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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: jfTUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 188$.
NEWS OF GEORGIA.
Gwinnett Herald: A petition It being cir-
routed asking the governor to pardon Andy
Nath, sent to the penitentiary from this
,, I county for ten yeare, for the killing of Yar-
Ecbole eupcrlor court convenea neat Sion- l,rough. Many mitigating circumatancea in
day week. the cate, together with bia voluntary return-
Cburcbill'e restaurant, in Quitman, baa ing and surrender after an absence of live or
I years, and the request of the deceased
UccnDurtmt. , that he should not be punished, causeourclt-
Mr. O. L. Blnlon, of Hancock, has fifteen I | Mns generally to ask for executive clemency
acres of oats up. In bis case.
Conyern complains of the firing of guns Conyera-South:’Mr. John Mann was thrown
and pistols in the suburb*. I front bis mule in the upper part of the city
Judge Neebit bas ordered an election on the I | u t Thursday and seriously injured. He
fence question id Milton. was sitting carelessly on his ntule, and it
Ned Kimbrough, a Lumpkin county negro, gracing around, while he was conversing
baa been put in jail on a charge of forgery. with Mrs. Riley, as be drew up his reins to
r.ranl,»rri>'a school oncnrcl on g°. »t the same time kicking him In the side,
Kar?v counlv with eighty riunils ,b * ni,ll< ' h ** 4n whirling round and round eo
Monday in Early count) with eight) pupils. f|u( |||>t Mf » M „ in WM tbrown olf , n t i, e
There are over one hundred pupils In at- dltch knnckingb | m wnMlera
tendance at the negro school at Crawfordvllie. Com)ly JournilI . We , eorn „ Hn .
The Sharon merchants have about twenty-1 a. G. McArthur that during a thunder storm
five thousand dollars out in the country for on Tuesday of last week, a barn just erected
thisyear. I was blown down on their place, killing a
Lumpkin has had a marriage in high col-1 negro woman who had sought shelter tliere-
ored circles, the parties being a head hostler | tinder. There were eight negroes under the
and a kitchen scrub. I barn at the time, four of whom escaped from
The Chipley leader is a new name among under, while four were covered in the debris.
Georgia papers. From Millcdgeville comes The woman had two snm 1 children with her
the Oconee Vidette. who miraculously escaped unhurt.
In the City-Polls of whites, 2,308; total Waycroee Reporter: Last night at 12 o’clock
number of acres of land, 17.810; aggregate vai- pur reporter found a little. thirteen-year old girl
ue of whole city property, $24,855,827. »itt ng In front of tlie steamboat office white
« *-i iu\\ I trying®* If her little heart would break. In
Captain Abbott, ^ answer to our inquiries she said that she came
thoroughbred and . * over to town with her fatlier to get something
farm, and intends to establish a stock farm. I j or | J# , r an( j that her father was
Colonel Hardy Strickland, of Acworth, has I drunk and had spent all the money. She did
•old the ] top era farm in Milton count v to Mr. I not know what had become of him. Our re*
James Roach, of Forsyth county, for $7,500, I jtorlonul heart was touched, and we went to
Mr. Patrick Egan, of Dublin, Ireland, wbo I work and secured wbat the little waif wanted
was treasurer of the Irish national land league I Way cross Reporter: Wo understand that
during its existence, is on a visit to Savannah. I there will likely he a bill introduced and
On Thursday evening of last week, at a paraed by the present legislature, authorising
meeting of the board of education of Atnerl* the governor to oiler a sufllcient reward for
cus, Professor J. C. Gannon, of Savunnah, was parties who have been forging land titles, to
elected as sufierintendent of the public bring them to justice. The penalty should
schools. I be a life term iu the peniteniiury. To steal
Captain Lawrence, of Dahlonega, ..y. there ^'iV^.r'^m.hrfh.^'^.e'hTl.-
ra.awa.en.pou tat the bead Of .he ravine at ^‘llbl nmch^ near for
I safety for some we know of in these parts. As
.... a. . a « I thla nefarious business must be broken up,
Judge Jfsyncs had at Alpharetta lost week we boJM) the reward will be $5,000 for every
a cotton boll that measured ve nchesln conviction. That will fetch’em.
MnnTof IXi ,IT * ‘ Albany New.: A two-mule wagon loaded
pound of cotton. . with a bale of cotton, two empty kerosene
For the whole county—White poll, 3,2311; I barrels,n roll of bagging, a bundlo and a ne
Aa all knew he had no money he was afraii
to buy a ticket. He alto took on a gold ring t H
Mr. Will Cox bad been wearing. Other stre
circumstantial evidence pointed to him
the thief. He is a young man about ninete
year* of age, quite heavy built, a blonde, will
no whi.ker.pr moatacbe and abput five tetl. L . rf , 0 „„ rlB1 D .«u.r
nine Inches in height. He came hereabout A
LIVE HORSE AND DEAD. |
|THB WOPK OF THE DeKALB COUN*
► TY FARMERS.
Killed sad Bider Huxir-Tba Court#.
POLITICAL NOTKA
ess meets bum, then
He.
Ex-Senator Tahob, of Colorado, longs to be
governor of that state.
Iboalls, of Kansas, Will try to beat Antho
ny, of Rhode Island, for presidency of the senate.
Tub Mempbia Appeal urgea the democrat,
to nomloate ex-Senator Gordon, of Georgia, for
■ vice-president.
Yeaterd.y waaagala day in Decatur, the Senator Miller, of New York, is for
larraat gathering of farmers and exhibition of B | llnei wblle eooatos- Miller, of California, la for
flnroock that bas been there in yean. It himself.
was the regular meeting day of the Central Texas in 1871 bad taxable valuee amount.
Farmers’ club. There was a full attendance, Ing to 1122,804,073; In 1882 they amounted to f<19,
lid niucji interest manifested by all the mem- 925.476.
iminitee appointed to visit the The Massachusetts newspapers never in-
j l’.lT. W. I*. Bend near Litbonia made dolged in to much silly talk about state politics as
■eport, They reported him as baring h correnl ,bl * I*"-
an extra good barn, well built and «>„„„. U^stice Joel-abbeb, o Trenton N J„ de
itentiary; Charley Fears, assault, six months I iently arranged, with doors, windows &c., d e r any drcumstances m *° * D ° m “ ° D
a! “ UU ’ • U U*o„^dco,„.n bi. cribs, fine iot of ^“nrtor, Pugh and George, of
Sending human beings by express is a new cloyerbl, y- Y * ra pot * ,oes ™ ia « d _last year, th e Knlte labor committee, will go to New England
feature of the business, in which Matt perfectly sound and sweet, about fifty bush- and take testimony there.
O’Brien is especially interested. The Mont-1 els of rust proof oats. Has a pump in bis lot The Connecticut town meetings come in
gornery Advertiser says that on Tuesday last I ^ water bis stock. Cow stalls all well nr-1 October, and in November half of the senate and a
. , .a*.*' . j , . u MMtio|o( ibtCetriiftroii’i Oiob-lztiibi-
month since without money and appeared t W Uo . or More. sad Mai# cott.-Hor..
be a respectable tramp. No effort was mad #
to atop nim, as it was not found out in tirne.l
Walton News: It is not often so many coot
victs are sent from this county at one sitting
of the court as will leave here this week;
There have been more crimes committed this
year than usual, and the speedy and severe
punishment of the criminals ought to jie a
warning to others. All the convicts are col
ored, and the following are the sentences:
Van Malcolm, murder, lifetime in the peni
tentiary; Will Smith, burglary, two yean in
the penitentiary; Dave Brown, burglary,
three years in the penitentiary; Adam
Wheeler, cattle stealing, one year in the pen
rived in toat ett'v Dom V wfhon X l? e c’aid'fdi ranged, nice, dry, clean place to milk, with full house wl.l be chosen.
dressed to care i5 r. H. E. Faber.’ The child comfortable seat to sit on while milking. McDonald, of Indiana, has gone to Iowa to
bore a letter address* <1 to all the express rues- I Has about fourteen acres in corn, bottom and I make dve 'peaches for the democrats, after which
ThtchlMw^A^S, Mr."^, '.mil; I "«* f ou “ d ’ cul ‘ iv ff' wll ‘
now no doulit safe at his destination, which about twenty-five bushels to the
was Prattville. The child was stolen from [ acre.. Has pess of fine quaii-
Judge Colson, of Prattville, to whom he had | ty planted in corn. Peas
be returns to Obto to belp Goodly
Montana wants a constitutional conven
tion, tbiukiug If she once gets a constitution she
will sooner be recognized as a state.
• Tue republican state committee of Massa-
7 ’"' ,ot * n , t,ni , «ore« of land, I gr0| |,ad „ c | rcua 0 n Broad street yesterday
vs uo wbo * e county prop-1 m orning. One mule wanted to run but the
erty, $28,202,051. I other didn't, ao they ginned round ata lively
Mrs. J. P. Hughes, of Blackiliear, who has I rate until the barrels, the bagging, the buna
been visiting her fatlier in Liberty county, re-1 die and the negro were acattered promlscu-
turned last week, bringing home with her I outly over the street. The mules were finally
some very fine LeConto pears. I slopped, when the scattered negro proceeded
Calhoun Time*: Two prisoners hail a fight <° !>'<* up the other scattered merchandise,
in Gordon county jail last Monday, and one on* hurt but the bundle, which waa
knocked the other down with a cbalr. Hherifl I •lightly rent.
Taylor chained them down to the floor. I The Bolid South says that I)r. J. J. W,
Colonel J. W. ltobinaon will resign the Glenn ami Mr. Toni Almand made a trip In
presidency of the Roewell factory and take I i b ® K 0 * 1 * riglons of Milton county this week,
charge of the one being erected in Habersham [or the purpose of llndlnga silver mine'Shown
county, in which he is largely Interested. | Dr. Glenn about forty years ago by an Indian
Mr.
acre*
g cmp-ol WhSnV catie growing on Ills I " h ^T b . Ue oidTndi^ P lL«d^ SB'SM
• . . , I vow was asaumed and learned the Indian was
A very large rattlesnake, four feet and aim || v | n g. He forthwith riturned without
eleven iuchra In lentil, with eleven rattlea I further aearch.
JUJI" “ s'‘rt".v y * r l l ll , . f >,ul!,'ehtl!!re.l" were West Point Enterprise: Uncle Jake Wolfe
am, t wlmn rilZrr^d has a hen with a grown chicken still un-
p “v, n * " " h ' n uiaeoyered. Wfnnt ,,| Althougli all the other cliicks left
kill Collier, while, was lately brought he-1 her, tills one remained, and when the parent
fore Judge 1’. I. Ntrphens, ordinary oi Lown-1 lien set on her second neat of eggs this chick
dni couniy, and afler duo Investigation, also set with her. The eecond brood is now
before a commission selected for the purpose, running about the yard, and still the above
waa adjudged a lunatic. Bherlff Harrell took I spoken oi chicken remains true initaaffec-
her to the asylum last Tuesday. I lion, and clings toitsparent. Thiaatorywas
Worth Htar: Jesse C. Sumner and Levina I told us by Uncle Jake himself, who will vouch
Sumner, both deceased, lefts large family I for ita correctness Can any of our exchanges
connection. Mr. Jamee Branch, Sr., gave ua I beat this true chicken tale7
the numbers, aa follows: descendants of Jesse I The Jasper News prints the following
C and Levina Sumner now living, 202; dead, I unique advertisement, signed Anna
33; total 235. I Barnes: ''Georgia, Jasper county—
Monday night a dwelling on Glads street, I '* , J 1 ® to . *' 1 /?"•
Conyers, was discovered to ho on lire by Mr. I <<!rn9 j* !***t I * 1 ", v0 «•*** w Dh tho clerk of the
Beilali, who dispatched all ponalble means to -'uperfor eourt of said county my petition,
aave It, bnt failed. Tho fire Is supposed to n'ldrcssed to Mild court, returuabla to the
have originated ffom tho stove. »•*» I"” 1 thereof, to ho hold on tlie 4 th Mon-
Mr a tr Pl.uiin. nf I ... day In October next, for the removal of the
Miml^ Av.nnn I ‘J* 9 »hf | in« ln.pose<l upon ms by my Inter
OmanTtls nar?mn I "tarrlsge with Albert Barnes, which appllca-
,V ‘ b » Don will be heard at the courthouae la said
offT.“of thelritages dTrin/'J „“ id “™’ 18lh ^ of A >"
recent visit to that city. 1 8Ua,, lm '
Jasper Newa: Mr. Willie
1 was delivery clerk and waa
Sliiwir!Li.t. tfsV. 01,0 lh ® 1h?s1 ln ■ouUi, or anywhere
lltlJ 0, »°- Th « 8un “y* ol l,lni: Ue#lde>
Md taM courteous and accommodating lie thoroughly
fine a child as there I. hi the county. undersloml his business. We have no appre-
Alex UutcblnsoD, of Gwinnett county, has I faenslons that he will be objectionable to the
iqrain been adjudged a lunatic and is now in I people, aa he nunibera his personal friends
lail to be again sent to the asylum from whlca by the score in tlie city. Ho has the cnpaci-
be was discharged some time ago. At the ex-1 ty, energy and will to do his duly, and wo
ecution of Stevenson his mind became ira- I believe that lie will make a good postmaster
paired, since which timo he has gradually I and one who will give satisfaction,
grown worn and is now a raving maniac. Cuthbcrt Appeal: The Cuthbcrt factory
Van Italcom, the negro who waa charged propose issuing $10,000 in stock, to run for
w A l . h »• of Kelly Uutner, hi Center- ten years, in shares of $100 each,
ville district, was convicted in Walton supe- This stock is oiTered for tho
rior court, last week. He wss recommenued I purpose of increasing their machinery. Tliey
to the mercy of the ooart, as the evidence wss I guarantee 7 percent, payable aenii-atinually,
all circumstantial. He has been sent to the I which makes it a good investment for capi-
penitentiary for life. I tallsts. The quality of Ihrcad manufaclured
Mnnlgomrry (Ala.,) Advertlaer: Mr. James I here Is of a line grade, ami it ia apjiarrnt that
Davidson, elly tressurer, yeslenlsy paid Mr. I more machinery can tie profitable run, naor-
Kmanuel Lohman the sum of flliO, tho re-1 dm come in now faster than they can be
waid offered by the mayor for the detection I filled, notwithstanding tliey have been run
and conviction of Thomas Williams, who ran I nlnit only a few months,
the blocaric, waa caught, tried and lined to I Monti zuma Record: A negro was shot in
the ex tri me penalty ol tlie law. 11 lie neighborhood of line* creek, in this
Foster Thomas furnished the prisoners in I c,, unty. oiieiilKlitlsst week. It was a case
the Baxley jail with instruments to break P 1 m 1 " 4 *™ ItUntlty. It seem, that a negro
Jail. The prfismers failed In the attempt and ’ ruk# . ln ‘« 14 wnH'ntau'’• amoke-house in
one turned slate's evidence against Foster 11,41 neighborhood, ami several squ»d. of men
and he Wrs cuniinilted to jail for tlie offense. *ers outon llie lmul for him, when one
There are eleven prisoner, in the jail and one n U4 > 1 'he huiiter. came upon the negro
In the Savannah J.il awaiting trial at the w '*° •T 0 ? 1 .'!®' 1 ">» "““"A 4llJ -‘"'out hall-
next term of the ruperior court. All of them ‘"ft 'hot threo times at him, one of the ha Is
are colored and three murderers. '* kl "K ’■'Tect, which struck the hip from the
Columbus Times: Yesterd.y Mr. W. “ret „7 ,bd ° me “' wh,r ® k
K. Marlin, of Browneville, traded for a very I ^ , , *„ . . , ..
fine mare ami colt, ami put the mare in his . Columbus Enquirer: An olectlon for cap
lot. leaving the colt on the outside. The Jf 1,14,11 I™ 1 lieuterii.nl of the Columbus
mare attempted to jump the fence to get to G“ 4 r»l* has hern ordered. It will take place
the coll, but tlie leap was too much (or her I * e D’e company ou the 7th in-
and ahe fell on the shar|e|iointrd pailings I * ,4n I- Mr. 0 llucknsiu W liileside has been
which oaaied through h.r bodr, killing her “°minated for captain by the conqiany and
Inttantly. I ha will ho elected without opposition. No
n , I bottor toloation could not 1m> made. Mr.
Mr. Bonjtmin Johnston, recently of 8umtor I Whiteside ia on© of our moat enterprising
caunty, but now a worthy ciuxen of Camilla, I young men and a thorough military mau.
met with a very serious accident laatSatur- Mr. A. C. Sneed, late of the Gato City
day. He was in hit wagon aaaistiug in Ailing I Guards, has been nominated for Aral lieuteii-
•ome barrels with water at a pond near hia I ant. This ia another excellent aelection, and
mill, when the hind gate gave way, and aa the I he will make one of the very beat oAicen the
wagon was standing on a steep sloping bank, I Columbus Guards has ever had.
Ballou and Miss Sarah Freeman.
them and giving hia ankle a terrible crushing. | charged with adultery and fornication, had
u s . . l.tta ns/.iiw<p ha.fnrx. i,„. /iz,«$K v .. ... J * lira repuoiican stale comnmiec oi xuossa-
been given by mother before her death. I we jj fruited and nearly ripe. Has 16 acres in h h d dd ^ , e „ k ,
He was taken »)y his stepfather and carried to j cotton well cultivated, will average about 600 cj ,u,et “iMued,anaaaressto too peopie.marxing
Wilson, N. C., where the man waa arrested pounds to tho acre. Has one acre cotton the opening of the campaign in that state.
n>.A Iu n/ittf In Snil in lipfulll*. /if luinil I * . * * _ _ * « r i i * Lt.t. I *‘T<’r urn WiuiutriDMV pan nnprtr r’ulifnrr.ln M
and ia now in jail in default of bond to I planted second day June on land from which I “Klihp Wasiibubne can carry Calilornia,”
answer the charge against ^hem. The child I a crop of Burt oats was grown and harvested I says Congressman Calking of Indiana, who Is just
was n sprightly looking little fellow, but was I Hjj 8 year. It will average Ave large bolls to I back from the Pacific coast. “Blaine’s ability to do
.*« 1 n nrinitnunlfftlllBn I ftn( j ^ colM)n fa tfae acr0# En . | ^ ^ doub , ed#
ALL THROUGH DIXIE.
Florida.
Lake DEFuviAK.2.000feet above tide water,
Is the highest point in Florida.
Six hundred boats are engaged in the fish
ing business at Cedar Key, Fla.
During the past year Valusia county, Fia. r
hoa built three Episcopal churches.
A tarpen fish was recently caught at May-
port, Fla., that weighed 150 pounds.
A 400 pound saw fish, 16 feet long, has been
recently caught on Florida gulf coast.
The new hotel at St. Augustine, Fla., will
have 325 rooms besides diningrooms, etc.
Fifty deer were seen by one man last week
iu Manatee county, says the Jacksonville, Flo.,
Herald.
M. A. Mills, has growing on his place in
Orlando, Fin., a gourd vine .which measures 192'
feet in length.
Mr. A. T. Swails, of Near Bronson, Fla.,
picked and sold from one Isabella grape vine, 90
pounds of grapes.
From twenty acres in Irish potatoes last
rpring, T. J. Roberts, of Leon county, Fla., realized
net profit of *1/66.50.
A rattlesnakes’ rattle is on exhibition in
Lake City, Fla., baviug thirty-two rattles and a
button. Thesnake was killed at Vaua pond.
Alabama.
Birmingham's new directory by actual
count givesa population of 10,848. •
The Anniston, Ala., cotton factory will
on begin the manufacture of calicoes.
Beptemrkr 4th the Alabama Press associa
tion is to visit the Southern Exposition, at Louis*
vilie.
The finest clay for the manufacture of
earth ware has recently been discovered in Cleburne
mot disposed to o communicative.
Washington Oarette: The Bale gold-mine I joyed* splendid dinner at Mr. Bond’s house, i President Eaton, of the civil service com-
in Lincoln county ia one of the most noted ail home modo except the sugar and coffee. .. Mnnrll fll ’ .n
mines in the south, because of the rich yield I Dr. Hitchcock exhibited to the club a aped- U 1 , . ll ®” V® / 0Ort * n *
of the glittering stuff. Under the old man- men of grapes from the vineyard 0 f J. C. I r,ghl * and the commission is likely to be equal toall . uuty
agement. just aa the richest vein waa being Bucher, near Decatur, kept in paper sacks exigencies. «r ai.
worked for all it was worth, almost the entire I since June. Grapes in perfect order I It is underato d that John C. New, assis-1 . coaI ana coke company of Ala-
excavation caved in, which put a stop to ope* I and delicious. Thomas J. Flake exhibited tant secretary of tho treasury, will resign his office I D * ma ' . e purchased ten miulng ma-
tationa. Captain I). D. Code took charge of I bunches of Norton’s and Virginia grapes— upon the return of Secretary Folger.and will devote I chlne, » whlc h are now cutting coal In the shaft at
the mine about • year ago and baa been en- hia apodal favorites made one gallon of wine himself to his Drivato business in Indiana I - ” l i-“ ,neg ' at 1110 rate ot one hundred tons each
deavoring to reach the old vein again. He to tlie vino this year, from vines three years T f i #mn .. a ,i.
has foun*l n very rich yield of gold and baa old. Mr. George W. Webb explained bia pro-1 Ihe Nebraska democratic state convention
shipped oil'a good deal to the mint; but last I cess of canning peaches—said he could not find I ye*terday nominated Hon. J. W. Savage for justice
Monday be struck what he believea to I a can of Georgia canned fruit in Atlanta for I of the supreme court, and • r. D. R. Daniels, G. w.
be the old rich vein that waa I sale* M. E. Davia exhibited a beautiful arti-1 Johnson and Hon. J. M. Wool worth for. regents of
worked when the mine caved in. 1 cle ofhomemad*® ayrup equal to the very beat. I die state university.
Mrinutnuin Rfifinni* Tr.fnrn.aHnn Made it from the Africauhorghum millet cane Goveunor Crittenden, of Missouri isre-
per day.
Tennessee.
Jonesboro, Tennessee, is 104 years old.
Lauderdale county, Tennessee, has sixty
free schools.
Large crops of wheat will be sown in parts
alarming extent
Tennessee.
thing it contained. The fire occurred 'Monday I Itfwi decided to have monthly exmotts i “ZtMUuttoiL " # ~ I A D0CBL * h0a ded negro child preserved in
night about eleven o'clock, and no one seems I ^ arm product. At the next regular meet- „ Vf __ v m ... »» . av . I a,coho1 ono of thecuriositles in a doctor’s office
to know just bow it bipponed. She loot s on tli. firet Tuesday in October, there N.nety memben. of theleg,stature, say. ln UbertJ ., TcnncaKe .
• ■ • ■* * I —111 .. .wUlsUnf^tAn A nrnmln m r.f I West Chester (Penn.) ViUagO RCCOrd, “don’t I V»«w-.- rv hnnrlrw.1
fine set of furniture which she has bod in her will be an exhibit of cotton. A premium of tho
immloii for' thirty" "years,” siiT which' she I sack of gilt edge guano was" offered by I even take the trouble to’go to'Hsrrisburg. The I hundl ' ed c4rI ° 4 ^ 8 ot walnut and
prized very highly on^account oi association. George A. Rwuspeck to the member bringing .tetopsss themjio s day, and they go on with ^'" 1 ““®® r4 ™'^ cke ^ 4t th ® de l x,, 8 r0Una,4t
Her secretary, containing about four hundred I th ® beat stalk of cotton. tbeirpriratebostuess.il the same. Gurcrnor Pat I s P“ r, “. Ten "., awaiting shipment.
j 1 it .v* t ■ -i i oi... I rni.r minw. I tlson savs that Uio tax-Dtvers must keen on unv* l Tiirrr nr<> nno hnndpari nmi aLi, « n .. nn
dollars worth of books, was destroyed. She I . colt show. I Tii4 be are one hundred and fifty young
saved only about seventy-live dollars worth of I One of tbo most interesting features of the SfTi* ‘‘^“^m 8 ’ 000 w Ut <of ^ladles in Knoxville, Tenn., prepared toentera
her effects, aud the loss to her, not counting da y was the colt show. The conditions were -i',,. Prince of Waldi-ck-Pvrmont was civen I college, und jet mere Is cone for them,
the house, was between eight hundred and a that each colt entered should pay an en- The Prince of Waldeck Pyrmont was given Bcekabdt of tho Nashville hrew-
th.ussnd dollars, and there was no insurance trance fee of one dollar, the winner to take the grand ctossof the Bath by tho duke of Albany I ucckskdt, oi tuccaanv.iie brew-
on either the house or tlie household goods, the whole of the entrance fees. Colts not to during Ms recent visit to Germany. A ludicrous I ng company, a few days ago manufactured tho
be over four years of age. Twelve colts were accident marked the ceremony. Theinslgnla were | m>t l«ser beer made from Tentieracehopa. Hop and
I goods.
Mr. Robert Lanier, con-
entered as foflows: Ribbon. 3 years 5 months sent to Germany by a special messenger, who took I barley raUlng will pay,in some of the tonthem
ductor on one of the construction trains of j. .. I) um O yearsand 0 months old, them by some mistake to Berlin tusieauot to Atos- I slates,
the Savannah, I' lortda and Western railway, ’ if is,„ohthanld mure- florilmldl I ll 'U. and wnea it.f liny came which lud been fixed I _
met with it very painful accident on last : veira old’ ,ur ‘he ceremony „l UvMtlmru, to wtilch all lire
Wriltipnlni' White hia train was At Navlnr I 44 months old, steed, Wurneld, o years old, I notables ot the graun duchy bad been summoned, I \v,y.. ,, nM
Kii.W.nf in looshig^hls irou ”rfd^
wliole < foot U WM*mMhed*nVmangled terribly^ ,i° S&A'SBiSSii Sfi C °™ ^ inl ° ^xas, more
causing tlie moet excruoiating pain. Mr. La- k ®A’ Daisv two w i lh Te ** 1 '""- ,*T° “ le i’ Mter a 4 huudrt ' 0 I mpwllr u * 4n USU41 '
nler was Immediately brought to his home in “®S d : oM. •«**". Daisy, two clegrnms, the insignia turned up and were eon- Tax yearly met
Valdnata and n,.diral ntteiida n eeaiimn,nne.l. 4nd ft . bal( months Old, mare. Ihe cpmUtlt- ferred,
Dta ‘Surto'n 1 «d l “G D tor5rUo^w.*i I t«»«l«>t«d as judge, were: T. J. Flake. Dr.
JXd’ln and amontatad hfa fee to?t bMow T - D. Lallecsteat, W. H. Carter. A. M. Callo-
rttktiONan lNlhbl.il/ltNCS.
income to the manicipal gor-
ment ot Texarkana, Texas, Is *5,009.
A $1,400 town clock is being putin the tow
er on the courthouse at Cleburne, Texas.
Folly a million bats are said to find habi
tation in the dome of tho Brenham courthouse.
Miss Laura Hobson, has been appointed a
clerk In the Dallas, Texts, pottofllct with s salary
of 11,000 per annum.
Tux government engineers aro confident of
[\ivide the purse between them. I —‘ v ‘ — *”’* , i | having 15 feetof water at low tldo on the Galvez
s were pronounced extra fine | L Lord Colkridoe thinka tLei worst feature of | toni Texas, bare in a few days.
Mississippi.
Horse tbieves are annoying In some parts
ms Knee, a no upernuuu waa Buccessiuiir i t» w a w «ntnn Af ^ A i J >alRC * Bismarck bas gone to Gastein.
performed. Mr. Lanier is now doing os well v l’ Jones Thomas Kino Leopold, of Belgium, is dangerously
as could be expected tinder the clrcurostan-1 i vn’m-U ill
rM - ni i ht> niiYiirlaniimv hn m hnvnnd all I Thompson ana Eli Clay, oevcrai votes were I
cts, «nd die physicians say ue is beyond »<• token W b )y complimentary to all the colts. Fxsciieb, the German explorer, has returned
uanger. . , Garibaldi, owned by Dr. J. H. Goss. Decatur, from the iaterioruf Africa.
Adam Belcher, of V llien, shot tho town mid’VVariiekl. oivneif by Colonel R. M. Clark, — «„,i i-j v Rosebcrvsallcd from Liver
marshal, Mr. Bon Mason. They were in JiMiftic-bAtho lastS-ote, and the commit- 1-onDaud ikidy Koseberysallcd from Liver-
Connelley A Parker’s billiard room, plaving, af^M^CXlivide the purse between them. I pool for New York yesterday.
H ’ i. Thai■ I i ne . L
Keutnekjr.
Tux Kentucky millers meet in Louisville
September Gth.
Lexington, Ky., has four daily papers and
band of horse thieves has been broken
up In Caldwell county, Ky.
Tuxax ore fifteen thousand, plates of fruits
displayed at the Loulivllle czporitlon.
Barsum’8 large giraffe, which cost $15,000,
Mr. Tom Matthews, a young man shout I preliminary hearing before Justice Morrell, in
eighteen year, old, living near llugansville, Uarroll on Wrdnrsday evening last. The evi-
wiil make this year, with one mule, sixteen I deuce discloses the fact that Ballou's wife was
bMea of cotton, two hundred amt fifty bush-1 sick and had been for five or six weeks; that
els of corn, fifteen hundred bundles of fodder, I Ballou procured the aervicea of Mias Sarah
eighty-five bushels oats, forty bushels wluat. Free man t j wait upon Ills wife; that during
fifty btuhelaawe.t potatoes and one hundred stay, that they, John and 8arah, became
gallons syrup. Besides, he has hauled enough 1 very intimate, so much so, that two or three
oorn and Wood, almost >to pay expenses of i''gou ago they eloped together, making their
gathering the crop. I w«y for the stale of Alabama. John's con-
■ i..... ■ i I fessions confined him to jail while Bsrab’s de-
Crawiwdsiu. Dem.torai: Tire pnwmen. in nisi discharge.1 her.
jail—five in number—had concocted a plot to I ... ... ....
murder the jailer when be went to give them I " eel Point Luterprive: Last fcunday while
breakfast ou Sunday morning last, and to I Mr J K Mstable was at his stable and his
make their escape. Our accidental meeting I wife away from home at Sunday-school, some
with hint, there st the time prevented the I one entered the house and stole then from a
carrying out of the scheme. A subsequent I Hue diamond set, gold watch valued at $125
quarrel among them led to the exposure of I and $25 iu money. Although there was over
•f the scheme. I $50 in the relicu.e from which the money was
_ _ ... — I taken, only the shove amount wss abeent.
Dan Bamssur. a negro man who Htm near Mr. Mamble says be is satisfied the thief was
Pairmount, wes in Calhoun last Saturday In a young man or the name of Lionel Law
march of a negro pre.cber named 1’ierce wb o hsd been staying with him awhile,
Barnea wbo had run away with hi. tlmteen s> ,|| the evidence, direct aud indirect, point-
year old daughter, it ia thought with the In- „| 1o him. He waaseen by a negro boy to go
tendon of making her bia wife. Barn™ had through the bourn about half
a school in the wighborhood, and boarded at ni „e that morning white alt
Dan Bamaaur e bouse, and last Friday while I wr „ abeent. and he jumped on
Dan waa In Cartersville, the preacher skipped | ,h« min at 10 30. afler It started out remark-
with bis daughter. He has a wife in Rome. ll;g j wllI ^, e railroad out of one ride."
when they had a-jittle fisticuff tnssie. „ c .„ „... . —
were parted, and supposed all was settled, 0U4 i highly complimentary to the stock raisers I the American bar is the ihcrrj.
I la the county. I P . D. AR U0 ca, the Chicago .peculator, Is
fifty-four years old and worth *10,000,010.
lioor hetween the liilliard room an^ tiio gro-1 ca { { ^T TeShinT Whitley’S
eery department of the house. Mason was I r flniona L c u ‘‘prince” Mr Whitlev had* ,
sitting neur the door,.and when Bslctier fired. I offered prises’ amounting to twenty-five do!-1 Kudolph Holley, manufacturer of light I Meridian, Misolaslppl.
the 0 jf^ ^ 0 I lara, as Poliowi: First best coit under three I rubber garments in New York, has failed.; I The sheriff of Madison county, Mississippi
vmUnfalbiilnM^ec^riTvV’dMaeronl *?*" oId » t0 n doWara; seoind best colt, under Dr. Ferrard, of Akron, Ohio, who is oi waa blUen b y a mad do « lMl week.
wo.^1 Mr. M«on wfudurin^h. Lffib "e^^old fiv” ! JulUm- fomth y,,r * *•>«. precllclng phyridan. PoktG.bson Mlwissippl wante. treat lights,
night and seemed to be in good spirits yester- bMtMU.un^eMhree yearsold, two’doUan! United States Dibtbict Judoe John Etta- houses and strccuprlnklers, and vsrlous other
day morning. Belcher lias not hem arrested I -j- bn j u( ]„ P , , e ) ec ted were Seaborn Crawly, I ki**, ol Geotgla, Is at the Park Avenue hotel. -1 things,
up to this time. I William Wright and J. 0. McWilliams. The] Odida threatens to invoke the law upon I A 125 toot water tower, to be lighted with
Merriwether Vindicator: Several years flmt prize waa awarded A. M. Callaway, of I her American critlos, who. sbe says, never couc to t thrc0 clc0 <ri° Ushm. i< being erected by the Werson
ago whon wo publiahed the fact that Fox Panola, for two yenr-old grey, weighing 912 vlll j, her ’ .1 m111 '' Mtaslmslppl.
Hunting Henry Harris' chickens w*ro being I pounils, IS'A bands high, been ploughed reg-1 ' n,
destroyed by the bullfrog, from his fish itl.r this seion, wav put in fiarness when Imkvess Bsatrice has ngreed to famish at
ponds, many were disposed to regard the seventeen months old. The second prixo was 4 * l v«“ P'l™ •<>»« P«ncll sketches foran Knglhh
statement tu an exaggeration. Last week, awarded to a year old colt, we did not learn monthly.
Mr. Harris, hearing a furious commotion I the owner’s name. Third prize, divided be- Ivan SxRovgKvtcn TouRoezNzrr, the Rus-
among bia ducks at the pond rau down in iweon John J. Harper aud E. P. Ellis. Fourth novelist, died at Bonglval, Kraace. yesterday I » fifth in prospect,
lime to capture an immense frog that had prize to John Clark for colt weighing 1.030 llln „„ 1
nearly nuisbed swallowing a young pouuds. measuring sixteen and a half bands „ D . , the Rhieava sneenlator ia
duck, tlie duck’s feet protruding I {,| K h. This lot of mule colts is said to be u - Abkoor, the Chicago speculator, is
frent tlie mouth of his frog-1 the finest lot of colta ever exhibited ill the 151 yeznold, worth 110,000,010. lie is a New
ship. Mr. Harris placed the frog, which was I county. York farmer's son.
one of the Isrcest this reporter ever saw, in a I ' dead horse. I Cosoressman elect O’Hara, of North Caro-. 0 ,
box anil brought it to town where it was Yesterday evening, about 0 o’clock Albert WM rccenUy cntclUl , Dod »t dinner by prom!- died a tew days ago in LouUvlIIe, Ky,
seen by hundreds of our citizens last week, Amlcrson, Bud Anderson, JolinnieChewning, tl , n ..„,„„. rt I t,,-i,i„u„._ ir,
the duck’s feet protruding from ita mouth Albert Lekcli and a few others started bourn b “ ,lon ' Tbe hi ^ k °7 nut cr0 P of Kentucky is larger
justtas tliey were when the frog was caught, together, and went out the road leading to Lord Cmsr JusTtcxtoLEaiDOEhas declined this year than (Or a number of year, before,
dr. D. W. McClendon, of Newnan intended I Stone Mountain. Johtmie Chcwning owned I a dinner tcudered by the Toronto bar. He writes I In Kedtucky and Virginia there is a strong
carrying tlie frog to Newnan to exhibit tolntid had rode to town a hone that I Ibatowiug to uumerous eng.gemenu In tbe. talcs I icntimentln lavor of returning to viva voco voting,
the ttews|iuper men of that city, but the frog was rather spirited and at times he will be unable to visit Canada. I Tux Kentucky temperance people are pre
died before Mr. McClendon led Greenville. hard to manage. Albert Andenon was anxious A Corean embassy, composed of two en- plr i D g for their state eemvenffon Beptember lsth
Millcdgeville Recorder: There has been 10 ride thisi horse 44 W™ voys extraordinary and taiuUters plenipotentiary Lud nth.
!n”he rounty ^nd*c?ty! > * , U teaiways’ao’jmlt conscnteS for btm'ttTTwe &“'h5 ^ and six a.uche. ate on thetr w.y to this country A snake twenty-llv. feet long and thirty
before a grand negro church association. ^ Ot Leach’s wagon. Or Ihe bill near!}- in front 0 - aeo, the embassy is s nephew of the king of I i nc hes In circumference is reported from Bath
course there are bail men and thieves among I of * bo residence of Thomas F. Smith, inside Corea. . I county, Ky.
tho negroes just as there are among the white the corporate limits, horso got pretty It is said that Jennie Cromer’s mother, who The annual meeting of the Kentuckydia-
utett, hut you never hear of a white man I fn»ky. Anderson, it ia said, had a bottleand »tm iivestn New llaven, is not convinced that the I tillers association will take Dlacein Loul-vilie 8ei>-
alealitig any tiling just before campmeeting, I attempted to take a drink, and in doing so I p,>,iy identified as Jennie's waa really that of her I rember 2Sih '
or convention, or association. Tttal’s one IrtVf the horse several bard jerks w i' h t™* unfortunstedaughter,and believes thelatiermay a „fs. m „.t
time they ore strictly honest. Hut a negro I bridle, just at the time a wagon passed him tw atilt adve. I A cuild, aged one year, of Satnuel Rogers,
will walk fivo miles to steal five chickens, at »'»> the horse backed up against The queen has commissioned the duke of plum Uck > K 7-. dle<1 ,B4 fewhours from theeffect
suchtim« anu then wear the longtat linen Alb .„y{„ anvest hi, lather In-Uw, thenrlmeol •wallowing.,pider
duster, highest shirt collar and plug hat to reared up on an embankment. An derson WIfl .mm.-Mndon.«oftha order Thr want of rain throughout Kentucky s
church on the Sunday succeeding ami the I *tve it 4 nother jerk, and Ihe horse fell b«k-1 WaMrek-Pyr^nh wito the g«^cre«^s orter I beooInlcs 4 m . ttc .. 5rops are bttmlag
most humble and pious look of ally man that I *' 4rd m the middle of the road and broke her I of Bath. The ceremony takes place at Aroeten with I nock is sufferina for water ’
shouts "amen.’’ I ueek. Anderson waa badly stunned, waa in- considerable state. i anu stoCEissunenngiorwsier.
A crest dealof burclanr exists in Fufaula. I ^‘ nsil> ' L ' for so me time. Dr. A. 8.Mayson was I The Armenian Patriarch has withdrawn his I 0!l elb,b ' llon at Louisville there are 1,600
The K fr nt , for ^ “ 1 Kxm “ h be , ® rrlv *^ b *JP t bim re.IgnaUon. lie is strongly supported by the *> l4, “ »' pU, f o( *»»*•• 600 »f
trated en last bstord.y nighlTai the ?esufenre ""“nri'X ^' He ,«meS to iS hnrt •Oin.tth. opporitton of toe memb er. ol 4 “ d P l4 « «'P* 4 "-. , . ,
of Mr. K. Frank Davis, on Barbour street, v «•» Armenian asremoly, who regard the Patriarch A Bourbon county, Ky, girl refused an of-
sltows that the thief was after money alone. I ltl e but be cert41nl y made a narrow cs-1 tbe lool o( dreporie. I feref msrnsgs on the ground that her father
The residence waa entered by a thief, who I “P®' ordinary court. Count Herbert Bismarck, of unsavory no I couldn't support any larger family,
went into the parlor and struck a sulphur I i ( R.s| Monday, iu the imliuary’s court, leave I toriety, was a lion at a subscription ball ia the I Arkansas,
match, by the nght of which be entered a W1U granted Z. D. Harrison, executor of j. M. I casino st Klsaeugen recently, and ono fair young I mb Neil, of Jefferson countv Ark has5.
to* M C ™ an o * W* anVlfi^moihir" a h B 1U11 ’ t<> sell Personal property belonging to ea-1 applicant foran InttoducUon, finding other means ooo acres in cotton thisyear ’
to Mm. G. \\ . Seam ami her mother, who Ule of j ft Ball deceased. Letters of dls- Imprecdeable, Ingeniously asked the great man to 000 10 c0U f“ “ u , )r “ r ' . ,
had accumulated it aloug in small amounts. miMion w:l , Rrante d J R. Russel, admioisira- fasten her bracelet (or her. Desha county, Arkansas sends twenty-one
K!' b I*f"I *1 I'ff "| 1 'll SiKS!? I tnr uf j. M. Stilwel! deceased. Leave granted | Mrs. Dahloren, who wrote the novel, “A different kinds ol Umber to .the Louisville expo/1-
Winter," of which many Washington Uon.
_ . complained on tbe charge that it was nut I A oold mine has been discovered in Russell
Mr. Z. F. Nance, on South Randolph street; I vluelm .wf.ed °“ “ , * te ° f Alex “ ud * r U ’ genetou/ to hospltauty, will not live in that city Ark., which assays IW.26 in silver and lil.qj in
was aliui entered ginmlsv An.t ,).I rsHgwi iwetu, I during the coming winter, bnt will reside at her I gold per ton.
n ra m 'rr fc r“,n.d grL r e I .f;&".S ,U . , .f I ^^e^WAsh^^^uiS Mr. F . M . F.ROU., of Arkansas, gathered
IUltimoke, Septembers —Samuel Ba«dru, a ma^ | a ncw ollC t„ balldiog. 1 1.750 pounds of ed cotton per acre, last ———
Lumpkin Independent: On Monday night I m<u» about forty-fife yeare of ace, woe found Tuk RiKhl n on> Sir L yon pi ayf&Ir, M. P„ about 109 bales from one hundred acre*,
last Pete Long, a b4 lf-wilted negro, waa in dead In bed this morning at a house ot questions. (ad udj ,, UjWl were yMterd . r , he At Pointe a-la Hache, Louisiana, a great
^oroat^mrioU^Amf b ® Wp “' ,!, “ U, ®*“ ,,m, ^ !lloa0 ! °lf ClV ' I* - Windsor hot. 1, New York, having arrived by the many farmers have begun cutting their rice, which
a great musician and manlputatea the jew-1 cemied. who Is the owner of several sailing vawela, | |U , imtr 0etnltn ; 0 lM0 oa gatorday ntghL Mr. | has fully realized earimate. of the yield.
From 50 acres, Sterling Usery, of Barragne
township, Arkanaai. picked 65 bales of cotton, hut
season—some 1,751 pounds of seed cotton per acre.
Hot SratNos. Ark., now steps to the front
with a "small man." HeU two feet sad zevea in
The engagement ia announced at Newport I cbe * wd b as old aa the oldest of the smallest
aroused, and Dr. W. P. barter was summoned I doorol the room was forced opened and Biadra | of Miss Rebecca WUIIams, daughter oi Hon. Geo ge A twenty year old mnie ran away wilh a
and immediately went to work upon him. found acorpae. with a woman lylna unremsclous „ williams p .sidentof the Maryland senate,and boggy in Davteaacounty, Ky., a few dan ago,badly
After a eonstdetabie length . f time Pete was Hon. Henry A. Herbert, member of the B.liUtt Injuring a man and hi. wife, who were riding to
aroused, and under medical treatment gruiiu- uSrni en UadcioT. pardamenL Mr. Herbert is owner of the m.antfi thebnggy.
ally rtcofered, bein^ well enough during the diuon. M . u ^,r Dii ** u i e v°V wbi '‘ b M a, ]fM locat rJ$l he Law v ear Mr Gabe Merer of Jefferann county
While ly Injr upon the ground tbe^ani* r.MPjqE Jjl!d coaMfrom^anlfiiiuieui Irish family, bia an* J Arkauja*. had 750acre* ln corn and fathered 19,-
holea in Pet* a arms This ntsy have been I Saratooa September 5.-Edward Sablme. aged J Heurt A. Mto WtlltsiMh ; 5“ h“»h‘l^-on an 4 ®*J**^ ^
was also entered on Saturday ti'glit and the
n robbed of near about every article of
e thief could well get away with,
ne it /hVi/Yrk tbatbi* u*m« was longer than wn«m ne last vinted I
was found near the colored Meth-1 wllrcd 1,1111 a T*>nnc woman about 11 o clock las Atm . rtcAt now ,6 e js^bt Hon., etc. Mr. Play* I
odist church in an insensible I 0,rcntn K- About noon to-day a lerrant went to I fair dvctiued to oonveto* with a reporter,say Ing that I
condition by Preacher Butt, w ho I awaken them. The room waa fouud locked, and the I hewaa traveling ptlvauly.
notitird Marshal Kirksev. Pete amid not be smell of gu waa ao stroug as to oeoasion alarm. The
intruded as a joke, but it came near proving 42, a tailor of Charleston, S. C., dropfxd dead heie ' worth In her o»nrlf ktf.soooo.beside btlug beirew
‘ very serious one. | to-nfght. ‘ lo her to***’ 9
per acre. Two hundred acres of the Und yielded
forty but hoi# to tne acre.