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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 30.1883.
NEWS OF GEORGIA.
The county lino is soon to bo run between*
Twiggs end Jones counties.
A Christian church ba* been formed in Roswell.
Mr. Samuel D. Buice. of Big Creek district, For
syth couuty, who was adjudged a lunatic in Sep
tember last, and sent to the asylum at M Wedge-
▼ille, died there on Sunday, the 7th inst.
On last Monday, Ur. P. P. Grey, took a tumor
from the shoulder of a mule belonging to Deputy
Sheriff Webb that weighed four pounds. It was
located on the lower point of the shoulder and to
cut it out, an incision had to be madesix iucbea
long.
Marietta Journal: Since the Jersey cat-
cattle have been introduced into
this section, the rage for Jersey sleek seems to have
no limit—everything is Jersey. A Cobb county
citizen bad a flue bull of ordinary stock, which be
came so vicious that they carried him to Atlanta
and sold him for ten dollars to certain cuttle dealers
theic. A lew days thereafter, two Cobb county
young men visited Atlanta with a view to buy
some Jersey stock. They were shown this bull
aa a thoroughbred Jersey, and actually paid 1125
for him. They drove him home, and lu passing a
fanner's house in Cobb, he carte out aud recog
nized the bull as the one ho had sold for ten dol
lars. The*»ung men went back to Atlanta and
tried to get the venders to take back the bull on the
5 rounds if misrepresentation, but they would not
o it.
Butler Herald: .
mired to Master ... f - . ..
teen years, a son of Mr. and Mru. n.
G. Bateman, of this county, on Tuesday, the 9th
Inst. He was left for a few minutes in charge of an
eighty-saw gin, which was <•i*eraU , d by water. Boon
alter beingTeft alone with bis little brother the gin
became clogged at one side with cotton. Clyde, In
attempting to raise the breast of the gin, found that
it waa too heavy for him, and called for theassist-
aucirof his little brother, and, in their effort to
raise it, the feet of the former slipped under the
gin by the giving way of the cotton seed, and the
saws caught the clothing at bis right knee aud
drew his leg to the saws, and all the clothing, skin
and fleah were literally torn from the leg from the
knee to thu frfot. Just at that moment the saws
caught the pants at tho knee of his left leg, hut
owing to the Impediment already brought to bear
on the whirling of tho laws, theclothiog of tho left
leg stopped the glu at ouce.
Tho first colored jurors ever sworn in Sumter an
petior court wore Klbert Head and James Kills last
Monday morning. The Republican rays: '-Roth
are industrious and upright citizens and if more
their raco were like them tho country would
•bettor for It."
The largo sawmill and shingle machine in Heard
county owued by Milter and Amis was destroyed
by lire, Baturday night about 9 o'clock. The fire
supposed to have originated from the engine. There
weio burued about twenty-five thousand feet
lumber together with several thousand shlugles.
The loss Is estimated at fifteen hundred dollars.
Ho insurance.
Dooly Vindicator: We observed apple blooms on
an apple tree on Colonel Toole’s premises last week,
aud we hear of other instances of tho kind In this
vicinity. If the warm weather continues long we
may flbd a second crop of apples ou tho trees.
Columbus has been getting rid of the gallery
rioters. Tho Bun says the police placed those who
attended the opera the other night, under otdiga-
tlons to them for the prompt manner lu which they
put a stop to tho stamping and rowdying In the
gallery. The ccnduct of tho police lu this instance
Is to bo commended. No 111 iftauuercd person has
any right to go to the operehouse and annoy decent
peoplo whogooutforan evening's entertainment
If people can't behave themselves Inside the opera-
house the police should tee that they get outside,
whorothey will have plenty of room to carry ou
their rowdyism.
McDufllo county court has been trying lllrga
voters. Henry Kendrick, colored, was up for Mel
gal voting aud for larceny. To the first charge ho*
plead guilty and was fitted tl and cost, (amounting
to about 920) or six months on the chalngang. On
the second ho waa tried and convletod aud sen
tenced to pay a fine of |25 and coats or servo six
months on the chafugatiK. Thomas Morris, white,
charged with illegal voting, demanded a Jury and
plead not guilty. The Jury fouud a verdict of
guilty and tho oouri fined him 976 and coats or nine
months on thechalo|i&f.
McDuffie Journal: On Monday night of (his week
-Mr. Vm II. Johnson, of this place, when he retir
ed to bed, placed hlsqfrheson a chair near him
audit
niahtcomea without keeping the old man of the
house tip till a late hour to ark him to leave.
The wite of a noted drunkard warned tho bar
keepers of Monroe, last Baturday, not to sell her
husband any more whisky. Her story of how she
and her children were made to suffer at home by
his ill treatment waa enough to touch the sympa
thies oi the hardest hearted man in the world.
A few nights ago in Walton county, Mr. C. M.
Harrison's little three-year-old son was found In a
tub of water, in the back room of the house, nearly
drowned. He had gone in tho room only a few
minutes before and had fallen into the tub. which
had only about elgnt inches of water in it
Marcus L. Barrett I* in a bad scrape at Warren
ton. While under the influence of whisky, be fired
off his pistol In the streets. When the marshal
tried to arrest him he drew his pistol, but was pre
During the night a
, , ova —
canted off tha watch aud
pocket* were fix dollars In money, a „
and Mvaral keys. T he watch la silver with a silver
guard chain.
Over 1,000 bales of ooiton have been receivod at
Dalton au tar this season.
Gilmer county la shipping large quantities of
•jr*. chickens, apples, dried frail, etc, to the Dal
ton market
Dalton ha* four livery stables.
Dalton Citizen: A few day sago as tho Western
and Atlantic passenger train waa pairing through
a deep cut, a few miles above Dalton, a negro man
fired a shot Into tho gentlemen's car. The glass
waa shattered aud scattered all over the car, and
several persona were slightly cut. The bullet waa
fired from a large ride and the ball waa buried In
the back of a aeat, but a few luebes of a gentle
man's shoulder. The train waa running very rap
idly at the time, and before the train could be
stopped, the scoundrel had escaped.
The election for mayor and councUmeu In Car
rollton resulted In the selection of J. J. Gaston for
mayor and T. L. Long, C. A. Upshaw, T. A. Mabry
aud A. F. Gardner forcouncilmen.
Several persons were sentence*I to tho peniten
tiary at Carroll superior court, via: George Cook,
two years and rix months, for murder; Josey Reese,
one year, for burglary; Will Hlaughtcr, twelve years
for assault with lutent to rapo.
Hewnan Herald: The picture of this little nine
year old boy who was stolen from his homo In Ala
bams, about two months or more ago. la uow for
sale at Dr. A. J. I.yndon's drug store. H Is through
the kiudneea of Mrs. ('arrio Dentils that these pic
tures have been taken and put on sale. Her ob-
^ •1 la to raise money mouth to pud tills llttlo
y, wbo suffered so many hardships at the hands
of ilgletiee, tho kldnapnor. to school. Tho Uttlo
fellow has uover seen tho luride of a school room.
Those of us who have soon him know him to be
capable of receiving Instruction, and. therefore,
should go at ouce aud pay twenty flvoceuls for his
picture.
niuesvllle Gazette: Thbo pullic schools of
Tatnall county under the superintendence of tho
efficient county school commissioner, Uott. John
Ilughey. presents a good showing. Messrs. J. H.
Lanier, J Tootle, W. W. Uodbcc, K. A. Giles and
J. 1*. K. Bikes constitute the board of education,
and they have done all they could to make the sy«
then tried to arrest him, but was twice knocked
down and badly beaten. The people there are
very much enraged against Barrett.
It would be hard to find a more complete coun
try paper than tho current.lMueof the Walton Conn
ty News. It was brimful of local events, covering
every topic of interest within its territory, and set-
Unga good example to county such papers as have
to go to Chlnafbr subjects instead of handling home
events.
Jack l'eavy, who was charged with assault with
intent to murder, was acquitted at the October
term of Warreu superior court
Handersville Herald: Our cdtizens were aroused
out of their quiet slumber at 12 o'clock, last night,
by the startling cry of fire, some rushed out of their
dwellings, half clad thinking that the fire was up
on them. The alarm of fire was caused by the
burning of (he house in the western part of the
city, known as the Nathan Renfroe’scarriageshop,
which was being used by the colored women socle-
tv. called the sisters of Jacob. They had not left
the building more than an hour before the fire was
discovered. It Is supposed tobave originated from
a light left burning which they had neglected to
put out.
In tho lower part of Tattnall county coughs and
sore throats among the children are very preva
lent.
Hinesville Gazette: Rev. Kdward Moore, au old
E eutlemau well known in Tattnell county, where
e has lived for many years, under temimrnry de
rangement of mind induced by long continued dis
ease, mutilated himself horribly last weok. He was
deeply Impressed with the idea that ho must obtain
relief by cutting off his hand; and after'eating
breakfast as usual at Ills sou's residence whero he
was staying, he went out to the shop, took a hatch
et and cut off his hand, completely sovering It from
his arm, walked off two hundred yards to a ditch,
whero he was found after the lapse of several hours
almost exhausted from the loss of blood. He was
taken to the house and Dr. Alexander was called
In, by whom the proper applications were made;
and In a few days the old man was Improving, hut
still exhibited signs of mental abberatlon. For
some time the severed hand waa lost, but It was
found the next day by a puppy aud carried to the
NcwtonVounty makes forty dollars per head out
of her convicts.
Ex-Hheriff Harvey, of Talbot county, Is dead.
Colonel John Maund Is qulto ill at bis home In
Genet a.
Concerning the Russell county homicide, tho Co
lumbus Sun says:
Information reached the city yesterday afternoon
of a bloody tragedy enacted in Rii»c!l county, Ala.
Mr. li. H. Jaffray lived with his family ou the Fort
Mitchell road, about six miles from Columbus. Ho
came to the city yesterday morning and while here
drank to freely of liquor. Ou his return home at
noon ho was rather turbulent and niado things un
pleasant for his family. Hu first quarreled
with his son Henry, and threatened
to kill him. His wife. who was
present, remarked to him to kill tho boy if be In
tended to and not talk so much about It. TIiIm fur
ther enraged tho old gciitlcman and he addressed
iom« unpleasant remarks to his wife and threat
ened to kill her with a chair. About this time his
married daughter, Mrs. Thomas Prince, appeared
upon the scene aud remonstrated with hor father.
Liquor had tho best of reason, however, mid he
, . 'mlly. . J
son-in-law of tho old uwh, »m
preparing to go hunting and had
bis guu in his hand. He heard the remark of the
old gentleman and warned him not lo lay hands
hia fathcr-ln-law fell and died Instautly.
Mrs. Jaffray and her daughter camo to the city soon
after tho killing hail occ urred aud neither of them
attached any blame to Prince for the part ho took
In the tragedy. He had not been arrested at last
accounts, but we learn that ho haa made no attempt
to escape.
Tho Bun further rays: Yesterday morning while
a young gentleman, whoso nemo wo could not
learn, waa riding a bicycle near tho upper wagon
brldgo. he ran agalust Mr. Jamea Wilson, au old
gentleman, knocking him down and Inflicting
painful Injuries. Two of Mr. Wilson's teeth were
knocked out and one of Ills legs painfully bruised,
Those who saw tho accident state that tho young
gentleman attempted to avoid thn collision, but
Mr. Wilson did not see the bicycle until It waa tery
near him, he stepped to the same ride of tho walk
to which tho rider had turned hia vehicle. Of
course It waa an accident, aud ono which the
young man no doubt verv much regrets, but
loug as bicycles are permitted on the sidewalks,
Just so loug will these accidents bo likely to occur.
Albany Nows: Yesterday afternoon a young
man by the name of Cook Hood, who Is well known
in tho city and county, went Into Wolch A Muse'-
□ ' i the laboratory whet-
ng bottled by Mr. Will
Davis, picked up an ounce vial of tho drag and
emptied tho couteuta down his throat. Will Davis
teacher*, there being 25 now under contract. The
amount laid per scnolar last year was 12.25, aud it
Is probable that this year it will l*e
greater. Appleton's ierics of text books are
used; sod while we ray nothing against these
books, it would be beat if there could bo greater
uniformity of books lu this section. Schools that
are on the line between Liberty aud Tatnall have
two sets of books, amt this is a great trouble to
both teacher and pupil. Thlaihause of text books
Is a prolific source of trouble and expense to the
patrons, the teachers and the school officials. If
friends of the public school system of Georgia want
to do something of lues leu table benefit to the edu
cational interests of Georg la, let them raise the
mot cy. organise a company .employ Georgia teach
ers to write a series of text books and nave the
whole thing from "alpha to omega" a Georgia con
cern.
Lowery, the Applirf county murderer, has been
sen ten ceil to be haugt-d November 22,
Ambrose Lingo's wife, in Bryan county, has been
sentenced to the penitentiary for twenty years.
The Chattahoochee musical convention convene*
t the Btewart county line church to-day.
rhe Walton News, in view of the coming execu.
tinu in that county, rayi: "A housing Is no place
for ladles."
At the rale of the cattle belonging to the estate of
the late II. B. Hughes, iu Athens, ou the sih of No
vember, there will be eighteen cows, each of which
Is expected to bring |1.009*
John R- Davis, aged «0. and Mira Martha Elliot,
aged £>, were married In Covington last Buuday
titgM Neither of them bad ever been married,
and had uever seen each other till the day of their
marriage.
Walton New.: U« T«r Nr. Alv» Nowell had «
paired while mu. which made ihelr ck*|w. Now
theMon. areluU of .ported r»u, which arw ertd.nl-
’-Ncra. beiwe«i oui common mu »nd lhUp.tr of
; genu. wh»re».ryouM«a.po«ied mtronm.r
k“w b. belong, to the Nowell .tack.
The New. *lw mjw that. movement i> on foot lo
ratio money to buy . clock for the
new oourthenae .leeple — on. who*, .trik-
iu, can bo beerd for mrtml mile,
—on* that will mm the Urdy lover when mid.
at once seized the young msu by tho throat aud
compelled him t6 spit tho laudanum out. Hood
left the house In a rage, swearing vengeance against
Mr, Davis, aud, after getting out on the street,
drew his pistol,thereupon be fell into the hands
of police Iteuuelt. He was afterwards turned over
tohheriff Edwards, and was carried to Jail,
some ot his friends went to his rescue and
iHittd for his appearance at the next term ol
county court to answer to the charge of carrying
concealed weapons, and ho was released.
Rsinbrldgo Democrat: There lives beyoud Sprit
creek in Die western part of this county, a high
respected fanner named Mathew Aldy who lias
wife and a little five-year old daughter. During
the week Just passed ho had two negroes employed
assist him on his farm. On Thursday evening
„d Mr. Aldy aud the two negroes, after thedi *
work was done, went to the house late to feed
stock. Arriving there Mr. A. ordered ono of the
negroea—an cightum-ycnr old boy. uamed Henry
Kyle, to go to the nouse aud build a fire In the
kitchen for the cook, an aged colored woman who
was waning on Mrs. A. at tho time—she being con
fined to her bed by illness. Boon after
the- boy left Mr. A. heard his
little five year old daughter
screaming. Hurrying to the kltch n he fouud tho
negro boy there on the floor in flagrante delicti!
with ht* child, smothering her cries with his hand.
Seizing the villain by the throat he rescued his
child, aud then matched him o(T to Bquire Rhodes
—a justice who resides in the neighborhood—and
swearing out a warrant, produced the prisoner for
preliminary trial. The evidence wasconclusive and
the ravisher wa* committed to jail with ball. He
was then turned over to a couple of bailiffs, who at
at onto started for this city with him to lodge him
in jail. After going some distance they
reached the lower Bpring creek ferry, aud whilst
wailing for the flat were surrounded by fifteen or
twenty determined men, who demanded the pris
oner, raying that they would convey him hither.
A few random shots convinced the bailiffs that they
had best accede to the demauds of the stronger
Luce, aud thcreupou yielded up the prisoner and
left for other scene*—not staudlng much upon the
order of their leaving. "Judge Lynch's" court wasat
once organized, but after what outer of programme
we arc not apprised. Sure It Is, however, that the
ravisher. Henry Kyle, has not as yet put In an ap-
!*araucf at the wicket of our Jail. On Monday last
a large flock of buzzards was discovered hovering
about a dead carcass about ouo hundred yards be
low the ferry, in the creek, and Investigation
proved the same to be that of a colored youth of an
age. size ami appearance (after it had lain in the
water three days aud nlzhts) of Henry Kyle. The
bodv was riddled by bullet holes, aud as It lay In
the Water, face dowuward, presented a ghastly and
sickening appearance.
Lincoln county is earning a great reputation as a
graiu county.
Eight marriages arc to take place shortly iu
Thomasvtlle.
Barney Parker's gin house, a few miles from
Americut, was consumed by fire, with six bales of
cotton.
Albany News: R. W, Furlong, who beat his wife
■o meretli-vJy in Berrien county some time ago. aud
who spent several days iu jail in this city, lias been
on the rampage again for the lari week or two, and
although under bond to keep the peace and for his
appearance at the next term of Berrien superior
court, has been Into two or three more* difficulties
and making himself a nuisance generally. Upon
learning that Furlong wras uot keeping his prom
ise to them, and thathe was behaving badly again,
three of his bondsmen, Messrs, w. J. Nel
son. of Alapaba. B. B. Gray. of
Dougherty county, notified the sheriff
county that they would cot remain on bl« bend
any longer. The sheriff refused to relieve them of
rheir reaponslbtllt*, however, until Furlong was
delivered to him. with the Intention of arresting
Furlong and delivering him over to the sheriff. Mr.
Nelsor, accompanied by Mr. A. J. Me Rea, marshal
of Alajwha, started Buuday night to Albany, where
they expected to find Furlong. They met him at
buinner, however, and started back to Alapaha
with him. They did not tell him wrbat their pnr-
pose was.but be evidently suspected thatzomcthjgg
wras wrong, and Just after the train started, jumped
off. and has since been making himself scarce.
The Savannah News gives the history of the lands
in southwest Georgia, for titles to which suit has
recently been issued. Dodge county was named
after the late William E. Dodge, of New York, and
Kastman, its principal place, after his long-time
confidential business associate, William Pitt Kast
man, both gentlemen having held large interests
in the section. Long years before the late war
Peter J. Williams was granted a large tract of wild
lands by the state. About the same time
Georgia distributed hundreds of thou
sands of acres of her public • domain by
lottery, the tickets selling for a mere song
and the lucky holders numbering hundreds of ver
sons of all classes. Most of the Williams estate gnd
a Jarge fraction of the lands won in the lottery fi
nally came by successive conveyances into the pos
session of Colby, Chare and Crocker. The present
holders of tho property—the Georgia land and lum
ber company, In which Dodge and Eastman were
once the leading spirits—claim to have acquired
the land by purchase from Colby, Chase and
Crocker, and other holders, but the plaintiffs in
the present suit claim that the title to the property
never passed out of the hands of the three New
Englanders mentioned and that tho corporation
now in possession illegally usurped the lands, they
being allowed at that time to run wild and not
being given particular attention, as they were
then considered almost valueless, except as an
Investment which migb* prove profitable
some time in the distant future. To-day they are
worth several millions and their value will be
greatly # enhanccd every successive year until the
new-born southern boom reaches maturity. The
representatives of tho plalntUTsare already offering
the lauds for sate or lasso for farming, timber or
turpentine purposes, and announco that they will
for all trespass and damage to the Inheritance
The counsel for the plaintiffs are Colonel H. G.
Bleeper, of Massachusetts, and Colonel L. A. Hall
and O. H. Bit gs, of Kastman. The suit will involve
the interest of several hundred small planters who
are distributed over the estate, aud will be watched
with keen Interest throughout the entire south.
The defendants of course ridicule the claims of the
plaiutlfft. The lauds were once In poascislon of the
state of Indiana,
The Waycross Reporter says Hon. Warren Lott,
while In Atlanta, bought two fine Devonshire cows
each of which, when brought up to tbelr best, will
givo from two and a half to three gallons of milk
per day. These kind of cows yay well for the at
tention they receive, and offer a quid proquo for ail
the feed recessary to make them do their best.
Mrs. ltamson Hall, of Johnson county .is suffering
from lunacy,
Anniston Hotblast: Monday morning it was dis
covered that there bad been a deep laid and well
planned plot to burn the Woodstock hotel. Borne
miscreant without fear of the devil or the Jaw
broke tho plastering in ono of the servant's room,
and filled between tho wall with light wood taiu-
ated with kerosene. Kerosene waa then poured
In profusion on the floor and agklnst the wall,
and a match applied. In a llttlo while the room
was a sheet of light aud the (Ire made rapid head
way. Tho cook and one of tho dining room ser
vants were sleeping in tho room, and
without alarming the guests the fire was
extinguished with water drawn from a well near
by. 1 he inmates of the room declare that the win
dows were down and the door bolted and a lamp
burning on the mantle when they retired, and
when they were awakened they were in tho same
condition save that tho room was on fire. It was
ck-arly the work of an luccndiary, and a bold one
at that.
Harris superior court, which has bsen in xosdon
at Hamilton during the past- two weeks, adjourned
Friday eveuing, Friday was cousumcd in tho trial
of Claiborne Lowe, colored, charged with rape and
bcstallty; wm acquitted of the first charge, but In
the latter case tho Jury brought in a verdict of
guilty and'Judge Willis senteuced the prisoner to
fifteen years in the penitentiary.
Tasly Whatley, ol Pike county, fifteen yean old,
picked 829 pounds of cotton last Wednesday,
Pike County News: A catamount and a few
wild turkevs are said to Infest tho mountains aud
swamps tributary to Potato creek. The catamouffi
will be put out of the theater and the names of the
parties forcing them upon decent people given to
the public.
Columbus Times: Willis Gamble, a negro train
hand, on the Houthwestern railroad way freight,
fell in a cistern in the depot yard at Macon yester
day morning and was drowned. He had started fo
scour out the cab of his train, and was getting
his yard a few nights ago by Its unearthly soAm-
Ing. Bevoral families claim to havo lost poultry by
Its ulghtly depredations.
8urotcr Republican: Bomo . 'possum hunters
started a fire in tho woods near Dr. Bagley’s last
Thursday, which burned until Sunday morning,
when tho congregation of the church near by
tumr d out to save the doctor's property. He came
nigh loosing his gluhouso, stables and negr
tern. He lost over five thousand rails ana a large
quantity of timber.
Mm. Remington leased the Altamaha hotel at
Jcsup, and entered into a contract with the Sa
vannah, Florida and Western railway company for
tho various trains to stop at that point at certain
meal time*, thus making it n profitable venture tor
tho proprietor ot the hotel. The company subse
quently erected a large eating house at Wsycroas,
aud changing Us schedules accordingly, abrogated
Its previous agreement with the company. Aa
Mrs. Remington suffered considerable loss result
ant from this change, compelling her to abandon
the hotel, she brought suit against It for the lora
sustained. The trial on Thursday resulted lu a
verdict for the plaintiff, tho Jury awarding her the
■um of 13,500 damage*.
Rev. John Nesbit, president of the proposed .Ste
phens' home lu Savannah, thus writes: Hon. Ste
phen W. Dorsey, of Washington, Informed me that
he had 950 placed in his hauds by the Young Men's
Reform association of that city about four weeks
ago, and he promised to remit tho same by return
mall. Wo have seat him fivo letters aud two agents
aud they cauuot collect It. 8, A. Darnell subscrib
ed 925.
Tho resldcnco of Walter A, Way, in Darien, was
destroyed by tire last week.
Bumter Republican: Messrs, Andrew and James
angley, members of Rethel church, called on us
Friday aud requested us to correct an Item which
appeared in that morning's Recorder, in regard to
a disturbance at their church on Wednesday night,
while they were electing a pastor. They state that
ltev. J. N. strong has never been their pastor, but
wax only preaching for them temporarily. Jacxxon
water lor that purpose when he fell in, and as he
could not swim aud no one saw him, death was the
inevitable result. He is raid to have been a good
and faithful negro and his sad death is much re
gretted by bis superiors. His remains were brought
to Geneva where bismother lives,for interment
yesterday eveuing.
Charlotte (N. C.) ....... w . „ ulllulo
deeds of a negro fiend in Cleveland county, night
before last, reached the city yesterday afternoon,
dosing the bloodiest chapter oi all the terrible dra
mas this reporter has been called upon to chronicle
during the week just ended. An old lady, wife of
William Logan, aged fifty-nine years, was beaten to
death by a negro, who buried her body undera pile
of cotton and then set fire to the cotton. Mrs. Lo
gan's husband, who is seventy seven years old, was
cnaked and left for dead by the negro, wbo then
robbed the house of tcu dollars and fled, making
good bis escape. The scene of this fearful outrage
Is twelve miles south of Bbelby. and about two
miles from Whitaker's, Houth Carolina. As our in
formation goes, the crime was perpetrated abou
dark last Friday evening. Mr. Logan and bis wife
were living alone in their home. On the evening
in question, an unknown negro man called at Mr.
l^ogan’s house and asked Mr. Login to change
five dollars for him. This Mr. Logan declined to
do. and the negro struck up a general conversa
tion. iu the course of which he incidentally re
marked that as he came along the road he saw a
cow in Mr. Lcoan's cornfield and turning to Mrs.
Logan volunteered to go and run the cow nut.
if she would go and help him Mrs.
Logan refused to do this, but told
the negro she would go and let down the fence for
him to drive out the cow. The negro and Mrs.
Logan walked away from the house together, and
It is supposed that as soon as they were out of sight
and bearing the negro clubbed Mrs. Logan to
death. At any rate, after they had been gone a
few minutes. Sir. Logan stepped out of the house
to go to a here they were and met the negro return
ing aloue. The old man asked for his wife and the
negro replied: "She got scared and ran off down
the lane." About this time Mr. Logan thought he
heard groans evidently coining from the direction
In which the negro und his wife had gone and
started to run by the negro, wnen his throat was
encircled by a pair of murderous bands aud he was
choked to the ground. The negro did not release
hia hold until Mr. Logan became still and uucou-
scions, and taking it for granted that ho was
dead, the black fiend dragged him aside and cov
ered him with a lot of cotton. This done he went
Into the house and after turning over the thin,
found 910 and then fled. In the same drawer...
which he round the 910 was a package of gold coins
to the amount of 9100, which ne overlooked. Mr.
Logan does not remember how long he remained
unconscious under the pile of cotton, but it was
not for more than fifteen mluutes probably. As
C( nsci msners began to return he burrowed from
muter the cotton. Be looked about tor his wife In
a dazed and stupefied condition, and falling to see
her, hurried aa fast as bis feeble strength woult
permit to a neighboring house, where he related
the awful story. Mr. J. M. Adams and a party of
others accompanied Mr. Logan back home.
The house was found standing open, but no signs
of life about the place were to be seen. They hunt
ed every where for some signs of Mrs. Logan, but
all in vain. Atlast their attention was attracted
to a idle of burning cotton aud with a sickening
suspicion they set to work tearing down the pile.
Their suspicions were confirmed. The body of
Mrs. Logan, badly mutilated, was drawn from the
burning pile. News of the terrible affair spread rap
idly throughout the surrounding country and the
scene was yesterday visited by great crowds. The
excitement is Intense and parties are searching
everywhere for the perpetrator of the diabolical
outrago. The negro's object was undoubtedly rob
bery and to accomplish it ho did not hesitate to at
tempt the murder of both tho old people. Tho
coroner of Cleveland county was yesterday notified
of the Rffalr and left Bhelby In the afternoon for the
scene to hold an inquest over Mrs. Logan’s body.
On Thursday lasC**^ the Barneavllle Gazette
3fr. Jamies Reeves of this county went o’possum
hunting. After returning homo he turned his dog
iuto tho yard and went off two or three hundred
yards to tho houso of a neighbor to sleep. As ho
retired, be heard someth ng roaring which he took
to be tho train. In a few minutes some ono gave
tho alarm of flte, aud Mr. Reeves rose up to find
bis home In flames. He Is the grandson ot Mr.
ALL THROUGH DIXIE.
members wished for tbelr pastor for tbc next twelve
months, and Rev. Stephen White was clecteAby a
good majority. When the moderator declared the
result, several women, one of whom wax not a mem
ber, arose ahd opposed the rexulr, creating a distur
bance. This wax the only trouble had. We are re
quested to state that the Bethel Baptist ehurch has
nothing to do with Mr. Btroog, aud wautsall people
to kuow it.
Rome Courier; Yesterday Bill Vine, colored, no-
orious for hix mauy violations of the law, was
arrested by Bailiff Graham, of Cave Spring district,
assisted by his brother and Detective llorry WIrupee.
The charge against Vine is assault with intent to
murder, and other minor offenses. Suspicion ix
said to {Hint to Vine as having something to do
with the death of Wtsley Newton, colored, who
died suddenly and under rather suspicious cifvum-
stancis sonic two mouths since, and with whose
idow he (Vine) haa been living since Newton's
death. Vine was lodged in Floyd jail, where he
uow languishes, awaiting a hearing before the
courts.
The Courier tells the following interesting inci
dent: An Incident which occurred yesterday after
noon on the Hast Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
coming up from Atlanta, shows that the denial of
the so-called "civil rights" Is not applicable to the
colored people alone, but has to be applied some
times to whites ax well. We imdetxland that the
conductor put off the tralu two disorderly aud of*
feiulve white men of Paulding county, wbopsrsist-
ed riding in the ladies' car. to their annoyance.
This Is an application of the state law without re
gard to color, aud its proper exception, as in this
instance, affords more protection to well-behaved
people of both races thau all the unconstitutional
and insidious laws that congress may undertake to
|4a.
R. McCall, of Griffin. Georgia, will visit
Bcreven, the county of his birth, ou the 30th la-
staat. to attend the annual reunion of his father's
family. Ills father. Rev. M. N. McCall. Sr., will, at
that time, have reached the advanced age of
ninety one year*. By request he will preach at
Middle Ground church on Thursday, November
1st, before his return to Griffin.
Manager Johnson, of Savannah, is ont in a card
giving notice to the young meu who secure re
served *eat», or private boxes. a* was the case
last nigh:, for lewd women, that such characters
James Weaver, and it was their custom to hf
their washing done at Mr. Weavers. He has no
doubt tho fire was the work of an incendiary.
The Columbus Suu hss the following: Oran Cobb,
a little orphan girl only thirteen years of age, lives
with Mrs. Jane Phelps, a widow lady, on tho other
side of the river, just north of the Columbus and
Western railroad track and works for a livelihood In
Eagle and Phonix mill No. 2. Yesterday was pay
day and she drew 94.20 as her earnings for two
weeks. While en route home, and just as she was
crossing the branch near the railroad track, she
was attacked by two men who told her If she
screamed they would kill her. 1 hoy robbed her of
the 94.2U and then took her to the river, tied a hand
kerchief over her eyeaand threw her in Jnst below
the railroad bridge and left her, no doubt thinking
that she would be drowmd. Tho water was very
shallow, however, and the frightened child
managed to reach the bank again In safety. She
proceeded on her way homeward, and a wet and
pitiful looking object, she reached tho house, and
amid sobs and tears told tho occurrence to Mrs.
Phelps. Heveral gentlemen were notified and an
Investigation proved that she had stated the facts.
The tracks of the two men from the place whero
they first attacked the child to the river bauk were
plainly visible, and theie were signs on the bank
which showed that tho girl had resisted when they
threw her Into the river. There were also finger
prints on her neck, showing that she had been
choked, and bruises ou her baud whero they had
forced her to give up the money. Tho two men
were tracked to the wagon bridge and It is sup
posed that they crossed over into this city. The
good people of Brownesvllle are so Indignant that
several of them have agreed to pay a reward of 925
dollars for the capture of tho scoundrels* who per
petrated the crime. It was cortainly done by some
one who knew that it was pay day at the factory
and had been watching the little girl. We cauuot
remember when wo have been called upon to
chronicle a more outrageous crime, the perpetrators
of which uot only robbed a poor little orphan, but
attempted to murder her. Nothing should be left
undone in the effort to capture the villains and
bring them to Justice. No community should
rest satisfied with such dangerous and unscrupu
lous character* at large in its midst. The life and
property of uo citizen Is safe,
tiylvani* Telephone: Effingham county t........
ly take* the lead for good roads, and if our way to
Mpriugfield was long, still tho pleasure of riding
over xuch pleasant roads made it appear muon
shorter than it really was.
Dougla&vllle Star: On Baturday night, Mr. Joseph
II. Camp, of Chattel Hill, wax shot iu the right
thigh by Mr, Abijab Arnold, at the bar room of Mr.
.. 7. . I ..... ..i.tnl .11,1 Ikn fv.
^iat Arnold had bought a pistol for seventy-five
rents and was showiug it to Camp, revolving the
cylinder, when ii was accidentally discharged. An
other wax that Camp and Arnold had been quar
relling and (he dc charge of the pistol was no: so ac
cidentally as reported. A* soon as Camp was
wounded be wax carried to the store of Doreett
McKlrcath. Arnold immediately went for a phy
sician aud returned with Dr, k*. s. Verdery. Dr.
Venter* at once probed the wound and cut out the
ball. lie p’ouounces the wound of a very serious
nature, as some of tire vital parts are ii jured aud
it may result mortally. The wounded man is now
at hix home at Chapel hill. On account of.the sim
ilarity of the nanus, the report was circulated that
Prof. Joe Camp, of this place, had been »hot and
mauy of his frtcuds believed it. But he Is not the
man.
Bat abridge Democrat: Late advices from Albany,
and the owners of the late steamer Newton, indicate
that Flint river will icon have auother and far bet
ter boat than the Newton ever was. Indeed, there
U little doubt that if Halnbrldge, Newton and inter
mediate sections will subs-crlbe half me stock that
Albany will taka the balance. We believe Bain-
bridge will do her part, for we heard one mau say
he would take $000, aud that one of our strongest
warehouse Arms would take as much more. At this
rate it would uot require much effort to raise 92.UUO
or 92.500 In cash sulwriptiou*. Let the questlou be
agitated, and let our people subM-ribe to the enter
prise. F.iut river must have another steam boat,
and the sooner the better- The Investment will pay
as much at'20 per cent and running expenses. Wbo
would have a better investment?
Colonel William J. Young, of Thomasville, who
commanded the Twenty-uiuth Georgia In the late
war. Is dead.
There are sixty pupils iu atteLdanceat the Syl
van ia academy, aud the number lx constantly iu-
creasing.
Sylvar.la Telephone: We hare beard it reported
that Milieu eiatmta young mau. who, on duxhing
a covey of birds, can shoot them four time* before
they can get beyond range. It D said he takes two
cartridge* in hi* mouth and thus tuu them conven
ient for the two but rounds. He may *h,*u the last
two. but we'U *agcrhc never get* a bird with either
of them, that U, if all the covey rises.
POLITICAL NOTES.
Virginia.
There are 137 students at Washington and
Lee university, Virginia.
A movement is on foot to call a convention
of music teachers of Virginia to meet in Richmond
during Christmas week.
Lynchburg, Va., is suffering from incendi
ary fires, forty-three of which have occurred in two
months.
Tiie peanut crop throughout Virginia has
been greatly benefled by tho recent rains, aad an
average yield will be made.
North Carolina.
Some »J,000 people were in Concord, N. C.
the day of Sell’s circus.
The exhibition of the North Carolina In
dustrial association will take place in Raleigh No
vember 12th, and continue through 17th.
Month Carolina.
Bolton Fowler, of Greenville, South Caro
lina, died a few days ago from fracturing his skull,
he result from falling from his horse.
A Columbia, South Carolina, baby, five
days old, weighs a pound and a half and wears the
clothes of its sister's doll.
The state convention of Baptists in South
Carolina will meet with the First Baptist church in
Charleston, November 2j.
Florida.
Bunko men are arriving in Florida.
The Orange county, Florida, landowners
are getting down German laborers.
Pensacola boasts of one of the finest Jew
ish synagogues in the southern states.
Last week is said to have been the hottest
weather for October ever experienced in Florida.
Polk county, Fla., counts on gathering
5,000,000 oranges this season.
The schooner Alfred Wilson gathered 280
bundlesof spongesat the mouth ot OielJa river,
Florida, last week. Her cargo brought 9700.
I)r. Gaskins, of Starke, Fla., has an orange
grove, the trees of which are loaded with fruit.
His crop is estimated at 50,000 oraugts.
Alabama.
Talladega, Ala., will organize a board of
trade.
Game is said to be unusually plentiful all
over Alabama.
A fire recently in Greeuville, Alabama,
destroyed a new oil mill, ginnery, a number of
bates of cotton, cotton seed, and the ^Presbyterian
Ciurch
Birmingham, Alabama, has 10,848 popula
tion.
The schools of Alabama have been opened
with a large number of pupils.
The Huntsville, Ala., fair lost week was the
most complete one held for six or eight years.
A permanent exposition will be established
at Birmingham, Ala., for the display of Alabama's
mineral resources.
Mississippi,
Okaloda, Mississippi, will have artesian
wells.
Vicksburg, Mississippi, will soon have all
its streets graveled.
Stock in some localities in Mississippi are
suffering on account qf the scarcity of water.
The cotton crop in the Yazoo delta, Mis
sissippi, is turning out ten per ceut better than was
anticipated. Such is also reported to be the case in
many of tho cottou growing sections.
LotilMlana.
Louisiana it Is said will make half a crop
of cotton.
Work is progressing on the state capilol at
Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
The farmers of Be Soto, Louisiana, are go
ing into fine stock raising.
A Baltimore paper says the Fifth Mary
land regiment will visit New Orleans on the occas
ion of the Hard! Gras celebration in Fobruary
next.
Texan.
The capital stock of the Texas Siftings
publishing company is 9100,000.
Since October 1st, Fort Worth, Texas, citi
zens have contracted tor 9574,200, of buildings.
After all the reports, the cotton yield ot
Texas will be a vcry'good one.
Corpus Ciikisti is now supplying the great
er part of Texas with fish and oysters.
Five miles more of street railway will soon
be constructed In Ban Antonio, Texas.
Charles Gcwdnioht has the largest cotton
tract In the world, belug on Red river la Texas.
The estimated extent of the coal fields of
Texas Is 20,000 square miles.
The bi-centennial celebration of Texas is
being discussed. Waco is coming forward as acan*
dtdate for the location.
The increase in the taxable property of
Texas last year wax 9130,000,000. Sixty-eight new
counties were organized, giving 2C0 in all. Besides
this, there Is a territory twice as large as Georgia
not yet divided iuto counties.
Tennessee. *
The organization of a Jersey cattle club is
prospect for East Tennessee.
Good rains in many parts of East Tennessee
have carried joy to tho hearts of the farmer*.
The Chattanooga soap factory manufactures
•,000 pounds a week, mostly for local consumption,
In the vicinity of Matino, Lincoln county,
Tennessee, the crop of fall grapes is larger than for
many years.
Memphis, Tennessee, will have a week’s
racing this fall.
A 105 pound cat-fish was caught with a hook
near Chattanooga Friday.
Numerous churches are in course of erection
all over East Tennessee.
It is said that a thousand Mormon converts
will leave Chattanooga next month for Utah. They
are from different poiutx of the south.
Barrett's circus will exhibit in Chattanoo
ga, November I4th.
Ocoee river in Tennessee is lower now thau
it has been for years.
Polk county, Teun., farmers are threshing
more clover need this fall than ever before.
Mr. Hick, of Chattanooga, has already han
dled 500,(00 pounds of dried fruit this season.
Plenty of work for mechanics in Sweet
water, Tennessee, in fact everybody living and
doll g well.
Kentucky.
Some parts of Kentucky farmers are finding
their corn crops better than they expected.
Henderson, Kentucky, claims the best
system of waterworks of any place of its size in the
country.
Tux southern exposition at Louisville will
close ou November 10th. It has been a great suc
cess financially, and Louisville uever had such a
boom before.
Partridges in Kentucky plentiful, most
abundant, and the woods full of squirtels.
Ten thousand and forty-seven persons in
Kentucky are now drawing pensions from the gov
ernment.
At Newport, Ky., a negro baby was drown
ed in a tub of soapsuds which its mother was usiug
iu washing clothes.
The Advertiser of Kentucky, says that a
protracted meeting in a colored church in Lexing
ton, has been golug on for over two years.
At Winchester, Ky., W. C. Vanmeter
caught in three nlgbu in one wire trap seventy-
nine rat*. Thirty-seven of them were caught the
first night*
ArkaszMss.
There is a boom in Arkansas in the payment
of back taxes. Delinquents of many year* are fet
tling up, some of these owning upwards of 20,000
acres of Und.
Governor-Elect Hoadly has gone to Ea*
rope.
There are seven candidates for slate libra*
rian In Kentucky. All females.
1 wonder if I shall have to go to the rescue
again in 18*4?—Musings of R. Cockling.
Senator Anthony has entirely recovered
his health, and expects to be In his chair when con
gress open*.
Governor Butler, of Massachusetts, say*
be will be a delegate to the national democratic
convention.
Temperance politics in Indiana*are painful
ly liko those iu Ohio, and republican managers sit
up nights pondering.
Editor Halstead suggests that the reason
why Governor Butler is iu hot water all the time 1
because "he likes it hot."
Hoadly and Cleveland for the 1884 race
would be like harnessing up Jay-Eye Bee and Maud
S. iu a double team.—Philadelphia Chronicle.
The republicans in some of the legislative
districts in Massachusetts are passing resolution
in favor ol biennial sessions ol the legislature.
Chairman Cooper, of the republican state
committee in Pennsylvania, bitterly complains of
republican apathy and lack of campaign funds.
'The republicans fail to hit the real reason
for their disaster In Ohio," says the New York
Bun. "They were beaten because the republican,
party must go."
The administration and one or two able
editors will be about the only mourners north of
the Potomac when Mahonc is crushed out.—Wash
ington Post.
Because of a great sum in the treasury and
a rapidly increasing assessors' valuation of property
the Texas legislature has a special session next
month to reduce the rate of taxation.
The New York republican state committee
have sent circulars to tho employes of the different
departmental:! Washiugtou making au appeal for
funds to carry on the political canvass in that state.
Tue New Hampshire law prohibiting the
sale of toy pistols provides a penalty of from 910 to
950, and makes the dealer liable for all damages
resulting from selling or giving away such pistols.
Gnnkral Durbin Ward has entered the
Ohio democratic ^senatorial ring. He; intends to
have it out this time with Gentleman George. If
Ward is thrown over the ropes Thurman may take
up the light.
A majority of the members of the Iowa
senate holding over arc opposed to prohibition, and
the 8L Paul Pioneer i'ress thicks that enough li
cense senators have been elected to defeat a pro
hibitory enactment.
Colonel R. G. Ingersoll, in speaking of
presidential candidates, says: "Mr. Arthur is re
garded as a clever man, but ho has been vice-presi
dent, and that’s a vice the people will uever forgive.
If he wax the best man.in thcworld.I donbtlf he
could get tho nomination."
If Mr. George Q. Cannon aucceedsMr. John
Taylor as head of the Mormons, as reported in yes
terday’s dispatches might bo the case, the sect will
secure a shrewd, earnest and able leader. Mr. Can
non made a good impression here white a delegate
congress for force of character and polite man
ners. Tne ex-delegate, by tho way, Iias recently
taken ground against one of the traditions of Mor-
monism; that iu a polygamous roclety more female
than mate children are born. This claim haa been
set up as a ilgu of divine approbation of polygamy.
But Mr. Cannon at a recent Mormon conference
showod that during the post six months, of 2,300
births within the church 1,200 sere males and only
■inuaucs ui uiu cum us. v
of male children In Utah.
PERSONAL INTELL1GBNC*.
John W. Mackey iudulges in no recreation
but poker.
General Sherman wears huge Chinese spec
tacles.
Tilden, it is said, reads all the New York
dailies regularly.
Bismarck says of Gladstone: “He is a cold*
blooded man with a healthy mind."
General Grant, who is very busy with bis
Mexican railways, is learning 8panish.
Mr. Case says that nothing under $100,000
would tempt him to sell Jay Eye See.
Anna Dickinson has the honor of having
taken the first mule to the top ol Pik^s peak.
Sullivan, the prize fighter, hus managed to
knock out of his buelnes- about 950,000, so far.
Senator Jones, of Florida, has been lectur
ing in Detroit for the benefit of an orphan asylum.
George Hamilton Chichester, the marquis
of Donegal, is dead. Ho waa bora February 10th,
1798.
Ex-Cadet Whittaker has established a
military school for colored youths at Charleston,
8. C.
Mgr, Cauf.l is said to have discovered tha
American women are better educated than their
husbands.
The apostolic delegate arrived at (Quebec
Saturday, and was met at Levis by the aichbishop
and clergy.
It cost W. K. Sheridan $1,000 to transport
bis wardrobe from 8an Francisco to Philadelphia
by express. This shows that William has dono well.
Other actors have left their wardrobes lu Australia,
In regard to the illness of its editor, Wil
liam Penn Nixon, tho Chicago Intcr Ocerfu says
that bix friends are encouragen to believe that he
will speedily recover. 111s disease has beeft ner
vous fever.
Mr*. Labouchkre is down on Mrs. Langtry.
She rays she went out cu the street lu Loudon one
ulght atd collared the tint woman *he met, and
that the is much prettier than the Lily. Bhe wil
come to America with her next winter.
Lady Rosebery on the eve of the Day of
Atonemeut (the solemu Jewish fu>t*Jny) sent a
donation of i100 to Dr. Cohn to be distributed
among the Jewish poor ot Ban FrancDco. Lady
Rosebery also woishipped iu tbe temple there in
the faith iu which she was brought up.
Dr. Anderledy, who has been chosen co
adjutor to General R.-ckx of the Jesuit order, is not
ennan, but a Swiss. Dr. Bcckx is a Belgian,
l ht* predecessor, Dr. Roothaau, was a Hollan
der. 1 be Jesuits are more cosmopolitan than the
college ol cardinal*. Dr. Anderledy lived for a time
at Green Bay, \VU., before hix ordiuatiou.
Mgr. Catel was asked what struck him
most forcibly In this country, and he replied, "The
precociousncs* of childreu." He say* that while in
Baltimore the archbishop took him to call on a lady.
White making the vUt; a boy aged four years come
iu the room, mid hi* mother sanl, "My sou, *peak
to the archbishop." He obeyed readily, aud, hold
ing out hi* hand, said: "How do, Arch
monument to Francis Drake was on
September 7th unveiled at Tavistock, Devon, near
to which place he was born. The monument was
presented by the duke of Bedford, who owna all
Tavistock and a great deal around, tne estate hav-
The Drake family has long
male line, but U represented iu the female line,
which holds the hereditary c-tate* and heirlooms.
Dr. J. Marion Sims, having pronounced
Washington the most beautiful city in the world, a
Washington newspaper says: "Dr. Bims has an in
ternational reputation, a nundred thousand dol
lar practice, a palace on Madison avenue* New
York, and decorations enough to cover hi* body
with medal* and crosses. After the war. when food
and medicine were scarce and disease plentiful, he
sent bis old South Carolina neighbors one of his
fees. 920,00), * n d ht* heart acknwledges their every
claim for sympathy.”
John \V. Mackey said to a reporter for the
St. Paul Pioneer Press: "Mining is the most precar
ious business in the world." "You can well afford
to say It," tne reporter retorted, "with 9W.000.000 to
your credit. But did you think so in 1&9, when
you were pushing on ore cor in the Ophtr mine?"
"I knew it then only In theory: (or my salary of a
fi a day was always sure, and my wants were sim
ple. \ou always hear of the successful miner*.
he men who dump pear and ore lost in Pauf tr al
ley are not so often quoted."