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THE WEEKLY CONSTIFUTIOX: TUE8DAY NOVEMBER 20.1883.
NEWS OF GEORGIA.
of Mr. John Buton and not far from Appling.
Three other negroes, Lary Gibson and bla sou and
George Moreland, who left Appling about 11
l o'clock Saturday night in company wlih Jake, were
. . \ rutpected, and. being questioned, admitted that
Tbe largeat seizure of illicit Uquor* ever made in ' they weae returning home with Jake, aa stated,
upper Georgia, waa made last Saturday night by wbenjbe^ werehalted
Deputy Collector J*me* B. Gaatou, in Nimblewill
district, Lumpkin county, conaitting of 25 packages
containing 57ft gallons, one still, cap and worm,
and breaking up twodlatilleri*a. lie altocapturcd
J. A.Berry, J.JI. Berry. W. H. Gooch, white, and
James Pruett, colored. The three former were put
under 11,000 bonds, and the latter 9*».
On Sunday last, at half past 12 o'clock, while Mr.
Bryant Watkins and bis son In law, Mr. Eddie
Bacbcls and family, weio eating dinner, in Wash-
ington county, the gin boure caught fire from some
caute no* known (but suppored to have been set on
fire), and was burned to (be ground. Mr. W. lost
a good engine, a new gin worth 1350, flf e bales of
cotton, and all bU cotton need from last year'
crop. Ills lom will amount to two thornaud dob
lars. No Insurance.
Allay aba has elected the following town ticket
For major J. II. Kirby. For aldermen, J. IX.
Griffin, If. J. McMillan, W. R. Frier, J. H. Baker,
W. K. Roberts.
Berrien News: Wo were banded another corn
curiosity last week. It consists of about twenty*
fours ears in a cluster, all of which grew from one
stalk, on Don. J. 11. Kirby's plantation Just across
the river.
Bev. A. Martin, of Dahlonega, waa adjudged a
lunatic last Saturday, and has gone to the asylum.
Albany News: Among other act* passed by the
last legislature wasoue creating the office of coun
ty or public administrator, iho ordinaries of the
respective counties throughout the state have pow
er to appoint for four yearn at a Utno a county ad
ministrator. This officer is to take charge of all
estates which are unrepresented or where parties
fail to give the bond required by law. They will
be allowed all the fees and emoluments such
m are allow* d other administrators. The
bond which thty will be required to give is fixed
at 95 000. and the ordinary Is invested with full and
comp *ie authority to increase that bond as often
and whem ver ho may deem it necessary. The
term < f the fli>t appointment will expire on the
A rat Monday in March, 1885, and the subsequent
appointment every four jeers thereafter. The
public administrator will be subject to removal by
the ordlt ary, and all vacancies, whether by death,
ret lanaiiou or otherwise, are filled by appolutment
made by the ordinary.
On Mr. George W. Newsom's plantation, in Wash
ing county, there is a pecan tree fifteen year* old
and thirty feet high, full of the pocau nuts. Tho
tree was brought from Texas by Mr. Alec Newsome.
Powder Springs Is now Incorporated and has
elected tho following officers: Mayor, J. V. Butner;
councilmen, Cap Maicbmao, D. A. Bennett, W. If,
Biett, J. W. Christian and C. II. Anderson. Mar
shall, 8. P. Llndley, and clerk, M. 1*. Watkins.
Douglasvlhe Htar: On Thursday night, there
was a gathering at the grocer/ ofW.T. Britton
about four miles northeast of Villa Kira Justin
this county. There was some boxiug and wrestling
among some of tho crowd. In this, were Lee Cole
aud Jack Waldrop. Cole, without any provocation
or warulng.drew bis knife aud plunged It Into Wal
drop's neck on the left side, entirely severing the
jogular vein. Waldrop turned and walked about
twelve or fifteen steps and fell dead. After Cole
committed the crime, he,walkod off Iti the direction
of his home and was arrested by John Wlnu aud
Jerry Taylor who delivered their pri-oiier to
Deputy hhrriff Henry Ward. Coroner F. M. Mitch
ell waa notified and at once held an InqtieU. After
hniiiig tho evidence the Jury returned a verdict
that del* asedtamo to bis death from a knife In tho
hands of Lee Cole and the ersme waa murder.
Deputv Hie riff Ward b ought his prisoner to this
glace onbaturday aud placed hitu 1 u Jail, where
Mr. Bal sa Richardson, who lives ou the Chatta
hoochee, comes to the front with some good cotton
picking. On the 13ih of last mouth his four chll
dreu, aged respectively eleven, thirteen, seventeen
and nineteen, went to arottou field a half milo
from the house, and the following was the result of
their day's wore: Tho first picked two hundred
pounds of cotton, the secoud two huudred anJ
thirty pounds, tho third three hundred and ten
pounds, aud tho fourth four hundred and
ninety-four pounds and attended to the weighing
of the oottou for tho others. Twelvo hundred and
forty-two pounds of cotton lit one day, and not a
good day for picking cotton either.
Danlelsvlllo Monitor: There waa one
of the most protracted cases in the
justice oourt at this place, last week, ovor known
In this M ellon. It waa the ease of the stato vi. W.
P and A. H. Hcarboiotigh, of Harrisou district,
charted with attempting to burn* Eo*a* In which
Mr. Beecher Hill lived. After a three days' session
tho partita were acquitted. A peace warrant
against them waa also dismissed.
Games vi lie Register: Bill Troy. colored.
broughUo town on Tuesday morning last and r
milted to Jail in default of bond for oattlo stealing
11a stole an ox from G 0 utonecypher Saturday
night, aud "waltzed over Into Carolina" with him.
He was arrested three miles from Peudloton, with
the ox in his pomtaslou Monday morning.
mounted men. one of whom shot aud killed Jake,
and they, the prisoners, ran and eacaped. They
were careful, however, to say nothing about the
killing until Sunday, when they were arrested and
questioned. This and other strong cireums ancea
point to the negroes themselves as the murderers,
and accordingly they were lodged In Jail to await
further developments.
*The Marietta Journal dips Into politics long
enough toaay: "The Macon Telegraph wants a
stitutlonal convention to frame anew state consti
tution* Not any in our'a,if you please. Remedy
the defects of the present one by amendments, and
tt will be good euough. The dlstn blng of the
organic law, just as the people get acquainted with
it, is detrimental to their welfare."
BylvauiaTtledhone: We learn tha' in some sec
tions of toe county f unities are compelled to haul
all the water they umj from a distance, owing to
the unprecedented dry weaincr.
Fence carried In Milton county by a majority of
only twenty In a vote of 2 ft.
The south Georgia musical convention will con
vene at Cedar creek church, near tho Dooly aud
Worth line, on Hstnrday, November lOtn, and con
tinue two days. W. W. Hall Is president and W. A
Ilall secretary.
A warning to the man who docs not take his
county paper Is thus given by the Walton News:
A man who is too stingy to take bis county paper
called at the poitoffice tho other day and asked fer
fifty eents* worth of three-ceut stamps.
Ono day last week four white women walked In
to a Monroe barroom and called for a little sugar
and water with as much complacency as If they
had been candidates for county treasurer. The
bashful barkeeper blushed but complied with their
request, and they drank It down with the greatest
delight
Revenue officers found and dsitroyed two stills
five or six miles north of Monroe last week. The
strange thiug about this matter Is that no man can
be fouud who will admit he has lost a still. They
wero up and had been running, but nobody knows
who bossed the Job.
Americus Recorder: Amerfctis has now a barrel
factory-something thatsoulhwest Georgia has long
needed. By reference to the advertisement of
Jones A Stone, the proprletots, It will be seen that
they f-re prepared to furnish syrup barrels, oak and
cypress barrels and kegs, water tanks of any
tubs, buckets aud all kluds of cooper's ware.
H. A. Jones, the senior partner, is from Brockton,
New York, and bss had an experience of over thir
ty years In tbe business Their factory ou Hamp
ton street, near the depot, will soon be ready foi
th rn, blit they are slready prepared to flit orders.
There need be no trouble now among our farming
friends for syrup barrels, for they can get all they
want.
Augusta News: At the approaching term
Burke superior court, which will convene on t__
third Monday in November, the 19ib instant, will
be tried one of tbe most Important cases In the
crlmlual record, and a case which will doubtless
become famous from the interest which It excites
In tho newspaper world, and of course among the
people at largo 'Hie preliminary trial or Investi
gation of the recent tragedy near Mcilean, In Burke
stock In this mine, acd up to a few months ago
offered some of it tor sale; bnt has withdrawn it
from the market. Be has made several trips to the
mine in the past few weeks, which we think is in
dication of tbe fact that there is much there to in
terest him.
There is a lawyer in Elberton who took as bis fee
in a case the other day three fat 'possums.
Oglethorpe Echo: The presentation of the last
r awaiting trial at the ant
approwcblng
Brit Rogers.
Bended "that tbe sale . , .
cherries, and all other Intoxlcailug fruits aud bev
erages be discontinued in the oouuty at once." ‘
»recommendation very siguiflc«nt. Thu foro
man of the Jury sought the opinion of Judge Bower
as to whether tbe telling of brandy peaches, etc.
was a violation of the prohibition law, Whatevo.
that oplulnn was, the abovo recommendation was
adopted immediately afterwards. We infer that
bta opinion waa lu tne affirmative, and that tho
jury, knowing that several merchants In tho county
had been led, through tho advice of sumo lawyers
aud whisk7 drummers lutoselllngbraudy pesclius.
etc., decided to Issue a note of warning instead of
finding true bills agaluat them.
Homer Georgian: At the last term of Banks
superior court (Teas Oonlry, a colored msu, was
convicted for disturbing public worship and sen-
toms d to the chalPgatig for six months. Ordinary
Hill notified Mr. Nelms priucipat keeper tf the
penitentiary, Drat tho convict was here, lu Jail,
awaiting his orders, and in a few days received
letter from Mr. Nelms stating that tbe stato haa
where to ke-p chair gang convicts; that they are
noauthnilty to farm out. or otherwise dispose of
them. Our laws and the management of our stato
affairs are changed so often of lata that the law
makers thimmlves. nor those whoso duty It Is to
execute them, know halt their time what their
dutlea are.
The Telephone says that Wash Rountree, while
hunting some three weeks ago, killed a fox squlr
rel that had twotaila, or rather a forked tall-ono
prong of which was perfectly black and the other
nearly as white as snow.
In nocoumy lu Georgia can better and finor ap
plet be grown than In Emanuel.
The Emanuel Itemizor notes the arrival of two
county safes. They weighed 7,100pounds each. Mr.
K. II. Edenfield, chairman of the board, who as
slated Mr. M. N. Ktuudtreeln hauling them from
Mldvllle, says they are the heaviest things he ever
saw rxcepi a mountain. The first cost of the asfes
was |l l«o, and the freight on them from New York
city to MtdvlUe amouutt d to 1106 44. The hauling
of them from Mldvllle to Hwainsburo, and putting
them iu position in the offices of the sheriff and
clerk of the oourt cost 9100. In other
words the entire ooat of th.o two was
91,496.14, or 97 6.07 each.
Talbottou Era: Kelley O. Moses, colored
so htol teacher atd preacher. In Geneva district
called at our« Ittoe yealerd qy morning and request
ed that we announce his marriage which took
place ou the 14th day of Jauuary, 1*63. at which
time he led to the altar Martha tneuey, relic of
Jackson Cheney, late of said oouuty, deceased
Kelley also very tmlllii fly announced that be is
now the father of a bouncing pair of twtus born
October 12, 16*3 Kelley U a gentlemanly Intellf
gent, old fellow, aged 61. and his wife Is aged 41.
Mr. William 8pencer. formerly of Marietta, has
been elected mayor of Ell'Jty.
The gin houses In Murray county frequently run
all night.
A refreshing election Incident is furnished from
Borne. Tbe municipal canvas* Is progressing. The
Courier, iu publishing one of tbe announcements,
•*)'*: "The ticket beaded by Mr. Jack King for'
Btyor was not hauded in by many cliissua, but
waa ordered Iu by Mr. King himself, and every
man ou the ticket ha oouseuted to make the race.
Ills a ticket that has come to stay."
Rome Courier: La*tul«ht Mr. Ueor*e Wilson.
th«* poor old sailor whom we mentioned Sunday as
having been grar>led permission to sell fruits on
the street without Itcenw. !•• 1 dead at hts home,
lie was titling iu a chair iu front of the
fire, when without giving a sign of pain he fell
to the floor and was nicked up dead. Ueart du
es* was the cause of hla death.
McDuffie Journal: Jake Colli na, an elderly ne-
E > man, waa killed in Columbia county ou £atur-
I night last. From tellable sources we colhct
the fol o*tng circumstances: On nundsy morn
ing the dead negro waa found shot through the
body, lying in the pnblic road near the residence
Warn-u Roger* were all arrested on warrants, and
held for thu murder of tho elder Him*, and as ac-
ocnwiries to tho murder, aud also lor as-orult with
Intent to murder Duff and Frank 81ms, eons of Mr,
Thos. HUns. At tho conclusion of the state's evi
dence a motion waa made by the oouusel for tho
defenso to discharge John M. and Warrcu Rogers,
no evidonco appearing against them as parties iu
tho killing, and this motion was granted, and tho
motion tod.schsrgu John Cox as a party to the
murder of Mr Thomas aims, was al*o sustained
and after their dls'-harge only Brit Rogers aud Ru
fits McNorrell remained under this cuarge. This
left a warrant o! assault with Intent to murder
Duff 81ms against Johu Cox and
tiro a warrant of a«eauit with
intent to murder Frank Rims against Urlt Rodgers.
Kxamina ion waa waived hy the defense ou these
charges and Cox and Rodgers gave bond. Then
upon agreement of attorneys on both sides, all the
partita arrested were hailed, and ample houd was
given for their appea auce at the trial Tbe bouda
of tho secured wero readily signed, a promiuent
lawyer In the care stating that he never before saw
such eagerness to go on the bond. Friends were
pressing in, and several telegrams from Augusta
were received offering bond for the Uodgera party,
Tbe Rodgers party evidently do tiol
lack fur friends and favorable
sentiment. The brilliant array of counsel In the
case will add to the Interest of the trial and many
people from * — -*-• .
logo down t
the case. Tbe trial will come before hla Honor
Judge II. C. Roney and will be fairly conducted,
For the prosecution Hon. Jam v C. C. Black, Hon.
William r. Gary. Colouel John D. Ashton and 8o
Heitor General Wright will appear anu the defense
will be conducted by Judge II. D. D. Twiggs.
Messrs Foster A Lamar, Colouel J. J. Jouea aud
Judge R. O. Lovett.
Ihe Calhoun Times haa discarded tho patent
outsides,
Andow J. Min tor, at Jasper superior court, waa
found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, in having
killed Walts, and waa sentenced to ono year'
confinement In the penitentiary.
Tho gtnhouse of Mr. Wm. R. Reece, lu Floyd
county, waa in flamca and waa doomed to deetrue
lion. The house and several bales of cotton waa
destroyed. The gin waa leased by Messrs. Barker
A Brother, aud the? will lose tbe cotton. Thehouso
waa valued at92.0 0 and waa not Insured. Four
baleeof cotton were saved from the hurtling build
ing.
hherlff Webb, of Milton county, has a 8an Do
mingo yam that measured 12 Inches long and J5 *n
circumference, aud weighed when taken from the
ground. 8 pounds.
The farmers of Milton county will meet in tbe
couttboueeon tho first Tuesday In December next
for the purpose of organising a county agricultural
club.
Mr. J. B. Beall, of the Franklin .Register, haa
leased the Carroll Time*. Mr. W. O. Beall takes
charge of tho latter paper.
Ihe negro Bill King, who shot his couslu near
Adalrovllle last February, and was to be tried at
the July term of court, and who successfully made
the court believe that he was a lunatic, was sent to
tho asylum at MllledgeviUe, where ho remained up
to a week ago, when he escaped.
Kastman Times: The scheme of the heirs of
Charles Colbv sud Crocker, attacking tno titles of
the Georgia land and lumber company to thous
ands of terra of laud in this and other counties
those who say it will turn out to be more of "a atorm
In a tra rot" than anything else. Both sides, how
ever, claim to stand upon aotld ground. To say the
*—t ol It, If tbe plan la prosecuted It will event
ually determine and settle titbs to Immense tract* of
laud iu middle and southern Georgia. One thing is
apparent. Th. se new claimant* are anxious to put
tenant* In posarw on of the land under whatever
of title they have. If they have any at all, as they
claim to have. They are said to be offering strong
inducements to persons to rout, lease or buy from
them, promising, ft is said, to stand 'between such
persons and all damages they may sustain, and re
quiring no rent or nutebaa* money to be paid until
all litigation it settled at their own expense. Mom
this it would seem that they realise tbe Importance
of poaaraslou lu this tl*ht. Thus far there baa not
been manifested any unusual tendency among our
people to take from tots new company, but devel
opments are watched with interest.
Gilmer county furnishes leather for the Atlanta
market.
Lewis Ed mu mb on, of Gilmer, has a hog which
weighs one thousand pounds.
The grand jury believed that the taxable prop
erty of Lumpkin county had been given lu 9200,000
too low.
lion. A. G. McCurry, of llart, will be a candidate
for state senator from that-31st district.
Miss Mary I’ope Willie, a young lady from Texas,
arrived in Washlt gton, Georgia, Tuesday, and is
vialth g Mrs. T. M. Green. 8be Is a daughter of
Judge Asa Willie, for a long time a citizen of
Geoigia, but now chief justice of Texas.
Tho last grand Jury of Elbert county recom
mended that the paupet’a home be removed nearer
Elberton, tbe county commissioners In pursuance
of that recommendation, have purchased 100 acres
of laud. f’AW was paid for the land.
Wathingtoo Usteue: Tho Magruder mtuetn this
county is tasking a very gratifying yield of stiver
The ore tow belt g taken out amay ■ about forty-
eight doilais worth of silver to the ton. About two
thousand tons of ore nave been taken out and piled
up, and the company is now negotiating tor the
marhit eiy for smelting works, which will soon be
put up at the mine. Major Geo. T. Jackson, of
them to lawyers and county officers. There _
some talk ol them clubbing together and making a
test cue of tbe constitutionality of tbe present road
laws.
In Montgomery county superior court a white
woman was indicted by the grand jury for carrying
a concealed weapon. Hhe waa convicted and waa
fined by Judge Fate in tbe sum of ten dollars.
DeKalbNews: Mr. George Chewnlng was mar
ried to Miss Georgia Campbell at tbe boure of the
groom's father. They had quite a quilting there
that day aud when tbe quilt was finished they con
eluded it would be a good time to get married and
so they did, tho Rev. Martin P. Talton officiating.
Kastman Tiroes: From a private letter received
in Essimau Monday, we learn that Mr. Theodore
H Edwards, formerly of this plac», but now of
Oloatee, Florida, become involved in a difficulty
with a negro at that place on Baturday evsnlrg
last. The negro shots! Mr Edwards »ve times,
missing him every time, who in return shot at the
negro three times, it Dieting it Is thought a mortal
wound it was a plain case of self -defense.
James L. Webb, of Milton county writes: "My
residence In tills county was entered on Tuesday
night and my pocketbook containing about fifty-
five dollars stolen. I will give twenty-five dollar*
reward for tbe delivery of the thief to the county
authorities
Albany News: A few days ago Mr. I. P. Porter,
who farms in the eastern part of this county, near
tbe Worth county line, was hauling two bales of
cotton home from the gin. He wss smoking a pip**,
and tbe first thing he knew his cotton was on fire.
The wind bad blown a spark from his pipe, and
from thl* the cotton took fire No Water waa near
by, aud he had nothing with which to fight the
flamts, which soon covered both bales of cotton.
He finally managed to throw the cotton fnyn the
Afte
hal? of his cotton had been destroyed, He had it
repacked and got one light hale out of wbat was
saved from the two. He say* he has sworn r ffJrotn
smoking, and expect* to save enough by leavlirg off
this expetnive habit to pay for the loaa of his cotton
lu the next two year*.
Eastman Times: The foul and dastardly murder
of you ns James Mitchell some time ago by a negro
named Crummidy, at Chsunccy, in this conuty, la
yet fresh in the minds of our readers, as Is also the
fset that after committing the bloody deed, Crum-
mlty. together with bis alleged accomplice, escaped
and ten days later were captured in Emanuel
county, and then brought to Eastman and lodged
in jail. On Tuesday morning last he was ar
raigned to answer the charge of murder before
Dodge superior c*urt. There were but five wit
nesses sworn for the state an1 none by the defense.
The evidence wss vory positive aud unmlsUksblc.
cotton, with gtnbooae and cotton press, on Mr. A.
E. Thornton's Beech creek plantation, were de
stroyed by fire on last Friday. The accident en
tailed a loss oi twenty-two hundred dollars, there
being no irsurance.. Its origin was singular,
spark, emitted by the friction wheel of the press,
fell on the lint, causing a blaze, which was twice
extinguished. The lint on the clothing of one of
tbe bands, however, was still horning, and from it
the fire waa communicated to the surrounding bales
a third time. There were fifty bales in all—twenty-
two having been saved. Twe of the twenty-eight
burned were In seed and lint in tbe ginbouse. Mr.
Thornton came down on Saturday from Atlanta.
Mr. T. Jeff Davis, while at work on the Baptist
church at Tennllle, fell from a scaffold, a distance
of about sixteen feet, and though considerably
shaken up, and confined to his bed fora few days,
has now about recovered from Its effect*.
Hiram Williams, superintendent of the Wood
stock iron fusnaces, is dead. He was bnrled in
CarUreville.
Tbe Conyers’s city council, as a result of Mrs.
Canfield's recent escapade, has revoked the whisky
license of the Jones brothers.
Conyers H>Ud 6onth: Last Tuesday a negro man
broke into the dwelling of Mrs. Butler, a few miles
above town, and rifled the house of a watch, a pair
of shoe* and other articles. Her son was plowing
some distance off and bearing the strange noise,
made for the house to find the cause. Before reach
ing it he saw the negro man leaving. Mr. Manse
Townsend met him in tbe read ana demanded a
halt, hut it not being heeded, leveled his gun and
pepped a cap at the thief. Mr. Towmeud says if
the gnu bad have fired he would have lad rank
mean
Major W. T. Crane has been appointed postmaster
at Clarksville, in place of Thomas M. Bradford,who
has resigned on account of old age and infirmity.
Mr. Joslsh Askew, of Henry county, near Stock-
bridge, will make this year with five hands, 2,000
bushels of corn and twenty bales of cotton.
Tho grand jury of Thomas county recommends
that the liquor license of Thomaaville be put at 92,•
500.
Mr. William Parker has sold the Coffee County
Gazette to Mr. W. P. Ward,
One municipal ticket headed by Captain 0. P
Crawford for mayor of Mllledgenlle, has been uom
lusted, an1 an Independent ticket headed hy Mr.
8am Walker, will be in the field.
The Columbus Sun thus alludes to agrowing evil:
Chicken hlevcs still exist in Columbus, notwith
standing tbe heavy sentences Imposed on two or
three of them by Judge Willis tt th« last term of the
court Friday night they visited the premises of
Mr. James A. Lewis and carried off fourteen
chickens, leaving only one old rooster. The of
ficers should capture a few more of them, and
probab y Judge Wlliis will succeed in puttings
stop to the business.
and after the specchea of counsel and tbe charge oi
POLITICAL NOTES.
The cases referred to above,in which two chicken Ne * York on the 16th.
General Butler’s campaign is said by the
Boston Journal to have cost him 9125,000.
poscos Conkling is quoted aa predicting
tbe renomination of the old ticket hy the demo
crat*.
Ovethird of tbe lord mayors of London
during the past twenty-four years, have been
bachelors.
Although be is defeated tbe republicans
still fear Governor Butler, and are wondering wha t
he will do next.
The democratic majority in New York city
varied from 23,783 for secretary of state to 53,137 for
attorney general
Governor Ireland, of Texas, believes that
Mr. Tilden is the best man for the democratic pres
idential nomination.
Almy, tbe prohibition candidate for gov
ernor of Massachusetts, received 1,553 votes out of
total of about 812.000.
Governor Cleveland went borne to Buf
falo to rote, and that unmannerly town retorted
by going republican.
The Washington Star* republican, believes
that ‘ Mahone will bo gireu the cold shoulder by
the republican national convention."
The legislatures lately elected in New York,
New Jersey, Connecticut and Virginia will not be
required to choose United States senators.
Governor Berry, of Arkansas, will not be
a candidate for re-election, but he intimates that
he wouldn't object to going to the United States
senate.
Philadelphia gives over 20,000 republican
majority, and yet out of five congr sslonal districts
one is saved always for the democrat, Samnel J.
Randall.
Governor elect Abbett, of New Jersey,
carried 11 counties by majorities aggregating 12,-*
433, while Judge Dixon's majorities in 10 counties
were 5.780.
Only fifteen senators and twenty five repre
sentatives have so far arrived in Washlngto.1. The
republicans umoag them are working for Bandall
for speaker.
Portugal wants France to understand tha
she is the great African power on the Cong3. Moie
than one or two nations will take a hand at settling
this Congo question.
There will be civil service examinations
for the postal service in Boston on the 8tn of this
month; in Cleveland, Ohio, on tho loth, and in
thievea were sentened to twenty years in the peni
tentiary wero only saved from executive clemency
by the death of Governor Stephens before he had
time to bring tho matter to a conclusion.
Iu the case of tho young man named Warwick.
the Judge, the J try retired, but remained out only I rharffM | wllh t ho mnrdAr «#
about fifteen minutes, when they returned tha fo I J lin mur «er of an old man named
lowing verdict: "We, the Jury, find the prisoner, I Beall at Biundldge. which has been on trial at
James Cnmmfdy, guilty of murder." The an* Troy, Ala., the past two or three day*, the jury re
nouncement of the verdict had no visible effect |, all ii fv , .*,«
uponCummidy, and he was returned to Jail. turued 11 verd, «™ J^terday and fixed the
The nwjorllr for no prohibition In Meriwether lhe .tlllellrae I,, tho pcnllMlIory.
county wu29l. Tho Vindicator »yi: Thewhl.kyl The Columbiail.lgbt Guard, will be at tho East
•out to Woodbury to carry Iho election In that dla-1 Alabama fair, which openaln Eufaula to day,
irlcllruit Wcdocadaywaacoualgoedloagonffeman, J prte* of WO haa been olTored on the brat drilled
who upon tasting found It to be such vile stuff that I c°n*pE u y- Tho dun says:
he oral hla rote for prohibition. A ““ nd ““ |«e£) ra‘u“S~’&" St’^ljSS"* if'wlffbS'JSLu-
smelling It decided to change his vote to problbi- ted very veneraliy that in our towns there la too
tlon. A third no prohibition man tasting the mis- | much work aud two little leisure. I he labor of
cable popaku.. MM. concluded tore., problbi- J&i'.ToS'iM
There are but two barrooms In Meriwether nnda Its only rest 1.. the grave. Iu the cute* there
and they are both situated in Greenville. Thechar I la too much confinement, aud that task becomes
ter of th. town an horlzra an election to prohibit tho J[ 1 ^““*'nl “hS^wUbYn d»?a'“d r^of.tn
ale of liquors wlthlu tho corporate limits whenever I »f trr nightfall This leav. a the employers and the
ten cltlxenagetupa petition asking fur said election! I employe* with no dbpoaltlon to seek a change, aud
Th. no whUky men claim .he, have a majority of SSSR7CSS* l?i°
voters In iho town and many express an intention are best interest promoted. We know ol no ex *r-
of having an election to test tho matter during the I else more useful aud exhilarating tnan that of
present month. Whbky must go and tho sooner I ml w .
t to better. I A NoVomhcr melon has made its way into
I*Grange Reporter: With Ihe proceeds of a °® ce 01 the Wayerow Reportor.
Moseley cabinet cieamcry, a Stoddard churn and* I Henry Johnson, colored, pf Ware county,
lever butter worker, Mr*. C. W. Mabry, of Htown- boon sentenced to twenty years in penitentiary for
wood, feeds her family of seven persons aud her I
cows. She has cleared 9100 this fall on herapplo mnrfl *'
orchard. With a single servant employed wuu a | Albany News: We stop the press to announce
knitting machine, Mrs Mabry manfucffotWour-1- tbuHKrmotafK# bitten and withered cotton bolls
teen palis of hose per day, and recel^ea more or- I wanted ab the News and A ivbrtlser office osov-
d*»ra iluu she o*n fill. Uer profits are ten oents a 1 idenqe of thefact that the "top crop' has been
pair, she is also a great raiser of chicken—having I killed in this section.
•ousumed three hundred this year In her own While John Bryant and hla family, residents
family. From the forest* around Brownwood the | ...-4a.™,-,,,, _. ro
iso three thousand bushel* of leaf mold or humus I Lowndes county, were out la a field some distance
hauled up and composted with two tons of com* I from their residence, a fire brokoout and consumed
incrcUl hrlllli ,t. m.d lhn» hundred buihela of t h.t building .oa .11 It. content.. Serenl out-
uillon wed. With thin mixture appliid lo her h
Held. >bc («lhen»l twelve boleeef cetton from ten I home, wero burned loo.
•crceofold, worn out eall, reelored by ibte ferllll- Alh.ny New.: Hhcriff Holton, of Worth county,
»iton. Iu oddltlou, an .buudanco of wheat and brought tho negro, Allen Kurd, who killed Mr. J!
-ft* -•*'«*l**>» tj 1 *- enemoilo All thfaon w. Calhoun, In tteptemhor 1*»‘. to tho city and
tho old Uruwnwoodpl.ee ofUfiyacroa. I lodged him In latl ou Tburaday night. We did not
The colored Uaptlat poator at Long tlane preached I mren 1, iiidifced ,l |Io Jo ao
a funeral, married a couplo and baptized some con-1 by the tf>rd brothers, one of whom waa on his
verts all on last Sunday. * | bond for six hundred dollars on account of some
Homo months since tho LaGrango Reporter con
tained a petition from a large number of proml- I iued'a pi’oolamatlou offering a reward oY oMe'huTi
* * * —*—* *‘>fAllen Ford, and it'
—"* r »H T b rid W fisatvsjfarafta's? Jav
) at a point north of La-1 gave himself up, and will have that much, at least,
nent citizens of Heard to tho merchants of La-1 dred dollars for the arresi oj
Grange asking their ltiflncnco
over Iho Cbattahoochoo
Grange. Nothing haa yet been done. I with which to employ a lawyer to defend liim,
There is more building golug on in Washington I At a church supper In Waynesboro, a lady
this fall than they have known for thirty years. I had her pockets picked of ten dollars.
Washington Gazette: About 1,900 acres of land I Monlexuma Record: Two men camoin town Mon
hcInnglPi, to ih.cal.to of Mari. 1. Bxndolph and JSLw’U^m'Uk.?.ud Ihl SmgTtou.d
lying Iu Taliaferro county, waa sold by tho admin-1 ( b em f ro m the tree aud shot them as they entered
strator in Crawfordvllle on Tuesday. General I the water. They kilted four, but coula uot find
Kobcrt Tombs 1,029 acres, Mr. Johu Brooks 505acres I 000 °* to®® 1
and Mr. Oweu Moore 348 acre*. The aggregate I Of the Baptist church in Putnam county the
amouut realteid from all thf land was 96 600. I Eatonion Messenger says: This church haa existed
Kllljay Courier: Homo person, mischievously or I lu tho county since its earliest settlement, and has
othei wire, threw a stone through a window of *11- I had much to do with the moral welftre and Ihe
Ham hm uc*r a dwelling on Irlday night of last I K(MK j umno ol our peop.e. Rome of the most noted
wt-tk, which g.eatly frightened the inmates I "f the "Baptist faihers'' preached in Futuam sixty-
A grand tournament and ball will take place at I five years ago. Such men as Jesse Mercer. A. 8her-
AbbtUUe, Friday, November 23d 1' "taut All the I " n BapHrt church was o*gatTlztd rt Novembi M7 l |!!-
ladiesaud gcuttemen are curdially Invited to honor I |gfg with teu members, ''Elijah Moreley and F F
tho occaslou with their presence. Young men are I Crowder acting as the presbytery on tbeo.va*lon.',
al>o Invited lo tide and take pa 1 In Ihla lime hon- S'si'" tUr n' ,0 WM‘“'!uI?lJg' 'm?. -
ured amusement. Neither time uor money wilt be I Mercer's pastorate that the general association met
spared In msklrg this the grandest enter! Inment I here, at which he preached a missionary sermon of
cvcrsivcn In Wilcox count* I i>ower aud Jilted acoUectiou of 9200. During
* vrl tl- l. . U . _ _ . . I th*- session of the association, at one of tne services.
The Washington Gazette says: Last Saturday I there was a crowded home, the people ex pectin
night some burglars broke into the store of Messrs, to near Mr. Mercer prtach Uefarore inthepuipli.
T' —*®w AlbraatIhtCraaa rrad.ln thla JEfc
county, atd stole tbtev or four bolts of homespun, I multitude? As for my part 1 am unprovided and
the same amouut of calico, one boll of jeans, half I oeoniles*, but there la a ad here who has five bsr-
bui boots several naim of flno.hoM n»r«r*l nslr. I I®T loaves, aud two little fishes." He then intro-
pox doois, pxtraol one shoes several pairs 4^,4 iu>ij Manly, who waa quite young, but
brogans, half box tobacco, fifteen or twenty pounds I » preacher of great power. It is » traditiou that
sugar, two Jars candy, a lot canned oysters, aar-1 the whole congregauon was lu tears before Mr.
■concluded bis sermon. It —
1 t a ., . ,.i Mwuiun church that the great r*-««*»« u*
mbicd. Au odd boot, an odd shoe and a bolt of I ftJT began; which, history toils ns. resulted iu the
calico were fouud under tho house. I conversion of s-me fourteeu thousand people In
wh,ra Ihojh.J M iM-. Th. bur*,.* went fi SBtfrfSWJSltfflf
under the house and entered it by tearing away I u> the Baptist church some of her best divines and
the hearth. The signs indicate that there were sev- I *>me of her mo-t libelhl and ureful laymen. At
«r*t n « !ha-*n tra ih . rarra.t *pki- ra I this time there are six churches in the county, with
^ty, oiUktm engaged in the work. This, coupled I A membership of over three hundred. I his d«n*
with the fact that the goods stolen can be easily I uot include the Primitive Bspti-ra, who have three
Identified, will very probably lead to the detection chunhcs with something; over fifty members bnt
Ih* Kt.nti.ra thira* M m ...t rarat k.m I «»nly the MlMtonary Baptist*. The chuicb baa in
the burglars. These thieves must not have had nn/guuday-schools between twoaud three hundred
very wholesome dread of the law, when we con-1 officers and put its. Among the contributions are
alder the fact that they were stealing from the 11*» be fouud sums for the foreign aud home mission
tr w. h«tra*«».vm..^h th.v.nihA I boards, Merc*r uulwislty, church building, state
sheriff. We hope very much they will be caught I miaous, ludUu mtwions and indtgeut ministers,
and punished. I Raton on aud Harmouy churches have elected
Ginbouse fires bare been reported as follows: I K-tr. K R Carswell their pastor for the next year.
Prrik.'. rairaKra.,.- .1.. I Rev Dr. Branham has nsrved the former, and Rev.
Mr. Kdwatd Crcaki s giubouae, giu, press, ecgioe I w . j| Norton the latter, the present year. Rev. A.
and six bales of cotton at Sharon were burned on I 31. Marshall, who has fur a long time M-rvt d
last Friday even leg about 2 o'clock. The Arc is W’
supposed to have originated from sparks flying from j ^ u u. Eawrence presches at Cotluth
engine. The Crawfordvllle IX inocrat says that I Rev. 8. A. Leonard preaches al
Irm M. Mlllvr had hi. iluhouw burnrj ou Ih. >*<»«• D-nhamvIll, Suud.y Kbool ivp«rta Ih.
1 largest number of officers and pupils of any
Augusta, own* about •ercu-teutha ol tho ppUal
night of tbe 2d. Eight bale* of cotton, two good gJB rebSii in^ Pumam.^hHtJSZii go into
gins, and five or six rolls of bsggtng were burned | winter quarters. In fact, most of their Ruudav-
with the house. Also a good screw press wasde* I •‘'-noolskrepuo their organizations the year round,
stroyed. On account of low water Mr. Miller had I JJJVaol sup*rinfendem a |n U t^e county”} *mrt tee
engaged the Messrs, Chapman, of Warren, to do his I oldrat In Georgia. We think it worthy of note aud
Klnutng with their engtne, and they were to have I commendation that Katouton cbnreh with less than
craumrund Mon.lay, s,,me of hi. lananuivere I JuSdtSd'doiUra for half hUhm. nvilyrar. “ ‘
hau'leg In tb.lv couon Jurlna the day before th* The savannah Sew aaya that Inman, tha wife
burning at nlgbL It i* cot J centred that they while j cjurderer.hsabecngivenachacgeofvcnuctoJef-
*nJojlog a tmoke dropped a coal of fire into the cot- I fenoa county.
ton, and Id U Is wsy carried it into the house. I j n gcriven county the drouth is simply terrible.
When first discovered, about half after »eYen ihe sugar cene crop is damaged, aud tee seed fer
o'clock, the fire was all within the house. an0 near tho Be xtcrop destroyed. Faro er* in some parts of
tbe gin where the cotton bad been rlaced. and had t*,, county are driving their ca>tit cvcral ml e* to
made such headway that it was 1m- I ogeecbee river for water. Th * coiton crop is
poaelbie to save thythlng. Mr - I all ficked and nttrly all shipped. Similar reports
Miller estimates the loa at one'thousand dollars. I come from nearly all the counties between Stran
ge much for cuffy’s smoke. Twenty eight bales of I Qghand Macon.
The friends of ex-Governor Cornell are
numerous and influential in both branches of the
new legislature of New York. This means that it
is a good time to look out for fun.
George A. Post, democratic congressman
from tbe fifteenth Pennsylvania district and the
youngest member of the house, has purchased a
half intercat in the Montrose Democrat.
Apropos of the Ohio crusade against Mor-
monism it may be mentioned that it li still a de
batable question whether Mormonism or Ohio is
the greater blot upon the cscutcheou of this repub
lic.
The Utica Herald says: As a matter of his
tory must be stated that neither Mr. Conkling
Mr Platt appeared at tee room of the state committed
or gave any asslstaucein any way to the republican
canvass iu this state. They hsvu learned that L *
party is a great deal stronger without them.
Judge Jonathan Dixon, of New Jersey,
and Congressman Hart B Holton, of Maryland,
two considerate men. They were bo h republican
candidates for governor and wero defeated, but
while the ono held on to his judg«hip the other
did not resign his scat as a congressman, so that
now both have an occupation.
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
ALL THROUGH DIXIE.
Kx-Governor Natt Head, of New Hatnp
shire, is dead.
One of the New Haven Malley boys wants
to go on the stage.
Modjkska boasts tho finest corsets on the
American stage.
George W. Cable, the novelist, will give
public readings in several cities this season.
Governor Proctor Knott used to make
funny caricatures of the members in congress.
Goodloe Yancey, of Athens, will go into
Jersey farming with a fine herd.
The world is a comedy to those who think,
a tragedy to those who feel.—Horace Walpole.
Matthew Arnold is amazed to find that
few people in this country eat with their forks.
Mr. "Marsh” Johnston has about com
pleted his residence in Macon. It will cost 950,000.
Mr. Warren, the well known cowmedian
of Boston, will spend most of tho winter In Loutri
ana.
Congressman Hammond has recovered from
his recent sickness and is ready for the opening of
congress.
Mrs. M. J. Pitman (“Margery Dean”)
again confined to a dark room, with leriouseye
troubles.
To-day is ours; to-morrow may belong to
others." What are yen giving us? Won’t to mo
row be boms also?—Ex.
John Sherman mado $200,000 last year in
Washington real estate. Ho will make a full hand
devouring turkey on Thanksgiving day.
At Sl Martinsville. La., General Alcibiadcs
do Blauc, judge of the supreme court during Gov
ernor Nichols's administration, died last night at
his home.
Mary CnuRcuiLL left home because she
was forced to practice on tbe piano. It Is supposed
the neighbors have all ILL ihuu been contributing
to her support.
The London Sportsman states that Mr.
Theodore Walton, kuown as the "Americas
plunger," won £10.000 on the Jockey club cup race
at the Houghton meeting. In which Ladislaa de
feated Corrie Roy, the favorite.
Bismarck Tribune: Jay Gomd, Cyrus W.
Field, Kussell 8*go and Sidney Dillon entered a
New York courtroom together the other day and
Justice matched the baudage from her eyes, jumped
out ol a back window and Jit out for the country.
The birthplace of Admiral Raphael* J.
Seraraez in Washington, Georgia, waa {recently
sold for 92.0 0. The Scmmes family were among
tbe fouuders of the Catnolic enureb in that loan.
It is * quaint old chapel wnlch stands next to their
homestead.
Mrs. Kalakaua, wife of the king of the
Sandwich Utands. is about foity four years of age
Ight yean older than her husband. She Is a
devout Episcopalian, and bean tne name of Emma.
She nas no children o! her own, but nas adopted
several. -
According to tbe London Daily News, the
princess of Walts haa won two millinery victories
this year—both on the side of common sense. She
has banished the crinoline iu spite of Ports. She
has retatued the small bonnet in fashion still in
spite of Paris.
Mr. Tilden’s $40,000 diningroom is com
pleted, and it is said to be an appetizing sight to
witness the old gentleman, surrounded by his wife
and bcau'iful chtldren-or rather we should say
■ut rounded by seveu or cignt swallow tailed coons
tiackiuK a binquet, of weak gruel aud sage tea.
When Mr. James T. Fields invented tbe
name of Mancherier by-the-8ea and wrote a note to
O. W. Holme*, dated from that place, Dr.
!mea replied In a note dated "Beverly-by-the
Depot"
Mr. Case, the owner of Jay-Eye See, has
bought of K. S. Yeecb. of Indian Hill, Ky., his
wondetfnl two year old filly, Feme Sole, an ani
mal of phenomenal promise, though she has never
taken part iu a race.
The duke of Argyle ought to feel doubly
d now, for the garter just bestowed upon
him by Queen Victoria is that of Lord Beacont-
ld. Rite her majesty's ntnal amount of affec-
Alabsma.
The North Alabama conference will meet
at Birmingham on the 14th Inst.
The fionriog mills of Anniston, Ala,, con
tinue to run night and day.
Nearly all the cotton in Chambers county,
Ala., has been gathered and marketet).
The farmers in "many counties in Alabama
are preparing to pnt in a larger acreage of oars this
fall than was ever known before in the history of
the state.
The fever for Jersey cattle is running high
in Alabama.
The new town of Leeds, in Alabama, is in
tbe middle of tbe beautiful Cahawba valley, seven
teen miles east of BirmingJuun.
The members of the Mobile cotton ex
change have rerolved upon a new building. They
have purchased suitable grounds for the buitd-
ing.
The oldest man in Pike county, Ala., ui
said to be Thomas Grimes, of Spring Hill. He is
106 years old.
By the census of 1880 there were in Ala
bama 1.335 physicians and surgeons, 793 lawyers,
1,2.4 clergymen and 74 journalists.
Arksnsas.
Ihe domestication of buffalo calves is be-
ng attempted in Arkansas.
The electric light has been successfully in
troduced in Little Rock, Ark. Every one is charm
ed with it.
Florida.
Orlando, Fla., wants more hotels.
The Key West sponge fleet is doing well.
One fish boat brought to Cedar Key at one
load, last week. 6 000 mullet.
People at Micanopy, Fla., continue topluck
and eat watermelons.
The Altoona Argus, of Florida, has a six
teen ounce orange, a sixteen foot sugar cane, and a
stalk of Para grass nlno feet long.
Key West is to have $150,000 hotel.
Fishing is reported to be excellent at Key
West. Florida.
During the year no less than 18,080 home
steads have been entered In Florida.
The Florida pine-apple is second in im
portance oaly t j the orauge and lemon.
The moss crop of Florida is worth more
than the cotton, and can be put on the market with
very little expense.
Two cypress trees have recently been cut
in Humter county, Fla. From ono 83.000 shingles
were made, and from the other 87,OOj shingles and
,100 clapboards were made.
It is estimated, so says the Palatka Herald,
that five huudred thousand alligators were killed
in Floridq last jear.
The Florida Baptist State Convention meeta
in Lake City on the 6th of December.
W. C. Temple, at Temple’s mills, Fla., ha»
i onrogo nursery of ono hundred thousand trees.
Mr Buntino’s fish house at Cedar Key, Fla.,
shipped 17 hog< heads and twenty-four barrels of
fish to one firm last week.
Kentucky,
The Kentucky river is now in good boating
order.
There nre 650 inmates in the Eutern luna
tic asylum At Lexington, Ky., and no vacancies.
A Cincinnati company with a reported cap
ital of 9>,609 000, has been prospecting for silver ore-
in Hat din county, Ky.
An apple tree which has been bearing frait
for seventy-five years, has juri been cut down in
Bracken county, Ky.
A very large acreage in wheat is being put
in in Kentucky.
Vanckijurg, Ky., wants a bank, an opera
house and a public library.
The dogs at the Louisville bench show were
valued at 9250,000. Fortunately for the deg raising
industry they are exempted from taxation. Th©
same valno In sheep would bu annually taxed
abt-ut 92.500. Verily, the dogs are having their day. ^
Three children of Mrs. Newton Thomas-
son,mar Kinkatd station.Ky.,havo recently died of
scarlet fever, and the fonrth and last one is dan
gerously tick with the same disease, a year ago
Mrs. Thomaason'a husband was killed by light
ning.
Lexington, Ky., pays $1),000 interest on her
bonded debt
Isreal Piper, aged seventy years, of Car-
lihe, Ky., has the whoopiug cough.
l»e, Ky.,bas the whoopiug cough.
The hickory nut crop of ticott county, Ky.,
is tremendous.
Second crop rasberries are in order in Simp-
sou county, Ky. «
Nine hundred bushels of Irish potatoes
were raised on four acres of laud iu Bourbon coun
ty, Ky.
LonlNlwna
The orange crop of Louisiana this year,will
bo about the same as last year, say 116,»00 barrels.
The New Orleans Picayune calls for a peo
ple’s hotel with reasonable rates, modern improve
ments, and an office on the ground floor, does not
call for 94 a day.
A bench show, the first ever held in New
Orleans. Is to be held at that city on the 18th In
stant. Many of the finest dogs of the country will
participate.
In Rapides, Louisiana, the cotton picking
season In rapidly approaching an end.
The cotton is about all gathered in east
Carroll parish, Louisiana.
The Louisiana state election takes place
April 1st, 1884, and will be for state and parochial
officers.
Mlaalrmlppl.
The Vicksburg, Miss., telephone exchange
has 176 subscribers.
Many large cotton planters in Mississippi
are turning their attention to cotton raUlng.
Vicksburg is making extensive prepara
tions for the entertainment of the delegates to tbe
Cotton Planter's convention.
North t'nrol I tin.
Under democratic rule North Carolina has
inctea»ed her annual expenditures for public
schools from 945.000 to 95CO (X 0.
There are now 187 students on the roll of
the university of North Carolina.
Month Corolla*.
The Greenville, 8. C., News says there is
truth in the story telegraph d about a Green
ville girl running away with the circus man.
A number of Charleston, 8. C M amateurs,
(48 singers in the chorus,) with new and handsome
costumes, will give trovatore lu that city next
week.
The scarcity of cistern water in Charleston
beginning to be seriously felt. No rain to do
good for over ten weeks.
Tenuresee.
The wheat fields of Sequatchie valley,
Tenn., are looking green and promising.
The wheat crop of the mountains counties
East Tenneawe will be exceptionally fine.
Tbe chestnut crop on the mountains of
Tennesra is light
The members of the Memphis board of
trade are moving to.have a grain inspector appoint-
for that city.
Mr. James Tvllom, of Bledsoe county,
Tenn., has sbip|Md to far this year 900 ncad of cat-
the lot averaging 900 pounds.
Texas.
The police of Galveston, Texas, have new
uniforms.
The cotton crop in Texas will be 1,070,000
bales less than last year.
Ex-Lieutenant Flipper, colored, who 'fig
ured in several army sensations, is chief clerk in a
laundy at JS1 Paso, Texas.
The taxable values of Texas have increased
9107^00,000 daring the pest year.