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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1882,
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ATLANTA OF YORE.
A CITY WELL-NIGH DESTITUTE OF
■NATIVES
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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.
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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.”
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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
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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.
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In the city of Louisville, on
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These drawing occur monthly (Sundays excepted
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100 Prizes 100 each 10,800
200 Prizes 50 each 10,000
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