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VOLUME XVI.
TUESDAY MOKNING, OCTOBER 9, 1883.
PRICE 5 CENTS
DURING_THE_WEEK.
"WHAT THB PEOPLE OF THE CJT»
AND COUNTRY ARE DOINO.
Hcrth Carolina Editors in Donon-The National Got
ton Flan to* a* Association-A ForofBoo Bobbed-
A Bl* Donation—Btemboat Dlsasicrs-
Baalneaa F« larra-FIrsa-Cropr.
Tiled,y, OcUbev 3:
Twomeu namrd Lane and Brown, who murdered
McNecly in Louisians, attempted to eecape, when
the ehentr and poae shot and killed Lane and
wounded Brown. St. John's Catholio church in
Trenton, N. J , wasdeatroyed by lire. The national
Colton planters' association of America will hold
its annual session In Vicksburg, Miss., on the 21st
of November, it is said that the Texas top crop of
cotton, with a few exceptions, will he.a total failure,
The Socialist Journal, published In Brussels, was
suppressed on accouut of having published an in
suiting biography of King Alfonso. J. Whittington,
sheriff of Amite county, Mississippi, was killed by
Eugene McElwce. An explosion in the San Fran
cisco powder mills killed ono white man and four
Chinamen. The alas, worker, in the bottle bouse
of 12. O. Cunningham A Co., of Pittsburgh, Pa,,
struck against a reduction of wages. Tho roofs of
several buildings were blown off by a windstorm in
Lexi. gton, Ky. Coleman Bros., clothiers of New
York, failed. Two passenger trains on the West
-Shore railroad, of New York, collided, dangerously
wounding several persons.
in tux ernr.
The theatrical season baa fairly opened. The
Atlanta street car company commenced work on
their Broad street track. The. two cent postago
stamps wen tin to use like a flash. Mr. Oscar Boh-
nclleld, a young man well known in Atlanta, com
mitted suicide. The Jewish new year began and
services were held in the synagogue.
tVeSaMdaj, October I*.
The postofllce at Gloucester, Maas,, was robbed
and the entire contents of the safe were taken.
W. Liver, a deaf mute who bad been rejected as a
suitor by hla brother's widow, attempted to kill
her with an ax at Iowa Junction, la. Gen. G. W.
Getty, in command of tho artillery school at
Fortress Monroe, wat placed on the retired list of
the army, having reached the age of 64. The re
presentatives of tne free trade organixitlons of the
L'nlted a talcs met in convention fn 81. Louis.
Charles Mitchell and William Sheriff, two prim
fighters, had a "set to” on the shore of Long island,
New York; the flgot was declared a draw. By the
falling In of a roof lu Chicago three men woro kill
ed, John P, Howard, of Burllugtou, Vt„ baa given
auother building to the medical department of the
university of Vermont; Mr, Howard has given over
6400,000 to the university and the city during the
past ten yean. Tho statcraont of the Imperial
bank of Germany shows a decrease in specie of
thirty million marks.
IN TH* CITY.
The city hall, since the county offices have been
removed, wests a lonely and desolate appea ranee
Tho Western and Atlantic railroad shops are mak
ing two large engines. The East Tennesaco rail
road's construction force la tearing away the Collier
hill on Nelaou street Beck Hollis, a negro carpen
ter, fell from ascaffjld and fractured hlsrightarm.
Thodrug storeoi'HowahT&Candler, on Pcachtreo
atreot, was destroyed by flro. *’ •
I *ur*dtajr, October l»
1
A./
From Augoft, I5ih u> Bepu 16th., then^era^i
*4 ‘us iroR yeifotv IcVer lu .W/tUiii, Mexico. The
r /' secretary of the Loudon and BIvcr Plate bank of
/LiXadon, absconded with 8AXT.G00. M. Ferry tender*
' edhis resignation as prime minister of France.
The thirty-third convention of tho Protestant
Episcopal church of the United States was opened
in Philadelphia. Tho steamer Carrie, with its
cargo, sank on James river, Virginia; the fireman,
Alex. Peete, was drowned. King Alfonso kayo
ten thousand francs to the poor of Paris. A bridge
over tho Mississippi river at New Orleans at a cost
of thirty million dollars is talked of. Several wells
In Dtde county,Alabama,hare dried up. A fire in
St. Albans, Vt,, destroyed 8200,000 worth of
property. Hill & Rowo, boot and shoe manu
facturers, of Boston, failed. Three deck hands on
the steamer Anderson wore drowned during a
storm on the river near Decatur, Ala. The Pitts
burg, Pa., exposition buildings were dcstroped by
fire, the loss amounting to about one million dol
lars.
IN THE CITY,
There were five staso cases booked at tho station
house. Mr. Guthrie, who was iujured by falling
through an elevator is improving. Ella McMann,
a small nefro girl, was badly bitten by a bull dog.
The residence of Mr. 8. W. Hancock, on Fair street,
was burglarized. Candldats 1 or the coming
municipal election,which takes place in December,
•re bobbing up.
Friday, October 5.
Marshal Harris was shot and killed by Jsaso
Weymouth, whom he was attempting to arrest in
Cedarvlile.Obio. Tho strike of the weavers at the
Lorraine mills in Pawtucket, R. 1., ended. Isaac
Green, who was arrested on suspicion of having set
fire to&t. John's church in Trenton, N. J. was dis
charged, the evidence not being strong enough to
hold him. A delegation of the North Carolina press
association visited the Boston exposition. A camp
meeting was brokeu up in Winston, N. C., by snakes.
Owing to the repeated anti Jewish disorders in
Xkstovrlnosiarand other districts of south Russia,
martial law has been proclaimed. The supreme
tribunalof Norway impeached the whole ministry
of theoountry- Bullion in the bank of Englsud de
creased £000,000 during the past week. The Spanish
council decided to advise King Alfonso to convoke
the courts as soon as possible. Fifteen hundred of
the weavers who returned to work at Ashton-Under
Lyn, a few days ago renewed their strike. The
democrats of the first North Carolina district nom
inated Thomas G. Skinner to fill a vacancy in con
gress caused by the death of W. F. Pool.
IN TUI CITY.
Mr. Malcolm Johnston, was admitted to the bar.
Tbs stockholders of the new Kimball house met
•ad organized. Fannie McGuire was arrested on a
charge of larceny. The Gate City Guard armory is
•turning proportions. The reutal agents report
the demand for small houses good.
asUrday, October C.
Pensacola, Fla, ontiaues without even tho
rumor of yellow fever. A division of the Cbllliaa
army, consisting of Infoutry, cavalry and artillery
left Callao en route far Arequrp, to attack Moatero.
John K. Snyder, president of the Exchange bank of
Chenoa, 111., was arrested on a charge of swind
ling. R. G. Dun and Company’s mercantile
agency report business failures for the week
throughout the United States and Canada, 185.
IN THE CITY.
fiteinheimer’s clothing store on Whitehall street
was burglarized and a quantity of goods was car
ried away. In a fight between Charles Yittur and
Harry Varnadoe, Vittur received two dangerous
knife wonnds. Henry Ward Beecher will lecture
la Atlanta on Friday, October 12th.
•■■Say, October 7.
The Russian bark Atlanta, which arrived at New
Castle from Pensooola, was damaged by a collision.
The resignation from the French ministry of Gene
ral Thlbaudin is welcomed in Berlin as maintenance
of peace In Earope. The directors of Ure Northern
Pacific railroad, at their meeting in New York, re
elected the old board of officers and authorized the
issue of t20.000.000 second mortgage bonds, subject
collision on the Lake Shore railroad four persons
were killed. Honorable Charles Crighton Haze well
connected with the editorial staff of the Boston
Traveller, died.
IN THE CITY.
The twenty-six annual.sere ion of the Atlanta
Medical college will open October llth. The Con
stitution will erect a five story brick building,
with all the latest conveniences, on the corner of
Alabama and Forsyth streets.
ARP IN LOUISVILLE.
HE ACTS AS MIDDLE MAN FOR TWO
DISTINGUISHED BODIES.
The Colered Luwmik- p Tfeteat* nimieil to so Aston
lined Commtttre- Green Foster’* Mcrnin*
Appetite— Msra> lot Around With tho
Oeniumen—Facts end Foaolss.
LOVS AND 8IN.
A Father In *tareh or lit* Uammwmr PmtktcrH lb«
licet* ihrthe Villain la Ik* t'aaa.
This morning offioer Foute will leave the city for
Lynchburg, Va.. where a gay Lothario and asns
cepllble maiden are in durance vile, awaiting an
officer from Atlanta to bring them back.
Miss Lena Mailer Is a pretty German blonde whoso
parents reside at 1GI West Mitchell street
Some months ago J. K. Bow man, a dashy saloonist
who mixed drinks at Keuny's on Marietta street,
become acquainted with Miss Muller. She was
when the acquaintance began, but a school girl of
about fifteen years with a heart quite susceptible.
Bowman, besides being handsome was faultiest and
fashionable lu bis attire and. fouud
no trouble in awakening the tender pas
sion in tbo breast of tho school
girl. Beluga man of pleasant manners and good
address Bowman cosily secured the esteem of the
Muller is a sedate German
and Informed Mr. • Bowman that
be desired time to consider the matter. He then
applying to PlnKcrton's detective agency at Chiosi
This settled the question of at* alliance of L„
daughter with Bowman, and when he called for
his answer Mr. Muller not only gave him an em
phatic “no.” but ordered him tc
leave his houre quickly and to never
*—- Tfit first
rod he dis-
lamaadncs between
the sundered hearts ensued. About fonr weeks
ago Bowman went to New York for pleasure. He
returned last Monday and left again
for the same city Friday. On hi*
first trip he went alouo but on bis last
he wav accompanied by Mias Mailer.
' ’ afternoon Mr. Muller was at work, and
rs. Muller left her home for a shopping ex
pedition her daughter was at homo, but when she
returned tho young lady was gone. Presuming
that tho daughter wa> vialUug, Mrs. Muller
speak to his daugnter again.
tion it hitched and jerked worse than ever,
end the old engine shrieked awfully and
flnallv caved in, I reckon, for we got to Nash
ville four hours behind time, and the Chatta
nooga train had left u«, and we were all a sad
looking and homesick crowd. There are two
depots at Nashville, and they are nearly ns
poor apologies for public accommodation as
^heonOjOt Louisville. You may talk about
tiro great Louisville and Nashville with
xta powerful combinations and vase
Home i, the beat place I know of. It i I g»plt«l, but there If not a railroad it
f™. „ i„v n . I Gsotgia that wouldent be ashamed tohavn
*,ht good for a man to take a little trip o I „ U ch depots and such accommodations. At-
now and then, just to find out what home is Jauta is a paradise to them. In fact, I know
worth to him. It is pleasant to go and more 1 df no city in the south where the comforts of
pleasant to come back. I dldcnt alay but a ’f^ e] L 1 "* P ub . lic 80 . considerately
« i. n if („ r n,xta«*!iire 'TK.a guarded. I know of no railroads as well man-
day and a half iu Lonisville. The committee I ogedasoure. I felt relieved when vegotaboird
who were appointed to receive the Georgia At Chattanooga, for 1 knew that all was right,
legislature asked me to go to the depot with I refthed borne just before day on Sunday
ern ato o'clock , in .ho morn^ and piny j^X^X^of Kd.'SS
middleman ond introduce cm all round, ■
wbicb I did, when suddenly tbey found out
there were two colored law-makers lu the
crowd, and the committee dident know what
to do wilh em. The darkey is the problem
wherever he goes—the unsolved problem.
“Put em In a carriage," said I, “and aend em
to a colored hotel.” well they did so, and it
was all right and agreeable. I looked round
for my old friend, Colonel Foiter, the
member from Floyd—the horny handed
farmer, the hard working man—tho old
eoldler who never broke down or wilted in
the war and went to digging as eoon as it was
over; who takes life as he finds it and never
complains. “Where is Foster?" said I. but
nobody seemed to know. He was with ’em
theysald in the car and got on when they did.
Mr. Jones, of Bartow, came to me and
whispered as a great secret that the colonel
was all right and would be on hand In a few
minutes;thst the colonel was a man of habits,
fixed habits; that he never could eat his
breakfast until he had called hogs; that he
had just stepped over the cor
relation Hue to call hogs, and
te heard him calling ’em n little while ago.
And sure enough the colonel came up di-
rec'ly pulling and blowing, and got in the
omnibus ana told the driver to roll on his
cart for he was powerful hungry. Home folks
want a pipe or a chew of tobacco as soon as
o'clock camo and still the daughter was absent.
Mr. Muller then instituted » Katcb. Before mid-
night he ascertained that Bowman had left that
■lay for New York and at onoe he concluded that
hisdaughter had accompanied him. Early yes
terday morntnst he renewed Ills search, lie went
to the ordinary's ollloe and ascertained that
no license to marry bad been
procured At the union paveneor depot ticket
office he learnei that Bowman hid purchased the
tickets via Lynchburg and Norf irk for New York,
and that ho had ootelned apartments in tho
sleeper. Then Mr. Muller weutro Chief Connolly,
who wired the chief of police at Lynchburg, Va ,
aa follow,: "Arrest J. E.Bo*man and Leua Mill er
on inbound train, man twenty-six years, hundred
fifty-third semi annual conference of tha Mormon
Church metln Balt Lake City. A lira In Dallas,
'lesion, heavy t
lesion. .
'ork, charge felony.
■ By noon an answer announcing their arrest wa
received by Chief Connolly. Instructions to the
Lynchburg chief to hold Bowman waa Instantly
wired. Then Chief Connolly eued out a warrant
charging Bowman with felony, ann upon this ho ob
tained (requisition for Bowman.Officer Ponte leaves
this morning for Lynchburg. Virginia, armed with
the requisition for Bowman and with a guardian's
authority for Miss Muller. The parly will return
this week. ■
,p.y-us AF.l-S W
A llsstraetlve ro.RMtr.ll>. In a Texas'City—Th.|
l.OMO,
Galveston, Octobor 0.—A special to tho News I
from Dallas, saye: Probably tho hugest and most
destructive flro that has ever occurred hero Is now
raging. At 11 o’clock tho fire broke out In the cnl
gine room of W.C Howard & Co's elevator,and soon]
alter tbe flame, were issuing from all direction!
The elevator is situated at the Texas and
Pacific depot, ono block north oi Elm (trcct.l
Tho llatma spread rapidly, and soon tho cottonl
yard o( tho rlty compress, occupying a block of
ing Hum mu Kmiut-s*., auu tuu uni iruiu utu uuru 1
log buildings Is frightful. At 12:30 o'clock tho elc
valor fell with a crash. Tho brick building adjoin
lug it occupied by dicker, Davis A Co., containing
boilers and engines, la also a total loss. Tho flamer
rapidly spread, and some cotton around tho city
corap ear, across from the elerator caught, fire, and
1, being rapidly consumed.
At 12:46 o'clock the,tiro caught and wiped
out tho electric light works, and tbo livery stables.
That part of town in which It Is now spreading Is
composed of email frame etiucluroa. lucre la no
telling where It will stop.
The elevator contained wneat and oats to the
amount of 30,000 bushels, all of which was de
etroyed. There Is also probably 4.000 bales of
cotton consumed thus far. Prominent Insurance
men eitlmate the loo, at 1100,000 apd Ihe Insurance
at 676,- 00 OI course, this is all guess work, as no-
tblug definite can be obtained. Business Is almost
suspended, and tbo whole town Is excited. Tho
tiro department reipondcd promptly, but It
waa nearly half an hour before tho engine,
got regularly to work, and then water
supply was Inadequate. One of tbe engines seem
ed to bo nearly worthless. Where the fire broke
out there were eomo26or «0 box and flat care ly
ing around on tho raUroad tracks and aa tho how
Hues had to cross, the firemen were delayed until
tbe switch engine moved them. Port Worth has
been telegrapncd forald, and assistance Is expected
to arrive from there In a few minutes.
Later.—It is said that there are neatly 16.UM
bales of cotlon in tho yard around thecompreu and
fully half of that number have been consumed.
THB NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD.
end the (follows, and it was .some time before
t nejr would let nte In, for nigger Bob, who is
a tenant on my place hud lrad a bloody light
w ith Slop who is a tenant on nabor l-Vee
'itsis place, and Bob bad eplit open 8lep's
Wait!, anal and then beat Ins skull till
is"..-nil the poll of it, oud Step was dying,
inti the doctor bad pat all the bralm back be
could ilnd and Bob bail run away and
was bid under tbe bouie, and tbe excitement
r.uiongthe negroes was very great, and tbeir
wivgs and children were trailing around, and
*9 my women folks couldn’t alcej) mid had
In.'ii up moat all tbe night. Gn inveatigatlon
'“i'll morning I found that Step had acCuaed
soil of swindling Ills children in weighing
sot-'r totton, and Bob bad called hi in a liar
•ltd used other language too tedious to men
tion—that they went to town and renewed
the quarrel and come home late at night and
quarrelled again, and Bitp went at Bob with
a knife and dldent have no knife, and Bob
dtp tat Step with an ax and didontbavo no
r.x. nothing but ■ a stick and
)<>b struck tbe first lick and
t icp struck the first lick, and Bob was-a run-
rhn from Step all the time and 8rep waa a
airunntn from Bob. I could bear It most
y way and every way from tbe two aides
the outsides, and all day Sunday tbe dar-
qj n
kjvsJMMro^MjUMj at^^^^med tho situ
they got up In the morning, some want a cup
of coffee and some a drink of .-whisky, but
Green Foster says there is nothing equal to
calling bogs to clear out (be cob-webs and
wake up the stomach for vittcls.
After breakfaat 1 marched with tlio legisla
ture to tbo chamber of commerco where some
elegant gentleman ahowered a big lot of tally
upon tbe boys and Captain Falligant and
Colonel Jones and Colonel Hoyt and others
threw a big lot back at ’em, and they kept on
Buttering one another until somebody said,
the exercises would have to ciosu ns tbo asso
ciation of distillers was to meet in that room
at 12 o’clock. Colonel Jonus then rose forward
and seemed to understand that the diuilk-ra
were togivotbo hoysunother reception—a wot
one—and remarked that the boys were bour
bon democrats and they got elected by ntill-
hunting and would be delighted to meet the
distillers.
Thu chairman turned pnlc and said that the
gentleman misunderstood him us to the dis
tillers, and was about to expluin further when
Colonel Jones begged his pardon and said that
f there was any mistake uhout the whisky
10 hoped it would be rectified and not hill
Well, it is very bad, for Step was a
gr-otl old fashioned negro and his wife a
lipidel of neatness and good be-
h'-viar, nnd they have ten well be-
V.ved .children and a lot of grandchildren,
ink n heap of these old-fashioned negroes
ire old family servants. They are passing
a-jgy fast enough without being killed up,
a (I the now set are on the decline. Uncle
li mushnd his sort have gone into history as
a • ist race, aad we ne’er shall tee their like
a, un, Bill Anr.
THE CAPITOL COMMISSIONERS,
Attorney General Andcrnon ConbuIU With tho n
let* oTtho Bond* UdnUvo to tho HUto*« latorcot.
Judge Uutchlax, of Uie Northeastern circuit, bM
set the hearing of the caio of the Northeastern rail
road for the llth. At that time the question
of the appointment of a permanent receiver
will be considered. The case
bo heard In LawrenceviUe, but it is probable that
the hearing will be in Atlanta as a moro convenient
point to all parties concerned. The road is now
under tbo temporary receivership of Mr. Hull, who
was appolnua at tbo instance of parties holding
Judgments for damages for personal injuries, one
for 86 MO and the other for 81.000.
The state is interested In the developments In the
case in this a* indorser on the issue of f Xo.OCQ first
mortgage bonds. Governor McDaniel and Attorney-
General Anderson, as soon as the temporary receiver
was appointed, looked into the matter to see wbat
steps might be nece«sarjr to a full protection of the
state’s rights.
Yesterday there was a meeting In the attorney-
general's office in whl> h this question was consid
ered. There were preoem Governor McDaniel, At
torney-General Anderson, Messrs. Morse and Reed
who are trustees for the bondholders. Mr. George
Thomas, attorney of the road, ex Senator Pope
Barrow and Jndge Alex Erwin, who represent crea
tors of the road. ... . .
As yet there hts been no default to the state, tbe
power c. , .
way and the meeting yesterday was merely to con
sider wbat steps would probably be necessary
to protect the state. It seems very probable
that tbe temporary receiver will be made perma
nent at the hearing on tho llth and expreaslona of
counsel at the consultation yesterday Indicated
that ample security would be given tor the payment
to the sute of the interest due on the 826J,000 of
bonds, held by it.
It therefore Mem. probable that tbe lively lltlga-
Uou wbicb may enure between olber partis, at
interest will aot affect tbs stale In any manner,
whatever. Altar tbe Issue of the 126-2.000 of bond,
endowed by the >ute there were issued 6110.030
Kitond mortgage bond, and lbs holder, of these
are lively parties lu tbe litigation now on hand.
Tba case will be watched cloeelyby tbo governor
aad the at.ornsj-f.ti.nU and any step that may
become necesmry lor tbe absolute security ol tbe
■tats will be prompUy taken.
M.j.r Nltkim. Heard Tnm.
Washixgto.-*, October0,—Major Nickerson, L\ S.
A., who was recently found by tbe court to have
attained a Iraudulsot divorce from bis wile, er.d
who subsequently dUep peered, ha. writtea to the
war department from Tbovotd, Canada, but de-
i any
Texas, destroyed ttoo^oo worth of property. In a clloei to obey the order to return to Washington.
a beautlfiil pork, where beautiful tree* anil
evergreens abound and fountains play, and
electric lights throtvugeorgeoua brilliancy over
tbe scene. Altogether, it Is it light
lit to bo scon. A sight that -will educate and
refine the people. It is a school that will
teach more and better in a day than any other
In a month. A sight that all tbe children
ought to we and they will never forget. It
will make them happy for a long time and
give them a new and nobler ambition. I am
glad that so many are going there for 1 waa
told that the visitors average twenty-five
thousand a day. Circureca are (rood for fun
and county fairs for frolic, but these exposi
tions are developers of ideas, stimulants of
' ’ ’ ' g instruction that does not
weary or tire. I wish everybody and every-
body’s chiklen could go. They have their
days far states anti editors and legisla
tures and committees receive them
and do them honor, but 1
could not help wishing there was a poor
man’s day and the pour man was able to go.
Itallroad fare is cheap, cheap enough, only a
cent a mile; but tbe greatest trouble that 1
observed was in finding a place to stay when
you got there. Three hotels shook their
heads at me sorrowfully when 1 asked fur
quarters, and at last I hunted up a kiosntuu
whom I knew was already crowded, aud be
I ;Iadly took me in. A Home boy he was who
fought through tbe war fur patriotism and
confederate money, and then gut a clerk's
place in Louisville and worked his way up,
and is now a partner iu a house selling three
millions ol dry goods iu a year. Kinfolks
are a mighty good thing, especially when you
find 'em rich and you are afar oil from
home.
I left that night for home, and for fear of not
getting a berth with Mr. i'ulltuan I went
down to the depot at ten o'clock though the
train was not to leave until twelve. I was too
late, far the berths were all taken. The little
old dirty geatlemau’a room (that is to say the
dirty little room for gentlemen,) wu crowded,
not a spare seat lefr, so I stepped into a car
and reclined my bead upon my valise, and
was beginning to ruminate when a white-
capped fellow came in and ordered me out
and locked tbe door and said that passengers
would not be admitted in the cars until twelve
iMpck. ' I poked aroand the miserable old
bon of a depot, and finding no place took an
humble seat on the platform of another car
and began to ruminate again. Directly the
same wbite-cap came along and said that
platforms were not made to set on, and asked
me where I going, and I respectfully informed
him that it was none of bis holiness. The
minutes seemed mighty long, but in due
time tbe door wss opened end I got a seat
and we all bad to doable, and a big fat
man doubled with me, and the train moved
off with a hitch and a jerk, and at every ita-
lr Mcetlnir Ye*(crd«7~!a*pcctl«ii of tho l.ot -Ad\
vertUtmcnU f*r Plan* aad for Mum.
I'eatcrday morning at 10 o'clock the capttol
nimiMjionera met at the office of the gov-
>ur, u full board being present.
Nj<* jfdvisibility of filling out tbo McDon-
'h fitrr.t side of tbo lot waa fully dtaciuaed,
I thu fallowing resolution offered by Gen-
1 Alexander, was adopted:
wohtd. That Governor Henry McDaniel and
,or B. K. Crane are hereby appointed a commit-
who ih&U tako the ucceiuary elepe to purchuo,
'mi failure to agree on a satisfactory price, to
t< mn • mcIi property a* tho commlndoo i* *u-
•zed fAdcqtilroby purchase or co demnatlon
■ fi-.u- 13of tho act creating ihls cotmnlsMon.
pmc’.’eiijug V the next mooting ij
NEWS OF GEORGIA. | In money, wiu captured In Barnesville yes-
****.■*• terdayand brourrlit here. T«relv« rfnllannf
athat the people are saying
AND DOINO.
Ail tba Laidlat CrlaiM. Ca«o«Uiae and Other Svante
—How thtOnpi I’rougnout lb* Country aund
-Talk About Politio* and BuafatM-
Atattcr* of Oiainl louretr. Mto.
CoLi-Mr.cs, October 5.—Some time since Ish-
bant Banks, a desperado negro, burglarized a
store in Florence, nnd was arrested. While
being carried to jail at Luntpkln, he broke
loose from the sheriff, and mode good his es
cape. He haa been in Chattahoochee county
for aorne time, and hearing of his wherea-
bouts Sheriff Griffis sent a warrant for his ar
rest to Sheriff Ilarpc, of that county. As
the negro had made frequent boasts that he
would not be arrested again, yesterday Sher
iff Harpo summoned a posse and surround
ed him. Ishum apparently yielded to the
inevitable, but as the sheriff started to pat
tho handcuffs on him ho brake for liberty.
About a dozen shots were fired at him as he
ran, Several of which took eAcct, bringing
him down. He is pretty well filled up with
birdsbot, but It is not thought his injuries are
fatal.
Aaron Kelly killed another negro named
Freeman, on Mr. Jamas Wright's place on
Hog Island, in Bussell county, Alabama.
They both loved the same dusky damsel, and
had been quarrelling all day. In tbe even
ing Freeman attacked Kelly, when tbe latter
cut him. The knife entered at tbe burr of
the left esr, passed diagonally and down
ward across the throat to the collar bone on
tlie right side, entting through tbe neck to
tbe spinal column. Kelly gave himself up,
nnd the coroner’s jury returned a verdict of
manslaughter.
Talladioa, October 0. — Two men
hailing from north Alabama, under the
names of Henry Brooks and John Idee, were
arrested for stealing mules in Cullman coun
ty. They were placed In jail but no owners
for tho males being found, were tried for
carry concealed weapons, and sentenced to
six months labor for tbe oounty. After sen
tence they confessed thoy had murdered a
man and burned Ills residence in Jackson
county, Ala. They were sent to 1‘ratt mines
to-day to work out their fine, but escaped on
tho way.
Savaknaii, October .3 —This morning a man
named Branch, recently hero from Charles
ton, hod a dispute with U. McA. Schley, at
the railroad wharf, in regard to loading a ves
sel. Schley, incensed at the abuse, struck
Branch, who'sprung on him, got his head in
chancery, and bit his left car off entirely.and
laturo were rejoiced to find tho committee of A^resenwh^ot is 1.1 feo^o^Mitchcll
reception in good spirits and lmpedEM
tho association of distillers would bo so too,
anti more-abundantly. Our speakers showed
off pretty well ami scutleretl their sparks
around promiscuously. They were good
looking men too, aud seemed to he aware of
it; that is, all of them except Senator Hoyt,
who begun hv apologizing for the wcarcity of
Imir on the top of ills Head, which lie should
not have done, for it is a sign of old age, and
old n;rc is honorable, and it is a sign tnat lie
exercises his brain more than ltis jaws.
Well, they adjourned in duo time, mid
marched away somewhere, with the colored
brethren in thu rear, and I saw them no mure
for I had business elsewhere. Tito night be
fore their arrival I visited the grand exposi
tion, and was delighted with tite wonderful
show. In sortie res poets it fell short of the
Atlanta exposition, but it was more extensive
ami better arranged. They had more room
for display; they had more works of fine art,
more costly paintings and statuary. Tito
art gallery was magnificent, and tliu
music of Gilmore's bund the fin
est I over heard. It was rich enough, I
would hay that bamland make them play me
to sleep every night. They played a medley
of the national airs of all countries and wound
tip on Dixie with variations which lifted us
r. beds all up a few incites higher nnd 'ex
panded our swelling bosoms and exalted our
Mtutie rn pride. TUo exposition is located in
strecl, while tho opposite lino on Hunter
street Is only 230. Tite Washington nnd
Donough street sides will he ■ -120 feet each
when drawn straight, so that the lot will
lorm almost a perfect square.
The lortn of an advertisement for plant
for the capltol building was
completed anti will appear in
to-morrow'> Coxhtitutiom, It will also
published In the Macon Telegraph, the Sa
vannah Hews, tho Columbus Enquirer, the
Augusta Chronicle and the American Archi
tect. The advcitiscment for atone, which
will also appear In to-morrow'i Constitution,
Invites owners of granite, rock and marble
quarries to send duplicate specimens
of stone in forms of cubes, the face to bo 8
inches, one side to be hammer dressed and
one side polished. These sjiecimens will be
lied to the tests of water, heat and cold,
specimens must be sent on or before De
cember 1st, obliges prepaid. The commission
adjourned to meet on Wednesday, tho 5th of
Dtcemlier, unless sooner called togotlier by
the governor.
After adjournment the commissioners vis
ited capltol lot and made an informal esti
mate of the work necessary to ha done to
make it square. They were attended by Mr.
K. M. Clayton, the civil engineer. By tbe
limo the commissioners next meet thoy will
' " r bnvo ample material to consider in
ion with the plana for tbe building of
Ihe Lapltol. It is thought that the actual
work of construction will be begun by the
first of next March.
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Washington, October 4.—When the Brock-
way gang of counterfeiters was broken up
over a year ago it was generally supposed
that that would be the last of skillful coun
terfeiting for some years at least. Tbe ar
rests of that time embraced tbe (lower of
counterfeiters, and Included tbe men who
had made tbe most successful imitations of
the pajter issue of the gov
ernment ever put in circulation.
It apjiears that tbe talent among tbe
counterfeiters has been tnrned away from tbe
paper issues, and that to-day there exists a
counterfeit of the Bland silver dollar tbit
surpaaMs anything ever before accomplished
in the debasement of the currency. These
counterfeits were discovered over tlx months
■go. but no trace nor clue of where they are
made, bow many have been put upon the
market, nor where they are put into general
circulation has ever been brand. They are
taken by all the hanks, and defy tbe ordinary
teste of experts.
These coins were first discovered in tbe sab-
treasury at Hew York, and in a peculiar way.
One of the coin counters has a keen musical
esr. In counting a roil of Oliver dollars he
turned them down upon a table in front of
hint as be counted. The ring of one attract
ed his attention. Its note was one half
higher tbau the regulation ring of tbe genu
ine dollar. He took up tbe coin and exam
ined it carefully. There was nothing in its
general appearance to indicate tbe ollgbleet
suspicion. Tbe weight was correct Then he
tested tbe susjiect with acid. It stood tbe
test The fellow clerks o', tbe expert were
satisfied tba coin was all right Tne expert
wss about to pass it on when be rang the coin
egsin. The persistent half note higher again
checked him. He took up a knife end cut
deeply into the coin. Into this cut he
poured aorne acid, and in an instant a center
of base metal was reveled.
The coin was now cat in two parts. It was
found that tbe center bid been compressed
by a heavy force until It nearly equaled tbe
density of silver. Upon this center bad been
put a heavy enough plating to resist acid. The
plating represented thirty ceata worth of
silver. The result is a coin, an exact duli-p
cate of tbe genuine coin in weight, and gen
eral appearance.
Until *t u EAltor.
Botox. October Hon. Charles Cbrighton
Haze well, for a quarter of a century, connected
with the editorial staff of the Bolton Traveller,
died this morning, sged6* yetis.
•pit it on the ground. The parlies sejiaratcd,
and Schley waa carried off to a physician
bleeding profusely. Branch Immediately
disappeared to avoid arrest, and has not yet
boon apprehended.
Ciiattaxooua, October 5.—Three years ago
Andy Boland, n negro, murdered another
colored man In John Bryant's barn, Murray
county, Georgia, lie was arreatod and tttado
his escape. On October 1st ho was recognized
by a colored man on tho etreetn in this city,
and Chief Allen wu-. nuiiii.-il, who urn-.-u.-il
him. Correspondence was opened with E.
Benbraut, sheriff of Murray county, who
rumo.to t&iis city, nnd whilo tin. .fieri If h:i
film in.posNt'saloti, Boland ackiiowimlgutt i
wu: the murdorer, stating that lie hcr.ight
n pistol in Dultoii with which be committed
the deed. Ho was taken to Ocorals to-day.
Euvaui.a, Ala., October 5.—J, E. Gtrolsby,
the missing Aiuericus man turns up at last in
Crenshaw county, Alabama, ‘Inn bittl plight,
but unhurt. 11s has “stiells" now ami then
and when they are on him be gives hts friends
considerable trouble, He la a married man,
but had left his wife in June last, and Ills
sudden disappearance from here was caused
by ltis belief that bis wife’s brother was pursu
ing hint. He tramped to Crenshaw county,
going oy tho way of Clayton in this county,
and not up tbe Montgomery and Eufaula
railroad, as was reixirted. •
Bcports of an assassination in Dado county
are in town. A Mr. 1'almer pnssed through
Echo, a village in that county about dusk
Sunday evening horseback and proceeded
along the public road toward his home.
Shortly after he was approached from behind
by a nttn on honotraok and was asked if hts
namo wu 1’alrner. On his replying affirma
tively, he wu shot In the back twice by the
man who bad spoken to him and wonnds^
fatally. The report of the fire-arm caused
Palmer's horse to run off. He wu shortly
after found nnd carried to a bouse and died
Monday morning. Before dying he charged
a neighbor, W.'J. Wart), with ibe killing and
Ward hu been arrested and is now in jail.
Villa Bica. October 2.—Our town received
her first hundred bales of cotton in one day
on 22d of September, and on lut Saturday,
the 2»tb, we bought 110 bale*. We think that
is a good showing for one day's receipts. No
guano cotton conic in yet. We look for some
this month.
Mr. Thomas Comers'a little boy, about
twelve or thirteen years of sge, picked about
270 jraunds of seed cotton In one day. Jas.
Naliy picked 280 pounds from sun up to
twelve o'clock m.
Colunddm, October 2.—Mr. James A. Brad
ford, an aged and prominent citizen, died to
day from the effects of poison taken by
mistake. He hu been taking tonic of gcnslng
for sometime, and to-day before eating din
ner, walked to the mantlepiece, where tbe
bottle usually sat, and taking by mistake a
•mall bottle containing a powerful neuralgia
liniment, took a doee of It. Tbo mistake was
soon discovered, physicians summoned and
every possible effort made to relieve him, but
without avail, and be died in about two boura
after. He wu graad chaplain of tbe I. O. O.
F. of tbe state, and treuurer of the board of
inutees of the county uylum forthe poor,
also senior montber of tbe ilrm of Bradford
it Osborne, painters. The funeral Uku place
from St. Luke's church to-morrow evening.
Moxtoomibv. October 2.—At Brewton,
about half way between Montgomery and
Penucola, on tbe Mobile and Mont-
gantrry railroad, four, esses of fever were
reported in one house and four deaths, one
with hemorrhage, all sufficiently suspicious
to induce our board of health recommending
a strict quarantine against Brewton, which
la now In full force. The cases —
believed to have originated from
passenger from Pensacola. Brewton,
although tbe connty seat of Escambia. Ala.,
is a very small village, with comparatively
few inhabitants. No further spread la ex
pected. We have unusually hot weather and
a drouth of several month's duration, causing
much damage and anff ring.
C'uattaxoooa, October 1.—Henry Picket,
tbe Marion county fiend, who wu
lodged in Jail In this city, for attempting to
raps a fourteen yearold white girl two weeka
ago, hu become so obstreperous and unman
ageable in jail aa to force the authorities to
dace him in a dungeon, and then bis obesen-
ty and bluphemons language became ao
great u to disgust ail witbiu bearing.
MiLxxit, October 1.—News reached here
this morning that the county jail at Zubolon
wu broken open on Saturday night and a
half dozen or more prisoners made their es
cape. A negro workman who had been doing
some work in tbe jail left bis tools inside the
jail, wbicb were used by tbe prisoners in ef
fecting a wav of eacajie. None of tbe priso
ners have yet been recaptured.
Tbomastox, Octobers.—Tbe colored porter.
Andrew, for Webb's hotel, anti who ran off
with a salt of clothes anti seventeen dollars
lerdsy and brougnt here. Twelve dollars of
ihe money wu recovered and tbe suit of
clothes stripped from bis person.
BAiswtriKig, October A—Died, nt his resi
dence, Iriday night put, Charles L. Martin,
aged thirty-two years, of malarial fever. He
was the Parish C Furman of southwest Geor
gia. His loss to llecatur county, yea, to this
entire section, is a real calamity. Yonng,
ambitious So excel In farming, he demonstrat
ed fully the fact that it waa not the grealcot
area which yielded most, bat tho small, well
cultivated farms. His wu a model farm, he
a well educated, model farmer, who
not only mntle his self-sustaining,
hut always hail com, bacon, lord, oals and-
olher farm products lot sale. Ho wu a man,
honest, industrious, generous, kind and warm
hearted. Never was a young ntnn more
hielily esteemed by all who knew him.
Savaxxaii, October 3 —Considerable sensa-
fL on . wa* created this morning by the report
Unit the Uaertel murderers had been captured
during the night Investigation revealed the
foci that a negro man and two sons bad been
arrested some distance in the country, and
tho former bad confessed and that jewelry
was found on his person, whicn was Identi
fied u Mr. Haertel's. Tne ar-
i» «n Important one. The parties are
now in jail toawaitexamlnatlon.
Cauioox, October l.-The prelimina
ry trial of Andy Smith, alias Cherry, upon
the charge of murder, wu entered into yes
terday at noon, anti continued till a lata hour
in the evening. Only one witness wu ex
amined. There are a great many witnesses
in the caw, nnd tho entire dny and probably
to-morrow will be consumed before the in-
vesligation Is ended. Much interest is mani
fested, and jnst whnt will buptten Is hard to
conjecture. Will send tho final ruulL
Savaxxaii, October 4.—A halo of cotton,
shipped trom southwest Georgia to a firm
in this city, and purchued by Dafiln it
Drraser, as water packed, was carried to their
pickery Inia morning, and upon being torn
open a heavy piece of timber tlireo feet long
and twelve Inches in circumference, weigh
ing aeveaty-five pound, was discovered im
bedded inzide. Tho bale waa taken to the
cotton exchange and exposed, where it at
tracted great attention. The matter is n be
thoroughly investigated and will probably re-
ault in the arrest ond prosecution of the
S ian ter in tbe Interior, who sent the bale to
avannah.
Griffin, October*!.—A shooting acrapeoc
curred here last night between o bevy of col
ored lada and lanes. What the row wns about
t is hard to tell, but it appears to have been
, ealousy. The two loved the same girl, hence
Whittle waa shot about two inches to the left
of his left nipple bv Henry Kivers. The ball
ranged upward and has not been found. The
wound is not thought to be daugerous. All
he parties interested have given bond or been
putln jail.
The Newnan Herald contains tho following
story of Ogletree'a latest movements: “We
are Informed by Mr. Hilly Askew that Ogle-
tree, the kidnapper, wns on his farm six miles
from town Friday, picking cotlon with the
negroes and begging food of them. Mr. As
kew was absent at tho timo in Franklin.
Oglctree told them that he hiiw Mr. Askew in
Franklin Thursday night before, said he saw
him through a window, that Mr. A. and sev
eral other gentlemen were engaged in singing
sacred songs. Upon Mr. A's. return home he
wa9 told of what Ogletrce had said and
they corroborated tbe statement made
bTYlie man, nm l he was at that time and
place singing, just asOgietreo »uiu hu was.
The circumstances of Ogletree'a visit
to Mr. Askew's place are sig
niilcent indeed, inasmuch as he asked where
Mr. Askow’s iittlo boy was, and to us there
seeni3 no doubt but that tho fellow was en
deavoring to kidnap this little boy, knowing
that Mr. Askew was from home and that he
was tbo man who had pursued him more per
sistently than any ono clzo in the countjr,
and it would not require more than a min-
life’s talk with Mr. Askew to be convinced
that Mr. Askew himself thought that the
man's object in going to his place was to steal
away lih little boy. There is nut, to our
knowledge, a single cose in history parallel to
tbo one in question. This man has been pur
sued by hundreds of men, ho has been seen
many times, ho has been tracked by blood
hounds ngd lie linsco fareluded every attempt
to catch trim, ho has tho cunning and endur
ance of a Comanche Indian.
Lawrksceville, October 0.-Chosowood and
Camp, two United Btato spies and informers, were
locates district In this county a few days ago.
Tho following happened: In panning tho rcsldeuco
where Mr, Hidnoy Williams, a qulctand industrious
young man, wu boarding, stopped and hailed to
tho Inmatea They asked Wllllsms to have tbo
'womin" to cook them tomo eggs. Ho saw
hu lady of tho houso and was in
formed to tell the KrangerN tho flro
they could not acqul-
.... — — ... thl* Comp and Chou-
wood t>ecarne infuriated, aud Camp went Into tbo
yard and told Williams* ‘he would *>e O—d-d-d if bo
wasn't going to have some eggs." William* replied:
“You havo heard what tho lad* ■aid." Hu then
replied: “I don't caro a d-n what sbo replied, or
you either, aud If vou don’t Ilka It wo will thrash
rou.“ Williams thereupon told him ho wnv mu ill,
^ toon Id attemp “ ** * ~ ‘
time tolling
' —if \
>ut of tho yard and went c
with his aawclato. Jh a few morning* afterward
Camp and others went to thin about hay and
called WlUIainiout of the bed. arrested him and
carried him to Atlanta. Tho (harge was that ho
faadobs ructed United 6tates officers In their offi
cial duty, laying the veum- hi thu |»lar<- nnd
timo above. Their onlv object in making the at-
real waa to get tbo fee for making tho arrest and
tho mileage allowed them.
JIt. Zion, near If apkville, October 5.—'Tho citi
zens of lit. Zion settlement havo palJ Mr. ilowell
It. Parker 81,20), fi60 cash monthly, for his services
to teach an eight months' school, beginning Jan
uary 7, 1881 At a public meeting las
Thursday (Lionel L. L Itosaer, a talented young
lawyer of Falrburn, Ga., rnado tho most sensible,
eloquent aad practical speech that we ever Its-
Uful heuhts of cultivated mind. The uudience
wept and rejoiced alternately. Ho has no superior
as a forcible, logical and practical speaker. At
cloeo of his address Dr. Mangum stated tnat “we
muilbo!ld|to our school house.”
Cartkbsvills, October 8.—The residence of Mrs
Kincannon, on Erwin street, was discovered on
flro. The wind was blowing briskly, and before
tho pcoplo got there tho house wu too far gone to
bo saved. The boose and all thu furniture, saving
a few trunks, were lost. A small tenement hou*»
nearby, owned by Mr. John a. Crawford, w*« also
totally destroyed by tbe Are. Mrs Kincannon’
bouse was valued at fifteen hundred dollars, and
had ooly five hundred dollars Insurance on it.
Cass Station, October 6.—The store room occu
pied by Mr. T. It. Jones, at Cass Station, was
burnt to tho ground last night. Nothing was
saved. Mr. tones' loss is estimated at from eight
to ten thousand dollar?, while his Insurance
amounts to six thousand dollar* We failed to learn
bow tbo flro originated, but it is supposed to bo the
work of an incendiary.
Koxs, October 6.—Bailey Green, a passenger en
gineer, made the run from Dalton to Homo, forty
mllee. In oue hour aad five mi.ut. t-.-Uy. Whe
upon tho arrival
.!;•< ...i red lh*l one of the geesu ha •
under the engine in tho ash pan and was cooked to
a turn.
Chatvakoooa, Octobers.—a special from Talla
dega, a labium, states that a riot occurred near tnat
place ttMiay, among the uegroes employed on the
Anniston and Atlantic railroad Oue negro was
■hot and killed and »nother fatally wouudid. The
negroes that did the shooting escaped.
CiUTTaxeooA, October 6.—In a quarrel at Rhea
airings between Henry Strain, tho clerk, aad Mr.
Alliwju, proprietor of a hack Hue running between
Kht-a.Spruigs and ripring City, swui a board bill
owed by the latter, Strain anzpued his pistol tn the
latu r'a face. AllUou drew a piretol and shot Strata
la the side. The wound D not considered mortal.