The Weekly constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1881-1884, September 25, 1883, Image 1
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TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1883.
PRICE 5 CiOjSTS
DURING THE WEEK.
VTHAT THE PEOPLE OF THE C1T»
AND COUNTRY ARE DOING.
Tbe New Oon*t—OcanUrfelUra Arretted-Cattle
Dlteai* In Tennere**—Tarred and Fea*h«rad-
Prtaooara Poiaoned-Eer aeaa Bzpls*
■toss—?oU'letl Gotreestfoa*. Etc,
Taeedaj, fiep ember 18.
The cesnet dUcovered by Professor Swift, director
of Werr er obeervttory at Rochester, N. Y., Is mor-
ins almost directly towards the earth. A plate,
press and all tho necessaiy apparatus for counter
feiting were found in a Duluth, Minn., grocery
1 atore. The United 8tatea naral station at Vllle
Franche in the Mediteranean has been abolished.
The lerenty-thlrd anniversary of Mexican indepen
dence was celebrated in the City of Mexico. Tho
sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows began its
fifty-ninth annual session in Providence. James
\V. Calhoun was shot and instantly killed in Worth
county, Georgia, by a negro named Allen Ford. In
the Zaladistrict, Hungary, there were fresh anti-
.Jewish disorders. Disastrous floods in the districts
of Taranta, Italy. Disturbances on the Donat fron
tier of Hungary are subsiding. The cattle disease
in England continues to increase. Two of the men
who were convicted of participation tn the massa
cres in Alexandria after its evacuation by Arabi
1'asba were hanged. Socialists made the opening
of the Holland parliament the occasion for a politi
cal demonstration. There were fifteen deaths from
yellow fever In Havana during the post week, and
tbe disease has broken out In GuaymaaLMexlco.
wtmcirr. v ™
Officers Green and Norman, who were considera
bly bruised np while arresting prisoners a short
time ago, are about well. Henry Falkner, a negro
man, was badly burned by the explosion of a kero
sene oil lamp.
Wfdnctdnr, Iwtmberllli
The republican state convention of New Jersey
nominated Judge Jonathan Dixon -governor. James
McDermott, pn trial in Liverpool charged with
conspiracy to murder public officials, was found not
guilty. Seven hnndred and fifty thousand dollars
worth of property was destroyed bv fire In New
York. The violence of tho yellow fever in Guay-
mas is due to the want drain. Tho statement
the Imperial bank of Germany shows a decreaso
specieof 6,181,000 marks. James Kemlo, a Metho
dist minister of Newark, N. J., made a determined
effort to kill his wife and himself, and they both
will pvobably die. Five cow boys attacked a mcr
chant at Ute Creek, New Mexico, and he killed two
of them, wounded others and died himself.
W 7HS-CXTY.
Thomas Graves, a whito boy, was kicked by
mulo and two of hit ribs were fractured. Abe Heu
son, a negro man, who was found dead in bis bed,
The residence of Mr. George Crawford on 8impson
street was burglarised. Mr. Henry Davis, of New
ton county, was in the city nearchlng for a stolen
mule. Mr- John Marshall, a well known printer,
died from an overt! oso of laudanum—whether it was
taken with suicidal Intent is not known. Work on
theckamberof commerce building will commence
in a few days.
Tharadaj, September SO.
The democratic state convention of Maryland
nominated Robert M. McLane, of Baltimore, for
fpireraor, and the republican state convention
Massachusetts nominated Congressman George
Robinson for governor, andOliver Ames for lieu-
tenant-governor. The town of Benson, Arizona,
was destroyed by fire. A train on tbe West Shore
i railroad of Wew York was thrown from tho track
and three men wero killed and sixteen seriously
hoUTit Surervirinr Architect Hill tendered Wue*?
ignAti:/ii to Secretary Fclger to lake ifll-ct ns soon
as his successor qualifies. Tho secretary of tho
treasury Issued a call for fifteen millions of three
per cent bonds. A statue of General Robert E. Lee
was successfully cut in bronze In New York. The
lilisheippl state fair begins at Jackson on October
19 CatUoln almost every part of Tennessee con
tlnue (odlo of murrain. Kentucky Is suffering for
rain.
in tokcity,
A big-crowd left for the Louisville exposition.
Mr. Georgo Evans's residence on Markham street
wu partially destroyed by fire. Subscriptions
the new Kimball house to date amount to 989,000.
A general row occurred at a ball near the old fa!
grounds and Ike Cooper, a hsck driver, wu shot in
tho bead, but as his cranium was so hard the ball
did little damage.
'Friday September JM
L. J. Britton, the tax collector of Hale county,
Ala., is reported to be a defaulter In the sum of 917,-
0 0 The colored foreign mission Baptist conven
tlou of the United States met in Manchester, Va.
The Corean embassy visited the Boston exposition,
Mary Brinklner wu burned to death by kerosene
oil In Wheeling, West Virginia. Nelson Lyon's fur
nitnre factory in Albany. N. Y., wu burned, the
loss amounting to over 9*0,000. Several boilers in
anironmilUn Pittsburg exploded killing three
penons and dangeronslv woutiding several others.
Sarah Williams wu murdered by John Lee near
Terrapin Point, N. C. John Payne Collier, the cel
ebrated philologist aud •Shskespcrian commentator,
-died in London aged 91. Holtz, a murderer, wu
.guillotined in RUelms, France. The bullion In tho
•Bank of England Increased £90,000 during the put
week.
IN TBXCITY,
The new two-cent postage stamps aie arriving,
The building on Alabama street occupied by W. 0,
Robinson u a paper box factory and the Kenni
mills as a flour depot wu considerably damaged by
fire a* also were the stocks of goods. The live stock
trade is getting brisk.
huturduv. *«pU*ber 39.
There were 188 badness failure* throughout the
United States and Canada during the put week,
At Telleqr station. North Carolina, Enoch Brown,
a negro, seized an ax and u his wife was preparing
dinner stsaca her a blow which nearly severed her
i head from her body. It Is estimated that the ex
\ penice of tke Russian army for 1814 are seven mil
iUm roubles in excess of thore for 1883. Five prom-
Unentoitlzencof Trumbull, Conr., wero arrested
lor tarring and feathering Charles H. Houston,who
L sccvsed of cruelty to bis wife. About one bun-
trod prisoners in the Connecticutt state prison were
\ Maoned by eatfng canned meet—none fatally,
j; \ tgm Sumter county, South Carolina, outraged
Garrett county, Maryland, of the murder of JosJah
Hardings. Arrangements are being made by the
Irish national league for a aeries of mass meetings
in America. Tbomu Johnson, a young fanner
residing near Salem, Ohio, wu waylaid and beaten
to death. Christine Nillsson sailed from London
for New York. The republican party of Colorado
Is divided against itself.
IN THE CITY.
A man named Enright got drunk and laying
down behind Faith's barroom on Decatur street'
wu robbed of his pants and coat Ordinary Cal
houn issued an order for an election to be held In
the l'eachiree district to decide the matter of fence,
or no fence in that district, Eliza Ingram, a color
ed woman, dropped dead while preparing supper.
Governor McDaniel refused to interfere lu the case
of George Wallace, th? negro who is sentouced to bo
hanged in Savannah, next Friday. Tho residence
of Mr. George Agnew, on Magazine street, wu
burglarized.
3H8RID a N'8 MEN.
a little white girl named Battle Dixon, and a sister
of the victim. In trying to protect her, was stabbed,
but not dangerously, by the negro; a party of clti-
sens arrested tbe negro ana you know what follow
ed. e'en or Alaur, one of the wealthiest men In So
nora, Mexico, and owner of the famous Trinidad
mine, died of yellow fever.
in ra* CITY.
The schools are all in a flourishing condition.
Policeman Harris killed a mad dog on Jackson
street The Metropolitan street car company will
be ready for business by tke middle of October.
Sdgar Leman, a white boy. fell from a scaffold,
sustaining a fracture of tbe ri(ht leg. Johnson,one
of the convicts who escaped from Lockett's camp
at tho Chattahoochee river, wu arrested ia Ala
bama and brought back.
Suter, Srfteaktr tS.
Broncer A Co., clothiers of New York, failed in
tbe amount of 9165,8.2. A boiler exploded in
Shreveport, La., killing five persons. Archie John
son, a negro, who outraged a little white girl in
Richmond county, North Caroline, wu taken from
the Jail by a band of men and lynched. There were
nine deaths from yellow fever at Gnaymu, Mexico,
and twelve deaths from the same disease In Havana.
John 8mUh, colored, wai convicted at Oakland,
Aa KatkaalaaUc llcceptljn at llarrlsvabHrs-Sluite
•ad Fla**.
Hakkifonbubg, Va., September 22 —At half put
1 o’clock to-day 218 union veterans, who served in
Shenandoah valley campaign of '61, under General
Phil Sheridan, from Maine. New Hampshire, Mas
sachusetts, Rhodelsland and Connecticut, arrived
in this town. They were met twenty-five miles
north of here by a delegation of soldiers and citizen
and at the depot by SOU citizens aud veterans of the
10th Virginia regiment. Tho greatest good feeling
and enthusiasm prevailed throughout. A speech
of welcome was made in the open air by Cat tain
• 8. Harnsbergcr, u confederate veteran, which
wu loudly applauded by the visit ora.
Oolonpl Carroll D. Wright of Bos
ton, responded. The visitors sat down to dinner
lnrnlshed by tho citizens at the Revere house. The
repast wu enjoyed by all present, and tho men from
tho eut expressed themselves u delighted with the
hospitalities of tho citizens, the veuerablc General
Thomas, of Montpelier, Vermont, being conspicu
ous for his enthusiasm on tho subject. Tho veterans
were escorted to tho depot at fivo o'clock
by the soldiers and a host of citizens, ana the train
moved off amid the shouts of the people and the
cheers of the departing visitors, ana the waving of
flags and handkerchiefs. They go direct to their
ROSE AMBLER'S MURDERER.
The Respected Lover Growls* lttch ttatefthe Kcl*h\
t»or’aC'nrlu»llr«
Nxw Haven, September 22,—Tho detectives have
not yot hit upon a clue, upon which they are will
ing for tho investigation to proceed. A curious
phase of the crime is developing in the fact that
Lewis is rapidly growing rich. His business hu
more than doubled within the put fortnight, and
he is now obliged on his dillv trip from Hartford
up through the Naugatuck valley villages to carry
double the quantity of nrodnee with which his
regular patrons were formerly satisfied. New
patrons have flocked to him, and tho arrival
of bis wagon at Birmingham and Shel
ton is the one dally event of importance there.
Everybody wants to aee the fellow and overybody
wants to talk with him. He has developed iuto a
big hero, and William fully appreciates the glory
which has been showered upon him. His maimer
has become nervous. He answers questions now
with an unusual abruptness, aud eveu the fond ex
pressions of sympathetic young women along his
route are received with a haughty carelessness that
falls ridiculously short of the dignity aimed at.
Lewis treats with outspoken scorn the efforts of the
detectives to connect him with tbe crime, and as-1
■times to think It a very funny joke that his lap-
robe and wearing appanl should have been taken
to an expert mlcroscoplst for examlnatlan. He
says, however, that a man of less nerve than him
self, or one without a phenomenally clear con
science, would probably have succumbed to tho
J wearing experiences of tho past fortnight. Detec
Uvea dewing bis steps gn' watching ovory move
■teUt ha makes,.Mat onto! bc«i to
.Interview him, aud his best friend* looking upon
him with suspicion arc, he says, sufllctent to break
| up any ordinary man aud make him look bad.
THE YELLOW FEVER.
THE MAN ABOUT TOWN.
FACT AND FANCIES CAUGHT
UPON TKE STREETS
Fex of the Foltoo Qaiitte-Honey by tbs Btrrel-
Toombrt Inspection-Weitern Shipment* ol
O ang*s Freak In tbo Bslt Flab erode—
Matters In Osnerai Dlcontsed.
Tke Placue iacrcMlas at U*ayaM—Deaths «t
llaTSia,
Guaynas. Mexico, September 22.—Nine deaths
from yellow fover havo been reported
during tho last twenty-four hours at Guaymas.
The thermometer has men to 97 degrees. Fears are
again entertained that under tho great heat and tho
filthy condition of tho streets tho fever will again
increase and spread. Eleven new cases were report
cd yesterday. Not enough rain fell to clear tbe
streets and the hot suu following has tended to
increase the malaria. The increase lu deaths
aud tho new esses havo drlveu
the people almost frantic, not knowing
whether they should flee from tho city or
remain in hone that the wont has passed. Tho
members of the board of hctlth have proved them
selves uttoilv incompetent to deal with tho matter.
It is rumored that Delvalle, a millionaire of this
city, who lied to tbo country, has died. No news
has been received from Hermosllla.
Havana, September 22.—Twelve deaths from yel
low f«ver occurred at Havana during the past
S an Fbanuu - -•'♦ember 22.—Captain Caverly.of
the steamship Cotta. ;h touched off Mitzatiun
on lu way up from Fan*. A, in spoaktuc of the yel
low fever along the Mexican coast, confirms the re
ports of the burial of the dead by a band of hired
Indians who. he says, roamed from bouse to house
gathering up corpus as the garbage man
would make his rounds. This resulted, hays Cap-
tsln Cavlrly, in mauy persona being burled alive.
In one case a man was taken up for dead and
carted away and burled in le>s than half an hour.
It wa* rumored a notee was heard lu tho box as it
was being cirted off A friend hearing of this
went to the cemetery, disinterred the remains aud
found that the man bad turned over during the
agony of suff.jcation. Information from a private
source states that there had been 80J deaths at
Mazatlau the last six weeks.
Atlanta, Ga , September 22.—Despite tho short
crops, our merchants report excellent trade ard
better prospects. This state of things Is no
unexpected than welcome.
It seems foolhardy to predict political events a
year ahead, but it is said to be among tho certain
ties that Captain Harry Jackson will contest Con
gresaman Hammond’s re-election. In which case
Fulton will become tho central battle field. Tho
new counties In the district offer no new candi
dates unless Rockdale should name Peek and New
ton try Livingatou. Tho most probable effect Is that
the new counties will Incline Governor Boynton to
make the race.
A very pretty race is outlined for the state sena-
torshie. It the Hon. Frank Rico will ask for
the nomination, and probably get It, while Captain
Bray will go before the people of the threo counties
to sco whether or not they indorse his rejection by
the senate.
Mr. Richard K. Fox. of the Police Gazette, who
wos here lately before tho city court to answor the
charge of circulating obscene literature, is a notable
character in his way. He landed in New York from
Belfast, Ireland, a dozen years ago with less than
five dollars in his pocket. He reported awhile on a
dally paper and then became a canvasser for the
Police Gazetto. His success was such that he was
admitted to partnership. Tho paper ran down until
ten years ago, when Fox, then twenty-three years of
age, became solo proprietor.
In the ten years since then he has rnado a fortuno
of a million and a half dollars. Ho paid 9-'50,000
for the building in which tho Gazette is printed and
has it stocked with seven presses that cost alono
$120,000. The circulation of the Pollco Gazette
ranges from 140,000 to -75,000 a week, at 6% cents a
copy. Special issues are made for great events,
such as tho Ryan-Sullivan fight, that kept tho
pretses busy for a week and sold up to nearly 400,-
000 copies He also prints tho Week's Doings, which
is practically a re-issue of the Gazette, using the
pictures that were printed in that paper five or six
years ago, and now catch resh readers. Ho
also publishes 63 salacious books, such ns
Glimpses of Gotham,'* "Secrets of the Stage,"
'Folly's Queens." These sell by the thousand. *
Fox is a natty, ronnd-shouldered young fellow of
quick manners, shrewd and plucky, no is natu
rally the "boss" of tns rougher sporting element to
which he caters, and has given in money prizes for
slugging, walking matches, and tho like, over 925, ’
000. His publications have tholr best hold in tho
lower quarters of tho great cities, and among the
adventurers o the bolder states. It Is said that he
publishes, without charge, two religions papers,and
doubtless draws bis own conclusions ou tho small-
nereof their circulation as compared to his wicked
sheets.
Some one asked General Toombs if he thought
the Inspection of fertilizers was a protection to the
farmer. 'Tilbe* ten dollars," ho replied, "that I
can take a sack of sand and drag a polecat through
It and fool tho best inspector they’ve got." *
Mr. W. F. Sams gays of too western shipment of
oranges, "We expect to ship bOG car loads of Flori
da oranges to tho west this season. Last year we
.shipped
not
West has developed as a great market for oranges
and melons In Jhe past few years. In 1881 we will
ship 4,000 cars of melons and 1.UOO cars of oranges
direct to tho northwest. 1
SOCIAL BQUALITYIN TEXAS.
The Catered People Withdrew Their llcecat AcUm
Asutnut the Kellreuda.
Galveston, Texas, September 22.—J. N. Johnson,
an attorney, and J. R. Bryan and W. K. Reed, cler
gymen, all colored, after a conference with Vice-
President Waldo, of the Houston and Texas Central
railroad, bare Issued a card to the colored peopleof
Texas, stating that all suits against
' e above mentioned on account of
e denial of equal accommodations
„ negroes are withdrawn and farther suits are dis
couraged. The company will pat on separate and
exclusive cars, with equal accommodations for ita
colored patrons, within three months. The card
expressly denies that salts were brought to force so
cial admixtures, and announces that tbe uegroes do
ekon by tbe Texas Central.
TARHEEL LYNCHING.
Jahason Taken Oat at Utchaand Jail aad
Hanged la a Tree.
CUAAiarrg, N. C ,September 22 'Thursday night
armed and mounted mob took from Richmond
county jail Archie Job aeon, and taking him to a
neighboring tree hanged him until dead. About
one week ago Johnson, who is colored and about
twenty years of age, committed a bru ml a'nault
n pon a little white girt On being arreated.though
the Impulse was stroug to lynch him. it was deci
ded to let the law take its course. The condition of
at stated.
and an attack,
made upon the
Claed m Urn Dracrvad to He.
Nashville. Tcnn.. September 22.—Some time ago
Thomas O. Summers was absent from the city.
While he was away a New York drummer named
Fcmggfns, who was casually introduced to hi* wife
her boarding place, add rowed an impudent note
_ her. The lady rebuked him aud Informed her
husband as soon as he returned. Dr. Hammers, _ -
who has been looking for Scroggins ever dace, j total Investment, and my farms increase in value
found him today in a atore on tse public square mr »
Without any preHminarie* the do'dor took a slight I . ... . .
walking cane which he carried and slapped several I "What is the rule on which you have farmed?"
sharp cute acroaa ncrosnrin'a face, lie was ar.eriod * "I am acorn reiser, f have never been bitten by
for the umuitaad by the recorder. j cotton craze.. X nrake.ftll my terms sclf-snppon-
Lieutenant Garllngton, who was in charge of the
late Arctic exploration, Is woll remembered by our
people as a handsome young follow, of fine address
and character, who spent a furlough with|hls tether
General Garllngton, in Atlanta In 1878. He was a
great favorite here, and Atlanta is proud of the
distinction he hu won.
A curious freak in tho salt fish trade of Georgia Is
reported by Mr. Grceno, of Wyly & Greene. He
says: "Last March there was a rise in the price
of mackerel, which Is tho staple brine fish of this
section. The rise was in anticipation of a short
catch. After May aud Jane, which are the fishing
months, the price jumped up until No. 3 mackerel,
which were worth a year ago 93.50, are worth 98 a
barrel. As soon as this rise began, that is lu April,
a Chicago man came Into our store and wanted to
sell mo some white fiah."
"They are a lake fish?"
"Yes; and packed in brine just as mackerel are.
None had ever been sold In this market, and wo do
clined. He asked us to let him leave 20 barrels as a
trial order, he prepaying the freight. We agreed
but thought they would rot In our cellar. In le»
than a week we had sold them aud ordered 50 bar
rels more, We sold these before they arrived, and
ordered 100 barrels. Iu a few weeks wo had sold
500 half barrels. The other merchants then order
ed, and I suppose 20.000 half barrel*havo been sold
in the Atlanta market this searon/
'llow do they compare In prico with maccercl?*
Thoy sell for about half of what maekerel cost.
They are packed just as mackerel, but of slightly
Inferior flavor and fineness. The supply In tbe great
lakes isexhaustlest, and they will doubtless become
the staple salt fish of tblsseciiou, mackerel becom
ing a comparative luxury.
Tube-roses by the acre, violets by the half acre,
and roses In long rows blooming as profusely as
cotton ia a sight that may bo seen on the flower
term of Wachendorff. just outside our city limits.
Touching the city demand for flowers Mr. Wachen
dorffsald: "Atlanta buys more flowers every year
than the year before. As the city grows larger and
richer, greenhouses multiply and cut flowers rell
faster. 1 add to my capacity every year, and will
soon have my whole farm one huge flower bed.
It Is notable that Mr. Wackendioff Imports many
of bts hyacinths and geraniums, and ships to Europe
tube-rose bulbs packed in dry sawdust. Roses hold
the first place In popularity,. and tbe pink, sweetest
and best of flowers, hss few bat devoted adherents.
I was over about Athens a few weeks since, and
noted a curious phase of land-holding In that neigh
borhood. Three farmers, Mr. John W. Nicholson,
Mr. Giles and Mr. James M. Smith have been stead
ily absorbing small farms until they have accumu
lated from 5,000 to 8,000 acres each, and hold in three
ownerships what waz formerly held in perhaps fifty.
Their (arms are all occupied bv tenants who have
supplan ed the former owners.
While the absorption of these fifty farms may not
foreshadow tbemaadog of fsrm owner.bip in a few
bands, and the substitution of a tenantry for a
peasantry, the process and result by which it came
about is interesting. Mr. John W. Nicholson, a
man of large wealth outside of his term lands and
partner of Reaves, Nicholson A Co., one of the
largest firms In the state, said to me:
I havo steadily bought terms, because I found
that farming properly done, g»ve me better returns
for my money than anything else. I have several
hundred tenants, all of whom are .prosperous,
have made from eight to fifteen per cent on my
ing. Most of them raise corn to sell. I mako as
much cotton as I can after I've made an abundance
of coni, wheat, oats and provision crops. I feed my
land well, making tho compost heap do its full
work, and X insist upon system in all the farm opor
atlons,
"There is Giles," Mr. Nicholson went on to say,
"who has become rich by just such farming,
camo out of the war poor. He bought on credit half
of a farm owned by Mr, Henry Hull. Ho paid for it
and took the other half at an advancod price. Ho
paid for ilia* and has since bought several farms.
Ho is worth more than 9100,000 and has made it all
by judlciou* terming. He has had no better lands
than Ms* neighbors and no hotter
chances. Me has simply had corn
to sell while they’ve had to buy corn. He
has bought fsrm after farm of the cotton raisers,
after selling them corn fora year or so. He still
keeps full ct!hr, and sells corn to those of his neigh-
bora who bclievo there's no money in raising it."
"Mr. brnii.h has had pretty much the same ex
perience?" ,j
"Yes, except that I believe Smith first tried the
all-cotton pi An. Ho lost at this, and then had a lit
tle store in Athens. Ho then drifted into tho corn
raising schedule and has since made a great deal
of money. As soon as he found it paid ho put his
profits into lands, buying now farms. He is now, I
expect, the largest farmer in Georgia. Ho runs
about five more pIowb that I do. Ho nlwayB has
corn to sell,aud his policy Is to leave his land rlchor
every crop he totes off It."
"This thing of the cotton craze," said Mr. Nich
olson, ' Is pe/odic, and always brings ruin with it.
It cannot bo Argued away. It has to come, spend
its force, ruin its victims, and force them to reform.
In 1831-2 I was a boy on my father’s farm,
Thoso were days of plenty with Georgians.
Wo raised on oui farms everything wo needed from
feathers up to corn. Tliecottongin then began to
to circulate and overybody wont crazy on cotton.
The craze increased until '38 whon there was
general failure. From thou until '40 thousands of
farms were »>Idout and a now start was made on
tho corn raising principle. There was prosperity
for a low yea. iL when tho cotton mania took hold
again, and In. *48 to '60 thoro was another general
crash and liquidation. Tho corn-reisers camo to
tho front ogalh and things picked up smartly. Be
fore the all cotton plan could ruin us, tho war
camo on. Since tho war it has been tho same ebb
and flow When our people raise their own pro
visions they prosper. As soon as they got fairly on
tholr feet, tho speculative fever gets them and thoy
go into cotton raising. After awhile there is a crash
and then the/ go back to sensible farming, which is
ralso you town provisions, and after that ratio your
money crop.*’
Mr. Farish Furman, Georgians will be glad to
learn, left hh* widow and children in comfortablo
circumstances. He was insured for 95,000 lu tho
American l.oglon of nonorand 83,000in tho Royal
Arcanum. This will mote than pay his debt*
and leave his estate unencumbered.
His rental from his plantation amounts to about 70
bags of cotter., and his profits from the farfn ho
cultivates wil: bo about 81.500. His citato will got
a royalty on every ton of fertilizers mado by his
compost and told by tho Furman fertilizer com
pany, which Is estimated at 11,200 to 81.500' for the
preiwut Mason, and more in the future. His affairs
will be wound up by Mr. Sanford, his law partner.
Had Do',r Funhan Jived five years longer ho would
have boon a rich man. As it is his wlfoand two
chUdroi. ore well provided for.
I have a letter from Colonel C. C. Jones, undor
date o' the '8th lnst&zit, In which ho says that tho
history of Georgia Is in typo,
NEWS OF GEORGIA.
what THE PEOPLE ARB SAYINO
AND DOING.
All tb. Lc.dlRjt CrltBN, C.au.ltfr. and Oth.r Er.nl.
-How tho Crop. Throughout the Country Bland
-Talk About roll.lo. and Bu.lnr.a-
M.tter. ct Ceo.r.1 Int.rc.t, A to.
Scottsboro, September ID.—Henry Kelil
bns of Into missed several hogs from his pen
and resolved to wdttfli for the thief. About
eleven o'clock Isstnight Mr. Retd discovered
a man walking towarda bia hogs, and as the
man was seen to climb tbe fence, Keid fired,
and going to tbe spot found be bad killed
Abraham Oreen, a near neighbor. Tiie
parties lived in the northern part of this
county, about twenty miles from Scottsboro.
Seventeen buckshot entered tbo body of
Oreen.
Cartkbsville, September 17.—Frisble, one
of tbe jail breakers, chanted with murder,
was captured by Mr. W. K. Pickett Friday
afternoon about dark somo three miles from
town. The other two fugitives have managed
so far to eludo the vigilance of the officers.
CuTiingRT, September 17—On Saturday, the
15th inat., Joe Holder, a negro lil years of aee,
was tried and committed for the murder of a
negro boy 10 or 17 years old, named Wilson
Hadden, alias Shields. The killing occurred
some eight or ton miles from Cutbbert, on
Wednesday laat; and grew out of a difference
concerning!, moneyed settlement between tbo
negroes. Joe Holder will bo tried at the fall
term of tho superior court
Tjhwakton, September 17.—On tho twenty
fourth day of December, 1882,
Dock Miller killed Bb Jackson, hli half
brother, at Delrey, in this county. It seems
that thoy wero on their way home from this
place in a wagon and had gone as far aa Del
rey. when they became involved in a quarrel
which resulted In Jackson striking Miller on
tlio bend with a stalk of sugar cane, after
which Miller cut Jackson several times with
a knife, killing him almost instantly. Miller
had not been seen until about
ten days ago, when ho wns
arrested by tbe mayor of West Point, Miss.,
and waa brought here yesterday by SherilT
Foster and lodged In jail. Thoy are both
white men. Miller is comparatively a young
man, being about twenty-fire years of ago,
while Jackson wns over thirty, and leaves a
family. The indictment against Miller
charge, voluntary manslaughter, but as It
was a family afiafr, it la thought that tbe cir
cumstances of tbe killing will bo ameliorated
by all. Miller was visited at the jail to-day
by bis father. Tbe scene of their meeting
was very affecting. They had not seen ono
another in nearly two yean.
AttovsTA, September 18.—Another instance
of a white baby being left with a colored
woman by a while girl came to light to-day.
A physician was called by the woman to see
Id had convulsions,
• . - - » ih *i jr uvuiRin in in iviny,
3i>» ^ ears amt tbej year ....U rS fmirM ^ tht, «co„d volmuc. noth lfook.
half dozen cars. Tho mnstrated and will cousin of about 675
octavo pngci. Tho work Is being done by Houghton
MUIfin A Company, which Is o guarantee of 11s cx
cetlencc. Tho two ..volumes should bo In the hands
of tho booksellers by tho middle of October, and
before Christmas should hold an honored place In
every library In tbe stato of Georgia.
Mr. Itlchard Teton, whose happy thought of
nodal galhorlni In tho Interest of tho now Kimball
bouse, gave the dcclatvo stroko to that enterprise,
huocon potential tn almost every Atlanta enter
prise since file city was a cross-roads.
Ho located tho Georgia mllroadu far as Madison,
thus laying tho way for our flnt locomotive,
wu superintendent of tho road when It reached
Atlanta, and in connection with Mr. Oaruott desig
nated tho point at which it outesed. llo then
established a dally line of stagea from this point to
Montgomery and controlled tho travel by rati and
staga from Charleston to New Orleans. He then
butlt the largest grist mill up to that day
In the south. To supply this with fuel he
boughtaboutMO seres of land which Utenortbsldeof
thecily now covers. The bolletaof Hits mill wero sold
to the coufedesate government and Augusta mado
the principal supply ot powder for lire confederate
armies. At the close of thewer, Mr. Peters, by per
soual Invitation, persuaded General Tope to make
Atlanta his headquarters—and though ho and Popo
afterwards quarrelled because Mr. Totem would
not acknowledge that “a negro wu u good sa a
Whiteman,” I’ope'e coming hero unquestionably
made this the center to attract tho Hotting ele-
mentsof that chaolte period, and Anally result In
catching tho capttol.
Mr.Teters also organized and built ouratreot rail
road system and gavo Atlanta tho only street nil-
read la the eolith that never tailed and wu sold
out. Ho wu at tho first meeting of the
expeeftton committee, and wu one i
prime movers In the Exposition mills, lfo wu also
a director In Atlanta's flnt bank, and In everything
that hu Interested Atlanta, be hu been to the
front,genial, liberal, and sagacious. The fife and
lufluence of no man Is so Intimately and potential-
ly connected with tbe growth and expansion of our
city. He now steps in and strikes the clinching
lick on the Kimball house enterprise.
There Is a curious feet connected with Mr. Peten
and the lot on which the capttol la to be built.
That lot (four teres) wuowmd by Mr. Jones, of
Griffin, who wu elected to congress. Ho did not
havo tho reedy money to carry him to Wublngton
and he sold this lot to Mr. Pete re for 1100. Mr,
Peten held It for sometime relating to tell to pri
vate parties because be thought ft should bo kept
for public purposes. At length he sold It to tho city
fort-VMO. There being no money In the treasury,
tbe flnt bonds evar Issued by the city were Issued
and paid to Mr. Peters. He little thought when be
told that gtoo lot, that he would lira to tea It occu
pied by a million dollars capital ol an empire slate.
MISB ANNIE BOYLE’S TREASURER.
DtSvaUy la Wblrh a Utr Wall liana la Atlanta
tins nn Internal.
WHXXM.vii, W. Va., September S2.-A! * o’clock,
tbit morning, J. It. Birmingham, treuurer of the
Frederick Wnrdo theatrical company, got Into a
difficulty with Him Annie Boyle, lending lady ol
the company. On the pretext of delivering a
package bo made insulting propoiaU which wen
resented by the lady, she rushed from the room
to the parlor of the hotel and sent
for the manager, John Collins. on
bis arrival he found Birmingham under the Influ
ence of liquor, bettering at the door. Collies
stepped down to the office of Ute hotel, called a
pouceman and had Birmingham arrested, lu the
police court Blnnl
the dar Manager L
tbe infant, which she sal
Tbo physician at once discovered that a largo
dose of opinnt bad been given to tho child,
which was in a very critical condition. Ef
forts aro being made to discover the mother.
The child waa given to the colored woman
this morning.
Chattanooga* Tenn., September 18.—Three
months ago, Miss Marv, tho handsome
daughter of Major Peter Powers, living near
Rising Fawn, Dado county, Georgia, was
married to Mr. Frank Gnns, a thrifty young
farmer of tho neighborhood. It was said by
gosslpera that tho young wlfo’saffectlons were
not entirety centered on tier husband, but
Was at her aged father's dc-nro that Him cl.
tered Ibo marriage stato with young Gnus.
Tho courso of their Iovo ran smooth enough,
however, until n boarder was taken Into the
family, In the person of handsome Dick
Coppfngor, between whom and tbo
» wife an intimacy sprang up.
■igbt morning, about ten days ago, tbe
young wife, likewise Mr. Copnlnger, disap
peared. Nothing was known of their whero
abonts until to-dity, when Mr. Gans, accom
panied by Major Powers, arrived in this city,
whore they learned that Mrs. Gans was at a
boarding houso In the fifth ward. She was
found, and when her husband and father
called on her, contested all, stating that her
partner in guilt had obtained employment In
a brickyard. Warrants had been issued and
officers went in search of Copplngcr, who
waa soon found. A large crowd had
collected in the courtroom, drawn
tbttlier by re|>orta tliet something truly sen
sational waa on hand. When Coppingor was
brought into court, the recreant wife, un
mindful of her husband's presence, bounded
forward and clasping her parnntpur around
tho neck, clung to him, crying that she loved
him better than all the world and would die
for him. A sceno of Intense dramatic excite
ment ensued, when thebeurt broken husband
tore his guilty wife's arms from tbe neck of
her lover. Copplnger was held in a bond of
two hundred and fifty dollan, In default of
which he was lodged in jail. Gans took his
wife to a hotel, and will remain to prosecute
Copplnger to the full extent of tbe law.
Augusta, September Iff —Major Samuel U.
Crump, clerk of the superior coart of Rich
mond county, was found dead in Ins bed this
morning. Ho waa with a party of friends at
ten o’clock last night, but has keen in bod
health for some time. He was a lieutenant
in tbe company which went from Augusta
to tbe Mexican war, remaining with the
American army throughout that war. He was
esptain of tbo Walker Light Infantry in
the First Georgia regiment in the late war.
Afterwards he was major of an independent
battalion in the army of northern Virginia
The cause of his death wia heart disease,
Atiissu, September 10—A special from
Athens, Tennessee, says that about 0 o'clock
this morning, tbe white employee in the
erection of the Metuodiit Episcopal cbnrcb
building at this place, were working near tbe
eavea. The scaffolding suddenly gave way,
currying down, in wild confusion, three
wurkmen, Charles Taylor, David Logan and
Charles Foster, with brick, plunk, buckets,
etc., a distance of forty feet. Taylor was
killed, Logan’s hack was broken and his hip
dislocated, and Foster i injuries are supposed
to be fatal.
Amiant, September JO.—Very few addi
tional particulars of the killing of Mr. James
W. Calhoun by Allen Ford, colored, in Worth
county, on Sunday laat, have reached us.
There had been some bad blood between the
parties, arising out of the lose by Calhonn of
a bridle which he accused the negro of steal
ing. and on tbe day of the shooting be met
Ford in tbe road, having tbe bridle In bis pos
session. Wiien Calhoun advanced upon Ford,
with what particular purpose la not known,
the latter drew his pistol and fired, tbe ball
taking effoef near the heart and producing
almost instant death. At laat accounts tbe
negro bad not been arretted. Calhoun leaves
a widow and seven small children. He was a
respectable farmer of Worth, and well
tbooght of by hit neighborr.
A serious stabbing affray is also reported to
bare occurred at Acrev, in Worth county, on
Saturday night last, in which Mr. Frank
Boatright, watchman at tbe turpentine dis
tillery there, was stabbed with a knife below
the left tboulderblade hy one Dsn Holland,
colored, indicting a very severe wound. Boat-
right waa alive attest accounts. No arrest bad
been made.
Savannah. September IB.—Thornes Lewis,-
colored, working at Iteppsrd’s wharf, bad his
prevemtd blot.
| prints the f
•mg: A horrible crime has been
committed near Mabelton, In this county. In
that vicinity lives an unmarried white woman
named Elizabeth Avery, about X5 years old.
There in a home of poverty and ein her and
her six year-old daughter lives alone. On
the 15th and 16th inst, visiting and
charitable neighbors found the woman
sick in bed. She said nothing
of tho true etatc of affairs, but sus
picion wssj aroused iwhlcb resulted in an
investigation being made on Monday Inst.
The little girl upon being closely questioned,
said she knew where the baby was buried and
lead to the spot near tho house. Her mother
had ntado her take a hoc and scrape out a
hole and place the murdered child in It, cov
ering it with a little dirt, a few rocks and
some straw. Tho mother warned the child
that If' (he Idisclosed its whereabouts she
would kill her. But that Innocent little
girl not Comprehending the turpitude of the
crime committed by her mother, not only
reveulcd the plocf of Iu burial, but said:
''Mamma wrung the baby's neck and hit it
on ttio head with a stick. 1 ’ The dead iufant
was unearthed, and Dr. Childers upon exam •
(nation found its neck broken and its skull
crushed. The mother, when confronted with
tlio ghastly corpse, acknowled to giving the
child birth, but denied putting it to death.
She gave no eatlsfactory statement of ita an-
timely taking off. A. 1*. Dmlgen, notary
public, acted ns coroner nnd held an inquest.
The jury placed tbo suspicion on the mother,
and as soon aa her physical condition will ad
mit, she will bo brought to Marietta and
lodged in jail.
Atiiins, September 21.—The meeting of the
old soldiere of Madison county, at Madison
springs on Thursday, was a grand succcssand
everything passed of pleasantly.
West Point, September 21.—Mr. Gaines
Huguley, residing a few miles north of West
Point, bad his arm so severely lacerated in
the gin yesterday that ho died in n few hours
froth the effects of bis injuries. Ho wns at
tempting to brush away motes with his hand
while tho gin was in rapid motion, and get
ting to near tho saws hla arm was caaglit and
shockingly mangled up to his olbow. He wav
a young man, only about 22 years old, nnd
hud been married about a year. He leaves a
wife and two children, twins, only n few
weeke old.
Athens, September 21.—A negro by the
name of Robert Stork, fourteen years old, put
ground glass this morning in tlio bread of the
family of Mr. Robert Callaway, who lives four
miles from Athens, and Mra Robert Csllawny,
Mrs. William Callaway, of Oglethorpe, and a
baby are In a critical condition. Mra R. Cal
laway ia a neico of Judge A, Potter. The boy
has been arrested anil lodged in loll. Ho no-
knowledges his guilt and says ho wanted to
hurt a negro girl.
Savannah, September 22.—Last ntgbt s colored
man supposed to be concerned in tho Uecrtcl mur
der In this city, and for whom search wss made on
St. Catherines Island, wss Dually apprehended by
a man named Grayion, who wsssrmcd with a shot-
S ,n. The negro had a struggle with him, In whli h
egnn wssilN-hiirgud, the contents entering his
body and Intllctlng a wound from which no died
In a lew minutes. Among hla cltVctK was found
Miversl euvclopis with Uio address. "Clarence C.
U llltams, northeast cornor Meeting and Society
streets, Charleston. South Carollna.' r Tho name ol
the negro Is not known. Coroner ShcttsU has gone
to hold an li.qntst.
A UOUSTA, September 22.—General E. P, Alexan
der passed through AngustA last night on bis way
o Washington, Os . wherooiio o( bis amt-slavery
111. Tho announcement that tho legii-laiurehid
agreed to pay the funeral expenses of Governor
Stephens gav- general satistactfoa in Augusta. Tho
pcoplo thought ihcro should havo been no hesita
tion about tho matter.
Colons™, September at — R. H. Stanford,
an old man who keeps a store near Cottage milt,
on tho I.umpkln road. In Chattahoochee county
wca waylaid aud robbed wlillo enroute to this olty
tilts morning, hy two white men. They got ninety
dollnrs from him. They staid with anegrolnthe
neighborhood tho night before, from whom they
look twenty cents, all the money ho had. They
arosirangors In Uilssectlon.and havo not boon ar
rested. Ono wore bltio suit with a c oth ctp, tho
outer was dressed In Jeans with a round erown hat,
Tho Chattshnoelieo superior court convenes Mon
day. Judgo Willisana members of tho birgo to
Cossets tomorrow.
Albany, Soptcmbcr 21.—Jesso D. Weston, son ot
B. It. Weston, of Albauy, was slabbed la tho right
side this afternoon, by a negro named Henry Rob
inson. In a dtsputo shout eomo shingles. The
wound Is qulto s serious one. Tho negro was at-
llob Starks's con
fession clears her.
Whitfield's taxable property has Increased
this year $75,-100.
Bamlcntvlllo Herald: Tho church edifice at
this place was rendered unfit for uso a year
or two sinco by tbo falling in of the roof, and
divino worship there of necessity suspended.
Through tbe liberality, faowover, of tlio former
members and tho generous neighbors and
friends in that community, tbe house lias
been rebuilt, and is now aiiaut ready for
occupancy. This is one of tho oldest estab
lished Methodist churches In tbo county, and
was so called from a Mr. Harris, ono of its
first members who donated tho land for the
building. Bishop Francis Anbury, the first
bishop in tho Metliodlstchurcb once preached
here. A two doy's meeting will bo held
here on Saturday and Runday, tho 20th and
-TOth Inst, conducted by the pastor Rev. L. It.
Green.
Speaking of tho alleged Sprewell tragedy,
near Doravllle, details of which were vouched
forby tbeGwiunettiIcrald,tbeDeKalbCounty
News says: Thero is no truth in tbo report
nor foundation (or 1L The whole, thing Is
aupposed to have grown out of tho capture
anuaubseqnent killing of a negro burglar by
Ufllcer Joe Green, of Uio Atlanta police, some
two weeks alnce, ho being seriously cut at the
lime. Mr. Green is a son-in-law of Mr. Wila.
Sprewell, of Fulton county. As the cutting
and shooting affray between Green and the
negro was published at the time, some one
knowing Green os a aon-in-law of one Spre
well, probably got the thing mixed in telling
Spring Place Times: Saturday last about
dark the town was thrown Into some excite
ment, caused by a pistol firingnear the resi
dence of Dr. Keister, mingled up with fright
ful screams of some female. It was soon as
certained to be an unfriendly engagement
between Ham Cleveland and Judsun Galt,
both colored, the former’s wlfo making the
noise. Judson received two shots, both fiesb
wounds, but not serious. 8am was suspected
of the shooting and waa arrested. John Baity,
colored, suspected of being accessory was also
arrested. Acourt of inquiry convened Mon
day and after a tedious Investigation Sam waa
held to answer in tbe sum of two hundred
and fifty dollars, which wu promptly given,
and Bally wu discharged.
Marietta Journal: On lut Friday Mr. Will
Groover, of tbta county, carried his six year
old boy into bis ginhntue to show him how it
operated. While Mr. Groover had hia back
turned, the little bov observing the cotton
seed dropping from the gin, incautiously ran
bia right arm underneath the saws, which
drew in his arm, lacerating tbe flesh to tbe
bone in a fearful manner. Dn. Cleland
and Cortalyou visited the boy, but found
him almost pulseless. They refrained
from amputating tbe limb at that time,
hopeing a reaction would take place, but the
little fellow died tbat night. The relatives
of J.«f °' d boy, I-ee Whitten, who
was killed lut July by strain at tbo raiiroa
reossingat Acwortb. bare inatitnt.-1 a suit
for ten thousand dollars damsgin. Tic boy
wu at tbe railroad creasing waiting for •
freight train to pus on aside track, when the
Rome express came in on the ma'a track, and
his attention being occupied with the freight
train, be did notobservethe approichingpar-
senger train, and wu struck by ft and killed.
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