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THE WEEKLY COtfSTITIITIOK ATLANTA, GA-, TUESDAY NOVEMBER17,18 85. ill SWEPT BY FIRE. ALVBSTON3 SUFFBRS A DISAB- I ROUS CONFLAGRATION. snadna Benin, cov.rln* a Mill and ??? Billot firrltorr.Biducidto utn-am, dndi of nopia Turned Oue la tat Bit- Mr Oold-SlTorta to XMUIti Them Gziyiitok, Tex., November IS.???A destruct* Te fire started at 2:16 a. m>, ia the eutern nit of the city, between Sixteenth ind Sevea- tcccth streets. The fire broke out at 1:10, in a mall foundry on the north aide of trend atreet, near the corner of Sixteenth, Tho Samel apread rcpldlyuaderaatlff north wind, and the proapecte at that time were that Gal* yeaton will aufier treat loaa, At 9 a. m. the fire waa atill horning fiorcoly. It ia raging on avenue N, atill apreading on both sides, and haa cut a awath ofaixly blocka. About aixty Mocha hare already been destroyed. Hundreds of families have lost everything, and great distress prevaili. At 11:20 a.m., the firo had reached the beach, which ia a distance ol about a mile and a half from where it started. In some places the path of the fire ia six or seven blocka wide. Over 709 residences were burned. The wind is blowing a terrific gale. now tbs nag aratin, 4 o???clock the fire bag to the east and to the west of 61. Seventeenth atreets. Tho wind rose to a gale, and pandemonium reigaed. For a time it seemed aa though the entire eastern half of the city waa doomed. The fire spread rapid! r to tho southward, licking up blocka of elegan; residences, hastily abandoned by their in- mates, lly 6 o???clock it had reached Broadway, which threads the ' center oi the island, running oast and weat. At 7 o???clock the wind gave signs of dying away, and shortly began to shilt, then to deoend, until by 8 o???clock only a fain breeze waa blowing. But by this time the firo bad eaten its way to Avenue 0, where at 9:30 o???clock it seemed to exhaust ilseli. The firemen coming up checked its further ravages at this point, or within two blocks of the gulf. TUB BUSXXD DISTBICT. The burned disrietcovers fifty-two blocks, ???even of which are not swept entirely clean. It is sixteen blocks deep and averages in width three blocks. From a housetop the smoking burned district resembles a huge black half open fan, lying across the island from the bay, nearly to the gulf. The island at that point is ninetesn blocks, or 1M miles wido. Tho fire started on the north side, Avenue A, better known aa the Strand, which is one block from the bay and it stopped within two bloolea of the gulf. Sixteenth street is nine blocks west of tho extreme inhabitable end of the island, the first resident street being the Sixth. From Avenue A to Avenue D the fire was con* fined to a strip bounded on the east by Six* tcenth street and on tho west by Seventeenth street. The buiinees part of the city begins at Twentieth street and runs west ten squares. This outline located the fire which, began to spread rapidly after it had passed Avonue D. By the lime it had reached Broad, way it was sweeping nearly three blocks is width from tho west side of Seventeenth street to the east side of Fourteenth, about 300 houses burred, occupied by fully 000 families, tub axnn or rai boss. Many of these residences had beautiful gardens attached, and the monied loss does not represent over half their Talus. All man ner of ruins are to be seen. So far as can be learned n ota sin* ??? The sceno progress of the firo was simply . id so filled with misery and terror that whoever witnessed it must bear its vivid impress for a lifetime. The wind rose to a screaming gale in tho vicinity of the fire and ???. .. *- *????????? belt in temfio vo cinders high during tn frightful i swept through tho burning belt in temfio swirjs, carrying millions of If scarcely contains a dozen brick dwellings. All is wood???Texai pine???and it burns with indescribable fury. tbs rcav or tbs runes. Five-minutes after a house caught, it would te wrapped in one mighty flame, and the cen< ter of tho burning pile gave out a whits heat, while the flames on the edges were fitfully spitting high and far on every side. Tho alleys and streets for ten streets on slthsr side of the burning belt were filled with panio stricken women end children and strong men, who conld do nothing in such a gale, but crouch down for chcUer from tho piercing northor and watch the flsmee lick up tho fiuils of their labor. Although tho sufferers number msny of the wealthiest residents, such as Julius Bunge, Leon Blum and a ecoro others, yet tho great majority ol these burned out lose tho greater portion of their fortune!, or their little all. Some fern- lliei saved a good deal of furniture, othere are lelt with only the clothes on thoir backs, so confident were they that tha fire would hot reach them. The Ioes in personal apparel and household property can navar ba {estimated and is not included in tho previous estimate. The hotel! sro filled with homeless people, and a citizens??? commutes is | now at work opporUonlag families to rooms and premises vacated tor thoir u??e. EvfTy dray and other vehicle in the city is at work, carrying strewn furniture, bedding and pictures to secure places. Thousands orpeo- i eweiry, vainly hoping to nna eomeiniug ion, mt nil is ?? blcsk and barren as the deserts ot Sahara. Even the huge, wooden water tanks, fences, sidewalks and tolsphono poles aro burned to ashes. acaisese cxvisilv acariKniD. Buiinees is antireiy suspended. Tha ca lamity is so great that man ehoke with teara in speaking ofit. Soma acore of lick people wero hurriedly removed during tho conflagra tion and many woman won prostrated by tho terrible excitement. A meeting of citizens is sow in progress at the cotton exchange, to provide Immediate relief for tha poomrvictims. Alrcadyl -.hc rich men of the city and tha???well- tc-do/eren those who have lost thair elclgant mansions, hava determined to look after and pmvids for tho poor, and Galvaiton will prob ably make no appeal to the outside world. Following close en the heels of the recent greet strike, which inflicted a moseyed lose on the business men of Galveztou, fully $400,900, this caltmliy is a climax to tha woee and acre afflictions oi this city. With tha exception of hall a dozen grocery stores and tha Iron and car repairing foundry, where tha firo started, no placet of business were destroyed. Tele- grama of sympathy andoflering aiders ol- ready pouting in from sister cities in Tsxss. m coussi or Tit riax. Tha flames threatened tha poetoffloe build ing in a moat aggressive manner, end the building was hastily cleared of the mill matter, end all the valuable mail waa placed in vaults. Fortunately the flames spared tha government building, and passed onward toward tho gulf. At avenue I, tho fiend revelled in the stateliest mansions of tha city. One of tho first of theca splendid houses to suocumb was that of Mrs. Magaie, > $40,909 house. Then, in rapid order, went (the residences ol Julius Purge, Leon Blum, Worts I-aiker, H. Fellman, Georgs Seely, Green Paffitld???c now mansion, B.F. George's $90,999 residence, Thomas Groygan???a and three hundred of looser value. These namee'represent a loee???of $19,090 to$ 79,999 each, hut all an insured. Aa the fire swept poet the county jail the forty imprisoned inmate* became nsarlv frantic with tear. They eel ups yell which wss heard for squares above th* awful rear of tha terrible fin. On tho top of tho jell sod courthouse wero core* of strong men deter mined to ears tha buildings, and with tho old of tho brick wails they succeeded. The jail was cn fin a doses .time*, bus was laved. All the street can wan hastily run oat ortho Galveston city railway itablei, and they wan abandoned te their tat*. inn nan or ran sau. .. . 'When the fin started the gal* was blowing at the retool thirty mile* as hoar. At 1 o???clock tho signal service observer estimated the velocity of the gale in the vicinity of tho fin at sixty mile* por hour, and this velocity was maintained until near 9 o???clock, when the fire gave signs of exhaustion. Tho firo do- S artment had become utterly helpless, and is waterworks gave poor satisfaction. Tho only public building consumed was the second district school building, a frame structure, built recently at a cost of $20,000. Tbo total area ol tho burned district is one hundred acres, and forty and one-half blocks were swept clean oi everything oombusUble. coimmcTiosB ron tbs rooa. Contributions aro pouring in from all parts of tbo city. At the citizens* meeting $10,500 wee subscribed by the business men. Car tain Elds telegraphed $1,000 from St. LouL KinmanJ-Co., of Houston, Tex., sent $500. Tho following telegram ms received tonight: NzwyoBxSoTembw, 13.-T ??? " ten, Major of Galveston:???Ian. dispatches with an account ol the terrlbloconflt- eralfon that has visited jour beautiful city. Please accept my deep sympathy In jour misfor tune. I only fiope the loss is over estimated. You may draw on me at stshtfor 95.000, to be used under the direction of the relief oommitto* or otheiwlse, at your discretion, to relieve tho nffey. Jay Gould. Ford's ???Mikado??? compary, now playing bare, gave a benefit tonight, which natter $500 for the sufferers. The city council met in tpeeial session this evening, and voted $15,000, and appointed a committee of three . el dermen to act with tho oitlzena??? committee: in distributing the funds. This makes $31,509 already donated by the etUiens of Galveston, wbieb, with outside donations, shows a total of $.18,000 in one day, Telegrams of eym r to arrive. Governor Ireland lent $50; oity of Denison $359 and even the distant Fargo, Bak., telegraphs $59. The people of Dallas, Fort Worth. Austin, Ban Antonio, Houston and other lister eitiea are sending private contributions to unfortunate friends. Joseph Puletzsr, editor of the New York World, wires hie sympathy and ofiisre aid, to which Mayor Fullou responded, that ???while we era noteo- liciting outside aid, wo will not for present sejseteny contribution voluntarily|profi???ered.??? OASIS OF DISTITUtlOX. Sevan sub-committees, organised for tbe purposes of searching out tho victims of yes terday's conflagration, have had a busy day. Two hundred headi of families have been listed as worthy or every reliefthatlt ia pouf bla to extend. Thus far $30,999 has bsen ex pended, but Ibis sum only furnishes tempo rary relief to tbo families that have lest every thing. Many pitiful cues ol destitution ere reported, end among tho vlelims are found a goodly number of educated and refined woman of small moans who lose thoir little homes, and who hesitate to permit their destitute condition to become known. A mem ber otthe relief committee received six letters from femiiies of thie description, asking whether aid could not be extended to thorn privately by tbe committee. Cash subscribtione have steadily increased. Among tho largest received today and tonight it one from 0. P. Huntington, who telegraphs his sincere sympathy and an order to draw on him for $5,000, C. H. Mallory A Jo., of New York send $1,000, tho Springfield Firo and Marine Insurance company of Springfield, Mess., sends $1,000 and orders that its policies be immediately paid. Gzltistov, November 15 Collections for Ike benefit of tho firo sulTorers wero taken in all tha churches today. Tho general feeling is that tho disaster is mors serious in its re sults than the peoplo at first realized. Some thiriy well known citizens have addressed the lollowing communication to the News tonight*. "In view of tbo appalling calamity which has Jen upon Gtlraton end her people, and the peat destitution resulting tram this unpriced: i inted disaster, wc, the undersigned citizens, con- tilbntors end In no manner participants lu this i mat bounty, do most doep???y deploic the uuloc- unat* ttlfgiams that have been sent, uninten tionally underestimating the gravity ol our situa tion, and checking the greet current of chsrttahlo contributions, prompted by the generous bouts of Galveston's friends," Tho Knights of Fythiaa and tha Odd Fal lows will issue appeals for- aid to thoir brethren throughout tha oouutry. By direc tion of Jay Gould the Missouri Paelfio system sent $3,000 for the sufferers. rnammo to. wAiming. A Problem In Which th* Planter, Mortgage, Negro and Mule Figure, From the Selma Times. Strictly specking, planting Is somothlng akin to firming, thsngh there Is In some Instances * very wide difference. A man may plant upon a much larger scale than he can farm. It la better, how ever, to plant by the square aero than to plant by the iquuo mile. . Planting merely consists ot about four con stituent elements, i. e., yourself, a negro, a mnlo and a mortgage. Wltb these constituent eloments one can start upon a very respectable planting expedition up Salt river. First you call a formal mooting ol your constitu ent elements. Hr. Mortgage takes the chair and calls tha meeting to order. You take tha floor while negro and mnl* aro tho andJcaoe. Yon argue the subject elaborately, negro bob! his head, mule flops hla ears and swltchee his tail by way of mule-Uke Incredulity and wrong headed- ness. The mule Is a mugwump? Mortgage mikes a minute of tbe proceedings. You grow eloquent, perbsps sublime. Negro hots hie bead, mnlt gives an occasional flop olears and relapses lntoa brown study. He can???tste It. Tou finally lay your motion before tbe house and Chatman Mortgage, alter taking an accurate mhmte of tha proceedings, puts the motion te tho bouse. Negro votes affirmatively. Mule gives bis tong eera such a flop as emphasize his nega tive of tho wholo business. But It Is la vatu Hula te to tha minor! ty, (mules are usually In Iht minority). Yourself and Mr. Negro can out vote Mr. Mule. Your motion te carried and your meeting stands adjourned te meet tgalu In s fl/ty acre field upon a certain day. You ail meet according te adjournment, cud you tddreu the meeting again. Very strong ???ntl-gnsa resolution* .ere adopted. Mortgage make* a minute ol all tho proceedings. Yonr g cctlng then adjourns, and ft would lie well If were to adjourn alnedle, It adjourns, however, untUOctoherorNoveabsr. _ By the Mcrelng ol Divine Providence It. may befn the chapter olposribimies that something will grow into* field besides gnun. It may o* that the fence will keep th* woods out end that lha llghtalng will extern lasts the tram awl you may realise something In sero-i, built will hardly be In the chapter olpomlblllllesfor yon to make U Ghrirm??nliott*a*e calls a meeting In October or November end hie some difficulty.to gettings lull attendance. Perhaps he has to have the aid ol a therlfl or a constable to get e loll attendance, iy crook he gets that ml In meeting a lull _ imp; and then you a committee ol the whole upon the state of tho country end tbo state ol tho finances. Mato tools ItVOi ' . mlnnic of then you .11 go Into IMnfiuaJHI fTHrivTnrgr^MkipStYer.an^oiUookJ rivcrt. while Mr. Jtortgtso his tho floor anil chair and deals out theafoquenoa. and mull artzll In the minority w, end very largely lutb* minority. Mr. Mort is mounts that pensive. Hop and mnl* that nt so reluctantly Into Uts wholo butlntssand Its oil. Th* negro goes Ms way while lelt a good deal Inrther In the minority Moral: Never make a mortgage for th of making a crop- This may he, plan) conEtl In 'turning the largcit possfbl* amount ol toatctence. Varieties, The big lent ha* gone np, bat Bwifl???s Spe cific remaica the asms, ana is being sent oat : large quantities ail over the country. General Fill Hugh Lao has been.elected governor of Virginia, and ever slnn the salts oi 8.8. B. have increased in the old dominion twenty per cent. In order Urni yon may know when the clipces take place, and when to look for rein g(xt year, call on your druggist and gat one of Grier???s almanacs for 1889. ThoBwift* Specific company have distributed n million of them. It you sre suffering with tny kind of blood skin disease, lend bra treatise on Ursa* diseases mailed fire* to toy on# by tho Swift Specific company. Address Drawer 3, Atlan ta,Ga. Swift???s Specific Is new sold In dry terms* wells* liquid. Th* dry can easily bt proper- ed at home, and can be used without spirits it desired. Frio* fifty cents per peeksg*. Sent by mail on receipt of price. Some ot the most wonderful cures have been made by using th* rtmtdy without any spirit* at alL BREAD AND MEAT. rtzu and Otortia Ohowi ta?? Highest iTiriftof Cotton Trodnotlon-Tho Hats o* Ylsld by state* -Iho Wheat and In Condition Noted- Barley, Oatatand other Grope. WismxoTox, November 19.???The report of tbe department of agriculture ttys the cotton returne of November are local estimates of tho yield per acre. They aro somewhat higher then those of the last two years, bnt materially lower than those of 1889 and 1882. The increase over tho yield of last year it most marked in Texts and Georgia. In Ar kansas end Tennessee, where the average yield it usually high, the rate it depressed by the unfavorable conditions of Auguet and geptember. Tha rate ol yield by itatte is as follows I Virginia, pounds per acre..., North Carolina.... South Carolina??? Georgia.............. Florida..... Alabama MlMlatlppi. Louisiana... MM* CM.14J tZ7.!^.\Z\\ZZZ:Zm To xas Aikaniaa........ Tevncstec EEEiEEEl and killing iroata art only reported northern border of tho cotton bolt. Tho top crop U very light, and in many places searcely appreciable In quantity. The drouth daring tho early fruiting period caused the shedding or ibriveling of bolls, and reduced the yield in North Carolina end Booth Carolina and parts oi Texaa. In a large portion of the gulf eoast, the area eait of Texas, as excess of rain and destructive storms, which proved almost equally injuiioua. The injury by caterpillar and boll werm has been severe in central Ala bama, in parti of Toxaa, Louisiana and Mis sissippi, and in a few counties in Georgia. J small lost from insect! is reported except in the (tales bordering on tho gulf eoast. Tho past month haa bean generally favorable for S icking, which ie woll advanced, more than >ree fourths of the crop having been gather ed. Tbe rains hava interfered with harvesting more in Georgia and Alabama than eltewhore. With good weather hereafter the proportion to bo gathered in December will be confined to the localitlca favored with a top crop worth harvesting. tni coax caor, crop of corn it 1 e of yield since series of six full crops oi 38 to 28 buthelt per acre. The preient erop, grown on an area of tsvenfy-threo to seventy-four mil lion acres, is slightly above the average for a K riod of fen years, or it'A bushels per sere. o highest rate ol yield Is 39 bushels in Nebraska and Ohio. Tho threo corn growing states, which produce four-tenthi of tho entire crop, Illinois, Iowa and Misaonri, eacn aver age several bushels per acre lass than In the ear. I"??? ??? - *' *-??? *??? **' ?????? .:rigcs nnd Colorado 35; New Hampahlro and Bhods Island 34; Michigan, 33; Wisconsin, 32; Kan sas, 31. The southern etatee make an averagr yield. Tho quality of corn is very good in tni east and south, medium in theoenlral parte oi the west, end somewhat depreciated in the northern border from Michigan to Dakota. The potato crop fa emallor than that of 1884, in consequence of tho injury from rot, which bee reduced the New York crop nearly one- third. There It much complaint ot rot in Wisconsin nnd Iowa, and in some counties in Michigan, Illinois and Minnesota. of I??t ys buckwheat crop will bo largo. Tho fold will oxcecd ' ??? * ' ' ausLLia graxa __ _ The president today appointed Don Carlos Buell to be pension agent at Louisville, Ky. He Is the noted nnlon general of tha late war, who organised and fora long Umocommanded the army oi Ohio. Since tha war ha haa been engaged in holiness in ICentuoky. He Ii a men of great ability and thoroughly oompe* tint to fill the petition to which he has been appointed. Hia appointment, it li said, will lve universal satisfaction to hia old comradsi i arms. AsiHociiT zrroigTso. The president thie elternoon appointed Horn Levered Saltaiutali collector of customs at Beaton, in piece of Boland Worthington, re moved. Mr. Ssltonstell Ie a graduate of Har vard University, andalawyey by profession but for some year* has not been in active S ractice. He hae been a democrat lines ie disruption ol tho whig parly, and for many yeara his boen an aetlva and influential member of tho party In bis slate, repeatedly representing U In democretio national convention!. In 1878 he wee one of Tilden???a most trusted advisors, and his speech in that campaign waa circula ted by the democratic national oommitteo. When the contest in Florida arose alter the election, he wae selected as ouo of tha visiting statesmen to protect Tilden???a In terests in that state- In 1889 and in tbo Jest campaign ba mads many speeches for tbo democratic candidate!. In the recent eontost in Msfiechuseite he was a delegate to tho democretio convention, and urged the nomina tion oi Frinca lor governor, lie wae Indorsed for the ceJleclorahlp by Secretary Endtcott, Mr. Frinca and othar leading democrats in the ???tat*. BnltonitaH recently declined the eivil service commteeicsenhip, tendered him by President Cleveland. claim to coxa. In reference to Secretary Whitney'i order, lending the Ttnneisee end the Gelena to the ???thmui ol ranami, the Star says it la Inferred that he te anxious to prevent an ontbraak sim ilar to that o! last spring, which will endan ger the isthmus transit,rendering this govern ment liable for damage, and quotas a naval officer aa saying: ???We haven't ro- eaivad a bill for the burning of Aapinwall, >ut it will bo along this . winter, and there will be quite a howl raised. Bam- age* to tho extent of a good many million dol lars wero caused by the burning of Aapinwall, and it looks vary much at lithe government would bo compelled te foot tho bill. Wo guar anteed to keep the transit open. Colombia couldn???t do it, and in tha evantofite failure the responsibility ratted on our shoulders. W* opened the transit, but bciort that was don* Aapinwall was burned and millions oi dollars of property was destroyed. The people who suffered will expect remuneration, nod as scend a bill to us.??? fiUPBL 1. TILDES ZPrOIXTID. The president today appointed Bnmnal J. Tildon, jr., to bo collector of Internal rovanne for tha fifteenth district of New York, vio* Jtmea L. Smart, suspended. Tildta la a son of tho late Henry. A Tilden, and n nsphsw ol Samual J. Tilden, after whom ha is named. Ha Is a rtaidaniof Lebanon, Columbia connty, Now York, when ha has boon engaged In business ior a number of years. Ho hat al ways takta an active Interest ia polities, but bis invariably declined to sccopt public office. Ho was chairman ot tha Columbia county demoeratic.' committee in 1881, and ' one* served us member oi Governor Cleveland???* ???laff. Hen. Daniel W. Lewis, formerly ol Fririax county, Va., and a member of the legislature of that slate, died in tbte city today, aged 79. Mr. Lewis is said to have been the only mem ber of tho Virginia legislature of 1899 who voted for the fourteenth amendment. hics* oaiin oxa oaxT. Tho jury In tho case of Bov. Dr. Hicks, spiritual adviser of the assassin Gnitsan, against tha Evaaing Star company for $35,999 damagtt for alleged libtl in las publication of n statement that Hicks had negotiated for the transfer of Gniltau???s bonce to a medical mus eum ter $1,9*0, raadared a verdict today for tho plaintiff of on* cant damages. Hut vest???s Const ft ufton viU te tUUen pages ???four pages of wMsAwfB is our premiun lilt. Don't failto get it. Jfttifivio want extra copia of our prtmium lit! will do rtll to ttnd in Heir trderi promptly. THK MDOBMELP LYNOHERS. Zboy Are Arraigned tor tbe Mordor of Culbraatb. Edqzfizld, S. C., November 13.???[Speelal.j The Culbreath lynchers were ail arraignetf today, but ware granted until Wedneeday to plead. til STORY OF TUI cants. On September 14 lest, W. H. Hammond waa found dead by violanco in the yard of Mrs. Fansy Prescott Culbreath. It b laid that Hammond had been invited by Memphis Culbreath and hit wife Fenny to pass the night at Hammond???s mother???s house to pro tect the family. Seven days later O. T. Culbreath waa killed by masked men. He was attacked in tbe office ol Meesre. Gary A Evans, his legal advisers, who wore then preparing an application for bail, he having been arretted as the supposed murder er of Hammond. Ho was dragged out Into the woods and left apparently dead, but he had strength enough to return toward* the office of hie lawyers. On his way he met friends, it Ie ield, mho were seeking him. He made etete- menU to them which, it ii supposed, will como out in the -testimony. When found ho mi mortally injured, but before ba died ho told hit friends, it is said, that he had Identi fied certain of his assailants. Among those he iccusod ere somo of the most res poo table men in the county, including the elate senator. They wero arrested, but ten of them wero ad mitted to bail about a week ago for the purpoee of conferring with counsel. The application for bail aa to tho other twonty-three was re fused, and thay ar* in the oounty jetl, though not confined to cells. Tie INDICTBD riSTIXS. Such ia the cose on which tho anlhorltiea have worked lor more than a month. A bill . Holmes, r gainst William Parkman, Wy: W. Jasper Talbert, Wm. L. McDaniel, Bich ard S. Koy, Edward M. Bussey, Wm. F. Elam, Oscar O. Burnett, Wm. C. Freacott, Luther G. Bell, D. A. Boll, Jr., Fatrick H. Bussey, Dempsey C. Bussey, Louie H. Prescott, George W. Vance, Beuben J. -Johnson, Newton Johnson, Eliaa Devered, Stephen Hammond, J. E. Holmes. Olllo Holmes, E. M. Holmes, Aleek B. Holmes, W. H. Thurmond, Biohsrd Ham* mond, Morgan Dorn, Elbert Dorn, J. Collier Hammond, Joeeph L. Wilson, Arthur McDanlol, Wyatt H. Stiller. John Crollon, Memphis F. Culbraatb. Tha indict* manta are for tha murder of Oliver Towles Cul breath, who waa supposed to have beta mur dered by tbe mob. Before tbe charge ot tho tudge, tho eolioitor for thie circuit called tho attention of tbe court to the leet that one ot the grand jury, who were empannelted months before the homioide, ws* a witness. Tbo court told the juror that ha must not sit while thie case wee before the grand jury, but must leave the panel and set liko any otbor witness. Tbajodga then explained fully to tbe grand jury the law in relation to mnrder, malice, olthcr expressod or implied, accoiso* riee before the tact, dying declaration of tho deceased, and other matters bearing upon tbs indictment. craws ixcirant or ??x Cits. A Jsrgo number of witnesses were sworn, among them two lawyers who wero upon tho record ts attorneys for tho prosecution. They sre the solicitor of the circuit tnd the attorney general of the state, who came from Charles ton te assist the solicitor. Tho state te represented by Solieltor B. G. Bon ham tnd by hie brother, M. L??Bonham, Jr., the former being dbabled by a bronchial at tack; Attorney General C. B. Miles and Messrs. Cary A Evans, tha latter aeting In behalf of tho brother of the deceased. The following attorneys appear for tho defenaa; J.L. Addison, Baited Btatoa Senator M. O. Butler, Major W. F. Gary, of Augusta) Lieutenant-Governor JohnC. Shoppard, Or lando Shoppsrd, S, McGowan Simpkins, and A- S. Tompkins. There are many remarkable features in the esse. One of tbo prisoners te the eon of tbe deceased. Tho widow of the deceased made tn affidavit that her late husband had treated her with greet erueity. The brother of tbo deceased ehdeavored to administer upon the estate against the wish of the widow, and the Judge orpiBttet* granted letters of administra tion to the widow, whohea publicly, doclintd to aceopt her portion ot tho estate. Again, it hes Icon stated in the preee that W. ITT Ham mond, who was secretly killed on September 14, and forwboso supposed murder Culbreslh wae said to hava been lynebed, was engaged te be married to Culbreeth???s daughter. TUB'S DO NOFUKBOOB WOOD, Article! In Our Larders Stmt Savages Think An not Fit to : Not a few articles of food that era popular among civilised peoples, some of them being even regarded as greet dainties, aro rejected by many savage tribes u utterly unfit te be eaten. Some preparations of food, too, that wa enjoy are not relished by uncivilized people, beosnt in their experience they hare met with nothing Uko them. The natives of New Quince, for Instance, cook n few cereals In their own fashion, bnt they made very wry feces when they attempted to cat some fresh baked biscuits that tha missionaries gave them. They finally wrapped Ibcfr btecuite up In paper, intending te keep them as curiosities. On soma ol tbe Islands of the .Malay Archipelago there are hundreds of natives whose only Industry fa to collect tho edible birds??? neste tbit are a teemed a great dainty by IbaChlnese. Thay wouldn???t dream of eating them themselves, end they tklnk the Chic etc must be very peculiar people to us* that >0 Tha Uqutmaux near Littleton (aland one* dte covered a supply of bread and salt pork that Dr. Carriages BUGGIES Phaetons ROAD CARTS Harness. TIDE HOST COMPLETE LINE IN THE SOUTH. THE CELEBRATED YORKVTLLE ROAD OART 9 T3I XA8H8Z BIDING IWO-WHML VBHIOLB KADI, Wtefo^^g. Catalogue and MB w . r, CHURCH.' . gux^wYjy * Vuauoanm and ! MARLIN MAOAZSIKT??j HIFIiE -13oflS!t In ???HT-to?? World ior larje o -small fimw'-mcile lni*r itdlhrt, ??0 grains powder;38calJ x - . W& T iIn*.*4t , cal,C!)??uain??i<& cal. ????) tr.d F??> grains, Tho strongest ibocUngrliH SDMofi, Perfect uciitmc/ Karjjwtml anti tha only ucatfuiciy Sflfo rlQo tiude, All lUrlca*' .j? *11 sins, all weights. Prices redncetl, to A T-T- A to to Knortln* rnd Tarect RIRra, worid renowned. The standard for DAJLlIlAAili/ target ahootW. hunting, ana shoctlug galleries. All callbrea from ??to ?? Mads lo fourteen differ- * ' - IW,W DA Send tot t TWO HUNDRED BUCKS, THBYLBSVB NORTH CAROLINA TO GO TO HOMI8 IN THU WfiST, tha Dstot a ass of Blask run, Bspraununt Too Hundred **rar Baal ??? Dasatss on rasir War to **kaniaa~Zandar-B??a*isd Funn ier iasnta xsui men, in. Wednesday, Charley Walker, traveling pusenger egentofthe Western and Atlantia railroad, tele graphed the following from Gtiracy???s, Bourn Caroline, to Tax CoitsrnuTiie: We will arrive with a party of two hundred negroes from North Carolina, fn special can, en route west. Captain Williams remained In Atlanta for the purposo ol making ell arrangements to receive them-noon their arrival. This ha did In the most complete manner, leaving notnlng overlooked. Be pur- chased a conpl* of hundred loaves of broad and a hundred end fifty pounds of fresh pork end ar ranged every detail for tux comm mar. When the Alr-Llns pcaacngcr train pulled fhto the depot last night, the ncgroca wet* found on board, occupying two ooachea, white a baggage car la the rear was packed with their baggage. Captain Williams invited tho entire party te tbe railroad office on Wall street. Looking at tbo crowd at they drew their rations upon the call of the roll. It was aeon that without an exception the genuine negroippctrtd In every member of tho parly te lu follaat extent. All of them war* black; some more so than r had never si 1 from their vircdaiiipplyolbrin: ana bt:lcat-hid. amltu I . n't at the while man's expense, salt pork and did not Isava a noiHMpiM su probably tha lint cksnco thay had enr had te [ary the monotonyot thatrmeatdlct. They nib* Med tn* breed a little, promptly pronpuuoqd It a kllurc and told Dr, Kano eltonrard that thsr HI woUldlsuoffnHB maux generally disllko all tho preparations o: niatablM that the explorers bring among them, They think it m a perverted appetltothit crave* any thing but meat. . _ A tribe living not ter from Fort Moresby, Now Guinea, that think boiled snaktc cm to be pre ferred to rout pti, draw ibo finest suisr. Wnen tbcyaaw Dr, Cbaimarn thoir first white visitor, ^^^mu$touxtotommXtouXuIous. and so ba I tho crowd wbit'hortbfo etuff*ft wu. and they were utlifitd to taka bla word for U without try* L^ukaauaauUteaa think eras arc wholly unfit [fowls that sro very much TTTWurTJWICTfflnroTnetlmci chicken* arc almost their sole animal food, hat they never dreamed Kfi^lXSSlSgVtSi larc Mil that among NJino of the Pacific Islanders hcna???eggi aro eared to Mil to ihlf*, bnt are never eeten by the natim. Un& IrTSTOhM^Wbi maBBssnisaEsR s o:r: of GadotheroSmodlBSIannauSeSonlywhen [ giswtcRfMUdmpurtetar* found fa acme [almost tutclesa thing*., Thcwlld fruit*of tropi cal rtgteDsart generally Ur Inferior fn quality and abondaaee to ttoea of tbo tempera}* eoof. pS Into thair etemacSe ISS&SpsS of commerce la th* one artld* In thanoturaof food that they arc all glad to get. Earth atrongly ithrocgh savag* lands. | MPietvm of Dill Arp, Uncle Demur, Dr. Tot. ImaytandBtUyHamilton mill appear inour fear payepremium lilt. Out nect nut. their origin. Their colors . full- bloods, end belonging to the clan to bs feuni In tha Mckwooda on the larmc am In tha floldc. Probably ?????? ??? - a rm had ever been lore, tnd many had they were headed Iron among them. riTtexmetian'd'Srtad - to one, ??? Ulrica toaballderen ol them at the same time, turning them that they win rxanciLT safe, and that ho wu going te stay with them through thick and thlnfl Tux CoxsrrrrmoH uked him n he had any trouble in handling the party while on tho road, 1/ ???No,??? said he, ???Dub,Latimer and mysolf found them cully managed. In foci, wo hail no Iroubto with them at all. You see wo novor have any trouble with theso people, Alter they Icavo they huddlo together like sheep and you co 1040 one 0! them if you were to try. They from the backwoods and arc u Ignorant u 1 Held stump. They tears homo not knowlog where they sro going to and not caring much.??? ??????where will you take them!' 7 ???'Rtralght te Memphis. Thero wc will bo mot by tbo men who engtoed ns to gel them np. Somo of them will ba token down the Mlsilulppt riser on a boat and Unocd on the Arkansu shore, whsro they will be divided up fn squads and marched ofTto farm* along tha lino of ihe river, when they will bepnt lo work, while others will bo taken to Little Book and put te work on farms ta,, How < do??joa get thru handa upf ???la this way, yon sec a half doiet or to of . tha farmen c that section who want handa get together, an: find out how many they need. Than they get !i confenneo wltb umo of u>, tnd wc go to work end. collect them np. The formers who want lium pnt UP tho taro for the trip. Tho faro on this branch amounts te $3,530. When a hand goes te work ha sfgno a contract 1 employer to pay back tho price ol the rblcn money is aednotsd from his wages.??? t class ot colored people la most pro- ???'Common farm bands. Families arc generally irefsrsbls, u wben thay gat together they era "able to scatter, and turn but uflsfled teas liable to scatter, when Uuy get located." and team but Neilhcn Kxeonlona to th* Bonth, He print tho following letter with pleasure. Thero It nothing that can do more good In a sociable! political and material way te both sections than extended fntcrcoune between tha people ol the north and south. The ozcnralon to which oar correspondent alludes Is atrudy Iliad, and others wlllb* arranged to cover the entire north end west doring^lho^wInjM, and thousands of northern There te now a largo party lo urocnoiboro, keep its readers advised promptly on the dales and details of all th* excursion*: an gxcuutox or rASKia*. Buxmuia, lows., November 2, W,.-Eoiroes Coximtmom I notice in your weekly issue ol October 27, a meuurt act on foot, and on* that must ba rtgudsd with favor, ft to under tbo above caption. By which I understand that Dr. Estabrook wu to start tha following waokto the state ot Ohio, with* purpose, u stated, to In- dneo u many farmers ami mcciisulcs u I10 ctn to maktanoxcunton to Atlanta, and sco for them- selves tho many advantagu the Matt of Georgia pennies over many other statu. In my ??Wf??d"^3 , S???.| , Sa heniltto tomanywho perhaps hava nsvsrbun outoidethe limits of thslr own county or state, In tha nolle* referred toft doe* not Mate any particular time irtunfty to sas that mnoh talked of country, Judge of Its many advantages. Qnltcannu- jf persons from low* ban located in different cert of action and general Invitation to dlfienn t ??t??tu th?? jHCunfopfrwa did^TOtpplntt wgj exceed ten thousand visitors. It my suggestions should Ibo regarded with favor and worth tho space la year valusbto 'paper, use thtm. Mora anon. ~ 8.0. Finasr. Glvfrg tho Conductor** Torn, From th* Charlotte Observer. Awcmtn.whoto snppoud fobeaman.tojnat now proving an elephant to tha Richmond and DenvtUe conductors. &#,ahcorit. Is wonderfully madcap, having a thick, impenetrable hexd cov ering, aad a colossal form, to wrapped in the folds ola shabby dreu and two or thru shawls. For tou of getting mixed up, wc will ttt* ft for grant- id Ibtt this myticriona lndlvidnaitouwoman splintery tone of votes and the inlnf???batthatoMdactet commenced klcklnguparumpus and was raisins a powerful sight of dost when the train polled cntsndahe wss lelt. Her game being about pissed on the pusenier trains, she will HOW doubtless give the freight men a spell. A Chance for capitalists. From the Providence Jonrnt). TheBclenfifio American contains a proposition fairly daullng with rosy promise. A New York engineer aaja that lor 919,009,099 a dam can ba bnllt lot ten miles across Mo straits of Bello laid that will turn Ihe Arctlo current away from one tout, make Nova Beotia u mild u Capo Mty, keep navigation on tne Ut. Lawrence open the year round, and trans form lliock Island and Capo Cod Into genial winter resorts. It lea good deal tor the money, and per haps Montreal, wblch dou not atop at ex pen sea In Its endeavor te entlco away Mo commerce of Now York, may bo persuaded to Invest In tbo ichems- Rometblnt ft wanting to the full persuasion of 1 United Slates. This philanthropic engineer to: M certain as ho would Ilka te os that I Ition ol the Arctic stream won" deflection of the Arctic etream wontd ??? *1 tern tha anil stream away from England, though hehopesit will. Ii now ho could be certain ol that, or it he conld bnild another wall aomewbero fn tha Wat Indies that would prtaervo the bene fits ot this entirely American current lotto own country, end the* drieeth* haughty Britan te India or Anitralla or tho Capo ol Good Uopo-tho spirit ot rcvcnty-itx to atill mighty, nnd tho stock lu this patriotic enterprise would bo taken up -TBE- Southern Evangelist, A FIRST-CLASH Weekly Religious Newspaper, CARRYING THE ONLY AUTHORIZED REPORT OF THE SEBM0HS, WORK AND -WWW- MEEiraGS Rev. Sam Jones, THE FAMOUS EVANGELIST, WILL Dt 1B6LKD IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ON December 5,1885, And regularly every Saturday thereafter, at $1,50 A YEAR, 80 Oents for Six Months. A Card From Mr- Jones, To My Friends.???The only au thorized and official report of my sermons and meetings," from this date, will be printed in The Sou.h* ern Evangelist, a religious newspa per to be started with ample capital and by good hands, In Atlanta, Ga., on December 5th, 1885. SAM JONES. SPECIAL. 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