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2 THE WEEKLY CONSTrftJTION. ATLANTA, CA., TUESDAY DECEMBER 29. 1885.???SIXTEEN PAGES AMONG THE INSANE. VhaOrtatmt Institution of Its Kind in tbs South How Uit Inssno art ??Uns**d-Arrsn*??niti for Tfestr Ooatfort-The First Insist** - Mrs. Bryes???s Story-Other Hews. Trie A look A, Ala., December 27.???[Special Correspondence. ]???Y ou r correspondent ac- repted tbe hospitalities of Dr. snd Mrs. IVter JBryce, at the Alabama hospital for the in f*nr, and spent a clay with them. ???A* much as has been said of the institution floes not begin to tell the story," wild the doc tor. ???It would require s large book to do The hospital Is a world in itself, and con tains all the elements of Christian civilization. The idea that an insane patient to be cured must lie placed In n straight Jacket and compelled to lie treated with chain*, is dispelled by a Visit to ihia interesting hospital. Let the visit of TffK Cotamtrhmt be pictured with tho incidentfl of the day. The story begin* .with tlio ??? rr.A ltj/ix >i ??aoi;xdjngh Which have so well been laid olf in orchards, groves, gardens and fields. All are kept clean nnd^ittraetivo that at once catch the eye of th$ visitor. The building loom* up in the midst of all these like a grand old casUc. En tering the front door yon find yourself at the Iiottonof a large stairway that leads to the main entrance of the building. After winding along the spacious halls passing offices anti private apartments a door is reached which leads to an octAgon shaped reading room, the walls of which arc ornamented with pirturcs of promi nent peraouages. Passing from tnis rosy little room another of different shape I* entered. Tborc mast be some mistake, it b the interior of Defines opera house. ???Oil, no," said Dr. Ilryce, ???It Is our own opera house for the cx elusive use of the partients.??? The ulajr hall is well arranged, and fitted up in madam manner for tbe enjoymrnt of the g tients. Disarranged with a drop-curtain, it lights and stage fixtures. ???Do the insane appreciate this manner of entertaining them*/" ???Yes, sir; you would be much Niirnrised to nee how well they follow a play, we have now a number of patients who are writing play to 1> presented noon." After leaving tbe doctor???s private ofiJce large flight of stairs arc ascended and a pair of lace curtains in the renter of the hall arc p.ill rd aside, and A I???ll A I???. MIMS SCENE priMUts iUclf. Jt is a portion of the hail di vided for the home of the doctor and his wife. Drawing aside another pair of curtains a fairy land is .presented, with Mrs. Dr. Bryce reign ing supreme. D is tho private sitting room and U a model of woman's taste. In onoend of tho room is a conservatory filled with (low ers, whore rich fragrance fills the room. Hus- pended in their midst in ugilded cage Isa net canary warbling away as if its life depended on the nest note. Attached to the walls are ornaments and handsome paintings. On the mantel above are vases and ornaments of rare designs, among which Is a tiny clock that guides the hours away. At tho lalt of thoflro- place Is a small desk, which is the private one of Mra. Ilryce, who Is tho state president of the Women???s Christian Temperance union. THROUGH tub kuilihno. leaving the cosy boudoir, a walk was taken through'the building sml around the premises. The doctor kept up a lively conversation's!! tbe while snd led the way. He poshed bank the folding doors of a ward and entered. The waid has the sppenranceof a fashionable hold. Kacli room contalus a bed, wash-stand, ward robe and bureau. It Is kept as neat ns a pin nt all Umcs, end the patients take pride in keeping it so. Nearly all tho' rooms had flowers In them, and at the end of the hall are conservatoties tn which fountains are play ing. The wards are carpeted, and beautiful pictures adorn the walls. The dining rooms to each ward are kept clean and attractive. There was no boisterous talking or laughing. Tbe patients wero quiet nntl wero engaged iu trailing and talking, while some were quiet. The wards and the entire building Is heated by steam, and the air is comfortable and warm at all times. The patients are under the thorough 'control of tho attcudauts of tbe wards. four. early iiurroRY. ???You ray you would like to print something that has never been said of the institution be fore,??? said the doctor, ???Well 1 will tell you a good many things.??? ???In IKWa bill was passed the legislature ap propriating 91,00,000 for th* erection of the hospital. It was doneattbo instance of the idea, of the medical ooctety of Nelms and con ceived by them, which idea was carried before the state aswdatiou and by it measures were taken to appoint Dr. Dopos, a distinguished physician of Mobile, an agent, and lie was sent to Montgomery by the state medical hoard to lobby. In tbe meantImo the friends of the acbeme invited Miss D. L. Di.t, of Boston, to become interested. Tho $1,00,000 appropria tion was barely euough to lay a good founda tion for the building. The;Mat bill was vetoed by Governor Winston, llo said ???the bulldiug was too large; it would Hover bo built or filled. The bill was passed over his head. The size of the present building Is BOO toot long, and ha* a capacity for 900 apartments, besides the many conveniences and addition*. TI1K FIBST INMATE was Daniel Bisson, who was admitted April hth, ISCl. He was n soldier of Fort Morgan awl wraa forty-eight years of age. Ills residence was Jackson eouutv, Alabama. Ue bail becu iusane ten day* which wan due to political ex citement. lie was admitted to the hospital on the order of General Duff. C. Green, with the Hntemeat that the government would bear the expense, lie was discharged cured July 10th, Jtttl. The second lnmato waaaGermxu uaunJ Joseph If elding, from Mobile. He was cm- ploy id by |)r. Itrvre, aud the first night he lived at the hospital he became insane. The fifth patient was George W. Thompson, of Tus- rskH -a, who is still on inmate and an excel lent laborer. He entered Kay 8th, IflffI, and is no better or worse than when he entered. The first woman who came to the hospital for treatment was Mrs. Parthcaa K. MUnms, of Conecuh eouutv, Alabama. Bhe was admitted August link, 1*11, aud was afterward* dU- charged, readmitted, discharged a second time, and U now a candidate for reodmttwu.v. ONLY ONE at.'I Cl |)|*. There has never been bnt one anickle in the icstilutioia which stands unparalctal. This patient was au old man who was allowed to sleep aloue tn n bed, and he hung hluiwlf. The death was earned by negligence of the muse. There are 71 fi Inmates at tho hospital, squally divided between men and women. Dr. Btyre says be ran accommodate eighty five more before additional building* will he needed. Me was asked what became of the inmate rectors of the state: ???Ah. there is some good Tub Constitution ?? ????? do awl that is oo apeak of one of the most impovleiit needs of the state, and that is a comfortable kniidipg for the negro iiuisnc. The state has never si* tit n dollar fo k . tb* negro ixsam:. and it mi this amount it requires two pounds of the best tea daily.??? TBE BOOT CELL Alt. After leaving the water work*???a short dis tance the doctor pointed to a long building on an elevated spot. ???That.??? said he, ???is a root cellar and coutalns'4,000 bushels of sweet pota toes and nearly ns many turnips. The cellar is 200 feet long. The yield of turnips was so huge this season, they were thrown broadcast over the ground.??? The doctor wa* asked how he amused him self when not at work. ???I am very fond of hunting and have some fine dogs; let me show them to ycu,??? He led the way to an old office and opened the door, instantly three magnificent animals of the Lcwellyn strain dashed out and received bis caresses. The animals are among the finest in tbe south, and are noted in the ken- vein of America. ??? Besides these dog*, I have INDIAN ATROCITIES. Hairthf XTvrdcr* by Isdloas Not XI-parted to tti , Out*td* World-The F??op*.o Organ) ;iog Their Own Bs*MCer Porces-T&e Iatsat Newaor the Indian Trouble*. nr.BKKHIRKS AND JgMEYH, which I am fond of.??? He led the way to the stock yard. ??? In tho pig department arc some of the largest in the south. They are enor mous, snd the sows arc so fat thdr big* drag tbe ground. Next was the beef Htalls where the animals are fattened before they* are killed. All the meat that is eaten is killed on the prUBlaea. Next was the dairy, with its Jersey cows, yielding from one to three pounds of butter daily. The sight was a grand one, and was under tho care of attendants whoso work was systematic iu every detail. After rambling about among the sights diunerwas suggested. Bfrs. Bryce was waiting filth a welcome. 8hcsaid, ???Come, now.* lam going to lake you in charge and show you some of my work, bnt first let ns have dinner.??? After dinner Mrs. Bryce said: ???Doctor, let???s tell Mr. Wynton of the time you were elected. It has never been in the newspapora, and it has been such a long time." MRS. BItYCE'B STORY. At the first meeting of the .trustee* Dr. Bryce was twenty-six years of age, and the law required biin to be married. Miss Dix said: ???Gentlemen, I will vouch for him. I know he Is to lie married soon to a lady from Columbia, 8. C.??? Several gentlemen mid: ???But suppose she should fly the track???? Dr. Manly rosoin his might, and with cm- pluisis said: ??? ???Fly the track!'never. She is aHouth Caro lina woman, and they never fly tho track.." I have since been tho doctor???s companion for twenty-five years and I am the only one nt the hospital not connected with It. It might up- jtcnr the doctor has my presence as a convert* He ruined up and mid, ???What???s that, Elite! and turning to your correspondent, he said, ???I am indebted to her for all the success that bus attended my work since J have been here the past twenty-five years," A CHARMING PICTURE. Dr. Bryce and his wife celebrated their silver wedding a few days since at tho hosidtal. On tho eventful occasion Mr*. Bryce held a loveo anil received over .TOO of the inmate*. The happy eouplo live peacefully aud quietly rounded by every luxury life can l>estow. doctor spends most of his time, when not with his wife, administering to the |>oor unfortun ates. Mrs. Bryce is always in communication with tbo various organization* of the Women???s Christ inn Temperance uuion. At her desk sho spends much of her time. The lives of the two are happy. Their works are grand. W. GUARDING THE PRESIDENT'S LIFE, I'lnkf rtoii Detectives Kent to Wu*tilngtoii on Special Duty. Pittsburg, December 28.???The Penny Press, i afternoon paper, today published a story to the effect that flve Pinkerton detectives passed through hare last night from Chicago ou their way to Washington, for tbo purpose of lookiug after the personal safety of President Cleve land. One of the Party, named McGuire, stated that they had been ordored to Washing ton hr wsv of Philadelphia, where they would be joined by flve men from tho branch agency there, then to procoed to Washington for special duty nt tho white house. On their arrival at the capital they were to receive frill iiiktrnrftons as to thei! 1 duties. " What do you suppose is tho reason for this precaution,??? asked the reporter. ??? We were talking the matter over on way here, and concluded that a plot of some kiutl had been discovered, hut whether against tho president???s life. I am not prepared to state. Wo expect to remain in Washington sometime. (icnerol Hbcrhlsn???s orderly has visited Pinker ton's headquarters during tho past few days, several times.?????? NO TRUTH IN IT. Washington, December 28.???It is stated nt the white house that there is no truth In, nor any foundation for the story published by the Pittsburg Pa., Ponny Press, that u number of detectives are romtng to Washing ton to look after tho personal safety of tho president. NORTH ATLANTIC WRECKS. Disasters Reported from the Storm o| Saturday. 8t. John, N. It,, December 28.???A dispatch from Flugg's cove gives particulars of disasters resulting from Saturday???s storm. Tho schoon trs Habra, Killam and Adclia Hartwell are total wrecks ou CVntrovllle shore. Tbo schooner Ncophonsct, at Flagg's covo had her Jib boom carried away anil part of her deck load of puniico awept away. The achooncr Gazelle in ashore at Woodward's cove and ia badly strained. The schooner A. T. Frank lin is n total wreck at In- gall'a point. The schooner Urecse, of Portland, drilled out with ono man on board, leaving her anchors on Brown's point. It is supposed that sho tank iu the bar. Tho schooner Minnie is a total wreck on Ilrewu'a jH>iut. It Is reported that the schooner broko away from l-ong Island nutl went ashore on High Dock Island. 8ho Is said to have had n crew of six men. A hulk, supposed to be a bark, ran bo seen on the bar inside of Big Duck Island. The crew are probably all lost, Cheney's imemge was swept clear of vcxtola and boats. A quantity of pumice wa* swept nir the wharf at Drake???s dock. A HEALED VERDICT ???nfi tl mast now do go* for humanity's sake. *??????? ??[_S talUinp vir. te.1 frr tbe luur of the stele appropriations has Wn don. for tb. We have ravwl enough from the ru ??? new buftllag when the Wc hsv, brick nt four and lumUr nt seven del- Iting to be lined. It wilt safe**'"*- Interesting sights as the n and storeroom. This la presided E. L. Kilgore, who It n remark," She feed, at each meal AMD uaHTY-xionr _ jdsjes and she f hntr mnrh ahe gave oak U each. ???1 weigh Ml erectly ninety-one-hundredthe Of n ponad of beef for eneb. Of bmt they ton,umr tru barrels of door every week, *?? (??* ????> ??n-I grits daily; bolter, twenty- dnily: uoUrace, neven Umb n VMW: coder, two and a half rack, n month, ???ad dOetnponada of ground rodeo daily. Cue Whirl* Has HemnineU Cloned for 81s .Month*. t'oi.i Miua, 8. C??? IX'ceiuhcr 28.???[Spocisl.i??? negro dr>|H-rado, uametl Andrew Campbell, who luu been committing acts of violence in several parts of this county for some time, has come to grief Hevcral deputies of the sheriff??? have been soarehiug for Campbell for three month*. Iwisat summer he nhot a man name??l clgtr. who came very near dying of the wound. Campbell was arrested and gave hail for his appearance at court. The day before tbe trial he fled, and the case went on without hi* tmHence. Tbe jury brought in a scale*! ruitt, which has never yet lieen oi*cucd. iver id nee then be has been hiding out lu de fiance of tin.' authorities. Day licfore yesterday he W???? cfptqred twenty-four miles from this city. He has been jailed here, and will remain in confinement till the February term ef court, lu n he w ill be sentenced. BLINDED BY VITRIOL. Two Women Wreak TarrtVI* Vengeance on an Engineer* iH'nrut'K, la.. I>ecemher 28.??? \ serious snd ???cnsaDunal cose of vitriol-throwing occurretl here tonight. Frank Woods, an engineer on the llliuois Central railroad, was going to the yinl to taka a freight train out. Just as he reached the lower end of Maiu street two women stepped out of a dirk recess, and one of them threw aeon of vltrol ou him. It struck him in the face, and it is feared that one or both of his eyes will be entirely lost. Ills cries brought oistitanfe to him, and the women escaped in the dark. He was taken to his residence, where he ft now lying suiTerlng terrible agony. The women have not been arrested. _ For the Conscience rood. WAMHNOTOir, December US.???'The rents in- der of ihe mntflated $30o Mil received at the treasury deportment Christmas morning, came to hand to-day from New York, with the brief explanation: ???Restitution. Other half ???ml prrnon*.??????The money will be credited to the louscknoe fund. El Paso, Tex., December 2I.--A band of Indians was surprised by :< hofly of volunteers while encamped nesr the railroad track be tween Clilton nnd T??ordsfnirg. Eleven Indians were killed and thirty-three horses were rap tured. The assaulting party was mainly com posed of Mexican rt sideut-t tinder tho guidance of ???Big Jim,??? a colored deputy sheriff. Tho attack took place before daylight. The Indians, though well armed, were so confrdotoly demor alized that those who escaped fled without ma king resistance, aud are now scattered through the mountains. Dkmiko, N. M., December 21.???Leading citizens of Silver City had a meeting yesterday to devise means for prosecuting tbe war of cx termination against the Apaches. It was at first thought that the governmont would pur chase forty or fifty blood hounds to track the Indians, both Generals Crook and Bradley favoring the proposition as the only really available means of pursuing the red butchers. Word was received from Han to Fe that tbe army officers weie willing to recommend tho employment of blood hounds, hut thought il would be several months before the war de part ment would act upon their recommenda tions. Upon learning this the citizens called a meeting and determined to raise the money hr subscription for the pure base of a pack of blood bounds nnd for again equipping and putting tbe local militia in the field. Wealthy ranchmen in attendance pledged over $.1,000 for tho purchase of blood hounds. It was determined to. raise a picked company of three hundred experiencccr Indian fighters from several districts in tbe territory, who will im mediately take tbe field and campaign the re mainder of the whiter. Leavkxworth, Hans., December 21.???The Indian chief Roman Nose, who is confined in the guard house at Fort Leavenworth, is to bo turned over to tbe civil authorities. During (he commencement of tbe outbreak in tbe ter ritory last spring he murdered a white Woman, for which he won arrested and brought to.Fort Leavenworth in June. The attorney geiicral lias instructed District Attorney Terry, of Kansas, to proceed against him in the federal courts on a charge of murder. He will bo placed in the county jail here to await trial. Konian Nose Isa half Sioux and half ('heyonue, and was for a long time the chief medicinn man of tbeUhcycnnes and wielded great influ nice over them. Prescott, Arizona, December2Ti.???In view of the Diet that fears arc entertained that an attack will ho made on tho peaceful Imliaus within the Hsu Carlos reservation by citizens of Arizona, Governor Znlick has issued a proc lamation. in which ho says: ???It Is with regret that I feel called upon to notice officially the luUsinmatory appeals made to tbo jeople of Uil* territory, upon our Indian dinicul- lief. Tlio governor osmcstly request* all ' to refrain from molesting these Indian.-, an i only Of gravatc tlic present trouble.??? lie concludes os follows: ???I warn all evil disposed persons tnat the powers of tbe federal and territorfal government will I* evoked to promo the rights of all persons within otir borders." Port Towkskhd, W. T., December A telegram Its* U-en received here, signed by a number of citizens of (piollcntc, about T???? miles from here, stating there was danger of an Indian outbreak, and asking for protection. A reveuuc cutter, with a company of soldiers from the fort, has gone to the sceno. No par ticulars have been received. It is???supposed that tho trouble has lieen occasioned by the ill- treatment of Indians by white settlers. Serious troublo is not anticipated. El Paso, Texas, December 28.???W. K. Jones, one of the beat known ranchmen in Aritono, arrived here Sunday from tjio vicini ty of the recent Itidjan massacre. Jones rays the situation in western New Mexico aud eastern Arizona is really much worso than has been, reported by tho newspopcr-i. Ho declares that no ono person can gather an adequate idea of tbe terrorized condition of the Inhabitant*, and tho actual iratnlwr of people killed by tbe Apaches within the past two month*. Dozens of flunilica have been massacred in distant parts of the territory, and tho nows of their death never spread beyond tbo immedi ate vicinity, owing to tho long distance and separation Irom thcoiitsldo world. Jones men tions three murders In New Mexico which, to his knowledge, have never lieen published, ijust prior to his depurtnro from New lio helped to bury a neighbor who was found murdered by Indians. The fearful loss by fire and plunder at tbo hands of the marauding Apaches has also been Trader esti mated, us many ranches have becu liter ally cleaned up of stock and the house* burned. The ranchmen of Graham county, Arizona, have equipped n raugor force at their own expense aud Placed them in the field. The settlers are depending entirely on these rangers. Jones asserts that the regular army is no longer relied upon by tho pooplo to sup- preta these frequent outbreak*, und says that Governor Xullck, of Arizona, i* in favor of Immediately orguuizing a territorial ranger force, and has been petitioned to rail the leg islature together for this purpose. TROOPS ORDKUKH TO ARIZONA. San Francisco, December 28.???Pursuant to instructions from the secretary of war, onlsrs wero issued yesterday to troops A and K, sec ond cavalry, to proceed to Arizona. They are being dispatched to protect the Indian* on tho Bar Carlos reservation from a threatened attack by the whites. Major Gordon will command tJjo cavalry. The date of their departure will not lie fixed until dispatches shall have been received from Geuernl Crook, indicating the poiut in Arizona in which tlio troops shall lake up their position. THE HEST SlOliY of S7 yen,-, "XecK Ado,*' by Mr*. Harnett, beyint ur/I ire el. Sui ter it# at once. THE AUSTIN TRAGEDIES. The Coroner???* Jury at Work on llu- l.ate Sensation*. Austin, Tex., December*^.???Tho coroner???s jury, In the ease of Mr*. Euls Phillip*, who on Wednesday night la*t was found dead in a yard attached to her residence, aud who wa* thought to have been assaulted licfore bemg killed, to day rendered u verdict to the effect tlut death luid retuited from wouuds inflicted with an ax llie bauds of parties unknown. Mrs. Hancock, who had also been murdcroudy attacked with an ax by nnkmra n persons on the same evening is in a dying condition tonight. Mrs. Kanes, who was arrested iu Han Antonio yesrerdsy, charged with the murder of her seven yerr old sou, whose headless body was found in the rear of her premise*, at (larkivilfo, on Satur day, partially eaten by swine, was brought here todav. She protests her iunorence of the crime, she declares she hss no kuowledge of the Iwy???s death aud that before leaving home to search for work, had given him away. Mrs. llaucock died at 8 o'clock tonight. This i* the seveuth murder committed in the city within the past eight month* to which no clue luu becu discovered. Messrs. L. Van Winkle A Co. The name of K. You Winkle ??v Co. issynotu- ymous with Ulr dealing and good machinery. Ho h** been established tn Atlanta for year*. Its* sold >nw mill*, gin*, presses, oil uttll* and all klad or machinery in every Southern-Mate, and wv have yet to hear the first complain of any thing that has yet gone out oT hU -hop*. Mr. \V. W. Itoyd. who k* OM.??clated with him. I gentleman of large capital und the hbthc??t bad- ncm character, and we i (.-commend the firm lo our reader*. The** who are In need of machinery of any sort will do well to address a letter to this firm. Whatever they *y may he relied on. and tho prices they give may be considered as low a* I* consistent with food work, and all .machinery they oflhr, may he accepted** the very best that can be turned out. We advise our fanner Meads, two those who do not need anything at present, to writedown the tuuneof E. Yon.^Winkle * C& and keep it a*a m^moranduaind wbca they do want olj thing, write them for It . DURING THE WEEK. Tuesday, December 2?.???Fifty ra-e?? of cholera have occurred In the province of Venice, twelve proving fatal ???.Seven anarchists were arrested I???*ri* ou the charge orgiiuHing a demonstration agaliiM the ball of the tribunal of commerce The (oilcagiu'* of Parnell have received information fir m their leader that lie trill oppose all M'Ucmc* attectliig I ret nnd which do not allow the Irlth control their own policies Phillip Brady and bis wife were killed by a passenger train We railroad, near Gmhen, N, Y??? while attempting tocro-8 the rullroad in a buggy About *73,00) have Ucn ?cnt to Parnell by the Irish national league of America since October 1 to l>e np]>Ued the parliamentary fund A Norwegian brigantine wa* wrecked iff Galveston: the crew was Mived Oiark**Whitehead, of Cincinnati, has recovered Ms little boy and girl, who were stolen from hint two year* ago In California Birmingham, Ala, will ha\c a union passenger depot Miss Cornelia WInllehl 8cott, dniigli!^-,- of the late LleuteuanU ceneial Winfield Scott, died In Baltimore, ngea sixty year* Vicar-Central Conway, of Chicago, had.t ht editor of the Idiot, of that city, arrcited on a warrant charging him with criminal Ubel. Is tiif. CitV.???Charles Bell was arrested in At lanta yesti-iduy on a warrant from Cobb county ebnrgiiig hlpi with enticing Maggie Caps, who I* under bond to a Cobb county man, from her home Thomas dements, who killed Joe Boyd, Alexander. Ia.. last April, was arre-ted In Atlanta jcMerday by Detective (ilocr, of this city. The dc teedve had been following Clement* for several week*, and had traveled over Texas, 3fl*??ourI, oldo, then back tb Missouri, aud thence toC'hatta- roegu and Atlanta, Detective Oloer's home, where he arrested Clements. 3??r. Gloer followed him 7,Ob miles, dements is the son United State* Marshal Clement*, of fhe northern dhtriet Louisiana, aud who was once n chief Justice of the supremo couu of that state. A reward of SI.OW was ofii red for Clement*. Wednesday, Dec??ml??er 33.???A conspiracy citnblish a republic has been discovered at Tarra gotia, Spain Eight thousand Isarrelsof salt were destroyed by fire nt Bay City, Mleh A .named Harrison was arrested in Spain charged with counterfeiting bank of England notes Mr, Curry, the American minister, presented hlsereden- Hal.* to the queen of Spain The round houscof the Ea>t Tcnuewce, Virginia and Georgia railroad at Sclmn, Ain., wa* destroyed by fire Tlic funeral of Bbbf??p Kautbauer took place iu Green Bay. Wis Dow, Short A Co., of Syracuse, S. Y., have failed Itc-v. J. F. Hutton wa* last night Installed jontor of the Murray Hill Presbyterian church, Brooklyn, over which the Rev. Dr. Burehanl for merly presided Hon. Allen <??. Tlmrman lias lieen ???elected a* umpire by the mining arbitration brdrd at t'o Jinn bus, Ohio. hikI he um?? readily ac repud by the operator* tiie City.-Howard Iliiraey wav ???hot und killed at Eiwt Point ycHerday by Joe Tench; bath negroes. Tench made Ids escape, and ns |Jur*ey did not speak after being shot, the caw-e of the difllculiyl* not known Yesterday the first ease growing out ??<f i lie Georgia Pacific railroad accident s filed l??y Mr. John II. Siuk, and Was for $1,000, on ???ountof scald* aue othpr injuries received Sandy WleofV, a colored man, who work* tor the Bichmonil and IMiiville railroad, hud Ids left hand badly ma>hed yesterday by being caught between the bumper- Gypsy, the Arabian white mare, rcriouriy hurt in the railroad wreck last week. One of her knee* 1m* sw ollen, and n veterinary bur geon ray* tlio leg may never get well. Tliurtilii.v, December 23.???While testing a pair or toiler* at the Locldcl rolling mill at Harrisburg, Pa., one of them explwltsl and scattered the *tcam ???ml delirl* in ever>???dire???etion, seiioiwly Injuring ??lx men Bern r Fernando srontalio, a ifcxicau *hot dead in Imredo, Texas, by a young Mexican named Vincent Martinez The Coshoc ton, Ohio, iron and Heel work*, have uliut down, throwing one hundred men can of work .Several thousand dollar-' worth of jewelry was stolen from a Jcwrclry store in Hamilton. Out The steamer sallic Carney wa* burned in the Tallahatuhee river, in Ml*si**lppi, with 2,cno bale* of cotton on ????ard The trouble at Bevier, Mo., betwreen the working and Idle miner* ha* again broken out. In tiif. Cnv.???Chief Joyner, of the Atlanta fire department, entertained the members of the de partment Uut night at the Arlington hotel Cap tain K. P. Howell ha* resigned os president of tho Kimball house company, aud Captain J. IV. English ha* bean elected to succeed him The city court lias adjourned until the 18th of January Mr. Jmnc* L. Wjnong, the engineer who wa* crippled in a collision on tbe East Tennesse, Virginia and Georgia railroad last February, recovered t?,V)D damage* ftom that road yesterday in the United States court. Friday. December 23.???It I* reported that cholera Is raging In Cayenne, the capital of French Guiana The Austro-Hungarian customs confer dice ha* proved a failure, ns (he delegate* con hi not reach an agreement, Zanzibar and Germany havo signed a treaty of commerce, tho provision* 0 f which favor the Hamburg mercantile community aud Kan India society A call ha* been ivmcd for delegate convention to meet at Fargo, Dakota, the object lieing to give expression to the public sentiment ou dividing the state A .TtiO.nno fire occurred lu Cincinnati \ contract ha* lieen signed granting a concession for a railway from Upper to i4??wcr Congo lo the Manehe*tor (England) Congo railway company At Orlando, Fla., Enoch Carter, n baltvmler, shot aud instantly kiltol I,. D. Beasley, a |N>1icvman. In tiif. ntv.???Two freight trains collided on Hie East Tennessee, Virginia aud.Giorgla railroad near Bookman, demolishing two-cugiiies and several freight ear-, but fortunately no one was hurt Yesterday Muyor Hillycr released all the pri-otu-rs mined iu the city stockade against whom there miio serious charge Two negroes uame*l Mc Donald ai.??l Will Draper were daugcroudy shot at negro entertainment on Marietta -irect la-t night. Saturday. Deernilrer 20.???James Mtvirc, seven teen years old, wa* accidentally shot aud killed by Harry Kittle aged twelve, w Idle out hunting near Knoxville, Tenn???The reddenre of Dr. Emil Be*- sells, the arctic explorer, at Glendale, Maryland, was Mimed, and all hi* Imok* ami chart-und other valimblc diH-uments, relating to the arctic expedi tion, were totally destroyed The Biuxfaii guv- ernment has issued a decree orelering thecstabltdi- uieutof n iNillUcal agency in Bakham Five boilers of the (spring Valley waterwork*. near San Francisco, exploded yesterday, killing two men aud dangerously wounding several other* A huge Christina* tree of the Presbyterian hospital in Chicago cauglu fire while tho present* were being distributed, and about one hundred |>er*oii* were Injured by being trampled upon by the panic- stricken people. In thx I'm .???John Fines wa- arrested on a war rant, charging him with av-uult aud battery Ham Wibon wa* kh kid by Id*horse,au.l hi* collar bone was broken Ed Htnl*ong. a negro, was ar rested by the police yestenlay on a telegram front the sheriff at Thomaston Thera were several drunken tlghto in the city yesterday, but uoue of a very acriou* character. nn??t 1??m night nearly fifty prisoner* were conilueil In the nty prison. an<l more than twice** many cn-e-were booked. Tin* offenden represent alt colors, race* and ago*, and the charges against them were drunk, disorderly, lighting, etc. Sunday. Kcunber V7.- The |??m*c 1- suflorlug llrom Kidney complaint, and has been ordered by physician* to tAke complete rest Alex ander entered s??fia at the head of tlic Sixth regi ment of infantry, one regiment of cavalry and tli^b battallionsof artillery and wa* received w ith great enthusiasm by the Inhabitants AU tn??i* un dcrarutsln Pent bare !<cert <llabandcd and rent the governments cnj^ius- to their different^ homes An attempt wa* male to blow up Judge lAmbort Tree???s residenoe In Chicago with dynamite In the United States circuit court in .Han Franrtov Judge Sawyer remlered a dividou of the plaintiff. In the rase of Sharon vs. 1HU. the artlon bclug brought to declare void the alleged marriage ct^ract. UolUnsviUc, lAla., wasvHudhy n destructive fire A flre??h out break co urted among Uie parishioners of the St. Allcrtu* eliurch i Polish tat hoi lc, at Detroit. i??h grew out of the -u*| vuslou of Father Kola- tinski. and one of the leaders of the mot* w a?? killed In the city.???Collector Crenshaw i* after the men who prc.dla wltblty through the ??????dry" coun ties In his district Governor McDaniel htsof- fered a re waul of one hundred dollars for the ar rest of Meek* Block, who killed Ja*i??cr Handera. _ Hall county. In December, lv-i Several cit izen* of Gainesville were in the city yo*terxlay.look- tog at the different fire engine* w ith a view to pur chasing cne for that place Through Iheiu- llnetuv of several Udins, ?????baric* Dewberry, who waaarresictl in Rome, Ga., charge*! with violating the internal revenue law*, w a* released from jail. Osr Letter Badwt. Will Mr. B. W. FuraU. of Irwin crataty. Ga, who has some October pears, which were mentioned in a late brae of tbe paj*r. please rend us his address and a short sketch of hU pcan. Il ha* been re* qtxatefi by several ftaden. OUR OWN COLUp. 5 hort Talks With Our Readers on Matters of Interest. Please Renew Your subscription before your time I* out. This prevent* your mlasing a single number. Tbe printed slip on ycur paper tell* when the time is out. Jteuew at least ohe week ahead, aud briug a new .subscriber with you. With the Coming of the New Year Yon must decide on what paper you will take. No intelligent man can afford to be without a good paper. We offer you The Constitution. Wc believe It is the best family paper in the world. But this Is only our opinion. Bead here what those who have read the paper aud who have uo interest in it say about it. Here is thetestimony^ Letters From Our Reader*. M. <???. Jones, Statesboro, Ga.???I am-highly pleased with The Constitution. I don't think It can to- excelled In the south. I like It much better than tbe Savannah New*. J. A. Anderson, Level Land, 8. C.???The Constitution lathe best paper I ever sew; It* gain ing popularity every day. Col. H. (*. Kittles, Cocky Ford, Ga.???I have* read The Constitution carcfUllyTor the past twelve month* and regard it as one among the very be*t par-ora published In tbe United State*. D. A. Binklftv, Lewisville, N. t'.???I must say that Tiif. Constitution is the best paper to work for that I ever tried. I have never been able to raise a club of more than three subscriber* for any other commendation front all that seo .. _j to work for It: for to my mind there fa bnt one ConniTCTloy. Please tell Mr. Arp that tborc i* one tarbeel that sympathize* with him in hi* watch around the couch of ql* *lck boy. The Constitution Sewing Machine. Hundreds of homes havo l4ln made happy this month by tho Con stitution Hewing Machine, sold to them at one-third the price of machines ex* nctly like it. Every neighborhood our ma chine goes into orders more, and they are getting established all over the south. You understand it, don???t you ? We havo a machine -modelled after tho $15 Singer, bat guaranteed to he better than that, which we sell for $18 with The Constitution thrown in, or $17 without the paper. Every ono who buys our machine saves about $???'%>. Wo have sold hundreds nnd hundreds, nnd have only had one machine returned. Wc will keep our orders open certainly until January 1st. We cannot stiy how much longer. You will do well to order at once. Bcmember! You get your machine, try it on every kind of sewing for ten DAY'S. If it is uot better than any $15 machine in your neighborhood wc will refund your money. Bee what those who have used the Constitution machine ray of it. We have sold a great many or our hlgliarm mi bines, and are Just beginning to get return* from t In in. We find that they give universal satUfac- the following letter which is one of the many letter* received by us will show: Falkttlle, Morgan County, Ala.???The high arm im.chino 1 ordered of yon a few week* ulncc has come all right, nnd my wife has tested It on diff er ent kinds of goods, and she is well pleased with it. Hhc likes It better than any machine In the country. There is only- one way ft>r you to get It book aud that b send her another Just like It or 9G0 in money. You need not hedtate lo recommend it to your From Michigan. , Mr. J[ohn J. White, a merchant in Clinton, Michigan, writes from bis home under date of December 15,1885: ???I have been suffering with eczema for more thau a year, and have tried (our different phy sicians, hut to no permanent benefit. I then tried several pateut remedies for such disease, but they ttlgnally failed to bring the relief I sought. I was in a dreadful condition, being covered from head to foot with this terriblo disease, aud notw ithstanding all that I could do, I continued to grow worse. At last seetyg the statement of Mr. Bradley, of Detroit, of wbat 8, 8. S. had done for his wife (but my fisith was almost gone in patent medicines), I sent and got one battle, thinking, however, it was another $1.75 thrown away. To my groat astonishment and delight the terrible itching subsided, and I am now ou my eighth bottle, and the disease has disappeared, almost, there being only a few rough places on the small of my back and legs. I am confident that ?? complete cure will he effected at*an early day I write this that thoto who arc similarly afflict ed may flnjl relief.??? THE COTTON MARKETS. CONSTITUTION OFFICE, Atlanta. December 28,1883. THE WEEK???S REVIEW. New Y???ork???The cotton market hss been of bearish tendency all the week, snd dull sad week feeling hss prevailed. Today the month* closed 15^20 poiut* under the figures of a week ago. Sj??ots, mid- dllngV^c. Local???For several day* the cotton'market has s-hown considerable weaknc??\ but not until today did a change in quotation* take place. Receipts tor the week amount to 10,872 bales, against 7,017 bales lost week and 4,219 bale* for tbo corresponding week last year. NRW Y???ORK. December 23.-Tbe following IsU?? comparative cotton statement for tho week ending today: Net receipts at all United States ports... 337.8M "*-ne time last year 90MM Showings decrease 28,790 Total (rose ipt*. .3,377,S5I Some time lost rear ~3,16?,QU Showing a decrease 97,15.8 Export* for the week a ??? 1 to,834 Same time last year 137,CM Showing an increase 12,14$ ??? Total exports to date 1,920,821 ??? Same time last year -2,111,536 Showing a decrease 184,065 Stock at all United States ports ...~l,079,ft?? Same time last year 1,017,798 Mr*. M. A. Young, Modison, Fla.???I havo bid the machine that J ordered iq,constant use for marly two weeks. It UJtut splendid. My daught r bn* one that *hc tonight in tho mimmor for 815. I w?? uld not give mine for her???*. I am Just perfectly delighted with Isoth the machine u ml pa per. D. A. Britt, Elcctlc, Ala.???Our sowing ma chine was received iu due time, and in good order and all ready for sewing. We arc well plcasod and ???re astonished that such a pretty nnd good machine can he bought for so little money/ Our neighbors are crazy about it. Showing au increase 81.218 Stock at Interior towns. 255,017 ~ ???-* 211,121 Same time lasYyraf.V.???..^ ^ Show ing a decrease ?????? American cotton afloat for Great Britain Ore.OW Same time last year ?????? Showing a decrease MONDAY, DECEMBER 27. New Y???ork???Futures declined today; touc barely teady. Spots, middling 9 3-16c. Net receipts two days 69,168 boles, against 71,955 bales last year; exports 0,003 bales: last year 78,786 bales; stock 1,177,963 bales; last year 1,029,222 bale#. Below wc gi vc t he opening and closing quotations of cotton (htures In New Y'ork today: December. 9.18A 9.09$ 9.10 Jammy 9.162....... 9.1J# A12 February. 9.24$. 9.2i2 9.23 May 9.50$ 9.56# 9.57 Closed barely steady; sales 98,600 bales, l ocal???Cotton weak at quotations. We quote as follows: Good middling 9 l-16c; middling 8}??c; strict low middling tP/fr; low middling 8%c; strict good ordinary 7J??a;good ordinary 7Kfii tinges J8^c; middling stains 7?jo- NEW YORK, December 2il??? 1 The total visible???sqp ply of cotton for tho world is 2,915,102 bales, of which 2,652,702 bales are American, against 3,136,807 bales jmd 2,672.807 respectively last year. Receipts at oil Interior towns 149,614 bales. Receipts from planta tions 249,061. Crop in sight 4,321,811 boleo. PROVISIONS, GRAIN, ETC, OONSTITITTION OTflCjj^ on the Chicago ?? Asesai3SsSS idStMtJi December December ...... 485 5 8*?? 4?? .Tame* Mayo. Jonesboro. Ga.???Machine through your fcgcut, M. Travb, received nnd give \ ???W-C0, i-mJiv snd complete satisfaction after thirty day* Dial. My wife like Thx Constitution machine justs* well as a 845 machine. It will be money saved toany one wanting to buy a machine to get ??? i of youra. Geo. W. Sheppard, MaycravJHc, Mi*.*.???The u ing machine I ordered from you received, and have thoroughly tested It. Give* perfectly satis faction. I say It U all you recommended it to be. Muht running nnd docs good work. It oxocll* the ??? -hlue and I* nlcclyjinl??he<l. Watche* by the TIimraandN, We an- literally selling our famous Waterbary* by lh<m-an<ls. No other watch equal* Tiif. Conjti- ion Waterbitr)-. Our* ha* no advetUneincut cm tho back, but i* imudsamely engraved. It I* an accurate time-keeper, and wc have hundred* of subreriber* w ho have been wearing them for two years, nnd who report them just a* good today a* lien they to.ught them. Tho Watcrbury watch l* miracle of cheapness and accuracy, it 1* ju-t a* ???od a time-keeper a* any ??l(W watch. Read what I *u re hirer s??y*j Mr. 8. U. W. Stovall, of Irtindcsdale, MU*., writes: ' am highly pleased with your Watcrbury watch, ompared it with all other* ou the car* running nn Atlanta to Laudcsdale and at all stopping -iiit*. and it was up to the best of them. After I nine home It was said that Brother Godfrey, our prcflding elder hud the best time piece, and mine proved equal to hi*. You have got the licst paper published on the globe, aud your watch ta* ju??t as good. May the Lord but* you and the reader* of this paper.??? \ R. It. Price, Price???s store. N. C., writes: ???The Mbmy watch give* entire MitDi'actton. I am till not king for your paper, and will continue to Urs Stock, ATLANTA. {December 28-Mulea ars In fair de mand with supply moderate. Tbe market is un changed as to prices. We quote as follows: MuIm CINCINNATI, December 2f???Hogs firm; common and light flOOrttlsa; packing and butchars 88.85 Mr. J. J. Hall, of Atlanta. good for tol>acco us The Uo.N-riruTioN 1* fora pa|)cr. This i* the ie*tltnoay of thousand*. Wc have re duced the price of the Watcrbury to 8.1,25 with The Constitution for one year thrown iu, or tiSO for watch alone. A chain goes with every watch, both being packed (n u nice satin box. There is uo cx- cure for yon not having a watch for every mcmlier of jour family at this place. Send and order the terburjr. _ AN ATTENTIVE IYOUNG MAN Bllsceltenoou*. ??!l 1 95 r r Bc,t 85.25010.75; extra iancy 85.76 rt 86.00; fancy fei00rtl5.75; extra (SmUly 85.25; cboiM family f4.75rt85.00; family 84.500*4.75; extra 8L20 rt84.50. Corn???St. Charles white 58c; No. 2 white Me. Corn Meal???!-%}0Oc. Oats???Rust proof 47#9Oo; Tennessee fl.Ou. May???choice timothy, large balae tec; choice timothy, small bides, 81.00; Nai, large bales, tec; No. 1, small bales, tec. Peas???Red 75c; clay 75c; mixed 75c. Wheat Bran 95c68tl.OO, Grits 83.95 v bbl. Cofl???ee???Rle 10313c 9 fo; old gorern- mont Java 25c, Sugars???SUiidard A 7^c; granu lated Tjic; white extra C c^'c. Syrnp???New Orleans cnoico 46c; pnmo S0rt-33c. Teas-Jr ??? rt60c; green &vacoc. Mackerel???No. 1, ) No. 3, bbl.. 86.50; M bbl* 13.50; k!U50c: p Soara-f.*.00rt??5.00 ? 100 caies. nice Bulk 5Ieats???Clear rib sides 5%&5????c. i hsms, large average. 12r; small are: Killed by (be Husband of HU Fcnrtlc 1'nrlnrr. Fort Smith. Ark., December 28.???Another bloody affray wx-urnil in the t.'herekce Nation ycstenlny, in which George Hiles was brutally murdered by Dave Blize and Joe limiter. The cause of the killing was Hiles'* attention to Mize???* wife. Mize and wife had parted on Christmas eve. lllle* escorted Mrs. Mize to a party. This enraged Mize, who swore vengeance on Miles. Yes terday Mize and Hunter, hi* brother-in-law, went to the n>??idence of Miles' father, and called their victim out for the ostensible pur pose of talking with him. Taking yoang Miles away in the woods a few step*, Mize, who hod a double barrelled shot gun, turned suddenly u|??oti him and emptied its coutcnta into Ids breast, after which, assisted by llunter, be riddled the dying 1k>t's body with bullet*, aud left it weltering in blood. Both murder ers escaped, hut the deputy marshals are in pursuit. _ ThU IYr??k Yuu Mu??t decide what paper you ill take for next year. Do not be misled by 'sample copkV' of inferior papers scut oat to oatoh strangers. The old reliable Coxsnmiox is the best family paper lu the world. Try it for next year and you will never be without iL It Ls the same all the year round, except that U gets better all the time. Read what our old subscribers say ???boot it in ???Our Own Column.** You can???t do bet- than try Tuc CoNstiTunON. bound hamesf 1.00. Trace chains i shovels 89.50; spades f9.50rt81S. As ft dozen. C???ottou cants fJ.00rt88.Ok 84.00 Cotton rope 16c. Swede Iron 5e: roll merchant bar, ???l\{rate. Cast-steel 15c. Naif Glidden barbed wire, galvanized, 7c It ??? 6C. Powder???Rifle 14.00; blssthig 82.71. 7c; shot 11.85. Leather???G. D. 210260; P. D. 21# 24c; best terti28c; white oak sole 40c; harness leather SOrtSSc; black upper 35#40c. Egg*???22e. Butter ??? Strictly choice Jersey 2ftsttc; strictly choice Tennessee 1291802 other Honey???elnJnea Mll3Uc; in the comb )sii|& Dried Frull???Rough dried petcha 233c; peeled peeehe, 6c; rough dried apples 3c; evaporated, cmlii,lo<]u??]lir. Peanuts???Tcnnemca 6c; North Carolina 6c; Virginia 0%c. Mb Editor's Teatlmenial. A. M.Vaughn, editor oftbc*???Greanvieh Re view," Greenwich, O., writes: "Last January I net with a very severe accident, caused by a runaway horse. I used almost every Und of ealve to boat tbe wouuds, which turned to running sores, but found nothing to do me any good till I ires recommended HENRY'S CAR BOLIC SALVE, t bought a box, aad It help ed me at once, end at the end of two month, I wu completely well. It ie the Irert salve la the market, aad I never tall of telling my friend, about It, end urge them to uae It when ever In need I-r i?? tbe opinion of a North Carolina tobac co planter that twenty-five pounds a year of tobacco should satisfy any chcwer of tbe weed. Doubtless very few chcwcrs have thought of It in that light. If they could see twenty-fire pounds of tobacco in one pile tbe ptoapeet of masticating it during the coming twetvo months would uot give them n very pleasant fooling. they ere foe sale cheap; buy one rpHS BK8T GOODS ARS ALWAYS CHBAPBfT.???