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fay**t*viujs oa . LBOnggs R WEEKLY TUTION. VOLUME XVI. TUESDAY MOENJQTG, SEPTEMBER 4, 1883. PRICE 5 CENTS DURING THE WEEK, WHAT THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY AND COUNTRY ARE DOING. A Burglar Kill* d-D#Urey«<* by • H*«l*t9ra-T&* Tex** Cat 1* I\. vtr-Anc tRer Eurttqu«k»-»utf den DfAtb ef tlx Cbtldr«n-Couon Worms in LratiMna-rne Crop*. TuMdsyt Aajni«tt8. The report theta band of Texas cowboys had or* ganized for the purpose of capturing President Ar thur and party at Yellowstone park turned out to be only a report. Henry and Sarah Hacitel,worthy Germans who lire nrar Savannah, were found hor ribly butchered in their honse early Sunday morn tag, and tho indications were that the place had been robbed. Pour persona were drowned at Ogun d|uit beach. Maine, while bathing. The queen of Madagascar la dead. A. A. Atherton, county treas urer of Roscommon county, Michigan, defaulted to the amount of fl8,Ov.0. An American syndicate purchased the Bel del Monte company's mine in Mexico for 01000,0 0. In a railroad collision on the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and 8L Louis railroad ouo of the engineer and four postal clerks were severily Injured. About 3o.000.0o0 feet of lumber and a rtv mill, valued at half a million dollars,were des roy- cd by fire at Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Frank Eastwood was shot and killed by Dave Jones In Murfreesboro, Tenn. Mrs. Josephene Bcchere, of Buffalo, N.Y., was arrested while attempting to procure poison with which to kill her husband. Peter Frazier attempted to kill Isaao Brown and his wife, an old couple in Port Jervis, N. Y.; bo as saulted them with a hatchet, and their recovery is doubtful. He was arrested. in the cmr. A convention of colored people was held for the purpose of electing delegates to a national conven. tlon which will be held in Louisville oa Septcm* ber 24th. The pavement lajers aro working on Calhoun and Butler streets. The negro woman who was bitten by a cat last week is about well. A thief stole a fine gold watch from Mr. Irwin Had son. There are sixty-nine prisoners confined in Fulton county Jail, seven of whom are murderers. Wc4it«4ari AaemattO* Almost the entire tobacco crop of Rock county. Illinois, was destroyed by a hailstorm, the loss being estimated at 2100,000. In a difficulty at Tren ton, Dade county, Georgia, a man named Sit ton was seriously stabbed by Sells. A fire in Laredo, Texas, destroyed 010,000 worth of property and one In San Antonio, Texas, destroyed 0250.000 worth. Louis Phillips and Jacob Rosenbrooks were both killed in a duel near London City, Illinois. Large bands of peasauts armed with guns and axes en tered Rallaloevoe and plundered thirteen Jewish shops. The crops of Russia are generally good. The eruption of the volcano on the island of Kranoton continues. Several lives were lost in a steamboat cxploriou at New York. Jnines Gould man, lately a member of the Lynchburg, Virginia, fire depart ment, was arrested on a charge of setting fire to tho Norvell honse In that city. W. L. Hendloy shot and Instantly killed J D. McIntyre near IlawkluBYille Ga. Spencer Coleman, colored, was killed by the bursting o. a grindstone in Richmond, Va. Nearly one thousand confederate and union soldiers held a grand reunion at Jefferson City, Mo. ik the air. Bob Mays, a small negro boy, was kicked by a mnlo and seriously in Jared. Patty Sandfordwas arrested on a warrant charging her with larceny. While Policemen Grcon and Abbott were taking a negro to the statlonhouso whom they bad caught - - irenlerialnra^ftorerttw negwrTfjmctedaflpHIB wounds on Officer Green with a knifo and then ran, the officers following him,and as the negro attempt ed to Jump a fence Officer Graen shot him through the head, killing him instantly. 1 haradaj, Augual SO. Tho Freethinkers' convention, numbering eight hundred, convened in Rochester, New York. Thore were one hundred and twenty one deaths from chol era In Egypt. Property to tho value of one hun dred and forty thousand dollars was destroyed by fire in San Antonio, Texas. The antl-Msgyar riots at Seagoriaff were quelled. The towns of Anger, Lylrlngluo and Tuokbelong in Bstavla were de stroyed by volcanic eruptions. Walter Tracy, a well-to-do young farmer of Macon county, Mlraouri, was shot and killed by George Stewart In St. Louis Tracy had ruined Stewart's sister. Mr. James F. Knight, of Cheatham county, North Carolina, lost all six of bis children in quick succession: three died of diphtheria, two died from the bite of a rat tlesnake and a pot of boiling so^p fell frum the fire and scalded iho baby. Tne cotton worms hare nude their appearance in Louisiana. The first bale of n*w cotton from North Carolina was received in Norfolk, Va. IK THE CITY. Mr. M. E. Duffy, ayoung man about twenty-three years old, accidentally killed himself while out homing. Mrs. Mary Ashley was sent to tho insane asylum at Milledgeville. Governor McDaniel of* fered a reward of 6230 for the arrest of the murder- cm of the German family near Savannah, aad $2U0 lor the arrest of the murderer of Mr. J. M. T. Petty, the Greensboro saloon keeper. Friday, Aunt 81. A strong shock of earthquake was felt at Gua- quill. Charles T. Hcnsman, postmaster at Marks- ville. Louisiana, embezzled 11600 of government funds and has been arrested. A sixty thousand dollar cotton factory Is being built at Oakland, Cali fornia. A. Martin, lumber mill owner of New Orleans, failed. Thirty persons were severely in jured on the Philadelphia and Atlantic city rail road by the train jumping the twk and turning upside down. John Hoxsle was shot and killed by William f estard in Brenbam, Texas; the cause of the difficulty Is not known. Mr. John Zmarls (Major vile) and Mlsa Marla Nall, the former being thirty yeaas old and forty-two inches high and the latter thirty-three jests old and thirty-one inches high, were married in Louisville, Kentucky. The grand jury in New Orleans suggests that a crema tory beeatablbbid in that city aa a sanitary meas ure. £dwa»d J Joalyn shot and killed Eva Buck ingham and then killed him elfin Elgin, Illinois. IK THE CITY. Mr, Turner, of the pet.ltentUry department, pa ed through the city with two prisoners from Hall county, ou bis way to the chaingang. Several Al lan tians left for the Louisville exposition. Officer Green, who was knifed by the negro burglar he killed, coutlnues to improve. A new Episcopal church will be built on North avenue. Jim Glover, who wa* cut by Lawson Wright on Monday last, is in a critical con a Mon. laliriar, 8«plt«k«r 1. The Texas cattle fever has broken out In Detroit, Mich. The deaths from cholera In Egypt numbered three hundred and thirty-six. M. Jules Ferry, French pilots minister, said that Count de Cham- b »rd’a death bad in no wise disturbed the govern ment of France. The opinion of the Chinese lega tion In Berlin is that the treaty between France and Annam is invalid, as China has not recognised the king of Annam. There were one hundred and Eighty six business failures throughout the United State* and Canada during the past week. Thegen- eralaa-embly of the Knights of La tor of the United States will begin a session cf several days in Cin cinnati, commencing rtepember 4ih. For the past twelve months the buriuesz of Charleston. 8. C., hex amounted to fT5.000.000. The 40uth anniversary of the visit of Martin Luther was celebrated in Erfurt, Germany. Farther particulars of the great voi* eruption in Java show that 175.000 people lost their Uvee. Dr. Joeeph Williams, of Boston, was arrested for assaulting a twelve year old girt The Mardllnechemical works of Blackrock, Conn.,were destroyed by fire. jk Tin err v. The fruit stands are well supplied with all kinds of fruit The reridencerf Mr. Charles Howard on Ivy street was burglarised Summer v^ltors ere returning. Dr. Thomas R. Raines, physician to the state penitentiary, died aftsr a brief illness. Two cases for divorce were filed in tho superior court The negroes are talking of oolo .isatlon schemes. Mr. John Miller, of Stone Mountain, has a water melon that whl weigh nearly one hundred pouuds. Bandar, Srptrnbtr 8. Many lives were lost and much shipping was damaged along the north Atlantic coast by the recent storms. It is estimated that the decrease of the publlo debt for the mouth of August will be about six million dollars. In Texas fifteen hun dred acre*of Colonel ford's pasture, together wlih 015,0T0 worth of hay ap'd half a mile of fence, were destroyed by an iucendUry lire. Tbad C. Sturgis was appointed posM^ftEr It OolUmbus, Ga., vioe J. W. Arnold suspended. Business houses to tho value of 010,000 were destroyed by fire lu Colorado, Texas. Zu lulaud is In a sta*o of anarchy and Ceto- wayo has asked for British protection. There were twenty-niue deaths from yellow fever in Havana during the past week. "Bloody wine," a fatal dls- case.has broken oat among the cattle in Ne*burgh, N. Y. There have been 27,3 8 deaths from cholera in Egypt in the Jast three months. IK THE CITY. The book stores did a thriving trade in school books. Several negroes engaged in a row on Fort street and but for tho timely arrjpal of the police some of them would have been seriously hurt. Jas per Hayes n grocery store ou Markh «m street was entered by burglars and several articles weres'olen, Officer Noman was badly cut by a negro woman named Mag Plnkard whom he bad arrested. Nor for Randall. THE RESULT OF TRUCK. THE FACTS FROM. • H W FIELD AND THE MARKET. TCa Georgia H Ion Crop Baton* li'd-TU# Pr!o«a or Uvlpni lo Market-TSo Pr ft a and R ctlpt of Farm ng-Opintrg If w stark-1>— Tbs Outlook for Zf.xi Tear. Iaip*Mlble far Randall to Brcure the Bpaakcrsfcts-The v ^OSIo C’aavass. Washington, September 1.—Frank Hurd, of Ohio, who is to be couuted as one of the most vig orous opponents : of Mr. Randall In the west, said re cently to a friend that it would be utterly Impossl - ble for Randall to get the caucus nomination for speaker, and that there was no question In bis mind that Carlisle, whom he (Hurd) most heartily favor ed, would secure the honor. Among the reasons assigned by Mr. Hurd for this belief was the fact that there will be more western democrats In favor of a revenue tariff in the next democratic caucus than there ever have been before; that some forty- five votes of this character cau bo confidently re lied upon against Randall; that tho Utter U much strong in tho south than he has been assumed to be: aud that tho vote of New York, when it shall become apparent that ueither Mr. Cox nor Mr. Dorshtlmer can be elected, will most certainly not be cast for Randall, and probably will be cast for Carlisle. sir. Hurd will Jeavo to take part in the Ohio cau- vass about September 10. He is not os enthusias tic on tho subject ef Hoadly's election as ho Is to the probable success of Mr. Carlisle, but he will make an earnest fight for Hoadly, and says that he does not bellevo tlmt with auy manipulation it will be po»sible for the republicans to draw off any democratic votes. Mr. Hoadly's grea est danger, in Mr. llutd'a opinion, is in dlsafiVction on the part of the old Jluo democrats. The Germans, through fear of a problhi toii amendment, will most generally vote for the democratic ticket, aud from ibis source the republicans, he believes, may expect greaMoasps. TAMj’KltTKfi WITH STAMPED CIGAR BOXES. WAtiinniTojt, September 1.—Tiro treasury depart- York, are being induced toso fix stamps *nd fwtUlou vabola to their boxes that they can bo readily re move* an I to brand the boxes so slight! v that a little crapliis will efface all slgos. The object of this is to effect the sale of cigars at a price beyond the market value by placing Havana labels on the boxes. Revenue Agent Brooks, of New York, re ports the arrest of a Cuban for such p>actlccs, and it is tho intention of the revenue offlcUls to arose- cute all manufacturers who do not properly stamp their boxes. SCKIOVS CHABGX9 AGAINST MB NEWCOMB, Washington, September 1.—Tho Critlo pub lishes an interview to-day with Colonel James Cunningham, In which be charges that Postoffice Inspector Newcomb, of New York, has been in league with British detectives to break up Irish organizations In this country. lie says that N<>a comb's part wastoelther employ Engll-h detectives or give them carte blanche to examine whatever letters they nealred. and it Is supposed they purloined such as they saw fit and duly transmitted mem to Londou. An Eng Ush detective named O'Hrleu has been continually with Newcomb and bad bis entire confidence, so much so that he always had access to the mall at that office. A FANATIC AT THE WHITE HOUfK. Washington. September 1.—O. P. Keller, of New York, called at the white house to day and de manded an interview with the presbfent. lie was importunate, and said be must see the president at oiice. IP lug told that the latter was absent, he It ft with the doorkeeper a bundle of pamphlet* on the "Advantages of Bible Study," which he said, ho wished to given to the president the m imeut he re'urued, “lu order," he added, "that tne country The Georgia truck wesson Is over. The last melon bss gone forward Let us see what has been douc. and what needs to be done. For convenience sake, let us discuss the xnclou crop snd Its suggestions, before we touch the gen cral subj- ct. THE OEOKOIA MELON CROP 6U MM A BIZ ED. In a letter written from IhomssviUe on April 30ih, we estimated the Georgia melon crop at 0 000 car-loads. The figures aro at hand with which to jadgft theaccuracy of this estimate. The Western ami Atlantic railroad has carried the west 2,500 car loads of molons Of tl*!s amount there came from Caroliua502 car-loads. This leaves the net Ueotgla shipments to tho west via this rood 2 000 car-loads against 500 car-loads last year. There went west by the Montgomery route,Louis ville and Nash* file,650 carloads, from which must be deducted 78 carloads of Florida melons and 47 car loads of Alabama melons, leaving the Georgia ship ments 82 > carloads. * The shipments by steamer from Savannah were 788 000 Georgia melons. To this must be added 140 carloads which went by rail from Savannah, or es timating the cars at],200 melons each, say 1,000,000 melons from Savannah by rail and steamer. By other routes, es from Montgomery towards New Orleans, from Augusta to Charleston and Columbia, and along the coast, and via the Air lino from Atlanta to Charlotte and Richmond and Washington, there went, by the estimate of tho of ficers ol there roads, 226 cars. There was consumed in Atlanta 210 cars during the sets m Taking this a.- 0 basis, we should say that Mason consumed 100 earn, Havamiah 160, Augusta 100, maklLg 500 can* iu the five cities. The other towns, and cities of Georgia, Columbus, Athens, Rome, Grlffiu, Amerlcus, Albany, Gaines villa, La Grange, Madlsro and ell the rest. (;G can went to Anniston, Ala., alone), probably took 410 oars, which would raise the total melon consump tion in Georgia to 1,000 cars. The number of melons fed to hogs, made into syrup, consumed on the farms, destroyed for tho set d, or left on the vines, Mr. Sams, of the Louis ville end Nashville road, who is the best Judge of the matter perhaps, estimates at 25 per cent of the crop or at the inside figtht-J, 1.000,000 melons. Torecapltulate—end »n therocapilulitlon wo al low 1.200 melons to tb**"*r—wo have the fo.lowing: By W. & A B. IL. 2,5* PArz, or...„4.000 000 melons By L. «& N. K B , 6503 of ; 0 r....™ 780 IO0 " From Savannah, by r thfiud st'r... M | uuu.OUO By o her rosds, 250 c 0 def 800.000 Consumed iu ua. tu-..-~* id cities. 1.000 can, or l.ttft.000 Uudou plantations 1,0(0, 00 noji: — Total .»S*. 7 880 000 Deduct 500 cars caroli) n uelous... M r 00,000 880 000 molons reunion, 111 mum, might be saved to Chrht." ABRUPTLY a W % KSNBD. Aa Advsatara af the Qarea'a Yuugrat Uaasbtar la La llella Franc* Pari*, September 1 —As the Princrsa Beatrice was returning, the other day, from Aix lea Baines an episode occurred, the outcome of which was luckily nothing more than a momentary alarm aud incon venience. One of the journals of the wheels of the royal carriage took fire et 3 o'clock in the morning. The train wes immediately stopped, and, the railway officials of Frauco being no respecters persons, the royal travelers were ordered without the slightest ceremony to "dercen- dt* de vulture a 1'lnntanu" Th« prior*-** was sound a leep and ih>* guard, after no little difficulty, wuke her uo. She implored a few moments' delay on ac count of being “eu toilette de uult" Her royal bighnes* soon stepped out on the platform envcl oped In a a arm tartan cloak. After twenty miu utrs’delay lu a vulture kbesrriv.d safely in this city and then was off for the Isle of Wight and Sal- meiaL The Calaaibua r«alulflce. Special to The Constitution. Columbus, September 1.—A negro named Albert Thompson was arrest* d this evening under suspi cion of being the party who set fire to the trestle of the Columbus and Rome railroad. He will hare a preliminary hearing on Monday. rosTorncs ciianobs. The rumored change la postmasters at this place is hardly believed to nave auy f •utidatlou. in fact, it U said that Tbad Sturgis, a delivery clerk, baa been appointed In the place of Puatmaster Aruold The po*unaster kno ■ uoiblng of any change Tne allowance for clerical force was u>day reduced from three to two tbou-and dollars, which earned the di-charge of Mr. Ueo. Hunkerford. who has for a long time bad charge of the mouey n der depart ment. The force has never been sufficient to do the work of tbeoffice with promptness, aud this re duction will further retard the dispatch of bust* ^^Wasbinotom. September J.—Thrd C. Sturgis has been appoluud p<»ta«aierat Columbus, Oa., vioe J. W. Arnold, auspeud^d. DEAD. Mrs. Margaret P. Wooten, mother of M. C. Wooten of this city, died yesterday at th» residence of Ur. A. E. Ragland, near Hatch-chuff**, Ala. She was about 83 years of age, and fell from a window last Saturday night, tne shock of which caused her death. » Mary AeBeroaa ta L«a4«a. London, September 1.—Mary Andereen made a a moat successful debut in the Lyceum theater to night in lognmar. The house was crowded, many Am ricaos being present Mbs Andereoo met wl-h a reception of the warmest kind, and the favorab'e impress! n which she produced ou Uw public deepened with each act j4ng h*d many recalls. AsotbsrDay Wllkaat Pensacola. September 1.—Another day has past ed without any sickness. The dispatch from Wash ington representing Senator Cell aa asking aid for the destitute at Pensacola is unwarranted. And we havo the total Georgia crop 6 490,003 I Of this total of 6.5*10,000 melons (to uso round numbers) 5,600,000 were marketed aud 1,000,000 (by Mr. Sams's estimate) consumed or wasted on the plantations. Of the melons marketed, 1,200,000 were consumed iu the towns gnd cities of Georgia, 1,000, 000 went cast and com war J.and ov*r J.ooo.ooo w<*u lolue west ana were scattered from* ChAtancogii to Milwaukee and from Buffalo to Denver, finding more than 500 markets. 9 the mice or melons in mabebt. * | There Js no way by which we can get a close esti mate of the price at which these melons were sold,[ In goneral terms those sold in tho Georgia markets J paid best, the freights being lower. The eastern | markets were better than the western. I Messrs. A. McD. Wilson furnish us a detailed comparison of their salea for this year and last; | 1C2 0 40 m From the above, which may be accepted aa an average of the Georgia market, it will bo seen that 162 cars netted (freight and ten per cent commission off} 070.19 a car, against 70 etre, whlcn netted 686.07 last year. The estimated cost of cultivating an acre and a half, on which a carload of melons was grown, is f 4. and the cut of gathering and loading 615, or 120 total coat. This leaves 041 as the average net profit on an acre and a half of melons marketed inside tho state lines - provided Mr. Wilson's aver age may b taken as the average of Georgia sales Mr. Wilson had two cars last year that did not pay freight aud four can this year. The first shipload of melons to the east brought from 0350 to 050) a thousand, but the price fell after ths first two weeks to from 6180 to 0300. About five times as many met >us were seat can from Georgia lu 1883 as were rent in 1882. In the west tho market was late In opening because of the unusually cold weather. The highest price reached in the west was 0165 a car, but this pitch was not maintained. Toe price for two or three weeks ranged between •ICO and 6300 a car, the freights averaging 0 0 to f 100 a car. There was then a further fell to from fllO to 0225 a car, in which range prices moved for perhaps ten daya. Then came the glut and prices dropped to from |70101160 a car. Afisr this the heavy ship ments ceased and price* rail ltd to 6185 o 0.50, which range was held until last week, when the Georgia shipments c ased and the Iudiafia end Maryland melons took the western market. A great deal has been aatd about the number of cars that failed to pay freight Mr. W. F. Hams,who has the flguree at band for bis statement, says that out of 4,000 care shipped, there were about 400 that failed to pay freight Thecontents of these cars were ■old by the railroad company, which pocketed the lore. The loos, be says was very small—very few cars falling to bring as much aa 75 per cent of the freight charges. In very few cases was any shipper called on to pay frelghton melon*. Iu no c the reads demand that freight be guaranteed. If the ncarket was not bringing freight, the merchant to whom the melons were consigned refused to uke the cars, aud the railroad sold the stuff for what it would bring, the road losing what they lacked cf paying freight. railroads, are being rented for next year for from [ 63 50 tn 18 an sere, choice lend going even higher- j NOW the weather hurts sue melons. The moat unfortunate element of tho present mel on scaron was the reason Itself. The enormous crop was marketed in the worst melon weather ever knowiUto growers. Tho umuuslly late spring so retarded the south Georgia crop that it ripened almost simultaneously with themidd’e Georgia crop, and the bulk of the two crops struck the markets at once. This pro duced the glut and broke prices. In a steady sea son tho south Georgia crop would reach the market from two ’.o ihreo weeks ahead of the middle Geor gia crop, and one would be practically exhausted before the other came on. The late spring also retarded the domand. It takes hit weather to make melons sell. So chilly and cool was the weather that it was the mlddlo 0! July before) there was a g »od demand for melons, when usually the demtnd is at its height on the ith of July,-. The weather, therefore, besides throwing the crop of two sections on the market together, shortened tho seasou nearly two weeks, de.aylug the demand for melon*. INBXPI MENCfcD SHIPPERS AND THE DISTRIBUTION. The nefct most important trouble of the season hrose fwnh tho fact that perhaps seven shippers out of ^ ton were entirely without expe rience. know when to pull a melon, how to pack itandwi )Uto ship and where, is cseentlal to suc cess. Especially Is it dcslrablo that only tho best melons 10 shipped. "Culls" and "necks" not only do not pxy of themselves, but they break the mar ket and i ntdown the price that good melons would olherwis*bring. The wise grower will ship only his good melons and feed the "culls" to his hogs or convert them into syrup. This policy, of course, makes it importan t to produce as many flno melons »2i? #BC 7 M F** 8 * Wo * * nd will lead to tho so land° n Ct * nd 1116 carc * ui Preptnrilon of the To emphasise what we mean, we find illustrations nanuj. hvt-ry old melon-grower mado money tbUieaecc. Everyman who plan ted largely and carefully, and who shipped only the best melons. has a handsome profit to show. Wisenbaker. the t* 18 Brooks, Forrester, McKee fu d othe " tr 5 iWfc »be*d. Wherever there has been care and discretion there has been suooemlgepiU) of the seasons, the glut, or any thing els* What the experienced growers have done this year and last year, the new growers of the preset.! season c*u do next year, OPENING NEW MARKETS. That a total of more thaw 5.030.000 melons (for lh ® fioorgia crop went to market). should havo been sold almost as promptly and at marly ei good prices, aa a crop of ;.600.0CO one year before argues well for the expansion of the mark*"* and the lucrcasc of the demaud. That no more than 400 cars should have fail.d to bring freight charge*. In a bad season, with confessedly lmpcrfoct . distribution and new market*: argues fh*t the supply does nofl materially exceed tho demand. The weat took 760 cars la* l season against 3 20 'cars this ycar.r which at less* 2 000 csra br -ught aa good prices !■ the *60 caw brought last year. With theczp. rlenco of this Tear aa a guide, with tho new markets In which the uulon won introduced for the first time lest year, and with the increased fadllfliiM each year will bring, we believe 4 000 cars^PPP handled w.*tnf Atlanta In I881 at better prices aud less levs th.'ii 3.200 cats were handled In 1883. Of the Western sblimetiU this year, 1,660 cars, or about one half the whole, went to Cincinnati. Of tho Cincinnati shipments fully 75# c*ra went to nnohbU'C--.! Iks, Brown & On-aud that a new hnurc. ThU wsh unfortunate. While Messrs. Jclks Brown & • 0. did their full duty, better than most o*her bon* j could have done, they had more thanl thtyconid . andle. They were unacquainted with tha city dt err. and the outlying cM’H.and had |J fight a pop rful melon ting that used moncy.lt. said, to dcj ess the market. Another season they could bii'xi.e 1 000 caui to better advantage than they ARndhtl 760 this year. M in spire «I the nolle» served on them in Till OtdsTit'-r: n. tho western dealers were not pro- • w-i MamWiMMiwri it THE WQBK or TEE RAILBOADfT^H BLittle fault can be found with the railroads. Ini spite of th* fact that tboy refused lo bellevo fully what the crop would be, they arranged to carry ft forward promptly. There wo* but ono stoppage on the road and that lasted on y a few days, ana lost, I perhaps, 100 ears of melons. This wee censed by ■o simple a matter os the lack of trucks. There was oomn lack of cars to move melons to thd see board, and hardly steamer room to carry them. 1 ] One unwise thing dnno by the Louisville aud I Nashville and Niuhvlllo and Chattanooga roads was the extra charges for extra weight. IffSOwas the charge for a car, this was estimated at 20.000 pounds. Where a car was loadsd so as to weigh more than this, the extra weight was charged for by the hundred pounds. Iln this way from f5to 115 was frequently •addi.ii to the charge on a car. This policy, la inju dicious. THE VEGETABLE PATCHES AND TOKIEOUTCOME.■ ■ ThereMili of the season lu vegetables has been about the same as in melons There has bem a failure, more or lea* general, in Irish potatoes but HEWS OF GEORGIA. WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE SAYINO AND DOINO. tl t>aL*sdlngOtm*s, OosasMrsand Other Events —Bow tba Crops Ta - oughout Uo Country Stand Talk About Polities and Bu* *esa- Xattsrs of Gcaorsl Iatercs’. Rro. Warrenton, Aueunt 30.—Tho killing of the negro Peter Brooruileld by George W. Felts, a* wu reported to The Constitution yester day, haa aroused the greatest excitement in this section. It became the sole topic of con versation. Coroner Spence summoned a jury, which repaired to tho scene of the murder, and the following facta were brought out in r theevidenco: TIIB PROVOCATION. Mrs. pelts was gathering fruit from some trees that grew on land belonging to Mr. Lati mer and rented by Broomfield. Rrootufleld objected to the trees being roughly shaken, saying: "Mr. Latimer holds me responsible for them, and its my meat and bread to see that no harm Is done them." Broomfield did not ray this to Mrs. Felts, but sent It osn meratige by a negro girl who was under her employ. THE KILLING occurred on the 21)th Inst. Mr. Julian Lati mer was superintend log the erection of a dwelling on his land two miles from town. Two negro men, Broom field one of them, were on tho roof at work. Mr. Felts suddenly up- B iared with a shotgun across his shoulder. e asked Mr. Latimer which of the negroes was Peter Broomfield. Immediately Broom field jumped, aud placing Mr. Latimer be tween himself and Mr. Fells, began to plead for mercy. Ho said he didn’t intend to offend Mrs. Felts, and was sorry If h*» had. Mr. Felts then told him: "If you come down and let mo whip you, that will be the end of it If you don't come down I will kill ▼ou.” •Mr. Latimer advised Broomfield to and be whipped, adding, "Ha the the psonrs and Bscsirrs or farming, The truck crop of Georgia has brought Into the state In net reoelpta after freizht and oommiwt'ins have been paid, not leae than 0250.000 in cosh. This l<a surplus, for the crops necweary to produce it have not diminished the cotton or groin crop by one bale. There has gone Into Lowndes county alone 860,- 030 net proce- de of the track patch. It is estlmsud that there ere 1,700 acres In Lowndes devoted to truck this year. This gives about 0 4 en acre, net receipts, the county through. In the wont seafoo we have ever had, and fully half this acreage after it had yielded the track crops was pat in other t, and may be coanted on for belter yield than land which bad not been planted in track. What Lowndes has done every other e unty in that section can do. The tax books show that the three great truck counties bans increased in value th's year as fol lows: Lowndes, 0291,000; Brooks, 9196,000; Thom- ai, 0273.000. Good track lands, on the line of the the cotton crop. I»llurOi raurv ur irw kviicmiii iu iiuu iiuhhuch uui other vegetables have paid well. We published returns early in the season, showing the pre fits of the beat grower* in Lowndes end Brooks, to be In cabbage, from SCO tof 75. per acre; tomato**, ftfito 6100; iMifatoc*. 640 to 160; cucumber*. IH) to fJOO rh** average was below incoe flsures, but with the rame cam exercised in tho rclcctinn of the Imid, •he cultivation of the crop, and picking, and ahlp- plng, the average of every acre given, In vegeta bles, could have been brought to this figure. The great need for the vegetable growers Is a sys- „ m of quick shipments A carload of melons is rushed through on pa>seug^r schedule. A few cutes of tomatoes, thrown into a freight car, may be <1* Uyeri a we* k A train of two or three care should be started from Havannsh on advertised dais and stop at each station for whatever crates or barrels rosy be ready. As soon as tho care are filled they should be hurried on to market by tho fastest schedule If tbe growers were put on no lle** that truck trains would pss<* 'be stations twice a week, or nftener. they would fill four or five cars on each rehedule. In the north and west berry trains ararunihH way on all the roods, and the business * marvel Inuriy. two or three large packing and can ntiig houses are needed to u*e in« surpl«» tomatoes, curumbera, onions, etc, bat Is raised. The sur plus truck, thus t>ut into durable shape, could be sold profitably during the winter in Georgia and the surrounding states. the outlook for next year. The melon acreage In (ivorgl» will tie larger next Tear than Ibis, and the shipments will be larger. There i« no rubbing »bls out. The acreage in all Binds or truck will be larger. Where si me few men will quit the buslnce*. those who have gone Into it earnestly and carefully will add to their aceagr. We may look for la rger crops of truck next year and prepare f<>r It In time ... . The flr-» reform will be made by theerowera them- Helves. They will make ihelr rruck lands rich, so that tbe crops will bs full and prompt and of fine quality, they will ship only the test vegetables Nnd melon*, uri'-g at homo or feeding to stock tho inferior specimens that would demor alize the general market They will pack can foil), neatly and watch the markets closely ,1 aa to ship with discretion. Toe railroads will be ready next year to move the crops without a day's delay. A slight adoi tlon to this year's outfit will give Mum rats enough. But the should do more then Mil* They should reduce thefr felgbt from the patches to Cincinnati or Cnlcogo at least fiO a car. They took In frelyhta on melons alone, 0*> 0U0 this year. They cart sfford lo encourage a new crap that pays such Id Igbisge. The commt«ion merchant* can d-> te*tter than tbt-y have done. By calculating the run of strip- menu they will receive, Mieycn by arranging in advance conn-crio »* In «U the towns tributary to thedUmln which they work L ti . With these precaution* taken, we shell see In another year our already enormous ve stable and melon crop Increased and handled at a profit to growers, road* and merchants We »h 11 see a re- turn of eitb poarln. I Ui oilr nt»t« .1.«M»nn »b«n rub 1. mott nwrd: wo .ball m our Ui.d. rn rl. bed. l it work Urmin, uui InWn.irr tonsil ■; we .tuU mo nurp»^(lr reUaied from tbonporvo.l.m of.our-rmp.fawm *ud• dl.rrafflcd .urtnilture. TOI. wo .boll don. without lb. cmio'.i or ,rali> rmp twIii. dlmlnbbrd bjf ou. ImI* or out iiu.brI For It to iho nwrU nf ibo trai k crop ui.t II Mil. wo.o mono, lo umdi (J, .nrlcbr. ih- lAud,I«ra tba lend in Urn. fur iho >upl« crop, and to o pur* .ur- ptuJL Vild ui. Au«uM 10 —From o ttlk with It Y. Laue. tanker, at ihto plot*, and oorotal promlni.ni imekrra l >m Informed th.l maloo. and oUwr trai k brought .bout.l.tjr ihouwoddoilo'.n.l Into l.iwudn count, thlo wiion Tbe Ant two hun dred oon netted o»or thirty ihouMud dollars Af ter ibu price toll. i. C. Wtoentaker made on. thousand three hundred dollar* «»u seven cere of mrloriuidoTrr .Ubt hundred dollar, on tol.uc. at crop. B. F. Umtamr mode ono Ibouiai d on. hundred doltor. ou twenty .Iz »erea J. A. lutatr made or.f two tbouead throw hundred duller, on hi. mclooa Our torm.re will pUnt.luitncWto u.xlrtftion- CatcrpUton are playing birnc with > go down . . *It« tin best and aboutaU tlmt you can do.” Broom- fielt) then approached Ibo ladder to dcticend, still murmuring lit. apologies. Ur. Felt, wax •landing near the ladder. Aa Qroomflcld bis weight on tbe ladder, Mr. Fella rahod'bli gun and 11 red both barrels, llo aleo drew a pistol anil dlecbargrd two barrels with ellect at thu unlucky negro. Broomfield fell to the ground face upward. Mr. Felt, then deliber ately walked to where ho lay and put Ihreo more pl.tol builds In to Ida left bread. With out a word be turned and walked out of eight. Tho muriter woo committed wlilicool deliber ation. Mr. Latimer begged and did all hb could to prevent it. Tiia vaauiiT. Tbe cnroncr’a jury returned this verdict: “Peter Uroomfleld cametohladeatbby aehot- gun fired by George W. Pelts with malice prefenae, In the peace of the atate, anti con trary to tbe law and dignity nf the aame.” ItltAMATIH PER-OtlAF. Mr. George W. Felta lea member of one of Ibo moit highly adeemed famillea In tbla county. HI. father la one of thocommiaalon ere of road., revenues and bridge, of Warren. Several ye.ra tlnce G. W. F. wa» very tlimlpa led, but after bit marrlago to Uioa Docla Cody lie got to be a either, atcatly benedict, nnd united with the llaptist church, Hla capcrof the 20th wan tbe tudden outburst of long pent up Ore. Ho la about twenty seven yours old and baa two children. He ban not been seen slnco bo walked away from tba accna of tho murder. Peter DroomQeld, Ibo murdered man, left nine children. Hu wan very ]«it:r uml wits burled nt the expense of tju* comity. (Jtlili- n |nit lift if itit i.I.-nt ut-e-irreil til tin- reaitlenco of Mr. Lewi* Fella yesterday after noon. A Methodist minister went out to condole the parents, who are members of the Methodist church. A sensa of delicacy forbade any mention on bis part of tbe murder. He expected they would ro- celve him in tears and would oak for his pas toral sympathies. Ills amazement was great when lie found them in a cherry mood, and no allusion waa made to Georg os mad caper. He discovered that they hadn't yet beard of it, and bis heart failed bim, for bo couldn’r tell them. WIIAT IS SAID APO THOUfillT. Tne particulars of tbo affair threw theen lire town into cold horrors. Mr. Felte but) gone to school hero and was generally known, Not a word lias yet been said In hla t defense, although many'hope that some extenuating circumstances will be developed. Tbe mur der is deplored by everybody. If Fells Is captured he will notgetolTao easy. If be la notcaptured be assumes a sail, miserable Ufa, voluntarily ostracis ing himself from wife, and borne anti friends: lie must Ignoro Ills own name, anu upon bis soul carry tho mark of a murderer, din la its own curse and Its ptinlslirurnt. Who la able to bear? ThomA>Tog, via UArueAVlIle, August 28.— Caoisliomo, the greatest wonder of the ag», was found yesterday by G. W.T. Hannah, M. I), of tbit place, accompanied at the time by uneof hla students, Mr. J. T lticbardaon. It baa since been examined by another very eminent physician, who pronounces It the most wonderful monster of tbit or any oilier age. It la ii monster that appears to be a product of au amalgamation of tba canine and human races, with feature, common to both, having tbe perfect face of a dog, with the exception of tbu nose, which bus on top of It also a small though perfect human nose, and which la located on the upper half of the canlna nose. There la no semblance of a mouth. Tills miraculous freak of nature la tbe result of a prlmiparaa parturient effort. People from all purls of tbe county are Hocking to town lo get a gll inpea of tbla unnatural object. A description of it bis been telegraphed lo Jl.irnum, Imt it it not known whetdlsnoeition will be matin of it by Dr. Hannah, wbo now bus tlwell preserved. Ca Mint's, August 30.—Two negroes, a wo man anil a man, are the parties suspected of politmlng Mre. Usrnwell and ber two grand children. I»C»V1LLE. August 30.—The story goes that away back, nearly a honored years ago, In Jelf-rson county, a lady was bitten and went mad, and was cured sound aud well by tire me of polk root tea. LaxtauTox, August 30.—Tbe Hberbardt letters are creating a little excitement here. No one believi a them to be true. They are oontmlrred lo be the work of oome crank. Our ci'ltens hunt at tba idea of Colonel Matthews being poisoned. UiKHtauiiAH, August 30.—J. H. Williams, _ brakentan on tbe Alabama Orest Southern mid, waa run over and killed today by the engine and cars passing entirely over Ills realy, nt Wheeling station, a short distanc, below here. Ills body was fearfully mutila ted, and be died within five minutes after tbe accident happened. „ . . Nkwman, August 30.—Mr*. Dora Keltb, a wetl known and highly esteemed youug mar ried lady ol this place, died at her home Wetlnesdey evening at eeven o’clock, with dysentery. Hbe leaves many (rieuds In hew- nun to mourn her lose. CBATTuaoooA, August 30.—Yee'erday even ing at ooatb Pittsburg, as tbe curnmon switch train was tusking np a train, brukeman Lynch wu caught between the bumpers and hla right arms to badly crashed that it will un doubtedly have to be amputated. MAure.ua, August 30.—Asad duty it la lo announce tbe deatb lut nigutet one o'clock ol Patrick 8 Ilurory, tbe second son of Hon. P 8. Burney, mayor of Hud Ison. Doubly tad to tbe event became of its surrounding!. Little Patrick wu well-known in our city, and universally esteemed oa a little gentle man of bright mind. He bad been nfilicted somewhat and aympatliy hud poured itself out lu hla behalf. But tho cruel blow fell just forty two days ago. It was then that a poor bound with gtarii g eyes, anti panting breatn, trotting put the pnreh in which our 'title friend eat, stopped nnd attack ed the child. It is not known hoir nor why but tho Insane bruro threw himself upon the boy. end before band could stay, had left tbe borrletl wounds upon the feceof the Innocent victim. Tun news Hew like a wind nnd everything wus done. The dogwas promptly killed and Drs. Hollincs- worth, Godfrey and Bell, of Mndlron, and Dr. P. W. Butler, nf Atlanta, did all that nffec- tlon and science could suggest Dr. John Thao Johnson, well-known in Atlnntn, also lent bis skill and experienee. As the days grow, nnd the bruises and cuts healed, hope sprang Into life anil expectation looked for cure, nnd reuon said the dog was not itind. The heroic fortitude displayed by the little boy during tbe surgical operation wes worthy r* veteran. To run over tbo cup of misfortune, about a week ego, another ac cident befell the unfortunate sufferer, and Dr. T. Preston Gibbs was sent for to eeain use the needle. This lut wound was henling, when two days ago, wild fever nnd restless ness began, and the whole ections of little Patrick alarmed all wbo raw them. Dr. Gibbs again mads an examination and advised the sending for Dr. Johnson, which was done. A fearful aversion for wuter, rigid co-itortioDs and violent spurns were upon the patient. Dr. Johson and Belt sought to relieve and save, but tbe fates bad cried, and with a lMidy racked ami tortured—cose canto at last and the soul of Patrick left bis aching breast. Dr. Johnson pronounced it unmistakable hydrophobia and Dr. Gibbs concurs. Dr. Bell docs not think it positive. It may have been tetanus. Most roe, September 1.—Taylor Bryant, col ored, was jullctl on yesterday afternoon, charged with rape on Mrs. Swords, a widow wblts lady, living near LoganBvIlle. The grand jury returned a true bill against him this morning, nnd he is now on Iriai, although bis counsel Insisted on a motion for a contin uance on tho ground of pulic excitement. The evidence against him Is circumstantial, the crime having been committed by some ono in tbo night, on tho 30tb ult. On account of his inability to employ counsel, the court appointed Messrs. Florence and Felker to de- end bim. Tho grand Jury, which has just adjourned, found two hundred true bills, one hundred and aeventy-ono of which nru for il legal voting, which have been transferred to tho oounny court for trial. Optbalmta is ifllictlng the eyes of tho chil dren In LsQrango and Troup county. A new poatodlce fans been established at Ktnory, Hall county, with Henry C. Hancock postmaster. The name of the postofllce, Van's Valley, Floyd county,'has been changed to Six Mile Station. David B. Sanders has been recommissioned postmaster at that place. Hawklnsvllle Nows: It Is said that every buggy or wagon going into Perry from II.iw- klnsvllle is watched with wistful eyes, and that, if a jug happens to niakoitsnppoarauce, tho sight creates tho biggest kind of a sensa tion. The Perryltcs ore very fond of artesian water. Crawford Nows: Last Tuesday night the 21st, after our Issuo bail hern runoff, wu heard of tho news of tho burning of Dr Jarrell’s kitchen. Workers paved his dwelling by turning over n small house. A negro came very near being burnt in the Baines, being asleep in ppj room of the kitchen. The doc- tor told he h. tost iroly fhfa cost' of tho build ing, stove and a few small cooking vessels. Marietta Journal: Mr. J. H. Capps, of Doug ina county, was tried at this plant on lost Thursday for forgery. It seems that Capps had forged J. O. Camp’s name to,on order on Dobbs <t Warren for two tons of guano, and used tho guano on his own land. Judge Simpson bound Capps over in a $r>00 bond. Crawford Monitor: Itellahlo intelligence roaches us of a strange child that wss born in Morgan county not long since, about seven miles from Madison. It lived to bo three weeks old, Tbo child's body was perfect, but its head resembled that of un elephant. Its nnso projected to tho length of about five inches, llko tbo elephant's snout, having two long teeth almost exactly like the tushes of tho mdnstcr anuuul. Its mouth wus very •mall, too small for It to obtain food enough to sus'uln life and died about two weeks ago. Dalton Cillxen: Prof. K.'G. Mooro, who has been teaching here in the Poobody insti tute ths put four weeks, rout rued in his lmiu« in Atlanta yesterday. He is principal of onu of the grammar schools < ( Atlanta. Hi-has made a profound Impression upon tho teach ers who hive attended this oration oltho Normal Institute. He Is a methodical and pains-inking teacher, and thoroughly pre pared tor Ids work. Dr. Grr could not have selected tt hotter man for the work, and we hopo to have him with us again next year. Calhnnn Time*: On last Monday, while'' Mrs. W. N. N. Curtis was standing up in a wagon, pouring water Into a barrel, tho horse slat led, and throwing her off ber balance, she fell backwards to the ground, fracturing her arm iu two places, ono ehunt two inches be low tne shoulder, and the large bone of the forearm last above tbe wrist, and also dislo cating tbs shoulder, al bow sod wrist. Hr. Reeves was sent for anti dressed tbe arm. Hb says it la tbe worst fracture he has over had to deal with. Mrs Curtis has a young baby about two months old, ami with tie's care upon her bands It makes tbe accident tbe more serious. Tbe Franklin News says that lest week while Pe'.er Whitaker, colored, was driving along in a two mule wagon on the Itock Mills snd Bowdon road near the old Tyry place In Heard county, a large rattlesnake struck at ouo of the mules, snd by tome means, got upon the wagon. Pete was not yearning for his company, so be jumped out, seised a stick trod killed tbe rattler. It was fountl to bo Ditto fret long anil to measure 28H inches in clrcumferance, and had thirty- ulna rattles snd one button. Mr. Whit Her ron, who vouches for tbe above state inent.bas seen the snake's track several times, where it had crossed the road near that place. Tbs skin snd rattle, have been preserved. Dooly Vindicator: A sensation wns created here lost Baiurday over tbo report that a , oung man of Vienna had become tired of Iving sad bad undertaken to pm an , ml to bis existence by tbe use of laudanum end morphine. Tbe facts as reached us from a re liable source are about these: He appeared a little reckless Id tbe morning, employed a clerk to take his place in the store. s<ying that be wanted to have a little lime. Later he called to a friend, handed him twoempty laudanum hollies. He was also seen to take • quantity of morphine shortly after, but tbe bottle was knocked from his bands to prevent bis taking a greater quantity. He wag delib erate and told the friend that be was in trouble aud wanted to die, and went on to tr-ll bim what to do with hi. t If. ere, letter*, eta, a.d gave tbe particular manner in which he withed to bo buried, and so on. Ills friends look cnargo of bim as soon as it was found out what be was np to and prevented 5 fatal result. He seems to have pretty nearly recovered. He is an intelligent young man. much respected, is about twenty- one or twenty-two years of age and his acts are a surprise to bis Irlrnds. D to said it was all about bis dear betrothed. ''True love nev er runs smooth,'' and we trust that In th. near future bis serious trouhlrs will be over and he can C XI. aim that "few have br«o cast on stormier seas or anchored at last in a more blissful haven.” We suppress all names (or special reasons.