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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION . ATLANTA, (*!.. TUESDAY JANUARY 12 1880
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ABRAVE/SHEjR^F
WHO MEETS HIS DEATH AT THE
HANDS OF A NEOROlMOrtOERER.
..frHrgnP.™* 11 '* »■«•«*' "f <ha Trtppla Murderer
Dick Town*«Dd-Th* DlKorerr Of tOagfuriler-
er in Vatdoata-Tha Night Attack gnd the- *
Death—The Capture of Townaeod. .,,,
Starke, Fla., Jatt. .6—[Sped*! Cdrfeijpohtl.
cnee.]—Tho murder ofSlicriffi-G.W. Eppfirwh,
of tltia, Bradford country tie eotqrioua pick
Townsend, culminates (t remarkable aeries of
atrocities in which Townsend 1* this principal,
Townsend is a negro of : powerful build, cool
null crafty, and feared alike by white aud black,
k ing insolent to the oho aid .ovcrMiriiig to
the other, r He appeared i In this atanlimtty
lirst about four years ago, being them nineteen
rears of age. He came from Lowndes county,
Georgia, where his character was' that : of ’a'
Mood thirsty desperado. About that; time
lc tad a companion named, Lowry,
with whom ho was always" to' be seen
One, day Lowry’s dead' body was
found in tlio woods, covered , with knife
woundsi The general belief Was; thiit Town-
send wss the murderer, but thorp was tioevi-
dencc to maintsin the susplcioi), and no legal
steps were taken. From that time', probably
with a sense of tho immunity he' enjoyed,
Townsend became morqfutd more notorious.
Be was at a negro dance in Colombia county
one night,when a colored belle refused to dinOo
with him. Ho immediately pulled out his
Itvolvcr and fired, soriopgly wounding tho
woman and covering tho astonished dancers,
threatened them with tho remaining charges,
and thus effecting his escape. Several times
since that period ho has made visits, from his
home in Georgia, and alwhys leaving behind
him tome evidonco of his. ddspefatlon.
It was about tiio middle of November whan
he raiuM his last appearance, being In scereh
of work, ostensibly, but, as, tho sequel shows,
plunder was his object. Mr. D. C. Cohen bad
large contracts for the furnishing of
tics. It was known that Cohen in making his
trips to the woods with supplies for his men,
always carried with him largo sums of money:
To him, therefore, Townsend wont, and se
cured employment, end accompanied tho un
suspecting man on nit next trip, to tho teeno
of work. Cohen drove a two male team, and
as the Christmas holidays were approaching,
he had with him a more than usual
supply of stores for that occasion.
From that trip Cohen never re
turned, for ho was found by tho roadsldo mur
dered, and Townsend and tho team wore miss
ing. Light hundred dollars wore
uked from Cohou’s ■ pocket. Tho
excitement which followed was In
tense, Posses were formed to pumne tho mur
derer, and to inspire them in the search, re
wards were offored of a liberal character. In
the meantime Townsend,' finding himself
closely pressed, and tbat he could not make
tho Georgia lino In safety with the team,
abandoned it on tho road and took to tho
woods, securing some of the more valuablo ar
ticles, and supplying himself with a liberal
quantity of ammunition. Thus prepared,
he was ready to fight to tho
death. and being intercepted by
J.ukc McCormick, also colored, Townsend
shot him down, anil kept on his way.
Sheriff Epperson, one of the bravest men in
Florida, having got on tho trail of the tripplo
murderer, determined to hunt his game until
it was bagged. Epperson had learned of Town
send's haunts in Georgia, and thither ho In
tended til pursue him. On Christmas day Ep
person reached Valdosta, where ho learned
tbat Townsend had beon seen daring tho
morning, that ho had a wife on tho Braswell
plantation, who lived In a log cablp, some dis
tance off from tho Nashvlllo road, and that ho
undoubtedly lnado Ills headquarters thoro. ^
“You will find him a hard man to take,”
tho sheriff was warned.. -.p.
“I would not hold my ofllce a moment,” ho
replied, “UI feared to do my duty. I.wUl
storm the fort tonight at Oil hazards.”
Epperson secured the services of Policeman
IV. A. Cooper and a negro guido. On going to
the livery stable he found that there were nut
two horses left, and ono of those was so frac
tious that Mr. Nelson concluded to go along
ss driver, being unwilling to risk a strargar
witli the animal. As they passed on out- to
ward tho Braswell plantation tboy hod to pais
a colored church, where a meeting was In
progress. They entered to see If the criminal
might be there, but ho was not. They then
continued on tbclr way, until near the cabin,
when they alighted, and arranged for the at
tack. The night was clear and bright. It was
srranged that the colored guido should act as a
decoy for tho purposo of getting Townsend
out, when tho officers would wing him.
“Whois datF’ asked a gruff voice, as tho
guide knocked upon tho door.
“It’s me, a friend: some cullud mens wonts
to see you.”
Townsend unbolted tho door and poored
out.
“Wat docs Ucy wont?" ho Inquired.
The guide found that Townsend was thor
oughly suspicious and would neither talk nor
come out. Tho room Inside was dark, but bet
tween tbc logs of tho building were njtrooroos
chinks, through which one on tho inside could
see clearly tbe movements of those on tho out
side. The guide returned to tho ofllcera and
"Hit’s no use,he won’t come.”
“Then I’ll go to him,” said Epperson, with
emphasis.
It was in vnln that Epperson was shown tho
danger of attacking the desperado nndor such
disadvantages. Hounded down for
three murders, Townsend would
net hesltato to commit a fourth,
% keeping watch on tho building until day
light, when reinforcements could be obtained,
and tbe fight could be conducted on an oqaal
dieting, there would not bo so much danger to
life, llut Epperson was too brave a min to
“inch from danger, and sending Policeman
'ooportotliorcarof the building, ho boldly
advanced to tho door, Nelson .begging him to
be careful, and keeping up with him.
“Let me in, Townsend.” exclaimed tho
sheriff
No response came.
Throwing his shoulder against the door,
bherlir Epperson gave it a shove. It yielded,
and he stood within. The sharp report of a
pistol from the Interior and tho aheriff
fell inward, mortally wounded By
the flash of the murderous weapon
Nelson oent a ball within, when a
ruth was made to the door, and it was damm
ed In Nelson’a flue. Healing tho tiro shota,
almost dmnltaneoudy. Policeman Cooper
thought both men were shot down. He ran
around to the door, and again pushing the
door open, was greeted with an instant shot,
which came from the murderer, who stood at
bay in the Ikr comer of the room, and entered
On the day before New Fear’s a strange negro
mado his appearance in Camilla, Mitehell
county, who gave bis name as Richard Bell.
, Ho was traced to tho tnrpenUnery of L. M.
Collins, where he had- procured employment,
by John Decs and Judsou CaIllns,who were
confident that he was tho fugitive. They
came upon him, suddenly, and, without giving
him a chance of defense, bound him
and took him back to Camilla,
There ho confessed that ho was
Dick Townsend, that ho bad committed the
murderncharged against him, and that he had
nothing to regret. He was taken hook to
■ L°Wudes county, Georgia, where no is now
confined. As the murder of the sheriff of this
county took place there, Townsend will have
to be tried In Georgia for that offense. If ho
gets bis deserts lor that crime, there will re-
main no necessity for bringing him hereto
avenge the death of poor.Cohen.
OUR KNOWLEDGE-BOX.
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5S&L.
Cooper’s shoulder. Townsend’s wife set up a
shriek tbat "my old man is kUt,” bat the
men on the ontsldo were satisfied to retire un
til they could procure help, being convinced
that Eppenon waa certainly dead.
When the newt retched Valdosta, Marshal
Barnett at once organized another rosso, and
went to the thcrifiT’t relief. The cabin waa
silent, with not a sign of life In it. Daylight
hod come and with it a batter chance for ob
servation. The door was forced open. There
lay Sheriff Eppenon, not yet deed, but In s
comatose condition. He waa evidently struck
unconscious from tbe first, nnd knew nothing
of what hod transpired, Townsend hod ca
mped through the open window in the rear,
and the tracks of himself and his wife led to
the north.
The sherUb of all tbe adjoining counties
were notified, and by night half a dozen
tosses were in pursuit of the desperado, in
different directions. Somo colored men also
joined in the pannit, bat the unwelcome,
'hough not unusual fact, was developed that
he was shielded by his colored friends, who
could only we tbat a block man was punned
°T white men. The negroes made every ef
fort to mislead the officers, and afforded the
murderer the shelter which enabled him to
fie news of this career of murder, and the
[sward of tHOO, had reached every county In
toe state, and watchful men were on the alert.
Subscriber, Asheville, N. C.: How did tho
fortunes of old times compare with modem
ortunest
There were some very wealthy men In ancient
Rome end some of tbe emporort were rlch'beyond
■the dreams of avarice. Augustus, for lustanoe, In-
herited an citato valued it (181,438,303, and this
greatly Increased, so that he Was able to spend |I0,-
000. 000 on bis bath bouses atone. LucuUus, it is
said, never sat down to' a' dinner that cost less
than >10,000, and It has been estimated that ho
nos worth >500,000,000. Julius Cesar waa a very
rich man before he became emperor, and when he
started on hla Spanish campaign his private debta
in Rome amounted to MS,004000.
Subscriber, Walnut Grovo, Tex.: Can a mem
ber of tbe electoral college vote against tbc candi
date on whose ticket be was an elector?
There Is no written regulation that would pre
vent an elector in tho electoral college from east-
log his vote against the very candidate whom he
was expected to help elect. Rut such an act would
be In the fkce of custom aa woll as In tbo face of
decency, and would ruin whomsoever should at-
tempt it. As to the use of the electoral college at
this time It may be urged that It servea to prevent
tho wrongful overweight of any section. Should
tbc president be chosen directly by. popular vote a
parly controlling tho election machlnory of a itato
liko Texas could roll up a fr audulent majority that
would sweep over the finely balauocd vote of such
a slate as New York. With tho electoral collcgo
the vote lu Texas affects only tho electors of Texas.
These points are the most marked matters in con-
ncctlon with tbe system, but there are other con
siderations of Importance, some of which may sag-
gest themselves logieaUy to you, and all of which
trill uc clear to you, no doubt, after a careful read
ing of the constitutional provisions lu tbe case.
Subscriber, Belmont, Mo: Are there any
gold coins larger than a twenty dollar piece?
Yet, tbc California quiutrlple eagle, and tbe fire
sovereign piece of England.
wwu, i».»r, Red Fotk, Texas -. It seems
to mo tbat tbe first editorial evor printed would
be a curiosity. Is there any way or sccurtug It?
Fortunately we are able to obllgo our correspond-
ent. The following editorial rolutlngto tho Inva
sion In the tlmo f Elizabeth, appeared In tbo En
glish Mercuric . ,388,land was tbe first editorial
printed: ■ ..eh Preparations have bcone long
made, by Iler Mnjestie’s wisdom nnd Foreslghto for
Dofcnceof the Kingdome,tbat (setting aside tho
common Accident- of War), no greater danger Is
to be apprehended, though tho Spaniards should
landcinanypartcofit; slnco besides the two
camjos at Tilbury nnd Blackhcntb, largo
Bodycs; of Militia are disposed along the Coasto
under experienced Commandoure, with
proper Instructions howe to behave, in case a
Descent cannot be prevented till a greater Force
may bo Dratrne together, and revcrall of tho prin
cipal! of her Majestic's Connell and tho Nobility
Jmvo raised Troops of Bone at their owne charge,
well trained and offieored, which are roadyo to take
thoFlelde at an Houre’s warning, Tbo Queeno
was pleased to review them, last - Wocke, in tho
Parke at Nonsuch, and oxpresMd tho highest Satis
faction aUhotrgallant Appearance; In son Much,
that by God's Blcalngc there is no doubts bat this
unjust and Arcing Enterprise of tho Klngo of
Spayno will turn out to his everlasting Shame and
Dishonour, ns all Rankes of Pooplo, without Re
spect of Religion, seemo resolute to defend tho
sacred Persono of the Sovcreigne and tbo Dawes
and Liberties of this country, against all Forelgno
Invaders.”
Subscriber, Talladega, Ala.:P!casc tell me how a
cheap and tlmplo barometer may be mado.
A simple barometer may bo made by first cutting
offtho rim and part of the neck of a vial with a
file, or by passing a plcco of cord around tbc neck,
and moving It rapidly to and fro, and when heat
ed, dipping It Into cold water, when tbo u|
trill crack off. Then nearly fill the vial wl
water, place your finger on tbo mouth 'and Invert
It. Withdraw your finger, and suspend tho vial In
some convenient place with a wire or string. In
dry weather tho under surface of tho water will be
level with tho neck of tho tattle; lu damp weather
a drop will appear at tbe mouth and continue un
til It tills, and Is then followed by others.
Header, Greenville, S. C.: 1. When wore
loving cants Invented? 2. Whit was tb
r their names?
1. About tbo year 1.SO, to divert Charles VI. of
France. 2. The inventor proposed tho figures of
tbo four suits or colors, aa the French call them, to
represent tbc four classes or men in the kingdom.
By the cacurstheartsiaro meant the gone do chaeur,
choir-men or .ecclesiastics, and therefore tbe
Spaniard* have eopaa or chalices, Instead of hearts.
The Spanish have espsdes, swords, In Ben of pikes,
snd hence our namo ot spades. By diamonds are
deslgualcd tho order of citizens; merchants -or
tradesmen, (rerreaux (squares, tiles and tho
like). The Spaniards have a coin, dm-
rroa, which answers to it, mid tho
Dutch coil tho French word carrea t "atrocncn,” 1.
c„ stones and diamonds from the form. Trcfie, the
trefoil leaf or clover grass (corruptly called clubs)
appllcsllo the husbandman and peasants, lint
how this suit camo to bo called clubs Is not easily
explained, unless, borrowing the game from tho
{Spaniards, who have bastos (staves and clubs) ln-
Mead or the trefoil, we give the Hpanlsh significa
tion lo the French figure.
The ladles are coming to the front nobly.
Mrs. H. C. Bonzman, of West Toiat, writes :
“You auk the ladles to help you out. lam
willing to do all I can for tho welfare of Tna
Constitution, I enclose fivo dollars for a
club of five.”
Every one of tbo fifty thousand ladles who
read Tiif. Coshtitution can do as woll as this
If they will only try. Ladles, we are counting
on yon. Wo love yon all, even If wo are mar
ried and have a family of Interesting children.
The Old Soldier.
It was a Wise measure in establishing tbe
hi mo for disabled Confederate soldiers, near
Bichmond, Ve. Sometime ago the Swift Spe
cific Co. received a request for e donation to
tho inmates, which waa sent. Colonel James
Pollard, superintendent of the homo, writes
under date of December SS:
“Your medicine has created quite tn excite
ment In our home. The inmatce who have
been using it have found great relief.”
Las f’AMPfSoi.niEn’a Homo, Bichnokd.Va.,
December 15, 1885.—I hereby certify that ,1
have taken two bottles of Swift’s Specific, and
have derived considerable benefit therefrom,
and would be glad to obtain some more, for I
believe it will cure me.
John A.T. Ewiko,
Boom No, 4, Cochran Building.
Ler Camp, Soidior’s Homo, BtcmsoKD,
Va., December 13, 1885.—I hereby cer
tify that I have taken three bottler of
Swift's Specific for accondaiy blood poison, and
have derived great benefit. It acts much bet
ter than potash or any other remedy I hare
ever used. B. F. WixnoLD, M. 1)..
Formerly of Sussex Co., Vs.
For sale by all druggists.
Treatise on Mood and akin diseases mailed
free.
Tup. Bwirr Spocific Co,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Os.
New York, 157 W. 33d street.
CONSTITUTIONALS.
Mr. S. M. Inman says; “In studying the businc-*
situation, 1 do not find a single point of discourage
ment in the outlook tor 1836."
Receiver Fink, ofthe East Tennessee road, has
bought 15,000 tous of steel rails for the refitting of
hi* entire line. Business is said to bo unusually
heavy, and the receiver will spend a half mUltoa
dollars this year In new rails, bridges and depots.
Tho change of gauge lu the Central and Richmond
and Danville roads will cost a half million for each
system. Here we have three southern roads spend* -
Inga million and a half in betterments. That
looks as If business was reviving.
When tho East Tennessee road is reorganised and
taken from the receiver's hands, Mr. George L
fiency will come to the front once more. This con*
summation, devoutly to be wished, may not be de
layed longer Ilian the middle of tho prcscut year.
Signs are not wanting of a disagreement between
the Northern Methodist and the African Methodist
churches. Tho Northern Methodists have never
taken kindly to the secession of the negroes into a
church of their own. Failing to realize that in this
social and religious segregation tho negroes were
obeying a rare instinct, they struggled to hold tbe
two races In one church. It la now charged, by
Bishop Turner, that wherever an African Methodist
church Is In debt, the Northern Methodists buy In
the property and establish It as a mixed church.
In spite of this, the African Methodists—which Is
to say the negroes who have seceded from
tho northern church and organized con
ferences and congregations of their own—aro
already an overwhelming majority and are gain
ing constantly. In Georgia they have threo con
ferences and 55,000 members—whilo the Northern
Methodists have only one conference, smaller thaii
either ofthe other conferences, and only 15,00
members. On tho Atlanta circuit,Elder Gaines has
built nine African churches and Is now finishing a
fine college. The Northern Methodists have the
money and the learning, but the negroes catch
the recruits and ride the tidal wave.
Tho descent of Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt on our
southern coast may mean tho capture of our out
laying islands by northern nabobs. Mr. Thomas
Carnegie (not Mr. Andrew Carnegie, os is erro
neously printed) is already entrenched on tho
southern end of Cumberland, in the ancient home
ofthe Greenes. He has retouched tho incompara
ble avenues and rose gardens of Dangcness, at a
cost of WO,000, and is said to have spent onchundred
and llfiy thousand dollars In restoring tho mansion
and grounds.. There, amid his orange groves and
livo oaks, he has a homo worthy of a prince. Both
Jay Gould and James Gordon Bennett have cruised
along tho Georgia coast and looked with longing
eyes on thc.bcautiful Isles that stand between it and
he tea.
Jckyll’s Island, which Mr. and Mrs. YandetMl
redo two thousand miles to see, is ono of tho
smallest on tho coast, measuring about seven miles
In length and averaging two in width.
Its climftto is perfect. St. Simon's
on the north and Cumberland on the south, shelter
ing it from boisterous winds. It front* Brunswick
and stands high and clear abovo the sc*a. Tho
growth ts Uvc-oak and palmcttoes. Oranges thrive
on' the Island and the grass is luxurant. Jckyll's
was the point selected by the slave 'ship Wanderer
for landing its cargo of slaves. I have heard men
tell of visiting the island that year and seeing hun
dreds of wild Africans ducking and scurrying amid
the long grass. A force or canoes deported them
rapidly from Jckyll’s to neighboring islands and
mainland, and when the Wanderer was captured
less than a hundred ofthe slaves were found there.
Jekyll now belongs to Mr. John DuBIgnon and is
used mainly for grazing purposes. If Mr. Vander
bilt buys it, a wondcrtol transformation may l>o
expected. Ho inherited 850,000,000 in ono block
from his father, and Is good for as much more. HI
wife Is tho leader of all the Vanderbilts In fashion
-It was she who’ispent- 9150,000 on a single
ball two reasons ago. When she joins her husband
In making of Jckyll’s a winter homo whoro spring
reigns perpetual, and a fashionable train will fol
low, the Inland waters of our coast will sparklo with
yachts.
This taste for largo estates,rivalling principalities
In exclusiveness and extent, on which millions
may be spent In establishing gardens, groves and
game preserves, Is growing apace. Mr.l’ierre Loril
lard has at “Kancocas,” near New York, tbo finest
stock farm or the north. This Is tho homo
“Parole,” on whose race in England his owner won
|93,COO, and of the racing stable that netted him
near half a million ono reason. Mr. Lorlllard, who
Is alio tho head of tho great snufiT and tobacco firm
tbat bears his name, has spent largo sums In Im
porting English game birds and breeding them on
“Rancocos.” This was, however, on too
small a scale. 1 Ho has just purchased
up in New York state immense
tracts o f land o t which he will mnko a game pre
serve. It is largely covered by ortginal forests
and has two fino lakes. The forests ho is stocking
with deer and pheasants, and tbo lakes with trout
and bass, “TruxedoPark,” which Is tho namo he
has given this estate, will cost a million before It
is finished.
Tbe most extensive game preserve in this coun
try, perhaps, Is “Blooming Grovo Park,” In Whit#
county, Pennsylvania. It la owned by an associa
tion, of which Mr. Andrew rost, of Wilkins & Post,
is a moiu»*cr. The original stock was 9225,000
With this the land was purchased, the club house
erected, and the forests and streams stocked. Over
twenty-six miles of trout streams Is owned by tho
elub, every foot of which is policed. Deer and
pheasants are bad In the forests by the thousands.
The club house («In ebargo of tho best of cooks
and stewards, nnd no English lord lias finer Isboot-
ing ground.;
None of there preserves can offer the sportsman,
such attractions as the rea islands along our coasts
For shooting there aro quail, duck, deer, snipe,
turkey. Tbc fishing cannot be surpassed, the fresh
water holes tarnishing black boss that Is as fine ns
the mountain trout. If the Georgia sea islands
once get fairly to tho front at winter homes, each
of them will soon hare its colony of rich and fash
ionablc folks.
TJieroJarc 22S cities in this country containing 10,.
000 inhabitants or upwards; and all of there cities
have adopted standard time except 27. Augusta
and Savannah arc in the list of recalcitrant cities.
Augusta refuses to accept central tlmo because
across tbe Savannah river eastern time is accepted.
Her sun time is nearly an exact com’
promise between the two. Savannah lies so
far caat of New Orleans. that she is not willing
to accept a time so much at variance with the so
lar schedule. In Michigan and In some other
states standard tinio has been made legal time,
and tbe retention of the system is now considered
beyond question.
The average age of congressmen has been inves
tigated. Tho delegations of West Virginia and
North CarolinaaYcragc 42 years; of Arkansaa 43 years
of Iowa 45 years, and of Georgia M years, Maine
and Mi»i»ippi prefer to trust old men—Maine’s
avenge being 58 years, and Mississippi^ 81 yean.
An Excursion From Pexotylvaria.—Mr.
J. J. gpiinger, formerly of Lancaster county,
Pennsylvania, but now a resident of Atlanta,
engaged business here, will leave In a abort
time for his old home. While there he will go
through the counties of Lancaster, Chester,
Berkcs, York and Dauphin and get up an ex
cursion from that section to Georgia. He is
now negotiating with the railroad lines for the
purpose of securing a cheap rate. If ho is
succccafal in getting a cheap rate he
hopes to return to Atlanta about the
10th of February with a large excursion of
Pennsylvania farmers. Mr. Springer has re
ceived quite a number of letters from his
friends in Lancaster county and adjoining,
stating that they are anxious to come to Geor
gia and make investments here in farming
property.
A cornucopia is a drugstore supplied with
Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, which sells for 2-> eta.
DURING THE WEEK.
Tuesday, January 5.—Fresh cases of plcuro
pneumoira has been discovered near MasonviUe.
Fa., and twenty-five cattle out of a herd of ono
hundred are afflicted General Prendergost, com
mander of tho British expedition in Burmah, has
arrived with his forces at fihnmo; 150 miles north
of Mandslay, and met with a cordial reception
ft-om tho Burmese and Cblneso merchants Hon.
John B. Raymond, ex-delegate to congress from
Dakota, died yesterdry The Balkan conference
at Constantinople has been abandoned, Russia
refusing to guarantee the independence of the.
union of Bulgaria and eastern Koumella It ia
stated in Cincinnati that C. P. •Huntington wilt
consolidate all Ids railroads cast of the Missis
sippi at on eaclv day.
Ik The City.—Mr. John Neal, one of Atlanta’s
oldest aud most enterprising citizens, died yester
day. Ho was born in Warren county, aa., Septem
ber 19th, 1790, and ho was ono of the first settlers ot
Pike county, having assisted in tho organization
ofthe county and the location ofthe county seat.
Mr. Neal moved from Piko county to Atlanta in
the vear 1858, where Uc has resided ever sluce, Mr.
Neal was a man of sincere, tender and affectionate
nature A dwelling and an outhouse at tho cor
ncr of Wheat and Jackson streets, were destroyed
by fire, last night Tho general council of 18S5
convened in regular session tor the last time and
the new council was organized Mr. T. J. War-
dell, of Bainbridgc, Go., has been appointed gen
eral storekeeper for this district by Collector of
Revenue Crenshaw.
Wednesday, January O,—Orders have been
issued for tho vaccination of all tbc-officers and
men in tho Austrian army Mrs. Lucht, of Mil
waukee, who was stricken with hydrophobia sev
eral days ago, died hut night in great agony It
is reported that a band of Carlists has appeared in
Catalonia A shock of earthqnako was felt over
an area of several rallca in South Devonshire, Eng
land Mr. Gladstono has summoned the liberal
members of parliament to a meeting on tho 16th
but Tho Miailralppl legislature met in biennial
session Ilansl Peterson, of Sldnoy, Michigan,
shot his wlfo and then himself during a bit of tem
porary insanity.
Ik Tii* City,—Last month there wore thirty-
stills seized and destroyed by the revenue man* in
this division Judge McCay, of the United States
court, h|s gone to Baltimore for a few days rest
“Tho Rooster Combination” ia tho name oj a min-
trel troupo just organized in Atlanta There
were two mi all fires last night W. If. Fisher,
who is wanted in Chattanooga on two or threo
charges, was arrested in this city lost night,
Thursday January 7.—A severe snow storm
prevailed throughout England ycstcrday......Prc9t-
dent Cleveland gave • dinner at tho whftchouso
in honor of tho Misses Tildcn, nieces of tho Hon,
S. J. Tildcn A wreck occurred on the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad, In which threo men were
killed and threo wounded It is understood that
Secretary Whitney Is entirely satisfied with the sea
worthiness of the Dolphin Mr, Pendleton, Uni
ted States minister, lias Induced tho German gov
ernment to rescind tho order for the expulsion of
Americans from tho island of Lochn An effort
will bo made in the present session of the Mtaj*-
sippl legislature to adopt measures drovMing for
a state constitutional convention The boiler of
a saw mill In Wakesland, Mo., exploded, killing
ono man and seriously scalding threo more
Tho smallpox, it in stated, is rapidly
disappearing in the suburban villages around Mon
treal.
Ik Tii* City.—The directors of tho Onto City
National bank declared adivident of six per cent
Plans for the Young Men’s Christian associa
tion building are being examined aud a slto will
be rejected In a few days Tho Concordta associ
ation held a regular annual election of officers last
night—.Mrs. K. K. Harper, of tho woman's Chris
tian union, held religious services in the Jail yes-
tciday. .
Friday, January 8.—David H. Terry, ex-chicr
justice of the supreme court of California, and
Miss Sarah Althea Hill, who claims to be tho
widow of ex-Senator Sharon, of Nevada, were mar
ried yesterday.......A ctvc-ln occurred at Boston
Rlcn, 1*0,, and a block of hour' went down out
of sight Smallpox made its appe iranco In Black-
stone, Mass., and two deaths have occurred .The
princess of Wales Is seriously 111 Tbo new
French cannot has been Renounced with Do Frey*
clnct- at -Ua head.... John II.Pier, editor and pro*
r otor of the Richmond, Virginia, Staats-Gamtte,
dead, aged 85 “John's” restaurant, In New
Orleans, valued at 910,000, was destroyed by fire.
Ik the City.—C. P. Ripley, who llvea near Jones*
boro, was in tho city yesterday searching for a
horse that had been stolen from him .....Thefinance
committee is now engaged estimating tho actual
income of tho city during tho present year from
business licenses, general taxes and all other
sources so that the expenditures can bo arranged
... Rev. 8am Jones and Mr. Sam Small have gouo
to Cincinnati, where they will conduct a grand re
ligious revival......Mr. Hugh McGlovcr was elected
delegate to tho Irish national league, and Mr. F,
O'Neill was chosen os alternate,
Saturday, January 0.—Charles Williams, (col.)
convicted of outrage on Mrs. Eliza J. Keene, near
Cambridge, Maryland, was hanged Dr. Martin
White, wife and two children, were found in their
liotisc at Battlo Creek, Michigan, with their
throats cut M ,„.Thcro were 316 business failures
throughout tbo United States and twenty in
Canada during tho past wcek......Tlio great and
long continued depression in trade In Glasgow,
together with the cold weather of tho past few
days, is causing much suffering among tho poorer
classes Tho woman’s sulfrago county committee
of New York box passed a resolution denouncing
tho pending bill lo tako tbe suffrage away from the
women of Utah Mobile, Alabama, was visited
by a very destructive fire, and property to the
value of nearly 9200,000 was destroyed,
Ik tiif. City.—Invitations have been issued ask
ing the ministers of the city to meet on Tuesday
night toarrango tor the visit of Moody andftatikey
to Atlantu A new fire company will soon lie
added to Atlanta’s already excellent department
....The will of tho late John Neal was probated
before Ordiuary iCalhoun**. Dr. Kstabrook, who is
in Ohio getting up another excursion of fanners
from that state, writes that he and his excursion
will reach Atlanta about February 5th.
Sunday, January 10.—Police measures in Ber
lin for the suppression of tbo socialists aro bcoom<
Ing severe Tbc war fever in Greece is violent,
and large quantities of war material havo been or
dered in western Europe A number of bodies
nave been recently stolen from tho cemetery at
Kingston, Ont !>. M. Ludlow, the oldest actor in
America, and perhaps In tho world, died in 8t.
Louis, aged nearly ninety years.
Ik tbf. City.—A hairy’ snake bos been found out
on the Chattahoochee A.F. Pickcrt, the Jeweler,
WE SELL THE BEST ONLY!
BUY ACCLIMATED SEED TO SUIT ODE SOUTHERN SOIL AND
SOUTHERN CLIMATE.
Good Seed is the First Essential to Successful Agriculture.
The wtie cultivator uses only inch teed* as are grown for his
climate. Oar garden aeed aro nnro and freah and true to name.
Sold In packete or In balk, wholeeale or rotail.
We Sell all Good and New Varieties of Field
Seed, Grasses, Clovers, Lucern, etc.
Try our McCulloch SPBINO OATS, matures Jn. ninety day,.'
Price $1.00 per bnthel. Try onr new SPANISH PEANUTS.
Makes two crona per year. Trice 75 cente nerqnart. Try oar
choice SEED POTATOES. Try onr CHOICE STOCK OF CAB
BAGE SEED. Try out EARLY ENGLISH PEAS.
DOST FAIL TO SEND YOU* ORDERS DIRECT TO THE
SOUTHERN SEED COMPANY, SEED GROWERS,
Mention thlt paper.
MACON, GEORGIA.
JOHN It. ELLIS, President and Manager.
wky It
E .VAN WINKLE & CO
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
2gg
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MANUFACTURERS OF
Circular Saw Hills, Cotton Gins, Cotton Seed Oil Hills, Presses
SHAFTING, PDLLEYS,
MILL GEARING AND GENERAL IRON WORK.
Wo.FuriilsIt Engines and Boilers of nil Sizes, Either Portable or Stationary.
Nos, 16,18 & 20 Foundry St. jp 214 & 216 Marietta St.,
A^AJJTA, GEO££JA
THE BEST
WASHER
We wm guarantee tho 4
coming base ball season In Atlanta is on
crease, and tho managcni ofthe Atlanta* are deter
mined to win tho penant again Fulton county
is out of debt. _
Wlmt tlie “.slngli* Wrapper*” Did.
Ifero Isa letter that makes us feel good.
There are about five thousand ConstnppTtON
subscribers who arc tbe only subscribers at
their respective postofttces. They are known
as"*inglo wrappers," because their paper Is
wrapjed up by Itself. A short time ago we
sent an extra copy to each ofthe “single wrap
pers," urging them to got a new mibecrllier, anil
make a regular wrapper for the bundle that
went to tfaeir office. Thousands responded.
Here is what one man says
“Scott's X Roads, X. C.—With this you will find
two more subscribers. Hines I received my paper,
which stated that t was one of the 4,2*0 single
wrappers, my name has company. HIx Cosmrv
rros soldiers have been enlisted by me, and I
and I am
generally
ways does.
not through yet. One *pedmi>n copy
gets a suhsenber; two specimens aln
Bend me a few more samples.
"John V. Mcrmx'K.”
That sort of a letter is a rouser.
We hope the “tingle wrapper*” who have
not yet doubled themsehren will follow Mr.
Murdock's example.
The Globe Cotton Planter,
We don't often give oar unqualified indorsement
U> anything advertised in our columns, but wc do
recommend in unqualified terms the Globe Cotton
Planter, a description of which will bo found else*
where. This planter has taken the medal at every
exposition at which It ha* been shown. At Atlanta
it was in competition with all tbe leading cotton
planters in the country, and after an exhaustive
test of comparison which lasted for several days, U
was given the grand medal. It has nertrbeen
tearen, simply because It Is the best planter that ia
made. Any ftrmcrwbo will buy it and jrivo it a
fsir chance, will find that it will pay for Itself two
or three times in a season. It 1* one of the imple
ments that ought to be on every farm of more than
one hundred acres In tbe south.
AGENTS WANTEPM
M|| that Agents are making from 870 to siao j
to *:.a> durln*
»> )!m«lhu Ws|jjjjaga
on a potUl cord for further puttotlirs, t;
L WASHER CO., ERIE, Pa,
ATKINS’
SUPERIOR
(GRADES
SAWS
w—- «
A’ fit nil for Catalogue and Prices to
Eu C. ATKINS & CO., Indianapolis, lnd»
PERKINS BROS. Aleut* AtUnU, O*. Jecl-wkyMt cmr nol
FOUR
FIRST
PRIZES
dtcSO-dly wed fri mon wky n x r D
It Takes but a Little Courage to Get Itlch.
everywhere. Ticket Ki
al Rise 9)50^00, sold 1
X!on Marthe, Itf fit. Charles street, New. Orleans,
one to J. Webster and. Heck
Barry, Carrollton, Kr., paid through <’iti-
atuf Kutontl (tank ot UkiUtIUc,
Kv.; one to MoKUmra Margaret A. S.gle and Mary
W. Kni-ll,0fMeuitibl«,11eun.; otto tor.lt. u-ai-.;
D? Han Franrtitfo, fcal.-.oue to J. Marzoir, otJake'a
ratoon, Black’. HUUIon. Yolo county, Cal., .paid
hrougb Bank of Wood lam), ral.; ore to Charle. T.
* Carkart S Bro, pi Park PlacctaooUier
r hek, t; John afraet, both of heir
No. 14.928 drew tbe second capital
1,000, and mu paid to the Him National
(tcndioD, Boaton, Mara.; ono to Geo. N. Tie
Tucson, Arizona; one to A. T. Beck, of L
Ohio, paid to Lancaster bank there; on
Daugherty, of Klizaville, Ky„ mild Un-
change bank of Flemtmnburg, Ky., otu
Anglo-Californian bank (limited) of Han
CaT Nos. 62,37* and *5,to* drew each 9l0,00fe i
In tenths alao-sp they go everywhere. For .
Information of toe I9tnh grand monthly drawing
Itttle courage to get rich,
A Ilebaanolaga Neither hu t chccac. Homo
ebroata are living lfca.-l*n>rtdance star.
ANGOBTURABITTEH3 iaahmuabotdword
oil over U>« world. For orer fifty year* it hu
ndrertiaed iticlfbr merit. It iawnradrartfaad
to want tho public ngiinat counterfoil!. Tho
genuine article It manufactured by Dr. J. O. B.
It Ian great change for the ex-prealdent,”
Record, “to turn from tbo
llfi) to Uto quiet of a law
say. tbo Philadelphia Record, “to turn from tbo
bu.y buttle of official ‘ ‘ "
ft glvca him iTitta actual* —
way* glad «r aqnltt chat with an old acquaint*
ante, btately. but acetal; quiet,bat,alwaya<m>
onco been prealdiot of the United SUtea;
alwaya and on all occaalpna the gntlemnn; band,
aonie, and dreaaed to a c
tmm-, and i
Idi-lit cbc-imHMi
him aa. a type oft
Hlttuwldo*
Inarm marry again.
Siberian cate aro tbo newest agony tn pell A
Siberian eat baa a cold and acarctunrrotcc, and t*
a valuable addition to tho brickyard orchcatra.—
Hartford Float.
Magnolia Balm
Is a secret aid to beauty.
.Many a lady owes her fresh
ness to it, who would rather
not tell, and you cant* tell.