Norcross, little as one would thintyit by looking at his placid face, ran a close race for the honor of priority, and is without doubt the third r fourth original Atlantian After this the birth rate became rather lively, and it would be somewhat te dious to follow it up. THE CITY CHARTER. “The rapid growth of population soon made it evident that some efficient form 'of govern ment was necessary to preserve the peace and enforce order. Tne village had been govern ed by a board of commissioners, but it pos sessed neither the« power nor the dispo sition to wield a strong hand. The rougi elements left behind by the railroads, the natural advantages of the place as a point cf gathering from the surrounding country, brought in hordes of gamblers and drinkers, and hard cases generally, an the peaceable people were forced to take a back seat. In 1846, John Collier, Julius Hayden and Jona than Norcross interested themselves in the passage of a charter for for the embrvo citv, by which a mayor and council would fie brought into play. Under the charter the town marshal was made an elective officer, and it was not long nntil the citizens found we that they were in as bad a plight as ever, for the roughs would rally to the polls and elect their candidate, and thus have one of their own number in office. Not only this, but the men who elect their marshal could also elect their mayor, and for several terms affairs grew constantly worse. In 1850 matters were in a desperate condition. To oppose the mob publicly was political suicide; to express opinions unfavorable to it on the streets was to invite insult, and to talk of reform excited derision. At a public meeting called to consider the situation tne rough element was very boisterous, and one of tbe number, in irony, said: ‘Let’s nominate Norcross.’ Mr. Norcross, who was present, and un stood the meaning of tbe speaker, imme diately arose and said: “ ‘I accept the nomination; I will run tbe race, and see if it is possible for virtue to triumph in Atlanta.’ 'The announcement was received with mingled cheers and cries of derision, but with the courage characteristic of tbe man. Mr. Norcross pushed a vigorous can vas, and when the votes were counted found himself mayor of Atlanta. THE RALLY OF THE ROUGHS. The new mayor must have had a hard road to travel?” “Yes, but he traveled it all the same. He brought to bear all the power of the law against the lawless, and in return met with an unyielding resistance. On one occasion a prisoner was brought before him and found guilty. The mayor, with Cicero Strong on one side of him and another gentleman on the other, stood up and declared the sentence. The room was filled with the friends of the prisoner who, rushing forth itb brandished knives and drawn pistols, took possession of htm, and bore him away. It was now evident that the crisis had come, and that it had to be met resolutely and firm- Tne mayor called a secret session of e city council, and laid before that body the events of the past few months, and de manded that energetic measures he taken to assert the supremacy of the law, the result of which was a proclamation from the mayor to tlie citizens calling upon all lovers of 'order to assemble at Norcross’s corner armed, for the purpose of forming a vigilance police. At tlie appointed time 150 resolute citizens were oa hand, armed with every thing from keen-blaaed poclcetknives to double-barrel el shotguns. They were determined a body of men as were ever called together. But while this was going on. the roughs were not idle, so audacious had they become, that they also had issued orders for their forces to assemble a point on Decatur street mot more than 200 yards from the mayor’s headquarters. The regulars threw out pickets and sen tout scouts to reconnoitre ibe situation. As the darkness thickened over the city the most ominous ru mors prevailed. On tlie one hand were gath ered a gang of men who had from the begin ning plundered and murdered and robbed; their past record justified every fear that they might bum tlie town and inaugurate general pillage. On tbe other hand were assembled the men who had property to protect from arson, wives and sisters to save from violence, and the majesty of law and order to uphold. As the midnight hour approached Mayor Norcross gave the order to marcli upon the roughs, and with resolute step and determin- /ed heart the regulars marched as one man. The building was attacked, and it was found that a greater portion of the roughs had lied, only about twenty being in sight who were promptly taken into custody, They had read the writing on the wall the days of border ruffianism were over, and never since has that element been able to regain its cendcncy. The fight was fought and Norcross held the fort. This only shows what a reso lute spirit can do. AN EARLY RAILROAD SENSATION. Talk of your railroad sensations! They are nothing to what- we used to have. In 1846 the Macon and Western road had projected itself into the city, and it was the intention to locate its terminus a little to the north of where the State road shops are located. The city, which was clustered around the car shed felt that a dire calamity was about to huppen, and ttie consulta tions resembled in earnestness and gesticulation some of the late endeavors of George \V. Adair when the East Tennessee shops were threatened. But the Adairs of tiiose days were the equalsof the Adairs of the present. They secured a change of location through the enterprise of a prominent citizen Mr. Mitchell, whose bequest at a later period gave rise to so much litigation. The head of tlie road was turned in toward the car shed and the Monroe embankment was left unused as a memorial of an exciting controversy, After this it seemed as if everything was set tled for the future, but the city was too rest less ever to be quiet. Tlie state road had monopoly—it was a road to the northwest anyway, and Atlanta objected to going around through Augusta and Charles ton when she wanted to buy a few yards of calico in New York. So the agitation for a road to pierce the Blue Ridge mountains to the northeast was the next thing in order, and Norcross had to be in it of course. He was hooted at as vis ionary, but that is always the fate of zeal The agitation progressed', and despite luke wannness from many who should have sup ported it, the destruction of business enter prises caused by the war, the universal bankruptcy following the war. the death like lethargy of the reconstruction period, the Air Line road became an accomplished fact. ing on it sold the other day for $8,000. And thus it goes. • Here is a city, the capital of one of the original thirteen states of the union, one of the thir teen capitals of the most populous and pow erful civilized communities which ever ex isted, and yet it is a city peopled by im migrants and strangers, brought together from the four-quarters of the globe for profit and gain. We have here 46,000 in habitants. Of this 46,000, 25,000 certainly are minors, leaving 21.000 over 21 years of age. How many of them think you, are natives of the city in which they live? Hardly more than 2,000, and it is doubtful if there are that many. The war broke the city up in 1860. The population at that time was probably 10,000, a small propor tion of whom were natives. That was twen ty-two years ago. To find adul nativesof At lanta then we must go back to the years preced 18G0. Beginning in 1841-2-3-4, with a dozen- families many of whom were but sojourn ers, who moved to town one year but to leave it the next, and only reaching a total in 1860 of ten thousand, to put the native bom increase who remained in the city, at 3,000, is to put it at a pretty bigli figure. The war came, and these people were scattered to the four winds. They found elsewhere employment, homes, attachments which bound them to their new locations, and while it is true that many of the older people who had property at stake or business interests to resume returned to the city, the younger people did not. Certainly we may say that one-third of them, at least, have never re turned.” “What of the population as it stands as £ whole?” “Probably one half the present population may be classed as native born. The last few years have been as fertile in matrimony as in cotton. But those people are not yet on the stage of life. The city of Atlanta is governed by men from all parts of the world except from her own borders; the business houses a:e the property of hardy workers from any where between Campbell county and Ire land.” “This would be a poor field for local know- nothingism then?” “Rather poor. The tnan from the outside must be courted yet awhile until the crop of 1865-70 attains its majority. We have a southern city geographically, a western city in growth, a Yankee city in thrift, and a city that is bound to succeed in general. The dif ferent elements which have met here have fused well together; there are co animosities. no bigotries, no past records. In Texas, it is considered highly improper toask a new arrival what he came for, or what his name was at home. Here we take it for granted, that he comes to us with a good purpose, and his name will be properly honored until be does something to cast ° taint upon it himself.” DEATH ON THE RAIL. THE GOLD WORKERS LAST WEEK. Ora in Abundance—The Various Mines—The Lock, hart—The Blackmer—The 8ingletoa—The B .r. low—The Columbia—The Goldsmith—The Keystone-The Auraria—Fish-Trap. Two Trains on the East Tcnnes cc, Virginia and Georgia Collide. There was a bad collision on the East Tennes see, Virginia and Georgia railroad ten miles south of Rome ana sixty-ones north of Atlan ta, Monday morning, which resulted in the death of one man and the painful wounding of another. The authorities of the road in this city are not fully possessed of enough facts to warrant them 'in giving the details to the public lest tbe blame should ap pear ' to be where it is not. 'll WHY ATLANTA PROSPERED. “The true reason of Atlanta’s prosperity lias never been told,” said Graybeard, putting another coal on his pipe and puffing vigorous ly. “It has never fieen told. Most cities Have been built on capital—Atlanta has been built for want of capital. There was nothing in Atlanta to attract wealthy people—it was barren and sterile. Comfort was to be found in Madison and in Decatur, and Marietta was reasonably wealthy. The business men in these places could lay in their stocks for the cash, and hold them until they get their prices. The first crop of merchants in Atlanta, as also these who succeeded, them were miserably poor. A thousand dollars was a fortune—two thousand was not to be thought of. Rents were eating up their meagre profits, so they had to sell, and to sell quick, in order to meet maturing bills. Thus, while the Marietta dry goods man, with money in his pocket, was looking the day away, waiting for a stiff price, the Atlanta merchant, poor fel low, had sold out, replenished, and sold out again. It did not take long to learn that bargains were to be bad in Atlanta, and hither turned the tide of trade. Fortunately the merchant classes of Atlanta have never been able to reach that stage where they would only spend a couple of hours at their business and spend the balance of tbe day in pleasure. They have had a hard road to travel, paved with notes and promises to pay, and they have had to work or fall behind. It is this which torces them into new tem.ory every year, and it is their willingness to give inducements which has carried off the trade front older points. “Does this not lead to many failures?” “It does not. I have never yet known an Atlanta merchant to fail legitimately unless he went into cotton, and an Atlanta man who goes into cotton deserves to fail. Quick sales and short profits will more than catch up with slow sales and long sweetening.” THE PEOPLE WE MEET. “AVe have wandered a long way from the peculiarity of Atlanta's people. Let us re turn to that.” “I'm growing old and my mind wanders,” said the talker, reflectively. “Well, I was going down Whitehall street the other day, and I was astonished at the strange faces I saw and the strange names I read upon the signs. I have been here ever since 1841; I have seen the peo ple come and go; I have seen the shanty give way to the cottage, and the cottage to the mansion. Where one set of men came and failed to find a living another set came in and found competence and wealth. A lot a friend of mine sola twenty-five years ago because he did not think it worth the taxes he was pay- The two trains which collided, and which last night engaged the attention of the wrecking crew, were Nos. 52 and 53. Fifty three was a passenger train traveling south and was in charge of Conductor Tom Ware, with engine No. 71, under control of Engineer Garvin, while fifty-two was a mixed or ac commodation train running north in charge of "conductor Charles McEachern. with engine 70, handled by En gineer Bennett. The* collision curred between Brice’s station and Silver Creek station, two miles from the former place. Both trains were behind time and to this fact the collision is in all prob ability due. When No. 53 left Brice’s it was fifty-two minutes behind sched ule time, and whqn No. 52 left Silver Creek it was then greatly behind. AVhen the collision occurred both trains were running at a mod erate gate, but the destruction done was not small. Both engines were badly wrecked, while the baggage car belonging to the south bound train, ana six fiat cars attached to the other train, were demolished. AVhen the en gines struck the engineer and fireman on en gine 71 were unable to escape, and the latter was instantly killed, while the former was badly hurt. The name of the luckless fireman was Gresham. His body was badly mashed, and his death was almost instant. The engineer was George Garvin, and his in juries consist of a broken leg and several pain ml bruises. The engineer and fireman on the other engine escaped unhurt. Mr. King, the road master of the road, was on the south bound train, and at once went to work to clear the track. Yesterday Captain Bealtey. assistant superintendent of the road, left with a train of wreckers, and the track will be clear by this morning. Although both trains were behind time, neither was moving by telegraphic orders,but both on plain time-card rules, and in order that injustice may be done no one, the rail road authorities have declined to assert where the fault is until a full and fair hear ing and investigation can be had. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Special to The Constitution. Rome, October 30.—The passenger train on the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad, on its way to Atlanta this morning, about 11 o’clock, collided with a freight train, bound for Rome, about twelve miles from this city. The fireman on the passenger train, Mr. Gresham, who resides in Calhoun was killed outright The engineer; George Garvin, had his ankle broken, and re eeived other injuries, but is not fatall; hurt Both engines were badly demolish! The two engines arrived in the city to-night No one else received serious injuries. From the Dahlonenga, Ga.,Mountain Signal. AVe paid the Lockhart mine a visit in the early part of this week. AVe found two or three men at work in the open cut. Ore was to be seen in abundance and of very good quality. The little mill is kept supplied from here and occasinally the large one depends on getting ore from this point. This week and last, the large mill has been running on ore from the cut also from the Blackmer shaft; that from the latter being very high grade. The veins here are large and cohtinuous, and very uniform in their yield. The plates looked very well indeed; coated from the upper to the lower edge, with only a 60 hours run. AVe were shown some argentif erous galena from the shaft and informed by the superintendent that the seven foot vein carried lead and silver in the different streaks. This is remarkable for our gold veins, but has been iound before in one or two other mines in the district. At the Singleton mine the ! 'ield is about as usual. Rich specimens are 1 bund every week. The summer is past and the Barlow mine has not suffered for want of water for mining nor milling purposes. The yield is now about the same as usual. Regular time is made with full capacity. The Bast mine has never presented a better prospect than now. The cut shows a great amount of ore. AVork is going on in both ends. At the northeast end some very good ore is being taken out. The twenty stamps are kept supplied day and night by from five to six men with picks. The forma'tion is soft and powder is not necessary only in making California blasts. At the Ivey there has been but little change in the activity of the mine, as far as milling and mining is concerned, though extensive improvements are being made on the property in the way of ditch cutting, etc., as we have previously men tioned. The Columbia mill is running on ore from both cuts. On Saturday we were informed that a very good streak had been opened the day before. Now the weather is getting; cool and the wet season commenced, they will be better supplied with water. The Goldsmith gold mining company have purchased the Key Stone property, and im mediately commenced operations on the place, and, as soon as the mill can be erected, will commence to operate on the quartz leads. The mines in the vicinity of Auraria are running about as when last reported. There is nothing of special notice taken place with in the past week. The Bast ditch, that is being cut by the Consolidated gold manufac turing company, is large enough for convey ing 500 mining inches of water. The work of cutting is rapidly progressing. The mines in AVhite county are now at tracting more attention than they have in some time; in fact discoveries of vast impor tance have been made and opened to that sec tion an almost unknown gola field as far as quartz veins were concerned, though the places worked years ago were very rich and extensive. Considerable prospecting has been done on the Fish Trap property for the past few weeks with very good results. The mill makes reg- Revolved Into Eternity. From the Bamsvifle, Ga., Gazette. Tuesday afternoon, a colored boy about ten years old, at the steam gin of Mr. AY. H. H. Bush, in Monroe county, attempted to get on the shaft that runs the gin. He was ordered away, but he was determined to ride, and finally mounted the rapidly revolving shaft. The shaft was about three feet from the ground and the body of the inexperienteed rider was going around at the rate of perhaps fifty to the minute. As soon as possible the gin was stopped and tne legs of tne boy were beat into a mass as soft as a bag of cotton. THE ORIGINAL DOWN IN DIXIE. I wish I was in the land of cotton, Ole times dey am not forgotten; In Dixie 'and whar I was bawn in Arly on a frosty mawnin. Ole missis marry Will de AVeaber; Will he was a gay deceaber; When he put his arm around her He looked as fierce as a forty-pounder. His face was sharp as a butcher’s cleaber, But dat didn't seem a bit to greab ’er: Will run away, missis took a decline. Her face was de color ob de bacon rine. While missis libed she libed in dober. When she died she died all ober; How could she act de foolish part. An’ marry a man to broke her heart? Buckwheat cakes and cawn-meal batter Make yon fat. or little fatter: Here's a health to de nex’ ole missis. An’ all the gals as wants to kiss ns. Now if yon want to dribe away sorrow, Come and hear dis song to-morrow; Den hoe it down and scratch the grabble. To Dixie’s land I’m bound to trabble. CHORUS. I wish I was in Dixie, hooray, hooray! In Dixie land We’ll take our stand To live an’ die in Dixie; A wav, away, away down souf in Dixie! A wav, away, away down souf in Dixie! —Daniel D. Emmett. GEORGIA MINES. PRODUCT ular time on fair ore, and is kept supplied by a small force of men. As we have said in previous articles, this company has a 20 stamp mill run by steam power. A Sons of Southern Georgia. From the Montezuma, Ga., Weekly. JTo country on God’s green earth can boast arnore genial climate and a more varied agricultural production than southern Geor gia. Neither the oppressive heat of tropical countries or the frigidity of northern climes affect us, but *urs is almost a country of per petual spring, where the forests are ever clothed in their dresses of living green and where the mocking bird never ceases to chant his song, as if in praise to his maker, who has i pven him such a glorious land for his iioine. AVe have a country on which it seems God has lavished his smiles and left the genial influence of his blessing. There is scarcely a product of earth which cannot be grown to advantage on our soil and all the natural resources of other countries have been given us. Broad, placid rivers and winding streams flow past our doors which will some day bear upon their bosoms the mighty steam er and along their banks will be heard the hum of machinery fashioning our crude ma terial into things for the convenience and comfort of man. The roar of the pine is but the telling of the inestimable wealth that is to come from this source alone and our broad, smiling fields bear the nnspeak able evidence that they will some day feed and clothe thousands of emigrants who are bound to flock to our land. Ours is a section of poetry and song, of ease, of affluence and of plenty. Here the roses and the violets bloom perpetual and all earthly glories are ours. AVe invite crowded, oppressed earth to come live in this glorious land of ours. Stranger Than Fiction- From the Rome, Ga., Bulletin. On Friday night several gentleman emerged from a bar room, and as they proceeded up the street they met a man who confronted one of the party, and applying an opprobri ous epithet to him dealt him a blow with his fist which was returned with interest. During the scuffle language was used which threw light on the difficulty, showing that it was an old feud. The parties were soon separated and investigation found that it was a case of mistaken identity on both sides. The parties concerned were moresurprised at the develop ment than the witnesses of the fight, and all adjourned to a bar and enjoyed the remarka ble incident. Truth is stranger than fiction, Where a Pen Knife Was Found. From the Dahlonega, Ga., Mountain Signal. AVe have in our office a pen knife that was lost eighteen months ago by Mrs. A. McDon ala. On last Wednesday morning Mr. Wm Woody purchased a cow for beef that at the time the knife was lost belonged to the said McDonald. After killing her he found in her paunch the identical knife, blade open, together with two nails. For Curing Chills. From the Americus, Ga., Republican. J. F. McClung, of Lee county, claims that the world owes him for the following recipe for curing chills: Eat six red ingyuns and drink one pint of pure com whisky jist as the chill gets into a good shake. It will leave like an earthquake had opened on it, andnev er reappear until you want more corn. The Good Old Times. From the Americus, Ga., Republican. In the early days the peopte of this county wore clothes made of woolsey linsey. Tbe ladies spun and wove nearly all the garments worn, and they felt just as comfortable at the apple-gatherings as do the people of to day with their fine clothes. He Saw the Show. Frsm the Greensboro, Ga., Herald. Our office door was barred up on last Friday by a drnnken man lying across it, from 9 o’'clock. a.m., till about 4 o'clock, p.m. A pretty long drank that—but he came in to see the big show—he saw it. Diphtheria in Virginia. Petersburg, Va., October 31.—Diphtheria is prevailing to a considerable extent in Din widdle county, anumber of persons being sick with the disease. Two or three deaths have occurred in a single family. • Arrested After Sixteen Years, Savannah, October 3L—David Greene, col ored, was arrested here to-day for the murder of Policeman John Sullivan on Christmas day, 1868. The proot against him is positive. DEATH OF DR. WM. L. MITCHELL. I A telegram from Athens Monday night announced ; the death of Colonel William L. Mitchell, 1L. D., j one of the oldest and most respected citizens of j that city. He was about seventy-five years of age, and until few days ago was in his usual state of health About a fortnight ago, he went to Washington city to attend the supreme council of the Free Masons, and on his return contracted a cold which rapidly developed into pneumonia. He was seriously sick since last Saturday, and last night he breathed hts last. For many long years he was one of the foremost lawyets of the state, and probably no follower of that professsou ever loved it more devotedly than he. Ever since the war he has been professor of law in the State university, and many of the more prominent lawyers of middle age and youth in the state bear the impress of the thorough aud accufate training they received at his hands He was also a trustee of the university, and sec retary and treasurer of the board. The university in particular, and education in general, had uo warmer friend thau he, and he allowed no opportunity to pass unimproved when he con’d assist or promote the welfare and prosperity of an institution he so dearly loved. Before the war he was superintendent of the Western and Atlantic railroad, and his acuteness of intellect and ready adaptability to the duties of whatever position he was called upon to fill, mani fested themselves in his successful administration of this public property. Dr. Mitchell was a man of strong convictions and fearless action. At an early age he connected himself with the Presbyterian church, and through his more than three score and ten years, he led a life of Christian virtue and excellence. Conscien tious to the last degree, firm in his convictions of duty and unwavering in his discharge thereof, he elided the admiration and respect ef all who knew him. The law department of the university will be continued under the direction of Hon. Pope Bar- row and George D. Thomas, who were elected his assistants about two years ago. CHARLEY AND TOMMY From the Chicago Tribune. One day when little Charles, the good boy o whom I have told you, was on his way to School- he passed by a large Orchard in which there were a great many kinds of Fruit, and as the sunshine came streaming through the branches of the Trees and fell upon the rosy-checked Apples, iho sweet, mel low Peaches, and the red Cherries Charles though they looked very Beautiful indeed, and would Go Down Nicely with the Lunch which his kind Moth er had wrapped up in a white napkin for him, and placed in the little Basket he carried in his hand. Some of the Fruit hung very near tlie Fence, and as Charles looked at it Wistfully he said to himself: ‘How easily 1 could climb over there aud Pluck several of the Apples and Pears without being Dis covered . for there is no one in the Orchard now. But that would be Wrong, and if I did it I should al ways be Sorry, and suffer dreadfully from the Pangs of Conscience.” So he stood there a title longer. The little Birds in the trees had been singing their Merriest Lays the soft and balmy Zephyrs of early summers were Kissing the Fowers as they nodded their pretty heads in the grass by the roadside, and all Nature seemed Rejoicing in its strength. Many times Charles looked up at the fruit, and thought how easy it would be to take it, but every time he did this the Small Voice would say: “That would he wrong, Charles,” aud he would resolve not to make any such Break. But pretty soon a Bright Thought struck him, and his pure young face lighted up with a Sunny Smile. “X will §o to the Owner of the Orchard,” he said, “who lives in yonder House, aud tell him how I have conquered TemptaUon. Then he will give me all the Fruit I want, because that is the way Sturdy Farmers always do in the little books I get at Sunday-school.” So he went b ildly up to the farm house, but just as he entered the Gate a fierce Dog grabbed him by the seat of the Panties and Wiped the Ground with him for a few moments. The nice Lunch that his mother had put up for him was Distrib uted ail over the Yard, and his new jacket looked as if it had been Out AVith the Boys. AVhen the Farmer heard the Noise he came running out of the House and called off the Dog. "What do you want, my Little Man?” he said to Charles. So Charles told him he had been tempted to take the Fruit,but would not do so because it was Wrong. And then he asked the man for some Fruit The Farmer looked at him for a Moment and then he said: “I have two more Logs, both larger than the one you Tackled, and unless you are out of here in three jerksof a Lamb’s Tail, they will be Lunch ing, and you trill be Quite Conspicuous in tlie bill- of-fare." So Charles ran quickly away, not even stopping to get his Basket. A little way down the Road hes overtook Thomas Tough, who was eating a delicious Peach. “Where did you get that Peach, Thomas?” asked Charles. “Over in that Orchard,” replied Thomas. "I waited until the Old Crank who owns the place had gone to breakfast, and then appointed myself Receiver of the Orchard.” “You are a very wicked Boy,” said Charles. “Yes,” replied Thomas, “I am a trifle wicked but I keep Getting to the Front all the time, and my clothes don’t seem quite so much Disarranged as yours. You will also notice that my lunch Bas ket is with me, and that my piece of Pie for the Noonday Meal is not lying in Farmer Brown’s Gar den.” When Charles went home that evening he told his Papa what he had done. “You know, Papa,” he said, "that I would sooner be right than Presi dent.” “Yes." replied his Papa, “but I am not seriously alarmed about your being President, either.” THE BEST BEST BEST Policy cf Insurance ASAUTST Accidents ZS F-D-P-K which is to say, Perry Davis’s Pain Killer Captain Chas. Allen, of Worcester (Maas.) Fire Department, says: “ After the doctor set the broken bone. I used Pain Killer as a Uni- ment, and it cured me in a short time.” Captain D. S. Goodell, Jr., of Seareport, Maine, eave: “ Fcr bruises, sprains and cuts. I know of no medicine that 1b more effective.” David Pierce, Utica, N. Y., sayE: iruieer *- J f — toeffe< An accident may happen to-morrow, f Buy Pekby Dayis’k Pain Killer* to-day of any Druggist novl—d&wly whole nx rd mat mil KIDNEY-WORT HE CREAT CURE T FOE —RHEUMATISM— As it is for oil tie painful diseases of the KIDNEYS,LIVER AND BOWELS. It cleanses the system of the amid poison that causes the dreadful Buffering which only the victims of Tnigrrm a,harr\ pf.n realiifi. THOUSANDS OP CASES ef the worst forms of this terrible dlBeaae have been quickly relieved, and in short time PERFECTLY CURED. PRICE, $U UQCTDOR DRY, SOLD BY DRUGGISTS. G* Dry can be sent by mall. W r.LTM, RICulARPSOlf & Co., BurliagtonVt, KIDNEY-WORT BROWN’S IRON BlTTRHh Doted Men ! Dr. John F. Hancock, late President of the National Phar maceutical Association of the United States, says: "Brown’s Iron Bitters has a heavy sale, is conceded to be a fine tonic; the character of the manu facturers is a voucher for its purity and medicinal excellence.” Dr. Joseph Roberts, President Baltimore Pharmaceutical College, says: "I indorse it as a fine medicine, reliable as a strengthening tonic, tree front alcoholic poisons?* Dr. J. Faris Moore, Ph. D., Professor of Pharmacy, Balti more Pharmaceutical College, says: " Brown’s Iron Bitters is a safe and reliable medicine, positively free from alcoholic poisons, and can be recommended as a tonic for use among those who oppose alcohol.” Dr. Edavard Earickson, Secretary Baltimore College of Phar- macy, says • ** I indorse it as an excellent meditine, a good digestive agent, and a non-intoxicant in the fullest sense.'* Dr. Richard Sapington, one of Baltimore’s oldest and most reliable physicians, says: " All who have used it praise its standard virtues, and the well- known character of the house which makes it is a sufficient guarantee of its being all that is claimed, for they are men who could not be in duced to offer anything else but a reliable medicine tor public use.** A Druggist Cured. Boonsboro, Md., Oct. 12, xfiSp. Gentlemen: Brown*s Iron Bit ters cured me of a bad attack of Indigestion and fullness in the stom ach. Having tested it, I take pleas ure in recommending it to my cus tomers, and am glad to say it gives entire satisfaction to all." Geo. W. Hoffman, Druggist. Ask your Druggist for Brown's • Iron Bitters, and take no other. One trial will convince you that it is just what you need. Administrator’s LAND SALE. T he valuable lands of l. m. tye, de- ceased, will be sold before the court house door in the town of McDonough,Henry county, on the first Tuesday in November next. The Russell Place, One mile from McDonough, is one of the most desira ble farms in Henry county, containing 160 acres, with a good dwelling and outhouses and two splen did orchards with 70 or 80 acres in the woods. The Guest Place Is two miles from McDonough, well improved, with' 250 acres of strong productive land, about 90 acres being in original woods. The Speer Place 1% miles from McDonough, containing 2U2% acres Lth 100 acres in original woods. The place at Sandy Ridge Has good dwelling and outhouses, and contains 140 acres, about 90 acres in original woods. The Dickey Place, At Stockbridge, containing 300 acres, with nearly 200 acres in origuul woods, and 30 or 40 acres of bot tom, Is the best farm in middle Georgia. A place one mile from Stockbridge, on the E T V R R of 135 acres, about one-half being in original woods and the other half in open, cultivable land, with good dwelling, outhouses and gin house with machinery. * place one mile from Stockbridge, containing 118 acres, with 17% acres of woods and 35 acres of splen did bottom land. place % mile from Stockbridge ol 146% acres, good dwelling, etc., there being about 15 acres in woods and 40 acres of good creek bottom. A place one mile from Stockbridge containing 124% acres, 70 or 8J acres in original woods, and 24% acres in bottom land. This property will be sold for one-third cash, one- third in twelve months, and one-third in 21 months at 8 per cent. I will take pleasure in showing these places. JOHN L. TYE. Administrator. McDonough, Ga., Oct. 13th, 1882. octl4—d&wtil nov7th BOUKOCINE, Is a Pleasant and Safe Injection for the Cure of G. & G. In from one to three days. No failures. Nochange of diet. No internal remedies. No loss of time. Call on your Druggist for BOUKOCINE. Price 81.50. Call on or address BOUKOCINE CO., 40 Wall street. Atlanta, Ga., Opposite Passenger Depot, may7 d6m—sun&wCm Sole Agents forthe South —50TH— POPULAR MONTHLY DRAWING OF THE In the city of Louisville, on Thursday, November 30, 1882. These drawing occur monthly (Sundays excepted under provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of Kentucky. The United States Circuit Court on March 31st, rendered the following decisions: 1st—That the Commonwealth Distribution Com pany Is legal. 2d—Its drawings are fair. N. B.—The Company has now on hand a large reserve fund. Read the list of prizes for the NOVEMBER DRAWING. 1 Prize 1 Prize 1 Prize 10 Prizes, 8,000 each .....830,000 ... 10,000 ... 5,000 10,000 20 Prizes 500 each 10.008 100 Prizes 100 each 10,800 200 Prizes 50 each 10,000 COO Prizes 20 each 12,000 1000 Prizes 10 each 10,000 9 Prizes 8300 each. Approximation Prizes 2,700 9 Prizes 200 each, i,8oo 9 Prizes 100 each,... 900 oct29—d&wly nx rd mat nol3 1,960 Prizes Whle Tickets $a. 27 Tickets, $50. 1112,400 Half Tickets $1. 55 Tickets, $xoo. MAN, Courier-Journal building, Louisville, Ky„ 309 Broadway, New York. octt31—d4w tues thur sat<iw3w
