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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONS TUESDAY, APRIL 24,1883.
NEWS OF GEORGIA.
The Oglethorpe Echo ray* Unit on hut Thursday
Mr. Wink Taylor, of Elberton. a revenue officer,
made a raid in this county end arreatcd Mr. Joe
Tiller, a eon of Mr. Hop K. Tiller, living near Sandy
Cron. The gentleman arrested waa not distilling
at the Ume, but waa caught at his still house feed
ing some hog*on the slops made At the still*
A Greene county man gave a mortgage on his
■took and crop so he could give ten dollars for a
dog*
'in* Hiring Fawn Gazette shoots wide of the maak
when Itsaya: "A few nights ago. In Atlahta sever
al mask men went to the home of Mi* Joshua Hill, t
aged 70 yean and outraged her and two of her
daughter. Two men have been arrested, who are
supposed to be members of the gang.'’ As tho out'
rage alluded to is chargeable to Gwinnett county,
Atlanta must be acquitted of It.
Waynesboro Herald: Mr. J. If. Mackenzie tho
railroad agent at this point given us some In forma
tion of a most encouraging nature. For the mo th
of March. 188 J, he tells us the shipments of western
com to Waynesboro was iu tho neighborhood of
eighteen thousand bushels, while for tho same
period in 1883 It reaches only aj* hundred bushels.
The shipments of oats last year lor March to this
place was six hWPdrcd burinls. For this year none
have been shipped This means that our citizens
will have that much less debt to pay ofT next fall
and If we an; blessed with good seasons this year,
something ilke prosperity and ease will have dawn
ed. 8o mote It he.
Dawson Journal : On last Thuizdsy night a stab
bing affray occurred near town between a couple of
darkles which may result fatally to tho one stabbed.
Floyd Carter on the Keith place cut Enoch liriusou,
son of Abram liriuson. Brinson claims that Carter
way-laid him el night as he was returning from
church, but i arter states that the above la not true,
hut, on the coiitrary, that liriusou assaulted him
with a silck. The case will oe heard before Judge
Leonard next fcaltirday evening.
Camilla Clarion: Last week as Mr Wilson tho
happy Tenners e bridegroom reached Haggs’ ferry,
...Vi . ..ii %ii.. n.,ih ivi,I*..it.,*■.!
on his way to carry off Miss Kuih Whitehead, of
Baker, a steamboat came up tho river and very ab
rupt cut tho ferry rope. Mr. tVilsou thought this
very rulhleMcouduct.au.l felt very ruthless himself
awhile: hut he is a railroad roan mid made railroad
Umuarouud by Newtou and oulycamelu iwohours
behind time. Our Mitchell boys -ay they would
have swum the river. Better place guards at th<
ferries wheu you go orer after you brides, boys.
Tho Thomasvillo Times says that Itev. T. T,
Christian has Just sold for 91,000, a fifty acre tract of
land in two miles of Thomasvillo courthouse, for
which he paid 930 a few months ago. That is to
my. land was worth only f loan acre around Thom-
tsvllle a few months ago. Wc have not known any
around Camilla to soil that cheap for tho last ten
but a benefactor, deserving of the praises of our
entire section for solving the question of pure
water. To him belongs the honor and credit of
demonstrating the feasibility and success of arte-
Man water In southwest Georgia. In tho very
teeth of scientists, theorists and former failures, ho
bravely went to work and sunk a well on his
plantation, the success of which fired this ciitlre
section with hopes of possessing tnc
life-giving clement In Its purest state,
I-on nss Hiiviiner M.nniir, tviiiui, ii win
entitle him to still further laurels. It was fully
demonstrated lit the progress of boring the artesian
wells in different localities that tho earth was
honey-combed with uiid'-rgrouiid streams. Colonel
Fort now proposes to uUlixo this Information In a
practical manner. Ilo ) reposes to drain all tho
ponds oil his plantations by boring down In tholr
bottoms, and letting tho water off l>y these under
ground streams. This is not merely a visionary
scheme; tho work is In actual progress. Colo
nel Fort spent several days oil his plan
talton in west Ityughuriy last week, superltit * “
tho work. Tho success of Colonel Fort's a
venture gives us strong hopes of the favorable mil
initiation of this enterprise. If successful. It will
bo another stop In tho development of southwest
Georgia. With pure water and tho successful abo
lition of these ponds (hero Is no retson why this
section shall not be the vsrdeit spot of Georgia. We
shall watch Colonel Fort's ox pertinent with interest
and report the result to our readers, as It la one ‘
which all o! southwest Georgia Is Interested.
llawklnsvillo News: On last Tuesday a little
negro gtrlon Mr. B. W. Brown's plantation fell
lntoapotof boiling sosp and was burned so badly
that she Is executed t • die. About two weeks ago
a child near Hayuevillu died from the effects of
similar accident.
There is a Bible lu Belton which was printed
the year 1798.
Mr. I). W. Harvard, ofc Dooly, killed a wild
turkey, the other day, weighing 25 pounds and
having a beard twelve Inches lung. This huge
gobbler made a good meal for fourteen persons,
and then there wassomo left for supper.
Belton Georgian: On last Baturday evening
shooting affray took place on the farm of Mr. Joni.
I'aynes, tiullllau't district, Hall county, between
a negro farm hstid and two of Mr. Haynes's sons
The negro was quarreling with a little boy, soil of
Mr. Haynes, ami Alfred, an older son. rebuked the
negro and he (the negro) drew Ills pistol and tired
at Alfred, and this caijcd Mr. Ilaynea's attention
and he Immediately appeared, and tho Insolent
scoundrel, nothing daunted, fired at Mr. It., then
broke. They prism red a warrant- for his arrest, but
he could not be found.
A young man in Irwlnton sadly asks for Informa
tion on a delfeatu point: "Can you or any of tho
routers of your papor ail vise me to tho best thing
to be dono in a case where a young man calls oil
young lady ontils way to church and gota her per
mission to accompany ber, and about the time they
gd ready, up drives another young man and gets
her permission and takes her Into his buggy and
•oudaoff to church. Don't you think it a lasting
Insult, and don't you think I w is right In not re
ccivtng an apology, and all this after being en
c-nght Urge strings of fine ones. To say the least
of It, there were not less than four hundred pounds
caught. They conriried of trou\ perch, catfish
and suckers. Among the trout were some very fine
ones I suppose some of the best ones would have
weighed five pounds. Crop prospects are poor.
The weather keeps too cool for corn or anything
else to grow much.
The number of paupers In Mitchell county are
thirty-four, and the total cost of their support to be
9113 per mouth.
The Bprlngplace Times-appears in a new dress,
and looks chipper enough for a mountain beauty.
Rising Fawn, Daae county, has also entered the
newspaper world through the Progress, a creditable
weekly paper.
Greenesboro Journal: Mr. B. A. Torbert, of this
city, does something In a poultry way. About teu
days ago me of his brood heus came off her neri
wlih eleven young chickens. Several days after
wards another hen made her appearance in the
E .ultrv yard with nine chickens. By some means
e first hen was killed, and the eleven young
chickens were motherless. Hen number i seemed
to appreciate their loneliness, and, of her own ac
cord; look them under her protecting wing, and now
clucks, struts around, and scratches with the whole
twenty timidly following her.
Bprlngplace Times: A moat frightful and serious
jcldetit occurred to Mrs. Frank Htewart one dsy
last week, lu attempting to alight fre-m her horse
the animal sums to have quickly shied, dashing
her suddenly to the ground, her ankle being dislo
cated and badly crushed. It is said taat tho joint
and foot arc so badly maugled, amputation may yet
be necessary.
Calhoun Times: We asked a man the other day.
who Is in a position to know, at what time of the
year w*s the most marriages. He said that it was
generally when the sap rose.
Kastman Times: Mr. R. A. Harrell, of thlscmin
ty, was bitten bg a snake on Sunday last, and was
lu Ka*t nan on Monday for the ptuptmt of consult-
inga physician. He was almost blind from the ef
fect* of the Idle, which waa on lift right hand, al
though there was scarcely any swelling and very
little pain attending It.. Ho thinks It was a ground
rattlesnake that did the woik. judging from the
slight glimpse he had of tho little rep He.
•fStl
The prisoners In Muscogee county jail made an
attempt to break the bars.
Nine wild ducks rewarded the aim of Johnnlo
Claxton tu Houston county.
The Amcrlcus Recorder, evidently means a great
deal when It says that It is a great deal more to a
man's credit to pay his debts than it la to stand on
tho street comers and lie about tbQse who have put
enough confidence lu him to trust him.
Athens Banner: An Athens alderman was Ashing
near the cemetery, Ptldsy night, when he n*w six
white figures come from the graveyard and walk in
to the water. He at once took them for ghosts, and
was so paralysed with fear that he could neither
move nor speak. Ills letror was alia) id, however,
when one of tho "spirits'' yelled out, "l*et that
whisky alone, Bill, and help us with ihisarlu!"
There Is to j»e seen In Atheus two largo peach
trees that have beautiful rink and white flowers In
c'usteia, that never bear fruit. A largo I'hlna berry
tree that uuly blossoms to have them die away Im
mediately afterwards, and a largo pecan tree that
bears an abundance of fruit.
Wiightsvtlle Recorder: Mr. John A McAfee saw
atur-cv ffy Into a tree, and went homo with the
determination logo btok soon next morning to kill
him. lu getting to the tree next morning he had
to wade a Ug»on three feet deep and of great
length, but for the sake of a turkey, persevered.
He finally readied the tree and fired, when almost
Instantly the iiirkcy fell, to hen he weut to pick up
his game, to his great surprise and mortification ho
fouud that he bsd kill* <1 a turkey buzzard.
Newnau Hernia: Miss Lizzie Goouv who lives at
the old homestead on the late A. B. Illil's planta
tion, four miles ia»t of Newnau, fell from the piazza
last Friday morning, breaking the small bone of
her left arm and dislocating the elbow. 8bc to pare
Hally paralyzed and this probably accounts for the
Dr. A. J. Lyndon, of Coweta county, has bought
three due Jersey calves from a south Carolina sun k
farm, aud will have them shipped to him lu a few
days, The dam of one of these calves was recently
•old for 91.000.
Fort Valley Mirror: Hon. J. F. Sykes, one of the
m jst substantial formers of Houston county, rays
be will not plant any cotton this year He still Inui
his is si year s crop ou nand. and will hold until the
ma kctis better. Mr. 8ykia says the margin on
cotton raising is so small that our farmers cannot
afford to produce It, “
puisnes a wise course
mote profitable.
►m trims Recorder: Early yesterday morning
asm* of the busy farmers of Murray's Crow Road*,
having heard that Mr. Laurence IliU had drawn
the water from his pond preparatory to rewiring
the mill, were gathered there for the purpose of
catching fish, the pond waa uot low enough whe:i
1 arrived to commence fi hlng. but by half past ten
o clock the work had begun. We had one eclue otlly
However, all except mouth to run the seme
began to kill, catch aud pick up as best they could,
and thus the wore weut on. Orrasiouaily a shout
of Joy would be beard by the energetic fishermen.
a«iDi-y chssed a targe trout, or when someone
would fall Into the mud and water. About 2o'clock
all hinds were tired down. The Immense pile of
fish were divided into M shares Mr. Laurence llitl
weighed four shares, which weighed 75 pounds
consequents the eighteen shares con
tained 3J7H pounds of fi*h. Tuers
were four or five others who fished separate tha
of non egg*. One is4 by 41* Indies in cJre>um
cnee, and the other is 6 by 7y 4 Inches In circumfer
ence, which aro the largest i have ever seen.
Last Fridsy the murderer John Thomas was to
have been hanged in Campbell county, but
tlon for a ucw trial pending, the o> edition did not
lako place. This was not generally known, which
caused a large crowd to assemble for the purposo of
seeing the victim's dying struggle. A rumor was
circulated by tho town boys that the execution
would take place at threo o'clock. Tho J rilyard
was surrounded by a large crowd which was easily
disappointed.
Covington Enterprise: Tho crop of old field
plums will be riiort this year.
There Is an old man and his wife living in the vl
clnlty of Upshaw.Newton county, who moved there
from Henry county In 1843. Out of 14 children
they have raised 11, and out of Ii boys G have been
raised. These two old veterans have 53 gruudchll'
dren and 20 great grandchildren. Tho old geutln
man,without using spectacles, challenges tho young
men of his county to bent him shooting his rifle.
There are hundreds of acres of good laud lying
Idle In Newton county that can be bought cheap for
cash or on long credit. Bober, Industrious persons
from abroad who desire to make their home in a
healthy And refined section should by all means
visit this county.
McDuffie Journal: A colored man. named BUI
Williams, came near murdering Ins wife, lu 'I horn-
son. on 'iuciday night of last week. Williams
worked oti a farm In this countv list year, but has
recently t>eon employed on the AugUMtaaiid Knox
ville railroad, his wife remaining in Thomson.
On Tuesday night she want to the housa of another
uegM to s|K!!id tho night. About 10 o'clock, Dill
Williams, her husbaud, entered tho house with an
ax in his hand. Ho foui d his wife and her child
asleep oti the bed, and another uegro woman sitting
I ii the room. Bill went to the Ud aud alined a
furious blow w lih the ax at Ills wife's head, but
the blade onto grazed her right cheek, cutting the
ear about halt off. Williams immediately ab
sconded and has not since been heard from.
Rising Fawn I'rngresa: D. K. Walker, now In
Trenton Jail, who Is sentenced to hang May 4th, is
busily engaged in writing a history of hla crimes
from the first to tho killing of 8. 8. Haidbargcr, on
Hand mountain, last October. He Intends having it
primed In patnplih tform and sold oil the day of his
execution, the proceed! of which to be glveu his
family.
Greensboro Journal: We loam that Colonel John
M. Graham, the talented and efficient qpurl stenog
rapher of the Auguftiacltcult, and at one time pro
prietor of the Crawfordvllle Democrat, will leave
somvtlino during the coming mouth ou an extended
trip through hit ope. Mr. Graham will visit the
heath of his fathers— Scotland, France, Italy and
perhaps Russia. He will combine busltiesa and
pleasure We wlriihlin-a pleasant and safe trip
across tho "bright blue seas.' 1
Tho Henry County Weekly says that Messrs. Wm.
Markham sinl T. G Healy, of Atlanta, havw each
made liberal donations of money for tho benefit
the 1'reftbytcrlan church in this city. Mr. Markhsm
was a member of this church when he resided lu
McDonough, and still has a tender regard t»r the
old kirk where he was wont to worship in his
young days.
The Weekly also has tills: Undo Levi Turner has
in his IhmwczsIoii a venerable relic In the shape of
enjoyed to morrow afternoon at Horseleg creek
among our young people.
Ellijay Courier: Several couples of the young
people of Turrdptown rode quietly through the
village Sunday morning last.
Leary Courier: Mrs. Ed B. Cbafln presented her
husband with a twelve-pound baby girllast Friday,
which being the first Is a favor duly appreciated.
Birmingham Age: From parties whneamedown
on the Louisville and Nashville south-bound train
yesterday, we learn that ih*-re was a cutting serai
at •Warrior, about two o'clock. A shoemaker. 1
the name of William Turner, and Jim Farley, _
miner, renewed an old quarrel In front of riynder**
dry goods store, and Farley drew a forge pocket-
knife and cut Turner across the abdnrncu, produc
ing a serious and perhaps a fatal wound
Jackson News: Uncle Jack Rfch. one of the old
land marks of this country, and a man who lives at
home and boards at the same place, btour*-* - *—
horse load of home raised bacon and sorgl
ur> to town one day this week and sold It to some
r four merchants. If every man in this country
would follow the example of this Rich man, they
certain 1' would live happier and better. Uucle
Jack always has something to sell, and we venture
that he to-day has a large crib of corn and several
stacks of fodder to dispose of.
Catoosa Courier: The slaughtering of the timber
In this section of country bysawmilto.tognlngon at
a fearful extent. Three years at the same rates,and
there will not be left enough timber to meet our
local demand • . „ . ,
The tan bark business in north Georgia is active.
The Camilla Clarion says the "t uck farmers of
South Georgia aro now shipping cabbage and real,
{ring from five to seven cents a pound. They make
from seventy five toono hundred dollars per
theffh. The seed were sown last summer and
the plants set out in the fall. Wo are sorry to say
that Mr. Joe E lls ia the only man wo have heard
who has raised any quantity about Camilla and he
finds a good market for all bis here at home. You'll
never glut the market with fine spring cabbage*
CabbAges arc not only a luxury, but a staple food
tbe world over. We have the climate and soil for
them. Let us use our opportunity*"
Dawson Journal: Captain Kolb, of Kufaula, has
four acres planted lu eollards. He says four acres
in eollards will make 4 .000 pounds of seed, and that
he sells the seed at 50 cents per J
sale. This, as will be seen, Is at
acre gross profit*. Would it uot pay some of our
. otton planters to convert some of their broad acres
intoc.illard patches.
I’ike County News: We had a pleasant call from
Mr. Geo. T. Mitchell, one of Upson’s live-ai-homo
fanners on Wednesday last and were shown by him
a sample of sugar made by him that will compare
favorably with any 10 lb. to the dollar sugar In Hie
market. He stated to us that he had about 1'0
lb« , the product of one-sixteenth of an acre. He
finds the production of sugar to be more profitable
than buying it, and by making the calculation,
taking his figures, you will see that it pays a great
deal better than cotton. When Mr. Mitchell cim-
from the war-in which be servtd
faithfully—hfs whole possessions cou
nted of a jack-knife, a
•ick, half a dollar in silver aud the sultol
.jo wore Nothing daunted, however, he went to
work, and soon added a wife to his possessions
and they together hove "plodded the weary wgy"
since, meeting all obwwlea cheerfully and with
brave hearts and willing hand# .strove to Jay
aside something fora rainy day. In this they
and Is frc« from the dangers canned by a Uucttia-
ting cotton market
Jackson Argus: The saddest case of lunacy that
has come under our knowledge recently is that of
Mrs. Harsh c. Pulliam, near Woiihvlile, In this
county. A few days ago she began Pi show signs
mlssloncrs before whom she was t led and adjudged
lunatic and immediately sent to tne asylum.
Mrs.,P. Is a young woman, with three small children,
the smallest only about five weeks old. who
leaves these little ones and a young husband, with
out any means of support but hfs daily labor. 1 he
cause of her trouble is attributed to a hurt she re
ceived iu childhood. ’Tie sad Indeed that this
young
crazed
8. Robert Helfridge, grandfather of Mrs. Levi
It has been lu ihe kotplng of the family for
than p hundred years, and Is yet In a good
state of preservation.
llawklnsvillo Dispatch; We carried with us to
Irwincounty last week a poorly counterfeited silver
dollar, but, as poor as It was. It was paused In a jok
ing way on several of the citizens Tho same dollar
was passed in the same manner on*several of tho
merchant! of llawklnsvillo It goes toshow that tho
people are not the Irast suspicious or careful In the
handling of sliver coin, i fie five dollar gold piece
has also been counterfeited, and cnunterfelUi of tho
a mo have been passed tu Hankliisvllle.
Mr. Robert T. Dayton, formerly consul to Callao,
Peru, I* spending a short time with his family sml
friends in Greensboro. He will soon lcavo for Nlca-
rang-ia, In Central America, whore ho will take a
position under the government. Mr. Claytou de
servedly stands high 111 government circles.'
The Greensboro Homo Journal ills up at night
now aith the morning journals.
Conyers Wee!
tho other day, ».„»« . ... .
Rockdale Register in 1873, wo came across a bottle
of cum whisky which was rauaty with antiquity,
On tho bottle wa« this label, "Corn whisky, present
ed to W. P. Reed, editor Rockdale Register." We
have tried it aud do not hesitate to pronounce It a
first class article. Here ’a to you, ltccd,
Mr. Henry Dabney, of Rockdale, has a fine crop
of oats, from which he expects to average 75 bushels
an acre.
A seven months' old Wilkes county hen U tho
author of fifty-three caster eggs.
Walker County Messenger: Rev. Wm. 8hsw and
wife don't quit work because they are old. Mr Shaw
Is enlarging his bam and preparing to build him a
brick meat house. Mr*. Shaw boa just compton-d a
carpet for her room, containing thirty six yard*.
They are the parents of twelve children, eight of
whom arc sUll living, ami yet thi y are livlug alone.
Tbe Griffin Bnn says: We saw an estimate made
by a gentleman of thtocltyott the cost of production
and tne probable yield of Irish potatoes per acre.
The figures showed up splendidly, showing a yield
of from 30 to 130 bushels, representing in cash from
tlOO to 9300. which, at Its lowest figures, is double
what a good cotton crop would bring. There to al
ways a good market for Irish potatoes.
The cose of the negro who i* suing Rockdale
county for 910,000 damages, for Injuries received by
falling off of McKnighl'a bridge several years ago,
will be tried in the United States court at Atlauta
the 26th of this month.
It will Interest his royal highness of Wales to learn
from the Cummlng Clarion that his wife, "the pilu
cess of Wales has been married twenty times, and
to to day oneof the beauties of the country, aud as
strong and slender as a girl of twenty."
Fort Gaines Tribune: Dr. to . J. Johnson to at
R re»t nl enjoying a visit from hi* uncle, Mr. Hugh
. Johnson, of Griffin. Mr. Johnson is accompa
nied by his wife, and together tin y form a couple of
ripe old ag % Mr Johnson being >y years of age, and
his wife M years of age. lie has been a nit tuber
of the church 80 years aud his wife 70 ytara. The
couple have been pulling in double harncra t«<geth-
•r for olxtv-five years, and bare never yet
even spoken unkindly to each other.
This is a beautiful record, am! to tbeir happy dis-
position probably their long life is due. They are
both wonderful!r cheerful aud elastic for their
Hue of life and bid fair to live quite a while yet.
Mr Johnson served in the war of 1812. and os he
has a wonderful memory It to quite interesting to
bear him talk of the things pertolug to the years
long gone by.
Bpriagtlme brings Its amusements along as well
as Its catarrhal symptoms, for the Rome BulleUn
to not even notice her little darlings, but
such 1* tho workings of a Divine Providence. We
trust that the tender care that will be taken of ht-r
at the asylum, will speedily restore her to a sound
mind aud return her to her home.
Washing'on Gazette: In the gubernatorial con
vention OI18J7. when Ho ». Joseph P. Brown won as
a dark horse on tho twenty-first ballot, he receded
every voto except one. and that one waa cast by
General B, W. Heard of »his pfo«*e.
The executor of the lamented JohnC. Btaummcr
has turned over one hundred dollars to each of the
burthen In town, In accordance with the will of
h«t kind-marled man whose jneuiory will livelong
in the gratitude of the town.
The Gszo teasys tlmt ngentkman of tliia county
who traveled over a good portion of Oglethorpe last
week, says that wherever he went in that county
he found the roads lmd been worked and were In
good condition. He suggests that Wilks a ought to
give Immediate attention to her roads, aa they were
so badly cut up during the recent muddy weather.
The reads of a country aro nil index to the clvllza-
tlon of the people, and we hope tho good people of
this part of theeouutry will show by excellent roads
that they are as highly civilized as any people
earth.
There Is a family of Cades In Washington coun
ty. They all sprang from an ancestor who waa
captain in the command of Llghthorae Harry Lee,
and one or two of them were officers in tho conft-d
eratearmy; but not one of them lias ever bee
known to offer for or hold a civil office, except on
named James Cado.
Callao-
Baltimore Bun's Money Aitlcle.
Cotton shows a rise ou the week of 23 to 27 points
a hit h tho west has taken advantage of to go short,
The demand and advance have been In part stlniu
latcd by the free iv-ue of circulars setting forth the
remarkable eheapnuw of the staple, the price being
lower than for any previous summer in twenty
eight years. Eight reasons are given why cotton is
cheap. Among the lessons, lu brief, are that four-
fifths of the crop is already marketed; that we are
in danger of orer-esporting, and thus robbing our
selves; that the world starred lhesfa-on bureof cot
toil; that the world la working up 30,000 bales every
day, aud that It always pays to bull the tail end of
a big crop On tbe other nand, others say there
will tie 1,000 000 bales to spare this season, and that
it will be kicked slamt, with nobody to want it.
WHAT MRS. OHUNDY SAYS.
IDLE NEW YORK BROKERS.
From the Augusta Chronicle.
Wall street Is reported to be sepulchrtlly dull
the broken in these days. Tbe western, southern
and even eastern "lambs" do not wander from the
home fold to be sheared by tbe pious and Impious
gentlemen wno have played so msny seductive
tricks upon them in the past It will be
good thing for tbe south especially
if her ' people shun New York spec
ulation as an orthodox Christian' does
the enemy cf mankind. We suspect that the brok
ers of Gotham will not have much to learn when
they reach the ironworks, if they have the misfor
tune to do so without repentance. At present'
however, they are engaged in tbe study of axtrouo
my, the microscope, archeology and playing head
or tails with batik notes of a small denomination,
A foreign banker give*, in the Herald, some potent
reesons for the blight that has fallen upon Wall
street He says:
"This country presents the grandest opportuni
ties in tbe world for profitable Investments in de
veloping its vast natural resources, and tnecaplf '
of the whole world might be expected to come
us, yet there is to day no demand in Europe for tl
shares of ourrailroadsor other corporations Wh
Because of the intense distrust that has been crc
ted by the dUhouest manipulations and tricks
those having control of them. Directors and
executive officials of your railway companies al
most invariably gamble in the shares of the
property tbeycontro . And the roads are managed,
not for the benefit ri the real owner*—the
shareholder*—but to further personal schemes.
Tne collapse of Erie gave such a shock to the
deuce of Etiglidi and continental capitalists in
American securities that it took years to recovei
from if. Restock waterings, th3 "consolidations.'
the "mergerM" and "ope rating agreements," wltli
all their attendant jugglery of issuing the kecuriUet
of one company In an arbitrary ratio for those of
ano'her, the frightful frauds perpetrated through
construction companies, the corruption of jtidg r
aud legislators and the frequent lack of simple hull
esty and truthfulness among those at the head of
“our enUrprbe*—all these have operated to pro-
Juce the existing distrust of Ameri
can investments. Look at what has b*en doue
right under your nose lu the city here, with the
Western Union nt d with the elevated railroad
companies, and tell me what security can Any
body three thousand miles away feel when he puts
his inotfey under the control of the meu who have
perpetrated those abuse-?"
Now that our people have learned, by bitter ex
perience, the truth of these statements, let them
steerclear of all such entanglement* iu the future.
Le*..ftniey made at tho south lie invested here.
That to the true policy and the only safe ouc.
W. A. HARRISON PROHIBITION.
From Letter to Hon. Ben Russell.
You ask how prohibition has worked. I answer
that language Is inadequate to tell you the bless
ings, the joys it has brought to us. Twin sister of
blessed religion, prohibition has made us a new
people, made the drunkard a sober and useful citi
zen, who to-day thanks God for the blessing. Noth
ing could prevail on my people to agree to repeal
the law that has blessed ui with prohibition. Our
criminal docket is fast disappearing, no killings,
not even fusses. At the sessions of cur superior
courts hertofore, often jurors were drunk, wltnestoz
the same; an J at night in this village it was
pan d i mom 1 urn reigned supreme—a second
edition of Coup's circus was being
enacted on the streets and In the barrooms. Such
scenes arc harrowing to think of now, and we pre
fer to he blotted from existence before that hydra-
headed monster is allowed among u. *“ " *
our wive* and children and make
funeral idle of them first; yea, go to eveiy caravan
now* Iii the United States, open the cages of the wild
animals gathered from the Jungle* of Aria and
Africa, and turn them liaise upon u«, and wc will
d forgive you, and attribute the act to in
your |»co|>le to vote for prohibition, and they vote it
new ent upon their county, freighted with plenty,
peace and hupplness.
A PATIENT WIFE.
From the Toxas Sifting*
"I have heard," said the kind-hearted Muslin fe
male philanthropist to the woman who lived ina
dilapidated shanty in the suburbs, whose head waa
tied up, and who had one arm in a sling. "I have
heard that your husband beats you, aud I thought
would consult with you toseo It we could not re
strain him."
lyraro mistaken, rntdamo: my husband uever
mo. Wo have lived together fifteen years, and
ho has never beat me yet," and the woman adjust
ed her arm in the sling.
• I am so glad to hear that I am mistaken," replied
the fernaio philanthropist.
"No,” continued the woman radly, putting tho
bandage over her eye, "he hits never struck me a
yet. Ho nut kicked m« in a dozen different
a fort} different times, ho has taken me by my
two cars and bumped 1117 head on tho Hour, or on
That the new oblong photograph is now all the
rage.
That epicures have now many fairy stories to tell
about trout fishing.
That new mourning note paper lias a narrow edge
of genuiue crape.
That the cooks at the Vanderbilt ball were paid
9100 each for their services.
That screens made of Faster cards are now all the
ratige in tnllady's boudoir.
That florists say their Easter sale of flowers wa-
thu year larger than ever before.
That terracotta as a color has alrc tdy been used
for much more than it i« worth.
That ex-President Diaz think* New York the
most wonderful city he ever virited.
That the antittg fariiiouablc season does not pro
mise to be of very long duratlou.
That t! ere is to be a divided change in tho style
of Flora UcKUmasy'a hair dreeing.
..TJiH Hr. iLx's published lectures on women sell
like the tradittoual hot cakes.
That the rage at tho watering places this season
will be to live in "our owucotUge."
That Madame Nilsson's social invitations are for
more uumerous than she can accept.
That theatrical managers a re deluged with plays
from the pens of alleged society ladies.
That all ;the floral decorations of the Vanderbilt
ball were sent next day to the hospitals.
That the fashion of a wedding tour to Europe
seem* to have been revived in all its glory.
That the ladies are said to be raving over the new
French flowers, which are "truly beautiful."
That the "dutes" have come to the conclusion that
too tight trousers are excessiwly common.
That now is the Ume when the women from the
country goes about town lookiug for bargaius.
That the fashiouable exodus to Europe may have
au it jtmou* c fleet ou the watering places.
That some of the most fashionable people arc the
very once who are slowest iu pa} lug their bill*.
That the list of people who are going to Europe
this H-a-on grow* larger and larger every day.
That tho entertainments in honor of cx-l'resideut
Diaz, ot Mexico, are ou au elaborate scale.
water down nty back, pulled out my hair by the
handful, and lie hass'uck pins iu mu a time or *0;
he feeds thu horse ou my new spring bonnet, but
he has uever beat mu yet, and uutil be does, 1 don't
think 1 ought to complain."
A REMARKABLE DUST.
On February 26 thoro was discovered in the snow
in several places in Troudhjem Amt, in North Nor
way, a fine du»t, which, It was believed, originated
from tho Iceluud volcanoes such an occurrence
having taken piece In 1876. Dr. H. Reureh, of the
mineralogies! faculty of Christiana university,
having examined tho ramplcs forwarded to him,
now states, however, that the dust is not of an
eruptive nature, but conristsof common sand, flue
stouo?, quartz, hornblende and talc, mixed with
very lino particles of vegetable matter. The phe
nomenon is nevertheless remarkable, as the dust
must have been carried a very long distance, the
whole of thu country having for mouths been
covered with deep snow. The (lust
fell over a rip met of several degrees
The wind blew strongly from north-northwest.
Doudsof duzt parsing a oug iu thu air at great ele
vations are uot imuMial. 'Unis Professor Hniytti in
hi*- iHKik on Tone rifle Man* Hint oftentimes while
at high altitudes the view of p irtion* of divaut is
lands would bo almost entirety cut off* by strata of
dust in the air. The exbteuce of these cloudz of
dust lu the midst of tbe oevau. at a great distance
from laud isau interest!' g profit, m. While exper
imenting upon mount .-Etna in Italy, where the air
is of the purest aud clearest, Professor Lauglev also
encountered these clouds of dust; aud, ou mount
Whitney iu California, at an elovutiou of 13,000feet
the same phi uomeuo:i was ot-served
POLITICAL NOTES.
.ALL THROUGH DIXIE.
Tne famous Greeley farm at Cbappaqua, The Latest News About the ouuth aud tu r«!k»~
New York, is to be sold.
It is proposed to have a reunion of confed
erate foldlers at Manana* next summer.
Coutf cased for the Csnstltutlsu.
Alabama.
Selma has received up to date 105,000 bales
The average age of United States senators olcoitoflt
ii 51. Only one of them wn» bora west of the Mis- j p' rat[ compa ny will soon mine 681,000
tUrippl. , too, of cos) per annum.
Tue Orleans princes have mortgaged all, KvNDOlpHC0USIV , AIai 80W , threc times
as much land in oats this year a« last.
tbeir property in France to foreign corporations for
seventy-five million franc*.
The Connecticut house has rejected the bill
estab!l»hing a commission to investigate the pollu
tion of streams and other waters.
A compulsory education bill, the senate
substitute for the origiual bill < f the house, has been
passed by the Rhode Island legislature.
Senator Voorheks. of Indiana, and Senator
Camden, of West Virginia, have been trying to ob
tain new health at tho Arkansas Hot spring*.
Sunset Cox is stiil telling about the negro's
toast: "Here's to General Butler, who, though he
has a white skin, bleis God he has a black heart."
Senator Jones, of Florida, intends to visit
Europe this summer, whence he came forty years
ago, a poor Irish boy, to seek fame and fortune in
America.
Bismarck is not a good orator. He coughs
and stammers and riops for the right word: his sen
tences are involved, and often a foot long, but
when he writes his native tongue it is Idiomatic
and graceful.
William and Mary college, theoldest in the
country, has closed. The one studeut who attend
ed last year has been forced to pursue a college
course efsewhere.
Five members of the English cabinet are
credited with being total abstainers-Earl Gran
ville, Lord Spencer, HirCharlci Dilke, Sir William
Harcourt, and Mr. Childers.
If tho democratic aspirants for the speaker-
ship are opening headquarters in Washington, as
tense and bitter in our political history,
The New York Times and Post, the Albany
Journal an J tbe Buffalo Express, four of the most
influential republican newspapers oi the empire
state, favor a radical reductlou of the tariff.
General I.ek's monument at Lexington,
Virginia, will be unveiled on Juno 5. Jefferson
Davis will preside, General Joseph E. Johnston
will be chief marshal, and Major John W. Daniel,
orator.
General James S. IIouinson, one of the
Ohio representatives in congress, Slid to ft New York
reporter yesterday that, in his opinion, "tho Con
gressional Record is useless aud ought to be abol
ished."
Ex Representative Eppa IIunton, of Vir-
giuia, thinks McDouald, of ludiaua, will bo the
next nominee of tho democrats for Ihe presidency.
Anyway," he rajs, "whoever the democrats nomi
nate Will be elected "
The French protectorate of Tonqufa lias
been admitted by China ou condition of payment
of tribute. Two years Ago the French government
disclaimed the Intention of acquiring these ponses-
sions it appears that no European power objects
to the couree France is taking lu Asia.
A bill has been favorably reported in the
New York Assembly whiclf makes it a misdemeanor
punishable by imprisonment or by 11 >e not exceed
ing 930 to sell, loan ergbeadimo novel or work
ficilou to any pereon under sixteen yean
without the consent of pareut or guordiau.
It ia related of the supreme court of Massa
chusetts that an old and experienced lawyer com
ing Into the court room and looking at (he bench
distinguished perhaps for ability more than age,
murmured in lira tar of miothur old advocate,
Kindergarten 1 ByJowj" and walked out.
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
That theatre parties have Bbcume a nuisance, and
especially wheu composed of "nice" people.
That the new hussar sacque worn by the ladles to
nothlug if uot "excessively swell aud stylish."
That the store* and shops are crowded with
country people looking at more than they pur
chase.
That it it a somewhat singular fact that defslca-
Out ' .mue •ocuicuhttlncwiut* rrlwwllle*.-*n.«rrecortcJla th.mw*
AUTAh FISH STORY.
From the Salt Lake Tribune.
They sat arouud the White house stove ycsterSay
t apping lies, aud when Jackson had exhausted
his store Jones opened his sample cose and begsu
"I was down in Water canon, southeast Nevada,
last fall, near Mormon spring, where the water
rushes through aud uuder a mountain thirty five
miles acmes—"
"Tunnelled perhaps," said Jackson.
"No, it's a natural water course, and comes out
boiliug on 'tothor ►fee. then runs off in a big
stream.'
‘How does It perforate the mountain?" said
Jackson,
There's a aerlea of beautiful falls, with nice
steps leading down, then a deep pool as clear a>
crystal, with plenty of mountain trout sporting at
the bottom. One d*y a band of Apache (nutans
•itched their wickiups near this stream, nnd au old
uck and his rquaw, hearing the rushing waters
below* weut down the natural stairway to the
stream. Thu old buck, seeing the trout in the but-
i, made his squaw dive for them."
And did sbenott?" a»ked Jackson.
You bet for Indian bucks won't stand foolish-
—a. But the rquaw didn't come up. 8he went
lear uuder that mouutain and came out'tother
side, thirty-five miles."
"Did it drown her?" n!«l Jackson, who had be
come very much interested In the fate of the squaw.
"No; she come out driptdug wet with a two-
pound trout In her mouth and oue in each hand.''
ONLY ONE HONEST MAN.
From tbe Detroit Post
'This am a very wicked world," sighed Uncle Jo,
negro who does duty about the city with a buck
and raw.
Why so, Uncle Jo?"
"•Veil, you see, I hab been keeping account the
lost week ob how many Ume* I hab been beaten in
my business transactions, and the result am per
fectly astonishing. Ob six men I worked fur, three
obdem beat tnc Use eber}thing; dc grocery store
man beat me seben times, and a boot and shoe
man sold me a dolUrpair ub shoes fur taro dol
lars."
Mrs. General I)ia/. is nineteen years old,
Mr. Gkorok \V. Caiile, ihe southern nov
elist, Is the guest at Newport of Colonel George
Waring.
While tho president is away his son enter
tains his friends of thoi’riuceton College Glee club
at the white house.
Mu. James C. Flood, of bonanza fame, will
build a oue million dollar house on the top of
highest s*tm Francisco hill.
G. I*. R. James's record is beaten by thnt
the Polish novelist, J. J. Kraszcwskl, who to credited
with the production of 4'JO novels.
Dr. Mark Hopkins, the venerable former
prestdent of Williams college, who to now over
yeais old, is viriting lu Washington.
Mu. Georoe M. Pullman, of Chicago—who
one corporation at least that has a soul—has
made a douatiou of 5,100 books and periodicals
the Pullman public library.
The Chicago Advance learns from privute
etters that Me.-*rs. Moody and Fankeyaud their
pafty will sail from Liverpool for this country
tho 19th lost.
Dr. Gatlino, tho inventor of tho famous
gun, is a southerner, but looks like au elderly Gere
man. Hu to still hard at work at other inventions,
and promises to agalu surprise tbe world.
Mr. John W. Mackey, whose princely es
tablisbment in Paris wou for him tho title of "The
American King," to now wandering aimlesly over
tho continent. HU life has been a littlo burden
some since he left the California mines.
The New York and Brooklyn Congrega
tional association has unanimously adopted a reso
lution regretting thu withdrawal of Rev. if. W.
Beecher, and expressing tho hope that ho will re-
coushier his determination and return to the body.
A reception was given to Dr. Oliver Wen
dell Holmes by Dr. Fordyce Barker iu New York ou
Tmxday afternoon, and a dinner to the same au
thor by Johu Jacob Astor in tbo evening. Both
were attended by persons noted for their wealth
and culture.
Reasonably well to-do clergymen were the
late Rev. 8ir Frederick Vincent, canon of Chiches
ter, aud tho late Rev. Richard T. Lancaster, of
Cheltenham. Their wills, just proved, dispose of
personalia ip arnou u ting to about 91,150,UU0 audB>83,
Eminent medical authority from Philadel
phia ha* pronounced hopeless the condition of Mr.
J ustico Stanley Matthews’s son, who Is suffl-ring from
tuberculosis. Ihe sisters of the youthful sufferer
have been cabled at Paris, France, whither they
weut a mouth since to return at once.
Herb Max Bruch, the distinguished Ger
man composer, who has reccutly arrived in this
country, is described as a man of medium hignt,
with a Urge head which to slightly bald aud a typL
cal German face. Ho appears to be genial and good
humored and speaks English very intelligently.
Edward Gould has completed fifty years of
senice os cashier of what is now the National
trader’s bank of Portland, Me. He was first elected
«m March 9.1833, when the institution was
called the Manufacturers’ and Traders' bank, Mr.
health U §tveuti ’ elght ***** oId ■*»<> In excellent
"Ex-Mayor Hutchinson,” says the Ithaca
Journal, "is Utica's third Napoleon. With his Im
perial moustache and goatee, he so closely resem
bled the tote emperor that while in England, occi-
dentally meeting the Empress Eugene, so much
thMate tainted! 7 “ *“* d “ d nu,bluJ
Until 1807 Prince Bijniirck only owned the
esuio of achoahausen, 1,800 acre, ot lend, ume ot
it very good. In 1867 he bought V.rrtn, In pome-
r»nl», from Count Blumenthil, with the *300,000
Ktwuted him by \ arltameui. Iu Is71 the emperor
gave him invhioh «... k..
Tfc*» >u a very bad week. Indeed. Uncle Jo;
but didn't you tiud any one that >u terfectly
hone»tt"
“Oh. yu, du tu wun mu who paid me • Ire
dollar gold piece for it penny."
;;t.uppMeyoug»veit b«ck to him. Uncle JoT"
"» hy. ob rpnne I didn't. D'y ipaee I id going
t" wet beet nil d. while, end den lone inch a chance
gave him tteebenwaid, to which he hw eddeSb?
i-'Vcoa 1 * 6 ' •’ r “ t ’-' r,lr bringing up iu annual value to
A newspapkb correspondent says Dr. Mor
gen Dix look, like emiduevel monk in the clerical
garb oi tne nineteenth century, ttealweay.' "Pp.
tn » tonl| y <«*• that unju»t cltcnm-
^about three centuries too
hu;ime " thema, “ lre aaa • lle ua *d|usted to
W"g.v the Prince® LouUe was in Bermuda
she awoke one night and found her ch-mber on
fire. 81ieawoke the family, and the flames were put
Udie# in waiting got quite hysteri-
2/p S?ih!?* e t. prtncca " 0001 and conducted So af
fairso that no news of it reached her host. Mr thm
!Kihtt W “ *** SW*WhrefaS
A side of bacon weighing 145 pounds,
amazes the editor of tbe Eutaw, Ala., Whig.
The Eufaula Bagging factory is rapidly
turning out cotton bagging of good quality.
A convention cf the State Pharmaceutical
association of Alabama will meet iu Selma May
8th.
Cotton is up in Montgomery county, Ala
bama, and the stand good; young corn looking
well.
A garfish, five feet long, weighing sixteen
pounds, was caught a few days ego in the Alabama
river.
The Eufaula, Ala., oil mills have sold,this
season 3.101 barrels of cotton seed oil and 1,400 tona
of meal.
There will be only half a peach crop around
Talladega, A 1a., but the apple and pear trees will
give & full yield.
There are now over 150 students at the
Alabama conference female college, the largest
number it has ever had.
The great bulk of the southern leaders and
routhern people are in favor of the tax on whisky
and tobacco, and opposed to that on shoes, trace
chains and scooter plows.
Kentucky.
A \Vayne couniy, Ky.. man has 3 500 fruit
trees.
The wheat crop generally throughout Ken
tucky looks promising.
Three hundred families have left Owens-
boto, Ky., in the past year.
The Kentucky Ministers’ convention will
meet at Louisville, on the 25th Instant.
Wat Henry, of Mt. Sterling, Ky., has ten
children, and every one of them now has the
whooping cough.
A Muhlenouro (Ky.) county map bos a
handkerchief made ia 1710 and fifty feet of walnut i
lumber sawed 1823.
Tennessee.
In one trade in Chattanooga $8,000 worth of
tanbark war sold.
A rich deposit of silver has just been dis
covered nine miles from Gainsboro, Tenn.
There are nearly two hundred houses in
course of construction in Knoxville, Tonncssee.
Memphis claims a population of 50,\)00,and
has but 26 police patrolmen, 13 on day duty, and
thu same number on night duty.
The legislature of Tennessee fixed the pay
of firemen and policemen of Memphis at 170 per
month. They are now getting 9C0.
An English company have purchased 90,000
acres iron land* in East Tennessee. Tney supply a
capital of SI,000.0 0. and will orect furnaces at once
giving employment to390 men.
Mrs. F. J. Barker, of South Nashville, has
been working on a quilt for threo years. It to just
finished. The quilt contains I I,8S8 pieces.
Miss T. Green, of Marshall county, Ten-
nessoe, has a quilt with thirteen thousand phccsin
It, with a prospect of twenty thousand when fin-
shed.
UIlftMlMMlppl.
The peach crop arouud Mississippi City,
Mira., Is doing well
Noxuree county, Miss., will buy less bacon
and corn this year than any year slnco the war.
A sweet potato put to boil on the stove of a
lady in Natchez, Mississippi, exploded with terrific
force, nearly killing the lady.
The cotton seed oil mills at Greenville, Mii-
sissippi, to running night aud day to fill orders and
prepare for the next crop of seed.
The grange co-operation store, at Meridian,
Mississippi, which started business in 1879 with a
capital of 950, sold last month 95,860 worth of goods.
Texas.
Tin: small grain crops of .Texas arc growing
finely.
The Fort Worth, Texas, waterworks will
be running by April 20. •
The Dallas, Texas, Merchants’ exchange
will build a 940,000 house.
It is said that the purchase of the Alamo by
the state of Texas to an assured fact.
The tramps in Travis park, San Antonio,
Texas, are getting high toned. They carry a piece
of carpet to lay on when they have to sleep out
nights.
General J. R. Jefferson's possessions in
Tom Green county, Texas, aro valued at 9.’-‘i0,000,
the larger portion of which has been made in two
years.
It is estimated that there aro 4,000,000 of
sheep iu Texas, which number will be increased
during the coming season to 5.500,000, worth 913,-
500,000.
McKinney, Texas, has a ten pin alley, not
withstanding tho fact that it has to pay a licence
tax-of 91.000 to the state, 950Jto the county and
9590 to thu municipality.
ArkniiMitN.
Land in IIot8prings, Ark., recently brought
iI2pcr front foot.
The prospects of fruit throughout Arkan
sas ate very flittering.
The Arkansas legislature has passed a bill
prohibiting tbe selling of liquor within two miles
of any church.
Arkansas has doubled her population in
tho last ten years, and is ranked as the fourth cot
ton state in tl\p union.
Drofessor J. J. Sciiardt, of Hot Springs,.
Arkansas, will manufacture 1,000 gallons of wine
from tils vineyard this year.
Over 40,000 acres of timber land will be
sold In Randolph county, Ark., this month uflder
the provisions of tho overdue tax law.
Florida.
Gainesville, Florida, is to have a street
railway.
Messrs. John and Rarauel Lowe, of Key
tocst, will ship 20,000 dozen of pineapples this sea
son.
Mr. W. W. Pillon has shipped north, from
Jacksonville, Florida, this reason 28,000 quarts of
strawberries.
Four thouund visitors hsve stopped at tbe
TalMhafflee hotels, Florid*, ilnce October.
’Tis said the orange crop in Florida this
year will be the largest ever produced there.
A party of Cincinnatians recently pur-
cha«d 5,000 acre, of land tn Florida, known as the
nwow’l mo “ lll ** n * , * ni1 c0n <cmplate erecting a
Virginia.
Richmond, Virginia, bos ten miles of paved
and forty miles of graveled streets. .
Richmond, Virginia, now claims to have a
population of seventy-one thousand.
A labor mine of plumbago has been dis
covered on the farm of Jamc* stone. In t-'taffotd
county, V*.
An artesian well, four hundred feet deep,
Farnasus, Va., has been finished, and affords ex
tent water.
Louisiana.
The present outlook of tbe fruit crop in
lonUlana is very good.
Farmers in tbe vicinity of Baton Range,
Louisiana, have decided to plant aa much cotton aa
possible thU year.
The 8t. Tammany Farmer, of Louisiana,
“**“ p ““ h “ dl « ol Which is made of a cotton
•talk 12 feet long, and the lath of SL Tammany Jut*.