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WE* WEEKLY CONSTITUTION.
VOLUME XIV.
^TUESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 19, 1882.
PRICE 5 CEVIS
DURING THE WEEK.
WHAT THE PEOPLE OF CITY AND
COUNTRY ARE DOING.
Hunting* Last Friday—Railroad Accident* Through,
out th* Country—The Pardon of Bd. Cox and
Bis Arrlral in tho City—8m all*Pox In
Osorgls-Bvsnts of tho Old World.
Tuesday, December 12.
The senate 1* considering the Pendleton dfl) *er-
Pico bill. It Is supported by the republicans. Hen-
a tor Logan opposes the reopeulng of the Fitsjohn
Porter case. General Pope has been confirmed as
major general. Congress is not going to take its nsual
holiday recess this year. Governor Stephens has
pardoned Ed. Coz. Immense frauds have been un
earthed in the city government In Louisville, in
which there is one loss of |60,OOOl In^St. Louis
drunken man murdered his former mUtrem,
young man killed his grandmother and a father
was shot dead by hl< Hon. Parnell, the Irish home-
rulo leader, it selling out his landed estate.
IN THE CITY.
Several burglaries have been reported in the city.
The public schools have taken vacation for tho
holidays. Ur. Nell Robson is dead. Tho letterbox
system is being extended. The Atlanta toy houses
are troubled by Christmas thieves. W. J. Camp
bell and M Us Ila tie Erwin were married. There
are now two gas companies in the city, and they
are to have a war ol rates. The safe in the storo of
Mr. Johnson, on Peters street, was cracked by bur
glars. Nothing was gained by it. The Art Loan
hasended.
Wednesday, December 18.
Three of the twelve regular appropriation bills
have already passed the house. Congressman Ham
mond, of Georgia, is also spoken of for the speaker-
ship of the next houso. Mr. Gladstone has been In
parliament fifty years. Lord Derby has re entered
the cabinet. The Christian Indians petition
gw a to be separated from the pagan Indians,
ator Isham Harris, of Tennessee, will be his own
successor in the senate. Seven men were killed In
s bridge accident in Galveston. Boston has elected
a democratic mayor. The Kinsley, Kansas, bank
was robbed of f l;t,000. The Usnsyunk cotton mills
have been burned—one of the operatives burned to
death. Wheeling, West Virginia, has had a i
ine Chinese funeral.
IN T1IK CITY.
The AtUnta minstrels pUyed to a 1200 house iu
Griffin, lint. Ed. Coy received from Governor Ste
phens tho official pardon ot her husband, and car
ried it to him herself. General Longstreet is being
investigated by the government detectives. There
wore M9 arrests in the month of November by the
police. A case of small-pox hai been dUcovered in
Atlanta, tho victim having come from Chattanoo
ga.
Thursday, December 14.
Through the efforts of Messrs. Blount aud Ham
mond, a bill to spend eight millions on a public
building was defeated. Kiug Cetewayo lm* been
restored to his kingdom. Three agrarl&u uaurdeters
have been convicted in Ireland. A systematic rob
bing of,graves has been discovered in Richmond,
Virginia, and several arrests havo been xAade. Fif
teen Brooklyn aider men havo been sent to prison
lor violating the dty 4 chsrter. John F. Potter, who
in I860, on being challenged to a duel by Roger A,
Pryor, named oowio knives as tho weapons and a
locked room ss the place o( battle,U dying in a poor
houso in Wisconsin. The sultan of Turkey Is Tear
ful of awusiuatioa.
list hargjLQf bands took place
ice.roawfji 21,500
A general ril*l
East Tennessee roadf^ A 21,500 dlamoud Is being
►ought for by tho police. It was stolen out of a
hotel. A cull has BCen issued for a convention of
tho Women’s Christian Temperance Union in At
lanta. Salllo l’a»k< and Jim Parks, on Scofield
street, had a duel with hatchets, in which they cut
ooch other up pretty badly,
Friday, Uccti
In the senate Seuator Brown made a lengthy
speech In opposition to tho Pendleton civil service
bill, claiming that it was only a scheme to keep
republicans In office after tho party bad beeu
defeated at the polls. A fl5,000,000 fire took place
iu Kingston, Jamalce. Auother and tho last divi
dend of 7*4 per cent is snnounccd to the depositors
m the Froedmen's bank. This will make CO cents
on tho dollar which has been re
covered. Tho houso p< st-office committee
reports in favor of two cent postago. The Reming
ton sewing machine buildings In New York have
been burned. Six children fell through the Ico on
tho Schuylkill in Philadelphia and were drowned.
At Lilesville, North Carolina, two murdeni wore
committed, in which four persons lost their lives.
Twenty seres in the centre of Philadelphia, valued
at 1300,000,000, is claimed by the descendants of
old miser named Raker, who died some years ago.
IN TIIE CITY.
In a distillery raid in Hall and Habersham coun
ties six thousand gallons of beer were destroyed,
Mrs. Kent Mason, who, last spring, made speeches
In Atlanta churches on temperance, has been ar
rested in Illinois as a swindler Two Atlanta
houses have Inaugurated a shipment of meats direct
from Chicago. Mrs. Fannie Tolbert and L. P.
Grant, Jr., have been adjudged Insane.
H»tar«taj, December 18.
Four murderers were hanged in Louisiana on
yesterday. The agricultural bureau estimates (be
cotton crop of the present year, 0,700.000 bales. The
corn crop shows large increases In yield all over the
oountry. John Redd, colored, was hanged for the
murder of Lucy Leo on yesterday, at Seale, Ala
bama. Tbemurquisof Lome, and the Princess
Louise are going to Texas on a visit. Judge Robert
Ould, of Rlcnmond, is dead. Suicides in large
numbers, are taking place in the Prussian army.
A reduction iu the sugar tax Is prayed
for by the New York merchants.
IN TIIE CITY.
The coldest day ever felt in Atlanta. The jaj] is
full of revenue prisoners. There are twenty-seven
women on the Atlanta chaiugang. Benjamin Bort-
man was arranged before Justice Tanner for steal
ing an umbrella, but on returning it, he was al
lowed to go free. An At'anta dealer received an or-
t’crfroiu Providence for 21.000,000 in confederate
money, which he supplied, and bss 13.090,000 left.
Eighteen tons of meat were sold from the cars to
day.
ftasday December 17th.
Afnah Greene, of teneva. New York, has been
sent to the penitentiary for Incest with bis daugh
ter. A Urge number of fires are reported all over
lb-. < uuntry. a jury has been secured In the star
route trial and it is now In progress. A railroad
c'dlMon in Mississippi, resulted in a heavy loss of
lit*-. Tho guards around the public buildings in
14.have been doubled owing to the threats of
L.cendlariam made by the Irish.
IN THE CITY.
Ed, Cox, with his wife, arrived in tbe city from
the Dade coal mines. He has no projecu for tbe
future, and desired to say nothing.
ttefarm* S«*jr*ted by VutTerla.
Cano, December Lord Du fibrin has submit
ted to the Egyptian government a scheme to re
form tbe native courts of Justice. He proposes that
the tribunal be presided over by European Judges,
and that the code be, as far os possible, similar to
that of tbe International tribunal.
M!£SlNO PEOPLE.
Three Cases or Myatcrlou* Disappears)^
seeks Utrl Still Missies-
Milwaukee, December 10.—R. D. White-
bead, of tbe Humane society, wbo went to
Nebraska to look after Maggie Hennecke,
telegraphed to the father of the missing girl
to-day that nothing could be learned in
Hastings, and that Brown, who claims to
have found the three abductors, had gone to
Iowa. Whitehead left Hastings for home
to day in company with a detective. They
will stop at Shenandoah. Iowa, to look up
Brown. The receipt of the dispatch was first
denied by Hennecke, who shortly afterwards
left the city, giving instructions to keep his
departure a secret. It is surmised he also
went to Iowa. Positive tidings are
not expected before to-niorrow.
Nothing has been heard as yet from old
man Heizer, formerly of Carpels, Heizer <fc
Co., trunk manufacturers, who disappeared
October 14, taking with him $25,000. and leav
ing an aged wife destitute. It has been found
that Heizer left in company with the wife of
a saloon keeper, it is suppsed for Germany.
The third mysterious disappearance is that of
Mary Nelson, an attractive matrled woman,
aged 25, who left on November 21, leaving
her hu>band and three children, one a babe.
It is tnougt she eloped.
A Jllt-d Inver’s Itcrenec.
Montreal, December 1C.—Information has just
reached here to the effect that a murder, caused
by love and jealousy, was committed a few days
ago at Lakeville. John Craig, a farmer, was, it is
stated, in love with one of the village belles, who
reciprocated his affection until she made tho ac
quaintance of Willie J. Armstrong, a mere tad with
whom sne fell in love. Tho lad, nothing loth, be
came her constant companion, and the now dis
carded lover waa soon the talk»of the village. He
was goaded to desperation by remarks attributed
by busybodles to young Armstrong and finally de
termined upon having revenge, lie met the lovers
on Monday, and at once made up his mind to kill
the girl who had Jilted him. Drawing his revolver
be fired, but missed her, the ball passing through
Armstrong’s abdomen and out at bis back. The
young lover lingered until yesterday, when ho
died in great agony. Meantime Craig made his
way to 8t. Scholastique and gave himself up to tbe
sheriff expressing great contrition for his crime.
Ths World’s Fair la Haw Orleans.
New Orleans. December 1C.—The movement to
secure the location of tbe world's cotton exhibition
and universal exhibition is to be crystallsed into
practical shape by the city authorities and the
commercial bodies of this city, wbo have appointed
committees for Joint conference to meet at an early
day. No doubt i • felt in the minds of llvo business
men here, In regard to miring the required funds.
Wheu the enterprise is fairly Inaugurated, congress
wiilbeasked foracharter similar to. that granted
to the centennial In 1876. President Morabead* of
tho National Cotton Planr
here to-night for New York
natl and Baltimore to see w
ingin regard to the exhibition.
i. rrestueui sioreueau, oi
lanters association, leaves
irk and wilt stop at Clndn-
j what those cities are do-
A HI. Losls Colton Deport.
8t. Louis, December 10.—Advanco sheets of tho
coming annual report of George U. Morgan, secre
tary of tho merchaut's exchange, afford the follow-
suginformation respecting cotton In this city for
the year ending August 31. The gross receipts Were
369.509 bales. Of this number 129,030 bales was
through shipments, leaving *'40 519 bales sold in this
market. The shipments lor the same time were
£61.249 bales, of which 141,571 bales went direct to
Europe, aud 219,705 bales were consumed by eastern
manufacturers. The receipts show considerable
of decrease L
sutage of <
r markets.
| Lawless Juries !■ Chloajp. ,
Special to The CopsUtuuou. J
Chicago, December 16 —Stiles and AMK 8tt|
ncysinacase before the superior court, have by
mcansof a challenge of a Jury for Irregularity de
veloped the fact that the provisions of the law for
the sclecGou ui Juries have been entirely dlsregar-1
Ided in Cook county. Une judge has admitted
Itbst he has not had a valid jury before him for four-L
teen months, all formal previsions of law having
been Ignored. _
Alarm la London.
|London, December 10.—A letter idgued Rory
[HllJs was received at the home office last evening,
threatening within the next few days, one or more
of the government gfaMreMmmMAgjMrimmm
buildings would be s
beeu doubled in number.
LUCY LEE AVENGED.
THE HANGING OF A NEGRO MUR
DERER IN SEALE, ALABAMA.
An IaUrvl.w with th« Murderer—HI. Hcl.tlone
Luc, Le«—Bin Abiudoument of tier end M.i
rl.ee with Another—HI. Crime, eud the
Fen.lt, of Hie Lit. a'her.ror.
Tkeltrl l.k C.kt.et-
London, December 1C.—A di,patch to tbo Pall
Mali duetto from Wlndeor utyi lha chances In the
cabinet havo been completed, and the following
named minister, took the oath before the queen In
council to-day; Lord Derby, aecretary of autto for
tne colonic; Lord Kimberly, secretary ot state for
India; Mini Hurttitgtoii, secretary ot statu for wur;
Jththt ffon. if ugh C. Childers, as chancellor of the
exchequer.
SspprrMlex UstrlM.slul AaiscUttePs.
Wasiijnuton, December 1(1.—About twobundied
aud forty of tbo pouihern matrimonial and natal
auocUtlom, havo been placed on the black list of
tho post-ofllcodepartment,by ordcrof tho postmas
ter general and tho postmasters nt the places where
these sneletlei ’ “ ‘ ‘ ' ‘
to the e- den
associations.
Nwaarll.uM llsrscd.
Special to The Constitution.
New Omasa ns, December 16.—Tho Picayune's
Franklin, lot , special says the Arlington sugar
bouse, about one mllo below here, belomluc to
James Todd, was burned with the machinery and
agricultural Implements. Lo-a about $10,000. In-
surance not known.
A It.psblless Csu.ss.
Washington, December Id.—A caucus of the
republican senators was held this forenoon for the
purpure of tsltitig council upon tho civil service
bill now uuder consideration in the senate. It was
derided to call the bill up immediately after the
morning hour, and order a report upon the hill
and amendments before adjournment.
Elskt lira Killed.
Cant**, III., December 16.—This morn lag two
bollera in Partin A Orendorff company's oxicntlon
to their agricultural Implement works exploded,
killing eight men, completely demolishing the
brick engine house, aud doing considerable other
damage. A tire broke out, but waa extinguished
oy tho escaping steam. Two hundred and titty
workmen are thrown out of employment.
Gsarrat Hk.ra.aa'. I.l..tt..s
Special to the Constitution.
Washington, December 16.—General Hh.rman
would retire under the compulsory retirement act.
In the spring of 1684, but his Intendon Is to give up
the actual command of the army next fall, alter
making hlxannual report and closing up his affairs.
Dead aad Drlag.
London, December 16.—Right Reverend Altered
Ollivant, D.D., bhhop of Sandnffr, la dead.
IxniANarous, Ind„ December 1*.—Private tele-
Lafayette say;
i any
Special toThe Constitution. t
Columbus, December 15.—A special to the
Times from Seale, Ala., of this date, gives t lie
following account of tbe hanging of John
Redd, who waa executed in that place at l'.’m.
to-day, for the murder of Lucy Leo in Sep-
tember, 1881. Through the kindnessof Sher
iff B. H. Ferrell and Deputy Sbertll' J. W
Doles, I obtained an interview with the d- m
eil man. He waa chained to the floor, and Os
we approached raised to a roclining position
Ills great dull eyes staring at us with a cov id,
dispairing expression, looking moro tliobiu.J
than the man. From long Imprisonment 1«
had become very fat, and now weighs u -mi
170 pounds. His complexion is of a writ
brown, and his face of the fall moon or-li;,
witii the great thick lips that distinguish ! -
African, whilo from his heavy eyebrows tire
forehead retreats to the apex on a line will;
the spinal column. Hu was not very com
municative, but by skillful questioning
elicited tho following account of himself at
the crime for which he swung to-day; 11 - '
about 27 years of age, and was bora the slave
of Judge Fred Tate, in tills county, nnd con-
wquently when freed was about 10 years ol d
He lived around with various planters in lht>
county until crown, when lie rente,
land and began farming for himself.
LUCY LIE AND PXNNY DKLLAMY.
When a youth he met l.ttcy l.ee,
then a slip of a girl, and a warm attachment
resulted. They became sweethearts, which
to the negro on the southern plantation is the
same as man and wife, though witliuul th
sanction of law. All went well until lute;
on, John became infatuated with Penny Del
lanty, nnd without changing his relations to
Lucy Lee, married Penny. After this ids do.
mcetlc relations were not so pleasant, though
his wife, an humble creature, seems to Have
made no. protest But Lucy began to
attract the 'admiring glances of th-
young bucks in tho neighborhood
and become restive under John's sealed .ut
vcllunce. During this time ho frequent!;;
beat her, and it was provon in bis trial, o.'ten
in a cruel manner. By bis wife, be ban three
children, two boys and a girl, the Intlc-r now
dead, and by Lucy Lee one child, a gin—Lei
la, just ayeai-old at tbe tlmo of tho den It of
her mother. At tart nerving herself to Ihroo
oir the toils of Jolm’s illicit lore, Lucy■plight
ed her truth to Jim Tate, an induktiimi lad.
who worked on the same plant.itk>o
with herself, and the welding wi><
fixed for the close of tin- c:tW
picking time, when jsek-frost had swccomicI
the persimmon, .Unit tho tooth.or.u ’po;
sum might grace Hie festive hoard, and epari
ling ’sinimon beer 1111 the lisgim of wet
guest. As the wedding day atinrw^ie-.,
John became more tnuro •■, nnd wtui.s i-pi .ft
tunity offered moro cruel to.lg.--y.Jf.'. t t-' »
time Jiddi Redd rented. land 'fr- an Mi ,
t.iaudc 11 curd and • Muses Tata, Jo" vrlioi
Lucy worked, rented an adjoining 11c I front
Mr. J. C. Chadwick, aud tbe parties were ci -
gaged iu picking their cotton over irtl e
the first time in the bright duysof 8epU ub.l.
TJ1K SATAI- : St l 1
John was in his Held, and Lucy in that c f her
employer with several others, and it is sup
posed that their happy voices, which ever
and nuon floated to him, on tbe crisp morn
ing air, in mirth or song, maddened Ills al
ready Inllamcd mind. Ha left bis basket and
went over into a strip of woods, that skirted
the two fields, and shortly after, Richard Bel
lamy, one of the boys working with Lucy,
came by going tor water, and lie sent word by
him to ber, to come over into tbe woods to
Him, but situ would not go.
After waiting about an hour,
opportunity presented for bint, to send for
her again, this time by Sumner Bellamy and
iter good judgment forsaking her, site went to
meet ber fate. As site started,Sumner warn
Ingly said: "You’d better look out you're
gwine to kcfclt hell,"—and site was never
more seen in life. John says, when site came
to him, hechided her far not loving hint, as
site once did, and for a short whilo, they lived
over again tbe happy moments of tiieir early
love. She had been with him about an hour,
when u dispute arose, and lie bc-
mornlng sun, and John Redd was saved from
Judge Lynch. How well Major Waddell re
deemed his pledge (o that ntob tbe execution
to-day proves. He was convicted three limes
and twice his case was passed on by the an.
preme court. Mo legal quibble wasoverlook
ed by his attorneys, and every legal effort
made to save him, but his damning gUilt hot
broken bis neck, and Lucy Lee lias hcen
avenged. D. E. W.
IIANOINUS IN LOUISIANA,
Mansfield, La., December 15.—Peter
Thomas, colored, was banged hero to-day in
the presence of 2,000 people for the murder
of Dick Bright, also colored, Tbe drop fell
ut half past two, and eleven minutes later
Thomas was pronounced dead. His neck
was broken by Hie fall. Ou the gallpwa the
condemned man acknowledged bis guilt.
Loiuln Bright, sentenced at tbe same time
Thomas for particijwting in the murder
her husband, was respited by tbe governor
until further notice. It appeared on tbo trial
that Pete Thomas and Louda Bright lmd
been criminally intimate, and had agreed to
put Dick Bright out of the way, in that
they could live together undisturbed. Thom
as killed him with a rail, and lie and the wo
man threw the body Into the bayou, where it
on the guilty pair, and they were arrested
and tried with the above stated result.
ABDUCTIONS.
A Murd..rcr Cwpturctl,
New Oblxans. Decemuer 16.—Tbe Picayune's
Greenville, Mtadtdppi. special sars: P. P. Warren,
f with tbe murder of one Kingston, of Dam-
» county, lllveurt, and for whom a reward of
US was offered, Has been captured.
moment.
TkeKIktllst i'rlan.
Special to the CensUtutlnn.
Thonn, December 16.—Prince Krapalklne, nihil
ist, was not arrested, as bas been reported. While
at a railway station with Princess Krapalklne be
1 by tbe police to accompany them
, which they afterwards searched.
Clesctaad CMlIlawU TIM...
Albany, N. Y„ * December 16.—Governor-elect
Cleveland has tendered tbe appointment of aid de
camp on bis staff to Samuel J. Til-ten, Jr., tl Co-
Uartb Axals.
Bt. Pxtsxjelxo, December 16.-M. Bartbolomel
has resigned tbe poet of Russian minister to Japan
came enraged. He took hold of ber and sbe
scratched lit in. He says, "1 grasped her
throat to choke Iter a little, and sbe dropped
limber in my arms. I thought she was play
ing 'po.sum, fur 1 lmd no idea of killing Iter.
I laid tier down, shook her and called, Lucy,
Lucy, 1 ain’t gwine to hurt you no more.”
DIM-OSINO Or IIIS VICTIM.
The Septeni her breezes rustled among the
autumnal leaves, the birds merrily sang their
roundelays, but no sound escaped the lifeless
li|is of Lucy Lee, and the horror-stricken
murderer viewed liis work. In terror be fled
back to Ilia cotton patch, leaving tbe dead
girl Id the quiet woods, in vain ltO|>es he says,
that sbe might yet come to life. That Lucy
did not come to dinner was not thought very
strange, and no search was made for her. Late
in the afternoon John again went to the body,
and it lay as be left it, bathed in tbe warm
rays of the setting sun. What to do with the
body overwhelmed hint, and by it he lay in
n stupor t>ll the shades of evening covered
the scene in darkness. Then he bethought
himself of an old well, hardly half a mile
uwuy, and lifting tiie body to Ills shoulder lie
started, but only for short distances could,he
tarry it, when forced to lay it down and rest.
After reaching tiie well, be removed the
brush that covered it, and again raising tiie
body to ills shoulder, he hurled it Itead-fore-
uiost down to the bottom, where the heed
buried itself in tbe rubbish, and the lower
limbs extended upwards sgainst tiie walls.
In this horrible position it was found tiie
next morning after a long search, be having
been trailed from tiie woods, John Redd
was at once charged with tiie murder, end
the negroes snore they would lyneh
him, but lie bad secreted himself In a
fodder bouse on the Heard place, where lie
was found bP the officers and carried lately
to jail.
a car roa blood.
After the funeral of Lucy, which
waa attended by two or three thousand ne
groes. a mob of 800 or J,000 of whom
marched to 8eale, with the avowed pur
pose of taking the murderer front tbe jail and
tearing him limb from limb. Tbe mnb was
met on the outskirts of tbe town by Bbtr'IT
Ferrell, wbo knows not tbe fear of man, and
Major James F. Waddell, a Mexican
veteran, wboae intrepid bravery U
only equaled by bis forenslq
eloquence. The •Iteriff bade them halt, and
assured them that with bis life he should pro
tect tbe trust reposed in'him. This was re
ceived with a sullen roar by tbe maddened
mob, when Major Waddell arose, end stand
ing in a buggy, in one of those impassioned
appeals, which only the hour and the tongue,
tipped with the Are of eloquence, can pro
duce, addressed them for an hour. As lie
K Iead for the sanctity of tbe law the mob
ung on bis every word, end when lie pledged
all tbe power within him, without fee or
reward, to vindicate the outraged law, they
UysttrlsM Disappearance»f a Young lilrl la Alllwaa
kea aad New Yark.
Milwaukee, Deceaiber 11.—A fresh sensa
tion wus caused to-night by the-, announce
mi nt that another beautiful young girl lias
bee* abducted from this city. Tito affair took
place four weeks ago, but owing partly to tbe
poverty of tbe girl's family and partly to tbo
tact that the authorities appeared to be tin-
moved by tbo affair, tbe facts in tbo rase
Imve not been made public till to-night.
Four weeks ago, Hattie Knickeibin, a
charming child, nearly sixteen yean of age,
wus sent by Iter parents to a neighboring
store on an errand. Sbe threw n shawl over
tier head, aud front that time to this she has
not been seen by any of her friends. The
day befote sbe disappeared, a man claiming
to bo a detective rode in a back to tiie homo
of the girl's parents, and asked to tec her,
claiming that sbe knew something about an
other girl who wus missing. The self-styled
detective is not recognized by tho description
given os belonging to any detective force of
any northwestern city. Since the girl's dis
appearance, several letters have been receiv
ed by Iter parents, purporting to come from
people who know where ebo is. The current
belief is that Hattie Knickeibin was abduct ,
eil for a base purpose by tbe man wko claim
ed to be a detective.
ft is Just seven weeks to day since Maggie
1 Icnecke disappeared, and four weeke to-uay
since Mary Nelson went out from Iter home to
be seen no moro by Iter family. Tiie mystery
in und the excitement over these cases remain
almost ns great as at flrst.
New York, December 14.—Inspector Byrnes
assisted by two detectives, were this morning
prosecuting their search for the missing girf,
A mile Bauer. They believe that a system of
decoying children from their homes is carried
on by a ring of ruffians, nnd tbe detectives
ur determined to hunt them down, Tho
iui; lng.glrrs parents occupy n good social
tai ding, nnd are unwilling to divnige their
Identity until tho detectives imve marie
furlllerprogjreee. Thu girl is about fotirlten
years of age, of prep ( sensing appearance, and
her parents speak of iter as being rcrupllU u ly
obedient. The detectives imve learned her
movements previous to ber disappearance.
A little girl, utterly forlorn, presented her
self nt tho Ks.-ex Market pultcu court tills
evening, to warm hrraclf. Hite had evident
ly beetr exposed to the weather all night.
She gave iter name as Llxxie Cummings, elev
en years old, and said about six months ago
sbe was taken Irom her home in Jersey City,
by two men. They placed her to work ‘‘down
town” where she tins been up to a short tlmo
ago, site then went Into a rambling state
ment, contradicting herself over and over
again. The girl war taken before Justice Pat
terson, wbo directed an officer of tho society
for the prevention of cruelty to children to
investigate tbe matter.
MURDERS IN NORTH CAROLINA.
An Old tt'oaia aad UtrNaa alala-Tw* Mm Killed
la Texaa
Raliioii, December 14.—A shocking doublo
murder lias been committed near Lilc.rvlllc,
In this state. This morning an old woman
and tier eon were found dead at their home.
They lmd been slain and tbo body of Hie son
had been thrown into Hie flro and partially
consumed. They were people of excellent
character. Tito cuumi of Ilia murder is not
known. Oreat excitement over the afl'uir
prevail.a throughout Hie neighborhood, end
the mystery surrounding the tragedy is being
investigated. On Tuesday night, Alex
ander Dockery murdered two men, near
the same place, and then escaped. Slawson
Mapcs and Richard driblet lmd for some time
been criminally intimate witii Dockery's
wife. They quarreled with Hie wtlntan,
which aroused her fury. Bite made n clear
breast ol Iter guilt to Iter husband, besought
bislorgivenesa, urged him toikill the two
men. Dockery readily agreed. Mapes and
Crtlibs were small farmers, and were In the
habit of leaving work about ffvo o'clock,
walking up tbe road together. Dockery laid
in wait for them witii an ax, brained both
and left their bodies lying in the road. Dock
ery fled. His wife attempted to join him but
was arrested.
OalvksToh, December 14—Tbe Newe Cor
pus Cbristi special says Henry Welder was
sliot and killed on tbe public road by Dick
Lynn. It is not known wbat paused between
them, but ill feeling existed. Both young
men are highly connected, l.ynn is at
large.
STORMING A BER CASTLE.
acquiesced and dispened like iniat before tbe victory.
A l'artj or ColiroroUo. llalS a Uses lllvs •» It*
Urtillry Unties,
from Ibe Orkney llemld.
For nearly fifteen yean past a colony of
bees have bail their quarters in a large cave
situated on tbe highest bluff of tbe lfuttes.
They ittve occupied tbe piece so long that
tho rock fa generally known as the "Beo
Ruck.” It is located about a half mile north
west of South Butte end stands alone at the
head of an extensive and picturesque glen.
The rock is about 60x100 feet at the base and
is from one to tlx feet wide on top To reach
the top from three iidea it U necessary
to climb u perpendicular wail from 150
to 200 feet In height. The top is accessible at
only one point,and there by crawling through a
crevice barely wide enough for a men to para.
Tlren a bridge twenty feet long and one foot
wide bat to ba crossed. It is abont 400 feet
from the bridge to the ground beneath. On
tbe 10th of last month a parly of men living
in tbe neighborhood of I'ennington went to
tbe place, determined to rob the mammoth
hive. They were supplied with powder, fnae,
drills, bars, etc., with which to aeeeil tbe
stronghold. Few of tbe invaders had nerve
enu'..gb to croea the bridge, but three of them
got over all right and fired a blast. Tbe re
sult was • cloud of bees that made them re
treat.
Next day the assault waa renewed, and after
a lively battle of three hours the bees were
defeated. The dead bees filled three grain
sacks to overflowing. The cave was then
blasted open, and tbe party found asolid mass
of honey in tbe comb two and a half feet
thick. The expedition was a success, but
many of tbe participants paid dear for their
ARP IN COLLEGE.
At Work on the rouadatlo* of th* Ccmt.f Kin-
Bora at Uollrs* for a Xnrk-A Good Tiara on
tho Jaemar-Kr. Biaphao.'i Balara* ol
Captain ltd, Cox from Fuatsbmrnt.
Two hundred and forty young men are at
Oxford acquiring tbe rudiments of an educa
tion-laying tiie foundation—tbe mud tills of
tlio temple of knowledge. The temple will
net be built there, for it is a life time job, and
every roan must build for himself after be
leaves tbe school that teaches hint bow to
begin the work. 1 havo before now
looked at the builders of a great store
or a cotton factory or a custom house and
seen how they dig down to the solid earth,
and lay in broud walls of heavy stone, aud
level them, and bind them
together witii mortar, and get
everything strong and true before they begin
Ute structure above the ground, und it always
seemed to me n type of the growtli ot a man
from his youth to maturity. Jf tiie founda
tion is good, the building will stand and be
an ornament as well as a place of shelter ami
protection. But if it is bad, tbe building
will be Insecure and the walls will
crack, and if the house don’t fail
its beauty and strength will be destroyed, nnd
the people will feci in danger. Just so with
a young man wbo is beginning bis education,
lie must look well to the foundation. The
basomont walls must bo solid and strong and
broad, and all tbe material be good. He
must not skim over anything, wlmt he learns
he must learn well. Some boys go to college
fbr a frolic, and to have a good time and make
E lessant acquaintances. All tbis it very nice,
ut if that is all they do they needn’t put up
any building at ail in nfter life, for they will
have no foundation to build tijion. Some
boys don't seem to know that
college is it place to put
down mudsills or basement walls,
but is a placo to build the bouse, and when
they come nwuy Hie house will be finished
anil nothing more to do, and so, after they
get their diploma, they go to doing nothing
and sit about as though they htd gotten
through the biggest part of life and the world
owed them a living without any more labor
or study. I can look back now at the college
boys who graduated before the war, ahd out
of about n hundred whom 1 knew and Imve
kept up with, I can’t name over moro than
leu who made a good ute of their time and
talents, wlto laid a good foundation and built
good building on it thut can now be
seen and aumired. stThli experience
and observation mortified mo and gave mo a
prejudice against a high collegiate education
uut in later years 1 have been noticing tiie
college boys very attentively and I believe
there is a change for Ilia better. Tbe boys of
Oxford are chiefly the tons of hard working,
industrious parents, wlto are not rich, but
have to struggle hard to educate their chil
dren and Hie children seem to understand it
and appreciate It, and they are laying a good
foundation
ATCOLLEOEroKALABE,
Tiie boys of Oxford are thoughtful anil
modest und earnest, aad a recent
rlsit thorn impressed me witii a biglt
respect for that institution. I like Iosco n
young man bold ills head up mid lm manly,
but a youth ofillcted with vanity or sell
conceit u n sorry tight. Oxford Is a growing,
thriving institution. IHs well officered from
Hie president down, and tbe boys have tiie
highest respect for tbeir teachers, Thera Is
(i spreeing, no dissipation, no rowdyism, no
. jbeliion. Dr. Ilsygood's plan of having
mess hulls and letting tits students board
themselves works well, and is a great success.
Their board costs them about eight dollars a
month apiece, and that brings a college edu
cation within reach of poor boys who want iL
With tiie help of Mr. Beney's
endowment Oxford fs now on a solid foun
dation, and is sura to become one of the
great pillars of Hie state. A northern man
who traveled with tua was talking about
tbe difference between tba boys at southern
nnd northern colleges. He said Ute north
ern boys were too rich to study. They wont
through college ts a matter of form and
more for ornament than anything else. The
rebellion at Adalbert college last week was
a fair sample of their conceit. The faculty
expelled the junior class for a defiance of
college rules and then alt Hie other boys ex
cept three sent In a demand that tiie juniors
be taken back or they would all quit Jeato.
Well, J would have let em quit In a hurry
•nil waited for another stock of a different
stripe. I was reading the other day about
President Woolsey, of Yale college, Ono
time 400 students rebelled sgainst a college
regulation and field a tumultuous
meeting and passed some indig
nant resolutions and sent them to
Mr. Woolsey by n committee. Wiien they
banded tiie na|ier to him lie banded it back
without reading it, and said; "Oo tell your
college mates 1 never receive 'resolutions’
from students. If they choose to tend mo a
petition I will consider it.” And they backed
down and submitted. When boys go to col
lege to study, they can get along with college
rules; but when they go for a frolic, they nro
always on the look-out for grievances and In
sults, and they are sure to find ’em. There
are a heap ot folks outside of college who are
oontinutlly hunting tor an insult or a slight,
anti reasonable people have to be os particular
with'em as they are with a duelist, for fear of
tank for tho engine. Seeing somo big boxes
full of eggs In a store, liestoppeil and whistled
a note of surprise, and aelted me if they
dident hare a factory there to make eggs.
Mr. Block's candy factory filled bis infantile
mind to Hie brim. As we walked along tiie
marble tablee where they were drawing Tt'ont
and cutting it up I noticed that the little frag
ments stuck to bis fingers in.spite of nty can.
tion, and he modestly inquired how much
money it would take to buy one of the bar
rels full. There la real comfort in tbe ar-
fangement of the earthed now. It is a home
or travelers who have to wait over for
the trains. Old Aunt Carrie, tbe colored wo
man in charge of' the ladies’ salooa, Is known
far and wide, and aoea tu tbeir comfort aqd
answers all their questions, and makes them
feel at home. Then there Is the clever Lau
rence l’aync, wlto presides over the gentle
men's saloon, and keeps their baggage nnd
bundles safe, and shaves them and blacks
tbeir boots, nnd there is Henry Durand close
by, wlto for ten yean bas been feeding and
lunching Hie weary traveler, and none go
nwuy complaining. Tbe car shed is a com
fort, and the hotels near by are a comfort,
and I know of no city in the south so well
prepared to meet tho traveler’s wunts and
urake him feel at home.
cox ANnsrsrniNs.
I taw a crowd waiting at the depot
to see Cox—C'ox, wlto killed Alston,
and lias just been pardoned—not jiar-.
doned but released. Mr. Stephans can't pardon
anybody. I've nothing to say about Cox or
bis release except tbia. His crime Is tiie
sauio now os it was before. I care nothing
about the fine drawn lines of doubt, or who
•hot lint, for I do know he armed himself for
a fight and did not avoid it, and be might
hare avoided it. Pve no respect for a man
who wants to settle a quarrel with a pistol—
Pve no respect for a man who carries a ittur
derous weapon- I're no respect for a man
wlto docs not avoid a fight with such weapons
and go away from iL Bullies and braggarts
arc my especial contempL I knew them before
tbe war and when tiie war come they dodged it
and tbe very men they bad bullied and run
over made good, brave soldiers, who march
ed up to tbe cannon's mouth. Let Cox go,
I don't care, but I don't want our people to
make a hero of him. Let bint retire aud be
quiet and rcpentauL He lias widowed a wife
and urplianed her children nnd bo coul 1 have
done without iL That is all I know or care
to know about him. Bill Aki\
TWO SHEEP COUNTIES.
giving offense.
WIIITIlEa WILL TIIBY WANDF.af
Two hundred and forty atusients at Oxford.
As I looked over the ntanly and well-
fraturedarray before me, I wondered wbat wot
their aim anti ambition. How many wanted
to be fswyera anl doctors, aud how many
would ho farmers and architects and civil
engineers, and how many expected to be gen
tlemen of leisure. And (got to thinking how
crowded the proicssions were, and what a
precarious living they made, and how wide
was the farming field, and wbat an opening
there was for educated labor and manage
ment. amt how these boys could bring their
chemistry and geology and mineralogy to
bear upon it and elevate tbe standard of agri
culture and liorticulture, and then I re
flected wbat a free and bappy and independ
ent life it was, and. bow it made
a young mail healthy and strong and ensured
him good habits and kept him away from
temptation and increased his love for nature
and his reverence for his Maker, and decreas
ed Ins respect for a big pile of money, and I
couldn't but wish that these boys would settle
down—upon good little farms and fro to work
—when they got tbrongb college. But I have
great hopes of Oxford and her boss, and
Ueorgia may bless the day when Dr. ifaygood
declined the high honor of a bishop's olflce
for the good of our people.
casl's nan tkip.
1 had a good time last week. I took little
Carl along with me for company, and it was
hit first trip and kept me entertained watch
ing him take in tbe wonders of Atlanta and
railroads and high bridges and big bouses.
We dined at Mr. Durand’s in tbe car shed,
and after the waiter had spread about
a dozen little dishes around tbe
little boy's plate he looked up at
me with a look of innocent amazement and
said, "I'spa, fs all of this dinner miner’ He
Aided Mr. Durand's bran new silver coffee
urn, and asked me if that wssent a water
Th* La»b* *r E*r!r **S Millar c«n6»lSBn**r»(c4,
From tbe Early County, Ua.. New*.
Through kindness of Mr. J. 1*. Lnne, tax
receiver of Karly county, and Mr. Jas. A.
Bush, tax receiver of Miller county, to whom
we return thanks for their trouble, wo are
enabled to lay before our readers tho follow
ing list of sheep owners in these counties,
with tbe number of head owned by each*
EARLY COUNTY.
William F. Knight, 100; Mrs. A. A. Strong,
28; Mrs. George Cherry, 150; Mrs. B. li.
Thomas 100; Lisbon B. Averitt, 76; Allen
White, 100; N. J. McArthur, 27: II. D.
Lanier's estate, 78; Ricltard A. Lewis, 00; 0.
R. Talllaforro, 00; George W. Webb, 07;
Lanier, Collier & Co.. 2,300; Joel W. High
tower, 234; U. E. Douglass, 07! 8. B. &J. A.
Timmons, 100; Mrs Mary Mock, 11; U. J.
Bush, 38; A. C - Womble, 15; W. 8. White,
12; A. D. Health A Co, 7; 11. K. ri.itnvc, ‘.’7,
J. P. Latio, 25: W. II. Lane, l); -Mrs. If. W.
Davis, 18: 1). M. Roberts, 180; Mm. Mary
Roberts, 40: W. J. Roberts, 12; Berrien Cham
bers, 20; It. A. Essoin, 150;F. K. Easom, COO;
William Easom, 330; Richard Easom. 45: Jes
ses Easom, 46; J. B. Moeely, 72; Y. C. Moslc-
iy, 60; Mrs. P. L. Moeely, 40: Ramil Moscly,
70; John Freeman, 00; Elly Warren, 250;
Mrs. Sarah White, 7. Total, 5,070.
MILLEIt COURTT.
Adant Moulton, 6; John Holder, 250; John
Phillips, Jr., -I; James M. Roberts, SO; Leoni
das P. Duke, Jr., 73; Jasper E. Spooner, 225;
Columbus M. Bowen, 6; Penolopo Batts, 20;
Charles Lane, 17; Elizabeth Lnne, 13; William
H. Cook, 110; M. G. Middleton, 28; George
Grimes. Jr., 7;8helmnn Fulturd, 15; 51. N.
King, 05; E. Hornsby, 15; William M. John
son, 80; Charles Hnclllcld, 18; William J.
Bush, 201; W. B. Regan, 240; Isaac B. Regan,
40; A. I. Davis, 20; Juhn Davis, 1,200; James
Glass, 200; Benjamin C. A. Johnson, 7; Alex
ander A. Stephens, 14; Benjamin F. Glass,
38; A, J. ltush, 51; J. B. Phillips, 14; Joseph
W.Spence, 5; E. A. DuBosc, 23; I)cnnis8hcf-
field, 2; W. S. Hush, 40; Charles Roberts, 150;
A, C. BbefBeld, 40; estate of Thomas Lane,
12; Isaac Buell, 1,000; C. C. Bush, 11; Mary
Inluw, 7; Stephen Houston, 42; Henry T.
Une, 7; 0. A. Koberts,20; 0. W. Grimes,Sr.,
12; Rebecca Battle, 160. Total, 4.524.
We have always thought that Miller coun
ty was ahead of Early in tho number of sheep,
but (lie above figures show Eerly lo he 1,151
ahead of Miller. But neither of them lias
half wlmt they ought to have, and what they
probably would have, could tbe legislature
be induced to post a law to protcet tbein
ugufnst tbe ravages of dogs,
"Already Skuat,”
From the Jackson, Ua., ifsrald,
You can imagine wlmt n “liUer it created
among tbo boarders, when a young married
couple from tbe country sat down to the din
ner table of one of our popular hotels the
other (lay, and the groom, desiring to wait
upon the bride, said: "Dear, will you havo
me to skin you a toterT”
"No, dearie,” replied ahe. I have one al
ready skunL”
LIFE AMONG THE COLORED.
A l)«ak Starktr »»d Jl>•
iHMlrjr’a Indlffnattoa*
From tho Covington, G*., Star.
A den/ and dumb negro wu In town jc*tenUy
with a lire young money.
From the Milled*evUle. Ga., Recorder.
A colored man from Putnam county wu in the
- • -Mllledgevllle for the drat
ftllioad for thrfint time,
Putnam county thirty-five
earn.
From the Athene, Ga., Banner.
Peter Heard, colored, Inform* ui that he haecol-
ici ttil fifty-two do iars from tbe mIo of btukett
m uif by hi* own band* since he finbhed making
hi* crop. He I* an honor to bis race aad should be
a guide to hi* neighbors.
From the MJDedgevDie, Ga., Union*
„ ^ thereon Satur
day sold them off IT '
From the Walton, Oa*. News.
Mauds Sorrells, tho negro woman who wss sent
i the pent tends nr — *
-jr killing her ban
served out her sent
nnd Is now nt home.
IBB ■ .. penitentiary, and fared
From the Griffin, Ga., Sun.
Richard Strickland, a worthy colored man re
siding In the edge of this county, lm* this year,
with two mule* and four hands, made twenty-
three balea of cotton. 900 bushels of grain and 1U0
buidicl* of potatoes, besides otbi r small crop*. He
liable to pay his debts, and has plcntf of meat to
do him.
From the Barnesville, Ga., Gazette.
Tt-s other day when the organ grinder and the
monkey were In town, theanticaof the monkey
created great amusement for some of the colored
citterns. Aunt Harriet Harp, an old colored wu-
ma •, In passing the crowd on ths Street was very in
dignant at tho bunt of faugh ter cauttd by the
monkey running up a column on the veranda of
the hotel In order toget a secure place before deb
iting a ntrkle in his pocket. ••What yer all langh-
Ingat I’d like to knowT” the old lady .izclalm-d.
“1 don’t set nothin’ Ull to laugh at. Ilrre dere
white folk* got one of our race chained up here for
a show. The poor little fellow orter to be at home
with his mimmy. Pore thing, ain’t got tun-
‘ fsgalliset! Don’t BSS nutili. tall to laf
Ai.d Aunt iianlet went grumMttig on
nly with her little kl::n
lout her semens and Is now at
cook while In the penitentiary, i
here as she ever did at home.