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16 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 Far M ar