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VOLUME XVI.
TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 13, 1883.
PRICE 5 CENTS
DURING THE WEEK.
WHAT THB PEOPLE Off THE CITY
AND COUNTRY ARK DOINO.
A sterm Is Uiiioorl-Aa E.ritqn.k. Shook Is Utah
. ,, —Vr.nk James's Trial—Tur.d.y’. Elections—
A Definite. Arrested A Sinks XaAid-
As Explosion In SofI.nr-I3.atll..
TimIbt. ISsrtwber 8.
The marquis of Lansdowne has reoelved several
letten threatening his life. SUvet ore from Mexico
Is being shipped /to New Orleans. A disastrous
stormyislted Springfield, Mo., killing four persons
and injuring several and one hundred bouses were
damaged or destroyed. A meeting of citizens was
held in Vicksburg, Miss., to provide for tho enter
tainment of delegates to the convention of the Na
tional cotton planters' association. The wholesale
paper warehouse of Hluman, Moody & Co., Beloit,
Wla, made an assignment. Tbero wore live deaths
tatm cholera In Alexandria. Gustave Dore'ssta'uo
of the late Alexander Dumas wss unveiled in Pails.
The duke of Costello More was captured by brl-
gamls while driving from his villa to Tropanl, Sici
ly. A parly of auarchlsta exploded an Infernal
machine in front of the mansion of a wealthy mer
chant in Lyons. Franco. Mra Belva A. Lockwood,
tne lady lawyer In Washington who was suspended
from practice before tne pension bureau, haa been
restored to practice, the charges against her having
been withdrawn. The commissioner of internal
revenue reports the receipts from all sources at
*141,053,344 against 1146,618,233 for the preceding
year. Four thousand tioopa hare arrived et Cma
Beka to suppress the disorders there. Mary Chur
chill, the young lady who ran away from her homo
in St. Louis some time ago, was found in Indianap
olis
at THE CITY.
Heal estate is again beginning to boom. The
Governor's Uorso Gnard returned from Richmond.
Architects are still sending to Governor McDaniel
lor Information as to what Is needed for a new Cap
itol. Bob Bolton, Jr., was badly knlfod by a negro
named Ed Boyd.
* WcdiH^tjr, KitwImi'
In a special court held at Gallatin, Mo., one caio
against Frank James was nolle prosaed. The others
were continued and tho prisoner was remanded to
the Kansas City jail The Blue Cut robberjTcase is
ou the docket, and it is considered probable that
-James will not be tried at Gallatin again. A num
ber of foreigners residing In Madagascar, Including
threo American citizens, hare sent a memorial to
Earl Granrllle, the British foreign secretary, asking
that a British ship be sent to tako off those persons
who, In rictv of the French operations, wish to leave
the Island. The miners’ strike, which began
July 1 at LaSalle, 111., terminated, 4,000 meu re
turning to work. The strikers had demanded that
the mine owners should discharge their nonunion
men, but this was not acceded to. Tho Servian
tioopi, under General Nicholet, attacked the rebels
atCeruafteska. The steamer Gallia brought half
a million dollars specie from Liverpool. A shock
of earthquake was felt at Cave Creek, Utah, Sunday.
Dr. J n. McFerrln, tho venerable Methodist min*
later, died at his home ln % Kashvlllo.
CITY.
Tho United StaVfr so&tyen now camped near the
Ean Tuuncsseerailroad shops will return to Flor
ida the last of this month. The polico fores.will
soon have five addltla^al patrplmen. The Simms
wK' sold hv Mr.' Frierson, tno' real estAte
for f IS,250.
Thursday. November 8.
, Nearly a million dollars In gold bars and coin
wpro received ip New York frpm Europe. A Are
destroyed the Commercial hotel, tho Windsor hotel,
v a largo stable with 85 horses and other bnildlngi.kll
valued at 9100,000. There were six deaths from
cholera In Alexandria, and a rumor was cur rent
there that El Madhl, the false prophet is dead.
Judge Brown, In the United States district court In
New York, held that a minor may be enlisted with*
oat the consent of his parents Into the marine ser*
vice of tne United dtates. The British steamer Iris,
bound from Cardiff to Port Said, was lost off Cape
Villano, Spain. Governor Kutler nominated George
L. Ruffian,a negro lawyer, for Judge of the Charles
ton, Mass., district court. It is reported that the
French forces have occupied Sontay and Bac Nlnh,
Tonquin. A terrible explosion took place In a col*
lery in England In which one hundred and six
men are beneath the ground and will probably die
before assistance can retch them. The jury In the
case of Kllbourn against ex-Sergeant-of-Arms
Thompson in Washington for 9350,0U0 for false 1m
prltonment, rendered a verdict of 960,000 for the
plaintiff.
IN Til* CITY.
Parties are talking of building a broom factory
at the barracks to give employment to tho women
and children in that suburb. The registration
books were opened. Tho North Georgia conference
of the Methodist Episcopal rhuirh will be held at
Dalton, beginning on the 27ih lust. State Treasurer
is engaged in preparing tho annual ..statement of
the financial affairs of the state.
PrISay, .November 0.
Governor Ben By tier said iu his closing speech at
Lowell, Mass.: ’I shall never meet you again In
the position of a man soliciting votes. I never
mean to make another political campaign in which
I shall take part, remotely or otherwise.” Thecom*
mlssioner of the general laud office in Washington
issued scrip for 20.0J0 acres of public land In satis*
faction of the Arredondo graut. This scrip can
only be located upon lands in the state of Florida.
Tho cigar tnskers of Cincinnati threaten to strike
on account of the demand by the manufacturers
that workmen shall pay for gas used morning and
evening. A rumor was current In Washington that
the vacancy in the court of claims, made by the
resignation of J. C. Bancroft Davis, will be tendered
to Secretary Folger. Aggie Hill, who is sueing Uni*
States Senator 8baron for divorce and division of
property, refused in court to produce the alleged
marriage contract until informed by the judge
that if she did not it would be ruled out as evl*
ence, and only regarded as waste paper An ex*
plosion occurred in the Trobbie colliery in Ayre*
bite, Scotland, by which four men were severely
burned.
Uf THE CITY.
The executive mansion is* being repaired In
handsome style. The cars on the new West End
and Atlanta streetcar line arc named R. K Lee
and Ben Hill. The residenco of Mr. Henry Franks
on Tatnall street was burglarized Mr. W. J. Whit*
ten, a train hand on the Western and Atlantic rail
road, was killed while coupling cars.
•stirlay, November 10.
The business failures throughout the United
States and Canada during the past week number
211. At Laurinbnrg. N. C., while a gathering of
colored people was In McLean's hall the floor gave
way, followed by the walls falling in. After all
had been extricated from tne ruins it was found
that eight persons were Injured, two mortally. The
steamer City of Pekin which arrived in San Fran*
cisco from Heng Kong, brought 167 Chinamen pro*
Tided with the famous trader's certificates, issued
by the Chinese government Several of the China
men acknowledged havidg paid money to the Can
ton inspectors for their certificates. *
IK THE CITY.
Voters are registering freely. The Atlanta cus
tom house Is sdll without a bonded line. Apple
wigonsfrom North Carolina are often seen in At*
loots. Tickets for the musical festival are being
sold rapidly. The beautiful aurora australis which
has been lighting up ths southern heavens has
faded. The new gymnasium of the Young Men's
Christian association Is very finely equipped and
is being appreciated by the young men of the city.
Bandar, November 11*
Cirus L. Simpkins, a letter carrier in Cincinnati,
was arrested for stealing money from letters. The
steamer John Lee ran down a skiff, near Memphis,
containing a man, his wtfo and child and they
were all drowned. The democratic state ticket of
New York Is elected by from 10,000 to 18,000 major
Ity, according to the way the candidates ran. The
imports of specie at the port of New York for the
past week were91.eOO,296. Settling day in the Liv
erpool cotton market passed off wltnout incident,
and It 1.4 believed the firms affected by the recent
failure of Morris Ranger will pull through and that
the crisis has passed, George S. Davis, confidential
bookkeeper to the publishing firm of D. Appleton
& Co., New York, was arrested on suspicion of
embeszling 930,000. Rev. E. I.. Winkler, D. D.,
died at hlz home in Marion, Ala. Auothtr Chinese
ironclad man of-war was launched from the navy
yard at Kiel Tho memory of Martin Luther was
generally observed throughout Germany by the
celebration of the four hundredth anniversary of
his birthday. Carpenter, the alleged murderer of
Zora Burns at Lincoln, III., was admitted to bail in
the sum of ten thousand dollars. It was reported
in Madrid that Senor Juan Valera, thoauthor, has
been appointed bpanish minister to Washington.
IN Til* CITY.
The Art Loan exhibition of the Young Men's
library has been la progress nearly three weeks,
and in every senso It has been a success. Mighty
warm weather—awful. Work on the new Kimball
house will bcglu about the first of December. At
lanta is still minus a postmaster.
MARTIN LUTHER.
Berlin, November 10.—The festival In honor of
the four hundredth anniversary of tho birthday of
Martin Luther, opened this morning by a gather
ing of80.000 school children, who formed in 53 dl-
visions,and accompanied by bands of music march
ed to the various churches, where they attended
religions services in honor of tho great reformer,
whose bust was placed before an altar in each edi
fice. Emnoror William and Crown Prince Frederick
Willlem,accompanied by the officers of the imperial
university, all the city officials and clergy, will pro
ceed from the town hall to St. Nicholas church, in
the grand procession to attend the services. Tho
■treats'of the cltv are packed with people. At
Hamburg the Luther festival to-day was celebrated
by the unveiling of a colossal b ust of the reformer
and a popular fete In the moderwclde. At Bremen
the market square has been trans
ferred into a grand festsall for demonstrations
In honor of Luther’s birthday. At Lefptlc,
grand monument, commemorative of the reforma
tion, wsth statues of Luther and Molanthon upon
it, was unveiled to day, iu front of St. John
church, with appropriate ceremonies. At Erfurt,
where Luther first euterod the Augustine mouas*
try in 1501, at Eisenach, where Luther was con
fined for ten months in the castle of Wariburg,
sod at Nordhnuson, the corner stones of monu
ments to be erected in liouor of the great reformer,
were laid with ceremonies appropriate to the oc
casion. In Worms, where Luther was first bre—‘
before the diet in 1521, a new halfe was open
his honor. Tho ceremonies were conducted with
great splendor and wera attended by immense
crowds of people.
FUTURE POLITICS.
AS AFFECTED BY THE RESULTS OF
TUESDAY’S VOTE.
Ths Responsibility for tb« Defeat cf the Democracy
in If sw York—Cleveland’^ Failure as a Hanlpu.
1stor-Henirloks and KeDenald oa the
Result— oonaressnsn Hurd’s Views.
Senator Colquitt has returned from New York,
where ho spent a week or two on business. Talk
ing with a Constitution man on the political fitua-
tionhesaid:
”1 waa satisfied from my observation in New
York, and. from conversation with gentlemen from
all perta of the country, that the only thing for the
democrat! to do was to nominate tho old ticket-
Tilden and Hendricks. The opinion on this point
wai almost literally unanimous. No matter what
state a man hailed from lie reported that his people
were for the old ticket”
” Wbat effect will the late elections have on public
opinion?”
"It only makes the nomination of Mr. Tilden a
more Imperative necessity. If New York
had gone heavily and decidedly demo
cratic, and if Connecticut had
mained In line, we might have carried the
country next year, under almost any good leaders.
But New York has gone heavily republican, aud
Connecticut haa slipped from her democratic
moorings. Under tho masterly manogenumt of Mr.
Tildpn, rhe prestige of his great name, and the
thusiasm the old - *---*■
those states could t
ly democratic next
in Virginia every so — --- —
I have not the slightest doubt that Tildou and
Hendricks can be elected next year, and 1 believe
they will be nominated by a practically unani
mous vote.”
Will Mr. Tilden consont to run?"
Let tho democratic party nominate him, I
think the clear way to a national victory; and lam
afraid the only wav is to nominate the old ticket,
Tilden and Hendricks, and go to tho country
under the leadership of tho only democrat who has
carried tho country since tho war."
Frioce Fred
die*. the prin-
distinguished
crick William. I'rinco Frederick Chari
cipal generals of the army, and other dHPH
personages, were present at tho services in St.
Nicholas church oommemoratlve of Luther to-day.
The emperor was received with marked euthusl-l
asm by tho throngsof ponn'-itbst lined tho Mrec'jt
through Yihlth the Imperial i-arrlagc passed from
the palaco to tho church. Tho whole city waa
decked with* banners and flags Teltgrams
were..received from many; other towns
in •. Germany statlnt that they alll
celebrated the Lutber • anniversary with
great enthusiasm During the service at the church
of St. Mary, in this city, a woman was killed outside
oftheeeiflee by apiece of Iron falling from the
tower, but the congregation In tho church was ig
norant of the accident. The Berlin aud Frankfort
bourses were dosed to-dsy on account of the Luther
festival.
UNVCILINO THE STATUE.
Ieislxben, November 10.—The Luther celebration I
mere to-day was attended by splendid weather. The
church bells were mng at an early hour In the
morning. Thirty thousand visitors were In tho
city. Luther's pulpit In St Andrew’s church was
docorated with laurel. The clergy, minister of
worship and muulcipal authorities entered the
church in procession, when a hallelujah chorus
was sung. Assistant Chaplain Frommel preached
a sermon. At noon the ceremony of unveiling
Imemorial in the markot place commenced, the
choir singing hymns. Burgomaster Marlin recount
ed the origin of the momorlal dubsequently the
covering of the statue waa removed, all heads being
bare, the choir chan ting another
dred banners which had been hclP.. RHV98PPPI
mortal, were lowered, aud Dr. Kocgel the emperor’s
chaplain.
dt-cribeil
ulutude. The memorial was thon
formally given Into thH custody ot the town, being
accepted by the burgomaster. A telegram was re
ceived f om the crown Prince Frederick William,
expressing regret at his ab«enco, and another from
Profeasor Mach, of Prague, who sent greetings in
the name of hiscolieages of the German university
of Prague.
Hp< clal services commemorative .of Luther will be
hei«' in three hundred churches iu Londou on
Sunday.
HER ONE HUNDREDTH YEAR,
The Centennial of a Daughter of General Nnthnnle
Greene. 1
Newport, R. I., November 10.-Mrs. Anna M.
Greene, widow of tho late Nathaniel Greene, cele
brated her 100th birthday yesterday. H6r husband’s
father, General Nathaniel Greene, was the friend
of General Washington. Her son, Professor G. W.
Greene, Longfellow’s lifelong friend, died last
April while at work upon a life of the poet in
fulfilment of an agreement that the one who sur
vived should write the life ol the other. Her other
son, Dr. Greene, Resides with her. Mrs. Greeueis
in posseadon of all her faculties, and has resided at
Greanesdale, •• iddletowu ever since she has return
ed from the south. where her early married life was
spent. Her eyesight was remarkably good
up to about four years ago. but at the
present time, by the use of glasses, she
can read and knit very rapidly. Her mind aud
memory are as clear as ever, and she takes a great
interest iu lb§ events of the day. Mrs. Greene has in
a handsome piece of jewelry with
general and Martha wasolngton,
whicn was presented to her father-in-law
by the "Father of Mis Country.” Interwoven
iu the initials is a lock of hair from the
heads of the donor and his wife. Her early mar
ried life waa passed on the island of Dungeness,
near Savannah, Go., which was owned by the fam
ily. Dungeness manor was a four story bui ding on
the estate, where were interred tne remains of uen-
era! Lee and General Knox, of revolutionary fame.
She is a lady of strong prejudices and feelings and
has always been a memoer of ihe Presbyterian
church. Possessed of ample means, she has been
instrumental during ner long Klein doing much
—1, bathes a-unued and abhorred notoriety.
_ resides in a quaint old house, which is sur
rounded by trees and gardens, about four miles
from the city, in the farming town of Middletown.
THB COTTON CROP.
Tk* Uepartatht *f tfrfealur* Report* If* kt fa
ere mo of !■ proven eat.
Washington, November lu.—Tae returns of the
corps of correspondents of the department of
agriculture, relative to cotton, show a slight im
provement since the last report. The weather baa
generally been favorable for picking, and in por
tions of the field the top crop haa yielded better
than was feared. There were no frosts Iu October,
except on the northern border uf the cotton belt,
and at least an average length of season Is already
The returns give the eouuty estimate of
assured. The returns give the county estimate of
the average yield per acre and the aggregate
product, com oared with the crop of last year Indi
cated a product, considering the rate of yield and
e, is nearly *6 per cent of *
cs of yield per acre are:
THE ROW IN NEW YORK.
The DcnwraU Looking Into tho Caaoo of Tfcelr
Defeat.
New Yobk, November 10 —Tho democratic stAto
ticket is fairly elected by from 10,000 to 18,000 ma
jority, according to the way tho candidate* *an.
The exception is in the case of Maynard, who led
tho democratic ticket as nominee for secretary of
state, and who Is laid out by tho liqnor Interest
voto and by disaffection among democrats by 18,000
to 20.000. There la a big row under way over It, and
the quarrel may lose New York state to tho party o
year hence. Tho trouble dates back to last winter,
when Tammany became angry at Governor. Cleve
land for his nominations to minor ofllocs In Now
York city. Thore wss a great rumpus in tho
litturc. and the Tammany
about the governor. It wsl
ly, and Tammany, by repu
„ T JLfttN
a sild mean things
settled satlsfsotorl-
aid. prevented
tiie confirmation of tho governor's nominations.
When the state convention met the fight was
renewed, and tho governor and his friends pro
. ||—Maynard ' ■
vailed, nominating tut ■w.isumj «*»
Purcell, of the Rochester Union, was Tammany
choice, but Maynard wasput through under ma
chine tactics. Purcell's Urge following In western
New York declared warou Cleveland forthwith.
The governor then wroto to John Kelly, the
Tammany bow, a letter dictating to him who
should bo nominated for tho legislature in Now
Yorxclty, and, os is alleged by Tammany, knocked
over all tho harmony programme of the democrats
in this city. Ho also removed John W. Dow:
■>! Queens, who bgd bf
1 tor secretary of sure
aug ment of the causes and circumstances leading
to thf* disturbance: aud aho, a statement of the con
duct of the white people from the occurrence of the
riot to the doting of the polls on the 6th instants
svmi •fitly for the white people <
the circumstances referred to.
A BASKLBS8 RUMOR.
Richmond, Va.. November 10.-A thorough in
vcshHaiion into the reported troublo among the
negi;*s* in Southampton county, shows the rumor
to be entirely unfounded aud that the Norfolk
dispatch of yesterday was baseless.
PUGH’A con FIDENCE
That ikf Democrat* Will Carry the Presidential
' Eleetlea—The Labor Committee.
Ppcda; to The Constitution.
Mo^Tuomery, Ala., November 10.—Colonel J. F.
Pugh, Alabama's trusted United States senator,
spent to-day at Montgomery. Many of our best
citizens paid their respects to him. Senator Pugh
Is in excellent health and spirits. In conversation
with r>ur correspondent ne spoke In the most
hopefCVand satisfactory terms as to tue.preaeut
with r»ur corespondent
" ->m aud satisfactory tt , r
... Ihmnof tho country, lie is sanguine that
the democratic nominee for tho next presldoucy
very encouraging. 8enator Pugh leaves for
mlnghsm to morrow, where he will meet his col-
lcRgu*i Senator Blair, the chairman of the senate
labor aud educational committee. After having
fiuiabad their labors at Birmingham they will pro
ceed eastward, striking perhaps Atlanta first
TWO SENSATIONS.
Faaalatthe So-Called Cuotom llouie-An Amnesty
la be Asked for the Illicit Dlstlilere In Jail. ■■
Atlanta is to bo connected in an Important way
with a big trial in South Carolina soon to come up.
H mi. Emory 8peer, United States district attorj
ney, been retained by the attorney general oL
tho O.ited States as special counsel for the govcrnl
mom !o conduct the election trials standing fori
trial c tithe fourth Monday in this month at Charlea-1
Jon d Columbia, 8. C.
A C institution man got wind of tho news early]
yeste ity morning and last night called on
I Mr.. Sheer at his residence, on McDonough
ascertain tho facts. Mr. Speer was at
. ^Jewhat disinclined to talk about tho mat
ter, but shrewdly guesting that the reporter knew
a thh % or two dtclded that it was best to give him
the fa * ( orrcctly. He stated that he had received
about twelvoo'clock night before laat a telegram
fmu >bo attorney general apprising him of bla ap-
r-oluiment as special counsel for the United States
in th* r-outb Carolina election trials. He was urg
ently requested by the attorney general
to lav aside all othor business and
tako mis in hand and report at once iu Washing-1
ton for the purpose ol consultation with tboattor*
ity gaueraland with Mr. Butterworih.of Ohio, who
has iu iungod the causes for the government hereto-
ft .it*, oat who Is uow commissioner of patents. J
T.*t ■Constitution man did not see tho telegram,
but it wai quite clear from the ‘
of Mr. Speer's countenance that h
ploasM with tho rq
gsnerpi a* to why 1 . ..
*!•' InJhese famous trials lu South Carolina.
Th-j . rexecutions were begun by the denanment
.,f jur '’.oto puulsh the election riota and alleged
Liuml tiitiona at the polls, and other obdaclcs iu
th". wsyof a free ballot and a fair count In the year
Kv J. - .ending counsel from New York havo repre-
ted the government In there trials, aud the most
'ii >H»hcd lawyers of Koulli Carolina and other
r lions of tho country have-represented tho de-
' •*-Ats. Tho trials are of national Interest.
preparation of the case on tho part of the gov-
»tts complete, and it ii supposed that the
wDI proceed on the fourth Monday In this
soon as he becomes familiar wli
o: wue-uv wr. * -m/. . .-•••
county, oud who hod Just received tto dcmocINP
nomination fo'r the senate. This caused Downing’s
defeat onclection day.
Now that Maynard lias been so effectually snow
ed under, the demoorats who are not in tho govern
or’s following, are kicking up a tremeudous row.
The Bun, the Btar, tho Grapbio and the Rochester
Union are pitching Into Cleveland savagely, and
the fight seems to do too bitter to augur well for
poace within a twelvemonth The 192,uoo majority
for Cleveland a year ago dwindles to 12,000 this
r president.
INDIANA STATESMEN.
How Messrs. Headricks, Uarrtssa, and MsDeaald
View tka Result la Nsw York.
Indianapolis, Ind., November 10.—The Hon,
Thomas A. Hendricks said to-day: "The result in
New York was something of a disappointment.
im treat there was rather a light vote. 1 have not
examined tho returns closely, but a gentleman who
has examined tnem told me to-day that the voto
was rather light, and particularly ao In democratic
strongholds. However, I have nevor regarded the
democratic majority in New York at resulting from
a party vote.” «
Uow do you regard the result in other sbAes?’
was asked.
The result in Virginia is very encouraging to
the democrats.”
"Did you autldpate a democratic victory in Vir
ginia?”
"Yes; I havo thought that wo would carry Vir
ginia. Tho state was iust uncertain enough, how
ever. to make it doubtful. This settles things in
Virginia, and we wlU now have no more of tnu Ma-
h ”wKt ^wili be the genoral effect of tho elec
tion?”
"I have not carefully examined the vote In tbo
different states, and I am not prepared to expreaa
. opinion."
•How
states?”
about Massachusetts and
other
slowly replied: "The result iu Massachusetts Is the
defeat of Butler.”
Senator Harrison when asked how ho regarded
the result of the elections said: "It seems to be
o republicans. It shows
3 not gotten away wl.h
New York, Massacnusettes and Connecticut. Alto
gether 1 regard the result aa very encouraging.”
Mr.McDouald preferred not to expreaa any opinion
for the reason that he bad no particular opinion to
express. However, he said,that it was evident that
Urn democrats and republican had both m de
gain* In the various states, and he rather thought
that each party would now rest on its streug h,
preparatory to the great contest of 1881. “And,”
be added, laughinaly, "the republicans, It seems,
now have a slight fighting chauce for next year.”
HURD HEARD FROM.
Ua Thinks That TH4«a lath* Maa the l»e*pl* Want
mad III* Klectio* Bar*.
Toledo, November 10.—A correspondent talked
with Frank Hurd, congressman from this district,
on the probable result of the elections as regards
the probable chances of Tilden and Hoadly for the
presidency in 1884; the outlook for the speakership;
and what the democrats proposed to do at the next
aeaion of congress in regard to the modification of
the tariff. In substance, he said that Tilden could
have the nomina’lon for the presidency if he would
take it. but whether or not be would accept be waa
not advised. If he would sot, Mr. Hoadly would
be the next unanimous choice of the democracy.
The fact that Pennsylvania had gone republican
pretty effectually disposed of Mr. Randall’s chance
for the speakership, as It showed that he was too
weak to carry his own state. Mr. Hurd believed
that Carlisle waa the most popular and available
candidate, and ha waa for him. In regard to the
tariff he said that congress would take up the
a oesilonat the next session, and do nothing else
uring the entire term The duty on wool would
be abolished at once, although a big fight would
perhaps be made on it.
Iu regard to the general result of the November
_ ectlons Mr. Hurd thought that they were very
favorable omens fur (the democ acj. Virginia, on
which much »a depended, had gone democratic.
Ben” But’er had been burled too deep for reaur-
.action, aud New York, he feltaasured, bad made a
clean sweep. The result was all that could be de
sired, and a democratic victory in 1884 was simply
a foregone conclusion.
THE DaNYiLug RIOT.
The Cfitxtaa Orgaals* aa Iave*Ugal!*w lata th*
UrfiaXaitfi *t th* Affair.
Danville. Va, November 16.—Ata large meeting
of citizens held here this morning resolutions were
offered and adopted setting forth that, in view oi
the gross mlastatemcnta concerning the riot of the
and upland! 38; Alabama 129, Mississippi Ult * ro-- concerning tne not of the
Tea&«Ne Kb ^ Id Inst, which are being circulated through alpor-
to-day will follow thodlspati
iijorU l MTAl.iJ.INCI I’lKCE or news, |
*.AUl"k-l&CV- into posses-1
•Abu</f ii'i-wh of a startling character for the illicit
distillers.
Ic is announced on abrolutcly accurate authority
tbstwhllo Mr. Hpeerlsln Washington ho will call
on the president and ask for a general amnesty fori
the revenue prisoners. Judgo MoCay and Mr.
Speer In vo had long and earnest consultation over
the matter lately aud they are confident that It will
strengthen the government aud bring the better
class of people everywhere to a support of tho laws.
The jail la uow filled with a .-a con viced of a
violation of tho internal revenue laws and mj
then are absent from their homes and hat
their families destitute. No suggestion looking to
au amuesty haa been made by auy one. bu t tho idea
belongs purely to Judgo McKay and Mr. SpaamJ
The opinion Is expreamd that the president \
grant the application of these gentlemen for
amnesty, and if so, at leasts hundred poor WW
lows whose pallid faces are now looking through
prison bars will again on joy liberty In the mellow
light of the lingering ludlsn summer.
AN OFFER OF MONEY,
NFWS OF GEORGIA-
WHAT THB PEOPLE ARB SAYING
AND DOINO.
Allth* Loading Crimea, Casualties and Other Bvent*.
How th* Crop* TnrouRfcoat the Cwuntry Bland
—T*lk About Folitlo* and Buelueaa—
Matters of General Interest. Et*.
Lawkehcxvilli, November 5.—On last Sat
urday evening, Colonel T. M. Peeples's place,
three milea from town, was the scene of
bloody and deadly encounter. The actors
In the fearful struggle were two tenants of
Colonel Peeples, Tom Collins and James
Hall. The latter, In the struggle, received
blow at tho hands of Collins which felled him
to tho ground unconscious and he now lies
unconscious from a fatal blow. Hall and his
family left town for his home
about 3 o'clock, p, m. On arriving
there lie found Collins's hogs In his field. Ha
ran them out with his dogs. Collins, who
lived within sight, heard and saw the does
after his hogs. Fur some reason be left bis
house and went to the Held where Hall was,
This Is tho beginning of the deplorable end.
Mrs. Hall's and Mrs. Collins's statements as
to subsequent details differ materially. The
former says Collins got Into the Held where
her husband waa and throw a rock at him;
that he started towards Collins; they met, and
Collins cut him to the hollow in the back.
She seeing Collins going towards
her husband in a , menacing
manner, goes down to the field with an ole
shovel in ber hand. She drops tho shovel
when there after her huaband Is cat, and
Collins, stumbling, fell where the shovel
lay. picked it up and threw It at Hall. The
ond of It, which was about tbree-fuurths of
on inch long and a half thick, struck Hall
abont fuur Inches from bis eye, on the right
aide of hla forehead and penetrated about
four Inches into his head. lie fell on the spot
and his wife pulled the shovel from his
head. He bled profusely and
a portion of Ills brains os It was drawn out
'followed the handle of the shovel. He lias
not spoken a word since. His left side is com.
pletely paralyzed, and left eye Is blind. HU
' ' t eye has not been open since the blow.
physicians say It is impocslble for him to
live long. Mra. Collins says that when Mra.
Hall came up, she threw at and bit Collins
with the shovel and he pioked
up nnd throw it at Hall.
On .1 tk. link, on.ijr K.ki.s a»4. . I'm.'
•111., t. UUlrl.t Att.r.rr Kp»«r.
Yesterday James Yarbrouih.oneof the Hanks coun.
tykuklux, made an effort to corrupt District Attorney
Bpcerbysnofferof money. Mr. Speer was In his
office when Dr. Aulon, tho Jail physician, walked
In aud handed him a sealed letter
that he bad bromiht from the Jail.
Mr. Bpcer opened tho letter aud found tha'
It waa fmm James Yarbrough who offered to ~—
tb« district attorney 1100 If ho would havo
••►lispended." lie meaut to offer Mr. Hpoer the
money If he would have his lenience suspended.
The reading of tho letter t,reduced a loud laugh In
the district attorney's office.
Till! JCUKI.UX CASE,
The motion fur a uow trial la the kuklux coso and
Ih'! brief ol the evidence were Mod yelerday evening
Just, few minutes before the ten days allowed hr
the order ol ihe court had eUpsed. The defend
ant's counsel did not Uko the nenngrapber'i report
nl the testimony but prepared their brlcb from
their own notes. The case will cume up ou the
13th, or soon alter, aud Judge Tompkins wlU argue
the legal questloin.
A RUN.WaV WIFB.
Ou Wednesday evening laat a well-dressed men
appeared at police headquarters end Inquired for
(.'►plain Itagby. He wu Informed thet the officer
whom he wes seeking wee uff
ditty. Tho men wes a stranger In the
city hut alter procuring the captain's reridenr o he
rewired In II. In a conversation with fsptalu
ilaxny the stranger sUted that hU name was Keeves
and ibat hts home wss near Dawrencevhle, Uwln-
nettcuunty. Ho then Informed the captain that
bis wile hsd lelt her home and wu at the lime In
Atlanta aud that bla son, a lad ol live yean, wu
with her. ,, Keeves weut on to uy
that hit wife left her home tor tho
purpose ol going to Texu with a man named
Scales, end tnet Tie wanted to recover his child.
He gave Captain Dagby a careful aud accurate de-
scrtption of Ihe women and child, end offered as
reward of two buadred dollar! for tne recovery ot
Ihe child, but wu careful to add that be would not
pay one cent lor the women u he did nut
want a wlfa who liked a man
well enough lo run away with him.
The captain bumada qalte a reputation In un-
.. r . — '--i, aodm a short while
good
ull «ra.‘ "aiTc^ severeFhonrs' diflgfcnt work ihe
officers located the woman and Ihe child and ascer
tained that Bcalu htd not arrived In
Ihe city. They found out however that the woman
wes walling the arrival ol Bcalu end thet Immo-
' ‘ ' f or T> iu
officer.
waiting
dlately thereatler they Intended to skip foi
Directly sf ter locating Mrs. Beeves the
Interviewed ber end Informed her what they were
alter. The women relented end agreed lo return
borne with herhueband. Tbli fact wu reported to
Beevee end apparently he gladly ecceedeth
Tne women wu then conducted to her husband,
,d ihe meeting wu quite au effecting one, erpe
celly was It etwtlng when the father exhibited
hi. pleasure el recovering his child. Alter accom
nilsblng hie mission lo the d-.y Beeves Informed
Captain Bag by that ha wu not tnen In po-semlon
of the IAO. but ' - -
would pay It lo cither bun or
__ _ Jl either would accompany
him to Lawrencevtlle,at bU (Reeves) axpensc.
agent
Ha,
Ills
aiTdTiealerday the party - left the dty. The
gret thing Reevea did after reaching bla home au
to tell bis wife that the could not longer pleaae
him, end that the bad bciiergp home, lie then
untber to ber parents. Immediately after dlspua-
lug of hU wife he nald Patrolman Blanton there
ward, and yesterday Captain Bagoy reeelrtd bis
baU from tha hands of hts faithful Ueuienant. To
Patrolman fclmpaon Bum slated that be on'y con
sented to take bla wife hack home lu order to avoid
“/hewHe*Is a young woman, and Is rather good
looking, ace Is badly "gone 11 on Bcalu.
It
Says -further that - Hal ran her hus
band across the field once or twioe, after hint
with a drawn knife, and seeing he could not
catch him, threw the open knife at
Cotline, who picked it up and turned
on Hall and cut him In the back. Mra. Hall
says her husband had no knife. Collins left
at once and has not been esptured, though
several ofilcen are hunting hlin. He weighs
about two hundred and Hell about one hun
dred and twenty-five pounds. Old man Joel
Ooesip was an eye witneu to the wholo
tragedy.
Movim-c, November 8.—A sad accident oa
enrred this evening. James Tapley was shot
by 0. H. Miller while out turkey hunting.
Miller saw Tapley walking through Ihe
buehes, and ehot hint for a turkey. Ho was
shot In tho breast, arm and hip, with buck
shot. Can not tell the extent of bis wounds,
but may prove serious. Dr. ltyals was sum
moned to his brdsldo lo ejpuuino his wounds.
"CDvaaTOW, November -B.—Colonel Hii-mli
Steadman died hero at his homo after a few
days Illness. Colonel Steadman for many years
was known as one of the most financially
successful men of his ago—has occupied sev
eral petitions of publlo trust—was a member
of the .Baptist church, warm-hearted, genial
and kind, lie lcavea many friends besides a
devoted wlfo and two children to mourn his
death. He was about sixty-five yean old.
Colonel Steadman waa at one time the
owner of the Lawrencevlllo cotton factory,
and later of the Newton cotton factory. He
held various positions of public trust, and
waa once elected to the elate senate from hla
district, His public spirit and liberality
were exceptional, and during recent yean be
gave much finis and labor to the promotion
of the Industries of the state.
Tuomastob, November O.—S. B. Holmes
was arrested hero to-day under a wsrrant
charging him with simple larceny. Tha de
fendant was arraigned before Judge Harda
wey, and owing to an absent witness the case
waa postponed. A speckle breast, black nose,
long tall, flop cared hound
dog, named Nigger, was brought
into conrt and represented the stolon proper
ty. A few days ago a wooden box waa pur
chased from one of the merchants of 'his
place, In which to ship some swine to Macon,
nut In tba box Nigger was shipped Instead,by
expreaa, C. O. IX, aud was returned, the con-
signee at Macon having refused to take Nigger
out nnd pay the charges, which were ten dol
lars.
Mauim&k, November fl.—A party of gentle
men from Madison, fishing la tha water* of
Hard Labor creek, an affluent ot the Appa-
lachee, which is a brunch ot the Oconee,
cuugbt four carp, weighing about two pounds
etch. It Is presumed that they are part uf the
carp placed In the Oconee river, near Athens,
by Or. Csry. State Senator Calvin Oeorge was
In the party end lends I the largeat specimen
of this stranger to our finny tribes. The sen
ator wins honor* piscatorial as well as legal
and political.
Chattanooga, November 0 — A
special from Athene, Tenneeaee, states yes
terday George Huge, city marshal of that
place, In a difficulty with Nel Cannon, was
fearfully slabbed in the side by the Jailer.
Perticiilers of the dlfflcnlty wera not learned
further than Marshal Hugo’s wounds are
quite serious.
Chattanooga, November 0.—I-est night
the police discovered the Seventh street win
dows of the Third nttlonel bank of this dty
open, end suspecting something wrong kept
watch. Hearing noise Inside they surround
ed the building, but the burglar jumped out
aud escaped. Officer Mitchell fired two shots
at the fleeing criminal, but It li not known
whether he waa .track or not.
Covihotoh, November 5.—Yesterday the
sad news of Miss Temple Quigg’s death at
Conyere, coat a gloom of Badness over onr en
tire community. Only a few days ago and
she waa in our midst a laughing one of the
gayest of onr college pupils. A young Udy
of rare abilities, ehe stood among tb. tint In
her class, (senior) and was fondly loved by all
her class and college mates. To-day Presi
dent Bunnell suspends college end with all
the membera of the faculty aud a delegation
of about thirty of the college pupiU will at
tend the burial exercises in Conyere. Mias
Qulgg waa about 10 years old. Truly death
loves a shining mark.
Masirta, November 6.—Lest Saturday
Mike Hughes, a gardner, fell from a tree be
was pruning and fractured one of bla lege.
Ilona. November 5.—Tne Presbyterian
church yesterday accepted tha resignation of
Kev. 8. K. Axson, who retires on accoont of
111 health. Mr. Axson has bean pastor of this
church many years, end alt our people part
with hint with regret.
SrocKBSiDOB, November 6.—Mr. Robert A.
Hemphill, ot Thb CpgamtmoH, made a re
markable shot tbie morning. He was out
banting on Hollywood farm, owned by Mr.
W. J. Pitta, aud succeeded in bagging a fine
lot of mallard docks. He was sbooUngequir-
rale when e drake quacked, end thinking tney
were tame ones paid no etientiop. It con
tinued, and creeping up to a small lake be
•pied nine fine ones feeding He fired, and
waa formats enough to kill five, and another
one flew about 160 yards and fell. The shot
was a good one ond worthy of tho successful
nlmrod. Five of them weighed fifteen
pounds. They were beauties and attracted
much attention,
Cartxhsvillk, November 6.—Saturday
night laat at a negro dance In town, two
negroes, Bill Bnggs and Bartow Conyers, fell
out and fought. During the fight Buggs cut
Conyers in the neck. Bnggs la in jail await-
itu; the result of Conyen's.wonnd,which many
think wlU prove fatal.
Forsyth, November 5.—After a long and
successful career as a banker Mr. W. H. Head
haa retired from that business. Ho is suc
ceeded by Bascora Myrlck, IX. J. Proctor, and
C. J. Kellner. These gentlemen are all well
known and their high character guarantees
that they will succeed. Mr. Myrick has long
been engaged with Mr. Head and has won
his high business position by genuine merit,
Savannah, Novembers.—The contributions
for the relief of the sufferer* by the late fire
amount to nearly $8,0(10. Assistance is being
judiciously afforded nnd there is very little
distress that,la not relieved.
Montoombby, November 5.—Another dar
ing robbery was perpetrated this forenoon at
the office of Moses .Bros. While very busy a
stranger stepped in and asked for a drink of
water, bat Instead of helping blnuelf to wa
ter behind the counter, he helped himself to
a package lying on the desk, leaving unob
served. The larceny waa presently discov
ered, but too late, however, to catch the thief,
who is spotted. The package la of no value
to the robber, containing only deeds to real
estate and similar other paper* which can be
replaced. Moses Bros, offer $100 reward for
the recovery of the papers.
Chattanooga, November fi.—Yesterday No.
0 south hound Cincinnati Southern train
ran over and killed Khodes Powell at the
trestle bridge at Flat Back. Powell lived at
Oakdale Junction, He had passed the sta
tion and gone back on the track when the
train struok him. He was quite old and
never traveled on the railroad before. Being
somewhat deaf he conld not hear tho signal.
The engineer tried to stop the train bat conld
not.
Ferny, November 3.—The now board of directors
of Honstoa male end female college, representing
ell lutercet in tho community, wss organised on
Wednesday. A11 differences have been adjusted
end our people ere now united la efforts to build
upone largo end excellent rcbool for last and
thereafter In the commodious collcgo building
bare,
Tallulah, November 0_Tbomts Huberts,
chaiged with murder In 2d degree, was tried, con
victed and sentenued to file lime Imprisonment la
diminished in all tha comities composing the cir
cuit. and this able and Just Judgo is winning
golden opinions from all dozens who uko interest
in mattors of public concern.
Columbus, November 9.—On the 16th of October,
Mr. J.' II. Covlmton aud Miss Plorenca K. Smith,
who llvo two mtlos north of Box Springs, Talbot
county, were married and shortly after the cere
mony left for the Louisville exposition and ntho
ikiIuu of interest in the west on a bridal tour.
After n pleasant trip they returned home laat Sat
urday. On Sunday Mr. Covington was attacked
with a chili aud aymptoms of a
bad oold. On Tuesday a few
plmplei appeared on his faco. which increased with
each day. i his morning Dr. C. M. -unith was called
in. and found hts patient the victim of a well de
veloped case of small nox. A nurse was sent for and
tho sick man placed in an isolated hnuso, which is
strictly guarded, but tho greatest excltcmont pro-
“ in thocommutilly, as tho toque couple have
visited by nearly all their neighbors ►lnce
their return, and none of die cullers fo**I **af*» from
tlio tcrriblo ulsooNO. .Several parties were fn tbo city
yestorday seeking vacclno matter. No effort will bo
spared to prevent tho spread of tho disease.
Decatur, November 9.—A tcnlble acciden
occurred hero this morning at 8:35 on tho arrival of
tho down pa»Hongcr train resulting lu tho death of
Mrs. Brl dwell, mother of Frank M. BridwolL Mrs.
Jrldwell Is a widow and was living In tho houso of
Mra. Hampton on tho south side of tho railroad
about ono hundred yards from tho depot with her
eon-ln-law Bar# D. C. Brown. Mrs.
George T. I’ato. who lives on tho north sldo
of the railroad waa very sick this morning. Mrs.
Georgo W. Armstcd. who lives in tho houso with
Mrs. Fate Is a daughter of Mrs. Uridwell aud aent
gtit.
... Mr! fid
was sick, her daughter was motioning to her to
come ou, and she seemed to have lost sight of ev
erything else, and In a moment was caught up by
the tralu and carried some twonty-flvo foot on tho
pilot, and Just as the train stopped Ml off in a
•ensaleM condition. 8bo was immediately carrlod
back to her homo and received every attention that
could bo given her; but nothing could havo her
life. Hho waa bruised ou tho back and head, and
her nock partially dislocated. Hho died about 12
° LawjtRNCEViLLS, November 9 —Wednesday night
a terrible calamity befell oar town. W. J. Born’s
hotel, yesterday large, commodlooa and well fur
nished. to-day la a mouldering heap of ashes. The
hotel, his ollle?, and campling room for drummers,
smokehouse, and another out brick building was
burned to tho ground last night. Thu alarm was
S lven about 7:15 and by 9 o'clock tho work was
on . All the furniture in the second and third
stories burned with tho building, most of the fur
niture oa the first floor being saved by heroic and
qulek efforts. Mr- Born aud W. K. Robertson were
anting in the ofllce room being »haved when tbo
cry of Arc bf outside partlee reached their ear*. It
caught accidentally at tho fireplace of the right
chimney, on the second floor, no one knows exactly
how. Thu bouse was a flue structure, built mostly
of heart timber, and burned like Hghtwood. It fa
a serious loss to Mr. Bora, a calamity to the town
and county, for the ho;el Indeed was an ornament
to both. I understand that ha bad 9J.f 00 insurance
In the Georgia Home company and the
same amount in the Quaker city, of
Philadelphia. Even this Urge amount Imvre
him affording to probable estimates two thousand
d0 M , f. r *irown and wife who was boarding with Mr.
Born, saved most of bU furniture. Mr, Turner
saved quite all of his. No one was burned. The
—*"■* *---** «-«•••- *--ards the west, fn
have thrown ashes
wind was beating slightly towards the weat. In
any other direction it would have thrown ashes
and Are over such a portl ut of the town ju would
have endangered tne whole place. Had It caught
later in tne night. nntbitiK would likely have been
saved aud some lives probably had been lost. Thla
town cannot do without a first class hotel and the
fears of all are that such an one will not be built
aoon, and will not bo presided over by such a man
and proprietor as W, J. Born.
Mr. Job A. Gresham, of Burke county, hat invent
ed a cotton tie while simple In lu construction, Is
an improvement. He calls It the Georgia self-tying
tie.
Three convicts, Land? Robison 51 jMUiold.Adam
Williams 53 year* old and Powell Hall aged 32. cs-
caped from tbcconvlctcamp of Ur. Z. T. Brainier,
In Washington cottaty, on Saturday night, tho 27th
of Octobtr,
gandorsvlllo lleretd: On Sunday tat about ono
o'clock, the glnhouM of Mr. Bryant Watkins nme
two miles from town was bornsd. The rtnhonso
waa nompanstlrely now, having Irecn built since
the d,*tructlon of the former on. by the cyclone of
March 27 of tat year, Thore wore about a: von bain
of ootloo consumed, and the toed from atwut 30
bales of cotton, beside, soma rOp or bushels of
old osod, alao tho engine, two gins, on. being now
for which 1330 had Mon paid-the frame work of
Ihe screw-and a largo tot of tool* also destroyed.
Mr Watkins ot tastes the onttro to* at over
E .000; his own Joa. ho thinks at
■tstlOO. Tho ether sufferers are Mr. Dtvld
Baiir, who loot two bates. Mr. Rachels ono bale.
Norris -teutons colored, two bd-aud Sir. Watkins
two bales Tbo oriatn of the Are Is unknown, rhe
prohabltlUco. are. If not oat on dro by rata Uniting
a match, that tho heat generated by the csiioo
seed, or from the rabrtoa,lug oils osod absut the
machinery may havo produced spontaneous com
bustion.
Tho McDaniel Ouardi, a military company, wax
organised at Nodal Circle Saturday tat.
Tho Covington Enterprise says tho people of Jas-
ptr county are tndlgnaat at the burning ot Dr. Wal
ker’s ham, cattle, moles, etc. Two young men
have been arreated-Walter L. Roby and William
Floyd, charged with the crime.
JohnC. Harris and Mrs. Mary E. Hayden were
married In Doiavllle, and according to the DeKalb
News, went to Stone Mountain on a wedding tripl