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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION- ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY NOVEMBER 24 188:. —SIXTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN SCENES.
CHASINO THI WILD BOAR IK THM
MVBR SW»MP3,
Bern Things War. In SO. Loot ago on too O'ot'o
Vl.BUtlo.-Orlgln of too famous lolt lul
ot the Pint LtnCt-Or»aap» Oo*» Wiib
tb# Soya to Baat a Slack Be«.
By M. M Folsom.
ficrnetitnea—I may any very frequently
bog« would ftray off ioio tbo river ewamp
while young #&<1 go wild. Within tha ioa
penetrable iestnesaca of onr southern awatnps
they would increase and multiply to an alarm
ing extent, and the plantation atock would be
come thoroughly demoralized by them, and
they would get to be regular marauders, break
ing into the cornfields at night, then tearing
down corn and eating as much as they chose,
when they would betake themselrcs to the
f we nip again.
Early on a fine morning about the Aral
October, Grandpa Bolton came out on the piasa
and railed for Mentor. The old man waa aoon
on hand, and, feeling that there was some
new project on bend, 1 bung around to in
vestigate tbo matter.
“Mentor, come here end get a dram. We 1
have eomo rare sport today if Mage is
trim."
“Your bery good health, sab/' said the old
man as be ewallowed the generous bumper of
New England rum. “Ole Msje If all right,
boss; an* I bin thinkin' tome time dat ef yo'
wuz gwine to do any flag 'bout dem hogs yo'
beltsb task' 'site 'bout it, fo* de time ran off
mighty fis'.“
"Well, at soon as we get breakfast we'll go
down to the river and ice If we can jump any
o! 'em."
I pricked up my ears, for I knew that a wild
bog bunt waa up.
“Granpa, couldn't I help?" I asked, think*
ing that I would beaurer of gaining my paint
If I tendered my services.
“Help? Greet jewhilikinel What eould
you do with a wild barrow with his bristles
up?"
"1 don't know, sir, but I cou!<J carry the
strings to tie 'em with."
'Hat ha I" laughed grandpa, “That's a
capital Idea. Well, X reckon you can go, but
Jake say* you got scared at a ’possum under a
clay root, and I consider you a poor soldier."
I retired in confusion, but I was on htnd
when Uncle Mentor harnessed old Beck to the
lumbering cart and mounted grandpa on ol<f
Dill, hi* favorite riding horae, with hia hog
skin saddle with its low pommel, looked every
way like a hunter to my unsophisticated eye.
“Gome on, Msje," »nd the old hog dog leaped
about and yelped for joy is the cnvaloade roil
ed of) down the lane. 1 sat in the cart behind
Uncle Mentor, end plied him with various
questions regarding (he wild hog business, end
be, grumbling good naturdly, entered into ell
the little detaile, “A-b, child yo' do laok all
hoys, yo* wants ter know all 'bout men's wo'k
'long w'en yo'too little tar do it, an'del es
soon re yo' gits big 'nough yo' fits to lazy, an'
xnaks out dat yo' dono fo'got bow ter do any
Xing.
“But how about wild bogs?"
“Ob, bless yo’ h'a, well,day das gits oil a'ter
do nice juicy sco’na, on* de sweet pine mas',
an' bimeby dey gits kin' 'er sullen, an' doy
gio o<>, guff! w'en yo’ Irowt do co'n tor 'om,
an* lcx fing yo* know doy done gone wil', mu'
act up fo' doyse'f in do rivah swamp. An' 1
fell yo* right now,don' yo' nevab nut pen’enco
in rr hog w'at show do white uv teeyes. I>.*y
san e like er diah-faced mule—dey gwine tsr
play yo* er trick, sometime, sho."
J ml at this time we came to the edge of the
river awump. We callod it the Half Moon
Blufl, from tbo fact that the sand ridgo ran
the swamp above end curved around
egainat tbo face of the hill in a beautiful cres
cent, entering the swamp 500 yards below.
Grandpa had done fastened old Bill to a stout
•appling, and Bock waa soon tied to a swinging
limb, Icesuse she rubbed the bridle oil so bad,
and then we started for the swamp.
About twenty feet below us flowed the beau
tiful wine-colored water, nad under the wit-
ions, across ths stream, there glistened a
snowy rend bsr.
Where we entered tha gloomy swamp a dry
legcon led oil between two solid walls of black
gums, water oaks and tupeloes. In narrow
vlecea their Interlacing branches met over
trd end water-lined trunks of the trees appear
hesuUfully fantastic Tho blue berries of the
black gums hung thick among tho variegated
foliage, and the drooping branches of the tape
lose bt re great clusters ol ths groon, yellow and
•carlet fruit. Ho pretty it was that I would bite
• one now and then, and mako a wry fsoe at (ti
sharp acid flavor.
"Ere wey dey bin, boss, Jeminil W'at er
tisek. Pis inus* be dot ole black barrsr w'at
runned do boys out'u do new groan' las' week.
l>e ole ruse lack ter ten* up dat little fist# uv
Jake's." “Yea, that's a bin hog, boys, and
we’ll have some Ail. lie has been here this
miming, too, hut he is lying up uow.
*>oy, nog' “* *-•-
snarls that ever startled tho sleeping echoes ol
a southern swamp. Uncle Mentor came
Mrjetasiistanceisa twinkling, and after
greet tussle between grandpa, Mentor, Ma|e
ard the black barrow,the latter wss vanquish
ed. As they drew the Isst knot in the stout
leather throng, and told old Mejeto “oo done,
bow," 1 decided 1 would descend from my
lolly perch, and was terribly shocked whoa I
found that in myexcitement I bad not climbed
up the tree at all, but wae standing flat on
tussock, clasping the sappliog la my arms
if my life depended on it. Then they a sir
pole aid placed it between the lastoainqi
his Ires and his body, and by taking caci
er.d they succeeded in getting him to high
lord and then tolhec&rt.
“Bora, ace di« ma'Jt in 'e eah? I knows A
ole slotc—de very same little dob’l w’at wa
fought wns gwine ter die widde thumps three
year ergo iss'spring. 'Membab yo' toierne
didn't mek no odUTance welder we mt'k 'im
or to, 'case 'e die anyway, an* I say I g vino
put 'em In 'er little different raa'k, an' 'ere
n’it it, den like I tola yo'. Who'd er fought
de little white-eyed acoun'l would or cut up
devilment. But bit's dee luck, I say. Don’t
never true* er hog w'at show de white iu *
eye: 'e boun* ter go wrong,”
“I guess we’ll fix him now though," said
gran'pa, and then we entered the swamp
again. But although we hunted till dinner
time we found no more and had to return with
bo other spoils than old “Blackie."
“Nevah min', ole fellah," said Uncle Men
tor, ss we drove home, “yo' done cuttin, do
big Ike 'mong de hogs now. Da nex’ time yo'
have is w'en yo* made inter sesseridge most
fo' de res' uv us hones' folkses ter eat. Yo'
be ap* tor let de new groud* co’n Mono atter
dis, only es de ole boss 'lowances yo'."
MURDER IN THE MOUNTAINS.
The Tccoa News has .the following Interesting
st or j:
Tbe Henderson murder, which we took oocailon
to notice iu onr last Issue, Is one of tbe most
abominable affairs that has ever transpired fn
Habersham county since our reoollectlon. For
that u won we desire to correct several grave er
rors of tbe press In noting tbe affsfr. Tho Gaines-
vllic Houthron mentions Henderson as being e
revenue informer. This Is a mistake. Jasper
'•--Person waa anything else but aa Informer,
irbtion this fact to let the world know
- ibe people of north Georgia do not con
sider that tbe fact of a man bologna la farmer will
tuse Dii r, the Informer, had been shot, or so
suspected by some one he bad reported. Is no
reason that the next man who meets so unhappy
a fate should have his death attributed to the
same cause. Neither does any or all the evidence
In the case reveal that Henderson wss fcslled to
the door and shot down, or that he had beaten his
wife so near to death a day or so previous aa
slated by|tho fiontbron. The Advertiser is la
error ..when it Includes William Dodd
and Mrs. Ben Dodd among tbe arrested
parties. No arietta hart been made except tbo
P irtiis bound over. HUH worse. Ths Augusta
bronlcle startled us by the statement that a;msn
named Crane had committed the foul murder.
Mr. V. referred tons the murderer, It a respected
citizen of Clarksville, is the oldest lawyer in lltti-
ertham county and waa leading counsel lor tho
defendants at the preliminary Investigation
Jasper Henderson was shot down last Monday
•< n fug one week ago, at the house of his broth
er in-law. Twelve Buckshot enterod his body
from behind, just about the lower extremity of
the ribs. He fell face downward, and died with
out uttering a word. The evidence before the
coroner's Jury showed that he was shot abont two
v »- *" * * * d been at Ben Dodd's
ore he was shot; ths
„ bo present except
Mrs. Henderson, his wife; Mrs. Dodd, hts
mother-in*law and Mrs. Ben Dodd, who
wei In bed sick. The two former testified that
they brought hfs body Into the house soon after
tbe shot was fired, while the latter testified that it
Aid that ho heard tbe report of a gun, and that
half an hour atter BiA Ilcndereon pasted his
house. BUI Henderson (csUflcd that he went to
ku Dodd's house Monday evening, and that
be went from there by Ansley's. and It wa*
about one quarter ol a mile and would tike
about After n minutes to travel It. and that he saw
noslgnaof a murder and heard nothing of it; esld
hire, flsjal hogs, boy, hog I Blok'em, «
man," and away went tbe Intelligent dog _
the trail. But it wes a cold eeent, and he got
n long but slowly. This gave me au oppor
tunity to watch the crested blue jeye ae they
gceeipped and chattered among the aesru
trees, end the little tiny ewamp canarlee, with
their pufly yallow bodies and the little black
hood tied conqueUtehly under their ohins. As
we pasted a little pool an Indian pullet, a
bluish purple water bird that Hite about like a
shadow, Perching on a branch in eoma tbicket
•nd poking tte long n#ck out to Investigate
the surroundings, ll seldom utters a sound,
and its movements are as noiseless at nshadow.
But its bright yellow eyes are always on the
lookout, and you seldom surprise it. Then 1
■aw a great horned owl with hie speckled body
iwrcbed bolt upright on the lowor limb of a
Dig tupelo, hie horn-like tufts erect, and hie
Btartight eye staring down at us in evident
pernlsxiiy. He turned hie head elowiy as we
passed, keeping those solemn eyes fixed upon
us, without moving his body at all. "Ef y '
dee wanter hill a owl dont'n waa'in yo' an.
mernetion des keen'im tu'ala' 'roun' an' en
roun','twel’e heed, mot'clean facin' 'e tail,
mu'dru Ae$ mako er long leap, an' V try to
fi ller jo'so suddint lack twere brek'e necks
eo dey,', said Unele Mentor, but just then old
Msj* became very active aud set oil through
an almost imnsasable ihickst of palmetto aud
brambles, and iu a few minutes we heerd the
■cA; gf.fl! gofl" of a stsriled hog and then old
Msje larking f ;riou»ly as he geve chase. We
rsn down the o, en lagoon, end nrrived at a
bend just time enough to get a glimpse of the
great black beaet with hia long tusks, flap-
J 'irg rare and bristling hair, as be rushed
rom the covert, crossed the openlMand
K plunged in the tangled swamp belew. We al l
lied st the top of our voice#, and Uncle
rntor ran down toward tha river while
grandpa turned out so as to reach the open
woods and as ha waa too fat to run fast I fot*
lewed him. Atter tripping up over a thorny
brsmble that scratched my coins pretty bad
ly, 1 emerged from the ewamp iust at grandpa
etcpi cd to catch his breath and to send out a
* nil
. cd to calc
itartling whoop of encouragement to Maie,
who was having the hog away down In tun
swamp Away we wen; and in five minutes
wrrw in a little opening in the center of which
was a dense thicket of thorny vines and
blither. Old Mnje was jumping arouud the
thicket barking, and we’could just discern the
the dim outlines of the great snaggy monster,
end hear the champing of bis muscuiur jews
and the deep growls from his muffled throat.
Just then Uncle Mentor rente up fro*n the
other side and cried, "sick 'im Mqje, take him
boy I" end threw a chunk into the thicket to
attract the bog. Msje made a wild laap and
with a harsh cry the game broke cover end
ran between grandpa's legs,completely upset
ting him, ana scaring me so had that I shin-
ned np a stripling tad slid down again, white
the hog and the dog were etruggliag together,
film g the air with the wildest shrieks and
house. At the end of this trail a linchpin and
piece of tobacco were found, which were fdenttflod
positively as belonging to tho deceased, and the
testimony of. Frank Coker was that he
saw Henderson with tbe linchpin
s* out 11 o'clock of the dsy of the killing. This
Is a brief aaetch ol the leading features of the
is. A number ol more facts we have not spice
y- live. In view of these facts, Mrs. Jsiper Hen-
de■non, wife, and Mrs. Dodd, mother-in-law of ths
murdered man, were arrested and brought before
Justices y.nrhcrr and Mult trior a preliminary
trial. The testimony of lhe| defense before the
court, of Inquiry showed that Bob Morris had bor
lowed a ahot nun the morning ol
Jbo killing, as he safd to go squlrrl-
limiting Another witness, Mrs. Bill Dgdd, tee-
Uhed that Morris paaaod her house late Mom*
eve rtf ng with a shotgun and told her that no t
THE FLEET RED FOX.
FIGHTING THEIR WAY.
Tho Tro. Btory of Bla Coming. In and Os-
lac Oat,
Hr. W. R. Gorman, ol Oman, Is so authority
on lose, sad fox-hunting, Hs bu lotto wed the
•port lor rn.ny jtsn sad has enjoyed It ss only s
Georgian with s Bn. peek ol bounds cut.
h» been led, by some recent remarks In this col
umn, to Hire Tnr Cokstitctiok s lewlscu.nd
mniniieencr. from bis atorebonse. sIJ ol which
will be ol Interc.t to our readers.
The red lox, esy, Mr. Gorman, Is s native of the
Brltlib fates. Tbe Brat Importation wu ra.de
Jott prior lo the revolutionary war and placed on
Long Iil.nd, Later on another colony wa, im
ported and turned looao on Bpciutte bland, (Jhei-
speaks bay. A bard freextprobablyenabled them
to make their crape to tbo mainland, at all
events they won made their appoar.net In tho
states adjacent, and their migration, from that
day to this bare continued until they may be laid
to be common to a large portion ol North Amer
ica. There I. xomelblng pecnllir and mysterious
concreted with hi. migratory habit, and U la this
(ratnre that Invests him with ao much Interest to
tbe natnrallU, and to the sportsman aa well.
In aectlooi where nature baa not provided salt
able placet, rrtiflclal cover. Jare constructed that
answer Jutt aa well. Experience there, u well as
here, baa demonstrated that speed In the (ox
bound la tbe alno qua non to anecem(al sport. Tbe
modern English lox bound 1< an artificial creation,
and la a marvel ol speed and radnranoA
It la an Infusion ol this blood that has
given ua tbe red (ox dog ol tha present day. What
a contrast between him and tbe lox bound ol tbe
antc-bcllnm period I Many who read these lines
will think in a moment ol tbs packs that .wars
once kept and bunted In Putnam, Jasper, Jones
and Hancock conn ties. There waa the Bed Bane
dog, aa pretty aa a p'eture and musical aa a chime
ol bells; tbe Proctor dog, tall and shapely, with a
coat bcantllnlly flecked and ao flu that U (airly
flashed In the sunlights then the Middlebrooks
dog ol Jones county, blaek-and-tan, ears thin aa
paper, rat tailed and hair flna as satin. Tbaaa
were all notable breeds and good enough lor that
day: but, al.il they now live only u a memory
to an old timer Ilk* the one who pens these tinea
It waa not long alter the red lox made hta ad.
rent In Georgia that banters became Impressed
with tbe Idea that lox hunting wu at an and nn-
lesa a batter strain con id bo fonnd. Happily lor
them tbe -Henry dog-'-meatloaed In yonr arti
cle- came to their relief. Tbo pub, Jut aa Col
onel BlrdionggotltlromDr. Henry, wu one ol
tbe beat In America.
finch dogs u Willis, Trojan and Oaptaln—all ol
bl, Ol If Inal pack-are but seldom soon anywhere-
Pity that inch dogs over die. They should have
been Immortal; but In Umo the Henry dog, good
u bo wu, Organ to deteriorate, perhaps from im
proper breeding end other due. combined with
that. An ontcrop wu made on Butler and Lou.
beautiful bound., rad In oolor, with whit, point.,
tent to Colonel Birdsong by Dr. Butler, ol St.
Mary’s county, Maryland. Prom tab crop came
the birdsong dog, very handsome and atyllab, and
that’s abont all. Aa red lox dogs tbay were practi
cally a (allure. Tbe next crop wu on old July,
brought from Maryland by tbs late Colonel M. G.
Harris. This proved to be Just tbe thing Moled.
There are but lew red lox dogs today In Geor
gia that have not more or leas ol this blood. Too
annals ol lox bunting furnish bnt low dogs like
July. He bad (be quality of prepotency In a moat
eminent degree. Aa a progenitor,be wu the Lex
ington of bla race.
But I wills eon amora. This article wu Intend'
Sofia Likely to Pall Into Tnalr Honda-.Irrvl. so.
ll.vad to b. Prompted bx Auatrl.-Tb.
Faunas Dsprvsasd-Tfi. Franco Pre
mia? makes . at.tom.at-Btm
the gals to tbe haunts ol tbe gray,, tb. commotion
| among them la terrible. Tbay go at once, nor |
■tend on the order ol going. I wu once of a dll-
I erent opinion, aud supposed that the disappear-
ance ol tbe frays waa ^because 0 | tbe cue with I
which they could bo captured. Bnt inch la not |
tbe case.
Of all the animals clamed u fern nature none
are wilder than tbe red lex. Jott let tbe air be
Ibe leut tainted with human scent, and be la gone
like tbe wind. But there are times when ha
la bold u a lion. A year or ao ago a friend ot tbe
writer wu making an afternoon ramble abont bis
plantation when bla attention wu suddenly ar
rested by a red lex atandlng on a large log. bark-
Ing furlonaly and making other belligerent dema
onatratlona. He frightened her away, and on
examining tbe premise,, discovered five little
cub. In a bed near the leg. He tarried awhile and
proceeded on. He bad gotten more than tbe
quarter of a mile horn the spot, and bearing near
him a alight noise and what be auppceed to be tbe
loot fall ol one ol bla hounds, turned bla bead
and behold, there waa tbe (ox again. She slopped
aa be did, and (assumed a menacing attitude u
baton,
Tbe red (ex can not climb-even a bending tree.
I have bunted tbem a rare and ball of year, and
have never yet men one ellmba tree. I have seen
one palled out of tbo bottom ol a gum tree Ha
I bad laaeended ten feet or more—went ap Jtut u
onr little bare does. I placed one In the room ot
a bouse that bad been captured In a morning's
bunt. 1 left him tor a moment to provide better
apartments, and on my return wu utonlahed to
find him gone. Thera wu bnt the one mode ol
escape—op the chimney. I examined, and sure
enough, there ha waa near tbe top and bracing
hlmicll up with bla back, Jnatu tbe bare doea.
THE BHOOKLVH NURSERY.
. Mother Bound fimotharlng Her Little
Children.
NswYoix, November 19—Tho Brooklyn
nnracry, .iluotod in Herkimer street, Brook
lyn, wa. tb. leone today ol considerable ex
citement, which wu earned by the discovery
of one of tbe inmatu smothering bar children.
Yesterday morning a woman, rather poorly
clad and carrying two children, pruonted
haruU at tho door ol tho nursery and bogged
with tears in bar eyea to bo admitted. She
said aho wu very poor and bad nothing to ut
tor herself or children. She wu taken into
tho nuraery, provided with food, and mads
comfortable. Sho gavo her name u Mary
Jobnaon,aged 39, and a resident ol New York.
The eldut child wu Winifred, 18 months old,
and the other Flora, five months , _ , ,
old. Her husband had abandoned I McgVt thc jwtot'af'the bayonet SPjSS
A PAIR OF SUICIDES.
her, ’ ud »ho wu afraid that
ho waa going to take tho children from her.
Sho wu excited and nervous, but aho wu sa
inted that aha need have no foara. She re
tired to rut lut night, and nothing mors
was heard of her until this morning, when
one of tho attendant!! or the nnracry, in pass
through the corridor, looked into Mra.
maon’a room, and aaw her in the act of aul-
focallng her aldut child, Winifred. The at-
tendant seized Mra. Johnson and took the pil
low from oil the child, who had become un-
conicioui. She thought ths child wat dead.
Tho dcctors wars called who, afrer work
ing for tome time, succeeded in restoring the
lofinoit, November Id.—The dally newipa
pert, in their editorials on the Bulgarian and
Servian war, era unanimous in condemning
Scrvit, and expreu great anxiety u to the
lnturo of tho Balkans.
After desperate fighting yuterday the Ser
vian troops occupied positions at IUptoha.
Tha louea on both tides were heavy. This
victory enabled them to turn the very difficult
and reeky gorga of Dragoman put,
and the Bulgarians, after a gallant resistance,
retreated to Sifvnat, where an important
engagement is expected to take plaee today,
which will probably decide tha fata of Soda.
obaoohap rasa cartcafio.
It it reported from the front that the Servi-
ana, having turned tha Dragoman p,n, are
now marching on Sofia, and that tb. road to
the lino oi entrenchment of that city ia c'exr.
Twenty thousand troops have alerted for
the front ainca Saturday. The students’ le
gion, composed of youth, belonging to tho
not families in the elty, hu left lor tbe econo
ol war. Thera were many affecting acensa on
their departure.
Tb# Fight Near Rangoon.
Itaaooox, November 18.—In the firht with
• war veeeal belonging to King Theooew, re
ported yesterday, tbe fir. from tbo British
steamer Kathleen caused 300 of tha crew ol
the Burmese vessel to lamp overboard. The
British then boarded the vessel and proceeded
np the Irrawaddy with bar. It is reported
that 8,000 Barracan troops are atockadod at
Foil Dnllgon, which oecnpiea a high domioat-
ingpofltion overhanging tbo river st MlnbU.
Ths esptnre of tho^ Burmese man of war will
prevent the Bonnes# from piecing farther ob
structions in tbe river or moving troopisad
gnat by tho river roate, end will disebaee the
minds of the natives of tbo idea that King
Thebawia invincible.
LoitDor, November 18.—In tho eap’.nra of
Bratnik the Servians carried eighteen lines of
entrenchments and captured ons hundred and
sixty.ono prisoners with s number of rifles.
A dispatch Grom Sola says that troops ere
arriving there from Ronmelis, Twenty-lvs
thousand Servians were engaged yuterday
near Sllvenitss. whils there were only 15,000
Bulgarians in ths angagament. There wu
' sperate fighting st Blirsnitxs today. The
ilgaritns forced the Servian right
_e .. ,v— -o ||Tw
child to conseiouenue. Mrs. Johnson had
stuffed the child’s month with rags, had
held her nose and placed the
pillows ever her head. Ths
kllomatres, with great leuu.
The Daily Telegraph lays: 11
certain that Grseeswill go to war. A captain
of the Greek navy hu atarted lot London to
pnrehuo men of wu.
Loxdop, November It.—A rumor prevails
hero that an armlstica hu bean agreod upon
between Bervia and Bulgaria.
Bulgaria is denuding the Turkish frontier
of troops, and is sending sll hor available
forces to tho front to combat ths Servians.
Tbo public sre Allowed to go to ths depot! en
roate to in their relatives and Iriends,
Many of tha villagers tramp long diatanose
and wait st ths depots sevsrsl hours, and
in aomo initaneu whole dsye and nights,
to tee their friende and givs them flowers and
preeents. I’rinco Alexander’s success before
Naw Yost, November 19.—Dr. William
FrotHngbam, ono ol ths best known physi
cians in the upper pert ot the city, committed
suicide at 8 o’clock this morning, by shooting
himielf through the head. He wae dead when
fonnd by bis family, who searched tor the
cants ot the report. Tbe doctor occupied a
handiome mansion at U7ih street, and St.
Nicholas avenue, and had a very extensive and
lucrative practice. It wu Dr. Frothinghem’s
skill that brooght Charles O’Uonbr been from
death’s door when hope wu given np by
everyone else. He wu married, and ltavee a
family of groan children, Tbo cense of ths
eoicido is not known, but the narvout disposi
tion ot the doctor makes it probable that he
shot himielf in a sadden attack of insanity,
CuifiLiBToa, E. C., November 19.—J. K.
Gists, aged 31, bookkeeper lor Deques & Bros.,
Marlboro county, mado an arrangsment with
friends to go to a Chorsw dance. While eon-
versing with them, he pulled oat a pocket-
book, gave it to them, laid goodbye, and plac
ing a pistol to hie ear, fired, killing himielf
instantly.
Senator Sharon*. Legacy ot Sato.
From the Alta Californian,
“How are you, Fred?”
’Trcttjr well, senator. I am uaerryto asa
you ro ill, though yon are not looking u bad u I
eapeted.”
“1 don’t know about my looks, bnt 1 know I am
very near my end and I want to uy something to
you. Ctnyouhiarmc. Fred?’’
“Yea, rlr; very distinctly.’’
“Well. 1 want you lo stay by tboeo wretches,
Fred; they nave drlren tt e knife In to me end they
deserve punlabment. Stay wltn them till tneyret
It. Doycu understand? Gan I depend on yon (or
U>U7 nil merely an act ol justice.”
“Yea. sir; 1 wilt do my beat.’’
“All rlaht, 1 want to thank yon and uy good
bye; 1 don’t think I that; au yon again."
THE TWO WARDS.
ONE IS RBLBA8BD. WHILB THS
OTHER 18 OAOBDt
Two Important omm Mow Proton fad to tho TubUt
-Onts Living Konanmt of Dlocrtoo. th«
Ot&or Bettortd to Boat *nd
Extend*-Tli« Coat u ll tundo,
rd to be strictly about R.yur-L and I find myself tab, Flora, f lying d.’adon th.Ted, havi,,g’ Bli ”“! l “ h V th0M
drifting In a Held where I would deUgbt to Unger, I bean aufloeatod in theisms way. Mn. John- j going to tho front, and they undorgo extreme
but 1 muit “bark back.’’ I eon ia thought to bo oat of her mind, and wae I bardihips with remarkable fortitude.
— looked up in tho ststionhouae, whare aho wept many cases they ore oomnelled to march ton,
Tbo lint red foxes known to thta notion ol tho I »»d kept calling tor her children. Later sno I .. .. . ... *
state were ablppcd from New York to Colonel I wee token to the court and committed forex- I in bad weather, aud at night camp
HANORD FROM A LIMB.
Noarei.1, Vs . November 18.—The negro
Noah Cherry, who attempted a fiendish u-
sauit upon tho little girl, Alice rowall, and
then murdered bar in J’rinosM Ana county
Friday, wu hanged lo n treo within a mile of
where the deed wu committed, abont ton
o'clock lut night. Ho confessed tho crime
alter tbe rope was pnt around bis nock.
Alice wont to echooi st Kompsyillo u usual
on Friday morning. When sho did not re
turn at the proper time hor lather and broth
ers became uneuy and started out tr
look tor her. Being uniuooeesfal
In the Much, and duknau having come on,
they were thoroughly alarmsd, and n party
wu organliad In Kampavillo to mako a
thorough wsrch of ail ths ground between
lire two points. The search resulted abont 11
o'clock in finding tho body of tho girl in a
thicket, about twenty yards from ths road,
with ths throat out and ths hssd nurly
•evered from the body. An examinetion
•bowed that aha had alio recalvsd thru stab
wouedr, but it wu not poattivaiy proved
that she had bun otharwiea assaulted,
although tt wu generally bsliavad
tbat murder had bun resorted to to conceal a
more atrocious crime. The body wu tokon
Iu her father', hum., and a party atarted ont
tu irarch fur har slayer, l’uwcll had in hi.
emjdoy a negro named Ch.rry, about 18 year,
old, coal black, who wu driven from tha
prcmUra a few day. ago boeanu ol a difficulty
with one of Powell's aon«. Ua wu bolt.vod
to bo the a urdorer, and wu sang bt Saturday
morning.
TAMM OF TUB Oil Alin.
From tba Leary, Ga, Courier.
A (arty ol bunion In tha neighborhood ol Key.
ton, bogged laiaqulrrel. and one rabbit on a re
cent bunting expedition.
From tbe Csrrull, Ga, Free From.
A .hurt a bit. .tores buzzard with something In
lls claws waa aeon flying over Mr. Risk Handley,
borne. Mr. II. halloaing al It, tt tot (all a dealest
on lop of the house.
From tbe Lumpkin, Ga. Independent.
Mr. A.p. Auoas, ol c-“ ‘rert, with thru other
gentlemen, went out sq el banting on a creek
eighteen mlbe below the.*, and bagged 119.,Hir
'd. in ont day, alter IrulUaaaty loams two or tone
boun In booting turkeys.
From thoWarrenton, Ga, Clipper.
Colonel Jems. Whitehead went ont with hie
Inimitable peck ot (ox hounds on Monday nlfbt.
and alter a delightful cnau ol abont tour boon
captured one of tbe target grays ever eua he re
llf.toi.blp has led toe chiu tor every pack ol
bunnd. In the county.
From toe Hulwell, Ga, Inn:
Mr. Junta D. Allard shot end kilted a
monitrr owl one night recently on a tree In
bis beck yard. It mruared tone lut from
Up to lip ol lie wlnga and bad u'ova u
large a. an eagle’., Iubcad wu u lug. u
ibchtad ot tbe target tomcat. Tba tree la a
< hickru rod, acd tbl. mate. to. fourth owl that
Mr. Afford be. toot out ol Italnlght.
From the Huffman, Ga, Fit# Preaa.
A negro caught whet be supposed to bo tight
rcHum." a lew nlabta ago on tbo hammock
.dentation belangtog to tbo alitor of this paper,
and did rot dtreorar that they w«ra to. editor’s
hog. until be rearbtd homo
lttrt'at Knew It wu traded.
Puaxo, 111., November 11.—Willie Grahn,
twelve yran old, picked up a loaded .bat gun
yesterday, and calling to hia (neon-year-old
alitor, palled tho trigger, and tha entire charga
piaud Into her aide. Ska ditd in abont thirty
minute*. Tha boy, u uaual, didn’t know it
wu leaded.
Birdsong by W. T. Porter, toon editor ol too old
Hplrlt ol tbe Times, In tha year 1819 A lew were
placed on tbo Pine mountain, near Flint river, In
Talbot counly. They multiplied rapidly, and In
a lew years could be found all along too mountain
range from tbe Flint to tho Chattahoochee.
They confined themselves to too moun
tain range,
crowed toe Chattahoochee and on Into Alabama
aminatlon u to har mental condition.
HRLP FOR OALV83TON.
She City Sadly la Mood of Aid fordts Poor
aad Do.Mint.,
(Uu-mtok, November 18.—A resolution,
— — ——» ,u U , sdoj’ted st a meeting of cilisens, says that ths , .. „ , ...... .
followed tt to too tcrmlnna, I “''i** inflicted on our city by the ltte fire Is I the Servians attacked the Third Bulgarian
latlahoochce and on Into Alabama I woeb greater than it at first anticipated, the I regiment, escorting an ambulance train, and
in epan spaces, where they arc sheltorlau, not
having even the ordinary tent to proteot them
from the severity of tho weather. ;
attaciixo via aiD cnoss van*
The IndcpcndanccBalga publishes a dispatch
from its correspondent at Sofia, stating that
and Mlalratppl, and are yet, I suppose, on their
long journey to ths setting son. Buluowcomaa
too strangest part of this hlstoiy:
Thno logos bad almost' entirely disappeared
from tbrlr favorite haunts, where It brain.sud
denly known to haulers, that rad foxes were
abundant all through tbe eutarn portion ol too
country. I remember distinctly tho Incidents ol
toe capture ol too Ural lox In too “old Holds’’ hare.
It wu In 1870, 1 bads splendid pack and, on tola
particular occasion, reinforced by Dixie and Lox,
■on and danihisr ol old Jnly, and kindly loanad
mo by too late Colonel M, G. Daria, ol Hancock.
A bunting friend called ono day and proposal a
bnnt lor too morrow. Tbe moot wu fixed lor tbo
“Fisher old fleldg,’’ long miles eut ol my real-
draco,
dnd” for
iame being fully gi,800,000, equal to more than
ono-alghtn of tbo taxable value of property.’’
Tbe reaolutlon adder “Whorefora, wo will
moat thankfully accept proffered aid ao gener
ously offered.”
Several thousand dollars wore paid out by
tho teliel committee today, and abont $1,090
received from abroad and at home.
A careful inspection of the burnt district j
shews that thorn ware 808 residences destroy
ed. Thta Is over a hundred greater than at
first utlmated. Out ol 12A members ot tha
cotton exchanfo 33 lost thalr homes anil almost
everything their dwellings contained. Sav
ors! cities of the union are telegraphing aym-
pethv and rsltaf, among them $1,833 iron:
New York,
Thou flo
a any fox,
bailed ons
grays, Tbi
mada It, u
wu more {
whimper li
spolr, wbt
mils sway,
was up.and
ol toe run r
onr lox. V
dscelred.
tho flight o
they topper
lex wu be!
hour's ran.
to bury her
But wbst
tain loxe
ol yrai
vary light c
and bad mi
eves seen bi
tbs second
red ilmllai
wss cl thee
toe conntrj
lox tost ha
Jonre couni
be bore, vis
The liras
bayonetted the wounded soldiers whioh it
contained.
Trustworthy reports received at Simile
state that the 8arvtanlossst81!venitsa yester
day wu three times greater than tbat given
In the offietal accounts, and actually oxoaedsd
the previous total lota since tho outbreak of
hostilities. Prince Alexander was in tha thick
of tba battle from tho beginning to tbe and.
The Servians noted that ha first rods ss whits
boras, and afterwards a brown horsa. It ia
believed tho whit# hone wu shot from under
him.
A dispatch from Tsanbrod, dated Thursday
noon, toys: “A violent cannonade Ia going
on al Siavanyi, where tha Bulgwlans are
■trongiy entrenched, preventing ths approach
oi our toning tha column from Ollnci psu.
Tha Bulnrians are advancing from Sofia in
tbo direction of Psrnlk to meat onr advancing
Moravi division, whieh is huvily handicap-
pad. tho snow making tha plain a swamp.”
. ...» i.uuius, i. , Bsrvian headquarters have bun
i ground I camped on Yampa river, twenty-five miles I withdrawn to Firot.
inch u a I above Cross mountains. They barns! tb# I Tho Bulgarians today repulsed to. Servian
it to da I cattle ranches along tha trail, leaving 73,060 | attacks on Bliylnie, and drove tha enemy
■a hall a I cattle without food. Tha Indiana are elaught- I Jjfifik _ eight kllumat
i the tog I tring thousand of elk, deer and antelopes for I th* SsTytans opened
-Ba
hian bat
usually
MMVWS FROM THH WBST
Indian Flgliticg-Kl.lsd by Wolvn
nswad F,atria Flras, Me.
Dsaraa, Col, Norembor 19—Colornw, with
fourtun lodges and five hundred ponies, is
i ths fox
atlantal
rector of
dnot ho
bo pack
inibu
at and
dost an
wu Brat
pea for
their hidu, leaving tboir carouses to rot. Ths
settlers are wild over ths destruction of j
and raagM, and have assembled and wil. _.
derColorow to leave. In esu of refusal a
S snarel extermination is .xpsetad- Tho In-
iana are well equipped with rifles and am
munition.
Wirairx Fslu, Texts, November 1»—In
formation hu boon received hare of vary di.
utrou. prairie firm in tha Indian territory.
Bubaeqaently
strong
tillary lira from the right wing. Tha
Bulguiana stoutly defended their positions
•nd again repulsed ths Servians. The Ser
vian lores constated of three battalions of
Infantry, ons of artillery and a squadron oi
cavalry, thevletory finally belonging to the
Bnlgariana.
RIVERS AMD HARBORS,
it moan-
s aeon
wu
A brash,
lyl had
ground
another
r friend
new tc
au too
im and
ibriqnat
! avant
MtiscIinT in thn twlfnn twin* anrth nf nil I TCICALOOiAp Alft#, XlOTtUMr 17#-—Tat nT6P
nlESVStSJ* Ia and barbor contention met today. D«l«*atei
RiTtr lUtiqn. _ A*jnwr t* can bo learned, the I i rom mil th* tovm on the navenhlo
Irom all tha towns on ths navumble atroami
in this state wore present. Delegates ware
alan osHUSst I saxebae Viis.ld a assil Ula.i||jpp|
'or til*
mproTiment ol riven and Mobile harbor*
Senator Pugh mode a speech upon the fubjeck
Tcscalooia, AU., November 18.—At a
meeting to.day of the rlrer and harbor con*
vcntlon the following roaolutlon wae adopted:
Breolvcd, That thia cohicntlon heartily Uvon
"—* * * r the lm-
i ail ptrte
bl the Call
loft)
itedSi
coorlrn of th# advancing boat jott behind them.
When new 1
little doubt
Indicated,
thoroughly
Like the bci
The country
be colonised
portent and
net jutt whi
It te to
•re used (or
»howa ui wl
when It co]
thorough th
•ml then#]
The fyetem <
him to be a
But a part:
complete it
tlp«Uiy that
once sew * c
in which en
time. The r
d«greed mi
terrible. Tb
Feme yean
word conrthi
gr#y lixbroi
exblMtlon ai
eogtged to tl
lint that had
re tabu
manner
country
move*
[( done
will not
tU Im*
teat art
withal
red (oz
ol aktU
m how
irrowa,
angle
towing
IU, mo
fire started al Wild Hone creek, about
forty mile* north of Red River station, and
burned down to tha bottom lands of Red,
thence to Beavercreek, twelve milee weet of
Red River elation. The eastern limit# of the
fire are not known, but U it believed that the
fire la from forty te eizty milee wide. The
lose te the cattlemen it placed as high as fiOO,-
*"H).
Hkliva, Mont., November 19.—James
Dcmpeey reached the city last night from
Foil'McGinn, aud telle a pitiable story of hie
two companions being devoured by wolves
while on their way across the mountain#.
Thalr names were John Hoeg and Jacob
Schiller, D«mp«cy eayt he climbed a tree
and saw hie companions torn te pieeea and
devoured. He say# Hoeg was a resident ol f —
Cleveland, O.. and Bcheller of LafaTette. Ind. I " llh » view te the tpeedy enloyment by the
F.a«M» idXrn.m^r l9^_D; P aty I STiS^vrauft l fL a bSv I ^to.ra^m m “ ,n ‘
Bonn.to%«n. end Stalker mad. . I Senator Pogh. Congressman Jones and
? ld . h r* r m lu \ , ‘ if l‘ ‘M, arre *.‘t 1 Thomu Martin Hake sdirrarerf tho convention, and
Lowe for Illegal cohabitation. Altar the or- pledged their support to too Alabama appro,
rest a mob endeavored to rsseno tho prisoner I nrioffon bill.. rr ^
and drive ths marshals from ths town. Dnr- 1 * -
ing tbe melee, a man named Itobluon, ont
of tbs riugtsadsm, wu shot, but managed to
escape. J. L. Webstar end others wars ar
rested and will be taken to Oxford today for
examination before tbe United Statu com.
miuioner.
coograNtoela-
;loni adequate for its
PARNELL COMINO OVER,
I M In
to. an-
ray. I
re cage
r.
bum.
ifiwu
fur.
re Ed.
uw n
left on
domra
u too
wont.
moon
Liiceur, Nob., Norembor 18.—Tho follow
ing circular wu iuasd to tbe national land
league by President Kgan:
Exrcnureoffice, Irish national iugut, Lincoln,
, NobruOa, November lato, 1883; To tae national
| exernttve commute# and too members ol toe
league; Parnell and hi. colleague*, ot tbe homo
tryu (neats ol
erica, andttta
abould be
persons will oonilder tbunulvu a committee to
act with tba president ol too mnnlclpU
council ot toe league fn New York,
Knginaar Corthall presented tba ship rail-
ray ichama ably.
Mayor Bktggs, of Tallsdsxt, chairman ot
tbo railway committee, introduced a resolu
tion Indorsing tho Eads railway.
Tbs convention tabled tho_rcport>nd de
clined to consider it.
A number of telegrams from Senator Mor
gan and absent congreumen, indorsing too
.......... iticn, waroreeaivod.
ODicct of tha convent!
The memorial to congress i
not Uniibcd
suitably
arrival, a
(CLsratloo at Chicago.
Confidently
action of tola
ml tree, I remain, gentlemen,
Yoon Respectfully,
PiTSICXEO.N,
President
in lima and wu cot submitted. Governor
O'Neal,Congressman Martin aadnx-Oongrus-
man Tom William, spoke tonight. A com
mittee will bo aent to congreu to urge the ap-
prialiona fur all tha rivaraof Alabama.
A magnificent lino of sample, of coal from
several of the Warrior Tcina bis been exhib
ited to toe delegates.
B. Mnsereon. hu specimens ot splint coal
from .vein eight lut thick. These, with the
mops, facta and figures, will bo laid oafore tba
appropriation committee of the home.
Tbo convention resolved itself into a perma
nent organisation by tha appointment of per
manent eommittsu and toe election of per
manent officers.
For coughs, colds or any Irritation of tba
throat, toko Dr. Ball's Coagh Bfrup. 23b
Tbe firm of Grant A Ward have enjoyed a large
ahareol free adrerUslngfn thta country, bnt tho
effect bu been of an unenviable character. There
are two Wards whose namee appear prominently
before tbe masses, of peculiar Interest. Both bar#
been placed in a perilous condition,and both bare
mads desperate straggles In order to obtain relief.
While one lut hta money, tbs other lut bit
health. Ons hu succeeded In obtaining an entire
release, wlthont the assistance ol lawyers, while
tho other, who bed money, friends and lawyers
In abundance, bu succeeded in securing a cell for
tin yean fn toe penitentiary. The one who want
tolawcontralyasy. “Ward's Wou" hire Jut
commenced, while the other who did not resort to
taw con uy “Word's Wou” hero ended.
Ferdinand Word, ol Grant A Word, bu met
with hta re-Ward, and will not aoon bo caught in
toe nme snap, phlle Robert Ward, of Maxsya,
Ga, hu boon anatobsd from tho writhing agonlu
ot,dtaeaae and Impending death, and now boatta
of a healthy constitution and a clear conaclsnoA
Both bad an abundance of bad blood, very bad
blood, and while Ferdinand’s worked upon hta
brain, producing wild hallucinations oi tat Jobs
and big money, Robert’s broke ont on hta skin,
producing wondetfel thd tormenting, eating al-
cars, from wl\
gust. The latte;
rsltaf, bnt never obtained It until bs rent some
money to W. O. Blrchmoro A Go.,
merchants at Maxsya, Georgia, and
secured from them a remedy which effected one
of tbe most wonderful caret ever knosrn In that
section ot too state. Dr. A. H. BrlgbtweU, of tho
umo ptaoA will testify to tho almut miraculous
cure. Mr. Wud suffered from a terrible form of
blood poison, and ha had become ao disgusting
and offensive tbat fot thru yean be actually re-
fused to bo aren, end wu waiting for death to
ctafa him, But ho ia now wall and happy.
What cared him, did yon ukf
WoU, It wu B. B. B,—Botanic Blood Balm-that J
dtdtoowork* He bubccn oat ol hta prison overn
you and ta sound u a dollar, A full history '
tola cue, with proof, will bo mailed any.
Hundreds of other ouu an alio being <
over toe country, many of them
whose names wo cannot use.
Woanjustinraoalptof s tatter from a well
known gentleman of
mobile, Aim,
which explains Itself, bnt wo will not give tbo
nemo. Bhould any Interested party donbt tta
graulnraeu ha oan ace toe letter on file at ont
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