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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY JANUARY 5 1886
A NOBLE LIFE,
'AND ITS RECORD OF GOOD WILL
TP WARDS MEN.
A Pketeh of William Wilson Cpreoran. of Washing,
ton City, and of Same of Ilia Many CUaritles-
iA Monnmaat Bonded in the Hearts of
Hen by His Many Good Deals.
VahiingtoN, January 1.—[Special ‘ Corrci-
lK>udeuce.]—About eighty years ago iu a**
tendance at the same .school in tho then busy
city of Georgetown were two lads whose
sanies were destined to occupy* high and
Bimiler places in the history of the youug re*
public.'
Ofie of these boys was Georgo Peabody; the
other, a finely featured, well proportioued lad.
was Win.Wilson Corcoran. Friendship lmtireen
the boys developed into lifelong intimacy be
tween the men. When old ami honored they,
spent the winter of 1803-4 in Italy together.
For many years before the death of Mr.* Pea-
IkmIvJhey seemed to vie with each other in
the variety and magnificence of their public
cliariiics. Tbe truth is that Sir. Corcoran begau
life aud* embarked in bis business career under
MOST AU8PICIOU8 CIRCUMSTANCES.
At the early age of nineteen ho made .his
first venture by engaging in*the dry goods
trade at the corner o( First an&High streets
in Georgetown. His strict business methods
''and his enterprising spirit t.old at w***-
He was soon able to eropk 11
warehouse at the corner- Congress and
Bridge streets, wh#*vwfth his brother Thomas,
he carried on an extensive commission and
auction business, success crowning every 'effort
of these young jpcrchants, when there canio
the great financial stringency of 1833. Beneath
its pressure the firm of Corcoran Brothers col
lapsed.
To his failure Mr. Corcoran owes liU suc
cess. By it his attention and energy were di
verted to a business which had millions* in
■tore for a man of hit nerve and execu
tive capacity. The practical,; finan
cial knowledge thus acquired formed the
ground * work for tho accumulation of
HI8 IMMENSE FORTUNE.
About the close of bis connection with those
banks, iu fact in 1835, Mr. Corcoran married.
Ho was then in the prime of life, tall, hand
some, finely formed, and fastidious in dress to
nffnult. Louise Amory Morris was then nine
teen, a beautiful and accomplished
woman. -A ion and u d iught-
ter was bom to them*, but, after
five happy years of married life and ’before
her husband had made any remarkable progress
town id success, Mrs.- Corcoran died of con
sumption. Both children have since been laid
in tlio grave beside her, and lfr. Corcohin has
remained a childless widower. . ;
Shortly after his .marriago Mr. Corcoran
moved from Georgetown into Washington, and
ongagid in the brokerage business nrfr Wil-
hud's hotel. In 1841. the year after his wife's
death, lie became, the financial agent of tho
state department under Daniel Webster. About
this time he formed a partnership with Mr.
George W. Riggs, and organized the banking
house of Corcoran A Riggs, afterwards
famous in the great financial centers of the
world.
It was in this firm that Mr. Corcoran made
his great wealth. At the timo tho house be
gan business the government was undertaking
to negotiate a loan of five million dollars.
American credit had been almost ruinod
abroad by the disgraceful conduct of some of
tho repudiating . states. Mr* Corcoran*
was then..worth individually not more
than $50,000: but. with tho nerve,* that
aloue commands great success, and with patri
otic confidence in the government’s good faith,
the new firm engaged to place tho ontire loan.
Without serious difficulty they disposed of the
government securities in the home market and
Came out of the yenture with wide reputation
j^coonnou# profits.
in afteryears the firtu of Corcoran & Riggs sue
ces&fully arranged several j£ber governmental
loans. Their last and most successful venture
was in 1848. Tbe government had been com
pelled to negotiate a loan of a vast amount for
the further prosecution ot tbb. Mcxitou war.
Corcoran A Riggs took the entire loan and
went t<» New-York and Philadelphia to'pnt the
government securities on the market. At that
time newr was coming slowly from
Mexico and the condition of our forces there
wgs but vaguely known. Distressing rumors
were afloat and United States Cecuritlea were
lar from being in brisk demand. Prospects
for tbe new loan werebad indeed*, and if it fail
ed Corcoran A Riggs were mined. Failing to
find any encouragement in New York, Mr..
Corcoran took the first ateamer for Knglaud to
try his last hope oi placing the securities.
Think of a trip across the Atlantic under
such a harrowing suspense l
Happily the first newt .that’ greeted him on
his arrival in England was that the Mexican
war bad ended. American securities had taken
a big rise and tb» fortune of Corcoran ST
Riggs*had.sfl'cllcd to millions. Mr# .Corcoran
returned to the United 8tates, after disposing
df the government bonds; invested largely in
real estate in New- Yqrjc and Washington,
and continued actively engaged In Imsinem
nntil in 1854, he withdrew from the banking
Him which hod become famous on two contl*
£ The large amount of realeatkto vflilch he pur;
chased in Washington years ago ha* apprecia
ted so as to. double his original investment
over and ovor and over-v again. Though he
ho.
oivnr’away million.,
evon tbe approximate amount of tho vert
wealth be still pwan is probably known to
no one bnt himself.
'll iru a- phiianthropisf,n man of (teat heart
and large human sympathies, that
Mr. Corcoran will., be - known and
lovtd>y posterity. 'Hi* private |>enclactlon,
over and above the’ public one. that I shall
'mention have been greater, probably, than
those of any living man.' Still he has been no
profligate giver.’ Ai; bis’benefaction* pp)>IIc
and private, though prinecly, have been pru
dent. His gifts to this city havo been as.esre-
fal investments as thongh he had staked his
fortune upon their success. As a consequence
f he property given fur.varlont public purposes
here Is now worth In some instances twenty-
fold the amount of the priginal gift.
In 1847, while still In the banking business,
he presented to hit native city, Georgetown,
“Oak Hill cemetery.” The gmnnde at .that
time were valued at $130,000. and Mr. Corcoran
spent $70,000 mote In beautifying them. Their
terraced hilla and deeply shaded walks com-'
plcte ss lovely a ecene.of artificial landscape as
can be found fn this .country. Here, upon a
hillside, beneath a monument of plain marble
pillars, rest the remains of Mr. Corcoran's wits
mil children. In this cemetery, too, at bouse
at last, repose the ashes of
JOHN HOWARD I-AYSE,
the author of “Home, Sweet-Home.” -The.
Irani pcrUti-m of tho poet’s rymains from
Nortoitfrica to hii native land and bit Inter
ment here witb'long deferred honors, was Mr.
Corroran's list public benefaction.
Tbe tender memory of bis wife and daughter
inspired one'of his greatest guts and mingled
itself forever with one of bis most beautiful
charities. In 186# he granted163,000 aguare
feet of ground in the heart of Washington and
erected thereon a handsome and trinraodiuui
atrnc'.uve which should be d home for gentle
wcnicu in reduced circumstances. Ho called
it tbe "Louise Home,” in memory ofthe
name borne by his wffe .. and
daoghtrr. The grounds and buildings were,
originally wo'rth <300,000. ne. endowed the
home with 1325,000 finely Invested, and has
added <180,000 since. The faonie is elegantly
furnished. It la provided with a magnificent
library and ii designed as a home for.oilucated
and refitted women. The only restrictions to
ihe admission of women of that class are tint
they shall be over fifty yean of age and shall
have sufficient means to supply their own
clothing. Three old ladlerara treated aa gocsU
nr the home; ' do what they
please. and enjoy aheolnte freedom..
On each New Tear’s day Mr. Corcoran dine,
there, and acts tbe hostqf the oceoponts of the
home. This gift, made soon after the close of
tbe War, when death and devastation had left
many refined women helpless and needy, was
a noble expression ot sympathy.
Mr. Corcoran began building
THE ( OHCOBAK abt oai-lkby
. in 1857, but the war delayed its donation to
the public [for nearly fifteen years. During
tbe war it was used ts a Storehouse by the gov-
eminent. The original cost of the "buildings
and grounds wns SJ.’iO.BOO, and the object of
tbe institution was to eiieagmge American ark
Subsequent donations from its founder have
increased the valuo Of the gallery and its en
dowment to ihoic than a million dollars.
Tbe collection thus . given to tbo
public ' was valued at $109,000.
A great many other works on canvas, in
marble and-bronze have since been added to
tbe gallery, until now it stands iu tho front
rank of tbe art institutions of tliix.couu-
try.
Reminders ot Mr. Corcoran’s munificence
are to be seen cvctywhcro In Washington.
He gave the Washington orplriu
asylum its spacious and beautiful grounds.
He endowed Columbia college, of which his
father was one of the original corporators, with
a magnificent estate. Ho added a medical
school to the same institution ,, He contributed
180,0C0 .to complete the beautiful Ascension
(Episcopal) church which he attends. Even tno
stas have not bounded bis benevolence. When
in 1810 Ireland was furnishing,and England was
ag taring herself over Sir Itold. Peel's converahm
to free trade, rather than over the „„
her sister isle, tlic open ip.’”* '" ,s American
philanthropist."«*» *°
THK STARVING IBtSH.
Later, when KosSntli was traveling through
America imploriug aid for his bclovod Hun
gary, Mr. Corcoran «ave substantial assist
ance to over two hundred Hungarian exiles
who had lauded in destitution on our shores
There is perhaps no wau uuder the sun
who by public aud 'private benefaction has
rendered such valuable aid to the paoplo of tho
south as bat‘Mr. Corcoran. .His sympathies
are bound by no sectonal lines, but tuoy havo
CYCJ been especially quick aud tender toward
the south. ‘
When the war closed aud old William and
Mary college was lying in nshca j<e was the first
, man to hold out to her a helping hand.
He did not overlook the fact that other south
ern Institutions were inaorc need. He made a
rich donation to Washington gnd Leo univer
sity. He aided the Virginia military institute.
Ho helped the University of Virginia in its
financial distress, aud made liberal donations
to several other southern schools*.
BIr. Corcoran still lives iu Washington.
Though he has lust passed his cighty-seveuth
year, he is a lisle, hearty handsome old man.
His largo form, his thick white hair, ai]d his
noble, benevolent face are recogliized ou tho
streets by cvery.cbUd in the city.
Immediately otter bis friend,
DANIEL WEBSTER*
left Tyler's cabinet, BIr. Corcorhn purchased
the home. which had been occupied by tho
statesman*, on IxaFayette square near the whito
Imuce, anil there he has resided.over since.
Before the war lie was the prince of hosts,
ar.d many a jtraud • dinuer was * giyou
.in the old mansion. Down .either side,
of his table were to be seen tjio fucos of .tho
foremost men of the time, men like Webster,
Clay and C'ollibuu.
lie has with him in this homo a grand
daughter, the only offspring of the marriage of
his only daughter to tlie sou of Senator Bust is,
of Louisiana.
In the ordinary course of human events BIr.
Corcoran will not have many more years to
live in the world whicli ho has* dono so much
to make happier and better, and'the saddest
rcfiection suggested by this thought is that
"wo may not look upon his like again."
a F. H. R.
Gold In the Olil Fields. Tho stories or tho
profits ortobafeo arocertaluly marvelous and ex
plain tho tobacco prajre that has cgqght the farm
ers. In Nqrth .Carolina esses are reported where
one- year’s tebrfoco crops .paid for the land lb was
grpwnon. But tobacco culture Is a delicate busi
ness. The si ightest mistake ruins everything. * Wo
shall print two series of papers ou this subject from
-practical tobacco raker* that will answer every *
question, and Instruct every beginner. . f*
THE AUSTIN TRAOEDIES.
The Arrest of an Old Mexican Supposed to
he tho Criminal.
Galveston, Tex., December 31.—A sped*
to the newt from Austin says: EtAfacIo Mar-
tines,* k Mexican about forty yean old, was nr
rested last night on suspicion of being impli
cated in the mysterious murders which recent
ly staHled the citiscni of Austin. He ltf ed in a
secluded spot near the river; and a
search -of- the premises resulted in the
discovery of bloody garments •and sevcyil
aitides pt female apparel. Martinez haa no
family. ’ Among the articles found was an ice *
hook, filch as experts testified might have been
used in murder by Mrs. Ramey and hor daugh
ter several months ago; a prayer book with,
came "Ella R. Ramey," written on the title
page, wns also found, together with two hand
kerchief*, ohb of which .bore tho initials "J.
R." worked in silk: The other was ’marked?
‘‘A.’* Detectives think the arrest of ’Marti
nez will clfcar away the mystery of the out-
and mnrder of the Ramey women.
Jcnce la ».also discovered eon-
nccting the prisoner with th recent murder-
of Bin. Hancock and BIrs. Phillips and an as
sault upon the Jitter's husking. Wounds in
flicted on Mrs. Phillips’s head are very jimllaj.
tp* fho wounds on the Ramey girl, and wore
probably inflicted with the same instrument.
Martinos shows signs of being a crank. He
admits that be was imprisoned for ten years in
Brownsville, for ggaaultiug a woman. Old
Mood /tains no his Nothing are being examined ’
by soientists.
Fear In » UlMMtlng Room.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer. “ •
Doctor, dock it not sicken the student*, ojrdo
...jr ndt loose • all feeling «W1 veneration for tho
dead?” "Borne may sicken- for i
gwulually trow accustomed to it,
c it as little thbucht sp yotnn.
uon. I have scenthmjrs In a dissecting
have made me tremblc—case-hlplened as I am. In
my second year of student lift.-otu* evening we
were all in the diverting room, waiting for the
black, male aud female, old and rouhg.. We were
a»irncd to-one of tho revered tables, and drew lou
for choice of position. I chose the head, and then
wc uncovered elhcbndy; It was that of a girl not
more than seventeen, and-she could out havo
been dead more than a week. Her long hlou<lc
liair was clean and In two braids, tied with
light bine ribbon. She must have been
handled, very gently, for the ghoul's hook had left
no marks on her fair white skin, aud tbe ribbons
in her hair were another proof of that, The Iwys
hi) panted. X saw ftrilk band on herneclc, and on
touching It found a locket, which I opened. It
was an old lady's sweet face.Which seemed to chide
me with her kindly eyes. On the. other side was
tbe inscription: ‘May God so. deal with them as
they deal with «M, my child. Mother.’
"Well, we did not dissect that night. Nor wax
that body dissected In our college."
; lemoxYi-ixik. •
An Old Citlrin of Atlanta, Oa.
i-nnMOMDdatlMi of ter. C. C. Dari, taxed
Dr. Hozl.jr’x umnn.Elixir for a tevem cow of indi-
intiqq, palpitation ot the heart, eomtlpdtlon and
Mlbxuneai I ilKrxnflkrM tieetl;- with grant amt
great twin. In th. hack and kldnc?., unable u
•unit lime. I we, tented t-r euqj, pht-'rlett,
end taed Bear merdle.. I.nt got no .relief tt.
Mozley'. Lemon Elixir elon.' be- ne-le a.p ieet
nreo4ellt<eN dixeawK Uy <rtfe hi. mi .“red
A, C. AOXOLB, n nu xtreet, Atlxnfo, Ox.
Lemon Itot Dcopx.
DR. H. MoxiRT.-bcxr Sin I hxre xnSenxt for
fire yean with hVerere fonxb and lung trouble,
•aw your adrertl-em-id of Lrmon riot Dropm .ml
procured a mall bottld. haring tHod etynr cough
■ynip and loeefige that 1 could bear at with Utile
tcnefil, I had imalj faith In U. To my xurpriw. I
derired benefit ftprn the firxtdo^. My cough left
me, alxo the anrenew of my luert, by the uw of
four mail bottle* only. Mycough wax ao rerere
aa to produce alight he montage at the time I began
to me it, anti tbe relief wwao great and to audlen
that 1 .bail ever feel grateful to yon for thU great
A VERY ANCIENT RACE.
A Curious Cave In tlie Mountains—Skullsaml
Skeletons of ti Prehistoric People.
"Who lived in America before the Indiaus?"
This question lms been nxked a million
times and never answered. Wliat (ho curious
people were or who they were. Infs ncyer been
settled aud barely guessed. Tho fallowing
from the St. Louis Republican gives some in-
tcresting facts about the burying places of the
people who were in California bcforcthc faint
est glimmer of history. An ofd settler says:
"Some of the most interesting finds have been
taken from the neighborhood of Santa Barbara.
I own a ranch about six miles out of town,aud
one day I was asked by a party to holp them
DIO FOR RONES,
nrrow heads, aud other things, aud I reckon
•before they got through they.aboutcleauodout
the place.
,f Abcut ten years ago there lived in one of
the canyons an old colored man by tho uarno of
Paxey, and bo told me a yamjthatcould hardly
be believed if I did not know- tho man usn!**
He was very fond of nianihuwwTrrTVf,,- 1 * 1 ®
mountains, and oftoK~-*v”v l£S i f °?
Ihn One ilny ho kiu! : ‘1 had
i„... bftunpiuK in tho direction of old Baldy,
and I reckoned 1"waanliout ton mitafoff, wlicu
fight came on ; to I liad to turn to and camp
on the ground. As I was hunting around for
a good plate •
. • • FA*\V A HOLE
in the rock,' nnd putting my fuco up to it I
felt a cold wind. I alwayx carried a wood axe
with me, nnd th< iirat blow 1 struck tho rotdt
If tunihlcd iii-nnd left n place ns big os a man’s
body. Af that ntoiucHh tho sun. that witSJiist
going down, flarhcil fnto tho hole, ami for a
minute I thoAglitTd struck a regular volcano,
for tlipcc'came n regular blazp pi fiery light—
red, yellow, Iduo nnd goid—and streamed out
so it fairly dazzled me, hut its a miuuto more
tho sun went down aud tlio light stopped.. I
then got a lot of* brush and made a torch,
lighted it, nod threw it iu, and saw by tho
light Hint it was a comfortable cave like; so,
lighting a ramlle I bail,-1 crawled 1n. If
I thought I had found a volcano before I.
won sure l*d struck a*gold mine now, • ns tlio
walls and floors shone liko diamonds, and
beautiful gleittun of light cniuu sparkling
from every part of tlio rave, but after a few
minutes uiy eyes got kind of used to it, anil I
see tho walls wore oil covered with thoso alba-'
lone sncllr, stuck on just ns you would put ou
wall paper, and, as tlio Cave wns about fifty
feet loug apd"twenty.wide, I Judged there
were thousaniTa of them. They were all put
on l ack, tod, so tlio slilujng, pearly part was
out and caught every gleam of light,
pinking the finest allow you ever heard
of or ' Saw, I reckon. In soma
piaees tlio ahclls had fallen down, and the floor
was covered with a flno chalk * with pipcos of
rhells, bnt nearly the wlioja wall was covered.
Tbe i)htguce from the water was about fifty
niilrs, I reckoned, and every ono of those
shells was packed np, on liorac, mule, or man,
and there was enough to load a dozen hurras.
After I had taken in the general appearance of
the cave I began to.cximlno it more carefully,
nnd ou ana, side I .found u
regular, nltar—A series of layers of stono
rising up,' ‘artificially made, and covered
with pieces of cut nibaiono shell, anil ou-itwerc
the remnius of half a dozen shells that looked
‘ id boon made' into vessels of
might have been )i. lamp, .for
the holes were pasted up so that it would Save
held water or oil; This struck mo os being
rather enrious, hut wheu I looked up on tho
wall over the raised ilias, or whatever you call
it, thcro wns a cross in .shells against the wall,
nnd then ft Came across me that the Catholics
had hnilt it, but tlicu it must hato iwen a long
time ago,as . • •
A VOLCANO OK KAimiqUAKE
had filled up tlio entnmeo, leaving only tlio
small hole, fur I could see that at ono timo.
there had been a hly;opening on.tin 1 side, and
It had lie* n filled in with a big rock that must
have weighed tous. After* looking tho cross
and othtf tilings .over I follqwcd along thq
wails, holding tbe raudle before me, and all at
once 1 saw a skeleton, a, whito as bleached
hones can iqnke one, sitting ouarock. U wns
a big, flat ‘rock,’ ’evidently taken in as a seat,
and tbe man- or woman had evidently died
slttingon It, as the head waijeaning against
the wall. I tell you |t giro mo a (tart,dint I
knew a deed ms wauMdn’t do mo any harm,
so I soon got over it. I touched it and it fell
all to piecee—all moat went to dust—hat* at
the bands and feet-was something that looked.
to me like rope, or whet-bad been hemp, and
It occurred to ma that perhapsaomo poor
fellow had been put Iu here - as a punishment
for sonte crime or nmethiug 'of the
kind .and left to starve. Hut as
they wouldn’t very likely provide a man with
tbcshellal didn’t know what to think. Any
way, I aft-pt in the cavo all night’as It oaroe
(ia to rain, end the next morning I went oyer
tho niece again, but didn't find a thing that
’would tell the history of the min, and I left
blfir'thcro.’
“That's (hi story tho old man told as near as
lean.remember it,”(aid my informant, aud It
affords abundant material for A first-class ro
mance. Tlio mysterious hermit may havo been
a ntpnk or religious recluse, who'had mado his
home in the mountains oe a penanco of some
kind, or be may have been entombed there by
the Inillans.wlio thought lie woe n witch*. Any
way,' it arts a curious fitul, and would pay ton '
one to hunt up the ploco again. I don’t know'
where the. old man Ts now. He left'
tho country aomo timo ago, and - has
never been heatd of slucc,. bpt ho was
a very trutbhil and intelligent man and
firmly believed that ho hail, found ovidence
that tho Catholic religion was known on this
coast long before tho year i Dr. lloth-
wick hat mede aomo of the most valuable dis
coveries near Santa Barbara. In one locality
not for from the rlift were founi) evidence* of
quite a settlement—tho investigations were
nude by digging trenches, and at two feet from
the surface his men found a large atretam of
broken bones of various kinds, whale being
veiyprominent, mixed with plecqsof redqrooa.
Digging downward they csfiaenpon an ' ,
RNTIBR SKKLRTON .
of a man it about five foet from the surface,
ui.tl in lfce miiordinto vicinity several .Mhcr.
were subsequently found. Tile position of
these skeletons eras different from that of tho
othen described, the bod lex having been buried
head downward, and north and south. Itwui,
evident thut the custom of burying a mans
goods with him prevailed to tome extent here,
u upon one of (he bodies we, found a flat
plate, of ttoue of iteatlte, that was used evi
dently ■* a . dish to cook ’ on. They
are qnite common "In- collections;
and ■ are generally pierced at one
end. Behind this skeleton Vfis unearthed e
Jar of the mm (tone. It was damaged pdr-
bane by tho nick, but contained a numbtfr of
objects, probably the Jewelry of the deceased,
consisting mainly of human teeth and beads.
Nefor It wua found a- stone pestle, evidently
need to pound or griud grain, and some large
Jars or olios that woo id hold four or five gal-
Ir ns of wajer. They seemed to be-placedln
regular order for mne’ymrpbee, thfc mouth
feeing to the north, and Jett over litem a sin.
^ skull or crxnlnm end a thigh bone. Near
t acme skeletons wen found, In t&any cases
tke fihgers having b«,n removed and placed fh
the mouth, or the fingers bent np and placed’
in that position at buntl. One of the skele
tons wss evidently that of a ehildr-tlurt
had been wrapped In a matting
u a coffin: heads, jars and various objects
were found near at hand. In one of' tlio jam
was the cranium of n child ami a great num
ber of the seeds of salvia cnlumbariie. These
seeds ere still used by the' Yuma Indians it's
the preparation of a medieine, TKe native
name is chi,. The fact that Iron Implement*
were found in home of these trenches or graves
•hszwa that they *re uotaoveryhhcient. tuone
trenrbzet a depth df font foet, two skoietous
were found, beneath which a long, sharp piece
of iron rested. In. othen iron knives were
discovered, aud one iron *x was taken out that,
wcsusdouhtidiy ofHpanisb make.; and that
copper was known to thru is ehoum by the
fort of copper dishes being found.
* AKGOBTUBA BITTERS is known as the
greet regulator of tbe digestive organ* nil over
the world. Have it in_your hoaxes. Ask year
ALMOST TWO MILLIONS.
oetr hr druggist for the genuine article,
y Dr. J. G. B, Biegert ft Sons.
The Destruction Caused by it Fire In Dot rolt
-Mon Killed.
Dktroit, January 1.—Shortly after 9 o'clock
this morning, smoko was observed issuing
from I). M. Ferry & Co.'s mammoth building
on Brush street, lietween Croglian and Lafay
ette street*. An alarm was quickly turned,
the second nnd third alarms following in quick
succession, there being prom'ie r - a big eon-
flagrstiou iu the heart of the business part of
the cliy, Tlio fire department turned out iu
force, and soon surrounded the bitrulug build
ing with hosdi
Tlic flames had started in the packing
department, on the corner of La Fayette and
Brush streets, and soon enveloped tlio whole
building, whloh was a mere shell, having but
one solid wall inside of the outoe walls. Brave
ly nnd intelligently tbo firemen kept at their
work, bnt all efforts seemed fotlle, the flame,
spreading rapidly until, nt one time, there' was
n probability or tho whole district, j-
the hurtling luilldlug iijr.-.’.'CiJSk .EXlli
dooms,1 T,.e bnUdlpr”
’Mar".
limes, but
liur'.’ ,i mui's, mis the department
Miilimgcd to keep tlio flames from’ totally
destroying them. Across tho nUoy from D. M.
Ferry & Co.'s building, In tho same square, and
facing oirBandolph street, nro White's grand
■theater and Wesson’s Mock, and a small ’Bund
ing used as u restaurant. The flaniies leaped
across the alley, and began do cat into tlio
theater. First tho roof caught, and soon fell
In with a crash, firing the whole
interior.-of tiro ImlMlng, after driving
away toInen who had been working ou the
Ferry block through tho windows of tlio then-.
ter. The crashing dindoW glass was a signal
for the increased ftry of tho flames, which
seemed to laugh nt tlio ctforts of tho firotudu.
An immense crowd blocked tlic streets IneVory
direction,, and at time,, wero. In tlio
way of tbo firemen. By ten . 'o'clock
•the Ferry block Was a mass of flames
nnd tlir wails liad conimciuv.it.to fall, creating
.something ofsi panic among thy throng of Idle
spectators'.
Numerous narrow escapes occurred among
tho firm™, who worked close to tbo fiomo*,'
Wrapped in repeatedly soaked, hut rapidly dry
ing clothes. By half put ten White's theater
had been seized by fire, unit by
eleven the firetnen were compeled to
turn their atjcntlbu. more to savlug tlio
buildings on tlio opposite . side of Randhtpii
street; although still kcopingnumcroiisstrcams
playing on the bnrnlng building, Atll o'clock
tho men of No, 3 fire company raised n ladder
in front of tho theater to get n hatter chance nt •
tho flnmrn. Finding tho rapidly advancing
fire would prevent any effective work nt that
point, tljc men were descending tlio ladder
and liad about reached tlio ground
when several feet of tlio ronilco fell on the
ladder wagon. Captain Bleliard Klllilu was
struck on the head by tlio bricks mid Instantly
killed, nnd Fireman White waiTbndly hut not
faintly injured.' Soon n’ftor the flames spread
to the wesson block, oil the comer of Ran
dolph nnd Croglian .street* nail that build
ing wns soon enveloped in flames. Although
the buildings ucroas. Croglian street were
threatened nnd caught once or, twice, tho de
partment managed to kccp.lt within tho square
named, and hy twelve o’clock it was fully uu
der control. Tonight tho flumes are atlll gaging
fiercely, hut have been cimflncd Within the
walls of the buildings ulrcady mentioned. Du
ring tho worst of Iho tiro the Wind had boon
from thp/oujh, and tho building on tho cor
ner of i.a Fayette null Randolph streets
was not seriously injured, but nil tlio rest of
the square was a total loss. Tho'burned ills-
trlet UTongcd to wlmt is known ss tlio Brush
estate, having l-ccn the kite of tho old homo-
stead. D. M. Ferry & Co. built tliolr mammoth
establishment six years ago. White's theater
was originally - built to uccommodnto tho
lienlnshlar Sacngcrbuntl, n ’ • Michi
gan off-shoot of tlic north
American saengcrlitind. Tho company was
organised in 1880, and tills music hall was
built at that tffire, being opened with an an-
mill feast Augujt 31, 1880. D. M. Forty Sc
Co.’s building occupied half a square, bring
ono of the Isnrist in tho city- Their Seed
business wss probjldy tho largest in the United
States,- In the building burned today four
hundred peopio are usually employed, betide,
four'humlrfd more employed on thclrimmoura •
form outaJdo tho city. It was providential
that the Are occurred on n holiday, as other*
■wise the liaaof life would hnvo probably been
vety grent.
tiik Mwn si-stained.
Definite figures oftbe lessen cannot bo given,
bnt the total will wengli not lets than <1,500-
000. - The stock alonq Jn D. H. Ferry A Co.'s
Is estimated to bsvo been worth $1,000,000 to
1,000, and their bnlidlng urns valued at.
00. Asto the origin of the Are, there
are no well defined theories. Dome qf the em
ployes hint at Incendiarism, claiming that
there wss no fire in the part of' the building
first attacked by tbe flames, sad that ’same,
outside agency must have been responsible for
the Are.--Tho officers of tho-company are com-
pietriy at a loss toaceount for the origin ef tbe.
Are. The Insurance on the Ferry property
’aggregates $100000, one policy In tits I.San of'
England It for <30,0QD, Tho remainder Jt die-
tributes! in sums front $10,000 down to ‘<1,000.
' THE THORNY PATHS)
DksMoikcs, Iowa, January 1.—flic, path of
the officers who attempt to enforce the prehlbl-
tlou'iawainIoWaIs not always strewa with,
doses. Wednesday night Deputy 8herl if Plsrce
•went to the saloon.of ,1/rtbnio Tlio, In the lies
Moines houw, avith a search warrant.- Not
flnding-sny contraband in the bar room, he
tried the door leading to tho cellar, hut found
.it locked. When the bar keoper defined
open the doer, Pierce broke it open. Itcieeiid"
ing the stAfr case by a dim light ho raw a beer
keg in the cellar and started for It, bnt walked •
into a . ptt about nine feet
deep, tho . • bottom of which was
set with sharpened stakes. He threw out his.
•nut und*cuught on the sides of the hole, anil
hy theald of Coin tabic Hansen, who secom..
ponied him, he was resrued before foiling on
tho atukes. The officers say the pit had been
freshly dug, aud btd every appearance of line*
irg been especially constructed fora trap.
V,ben released, Pierce mired Iho beenkeg and
< “tried tt up stairs, and placed R In'tlio hands
*( f Constable lUtnscn. Meanwhile- the bar
keeper liad sent for the-police. Xt"> offinert
-uuie and arrested Pierce on tho chaiKo ofen-
.inring -*tho bqlldlng. Lorenzo . Illro also
filed a complaint, agnlnit him for malicious
injury to the bnllding, The case has not yot
been decided. ■ ..
• Advlee to Our Farmers. ”
In buying your plows for the new yesr don’
•flet your merchants put off on Jrout the old fosMAn
steel turn plow ortwldtr and shovel because h*
hs> those goods on baud, but call on bun for the
well known Johnson Cootbinstlon wings and-the
common scooter of bulltqngnes, which Cornu the
• pol nt for these srlnfs and makes tho best turn plow
and • hovel for Dlowinc in min aud inrlni dk-
pnring nnd ( ultivatimi that was ever piit in roe
4 flrld. No MttkbmlUringneeded; aoitop T»ur ex-
Irarecfnce in Bering U»e«e tom plow* end •horeU
and keeping them np; l*ijr nothing but the com
mon scooter and then wingi; yml will find that you
need nothing else. The** wings la* for years.
They, with the scooter, auUdC and pulverize your
. land, and ara cfcri to do the work oTthe alee! acrape,
to bear off yooi youtig cotton, ete., cte., when you
commence cultivating. In aomo- of tho Mtai
where there plowa are not ao Well known, by ad-
drearing the owner*, It. A. .fohnaoa A Co., Atlanta,
tin., they will furnUh you with circulani and price,
which, conridering their uw»* and saving ufex-
peneeand labor makes them thechMpestj>hnrsev«w
o01-red. Hence ft Is that the elo* calculating and
,»uctea«ftil planter has dropped the obi Myleapdnow
Ufc tbe Johnson plows only. Hexidcs being plows
that do better woilt, he has calculal«-d the coil iu
buying and keeping up, and undcntamHeconomy.
No fanner should. l*v without them. *
A man who had attended the performance ot
"Hamlet" was a*kad how he liked it* "It** a good
play," he rtplicd, "well written, atul all that sort
of thing, but it’s full of old jokes."
Gold Fluid*,. .
That pan ont richly, are not so abundant as in
tbe early California days, but tboao who write
to Hallett A Co., Portland, Maine, will, by re
turn mail, receive, free, fulMnformation about
work which they can do, add live at homo,
that'will pay them from $5 to per day, and
upwards. Either aex, yoong or old. Capital
not reqnim!; yon are started in badness free.
Those who start at once ara abaolately sure of
snug little fortanes. ^
SKIMiBLOOD
Diseases from Pimples to 8croiu!a Cured
by Cuticura.
Hundreds of letters in our possession, copies, of
which may bo liad by return of mall, repeat this
rioryl have beeu a terrible sufferer for years from
DhcaMs of'the Skin and Blood; have been obliged
to shun public places by reaiou of my di^nguriug
humors: have bad Ihe best physicians; have spent
hundreds of dollars, and got no relief uutil I used
tlicCt'TicuKA Remedies, which lta\» cured me and
left my riciu and blood as puru as a child’s.
COVERED WITH SALT RHEUMY^
CmrvRA Remedies are thQ^fflgfflfheiuniii tills
an earl hi Had ^^f^irt^A*en™.^d
M>* “jNbTJoilcve Cuticura would havo
Bfyarms, breast and head wero
for three years, whit li nothing relieved or
Cured until I ured the (.'cticlra/Rmoi.vkxt, inter
nally,and Cuticura antf Cuticura SoArextcmally.
Newark, a. J. W. A DAUB.
II HAI),. FACE AND BODY RAW.
I commenced id use your Ooticura Remedies
July. Bly head aud fkce aud some parts of my
y were almost raw. My head waa covered wlttt
a fearful. I
tho east and
very had one/*I
last July.
body win
soaby and sorts, and my stifl'ering was
had tried everything iXad heard of in tl
west. My caw was*considered a very b .
have now imm a particle of Skin Humor about me,
and my case is considered wonderful.
DecaJCR, Micu. MR8. B. E. WIIII’PLE.
• ECZEMA FROM HEAD TO VERT.
Charles Kajve Hinkle, Jersey City Heights, N.J.,
writ**; "Myron, a lad of twelve years, waa com
pletely cured of a terrible case of Eczema by the
Cuticura IlKMzium From tho top of his head to
the roles of his feet was one mass of rcahs." Every’
oljtcr remedy aud physicians had been tried lu
# . vF*,vvJ»a tuo'u.mrii,
•old everywhere. Price, Cuticura, 50c; Resoi.-
#1.00; Ho a i*. afie. Prepared by the I’oTTKU
r. & Chf.micai. I’#., Boston, Mars.
.. CUTICURA REMEDIES;
Are sold everywhere. * *
VkKT, 9
Ditur. i*
8<nd.for "How to Core Skin Dianasos."
HRHPC Ilmplea, Skin Blemishes and Baby
wnu DO,Humors cured by Cuticura Soap. ,
plats. 25c.
. CUTIClIli.V ANTM-AIN rtA-L
Iffitfe M’htti ?n d .
•fiammallon. banishing Rheumatic,
tic, Sciatic, Sudden-Sharp and
i Pains aa by magic. At drug-
The First Sign
. Of ftillliiq Koaltli, wiu'Miir in th* form of
Night Sweats ami Ncrvonnicssi or In a
Stine of General Weariness anil Loos of
A|>i>elile,.lH>ulil suggest (lie usoof Ayer’s
Sarsaparilla. Tills preparation Is most
effectlvo lot giving loq& ami strength'
to tlio enfeebled system, promoting tho
digestion<iml asslnillatlan of lbotl, rcstor :
. ing tho h'ervous force, to tllelr nornihi
condition;-nnd for purifying, enriching,
and vitalizing the blood. •
•• Failing Health. ,
Ten years nzo.my health begau fa fail.
I wa, (Aubled with a distressing Cough,
. Night Sweats, Weakness, nnd Nervous- ’
ness. I tried various remcdle, prescribed
hy different' plirslelnth, hut bceamo so
streak.I hat I epnld not go up ttalrs with-
■ft Ut stopplng'ld rest. Ily friends rocoin-
ihemled wo tq try Ayer’s Sarsaparilla,
• which I did, and I am non ns hcnlihv and
■ strong ns ovor.—Mrs. K,. L. IVllflams,
Alexandria, Minn. • •
I hnvo used Ayer’s. Sarsaparilla. In my
family, for Scrofula, and know, It It fir*
taken faithfully, that it’ will thoroughly
. eradicate lids tcrrlblo.dlsonso. I !i.avo also
- n, n tonic, as well as an niter-
that I honestly bclicro
nedteme
preserlbesVH n, n to
fitlvc, and must say
-It to bo the heat
Idood 111
Facsimile or Bottlo KEYSTONE
MALT
WHISKY I
Specially DIMIIle^ror Media.
THE BESTTQIfroi
PERFCTS DIGESTION!
BEWARE OF ISHTATJOSB
"sgsms? 1
JOS.* JAGOBS,
Druggist, Atlanta, Go. * .
FREE
rlilffik "HCIFNCRof nitAFsTII’'fa*
fliaspaady cure of Mervoua iMbllity, Lo«i Km-
boody Deapondmcy, etc. A copy of thta book
Will oa cent fre®, ftMlffid. Addrea® SC’iKNOl
•f I1KALTU, ISO W. Sixth IMMaalaa** fo
ipia-4Awlqriy*lhtt sal to*.
“Tho Cheapest Furniture House
in Georgia."
Yott will fare money by fending for mr cataloguo
and prices before you buy famtturc. Biggest stock
owest prices. Every style of fUrnituie. from f
Iwdttcail to fl.OOO bureau. Cheaper than ever.
F>timatea for fjrnishlng entire hottse. Write to P.
11. Snook, Atlanta, Oa., dcc22 wky ly
ATLANTA SAW
WORKS..
SUPPLIES
Workmanship
guaranteed It
give perfect
aalklactlou.
Atlanta, Ga.
compounded.—Vt. F. Fowler, D. D. 8.,
M. D., Greenville, Tenn.
Dyspepsia Cured. ’ •
It would ho imnoxsTbld for tno to do-
«rrlbo wlint f sutibrod front Iinllgestlon
nnd Headncho np to tlio timo I began
taking Ayerti Sarsaparilla. 1 wax under
the care ot various physicians and tried
- a great many kind, of medicines, hut
■ nercr obtained znoro than temporary re
lief. After taking Ayer's Sarsaparilla for
a short timo, tny heodxriin disappeared,
and my stomach performed It* duties more
perfectly. Today'rty health is ccltt-
^leuilj^ restored;—Mary Ilariey, Spring-
I have been'greatly’benefited by.the
prermpt use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla... It
UUilUISp mill llldllALt IIIU ll|, Ml, I.
Without doubt, tho .most reliable blood
purifier yet discovered.—II. D. Johnson,
3& AtUptleavc., Brooklyn, N. Y. ■ ’•
Ayers Sarsaparilla,
Prepared by Dr. J. 0. Ayer k OS., Lowell, Mmi.
Frloo |l| alx hn»»lzz, v®<
The Globe 'Cotton and Corn Planter
Fertilizer Distributor.
nithesUward orin* - -
e mationalCottonex. A
IMUon.Atlsnta, M
b., the Arkansas
rittl. fair, the Ka-
Uonsl Cotton Plan-
tets’rejoeladon, tho
foiled In any contest, has been still forthcrimprov.
od.gnd It now folly etspteit to any ettaraeter of
roJi.S|iid n fo« mert unikfllcd labor, two style* aud
1 Iris die n'ort’lufibicnlantjrinade, and will
Save its- Cost Three Times Over
ilaaa being bow made.- r * .
Iris the most durable planter made, and will
'■ its- Cost Three Times J"
single' season"
As II planu from etght’ta ton acre, per day, with-
lea than ono anA one half bashebt of «ccd per
aere, end open, drops, distribute* rsnlDzcrx and
cerers atoae operation, savlnfl
TWO HANDS AND ONE TEAM..
Wms.
circular giving foil docriptfon and
GLOBE PLANTER CO;.
Tf A T\T1?Q AN AftT imoUOUT
IjjWJX to rkupection.
Thcformnuttrnlly gridpermalmntly dev41npod.
Tbe face, fhouldera, llmba, etc., all mads iojur*
monfm Floh tncrciacd ot r^luccd ten to flftaen
pound* a month. The ikln bleached beanUfolly
nenllr reoroved. nets, brows, oral lashes restored
amt dyed any shade. Clrculogf.ond toUtaionialsC
. MADAUE LATOttH, '
tl 16 texlmrton AvF.,' N. Y. city.
CWWMTflltt
Ma Itratlli ‘
t.to7rttLksoy,itotutosu,caeavkn.o.
Hunnicutt’s Rbeamatic Cure!
H. R. C.
The.Greatest Known Rem
edy for .
RHEUMATISM!
I T 18 rtllBT VKGKTAItbK, AND EFFECTS A
pcnnindnt cure In cases ortwcnly yeor.'Muuillug.
—-X GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER—
Addrcal,' for Trcattso emUestlmontals,
'* . . J. It. UVNNICUTT & CO., l'rop'n.
Atlanta, Qa.
rricc-TiO oanti a bottle. For salo by l)ru*ggUta.
| JanlSwSm
mm
J888.t
WOl ** ArtlNVIRK U Ml tpyltoMtU, u< ViniMwt ot
«4«IC2 U. U OMUIffi® ffitoot 1M pHM,
dlfOWftfttV.lfNt V.VletlirMMC
nd rLovrKRiifceDN, iiuLna,«i«. latMofoMffi
to foil. MMKIIj id Market Oardartera. Han-1 tor lb
Pfo-Ma r«WWY A COa, Patroit, Mtohl—n.
ACME HARROW.
TXTK nAVE IN ffTORK A LARGE I.OT THESE
ff luMly cclchraU-d JlarrowH. * No-farmer ahould
bo without one. Frlccc for one homo F. O. A. |J4:
two hotko F. O. B. I'/7/i0. Ri'tid for rlrculAr% . 1
.MARK W. JOHNSON & CO.,
wltyly 27 Marietta St., Atlanta, oa.’
DRUNKENNESS
or the Mnnor Habit pmllIvcly cured by administer* ’
ing Dr. Ifidncaf Gtduon Specific, it can ho given In
a cup of coffee or tea without tho knowledge of tho
penon taking it; la absolutely harmless, and will
eltfect a permanent and speedy cure, whether tho
r at lent is a moderate drinkcror an alcoholic wreck,
t has hccR given in thousands of cases, and Id
every instance ft j>erfeet euro lifts fuilowod. It
n«’\rr IhHh, 'i he hyMem on< e hii|-r, |f:iat,*d witli
the ^I'ccillc. It becomes on- impossibility for«tho
liquor appetite to cxl«L For * - nnd testlmo-
Hlaif nUdress GOLuKlV 8PKCIFIO CO..
Ot 120wk tf • IH.’J Hum HKJ Cincluimtl, Ohio.
OxJLONO^OAgS.
Li WKMB
Huqtr, PaUca B«UdJu, CUmUmU, Of
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FOR Abb! li-TO It t'Ktt I. A Jr
NO MORE “CHAPPED HANDS.”
»p for Toil*
_ .rernaed, fan..
. Barter** Bar
. r j Imm thisg
lur ffiffii-ffii »xl *'ch« i |N-,t lianda" for Uu»
MjTPrtni." IoT-wn Mimhuit. Orern-
KXQUlHiTK, for
ftbfjBf, A.k your druinriMt’ftM
*“ s for triit a&iupta.
it. oaaeud ico auiapto the tuv
Catarrh and RropcliitU Cured. *•
A clergyman, after year* of nflhfnc from that
loothaoiaedlaease, Catarrh, and vainly trylngcvatr
known remedy, at laU touiM ft prasertofloO whlcfi
completely cored and saved him from death. Anr
tulTbrcr frutn this drcvdiul divenHe tending a self
addremed stamped envelope to Dr. J. Flynn & Co..
117 Ka*t 15th st.. New York, will receive the receipt
free of« barge. ...dcel-twkeow
. _ -jgMiiiaSiliwkrwftk
•WffiSM. hand-to hand itraalM,
faltia an<t fc-.l-l-W.li on ferril ffilltSS IhsorffiffilOvB
uot3—wk]52t nol
T)TT -net 111 >tAnt relief. Final care in 10 days
X J 1 JlyO.and never returns. No purgr.no *alre (
no Mtpporiforv. Pufl*:reri will lt-am ofjis rn;.ie
remid^Frec, by addrosiny C. J. MASON*. 7N i »»-i
A BIG OFFERJinuivicAflAyuS
fielfOpcrating Washing Machines. If you
want one •end m yoar name, 1*. O. and ex-
press office at once. Tha National Co., p i»«*f
bt., N. Y# ABgS>wky M.