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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA-, TUESDAY JANUARY 20 ISSM_
GEORGIA NEWS.
THE NEWS OF THE STATE BRIEFLY
CHRONICLED
Ji BtMioboat G*pt*tn'* Exp*tU-.
Beet nt Cold Woatberlr
mantle Mai
a -THaBIftcta of t!i#
I'l.tUlu William Me isencr, cf tlic American
ba’ikuriine. “Alunial*.-" "h 11 ® 1“ tlic midUof
•1 gleeful circle cf friend. the other oitrllt, re-
]»u.l that when have to cnee in a violontwlo
eff the least of Scotland, a pi* atTe, plarcd on
<>(■.! and containing three llltlo piga, wai uni-
,1 H lorn from lta fattening. and carried
l.rin immense sea-breaking o\er tho
vp-Vl. The next moment the pig-stye was
ti, ,i in tho top of ft bone mountain of surging
t . f some distance off*, on«l a few aeconds
I • l.y a counteraction of the sea. safely de-
i. I*! d on deck again the three little grunters,
t . »a..i g quite unruffled by their baaardous
i it trip.
<n Wednesday evening l**at labam Kelly
wa- hot and killed by Rill filmpson. They
nut .a the road eight mile* south of < oving-
ton, and the difficulty arose abouta steer that
Mmpaon bought from Kelly and fallodto pay
joi Keiiv was the father of < has. Kelly, who
1st* w working out a lifetime aontenee In
In*, t- (oal mines for the murder of W. It. liar*
dviuan, who waa aaaassinatcd in thia county
i< n or fifteen years ago, while sitting In his
#{oor one summer evening.
In dipping a grave in Lawrrnoaville last
week it was ascertained that the ground waa
frozen fifteen inches deep by actual mem*
liriti cut.
On the plantation of Mr. Dixon Brown, near
Knwarec, lived a negro by the name of Ham-
ii Manuel. Ho left his wife and a six month's
« ,< child at home, and proceeded to hla work
i distant part of the plantation. Ilia wife,
:• i attending to her household ufl'airs.quiotcd
11, child, and It was soou asleep. Laying tho
infant in ftcradlo, she weut over to o neigh-
I oi’a. about a hundred yards distant. Ou re*
tinning, as she came in sight of her cabin, aim
was horrified to discover it wrapped in tlamei.
The roof had fallen in and tho walla were
sdiout to tumble in when she got there, anti
all noMible meana available could not save tho
life of her child, who waa burned to death bo-
fore her cyea. Mr. M. T. Venter, aoon arrlvod
wbc with the aaalsUnco of a liowakeil Its
i baited remains from the smoldering ruins.
Severalweeks agon colored man by the
name of Tom Mann, aged twenty years, whose
Loire for several years lias been near tho «u-
Imrha of Stllesboro, eloped with tho wife or
Whitcii Ellis. Their whereabouts wore un
known until recently, when tho deserted
husband learned that his wlfo
had takeu up her ab.»de
in Home. He immediately wont in search of
iu rand was informed that she ami Mann wore
l.\inj in the outskirts of tlio city ami passing
tl cmaclvcs off aa husband and wlfo. At this
the imaged husband became more indignant,
and after starching fur some time finally Como
i.t mi bis unfaithful paramour, whom ho re
buked severely and forced her to accompany
him tack home. They had left the city
hut a short whllo until Tom
Mann. tho abductor who was
in het pursuit of them overtook n man who
svas riding In I lie wagon alone, when lie asked
peimistion to ride, which lie was allowed to do.
Springing into tho wagon, ho took his seat Ini-
nudiately behind the man, who ivu driving
' * along.
„_en they
where tho negro drew an iiimioiiNo dirk, with
which In a fow seconds bo had almost sevorod
the head from tho l»ody of tho man
with whom he was riding,
then lifted the pockets of the
dyiug mao, thirty dollars talng his reconi-
]«BM,
Maaif.tta, Ha., January 'JI.— [Special.]—
The ;«corgiu Marble com|«ny placed ouo or
der for 1,000 car loads of marble yesterday and
all of it has to bo brought over this road. Two
trains a day will scarcely null tho marble that
la being quarried at tho mlno at Tates, ~ ‘‘~
tion on this road.
The Marietta Journal says: In a rencounter
at Oxford, Ala., on tho 14th ins*., Mr. 1*. H.
Evans, fanner ly of this place, but now of An
niston, shot and killed Mi . William Knighton.
Knighton waa a constable, weighing about IPO
imunds, and, when drinking, us was the caso
on this occasion, was a very overbearing man.
The shooting took plsro at a disreputable house
of Mrs. Lipscomb, where tho two*mcn hsd
gone together, but the tragedy was not wit
nessed by the woman or her daughtor, thoy
having fled tlie room lit the beginning of the
affray, save tho fact that Mrs. Lipscomb
oliceivcd Knighton null out a weapon
of seme kind. We are informed that Knigh-
tou hsd become offended at sumo trivial re-
maik made by Kvana, but I*.vans offered an
apology as it waa only in jest. Knighton re
fused to accept tho apology and insisted on
whipping Kvana, and throw olf Ills cost and
started toward Evans, who backed in a comer
near a bed. Knighton pulled out his knife,
when Kvani presented bis pistol and warned
his advancing antagonist, who continued to
make talllgcrcnt denmn -trations. Evans fired,
the ball striking Knighton on the breast, but
did not pcuetTatc the dealt, having been ob-
strutted by a photograph iu his
pocket. Evans claims that Knighton thou
boldly closed in on him ami cut his ovemoat
in sevrral places, when he fired tho second
time, fhooting Knighton fatally in tho abrlo-
mcr. but the wounded mini still held on to
film Hi iking wildly at him with his knife.
Ho then bent Knighton on tho head with hi*
pistol. Knighton relaxed his grasp, staggered
{•ltd fell dead near tho door, and Evans passed
cut and went to a relative's house iu Annis
ton and remained all night.
Major 11. W. Cannon spent last night here
i» .1 *aya that during the Into cold snap lin for
tlu* Got time in forty-live years that day re-
fusee to give any one lodging at
l.Ulxusc. tate one evening two negro men
called to spend tho uight, and owing to tho ol 1
indy being aick he refused to let thorn stay,
ti'Iiupr them that they could stay at his son'V,
miles above, and that thoy had time to get
Dio by dark, and ho Icarus since to his sor-
t,. py are now stopped up then* with their
ft • rdmost froaen off. lie says this is tho tlrit
" ! it* or black that he ever turned awav,
xvh*iher they had any money or not. The old
loan U troubled.
It i plica rathe last cold wave waa very gen
i iaiiy felt in everv part of tho state, but Its*
bun county is entitled to the credit of having
the coldest time of any other portion.
The loads in places, where the snow had
drifted, were impassable, the suow being from
four to fivo feet deep. Tho mountains sur-
ifunding i'layton are covered with the icy
fleet*, fit m six tJ twelve iuches. The mercu
ry registered six degrees below zero ou
last Tttrsday morning, everything that (tosses*
Md any freezing qualities had to succumb.
Tuesday uight four negroes reached t lav
tou from Tumcrsvllle, ou their wav to Frank
tin. two men, ouc woman aud a baby about
three months old. They were In a frozen
dition when they reached Clayton, the woman
could 'scarcely stand nlouc.
Mr. William Mott, residing on Dr. J.JH.
May's place in Washington eotiuty. died on
Tuesday last from the effects of a gun shot
wound received several dajra ago. He and a
t ting man by the name of Jordan were work-
it * on a gun barrel and had the end of the
1 • i id in a forge, when thecouteuls were dia-
« uigid and lodged iu his l*odv, and resulted
iu hia death.
Canton Advance: The family of James Me*
ith Is Hill in his (Hints) |ios«e#*ion and con-
qiienil.v lias not been shot at Kdlett nor
Mount as reported. He wild fr»»in talks had
with the best citizen* living in tn« neighbor*
liood of where Kcllctt wai. killed that all were
satisfied that Jiiu did not d« the killing, and
that a complete alibi could be set up an-,
proven by h number of truthful, honed, rev-
net-table < *t >/•*> » of the county m which the
Killing was note, Simoon is n itisfied almost
hevond a doubt, from wliat he mu learn, that
the Votings are murderers of Kellett.
Fourteen vesrs ago fteorgo 1‘riest. then aged
about thirty-eight years, went to Ouwata coua-
tv ar d located near the Heard line with a
woman who came with hint and claimed to ho
bis wife. Thev lived togethor without suspi
cion during that time, and had woven children
l»orn to them.
During last fall a man named Clcorge Voting
.appeared in the neighborhood, and after Hint
time Priest grew restless, bogau to maltreat
the woman be was living with, and trouble
seemed to be brewing at his bouse. On Decem
ber 2fHb. Priest and the woman disu, -.teared,
and on January 2nd he returned with another
woman, and walked from Newnan to his homo,
about ten miles, at night, through a cold rain.
On Ills return he told a I range story. Ho
says that the woman he had been living with
was not his wife; that her maiden name was
31 its Kate Joncgan; that she had a sister who
married a Mr. Daniel in north Georgia: that
Jinr father lives near Elijay, and that when lie
took her off lie carried her t«# A1 laiita,bought her
a ticket, and started her on the train to Dalton.
Tho woman now with him was a Miss Young,
whom he claims to have married in Hall coun
ty previous to his coming to Coweta fourteen
When'he* went there In* carried with him a
little boy, who all thought was his son by the
woman who came with him. The boy now
says that neither of the women aro his mother,
hut that ho is a son of tho sister of the woman
whom l^ricst now claims to be. his wife.
Tho people near hero aro anxious for thoso
facta to l»c generally known, that it may he as
certained wlmt truth there is in Ills atory, and
what has become of the mother of his children,
w iiom ho claims to have sent to D.ilton.
Jos. II. Biblcy, a well-known cotton shipper,
was dangerously stabbed in tho abdomen last
night by Ills sou Percy, aged 1H. It appears
that Bihley had occasion to reprimand his son
at the tabfo; n quarrel ensued, and youug bib-
ley went into the yard, seized a stick and re
turning threatened to assault his fathor. Sib
ley picked up an axe-handle to defend himself,
and finally threw it at the Infuriated boy.
Sibley told him to go ill and behave himself,
Percy camel his father, who when
hemming exasperated made a slap at him,
when the boy savagely attacked his fsthor
cutting him a terrible blow in tho stomach.
After the stabbing the l*oy ran oil'and was
anchted during the night at a house of 111
fame.
Near Falrhurn, Campbell county, Sheriff
Collin*, on hist Wednesday, arrested nno
W. l. Urltt, u whito limn, who Is wanted in
Heard county upon n warrant charging him
with rape*. Sheriff Lipscomb, who camo after
the prisoner this morning, says that on Sun
day, tho 10th of this month, Britt went to tho
house of a widowed sister of his victim with
whom she was living, and entering tho houso
sml finding tho girl, who is t» cripple, in a
room alone, drew Ids knife, and with
an oath threatened to cut her throat If sho
made any noise. About this time tho girl’s
sister,who was in an adjoining room,heard him
anil started to enter the room when she was
mot at the door by Britt with knlfo in hand,
who with an oath threatened to kill her if sho
did not go back and keep'quict.
After overpowing the cripple girl ho attempt
ing to flee, and was captured, but subsequent
ly escaped and fled Campboll county where he
has a wife, aud was ou Wednesday arrested as
from Alabama back to their place in this coun
ty. Mr. Bimeon C. McCoy, brother of James,
was in town Monday last and told ns that more
exaggerated stories and overdrawn conclusions
had been written concerning this killing than
wen* jiMfflahlc. The ball, ho said, that Kel
lett or 31 c udt shot and came near killing Jin
Alex. Randolph (col,) who lias been put In
jail iu Grawfordville. charged with burning a
tarn auil six horses belonging to Mr. John T.
Heard, was born in jail during tho war; his
mother waa committed to jail charged with
the crime of murder. He is a bright mulatto
about 22 years of age. ’Tis a singular coinci
dence that fust after reaching Ilia majority, ho
is now confined whero h o was tarn, and wil
der such a grave charge.
Dock Braswell, colored, made a dash for liber*
ty in Dallas last wcok. Dock Braswell was
sentenced at the present term of tho superior
court to five years in tho penitentiary for
forgery in two eases, and was awaiting tho ar
rival of tho iKUiitonthiry guard. Ho tore two
Idunksof tho flooring up with u piocoof stove
wood, and kicking tho ceiling of tho Jailer’s
room through, making a hole largo enough to
let him out, ho made a dash for liberty. Mrs.
Me on, tho deputy sheriff's wife, gave the
alarm, and soon there was a crowd in pursuit
with dogs, gnus, etc. The chase was a jo
one, thofugitivi
ALL THROUGH DIXIE.
WHAT THE SOUTHERN FOLKS ARE
SAYING AND DOING.
A Visit to Vrati Mine*. Ala., and Wh«t Wu S*cn-A
fchoctlng fferar-o In MtMlsslppl-Colonel Jstnes
Edward XJ*lh©un, of South Carolina-A
Jewelry Robber Arrested in Florida.
Arkansas.
1 ImtMlsy the governor pardoned:» colored men,
known as the Howard county rioters, who partic
ipated in a riot two years ago to tliat county,when
n while mail named Wyatt waa killed, while work-
lug. Another of the rioters had been convicted of
minder and hanged. The affair created a great
nutation to southern Arkansas at the time.
[uus, etc. Tin* chase was it long
gitivo swimming two mill potuls to
evade the dogs, but to no effect, us the dogs
took to the water after him and succeeded iu
rcrhnulihg him late in the afternoon.
The wife of Dolph Williams, colored, was
uiuidcrcd last night at her homo nine tuilcs
from Waynesboro last week by being shot lathe
head and instantly killed while sitting by her
fireside, by seme unknown person.
Rev. B. CL Jones, tho grandfather of Rev.
Sam r. Jones, fell c u a brick pavement in Cur-
tersvlllo.caused by the walk being covered with
ice last Friday, aud su4uincd injuries, from
which it is feared death will result.
On Thursday night last a negro woman on
cv. J. II. Grogan’s place, in Elbert county,
unconsciously killed her child by lying ou it.
When the mother awoke'next morning, tho
iiihl w as cold and stiff.
Ed McFartv made an attempt on tho 18th to
.Iro Sandersv'illo, hut the blase was discovered
by Morris Cohen aud Isadora Ncwman.and ex*
t ingulslu d taforc any damage was dono. 31c-
t arty is iu jail.
MARRIED IN GEORGIA.
>lr. P. J. nine and Mbs Id* Trennor. Mi Hedge-
vtUe...*.^ Mr. It K. Munti and Ml«* Moll to Burma,
columtm? Mr. llemy Johnson and Ml vs for
im'IIa Whitman. Ctolumhu* Mr. Willingham and
Mis' Us/e McMillan, KllavUlc Mr. W. L. Oxtarn
«nd Ml»s \ Ictortn B. Jackson, Spring Place Mr.
Tom llandcot-k and Mbs Ella McDonald, Ualnc-
x Ulc Mr. 'Racy Hollingsworth and Mbs Julia
Parrott. Newnan.Mr. K II. Perry and Ml* Item
Perry, spar:m . Mr. John Keith and Miss Minnie
lkephs. Murray county.
DIED IN GEORGIA.
Kentucky.
Tho wife of 31. K. Grovenor, to)*acconi < it,
was found Friday morning drowned in the
cistern at her home, holding the body of her
daughter, aged three months. Bhe was the
mother of five children, and had for sometime
shown signs of loss of mind. It is supposed
she committed suicide taforc daylight.
Tennessee.
In Overton county. Wm. Eld ridge,a boy four
teen years old, killed his brother-in-law, Bigc
WolIlford, because the latter abused his wife,
the sister of Kldridge.
Chattanooga claims the laTgcst pauts factory
in the south. ___
Maryland.
The vote for United States senator in the
legislature resulted in the senate, for A. 1*.
Gorman, democrat, 21 votes; for Louis E. Me*
Comas, republican, 4 votes. In tho house, for
A. P. Gorman, 7i» votes; McGomftS, 10 x'otes. On
Wednesday, in joint convention Henry Lloyd
was elected governorof Maryland for Hit-
term for which Governor Robert F. McLanc
was elected by tlio people.
Florida.
In 18M Mike Kurtz, alias “Henry Mike,” a
New York tough, robbed a jewelry store in
Troy, N. Y., of 815,000 to jewelry, and ma le
bis estai»c to Europe. Recently ho returned
to this country and went to. Florida two weeks
i,co. W. Cooper, a Jacksonville detective,was
notified of his presence, and Tuesday arrested
him and lodged him in jail. Twenty
minutes after < ooper got his order to make the
arrest, Kurtz received a telegram warning him
of his danger. When put in jail Kurtz had
several diamonds in sight ou his person, but
a few minutes afterward non* could be found.
Kurtz's friends are making an effort to have
him released on a writ of habeas corpus.
Mississippi.
At the Planters’ dub, in Vicksburg. .». H.
MrKcmiy was fatally shot by .Tamos Marshall.
Jonas Goodman, of llrconvlllo, is holiovcil to
ho mortally wounded by a stray shot, the
difficulty grew out of a garno of cards.
Fivo shots were fired bv each man.
McKenna was wounded in tho breast and
thigh, aud died in less than an hour. Mar
shall escaped unhurt, and the coroners ren-
dered a verdict that ho acted in self defeuso.
(in tho mill of January, IM-I, McKenna ahot
and killed E. Wilson, proprietor of a gambling
house here, under singular circumstances.
On the day nfter the killing of Wilson, Mc-
Kcuna was indicted for murder, tried, convic
ted and Ecntcntcnccd to lie hauged.
A formal vote was taken in both houses of
tho legislature at noon on Tuesday last for
two United States senators, for tho remainder
of tlio term expiring March Ith, 18ni>, being the
uucxplred term of lion. I,. Q. t*. 1 .ulnar. Hon.
K. C. Walthall received in the senate ill votes,
ami Hon. James I,. Alcorn 1, four senators
being absent. In tho house Walthall recelvod
104 votes, slateon members being absent, r or
tho term beginning March 4tli, 1««7, Hon. J.
K. George tecclved in each house tho same
number of votes that wore east for Walthall,
and Alcorn recelvod ono voto In the sonntc.
Vilglnla.
On Wednesday last tho Is,aril of directors of
the new Hlchmond Morning Whig company
completed their organization by electing
Mr. Abner Anderson, of Danville, business
manager; Judge Mowlcr, of Washington, chief
editor, and I'olor J. Uurtou, of Kichmoml, city
editor.
In tho general assembly nil Friday tlio sonnto
committee on public institutions, charged with
tho Investigation of tho management of tho
nllalrs of tho coinrod normal colloglato insti
tute, at Petersburg, submitted their re
port. In this tho committee charge gross mis
management, and recommend tho immediate
displacement or tho members of the present
republican taanl of visitors of tlio institution
ami the appointment of n now taanl ami the
reorganization of the whole management. Tho
report waa adopted.
Mrs. George K. Sin.-, a lady of Harrisonburg
alter SI hour-of acute suDhring. was pronounced
dead by her physicians Tuesday evening. All
reparations for her funeral were made. A mints-
it (mm a distance come to attend
lire funeral, friends gathered nt the house
and (he funeral services were soon gone through
with, hut when lire pall bearers were about to take
the corpse to (lie heane. ihe grandfather or too
deceased announced that the burial would not
Mr T. tv. I ovvi-rti. Ilrcmen Mr*. J. J. Price,
Hr. men.... Mr. John Ktr-oh. Macon Mr. Charles
II lturr. Madison Miss Mollio reago, lllbl,
run ut v Hr. F. SI. Ilanvll. Palmetto Mra. T.
A. Mute, earnest Ulc.. captain Henry F. Mo*,
Jr. Mrs. It F. Neely and -Mr. sain cants, Harris
county... Miss Mar, ,v. i-vogo. Whitewater Mr.
i,Verge W. MahadV, Jackson, county Mr. Den
nis K. Nelms. Dougherty county Mrs. Cynthia
r. Howell. Duluth Mr. J. A. Alexander, Frank
tin county Ml- bailie smith Un mucvviUe
D- i' \\- Memmler. Cartersville.........Mr. Itobert
Keox. Atlsnla Mr-. D. F. Hallosvay. Atlanta
. ,Vir-. It. K. smith. At buna Mrs. X. Miller
carnesvllle tudge Frank l. Freon Irexlngton
. . Mra. Judge John II. steward. Decatur Mrs.
Iie«lfont. Marietta Ms. FUrabetli Kalb.Savan
nah....
deceased a—
lake place, ns tin r
l- doubts otiotit her being
; HI IIIF HHU1W •>( (HI .S.VZS.I
tho )akI>* h Mill warm, but
i no hopo of rcMiftcItnUcD.
Cdv, all the infer, having been in debt. *ue
ai (oiuiiauy istauing provisions from »U«oro
,d will also bury the dead. Two families
tirely without 6upi>ort wUl probably be scat
tk to England, .^inco ytstenby woven
it ore 1 odics has tacn found, and were identi-
fi<d as fallows: Adolph Wein, John Lambect,
John Edwards, George Riggins, Thomas Gay,
oho C’Minowav, Charles Tonley, Clinton Al-
i.rigbt, Harry Gay, Richard Bently au«l .Nico
las Brntly. As the bo<lies were received at
the top of the shaft they were taken charge or
• the coroner's jury for identification, and
» turned over to the undertaker, ihe
dies were found in various positions, wine
with anus extended as if about tojmrsuo their
u<ual work, others with arms and limbs con
tracted os if in awful agony. AH were terribly
burned and blackened, and their distorted fea
tures told their terrible sufferings, hut none
ere so mutilated as the three recovered yes-
•rdav. One man was found face down
with his bead on his arm as if ho had escaped
the violence of the explosion, and assumed
that position In the hope of finding sufficient
air to prolong lift* until rescued. It Is thought
all the bodies will be recovered by tomorrow
e vening. The funeral of Daniel Hiller, Isaah
Tin min.s. and bis son William, took place this
afte rnoon from the Methodist Episcopal church,
the two latter being hurled in the same grave.
Texas.
A party of nine cowboys visited tho town
oi'Builington on last Tuesday night. After
becoming crazed with liquor, they terrorized
the population, firing into the wtodowa and
acting like savages. Deputy Sheriff Coke,
with a posse, about daylight ran the ruffians
out of town, killing four of them and fivo
horses in n running fight.
It is reported that the governor of Now
Mexico lin? made a contract with Colonel John It.
15».\ Jor to dean out the Ai*ochet.
Near Rcckdalc. on last Wednesday night
. Samuel Ford, a farmer, while re-
, ning to his home, was waylaid by a negro
mod Sydney Brown and beaten over tho
d with an iron bar until bis assailant sup-
wt d he* was dead.’ Brown then robbed his
ic-thu and drugged his body upou the Interna-
.ionai and Great Northern railroad track,
whero lie was left to bo mutilated by passing
trains. Ford recovered consciousness, how-
cr, and dragged himself home, a dls-
ice of two miles. One
his eves was knocked from its socket and
is skull was fractured. The officers started
,.i pursuit of Brown, and captured him with
Ford’s property in his possession. After being
lodged in jail he confessed his crime, and gave
ns a reason for committing it that Ford had
made him mad. Friday it was announced
that Ford was dead, and an infuriated mob at
tacked tho jail, got possession of the uegro,
took him two miles from town and hung him
to a hickory tree. Brown is supposed to have
been Implicated in the Austin murders.
Alabama.
At Piatt mines nroto be seen some remarkable
mules that work In the coal mines, somo of
which have not seen the light of day in six
years. These mules oie kept In the shaft, a
depth of two hundred and four feet below the
surface. , _ ,
Tho first mule that was carried down
was In 1880. He was nut down
a cage by Mr. !.. W. Johns, mining engin-
lv r, and Mr. William Falla, mining boss. The
mule was blindfolded and walked to the cage
where he was tied securely, and let down. At
the bottom his blinker was taken off’ and he
went about all right The mulo is
called “Jack,” and is a bay ani
mal, fourteen and a half hands high
Tho stable boss is Mr. Kelley and the mule
knows him liko a dog would his master. He
is fat and sleek and knows as much of the
mines as any man who works in them. If a
lamp is placed on his head ho will go around
the mine alone. The man who drives him has
no trouble and if it was not for tho coupling
and uncoupling the cars, he would need no
driver. This mule is the pet of the miners
and every day when the four hundred convicta
and miners pass his stablo each one pats him
affectionately on his head. Ho is the most
contented in tlio world and is quiet and docile,
Your correspondent was taken in tho mines
Mr. Jonns and during the visit
mules were seen. Tho stables are made
pros no hoi*
South Carolina.
Juit opposite Elbert county, fin., in A'ffie
villi* county, on the Savannah river, lives
Colonel James Edward Calhoun, n near de
scendant of the renowned John C., a mau of
great wealth, age, vitality, and eccentricity of
habit. On the list of wealthy Carolinans ho
is. Ills “cattlegraze upon a thousand hill*,”
and thousands of acres lying along tho river
on both sides arc described iu deeds and aro
under titles belonging to him. High up in
the nineties his age is. and yet, ho is as
straight of farm and nearly as ruddy of check
today ns when, sixty and odd years ago, he
climbed the masts of United States naval shins.
The latch-string of Colonel James Ed-
waul Calhoun’s door docs not hang upon
the outside free to comers and goers.
Among the lew who have the patronage—
ami may ta the only one who has tho entire
confidence—of Colouel Calhoun U 3Ir. William
Oswald Dundas, a native foreigner, a man of
extensive travel and varied culture, a courtly
gentleman and a noiglitaring planter. The
confidence which Colonel Calhoun imposes in
Mr. William Oswald Dumlus is attested by the
frequent visit* which he makes to ucighhoriug
towns as tho colonel's business agent, but not
mote so than his friendship was when, on lost
Ch list mas morn Mr. Dumlus awoke to liud in
his ample hose a check for 83,000 and a deed
to several hundred acres of river land:
now comes about that, as a higher mark of CS'
teem, Mr. Dundas 'id soon to embark far Eng
land, fullv equipped niul commissioned to ne
gotiate with foreign capitalists and to bring
tack with him a colony of foreigners to settle
Colouel Calhoun’s lands.
'..Mbs Flora W i bb, Atlanta.
For All I.uko Oomplaijct* awd Throat
Troubles Dr. Jayne’s Expectorant is both a
palliative and curative. It is a standard remedy
(*esidcs for Coughs and Colds, and needs only a
trial to prove its merit.
llOtm'OllIVK ACID FHOftPRATB.
MaiirilBrnrllt lit Indigent Ion.
Dr. A. I-Hall Fair Haven. X. Y . says:
“Have prescribed it with marked benefit iu iu-
digestion and urinary troubles.”
Atant four iuches of snow fell iu Washington
last uight.
Praise is unstinted concerning the effects of
Dr. Ball's Cough Syrup, Price only 25 cent*.
•The Best Paper Iu the World.”
r. E- llAXSiKO, Bentou. 311*.—Everyone here
agn** the Comiitution U the best paper to the
worid.”
Woftt Virginia.
night'
mine explosion are dead
of ataut eight hundred inhabitant-*, aud
majority of the dead meu had families, the
town ia a sccno of desolatiou that beggars d-
script iou. ...
Four bodies were found at the toot of ti
shaft. Two of them were father and sou. ^ N
other bodies have yet be*n recovered. For
man Carroll, an Intelligent and obasrvir
man. said: 'Therewas nothing the math
with the air in the mine. It was good
and you way judge what the men
thought of it when they could go down at
: even iu the morning aud come up at
the afternoon. Some times they woul
bleep down there four and five hours. 1 don
know what caused this, but don't think the
company can ta blamed, nor do 1 think there
is that disposition. The people are erased
with grief and are not responsible for what
they think or a^r.
A lo<**l relief committee lias been farmed,
with Mayor Ellis as treasurer, assisted by citi-
in the town.
cn. and about 8100 was raised
families are all poor aud
lreiira. Tire bay field ixliaifraiio from John-
iK.ure. From tire bxy tho i-xrty startod
CO to Mr. Fritcbarii’s bouse, too or three
On their way they passed Me-
hiui * 4
miles away. *—, —
Bride's stole. The iunou was shining brightly,
and as soon aa they came up near tho store the
witness i
>y digging out n aiding from the main tunnel,
nnd contain twenty-ouo mules, all docllo, Block
and fiat. Out of tho tho twenty-one mulea
under tho ground cloven have not seen day
light in live years.
--The mule,” aaid Mr. Johns, “is u curious ani
mal, and ia easily subdued. Now nnd then ono
of these animals will grow Wild the moment ho
Is lowered In the mine. When unco so he muxt
Ire taken out, for ho cannot ho managed if ho
renmiua for twenty years. Wo have had mules
in tire mines no man could manage."
The mules seem perfectly happy ami con.
tented, aud cal, sleep nud drink with tlio same
relish that thoy have ou tlio surface. A mulo
ill tlio mines can ilo much harder work than
those ou the surface.
At slope No. 1 there is a mnlc called "Fox,”
who cannot ire hurt. Ho is the chalnlngmule
nt tire bottom of tire slope aud his work Is to
bring ears to tlio clinin from tho endless rope
and to take empty ears hack. Ho is a wise
mule and has remarkable instinct. The rope
has broken once or twieo nnd
the hiule stepped to one sido to
escape tho ears that camo rushing hack. Ho
knew by sound that something was wrong
and lias never hud a scratch, while men havo
been killed timo mid again near him. Air.
gam Alison, the mining boss, said he could not
replaeo him on accouut of his superior mule
sense. Tire animal has been in lire mine four
years, and is fourteen hands high,andisgontlo
and kind. Ho is a good puller auil never goes
in k on anything that is put behind him.
At the mines lire scvcnty-llvo mules, worked
under tire ground. It is a singular thing that
these mulea are not fit for outdoor work, and
w ould he wild if taken out.
A few days ago Mr. Henry F. DoBardelcbeu,
tire pioneer southern iron master, began bay.
ing tip some choice Birmingham property. H(
is a quiet mover, covoring up his tracks well,
When our eorrespondent heard that ho waa
buviug city real estate he know the iron and
eoal king iind a big deal on hand, but not until
Tuesday was lie enabled to call the turn. The
butt V inert of last week a party of capitalists
from Philadelphia landed at tho little station
the Georgia 1-aeilie, a few miles east
there, called Ilenrvcllen. Heuryollen is tire
name of tire immense coal mines just opened
by Mr. Deltardeleben, the nsme being a com.
lunation of his own ami his wife's drat name.
The capitalists were accpnipauietl by Edward
V. Denvilliers, an expert mining engineer
flour Philadelphia, who came to Inspect the
mines for the capitalists.
The candidates for the office of county tress;
urcr In Pike county aro all cripples. One bad
both hand- .hot off. Another tin.- only one arm,
ami the third is deformed Inbolharms and bands.
TOM JOHNSON’S TRIAL.
The trial of Tom Johnson, tho noted Loug
l’ouil mounshiner, has been In progress in 8a-
vauuuh since Thursday, and which was fully
reported In the News, has ended iu the convic
tion of Jobuson. The case excited unusual
attention, from the high standing of tho pris
oner, as well as from the scnsatioaal character
of the offense for which Johnson was tried,
Attorney-General Garland retained Solicitor’
General DuBiguon to proeeeute the case.
TDK STORY OF THE CRIME.
Deputy Collector W. H. ClcmenU told tlio
story of the crime in a graphic manner. On
the SSil of October last he was a deputy collec
tor. aud on the uight of that ilaywent to Mout-
comerv county for the purpoto of seizing an
illicit still. About dark the witness, with W.
T. Wa'l aud T. Bose, creased tho Oconee river
on his way to long Pond, Montgomery county.
The first place the party went to after crossing
the te rry was to a store, where they met a col
ored man who stated that ho could take
tho partv to within two hundred yards
of the 'place where the still was If
rated. The negro was taken in Wall’
buggy. On the way they stopped at Tom
Moxo's bouse and made some inquiry of him
as to the loration of the distillery. Tire negro
said that the still waa in Johnson's hay. Mozo
said it was somewhere else, moments decided
to go according (0 the negro's directions, and
they went to the boy and searched for two
•Mill as they caaie up near tno store me
.. saw t bat the door was open and he aiw
light shining inside. One man came out
and mkr.i: -Who is that;’ Another man
me out right behind him. Tire ms a
..• came 2 out £ was the first to fire,
' witness thought. The wit-
positively identified Johnson
as the first man who came out,, and he knew
that Jobuson fired. Seven or eight shots were
fired. The witness said that ho knew Johnson
perfectly w ell, and he added that the defend-
ant Bad his gun pointed at the party when lie
came out of the store door. The shooting
bloke lin the party, and no further attempt
was made that night to find the still, \\all s
„,„i c uns struck by ataut twelve buckshot.
Air. C’iemcut3 had heard that Mr. Pritchard
had offered a reward of f 100 to have the still
broken up. Mr. Pritchard's objection to the
still was that it demoralized his hands. The
defense questioned the witness closely in re
gard to the statements made on tho Mozo trial,
and in conversation with different parties.
JOUKSON’a STATEMENT.
The evidence introduced fully sustained the
ease against Johnson, tho witnesses giving the
filets under tlio rigid cross-questioning of Mr.
DnBignon. When the evidence was in John
son made a statemout in which lie said that ho
went to Mt. Vernon on tho ovening of October
fifid. Ho rode a mule. On Ida way back ho
stopped to see Hulsey. He was going to Sic-
ISndc's store to sco about un nccouut, and Hul
sey walked up the road with him. On their
w ay they met Carmichael nnd two other men.
Hulsey them went back home. Directly Mo
zo came up, anil Carmichael, who bail boon
drinking, got tn quarrelling with Mozo and
was about to strike the latter with his gnn
when the defendant grabbed tho weapon.
Mozo said that ho was going up to the store af
ter somo horse liniment. The defendant,
Caimiehnel. and Mozo wont into tlio
store, and the defendant called for oysters.
Some one on tho outside whom tho defendant
could not seo railed ont: “Nine, they’re com
ing," Mac then went out of tlio door. 1. fol
lowed. Ho grabbed the gun that Mozo hail act
down alongside tho door. I turned to the left
nud went behind the store aud met a man
named Williams. I heard tho shooting and
supposed it was at darkies. I got in the store
ata window. I hail no fire-arm, and do not
own n rifle. I did not shoot a gnn when I
went out. I iind no connection with n still of
any sort.” Johnson added that ho never left
the countv, anil claimed that he was never ar
rested until hegavo himself up.. Tho prose
cution did not cross-examine him.
Mr. DuBignon summed np tho testimony or
Clements,Wall,Boee.BilcsMcnrlde.anddeclared
that their evidence identified Johnson as ono
of the parties who fired upon the raiders. The
counsel for tho government attacked the lino
of defense and seathed the testimony of sonic
of tho defendant's witnesses. His argument
waa a strong review for the prosecution, and ho
asked for a conviction.
Judge Speer delivered a lengthy charge.
Thero was considerable speculation about the
verdict, but tho defendant did not appear to
be very deeply concerned. The verdict was a
conviction of Interfering with the officers in
the discharge of their duty, the punishment
fer which it as severe as for shooting nt them.
Sentence wts su»|icnded.
COTTONatAllKErrar
CONSTITUTION OFFICE,
f Atlanta, January S3,18S0.
THtWEIE'S REVIEW.
Kciv York-Thccottonmarket has been unusually
quiet this week. The close today shows very iiule
change as compared with the prices of a week ago,
Ihe months Leiog a few points lower. Spots, mid
tiling 9 5-lCc.
Local—For several days past tho cotton market
has undergone very little chauge. Receipts lor the
week amount to 2,M3 bales, against 1,333 bales ;iast
wcok and 1,309 bales for the corresponding week
laatjear.
NEW YORK, January ZL—The following Is tha
comparative cotton statement for the week ending
today:
Net receipts at all Cnlted States ports.
Same time last year.
Absolutely Pure.
TbI* Powder o*ver vatic*. A miml of
anrt whol worn bop** Mare ecoromtoal
Dm the onii-tar* kloi. and 4»«nu**t ♦** »o
>mnetliionwllMb*mmtilni<Je of low w*t toon
night a* tun or phosphate t* 'item, bo;<* auiv in
ata Loval Basina Powosa Co . «*«
V'eif.Ni* York.
ADDRESS ORDERS FOR
DIAMONDS,
WATCHES tP JEWELRY
TO
J. P. STEVENS,
JEWELER,
47 WHITEHALL 8TREET, ATLANTA, Qk,
Mention this paper. nor 17 wky ljr 12p
i increase...
..... 108,253
..... 93,000
14, Ml
8,951,316
1,008,SOS
...m. 56,792
.... M 109,578
....re U2,2T»I
..rere 17,1
Exports for the week...
Some time lost year
... .— in j ncreMe>
to date
Borne time last rear
Showing adecretic .JJJj*
Stock at all United State* port*...,. -.1,087.550
Same time last year
Showing an increaie...
Stock at interior town*...
Same time last year-
Showing an increase
890,774
190.770
2t"»,6l7
16 V. M
76,611
Block at” Liverpool re 5M5
~ io time ia*t year re.....—..— HtOOO
Showing a decrease.. - ] HJW
American cotton afloat for Great Britain U 1,000
Showing a decrease-
855.000
181.000
SATURDAY, JANUASY 23.
New York-Future* went down about ten points
today, and allowed considerable loss of strength.
Spots, middling Oj^c.
Net receipt* today 21,051 talcs, against — bale*
last year: exports 17.0C6 bales; last year bales;
itock 1,080,016 bales; lost year bale*.
Below we give tho opening and closing quotations
of cotton futures in New York today:
ofemkd. cLOtxn.
Jannary 9.15^9.17 9.0Jf 8.10
February 9.18® 2\l
3!arcb 9.2y@ ?. J
April J
closed'weak; saics 114,000
Local—Cotton easier and buyers offering less. We
quote !*pots at.the followibg prices: Good middling
9 :i-16c; middling s%c; strict low middling 8}<e; low
middling 8}^c; strict good ordinary 8c; good ordiua
ry 7&os tinge* 8lie ^middling stains 8a
NEW YORK, January 23-The total rDibloanp.
ply of cotton for the world is 3,077,931 bales, of which
2,718.931 bales arc American, against 3,082,810 bales
and 2,COO,410 respectively last year. Receipts stall
interior town* is,321 bales. Receipts from plants*
lions $9,071. Crop to sight 5,111,931 bales.
PROVISIONS, GRAIN, ETC,
CONSTITUTION OFFICE,
t Atlanta, January 23,1886.
. -a following quotation* indicate the fluctuation!
on the Chicago board of trade today:
WKXAT.
Opening. Highest. Lowest Closing.
January ~'4i nK% rj '‘ ;9 '"' 7 ^»
January 10 to 10 to 10 to
Live Stock*
ATLANTA, January 23- Mulm are in fair da
maud with supply moderate. The market isi un
changed os to prices. We quote os follows: Millet
-14 to 15 bonds waiia: 15to lftUhands
H65. Horse*— Plug **>©1100; drive f 10001150.
CINCINNATI. January 23—Hogs firm; common
and light |8.20#V3.40; packing and butchers
•4.25.
Miscellaneous.
family
Corn—No.2 white. Tennessee. 66; No. 2white*mix-)
rd, fac;. Corn Meal-Wc. Oats—Rust proof 50c
Hav—Choice timothy, large balei 95c; choice timo
thy. small bales, fl.00; No, 1. large baiesJ
SOc; No. 1. small bales, 93c. l*ea*-Red 75cl
clay 75c: mixed 75c. Wheat Bran 9S«$f 1.00 Grit*
83.95 V bbl. Coffee—Rie 10® 13c V lb; old govera-J
meut Java 25c. Sugars—Standard A 7’v’; ‘
lated 7%ic; white extra C 6?#. 8yruPH
Of leans cnotoe 45e: prime 80®33c. Teas -Black 85
mttc: green 85®60e. 3!aekercl-No. I, tfbbls.96.89;
No. 8 bbl-16.50:15 bbls £3.50: kits50c; palls 50®56&
Soap—82.00®85.00 * 100 cakes. Rice—5*4®# 15C.
Bulk ileal*—Clear rib sides 5?;c. Sugar- cured
bams, large average. 10’^c; small average, lie.
iJUd-Tkn-e*. refined, 7c; choice leaf. 9®9fc&
Lemons—*2.50618.00 * tar. Horse ihoe*-$4.00;
mule shoes 85.00: horn* shoe nails UKfJOc. Iron-
bound harac* 84.00. Trace^chains 30®^. AmeaPI
shovels f9.50; spade* 19.50® 113. Axes |7.0O^?i0.0C
l dnxen’ cotton cards 83.00«|fi.00. Well bucket*
f 1.00. Cotton rope 16c. Swede Iron 5c: rolled, or
merchant bar. 2*. rate. Cost-steel 13c. Nails tittj
Gliddtn bartad wire, galvanized, #o « B>; J>*intefl
fe Powder—If.fie 84.00: blasting 82.70. Bar MM
To; shot ll>5. Leather—G. P. 24®26c; P. D.ijP
2ic- tast 254? / .’8e: white oak sole 40c; harness leather
SOietMC: black urper 35®40c
E*r>--^.U"m r — Strictly
2#^Cc; strictly citoice Tennessee lt418c. oth«t
grades 10®!•<. Poultry—Voting chickens
hens 22vS25c: eock‘ 20e. Sweet poU*“'
Carolina ec; VlrjiaU e;<c. h
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
ity. will be sold on the first Tuesday in ream*
nnr, ltoO, before the courthouse door in Clayton,
the following described lands, to-wlt: I»t No. 110
and part of lot No. 128, in the 13th district of origi
nally Habersham, now Ilabun, in the usual hours
of sale, to to the highest biddr. Sold as tho prop
erty of M. C. Dockins. deceased, for the benefit of
the heirs and creditors of said deceased. Terms
ntado known on day of relc.^ThWamn^Mas*.
Janl2wky4t Administrator of Said Deceased.
EORGIA, FAYETTE COUNTY.—GEORGE &
Banks has iu due form applied to the under*
....icd forpermanent letters or administration oa
the estate of Jurden Price, late of aaid county, do*
ceased, and I will pa<* upon aaid application on
the first Monday in Fcbsuary, 1886. given under my
hand and official signature. This the first day of
January, 1886. D. M. FRANKLIN, Ordinary.
Jan 5 w4t-12pg. 2yl
applied to the undersigned for leave to sell a port
or the land belonging to aaid ward, and I will pass
upon her application on tho first Monday iu Feb
ruary next Given under my hand and official
signature, this January tho 1st, 1886.
TATE OF GEORGIA, RABUN COUNTY-WILL
I be sold before tho courthouso door, in the town
Clayton, in said county, on the first Tuesday In
February next, 1886, within the legal hours of sale,
one undivided half Interest to thefollowlngnjuued
and described property, to wit: One undivided half
toresftareto be^ongUigT Said six hundred feetof
piping nnd machinery being cumbersome to more,
will be sold and delivered.wheni they now stand,
to wit; Ou lot of loud No. 103, to the 6th district of
said county, known a* the Smith gold lot.
Three cots, one pair scales, ono tax candles, one
block and tackles, twelve pound* of nails, one cau
coal tar, four copper plates 1x2 feet, one can ma
chine oil, four gravel forks, ono rake, three mon
key wrenches, one braco, two pipe tongs, four coal
chisel*, three punches, six pieces iron, oue flask
quicksilver, one Jug quicksilver, ono bar iron " feet
long, three drill*, ono crowbar, two cranks, throe
picks, eight iron band*, two old tin can*, ono grind
atone, two batteries, eight feet robber hose, seven
collar*, tbrcc chairs, ono table, one looking gla*«|
one nozzle, two wrcnchc*. ono # lot bolts, one old
lamp, ono lantern, one llttlo giant, one wlieclbar*
satisfy a fl fa issued from tho superior court of aaid
ronnty in favor of James P. Wilson against said W.
R. Cochran. Property pointed out by plaintiff.
Terms of tale, ca*h.
G eorgia, fayktte county-margaret j.
Jones, guardian for h. J. Jones, now
E. J. Long! no, James H.. M. F., W.
F. end M. A. Jone«, now M. A. Westiey, *Pplies to
• r letters of dismission from said guardianship.
will pass upon her application ou the first
Monday in February next. Given undermy hand
and official signature, this Jon wry 1st, 1MJ
jant wk-lt rip 1). M. FRANKLIN, Ordinary.
G eorgia, fayktte county-r. r. Rogers
has applied for letter* of administration do
Donis non, on tho estate of Eli Edmondson, of said
county, deceased, and I will pass upon aaid anpll*
cation on the fir*{ Monday 1
January tho 1st, 1886. D. M. FRANKLIN,
lan5-wky*4t 12p Ordinary.,.
IF RAGES
. J JI
Ja testing strain of
1600 Pounds
TO A SQUIRE INCH.
rnmomrxt uronwl plot btor*.
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