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THE*- weekly constitution.
VOLUME XVI.
TUESDAY MOBBING, JULY 31, 1883.
PBIOE 5 CENTS
DURING THE WEEK.
WHAT THE PEOPLE OP THE CITY
AND COUNTRY ARE DOINO.
Dtfttbrf Ja6g* Martin J. Crawford—Th# Cbolara In
liypt>VMNM4 by Saint Xo» 0r#sm-8ixty
Parsons Drown ed-A Dynamite Explo*
slon-Daeth of Montjromcry Bleir.
Turadsr. July 84.
The receiver paid oat 1700,000 in settlement of nil
claims growing out of the lard failure of McGeoch,
Ercrlnghsadi Co., of Chicago. George Kilmer, of
Allentown, Pa., robbed hia roommate of money
and clothing and in making his escape from the
city was run over on the railroad end horribly
mangled. Eight men were Instantly killed in Sy
racuse, N. Y., by brick and mortar falling on them.
Three hundred thousand dollars worth of property
were destroyed by fire In New York. There were
427 deaths from cholera In Cairo and its suburbs
and the dliease is spreading in Egypt; England
•ent twelve cholera doctors to Egypt; at Alexan
drla all business and agriculture have been sus
pended. In Havana there were thirty-nine deaths
from yellow fever during the past week. Mr. John
W. Shipp found (31,00) under the pillow of the bed
at a hotel in St. Augustine, Fla. In a fight between
Samuel Clifton and Sampson Cason in Dooly county
Clifton was literally hacked to pieces. Judgo Mar
tin J. Crawford died iu Columbus, Ga. He was, at
the time of hia death, one of tho associate justices
of the supreme court of Georgia.
IN Til* CITY.
’ Mrs. McGuire’s residence on Gullett street was
entered by a burglar and a watch and twenty do!
lars in money wero stolen. General Longstreet will
be among the visitors at the fair of the McHenry
county agricultural society of Woodstock, III., on
September 1Mb. The Gate City Guard returned
from Morehead City, N. C., where they have been
spending several days. The family of Mr. Hayne,
who reside on the corner of Baker and Williams
streets, were poisoned by eating Ice cream. The
proper remedies were administered and all are
about well.
Wednesday, July 83.
At Northpolnt, ten miles from Baltimore, a pier,
on which several hundred r*opio were standing,
gave way and between slaty and seventy persons
wero drowned. There were over 600 deaths from
cholera in Egypt. A flro in Memphis destroyed
I20O.0C0 worth of property. William Hudson was
shot and killed near Forney, Texaa, by Thomaa
Turk. A man named Hardy was taken from the
jail at Harlan, Iowa, by a band of masked men and
hanged, the charge agalust him being murder.
IN TH* CITY.
The aro about fifty prisoners in the Atlanta jail.
The Metropolitan street car company aro making
preparations to begin work. Officer Phillips killed
a mad dog on Glenn streot. The real estato men
are doing a big business. Croquet playing Is popu
lar among the young ladles. Martin Andrews,
colored, was arrested on a charge of larceny. Tho
reunion of the Third Georgia regiment at Tallulsh
on the 91b and 10th of August promises to be a bJg
affair. Anexcursion ctmoup from Alabama, A
much needed rolu fell in Atlanta and vicinity,
Thursday, July 80,
Several hnudred of John Morgan’s con
federate command aro cnmpttii at Lexington, Ky„
where they aro having a grand reunion. The dem
o:ratlc state convention of Virginia met in Lexlng-
• LJ. TbeNew Hamjmwe legislature "jet'keeps
on” balloting for a United States senator. A de
structive tornado passed through Ingham county,
Michigan, doing great damage. Mrs. Langtry left
New York for England, where she will remain sev<
oral weeks. M. A. Dauphin, secretary of tho Louis
Una lottery company, will Immediately begin tult
ayaintt Postmaster-General Gresham for$100,000for
damages sustained to hia character by ressou of the
postmaster-general's recent order. The American
Rapid Telegraph company acceded to the demands
of tho striking telegraph operators. Tho appraisal
of the property of the late poet Longfellow shows
a valuo of about (350,000. James Carey, Informer
In tho Phwnix park murders in Dublin, arrived at
one of the British colonies. The American rifle
team was entertained in London by the lord mayor.
A dynamite explosion in Steubenville, O., killed
one man and fatally wounded two others. The re
port that Cetewayo has been killed is con Armed.
IN TIIF. CITY.
The striking telegraph operators aro Uking things
easy. A large croud of Atlantians left for Cape
May, where they will sojourn for two weeks. The
peach crop in this section seems to bo a failure.
Friday, July ST.
The American bar association, of which General
Lawton, of Pavannah, is president, will meet in
Saratoga on the 22d, 23J and 24th of August. Bob
Williams, the negro who wrecked a train on the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad near
Knoxville a short time ago, has been arrested and
confessed to wrecking other trains. A call for Uni’
ted Statss bonds amounting to (31,too,COO was issued
in Washington. President Jones, of tho Now Or
leans board of trade, says up to date there has not
been even a suspicious esse of yellow fever in that
city. Over one hnudred persons in attcudanco at a
lawn party In Joliet, 111., were mado seriously ill
by eating ice cream. The Bank of LcadviJle, at
Leadville, Colarado, made an assignment. The
Jury in the esse of ex-Trcasurer Polk, of Tennessee,
brought in a verdict of guilty of embezzlement,
Using the penalty at imprisonment in the peniten
tiary for twenty yean and imposing a tine to the
full amount of the embezzlement.
IN THK CITY.
A small cottage on Fair street was partially de
stroyed by Ore. Julius Adex, a negro carpenter,
fell from a building and fractured his right leg. The
residence of Frank 3mith on McDaniel street was
entered by burglars and a watch and coat were
stolen. Mr. William Price Woolley, editor of the
Southern World, died.
NuCurrfuy, July IS.
Montgomery Blair died at his home near Balti
more. The Massachusetts legislature adjourned
sine die after a cnu'.on of two hundred and six
days, the longest on record. It was reported in
Monterey (hat the Spanish minister to Mexico has
been recalled and that a serious rupture between
the two countries Is possible. The earl of Onslow,
from England, with fourteen largo trunks and sev
eral servants arrived ut Newport, R. I. The coun*
S /or ex Treasurer Polk, of Tennessee, asked for a
w trial. A wild man Is roaming in the woeds in
the vicinity of Mason, Ohio. The board of trade of
Indianapolii appointed a committee to call a meet
ing of the representatives of all the boards of trade
of the Mississippi valley to meet In Indianapolis to
consider the telegraphic strike and confer with the
officers of the Western Union company.
IN TH* city.
The paving of Marietta street progresses slowly.
The building boom seem* to have struck the busl*
ness portion of the city. Frank Maddox, a negro
boy, was kicked by a mule and bad three of his
teeth knocked out Officer Hildebrand killed a
mad dog on Wall street Between killing mad degs
and keeping up with petty burglaries the police
have about as much us they can attend to. In a
light between Bill Toland and Foster Davis, two
negroes, Toland drew a revolver and shot Foster'
Inflicting a slight wound.
tuuduy, July 88.
Prince Uobenloboe-Lnngenburg, of Germany,
will make a tour of the United States. The oldest
business nun in Connecticut Is Colouel George L.
Perkins,cl Norwich, who is in bis ninety-fifth year.
Phillip Gamer eras murdered at Emex village,
Teen. The municipal assembly of St. Louis, held
an all night sesrioa trying the chargee against the
mayor. Daniel B. Phillip#, a well known evange
list, committed suicide in North Meymouth, Mass.
The Cincinnati, Sew Orleans and Texaa Pacific
railway subscribed 925,000 to the New Orleans ex
position, to be held in December of next year.
Three children were killed by lightening near
Midway, Ohio. John McDougal, white, and Daniel
Wllkee, colored, fought a duel with pitchforks at
High Grove, Ky., and both were dangerously
wounded. The body of Captain Webb, who under
took to swim over Niagara hills, was found. There
were four hundred and sixteen deaths from cholera
In Egypt. Nineteen persons wero killed and three
injured in a railroad accident on the Rome, Water-
town and Ogdensburg railroad of New York.
Twelvo hundred factory girls, together with their
friends, of Trenton, N. J., aro up in arms against
Editor Mott, of the Trenton, (N. J.) Timet, because
of an article he published which reflects on their
morality.
IN TH* city.
A colored Woman gave her three weeks old child
a tcaspoonful of laudanum tbrougn mistake, which
caused the child’s death. Railroad travel If good.
Patsey Norris, a negro woman, was given a severe
slab in her right breast by her husband. Frauds
McGuire, a small white girl, fell from a window and
fractured her left arm. An art school will soon be
established in Atlanta. Mollio Eckmau waa arrest-
ion a warrant charging her with larceny.
THE SKELETON MML-CARBIBR.
A Tale Which U U Nat XrccMary far the Render t#
Relieve Wlthaut Inveetltatleu.
Warm8pbinqi, N.C., July 27.—In tearing down
an old house iu tho country, five milea from this
place, last Monday, the skeleton of a man wu
found, the bones and even the cartilages In a re
markable state of preservation. Beside tho skele
ton were portions of a leather mail big, of the pat
tern in use halfacentuty ago. In this bag or so
much of it as wero left, wero upwards cf thirty let
ters, all bearing date early in 1827.
It waa evident that the man had been a mail-car
rier, as the letters were addrewed to various person*,
some of remoto section. The manner in which
these letters had resisted the gnawing tooth of time
wu marvelous. Perfectly legible were the ad
dresses, while the heavy papqr, breaking like parch
ment, wu neither worm-eaten or torn. Time's
touch had but turned It yellow. In oue of tho let
ters were found two hills of a state bank, which has
long ago failed, each bill being of tho denomination
of (199. There li no reaaon given for the poaltion
the skeleton In the wall. The wall
thick, *and there wu a apace
which run from the ground to the second
floor. By this the stairs pused. The space,
boarded up when the bouse wu tom down, may
have been open when tho man got there, and slip
ping or stepping off tho stairs he may havo fallen to
the bottom, so injuring Himself that he could not
call for aid. and so perished. There are no suspi
cions of foul play, and the oldest citizens know
nothing of any story of a crime connected with the
bouse in question. The pi sen Is Just on the boun
dary line of Tennwsco and Ninth Garoiiiia. Hun
dreds of people arc going there to see the skeleton,
the old fetteis and the bunk bills, and the itruuge
and pi *• ** * * '
lion
THE CRASH OF DEATH.
A FRIGHTFUL MANGLING OF HU
MANITY.
A Train Ltdtn with Tourists from tho Thousind Isles
Rons into an Obstructive Box Csr-Ths Boretms
oftbo D/lng-Hcrror Increased by Rain
and psrkasst—Killed tnd Wounded.
puzzling discovery has caused a profound sen-
m iu all that section of country. The mystery
will probably never be revealed.
FACTORY OIRL9*
Hsw an Editor Hot lllauslf Jnu Trouble b> ills lulls*
CftUeu.
New YoUt, July 28—The factory girls of Trenton,
N. J., who number about 1.200, together with their
friends, si a up In apqs against Editor Mott, ot tho
Bombed
Saturday night which reflecta on their morality.
The subject wu the new child-labor law, which the
editor raid would bring blessings in disguise, bo
cause it prohibited theemployment of young girls
in factories. 11 then averted :
"It is a notorious fact that more girls are led
•stray by working In factories and where there are
many persons employed than In any other way.
The character of tho averago factory girl is well
known to those who watch ll/e In all its phases.
In the vulgar parlance of tho street, factory girls
“go to the bad” very fast. Could tho records of
fallen maidens be read it would be found that a
majority of those who have become outcasts from
society and habitues of houses of Ill-fame were once
employed in factories, mills, or shops.”
1 he girls employed in tho woolen mills and the
the attack, and they condemn Mott in
terms. 9 he affair Is town talk, and threats are
made against the offending editor li he is ever
found near any of the factories. Mott uya he wrote
the article bastily ‘ “
to the factory girls
feelings are hurt.
A SAD SPECTACLE.
The Daughter ef u Former Vlee President of the full
ed Mtatre Kra«li«* AmLUucc*
WffEKMxa, W. V*., T uly 28.—The spectacle of tho
daughterof a former vice-president of the United
Slates and wife of a minister to Russia begging as-
slstanco of strangers In an endeavor to reach the
national capital with a view to entering a charita
ble institution isa somewhat unusual one, butsuch
an event occurred in this city to-day. This after
noon an aged lady, well dressed but entirely deatl
tuto of money, appeared at police headquarters and
Asked for aid in reaching Washington city.
answer to inquiriea u to her
name, etc., she stated that she wu a daughter of
Vice President King, of Pierce’s administration, and
tho wife of General Hunter, Jackson's minister to
K. Petersburg. She gave her age u 74, and said
that she wu married at the age of 14, her husband
then being 32. and spent the first six mouths of her
married life at the Russian court,giving many details
of her life and her gradual descent from a life of
affluence to her preaent low state. She stated that
she wu from Memphis, having begged her way from
Disco to place, and wu endeavoring to reach Wash*
ngton, where she had friends who would place
* - — W. W.Cor
childhood,
._ ry evidence of former cul
ture and refinement, and the sad story of her life la
undoubtedly true. Aid was furnished her to con
tinue her Journey.
A STRANGE DEFENSE.
An Interesting in
»■ I'sm Trial—Peeallar Tkcarjr
•f tke Defense.
Mobil*. Ala., July 28.—The fruit of the almoat
numberless acts of incendiarism committed In Mo
bile, Ala., during all the year 1882, is now being
reaped. The arson case against James A. Camp,
which exhausted four panels and a part of the fifth
In getting a jury, began in earnest this afternoon.
The accused Is a good-looking, well-counected
young msn, and is attended in court by his mother
and two beautiful and sympathetic sister*. Tho
cue seems to be a clear one. A detective having
been placed on the accused's track, succeeded in
arresUng him in the act of applying the torch at
night to a dwelling house inhabited by a widow
and two young children. The defense Is that the
detective drugged the accused, and In the hope of
a bfg reward set fire to Che dwelling himself and
immediately thereafter
t of the trial la awaited
here with interne Interest.
ftlaaferlaa S*i4ler»’ Wld«w«.
Washington, July 28.—The statement was made
not long ago that a clerk In the pension office bad
said that there were an many u 10,000 cotes where
soldiers' widows were leading immoral lives in or
der to retain their pensions, of which in the event
Rockkktkb, N. Y„ July 28.—News was received
hero early this morning of a terrible dluster on tho
Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg railroad, near
Carlton, last night. As the Thousand Islands train,
running at a high speed on the main line, neared
Carlton the engineer noticed a single car standing
on tho track ahead of him. He at onco put on the
air brakes and reversed the lever of his engine, but
before tho speed of the train could be slackened
the engine dashed into the obstruction, and in an
nstant all wu a ecene of wreck and confusion
and the air wu filled with the groans of the dying
and injured. The engineer, who heroically re
mained at his post, was fatally injured. When the
crash came, the fireman, who stood by him till tho
last, wu instantly killed, Word for assistance wu
at onco telegraphed to Charlotte, a dlstanco of 2
miles. On tho arrival of aid the work of reecninj
the wounded and taking out tho dead from tbc
wreck wu begun. So far at can be learned, the
car which caused tho disaster wu blown on to tho
main track frem tho brauch by tho high wind
which prevailed at the time of the accident. It la
supposed tho Rev. Dr. Atwood, of Canton, and Rev.
Dr. Fisk, of Syracuse, were passengers on the ill-
fated train. Fourteen dead bodies were token ou t
at last advices.
TH* DETAILS OF TH* CRASH.
Tho terriblo accident which occurred o.i tho
Romo, Watertown and Ogdensbnrg railroad at Carl'
ton station, about 9:30 last evening, by which
nineteen perrons were killed and three Injured
was a double header excursion train, No. 6 -, and
bound for Clayton with the Thousand Islands
tourists, mostly from Michigan. It wu behind
time, and at the time of the collision wu running
forty miles an hour. The wind wu
blowing a gale, and had blown tho freight
car off tho sldo track partly on to
tho main track, when tho excursion train como
thundering along, thou on board little knowing of
the Impending accident by which so many wero to
be instantly killed. The collision came and tkrow
one of the engines on its end and the oth*r one into
the ditch. Tho baggage car and two of the sleepers
were completely demolished. The cars were
piled upon oue another until It waa ono heap of
ruins. At the times heavy thundershower wu
passing over, and tho night wudark. Theories
and shrieks of tho dying and wounded wore terrible
indeed. The crash wu heard three miles away.
The country is but thinly settled, and it wu come
tlmo before anictonce could be obtained.
TH* DEAD AND TIIF. DYING.
The Coroner, Dr. Cochrane, of Albany, was sent
for, and tho work of recovering the bodies com
menced. Tho fireman wu instantly killed, and
tho engineer, James McCarthy, oftbo second engine
wu terribly scalded. Ho died after they put him
aboard the train for Oswego. Theengfucer. fire
man and train dispatcher of the tirstengli.net-
raped, although all were Injured. Those of the
Injured who could travel, werenlaccd in the sleep
er and token to tbo Falls, While tho rest were In
ken to neighboring housi s and cared for. One man
who lives but aiew rods from tho wreuk, had
driven bis son to Lvndonvlllo. a distance of three
miles tp toko iho train and got home just in time to
find him a corpse.
FULTON'8 AFFAIRS.
A Talk with Mr. Tyler Cooper oa the Condition ot the
• Counts*
A Constitution man had an Intorcstljig talk yes
lord ay wlMj Vr. Tylor OeaBC r , tjurk ct lly, oouu?li-
liouersof roads and rovonucs. Somo interesting
facts touching tho condition of the county were
gleaned. Asked the ccribe:
“How much doea Fulton county owe?’
"Tho bonded debt of tho county is 810,020. These
bonds were Issued for tho purposo of building tho
now courthouse. Tho other indebtedness for cur
rent monthly expenses, balances on clock, engine,
etc., iu tho courthouse, will not exceed 15,000."
“When are the bonds to bo paid?”
“We will pay 115,000 of them on tho 1st of No
vember of this year, (13,000 on tho 1st ot November
of next year, and tbo remainder on tbo 1st of No
vember, 1885."
“Is U possible that this county owes only (45,000,
then?”
It Is not only powlblc, but is a veritable fact.
— — and then pulled himself
the iron slats of tho great basket so that he wu
rie to look Into if. He found three feathered
;oung llr Js In the nest. While he wu making the
•eeut tho old bird wheeled savagely about his faco
uttering shrill cries of rage and terror, and whoa
he reached the summit of tho cage she darted
about *o closely that her wings almost brushed his
race. Young Serin is said to be tho first person who
ever reached the top of tbo spindle. On last Fridas
he young oner, which were nearly grown, were
seen sitting u tth the parent birds on the top of tho
iy looking futr
B
.... _ In a pretty
fair financial condition. Wo own tho new court
house building and grounds, we own tho jail and
grounds, wo own 320 seres of good land on Peach
tree road, where tho present atmsbouso U located;
wo own about 48 acres on the Marietta road, just be
yond the exposition grounds, which was bought to
locate a new almshouse; wo own 5 acres
on West Peachtree street where the
north Atlanta division of the chain gang convicts
are quartered. Wo own four acres on Humphries
street where tbeeouth Atlanta(livi*ion of the con
victs aro quartered, all of which wecstJmato tobe
worth (2-40.000, which la a fair estimate.”
“What is tho taxablo valuo of the property of the
couniy7“
“Thedl
188). but» ,
that from calculations and estimates made so far It
will prababiy reach 126,000,000.”
“Have you any Idea what the rate of taxation for
Tho stoto tax is as ttsed at 25 cents
on tho one hundred dollars. The
county tax was 40 cents on tho oue hundred dollars
last year and will probably not be increased this
year, and may even be reduced. The reduction of
the tax, however, depends upon a contingency.
The contingency is this: It is generally kuown I
presume, that owing to tho character of our sol) it
Is impossible to havo good roads other than by
macadamizing them. In view of this fact It was
proposed that the proper solution of tho difficulty
wss that the county should issue bonds
to the amount of about (250 000
and with tbo amount derived from the salo of the
bonds from time to time macadamize the roads. The
county cominbsioners conferred with the senator
and representatives of this county abont tho mat
ter, and as the result of this oonferonce, have about
decided, that instead of creating an indebtedncia
by the Uaulng of bonds, that they would raise a rev
enue yearly for this purpose by taxation. This will
of necessity either lucreaae or prevent a decrease of
taxation for the present. It will take, of course, a
longer time to macadamize the roads under this
{ ►Ian. but the question is, whether It is a wi*er pot
cy to pursue this course or to plunge the county
nto a debt which It will take years to liquidate.
•ntr*
“The system to pretty much that of the general
road laws of the state, with a few exceptions under
local acts for thiscounty. The roads of each mili
tia district in the county are under the charge of
tbreo road commbslontr*. There are twelve mili
tia districts In this county, and consequently thirty-
six road commissioners. The roads are worked ev
ery year at such times as tbe roadcommlndoueni In
emet district determine. Tbe roads now are in
pretty good order, as they generally are in summer,
but no ordinary rood work, be it ever so perfect.
•-— -— up by the travel
the county?”
of their actual marriage they would be deprived.
General Dudley, tbe commissioner of pennons, says
the statement Is false, and declares that uo clerk in
the petition office has any such Informctlon, for no
such information is known to exist, instead of
10JK0 there is not 100 such cases known. 1 be act
lyinforced. Thecoma
doner further says that
i procuring pensions la not
tbe closest scrutiny and
will prevent them from being cut
when the winter rains prevail."
“How many bridges are therein
“Ihavn't time to Investigate ane give you me
exact number now, but there are, large and small,
about twenty-five bridges In this county; some are
new, othersroccnUy repaired, and all In tolerable
Mr. Cooper ismorefamiliar with the affaire of tbe
county than any other man within its borders, hav
ing been Intimately associated with the manage
ment of county business since soon after the war.
He has made a good officer, and what be says will
be read with interest.
A A*»t mt Ynn Foglco.
Norwich, July 28.—The attention of passenger
on the pleasure steamers from New Londoa to
Block Island or Watch Hill is always attracted to
the spir.dle on the reel just outside of the harbor.
Years agoa fish eagle took possession of the bfg froo
cage that surmounts tbe iron spindle rod, and has
cego soberly looking futo the water.
CAPTAIN WEBB’S FOOLISH FEAT.
Nolulux Heard of Him up to a Lite Hoar-III* Wlitm
a«4 Ills Kcoseas for It.
Niagara Falls, July 20.—Up to ten o'clock
fa-night nothing more has been heard as to
ihe fate of Captain Webb. In reply to in
quiries before setting out on his fatal swiiu,
he said he first thought of swimming the
Ykpids Jnst year when Captain Haul Doyton
was talking of doing it However, it was only
lately that he resolved upon attempting it.
Uo came to the fails the first of July and ex-
imined the course, and then mane up his
mind. When the rumor that had been circu
lated that he would go over
iu n rubber ball was referred to,
Ito gave n merry laugh and said the man who
irinde that statement should be put into it
rubber ball himself and sent over the falls.
He said in going down he would be carried
under the water by the current, and if lie
would hold his breath until he came to the
eurfaco again ho would be all right. lie
could easily, ho said, hold his breath under
water for a minute and a half. Ho would
have to fight to keep at tho top. If he could
not do so, he said it would bo all up with
him. When asked II he had fully considered
the matter lie said it was a curious thing and
ho did not bother much about it. He was
going to chance it. It was all luck. He
said he bad made propositions to the rail
road companies to have excursions, but
they would not come to his terms. They
mgbt he was going to commit suicide, and
~ would not encourage it. When asked If
j was anything particular he wished to
have said on his behalf, ho replied the only
thing was that he was not going to make any
thing out of it, but he wanted to show people
he could doit. Speaking of bis weight, he
said he weighed 1(10 and was too fat. Hia
r weight was 175 pounds, but extra
t did not hamper him as bis work wss
not like racing. Extra flesh helped him be-
cau«e it enabled him to resist tbo
►Id. Buffalo, July 25.—Interest in the fate
Captain Webb is unabated. Tho belief is
almost general that he perished in the whirl-
tfool. His manager telegraphed Mrs. . Webb
.day; ‘ L’oor Matt haa not turned up yet.
We hope to find him before morning." Kyle
t Id that possibly Webb waa allvo in aome in-
■ ccetaiblc place. Ucia are aaid to have been
uade that bo is all re. and ono gentleman is
uid (o believe it was n dummy that went
i own tbe rapida, and that Webb will be found
omewhere below the whirlpool. Eye-wit
i esses to the attempt insist that there is no
i round for such talk or for tbe hope that be
(alive.
lilt D1ICOVI11T OV1IIIMDY.
WcPFdto, July2H.—Aspeelaldl.pstch from Lew-
'on saysCaptaln Webb's body was found lu tbo
r.vcr here to day and baa been fully identified
1. r. Frederick Kjio, Webb's a*tnf, hss left for New
York, faking with him tbo captain'! personal pro-
In Juno bfl Wabh vl»ikil Jhc falls and
!losoin«i>eciton.nr tbo rapids and the whl
_ Of
expressed confidoncs in bis
ability to surmount It. "That is the angriest bit of
wa'er In the world," bo said at tbo lima to a repo/,
ter. "The rapids are rough. 1 tell you, and tbe
whirlpool is a grand ono, but
think 1 am ilrong _ enough and
nUtTnc
NEWS OF GEORGIA.
WHXTTHE PSOPLB™AHE SAYING SSL JfUSS
AND DOINO. | scantling, each lime inflicting a terrible gash.
All tb« Laidlo* Grfarr, C«iaittt c i and Otbsr Events
Bow tbe Grope Tbroacnoat tb* But* sttnd-
Telk Abont Politic* and BoilneM-Mow
tore of Otnrnl Xntertet, B o.
one of the young Gentrys got tbe pistol and
placing It almost against tbe breast of Foster
, n ~ ~ ^7* . I fired. Just as the trigger was pulled Foster
Ta i.i,tj la u, July 25.—The store of M. B. I struck tbe pistol, anathe ball posited through
Carter, at Uelton, was burglarized hut night I ['I* vest Instead of bia heart. Ur. G. W.
Watted
burglars left their shoes. They entered the I was not fractured by any of tho severe
store by breaking tbe locka of tho door. It blows.
seems that there is a regular organized gang] Fonnvrii July 20.—Information of aahock-
of burglnrs in the vicinity of Lulaand Belton. | ,D * murder In ‘be upper part of Monroe
CouiUDi's, July 23. 'Tb® governer baa offer-
cd a reward of two hundred dolinra and the | waa wired you. Accurate details have not
county commissioners three hundred dollars | yet been received, as there wore no witnesses
for the murderer of Smith Austin, the negro I u*i C i ep i?Vi 1 ? Interested; but the following
hackman killed last week. No clue as yono
the murderer. | twenty-one years, son of Dr. Jas. F. Wright
Jackson, Julv 2fl.—A homicide was com-1 °* Unionvills, met W. J. N. Ham in the
nrilted at the Indian 8t>ring last week, in I P uWic fwd, near that village, and without
which Wyly Rogers killed Oliver Lyons. The 1 ?. n y tt PPfJS nt Joptlficatjon shot him three
difficulty waa about a negro woman. Hot I killing him instantly. The excite-
words led to blows, when one of tbe negroes I 7 ,e P fc \ a , intense, Mr. Ham was a quiet, or-
picked up a rock with which ho mashed the I deriyclti*en ofgood family and irreproachable
other’s head, death ensuing in a few mo-1 character, where Wright was regarded as a
mentt. Rogers is under arrest. 3fr. Beau-1 and dangerous young man. The causes
champ, our sheriff, went down after him this "““JR lo . t “° •v* ,r JfPPf ap *£.** M follows:
morning. I On Tuesday. Mr. Charles Wright was in
rvtMvana T.iitr on _\v« nm . n ffVa,i n <» I J'orsyth until late trying to sell hTa horse and
for raln'bere. ^Haven’t'md I
tbrougb here^n’inrinaab* l Unland'*corn S ln I lm,f prlce he coul11 not flnd “purchaser, n he
manyplac«h la completely burnt°up. C °8ome I h ° mC ' “ ,S ,hoU 8 h ‘' «°“«what in
damaged aa'bad'ly'as cord. 00 * C ° !, ° n h n0t | ;>blie driving rapidly along a dark road
llABKDVILLI, July 20.—’
vllleaavings bank vi. K. 11
enabler, .till continues before John J. Hunt, I hia“' r own U vehirle U «Sm '“SSS
of Grinin, auditor. Attorney, for prosecu- which Tm , ’
lion are John X. Hall nnd W. R. Taylor; for you {£_.
defense, J. A. Hunt and A. A. Murphey. Tho f?„ r i„ * ' wHt «nrt 1 ju° rnln 8 Mr-
case has consumed a week already, and the or- brother startedmtho ihon in AmnnvfiFewffh
gument has not commenced. Some able »nd SgSJmfor ren-jJL .2 Smi ilr
M tUs “H * Hanh^accompanying"hia'brottor
* SimKaUniHTAre''Jnlv oa n„—i.r« h.vn c »Pc™ on their way to church. As aoon aa
nonXnidHZ,Sift,.™ J' the lw0 buggies met. Cbarlea Wright began a
Jmro In I '1“*'™! with the younger Ham about their
in our town was brokon open, the £ )ll |. loI1 of the nrevloua niehL and aoon drew
I- Kovm fully Jinprev'-"' will* Hie dm.(?e
nil undertaking, but i
broueh alive. The pcnnlu
It widbe.lmplyeoininlttfng
tear the blood Uuffifiig tale.
Vi,il might to bear
“ y ml iti'il fur my bcnUl
win! will ,imbuing arm
Idrt'rti 1 ri!n the rapfrl. JPI J
bl fall lulu tbo river l«t niminer from llio »n»j
I einion brlilac. and when her dead body was M
iiji m the cuilol Ihe r.j.lil-U w»i hcrclinf ill
Ing but a i,11 r of .tucking*" Tho c.ptalHHB
went on In outline hi. plan of geUlng Ihromih tho
illninr, Mur Mwfiloti, N. V., thl,afternoon anti
n vcidict of fun lid ilmwneil we. rendered. During
th-. en.inln.tlun ot the body,, ranged cut wa. dim
covered on the top of tbe head auuiit 3 Inchui In
length, which opened •uIDclenlly to expoM Ihe
tkiill. It had Iliaappoarance of having been InDo-
led by a rock nr oUiur hard rough .utwlance and
It l.«tinponn1tohave been dnnoat the entrance to
Urn whlilpool, whom lock. In place, project above
the.tirfacaof tho water, and when ihecurrent I.
the wlMctt. The wound b oon.ldered .ufflclont of
ItKlf to h.veuiiHel death,and H I. thought that
he .ink Immediately after receiving It. The body
wm placed In a cnflin and removed lo guepenilon
bridge, New York, where It will be prepared for
nlitp itcni to Itostou, Uuuchuiott., whore Mno
Webb It nodding.
A CANDID OPINION
.round
tub. Late In
a Norwich
Nagle’s nut
looking for
— drrin,
at the
fop. if*
Wblik Ar.otl tS. I.dlaa.lf.. .f O.I...I dark
tlrawa.
WAsnixoTON, July 27.—“They are tbe
tl—lie scoundrel. I Imve met sfneo my ail
vent intootiice," won tbo llerce answer made
by Secretary Gresham lo an appeal from Col
onel Jack lirown for a due recognition of
southern republicans. Colonel Brown stood
dared for a moment, not fully realising tbo
import of tbe secretary's worda. "Yea,"
shrieked tbe secretary again, “they aro a lot
of d—<1 scoundrels." There was no mistaking
the meaning this time, for there was
ire in the secretary’s eye and pallor
on bia face whiclt allowed that the Indianian's
nature was thoroughly aroused. Colonel
Grown, wbo was representing tbe interest of
a valued client, slowly removed tbo "quid"
from Ids mouth, and preparing to expostu
late. wes directed toward the door. Picking
up his cane, and pulling bia bat down over
bis eyes he strode out an tbe sidewalk, mut
tering curses against tbe presidential aspirant
from Indiana. As soon as he reached his
room, and mopped the perspiration off bia
brow, lie threw the following sentiments into
a .licet of paper, and enclosed it to Secretary
Gresham:
aaowx’i aiuc.
‘Sir: Since your remark of yesterday that
'southern republicans were tbe d—dost set of
scoundrels who hvl come in my (your) way,
sinre your afvent into yonr preaent pi aition,'
« lf-r«pect will prevent my calling in person.
You are certainly a type of tbe banian species
from whence tbe sobriquet of 'Hoosier' baa
btsu given to Indianlans, for in all my travels
on tbia continent and that of Knrope I base
seen no man wbo could boast of fewer accom
plishments in civility and politeness than
rouneir. Grant made a great mistake in har-
ng you appointed postmaster geueral,
for all men of aenae with whom you
have come in contact agree that you are sans
common sense, satis law tnd tana decency.
Wbat a pity for this nation that Arthur (as
waa hia intention) dil not appoint Longstreet
or McLaws, of Georgia, either one of whom
has Integrity and force of character that you
nor none of your Indiana confreres can boast
of. • • • An innate respect for lunatics,
idiots and dudes prevented me from slapping
your jaws yesterday when you expressed tbe
noosir and contemptible ideaIhalall southern
republicans were scoundrels. Had Uraut or
any other man for whom I entertain respect
manifested tbe same spirit, I should bare
downed bim on tbc spot."
Klil.4 S, . ll.n. Mw
I'lsnun, July us —A farmer named i’billp
Oaratr waa murdered at Emsx Village, a .mail
town near Marion. last nlfbt. Uorner became In
volved in a dieputn over n none trad, wins WInget
ilnrrimna, n femoue bonemsn. Tb.lwomeuetmn
to blows, and during tba quarrel ilarelaaa ealx.d
a large hickory club and Mat Uonur’e brains out
Ills nnmUant escaped.
Tbe excitement continued outside nnd somo
buggy and getting l
endeavored to act as peace-
thief entering at a window and .
missing. Another store waa tried,
thbught Jbey w^ron off. e But |
while iirefamfiy y was on‘the*front’poroh.'ami t °Wrigb" P turald U bU
stole fifty dollars from iter and a l£x of jew- “id., .ml nZ ihtt
tb2 r ’tSef‘ bP ' rh * P ' $IU0, N ° ClU ° “ y t 10 shuts! Clint pMlng tbreugh bf, b7t“
USSfSnS'Usf^ SZS&
h ?y„ Si a&SKS? mortal wound. Wright then sprang from h&
In J22SSJ?-bh^th^Gw bu «O r “ d fl,d ' Hta younger brother Wll
ml'ESS' 1l»m Wright, ran back up the road and met
I at a short distance Mr. Livi Alexander and
Th. mbUs *hhli^mf O whUiu* 0 ^d° m^mi tol< * hlm ’ jl * •’■other bad killed a man, and
/mnnrelrnstuin«1 nml «Wi I COntilMed ills flight. UpOIl Mp. AlfiXJUuWs
K fmm 7h. b hln nrrlvaI 1,8 found Mr. Ham dead. With Ui«
crowd were finally ejected from the ball. | „, (I o( Mr Capera Ham „ 1B Wy w „ removed
to tbe residence of Mrs. Thornton, near tho
one fired
Fft}iretii
ful WOUm
td n pistol, tb? ball striking policeman
back In (lie stomach, inflicting a paltt-
iml. Several parties will be arreeted.
Dawson, living at Jonesvllle, near tho
jah river, in Beaufort county, commit- „ „„ ...
licidq on Sunday night by drinking | IV „ tL>( i an j j 8 mpposed to bo making bis way
mm. Be waa forty-h vo years old and I wc , ' • 1
Uotl. men are of good families, nml no
Scene of the tragedy.
Messrs. William Wright and Capers Ham,
liistrag-
^ Cbaries
murderer, Ims not yet bben i
U. 1". Dawson, living at jonesviito, near mo i ... „„i,, .vc.witm.vws
Savannah river, in Beaufort county commit- WrUbL the murft ’ ^ '
trd hiiicid'* «•»Kiy <Mnk(n»l uie xuunw
laffriaonm
leaves a wl
In business Is said to be tbe causo. I cause prerfons toVhe'’abocking evant herein
CgbAnTowir, July 23.—Lato on Satudev | detailed is known to exist which would Jue-
evening, within some four hundred yards of I,i.. .. , rnhl.hlnnded afTalr
ids dwelling bouse.situated four miles north- 11,1,1 “* U,1 U8 cold-blooded airair.
west of this place, Dick Ralchford, colored, re- , Caliioun, July 20.—An accident occurred
ceived two gunshot wounds, which produced bero about seven o’clock yeitenay which
bis death on yesterday. I am informed Hint j came near proving fatal to Mr. Milton Fain,
previous lo his death, Itatchford slated to bis «f our dlellngulshed towpaman, Judge J
phvalclan and others, that George Kirk, C.Fain. He (Milton) was driving a pair of
wliite. was tho person who shot him. Kirk match horses, hitched to a back, anil from
wo* arrested early yesterday morning at iris I “Oto*? supposed to be the breaking of
home in the neighborhood of the crime, sum* part of the harness, the borers became
brought here and placed in Jail. Itwna known frlg ilened and ran away, turning over tire
for sometime past Hint bad feelings existed hack and throwing young Sir. Fain violently
between tho parties. against a plank fence. Fartles who were near
Tau.ui.aii, July 28.—The residence of O. by and wilnesicd tiro sad afTalr say that he
W. Anbury, at Lula, was burglarised on Hat- seemed to hive been thrown llftccn feet high
unlay night. A fine Smith £ Wesson pistol land came down headforemost, striking the
ami a line suit of clothing was eloleu. The bottom plank of tbo fence on the upper edge
thief started olT with the silverware, but with hia head. He waa picked up and carried
tvlien fin found Mrs. Asbury’a initials on it home bleeding and insensible, and Drought
left it on a bed. I to be in a dying condition, but is reported to
CifATTANoooA, July 23.—The second mur- b»ve given somo evidences of consciousness
der in this city within a week occurred this during last night tnd to be lietler this ntorn-
evoning. A quarrel aroto between Jno. Al-1 lug. Mr. lain haa been attending hmory
Ion and Roland Hnrlnn. Harlan threatened college and came home tpspend vacation. Ho
lo spit In hia face. Michael Butler came in » young man of exceeding popularity, high
and tried lo tako Harlad away, but that seem- moral character and lino Intellect, and but
ed to further enrago JIarlan, who made a for the occurrence of yesterday hia future was
dash at Allen. Allen quickly drew his bright. It Is hoped that he may survive, but
pistol and fired. Harlan seised bis recovery is regarded aa bolng extremely
liutlorand pushed him between himself und j uncertain and doubtful.
Allen. Tlie second allot from Alien's pistol Hinii Falls, July 27.—'The coroner’s Jury
struck Butler in tho left breast. Two other I Investigating tho killing of W. J. N. Hain.
shots took efltct on Harlan, one in his head tendered the following: We. tho jury, find
and tho other In his arm. When Butler l-tbat the deceased caiuu to Ills death from a
found ho was shot lio Jerked away from liar-1 pistol shotiu the hands of Chan. Wright, and
Ian, passed out through a back door and fell It l H tho oiiinion ol the Jury that tho act war
dead in tho yard, I murder. J. O. l’hinaxeo. foreman; G. O.
Roux, July 23.—Tbia afternoon John Fos-1 Wynn, Jno. If. Darden, F. A. Ethridge, J.
r, son of Representative Faster, and a I M. Riddle. D. A. Gunn,
merchant at Thomas's mill, twelvo milea I Macox, July 27.—No death has been more
from Rome, got into a fight with three men, I regretted In Macon in a long tlmo than that
and one of them named Gentry, shot Foster „f Mrs. I. G. Plant whiclt occurred last Tuca-
in the head. After shooting him they I Jay. She was greatly beloved nml among tlie
rushed upon llio wounded man anil were I poor her name waa the synonym of all that
beating him, but Foster got out of their was kind and ayropathetlc. Her lovely
clutches and shot at them twice as they ran I character and her beautiful life will long be
awny. It la not known whether the ball pene- cherished by tlioee who knew her. She waa
trated the akull or made merely a scalp I the mother of Mrs. M. do OralTonricd, of At-
wound. Dr. O. W. Holinea iiaa gone out lo I tents, of Mrs. A. L. Schofield and Jfr. George
attend him. The cause of the difficulty is not | Plant of this city.
Tv.ot.ti_ . I Ghattawoooa, July 27.—A special from
,uio I» wu nils’ IU. Tort s.m Vii wFi^ I Huntsville, Alabama, states John O. Lindsey,
KMlffiESL who, in Jsnuary. 1878, shot and kilted Goi-
?Ji u JfJh*. TT,L m «.n onel K*n«t«* C- Meade, at Gurleysville, and
m~L ‘hen Bed to Texas, has been captured and
I •“OOk'tt to Hunuvllle to-day, in custody ot
Sherfir Douglass, of Sbeiman, Texss. The
warrant against the man for using °PP ro * I prisoner's friends claim that Lindsey killed
. nc.A L7l”. SutTim Lionel Meade in self-defense and fledhecatua
U>*ashvHla!.' d W^ie"the"hod^mesomedte^ ‘AaJSEtelV’diSu
lance. Hprewell told Turk that if he wouW Idndwy will t» tried at August term, circuit
psy iiimi’iO he could go free. The Turk | ,, , , , , , ,
sgreed to this anil pulled out a roll of money | Columsi s, July 24.—The funeral of Jndge
and paid the sum. Hprewell seeing that the Crswford look place at nine o’clock thlsmorn-
rasn had more money, carried him a short l°K f r " D > ‘he First liaptlst church, and was
distance further Into i thickly wooded spot bv an Immense concourse of peo-
end stepping behind the Ignorant man, shot | P ,e ; T ji e , *{f 1 we f°, < * ,D ' Iu8l ed
him tifeefn tbe bend with a platoi. The W‘ h f J -“• ^“P?* 11 . •*by Rev.
man fell to tbe ground, and Hprewell suppo- W- A. Carier. The following gentlemen
ling him dead, robbed him of *100. It trails acted a* ptll-betrere: Hon. lorter Ingrain,
pired that both the abote made only acslp | /,°bn Pagbody, Colonel M. H. Blsmiford,
wounds and when the man regained con-1 Vf’* , 2P el .•*• 4; Tl’Jri’tou. Dr. N. J. liussey,, A.
sciouinesa, he found Ids way "reck to hi, I H- Kpping. Sr., Colonel W. A. Iic.Iell and J.
wife end beer, where he reported tbe outrage. | A. Krater. AMOciate Justice Hauiuel Hall,
At last accounts Hprewell bad not been ar- Ju<I * 8j .- T / Wliite and the Columbus bar at-
I tend'd > n body.
lloux, July 24.—Not until this morning CAKrxaavitlx. July 27.—Yeelcrday evening
could particulars of the fight between John I f, wn *? ar S r * n .7 t! Dce J ontam-
Foster, son of W. O. Foster, and three men b ,8 f, u '‘b® hospitable residence of Major Ohio,
named Gentry lie obtained. The difficulty | H.Hniltb. Atnineandahalfo clock thogucste
occurred on the farm of Hon. W. O. Foster, I repaired V »}>« beaaiifal lawn, where a lame
and was brought about In this way: Old
man Gentry and bis two grown sons are ten
ants on tbe Foster place and were baring
their wheat threshed yesterday. John Foster
sent hi* little brother into tbe Held to tell
C oung Gentry to haul up the rent wheat. This
e refused to do, at the same time cursing
and abusing young Foster. John Foster
uniped on his none, rode down to Gentry’s
■onse and asked yoang Gentry why be had
cursed and abused hi* brother. Gentry re
died that it was none of bis d—n business-
''rom Ibis a queirel ensued between Foster
and the three Gentrys, old man Gentry
first making fur Foster with a
chair. Foster seeing this drew hie pistol,
platform had been erected for dancing, and
tor two honre "tripped tbe light fantastic
toe," after which the guests were all invited
to partake of an elegant lunch. The dancing
and roving around the lawn was kept up until
nearly three o’clock in the morning. The
charming daughters of the genial major,
Misses .Marian and Stella, mane all present
have a "jolly good timo."
jAsrsa, July 24.—Tbe wheat crop in thi
section was not more than half a crop. Spring
oats A full crop. Tbe com crop now looks
gloomy, weather very hot und dry. If it dixs
not rain soon upland corn crops will be a fail
ure. Some prospect at this time of rain, hope
it will came soon.