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12 THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION - . ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY JANUARY 12. 1886. 5 GEORGIA NEWS. I E NEWS OF THSSTATS BHIEFLV CHRONICLED, rossMt raalll M North Ooofllo- *oo. T. C. Joskin aonod -Frloonof* Nooopid Uam the Wojhoekoro Jell—Other New,. The suicide of Mr. Jefferson Overtoil a few ilijh ago at Sharoa huh a tragic feature that Lai not hitherto been reported. He sent bia si*- teen year old aon to Kaytown, two mllewdla- tent, to boy a quart of whisky. Tho boy got the wbliky and started bone, but an the way be would tap tbe Jug frequently, and by the tine be reached borne be waa entirely under tbe talucnm of the liquor. Tho father met thebeyatthedoor,and teeing bit condition, detained: , • I weald rather dig my own grave and get Jntoitthanaeemy aonlnthlefla.” Tbe aon war put to bed and the father eat down by a table and began writing, when, all at once be reached to a shelf near by and took IhereftOn a Smith 4 Wcanu revolver, which he placed behind bn right ear and fired, tbe lull coming through right over the left eye. Dr. C. A. Moran waa at once lent for and reached the place within twenty minntcc He at onee pronounced the wound fatal, and do* dared that death would enaue in two hours, which it did. In one room lay the aon dead diuujt; in the neat waa Mra. Overton dying fronrgrlefov« her huiband’a act, and In the other lay the anicide. Dr. Monui haa but alight hopca of the mother’! recovery. On Saturday hurt tho down freight from Ma con. which reached Fort Valley at l’J o'clock, carried a prlaoncr captured up tho road about olx miles. He waa charged with attempt to wreck that train, and waa placed in limbo ■mill he waa tried before a court of inquiry and committed to Jail to atand bia trial at the coming auporior court. It aeema that the engineer atopped witli greet difficulty juat in lime to avoid a croeatie plared acmea the track, and upon eaamlnation of tho place It waa aeon aeen that a dog ac companied tho would-be wrecker when en gaged in Me nefkrioua work. The dog track* were plainly visible, and in a few minutee the dog itaelf waa discovered. When chaied the dog ran a abort diataace and stopped. Tbe men, fol lowing. foond a young negro eocreted in the bushel, and the negro breaking off in flight, tbe men followed and aoon overhauled him. The little flvo year old aon of Preacher Klee, colored, of Washington county, got hold of a pistol that waa in the house and shot bia baby brother in tho fbrehoad with it, seriously wounding Mm. Orncrnl Toombs's residence In Washington, has been closed. No conclusion hen boon reached ss yet by members of tho family, as to what disposition will bo made of tko place. Athens Danner: Mr. Aabury, tho manager of Jim Smith's dogs, informs us that sumo of tho convicts, when they escape, put something on their feet to keep tho dogs from trackinj them. It is a minora of dllferant kind, o hoi Iw, and will make tho doga very sick for awhile, but aa soon as they get over it they will follow Uio track with a groat deal more vigor than before. This la an old trick learn cd by negroes before tho war, to boon dogi from tracking them, but it never did them much pood. Mr. Aabury has bln dogs wail trained, nod st a given signal they will hunt for Has I rack of the escaped convict. In tho days of slavery p pack of negro dogs wera worth n great deal of money, Mr. Italpb Her- dou, of Month Carolina, had one of the finest pocks In the south, and often went Into North UaraUna and Georgia to notch runaway no- Store ar au escaped murderer. Mr. Hanieu's dogs hare often ran a track that had boon made 21 bouts previous. The details of tho murder over wklob much rirlteaaent has been created in tbe northern part of Haralson ooanty.es nearly as ere known are a, follows: a.W. Holland la Uinmordrrrd nun and Dud Hughes Urn man who admin island tho death blow. Both worn prosperous fanners. From tho *01*0000 that can ho gathered it aeema that Holland waa at work on a pair of buggy shafts, when Hughes pasted by, and was addraaacsl by Holland concerning a debt which Hughes had contracted with Hol land soma time before, and which bed not I icon paid. Holland askod that tho notes bo made, stating that Hughes had promise*' to-do so. An altera tion ensacd In which both wera harsh nod okuslro, Hughes was still In his aaddlo sad Holland becoming very angry at his remarks, rushed toward hbn with an uplifted abaft and begun striking nt him. Hughes twice warded elf tbe blows and dodging to one side kequick- ly dismounted bis bone on tbe apposite aide from which ilotlend was making the attack, and grasping n heavy rock from tho ground, hurled It st Holland who, stuunoA by -the blow, rooted and fell. liugkna nuul* bin escape and baa not boon heard of nines, though Sheriff Holcombs is In penult. The wounded man waa taken to his homo and It was found that tho Mow of the rock had rnitbnd bin skull. (So severe was it that ho at ones became unconscious, and it was oridnnt to those around him that life could last but n short wbilo longer. Tho stupor into which ho hsd fsllcn relieved him ftom pain, and in this condition ho rated quietly ravcml boon when ho oiplrrd. Tho only witness to tho tragedy is the flvo- year-old little girl of Holland, who gavo tho alarm. Tho coroner’s Jury, in their vcnltot, ciptvaa the opinion that “it is inanlor in tho tint degree.’’ Lad Tuesday morning Colonel I). \V. Lester, of Jouen county, turd formerly for many yean a representative in the legislature, committed euirtde by shooting himself in the loft ail# with a gun. Ilia family had recently moved to their homo ftom horn. Colonel Lester has •wen very unwell and despondent for a long time, ana bin lickncee caused mental abere- lion. William K. Vanderbilt and wife,with Messrs. Jester. Gray and J. K.Ring, of New York, accompanied by J. J, DuBtguon, tire owner, V’iSh 8c J ,h «"»nf> A. J. Crevntt, went to Jekyi Wand on Tuesday morning but, whore V’ 1 ' y&W* *•*«■} hours pleasantly. Mr. udarbllt Is prospecting,wlthavlewto pur- , r asing tho island. Tho visiting party loft on » H; iaiat 3 o'clock that afternoon for New her . pleased with everything. <(. F. Harris, in Clayton county, has a tree ■rawing an Us plan that drops iu aeons 74 fta.- inch.* apart, ud it is 15 feet 8 inches around the trunk. During Oiriatmai. Calvin Dean, a IB year SKsKMa'iSsrissa- SplilSa® Ann»it Is Mag mate by Mr. J. 3. Sprang, cr to indues tba authorities of the Kb-bmond on* Danville railroad to give cheap axnrdon ™“n J»vr their roods from Philadelphia to A c T **T to banging down parties of hnnrra ftom tho populous and wealthy couutici of Lmrastcr, Berks and Dauphin of that state, to look at (ioorgia lands, Lumpkin Independent: On Tuesday after nooo a negro named Thasnaa Richards na hiUcd under the following drannistances: Tom wwsquitaan old man and Is said to ham boon ti *r* r safa*o. For tho part twoynaraho ha. toon em^yrt rt OriES (he ground and cutting oiTone of his Usher thinks that in trying to get beyond tho reach of the levers Tom stumbled and was struck before he rould recover .himself and move beyond the track of tho lever. Bev. T. ( . Boykin, of Decatur, «u badly Imrued on Tuesday morning last. lie had just gotten up. and waa standing In front of the Ore with his gown on, when It caught fire and burned him in several places bofor j ho cculd extinguish tho flames. All tho prisoners in the jail at Waynesboro raped on Tuesday night: A flro waa kindled on the eecond floor and a hole burned through by which tho prisoners escaped downstair*. Ily means of an iron bar tho front door broken open. William Garvin, tho murderer of Bill Hawkinson, was heavily Ironed with a chain around his neck and made fast to the center of bis cell. This chain waa broken and Garvin carried his necklace and chain with him. Deputy Sheriff Korn, as soon as he learned or the escape, summoned a pone and went in punnit. Last night he found William Garvin ar.d several of his com* radcs camping In the woods on the Savannah river, near the scan* of his murderous act. al>out 20 milef from Waynes boro. An attack was mado, and Mr. Zorn was badly shot with birdahot in the leg and foot. The officer bravely made all effort to secure Garvin but foiled, tho night being dark and the woods too thick to make an effectual fol lowing of tbe escapes. It will bo remembered that Garvin was reported some weeks ago as being the brute who, after killing his victim, took the body, ironed it, and endeavored to sink it In the current of tbe Savannah river. A special guard haa just arrived in town bring ing with them Jerry Tarver,one of the escapes from tho jail hero on Tuesday night last. This man Is badly wounded and says Deputy Sheriff Zorn abet him tho night au effort was made to capture William Garvin, tho mur derer of Bill Hankinson. lie states that ho and Garvin wero asleep by tho campfire noar the Savannah river when tho poise came up to capture them. That be did not shoot Mr. Zorn, but that Garvin did. Tho officer states that he knew he bit the man who ahot him. Garvin is still at large, but every effort is being made to effect his capture. The Savannah river Is at presont too high for him to escape into Carolina, and he Is still lying around in the wood! of tbe river awamp near his homo. Both colored and white citizens arc doing all in their power to aid in tbe capture of the murderer, and considerable excitement pro* valla in the neighborhood where (Garvin ia se creting himself. Jerry Tarver, too man cap tured aid brought to town today, Is charged with cotton htealiug, aud seems to ho the ouly one of the escapes who accompanied and stood by Garviu as long as possible. The Milton Democrat says that perhaps tho longest family lu upper Georgia, or anywhere doe for that matter, is the family of Colonel Thomas Hueherson, of Babtcon. Tho colonel himself la six feet and seven inches high and weighs 225 pounds, and his three sons meas ure and weigh aa follows: (I. P six feet,seven and a half iuchcM, weigh* 180 pounds; Nat, nix feet six inches, weighs 204 pounds; Tbonus, six feet and six inches, weighs 201 pounds. The combined length of the four is 20 feet, two and one-hnlf inches nud their cQinhincd avoirdupois 810 pounds. A. M. Etheridge went out bill collecting at Lumber City, and he presented a hill to a business rnau who offered him a pound of tobacco for it. Ho replied to this insult in a manner that raised the iro of tho other indi vidual, who fired on him with a thirty-eight calibre pistol aa he turned to go. The ball struck Etheridge just abovo tho left hip, pass- lag through bia side. He turned, and draw ing his pistol, returned the fire, and his an< tagonist banged sway again,sending a ball into bia left chock, Inst below tho eye. Etboridgo fired again, ana hia antagonist dropped. Ether idge went to Macon to have his wounds dressed, and aays that he heard lost night tho other man waa doad, and ho exacts to he arreted any minute. OHIO EXCUttftlOMSTg. An Interesting Card From lion. 4. T. Hen drrsou, Commissioner of Agriculture, Enrroat CowirrrnTTioN: You will notify your numerous reader* that the day l< rapidly nearfnt when tho excursion party from Ohio will arrive Tbe 6th of February Is tbe day fixed. It seems tc me It would tie well for all who are desirous of ex tending their hospitality ami showing them this section of tho country to meet thrso cxcurtlonbt* lu the rooms of the department of agriculture. It fa expected that a reception will bo given them there tbe tame r *— L ‘*— 1 have been in of land were made on the first excursion, and „ to be n much larger ooo than tho tint, it is hoped that many more of these eul prising farmers will embark their duatlny tot... rout hern acas. The mixing in of a little now blood, it is thought, will bo nilko beneficial to IkHIi aides of tbe lino. They will bring with thorn a more enlarged experience in the mauncr of stock rais ing, gramas and tuberous plants aud wa eaa impart to them much that will l*e useful concerning cot ton, sugar eaaa, around peas aud the Uke. so that ‘ - event will tha balance of trade ho very Utah m —— —** that about one down agios nude on tho occaxlou or Ibis Is likely heavy against us. Should any unforeseen delay prevent a prompt arrival uotico to tko public will at once he given. J. T. llr.xnxMOM. rotnmladoner Agriculture. Mt. KOTA mu NIK IIKAltn FROM. Dr. Kdabrook, who his charge of the farmers' excursion from Ohio, writes from Dayton, where ho has established headquarters: "My excursions will leave on February 1st, 2d and :td. and will be lu Atlanta February 6th. 1 will bring a much larger crowd than before, and they will come with more definite plans. The farmers who went down on tho find excursion are earnest In their lira Ism, and many will return. The way u undoubtedly open for a big immigration or western farmers lute Georgia. Touching invitations for farmers to visit locali ties, he writes: "It would bo well for committees from the many points that want to entertain visit or* tube in Atlanta Fcbrumry .’•th. They con there meet the excursionists, talk things over and ar range small excursion*. Oiio thing is certain. Iron- tmq of Ohio formers will lw in Atlanta on ftbrn- rare 6th wanting to prospect for homes in Georgia.' Mr. 8. W. Ctone, tbe well kuown real estate man. says, "A great many sale* will result from there excursions. I ha\o already received orders for five forms near Cartcmille, and a re- qundfo have ready a tract on which fifty fomilies of Punk null can find mom. The talk of tbe Ohio- ana h** turned lVnuaylvanlan*' cyeathla way, and Mr. J.G. Fpringer Is organising an excundou of farmers than Lancaster county which; proouoa to lie larger than the Ohio crowd." . Lancaster county K according to the census, the richest agricultural county In America. Lands average •♦.to an am*, and the farms are very smalL Many of the farmers are looking for cheaper lands that they can bring np toa high state orfbriillcy. good water, good >octcty and good climate. All his they will rind in Georgia. Mr. Springe* thinks ite can bring £00 on hi- tiro excursion. Hctwivn thin and lVmm hauls, we certainly ought to ■ateh a huudred or so gum! farmer*. MARRIED IN GEORGIA. Mr. George Huberts and Mint Ida Treadwell, At lanta Mr. It. H. Poster ami MIm Untie Middle ton. Atlanta. .. Mr. William Himiaon and Miss Rattle Poster, Atlanta Mr.Paullwtgle and Miss Winie McOslhmv Atlanta Mr. John u. Reeves and Mrs. Bailie Uawctt, Macon Mr. Thomas K. Thoms* and Miss Haphrouts Bradley, Jasper Mr. 1, O. Httvena am! Ml* Mllio frnnlajv Macon Mr. Charles Pee*.* and Miss Carrie \Vilson, Macon. ■ill, i Matsisau't too. Oi Tns*4ay csttoa bad bm rhrtd in Use arm*-box ud whan everything wuroady Jom mmtaMM to looaratt^.rarenSl in parking the bales of cotton. Ifedld aotaae- coed in doing the work quick enough ud Mr Yrad Usk.r sUppad forward an* ikfu, hold ef tko Irvrr told tkr oM man to step aaido. Tom stopped Iwhlnd Mr. Ush er, who had nlra„-d thr lever, and at they awvay around with li«htninx-likr rapidity one of thtns struck tho ncfro a fearful blow upon DIED IN QEOnai A. Sir. John Neal, Atlanta Mr. Jaaaa I. Warner, Atlanta lira: It. It Waldron. Atlanta. Mr. w. W. Wimberly. Mt Mr. ft U. Hay. Atlanta. . J. K. Pan, Koklbs Dr. Joseph A. Bra. August, Iln n. a RtnaclI. Athens .. . Master Reck O'UunoTtn, Santanah Mr. L. II. raathcr. rtoua, Nawnait. Miss llanuak M. Strickland, l>ah fonts a Mrs. hidney Boot. Atlanta Mn Klisahtth calnn. AdaWllto- Mia. tvitltam Atlauta Mrs. RUsa Fltsaarald, Abbc- Tli. ytrst Easontlal To any bnaincaa fa goad bodily health. Every yonuj man con Irani how to attain this condi tion by trading the "Science of Life." it aorta only a dollar, and la advertised In tkla I*pcr. | Never put sail Inm soap when cooking Ull It has Bmora AyracTioR, Ltvxa CoMrtum, Ocstivtucu. etc,, an speedily removed by Dr. Jet or’* (-aualive Pilla. Tboy will ba feuud ratid and icttain In tbciractioa, and mty be taken at any time withont risk from expus- tm. ALL THROUGH DIXIE. A CtUzca of Ashland City. Tana.. Assassinated -Tas Sryaa Case la NasbvlUe—Tlis Sooth CsroU: Legislature — Topios From Texas - Tha Mississippi Legislature, Etc. Florida. Fabian Sallxs wvis killed by his brother Francis in a difficulty at Mayport, the other day. West Virginia. Five prisoners escaped from Charleston jail. When Dick Wyatt, tbe night guard, wont into tho jail to lock the prisoners In their cell*, on* of them knocked him down. A general stem- prdc followed. Jailor Cowles attempted to fosten tho outer gate, hut was knocked down before ho could do so. Mississippi. Tbe democratic caucus nominated Messrs. Waltham and George for re-election as United States senators at Jackson Thuisaay night. The personal property on W. K. IngersolFs Shipland plantation baa boon attached to satisfy Judgments in^favor of persons in Detroit When tbe fact became known here today, considera ble uneasiness was manifested in legal circles, asreveral attorneys hero holding Judgments against Jngeraoll think their claims are cut off. Ingersoll places his liabilities at about $95,000, and assets at $152,000. Arkansas. News has reccently reached Little Hock that sixteen penitentiary con victs employed in the mines at Coal Hill, this slate, effected their escape Wednesday. They tunnelled for a distance of thirty-five feet. Work waa commenced at the time of the strike, which occurred three weeks ago, and contin u'd until tho tunnel was completed, without the officials discovering it. Search was made through tbe niinos for the purpose of finding a passage, but it proved unsuccessful, tho con victs having effectually closed it behind them, that not a trace of it is left. Two of the raeu hnvo been recaptured. Bloodhounds and a pot.se arc iu pursuit of the others. AU the trains on tbe Louisville and Nssiivlllo are still delayed by reason of the terrible acci dent at bridgo No. 19, at Wdhito’s Saturday morning. Tho cars, half buriod in ice and water, are still burning, and Fireman Johnson Ib yet under the engine, with his head showing f jmt below the surface of the water. This man Johnson, just before the train left Biimingbam on Friday, told Ellis Cooper, tho engineer for whom he was firing, that ho hsd dreamed tbe night before that their engine. No. 140, went through bridge No. 19, killing nil on board. Cooper is a superstitious man, believing in dreams, and when Johnson told him the dream, he declined to go out on that train, claiming to bo sick. Nearly all tho en gineers here believe strongly that Johnson's dream was a dear presentment of the fato vhich overtook him. Texas. Tho committee appointed by tho city coun- :il of Dallas to investigate the accounts of Water Superintendent Whcoleas reported to thut body that they had found a shortage of $8,730. Several men entered tho office of Bosxillior & Unhurt, brewers,nt 1'uso del Norteand, pointing revolvers at Holicrt, who was ulono, ordered him to open the safe, lie started to comply, when Bossilicr, hia partner, entered tho office and interposed n protest against submitting to the demand. Tlio latter thereupon fired at tho pnrtncrs, killing Bossilicr and 1>adly woun ding Robert. Tho assassins mado thoir escape. Tho murdered man was one of tho most prom inent citizens of Faso del Norte. Kentucky. Iu Louisvillo during a snow storm tho front and middlo part of the large four story ware house occupied by A. P. Forwood & Co., Fra- bue A Co., aud J. B. Bnlmsforth A Co., all cotton and commission merchants, foil suddenly, and overturning the stove, it started a destructive file. Tho building was filled with cotton, tobacco, molasses nnu dry goods in storage, and the flamos spread all over tho place instantlx. Tho building is tho center of a lino block of large wholesale houses, mid It looked for a timo ns if there was to be a con flagration, aa tbe fire department was unable to get at the fiaiues on account of tho wreck. They soon got to work, however, and kept the flames confined to tho fallen building, and at 8 o'clock the flro was out. Tho third floor was stored with cotton, and it was this that gave way, foiling on tho second floer, which, in turn, foil, and then, after tottering a moment, tho whole front nnd middle part of the building fell and blockaded half of tho street. There wero eleven nersons In tho milding when tbe third floor roll. Peter Per rins, porter, heard the crash, and gave warn ing to the seven men on tlio second floor, who escaped by jumping from a back window to the shed. A colored porter gave the alarm on the first floor and started for tho front door. It ia thought he was caught and killed by tho falling walls. M. II. Wright, manager of the place, and Ilalmaforth, one of the proprietors, wero in tho offices on tho first floor ana started for tho door, but it is believed they are in the wreck, aa they have not been seen and cannot lx* found. On tbe Louisville and Nuhville railroad sixty miles north of Birmingham, on Friday nigBt, a terrible accident occurred. Train No. lfi going north waste two sections. The first section iu going down Sand mountain broke in two. Tom Harbin, the engineer, raw trouble and pulled out of the way at a good ipeed, but conductor IUrrin lustead of lettins hlspart of the train roll down tho hill, st “ hill and turned a sharp curve. It wason the brldge before the cngiucer saw the cab aud freight care standing ahead of him. Tho collision caused tho bridge, which ia a hundred and twenty feet high, to foil, carrying down in it all of eetlon two aud that part of No. 1 which was.standing an the bririfcc. John Johuaton, fireman, and Saui 1'ulbun, brakeman, were instantly killed. William John ston, engineer, and George Young, conductor, and Hate, which wa** toeomoglougjin a few minute-*. Tennessee. II. Adams, a wealthy citizen of Ashland ity, was assassinated on Tuesday night last near that place. The news spread rapidly, and tbe town wsa in great excitement. The murdered man lay on hia right aide, hia face towards the road, all covered with blood and dirt. Coroner Lee summoned a Jury of inquest •ud proceeded to examine him. They fonnd five or six cuts on hia foce, three on his head and two over his threat about three inches long, in half an inch of each other, and both severing the carotcd artery on the left side. The clothes were wet with blood and melted snow. It waa the most atrocious murder that has ever occurred (n the country. lie was drinking some and left there in company with Mr. Sim Okies Ben blWrlT, John Eathcrl,, X. A. Stcw.rt and \\«.h Simmon*. The, went il.out four mllra to whet. Simmon keepo* ntloon, the only on. In tho countT, and atopped awhile nnd went on about two mile, farther where Adorn, stopped —id laid be wa. going back home. He went t*ck to the grocery, bought n plat ofwhlrky, then got on hi, uiulo nud left in company with Sir. Wash Simmons, Tom O’Brien, Bud Newland and I.ee Harris. They had gone two or three hnndrcd vards when Adam, fell off his mule and w'ss replaced by two of the party. Adams and Oltrlcn wera riding behind the other men. When tbe men in front go: on the hill they stopped. O'Brien rode up and said Adam, had ratten off his mule again down In the hooow. None of the par tv went i* ck ,, „ ^ c , ,bo,u him - was found last Weaunuay as aLove stated. He wa. about forty years old, a lever man and good dtlran when not undertho influence of He leaves a wife end four children. Th. coroner s Jun spent tbs dey inrastlfa- and developed startling evidence by ieb tbe . time tree Arad onVath Sli Pitti, that Simmons, after reaching town, returned and killed aud robbed Adams. He then went to a neighboring house, where be burned his overcoat and knife. This and other evidence was so overwhelming that Simmon 1 , confessed to having committed tlir crime, but claimed it nrat done In self de fense. A, Adams was too drunk to keep his neat on his hone, this is not believed, and a great deal of excitement exists. Bo high does the feeling run that there was many threat* of mob violence, and the sheriff summoned a strong guard to protect tbe Jail. A large and expectant audience packed tbe courtroom In Nashville Thursday expecting to beer read the filthy letters, on tbe charge of writing which Wiley Bryan Is now on trlol. B. Dorman, father of Mias Fanny Dorman, who received tbe letter., was the only witness examined. He detailed therecelptof the letters and the mode of detection, as heretofore pub ilshed, and identified the letters. The first fetter was read and was very indecent. The others were so mnch mom so that, by general conrent, some portions were not read In court, much to tho dhmppointment of the crowd. The fi rst letter read offered to aell her certain eon trot and goods and books, promising lots of fun, and appointing certain streets for her to sess along if she wished further information. She wao invited to bring along some discreet friend if she wished. Mr. Dorman took charge of all tbe letters before they were open ed, and drDIcd his daughter and a friend, one of the leading belles or Nashville, in the signs to be made, and these they did moke without knowing their meaning. This young lady was called as a witness Friday. After Bryan's arrest, paper was found in his room corresponding with the paper on which the letter was written having the seme water mark and tha same printed date line, being tbe letter head of tho firm fer which B>7an had worked, with tho printed card tom off. It waa learned today that through the !n- Oiience of Assistant Secretary James D. Por ter, an intimate friend, Bryan had been ten dered an Important foreign mlasion, and at tbs time of his arrest waa awaiting hit commission, which was daily expected. The state introduced the detectives, who detailed the circumstances of tho arrest and the damaging admissions made by Bryan. When Bryan was arrested be started towards a bureau, hut was atopped. He afterward said if he had gotten to the bureau the thing would have been settled then end there. At another time he said: "There are things connected with this affair that I would die before I would acknowledge.” Detective l'orter Identified tbe paper found in Bryan'* room, which la llko the paper on which tho letters were written. Miie Battle Pracbctt, who wore Mlm Dor man's clothes, and acted as decoy,testified that ahe was told where to go, and the door would be a little open. The door was a little opon, and when ahe stepped In Bryan th arms around her and said: "Dear, I was afraid you were not coming.’’ A n cxc.it lug session of the county court ocean- cd in Cbattadooga last week In regard to con- firmingtlie action of thejndge and poorhouse commission In having a new poorhonsee erect ed near the city without consulting the court. Several magistrates openly assailed thejudgo and the committee with reckless disregard of the county’s Interest Jand moved to reject the report and virtually pass a vote of censure, and it tins defeated by a very slender majority, Wash Simmons, who murdered H. D. Adams, on the roadside, near Ashland City, and then burned the blood-stained overcoat and knife, has been arraigned for trial and salved examination, ily his own request he waa sent to Nashville Jnil for safe keening, as there had been some talk of a mob, and though things are now quiet, one might yet material ize. Simmons still insist* ho did tho doed In self-defense, though Adams was at tho time too drunk to keep a seat on bis horse. The case will come up in Cheatham county criminal court the first Monday In February. At Memphis at noon Friday a skiff whllo bringing six men from the Arkansas side of the river,got entangled amongsome eoal bargesjust above tho city and capeised. Flvo of tho mon were dron-ned. They had been working on the Memphis and IJUlc Kock railroad. North Carolina. A strange reunion took place at Clinton one day lest woek. During the year 1861 tho venerable Rev. H. 8. Spivey parted from hia ion, John O. Spivey, at (lolasborongh. The latter, then a youth, loft behind him his loved ones to link bis fato to that of tho south. Ho served with the army of tho sonthwost, and was present at the siege of Vicks burg, tho battle of Corinth, nnd many oth er engagements. Detailed to somo special duly In Arkansas, he wee captured at Darda- nelf, in that stntc, in 1863,and carried a'prisou- er to'Johnson’s Island, where he remained until the following Febnrary. He was then rent to Shreveport, la. Hern he was placed in command of his regiment, in which poet ho served until the closo of the war. After the surrender he went with some of his comrades to try his fortune* in the north west. After living a short while In several states he settled at Sallna, Kansas, where he has lived for 16 years, practicing law with mat success. His father heard of hit capture and imprisonment and thought ho died In captivity. In 1872 Colonel Spivey wrote to hit fethcr. The letter was misplaced and came to light only a few months ago while Mn. Spivey was looking through an old bandbox. Th* discovery that the letter bad never gone on ita mission to North Caroli na suggested that the old man might still bo alive. The old letter was sent through tha mall Just as it waa fonnd on ita orignal errand. It fonnd the fethtr still lingering in life, and from it molted a visit of tbe aon, accompanied by Ms daughter, Mias Nettie, to tho old lather, who had ao long mourned him aa dead. The mica mine* of North Carolina are en Joying a boom. Two-thirds of the world's supply ol mica cornea from these mines, Bouth Carolina. ' Thera I* said to be considerable cxcitomeot in Fairfield county, caused by a mob of would-be lynrbera. Tuesday afternoon Deputy Sheriff Milling, of that county, brought to Columbia for safe keeping a negro man named Ben Du- Hose. l)n Hose and a boy were arrested on the ith instant on suspicion of boing tha bora- en of Colonel Hall’s handromo reehleace. Tha boy became terrified and made a fell confession of nls share in tho crime, stating that he waa a tool in the hand! of DuBoeo. The two suspects were taken to Winnsboro and JatM. Tues day threats floated about tho atmosphere of tho town that DuBooe would Iro lynched, and Sheriff HcCUrley, who had had some export' race with lynching parties, resolved to thwart the maddening crowd. Accordingly tho pris oner was zocretly taken from the jail and brought to Columbia. There is now In Rich land county Jail a quartetto oT criminals sent here from other counties ao aa to place them beyond the reach of avenger*. The Charleston Oil Manufacturing company suspended Wednesday. Tho • liabilities are estimated at $t0j)00. The democracy of South Carolina, which has been as solid as a’granltc block ever sine* tho memorable campaign of 1876, ia threatened with liquefection. While there is no danger of the dominant party relinquishing Its con trol of the atate government, there is a possi bility of tho white* separating into tiro fisc- The readers of Tbe OOIcsTtTCTiox were ap prised of the stormy scenes which marked the doting hours of the tearien. The complica tions and embarrassments growing out of tho agitation about the census question tad the threatened dead-lock, are matter* of tbe legis lative history of 1883. It will be remembered that Governor Thompson in hit mesaago to the legislature strongly recommended that the necessary law should be enacted fnsnring the taking of the census so required by the consti tution of the atate; that the house of repre- tratatlvee, in obedience to the express mind- date of tho constitution, promptly passed a bill to provide for tno census: that senate refused to pass the Mil: that the house, determined to pet form its sworn duty, incorjtoreted an amendment Into the general appropriation bill jiination for tha taking of the ■mate stubbornly fought this resorted to sharp tactics to defeat it; that the members of the boose, while oonscious of the impregnability of thoir posi tion, yet amciificed their opinions and their rights on the altar of patriotlsm^r his they did, under pretest, to avert the direful conse quences of a protracted dead-lock, throwing all the blame on the stubborn minority. Pending tbe heated discussion of the question, two days before adjournment, one of too speakers warn ed the legislature that if It gave way to a min ority and receded from its position, the people would Uke the question into their own hands and make it an issue to the-next campaign. NEWS BY WIRE. Cuvcinwati, January 4.—A daring and unique robbery took place on the Harrison Idko, Juat outside the city limits, at an early hoar Sunday morning, the burglars being mere boy*, who wore masks and conducted them selves in regular dime novel style, Theodore Wolfo Uvea in a small house a little apart from bit neighbors. His wife, who waa alone in the house, wu abed and asleep. She was awakened by a knock at the {font door, accompanied by the summons: “Open this door, or well break it down. We are robbers.’’ And then, while tbe woman almost feinted with fear, the threat waa executed, and the maskedmanudors (food before her. "Where’* your money and your silverware?” demanded oneof the robbers. The woman detected the voice of a boy attempting to apeak like a man. She refused to give up her valuables, and one of the ruffians threw her opon the Boor. The other went through the nonae scattering everything to right and left, and pocketing whatever struck his fancy. When the house bad been thor oughly riled, two youthful robbers made good their escape, aud havo not yet boon arrested, nor ia tha identity of either known to Mrs. Wolfe. When Wolfo returned, scarcely half an hour after the robbery had been committed he found his wife nearly overcome with foar and she has bean dangerously 111 ever since. New York, January 4.—Dnnlsp's hat mano- foctory, No*. TO to 78 Nostrand avenue. Brook lyn, was horned this morning. Tho loss Is estimated at f2SO,000; Insurance, $800,000. The fire was caused by overturning a can of oil by a dog. Galeka, III., January O.-Augnst^Volfcrman a fanner of lows connty, was bitten on the arm by a rattlesnake while at work in tho harvest field two years ago. After receiving the wound he monnted a homo and hastened to the near- cet doctor to receive treatment. The arm wu swollen to large proportion. Bat by taking a Urge quantity of whiskey and resorting to oth er means to counteract the effkcta of tho bite, his life) wu saved, and the arm In due time seemed restored to ita former condition. At limes since, however, Mr. Wolferman has experienced very distressing and peculiar ailments, one of the aingnlar spells being accom panied by a huge swelling at hia aide. The •peUs continued until two nights ago when he suddently became violently Insane. It la sup posed that he ia suffering from a portion of tno poison of tho snake bite, which la evidently permeating his whole system. St. Louis, January 6.—John Bodes, a mad man, committed suicide in a horrible manner yesterday. While walking on tho street he drew a clasp knife, and plunging the blade Into the side of hie neck, tried to behead him self. Ho did not sneoeed. Ho again thrust the blade into tbs other side of hi* neck, and drew it around nnder hia chin, sev ering hia windpipe, hot strango to eay, missing tbe carotid artery. Ho again plunged tho knlfo Into hia neek, and followed It np by stabbing himsolf in tho left aide and arms. Tho blood streamed from the wounds to the sidewalk, and tbe spectator* gathered around horrified. The madman kept them at bay with bis knife, and then ran, pttrraed by the police, and did not etop until weak from his wounds. He died in a short time. Clevelakd, O., .January 7.—.Mias Eda Brawnell, a young and pretty blonde, whose parents are in good circumstances and moved in good society, yesterday married n colored mnn named Barber, who Is also a barber by trade. A colored clergyman performed the service. A colored woman servant has acted aa go-between between the girl and her black lover. His visits were ostensibly to the color ed woman. The new married couple left the city last night. Philadelphia, January 10.—The extensive mill hnildings in Kensington, known aa Ar- rott’s mills and Beatty’s mills, occupying two blocks, hounded by Emerald, Letterfy, Taylor and Coral streets, and separated by Adams street, were dostroyed Ire flro this morning. In volving a loss estimated at one million dollars. The buildings were occupied by about a dozen firms, engaged in the manufacture of hoelery, cotton and woollen goods, yarns, np- holsteiy goods, jerseys, mill machinery, etc., all of whom lore heavily on machinery and stock. All the firms bad huge stocks of man ufactured goods on band, which bad already been sold to dealers, to bo dollvcred February first. St. Louis, Ha, January 10.—A re markable cue of slander is ponding lathe circuit court by A. F, Llntdley, ofnshionablo young man abont town. For the last two yean be hu beat paying attentions to Koto Do Mary, a handsome young hollo, 17 years of age. Thomas Do Mary, rather of the girl, discourag ed the young man’a attentions, and finally or dered him never to oomo In tho houoe. This did not stop tho lovemaking, and one night abont six months ago tho fethcr waa awakened by voices and upon Investigation found Llnds- ley on tbe steps playing Romeo to hi* dough- tor’s Juliet. Tbe young woman wu speaking from a gccond-story window. Tho fether draw on bis heaviest boot* and, opening the door suddenly, delivered a kick that sent the lover whirling into tho middle of tho street. The young man retaliated by picking np a atone an^ratnivinrt Ilia .Tnllfit.'l nt.h*r. FftP tills hn ADDRESS ORDERS'FOB DIAMONDS, WATCHES & JEWELRY TO J. P. STEVENS, JEWELER, 47 WHITEHALL STREET, ATLANTA, GA. Mention this pepet. nor 17 wky ly lap IWBigXSSBEas CAxa ngaa *loq M/KgtA } M ssasKaCII reflg feig- A ■deet-wkatttaow MzM § TATE OF GEORGIA. RABUN COUNTY—WILL .eftg? VMM!?? as K£E?*Cz!z. ai> S?t wlt ! 1 1111 machinery and flx- hundred feet of Three cot*, one pair nc*lcs, one Uox c if, three < pick*, eight icon band*, two old tin cant, one grind ■tone, two battcrle»7eight feet rubber hote, seven collars, three chain, one table, one looking glam, one nozzle, two wrcnche*. one lot bolt*, one old lamp, one lantern, one little giant, one whcelbar- PjPJng’t «tr*. Bald one undi vided half interest in said property levied upon and to be fold as tho property of W. R. Cochran, to Terms of sal* cash. J. F. GODFREY. anS wky4t Sheriff Rabun county, Ga. g EORGIA, FAYETTE COUNTY—MARGARET J. £"%n,®r“E»J 0r £ V°“2. "w. F. and M. A. Jones, now M. A. Werttey, applies to no for letters of dlsmtsrion from said guaraunihlu- indl will past upon her application on tho flirt loudly In February next. Given under my hand md official stan alare, this Jannanr 1st, UM. 1*04 whit 12, p, M. FRANKLIN, Ordinary. ft BORGIA, FAYETTE COUNTY-R. H ROOK1 UT has applied tor letters of administration ( bonis non, on tho estate of Ell Edmondson, of ■ county, deezased, end I will part upon said i catlen on the A— 1 cation on the flirt Monday in Febmary.lsw.Thb January the 1st, IMS. D. M. FitAK'KMN, lant-wky-tt lip Ordtoarr. t may concern—James I. Fincannon. guardian for Citato Fincannon, Marcus L. Flnesnnott, Sarah J. Fincannon, Mary u Fincannon and F ' * Fincannon, minor heirs of O. W. Flnca cessed, hu In due form applied to the tin for leave to soil tho lands belonging to toe estate oftald deceued to perfeet titles, tnd said applica tion will bo heard on tho first Monday In February, IMS This 9tth day of December, 1*M. „ ^ JOHNS. DICKSON, decs* wk 4t Ordinary. ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE. G eorgia, babun county-agreeable to on order of the court of ordinary of mid county, will boiold on the lint Tuesday In Febru ary, 1AS6, before tbe courthonao door in Clayton, tho following described lands, to-wit: Lot No. 110 and i«rt of lot No. 128, In the 18th district of origi nally Habersham, now Rabun, In the usual hours of rale, to to tbe highest biddr. Hold as tho prop erty of M. c. Dock ini, deceased, for tbo benefit of tho heirs and creditor* of sakl deceased. Term* aado known on day of sale. Thin January l\1, liw. JanlSwkyJt Administrator of Bald Deceased. and*ntrUcing hia Juliet’s father. For tbia he waa two daya ago fined $100 in court, and he several oocaaiona. POWDZR Absolutely Pure. This Powder never varies. A nxml o* pnr'tv i.gah and wbo!<foia«!uf> More ecofcou-cal i the ordinary kind, *nd muuot ne >o *i ui eetirionwltbthemnitlUude $>f Iwiww'H* [bta'ura or nb.»phate au Bor XL Bakixo Ponnxn «-*>. U» "* l1 W«et, Now York. ffasjsSKwrissSss's feature, twk JanAwfUapg. gfSf^itM'Sg mmmm Jaa5-wky-4t THE COTTON lIABlOCTg. CONSTITUTION OFFICE, Atlanta, January 9,106 New York—Futures opened firm, but a general feeling of dullness prevailed during; a greater part of the day. Spots, tniddiing o}ic. * Ket receipt, today bairo, against ZUOO tales last year; exports lSjtto bales; last year 39,S«1 bales; stock 1,006,401 bales; last year DM,390 bales. OPKNET). January.. 9.2lf February.— 9.2T March.... 9.31, May- 9*.6iL Closed easy; sales 45,600 bales. Local—Cotton steady at quotations: Good mid dling 9J<c; middling 8 ll-lSe; strict low middling 8 7-16e; low middling 88-160; strict good ordinary 718-ieei good ordinary 7 ll-16c; tinges 8 8-l6e; mid dling states 718-168. NEW YORK, January 8.—The following is the comparative cotton statement for tho weekending today: Net receipts at all United States ports 189.409 Same timo last year.... mm.*- 1SL57R Bhowlngfon increase 4,880 Total frccclms. Bame time lari rear M ..... M 3 I 778£27 Showing a decrease.. 33,MS Exports for the week - 14S£» Same timo last year..- — 144449 Showings decrease......1,«8 Total exports to date 2.0J0.724 Same timo last rear. Showings decrease ltt.«8t Stock at ell United States porta. 1,1 Same time last year Showing an increase......... Stock at interior towns....... - Same time last rear. Showing a decrease Stock at Liverpool Same timo last rear Bbowing a decrease... American cotton afloat for Groat Britain— BauM tlae last y Showing ad NEW YORK. January 9—Tho total visible sup ply of cot ton for the world Is 3,115,166 belea of which WmjM bales ar* American, against 9,136,476 bale* and3A2fe676 respectively last year. ReoelptoataU interior towns 67,170 bale* Receipts from plant*. Hon* IIS,CIO. Crop In right 4,936,447 bates. rllOVISIONS, GRAIN, ETC, w %% 82,645 383 CONSTITUTION ok Atlanta, January 9,1 Th* following quotations indicate the fluctuation* on the chlcagohoard of trada today: Openln*. W UJsh«t. Lowest Cloth*, January: 82 *l}< *9 ..10 36 19 30 10 90 10 M laiBsinaa 913J4 s U'A 612N CLXAXl 6l«H January,,,,. January Live Stock. ATLANTA, January 9 —Mules are in fair do maud with enpply moderate. Th* J— —