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THE-WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA., TOESDAY DECEMBER J6 1885
GEORGIA NEWS.
THE NEWS OF THE STATE BRIEFLY
CHRONICLED.
A DMi9o6j Pound la Csra 8paln*??-A Druaboa Mu
falls Into a Woll-A Straus* Aalnnl Worn
jM*ioa???A nomnntlo ICnrrlnffolaOalao**
OtUo-A Bortooo Accident. Xtc.
??? In or about tbe year 1877 Hayden Hughe*,
very wealthy citizen of Bibb county, made
will deeding $30,000 to three negroes. After
vrardf, about 1880, he made a aecond deed, re
during the original doed to $21,000. Iii each
deed Mew*. I. C. and Robert Plant were ap
pointed trustee*. The auit waa brought by
Colonel D. O. Ilughea to aet aaide the deed of
1680, and the attorney* for defense anawered
With the deed of 1877. Finally a settlement
was effected, (giving tbo complainant# $4,000
and leaving $20,000 in the hands of the original
beneficiaries of the deed, and today a decree
waa taken in accordance with the settlement.
At an early hour Monday morning the dead
body of Ksmuef Ligg'on, colored, waa found
In Givespring street, near the residence of Mr.
P. C. Harris, in this place. The neck was
broken, and on the body were found several
flesh wounds and brnlsca. At an Inquest held
by the coroner It was dcvelopod that on the
night previous this negro and another by the
name of Ned Avery got into a buggy and
drove to a grocery in Floyd county, a distance
of some five miles from hero, and after
the purchase of one gallon
whisky and imbibing freely
(hereof started on their return to town,
was the supposition of the Jury, from all the
circumstances, thst they fell from the buggy at
a point on the rood near the residence of Dr.
Jones, and that Liggon's clothing or body wo*
caught in the running gear of the same and
wo# dragged the distance from that point to
where his body was found, (it
"being over a mile), as the priuts iu
the loud and pieces of his clothing rlearly
sustain that theory. There i* n deep slouch
and a bruuelt between the point# named, and if
he was not killed before those were crossed In
was drowned In being pulled through the n.
The Jackson News contains a lengthy tic*
count of a Mrango animal seen by many reputv
Me gentlemen disporting on the batik* of
Towaliga river, and in the water In the neigh*
Wliood of Flat shoals. It I* described as bo*
- Ing about thesise of an average mule, and with
nil the characteristics of a seal. 11 travclsjbest
in the water. Number* of ritixeu* have T??oen
frightened by it, and on Baturduy a posso of
men went In search of It. Homo seem to think
that it is steal that has escaped from some
traveling menagerie.
??? An exchange has the following: ???The code
ha* received a terrible set back in Georgia.
Two young men named Thomas and Huberts
had long been paying attention to the daughter
of a wealthy farmer. The girl so divided her
Avon Uiat neither could tell which wa# the
favored suitor. Finally the rivals got to the
fighting point and agreed upon n private duel
with shotguns. They retired to a secluded
spot, marked off the ground and were about to
lire, when Huberts lowered his gun and said:
'if you givo me a suit of clothes you ran have
the girl and be d???it.??? The proposition was
accepted,and now Thomas is in full possession. ???
The Lumpkin Times say* that one Lout*
Warrill got drunk, and stumbling along In the
dark he encountered an open well in the
Hmithlek* field and fell into it. The well Is
lictwecn twenty and thirty feet deep and n* it
waa dry and warm at the bottom, Louis did
not realize where he was until he bad slept off
his drunkenness. He awoke during the night
and thought ho was in the ealibooso. He got
up and encountering one side of tho well im
agined that ho had fallen Into a deep gully,
lie turned around and as ho soon struck tho
Other aide of tho well It Unshed over hi*
mind that he was In a deep wall and
thst as no one knew wliero he was he would
die there unless he made some effort to get out,
He wauted to holloa, but know ho was too f.rr
from any hotme to ho hoard. He then wont to
work with bis hand*,dug out little atop* in
the side of the well, and began slowly to os*
tend. When about half way outhoslInptHt
aud fell back again, lie then pulled off his
boots and commenced again, and worked un
til nine o'clock on Hunday morning before lie
. reached the top and rescued himself from liL*
l-t rilou* position.
In Gainesville on Hunday, 0th instant, af
ter the minuter* had dUniiuod their con
gregation*, Mr. Will Matthews and MU*
Iforier Osburn hurried from church to Squire
dark Havin'* on Athen* street, and were
hastily married. They then started for tho
home of the groom, a short dUtsnco away,
hat never reached It, for the irate father of the
young lady met them, tore her rudely away
nnd marched her to her own home. Later in
the afternoon, with a revolver in each hand, he
escorted her to the train, and haa taken her
for lcyoml lire reach of her husband of an hour.
Irwin tan Appeal: Mrs. Mary Fountain,
widow of tho lato Mr. Mitclieil Fountain, of
Gordon, U the brag farmerc** of Georgia. Hire
has, on a two horse farm, and with no other
labor except her own turd five or six small
children, rained 700 bushel* of potatoes, and 7"??
gallons ofaynip, and will kill 2,000 pounds of
pork.
Nashville I* In the midst of a fteesc????? degrees
thermometer; very dry, Oats late sown are killed wo
tear. No likelihood of rain???earth dried up. fane
and potato's fowled: cholera lu rattening hog*
Mill rasing, fork crop will be short.
Mtu Maggie KUlott. a daughter ??ri>.W. KUIott, liv
ing near the Forsyth and Dawson line, met with a
inert reriou* accident the other day. While ensured
In feeding a cotton gin. her right arm waa caught
In the ght, and *o mangled that amputation be
came necewary.
Ham llolntes, a prominent white man of Snoll-
vilfe, bo# lawn arrested charged with asaault
with Intent to murder, upon a negro hoy, who
says Holmes came home drunk and began
heating him upon hit head with a fire-poker,
aud after he managed to get out of the bed,
where he waa asleep, threw him iu the fire.
Liquor the rauto.
Hob Halite* shot and killed Gabe Hayes on
night of the nth instant, near Hootenvflle, iu
this county. Hath were white uron, and were
drinking.
W. D. Kcllct, deputy revenue marshal, was
killed on Lookout mnnutsln Hunday night.
A telegram received by t utted state* Marshal
Nelms yerterday form Kcremre Agent c(unman
staled that the body of Mr. Kcltet had Itecn found
on Lockout mountain, five miles east of Valley
Head., Alabama, on Monday morning. Mr. Chap
man went and tdentliteil the body. 1
On Sunday nljfiitKellet waaln charge of Calvin
Noting, amwted for violating the revenue law*, lie
waa camtug the prisoner to Valley Head. Ala
team. It I* roppooed that a crowd of moonshiner*,
knowing of the arrest of Young. determined to kilt
*heo*w*ajHl lay tn ambtMhTy the,aide of the
road, lit* body was riddled with build*, aud the
ground where the dead man lay, was covered with
Tb^dereased was for a number of years the
and was at the time of
Ms death Jailer of that county. Last July he wo*
sppebdnt monhai hjr tiaptafn Nelnu. .ml has
"???
nuCiVtKh" wUh ???*"???kpartratnl
treated mrimoaiy kind by the fntted State* oft-
: ????????????'*
???Oj tko tin Sth tutent. John Ilill and Henry
lathrwgth. two white awn, remote Bathed with
n load or ahinglM and uld them out. They
bought twrntj-ire cant* worth af eaflho each
and aUrtrd homo in a wagon. On thair
wav they Ureuk a little whUky
and foil Into a nuareljctuo
mood. A waffle orenmd between thorn and
tha com wmaapilNd. In gathartng It an Yar>
btooah wa, charged with getting mote thin
bit than, and Uw two men engaged ia a fight
U tettle the dUpute. They were finally tapa-
HS* b J a young man by tho name of Bennett.
Ilill then left the wngon and
took a ehort cut to head MT Yar-
brough. When the latter rams up Hill com-
menetd tubbing and catting him. Yarbrough
etied cut not to cut at ha wat killed, Chub
|*???** c '- * to'orefi man, ran to tbo Karat and
Hill weal home. Yartmwgh died In fire min-
ntea, heforo they could get him to hia houw.
He waa cut la eight or ten placea. Hill wa
arrested tha same night aud lodged In Law-
renceville jail.
J*robJfritJon was badly defeated. The vote for
prohibition was forty-six; against it, five hun
dred and sixty. The negro vote was almost
solid against prohibition, while the white vote
was nearly three to one against prohibition.
ORIGIN OF VAN KKK OOOPLK.
BI r. file ore Tells the Historical Society What
He Known About It*
From the New York Time*.
"Yankee Doodle" was the theme of an in
teresting paper read by Mr. George II. Moore,
LL.I)., before the Now York Historical society
last night. An audience completely filling the
hall listened to the reading with unabated in
terest. "The subject," said Mr, Moore, "nata
rally divides itself into two parts; first, as to
tbe origin of yankee, and, Rocond, concerning
tbe time with which the word is indissolubly
linked. Gordon, writing in 1773. say#
yankee was the fkvorite word of ono
Jonathan Hasting*, living iu Cambridge
in 1713, and used aa a term of excel
lence. Tho students at Harvard thus became
acquainted with it. and, linking it with Hast-
ing*, from whom they hired hor/cs, it became
a byword and waa scattered over the conntry.
There is little or no authority to rest this state
ment of the origin upon. The first registered
Yankee was one William Marr, a slave In tho
Carolina*, who in an advertisement in a small
Kngliabl paper in 1?2G 1* thus called." Mr.
Moore then passed over in rapid succession tho
various supposed Indian derivatives of tho
word, including that in Irving's "History of
New York," and tho hitherto accepted author
ity of tho Moravian missionary in Fennsylvan*
la that it wa* a corruption of Yengecse. the
Indian phonetic spelling of English, and con
tinued:
"The word in ant Indian or Greek, hat Is
pare Dutch, expressive of contempt and proba
bly the most so in tbe vocabulary of the early
New York Dutch. "Yankin'' meant In that
dialect to grumble, snarl or yelp, and its de
rivative noun, yaukcr, meant a howling cur.
It waa not In nae aave among the lower clashes,
for reasons which now ahut out slang from use
Ly educated people, but it was a well known
word. In the collision between the New Eng*
landers and the New York Dutch bad blood
wa* arotnedj and the New Englanders despised
the Dutch, while the latter abominated the
former, and both very fervidly. Hence the
use of the word to indicate the coutempt which
existed. Every circumstance points to Its
birth in the colllalonn between the Dutch and
the colonists. To this day tho yankee# are
looked upon with distrust by the remnant# of
(lie real Ihitchmen now outside New England.
<a The word wa* well known beforo the
tune," continued Mr. Moore, "but tho latter
unquestionably came from England, despite
the assertion that It l*n well known Nether-
land peasant tong, or that Kosvnth, when here,
recognized it aa a Hungarian dance, or that it
is known as tho ancient sword dance of the
illlacayuns. The words aud tune were
doubted ly first wedded together by Dr. Rich
ard Bhncklierg, who waa connected with tho
British at my when the colonial troop* from
New Ktiglaud marched into a camp at A!-
bany to join the British regulars on the
way to fight the French. Tho doctor knew
ofthetunoos 'Fisher's Jig/of which a verso
ran:
"Lucy 1 jacket lost her pocket,
Lydia Fisher found it," Ac.
Tho appearanco of tho troops called down
tho derision of the British officers, and soon
the hit of tbe doctor became known throughout
-he army as a method of showing tne contempt
"or tho colonials, and this continued until after
Islington, the British troopa leaving in 1775,
when they tarred and feathered one Thomas
IHtson in Boston, marching to the tuno, a* tho
best known way of heaping contempt on the
Yankeca. Till* waa changed at Lexington,
when the British commander waa asked how
be liked tbe tuno and answered: "How they
did mako us dance to it!" Doodle, Mr. Moore
said always meant a trifler,and Is thus referred
to in tho Lancashire hornpipe writtcu in 163*.
He dosed his paper by relating tho incldont
at the surrender of Cornwallis whon the Brit
ish, not wishing to surrender to tho despised
colonials, turned to the French contingent nnd
ucnared to ground their arms Boeing this
Lafayette ordered the French lands to play
"Yaukro Doodle," nnd to this tuno the arms
were laid down and tho revolution ended.
(That Three amt ??? Quarter** will do. It
will fix you up for Christmas. Do yon want te give
apment? Bend 13,25 to us and H will get Tkk
CoXsntVTION one year aud a Watcrbury watch with
engraved l*ck and chain and whistle. No present
ran beat this. _
NKA1UNGTHE END.
General Robert Toombs (suddenly Grows
Much Worse.
Washington, Ga??? December 12.???[Special.]
During the past day tho condition of General
Robert Toombs ha* changed decidedly for tbe
worse, and tho fiuul dissolution is believed to
be athand.
For the past month hi*].corn!it ion has boon
about the same. Physically, ho ha* probably
slightly improved, though mentally ho has
shown but little change. Occasionally, ho fully
recognized those around him, but during tho
whole time his mind has still wandered back
many year*. Tonight his symptom* have
shown a decided change, aud ho is rapidly
growing worse.
orinion or ilia attending physician. .
Washington, Ga., December 12.???To The
Constitution: There ha* been a marked
liatigc for the worse in General Toomh's con
dition in tho last thirty-six hours, and 1 fear
bis dissolution is not far off.
G. W. Mulligan, M. D.
Washington, Ga., December 13.???[Special.]
General Toombe remains critically 111. Ho i*
scarcely able to swallow Ills accustomed milk
punch. He is confined to his bed. a* helpleu
as a baby, He is extremely weak.
Dr. Mulligan, at ten o'clock tonight, fur-
iiiohra the following:
1 have Just tell the bedside of General Toombs,
and tbe following i?? Ms condition: Temperature
normal; pulre, 107; heart very feeble; perfectly
prostrated, unable to raise hi* bead without ni*
lUtanre, swallows with great difficulty. For the
la??t forty-eight hours he has failed very rapidly,
and It I* my opinion that the end will come soon
Interesting Letter.
The following interestinglettcrwa* received
l y a lady in thU city last week. It was written by
a little girl eight yean old:
Nkwxak, t;a.. December 0. lSK-V???Dear Cousin
Leila: Hchool cloned Friday. We had a rood time
ttin ing conference. We ato up thirty chiekeua and
nearly a whole hog, two turkey* aud one ham and
eight Digcakra, and burnt up all the coal. We bail
nine men, end Aunt Carrie, and Cousin Julia, and
cousin Nor*. Home of the time the presehen were
%rrv ??*m1 to us. Their name* were Mr. Parker,
Ismbnrg. Mr. Hove. Mr. Little, Mr. Ilart. Mr.
rider hi* little boy* picture. Hls|aame.
1* Willie. Mr llomby gave both of us a dime, and
Mr Hovlcl gave me a little purse then grandpapa
gave older one. Mr ?????? w a* a !!oliuc??s man aud
aunty mode him mad about IL You ought to have
rern bow Aunt Carrto and uncle took on
Aunt caught a beau. Mr. 11. Ila bas a Jersey form
and be dyes bis whiskers and eyebrow*. Cousin
lie Much married Mr. McBride and she got
* * J bridal presents. Auntie
Me sml sister bas
three hundred dollars t ???
brought ??m mm wedding cake,
been picking cotton, w
pound* at a cent a pound. .
TcfeSwaF
Hutch
K.
MAliniKl, IN <n:outii.\.
lien. Robert U. M,jt ??m-l Hit Alice Crumpton,
A unit. Mr, John S. Ku*lUh .ml Mix Ell.
yullcr, iMiuitou???Mr. John U. YubMunh ??nd
MtoaUuicM. Efiw.nl., Alton. Mr. W.UU
tlounauud Uto Cent. lVtlllo; Whlwvlllc Dr
K. N. .tmwuifiMlr. Kuc Gutan, Alton......Dr
Truth UotUnd int Mb. Ktl. Core, 8.uuui??h.
MED IN GEORGIA.
Mr.JUM.IL ??h.v, A-Utmine...???Mr. John
Afifilngtaa, ncu AfiUmllle -Mb. Jut* Smith,
tt??Utbotpc county......Mr An-lrew Morrtwa, Pich-
rtu county SUJorJ. V. MUthcw. Ctokc county
Mlm Mtmlc Winter., (tiuuh Mr. E. W
Holland, Efisc.ooJ Captain Itol Mom, tUrrt.
county ltn. MaUU. Elliott, Jonoboro.
ALL THROUGH DIXIE.
ProtalMtlon to Flortuct-A Ladg Sobbed by Trsmi
A Terrible ??? Snptofflloa???Vbreo Hegroe* Uisijd
(or Bui glory la North CoroUai-ZUppra-
(ag* m ToaatMeo and OUior ftatos.
West Virginia.
Ncwsromea from three interior town* of os
many fatal aecidenta bj fire. The first wa* al
Wintiifrcrt, Knnawha county. Mias Lizzie Trail,
9??td fourteen, was engaged in rooking over an
open fire when her clothing Ignited. Hhe wa*
alone in the house at thetime, and when her
parent* returned they found the girl lying
u|??n the floor nneonsciou* and burned iu the
inr-st frightful manner. Bhc died in atx hours.
Two miha from Parkersburg, a colored wo
man. wUotc name is unknown, left her three
children playing on the kitchen floor while
she went for a nail of water. On her return
she found the oaby, aged one wear, crawling
out of tho dooL wrapped in tv sheet of flams#.
The mother threw the water upon It and ex-
tinguirhed the fire, but tbe child died iu au
hour. ___________
Texas.
Sheriff Oglesby,with Robert Dowe and James
Oliver, visited tne Del Gordo ranch with a war
rant for thearreztof Manlel Del Gordo, charged
with smuggling and hone stealing. A gang
of Moxfcan smugglers and desperadoes have
recently made the ranch their headquarter*.
On arriving at the house the officers found
Del Gordo asleep on the lower floor. As they
were about to aelze him he awoke, flred at
Dowe, tho bullet grazing his temple. The
sheriff instantlv flred, sending a bullet through
Del Gordo's heart, The firing aroused the
gang, who attacked the officers and drove them
from the ranch. Obtaining roln
forcements from this place
sheriff again attacked the ranch a
o'clcck this morning. Many shot* were ex
hanged and threo Mexicans killed. The
balance of the gang escaped into Mexico, car
rying several wounded outlaws with them.
Alabama.
Florence joins hand* with the gate city in the
teinpersnre movement. Wc have met tho
enctny, and they arc ottrs,
A. ('. MiUiin, dealer in general merchandise,
at Fort Payne, made assignment on tho Uth in
stant. Assets and liabilities not given. A heavy
wind storm swept over south Alabama last
night, blowing down houses, trees and fence*.
A few mile# south of this city considerable
damage was done to pronerty. No lire* lost.
The Sri and lodge of Masons adjourned t
day after an interesting session.
Last Sctnrday night three tramps visited the
homo of Mrs. Penn and demanded supper.
While sho was engaged in preparing it thoy
robbed her of four dollars and loft latter on
three men, supposed to be tho sanio ones,
visited the houso of Mr. Sutlllf, during hi*
absence, and took two gold rings from his
wife???s fingers. So far thoy have escaped ar
rest.
A terrific explosion occurred at GrcenvJllc, *45
miles south of Montgomery at 2 o???clock last Thurs
day morning. The explosion occurred In a brick
building, which was blown to atoms. The build
ing was evidently set on lire with burglarious in
tent, and tho licnt caused explosion of powder
North Carolina.
On the Monday, tho7th instant, at Gatcsville,
three negroes, Jno. 8. Warner, Isaiah Richard
son and Edward Saunders were hanged for the
dime of burglary committed on tho night of
thirtccnrli of September at a country store.
They robbed the store of considerable money
and goods, and being heavily armed, overawed
the clerk nnd prevented him from descending
from the upper story where he slept. They
were soon raptured nnd after couviction were
sentenced to 1m hanged. Tho governor ro
spited tlu-ni until tho 7th, but positively re
fused to interfere further.
At Manly, on the 5th instant, a negro named
Rufus Scgui cut the throat of Alex Cnrtor, a
white man,who died in a few mi nates. 116 was
a clerk Ink -store, and tho affitir grew otrt
dispute about twenty-five cents which thBM ..
owed ftml refused to pay. Groat indignation is
felt niHiut tho affair, nnd many armed men
searched for Scgul, but failed to fiud him.
Nelron Stewart and Anderson Davis, colored,
. onvlctcd of burglary, were lmngod within tho
jail cnelcsuro in Charlotte last Wednesday. Tho
drop fell at eleven o???clock and Davis??? neck was
broken by the All. As the trap was sprung tho
rope around Stcwnrt's neck slipped so that tho
knot rested at the back of his head and ho died
from strangulation. Davis died in ten minute#
and Stewart In ten niul a half. Rothmon
mounted tho gallows with steady steps and
exhibited no emotion,
Virginia.
Governor Cameron sent hi# messago to the
legislature on Monday, tho 7th instant. It is
devoted almost exclusively to state matters,
lu the matter of tho public debt ho sets forth
no new views, and reiterates hi* previous ex
pressions in the indorsement of tho Rtddleb.ir-
gcr bill, believing that every consideration,
moral and legal, was met by a plan funding
the debt made in that statute. The amount
of tho debt outstanding (other than the Hiddle-
targor bonds) principal and interact to October
1st, 1885, 1# $30,752,232. The governor makes
various recommendations In relation to forestry
laws, fisheries, military, agricultural departm
ent, etc.
In the senate a joint resolution was passed,
Instructing and requesting Virginia senator*
and representatives in congress to vote for the
Blair educational bill or any bi tter measure
having for Its object to secure to tho peoplo In
Virginia, in common with other states, au ap
propriation for the benefit of the public school
syrirm from the surplus ro venues of the federal
government. , ,
In the democratic canons tonight John W.
Daniel was nominated for United States sena
tor by a vote of U5 to 31 for John 8. Barbour.
Tho caucus of democratic members of tho
.^neral assembly l*??t Wednesday tho Uth
instant, renominated tho following hoods
of the state department: For secretary of the
commonwealth, Henry IV. Floarney: auditor
public accounts, Morton Marye: second au
ditor, F. G. Ruffin; register of boud offlra,
Andrew J. Wingfield.
South Carolina.
The reported whipping of awhitaman named
Thouo* 11. Davis by regulators, in (???'airfield
count v, has been confirmed. Davis waa warn
ed to leave the couuty last summer fur living
with a colored woman, but returned a fort
night ago.
Tbe general assembly of South Carolina has
rawed a bill taxing emigrant ageuts who solicit
bnrincfz in thst state W0 for every roqnty in
which they attempt to do business, and In the
c\cnt that an agent b caught In the state Sailboat
a license, his punishment will bo one year lu the
penitentiary sml a fine of ??l(M. The passage of
tbt> bill will, to a large extent, prevent agents from
soliciting emigrant travel in South Carolina.
feme of them may take the chances of a business
trip In South Carolina, disguised a* jewelry ped-
dlera, colporteurs or something of that kind.but this
Is hardly probable, ns It l* alma* an Impossibility to
ditgube an emigrant sgeut No matter how guard
ed he may bem his conversation, he bsure to speak
of hi# route being the ???Short Mue," or give himself
away by some other slip of the tongue, amt then
ho w ill be Invited to take tho -short line??? to the
icnitcnlisry. The measure, it is claimed,
i* intended to pivtcuI agent* from interfering with
the labor of that state. During the past two or
threo year*. thouramU of good form hand* hare
been lnduecd to leave their home* by sftrery-
tougued emigrant agent*, aad go
o new nomea in . the west.
tintracto bctarecu planter* and their harola
invc been broken by their laborers going away.
numerous of late,
have time and lime again
a cad vna atoT act
to (migrant agents, and fnvtted th 'tn to leave the
corntry between sun*, at the point of a sbht gun.
Tbe taw will go into cfh-ct a* rtron as
the governor signs thffact,, wMek there N every
roanm to believe that he will do, as. the popolar
sentiment of the state ts against emigrant agent*
Interfering wKh her form labor. In tbe meantime
tuLor Ia Icing hurtled out of the sLite to poinft
inn, r
uty, ai
Alr-L
oiue from a frolic iu York couuty, attemp:ed
!*??? cross Broad river, near the --*???
m *d Lrfdpp, iu a canoe. The 1
??i uk aud the two women and twoofthe men were
uicwiu-d. The third man was rescued by persons
ii th# henk*.
Kentrn ky.
The Courier Journal???s special says: Joe Esrly
tvez Larged on Monday, the 7th instant,
at- WillLtnii-burjr, In the presence of 1,033
people. He killed Londer Lawson. Some
c.f the c rowd were very drunk, and laughed
and Joked and tried to climb the scaffold. Tho
guards pushed them back. A row was startsd
and two shot# were fired.
A fatal affray occurred In the United States
moi-fhal's office in Covington oil Friday,
tbe lltli instant. A number of prisoners
were takcu from jail to that office, which ad
joins the eourtrooro. All were ushered Into
tbe courtroom except Edward O???Neal, who Wit
left In the office with Bailiff Day. The prison
er was seated near a table in the center of the
room. In a drawer next to bfm was a 44 cali
bre pistoir As Day turned after showing other
prisoners out, he was met by O???Neal, who had
in the meantime taken the pistol from the
drawer. Day???# first intimation of danger was
feeling a handful of pepper thrown into Ida
eyes. Antbev closed with pain he caught a
ilin.ccc of the pistol barrel leveled at his
icad* Instinctively he caught it with his
right hand and clutebed O'Neal's throat with
bis left. He bora down on the pistol. As it
was dlwbarged tbe bnllet just grazed his hip.
Still holding his grasp, though in the agony of
pain, he bore O'Neal biudeward, simultaneously
wrenched the pistol from his hand and point
ing it toward his antagonist, whom he conld no
longer see, fired, shooting O'Neal
through the body. Tbe bullet en
tered tbe lower part of both lungs,
bringing him to tho floor. The whole thing
was dene in less time than it takej to tell it.
Instantly all was confusion in the courtroom.
Doctors were called, who dressed O'Neal's
wcund, which they pronounced necessarily
fata). The wounded man is twenty-eight years
old, and was originally from Detroit. Was
said latterly to have been a member of a coun
terfeiting gang, and was under indictment for
passing counterfeit money.
Tenne&eee.
Tbe crimes of John H. Bradley, of 8uinner
county, now serving a terra at Chester, Ills.,
for violating United States revenue laws, keep
coming to light A deputy marshal last Wednes
day, tho Oth iustant, had n talk with
Mary Jane Parker, who- lived with A.
J.llradler, father of John Bradley,from 1870 to
1683. She eavs when Beagravcs came Into the
Biadlcy neighborhood A. J. Bradley loaned
his son John a pistol with which to kill him.
The day of the murder John Bradley and Sea-
graves went off together, Bradley carrying a
shotgun. Shortly after his departure Bites
Bradley came to his grandfather and borrowed
' lol, saying hia lather wanted to kill Sea-
???*. When tbe pistol was returned two
barrels were empty. She was
aftciVrnrds told by A. J. Bradley
that John Bradley and two other men had
killed Seagravcs. The other men loft tho coun
try. Boon after Bradley was arrested for kill
ing Miller, saving they feared he would report
them for the Seagravcs murder. The girl gave
the Bradley family a bad name, and said that
after the killing ofSesgraves A. J. Bradley
and John Bradley fell out, but while on hia
deathbed the old man sent for John, saving he
wanted to make up with him boforo lio died.
When the son arrived at homo A. J. Bradley
made the girl give him his pistol, which ho
put under his pillow. Ho then told her to
tell his son to como In. remarking thst
he intended to kill him before he died.
John 11. reftiscd to go In, and thus saved his
life. It will be remembered, Henry Seagraves,
depuly United States marshal made a trip to
Summer county in April, 1881, In search or il
licit distilleries. On the 10th he stopped at a
bouse situated twelve mile* from La Fayette,
Macon county, nnd with his friend, Samnol
Cox, ate supper. Four men came to a cabin
occupied by colored persons In the neighbor
hood and inquired whether Seagraves and Cox
had arrived. Being answered in tho affirma
tive, the party flred shots to attract tho atten
tion of tho revenue 'officers who started out to
Investigate the cause. As thoy approached tho
cabin Sca*gravct was flred upon, ono bullet en
tering tho centre of his breast and another
passing through his right wrist. Seagravcs
died almost instantly. The murderer# of Sea-
graven cannot now be tried by tho United
State# circuit court, but can be tried for mur
der by tbo state court.
Information was rcccivod hero tlio Dili lint,
that a negro was hanged at Trenton,four miles
from Union City, Tcnn., on tho Mobilo and
Ohio railroad, last night by a mob. Tho negro
broke Into a dry goods store Monday night,
stole about seventy-five dollar*'worth of dry
goods and set fire to tho store. Ho was takou
by tho mob and hanged ns stated. Tho coro
ner cut him down to day nnd held tho inquest
During the past few days there havo bocu two
speedy deaths from miningitis in
tho gtnto prison, and several oth-
inmates are now down with the
dbcarc, the rapid spcnul of which ha* caused
the prifon authorities much uneasiness. They
have had all tho Inmates of tho women???s wards,
where the epidemic began, removed tonnothor
part of the prison, and are taking radical meas
ures to eradicate the pest.
The most scnzntlonnl tragedy that ha* boon
recorded here in years wa# enacted near Chat-
tanooRa on Moiikay, the 7th instant. D.
D. Lolland, a grocer of Chzttanoga, while
ntuniiuR from a pursuit after hi* faith-
levs wife and her laremour, was shot by
tho woman through tho head and fatally
wounded. The murderess escaped in tho moun
tain*. D. D. I.ollaml met his brhlo at UrUtol,
Tcnn., five year* ago. Her namo was Rosa
Smith; she wa* from North Carolina,???a dash
ing girl of groat beauty and brilliancy. He
made considerable money at Bristol and three
y cats ago the couple moved to Chattanooga
w here tho husband embarked In business.
few month* ago James Wilson, a young blood
Social Circle, Gc??rg!a,ntado tuo acquaint-
from i
ance of tho young wife and tho seemed cou-
detely tafcinated by his charms. From that
i ifttc dated tho unhappiness of the couplo.
Their domestic bliss was rudely ended and
serious quarrels w ere of constaut occurrence.
In order to take her from tho city Lofland pur
chased .a farm iu an adjoining county, but she
became dissatisfied and ho sold it. Shortly af-
tctwanls she applied for a divorce and rUuned
$lJW)of tbe money reallsod from tho farm as
alimony. She secured possossion of the money
by some means, and on Friday night eloped
with her paramour. They tint fled to Fort
Payne, Ala., where the woman has a sister, and
then took tho overland trip to Scottsboro, Ala.,
to take the train for the west. Lofland follow
ed them, and they fled from Scottsboro into
the mountains, lie overtook them, and the
woman plead so pUlously that he was turned
Into her power, aud he promised to forgive-her.
Sho said she would return with him, aud they
begun the journey home. At an unfrequented
spot in the road ??ho suddenly drew a pistol
from her pocket aud shot him through the
head, put spun to her horse and escaped. The
ballet passed entirely through Lolland's skull,
aud he is reported to be dying tonight.
A very senrational tragedy was enactcd^on
;th in*tant| it Johnson City,. Finley Hall and
Abe Ford arc well-to-do citizens of Johnson
City. Hall bas a IwautiAil young wife, whom
it is reported baa been deeply enamored of
Ford, and for some months there have been
vague bints of an illicit intimacy between
them. Hall was called away from home today
and on his return beard conversation inside,
and recognized the voice of Ford. Peeping
into the room he saw Font in the room and his
wife sitting in hia lap. The two engaged in
verv animated conversation. Hall drew a
revolver and flred at Font three times. The
first shot killed hi* wife, and thcscrond
wounded Ford in the leg. Both men have
been arrested.
A diabolical and shocking murder wa* com
mitted on the 7th Instant, just north of Chxta-
nooflta. On a form Pearl Smithand Will Price
are two form bauds. Last week they ha l a
Graeco-Soman wrestling match in which
Smith was victorious. He taunted Price
Sncemantly over his defeat. Last Tuesday
afternoon be again approached him on the
antyect. Price in a fit of anger seised a sharp
rr.nttcck, and when Smith turned bis back be
turied the sharp instrument deep in his brdc.
Frolth fell with a groan. Tbe infuriated m ir-
derrr again raised the nx and buried It in hi*
skull. The brains oozed over hia face and death
i# inevitable. The murderer ia at large.
Andrew Johnson, who is wanted In Roan county,
fi t murder, was brought to Chattanooga on the 8th
fnrt. from Texas. He made a very senuUonal at
tempt to escape while tbe train was dashing over a
high trestle at tbe rate of thirty-five miles an hour,
.???ohmon was seated beside a guard on the car,when
be suddenly broke from him and leaped through
the window, alighting In a deep morass. He fell
ct least forty feci and rank to his shoulders in the
mk snip. The sheriff had the train stopped as soon
e?? possible aud succeeded iu recapturing the
pr boner.
We arc In receipt of the latest edition of the
catalogue of saws and saw tools just issued by
Mc**r*. K. C. Atkins & Co., of IndlannpoUs, lad.
A hsndratne pamphlet. Anyone interested can
obtain one by addressing them as above.
CAUOHT IN ICE.
The Terrible Experience of s Lake Steam
er In a Frightful Gale.
Dktboit, December 12.???The steaunr
Oconto left Oscada on Friday, December 4, at
4 p. m., and soon encountered a terrible gale.
When the storm set in, it became Impoislble
and tho lights went out. Tcerewero
22 passengers and 25 members of the crew on
board. At 12 o'clock Friday night, Charity
island light was sighted. Within 15 minutes
the Oconto struck bottom at the southeast
point of the Island.
THE ENGINEER'S STORY.
Frank Teipcr, first assistant engineer, who
arrived here yesterday, describes the wrack as
follows:
Our starboard bulwark* were *tove in, and all
tbe upper railing. Two of the life boats and allthe
light freight on the hurricane deck were washed
away. We were tn agale or wind and a blinding
???now storm. The sea was so heavy that we could
npt keep balance. Finally the light was sighted.
Everybody took it for Tawa* light; in fact, it wa*
Charity bland light. The captain sent a boat
around to fteel for tbe entrance, and tbe nest thing
we knew there wa* a terrific shock. We had
grounded In about tlx feet of water, but whether on
tl:e rocks or sand we could not tell. We could see
that we were a mile from land. A* soon as the boat
???track, the crew began dealing out the life pre
servers. After wo got ready for the ice bath, in
which none of u* could have lived fifteen minutes,
wo discovered that there was no leak. When day
broke wc rat our colors at half mast and bs^an
blow! ng whistle*. About 10 o'clock we sighted the
lighthouse keeper and his amixtant on shore. Wo
tl en got our small metallic lifeboat over the side,
???nd iu it five of us went ashore. There we found
two fish hut*. We then brought the
twmty-thrce In all, a??horc. Two lame* aim a
child w ere taken direct to the light keeper's house,
1 hey have food enough to last them two or tore?
v cck\ and plenty of mankets. On Monday mom-
our party came away tn a large yawl. The
ty consisted of John Van Blyke, son of
: of the owners of the Oconto; Ibm Crocker,
in Cavanaugh, Walter Bostwick. Jas. Rju, ail
:rcw; Anthony Fort*, of Forcstvillc, and myself,
took aboard a comps**, two bushels of aalt and
to provision*. Wo started In the midst of a
:e ox ice. Every minute or two the spray would
??? h over us and freeze as it struck. Whon we rot
within fourtnllcs of Cassvlllc, wo found that the
ice w as frozen solidly, yet wesuot strong enough to
wolkon. We hoisted our storm signal aud began
rutting our way with axes. Two boats started out
to help Us, but could not reach us. Toadd to our
(lhniay, wc found that the solid icc, detached from
the main shore, was increasing In thickness every
minute, and that it wa* drifting down the bay.
taxing u* with it. We cut, punned, rowed and
struggled liko mad, reaching shore at last at six
i clock Monday evening, eight miles below Cass-
111c, having drifted that far In tho icc.
FLOATING IN CAKED ICE.
Charles Reardon, first mate of tho wrecked
steamer Oconto, arrived in East Tawas yester
day with tho ??? steward and six passengers.
Reardon reports that the crew and passengers
of tho Oconto numbered 47. The crew was
composed of Captain O. W. McGregor, of Lex
ington, Michigan; tint mate, Charles Hoardon,
of Port Huron; second mate, James Ross, of
Detroit; the engineers are not known; Stewart
D. McLucy, of Rochester, N. Y.; clerk R. Van-
slyke; second clerk J. Yanslykc; cook, Jos
Levi; porter, Fred Stevens; pantryman, A. Mc
Carty. The deck hands were all colored, from
Detroit. The captain, tho first englnoor and
the passengers are ail in ahantie# on tho island.
There are provisions for a fow days. All are
veiy down hearted. They havo ono dock
hand and ono passenger very sick, but no
medicine#.
Tho mate and steward left Charity island in a
yawl boat yesterday, and walked from Point
Lookout to East Tawas. There wore two lady
passenger# and one child. Captain Plough
and the life saving crew have started for the
Inland*. The mate says their experience tho
niRht of tho storm was frightful, and that tho
danger was greatly augmented by a number of
hones and some cattle, which were ou board,
breaking from their stalls and stampeding.
Bovqyal of the animals were so severely injur
ed that they had to bo killed. There Is a re
port that seven of the crow left the island in
a boat on Tuesday, and have not yet turnod
up, but this lacks confirmation.
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
Thls ppwder never varies. A mam.of purity,
strenat land wboleaotneneas. More economical,
than the ordinary kind, and cannot bo old in com
petition with the mnltnndeof low test short weight
alum or phosphate powders. Sold only hi con*.
Rotsl Baking Fowdxx Ga, 106 Wall afreet, New
THE COTTON MARKETS.
CONSTITUTION OFFICE,
Atlanta, December 12,188k
the week's xxnxw.
New York???The general condition of the market
showed considerable depression this week, and
both spots and futures have been on tho decline.
However, the feeling braced up today, and/atimn-
lalcd by a better demand, price* moved upwards.
Future* closed firm. Spot*, middling 9 6-16c.
Local???Cotton ruled dull all the week, and a
downward tendency prevailed. Today a firm feei
ng with an active demand prevailed. Receipt* for
the week amount to 6,963 boles, against 7,703 bale*
for the corresponding week last year.
NRW YORK. December 11.???The following Is tho
comparative cotton statement for the week ending
today:
Net receipts at all United States ports......... 946J3G
Borne time last r??? ??? ???
Showingfo decrease..
Total|rcceipts
Same time last year.............
Exports for the week
8ame time last year
= 2%SS
Showing a decrea*o~
b&S
Same time last year.
Showing a decrease
Stock at all United States ports.....
Some time last year
??? ??M,2n
968,906
Stock at interior towna
Same time last year*
217,155
ujyw
Stock at Liverpool
Same time last year
Washington, December 10.???'The crop re
ports of the department of agriculture for Do-
timber gives tho farm prices of principal crop*.
Tho increase in product of corn has reduced
the average value of tho crops to 33 cents per
hurhcl. The average value of tho previous
crop in December was 38 cents. The reduc
tion is the largest in tho Ohio valley and in the
southern states. West of the Mississippi tho in
crease of stock feeding has a tendency to ex
tremely low prices. Average in Missouri Is
cents, the same as last year. In Knn*a* It
?? 24 instead of 22 last year: in Iowa 24 in
stead of 23; iu Nebraska 10 instead of 18. It
is 28 In Dakota, 2 cents lower than lost year,
and 32 in Minnesota and Iowa; Illinois 24;
Indiana 29; Ohio 32; Michigan 31; Kentucky
35; Pennsylvania 49; New York 58. Comnar-
OU; ITUDIJ???IVRUIB 19, .??W lUIffl-W. VU.U^l-
cd with former prices corn values arc very low.
For the preceding five years, nearly
all are under average in production,
the average farm value was 41.7 cent# per
bushel, and for the preceding ten years 12.0
cents. The price of cotton avorage* 8.3 cents
per pound of lint, the form value of which is
n Inc mills lea than the December price ls??t rear.
Farm pricca arc: Virginia, 8.5 cents; North
Carolina, 8.5; South Carolina, 8.5; Georgia, 8.5;
Alabama, 8.3; Mississippi, 8.4; Louisiana, 8.8;
Texas, 8; Arkansas, 8; Tennessee, 8.
The price of wheat, though still low, t?? con
siderably above last December???s average, which
was <15 cents. That of 1883 was 01 cents. At
present it ia 78,7 cents gain, equal to half the
unprecedented decline indicated last. Decem
ber. For the five yearn past tho average farm
value bas been 90 cents per bushel, and for the
preceding ten $1.05. Last year's form value
was 38 per cent lower than for ten year*, end
ed In'UfrO, doe mainly to a fuller Kuropzau
production and smaller foreign demand for
supplies, nearly equal to a third of tho entire
crop. The range of state prices is from, 57
in Nebraska to $1225 In Massachusetts. It ii
above $1.00 in the eastern and cotton state* for
home grown wheat. Prices in Tex
as, 80 cents, Is 7 cents lower
than last December, from the increase
in tho homo crop. The value in New York is
VC, an increase of 11 cents; Pennsylvania 95,
increase 11; Ohio 91. increase 16; Kentucky
95, increase 19; Michigan 84. increase 10; Indi
ana 8$ increase 19; Illinois 81, increase 18,-
Wisconsin 76, increase 16; Minnesota 70. in
crease 20; Iowa 67, increase 12; Missouri 77,
increase 15; Kansas 05, increase 20; Nebraska
57, increase 15; Dakota 63, increase 17. The
average for Csliforala is returned at 76 and 67
for Oregon.
Tho average price of rye is 50 cento, four
more than last year, barley 56, inereassT;
buckwheat 56, d ccrease 3; potatoes 45. in
crease 5; hay $3.62 per ton in place of $8.17
last year.
The average price oats la 28 coots, the same
last December.
Ho Is Troly*Goo??l.
From the Dawson, Ga., JouraaL t
We spent the night, not long ago, with Mr.
Wright Merret, who ia 70 years old and has
never taken a dose of medicine in hU life,
never been tick, nerer drank a drop of any
kind of liquor, never smoked a pipe or cigar
taken a chow of tobsroo.
He has owned one mule, which ho plowed
thirty-six years. During his forty-seven
yean of married life he has never ext a meal
cooked by a negro, and bason hit first pair of
its that were not home-woven. He still
American cotton afloat for Great Britain...... 276,000
Same time last year....... 261,000
Showing a decrease- 8,000
SATURDAY, DLCV.MBKR 1?.
r; New York???A dull feeling prevailed in tho hot-
ton market all day, but the months closed without
much change. Spots, middling 9^0.
Net receipts today 41,269 bales, against 86,61ft bales
last year; exports 15,267 bales; hurt year 89,437 bales;
stock 974,046 bales; hurt year 957,961 bales.
Below we giro the opening and closing quotations
of cotton futures in New York today:
opened.
December. 9.21ft
February.???1???.???.???.'.???.VJ9.42ft 9* 43
March...
April. 9.06ft 9.07
Closed dull; sale* 50,800 bales.
Local???Cotton steady at quotations: Good mid
dling 9)4c; middling strict low middling 8%o;
low middling 8}??c; strict good ordinary 8 l-16c; good
ordinary 713-16c; stains 7 7-16@83-16c; tinges 8 5-160. .
NEW YORK, December 12-The total visible Sup.
ply ofcotton for tbo world 1*2,702,021 bales, of which
2,418,621 bales are American, against 2,013,085 bales
and 2,473,286 respectively last year. Receipts at all
Interior towns 187,705 bales. Receipts from plan la-
Hons 299,860. Crop In right 8,764,Sift bales.
PROVISIONS, GRAIN, ETC,
CONSTITUTION OFFICE,
Atlanta, December 12,1885.
Tho following quotations Indicate tho fluctuations
on tbo Chicago board of trade today:
WHEAT.
Opening. Highest Lowest Closing!
December * 8<& 86>( ao>* 86g
December 4 to
Uvo Stock.
ATLANTA, [December 12???Mules are in foir do*
maud with supply moderate. Tlio market 1* tm*
changed as to prices. We quote as follows: Mutes
-14 to 15 hands VOMKO; 15 te mw hand* f 136??
???165. Howes???Plug tcbfttlOO; drive 8i09&fl50.. -J
CINCINNATI, December 12???Hogs firm; common
and light I8.10ftl3.00; packing and butchers S&35
ft 14.00.
MUrrllunruuii.
pants that were not he
looks hale and hearty.
Flour???Best r
6Lf6.00; fancy ff
fondly I4.75&I6.00; fondly i ???
?? 14.50. Com???Bt Charles white 58c; No. 2 whits
c. Coro Mcal-48ft60c. Oats???Rost proof 47ft50ot
Tennessee f 1.00. Hay???choice timothy, largo balsa
OCc: choice timothy, email bales, 11.00; No, 1, large
bales, 00c; No. 1, small bale*, 95c. Peas???Bed 75c;
clay #r??c; mixed 75c. Wheat Bran 95c^*l.00. Grits
*3.93 y Mil. Coffee???Me 10$lfto ?? ft; old govern
ment Java 25c. Sugars???Standard A 7???(c; granu
lated 7%?: whito extra C Cj??c. 8yrup???New
Orleans cnolee 45c; prime 30033c. Teas -Black S3
mODe: preen JtfWBflOr. Mackerel???No. 1, Jt???bbls.ftT ???
No. 3, bbL l W.$6jJ( bbb X3.60; kIts00c; pails 50ft
g3i
l??ard???Tierces, refined,
Lcmona-f2.50ft83.00 V 1
mule nhocs 15.00; horse shoe nails 1214920c. Iron -
bound hnines HOO. Trace chains S0ft70. Ames*
??hovcl?? 89.50; spades 89.50ft81S. Axes 87.00ft510.00
Y dozen. Cotton card* KOOftdMOi Well buckets
84.00. Cotton rope l6o. Swede Iron 6c: rolled, or
merchant bar, 'ly, rate. Cast-steel 10c. Nalls 82.65.
Gliddcn barbed wire, galvanized, 70 m ft; pointed
ro. Powder???Hiflo fLOO; blasting 82.70. Bar laid
?e; shot 11.85, Lcather-G. D. 24ftKc; P. D.ttft.
24c; beet 25ft28o; white oak nolo 40c; harness leather
SOft 33c; black upper S5ft40c.
Kgg*???22p. Blitter ??? Strictly choice Jersey
2*ft>??c: strictly choice Tennessee l?ftlSc; other
grade* 10ft 12c. - Poultry???I???oung chicken* lOftlsc;
hens 22kft26o; cock* 20c. Sweet potatoes???OOfttOe.
Honey???Ptralned 1."^: in the comb 13ft 18a.
Dried Fruit-Rough dried peaches 2ft3c; pealed
peaches Cc; rough dried apple* 2c; evaporated;
owin^to^ia^ty. Peanuts???Tenn???eo fie; Kortft
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south. Total Expense guaranteed 82.85 per week,
including Table Board. Tuition, Room and Books.
Telegraphy, Short-hand, Type-writing, ElocuUoa
pays for complete susniEsa
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