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THE “WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY SEPTEMBER ^L8,1883-
NEWS OF GEORGIA.
Tlie negro school at Covington hai about
eighty scholars.
Washington county has 2,MO forms, pro
ducing $1,483,901.
since, anil being asked by Ur. Garner which character of an honorable man that the post-1 probably been buried a hundred years, as the
L ’ ’ 1 **’ J ‘ “ lake, land was cleared, tended and w.irn out by
he bail rather take, a slavery-time whipping I office department should he slow to make,
or a term in the cbaingang, be chose the and which we hardly believe the admlnistra-.
whipping. Mr, Garner administered the flog-1 tlon will permit when the matter is brought
King in such a manner as to revive very feel- to its attention.
teEh!j“ 0, “* e b * llum ‘^» iD tb ”» 1 " d Chlckasawhatchee was settled 1849. Judge
ot lue ' ' L. M. ixmnaril built the first house in the
Harmony Grove will expend $15 000 in I Hartwell Sun: A little breexeof excitement place, and before the war it was the summer
Harmony Grove will expenu *• uuu was occasionei Saturday afternoon on the rerort „f ra>ny planters in this section. Ever
”"“ r 1 public «I ua '« *>y », difficulty between Major B | n ce 1800 a lodge of Masons bos been
Skelton anil Lindsay Adams. The latter huhed in this village, and excepting a
gross y insulteii the major, who promptly interval, from that time to the presi
knocked him down. The major's, good light period of thirty-eight years, Judge L. M
arm la litlilf alf«r t Im atmilif min rtf a mulas’a I i i t.... i ■ ;. V_ • ’ . • , •
b
A Georgia raised cow In
four gallons rich milk a day,
There are at least a dozen persona in Hall
county over a hundred years old. _ ^
eiivafrv ivminanv In'lJiirke'couiiri^ 88 * 218 '' 8 I trt '“ ur y' I ford, once secretary of state of the United
cavalry company in I rkt c y. Tlie digest of llurke county shows tbst the Slates, and at one lime minister to the court
One hundred and seventy-live bales ot cot-1 taxable property returned amounts to $2,747,- of France, and who baa relatives in your city,
ton have been shipped from Millen this I q'(, e whites pay taxes upon $2,510,822, the Dudleys and Wheatleys.
season. and the colored people upon $230,786 worth _ „ , , „
The town authorities of Millen have com- of property. Last year, 1882, $2,712,902 worth nl |. Ve\treeU. th As^LiHt the *i'»l
mcnced work on the town hall, which will of properly was returned upon the digest-1 dosti^mea telfa the foltowfns” An unusual
costabou. $1,500 i„ I *” “ crell “ e * or tbe P res * nt year of 1pij^aone'day l»s^ n «wk B mi
The gin bouse of Mr. O. W. ,n * • • , , . I Troup street, near the residence of Colonel B.
Rockdale, was destroyed by fire on Wednea- The Albany News ways the Brunswick and p. Whittington. A negro woman, named
day last. Loss $1,000, Darien base ball clubs will play their Jina Rose lives In a small bouse with two young
The experiment of having young lady I g*H*e witb 1 in tilie next ten nays for a purse of I children, aged about seven and one years,
clerks in one of tue stores at Bocial Circle has $500. They have not yet decided whether to | respectively. Hose, on the day referred to,
provena grand success. select Albany or Macorr os the place to hold I we nt off to look after some kind of work and
Mr. A. E. Belcher who allot the town mar- ‘£» ^^id U he”™ and'w ‘it le „ a ,he % Mku ln tb ? .*»«•:. "r?*
.bat of Millen, is still at large, and ia sup- kel v to m£ke strenuo„sefforlB tooffJr ?. bsence »'*« younger child while p aying on
posed to haveskipped the country. thorn entcrufinnienL efforts to offer | thegrassnear the: bouse, was attacked By a
Mr. T. J. Stapleton, tax receiver of Web
•resent, a
arm is built after the similitude of a mule’s I narcihas been worshipful master of this lodge,
bind leg. Twelve dollars more in the city was once the home of Hon. W. H. Craw
hog and was nearly eaten up. The child was
The Tbomasviile Times says: We are in* I badly bitten in several places and is now dan
....... — me inomasvme rimes says: we are in* I Dauiy nuten
"K, S h M. .h« ™r. I debtod,to,Enginery Laspeyror, of the S.van-1 gerously l«.
For 1882 they ware $042,030;
1704,705, a gain of $02,765.
nail, Florida and Western rail way,for a batch I Under date of Boswell, September C.tMr. J,
• lt ... ■ of old papers dating from 1HI) M to 189o. There I yv Ifohpriaoii writes’ *'{ln tuv ppturn luirtu*
Culien Jones, who married ^or» Colley iB^ kre many Interesting items in them. Some I ^fter an absence of several daysf 1 notice th.it
gaily, haying a wife in V tokens ““"W"" extracla from them wi 1 appear m our in tlle ias u e 0 f your paper of the 4ih inst., it
sentenced last week by Judge Jutes, ill Mall columns. It is supposed the limes will treat I H iHted under the hcail of “Gtorcia Grin*!..»»
county, to ihreeye.ni in the penitentiary. reader, to some extract, from the old u.^mtoresign the p^id.ncy of Vhe ffis-
Not long since the con Iveta at Hon. J. M. I papers of 181*5 first. I wa j| factory, to take charge of one being erec*
Smith’s, in Oglethorpe, inspected the gra.no* I Berrien News: Mr. William Garrett lies I ted in Habersham county, in which 1 am
ries at the farm, and killed between four and I succeeded in getting a pension for his widow* I largely interested. This statement is most
five bushels of long tail rats. They filled two I e( j mother in consequence of services render* I curtuinly “gossip,” for if there is to be a
Urge hampers. I ed the United 8tales government by her bus-1 cnauge in the management of the Roswell
Mr. and Mrs. Ztchariah Davis, of 1'ulaski j ban<l in the war of 1812. The amount of ar-1 manufacturing company, I have no knowl*
county, are the parents of twenty-one chil* rears due her when the certificate was issued, I edge of the fact, and the large interest 1 have
dren. Up to lens than two years ago nineteen I was $502.70, for which she received a draft on I in the factory being erected in Habersham
of them were living. They also have forty* I the treasurer of the United States this week. I county consists in a general supervision of
eight grand children. I She will receive eight dollars per month the I the mill, etc., in behalf of friends who are
The negro boy, William Johnson, who waa remainder of her ijie. very largely interested in that enterprise."
committed to Hamilton jail Saturday for Savannah Times: Yesterday eveningsevera Newnan Herald: The youngest child of
' northern gentlemen, accompanied by ser- 1 -- - - --
stealing a watch, lias shown aigns of mental
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Camp, of Newnan, came
appeared to be about a mile high, as big as a I „ Gmncavllle Boutnron: Uty Marsha
barrel, and exploded directly over the town. barter, ® ol } d , a / n 8’ ut ,r “ c *J of
It waa very bright and dazzling. There was !> f stolen clothes, money etc., taken
no whisky in the barrel. ll , 0UM of b,l<1 re l’ u, ° ln tfci » cl, J- .He
derangement, and it was found necessary to I vants, and bailing from lloston, Mass., regis- y er ' y ncar jyiig Friday under tho following
tie him In hia ceil Friday morning. j tered ut one of our best hotels. One of the I circumstances: It seems tliat their eldest
From the grand jury presentments we|f*J v *” u, » • young negro lad, attempted to go I child, a hoy three years old, had gotten hold
learn the following of Walker’s finances: I ^ n 1 t0 t | , 1 e diningroom with the other guests | G f a little box containing several morphine
Cash on hand at the February term of court, I when the supper bell rang, and was promptly I p|i] flf prescribed for Mr. Camp during his re-
$1,212.70; amount received since, $14.00; I <*j*cted. He protested against such treatment I cent il|ne»a v and in playing with the box the
amount paid out, $1,108.10; balance on hand, I when Jold to go into the servant a room and I ^,p came G ff and the baby got one of the
$28 00. * ' eat with them, seeming to th nk It was cus p i{, a Bn d swallowed it. Soon afterward. Mrs.
A large meteor was seen by some of the ZTnVre d * A “ * h h ® whl ‘“ «fmp, with the watchful eye of a mother,
rlticptia tif Hartwell on Ttiemlav nisht. It uo u * I discovered strange and alarming symptoms
” ^ ‘ Gainesville Southron; City Marshal Alex I in her child. Dr. C. D. Smith was iminedt-
ii suit I ately sent for and soon relieved tho suffering
from a I child by administering the necessary anti-
traced I dotes.
Milledgevllle Union: A bale of cotton wild I bUliv.’Snd "mJde hPm not only^nfiTElbe „. c ( }ock"the e corLT ^“ne dttK
by Captain W. E. Haygood to G. E. Wataon wliole matter, but go witli him ami hunt up house if HaU coimtv wifi be »5 with
last Friday, was said lobe the orettiest yet I the clothes and money secreted in the bushes I an( i annrooriat’o ceremonies u non
taUv t ,r0mtl,e ll0USe tnm Whloh th *y l"“whiu mar'l , P iah will be cut: Ercc'ted
SSJplV.rJ WMlh ® fourtb ba,e were stolen. 188.1. J. B M. Winburn, ordinary; John L.
8 ooaBIa^,n • The secretary of the Carnesville Grange, I (Juines, sheriff; W. B. Smith, clerk; Bruce &
Mr. John M. Nuckles of Whitfield county, I Enquire John M. IMtillips, furnishes a report I Morgan, architects; Joe B. Dutton, contrac
has growing In his yard a chinquapin tree, I of ll, e general average of agricultural products I tor; William L. Room, superintendent. With*
that measures fifteen feet in circumference at I of 33 farms in Franklin county, of members I in the stone will be placed, says the 8outh-
the ground. Threo feet above the ground it I of the grange, gotten up by a committee: I ron, a $1,000 confederate bond, Macon and
measures nine feet. The tree bears buabels I Corn, 71 per cent; cotton, 10; wheat, 80; oats, I Brunswick $2 bill, Guinesvillo city scrip, six
of fruit every year. I 02; peas, 74; potatoes, 01; syrup, 50; horses, I confedearte bills, bauk check, Uainesvillo
ti * no ...... ... I 82; mules, 78; cattle, 84; hogs, 08; sheep, 75 I Southron and Eagle, a Hall county Air-Line
Th® Hartwell 8un says that there bos been I orchards, <1!; vineyards, 53; upland ditches, I railroad bond, Gainesville orchestra concert
a mill at Par)certown for over fifty years. The I 77, drain •*• • ' * -
” sHiai » — 11 • • * ditches, 83; pastures, 01; cultivu ion I ticket, list of the manufactories, merchants,
mills there now were built since the war, anu | 73; general condition of premises, 00; fences, I bankers, colleges, county officers, names of
ue large ami well c<|Uip|wd, grinding bull* {60 contractor, aujwrl.itcndctitand builders, with
The dam' u'tmtVt of »9l“d gnwite ^ h ‘ !ri ’‘ Waycroea Reporter: There were eighteen Di“y more Interesting relics,
due uam ia null! ot eoilit granite. I of our young men and boys up before the Albany Nows: Not long since, while two
Mr Jamei Dealt, who lives about six miles I mayor's court last Wednesday morning for I Albany young men were returning from a
from Sulphur apringa, had bla house burned I violating an ordinance which forbids tho dis-1 fishing Irollc in Mitchell county, they saw
last 8unday avening. Mr, D. waa eittlug in I charging of firearms inside the corporate lim-1 approaching them in the dust oi evening, an
the front part of the house when it waa dia-1 its. They nil plead guilty and were lined one I old negro riding a sober and steady looking
covered to be on fire. He saved moat of the I dollar each and coat. The marshals re nun it-1 mule. As they neared him they saw the
furnimre, but It waa injured very greatly in I ted the coat that they wero entitled to, which negio take a sudden leap from hia back.while
the rough handling. I left the amount they had to pay small—only the mule stretched himself out in the road
8umler Republican: A little three-year-old ll,e ,lne nnd fl,t J cellt » ,or lMUln K *»«> »um- und luy anparently dead. To their aurpri* „ , • , ,
nearu child of Vlnev and Bam Tlaon. the 1st- . the old darkey did not appear tne least dia- train. Having full confidence in tho man,
ter'now serving a lim sentence lathe penlteu-1 Meriwether Vindicator: As will be seen I concerted, but taking hold of the bridle he I aba handed him her pocket hook and asked
tiarv for murder, had hia shoulder crushed from tb(l •»* notice of tho lioard of oouuuls-1 calmly seated himself upon a convenient him to buy a ticket to Atlanta. The ticket
and iirck hruaen a few days ago on H H I slonen, a tax of $1,000 has been aaaeaaed to I slump. When asked the cause of his mule’s raaa bought, the pocket book returned and the
• »** I n/ir I “ ' ‘
aborigines. The land was turned out about
fifty years ago to grow up, and is now well
timbered, with the exception of that cultiva
ted by Mr. Walker. He bought the farm a
few years past and settled on it, and it seems
squatted on a long-buried Indian. It woald
he a hard matter to stick to the grit if those
bleaching bones were to rattle againat the
fioor some dark, rainy night.
Catoosa Courier: At 4 o’clock p.ui. Oc
tober 1st, 1883, occurs the golden anniversary
of the marriage of Mr. Ezekiel Harris to
Miss Elizabeth Garner. Fifty years have fied
since they stood before the altar and pledged
their vows for better or for worser and on the
1st day of October they will stand before the
altar of a family's love and of friends, affec
tion, and renew the covenants that have
never been broken. In the beautiful lives of
this couple is illustrated the charm of wed
lock. By the doubling of their joys and the
dividing of their griefs, they have improved
their happiness and abated their misery.
And as we are honored with their friendship,
we sincerely pray that their last days may be
their best days, und when their bodies return
to dust, whence they came, may their glori
fied spiriis onite in that bright land of eternal
joys, where even the brief period of transi
tion will not divide them. Their children,
grandchildren and relatives are cordially in
vited to be present. Friends will receive in
vitations in a few days,
Merriwetber Vindicator: Judge High
tower, who resides near Mountville, in Troup
county, is a pious and tolerant Christian.
Recently a couplo of gent, stopped at his
attractive country home and asked if they
could get breakfast, saying they were minis
ters. T K e lady who met them, a daughter of
the jodge, said yes, that they always lodged
and fed the preachers of the Gospel. Hearing
that a couple of preachers were in the parlor,
Judge Hightower at once hurried in to see
them. 1‘retty soon he asked to what denom
ination they belonged. “We are Mor
mons,” was the reply. "Get out! get
out," was the immediate rejoinder, "no
.Mormon can eat breakfast in ray house."
"But,” responded the many wiled mission
aries, "your daughter said we could have
breakfast.” "It matters not wbat she said.”
the now thoroughly aroused old gentleman
replied, "there is no breakfast here for Mor
mons, nor will there ever be, so just pack
ofT," and they packed. Such cool receptions
from all our jwople would soon pack the
ministerial gentry off to Utah.
Alliens Banner: The following letter, from
Pope Barrow and S. P. Thurmond, the coun
sel oi Captain E. B. Eberbardt, exonerates
Mr. 8. D. Mitchell from all blame in the mat
ter. It is fair to this gentleman, whom every
one knows is incapable of such conduct, that
this act of justice should be done him. It is
a waste ot words where Dalt. Mitchell is
known to publish the following, but as the
letter has been published abroad we feel it is
fair iortiiose papers tliet did so to reproduce
he following: A hens, Ga., September 1,
1883.—Editor Banner - Watchman: Under
standing that some persons have imagined
tiiat in the publication of the anonymous let
ter addressed lo E. P. Eberhardt, we had our
thoughts directed to Mr. B. D. Mitchell os
being the probable nutbor, we take pleasure
in suyiog that no one of us ever fora moment
supposed that he was the author or knew
anything about the letter referred to until be
saw it in the paper. We thought every one
would see at uglance that the letter itself ex
POLITICAL NOTES.
onerated him.’’ The Banner further says
"Anonymous letters seem to have been the
order of the day in Athens for some time.
We learn that lost winter Judge Jackson re
ceived several threatening letters about tho
stove in the jail, while Sheriff Weir tells us
that while he had charge of the Rountree
murderers lie was often the recipient of sim
ilar documents.''
| unaccountable behavior ho drawled ou
"Dere ain't nothin’ at all do matter wid dis
Newnan Herald: A young lady from Rome,
who bad been visiting relatives at Whiteaburg,
started home last Friday. Bbe was accom
panied as far aa Newnan by a certain man
who proposed to see her safely on the Atlanta
, ,.i...,.„ l-—.. I tree End Jobn Cross a committee to confer here mule, boas. He am only a little fit-
» i "' ," ie °< «>unty commissioners re- Ifl. d."
!u2 V niJh?J? ■ptoling tho plana and specifications of tho Mrs John 0
efleciei^by &X""t\ {LTSM Th °* >re ““‘ bull ‘ ““ of to taM
the window. A box of bitters, some tobacco I i ’, , , etor of the cel
) window,
and Jugs were taken,
no arrests made,
As yet there lies been
Anderson, who is a daughter
W. W. Woodruff, late propri-
celebrated Woodruff' fruit farm
Aa a party of gentlemen wero returning uearGriffin, Ga., in 18G7 attended school in
from the Dooly county cauip meeting on the Now York city. Returning home in ls(i8.
onent$<4iV50. length and in breadth. I Griffin, and has been received by her. Thus
i .» r ’ ..-fSe# ,? i' , v? .? . Sandersvillo Herald: We not© a rather sin- 8evn thttt though the government may be
aixthdistrictof Dooly, was iu the Vindicator g U | a r oc, u r fnce tliutn father nnd son are tardy, it is generally pretty sure to deliver
il » conversation said he aluon g the grand jurors. Judge Sampson matter committed to it for transmission. Tne
had been living within two miles of the jus- jiuniel is the lather and Sir. Joseph R. llan-1 letter had, by seme accident, either been
tioe court ground for tweniy-aeven yeurv, and I j„ the sun. Judge Daniel ill thus respond- pigeon-holed or thrown behind some postof-
never been there on a court day, ami was |,ig to the rail of Ills country for his aorvices lice furniture, and, unseen by anyone, had
never aued. if more nirn couhl aay aa much || luU gh beyond the age when such service I ls,n hidden for this lohg time. Borne pains
the country would be better off. I | M , |,.,,ally required, furnishes an exam- taking clerk in fiimbliiig among the old pa-
Mr. Timothy Uloodworth, now living in Pl« worthy of imliation, and doubtless will he I"'™ ft the New York office, ran across the
Taylor oouuty, In remitting his iuhacri|"lou I *i"l'< •» grateful remembrance by ills fellow mBer, and iorwardod it to itadestinutiou.
to the Union and Recorder, writes that tie is citizens. I a Savannah father lias a thirteen-year-old
in the eighty-wound year of hia age; was mar-1 Rev. James Jones, says the Chlplcy Leader, I girl who is beyond the control of her natural
ried on the 23d of January, 1823, and his wife I was seriously hurt last Tuesday morning, lie I guardians. The girl's ti’otlirr is dead, and the
ia atill living. Tliey liad two cuildren when I was moving from the campground, and waa I lather is endeavoring to bring up a family of
General Lafayette visited Milledgeviile. t)u I sitting upon some bedding, which was upon I lour children, tho girl referred to being one
that memorable occasion Mr. Bloodwurth waa I Hie wagon. A chair begun to slip from its of them. The father was making inquiries to
filer for the military. I place on the wagon, and in attempting to I if lie couhl not fiud some authority hy
tfha Tlininaiville Time, sees- Mr Jo.1.1. catch it, he lost Ilia balance and fell backward which he could commit her to a reformatory
■Jir ons”( U ths uWouUous^elMen able " .' roH , 1 ">«iW. '•'lliug upon hi. neck and Institution. He wid: "I have exhausted
i.! e T h *„'’ I h«aJ- He was not suppow'd to be much hurt I «cry mean.. , She , runs away
""...V-JS?? .'”-1“““!?: I but in an hour alter the accident he grew ran-1 from home and Bteals things from
oasTtTntmv sUfflaauuma ‘'"F *"™‘. »« d he now lies in a critical con- the house lo se I. I have sent her to school
I dilmn. ami to friend, n the country, hut she baa
Tbcic was a lieht in I.exinaton last Tn». been returned from both as incorrigible aud
day In-twee., 8 Mr. John Kuoi°sudafaTuior I •’.Toiid the powibility of reform A short
named Banks. In a prior dispute witii Mr. ■ tlIlle a,:o s le ran aw “J a,u * * found her in the
I referred to the ordinary, who alone has (lower
I to take apecial cognizance of the girl’s con-
Carter, uu< - -1 tun uu„|uuuus eleven note,
speut Wednesday and Tuursdny in Thuiuiia-
ville. Mr Carter, though imo
members of Tua CoasTiTcnoa
the most brilliant and versatile. lie made it
most lisppi impression U|K)n all with wnotii
hemot here. I named Banks, in a prfor" Vlhpute Vith" Mr I time ago site ran away --------
The Americua Keconler says that twelve R. It. MuiliewsJohn boasted that he could I coun,r f’ wllcrB al1 ? wos concealing herself
miles from Dawson, end in Randolph county, whip out Biiuston district. This Mr Banks preparatory to going |o Cnarleston. lam
four huudred acn-s of laud sold nosnily for considered a personal reflection upon himself 'Itofutu keepiug my fatnilv together, but
$e,lXW, $15 per acre, emphatically proving and ciiraed Mr. Knox. That gentleman ro . 1 fear.lie will conianiitmte the others, who
that in this section lands are rich and profit- settled the insult with o knock down. Tbs I Sf® “ ob *dl« n t »nd, filial as can be desired,
able, ever bringing valuable prices. I parties afterwards made friend.. The first T, i* m W T b0 *i“ de *" v ' Dg mechanic, was
A negro said to be 117 yearn old died at Mr. di *culty grew out of the fence question, ” n " ' * v “ *” ” n * **
Thomas Cates place in Burke county last I Jealousy seems to be as strong among the duct.
week. But for an unfortuuute love of liquor colored brethren. A negro man living over Waynesboro Citizen: Some time ago a man
and Ute fact Ibat she lived in the unhealiny the river from Athens, named Wesley Pearce, ca | lm g himself Richani Davis came into the
clime of Burke, ahe would undoubtedly .tucked a negro workiug on Mr. Comer’. , tiilri ci ami represented that he waa a teacher
have reached a ripe old age. place, whom he found walking atth hia wife, in .earcli of a school. Several gentlemen
Hamilton Journal: The subject of a com.- J,“ d k then dra^Tue laid v UUo U |,e v, bo «ft |dr «» ll iu, ' r * a ** d flietuaeivea, and
ty fair ia *o be discussed at the next meeliiig wmids wherohelmM t and HmlwS Mr ’- D ’ ““'V b,ms, ' lt .. u * e pros.dins
of the county agr.cultural society. If a bet- "mltry The wou ed miu la d D ere two geni S! °^ r ab 1 ou ‘ pl , ,plls 'i rbcs ®. he
ter engine has ever been invented for ad- SgMs aud a dav unabie U) move whtm h^ ,au 8 “ about t' 1 ”® weeks, when he made a
vancing the agricultural imereau thau a w„foSndbvromeoh.k t^elud mS-ied roqui.uiouon hi. patrons for some change,
eountv fair we don’t know what it u I » *** 11 1 1 01 n,a -J 01 8,11 Ktl I « he deaired to ko lo Augusta and purchase
I hoiue, where he lies inn precarious condition. I some necessary books for the children. Some
Covington Enterprise: Will Smith, the I Cbipiey Leader: Mr. Storev gave me some ! restvonded to his call and others did not. Air.
young man who will be tried for murder at I information about his onediorso farm that I D. left ou Saturday morning, saying that he
the coming term of our court, has been I makca him the Furman of Harris county. I would return in the eveuiug. But by some
brought from Atlanta and placed in our jail. I He has only worked one horse and he har- j unfortunate chance he forgot to do so. and has
Meeart. lace, of Coviugton; 8|»eer, of Gritfiu, I vested one hundred and sixty bushels of oats, I not arrived yet, some cf the ladies who
and Haralson, of Atlanta, wul conduct the I one huudred bushels of corn, aud is sure of I thought Mr. D. a man of taste entrusted him
defense. I eight bales of cotton and many think he will I with a commission and the money to buy
There is some
about Millen and
i?n °f nil mke fcfur^rTx 8 o^a I “!* * atir * Then is guut in tbie kind | confidence. Misconduct has astonished hia
lid©*, take a Eigffi?! hulu wd the vaJoubh* V/ fwr tUis ki »*l Porous no little. He seemed to be a man of
ed will foot the bill for an elegant bupiht as But » b * vi,, i5 *>**■ w « ^nd having ears, | tine information, and a good teacher and well
the nenaitv ** ** I VP hear not.
- I Columbus Sun: Yesterday evenings nu
Griffin News: The stakes marking out the I nn-roualy signed petition asking tor the reten
cotton laclury were driven yesterday with the tion in |>oeiiion ut 1’o.tmaater Arnold, was In-
hatchet with which, together with a hammer I ln 8 circulated. His rumored removal or ails
anil a square, G J Drake started m life here peuaioii haa tieeu uuiversally condemned aa
thirty-taro yean ago. He ia now president oi »u outrage on a wortliv official a'nd the fact
Hie National bauk aud one of the largest that it ia but the work of tbcpetiy underlings
of the deiianmeut, remlen it imioesible fur
the jua iee loving |ieople oi Columbus to ac
quiesce witboui protest. Tue administration
ol Postmaster Arnold, brief though
it wax, has ever been charac
terized by an honest effort to accommodate
the public and ex|iedite the busineea of the
i eigui uaiea oi cotion anu many mink ne will I with a commlaaien and me money to buy
• talk anume tha .t,.„. I 8 l ‘ l ten. He has made fodder, peas and pota-1 them hats. They now mourn us those with-
id Wavne»boro of having « I iV* » nd » bountiful supply of vegetables out hope (of ever teeing Mr. 1) again) and ic-
y in the comingatwrung Sea* ?.1 b " i i° , „!“! d , f y r ..i a . bo f. ou ., tb< ' f" n ! al “* A« «>•/•« the victims of misplaced
stockholder* in the factory.
Dr. Glenn, and Mrs. Robert Anderson, have
bought the Harvey Johnston farm one mile
from Ringgold.. Dr. Glenn takes ait on tbe
right of tne public road leading from town at
$2,200, and Mrs Anderson takes all on the
left of the rosd, including the dwelling, at
$1,800, making $4,000 for the entire farm.
Mr.
I - — utade in the office No opposition hi en*
tertaiuid to hlssucceiwor.but his summary re.
— w.w — , uoval carries with it a cruel refiectien on the
satisfietl with his position.
Conyers Solid South: Unearthing the de
ca> ing bones of tiumau beings are uot uufre*
queutly reportetl. A startling story comes
trom Mr. Mack Walker, who lives in the forks
oi the two cotton rivers in Henry county.
Last ruesday as he was digging out a cellar
under his dwelling he was surprised and hor
rified to discover a marvelously wrought
string of beads and tbe hours of a human be
ing. The beads eucirtied the neck of the
skeleton and their oddity makes them an ob
ject of wonder. How came this person bur
ied at such a secluded place is ere
ating no small comment, as the
dwviiing bat been built on the farm within
the past two year*. The common solution to
the strange problem is that they are the re-
ung lady statteiPon her journey-, suspecting
Nothing. Reaching Dowell’s station, nix miles
from Newnan, the conductor stopped the
train to let her get off, as
the ticket was good for only that
distance. The young Judy was bowildcred and
began to suspect foul play. Examining her
pocket book, she found that her money was
all gone—stolen by the fellow who seemed to
befriend her. There she was, a poor, lone or*
pliau girl, away from home, among strangers,
and without a cent. The money which her
relatives at Whiteaburg had contributed to
bear her expenses home, about ten dollars,
mercilessly stolen by a graceless wretch! The
scene was pitiabio and the poor girl was dis
tressed beyond measure. Through the kind
ness of some passengers the fare to Atlanta
was paid, but we do uot know whether sfie re
ceived help to continue the journey home or
was forced to remain in Atlanta for the lack
of needed assistance,
i- Albany News: Sometime ago one Forest,
so-called, but whose proper name is thought
to be Lawreuce, found employment in this
city with Messrs. Crine and Ventulett as bar
keeper, but remained with them for only
short time. After leaving Albany he jour
neyed to Valdosta, where he was employed
by Major J. W. Wells in the same capacity.
While with this gentleman he took the liberty
of emptying the cash drawer of its contents,
amounting to about $125, and left for 8*vaU'
nuh. Here the police took him in charge and
reiurned with him to Valdosta, where
he remained in jail for a few days,
and finally discharged on some
excuse, nn i because no one would appear
against him. His case looked unusually sus
picious, and the next issue of the Times gave
u history of the cose, which we copied. Alter
his release front the Valdosta jail ho came to
.\lbauy and requested us to set him right
before tbe public, claiming that he had beeu
uujustly dealt with, and stated that the Times
ot tbe following Meek Mould publish an ar
ticle exonoraiiug him of the eburge of theft
aud setting him argtit. The prophesied
Times article did not appear, and a postal
curu to the editor of the Times developed the
fact that the gentleman's tale was a lie of the
liveliest character. We dismissed him with
this, supposing that be had left for the north,
where be belonged; but last Saturday a let
ter was received from Mr. Dotts, a
wholesale liquor dealer of Atlauta, in Which
he claimed mat a party representing himself
to be M. Crine, of Albany, called at his store
and gave an order for a large bill of goods.
Afier giving the order he strolled .about a
short time, then called again and induced
the bookkeeper to advance him $15 to enable
him to returu to his home, Albauy, telling
him to draw for it through the Central
railroad bank, which he did, but in the name
of William M. Crine. Of course Mr. M.
Crine refused to pay it, and Mr. Dotts, of At
lanta, is minus $15. From the description
given by Mr. Dotts and his agent, who knows
Forest on sight, as well as his bookkeeper, it
is generally supposed that he is the guilty
arty, and efforts are being made to capture
lim.
CHelt I»WmImc«I.
Washington, September 12.—The recommenda
tion of the naval court martial that naval cadets
ltenj Troprell, Archibald Campbell. Ellsworth P.
Berlhelot and Franklin Moeller be dismissed the
service for haring, has been approved by the *u
rlitteuoant of the naval academy, and orders
mining thsm were hsued to-day from the uavy
department.
A W«r4»l AtfU*.
rom the Conyf rs. Ga., Weekly.
Young girls should be very careful how they write
lore letters. It sometimes cost considerable to re
detm them—and sometimes they can not be re
deemed at all.
Trait Tmtlr Taltf.
From the Darien. Ga , Gasettc.
Mean whisky, aud plenty of it, will keep any
mains of an Indian chief or squaw, having young poor all of his life.
Looax and Mabone are said to have made
an alliance.
Judge Niblack, of Indiana, is sixty years
old. and out of politics.
The republicans are beginning to display
considerable anxiety over Iowa.
A sow of the late Speaker Kerr is twenty-six
years old. but Isa rising politician.
The republican bosses in Massachusetts
have 1306.000 to spend in the effort to defeat Butler.
The New York Times insists that Mabone
and Chalmers shall let go of the republican party'
coat tails.
Cincinnati people are unable as yet to de
tect any symptoms of malaria on the part of Me-
Lean or Halstead.
Tennessee papers are appealing to the leg
islature to enact a dog tax law and fence law at
next session.
It is feared that John Sherman will take
drink in the vs in hope of winning the whisky ele
ment to himself in the Ohio campaign.
The Dhiladelpbia Times thinks that the
publican party of Massachusetts has been too much
of “a close corporation," and that it must learn
"recognize the people."
The wife of one of the candidates iu Ohio
collecting for her scrap book the press notices
her husband which have appeared sluce his nomi
nation. He is afraid there is a divorce suit pending
somewhere.
Ex-Governor Curtin, of Dennsylvania, re
cently predicted that the democrats in his state
wonld elect a part of their ticket this year, aud now
the various candidates are asking him in private
letters "which part?"
Senator Garland, of Arkansas, who has
arrived in Washington for the season, says that his
state will send a solid McDonald delegation to the
next presidential convention.
When Henry G. Davis, of West Virginia,
retired from the Unired States senate, it was sup
posed that his public career had ended. There are
statements made, however, that ho is not only will-
lug but auxluus to run for goveeuorof his state.
J™ s L a . l ?J , »? a 4 to bo Rhea< fr made out with his
uame at tbe head.
“As a rule,” says the St. Louis Dost Dis
patch. the political campaign in Ohio is too exclt-
iug for a man with a large cerebral development
and nerves which are easily exacerbated. It takes
«™.™!? 1 H.E <>r * ker !*«•/*»—good stomach, no
racket! ttnd UtUe 0r no bniIus — 1 ° stand tho Ohio
Titprobibitionista of Tennessee seem to be
In earnest in their declaration that they will not
support the candidates of a party that is not com
mitted to the temperance cause. They declare
aSSSWJX. 1 " a *‘P* rt s” and not merely a "con
vention, although they will nominate candidates
only iu certain coutested counties.
McCullaoh, editor ot the St. Louis Globe-
Democrat, thinks that Senator Edmunds or Presi
dent Arthur will be the republican nominee for the
presidency, and that Arthur may succeed if ho can
heal the dlffcrei ce in New York. Otherwise Ed
munds will be tbe strongest man. McCullagh favors
Kandall for speaker, and thinks Tilden may be the
democratic nominee if he has good health.
Jerome B. Chaffee is back in Colorado lay
ing his plans to bo the next republican governor.
Recently he wrote a warm letter to United 8tates
•Senator Bowen charging him with b
ly with all the ftfcfiuns of tho party. , „„
friendly with Hill and ms at the same time," he
wrote, "jou can’t ride two horses." To this re
proof Bowen answered very vigorously: “I wish
J ou to understand,— you, that neither can two
ones ride me."
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
Ex-Senator^ Roscoe Conklino is in Wash
ington.
Jean Marie Michel GEOFrRY,actor,ls dead,
aged 43.
Right Hon. Hugh Low, Q. C., lord chan<
ccllor of Ireland, is dead.
Ex-Conoressman James A. McKenzie, is lo
be Governor Knott’s secretary of state.
The late Edward Ridley, of Gravesend, L. I.
left an estato worth upward of $1,000,000.
Representative VV. R. Cox, of North Caro
lina, reached New York from London yesterday.
John Bright, the noted Englishman, has
been sitting for his photograph by the electric
light.
Justice Horace Gray, of the United States
supreme court, is enjoying the glorious dust of Cal
ifornia.
The late William Spottiawoode, president
of the Royal society, left a personal estate of more
than 993 >,000.
Sir Henry Maxco, governor of Newfound
land, died at the vice regal residence yesterday
morniug.
Dremident Arthur has signified his inten
tion to bo present during the Oriule festival in Bal
timore next week.
Tukre is talk of a separation between the
king aud queen of Roumaria owlug to the marrlago
being without issue.
Horatio Seymour is in Utica, and will not
bo able to attend tho meeting of tho Prison reform
association at Saratoga.
William Marwood, the British hangman,
nover, it U said, saw a man hanged until he per
formed the work himself.
Queen Victoria has subscribed 200 pounds
toward a fund for the relief of the distress iu kgypt,
caused by the cholera epidemic.
The Rev. Alden Grout, the retired mission
ary to the Zulus, celebrated h s eightieth birth-day
Spntrlngtield, Mass., last Monday.
Lord Ronald Gower, in his book, says that
Disraeli had an impassive face, and Mr. Roden Noel
says that lt was like a mask.
Mr. Mowbray Morris deplores that 8hak-
speare, as a poet, is endangered by identifyiug his
creations with the personality of au individual
actor.
Ex-Governor Biddle, of New Jersey, fell
in a ferry-house at New York, and fractured his
left leg. He was properly attended, and sent home
' an ambulance.
Dr. Griffin, the stepfather of Miss Mary
Amlcrson. writes to a Louisville lriend as follows:
While we arc boating on the Thames me and
Mary is the synoshure of all eyes.'
General Silas W. Burt, the New York
state civil service examiner,was injured by a falling
lampwnilohe was riding In a railway car near
Lake George a few days ago. His head was badly
cut.
“No, George, I can never return your love;
never dreamed you loved me so—you should have
spoken of tt before. But I cannot return your love.'
”No," moaned the broken-hearted lover, as he
grasped bis hat, "nor tbe oysters and ice-cream
neither," aud George went out into the web
Governor Cleveland, of New York, will
asked to pardon Brother Frank, formerly presi
dent of St. Jose h’s college, Buffalo, whoisrening
five years iu Auburn for outraging Hattie Carr.aged
eight years. Hattie aud her mother make affidavit
that another man committed the assault.
Tub Hon. James G. Blaine will visit Deer
Park. Wayland, at an early day, a.« the guest of the
Hon. S. B. Elkin*. Mr. Blaine, with Senator Bayard
aud other prominent men having an iuterest in the
West Virginia Central and Pittsburg railroad, will
make atrip over the line ia company with Mr
Henry G. Davis, the president.
Professor Ritter, of Geneva, has been
trsciug the genealogy of Madame de Stacl, and
duds that her father, M. Neeker, was not, as is
sometimes claimel, of English or Irish descent He
came of a family long settled at Cuttrin, Prusda,
aud bis own father was induced to go to Geneva t r
George I., of Eugland, to open a school for Englbn
boys.
Milton Hay, who was a warm personal
friend of Abraham Lincoln, among other things
says of him: "1 never saw a man wltn leas instinct
for commerce, for gain by barter, or any of the
usual mei hod* of getting rich. Ue knew uoiht: g
about them. That 1*. perhaps, why he had men a
happy temperament. Ue trusted Providence and
did wbat came along,"
ALL THROUGH DIXIE.
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Florida.
A building boom bumrfick Orlando, ^
Florida. > \
The orange crop of south Florida is said to
be better than ever before. «
There are fifty residences just now in course » .
of construction in Jacksonville. v
Mr. Arnold, of Cape Malabar, Florida, will
plant 20,000 pineapple plants this month.
Bradford county, Fla., farmers have made
enough corn this year to last them two years.
The orange crop of Florida will be large
this season, and thus far the fruit looks well.
A deposit of copper ore bis been discovered
on J. L. Oliver's place, near Wakulla, Florida.
Florida has been awarded first premium at
the Louisville exposition for fruits and flowers.
There was a green turtle carried to Cedar,
Key, Florida, a few days since, which weighed 600
pounds.
In I’utnam county, Florida, seven brothers
reside, neither of whom is less than six feet In
height.
Thirty-five fishermen have gone from
North Carolina, to Cedar Key, Florida, who will en
gage in their vocation.
The probabilities are that from $150,000 to
9200,600 worth of oranges will.te shipped from Vo
lusia county, Fla., this season.
Many persons in the vicinity of Tallahas-
ee. Fla., are preparing to engage iu the cultivation
of flgs for commercial purposes^
During the. melon season there were dis
posed of ln the Jacksonville city market 89,152
watermelons and 6,521 muskmelons.
The smoke arising from the Florida vol
cano was plainly vhiole from Captain O. 8. Por
ter's residence last Tuesday eveniug. Parties who
saw it say that the smoke ascended straight up
for some distance above the trees and then ex
panded imo a funnel shaped volume.—Tallahassee
Floridian.
Alabama.
Eufaula, Alabama, is digging an artesian
well.
A good many Georgians are moving from
the state to Sand Mountain, Ala.
During the season just ended* Montgomery,.
Ala,, received 135,336 bales of cotton.
The National bunk of Anniston, Alabama*
opened its doors for business last Saturday.
A gold mine has been discovered on the
premises of Mr. B. Switzer, Tuscaloosa county, Ala.
Oxford, Ala., claims that her population
has lucreased 25 per cent in the past three months|
Over $200,000 has been spent in Mobile,
Alabama, in the past year for building and re
pairing.
Gadsden, Alabama, with a population of
,500, has sixteen lawyers, ten preachers -and nine
jctors.
The birth rate of Birmingham, Alabama,
is on a boom and mortality statistics remain grati
fy i ugly fcmall.
A poplar tree was recently cut down near
Moultrie, Ala., that measured fifty-eight feet at the
butt and 150 in length, lt will make 100,000 shin
gles.
Wilcox county, Ala., has a baby-boy, now:
11 mouths old, who wdgha 63 pounds. Tbe parents
have beeu offered 93,oOO aud expenses for the priv
ilege of exhiblUng tho child for the benefit of the
medical fraternity. They have refused.
Kentucky.
English sparrows have taken possession of
Richmond, Ky.
An eight-legged calf is tho product of Bour
bon county, Ky.
SiiBLDYViLLE, Ky., has two of the finest bar
room* in the state.
A squash vine 44J4 feet long flourishes in a
gaideu in Russellville, Kentucky.
A cow in Logan county, Kentucky, is the
mother of four calves horn In twelvemonths.
A suf* flower fiften inches iu diameter and
weighing*live pounds, was raised ln a Winchester,
Ky.
The statue of ex-President Zachary Taylor,
Louisville, Ky., will be unveiled on the 20th
lust.
Tukre are three negro preachers in tbe
Henderson, Kentucky, county jail—one charged
with adultery, oue with burglary, aud one with
graud larceny.
The educational convention which meets
Louisville, Ky.,on September 18th, is expected
oxert a strong lnllueuce on public opinion in
Kentucky In favor for a better school system.
Tciiiicnmcc.
Hog cholera Is prevailiug to an alarming
extent In Grainger county, Teuuessee,
There is more land plowed for wheat
throughout East Tennessee than ever before.
Reports from ail over East Tennessee bring
uew* that there has been a general drouth.
A Franklin couuty, Tennessee, farmer has
■old over fourteen thousand watermelons this sea-
n.
There are more fine residences being erect-
in Nashville this year than ever before ln one
year.
A rich vein of zinc ore has been developed
within the limits of the towu of Dandridge, Ten
ueatce.
Maryville, Tennessee, college bos just
opened with a larger number of students than at
the beginning of any previous year.
MiNNlMNlppl.
Cattle are suffering for water in portions
of Marshall county, Miss.
I)r. Henry Izard, of Meridian, Miss., has
come into possession of a fine mad stone.
Tue Mississippi river has 16,571 miles navi
gable to steamboats, and 20,221 miles navigable to
barges.
A lady in Meridian is doing the business of
fire, fife and accident insurance agent, and is doing
well at it.
Corroxseed oil mills are being erected at
Mscon, Grenada, Aberdeen, West Point and several
other towns in Mississippi.
The subject of agricultural lien laws is ex
ercising a good part ol the Mississippi press. That
givernlug the relation of merchant and farmer
seems to receive must attention.
Texas.
The pecan crop of Texas is unusually large
this year.
A company will soon open a mica mine in
Caldwell county, Texas, soon.
A sixteen year old boy at Ennis, Texas,
picked 60S pounds of cotton in one dty recently.
party of campers in the Paubandle,
Texas, came near being drowned by a cloud burst
a few nights ago.
The largest cattle ranch in the world is said
to be that of Charles Goodnight, at the head ol Red
river, Texas. He began buying land four years ago,
**euring 270.000 acres at thirty-five ceutsper acre.
In the mtanttmc tbe price has advan^d from 91 to
92 per acre, but he is still buying and controls 700,-
ioo acres. To inclose hb burned pose**i<ms 250 miles
of f< nee is required. On the range he haa 40,000
cattle.
Virginia.
The Lynchburg, Virginia, Virginian, has
b?en pubd-.hed seventy-.lx years.
The total voting population of Virginia is
estimated at 334,COO. Of this number 128,000 are
colored voters.
One hundred and thirty dollars and sixty
cents weie paid for the killing of foxes in Lcodon,
Virginia, during the past year.
The Virginia 8tate fair is to be held Octo
ber 31, and November 1 and 2. The premium lift
is long and liberal.