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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION - ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY DECEMBER 2'J, ]88ft.???SIXTEEN PAGES.
GEORGIA NEWS.
THE NEWS OF THE STATE BRIEFLY
CHRONICLED.
Kill'd ltu F.t..r-l.-L.??-Tlwlt.rTU??,of.n.dlt,r
.|un Triplet??? A Bawird Offmd for
a Jfurdarrr-WalUoK for Klah Prloat-
??e Naara Tron. All O.iMh. Stau.
Chnrlt McLendon, a woll-to-dojoinii! farmer
living on the place of B. A. Heard, nlalit watch
man at the caatombouae Atlanta, killcil Ilia
f.lhir.In-law, Bufua Johnaon, thla < venlnif. A
little more than a pear apo MtLrnilon married
Jobnaon???a daughter, much agalnat the wiihca
of Iter | arenta. Since that time McLendon
and Johnaon have been at onto.
On laat Saturday at Mallorjrarlllc, Wllkea
county, Mr. Webb Hill and Mr. Trlou Harris,
-two leading and well-to-do fanners of Wilkes
county, began quarreling over a w orthless ne
gro man. Words brought blows and as the
quarrel piocerdod, the deadly knife in the
hands or Mr. Webb Hill waa brought Into nso,
lie cutting Mr. llarrla about tbo throat in
a horrible manner. It waa drat reported that
Mr Harris would certainly die, but later facts
state that the wonnd though serious, la not
fatal.
Mr. H. B. Milner, editor of the Eaatnun
Times and Mias Mary Horne were married
Sundey night. The affair was entirely unex
pected and surprised everybody. It began In
??? Joke, the license being procurred and the
ceremony performed by ??? Justice of the peace
jnst for fbn. Afterwards, however, the con
tracting parties decided to take ??? terlout view
of the matter and sent for Bev. P. A. Jessup
and were married In earnest at the residence
of Mr. M. II. Edwards, the bride's mother con
sentlng.
merchant doing business six
rencerllle, on the Fcachtreo road, went to
rrnccTiur, tin me i caruvreu iu.ni, wcu?? w
Lawrenceville to aw Mia ahow. During his
absence a negro boy who lived with him went
out to Ilia crib, where nineteen hales of cotton
was piled up, nnd htruck a match on one of
the ties. Ah noon ns the match ignited tho cot
ton caught from the blaze, and in a few min
ntea the whole pile waa In a blaze.
The election on prohibition was held in
Green countr. on December the twenty-fifth,
special courier* from nil tho precincta to the
Herald bring In unofllcial, hut perfectly relin-
Ide returns, which give a majority or 3U for
whisky. The prohibitionists will not contest.
The election waa very quiet, and a snislj vote
waa polled.
Fourteen yearn ago tho Bartowg county
agricultural association gave a baby show at
tho annual fair. Tho moat Interesting feature
of this show waa a trio of gtrla from Cherokee,
daughters of a poor but worthy former named
Dl I beck Today Mr. Dllbeck boarded tho
Western and Atlantic train for Arkansas.
These triplets were along, bnxotn, rosy cheek
ed country lasses, as much aliko as black eyed
poas.
There Is no disputing about tastes. Tho cus
tom boa long prevailed among n number of
HStbetic householders In Albany, as well as In
many other places, of lining their well graded
and white sanded front jrard walks with a
selvedge of empty ale and beer bottles, burled
about half way. neck downward and generally
at an incline or forty-five degrees for greater
effect. It may be questioned, however, whctli
er any of these landscape artists, here or else
where, have reached the point attained in this
apeclre of decoration, by a prominent citizen on
Commerce street who has lined the spacious
walk leading from his gates to his front door
with one gallon jugs, similarly arranged. Of
course dcmUous and cut glass decanters will
soon follow In the wake of this adventurous
advance over tho ale and beer pint bottles and
a new era In artlstlo landscape ornamentation
maybe expected to dawu upon Albany and
southwest (lcorg)a.
Wm. Crawford,who was shot yesterday,
???*1 miles from the city, died todar. lib
derer waa a neighbor named Julius Ward.
Crawford and a negro ware comiug to Rome in
.a wagon, and Ward and a (Viand were on their
way home fiom Koine. Ward had a pistol and
waa Hi leg promiscuously along the roadside.
Whcu the two vehicles met Ward (Ired over
Crawford's mules, which greatly frightened
the animals, aud they were with sonio difficul
ty kept from running away. Whan tho mules
were stopped (Vom plunging Crawford .lumped
cut of the wagon aud Want got out of the bug-
whcu tbo two engaged in
have here a
and I???ll blow vour brains out.??? Crawford re
plied : "Oh, let's not do that; I know yon,"
and tried to grasp tho pistol from tho hand of
hla ant agon 1st. Tho pistol was then (1 red by
Ward, striking Crawfora In the abdomen. The
negro who waa with Crawford mado some
demonstration, when Wan! turned the pistol
niton him. The negro threw up his hands and
begged Ward not to shoot him. Ward's friend
then got him Into tho buggy aud the two drove
off towards tho home of the former lu Ala*
bama. Tho negro then went for help, and tho
unfortunate man was taken to tho homo of
Mr. A. T. Dunlin, near by, whore ho dim!.
A few days ago the burning of the dwelllug
of Mr. M. 1). Kimbrough, of Washington coun
ty, waa announced. The Inirulng of bis gin-
house, under moat peculiar circumstances, ta
uow told. Friday night a negro man who as*
>ists in running the gin, entered the house for
??? the ptirpoae of ebangiug his clothes, and in
striking a match to light his lantern, fired tho
lint cotton hanging fVou the wall, which
almost instantly communicated (ire to the lint
room. The man who superintends the gin waa
a . .. a . nlddo nothing to atop
the flames.
There was no Insurance.
The Savannah News says: Judging from
the numerous jugs and kegs that are be-
itmaa in a lively
manner. Saturday waa a big day with the
liquor dealers and yesterday they rather rest
ed, only Are drunks being captured by the
UHIJ HtrmuuM ITHII iipiumi oj ino
l-ollrc. HatunUy nl.ht the puMiigBr train.
1 u nmrli whltkj .ml wiuea nnt nf
nirrird w
H??v??nn.h???? often contra Into tho city on .
frvipht Inin. Jun of nil (Iw*, ilcmUuliu.,
wicker-work .flair., krp nml keglcU wore
pocked away on rar uoto and bctwcou aaaU,
aud in lha .lotos, until U wa. a luinl nutter
rilhrr to go tlirontth a rar without Mumhltnx
or to alt down. Homo of it waa put up in litiio-
rrnt looking bone, and labelled anytltiu. cx-
rrpt whlaky.
(Inventor MeDanlrl has offered a reward for
tb* aneat of lira Walker, the notorious Minu
ter count; dwprredo.
Mr. (I. W. Warren, of Worth, ba. I, utxed
1.410 partridge, aluce the middle of October.
He baa received ten cent* each for thear birds,
Marou being hi. market. 11c ba. .hipped a.
high aa ISO on on. llrlux. the mult of a ilay'a
buuliag. Mr. Wanvu bum. three ilaya each
week, and average, lire dollar, a day, nr in
tern dollar, a week. He rbilui. to have the
beat dog. in Hie elate and l< rontident that be
will hag 8Ji0il bird. "
tbl. maw. which will
time in March. The above num
ber dore not inrlttdr birda wbirb were killed
and loot He ratitnatee tliU number nt 130.
Last year he killed 1.034 partridge, and I..10O
dove. He receive, eight cent, a piece for
dove..
lilne.,111c Gazette; The improvement of
oor etock of cattle la a matter of no (mall me-
mrnt, and we are glad to note Increaalng in-
****** in this direction. Some bare tried the
Guinea, the Jenny. Ibe Durham, the Holland
and other breed, with mere or lee. rerrea.
Three cattle, while the full blood It claimed,
???oou degenerate when croreed with oor com-
they ought to do still better in our country
where the climate la so much milder. Wlnt
we need hero is * breed of cattle, crossed with
our ordinary stock that will retain their milic.-
log qualities and hardiness, aud are nut a?? ex*
pensive to keep as race bones.
A correspondent of the Albany Medium,
writing from tawaon, his the following to siy
cf tome Colqnitt county firmers:
Nine years ago thcBbarpe brothers came here
and bought a place they word told tfiey would
starve on. They bought land, moles, hogs and
rows, all on time; wore about $1,200 in debt for
it. The Sharpe brothers are out of debt, have
money on band, the old place ???hioammt like a
pesrhtree." ,T. M. Livingston nettled on his
place eight years ago, with a few cows. His
father sent him off to root hog -or die pmr. Ho
now bss three healthy children, a loving wife,
and just the best little form in our corner, and
Is out of debt. John A. THIman is one of the
old residenters, hut Is n live man. Fruit treo
venders nnd book agents And a friend In John.
He now has trees full of beautiful cluster
apples that nod at you and invite you to steal
as you pass the orchard : but John is better
than bis apples???he gives them away. He is a
Baptist, aud has traveled 1,200 mill*, attend
ing eburrh this year, and is not a prenciier,
either. Mose McClelland, a colored min. has
made aix and a half bah* of cotton, plenty of
corn, potatoes and syrup and some mett, and
worked out supplies. He Is eighty vests old,
and has a boy eight months old. Wiley Vick
ers is a fortune to any county as a developer.
We have no hog sickness heTo and no cow
sickness, and no catterplllars to eat np our
cotton every fall, and are a blessed people,
when wc work for it and keep ont of debt.
From the Rome, Os., Courier.
Tuesday last a young man named Brewer
Bwofford, who lives about eight miles on the
Fort Valley road, came to this city and dis
posed of a hale of cotton. Pocketing tho
ALL THROUGH DIXIE.
Cbecp Laud la alsbans-A Roms a Hi We-ldlng la
Bltislubtn-TlialtuUi C?? roll as Zifiiluart
-A Fatal Afir*jr la Mississippi ??? Two
Murders Xitr D>Uu, Texss.
money he started for his homo about 3 o'clock
in the afternoon, and when ho had gotten to a
point on the road called Daniel's Clap he was
assailed by a negro. The negro had followed
tho young man from town, and taking this as
a good opportunity, camo np from bemud and
dealt him a severo blow on the head, knocking
the boy senseless. Then the scoundrel com
menced going through his pocket*, finding In
one $10. Hearing the sounds of an approach
ing wagon from behind ho mule off, leaving
$20 in a pocket which he bad not searcbod.
Young Bwofford la in a critical condition,
nnd docs not know tho name of his assailant.
The three warehouses of Hawkinsvlllo con
tain at this time nearly <(,000 bales of cotton,
waiting for higher prices. At $37.fi0 a bale,
tho worth of this lot of cotton would be $150,*
000. Tho receipts for several days past have
been from 1.7) to 200 bales a day:
fain Jackson, a negro, attempod to kill Mr.
B. L. Linicr at Good Hope last week, by cut
ting his throat with a knife. The negro as
Faulted Mr. Lmiicrat his confectionery store
nt 10o'clock nt night, and hut for the timely
arrival of Mr. Laniers sons, death would prob
ably hei-n tho result. The negro was after
money. Ho was arrested nnd lodged in jail.
HognnMville was visited by u destructive fire
last Tuesday, and several stores were destroy
i d. There was no Insurance.
The will of General Robert Toombs was filed
in the ordinary's office of Wilkes county last
Monday. He revokes all tho wills aud codicils
heretofore made, owing to the death of his
wife and of the other changes In both hla
family and property. His property is divided
among his relatives, nnd he says In tho will,
"the object of this will, and it must be so con
structed, is to make all my grandchildren
equal in the final distribution of my property."
The death of Mrs. John Brack,of Vance county
relieves her from the agonizing torture which
she suffered for a long tlrao after having been
co horribly burned. Hhewas staudiug before
the Are In her house when her dress suddenly
caught nnd she was soon enveloped In flames.
Iler screams were of no avail, for by the timo
help had roue, sho was so badly burned that
mod leal assistance could do her no good.
?? Collector McAfee, Doputy United
iralial Kellogg, Unitod States Store
keeper Hunter and posso of five captured in
the western part Cherokee oo., probably tho
largest illicit distillery lu north Georgia, under
very dangerous circumstances. They stormed
the house, aud In an instant all the men stood
fnro to face, and with guns cooked on each
other. Tho prisoners begged their friends
who rushed in not to shoot, as they could not
do ro without hitting tlioao whom thoy
would help to escapo. One of the mon
escaped through the window of the bouse, 1??>
ing his shoo. Another escaped from tho top of
the honse, where lie hid at tho attack of the
revenue men. Tho team that convcyod tho
material to tho distillery was trained and
none of tho officers could catch it.
The officers destroyed about 4,000 gslloui of
ixxr, 20 gallons of whisky and the large still.
Three men were arrested, and were today car??
rh d to Jasper nnd bound over by Commissioner
Aired.
Kxress of Women Overmen In England.
Girl Gossip, in London Truth.
Arc you awn re, my dear, of the appalling
fort Mint (hero arc W*.000 more women than |men
In Greet Britain? At least, there was this very
nwfiil disparity of numbers at the last census, and
I don???t suppose that the disproportion has decreas
ed since then. In foet, It seems that H is likely to
Iwcoroe greater and greater, for more girls are bora
tbsn boys, and men do not, as a rule, live so long
as women. This tmmeuic foot means, perhaps,
c y little to martlet! women, unless they are moto
rs of a largo and expensive family
if dsughtem; but to tlio unappro-
piiatcd ???nnmg ns It Is (taught with
the direst meaning. Wcare all taught from our
nursery days upward to look forward to tho tlino
when we shall be married "and live happy evor
alter.???' Do not all the nursery stories and folry tale*
??nd with wedding bcitifTAna I supiNiw It Is natural
Aw a woiusn to like to have a borne of her own and
a husband and children. There are women who
would despite us for making such a confession; but
do you not think w ith mo that an unshared life
seems incomplete? Well, dear,
face of all this are those dreadful six
figure*, the female overplus of WK.OX). It i-
therefore quite apparent that several him Ins!
thousand of
.. appaix
IffiffiffiLIiw must remain single, aud we 111 ty as
well look tho matter straight in the fore, and,
' women means 1
Hon. Falling this, they must provide for
???mclvcs. ft> every girl should he brought up to
mo occupation that would bring her in suffleient
jew to >1 If support as their tons
War In Europe,
fwr Wallace in an Interview.
There U a certainty of war next summer.
They arc all arming for It. It cannot bo much
longer delayed. Just where it will break out first
tin i>ne ran ray. It may begin anywhere and at
ary moment. The Turkish government has an
at my of tiO.OOO men ready for active service. They
(ompt 'id of such elements a- are gathered hi
Turkey, means war sooner or later. If fur no other
M vnitlED IN GEORGIA.
rd at hts place ???CotU-uham "ob Bryan Seek..
k??S -f rxd polled rattle, which on mil;
hMatiro. Hr hu fire Ihoroaghbreds
nom Imported aeries .nd twee-
IT traded heifer* of lulf Mood.
Throe rattle an - - ??? - --
rattl. ora hornlno. The; in valuable
toadrane. aa Important Interest In onraae-
**?????? Tht * ??nk of Mr. Arclotoa-. ram.
frem Tuptlu, Kax, and if the; ilo well there
Mr. Wtrk Milter amt Mlaa ntla Allen, ruluml.us
-Mr. WHIlam It. Writs and Ut?? Aunt. Wundruir.
Golumbus Mr. J. K. Jackaon am! Ml??a Carrie R.
Dunwiody. Roswell Mr. Jerry Williams and Misa
Faille Plot-mob Taylor Mr. Charles L Floyd and
Ml* R<??a Dow (e, Atlanta Mr. Augustus Daniel
and Mb* Julia Cool edge, Norerosa Mr. Johu
Faroplcv aud Ml?? Katie King, Atlanta.
DEATHS IN OBORGIA.
Mr. William Guest. McDonough captain John
Smith, balaco. '.Cherokee county Mr. Tandy c.
Wilkinson. Atlanta Mn. J. I., Sullivan, Atlanta
......Mr. Henry Dougherty. Atlanta Mn. Walter
lYwtcr, Atlanta... .Mrs. A. Taylor, Macou Mr. A.
L Wool folk. Item*on county Rev. A. A. Dell,
Sylvanla Ma. R.C. Jelka, Atlanta.
We clip the following from theMlllodgcvUle
Unicn and Kvcoider of the $L1 Inst, concerning
a well-known and sncceotfrl young physician
rly of Atlanta:
On 1 bun day last wo met Mr. R. U Wood, super-
KwJt nJeciilta of that cltrofa
peculiar moor In the socket M
of lUcTataUty affi. ttater *o coa\*??Uent to then,
lie was for several years ossigaat to Dr. A. W.
Calb*nn,of Atlanta, and though ayoungman not
North Carolina.
Saturday morning the jail at Booking-
ham was Furrounded by fifty masked men who
forced an entrance, secured a white man named
John Lee, who three weeks ago murdered
Holomt-n Welch. They carried Lee oat of
town and hanged him to tho limb of a tree.
He murdered Welch for money.
L'r.dhon county, Mrs. Goallnjcft her husband and
went to live with a man named Norton. A few day)
since tbs two men met and bad an altercation.
They soon brought out their firearms. Boeing the
terrible result wliicb threatened them both, Mn.
In her body, whleh Instantly V
know n w h??eb man fired the rhot.' Goajin has left
the country. Norton is still at the place where the
deed was committed.
In Lincoln county, Is a cave that was
once the home of Daniel Boone. It has six rooms
aud a well of water.
Mississippi.
At a 1*11 given at the residence olJohnWarren,
Marion county, on Friday night, a fatal affray
occurred between John and Bob Ray 1 is on tho
ono side, and Thad and Dan Scarborough on
the other. Dan Scarborough was shot in the
shoulder and bis brother was instantly killed,
the bullet paaslnc through his heart. Eigl
fired, but It Is not known wlrcth
???hots were
cither of the Bsylis??? brothers were wounded,
as they disappeared immediately after the
shooting. All the participants in the affray
were young men of good connections.
Near Btarksvllle, on Thursday, seven con-
near oibimtiiic, uii lutirmia/. kvcu ??uu-
victa working on the plantationof W. JL
Harvey mutinied and killed "Wash"
Powers, tho colored guard, and
escaped. A man named Turner, who pursued
the convicts, was shot and probably mortally
wounded. The mutiny la said to be the re
sult of inhuman treatment ou the part of
Powcni toward the convicts.
West Virginia.
There lives In Lost Creek, Galhonn county, a
former named Joseph Dountain, who
should now be In the prime of vigorous man
hood. Al??out three years since Mr. Dountain
began to complain of pains in tho stomach,
accompanied at times with pecnliar twitching*
and jerk logs of that organ. Those pangs were
not constant, but were worso at times when
Dountain happened to go longer than usual
without drinking water, of which ho swallowed
immense quantities.
When ho happened to have boon at a distance
from springs or streams at work, and was not
enabled to get a drink for soverel hours, tho
pains and twitchlngs of his stomach nlmojt
threw him into convulsions. His physical
condition became almost a wreck. From an
unusually powerful man of 200 pounds Doun
tain dwindled to a more wreck of 103 pounds,
whose only gratification and pleasure seemed
ill with plenty of
to consist In supplying hliusol
d 1 Inking water.
A few days ago he came to the conclusion
that there was somo living reptile in his stom
ach. Having arrived at tho conclusion, lie
consulted a physician, who gavo him a power
ful emetic. After retching and groaning till
ho was black In the face, ho succeeded In throw
ing up an immenso frog, which weighed thir
teen ounces. Tho reptilo was still living after
getting outside of its habitation, but died iu a
few minutes. Dountain is rapidly regaining
liis last strength.
Tennessee.
Mr. J. G. McGhee, tho father of Edward Mc
Ghee, the young man who ahot Miss Jessie
C'larke, has arrived In Chattanooga. It Is
thought tho father of tho young lady will not
prosecute, and la either convinced that it was
an accident,or has yielded to tho pressure of
public opinion. Bo ends chapter four. The
cuitaln falls for the present. It will bo re
membered that McUheo shot Bliss Giarkc In
tho bend while showing her how a Mississippi
lover killed a girl who went bock on him.
D. Bf. Graham, of Pulaski, Tcnn., a
prominent nnd wealthy carriage manufacturer
left Chattanooga, recently, for tho west, on the
BIcmphis aud Charleston train. As ho neared
Huntsville, Ala., ho said to tho conductor, "Are
no for Irom Huntsville?" The latter said,
'Only s short distance." Thereupon Graham
placed a pistol against his head nud shot him
self, producingiustuutdeath.Nocuuso is knowu
Alwut Eighteen months ago Samuel Miller,
prominent contractor of Chattanooga,
mysteriously disap|tcarod. Miller had married
only three months before a lovely girl. He
was a leading member of tho IDptist
church???conspicuous in his liberal support and
a devout ami earnest Christian. A careful
search waa made for him. hut no trace waa
found, ami although ho loft considorablo in
debtedness iu tho city, no ono cast any impu
tation on him, and It was generally thought
he 1)0*1 met with foul play. Today it trans
pired that lie was secreted in Texas, nud-ho
proves to be a villain of tbo docpcat dye. Ho
has wives In five different states and doicrtod
each ono a few weeks after marrisgo and
jumped hla debts in a half dozen cities.
A horrible story comes from Tclogs, in Chattooga
county, Georgia. While engaged lu killing hogs
a young farmer uamctl Jsincs Starling, attempted
to throw a dead porker into a barrel of boiling
water used lor scalding. He missed his footing and
fell head foremost into the ocelli ing water. When
discovered only hi* legs sml feet were protruding
ftom the barrel, and the unfortunate man hud been
tolled alive. Ills body present* d a slckcutng
beaded policy, a very awkward and embirnt*
ing state of affairs wiU come about. The re
sult will bo that a sine die adjournment can
not be had, and tho legislature will take a
recess for eight or ten days. There Is certain
to to a deadlock unless the senate recedes, for
the house will stay hero six months rather
than submit. The Hen law has been abolished.
This Is regarded as victory for the agricultur
ists lu the legislature, who almost to a man
fought against a perpetuation oftbls odious law.
The lien law which was allowed to renmlff in
the statutes has been robbod of its worst features
and cannot do very much harm.
Alabama.
At Birmingham, C. A. Cannon, advertised in
???he Evening Chronicle fora wife. Mrs. Blamie
Bale, ofBfacon. Ga., answered and Christmas
mil , Wl JHJKUUi Urt.) MMinvivu wa... < iiiniuia.
day camo to the city. She was met at Loads
by*her ftiture husband. Both returned to the
city and were married this morning at 1:30 by
Rev. D. T. Hnrsers, pastor of the First Baptist
church. The groom is a rising mechanic.
The bride is from Philadelphia and is said to
be a wealthy woman. Tho couplo had never
seeu each other before. They knew each
other only four hours by sight before mar
riage. .
A gi n was accidentally knocked down in tho
storehouse of \V. H. Ingram, at Vlchue. It
was discharged aud the contents passing into
s keg of powder, a heavy explosion was the
rcrult.teuxfngup counters andfloors and smash
ing glass. Tho house was full of negroes
but no ono was injured and the dumoge to
goods was slight.
BIrs. R. L. Barry, of Birmingham bos had re
stored to her a flue lot of silverware, buriod by
her mother, BIrs. Salllo A. Thorn, daring the
war. Bln. Thorn resided near Cahaba, Ala., in
lbG3, and In the spring of that year, fearing
her silver would to stolen by the approaching
fedcrals, she with a neighbor, Miss Biary Jones,
l oxcd the silver up, and taking it to the woods
buried it. After tho surrender the box
was taken np, bnt all the silver was gone.
It was supposed the negroes saw it
hurled, and then stole it. A short timo ago,
Bliss Biary Jones visited her friend, Mrs. Epp-
ing, in Selma, and during tlic discussionof old
times Mlm Jones spoko of the loss of thoir
mutual friend's silver. BIrs. Epping remarked,
she had recently visited a family named Fer
guson, and that there sho saw silver engraved
"8. A. T.??? Inquiry brought out the fact that
federal officers left the silver with the Ferguson
during the war, that the Ferguson emigrated to
Brazil in 18(15, carrying tho silver with them,
nnd that they have not been lonp from that
country. They cheerfully gave it up to the
daughter of tho lady who buried
it twenty-two
years ago.
Tuscalooca is situated in the heart of the
ccal and iron regions. A traveling man,
well versed in such matters, remarked the
other day that there is aa much natural wealth
in fifty miles of Tuscaloosa os there is within
the same distance of any place in tbo United
States. Coal is found in the streets,
and Is mined to a limited extent near
the city.
Wild excitement was caused in Bfontgomery
recently by a young man named Charles E.
Hunt, who made a desperate effort to commit
suicide by drowning himself in tho Alabama
river. He throw himself into the river at the
city wharf and was rescued by a companion
and some negroes. Foiled in
his purpose,
Hunt became raving mad ami attacked his
friend, a young man named Bafford, who res
cued him. Hunt then stripped for tho fatal
plunge, but was arrested by police officers and
lodged in "
...... the city prison. Jle says that he was
driven to seek death by n love scrape
that ho could have married his sweetheart,
had promised to so, but had rather die than
keep tho promise. Ho was not only melan
choly but mad from whisky. A picture of the
young lady whoso lovo has driven him mad Is
now in the hands of police authorities. She
Is a beautiful young woman and lives In
Lowndes county. Hunt Is a member of a re
spectable family aud lives at Blorgansvillo.
a good family and the conduct of tho would-be
self murder Is a mystery. The affair has giv
en rise to strange rumors and the whole mut
ter is wrapt in mystery. Hunt made desper
ate efforts to end his life, and would have suc
ceeded but for timely interference of officers,
A terrible tragedy occurred at Hillsboro, on
the BIcmphis and Charleston railroad, Thurs
day afternoon. Two men, named Brown and
Jim Feelilcs, had a fight, and the town marshal,
Captain Kindrick Clark, went to arrest them,
Fcebles ran nnd took refuge In a house. 'As
tho marshal started to enter, rccbles seized
a shotgun, and taking deliberate aim flrod. The
charge tore offtho entire upper portion of the
marshal's head, and ho roll a
spectacle.
W. C. Johnaon, southern agent of tin Cincinnati
Evening Telegram, sloped with over 1200 of trust
firmts which he obtained by forg-n? an onto*.
Johnson has torn lu Chattanooga, Tenn., (tor over
a month and w orked up a largo business for hi*
tor killed bjr violence or accident. George More
land. a Milwcrtbcr, w as killed last week. Johnson
forged tho order for tho money, secured it, collected
the ruUcrlpliou up close, aud left for parts un
known.
Tho West Tennessee lunatic asylum will be
located two miles from Bolevar.
8outh Carolina.
A* a general thing the members of tbo South
Carolina legislature are not in favor of a "new
deal'* in this state. They ex pro u the opinion
thnt wo now arc bleared with model officers,
from Governor Thompson down, and th it It
would to trawioe to make any cbanj|??s.
The South Carolina general a trembly is now
in the fourth week of the regular session.
The business of tho session is rapidly winding
np. Bloat of the important bills and Joint reso
lution* have been paand to their third reading
by both houses. The honse inserted in the
bill a section providing for an appropriation
of $25,000 to be used under the direction
of Governor Thompson in having a census taken
Upon the new enumeration of the inhabi
tants of the state a reapportionment of tho
numbers of the house of representatives will ba
bared- It is understood that the low country
will, under this new arrangement, loss a num
ber of representatives, while the counties in
r South Carolina will correspondingly
gains. Governor Thompson, In
X
his
annual message to the gimenl
ably, strongly recommended the en
acting of n law making proper provision for
the taking of the census, which is
clearly required by tho constitution of
the state. In accordance with h!s recommenda
tion a bill was introduced. This
bill was passed by the house
without any opposition. A tower
ing minority???f>5 to IB???voted for it. When it
was reached in the senate that body rejected It
by a small vote. The house, not to be balked
by tke senate, pursued aa aggressive policy by
Inserting Into the appropriation bill, as above
stated, a clause which is essentially the same
aa the caucus bill. When this b01 came before
the senate for a second reading the caucus
clause was stricken ont by a rote of 21 to 11.
The honra to firm sad the senate
has evinced a stubborn disposi
tion sdamant. But one or the other will
befon-vd to succumb. Should, however, that
body persist in its unreasonable and hard-
, corpse. The
murderer was at once arrested and lodgod in
jail. Tho terrible murder created the wildest
excitement, and the jail was soon surrounded
by five hundred men, and a mob was organized,
nud Ireforo now l'cebles has doubtlessly been
who went to New Zetland forty years ago, is
now a member of the New Zealand parliament.
Recently a contractor named Phillips wasn
dered In the station house at Gurley's. Tho
building was then set on fire and tho body burned
toaeri.vp. A man muned Foote was arrested for
suicide in Jail today and in hlx dying declara
tion sold ho was perxuaded to commit tho murder
by a man named Childrens, and they divided the
money found ou the dead man's person. Childress
has tocn>rrcsted.
At Ball Play, the other day, two hund
red arret of good laud sold for thirty-three cents an
acre.
Texas.
Two terrible crimes were committed In Austin
on the night of tho 2fltli, which will result
in three deaths, and there is no telling how
many lynrhiugs. During the post year Austin
has lit-11 horrified every few weeks by some
dastardly attack on servant women, both white
and colored. Fully a dozen aenanta have
been outraged and eight murdered within this
period. Tho crimes all boro evidence of being
perpetrated by the same person. Every effort
is being made to anprenend the criminals,
skilled detectives being employed. Blany ne
groes were arrested and put through a rigid
examination, but nothing came of the efforts.
Many citizens and some officials held
to the theory that the crimes were
perpetrated by some insane person who
cumilugly devised how he could shed woman???s
blood without apprehension. About midnight
tost night W. H. Hancock, a well-to-do car
penter, residing at 203 Water street, was
awakened by gfoans. Entering his wife's
chamber, he found the vacant bed covered
with blood spots. Ho followed the track out
of tho front door, around the house and into
the back yard, where he found
hts wife weltering in a pool of blood.
8he had* been struck twice acrore the head
and face with a blunt ax. and her skull frac
tured. Although still alive, the physicians
say she will surely die from her wounds. Mrs.
Hancock is forty years of age and a hand
some woman. Bke bears an unblemished char
acter. In the midst of the great excitement
produced by this outrage, the citizens were
appalled at learning of a still neater crime
that had been perpetrated about the same hour,
several squares distant. At one o'clock BIrs.
Phillips, residing at 308 Hickory street, was
awakened by the cries of her grandson. En
tering the room of her son, James Phillips,
she found tho infont on the bed covered with
blocd and Mrs. Phillips ljring
terrible blow on the head. E1U
he wife, was missing. Tho affrighted
neighbors foUowed the bloody trail and found
her body ljing in the back yard of the adfoin-
ing premises. Death hod resulted from a blow
on the forehead with
1 an axe. Across the body
lay heavy rails. Her person hod been out
raged. There is no clew in either cose. Ex
citement on the streets during the day was
very great. Christmas was forgotten. The
mayor called a meeting of ths citizens at the
state honse and nearly a thousand responded
to tho calL A committee of public safety was
organized. The feeling over theeo last out
rages to intense. A house to bouse search for
bloody-handed murderers will probably to
made. No clew has been unearthed to the mys
terious tragedies of Christmas eve. Bin.
Mrs. Hancock to still unconscious and
dying. James Phillips to also dying. Ilia
wounds are worse than at first supposed. Tee
community was horrified again today by the
of a aeries of crimes, even
the others.
The remains of Claude Kanes, a little eight
rear old white child, were found today iu tho
back yard of his mother's premises in the vil
lage of Clarksville, two miles west of Austin.
???Swine were devouring the body when it was
diftovered, and had eaten all the flesh from
the hours, but tho features were recogniza
ble. Last August Hugh Eanes,thq fother,myst3-
riously died. The coroner???s jury declared he
Lad been poisoned by a person unknown.
About the time of Eanet's death Charles Court
ney became a boarder iu the frmily, which
comprized BIrs. Kanes and two children???Do!-
lie, aged 11, and Claude. The unuaturel
mother tried to give the children away, plead-
iug poverty. A couple of weeks ago she
told her neighbors she had given
DoIIie to a school teacher down
the river. On Monday night lost, BIrs.
Fames visited a neighboring family,and asked
the privilege of spending the night. Bhesaid
(-he had also given Claude away ton
family in Lampasur, and Courtney heiug ab
sent. she was afraid to sleep in the house alone.
Next morning the woman departed for Aus
tin, raying that she hud received a telegram
from Illinois asking her to attend
the funeral of a relative who
had just died and left her a legacy. Courtney
returned today and found tbo house deserted.
He discovered the body of Claude, which had
heed buried a foot deep and afterwards uproot-
*d by hogs. There was intense excitement
when the news of the murder reached Austin.
Courtney was arrested on suspicion. A search
Is being made for Dolly.
Florida.
W. G. Epperson.sheriff of Bradford county,
was shot and almost immediately killed last
night by a negro named Bichard Townsend,
four miles from Valdosta. Homo three weeks
ago Townrcnd killed D. C. Cohen,
who was overseer of a set of tie hands,
Townsend working under him. Tho
murderer escaped and fled to Georgia, and was
thought to to in this section of the state,
reward was offered for his capture by the
governor of Florida. Dan Rowland, a negro,
was employed to guide the sheriff to Vae place
where Townsend was secreted. W. H.
Cooper, a policeman of Valdosta, and
W. B. Nelson also joined tho party. Bowlnnd
directed them last night to a negro cabin on the
Braswell place, four miles north of Valdosta.
KowJand was deputised to call Townsend oat.
He was asked several times to build a fire and
comoout. He refused to do*eithor. There
upon Sheriff Epperson pushed the door open
and scarcely entered the house when ho re
ceived n pistol hall through his head
He fell against tho door senseless. At this
juncture Policeman Cooper tried to enter but
he was given a bullet in the shoulder. Cooper
and Rowland hastily withdrew and went for
more help. Nelson was left 10 charge, bnt soon
coming to tbo conclusion that the placo was
not healthy for him, also left. When Cooper
returned with more men to the house the dying
sheriff was the silent and only occupant of the
1 remises. The murderer was gone.
Sheriff Harrell, of this county, with a
not been captured. Considerable ex
citomcnt exists here, and overy effort is being
made to capture the vlllian,
THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
Macon, Ga., December 23.???[Special.]???At
12 m. today a number of the memtors of tho
order of Knights Templar assembled at thoir
ballon Cotton avenue. Those present wore:
W. P. Baldwin, E. C.: R. B. Hall, correspon
dent; W. A. Davis, generalissimo; W. W.
nd; Floyd Ross, senior warden; C. BI. Wiley,
junior warden; J. E. Blackshear, P. E. C\; Fe
lix Corput, P. E. C.; W. B. Chapman, A. Wise,
C. L. Wood, W. L. Johnson, George R. Barker,
M. C. Balckam, BI. Lowe, T. W. Freeman.
The press was represented by I. R. Branham,
of the Telegraph, and your correspondent.
Tho oldcct of tho meeting was stated by
Roland B. Hall, who read os follows:
roBTLAND, Me., Nov. 2, 188.5.???Dear Sir Knight:
viirniuiBx, inrviiiui'r j-hii.iiv ihwii, M-u^rn .mill-
(lard time, (equivalent to ftp. in. Greenwich) In a
libation pledging Grand Matter Withers, now In
I long Kong, the fcntimcnt to bo ???Tedtjtn that's
The Grand Matter writes: ???At the tppairtfed
hour I will touch the electric chain, and unite the
antipodes in a fraternal embrace.
He alto forwards the following reponsc: ???Tho
noble and magnanimous order of Knights Tem
plars, though continents expand nnd oceans roll
between us, heart still responds to heart in loving
greetings.??? As Hong Kong is in long. 111?? 14' IV*
K., there will to l'J hours JO minutes ft3 seconds
difference In time, and I', will to S7 minutes past
midnight with hiui. courteously and fraternally
yours, ???Srxriir.x Dnnnv,
"Templar Correspondent Maine."
Dr. Hall then offered the following:
first grand master in the person of Uaymoud
lpuy, it was christened ??? in blood. Durlug it*
__j)Id growth the value and virtue of such mon a -:
Hugh dc ratters, Godfrey 8L Owen, and a long list
of its commanders, together with the deeds of their
followers, savo at this distant day with undimln-
b-hed luster, wo were remote lineal dcieendinn,
are proud of their names and cherish their fame.
on to caraUto their
tuc In goc*l deeds, their heroism in a brodicr'*cause;
and then hospitality unbounded in behalf or tho
poor, we ran still practice. That spirit of social
congeniality which characterizes men of noble
impulses, I trust, still remains. This gathering of
our order Illustrates that fraternal feeling which
should ever actuate us? A few years past ono or
two of our dUiinguMicd brothers sent out to their
companions in different states tbo requost to Join
them iu a libation atl2m??? Christmas. From this
rmall beglnnlngtbcrebas grown a custom which is
rapidly becoming universal. Upon this occasion
we are met to drink a libation to our distinguished
Grand Master, Robert K. Wither*. United States
minister to China. It is peculiarly pleasant to con
sider that at this moment he, standing in the
Flowery kingdom nt the ecntfpc.les of tho
earth is touclung hi^glaM in response. Not only
he, bnt all throughout this limed land our fraters
are Joining us in their tribute to him we honor a*
our grand master. 1 now give you the old Scotch
sentiment: To him that???s aws "
In response to this eminent commander Bald-
in addressed the meeting:
Sir Knights???1 lixe the icntiment prepared by
???r-t. -. gnmd master, and f appreciate
i bringing us together on thi i, the
our distinguished grand master, an*
* * " 'in thus bringing us togetl
f our Savior. It recalls to our minds the
>uuuiiii?? viiifwc to brethren, children of tbo same
household." And it is a time that we meet together
his moth
birthd
thougl
were separated from the world, forgetful
StoMof our qmMitoSMMlMHiRMMMM
time of our conflicts with the busy mart of llfc, to
entertain and enjoy each the other's fraternal con-
imous order. It is both. True, wc may mit to
with their swords drawn in defense of Justice, pu
rity and the ChrLstlau religion, but we are their
lineal representative*, the diffrrcitce being that we
endeavor to accomplish by peaceful metbo I-* what
they undertook with thefr swords. In the early
days of our noble order
???1 by
today
and princes
an honor to to numbered with our valiant order,
and many of the most eminent men of the day
oliarged, thi* sate and happy return to tb' ian ! -??r
his nativityynd thebosonrof hid American broth-
in further resifoffie. Dr. J. E. Btoekshcar, P.
E. C., read the following poem:
???Tis ours to obey.
ht, tor chief
To him, the valiant knt|
And prater, far away.
Tho* separate from ns unseen, .
To earth's remote* clime;
Tbo??? placed by the revolving spheres
it the extremes: pototsirfiPRf :
Tlio' the sun that shines abov? us now,
At itxmeridian height,
From him has veiled his glowing face
In deep gloom of midnight.
The loving chain that binds us .all
As Templars, Sons of Light,
'Tis ours to strengthen, sna each link.
tolefufwtoireS^f&rKnights, , J' . .
On this bright Christmas day.
Ingleesom mood libation* pour :
Aou, r ra.??f??j??raj iCT i n , AceaiEAR .
' After these addnfKiother touts wore pro-
posed and jest and joke, anecdote and inci
dent'Afforded a fine spice to tho generous cos
tot ion which adornea the board. Fruits and
cake and. sparkling champagne were handed
around, and cigars for the smokers and altos
gether It was a most etjoyable aflklr.
As In the Olden Time. }
From the Detroit Free Press. , . . : -
I saw an old, old man, and an old, old woman
walking arm In arm on the street the other day 4
end by and by they turned into a toy store and be
gan making purchases as eagerly os other people or
half their yean. . - . \
???You buy for your grandchildren?" I whispered^
, ???No, for our own," replied the woman. >
"But you arc so old your children mu$t to men >
and women grown.??? * ???df?
???Ah I but they are not. The eldest is not yft ll
years of dge, and we hare four."
She had???tean in hereyes as she answered me,
and by and by shecontlnued: ??? * - ^
???They are dead-alidead! Once there was but *
one atoexing fpr Santa Claus to fill, and but one
curly-head to creep from his trundle bed at break
of day and shout with gladness over the, glfU to- -
stowed. By and by there was a second-then a
1
1
bias time, and four children kissed mo i
and sold:'" ??? v 1 ??? .Cv**??????
If Santa Claus comes before you go to tod tell
him wc have been good children.???
???But they are now dead."
???Ycs-alf dead. One week took them tU from us?
???one grave holds them all. But, on Christmas etc, ???
four stockings will hang in a row again, and 8antfi >
Claus will come os of old. Every Christmas Eve
since their voices were hushed In death 1 the MMH
stockings have been hung up. Thero arc no glad
voices???no soft kisscs???no tender good-night* -
Those have been unheard for almost a score of year*.
Father and 1 sit thero and listen for footsteps
but they do not come. We hearken to voices which
can never speak again, Our hearts are heavy and
oor eyes are fall of tears, but before we sleep vre
fill the stockings as of old, and it seems m if the
children camo back from heaven for that one
???Jj*And, so," she raid as the tears came faster, "we . ; J
lie wnn mue wkl no
>, and wo shall sit down
and call our children about us as in the .olden
time, and will keep our hearts tender and help os
f#> ltf>ar tho hnnlon nf mtr manv Win."
to bear the burden of our many years."
The Artastan Well. ???
A gentleman said yesterday: ???The proper^'dispo
sition of tho artesian well is to donate it to the
Kimball hqusc. We prohibitionists took their bar-
roomout. NowJIfwe put artesian water In ptoe
of It, they will makemore money out of It this sum*
mcr than they could have made out of tho hotel-
and barroom put together. Artesian water In that
hotel would fill every room with guests.??? f :
By the way the Rev. Geo. If. Yarborough bos a
neat theory about the artesian welL It appears
from hJs article in the Btnisvjlto Gazetto, that bo '
was a doubter. He did not credit the well until . -
ho bod actually held his dipper under the spout . .
pndpourod tho silver I'.ream down his throat, * '
Now ho said,???-this is the Lord's work, lie walte-l j ,
for Atlanta to put the Uqaor out before he turned
the wator In. If tbo liquor is ever reinstated that
day the well will godrj ."
I The shortage in At lanta's cotton ikieelpUrBK^Sf
been alarming. Ten -lays tgo we wero 87,GOO bales' .. ,
behind last year. TFe tide then turned and now .{
we are only otout 28,000 boles short* The gain has - '
averaged abort 1,000 bales a day. We will probnMy
enter the new year ???JO,000 bales behind lost season,
which the first three months ought to wipe ont StM ???
P0W0EB
Absolutely Pure.
Thlx ponder nerer xxrtc. A nurre.or pnriir,
trcnxt ind mboJmamaM. Mora economicu,
th.n tho onUnxnr kind, .nd rannot be old la com-
??? - jn with tho multitude of tow trauhort wcl*aS
QOUTHKRN NORMAL SCHOOL
o
AND DU8IMKSS COLLEGE.
(Established in 1878.) Largest Normal School in the
I2.S pm week,
mm and Books.
including Table Board. Tuition, Room and nooks.
Telegraphy, Short-hand, Type-writing, Klocutlcn
lY,C * PATS FOR COMPLETE BC
MKNT Ol'KN fill
July 712thp top col wky 8 m
have subscribed to ourby-laws and marched under
the banner of the cross. Let ns not forget the let-
nenumry expand aud oceans roll'???yea. do roll,
between us; Jet our hearts respond to hts loving
rand master, Withers, in Hong Kong, do we
w. u to tU va irant knights in out
to Texas and the golden gate, aud to
all oar brethren beyond the seas, and as the elec
tric current belts the earth and brings all nations
near together, so do we strike hands with all val-
ng on this auspicious day, and bid them e
speed in all their deeds of charity and beacro-
Into
Generalissimo Davis was then called upon to
respond. Said be:
The sentiment to which I have the honor of re
sponding is characteristic of the noble order at
wtoee head the distinguished author presides.
?????? **~a gratification of a worthy
separate climes, expending
tg oceans may conspire to
uncertainty to intervening space, and the in
vincible walls of China vouchsafe eternal
??? the sacred and invisible
mjmic union the pore follow-
obscurits
s fond paternal embrace, tot our
??? mvlror.cd by walls aud waicr^mDcrrlous
t *n,l ilnty .ml boUlttl b, pttrlolLm and
. -ggj fame are.
Ucan^.\mctican Mr
ADDRESS ORDERS FOR
DIAMONDS,
WATCHES tP JEWELRY
J. P. STEVENS,
JEWELER,
?? WHITEHALL STREET, ATLANTA, GA.
nor 17 wky It lip
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