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12 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 SUITED FOR BABES n am AoastSA*: k stmarrroHS *m bxc luu. action mm EjFici courMrwa iriiWWiMi???ii, ixmor a re??nu!, inm d wi, I nai- sSsuott. Hallow or Has C???racial ton. draud ???Ch Bowl oiimaau generally, U W no* ?52oi??l??lr wfe for ifellcmCe nod aura- ???SATATdrca ******* kr UfosU ?? average doses for a cents. 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.** BrtlMManM??vT??MUtKwvMr w Mmitetiexaifax OetttiM Mttra Htuml toOMrpntared riiDtta.rwtMiM,aad *oLDiiiitmen,mUmt run* a>r a (in t EasMuf M??a or Vmm Mttcoss,!??? U'<lKt wp>rM PkeUfi U* <elM TBrtall fnntrm; fra-Iji 4 tar11 |u. 1 b*??lrr*i ta (Srre 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 Green, Kr. ??W.COMMERCIAL l)Ei*AsK MENT OPEN AM. TI1R TEAR. July 712thp top col wky 6 ?? THE FIRM QF J. P. STEVENS A CO. BEING DISSOUID. 1 hare re-established tnyrelf with an entirely new 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. POT 17 wkrdr 12p^