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WEEKLY
VOLUME XVI.
TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27, 1883.—TEN PAGES
PRICE 5 CENTS
DURING THE WEEK.
WHAT TKB PKOPLB OP'THB CIT\
AND COUNTRY ARB DOINO.
A BUtmtr Eurnid-Mopder and Bulotde—Trano# and
ChiBm—A ConvfTttiUr Benteneed-Tft# Jrlfb
National L«Mm« Oonvratloa-Beresant
BlJi Muon Pardoned—Tbs 014 World.
Tacedaj, November SO.
.ThoatcanierS.H. Psrlsott mi totally destroyed
by fire at Bullet's bayou on the Mississippi river
«lght miles above Natchez: no Uvea vrerolost; the
Parlsott waa loaded with 3,700 bales ol cotton, 1,300
aaclcsoloU Cairo and&OObarrelflOloll; the total loss
la estimated at over $100,000. Safvot Pasha, ex
grand vizier, died in Constantinople and tho 8Mek
Obeldullah, Hardlshchief, died of cholera at Meo-
ca. Pope MUod, Schoolmaster Protovitoh and tho
peasant who were convicted by the court martial of
leading the revolt In Baljevots district were shot at
Belgrade. Samuel Henry shot and killed his wife
etSwanton, O., and tried to kill her daughter, Mrs.
Idba; ho then shot himself dead. George C. Mon
roe, a prominent dliien of Newport, B. I„ died
suddenly; loy at recovering a verdict against the
Aqutdneck bank about ten days ago It Is thought
had much to with his death; the case hu been In
court since 1865. Albert 81ade dropped dead In
Eltrlck's Method 1st church,Petersburg, while about
to engage In prayer. Tho conntry residence ol O.
V. Becker, valued at $00,COO, on Orange mountain,
New York, waa destroyed by fire. At a mectl jg ol
the executive council In Boston the nomination of
George L. Baffin, colored lawyer, as jnstlco ol the
• Charleston dlatrlctcourt was confirmed. It Is said
that a new gold field haa been discovered in lower
Calllornla which la much richer than thoae already
explored.
is THE CITY.
A series ol prayer meetings are In progress at the
Young Men’s Christian association. Carrie Tule
was arrested on a warrant charging her with larce
ny. The store ol Mr. Hammett on Peters street was
slightly damaged by fire. Ella McGuire, a negro
girl, attempted to commit suicide by taking lauda
num.
WcSintsr, kiTinherSl.
- Queen Victoria and aulte left the royal residence
at Balmoral, Scotland, lor Windsor castle. The
impression exists in Nashville that no January In
terest on the state debt will be paid unless a major
ity ol the bonda are landed. The landing board
announces that this is a mistake. The interest will
.be paid on all bonds landed, whatever the amount.
There Is a misunderstanding among the bondhold
ers, also that no January Interact will be paid on
the bonds landed after January first. Interest will
be paid on all bonds from July 1st, 1883, no matter
when funded. H. H. Shapely, Prod E. Berry,
James Cook and B. Frank Moore, Chicago,who rep
resented the Little Havana, the Henry Collcgo, the
Kentucky and Louilsna Slate lotteries as agenta,
were tried In the United States district court un
der tho clause forbidding tho sending ol clrculara
or lottery tickets through the malls, and were found
guilty. Sentence haa not been yet pronounced
against them. Theseare the first cases of the kind
orei tried In the country. Admiral Courbet, com-
manderof the French forces In Tonqutn, telegraphs
that tho last body ol troops sent to him havo ar
rived. He does not ask for farther reinforcements.
The police ol Vienna seized a secret printing office
where socialist pamphlets have been Issued. Fifty
persons have been attacked by trichinosis In Thorn -
west, Prussia. The annual report ol Chief Brooks
ol the United 8tales secret service division says
that during the past two years there has been no
new counterfeit noto of the treasury, or national
basks put In circulation in the United States
in ths cnr.
. *—\j*.eeniw-*,tu>»rt,tcl Sm ire.1,.4 ■swssweip lian ♦
some specimens of granite and marble for the In-
KDuctlou of the capltol commissioners. Oncut tho
workmen at the Kimball houso was severely In
ured by a brick falling on his head. Burglars aro
numerous Jobn Jones waa convicted ol passing
counterfeit money In Franklin county, Georgia,
and waa aenleaced to three years In the penlteo
tlary at Albany, N.Y.
Thursday, Nsvemhar 82,
W. J. Kountz, proprietor el tho Allegheny, Pa.,
Mall, waa convicted ol criminal libel In a suit
brought against him by P. Walters, councilman of
Allegheny. The verdict of tho coroner's Jury In the
case of the recent capital disaster In Madison, vt Is-
conion,holds the contractor, A. F. Nowlin, guilty of
gross negligence In causing certain piers to be im
properly repaired, and Supervising Architect Jones
and Consulting Arehltoct N. C, Keecb.tor designing
the Internal construction without due regard to lta
safety during Its erection, thus contributing to Its
fall on November 18. The Irish national league
convention opened Its session In Syracuse, Now
York. Upwards of one hundred delegates are pres
ent from Irish societies throughout the state. Tho
object Is to organize the state ol New York for the
assistance of Ireland's cause. The trial of James
Nutt for the murder of N. L. Dukes, will come up
at Uniontowu, Pennsylvania, the first week In De
cember. The services of (he Hon. Dsn Voorhees.
of Indians, and Hon. Marshall Swartzwelder, and
Major A. M. Brown, of Unlontown, have been se
cured by the defense. The Usvemyer refining
works of Jersey City, N. J., were damaged by fire to
tho extent of 176,000. Poole will be hanged In Ire
land on December 18.
IN TUX CITY.
The standing committee ol the United States sen
ate on education and labor reached Atlanta from
Columbus. Mr, F. M, Uaygood hu a paper of pins
that he purchased forty years ago when he wu
married. The old Johnson house near the mineral
spring wu totally destroyed by fire. Buffington,
who wu knifed Saturday night at ths Exposition
hotel, Is Improving.
Frigs/, ftersssksr *s.
The National cotton planters' association met in
Vlcubnig, Miss. Surgeon Vanzsndt, ol the United
Bures marine hospital at San Francisco,reports two
cases of yellow lever In that Institution. The
patients are two German aaltora belonging to a
wrecked bark brought there on the steamer Mazat-
land. Berta Hanson hanged herself In Elfin, 111.,
because her sweetheart drank whisky. A violent
anti-German demonstration took place on the oc
casion of the opening of the Essen theater in Prague
and wu only suppressed by the united efforts of
the police a&d the military. Smallpox In malignant
form hu broken out In GlrardvUle, Penn. Two
glrlM named Higgins died to-day, and another girt
la In a precarious condition. Despite every pre
caution the disease Is spreading. The Allan ahlp-
plng company of Montreal hu withdrawn farther
proceedings against tha Witness nawipapertor libel,
and pay all tht coats, amounting. It Is said, to 1600.
A cyclone paued through Mnrphyshoro, I1L, doing
considerable damage. The German crown prince
arrived at Valencia, Spain, and met with an en-
thuilutlc reception. John W. Ben way attempted
to blow np the home of A. B. Wentworth in Ded
ham, Mata, and wu arrested.
IN TUX CITY.
At the recent term of the city court twelve anlre
for dimifca were brouxht against the city, the total
amoanrinf to about $70.00). The GeorgU confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal church is In session
at the MarietU street chnreb,Bishop Fou presiding.
A heatry rain fell here during the day and night.
Two hundred men and forty reams are clearing
away the debris at the Kimball home.
Sstsrisr, SsfcaSfr It.
A verdict ,f $50,1) 0 wu given In the United Statu
drenll conn in Philadelphia against Albert B.Slon-
aker, formerly collector of internal revenue of Phil
adelphia, la a salt brought by the government so
ecover tho amounto! bond ol Benjamin B. Emery,
defaulting collector of Internal revenue of the dis
trict of MletlssslppL The planing mill and box
factory of the Paducah, Ky.. Lumber company wu
burned; loss $30003. The supreme court of Massa
chusetts hu decided that Mrs. Clan Leonard Is
legally a mombor of tho atate board ol health and
charities. Governor Butler endeavored to have her
removed on the ground that ahe wu not legally a
member because of her sex. Greenwood, the con
demned mntderer; Phipps,strife murderer,and
another prisoner escaped from the 8andwlch JaU.
Min Lewis, slater of Ids Lewis, "the Grace Dar
ling of America," died at Newport, R. I., from con
sumption, She breathed her lut at Lime Rock
lighthouse and within sight of the boats used by
henelf and her sister In rescuing many persons
from drowning. Andy Taylor, who killed Sheriff
Cate in Tennessee, wu hanged at London.
in rax CITY.
Mix. Lucy Comet, the wife of A. P. Comet, tho
deafanddnmb shoemaker, died at her home on
Calhoun street from the effects of a brutal beating
administered by her husband on Monday night
lut. C. P. Vaughn wu bound over by Justice
Pltchford on the charge of abandoning his wife
and child,
Baaday, November 85.
President Arthur haa pardoned Sergeant Mason,
who attempted to klU Guiteau, the murderer of
President Garfield. There were 247 buslnem fall-
area throughout the United States end Canada
during the past week. Frank James, the noted
outlaw, la dying of consumption. William J.Ram
say, proprietor of the Freethinker, who was con-
ylctcd In London on the fifth of March last of bias*
phemous libels and sentenced to nine months Im
prisonment, as released. The annual meeting of
the stockholders of the Georgia Pacific railroad will
be held in Birmingham, Ala., on the 28th inst. A
conflict between the French and Chineso Is report
ed from Tonqnln.
IN THE CITY.
M. H. Hall’s grocery store on Marietta street wu
entered by burglars and several article* wore stolen,
Dr. Carver, with hi* troupe of Texas cowboys and
Indians, are showing in Atlanta. A regular rainy
spell seems to have set in.
ALABAMA ANNALS.
W. A, Child* l>Uch.r«#d from Ciutcdj—The New Mr*
ntlngbnm Hank.
Special to The Constitution.
Montgomery, November 24.—At the United
States district court to-day, Judge Bruce presiding,
the plea of insanity wu advanced In tho W. A.
Childs mail robbing case, but before the trial wu
fairly on the way A. A. Wiley and Colonel Turner,
the attorneys of Childs, found a fatal clerical flaw
In tbe indictment, and moved In consequence that
the jury find the defendant not guilty, which by
tho Instructions of Judge Bruce wu done and the
prisoner dltchsrged.
In the case of the United States against, Frank
Coker, ol Talladega, a stationer, charged wish false
ly advertising through the malls of the Uulted
States ladvious books, designed to deceive tho pub-
liosnd minuting tbe postolfico at Talladega with
some of Richard K. Fox’s obscene literature, the
oral New
Orleans bankere lut Monday at the Bt. Charles ho
tel, have returned, Your correspondent Is reliably
Informed that tho contemplated Birmingham Na
tional bank, is ft fixed fact with a paid up capital
of 1200.000. Tho most prominently
mentioned aa stockholders aro John T. Hardle,
ex-Mayor Shakspere, and James A. Lewis, of New
Orleans; General E Rucker and James opouce, of
Birmingham; and Julius B. Gay, of Montgomery.
Tho latter is to bo president.
FR A NOE AND CHINA.
London, November 24.—A dispatch from Hong
Kong to ReuterlHHegr*** oompdbyaayai Newrhu
:coalvp.d frtft Jf,al Phong announcing that a
force of T^roe Thousand 'Chinese troops made an
attack pn*Hald Zuong on tbe ITth instant. The
French garrison, supported by a gunboat on tho
river Tai Blrgne, held out from 9 o’clock in the
morning until 4 In the afternoon, when thb Chinese
| retreated. The loss of the French land force wu
twelve killed and wounded. The French gunboat
had Its hull penetrated by the enemy’* shot in sev
eral places, and eight of the crew wero wounded.
A Hong Kong despatch to Reuters telegram
company states that news h«s been received there
from the north of China, that a secret treaty ex
ists between the Chinese government and tho
Black Flags. Tho same despatch says that the
Chinese reinforcement continue lo arrive at Can
ton, and that war b tween China and France Is
now regarded u inevitable.
A Times Paris dispatch says the note recently
presented by China to France, contains a passage
which is omitted in the copies presented to the
other powers. The passage Is: “Should France for-
KILLBD BY A TRAIN.
Lit*
Two Shocking Accident* bjr Which
Is Lost.
Northvirld, Vt., November 24.—Whilo endeav
oring to cross the railroad at Lanesvllle, with a
team lut evening, Wm. McIntosh,and the wife and
daughter of Rev. Jas. House, of Berlin, the wsgon
wu struck by the Chicago express Unfa. Mrs. Mc
Intosh wu Instantly killed. Miss Houso died 3
hours later. Mr. McIntosh Is fataUyluJured. _
Vkiladklfhia, November 27—William Frey,
whose wagou wu struck by the New York express
train on tbe Pennsylvania railroad at the Seven
teenth street crossing lut night, and whose wife
and son were then instantly killed, died this after
noon of his Injuries.
Dr. Mtrr Walker Defend* llarsslf.
Washington, November 24.—As Dr. Mary Walker
wu pasting through one of the halls of tbe interior
department building to-day an imprudent clerk
blew the smoke from his drgarette Into her face (
The smell of tobacco Irritates the doctor Tory much,
and theclerkrJt appears, knew lb At bis first
offense tbe doctor called his attention to the fact.
The second offense on the part of the clerk wu
promptly met by a square Plow from tbe doctor,
landed in tbe middle of his face with such force u
to stagger him. Upon hearing of the incident the
secretary directed that tbe name of tho offending
clerk be reported to him.
Activity la tha Tea Trade,
New You, November 24.—The sales Of tea by
wholesale dealers to day reached the almost unpre
cedented to'al of thirty thoosand chests. Since the
war there hu not been inch activity In the trade
One speculator bought twenty-five thousand chests
of Amoy Oolong, or nearly one million pounds, in
Tne new Importers and grocers’ board of trade,
where the tea and soger broken will in future as
semble, opens to morrow.
CtualUts a Oiatrveyaat*
Lincoln, HI., November 24 —The father of the
murdered girl. Zora Barns, arrived here this after
noon. If he had a lot of tough characters with
him, u reported, they left him before reaching
here, u he came alone. He says he came to bring
tbe authorities letters bearing on tbe caae, having
found the mails ontrestworthr. It is generally
understood that the real object Is to consult a clalr-
vojauL It Is Intimated that the old man’s mind Is
unbalanced.
BETTIE AND THE BABIES
MADS HAPPY BY THS PARDON <V
88RQBANT MASON. - ’
Omotel Aotloa la Antlolpttten of War Satwcaa
JTrunos and China—Batiroid Diolilo**-16»
President of tho 8«nat*-Tbe Qooslp
of the Day lathe Federal Capital, ^
Washington, November 24.—President Arthur
late this afternoon Issued a pardon to Sergeant
Mason, now confined in Albany,N.Y., pouiteptlary,
under sentence of olght yoars for attempting to
shoot Gniteau. Tho pardon will be mailed to-nl£it
In order that It may reach Albany by Monday.'*
TH* FBANCO CniNKSK WAR.
As a result ef the cabinet’* deliberations on the
strained relations existing between Franco and
China, the secretary of suit® has
sent a cable message to the ofli-
oer In command of tho naval force on the AMatlc
station, containing Instructions as to the courses to
be pursued by him for tho protection of American
interests in case of open hostilities be twee nib* two
countries. It is not deemed advisable to ^ake
known the contents of tbe message at present*
A RAILROAD GRANT DECISION.
In tho matter oi the grant to the state of Alar
bama, within the intersecting limits of the Ala
bama and Chattanooga completed roads, aud of her
uncompleted roads, not likely ever to be construct
ed, the secretary of the interior has authorised*the
certification of all tho granted lands for the
purposes of identification, tho power of
the state to dispose of the same, being held
to bare attached within such limits,
notwithstanding the proviso In tho granting act de
claring that the lands granted for each of the road*
severally shall only be applied to the construction
of that particular road for which they wore granted
and for no other purposo whatsoever. He Isolds
that the restriction of the proviso finds ample scope
In applying it to these portions of
the several roads not within tho intersecting
limits, tho lands of which have no cCmmou rela
tion to the other grants made by the act, and may
not be diverted by the state from the purpose oi
their appropriation.
Tho presdent to-day appointed Lawrenco Weldon,
of Illinois, judge of tho court of claims.
Joseph H. Blackford, superintendent of*foreign
malls, died this afternoon.
GENERAL GORDON TO MR. RANDALL. #
A letter from General Gordon, to Mr. Itandall is
published to-day, in which Goneral Gordon cays ho
would be glad to see Randall elected speakerxm the
sole ground that he believes Randall’s election the
best for the future of the democratic party. Gen.
eral Gordon docs not agreo with Mr. RandaH'ou the
tariff Issue, and wero that the principal question ho
should vole for Mr. Carlisle.
THE PRESIDENCY OP THE SENATE.
The senate committee on rules decided to-day to
recommend soveral important changes to the rules
of tho senate. Tho first of these relates to, the
iuitib BJUUIII. nw's u his. hi. i'uiiiuuui uts sntu
also eaten by the rats, presenting a most sicken-
„ . _ it g and revolving sight. There was
method ol selecting th. presiding officer of lire sen- “Xu'Jera'.'liio p^lrator 0 . U Tho trunk In wMch
ot>.- evening sho had stopped to play croquet with a
companion. Two young men rode up. both armed,r
a ? *hb no uncommou thing in Jackson county In
th. « flays. Ono wu the son of a neighbor, thr
o:h?r an entire stranger to the girls. The neigh
b v a son introduced his companion under a fieri-
tiw -j name, and both of the men engaged in the
S ki'o. Theromaucoof tho meeting went home to
!u ftfrlbh hearts, and other meetings followed.
Cot in<.1 Ralston at length discovered tbe identity of
hi# laughter's visitor and sternly forbade htn from
tuttfog to the house again. Tho young man and|
urn den still met occasionally at the houses of neigh
bors rnttl Annie went some miles from home to
tea..2i a country school. Then Frank James met
h». almost nightly aud they were betrothed. Flu-
*~h tig tho term of her teaching engagement she
ant home, only to leave again after a brief stay.
uie to make a visit home. Tho colonel, a man not
UN?*! lo having his wishes thwarted, answered by
bidding tho outlaw getaway from his gate at once.
Krshk only llugered to say that they would not
hear from their daughter again for ten years amJ
then galloped away. Tho threat wm wellnlgh ful-L,
filled, for it wm not till eight years had ptuared that!
the Ralstons heard from the lost oue. About 11
o'clock one gloowy night two years ago there wsal
knocking at the farmhouse door, and when it wm
opened there stood Annie James with her little
boy, 6 years old, Frank is now waiting tilal for tho i
Blue Out robbery.
FOUND MURDKRED
A IWrrlblo Traasdy In • Kentucky farm ll*u*«—An
A Couple Found With Their Throat* Cut.
1$ Mckman, Ky„ November 23—This community
wu horrified yesterday morning by the most fearful
tragedy, horrible double murder and robbery ever
chronicled in tho history of the county. Old man
UlUsman King and his wife, Amanda King, two
old and respectable citizens of the county, aged re
spectively about 80 and 90 years, living about three
miles from Hickman, were discovered this morning
by their son, Arthur King, butchered in tho most
terriblo manner. Both were dead and for how
long none knew save tbe perpetrators of the infa
mous crime. King and his wife re
sided alone on their farm, and it seems that no one
hM seen him alive since Ust Tuesday .week. He hM
a very large family of children and grandchllden
living around Illckman, and this morning Arthur
King called at tho house and, no one answering,
want in, and in the center of tho family room no
wu horrified to see his mother stretched out dead
In a pool of clotted blood, with the chairs aud
every thing strown around tho room, aud a gun
with a broken beecch on the floor. All gave evi
dence of a terrific struggle between ‘ Mrs. King
and tbo murderous fiend. King then
looked for h Is lather and wu una
ble to find him. He immediately alarmed the
neighbors and the citizens of tho town. Your re
porter repaired to tbe scene aud found Mrs. King
ly ogas described, the furniture all tossed about
and a trunk chopped open and rilled. Mrs. King's
throat wu cut from ear to ear, showing a frlghtiul
gaping wound, aud her head showed threo heavy
strokes from tho gun. Tho floor wss all clotted lu
two large pools with her blood. Mr. King was
found out at tho stable under a pile of shucks, with
t frigntful gash above hi* right eye and Llslcft
temple i'*diy beaten in. 'The rats bad eaten the
tiro left eyo out. and a great portlou of his faco
ato in the temporary absence of the vice president
On‘otto occasion during the last season Senator Da
vis, of Illinois, president of the senate, being called
a way from Washington, sent a written re
quest to a fellow -* senator to take
the chair and perform . the dudes o!
prei»l>livg oflicer until his return. Upon Che m-
sembllug o( the senato, Mr. Davis’s right to do thia
nuder the rules of the body wm questioned and
after considerable dfirons ion qo-better way oUt of
the dilemma in whjcfl the senate found Il*nky*
differed than to adjourn, which wU
gieetf&b and similar emergencies now, L
framed u follows: “First. la tha_atwe*4b'«iih«r .m daj Ua^r more. He was Ust seen near King’s
Si .UitchposeTTljEni*^WedlWlf.'vMki lest, and iue general public
Ienate "of K ifParty. Kllort 1hbeing made
.K«>»b«enoe oi- •<* ® ill© g»v fc his nrfinc m Frank Minor,
.wMnr-sipiu*., a... _ . . 1|4 [ Ufht COtaplcjloB,
bbri-ctrt Alih
eye crossed towards
King kept hla money, waa chopped open with a
hatem-1# but no drawers wero touched. It is known
that King had about 31,COO In currency and from
8.VJ0 to3700 in gold at hla home, which he usually
k rpt in this trunk, and none of which can be
found. The murderer left about 3200 behind. No
one knows when the foul deed waa committed,
red many theories aro ad van ""* ° **■'“*■
U>tt thenv lybeou murdered a!
w<K k, -jpi,„ _£jiers think tho :
j erf or . uu 8 F l lng. The vparo bw« u VV u wx.u-
„, 04 :.o since. «on, and there wero three knives
#-v jp find ''i- t bo tabic, showing that thoro hud
•> hi there just prior lo tho killing. No
p '; o to tho fiend cay bo had yet, though dreum
V.fVYA point very strongly to a peddler or clock
• Vr that has been lit/eailng tho neighborhood
r — ra*. •> m *--* -— Klna’i
NEWS OF GEORGIA.
VVHAT THE PBOPLB ARB SAYING
AND DOINO.
All the Xi.adl.x CrlmM.Oft.nsUtci and Other Event!—
H.w the Crops rheoaxhoat the Country Ht.ua
-Talk Abont Follil,. »nd Bnilsns-
U.ltrrs ot Oen.r.l Inllr.lt, Elc.
tho chair. Third. Tho proildcnt protemporo shall
have tho right to namo In opon senate, or U absent,
In writing, ft sonator to porform tho dutlos of tbo
chair, and tho senatoi designated muy discharge
such duties for a period not exceeding threo days,
unless tho senafo shell otherwise order.” Tho
provisions relating to tho order of business aro
amended In several other Important particulars,
HUN UNO A 'vyil.D MAN.
hs Sfr.tert.u Or. sura That la Ulitsrhlsx ths run
Is Tint, o.n.tr,
Binghamton, November 24.—A score of inon are
hunting tho woods In ths vicinity ot Maine, N. Y.,
for what they believe to bo a wild man. Ho Aral
appeared In the vicinity in August last. Before ho
wss seen by any ono, loud and shutting cries had
been hesrd In the woods In dlfferentportloni ol tbo
rtglon. They wore believed to emsnato from x
panther, and much alarm was felt by hark
peelers and others whose duties colled
them Into tho ■ woods. The berry crop,
tbe gathering of which hu (or years afforded a
livelihood for many famlllesln the town, wu on.
tl rely neglected In waa parts of the neighborhood.
Tho first knowledge that the cries which had
caused so much terror wero those of x wild man
wu obtained by s party of berry picker. In Au
gust. 11s appeared suddenl]
and ran rapidly along and
woods, yelling u no ran.
A nix Bsteh Hctcctd.
Littlx Bock, November U —Tbs trial In Howard
county ot ths colored Motors, Indicted tor the mur
der of Wyatt several months ago, has Just ended.
M.rdcrrrs Amsud>
Poxtsxocra, November 24 —Mrs. Barrows end
Out E. Btansy, her son-in-law, were arrested this
morning for ths murder of Thomas Borrows, who
wu found shot deed ten days ago. The prisoners
have made a foil confusion.
denly out ot the busbei
and disappeared In the
nx u ho ran. The berry pickets
wero frightened awey. their description of tbo
wild man wutbo regulation ono, low In stature,
cureped with hair, aud running while bool clow to
the ground. This description wu added lo a
month later by Frank Hayes and Jobn White,
employes of Sherwood's tannery In
Milne. They were loading bark In
Lewis's woods, near the Newark Valley read, when
suddenly s terrible shriek esmo from a clump of
bushes near by, and theb the mysterious wild man
sprang out into the openlDg. where, according to
the tannery moo, be repeated bis yell, and "ran off
like lightning.” Ho tarried long enough for tho
men to sea that the description that had been given
of him wu correct, with the additional peculiarity
that bis arms ended at tbe elbows. For some time
since then the wild man seems to havo kept him
self rather clou, for hs wu not sun nor hesrd of
until tbe latter part of October, when William Jen-
ntnxs met him In the woods, shout three miles
from here. Ills shrieks have been hesrd every
night linos, u Is reported from dlffetcnt parts of
tho township, until lut week It wu decided to hunt
the mysurlouacreaturo down. Thu. lu, however,
the wild man hu eluded his punnets,
DYING OF CONbUMPTION.
Ths A.imthlsg Uiath .r Trask Jsan-llli WtVl
Watthflsl Coro,
St. Loi-ts, Mo.. Novemher M.—Frank James, ths
noted outlaw, Is In very low health, and Chutes P.
Johnson, one of hts attorneys, to day said that in
all probability before the courts wtusd ths caw the
distinguished defendant would be called before a
higher tribunal. What makes tbe situation for
Frank ell the more gloomy la that his finances are
very low, and that hots forced to change blsonce
luxurious mode of living. In strange contrast are
his present surroundings when compared with
those of a year ago. There is no etrlp of Brnswls
carpet on the floor of his cell now. Tbe petal-
tags end brlc-a-brec hare disappeared from
the walls, lbs mahogany bedstead, tht writing
desk, snd most ol the book, have gone. When tbe
outlaw wu brought back from Gallatin three
weeks ago to tbs Independence Jell be wu assigned
to one of the smell cells, t by 6, not alone, bat to
abate It with another prisoner. The famishing
consists of a pine board for a table, two rongr.
bunks and two stools. Frank looks nothing like
the man of a yeu ego. The clearness of the eye
end the brightness of the complexion have gone.
He is a little more stooped then he wu. Tne checks
aaysltiadoub fulif another November
ner, no matter what the nouns of tbe courts
faithful wife, once pretty Annie Balsusn,
comes every day five miles from her father's home
to sit awhile In the afternoon with her husband.
Cbatttag sociably with your correspondent, they
laid tho story of their courtship. Portions of ft
thu c
1 ,ooo reward Is to
of lhc criminal, and his conviction wlitccrUluly
follow by Judge Lynch. The coroner's Jury was
empanelled, and returned ft verdict that the de
ceased came to their deaths by a blow and a knlfo
at the hands ot a par.y unknown, whoso purposo
was robbery, a
THB LYNX AND SOAKS,
OesoraSsexer Youths WheAunsreA Lata Pedes-
trlans fth.t Used.
Ashland, Fa, November 21.—For llfteon months
put this place hu been greatly annoyed by tho
outrages of two gangs of young men known re
spectively u "Lynx” and “Soaks,” who wero
rivals In (ho perpetration of all sorts of brutali
ties upon men they caught out alone late at
nlgbt. If tho victim happoned to bo under tbo
tafluenoeof ltqnor his treatment wu much worse
and hu was frequently half drowned In
a watering trough. Ala lata hoar lut night Jobn
Htelnhllbcrt, sou of a boss at Taylor colliery, aud
himself an employe at that place, wu reluming
toblshome In uaxland, a suburb, when he wu
suddenly assailed by four men, who sprang on
him from a dark alley. They grappled his arms
behind hjs heck and shouted "kooiV f the ilgnsl of
one of tho gang, and three more men came from
tke alloy. HtelubUbert wrestled himself loou.
drew a small revolver from
The ball lodged In tho breln
ho fell dead.
wu taken to
shooting, hut does not know who he shot. Ho only
recognised the voice of two of the men. He knows
of no cause for their attack on him, except pure
derfluhneas.
HAIR DYE AS A DRAUGHT
Hnssse Its Pr«p.r Use PallcA t. Whs Hiss ths WUe
U. NushL
Catko, N, Y„ November 24 —Since his wife died,
eight months ago, Samuel Clay, of Usrdonbsrgh,
has lived xlono on his farm. lie wu $5 years old
snd very gray. The Widow Truman, aged 40,lived
not far from Clay's. A few weeks ago he proposed
marriage to her. Sho told him that If hs wore not
sogrey ahe might look favorably on his salt. Clay
at once began treating hla hair with preparations
to restore It to Its original ootor. Nothing Boomed
to hare Ibe desired effect until a neighbor gave
him a proscription. This colored his hair a yel
lowish brown. Lut week he thought ths restore-
ration perfect cnou.h to remove ths widow's ob
jection to marrylog him but before hocoublrall
oo ber and renew tali offer aba married another
wu found unconscious In bis
boos* with a large bottle In which be kept tbo dye
be bad used, lying by bis sldo nearly empty. He
wu restored to consdonansss by tbe use of a stom
ach jrump and antidotes, but U In a very or!deal
FROM A HIOH BHIDOB.
Willi, Jarkaisa VousS Sr Ills Fathar Haag la a Tree
Tac.
Monboa Pa-, November 24—The family of Wil
iam Jackman Uvu throe miles from this place, on
tbe Drinker road. On Tuesday lut Willie Jackman,
•god 11 yean, carried hie father's dinner to him, the
father being at work on the road, a mile or eo from
at about 1 o’clock
r reeched the boose
when Mr’ Jackman got home alt o'clock. Mrs.
Jackman supposed (her the boy .had stayed with
bis father, and hie ahaeoee caused her no uneasi
nets. A search wuat once begun by hla fstbsrsnd
■ — — -— -he neigh born ood all
f him. at > o'clock
..~e drecovered In the
the bottom of a deep ravine,
over which the road crowd by a wooden bridge
only a short distance from Mr. Jackman's house.
Tbs body wu reached with much difficulty, tbe
falber letting himself down from tbe bridge by a
rope, by which woof bit neighbors raised him no
which nea peneirarca me nearu it u luppoacu
that he had stopped to play on tbe bridge, and bad
in soma way fallen over tbe low railing In hit
right band wu clasped the basket In which ho had
carried his lather t dinner.
Elbrbton, November 10,—The glnhoose of
Messrs. A. J. Cleveland And U. E, Adams, sit
uated about four miles from this place, with
ten bsles of cotton and nil tho machinery,
was destroyed by fire lut night, evidently the
work of an Incendiary,
Monboe, November 10.—Our county had
two fires on Saturday last, Mr. Davo Bur-
eon's furniture and several other things were
burned In a dwelling house on the old Mike
Whitley place, six miles west of Monroe.
Judge 8. C. Burson, Dave's father, has re
cently sold the farm to Captain O. C. Belwan,
who held under bond for titles at the time of
nre. Mr. Frank Studdsrd's house, near the
Morgan county line, was also burned.
Rome, November 10,—A youngcouple from
the country come to town to see the circus
to day, and concluded that it was a very good
time to get married, so they presented them
selves before Justice Watters, who fled the
knot in a hurry and sent the happy pair on
their way rejoicing.
Dawson, November 10.—Min Alice Wall, a
young lady of good family living five miles
north of the city, was burned to death on
Friday and buried hero on yesterday. The
B lmly was alone in tbe houso when it
ned, and though she was able to talk
when reached by the family she could not
tell how it wss done. Bhe was subject to fits,
and it Is supposed she was attacked and fell
too near the fire.
Marietta, November 10.—Last Sunday
morning a negro by the name of Henry Sor
rells, who lives about two miles from town,
had Ills barn and newly gathered crops entire
ly destroyed by fire. The blsxe was discover
ed about 1 a. m., when It wax so far burned
that nothing but one mule was saved from it,
A cow and calf and his fowls, together with
all hts farming Implements and a new wagon,
were totally destroyed. The fire is believed
to be tbe work of an incendiary.
Cartebbville, Novemher 10. — Thursday
night of last week a difficulty occurred about
five miles from Taylorsville, and near tho
county line between Mr. John A. Owen and
Mr. Win. L. Simpson. Dnring tho difficulty
Simpson struck Owen with a billet of wood
about three feetlong, inlllctinga fatal wound,
the effects of which Mr. Owen died Saturday
night Coroner Willingham held an Inquest
yesterday over the body. The jury, after
Leering tbe testimony submitted, ren
dered ayerdlot as follows: “Wo, tho jury
find tlie deceased, John A. Owen, came to
his death by being etrickeo over the head
With a large stick by Willinm L. Simpson,
and that it was wilful murder. Coroner
Willingham issued a warrant for tho arrest of
Simpson, wiio has so far managed to keep out
of the way of the officers. Tho cause of tho
difficulty was an old grudgo aided by whisky.
Columbus, November 21.—On the morning
of tho 20th instant Mr. Ed. Uccso was going
through his plantation at Cusseta, aud discov
ered a bloody shirt in a ditch. On examina
tion the garmont was found to keasmullshirt
two feet Tong, Hleevo fifteen Inches long, with
a ent plnco in it saturated with blood. Search
was made but nothing could bo fonnd except
a barefoot track following tho run of the
creek uear where the shirt Was found. The
tracks were followoddownthestreum through
de so thickets and over many obstacles for a
distance of abont two miles. Here 11 was lost.
There Is no clue to the owner of the bloody
shirt or tho fate that may haye befallen hi
has yet been discovered.
21.—A ilsTrib)
quest was held turn verdict of accidental drowning
was found.
Dalton, November 23.—For several days past oar
household goddesses are busy with embellishing
their premises, ropletlng larders, smoke and hen
houses, preparatory for the reception of tho north
Georgia conference of the M. K. church south,
which convenes hero on tho 28th Inst. The dele
gates snd visitors who are expected to attend will
ran np to500 persons, They will, ofcourse, bo the
guests of tbo people, tho Methodists alone being
wholly unable lo provide for so vast a multitude.
Cotton continues to pour fn at the rato of fifty
toonohnndred bales nerday. Business good, and
merchants are fooling happy,
a Boas, November 24.—Homo's finances have been
well administered during the present year with
four-fifths of ono per cent All expenses of theclty
overnment snd tho Interest on tho bonded debt
AVObesnpold. In addition one tilth ol one per
ent wav levied for public school purposes.
Rev. S. E Axson, for thirteen yosrs pastor of tho
Presbyterian church, leaves Monday. His homo
for the present will be lu Savannah.
Augusts, November 21.—Letters from several
counties In this district, tbo lOUt, under recent
rcspportlonment, have been iccelvcdfroip lead
ing and Influential democrats urg
ing Hon. George T. Homes to consent to permit the
nse of hla namo ss tho democratic candidate for
congress from this district before tho convention to
nominate a candidate, ills friends hero say ho
s ot bis name. He will
„y race. No man la tho
district has stronger ortruor friends, and the fact
"ist he will consent to Iho use of Ms namo meets
Ith great favor hero, as It will over all the district.
A mccllnghcld today.at which It was decided lo
give an cniertalnmont soon for tho benefit ot tbe
Htcphcns monument fund. It Is believed that a
considerable amount will be realized.
Macon, November 2t—'There Is a man now In
Dublin whirls related by blood and marriage, and
not very distantly, lo flvo cx-presldeuls of the
United States. Mr. llarrli iahti name.
Tho Dublin Gazette tells of a repo which has
been committed In Washington county, Tire rev-
Ishcr had kelcctod a ten year old girl as hla victim.
Ho accomplished Ms hellish purposo and fled. Ho ,
was pursued and tracked to Colonel Guyton’s
place, In this county, where ho stole a mule .and
was still flying. Ills name Is Jobn Webb. Ills
victim’s namo was Folly Tomlin. The krulo wss
being pursued by Infuriated men, from whom we
gathered tho abovo. A reward of flvo hundred and
thirty dollars has been offered for tho scamp. He’s
low.very black and chunky and wears alight
mustache and is about twenty-live years old.
ance. He ln-lsted on her taking In washing for
a living. Tho bride refusing to destroy lior honey
moon thus, the husband levelled his shotgun at her
and killed nsr dead.
A negro man by tho name of Cicero Hunter crea
ted oonoldsrable disturbance this afternoon ox
Fopltr street, oppoclto Proudtlt park, by preaching.
He Is a hardened sinner, but there was too much
whisky aboard, and be became crazed with a re-
■clous Ides. Ho was taken lu hand by Officer
Henderson snd taken lo Iho barracks, when tbo
officer led him away Iho crowd of women who sur
rounded him threatened to release him, but a littlo
persuasion In the ehapo of a club kept tho crowd
off.
lout week Griffin Roston, a train hand on tho
J, T. V. and Ga railroad lu rccklrsoly attempting
sogotonai ovlng train of lumber, near Bullards
ttntlon was thrown violently against onu of tho
cars and bruised. Ho was brought to tho city,
whore ho has been conflnod to Ms bed. Bluootato
yesterday hu died. He had boen a good workman
and Ids death is u loss to tho road. Ho was 22 years
of ago and lived lu Orickotsvlllo In thu smittteru
portion of tho city. He was burled at FotcrH grave-
ye rd.
Officers IIondorBon and Wray arrested late tht. af-
lerlionn, at the liiatauee of Mr. Whit Hardy, a
negro by tho nsioo of l'rinco Adkins on a ctiargo of
stealing cotton from bfs place about six miles from
till' oily. H.- was placed in tlm barracks.
Tliore has born a continued struggle for tho
oxlstonco of tho Daily Graphic for several days
past, hilt to-day It ceased to flvo. Tho printers all
struck lor funds duo them, aud not receiving it re
fused to work further.
OBOPOIA GOSSIP.
■i.lBauyNooo a.
tragedy was ent
Talladega, Alabama, resolting In tho deatii of
a worthy citizen of that nluco, About seven
o’clock whilo Kicbmond Blniruons waa seated
at the lireukfast table In i:om|mny with his
wife and children, some unknown person fired
a slmt. through u window from tho outside.
.Mr. Simmons fell to Hie floor deinl, the Imll
front tho assassin’s weapon ontoring the right
temple nnd crushing tbrongh his brain. Tho
dead man was well liked by tho community
and it was not known that Lo lmd an enomy
in tho world, and grent mystery surrounds
ths tragedy. Tho coroner held an inquest
over tbo remains, but nothing was developed
lo furnish a clow to the perpetrator.
Dkemkn, Novombor 21.—While Mr. T. W.
Lovvotn, assisted by a colored man named
Harry Farker, wero trying to secure a plank
kiln which showed some indications id falling
the props gave wny and the kiln fell,catching
Mr, Wvorn under tt, hurling him seriously,
though it is hoped not dangerously, in the
left hip. Had it not been tor a log lying
under tbo kiln Mr. Lovvorn would have been
killed. Tbe colored men escaped with some
bruises about the right band and arm.
Chattanooga, November22.-A special from
Talladega, Ala , slates that 8heriu Kdwards
and Deputy Sheriff Powell, this morning ar
rested the murderer of Kicbmond Simmonds,
an account of which was telegraphed yester
day. He Is a negro, Jackson Irvin, wLn was
known to have threatened to kill Simmonds
before Christmas, which be did yesterday
morning by shooting him through tbe bead
while Simmonds was at tlio breakfast table.
The evidence is so conclusive that lynching
wns feared at last accounts.
Apoosta, November 22.—This morning
Kev. Cxdeamxn Pope, pastor of St. James
Methodist church, left two children, a girl of
eight and a boy aged four, in s buggy while
he wss paying a pastoral visit in Hamburg.
The horse became frightened and ran away,
dashing up on the South Carolina railroad
bridge acroro tbe river, and ran some distance
on tbe croat tiee before be fell through,
breaking one leg, Tbe little girl was thrown
under the horse and considerably bruised.
The boy fell through the trestle to tbe hank
of the river, a distance of about twenty-five
feet, and was seriously injured.
Ilona, November 22 —George Askew, a
coupler on the Kast Tennessee road, while
coupling care in Kaat Rome last night, acci
dentally fell, and tbe car paaalng over one of
bia legs, mangled it terribly. Dra. Boyd,
Lovelace aDd Holmes were called in and am
putated tbe injured limb. Askew lives in
Dalton and came to-llome a lew days ago to
work on tbe railroad. He will probably re-
cover. *
George Kirk, tbe white man who killed
Dick Ratchford, colored, near Cedar town, was
yesterday found guilty of murder in I’olk
•uperior court and sentenced to imprisonment
for life.
"Chattanooga, November 23.—A special from
Fayetteville, Tenn., slates that last night Lee
Montgomery, a well-known young farmer of that
county, went to the boose of his affianced with the
Intention of eloping with her. Tbe parents of tbe
girl learned of their Intention, and KUC&mlully
thwarted them. Loo went to his home aud made
several attempts at self-destruction, but wss pro
vented from tuldde by bis friends, fie bad un
doubtedly become deranged, and was takea lb
charge by friend*. AU parties connected with the
affair stand high in tbe community.
MoVill*, ffovember 23.-South-bound freight was
wrecked near Lumber City last night. Three cere
were thrown from tbe trick, caused by a broken
nil. To-day's passenger will be delayed a short
while. A large force of hands b at work and will
soon have a track built around so all trains can
tie.
COLOHBus, November 2*.—At eight o’clock thb
morning Tom Davis, a negro workman in the em
ploy of the Eagle and Pbeolx mill*, slipped from
the gang-plank into the raging torrent beneath and
wu drowned. The body wm recovered. An In-
Walton county exhibits a one aud a half pound
quince.
Thoro aro twelve prisonen In Walton jail.
Albert Rj^gownkl of Hawklimvlllo la dead.
Cochran b&cochoA Pulaski county to bear tho ex-
ota&arfesbn fcfll. ,
tm a barrel factory in Haw-
klosvllle.
Tho Calhoun Times says that Mr. Patterson Led
ford and Miss Adeline Gibson, tenants on Mr.
lienry Hunt’s placo were married last Haturday
night. It was a runaway match, the girl havlug
eluded tho vlgllauco of tho old folks to fly with her
lover.
Tho hanging of Loonldas Johnson, In Honry
county, will bo tbo first execution in that county
lu forty years. Tbe last occurrence of this kind wm
in 1838, when a negro named Gumming was hung
fora liko dastardly crime that Leonid as Johnson
stands convlctod. Johnson's execution, however,
will not tako placo until tho supreme cdtirt shall
havo passed on tho case.
A largo number of wild turkeys aro said to use on
Gum creek, abovo Oxford.
Mr, Lowls Davis, of Clayton county, hM raised
during tho present year, on a threo mulofarm,
fifty-three bales of cotton, besides corn and other
grain. Clayton county stands In (ho foremost rank
In agricnlturcal circles, aud carl boost of some of
the best farmers In the sfato.
Peter Johnson and John Spearman, of Franklin,
got Into a quarrel over a Joke, and John, becoming
enraged, let Into Pote with rocks. Polo got out his
knife and cut John on tho head, breast and arms.
lion. W. P. Price has, at tho earnest solicitation
of a Urge portion of tho citizens given his consent
to serve m mayor of Dahionega for the ensuing
year, if he should bo elected. Will Boyd U the re
tiring mayor.
The Montezuma Record says that “Atlanta Is the
most progressive city In tho south, nnd her largo
buildings go up almost llko magic. Wo noted sev
eral five story buildings which havo been built
since onr visit there lq July, if tho building In
terest and popuUtlon of Atlanta continue to In-
creue m It hM done for tho put year, sho will have
a population of leventy-flvo thousand In five
years.”
Colonel L. M. II111 owned 706 shares of Georgia
railroad stoek at tho timo of his death. This wm
divided between the heirs last week, each one re
ceiving 64 and a fractional shares.
Mbs Polly Cunningham, of Oglethorpo county
answered tho advertisement fora wifo published by
a man in Colorado, They became engaged, he sent
her the money to pay her expenses, and iho went
on and married him.
In Columbia county while Mr. C. L. West and a
negro man named Georgo Heath wero out hauling
the Utter was accidentally killed. A portion of Mr,
Wests’* ramrod stuck in his gun, and while ho and
tbepegn * * —
tearing!
Mootti-—_— —
abroad in tho land and is plying bis vocation mcwt
adeptly, Tbelatesl returns oomee from AmmM
where several young men perpetrated a good joko
on some of the young ladles of Oglcihornu. Tho
young men secured a very flue hunch of bananM,
after all the luscious fruit bad been p eked. and ar
ranged It nicely In a box of shaving*. The box
had a knot hole la one side, and the boys punched
it out aud placed a small, sickly banana on the In
side so it parUj protruded through tne hole,
and the girls would bo sure that they wero
tho recipients of a nice bunch of bananM. The
box WM expressed and received by the young la
dles, tbe young men fakiug special pains not to
prepay the chargea, and you can Imagine how Iho
young ladles were sold when they opened It and
found that the stem wm there In a go xl state of
preservation, but wm entirely devoid of fruit.
Chapter number two opens wltn a scene where the
gtrlM are In conference, dfocuvifrig and tie vising
kotnem ans to ret even with the boys, who played
such a sharp trick on them. After much delibera
tion aud thought on the tubjcct the entire
convention ot girls finally agreed to
write the boys a letter of several pages and wire it
to them at their expense. Tbo letter was sent over
to Mira Della Morris with Instructions to send and
collect chargee. Miss Della saw at once that it would,
be risky to send the telegram, as they would sus
pect something and refuse to pay for it, so sheeu-
«lo-cd It in an envelope and sent It by mill. This
was played exactly to the band of the boys, and a
note wm indited to the young ladles at Oglethorpo
by tbe return mall, saying:: “Your telegram re
ceived by this mail. Thanks.”