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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLASrrA, GA, TUESDAY MARCH 15,1880
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ALL THROUGH DIXIE.
WHAT THE SOUTHERN FOLKS AR
SAYINO AND DOINO.
n , BtlUmore Conference olthe M. E. cnuroh South
-Lawless HOSTS Mlnsra-Marrled O.or s Qrort
—Psrrlomsnt* ooons to Show that on In.
accent Forty Woo Lynched. Its.
Virginia.
Tbs prohibitionists and the antis are organ'
lain, in Richmond.
Mississippi.
The bill calling a constitutional convention
has passed the Mississippi senate.
Florida.
Tbe dnkeof Castellacda is in Florida suing
for tbe recovery of the famous Duinmett grove on
Indian river.
North Carolina.
ftiebmond Testament, tbe supposed murderer
of a peddler In Ashe county, has been arrest
ed near Abingdon, Va.
The people of North Carolina arc no longer
opposedto the migration of tbe negroes to the
southwest
Arkansas.
Tbe peach crop In Arkansas is reported
hilled.
Robert Bonner was recently murdered,
robbed sod cremated In White county.
Texas.
He Is dead.
North Carolina.
Tbe trial of W. denes and hts son, charged
with tbe murder of the Joyce family last
spring, le in progress. A large crowd it in
attendance and much Interest is manifested. A
S iecial venire of two hnndred was ordered.
our person! were burned In the Joyce home,
and if accidental waa one of tho saddest of
tragedies. If a crime It is the most diabolicaf
ever perpetrated in this section. Tho evidence
is circumstantial. There are over ono hun
dred witnesses, and the defendants arc men of
e ood family and means. The trial is likely
9 consume three weeks,
Kentucky.
The murder on Christmas eve, 1S81, when 3
children were murdered at Ashland resulting
in a lynching, Is recalled again by a develop-
meat about to bo made, which will demonstrate
that Neal, Craft, and Ellis were innocent of
the crime for which they suffered. For some
time several gentlemen havo been employing
detectives to alft every theory and investigate
every clew. Their work has been crowned
with success, and It is claimed the arrest of
the real crimintls will soon follow. Tho
evidence is said to bo conclusive, and
will show that the trlplo murders were commit-
ttd early in tbe evening, and that tho porno-
I rotors went to tho hotuo by appointment with
•ne of tho girls, who had previously keen on
intimate terms with one of them, and that tbo
triple murder followed, unintentionally, tho
killing of tho boy for resisting the assaults on
the girls. Arrests would have keen inado be
fore but for tho excited state of public feeling
Tiere on tbo subject. Tbo suspected parties
hold very respeetablo places.
Tennessee.
A remarkable wedding occurred at Chestnut
Mound, today. The bride wus a young
lady of good family, and tho groom had be
trayed her. Tho courtship began two years
ago, and ended for a tlmo with another In-
stance of man’s cruelty to the woman ho had
wronged. Having won her love and confi
dence under promise of marriage ho seduced
her, and then openly refused to redeem his
promise. To escape tho vengcanoe^of her
male relatives he fled to unknown
parts, and during hla absence the nnfortnnate
girl became a mother. After a fow months of
life tho child died Its father subsequently
repented of hie sin, and obtained tho forgive
ness of hie victim by a solemn promise to
stone for hie wrong by at once making her hie
wife. Tble promise he kept as soon as tho ar
rangements could be made. The ceremony
took place thli morning. They repaired to tbo
gravo of their dead child, with friends and the
minister, and kneeling one on each side of the
grave, with hands clasped abovo it, they spoke
tbe vows which united them, the ceremony
being performed by tl
the foot of the grave.
Virginia.
At the seislon of the Baltimore conference, M. E.
church, south, Tuesday, reports from elders showed
a gratifying condition of tho conference. Not only
were accessions lam hat tho financial standing
good, and the future hopeful.
In behalf of tho foreign missionary so
ciety Dr. Kelly delivered a powerful address,
giving an account of the work and hardships
of missionaries. He stated that In the past
few years the amount collected for foreign mis
sions had increased four hnndred percent, and
that the work of the M. E. church, South; in
tble connection had been pronounced by an
eminent bishop of another denomination a
wonder of church history. Tho conference
voted to guarantee the payment of half tbo
amount assessed against It fur foreign missions
by September I.
At Harrisonburg lately, William Finehnm
confined In Jail, charged with murdering hie
brother, Preston Flnchum, near Elkton sta
tion, in this county, Thursday evening. The
murder was cold-blooded and deliberate. The
evidence against Finehnm Is very strong,
alleged cause Is that he coveted hie brotl
wife. Finehnm had to be moved from the
neighborhood last night for fear of lynching.
Alabama.
A fracas occurred Tuesday afternoon at the
Morrle mines that eclipses any of the farmer
exploits of the lawless negro miners of the Iron
ore district, centreing some eight miles south
of hero. It all grew out of a quarrel on the
•erne place Saturday night, In which a negro
from the Woodward mine, three miles distant,
across Bed mountain, vainly demanded the
refunding of twenty cents tut was lost at a
game of "Craps.” Yesterday momlnji be came
to Morris’s quarters again, with several friends,
and renewed the quarrel. The result waa that
one of his beekere got shot through the hand.
Goingjback home he got together a large squad,
and poking up reinforcements at the Eureka
mines returned to the attack, his force num
bering some twenty-five men, all armed.
Hardly had they posted themselves behind the
trees preparatory to picking off any of tbe Mor
ris negroes who might show themselves, when
the Utter tuned out In larger numbers than
a and charged them out. After a lively,
surprisingly bloodless fusllade, the
ud partyhad to beat a hasty retreat.
Another or the Woodward negroes was shot,
and several badly beaten. Nobody was seri
ously hurt on tha other aide. Two deputy
sheriffs went down last night and brought In
to Jail a man who waa shot through tho hand.
All tho others had got out of the way.
Henry Smith, colored,the supposed murderer
of Ur. Frank E. Cocke, at Scott’s station, was
captured Tuesday by a band of mounted men
who followed him with blood hounds. Blood
Wat found on his clothes, and an envelope
bearing the etamp of the Cl nelnnetl, Selma and
Mobile railway waa found In hie pocket. The
prisoner made his escape and was recap
tured after a chaae of seven miles and lodged
in Perry county jail, at Merlon.
Governor McDaniel and HU Record,
The correspondence between Governor
McDaniel and General Lawton will be read
with interest. It formally declares that
Governor McDaniel is not in the gubernato
rial race,(and puts Mm on higher ground
than any other cause could possibly have
led to.
With the knowledge that the Itate will fir
the present lose the services of Governor
McDaniel comes a sharp and definite recog
nition of what those services have been. It
ie not too much to mj that hla official record
is perfect. A careful and deliberate review
docs not disclose a single mistake. His bns'
inets judgment has been unerring, hie de
cisions prompt and firm, his integrity un
challenged, and bis devotion to the state's
interest above all other considerations. No
better governor ever administered Georgia’s
affairs; a squarer and safer administration
will never he seen.
In one item alone Governor McDaniel
saved the state untold tumble and huge ex
pense. When the authorities of the East
Tennessee road owed $750,000 aa balance on
the road, they claimed tbe right to pay it in
cash intead of bonds. This the governor de
nied, insisting that they mast psy in bonds of
the state. Tbe money was thus saved for tbe
rednetion of the debt instead of being frit
tered away in current appropriations. In
floating the last issue of over three millions
of bonds the admirable good sense of the
governor, his firmness and his foresight, was
again displayed. Quietly and laboriously
he plodded through the mazy considerations
that invested the matter, and reached the
right reenlt when a hundred men would
have missed it. In every official transaction
—from the smallest to the greatest—he has
been the same painstaking, conscientious,
level-headed man, keeping the straight rood
of dnty, undeterred by threats and unde
ceived by sophistries. He will close his
administration amid universal approval—
without a single spot on wMch his most
malignant enemy can justly lay the hand of
censure.
It is the highest and most patriotic consid
eration that leads Governor McDanlol to his
present course. With an unassailable
record, with friends in every connty
in the state, with steadlhst and growing
popular strength, tbe temptation most have
been great to yield to repeated 1 solicitations
and allow the use of his name for a third
term. He hue bravely tamed aside from
this suggestion, and standing on tbo tradi
tions of hie party and tbe spirit of the con
stitution, announces that he will not be a
candidate. Another term in the gubernato
rial chair could not have given him tho hon
or that comes with this letter. That posi
tion had already yielded him all its dignity
and prestige. His letter adds n lustre to his
name that office holding conld never give.
From the first day Governor McDaniel en
tend the state's service, a young and un
known legislator, his influence has been
goed, his judgment valuable, his counsels
wise, and his integrity above reproach. His
ability has shaped much of the most import
ant legislation of the post fifteen yean, and
not a measure has been laid on the statute
books in all that time that his watchful eye
did not see and his active supervision review.
For the lint time since he entered the lower
house, he now sees a chance for relenso from
public service. Whenever there is perplexi
ty or entanglement in Georgia’s political
nfihin, the name of Governor McDaniel will
be invoked to bring peace, and around his
unblemished record and his unassailable
character all tactions will nnite. His retire
ment-voluntary now—will not be long per
mitted. The people undentand folly that
the state does not hold n more devoted
patriot, an abler administrator, a cooler bead,
n braver heart, or a purer man than Henry
D. McDaniel. Such men are scarce, and ore
likely to be called often and again to public
service. Bat if this shonld not be so—if
Governor McDaniel, retiring in the prime of
his life, shonld never again enter publio life,
he may accept from the people of Georgia
this morning the assurance that he has al
ready made, to be transmitted to his chil
dren, a record for distinguished, and rueful,
and honorable service, clean and conscien
tious work, that fow men can equal and no
man surpass, at tho close of a long and labo
rious pnbllc life.
Yon hardly rcallzo that It le medietas, when
taking Carter’s Little Liver I’ills; they are very
small; no bad effects; all troubles from torpid
liver are relieved by their use.
No min {sham into the world whose work Is
GEORGIA NEWS.
A Soldiers' mors Briers asset > Mirrlsre-Tho
Chinese—“Swamp" Muss's Delta Verifies the
Old Adsgi Test "Herder Will Oul"-
A Murderer Arrested In Welker.
Bepoite from Macon are to the effect that
"Swamp” Miles died in a wretched hut, on
the swtmp side of Tybec, Sunday. There
were several women present when the
wntched men breathed his last.
Your correspondent was informed of the feet
of his death at 7 p. m. yesterday, and set out
to Investigate. It wee an exceedingly hard
teak, for the man bad few intimates of late
years. Meeting with somegcutlemcn employed
at the Central railroad shops, the reporter waa
informed as to tbe whereabouts of tho negro
woman who reported hie death. Then, with
two ftlenda, and a negro for a guide, he set out
for Tybee, at the lower side of which unsavory
locality, be found the woman. She wu rather
outlay, as tbe race are always suspicious, and
not disposed to any much. Finally, however,
ahe repeated the story u the reporter had lint
heard it, that tbe man was low down with
typhoid pneumonia and grew delirious previ
ous to his death. She had learned
from an elderly white woman who was pres
ent, that In his nvlnge he frequently called
out something about "Mollis.” First he would
clutch at his throat and complain that Mollio
was choking him, then he would say,
away, Mollie, go away, yon are palling r
hair. I killed yon once, bat y
are here again to torment me.’’ Those
who remembered tho bloody tragedy
of 1876, when “Swamp” Mollie and hei
mour, en Iriehman named Davis, were
dead and horribly mutilated, one mornini
supposed that he alluded to that. Swamp Mol
He wu a woman of ill repute, who got off
there in a little cabin, right at the edge of
the gloomy swamp that ilea along tho Dcmtil
not bora with him.
“Two hearts that heat u one,”—St. Jaoobs
Oil and Bed Star Cough Cure,—the conqueror
of rheumatism end healer of coughs.
Iw tbe United States every two-hundredth
man takas a college course; In England every five-
hnndrcdthi In Scotland every six hundred end fif
teenth, end in Germany every ono hnndred end
thirteenth.
LEMON ELIXIR.
A Card From Cuthberi, Ga.
Thie le to certify that 1 need Dr. Mosley's Lemon
Elixir for neuralgia of the heed end eyes with the
most marked benefit to my general health. I
would gladly have paid $500 fix tha relief It has
given me at ibecosfof two or thru dollars.
II. A.Bi--
Cl’k Superior Court I
Lemon not Drops.
Cures ell coughs, colds' '
bronchitis, pne —
esses, except c
aeviuuu uut irrwpie
loughs, colds’ hoarseness, tom throat,
i, pneumonia and all throat and lung die.
rpt consumption, which disease It palll-
leading druggists, Prepared by H. Mozley,
Is Washington asparagus tips have taken
the lead of melden-helr feme In making up bou
quet! and set pieces. The day of tho succulent
turnip end the saccharine beet will probably
The Throat.- , ‘Brown's Bronchial Troches''[acts
directly on the organs of the voice. They have an
extraordinary effect In all disorders of the throat.
How good It le to belong to tha royal Dually
of Fexe-Coburgl The young Braganza-Orleans
couple are to hare a pension of 1210,000 a year
from the Portuguese clrll list. The late Don Fer
nando had COflOOO a year.
■The Chinees most go.” And rheumatism
will go, after an application of St. Jacobs 00.
Get the best end cheapest. Salvation Oil
relieves in tho twinkling of an eye. Price
23 eta. <
Fox the first time on a week day sines hie
Inaugural President Cleveland went walking on
Tuesday. He was accompanied by Oeorgt W. Hay
wood, an old Buffalo friend, end wu gone more
then on boor from the white boose.
The great inccses of Salvation Oil provokes
Imitations. Bee that yon get the genuine.
Price 25 cts *
A cow fell into tfie Potomac river, ~at Wash
ington, and, entering a large sewer which empttee
near tbe^pot, traversed it for nearly a Square be
fore a number of men ucccsded In reeculng the
frightened animal with rope and tackle through a
torn. WINSLOWS SOOTHING STROP lor chil
dren teething, eoftena the gums, red ucea Inflamma
tion, allayg all pain and c
A flax is afoot for tbe reunion of all the ar>
my bands of both armies, to be held In Richmond,
Va., next May. II will lead to another evacuation
of the city. If there Is anyth tug [n the Jericho eup
ry, the walla of Richmond have only about two
months to etand.
The moat efficacious stimulants to excite the
the appetite ere ANGOSTURA BITTERS, pre
pared by Dr. J. G. B. Siegert A Sena. Be
ware of counterfeits. Aik your grocer or drug
gist for the genuine article.
;co river at that point. She earned a liveli
hood by hook sand by crook. A great many
people, for instance, would
■um per month to ice that
and came ufely through the swamp. Finally
Davis went to live with her, and tho two staid
there for yews together. It wu generally
supposed that they bad accumulated some
money, but few were prepared for tbe horri
ble tragedy that wu enacted in that lonely
hovel. When discovered tho throats of tbo
two were cut, and tbe prints of bloody hand!
were observable In many pieces, u If the mur
derer, rejoicing in hie ghastly deed, had dipped
bis bunds In the hot blood end then epluhed
the prints of his murderous bands on the walls
and door shutter.
This man Mites and a negro were arrested,
but released for lack of evidence, and since
that the dark deed bu remained a bloody
mystery. After talking with the negro woman
the reporter wu directed by a light shining
feebly across a stretch of dreary common from
the window of a lonely hut built far off from
the straggling line of ahantiea. Ho wu in
vited to enter by a young negro. Insldo
the surroundings Indicated the very depth
ef poverty. There were two white women
and one young negro girl, Leola, tho child of
8wamp Mollie, with a couple of palcfuccd chil
dren wen huddled together In a small room.
The other end of the room was tho room whero
the dead man had suffered out his last fatal
illneu. The little hoy, the only son of Milos,
eras pointed out. Ho wu isld to bo uvon,
and looked to be three. Questioning the women
who controlled the establishment, your cor
respondent wu nneble to learn muoh beyond
the bare fact that tbe man wu dead and
burled. Bko admited he wu delirious, and uid
a good many foolish things. He continually
Imagined hlmeclf In an engine where he wu
tortnred to death with tbe hut.
“Take me out, take me out!” he would
cry, and the women would tooth o him, and
try to calm his disordered brain. She utd ahe
knew nothing of hla calling Mollie or mention
ing her name.
Thursday morning young Lem Johnson wont
tothehonu of blabrotber, Andrew Johnson, to
mo him, ho found Andrew In bed nnoonedous,
weltering in his own blood, and a ghastly
wound In hie free, made with an axe. An
drew’s wife wu present, but could giro
no explanation or how tho wound was
received. - Bbe said ehe wont out of
tho houso hut night, after Andrew had
S ons to bed and when ahe returned found An-
rewln tbe above described condition. The
physician pronounced the sronnd dangerous,
but not necessarily fatal. Andrew, upon re
turning to eonadonsnees, knew nothing of how
he wu wounded. Andrew Uvu about a half
mile from Lewis and live miles from Black-
shear. It la said Andrew and hla wife do not
get along well together; have had
frequent rows, and been married but a few
months. Hie wife Is about fifteen years old.
Tho wife subsequently admitted to havini
struck her husband two blowa witn an ax, am
le la the hands of the law uniting the reenlt.
She gives no reason for tbo deed.
Tom House, a farmer la Oconee county, lost
hie little ten-months-old baby on Wednesday.
The mother had rocked the little one to eleep
and placed It in the crib. After watching It a
few minutes to seo that it wu sound asleep,
ahe went out to attend to come of her house
dead. Thera wu a broken slat In tho crib
and tho child awoke and tried to crawl
through whero tho slat wu broken and hang
itself. The father of Mr. House wu a lieuten
ant la Captain Deloney'i cavalry eompanydnr-
lag tho war, and wu the bravest of the brave.
He laid he would never surrender. In one of
the cavalry fights In Virginia his hone ran
away withhlm and carried him Into tho make
oftheyankees. Ho wu ordered to surrender
and he told the yankees that be would die
lint, when he wu riddled with ballets.
Tntedey afternoon two little boyi, the eons of
Mr. Milton Bell and Cunxnlngt Lindsay, living
four miles west of Irwlnton, were playing
near the former’s house tad were attracted to
a yellow jeaumlno vine growing near by. Af
ter eating a quantity of the blooms, they wont
to the honae and reported the tact to their pa
rents. A messenger was dispatched to Irwin-
ton at once for a physician, but before medi
cal aid could reach them, they were both dead,
dylumona in one hoar and the other in one and
one-half hour after eating tha flowers.
on Soti
Intelligence of tbe suicide
Gaffhey, of Gaffheye, by jumping Into a well
on hie promise*. No cause ie assigned for tbe
sod.
Newton Powell, of Walker county, wu
arrested Tuesday for killing Dr. Ram Price.
Two months ago Dr. Price and Tom Powell
became Involved In a difficulty, In which tha
pbytlclan shot tho young man. Aa he at-
omptad to shoot tho second tlmo Newton
l’owell, brother of the wonndod man, Mixed a
billet of wood and dealt tha physician a terrible
blow on tha bead, crushing Ms skull. Dr. Price
lived tlx weeks with hla bralna oozing out,
and wu a raving maniac until hla daath two
weeks ago. Young Powell recovered from his
injuries, when Newton Powell wu arrested.
It wu decided that four magistrates should
hold hla preliminary trial. When the testi
mony wu concluded, two were in flavor of
acquittal and two wanted him committed.
Neither would yield until the body of Dr.
Price wu exhumed. The heed wu dissected In
the coffin to maka some technical examina
tion, and they decided to bind Powell over In
$200 bond,
Tho arrival Tueaday of a couple of Chinese,
•wells the new comers of celestials in Augusta
up into tha dottns, and tho number In Augusts
into the scores. Their occupation in Augusta la
always shopkeepers, and the green grocera here
My that competition with them la impaarible,
end that if their Influx ie not cheeked they
will drive tbe white traders from tho town.
Already the council hat been petitioned to
reftiM to grant lieenaM to tbe Chinees,
hot thli the dty fathers refuted to do. Small
merchants are becomlngexctted over tho aflhlr
end ere vowing today that if something le not
done to protect their Interests, they will take
up tbe idea suggested In Seattle and elsewhere
west, and force the pigtails out of the town.
Probably forty stores are run hero by Chinese,
and their population ranks In tho hundreds.
Augusta is their paradise, and they teem to
thrive here. Or late, immigration hither
hu been rapid and increased, and the little
met chanti are Justly alarmed. Another
attempt will he nude before council, and this
failing, there la no telling what the next stop
will be. Mnch excitement prevails over the
newerrivele and tbo intelligence that fifteen
or twenty head are expected tomorrow.
Columbus wu visited by fire Tuesday de
stroying abont $4,000 worth of property. About
eleven o’clock at night a terriflo report and
shock, similar to an earthquake, wu hoard
and felt by our people living within Mveral
hnndred yards of the public aquaro. Tho
alarm of fire wu raised, and It wu discovered
that R. W. Bsgby’s store-houao, on tho north
side of tho publio square, had been blown
down with dynamite powder, or some other
expletive, and wu on fire.
Married at the residence of the bride, Mlm
Donie Goodrum, of Monroe county, and David
T. Rogers, of Logan, Kansas. There isa piece
of romance connected with this marriage.
Mr. Rogers wu in the anion army attached to
General Sherman’i command, and with him In
his much through Georgia, and one night
camped neu the residence of Mr. J. I. Good-
ram, the brother of the bride. On leaving
next morning Mr. Rogers left his knapsack,
and In It was a diary which he kept on the
march, which wu found by one of Mr. Good-
rum's children. Romo years after tho present
bride wu visiting her brother end earns
across his diary, and wrote to
Mr. Rogers, whoso address wu found
In tho diary, stating that aha wu in poasoatlon
of tho nme, and if he desired would forward
it to him. He immediately wrote hack re
questing her to forward It to him, which sho
did. A correspondence then sprang up be
tween Mrs. Mary Rogers, his wire, and Hiss
Goodrum, which wu kept up for Mme time.
About eighteen months ago he wrote to Hies
Goodrum that his wife wu deed, and through
tho solicitations of hla children wrote her, as
they and his wife had formed qulo an attach
ment for bor. Borne few days ago ho wrote
again, elating that be had huo “special” busi
ness that called him to North Carolina, and
wonld call to sec her on hie way eontb. He
arrived in Forsyth, and went oat to see Miss
G. to pay a friendly visit and to thank her in
person for preserving the little book he prised
so highly. Ho wu so well pleased with her
be called tho next day,and liking ono another
so well were married, as above atated.
E. J. Humphries, tho father of Hiss Ella,
has boon in Millodgovlllsanduysthagun shot
wounds sho received from Frank Humphries's
,un were not sufficient to kill her, and that
ie immediately went back to the scene of tho
murder and stock his knife through tho dying
girl's heart. This la the wound that caused
her death.
HesayaFrankcametohls houso wlthalio
In bis month saying that hla wife wu Tory
sick and ho wu aflVaid ahe wonld die. Ho
well know before be left home sho bed gone to
spend theday at a neighbor’s, Mrs. Webb. Ho
says ho could not believe his brother guilty un-
tll'he saw that every thing polntpd to him and
him only.
Ho says In that In February Frank and his
daughter Ella visited a valentine party at Hr.
Green’s, a neighbor, and MlssCorrlo, tho other
murdered girl,composed a valentine on Frank,
which Ellen copied sad sent to Frank. Its
closing lines were—
lay down your gun
And havo someluu.
Ho says the young ladles only alludod to
him in that way on account of his being a
great huntor. Mr. Humphries says that If he
had had the opinion he now hu of bis
brother's guilt, on tho day after tho murder,
Baldwin county would havo been put to no
expento with the prisoner.
It is reported In Tallulah that John Coffoo,
tho murderer of John Merritt at Lula oa lost
Saturday night, hu been Men in the upper
put of Habcnham connty d reeled In women's
clothes. Ho Is at largo yet.
DURING THE WEEK.
Tuesday, March D.-Tlio district attorney a
Key West,Fl*.,hu filed a preliminary libel against
tho steamer City of Mexico, charging her with a
violation of Iho nutrallly laws Mrs. Governor
Horatio Seymour died to Utica, N. Y Several
men were badly Injured by an cxptoilon In
Reed’s coal works near Dunbar, re.
In TUI CITV.-All the United States prisoners ex
cept seventeen, havo been taken from Fulton
county Jail. The prisoner Jones, who started to
bis homo to Cherokee county, and who ilck with
the fever or mlnlngetls, died before reaching hla
home. Nearly all tho olher prisoners have been
token to Jails adjacent to Atlante......The street car
tracks are being repelled to Ponce dcLeon end
Angler's aprtogs m ...The Atlanta military compa
nies are drilling, preparatory to visiting Savannah
In May.
Wednesday. Starch 10.-Prince Bismarck hu
been suffering several days from mupcular rhouma-
tlim Three thousand socialists and unemployed
workmen held a meeting to Amsterdam .Tha
continued wu preparatlou In Greece are exciting
grave fears In the European cabinets.—„Tho Bap
tist congress, composed of tho leading Baptist min-
Istcrs or Virginia, met In Danville, Va .The wife
of es-Atlorney-Gcneral Brewster died la Phlladol-
phis.*
lx nit CiTY.-AUanta will hero another fire
company addep to its department to a few weeks.
Maggie Moore, an old negro woman, ettemp-od
to kill berrelf, the csum being religion An At
lanta men hu Invented a btttllo that ho says can
bo adjusted to any shape or site Tho police
force wu reviewed by the board of police com
missioners.
Thursday, Much 11.—A dlsutrous flro oc
curred in Berlin, and several women acre burned
to dealh„...An attempt wu mtde to Amlere,
France, to kill Julia Verncs Fine MtrinM were
killed by Ihe cxploaion of a tug boat at Boston—
A very destructlyo fire occurred to Montreal....
Tho Baltimore conference of Iho M. E. church
convened at Stanton, Va.,—.The death of Bcnator
Miller, of California, will give tbo dcmocratlo side
In the senate an additional member.
Ix Titk City.—The Rev. Dr. Hawthorne, paitor
or the First Baptist church, hu boon elected
chaplain of the Gets City Guards.,,. A kidnapper
wu arrested to Atlsnta yesterday, on a telegram
from Newnan._...Tho pound package donation of
the Industrial union hu proven a (rand sUccra
There are two dogs in this city that are
tborougblj trained firemen, and when tho flro
boll atrikea they go to the fire with the companies,
harking every Jump.
Friday. March IF.—The editors of tho Toledo
Ohio, Sunday Democrat, have been arrested for
sending otScene literature through the malls —
Two powder mills blow up at Portland, Me.,
killing two men Tho Turco-Bulgariau treaty
hu been accepted to Its entirety.
IxmaCirv.—’The Metropolitan street raocom-
bany Is shaping up their track for tho spring rush
to Grant park—Tha agricultural department hu
no more reed to trend out Tbe railroad gates
for the Whitehall street craeatog will be placed to
position In a few days The deputy United
Hates marshals will erect suitable monuments
thegravuof their two murdered comoen-
M’DANIEL WON'T RUN.
The Governor Formally Announces Hie De
termination Not to Make the Itace.
Governor McDaniel will not enter the com
ing gubernatorial campaign as a candidate to
■ncceed himself.
He hu been mentioned In connection with
the nee by many friends and numerous papers
of the state, and had be consented to the use
of hie name would havo immediately gathesed
a tremendous following.
But from lofty motives, u will be teen by
bis letter published below, in reply to one from
General A. B. Lawton, ho refuses to become a
candidate.
OEXXBAL LAWTON'S LETTER.
General Lawton’s letter to the governor Is
u fellows:
savannah, Ga. March 0, MSil-My Dew Sir: The
InqurTfti often made whether your name will
oome before the people of Georgia at tao nost elec
tion fbr governor, or before tho convention which
will meet sooner to nominate a candidate. Per
haps this toqury Is more frequently addressed to
rue, berauses portion of the press of the state hu
made reference to my views as to your eligibility
under the constitution to another re-election.
My Impressions on Ihia branch of Iho subject
were alluded to by me lut July, u Athena, whore
wo metis, trusted of the stale university. The
conversation wu Interrupted, and therefore Incom
plete: and I have had no Interview with yon since
on tbe subject. 1 now dismiss It with too remark
that my Impressions remain tho
Intlmifed Ip you—that p
no obstaclejlo your reel
anolher term u govemorof - —
You entered upon tho diitlea ortho highest office
Intheilftortbepeopleoracorgtear a somewhat
critical moment; especially u regards thelttnanets
attain of the state. And our people cannot fall to
discover tost yon have, by your foresight, judg
ment, firmness, and skill In attain rendered most
valuable and distinguished services. I
need only refer to tho manner to
wh ch you have dealt with tha complications
which grew out ortho failure of toveral or tho
state depositories—to tho final settlement with tho
E urcbuenortho Macon and Brunswick railroad
> the lint and most Important stops toward the
erection of a now stato canltol—and more than all
to such provision made for anticipating the matu
rity of many minims of stato bonds during tho
present yeu, u to place tho financial condition of
Mlmay press for re tire 1
mrnt from, or further services In, iho high office,
but content myself with tho simple Inqury u to
yourto.cn.lon.|tn,d wishes h^jMtrrortics^iould
Jbcrty to make them known.
_ _ .. jrent any poaaible mliapprohenalon, on tho
f art of other*, in connection with thli Inquiry,
take leave to add, the! I have no personal inter*
est whatever in the next nomination or election
for governor of Georgia. With high personal re!
fsra.Ism youn very truly, A. R. Lawton.
Hon.JIIknby D.McDaniicl, Atlanta, Ga.
GOVERNOR M’DANlKL’fl REPLY.
Governor McDtniel replied to the lettor of
General Lawton as follows:
Atlanta, Ga., March is, imm.—lion. A. R. Lew
ton, Savannah, tie.: iMy^Dcsr Sir—Your letter In
reference to my attltudo In the (approaching elec
tion for governor has been received. The samo In
quiry has been frequently addressed
to | mo within tho past fow
months by other friends In whoso character and
Judgment tbe people have manifested confldonco.
Respect for them and for my obligations to tho pub
lic forbade a hasty or premature consideration of
the subject.
Tbe approach of the tlmo for tho executive com
mittee of tho democratic party to proparo for tho
nomination of candidate for tho various state
offices, aa well as tho Increasing urgoncy of frlcml*
‘ dries, have Induced mo to carefully con*
ie question and dccldo lit so far aa It may
effect my course.
Elected to complete tho term of tho distinguished
statesman, Alexander II. Stephen*. I entered upon
Ida unfinished duties with natural dlitnut or my
fltnesa. My endeavors to promoto tbe publio wel*
fare by a fallhrul administration of the state gov*
eminent were rewarded by unanimous ro-elccuon,
without a competitor for the nomination of tho
—.— ——- • **- to at the polls.
lyreul In tho
arable portion
ie people during 'the praaont term havemanl*
idled disapproval of my administration. None of
my official acts, no policy recommended by me and
adopted by the legislature, no measure originated
by the legislature and sanctioned by me, havo mot
general criticism aa unwise and hurtful to tho
commonwealth.
Tho unwritten law of American polities lhal an
executive should serve hut two suooesslvo tortus
has been embodied in our state constllullou. Hi
Into that part of e tone and e fell term following
ItmT W. D. Kcllctt and John Merritt.
■eturday. March 13.—The bnslnem fat Inns
throe,hont the United Sutes tor the pest weak
number two hundred end toniteen end twenty-five
In Canada....A strange disease has broken out
among the horses In Campbell cotrsty, Virginia....
About $350,000 worth of cotton waa deatroFSd by
fire In London—-An attempt was made to blow
a Chinese' wash house to Portland, Oregon ...
The Cataltogs custom house at Sacnos Ayres, val
ued at $5,000,000, waa horned.
In The City.—There ere fifty prisoners to Ihe
Fulton county tail, and they are state prisoner!.—
Harrison Hamilton,la United Sutra prisoner, died
to Jail yesterday—.It Is estimated that 150,000 tone
of fertilizers will be sold In Georgia this atasoo....
Atlanta’s baseball team haa arrived, and they are
noticing every evening.
ICOTT-S EMULSION OF PURE
Cod User Oil, With Hypophosphltee.
Very palatable end efficacious to wasting dlsssse.
Dr. C. T. Bmnser, Rochester, N. V., leys:
"After having used Scott's LmuMleo with decided
ilo not constitute two suoosodre terms. There ie
little reason to doubt that tho people have the le
gal right to keep e governor longer In omoo where
he was entrusted with duties affected by tbo poli
cy and Interrupted by the i
•or. But he shoo Id not ask
I* n< ?tog soon are
tret Ion that an appeal toMMMMNIMMI*
Thore being no necessity tor further Indorsement I
of my administration, and no publio question to
rcoder my candidacy a matter of duty to the demo-1
citfrcii, which to a
nml honorable, I:
,h Uenn!i , me > io'thank you tor tho complimentary
allusions to my services. It has been my endeav
or to merit tbe approbation or tboughtfUland^H
rcrvatlvc citizens, and there Is no bcttci^H
tatlre of that class than younclf. My U
of yon Induces tho belief, Hint notwlthata
friendship Ions existing between ns, yon
express such sentiments, If you were
of [heir correctness. Sincerely yours,
^^^^^^hm^^hDsnstD. McDaniel. 1
Tho Woman Wouldn't Marry Him.
Catawisia, Pa., March 14.—John Freyllg,
ged fifty-three years, a farmer, worth $73,-
<X>, located near Roaring Crack, sight miles
oath of this place, committed suicide by first
piercing his body with a pair of aelsion and
then blowing his fees off with a shotgun.
The cause of the suicide was tbe refusal of
hts housekeeper, a woman or thirty-five, to
msrry him.
MARRIED IN OBOROIA.
Mr. Marcos Msrgollsky and Mlm Beulah Shields,
Columbus....Mr. ■. B. Wannan and Mias Kills
Blgglna, Griffin Mr. W. J. May and Mlm Lula
Mltchelij Rome Mr. M. K, Pentecost and Mrs.
Boyd, Cedatlown Mr. Henry E. Burton and Him
Mamie Sheets, Social Circle—Dr. George P. Du-
Born and Mias Louise Du Bose, Washington.
DIED IN OBOROIA.
Mr. Ollrer Hendrix, Atlanta — Dr.J. W. Fanner,
Hlnesvlllt—Mr. James Thurman, Atlanta....Mrs
C. A. Smith, Roms Mister Charlie Black, Atj
Isnts Master Blanchard Barry,Columbus Mr.
Zee Moore, Atlanta. Mrs. Sarah 8. Maxsy,
Atlanta Mrs. DME |T. Matthews, Buena
Vista Mr. Coleman Tsrpley, Henry county —
Mr. N. T. Maxwell, Henry county Mrs .Martha
A. Craig, Atlanta Mrs. Adams, Csdartown
Mr, W. H F. Cheney, toxin (ton Muter Jobnle
Garrison, Atlanta. Mr. 0. W. Camp. Atlanta —
Mr. Joe Hunt, Adaltsvllls.
Prevent Contagion.
Disease-Poisons an Immeasurably more
likely to communicate tha dlesaas in tha eon
fined atmosphere of a sick room. Tho editor
of the “Bsgistor,” Mobile, Ala., ujk “Wo
recommend Darby’s Prophylactic Flnld to oar
citizens as a reliable safeguard against those
atmaspharlc and other Impurities which con
tribute to sickness. It destroys tha miasma or
poison of which tho odor is a forerunner or
sign.
* * Rupture, pile tumors, Data las and
all diseases of lower bows) (except cancer),
radically cured. Address, World’s Dispensary
Medical Association, Bufiklo, N, Y., and un
does two (3ct.) stamps tor book.
f mall and steady galas (Ivs competency sod a
tranquil mind.
Don't Eat In* Harry.
A health Jsurnal says that paopl* ought to
take three-quarters of an boar for dinner.
This is wall If there is enough dinner to bold
out so long. The penalty for hurrying meals,
as most people do, is a grievous attack of dys
pepsia. In rochseue yon will havo to ro-
resort to Brown’s Iron Bitten for cure, as did
Mr. J. E. Pinkston’ Shelter's Depot. Ais., who
writes, “I found relief in Brown’s Iron Bit
ten after yean of suffering from dyipepaia.”
THE TOBACCO HABIT.
The tobacco habit hu many ciirfoui phase*, and
the conflict between expert* and authorities m to
lta effects hu created considerable confiuion in the
public mind. 8ome phjrtlcIuM declare that tho
*eed la x poison, while other*, equmly aa worthy
of belief, declare that It Is a medicine. They nil
agree, however, that lta excessive nee Is calculated
to Injure tome temperament*
I am reminded ot the tobacco question by tho fol
lowing from the Athens chronicle:
"A gentleman in Athena commenced tha use of
tobacco at 14 yean of age. When 72 yean old, the
excessive flow of saliva had caused Indigestion and
stricture, or constant pain across the breast, threat*
enlngllfe. Advised by an eminent physician, be
commenced swallowing all the juice of the tobacco
(call It by what name you please), and for fifty-four
years hu persevered In the habit. Tho pain
ceased very soon, digestion wu restored,
nerve* became steady, for tbe lut twenty*
five years no headache, although had pre
viously suffered greatly; hu also smoked
all the time, and now, at seventy-six, his nerves
are steady, and can write as well as at twenty: di
gestion perfect, vision good, knows nothing of nau
sea, except In tho dim recollection of upwaids of
half a century ago, hu had no nso for a doctor foe
upwards of twenty-five years, and If afflicted with
softening of tho brain, will not acknowledge ht.
He knows of others who have adopted this course,
with beneflclal^eaults, u for u health la concerned,
without Injury u far a* he knows mentally or
morally."
Now, the average reader would supposo that tho
foregoing Is merely the Invention of a newspaper
reporter, but there are parallel cases right hero In
Atlanta. One of the moat distinguished citizens of
the town—indeed, ono of the most distinguished
citizens of the state, In hts calllng-has for years
been In tho habit of eating tobacco, Instead of
simply cbewlng It. This gentleman la sixty-odd
yean of age, and Is in tho most ro
bust health, with a complexion M
clear u that of an Infant, and an eye as keen aa
that of a hawk, ne hu none of tho ailments of
hla ago, no pains, no aches, no Indigestion.
Nor is this all. Bitting close to my elbow as I
write la a gentleman who hu been eating tobacco
for thirteen year*. He Is a young man and hM
lead a sedlntary life for many years,
taking little or no exercise, and but little recrea
tion In any shape. Hut hi* health la perfect. His
digestion I* good, and his appetite Just what ho
would have It to be. Ha doesn’t know what tbo
headache Is, and tho only feeling of lamltudo ho
ever experience* Is when he dilnks a little too
milch buttermilk for dinner.
One would supposo that those who arofond
enough of tobacco to cat It, would use It to exnou,
but the contrary set-ms to be the cuo. A very
small piece gee* a long way. Truly, there I* no
end to tho mystery of temperament. Out of this
mystery springs individuality, and out of individu
ality spring* tho wonderfol variations that glvo
life Its flavor.
STIDIGEffS tURffmi
I STOMAOHsadiOWI'.a.
—— iwplwinn from a waxy, rallow
tirfffi, to « roddy, baalih/ color, liwtliiliiawwi
low. tloomy spirit* U la on of U» BEST AL*
TMATIVie and PURIPUCRt OW THS
■LOOD, and la A VALUA1LI TONIO.
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- O.P.8TADIOER, Proprietor,
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the usual hours of sate to tha high** ■■■
reared! torerrertlllles;^fertile beneflt'of'ttleh'cl^
Guard Inn ■
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CONSUMPTION CAN BE CUBED!
DR.
WM.
HILL’S
BALSAM ffi£
Cures Consumption, Colds, Pneumonia,
Influenza, Bronchial Dlflloulttos,Bronchi-
Ma, Boarsi’uenfl, Asthma, Croup. Whoop
ing Cough, and all Diseases of the Breath
ing Organs. It soothes and heal* tha
Membrane of tbe Lunge, Inflamed and
poisoned by tbe dlseaee and prevents the
night sweets and the tightness across tha
chest which accompany It. CONSUMP
TION la not an Incurable malady.
BALL’S BALSAM will cure yon, even
though professional aid falls.
norm—d lues wed thur sun wky «ut r m uol
THE DINQEE fib COWARD COM
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gSttMSs&httsftttans
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