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12 THE WEEKLY CONSTTrOTION ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY NOVEMBER 17,1885. GEORGIA NEWS. JKsjor LoBgstraat ??????til on ???*??!'???*????????? OcBtll-vsbla Ezelt??n#nt IB Olittm Oomty - 4 Oattfng affray N*arQ<maaa->soarafonlsta la Btae-Att??Bip<*4 aaioldf. SM. A to oh from 8nmtcr and Maoon counties visited SEUbtUI Tauniday night to meat a crowd from Bchlej county to |o to Americas to mob Black* yuan, the murderer of 8 J Tondee. On tbelr ar rival hero there waa no one to meet tbem, and they petted no ticca that tbay denounced aome parties bereaa cowards, bectutetbey would take HO | ait in irobblnc Blackman. No one here knows who the parties were. There waa about forty men in the crowd. They were very bolster* out and shot off their guns and pistols while kere. our people aro law abldlug and will lat the law take lutourso. A Summerville dir patch says that considerable Czdtcment la prevailing In the southern part of Chattooga county I over the discovery of some Valuable mlut-rato ou the farm of Mr. Thomas Major*, at Menlo. The atone lately found la thought to be very valnablc. It la said to be almost aa brilliant as a diamond. There is a very Hoe mineral spriugon Mr Majors' farm, lot which, St Is tsld, he has been offered by a company of At lanta druggists 91,000 per year, for a lease of ten years. Tho following quaint letter appears in the Oalui'clt Herald: "Some time mo I was arrested and Incarcerated In the common j*li lu this county on a trumped uoi/'arc* ol carrying concealed weapon a. Too Sate grand Jury failed to make a caie against me, and so Iw??aaetat liberty. ' * ??? Ire per, and . . nearly all the morning, a dispute arose about the game A light was the couso- nut me. 1 learn thai Jenkins in now going arouud tne country telling he whipped me. Now, the truth la, il anybody ant whipped It was Jenkiu*. I notice, too. that he said I begged. He was the first tossy "Enough! ' and J told Sheriff Cosby If h?? would turn us both out on the ground that ( trt ulrt wear the ground out with him If Jenkins thinks he has a * it, Just let him brio Americas Republican: Mr. and Mrs. J. If. Frost, ilvii k at Mains of Dura, alter a married Ufa of piaify twenty years, havn dissolved housekeeping togcihsr. Jt is sad that two hearts tnat have borne so much and so long together should agree to germ nit so late in life. The Gainesville Engle regrets to notlca that Ma Jor JohnJongitrcct, who bad I ho misfortune to break Ida leg in a game of baseball, last summer, la still on crutches It seems that the bones did not knit well, and that he will have what is called a false Joint betweep the knee and ankle. Should this be no ho will probably never have good use of Sits ler again. Eli Woodruff, of Droly county, has been miss* Ing cotton m m his cotton house for aome time, aud adopted a very novel way to catch the thief. Ho chined up ?? nmnier ol small scraps of paper, wrote bis m nn on rich piece and scattered them in Ms plic of cotton before retiring for the night. He got up next morning snd examined his cotton and found about half a bale gone, and immedi ately (or menrol Matching the neighborhood for bis cotton, lie was not long In locating his aato* gispb* in an old nrgto'a plleol seed cotton, whom be ifsd in tested and Jailed. Mns Klvlta Ivey, the Jt demon county murder* rsa, will l e ir ec again this week, and Jt wJJJ bo the n.ost impotent care of the session. Albany News; The Rev. J. W. Waddell, of this wihwwi u????wrcu mmvuu nuu AUinw. ou Ills way up, at.d attain on his way down. Just tofoiento train renebtd Atlanta aome miscreant throws rock Into tbo passenger coach. The missile went throng* a window just two seats behind the one tin which Mr. Waddell waa sitting. On hla re* torn, about midway betwren Macon and Atlanta another big rock waa hurled Into the train, and able one passed ihrousb a window and over the test immediately in front o! lib Waddell. Ho rays that either rock waa large enough to kill a m*n. Home workmen who have bean discharged lien* the road aie suspected of this fiendish work, snd it la to to hoped that the authoxlUi of the toad will ratch up with them. Mr. William Dooley died very suddenly, and In m a als gular cause, last Thursday, at hla home near the F.ojd line. Be waa eating peanuts, wtiu a i mall i article of a bull wm sucked Into Uefurgs, causfiga pi of use hemorrhage, under which ledlid v??rv soon. Be was slaty throe y* at* c/f age, was a vt ry well to do farmer, a mom* bet oMheBitbcdiit church, and poeat mj ret and good will of bis neighbors, lie leaves a large family of children. Br. Mat Harrell aud a negro named Ike Davis engaged In a terrible cutting affray en Wednesday evrnlog last, three miles from Qoltman. It la possible both may die. The negro had been a tenant of Harrell???s, aud the difficulty arose abaut a matrtrot business The trouble between Mr. Kartell, who la known to be an honest, qulat, fair man, and ltbo negro, who hastho reputation of being a quarrelsome character, la of long fund ing Mr. Hairell took the negro by the collar, when the negro commenced to open hla knife. Mr Harrell thru openrd hla knife and the catting mmmtneed. Mr. Ilsrsvll says he waa not to blame In the matter and only rograU taking hold Of the negro. Monday, Professor K. A. steed, who has boon quite 111 for several weeks with a carbuncle, which was local: d on bis nick.died at hla homo In Ath ena. Prcitsior steed waa the Latin teacher In Mrtrrr unlveistty, andwaia man of extraordin ary intellect. Sunday a tnau, apparently about 25 yean of ???go. accompanied by a very young girl, want to tbe best and West depot to Inquire the way to Pine Leg. * village In thst county, about fifteen miles above Carteret I lie. He and the girl soon left to* pethei on foot, the man saying he would walk part of the way nud hires conveyance to Uko them the lost of ti e distance. The girl said she was from llail n unty and was going to her uncle's, at Pine I.cg, whose name she gave as Woody. They are total stranger* here, and gave their names to no one. l ate yesterday afurnocu a man answering to the docrtptlon of this waa found dead tu the rout about ten mites from here. He had no marks of violence about bttn and it is supposed be was Allied by llrbtntng in yesterday's storm. Ha hai notycl been Identified, tor baa the gtrl'a wharea- bouu been dbcuvt ted. Thee: roner's inquest may develop sow. thing. F'ghtj excuntnuhts from Kctr York and the west reached Rome snd were met by the commit- fete appointed by the chsmber ol commerce. This motnlna the excursionist* arcompanied by a large numbe r H rltfarps, boarded the steamer John J. Rasy, and cnjoye l a pleasant trip dowa the Cocas. At noon an elegant repast war spread An address of welcome was delivered by D. B. Hamilton, and waa responded to by Mr. Wortham, of Ntw York, and others. The speeches wen eloquent and timely, and dltp'ayed a fraternal spirit of good will between the sections. Mr. William Home and Mr. J.Warrcn Ware were golrg to Washington they . undertook to cram Fishing creek on Ibe Washington and French Mill read, bnt when In the middle of the stream the hone aid boggy sank and have cot bate aeon since. It is supposed that both horse and boggy ate lost. Messrs House and Ware made a narrow escape from a sratcry grave The rain has been heavy their, aocrmpantsd by much thunder and lightning. Mo rnr Ions dam ages yet reported. Mr. w. L. Davidson, of Athens, was arrested last Monday eight on a warrentjpworn ont by Mt. Bayer, charging him with perjury. The facts about the case are, that Mr Davidson went over to WatkissriUt to procures license tt marry a young lady of Athens, and in getting the llecnie he stated to Ma ordinary that the girl waa over eighteen years of ???ge. The parents of the young Indy are opposed to the main*prof ibeir daughter silth Mr. David* yn, and has kent her lock?d up for *emal days to privet i her from seeing him. JlrPavldaaa b???? given bond in the tB a ol ??:u ??????Thniadny. Mr. Davidson was a splendid rope ya???kar, sad core fell sixty.seven feet from a tight rope with out being baejy hurt, and think* thst U lie ciu sfatd inch a high fall ibst he can g( tout of tbh trouble without mnen difficulty, It is said lit si love laughs at loclumithand it will probably be so In tbls case. P. W. Williams, of Mll'on county, married Mr Jim Morfaln's daughter, of Forsyth county, rather against the old man's will, and so be proceedel to Cummlng ard swore out a warrant against Wii- Bains for bigamy, allying that he bad a wife Ur ??? ing. Young Williams gave bond for bis appear- abet and proceeded to Ltwrencrvllls and procur ed aevi tilled copy of the records showing his divorce from wife No. 1. The la??t seen of the parties they were all going home together Union county waa visited Friday night last with a severe storm of rain, lightning aud thunder, the heaviest during the year. Mach damage has been dose to the crops on the water course All tbo mills In the county are more or lew damaged. The roads and bridges are all gone. John O Mathews, ol Hershman'a lake,is perhaps the beat shot with a gun In all that part of the country. Decently In one afternoon he brought down 48 single pertrldgee, on the wing,In 51 shots, klilltg the first 81 In aocceasiofl. Who can show a better record than this, 31 partrldgts ou tbo wing Id 31 shots? Tom Plant shot Rley Jones In the hip Saturday with a pistol. Plant made hla escape easily, Jones accused Piant of stealing a dollar from him. Jones la a lately discharged convict, and la a bad negro. He Is the same negro that held the mar* dial at bay with a pistol and waa sent to the chalngapg from Villa Rica for so doing. t W Jackson, the defaulting deputy postmaster of Americas, was arrested In Los Angelos, Csl, on the nth. He waa going under the name of Jack Jones. Mr. William Waller, of Patnam county, has a son fifteen yeara old. He measures six feet, four Inches, aud weighs about 175 pounds. He has grown during this year two and a half inches. If be continues thus, he will certainly be a giant lu fact The Americas Recorder says: It fa rumored on the streets that Charlio Black- man, who la In fiumter county Jail for the murder of young Tondee. Is threatened with death at the hands of a number of Bchley county people, who vie reported to be preparing to come over and fcrcibi) take him out and bang him. This Is simply s rumor, and whet truth there la In It we do not know???we hope none whatever Taa county and city authorities have prepared them- sHvts. we undtittond, and are determined noth ing of the kind shall occur. From now until Blackman la removed legally a half* dos-w armed men will be lit the Jail, tbo city police (orci has tocii doubled end the amerlcus Light Infsntr/ bsa been nottfltd to be lu readinrss for Imtnajf ate action. Should any attempt bo made to tike Blackman, we understand the fire alarm will h i sounded Wo hope the report la unfounded, an*l that our Scblty county friends have no thought of such a thli g, Tbo trustees ol Middle Georgia colloge, lu Jonesboro, met last Wednesday afternoon. Messrs, J J. Hanes, It. K. Morrow and D P. Fer guson tendered tbclr r.slgnatlona, and Messrs. J. B. [Crockett, J. W. Morrow and J. D. Lee waro elected to fill the vacs tide* caused by thefr rosfg nation. The board then elected Professor Ash more aa president for the ensuing year. Tno board will hold another meeting to hear from Professor Ashmore aa to hla acceptance Tno board appointed Messrs W. T Ktmsey, K M. Hla lock and J. H Hutcheson to solicit subscriptions to pay the indebtedness due ou the desks Klberton Gssette: A few years ago a considerable number of our citizens took tno ???Texas fever"??? sold our tbelr property and loft poor old Georgia to make tbelr home* and fortunes in the west. Homo of them had families, while others were young men. who no dout.t expected to find ea??y sailing and to make fortunes in a short tlino Alter one or two years'experience almost every one of them retumw ,and are now Mltsfied toipcail the M-malndcroi their days in old El Oort coun ty. Their experience seemed to satlsiy m??ny others who had a touch of tbls fever, but did uoi go. and now we rarely ever hear a man apeak of going west. The truth fa you can rarely fiud a country that will avarago up wttn;morc advents- ges than this Immediate aectton, and all that Is neresaary for a yonng man to succeed bore 1s to atari right and go ahead. It a young mau with good aense, industry and honest habits falls to succeed in life, he can almost luvarlabiy trace it to his.own fault. Newnsn Herald: It icema to n?? high time for the erection ???( the monument In memory of tbo oonfifimto dead. It baa been already too long delayed; and aa the contractor fa ao duitory, wean???* *???... ???. * ??M ???OfiOL moprialion from the county fui _ _ ??? _ We do not think there should be eny hesitancy on their part. The appropriation was room- mended by three successive grand Juries, an enabling act was pasted by the l*??ts- lalaturo and signed by the governor, and It oer- Inching the fiend. They toxk him from the sheriff and proceeded to ??? bridge on the Geor; Pacific road, bang him to one ot the beams sod rlr.died his body wltn bullets. Wbco thetralai pasted over the bridge the smokestacks struck the* dangling body out of the way. Now comes a carious after story. Sumps was married man, and a member of the church T be men facra of the church to which he belonged, notwithstanding the fact that he dead, lodged against him charges of immorality, and by proclamation from tbo church door, called him to appear In court for trial. The case went against Stamps by default, and hla name was duly expunged from the chnrchrolls. It la said that tbeiecretaiy fs much troubled as to how be abould address a notification of the action ol the chnrch to the rejected member. Hew. J* M Posey, of ^aylor county, killed, a few days ago, on the plantation ol Mrs. Pjron, a hawk which measured lour feet and six inches from tip to Up. The hawk had caught a turkiy weighing fifteen pounds and carried three hundred yards from the spot where It was caught Mrs Watson, living near Mableton, 91 yean old, is a niece, aud Mr. Jtiiie Nelms, near Smyrna, 70 years old, fa a grand nephew of the celebrated Datiii 1 Boone. Albany News: Tkobog Is a very Jealous animal E-pccialJy to this true of the town genus. L??* a corn.try hog come to town, end he Is fought, and fit* tr?? au d, and absolutely ostracised by his mor-r stuck up towu hlnsnM-n. Indeed, Uli brethren of the city will allow no such vulgar Invasion; th??y ??M ni it ** a slur on the family This deep seated roeutmi nt extends even to the ctnlae family, end wee to unto even the city dog that I v.ru les as a stranger Into the peaceful shades of the a vine fo'd. It la well known that the editor- fn*cb)ef of the News and Advertiser in fond ot the recreation which the bird hunt affords. Early yesterday morning, with gun In hand snd hla faithful dog by hla stde. he etaitc d lor those cosy retreats wuerc t-.ie met keyed quail nestles luoocentlv In the hiding placta among thegiaaaand weeda.jlleis too u reelf* lab to bout alone, ao he bethought himself to U alt at the- plantation of Mr. Boo Forrester aud find companionship for tbo hunt. In beating aooui he found LimaeJi and bra dog, before h* knew it, right lu the midst ol tho nwlue-fold. The pres elit e of the doc filled the wholo drnvo ol awlm with reaer t!ui maeueas. Their rage knew no bound*. An anger displayed Itself worthy ol the lest t Aorta ol John Blierman. Indeed it seemed aaifa blordy-vitrt tragedy was at hand, right here in the auony aoutu The faithful, but am* ut dec dry,was tills d with confuatou, aud to ik r* Inge In eliding around hla ma??ter, pleading for reason why It should hi ______ are sufficient funds In the Iteaaury. Thep??*oplo are Impatient to have this monument queut-iu disposed of, as other matters of public lopnu anre press upon us tr this day of activity aud do velopmtnt. We owe thla to ibe pastas a aacrod memory; the living present demands other works at < ur bands. Let us be up aud doing. W. B. Roberto, praidentof tho Bank of Augusta, and the chief actor In the various trials an 1 ap peals which have made hla case celebrated, Is now in retirement at hla home there,waiting the result of hla appeal to the United States supremo court, which has been advanced to Monday next This hearing Is three yeara earlier than Robortsexpect ed and hoped for, and It will decide whether he shall remain at home and bo tried for embezste- ment or go to New York and be tried for grand larceny, Last Wednesday, near Byron. Mr Barker was shot and painfully wounded by hla brotheHu* law, Mr. Rigsby. Thetwogentlemen have not bceaon frlcudlv terms for several months pari, and yeiterdt? Rigsby called to see hla mother who waa sick at Barker's house. Whl'.o thero a quarrel arose betweeu himself and Oirker, aud Barker ordered Rigsby to lcavo his house. A difficulty In the front yard ensu<Hl, during which Rigsby drew his pistol and fired at Dtrkir. The bullet struck linker In the leftside and pared just underneath the skin entirely across tho ab domen, Tho wound is painful, but not d*nger?? Tho recent rains did considerable damage to the farmsaswellaa tbo brldg-a In Lumpkin county. The bridge across Chcslatce river at tho Calhoun gold mine was swept away and tho main spun be lts strongly bolted together lodged against the dredging boat cf the Georgia river mining com- pany.whlch waa anchored about half a mil j below and sunk the boat with all Iba machinery on her. More or less damage wu done to mills all over thla section. Mbs Fanr.lt Tharp, a young lady living near Van Yalkrnburg???s mills, made an attempt to com- n It suicide a taw days ago by taking one ounce o! laudanum, and would have succeeded but for the prompt ramtdlra given by Dr. Yau Yalkenburg, the fa sow doing well, but says she will succeed. Bits Lavlnla Lawrence, a highly respectable maids n lady, of Savannah, died at bar residence, Habersham and York streets The deceased waa abootaeventy five years ot age. and waa well known among the older families of Savannah. For a long time she has lived at her Uatorsham street residence attended by faithful i civil to. Until two daya before her death, aha enjoyed very goad health. Bbe was sick only a few hours and died of congestion of the lunga. She was a sister of Dr. Lawrence, who died in Sa vannah several yean ego. Her father, James T. Lewreooe, wa*a its tire of Ireland, ??nd*it U said, was nt one Ume city treasurer. Mbs Lawrence leaves considerable progeny, worth perhaps 949,000. She has no near relatives, and it la believed that she has Uquiatbcd much oi her estate to her ser vants. Fstimetea of surveys for the extension ot the Oolumbcs and Rome railroad from orc-mvltic to Falrbuic, or Tuckett'a station, have been cam* picted. The route to Faubura will cost 9417,951, ??cd the on# to Foclitt's station will east 9JM.hl It will be remembered that ou the 1st of au<u??t last Douglsavuie was atartttd by the report that Mbs Abercrombie, a fourteen year-old white girl, had been seduced by Peter Sumps, a colored man. The story was diatusttoe id tu details and ahccked the community When to this was e toed the report that the gtrl had die! from p Hsou al* mlxbttied by Sumps, the people were Ireeiird with my. A mob wu hastily organiasd for the pirpoje ol the a??tor,i??rod hunter and hit dog. 1 with the fury ot wild beast*, aud it was only by r-ne quick end tremtudous leap, such aa uo aero* Lat iti Hell???s circus nred ever attempt, tato a horse 'reutsh bard by. that the ooporeityof theelitor inihffof the News and Advertiser was rescued from An Ignominious death. His as??octate heart ily coi gratufates the community upon this nar row *m*j (~m> that we all cun eat our thank<giv Ing turkey with hearth full of fay and praise. irwinton Appeal: Whllo in Gordon, a day or two sinc e, wc w^re shown by Mr. C. U. Uuoss something less than an acre of cotton that stir* passes anything wo have seen this year. The patch was partially shaded by peaebtreea, it being ???n cre-hard, and surrounded by oaka, aud the Mat d was sorry. Rut despite these drawbacks, he will | ether over 8(0 poundsof lint from that. Mr, Mcohs Informed us that he planted the patch la the I'?? criers cotton seed, and to tblsclrcumafanco was cue tho enormous yield. We noticed tno cot ion particularly, and tho difference between the improved cotton ared and tba old variety was Uoeprmnntnottote noticed. There are four characteristics that go to make a perfect cotton plant. lat. DroUflcnesa. 24. BJzc of roll. 3d. * Qundtv of fiber. 4th- Ei-je with which the picking la done. Toe cotton p resses each ot ttose characteristics. Tho p c grow* to a good Mat*, and spreads in limbi fr< _ bottom to t?? p. Each limb Is crownod with bolls so thick hh to cause almost every plant to break beneath the weight. 1 be holla are large, and hold live leek* of as white, soft and Alik like cotton m we ever tou'-hed which comes from the bolls with the chtc of tho Dickson cotton. Tho variety is ttebmtfAt we have ever seen, and doub'o the quantity can ho raised of that, with the same cul ture that ordluary cotton can. Mr. W, W Lej, an old and experienced farmer, aafd that he saw t orearon why two and threo bales could not no raised per acre, with good culture, and surely wc do not doubt it. Mr. Hooka haa a low bitshola ??l the tied that he will dispose of to those who went to try tho cotton. Telegrams received from Mr. Hipktns,now in Columbia,8 ,c..state that the diamond robbers,or at least three who aro supposed to be oodhacud with tho robbery, have been captnred add are row Jr* Jail In Columbia, 8. C. Mr. Hlpklnsiui been ??n pursuit ot the robbers ever *lnca it hap pened sheriff Weir, of Athena, left Wein-wday eveniug on the Geergla train with a re-infaltloi for them Tuesday a little boy about four yeara old, son ol Mr. U. P. Palmer, uear Cnmll a. camo to n pe culiarly sad death. Ho had been playing on a pile cf cotton seed, and It seems had rnado a hole in the pile of teed, lot i wnlch he crawled bead foremen t. Borne hours afterward he wSa found dead with his head and body buried In the seed. It la supposed that alter entering the excavation made In the teed be waa unablo to extricate himself aud waa suffices fed. This was Mr. Palmer's only sou. DoroLA8Vii.LR, November 13.-[Special ]???Pro hibition wi ut Into eflVct in this county yesterday. One of the barkeepers whose license haa expired, continues to wall liquor. The courts will take chsrgcol tho matter. Altera very exciting contest nancock county goes for prohibition by a majority ot 67. Pro hlbltlon waa dtested hero two years ago by a Urge majority. Drrrit county went against prohibition by a majority of Hi, the vote being 595 lor prohibition auo 1030 against it. Dr. ration ou Or. Bnygood. Wc are requested to publish the following com* municatlon from Hon. W. H Felton, addressed to the Macon Telegraph: Editor Tci.Fflaarit: When I read the unprin cipled, untruthful, unprovoked aud ungentle- manly attack on my character, which appeared Jr. the Macon Telegraph of Bundsy, the 8th, and credit'd to Rev. Attica* U llaygood. I Immedi ately Addrcfed a letter totbatgentlemau, asking ri tt'at Interview represented him properly, also rakfrg If he heard my speech lu Atlanta, which ) i- dinnunrcd so roughly, also askiug nis author ity >nr certain statements concerning my reputed (ni didscy???for I was deterred by only oua coasld??? fOHtli'D. from following bi?? example, anJ ad- dn*Mng him an argument ad ho>mucm. It I- Just to him and to tnyscii that the public ... -??? - ????? -- bour's colay ALL THROUGH DIXIE. Ik*Sappy Ending of Wbet Wee TBoafbt to bis Calamity ffser CbstUsoegt-A Sunday Low l ast com to eimtngaoa- Vba ertat ol Ur. Maliingtr Wot siardoi*, Sto. MiHissi ppi In the TJ B. court Friday the jury in the c ise the Ubitul States vs Denoia Scarborough, Clerk county, for cutting timb*r oo govera n.mt land, returned a verdict agaiast the do ft I da Lt for |50,000. Maryland. William E. Store ahot his wife Julia ani then himrclf, in their homo on Emory street, Hsl-im* re, Frit ay ??? They were takan to Mary land university hospital, where Mrs. Stone wss found to have been shot through the heart, from the effect of which she died in a short time. Store wes r hot in the face, but the wound it n<l nereaaariJy fatal. He left an incoherent litier addreseed to tbo public, in which ha S8ja tbet for twenty years he had live 1 ia * ell, b'caute of a doceitlul wife and mother in-law, but cow that his t no eldest daughters were to ing lad astray, and his home about to be broken up, he could stand it no loager and bad made up bis mind to put an end to his trouble. Kentucky, The Evening Times, of Louisville, contain ed the following novel editorial proposition Thursday evening: Viltl - re-fn??et! to monumeut to the ibirn lu tbo hour of defeat and sorest nee I, put ber baud In ber puree and contribute mouey to build a pile to the memory of tbu fccro, whoso borom contained a heart that felt for ber. The Timet wllljfresly rot-tribute to euch a fund. Let's hear from tne bey* who wore (be grey, aud if the thfog fa feaif hi#-, then let's take steps to sM it property on loot. Vi bat say you, Johnnie ilebs?" South Carolina, The (rial ol Dr. Dellinger, charged with kill ing Stcphany Ililey, colored, was contiaed in Char'eston. The prosecution examined eight witnesars, of whom fire were colorod, and the defense swore nine witnesses, in eluding the defendant, ell of whom wco white. At the clo?o of the testimony the do fensc f flered to submit the caso to tho jury without argument. This proposition was de clined by the prosecution., and ex-Gorornor Magreth addressed tho jury for tho deteosi. Friday the fury failed to egree, eleven being lor acquittal and one for manslaughter. A company haa been organized to buiil a nar row gauge railroad from Greenville to Johnstons, EPgeUeld county, with the intention ultimately of i xtending the line to Cnatlestou, or some other point on the 8outb Atlantic coast. Euougi nicety b*s been subscribed to grade tho line. Colonel 11. P. Hammett, of Greenville, waa elec ted piuideut. __________ Florida. a personal encounter took place in Orlandobe>?? twee n St. Clair Abrams, president of the Tropi cal Construction company, and J. A. Matheirs nianaging editor ol tho Dally News, which orig inated from a publication reflecting on Abrams' oiBnagejcentoi tbo construction company, and Fpselally bis failure to pay the Italian laborers foi grading tbo tavarcs, Atlantic and Gall rail road near Tavares. Abrams armed himself with a cow hide and a revolver, std Attempted to boricwbip Mathews, T he latter got the drop on Abrams and forced him to retreat. The folicc arretted both men. They gsre bond. The trial takes place tomorrow. Excitement m thigh. Sjmpathy is with tbo editor mostly Mr. J. 8. Tallis orgaulzlng a 8cotch family of 1,(10 families to settle Jn Florida, Texas. Monday night last llaues were discovered in the county treasurer???s office, in the court house of Leon county. The fire spread rapidly, consuming the entire building. Many valuable records, dating back thirty years, which ware burned, cannot be dupli cated. The county clerk???e safe contained large sums of money on deposit, which it is believed will be found Intact. The Are wss undoubtedly of Incendiary origin. Trace# ot i bon'd understand the reason o! a ???wh???ch 1 worded to htm thu??: 'Tor the a*ko o'f the (butch to which wc both belong l do not ac- opt a newopaptr slander as your own Mat oaten t, wit tout giving you mu opportunity to do ciajos (Ice,and to??avn yourself from w&ai that Inter- vfaw deserves. ??? No man, to* he prieat, potentate or Sister laud tgfnt.cau call me a liar initio or ouisldo tne public print*without hiarlug from me a* quickly a* poMitoe; tut 1 also recollected (a fart (bat waa overlooked by tho doctor, tn hts Interview wllh the Klbortou llctilUbt, that prCM-brra telougin* to the nano religious *' "* something tnthu dignity am! *hleli accosts tbelr pHred to meat his case Major Hanson very kindly oPtred *o print tha: article, which hut lor Dr. Dsyprc^???s disclaimer, would have readied you by ???latter ol supremo Indlffisreuco to tho paople ot Gttrgia.w* it ct-rtaloly Is to myself, whether hr!?? !n favor of a railroad commission for the state or ret??? whether he talks lor prohibition or votei ???gainst prohibition???whether he Is tin friend o! piople as rich as Slatsr- ho prefers 8i??ter'* money of the cnurch are a'de to ksep Usygoo-flHH I licet from Mribodism. I *hsU never laierfere. " (o my own pstrictism or Christianity, Ism ma*t rtilpabl#- the editor who printed the *ian??Ier ?? r the man vrbo mured It in private Respect* fully, ate h\ H. F&ltox. Ntsrcarfcravll'c Norember H. 1885 Tke ronstifufum Fremium List trill br out s*n ten day??. iWl buy from any other premium list until yoirre* The Constitution'a. Wait for the old reliable and if will be money in *our pursc. kcroserc have been found. Advices from Fannin l.._ the deli hereto murder ol Mra. 8 an ford, tbo wife of E. O. Sanford, a planter, by her son, Valentine Sanford, who la scarcely fourteen years old. The boy committed tbe deed during hie father's absence from home by firing five ihoti at hie mother with a Win chester riile, while the waa working in tha field. He afterwards assisted hit rather in starching for bis wife- Some neigh bora fou ad tbo woman's body on 8unday evening ani the boy then confessed the crime, eaying he had also intended to kill his fsthor, then fell the plantation and become a brigand. Louisiana Tbe board of pardon* of Now Orleans re fused, on Monday, tbe 9th, to interfere in tbo maUtrof the execution of Patrick Ford and John Murphy, sentenced to be hanged next Fr day lor the murdar of Captain A. H. Mur phy. Ford and Murphy, who were sentenced to be hanged Friday, were granted a respite for thirty daya by the governor. An interview with ex Reorder Thomas J, Ford, ol New Orleans, now in the paniteutia ry, was published last Thursday afternoon*, lu it be confesses that it was ho and not his brother, "Pat." Ford, that killed Police Cap ??? tain Murphy. Ho said* "I fired two shots be fore bo fell, and bo was not exactlv down alter tbo find two shots were tired. At I reached him, I fired the last shots, but how many I was so excited that I can't tell." The am ual meeting ol the Cotton Gin Manufac turer*???auooiAtlouoi America was held la New Orleans on Thursday last. Delegates were present from the leading manufacturers. Tne association decided to ahaudou the ruinous ere Jit system, which haa made the cotton gin bmiaevs so hazardous, ami luu resulted tn a positive loss to the manufacturer*. Tbe members ol the conven tion ur-anlmoualy agreed to make all sales of cotton glcs, feeders and condensers payable dur ing the naton. __________ Virginia. In the chapccry court of Richmond tha crimicnl bill ofHenry L. Palauss against tha Ruhmond Whig publishing company waa filed and the appointment of a receiver asked for. Judge Hulls Jay granted an injunction rcstrainiriT that corporation from further pub lication of the Richmond Whig, and appoiu eJ ( t i-T ?? (j. Clark receiver, witD a bondof$l0,- Ccu T! recoil ??? r ia ordered to continue tha pu*-??? . -f the paper and mans go the bulimia * f tbo equation. Clark has beau bus ir# is maLCfcr of the Whig for asveral years. PvIhusa'k bill amounts to nearly a thousand dollars for rent and printing m*te- Th* scaffold mod by the workmen repairing tbe hirst street market ia Richmond fell, pre cipitating two men to tha ground. William Ledford, aged 35, a painter, struck ou hit bead, snd died in a law minutes. Hit com panion waa only slightly hurt. * In the Vtiled States circuit court ou Fri day last, the grand jurv presented bills of in dictment for misapplying tha funds o! tha sut perdtd Exchange national bank against tbe following parties: John B. White need, president; George M. Bains, Jr., cathiar; Thomas A. Bain and R. T. K. Bain. Indict- tr.ent* for falew entry wera presented against Jrbc B Whitehead, George M, Bain, Jr., Or'asdo W indtor and C. E. Jankins. Tbe rate cf mortality in Richmond per annum U 25 per cint par 1.CC0 whites and 39 per cent par I.iu0 blacks. North Carolina. Mra. Wilkereon, a widow about f-wty vaara of ter. lived five rule* ot Greensboro with bar culy child, a youug man eighteen. The wid ow became infatuated with a young hire I mau tamed Alsopp,who worked fora neighbor, ??td strut to marry him, but her aoa bit- tcrly opposed the match. Ha declared be wculd leave home forever U tha marriage took piece. On Saturday the mother and ion had a bitter quarrel. On Sunday morning tbe neighbors found both mother and son dead ou the fl.ior, each with a bullet throagh the head. It i* not known who ahot the other, but it is eu; posed they agreed mutually to end their existence. Ti e state fair of the North Carolina indus trial association,colored,waa opened in Raleigh Tuesday by Gov. Alfred M. Sialos. He wsa introduced by John S. Leary, presidt srsocialion, and made an excellent speech in which he expressed great pleasure at tne extent of the display, which ia the Urgeyt ann beat yet made. Hon. Monttord Meuse, state commissioner of agriculture, afao spoke. Both speakers advised their bearora to ac quire land, and aseured them of the earnest sympathy and constant aid in ail ways of the white pecple of the entire state. The speeches were received with applause, aud tbe gov ernor was cheered as he left tbe groun Ja. Judge McKoy, of ibe sixth judicial district, died at bis home in Clinton at 8 o'clock Wed nesday morning. Henderson Beeves, of Raleigh, laid away what he thought waa a S1.CO0 confederate note during the war, tot when he Joked at it tbe other day it turned out to be a greenback. As tbe old man is pocr it fa a windfall. Tenneasee. A terrible calamity occurred on the Tennessee river, ebout thirty miks above Chattanooga, last Tntsdsy afternoon. Among the large G A. R excursion, which came from Clnctnuatl to this dty last Sunday, waa Captain M. A. McGuire, a prominent member of the George H. Thomas post No. 42. Tuesday moro* Irp, in company. with a friend, Captain McGuire went to Bell's landing on aduok hunt. They secured a negro noy to row their small boat, and started down the river. By aome means the boat was capsized, and all its occupants were precipitated Into the water. Beta< a splendid swimmer, Captain McGuire seized bis companion and bore him to tho shoie. Seeing tbe uerro boy struggling in the river, the brave man plnrgedin to rescue him. Hcjait managed to reach th# ooy, when overoomo with exhaustion, be snnk to rise no more, carrying wltn him the ut fortunate boy The bodies have trot biou recovered. Captain McGuire wars largo wholesale merchant of Cincinnati Iat(r- Captain A. M. McGuire turned up Wed nesday alive and well. 11. II. Hamilton, ol Chattanooga, committed suicide lest Thursday night. It fa reported on good authority that the Dayton Coal end Iron company have decided to erect an extensive steel plant at Dayton, and that the members of the company have sailed to this country to make arrangements for its erection. Riley Piles, tbe most noted moonshiner lu Tea pence, has been captured. Mr. Ltney England waa killed ia the recent cy clone near Hubbard Coro. Considerable damage was done to crops by the recent rainr. In Chattanooga three membars of a family named Morris, which had been receiving their water from a well uear the cotton factory, became vary 111, snd a day or tiro afterwards lour other members of tbo same family bocatne iti. Soon there were twenty people In that locality quite sick, and tbe manager of the mill soou became a victim. Toesday six more persons were down,and several, it is feared, cannot recover. Aa investi gation baa been commenced, aud lt 1a thought some mfacrcana have poured a quantity ol Rough on Rats Into the well. Fully forty persons have already been affected. John G. cole, a grocery merchant In Nashville has mysteriously disappeared. A young man named Little has mysteriously dlrappeared In Chattanooga. Alabama. The trial of E. P. Morrifetto, who cut Maj. Saol- grass, baa been concluded in Montgomery. Tho jnry :eturned a verdict of not guilty. The cate haa attracted a great deal of attention all over th?? state. E. B. WesUormerly a journslfato! Now Orlcam, haa been appointed special agent of the Louis ville and KashvUle railroad company, laud de partment, headquarters at Birmingham. Thla company sold today a hundred and fifty thousand acres of land lying between Decatur, Ala., and Blount Springs, to a Cincinnati syndicate for col onization purposes. The stockholders of the Memphis and Charles ton railroad have decided to fasne additional stcck, amounting to 92.225.0C0, to pay off cenain indebtedness, and build a Uue from tteventou, Ala., to Chattanooga, a. distance of forty mile a, News reached Montgomery that Mr Wimberly.a leading merchant at Greenville, forty-live miles south ol Montgomery, bag failed for about 910,0J0. He made assignment to A. fltcinhardt, and lt h thought the assets may possibly cover tho liabili ties. The short crop and poor collections are as signed is the reason lot thefallnre. Business manager Hayes, of the Dally Age, was tried by Mayor Lane last Monday under the new Sunday closing law for selling papers on Sunday, He wss fleed 95 for the work of the newsboys whom he had mado his agouti,to as to save them, but was discharged for selling at the office. The mayor held that the latter case did not come within tbe df finltion ot news dealer, which is the word used In tbe ordinance. Uajes appealed the newsboy case to the city court, woere it will oe tried aa soou as pcstlblo in Birmingham. Stewart, a merchant at Ireland, Monroe coanty, was assassinated Monday, abont dark. He was sitting In his store with two friends, when a con cealed enemy fired on him.' The gun was charg ed with buckshot. The anasiln fa unknown. In short interviews with pastors In charge of the lccal proteatant churches it 1s found that they are, to a man, highly pleased with tbe good work accomplished by tbe great Georgia revivalists, and they arc of tbe opinion that benefits to Bir- minsham will be In a great measure permanent. Tb<* First Methodist chnrch has already received POWDER Absolutely Pure. This Powder never vartea. A marvel of parity, strength and wholesomenus More eoonemloal than tbe ordinary klud, and cannot be sold In comnetltlon with the muttiltude of luw test short weight slum or pho??phat?? powders. Bold onto In ran*. Royal Baking Fqwuxs Co., ICO Well street, New York. fBI COTTON WABKHh. rtQNbTZTtmOJS UFFlCflt ATiawta. Novomber 14, IttB, THX wnot'l KXYXBW. New York???Although there wax oomlderable fluctuations In the cotton market this week, fu turca closed today only a few points above tho prices of a week ago. Bpots middling 9 5-iec. Local-Cotton closed quiet today Receipt! for tbe week amount to 9,389 biles, agilnst 13,152 bales last week, and at2inst 11,052 bales for the corres ponding week last year. mcmbcrebipol all the churches In Uirmiaghamli ttc result of the revival. Tiddy Meehan, a well known Irish peddler, was found dead Tuesday near Lt vingstou with hla head croatod and throat cut. Amos Washington, a colored associate ol the dead man, waa arrcited aud confessed the murder, the motive beiug rob bery. Blood waa found on hla face aud clothing. BtAHBIKD Iff OBOBQIA. Richmond Raleigh and Mrs Elisabeth Flem ming. Atlanta T. J. Corley and Miss Leonora P Weaver, Athens......Robert Dukes and Mrs. Mamie Lou McGnbrlck, Savannah Z. 8. Yarncl! and MiuLfazleBargent, Rome Dr. W. H. Reynold! and Mica May Willie, Lexington ...J. D Cr*w(or<l and M/ff M L. McDaniel, Harriscounty......G??rnett Arnold and Miss Katie Prim, Atlanta Sandford Gardner and Miss Pet McLawa, Augusts....A. B Mitcham and MUs Annie Curry, Hampton Dr. W. W. Bruce and Mini Minnie Mitchell, Thomas* vi'le. DIED IN GEORGIA. Mrs. Er, D. H. Howell, Atlanta Rppy W. Bend, Klberton.... Miss Levin La Lawrence, Sevan- Dab.. ...Mrs, c. A. Jones, Atlanta....MfasChuley Mack, Albany.~~.Mn. Mary Crowley, 8svaunah Mrs. F. A. Nobles. Columbus ProtesssrE. A. steed. Macon ...MlaaPanlineFarcas, Albany ~~ Mfas Della Barber, Worth coanty....8,U. Perkins. AtlanU~~ Mra. M. R. Tolbert, E??tontou....Di2k Sharp, Baldwin county J. W. L Smith, Monroe R. R. Clay, Marietta Charles F. Lynch, At lanta. She Con attention Ira North Carolina. From the Murphy, N. C, Bulletin. Atlanta's newspapers have been a potent (actor In her rapid strides toward growth anl prosperity, especially The Cossmunorr, which fa ably managed. and edi ted by a corps of genttsmen who areldeutlded wDbnsr every interest, and woo have spared ntiihtr time nor expense In advocating every- thing that would tend rebuild up and oeau:Dy the gate city. And ws arc alad to state that their dibits have been successful, tn both building ao roe city at d themselves a* well. They richly de serve 1L This great "newa'faoaper haa many readers and warm friends in this section, from whom we have never htard aught but praise of Tn* CeKsmrnox, all procoascing it ??? great NEW YORK,November 13???Tha following laths com paratlve cotton statement for the weet ending to-day: Net rcosipto at an Onited Btatea porto~~~~, 231.251 Same Ume last year 2I7.S72 Showing a decrease............sc,621 Total receipt*. imefasi _ >win*a Exports (or the {fame time last rear....- Showing a decrease Total exports to dawu. dame time last ye*r....??? Bhowlnn a decrease Stock at all United States i Showing an increase...... Stock at Liverpool...M~.. M ..., same time last vesir.....~M..~~.~. l _ Showing a decrease 6*),000 American cotton ail cat for GreatBrifala N . M 1W.0C8 Same time last year. 20 MX* dhowinga derm**#*.. 8,COO ISATUBDAT, XOYEMDIB14 New York???There was no material change In tba cotton market to*day. Futures opened easy bat closed firm. Bpoto, middling 9>ic. Net receipts to-day 34/ 55 balsa, against bain last year: exports 21,467 balsa; last year ???-talcii stock 761,170 bales; last year bales. Below we give the opsntng and doting quotation l if ootton futures in New York to-day: February 9CJ??....... !farch......~.... 0.680....... March w .....~~ 9.710 0.75 April ..mmmmm. 9.790 April..., 9.16* 9.87 Closed flrmt salsa95 9J0 bales. Local - Cotton steady at the following quo tations: Good middling 9 g l6o; middling 813 i6c; strict low middling 8 9-lfo; low mlddllne 8He: strict good ordinary 8Ko; good ordinary 7J4o; ordinary 7Xc; tinges 8Jic ______ TOW YORK, November to-Thi total nxibiainp* ply of ootton for tha world to 2.18J.GS2 bales, of which 1,962.832 bales ore American, oreinit 2,30X92 kales and 1,912,492 respectively last year. BeceJpti Of ootton at all tn tartar tawna 173.210 haler rwwfwfa boas plantations 268.H8 Groom sight 2,872.173. reOTISlVSN, DRAIN, MTV 1 trade to-day: wnxr, Highest. Ire***. Olstfrg rokx- 9 75 8 85 SK rent to-day: Bone*, plug, f65#CU0; good media fl2E0tl66ijood drawing 917609235; extra gooa drawing 125009800. if ales, good medium 11260 9150; extra medium 11500506; extra |T70.m23. CINCINNATI, November 14-Hogs active and firm: tewnsa aud light fg.OOOtt.95; packing and i tlfhfn 91.661*3 w K ^ BHaceiiaueona, IFlour~Best patent 9f.CO0ft.75; extra fancy 96.00 ^96.25; fancy f.s^0A|6./6; extra family *5.50; choice family fi5.GO05.2j; family 9190094.791 extra 94 2S09??.6O. Corn 8t Charles white Mo: Na 9 white (5c: No.2 white mixed 16i; No.f mixed 6Cc Coin Meal C6??670. bolted 65067c. (Ufa???Bust B toof 45048c; No. i mixed 4O042Hc- Hay???cholc motby, large Dales,!l.co choice timothy, i balea.fi CO; No. 1 large bales 90c: So L i lOOlSpO E; oKgovernmcnt Java 45c. Bt gara???Bfandard A Tkc; granulated 7}&- whits sstra O 7T'c, By nip???New Orleans cnolce 45c: prime 30O3SC: Tt-Hfr-Black 350(Oc green t506Oc. 'Morkeiwi???No. 1 U bbls ffc.69; No. 8 i bl f6 r0: U bbln 3.50; kits 60; pails 60055. Pott - 92.OG09S.OO ?? IOC cakes. Rice???5>^0ti*i Bull Meats???Clear rib aides 6%e, Buyer- cureo bans, largo average lie; amau do. 12><e Lard - Tlerots refined, 7>4o: choice leaf. 90914c. Lemons-93.00013 60 f box. Hone Shoes- 94.10: mule shoes 95.U0; horse shoe nails 12M02Oc Iron-bound bames 94.00. Trace-chains *0070. Ames' shovels 90.19, Spades 39X00113.oa Axe< 97.000910.00 0 doa- en. Cotton cards 93.00095.06 Well bucksfa 94.06. Cotton rope 16c. Swede Iron 5oj roued, or merchant bar, 2K nits* OMt-stssl 15c. Nalls 12.(5. GUdden barbed wire, calvonlsedi 7c V fa; Minted Cc. Powder???Rile 94.00; blasting 92.70. Bar-lead 7c; shot 91-35. Leathcr-G. D. 24 026c; P. D. 21024c; beat 25028c; wblteotk sole 0c: narreaa learoer 30038c; mack upper 950408, Ena???aC022J*e. Butter???ametiy choice jsmsy 2e0>Cc; strictly choice Isgnereat 120l9Of othss graces 10012c. Poultry ??? Young chickens 100 Tfc; hem 22K035c: occks20c. Sweet Potatoes ???odfltoc. Honey-Strained 9012sec: In the comb 19015c. DrleC.Frnlt???Rough dried peaches s: scaled peaches 6c: ranch dried an* Bank Btatement, N*w Toxx, November ..???The statement of the ???odated banks for tha last week shows the fol lowing changes: s 589.8V Specie dccrcaio...^^ 1.045 609 Lml tender lncrea*#.. X,vn$t* Depoala decrease ??? Oil 2 0 Circulation decrease... 41 0 9 ???nerve decrease...^, 1.0(2 530 Tha banks now hold 926.425,138 in sxosmof 25per Established In 197%) Largest Normal School la COMPLETE Including Uo? ??? _ jr largo Annual t foil information addrreg MILL ^asssoJife. |Julv7ilthprepooi wkvfm Every perron %cho tubreribe within the next ten day$ will receive our four page premium tut with next week???t paper.