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THE WEEKLY - CONSTITUTION', ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY DECEMBER 8 J88.Y
GEORGIA NEWS.
THE NEWS OF THE STATE BRIEFLY
' CHRONICLED.
Nr. RKMekrt. of Mrcoo, XUIrd nd
. Jnoltom CitiiAulr WmindM - Tht Broth
Corals ??rtho<ll??t Ooafcronoo-Crlmr 10
Uhfttf County ??? A Large XZog.
, Particulars of Thnnday'a light Id Btraner???a
ntaurant Between Colonel 8am H. Jnniaon
r.ndJHr. Ed??I* Htrolirt her, during which Mr.
JrstiMn. was gerlougiy woiimled ??nd Mr.
atnfeecker wad aim out instantly killed, are as
follows: Colonel Jemlaon Invited his
friends to drink with him and they did so.
Mr. Ed. 8trnbeeker wse rented In the Inrat
the time hut was some distance from the
counter where the men were drinking. After
drinking Jlr. Jomkwn and his party started to
leave the saloon. Mr. .lemison had stopped at
tlio counter to pay for the drinks, and In going
nit ho wits somewhat In the rear of Messrs.
Clay and Barren. As he passed by where Mr.
Htrthrrkor was sitting Htroheeker ??[><>ke to
him and .temlson etopped to answer him, while
Ills frlenda went on to the Kenuesuv rostnil
jnnt. whleh Is near by. Just how the dim unity,
whleh then ocenrrcd. Is lost told in Mr. Je-ml-
aon'oown words to Mr. Clay on the following
morning:
??????When I started out of the Commercial ho
tel,??? sold Mr. .lemlson, ???htroheeker stopped
roe end said: ???Von don't seem to know me.
You didn???t Invite me to drink.??? ???
I said to htroheeker: ???I know you Stro-
lieekrr. Oh, yes, I know you. I haven't for-
{ rotten the match transaction In 8t. Ion Is, and
don't drink with such men os you are.??? I
then walked ontnpon tho pavement. Htro-
hecker fhllowrd. Wo t>oth slopped, he stand
ing near the Iron grating. He cursed mo and
I knocked hlin down. A printer named Me-
Donald ramc to Btroherkrr???a assistance and I
hit him In the face. I then walked Into tho
Keuncaaw." '
Boon after Mr. Jrmlson went Into tho restate
rant, he was followed by Mr. Htroheeker who
grabbed a carving knife and attempted to ent
Mr. Jemlson. Hot worda passed between them
Mid Mr. Jemlson drew Ills pistol. As Mr.
Btroheeker raised tho knife in tho air bo waa
seized by Mr. 01ay_who, with the asalatanre of
Mr. Burton, prevented a difficulty. Mr. Clay
told Mr. Jemlson to put tip Ms pistol and Mid
that he would tabs Htroheeker out. Mr. Clay
then took the knife away from Htroheeker,who
ellll tried to get to Mr. Jemlson. Finally
Messrs. Clsy and Barren succeeded In quieting
him, look him ont of tho saloon. When they
B it nut on tho sidewalk Mr. Htroheeker told
r. Clay that ho bad lost his bat. It was in
the restaurant, where, In the atrnggle, he hid
leal ft. Mr. day went In and got It, and when
he returned Mr. Btroheeker salil:
???Clay, I'll kill that scoundrel; mark my
words.??????
, Mr.Btroheeker then walked away. It Is
suited that on yesterday he and the printer,
McDonald, spent a good portion of the day In
bunting for Jeuiiaon.
tub TganttDY.
???Last night, between halfpaat nine and ten
n???cldrk, Mr. Jemlson was seated In Bonner's
saloon at a taldo with several friends. He
and Hr. Dolph Botrell were Joking about Mr,
Jntttaon'sdog ease, whleh was carried to the
Supreme court and non-auited, on tho ground
that a dog Is not property. A railroad train
bad run over and killed: a pointer
Which Mr. Jrmtaon Mid he would not
hare taken a thousand dollars for.
It was about this matter that they wore talk
ing when Mr. Btroheeker entered the Mloon.
Wit III ut speaking a word to any one, he cast s
luuty glance around and seeing Mr. Jemlson,
inabrd unto within threo feet of whore ho Mt
and shot him- Mr. Jomlaon waa not expecting
it, but lie arose at once and returned the Are.
Mr. Btroheeker again Bred and so did
Mr. Jemlson, when Mr. Btroheeker,
Who had ' received hla death
wound, rommenred to turnaround slowly and
Muk gradually to the Boor. Mr. Jemlson then
commenced to sink, but waa supported by Mr.
W. B. Hporks, to whom he Mid:
"Willie, I am killed."
Some one then Mid to him: ???Well, If yon
me dead you liavo got your man."
???Yea,?????? Mid Mr. jembon, "I bailors I have,
but be???* got me too.??????
. Borne of Mr. Btroheekcr's friends gathered
about him and did what they could for him,
but be died within 1cm than half an hour after
the shooting.
Mr. Htroheeker seems to hive received three
wounds, but according to the recollection of
llie eye-witnesses Mr. Jemlaon Bred only two
shots. One of tho halls entered hla right side;
Another strurk hla pistol pocket, where It
lodged In a small hook; tho third (track him
in the left hip, and glancing went through
the glass door and down the steps Into the
street.
M'DOHAt.n???S STATKMEVr*
??? An F.venlng News reporter ratted at the sta
tion house this morning, slid In conversation
Wl<h McDonald he said:
???My mine Is E. It. McDonald. I am a non of
J.O. McDonald,-or McDonald's opera house la
Montgomery, and hare I eon In Maron for tho
past year, during which time I have been em
ployed as a printer on tho Telegraph ami Mea-
seuger. Jemlaon did not strike mo in front of
tho Uommervlal hotel' on Wednesday night.
Neither did he strike Btroheeker as elated.
Btroheeker and Jemlaon quarrelled, but no
blows were passed. After Jemlson entered the
Kennriaw, Htroheeker and 1 went to tho Saw
dust Alley bar. While there wo apokooftho
Uimrnlly, and Btroheeker said he was unarmed
and would let the dUhenlty rest where It wu
(hr the present, l-ast night I met Htroheeker
near Yannurkl???a Mlonn. lie Mid, ???let's go In
raid take n drink.??? I declined to go, lay
ing Shat Jemlaon waa apt to hr In
Yannuekl'a, and proposed to go to lien
llcrV lie agterd to do so. When wi
reached the foot of tho (tain leading up Into
lit liner's, I Mid: "1 will goupaiidaeolrJem-
lion Is up stall*, and If hn la you had hotter
not go np there." Btroheeker MM all right. 1
went up and at that Jemlaon was there. I
then went down stain and Informed Btroheek
er and advised him not to go up. Ho Mid:
"Yes I am going up to tee tho scoundrel
and will either apahigise to 1dm or kill hlui, I
don't rare which." lie Mid ho was unarmed
and he would not listen to me when I begged
him not logo up. I reftised logo with him
and thru pralked over to the Telegraph office.
I know nothing shout the ahoottng.??????
A few days ago a large gray eagle was aeon
by Mrrira. II. A. lVrry and ltanty Buggs, of
(hinder county, circling around a herd of
goats, trying to pick np a breakout. They
1 iron, red guns and after a short chase, suc
ceeded In killing It. It was a One specimen of
thb ruble bird, measured seven feet, two InrhM
(lvm tip of wing to tin of wing, and the talotu
we is seven and a half inches In the spread.
The ankle measured three and flve-elghto
Inches In circumference.
The Amerirus Beronlrr Bays that there Is a
young widower with two or threo motherlese
little ours living In the 17lh district of Sum
ter county, who shows that ho la worthy to ba
* father???If not a mother. After working
hard all the summer at his crops, making all
the bread and meat nroosaary for bit loved
ones, he gets hla mother to cut out clothing
for hla household, and then eet down to make
them himself. Last week he nude up thirty
garments, and says be like* the buaintas.
A tittle daughter of Mr. Uave Haddock, who
Uvea a frw miles north of Jackson, was moat
horribly burned to death last week. The ehUd
had been rent to a neighbor's house, near ras
ter's mills, on an errand. While there and
standing before a large Ore In the old Ihihion-
ed Ore place, her dross was drawn into the
blur by the strong draft aud Instantly ignit
ed. Before any one rookl aerial her she wu
completely enveloped In lanira, and so horri
bly horned that she died tho next day, after
Unerring in great agony.
On Wednesday morning last a Mr. Johnson,
who Uvea near liichland. In Qlaarock county.
wm engaged in picking cotton and had several
members sf hla family training him. As the
morning was an exceedingly cold one Ares
wen built In the Aeli so that tho children
could warm tbemadvM occasionally. In the
Arid stout a dead pine tree, about Afty
feet in bright, which m And near the
bottom. During the morning tho eight-year-
??U daughter of Mr. Jokuson approached the
hurting tree to warm her hands. An older
drier looking up mw that the tres had burned
nearly through and was ready to till. Hbo
railed to her afsterto run, who mftundenitatul-
??? liig the direction given ran directly the way
the tree was falling, and before she had gotten
beyond Its reach tho tree fell upon the fleeing
child and instantly killed her.
J>epaty U. 8. Marshals John Merritt and F.
F. Cape, accompanied by Deputy Collector Mc
Afee, went to flic show at Dawsonville list
Thursday evening, in quest of aorne crooked
whisky tellers. Two wagons weie located Just
outside of the town engaged in retailing
Mockedc. The officers tackled the first oae,
M ing mu by a Jlr. Hurt and a big double
Jointed negro. A fight ensued, in which C'.??pe
came near getting killed with a knife by the
negro, and Merritt, after a aovere struggle,
< nptured Hurt and a number of gallons of bran
dy in a tiunk and jug.
The south Georgia annual conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church south will meet in
Jlrunswick Wednesday, December Dth. The
eonfcience embraces eight districts, and in
cludes that portion of the state south of a line
drawn from Augusta westward to Alabama
through Harris county. There are about 135
active clerical members and thirty-two lay del
rgates. Besides these there are fifteen or more
sujtfruumcrary aud superannuated clergymen.
Bishop A. W. Wilson, of Baltimore, will pro
side.
Governor McDaniel, ss safe a governor as Georgia
scents to have been practically settled, ami the
verdict is that If the people want him again there
Is no constitutional hindrance to prevent them
getting him. Certain it Is, that if ho submits lift
name to tho people, lie will come to the
convention with* a powerful support, for
rrroTd Mieh as he has made must find a hearty
indorsement at the hands of the people
Tho llinesville Gazette, In reporting auotlio
shooting scrape in Liberty, says: ???It begins to
look as if a little hanging would have a whole-
smne cflbct.??? ???
On Friday, tho 97th ultimo, an election was
M id In the 97th district, G, M., Washington
county, on the fence question. There were 102
names registered, of which only 104 voted with
the follow ing result: ior stock Law 115, for fence
40. Thb means practically stock law for the
county and the contest excited much interest
in thu entire county on that account. The uo
fence advocatca are smiling and happy. There
is some talk of a contest but it will not amount
to anything.
Revoral days ago the report became current
that Caleb C. Heard had sUbhod fatally, in
Chambers county, Abbama, A, Pigg. The pruss
took it up, and Dr. Heard's frlenda became
anxious and alarmed. Dr. Heard dbpow* of
the stray from West Point, by naylng that it
anise from a Joke, and that he had only killed,
if he dors every year about thb time, a pig,
and that ho has no regret therefor.
Morgan county claims the big hog ribbon for
If85. J. H. Holland killed a hog on last
Wednesday that woighed 481 ponnds after be
ing killed and bled. It was two yean old lost
August. It waa born and raised In the city of
Madison.
Plenty of rain haa fallen in KaahVllle af
ter a long drouth, and the coldest weather for
the season we???have experienced in several
s. The snap ranght our cane-growers be-
J time In making np ayrujvand the rand
waa badly frozen Wednesday, Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday, and will soar in a few days.
All handi are 1 ns/.
A foul and atrocloua murder waa committed
near Hancoek???a landing, on the Savannah river,
in Washington county lust year. William Gar
vin, colored, waa arrested on suspicion as being
tbej>crpctrator of a crime and lodged in jail.
Tne deceased was a negro also,
named William Uankinson. Nothing
was known about tho matter except that Gar
vin waa heard to say that ho would put ???old
man Bill Hanklnaon where the dogs would
not bark at him If he did not quit accusing
him of stealing hb hogs.??? Garvin was afraid
that Haukinson would testify against him at
the present term of Bnrko superior court, and
a few evenlnga before court convened Bill
Hanklnaon went in the river swamp to
feed bb hogs aa waa hb usual custom. While
he was there blowing hb horn for kb hogs a
gun waa heard to fire, and Hanklnaon waa aeon
no more until hb body waa found Friday Ikst,
pierced with backahof, lodgedjagbluit a willow
tn e In the rivor.by persons who were exploring
for It. A chain waa found around
the body and an Iron weight
attached and the head covered and tied in a
hag. When the crime waa committed a freshet
was in the river ond since that time the water
has fallen and left the l>ody exposed where it
Ipdged. Garvin Is In Jail heavily Ironed. Hb
manner b exceedingly nervous but he baa
made no direct confession. There b amnio
testimony of a circumstantial klrnl, to convict
him and hb doom os a murderer Is sealod.
The Jasper County News, one of tho neatest
of onr state exchanges, b published at Monti-
cellobv Mrs. A. P. Menu. She employs no
liJmL help, but the entire editorial and
chaulcal work Is dono by herself and hor c....
dren, the oldest of whom ft under fourteen
years 6f age. Mrs. Penn Reserves unlimited
success in her work.
The Isoubvllle News soya; Hon. A\ 8. Clay
barely escaped the warm embrace and kisses of
Sn overjoyed countrywoman on last Wednes
day. lie had zurtcssfully defended her son,
Charged with theft* and fho mother became
very affectionate toward Mr. Clay. A young
man waa indicted before Judge Brown for car-
ALL THROUGH DIXIE.
Tbs rub ConatlMlon Car la Montxomtr-vromdtt ???
rut CUcor.rlc. In tb. Cara at Lookout Mouu-
iai?????sareostobbojjo AAoMf-ston ts.
South Corotlaa LnUUturo fa Doing.
nrlng nmrcalcd wrapona, whirl: wore seen on
him nt rhureh, where he was expecting s iliffl
mlty otar ??? love aAhir. The Jutlge hennl that
the young mail???s rival was to blame, anil when
tie railed the offrntirr up to linpoac n One, ho
told him that aa he wsa the atnwraful man In
the luve sffitir he would matte it ouly $33.
That girl was a help, certain.
A serious difficulty occurred In' Gaines
ville between twu men named ltolnimb and
llaitrldgr, who live near the railroad. They
live near each other, aml.JIartridge grow
Jealous lecouvr- Holcomb wsa pnyinjt his wife
tee much attention, lie wt-ut to liolcumb???s
home la.t Thnraday with a double barreled gun
and began calling him. lustrad ofcomlngout,
Holcomb put hla gun through a crack in tho
doer, and Anal. Just aa he did Hartrldge
raw him and turned to ran, receiving the toad
In hla shoulder, mulcting a dangerous wound,
Holcomb baa twi ll jailed.
The announcement that the nereraaryAW.IMO
had been auharrihed to the capital stock of the
Macon and IXivtngton railroad, and that work
would aoon be commenced, has brought to the
Macon quite a number of people whonredeeirona
of Icing employed In Its construction. These
people are making anxious inquiries a. to
when the work wifi be rommenred. The fill,
lowing letter received by last night???s mail
gives the drain'd information:
At! am*, Inecmher IMV???Mr. Jew Hollis.
Macon, tia. Bear Kir: Your irlciirain hi Colonel
1. ('. U\ Inert uo. ha. been le.-elvril. lie is jiuf
listing forTiome, and tenuous toe to wrtto you
that he wilt be In Maron on Monday, the 7th ind.,
with a surveying pang, prepared to commence
work.
Jack Matthew* and Logan Nelson, both col
ored, became involved in n drunken brawl last
Friday at YVorth-ille, Butts county, when Nel
son (track Mathews with a billet of wood on
the head, killing him iustantly. Mathews waa
atti uniting to shoot Ncl.rn with a gun loaded
with buckehot when hr received tho fatal blow.
)1 la supposed that the burning of the resi
dence of Mr. W. L. Hints, tn Calhoun, waa the
wmk of an Inrendlary tramp, who railed nt
the house and requested something to eat.
After supper Mr. Hines hennl a noise and re-
mailed that there waa aomrtliliw under the
house, tut as It was not repealed be thought
bothing more of it until after the Are.
MABBtKP IN OKOBOIA,
Nr. 8. T. Kell and Mira Stella C. llarrl.. For
Valley .. . Nr. Milton Reed and Nlra Minute Da
vis, Atlanta Nr. Patrick Freeman and NbsKu-
???teHorkten, Atlanta Mr. Isaac Rom amt Nlra
Ida Nitehrll. Venn* Mr. Charles McBride and
Nlra Addle Welch, Scwnan.
DUB IN GEORGIA.
Mr. retrr Kittles, Bylvan!a......Vta. J. M. Inara,-
Bueno Vista Nr, Joe J. Marsh, UFayetre
Mrs. F- T. Kenny, D*osou Nr. Thomas Winn,
Bclatr. Nr. Mitchell I-ampiou. Cedariown .....
Nc. base R. Hall. CraoSscd Mrs. ??. K Uule.
NUIedg-vtlle Me. Mathew Dalton. Mr*. Bale.
It. Council, Dr. W. N. tUnlarick. busier,
county.
Kentucky.
Charlotte WloklUTe, colored, died In Lonlirille
S erfneMlMy nlpht, axed 117. Hhe luw fifteen living
iUdn*n,tIie oldest ucurlv a hundred years old, aiid
rtxty Krtiiid children. Phe claim* to have banded
vat bale and hearty until recently.
Florida.
Captain Jesse Archer, well known to the oca-
men of the gulf coast, died of alcoholism at Ce
dar Keys, Wednesday night. He made a bet
that he could drink a quart of whiaky at one
time, lfe drank a half pint, walked a few rods
and dropped dead.
Florida expect* 200,000 northerners thu winter.
Virginia.
The coroner's Jury In the case of Misi Raehcll
McDonald, the aged lady whom body was
iband in her house with her thro.it cat in
Bichmond, returned a verdict last Wednesday
evening that the deceased ???came tohcrdeith
by committing suicide with some sharp iintru-
went, supposed to be a razor.??? The property
of the deceased is valued at $3,000, aud her only
known relatives reside in Canada.
Arkansas.
- Foster,
we* gone.
W. F. McGinnis, an employe of the 8t. Louis,
Iron Mountain and Southern railway at Argeu-
ta, was sent to the Camden branch to repaira lo
comotive. He had coinpletod tho work, and
the engineer raised steam. The engine sud
denly, from some unknown cause, turned over
and McGinnis was caught under the engh
with the hot water running out on Him, ai???
the fire from the furnace burning lift legs. The
engineer could not extricate him alone, nor
could he remove all tho fire. Holp was pro
cured, aud the burning tnnu released. When
he was drugged from the fire the flesh of his
left hip actually blazed. His face aud neck
were acaldrd. and his right side was burned to
a crisp. He lived fourteen hours.
Alabama.
The flnh corainfeion cor No. 2, In charge of
George II. Moore, reached thU city today. Fire
thousand gold fish and carp will be distributed In
Montgomery and Alabama.
Last' Friday night os the west bound fast
train. No.fifty, T. J. Howell, conductor, on the
Georgia Pacific, was running at full speed, be
tween Muscadino and Edwardiville, tho engi
neer discovered a party of five men and women
on a high trestle Just before him, and before he
could stop the engine was upon them, knocking
off two or the party, instantly killing them???
a brotherand sister named Vernon.
The party had been to church and were re
turning homo with a pine torch to light the
way. The torch wcut out while they were ou
the trcftlo And left them in darkness, when
the engine esmo upon them. No possible
blntno can be attached to tho engineer.
A peculiar sight In Birmingham ft ox wagons
from the country retailing lump coal on the street,
Texas.
Two heavily armed white men were found dead
last Tueftday, within a few paces of caeh other,
....... ??? bin, chjfknftnw nation. They
ne of the lament ranches tn the
It ft supposed tho men quarreled
near White Lead
were employes of one of the lament ranches In the
Indiau nation. Jtissupponcd the men quarreled
and fought a duel, the result of which was tho In
stant death of tho participants. Their names are
not glvcu.
Home months ago Newton Clmnce, an agod
Itinerant preacher from Indian lerritonr, was
amstrd here charged with themnrder ofE. Ju
nius Foster in this city in 1803. Foster was the
editor of a newspaper. The killing occurred
during the rebellion, and caused intense excite
ment throughout the state. The trial of
Chance has been in progress the past few days.
A sensation waa produced in court yesterday
by the voluntary testimony of James Young,
who swore that It waa he who killed Foster. -
???1 killed him," nild Young, ???because hd pub
lished in hfs paper the lying assertion that tho
mnrdcr of my father was tlio licst thing that
ever happened for northern Texas,???
The Jury returned a verdict of ???not guilty,???
and tne aged prisoner wns released in the
midst of demonstrations of great Joy. Tho
old preacher wept like a child as tho pcuplo
crowded around him.
A Galveston court lias decided that carrying
bran knocks Is not an offense.
Two young ladle* were recently decoyed from
Chicago to Dallas tinder preteusi of employment.
They found that they were expected to perform Jn
a variety saloon, and started to foot U back home.
Kind people forwarded them to Chicago.
North Carolina.
An event occurred at Company Shops'last
Tuesday that has no precedent iu the
history of tho church. The African Moth-
wllst Episcopal annual conference bus
bceu In tendon hero since Wednes
day and seems to bo composed of colored min-
htcra of more than ordinary intelligence.
They evince great talkative powers evidently,
as several are frequently ou tho flour at the
same time clamoring for recognition. Tho
conference Is presided over by Bishop H. M.
Turner, a native of the south, whose home is
In Atlanta, Ga. Ho has fine executive ability
and seems to bo the kind of a man to havo
charge of the moral and religious development
of tho colored people who Hvo among us,
judging from his frequent admonitions
and reproofs administered to the
frivoloualy inclined, or the looso and way
ward. Several preachers wore ordained to
the ministry, and among the number presented
for deacon???s orders was one jSarah A. Hughes,
of Raleigh. Shu is a bright mulatto woman,
with flucly developed features, very well edu
cated and is said to be a good preacher. Bho
lias been a member of the conference for some
years and had received several appointments
os a pastor.
When she came around the altar with sev
eral others, all eyes were fixed upon lier, for it
was indeed, a rather singular sight. The
Bishop proceeded with the ordiuution until he
came to hen when he halted for some minutes
and looked up, apparently in a deep
study aa to whether be should proceed or uot,
the entire congregation,both white and colored, :
looking on with intense interest. But he final
ly mustered courage, and placed his bauds upon ???
her head and raid as be did over the others:
???Take thou authority to execute the office of a ???
deacon, to execute tue office of a deacon in the
church of God. In the name of the Father,and
of the Son, and of the Ilolr Ghost. Amen.???*
And then handing her the Bible he said: ???Tako*
thou authority to read the Holy Scriptures and
to preach the cauie in the churvhof God." And
Sarah Hughes waa declared an ordaiued minis
ter.
The whole conference seemed to be rejoiced
and shook her haud very heartily. But tho
bishop appeared rather serious.
Tennessee.
A villainous attempt was made loot Monday
night t?? turn the temporary quarters u*cd for
tie colored orphans home at Chattanooga.
Tho home burned to the ground acme d ??ya
ago from a defective flue, aud the 60 orphans
were removed ton school liouw building in the
heart of the city until the orphanage could
be rebuilt.
Jnst as the children were preparing to re ire
on M< nday night the buildiug w.w discovered
to h*ou fire, aud had thediscovery born delayed,
a moment would have been a tot *1 los??, au.l a
dreadful holocaust would have resulted. The.
cutire lower floor had l*oen saturated with???
cool oil, aud piles of tinder were nltcod near
the deers* It ft thought some fallen womin
whore child bad bocu taken from her was tho
author of the attempt.
Further discoveries have been made in the
wonderful cave in Lookout mountain and a
waterfall similar to the one found yesterday
waa reached. The water from the two will bo
tt ir.bintd and will b?? conveyed to the city.
Colon*I Vm. 11 ill, one or tho pioneer* of
this country, celebrated bis ninety-first birth-
d.y lodfcy am! cue hundred aud thirty-seven
dctccLtUttts weieUxre. Uo boa resided la this
county siuce 1823, and was the first white set-
tit r.
Evidence accumulates that organized inccn li-
arUm is at work iu Nashville. Friday night???s
destructive fire, it is now said, positively was
incendiary, and there were four more alarms
today. The most dastardly piece of work so
far has been the firing of the blind asylum,;
three times within twelve hours, all fires being ???
suppressed w ith comparatively small loss. The
inmates of the asylum were nearly panicked
ou two occasions, and a serious calamity nar
rowly avoided. Special detectives have
teen??? put on the track of tho
Incendiaries, and considerable uneasiness ft
felt throughout the city, os no one kuows
where next a fire will start. Factories, resi
dent cs, out-houses and other buildings alike
are considered in danger.
The new Central Baptist church in Mem*
phis was dedicated Sunday. It cost 9112,000.
Mr*. Mary & Allen, of Newport, has become
iraunlac on account of religion.
A very sensational murder occurred at South Pitts
burg late last Tuesday iu which a man named
Ciuir.n was stabbed by Jim Johnson, The men
qrunelcd about some property, and Johnson, be-
i (.ntir.g tmaged, drew a knife und plunged It into
(???Winn's breast several times, producing lnstaut
death. Johnson was cupturcd and lodged hi jail.
A man iu Adrian, Mich., built a house ou
wheels end traveled In it with his family all the
wav to Knoxville. _
South Carolina.
Thus far this legislative session ha*been de
void of any fen-.ution??l events. The two
bodies have gone along quietly and smoothly,
disposing of routine caleudar business.
The bill to rc|ieal the lien law has not reach
ed u stage where the relative strength of its
opponents and supporters can be scon: but. in
i-H.-ual talks with nearly all tho members, it is
found out that the opposition to this mischiev
ous statute is eveu stronger than it
was last session, when it came
very near being stricken off the books.
The impoverished condition of tho agricul
tural classes is to be ascribed mainly to thb
blighting influence of this odious law. The
planters admit that it is a bad law, and most
of the legislators realize liow iniuriously it
affects the farmers, but for some inexplicable
rcarou, it is extremely difficult to bring about
its repeal. However, the present session will
not pass until it is repealed. It is ordained
that it must go.
There are threo bills pending touching the
railroad commission. One of these proposes
to confer upon the commissioners much larger
power than they now possess; another seeks
tocuiiail their authority, aud another aims to
gc t rid of two commissioners and place all the
powers now enjoyed by the three in one per
son. Yet another bill, which has not yet been
iutnduccd, will propose tho abolition of the
entire commission. There, is no dquht Hurt
this last measure is the one which,.pugnfcif
pars. It is not a difficult
tiiow that the railroad com.
proved a mischievous institution. It
eomidished no substantial good for the people
while working prejudicially to railway enter,n
prises in tho wsy of scariug off ca] ** ??? '
???ailwav cn
apitalists, *u4
if certain ,im*-
way building in South Carolina. That the of-,
tahlished lines of railroad havo doneunexpQftr.
idly well during the pest year is no argument
in favor of the commission. They would have
done considerably better bad tho .commission
not existed. The fight over the proposition.to
abolish the commission ft certain to be close aud
exciting, and it U not cosy to predict how it
will eud.
The general assembly began, last Tuesday,
the second week of its session. Tho disposition
seems to be to got rid of tho matters now on
the calendars, rather than to multiply new
measures. <
Mr. B. R. Hemphill, of Abbeville, tho recog
nized loader of tho anti-education faction in
tho house, introduced today a bill to abolish
free tuition in the South Carolina college.
It is believed that the missing Colonel John A.
Sloan, of this state, has been secreted by some one.
The unusually quiet neighborhood of Ever
green has been tho scene of a bloody tragedy.
Angellno Deveaux, fired by Jealousy, assaulted
Ida 8towcrs, both colored, with a knife and
'inflicted ??? frightful wound across thb abdomen
from Which she died shortly afterwards. The
murderess was arrested and after preliminary
examination, committed to jail.
An effort will be made In tho South Carolina lcj-
slature to regulate the foes of lawyer*
THE METHODISTS,
y
Proceeding* wf the North Georgia Conference
at Kewnan.
Tho missionary anniversary was hold Satur
day night in the Methodist church..
Hopkins, D. !>., opened with religious services.
Secretary H. J. Adams read a very interest
ing re port, showing that about sixteen commu
nities in north Georgia have been helped to tho
blessing of hearing the grapcl. Those are dq??
ing well. The treasurer???s report showed. that
the assessments had been mot in full for fqfr
eign misuiou in no district, tho Atlanta paying
nearly iu foil. ?? ,,
Dr. A. G. Hnygood said tlwt wo raise ln ; f??
district now more than the entire conference
when it met here twclvo year* ago. Too
growth of membership In twelvo years in pnr
Methodist church has passed from 600,000 Jo
more than l,000.000.Twelvo years ago wo had tm
two heroic men in foreign lands, A.Uen and Lam
beth. We uow have in China many tmo meu
and women. We now have a flourishing mis
sion, with several workmen in Brazil. BUh-
op J. C. Keener has led our forces into Mex
ico. One month ago Bishop McTyqiro organ
ised a conference on the Mexican border w\\b
four presiding ciders and forty prcachoni.
Bishop Keener is soon to organizo a confer
ence iu the city of Mexico with one hnndrod
preachers. During the last eight years the
most inspiring fact ft the wrork and fhith of
the Women's Missionary society.
Their 100,000 members have raised this year
more than onr society twelve years ago. They
have raised $60,000 this year. For 1800 years
they were kept from the w ork, now they are f
part of the vitalizing institutions of tho church.
They will raise up sons and daughters who
will lay money and lives on Christ???* altar. In
a few years we will have men who will individ
ually keep up whale mission station*. We will
send the best men across the sea. We cannot*
go tack on tho forward movement, but we will
and must advance. The Methodist church]
north found themselves deficient by a quarter
million dollars, but they raised tho cry for an
advance to a million, and they have passed it.
We must march. Jesus met the five hundred
disciples and opened the plan to them to re
deem the world. A mighty enterprise, to con-
S uer earth without earthly power and monoy.-
ohn aud Matthews, lVter and James went
forth trusting to His power,
Christ???s wealth and power ft ours,
and we tnuxt forsake all and go to do lift will.
It is unmanly to hesitate in the presence of
the enemy.
THE SUNDAY X.OV EFT AST.
One of the most interesting occasions of the
conference was the lovefeost Sunday morning.
The church was full. Rev. J. K. Evans con
ducted the meeting. He has been serving God
for sixty-one yearn and preaching for
more than a half century. One of
the most beautiful s???ghts was the aged
form of the white-haired Claibom Trasoel,
who has been a preacher nearly fifty-seven
years. It was the testimony of all the breth
ren that this has been the mo??t spirt mil year of
their lives. They come u
with echoes of the shouts of
thousands of new bom fouls. The church in
Georgia ft in better condition than ever before,
and tne r respect ft pron ftlug.
This being missionary day. Rev. D. C. Kelly,
D. 1).. the missionary tren.vurerfrom Nashville,
was introduced. He said that in seven years
the Methodist church.had quadrupled its eon-
ti iln.tious for mission*. Then we had eighty
missionaries; now about 300. Then we had
tw?? nty-seven converts; now 3^25. We have
moved forward until we have a
dclt of $30,000. This was caused by the failure
of the CVnlenary fond to build the Anglo Chi
nese college, the board having to build it. Oar
missionaries are not rakl Urge salaries, the
average Iving only $353. The **Uuric?? are nsed
to advance the work of Christ. In Mexico he
fttaytd in a missionary** home, sleeping on a
hrt kcu itou bed with a knotty mattress. Next
mcrn???ng ho found that that was the only bed
in the house, and that Sister Norwood had
rif pt cn a brick floor to let him have tho b3d.
At brtakfk>t they had hash, bean* and baker???s
bread. She win that* they lived poorly in
cider to educate six Mexican girls who wore to
tako khooU which wore waiting, and so
the salaries are used.
In the Baine country. At the home of Brother
Grimes, he saw twin girl* very healthy, and
itkte.totr wav their falter mother. The board
ordered Brother -Crimes not to go in dcbt,ao
lu? paid the other agents their share, and in
order to keep the* Work from stopping sold the
row, the fife of the children. They sacrifice
all with joy iu order to tell the love of Jesus.
Thb conference decided to collect the mis
sionary collection by February 15th, 1888. The
preachers then became personally responsible
for one-fourth of tho amount iu cash by that
time.
The reports from the Atlanta charges wore
paitif-Ulariy fine, showing nearly one thousand
additions to the churches there''during tho past
year. Those from Atlanta and Augusta were
pa it iculurly.fi nr.
The statistical secretaries, Dillard, Cary and
Fuyne, report the following summary for the
year just ended. There are 73,846 members,
being net increase of 2,898???a good showing.
Lot ul preachers, 431. an increase of 20.
1,17.2 infants baptized; auults. 3,765. The total
ido etc*- by application during the year was
6,511, by ceitificate, 2,890; deaths, 777, and
Icf-Ks from ail other causes, 3,717. There are
68!) Sunday schools with 4,458 officers and
ter.i bets while there arc 41,578 pupils.
There are TOO churches with 201,621 sittings
woith $770,2b5. l???an^uages are not as many
os they sheajd ho> ntup Bering-only 103, valued
nt $117,310. Othef church property valued at
$310,517. This year $51.508 was raised for
building, and retiring churches. $93,115 was
paid to pastors this year, while the presiding
elder* received $12,958. * The bishops received
$1,791. The church
amounted to $2,132.
extension collection
Absolutely Pure.
than The ordinary kind, and cannot be oM In e
petition with the multitude of low test short weight
alum or phosphate powders. Gold only In cons..
Royal Baxisg Powdxb Go., 106 Wall street, New
A NEW STAGE DEPARTURE.
London, December. Harris, the man
ager of the Drury Lane theater, proposes to
make a bold hid for Die suhpore of the fleshly
school la lift forthcoming Christmas pantomime.
The plot ft the old one of Aladdin, or tho won
derful lamp, and It Is made tlio vehicle for dis
playing the sensuous revels of the Orient with
daring realism, .r
One of the chief scenes represents an eastern
E rincess and her ladies of honor in tho marble
atliing apartment of tho royal' palace. Per
fumed pastilles burning on the stago give a
pale race color to tho scene, and dlfltuo a lan
guorous edor through tho hotuo. A viol of
the most transparent Katlzo is between tho
bathers and the audience. Presently tne
ladln emerge from the bath. They arc clad
lu silk dealt rags fitting tightly to their forms,
and to gleuy a# to simulate the effect of water
glistening upon tho lave (kin. ' Thrown llght-
. ly around the hips or ahonldera aro Uttlo Marfa
of pal* pihk or green Jaec. The ladle, danco
and disport about the atiige. twirling and using
gaudy Turkish towels with geld embroidered
ends, from which they ring, real water. The
whole effect is wohdefftilly-suggestive of tho
delights of hnro&t'Hfi) fn the -days of Harouu-
Al-L'ascfcld. .'As: (t-writs: presented today at a
???drop.?????? rahraruVrt was the most,daring dis
play of protended nudity ever madeonaro-
spcctable London stago. If It li not toned
down by tho authorities It la sure to create a
palhfal bat probably profitable sensation.
CHINESE ADRIFT.
Twenty-live Celestials Turned Loose Across
the Line.
SgATrr.F, W. T., December 4.???It will be re
membered that twenty-five Chinamen wero
found come months ago on. rock In the straits
of J'nca, where they had been abandoned by
the master of the schooner, who attempted to
amtfggle them into the United States. They
were brought beforo ?? United States
commissioner and tho marshal was
Instructed to escort them back to British
Columbia. The authorities there refused to
receive them without payment of $3 per head,
tax required by tho Canadian law. The mar-
ahal accordingly returned with them and they
haveaince been confined In the United States
penitentiary on UcNlel???f bland.
Monday lost they wero brought before -the
United States court here, and Judge Orecn in-
???tiucted United States Marshal George to es
cort them across the boundary line and leavo
them in British Columbia, without
regard Tto the proteat of the Brltbh
Columbian authorities. Marshal Georgo ac-
qnidlngly took them to Simlahmoo,
a town near the boundary line, and then
ricortrd them acrou the line and two miles
into Canadian territory. They were then
turned loose, they having previously been sup-
S licd with provisions which would hut Mvcnd
ays. The Chinese at once started for New
Westminster, having no dcaire to return to the
United States.
Pr. It. O. Cotter, WA Second street, Macon, Ga.
Dlrcaraa of the eye, ear, throat and now. Lately
associated for fOgr years with Dr. N.W. Calhoun,
ESPECIALLY
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THE COTTON MARKETS.
CONSTITUTION OFFICE,
Atlanta, December 5,1335.
TIIE WEEK???S BEVIKW,
New York???Cotton has been quiet and dull oil the
week, and the tendency lms bcenjtiowntrard, though
very little change ha* taken place within the past
day or two. Today the market closed trith futures
dull and about ten points under the price of a week
ago. Spots, middling 9 7-16.
Local-Cotton quiet and dull; buyers and sellers
??r*rt, buyers ottering less. The week has been
quiet Receipts for the week amount to 7,703 bales,
ogalntt 13,718 boles for the corresponding week
last year.
NRW YORK. December 4.???Tho following Is tho
comparative cotton statement for the week ending
today :
Net receipts at all United States ports... 312.151
Berne time last >u??tr 2SAX64
Showing?* decrease- 8*113;
Totalfreceipts 2,65X953
Borne time lost year....... .......~2,723,318
Phowing a decrease.................... - 64.495
Exports for the week - - ???~ 151,620
Borne time lost year..., 216,023
. Fhowing a decrease.. fo.408 *
Total exports to date 1.46L186
Same time lost year 1,606,37*3
Showing a decrease 139,540
Block at all United States ports... - 910,031
Same time last year .903,921
Some time lost year... 179,291
Showing an Increase..... * 4,819
Stock at Liverpool 428,000
Same time last year.. ................... 438,000
Showing ah increase...- .OJ* *43,009
American cotton afloat for Great Britain 203,000
Same time lost year..??? ??? 307,000
Showing a decrease- 201,000
SATTBDAY, NOVEMBER 2$.
New York???Cotton continues dull and a stronger
downward tendency prevailed during the day.
Spots, middling 9 7-16c.
Net receipts today 40,453 bales, against 44,909 bale*
lari year; exports 54,176 bales; last year 18,923 bales;
stock 912,425 bales; last year 928,669 bales. <
Below we give the opening and closing quotations
of cotton fotures in New York today:
OrXNXD. CLOSED.
December.... 9..WJ....... 9.27a 9.23.
January 9.40& 9.84# 9.35
February. 9.4*49 9.45$ 9.43
March 9.60*5 9.5 ASiSfl*
^tCloscd ilarciy* steady;'sidei'^ii.SCw'bales.^' ^
Local-Cotton quiet and off We quote: Good
middling Oc; middling^#; strict low middling 6){o;
low.middling gUe; strict good ordinary 8e; good
ordinary 7J*c; rising Tfr&SKc; tinge* 8Xe.
NEW YORK, December 5???Tho total visible sup
ply of cotton for the world is 2,293,561 bales, of whleh
2,149,919 bales are American, against 2,818,603 bales
and 2,842,906 respectively lost year. Receipts at all
Interior towns 207,009 bales. ??? Receipts from planta
tions 235,019. Crop In sight 3,401,993 bales.
PROVISIONS, GRAIN, ETC,
December..
tn*
89b
CONSTITUTION OFFICE,
Atlanta, December 5_ 1385.
Tho following quotations indicate the fluctuations
on the Chicago board of trade today:
WHEAT.
Opening Highest Lowest Closing,
ronx.
December - 8 92^ 8 92* j 8 90
CLEAR RIB SIDES.
December 4 85 ?? 85 5 75 4 75-
Live Stock. rf'St.
ATLANTA, (December 6???Mules are In fair de
mand with supply moderate. The market ft; un
changed a* to price*. We quote 0a follow*: Mules
???14 to 16 bands 38099125; 15 to 15?? bonds 9126#
1166. IToner???Plug 360411100; drive llOoefUO.
'CINCINNATI, December A???Hogs active and Arm;
ccjmrcm and light 96.00095.90; packing and botch
ers tS.85CM.00.
Mloeellaneoua,
Flour???Best j
T>; extra rami ly 85.25; choice
Jiy $LA0W.75; extra $L2t>
Corn???hi. Charles white 68c; No. 2 white
^.tarlraaA
_ .. . It treats on hesttb,
arm turn SiSSS 5S
REGAINED^
pj??Uon tor su.T.rii.*
humanity aflltrvO
22ft* Mnroa->
lowifBtn sad other* who ouflhr from nerv
ous *??wr phjralcal daMlity. exhausted elUltiy.
???raasaturs dacUua, ete.,ar?? wpeeulijr beaeStW
ly eo???ildOd IU eoutania. Tbsumadt 1 ift
larsaavsd ner eons dobllHy tntnrers and oth'.rs
by lha sdriua strrn. if U *Hd of n-.Yrica)
aid er eeusael. read <t hefor* fnesstfac In medl-
Krai d.Y taO *???> Awkv eo?? ????????????tar
KEN OF SMALL mmv'ZS&SZ?"
**110.113 PI1UTOGUAPI1Y.**
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Mttra Htuml toOMrpntared
riiDtta.rwtMiM,aad *oLDiiiitmen,mUmt
run* a>r a (in t EasMuf M??a or Vmm
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TBrtall fnntrm; fra-Iji
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seSeMu. fb**ntl????iMil
???w, ??*n??srinf a tV* naif l_
??. O, ufe, LrJms or iinli,
??? LiiL'** ?? AOwdffi
Flour???Beit patent 96.T>^f0.78j extra tandy |i78
diff.eo: fancy fS.IWTrS5.75; extra family 15.25; choice
'family f4.7S695.00; family * *
fifUft- Coro???fit. Chan
f??c. Corn Meal???58660c. Oats???Ript proof 47 k ^-???,
TcnncsYco 81.00. Hay???Choice timothy, large baled
90c; choice timothy, small bales, 91.00; No, l, lane
bales, 90c; No. 1, small bales, 95c.- 1*000???Red 75c;
clay We: mixed 75e. Wheat Rrani 95e#fl.00. Grits
83.15 V bbl. C'oflbc???Rle l wj 15c ft B>; old govern-
me nt Java 2&e. Sugars???Htamlord A 7^c;grana-
latud 7%c; white extra C 6j4c. Syrup???Nc
Orleans choice 45c; prime Teas Block
S CCe; green 854300c. Mackerel???Na 1, ItfblT ???
o. 8, bbl., bbls CSJiO: klU 50c: pails
Foni.-f2.00fe85.00 ft 100 cake*. Itiro-5f
Hulk Mean???Clear rtb rblus 6J^KAJ*e. Bugi
hams large average. 12c; small avoragi
Ijird???Tierces, refined, 7}{c; choice leaf.
Lemons???(2.50683.00 H l??or. Horse aho<
mule shoes 85.00; horn? shoe nail* 12V
bound bairn s 11.00. Trace chains aL
shovels 89.ro; spades 99.50f<r8lX Axe* 97.00^)10.00
} ??dozen. Cotton card* 83.nofe35.00. Well buckets
4.0ft Cotton rone IGc. Hwcde iron 5c: rolleJ, or
merchant bar, 2$ rate. Cast-steel Lie. Kail* 92.65.
Gluldcn burl ed wire, galvanized, 7c p B>: painted -
Cc. IHwrdcr???Klflo 84.00; blarilng 82.70. Bar lead
7c; shot 81.W. I^a??hrr-G. D. 24fe2Cc; P. D. 21fe
24c; best tffe 28c; white oak soft 40c; borne** leather
sftt 3%; black upper 35fe40c.
Eke*???22c. Butter ??? Strictly choice Jersey
SffeLOc; strictly choice Tennessee 12fel8c; other
erodes lCfelTc. Poultry??? k'oung chicken* lOfelflc:
Lens 22j^fe25c; cocks 20r. Sweet potatoes???OOfetOO.
I cache* 6c; rough dried apple*
ow lug to quality. IteanuU???Tenn
Carolina Qc; Virginia
(fotsUfthed In 1875.) Largest Normal School in the
sooth. . Tojal Kx^enro piarantccd ffi.85 per week.
(JPA PATH FOR COMPIBTR RtrsrNEW
SOll COI???KSK, lucludlog Hoard,Tuition and
irtplomw. For large Annual Catotomeamt full In
formation addrex* M ELL A WILLIAM A. Howling
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THE FIRM
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stock at 47 Whitehall street, and solicit order* by
moIL Direct all orders and letter* to
J. P. STEVENS,
JEWELER,
47 WHITEHALL STREET; ATLANTA, GA.
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