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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION jiTLAtrrA, GA, TUESDAY APRIL 20 1838
THROUGH DIXIE
WHAT THE SOUTHERN FOLKS ARB
SAYINO AND DOINO.
A MUilsslppI Man Accidentally xau IbWUt-t
Bloody riikt la Keotueky—A Fetal (hosting
la Wort* Carolina—A Largo Flih Caught
la Louisiana-Other Happenings.
Florida.
A borer that baa been infesting the orange
trees since the freeze. A common-sizel pin
will follow In the hole they mako in the
wood, and unless arrested In their progress
will kill all the trees that hare been partially
killed. Hr. Wo. McClelland, of welborn,
found them in trees in different localities ana
his own. _____
* Virginia.
Horace Darts at Richmond,playing in Shockoe
Bill grareyard with his little sister, and
climbed up on a large headstone. The latter
fell, catching him nnder It. His skull was
fractured, and he died of concussion of the
brain before aid could reach him. The little
girl care the alarm, and some one near by ran
to the spot. The boy was entirely covered by
the stone, and life was extinct.
Arkansas.
Near Harrisburg, on last Thursday, two
men,named respectively Hays and Chamberlin 1
were engaged In making cross-ties, A tree had
been foiled and both went to work to make it
into ties. In a short time Hays remarked
that he must go and attend to some business,
but would return in a few hours. Chamber
lin continued at work, and when Hays re
turned Chamberlin had made the tree up into
ties. A dispute arose about the division of tho
ties, when Bays stepped off a few feet to where
his gun wasstsnding by a tree, took it up, and
taking deliberate aim at Chamberlin, killed
him on the spot. Hays then shouldered his
gun and walked a few yards to whore a young
man was at work, ordered him not to move
and at the same time commenced to reload his
S on. The young man being an eye witness to
lie shooting of Chamberlin, and fearing he
might share the same fate, started to run and
escape to a tie camp a few hundred yards dis
tant, where ho gave the alarm, when a posse
of men started In search of Hays. Up to this
time nothing has been heard of him.
Kentucky.
A Courier-Journal special, of April 12th,
tells of a bloody battle fought In the
mountain wilds of Harlan county, Ky.. on
March 28tb. John Day and threo Htniard
brothers and two Nagslr brothers were on
their way to a logrolling. When they were
met by Isaac Day, Jacob and Sol Burkhart and
Silas Bogg. They were all armed with rifles
and sheltering themselves behind trees and
began firing. Tho firing lasted hnlf an hour,
when both parties retired. Sol Barkhart was
killed and his brother seriously wounded and
Silaa Bogg was shot in the head but not fa
tally. The parties surrendered and are now
in jail. The trouble grew out of tho arrest of
Isaac Day, charged with stealing. His broth
er went on his bond, but surrendered him and
the fight resulted. |
Louisiana,
last Tuesday afternoon, near New Orleans,
a fisherman landed what Is said to be tbs lar
gest food fish ever caught on tho American
coast. It was what is known as Jew fish or
Black sea bass and measured seven foot nine
Inches in length and weighed 713 pounds. Its
body wss as large as that of a homo. It was
hooked on a linen line about as large at one’s
finger, and a desperate struggle ensued be
tween man and fish. The former was almost
pulled overboard several times: but he finally
succeeded in tiring the fish out and securing
assistance landed ft. The line passing through
his bands cut to the bone and lamented tho
fingers terribly.
A passenger Inin on' the Louisiana Western
railroad, from Houston for Now Orleans, was
wrecked at Sulphur till —
Into a stock carl'
I by the wlm
struggle in 1880. The news was recelvdd at
Colombia with wild enthusiasm, the entire
population turning ont. Senator Whitthorno
made a feeling speech, and Colonel D. B.
Coopers. E. W. Cormack, George Taylor, John
P. Williamson and others, also made a poo h^,
A hundred gone were also fired at Nashrille.
Burns' artillery also fired a hundred guns In
honor of the event. Senator Whitthorno
leaves for Washington tomorrow.
An latent of James O. Cany, while alone at her
homo Friday, accidentally found a lla-k of
whisky and swallowed half a pint. She waaun-
conicious for several hour* and it '
could not surrlTe.
lorn for several hours audit was feared she
io« by running
lifting 4 complete wreck of tho locomotlvo end
-*Ifige car. The firemen tumped from the loco*
motive end wee dengerouily Injured. Tho pei*
•enters were coniiderebly iheken up, bnt ell te
cs ped unhurt 0
Mississippi,
James Quinn, started ont from hie homo,
at Oopwooa to hunt squirrels. Whilo in hie
S ard in front of hie dwelling ho took
ie gun off his shoulder end pieced it ecrosa
his arm to put one fresh cap. The gun went
off by accident, sending e ball through his
wife's head, killing her instantly. She never
breathed. She wee standing In the house, end
fell among her six children, deed. Ur. Quinn
is seer!/ crazy over the accident.
Near Coffeeville, Friday last, a number of
little boye and girls were playlng“fox and hounds"
and little Llsde Thaekston was the “fox." Ono
of the little boys suggested that Freddie Thaekston
should returd to the house and get his small shot*
gun and use that in their play. Acting upon the
suggestion, he went to the hooso and came back
with his gun—never noticing that It was loaded—
and walking up In about eight steps of his little
sister, fired at her, the load, which was squirrel
•hot. taking effect a llttlo above the center of tho
forehead, when she Jumped out of the door In
which she was standing, and fell. She was carried
Into the house by her mother, but there could be
nothin jjdone, for the fatal shot had accomplished
Near Bay St. Louis, O. hi. Syl
vester, a boy of eighteen, disappeared from home
Thursday night and was seen with a bull dog pis
tol, which be discharged several times, lie was
not seeu again until Sunday morning, when his
body waa discovered dead with a bullet-hole in
hla bead and his pistol beside him. An Inquest
was held on the bod[*
of suicide. Dlsappoi
South Carolina.
The formers In the country around Columbia,
are putting their land In exoelleut condi
tion, and preparing to plant. He ports from all
parts of the state teu an encouraging tale of thrift
“a.’P&St. commissioner of agriculture, hu re-
reived the subjoined Interesting report from his 2.2
Correspondents.
The men In whett has been depressed fist
rent u compared with last year, and the cond.......
la reported at seventy-right, with 100 representing
res in oats has beta Increased
, end the condition la repotted
to ssllmsted that twenty .ve
at planted and seventy.five per
nous were winter killed.
The correspondents reman that, owing to the
year. The reports show that b par oent or about
W.0W hales, of Imre year's cotton crop to In tho
hands of lbs fanners.
Ons hundred and seventy-eight of the corres
pondents report tho labor. •Wood/’ twelve as •■bad,”
and seventy-two as “Indifferent."
kill meted upon the receipts received by the
department, and without deductions for the area
In wheat and oats destroyed by oold weather and
other causes, and which may not hare teen re
planted, the area of the present year may be ap
proximately stated ea follows: Whsat, 189,1X7
https, nut oats 455,241 acres.
i sales of commercial fertilizers in tho state
November 1st toA
to IMjta loos, against 1
Ths peaks ef the mountains, which an clearly vis
ible man Greenville are white with a corering ol
snow, and looks more like December than April.
Them was a snow storm eighteen miles tram here
a few days ago.
Thursday that Gan. W. C. Whitthorno wool_
bo appointed aa Senator Jackson's suooaasor,
so that tho formal announcement, just after the
receipt of Senator Jackson’s resignation Friday,
created little comment. Governor Bate said,
in ret interview thto morning, that ha fully
mid. np. hla mind two days ago to give the
place to middle Tenneeree. Great pressure had
been brought to boar on him for tho appoint
ment of a man from west and East Tennessee,
hot he recognised his duty to the state and res
convinced that the mu should come from the
middle division. The governor reid vs ifr. WU-
•on's name had ben frequently men
tioned, he would my that Mr. Wilson bed
corns to him and frankly given his views. Ht
not only mods no application for tho appoint
ment, bat he stated that he thought the ap
pointment should not go to uy one who had
ken conspicuously Identified with either fae-
tins of the party engaged in tho political
North Carolina.
Information haareachol Aahvlllein regard to
a fatal shootiog affair near Webster, on the
Western North Crroltaa railroad. On Satur
day night, John Messier, Amoa Sutton and
John McMahan, were drinking at Enloe’a
mills, near' Webster, Messier hod married
Sutton’s cousin, ud left her. Ho made n re
mark derogatory of her, when Sutton struck
him in the mouth. Messier drew his pistol
ud shot Sutton, killing him instantly. Mes
sier fled to the mountains, ud is being pur
sued by n huge ud determined poeso.
The democratic executive committee mceta
Thursday to formulate a plan for the cam
paign.' It hu been found that the law pro
viding for the holding of u election on pro
hibition uya each election shall be held only
u to splrltuoue liquor*. By an overeight tho
old lew, including also malt ud vinous liqu
ors. wss not brought forward In tho now
code of the state. .
It Is sold that there lives, near Wadcsboro
u entire family of avenge inteUl-
{ cure eo superstitions that one of its members
i sorely afflicted with u Imaginary spell put
upon her by her mother-in-law, as she fan
cies, and which nil the powers of vondootem
cannot remove. The victim la a young
womu who ms married eighteen months
ego to a well to do yoong men, who carried
bis bride to the houre of his mother, where
they lived together happily until n few
weeks ago, when the young wife, who had In
tho meu time becomo a mother, became sick
and continued to grow worso from day to
day as tho idea fastened itself upon her that
abe wu bewitched. She returned to the homo
of her Cither, who la a conjurer. Ho readily
agreed with hia daughter that she was be
witched, and, after exhausting all hiaeklll,
declared that he could not remove the charm
because tho afflicted woman wu of hts own
blood. Ho sent for Abbe Lindsay, a voodoo
living In the neighborhood, and promised him
$60 if he would remove the spell from his
child and put it upon the one who bewitched
her. Tho attending voudoo, after ex
hausting hia alleged skill, gave It np
aa a hopeless case, and cause u
other voudoo to be called—tho great
est of them all. The latter keona his Identity
at great n mystery aa bo does the secrete of
bis alleged art, ud nowhere appears In day
light. Saturday night the two voudoos passed
tho night in all kinds of muipuiatlons and
incantations over tho afflicted womu, such,
for (nature, aa rubbing her with frogs and
lizards, the boiling of silver coins, tho waving
of urns and calling of spirits. Huy
are indignant that each gross sai
should exist.
, August
Alabama.
Water is over a portion of the track of the
Louisville ud Nashville where it runs
through the delta of tho Alabama, between
the Mobile ud Tensas riven. The track Is
weighted with loaded freight can ud will
probably wlthstud this heaviest flood over
seen here. Until today passengers were trans
ferred between Mobile ud Tensas bridge by
steamboat, hot all through trevel wu discon
tinued this afternoon.
Dlstren on tho lowor Alabama Is widespread
ud tho negroes are leaving by every boat.
They state they don’t wish to come back toa
country which la now overflowed. A good
deal of the country is badly washed, the buck
■oil din] ’ ' *
thoelay.
have
Mohlle.|has'washed away, including (the
fine residence heretofore mentioned u in dam
* W. F. Moletto, at Portland, 280 milea above,
has lost in honaea and stock, ten thousand dot
Ian.
Opposite Portland; S. Oantaphen has lost a
fine glnhouse.
At Vernon, 330 miles, J. D. Stondemoyorlost
everything in hto house, one eldo of tho same
being washed away. J
two feet of river sand.
On Muach Island, a mule waa found dead,
and standing as if alive, on a bnnoh of a tree
ten foot above tho water, which had receded.
Everything has boon waahod stray from
Nell Smith's, below Washington.
The loss of life so far aa reported Is small for
so great a flood. Two negroes wore drowned at
Mollette’a place, nine at B. M. Boyton’a
place near Portland ud a dozen at Elm Bluff.
Ono white ud six colored wore passed float
ing down tho stream, all drowned. An un
known negro svas fished out of tho river near
Mobile .Sunday.
The State medical association met at Annis
ton Thuraday at 12 o'clock. Forty-five state
delegates, ud Die. Love ud Taliaferro, of At
lanta, went present.
Tho president, Dr. F. W. Peterson, read the
annual menage, which waa fiill of profound
thought ud suggestions. His own lsngnage
is quoted on several of the most Important
points. Speaking of lntemperuce ho said:
I lonnnlaie the following propositions aa the re*
suit of my professional experience:
Alcohoilo liquors an never necessary In health:
they an always Injurious In health In uydoao.
They are never necessary as a food
for mu, uy more than they
are for the lower animals. Tisay do not warm and
sir* strcngthlto the body, but diminish both. They
do not Increase the powers of resistance ud tho
endurance of mental and physical feature. They
do not Increase mental vigor. They do not give
tone to the heart, but the aoceteratea action, which
to always temporary. la folio trod by a reduction of
lacecldl. They may, for a short time, increase tho
new extension, but are followed by relaxation ud
debility, ud the nervous system Is more quickly
worn out under their influence. They build up no
tissue in the body, but in some case* Uicy
etnas a deposition of adlpoae tlaso*.
which to a sourco of waaktuaa and
destruction to tha heart and to all other muscles.
They ere specially harmful to the brain workers
who tako but little .x.rctax They produce a ten-
deucy to apoplexy ud paralysis. They are nev
er necessary norm the least beneficial Ins pevco-
loeleal condition of the system In uy quantity,
either large or email, hot often beneficial in du-
eseo. In which they should ho proscribed by u
expert. As medicine, they tie often very Impor
tant, while every poolhta restriction!should bo
thrown around their Improper sole cod nee, phy-
■tela ns should be able to obtain the m as readily and
easllyaa quintas. or other leading artldea of tha
materia medics."
The Medical association discussed the ques
tion of vital statistics Tuesday night. Wednes
day Drs. Love sod Taliaferro wore Introduced
to tho body, ud Invited to seats with them.
Dr. Lev* complimented tha Alabama as one of
tha leading associations of the states. Tho
ministers of Anniston, through Bar. Waltaeo
Carnahan, requested the association to forego
the use of wine at a banquet to b* tendand
them tomorrow night by the committee of
arrangement*, which request provoked coo-
sidirabl* discussion, aa it placed th* assoc is-
on In the dilemma of being dtaeoorteons to
the minister* of a dry county, which la en
deavoring by legal steps to prevent the obtain-
ment of liccneo to sell liquors, or discourtesy
to tho committee of arrangements, who havo
been appealed to In vain by a large majority
of citizens to leave the win* off theUUof fare.
The ataoeietlon decided diet to refer to a com
mittee, with Instruction to report favorably,
which action waa afterward rescinded. A
motion wee then made end passed to answer
th* appeal favorably at once. This waa recon
sidered ud tabled. Finally it waa referred
back to the committee of arrangements, who
rejected it >
Atlanta Will Beach tha Sea.
At a rousing matting of Atlanta's solid basinets
men tail Tuesday, a committee sras appointed to
survey the proposed routes to Hawklnsville, tad to
th* tavaaaah rivet by way of Waynesboro.
The American hu la
GEORGIA NEWS.
AElgFrissFald for a Hone In Tbomssrille-Con
victed of SKsstlsushtsr-An Atrocious Crime-
A Deed Body found-A Bellroed Contract
Let-Toe stock Lew-Other News.
Tho reference, on Thueaday, in Savannah,
of Judge Emory Speer to Mr. Gladstone, in hie
chargeto the giud Jury, is so unique as to be
tho subject of considerable comment. After
touching upon preliminary matters, he contin
ued!
“The parliament ud tho pconic of our mother
country arc now wrestling with whnt looms to
them ud to the world n question vital to tha very
existence of their empire. In hto magnificent
statement four days ago, which has been already
thumbed to pieces by men of English blood on the
sheep walks of Anstralto, in the Jungles of India,
on the divides of the Bocky mountains, in the
'far Cathay/ as well as In the center* of modern
thought, the premier of England declared 'some*
thing most be done, something to Imperatively de
manded from ns to restore in Ireland the first con
ditions of civil Ufo, the flee course of tow, the lib
erty of every Individual in the exerotoe of
every legal right, their confidence in the law. ud
their sympathy with tha taw, apart (Torn which no
country can he called a civilized country.' What,
theo, to the problem before ttsl It to thto: Howto
reconcile Imperial unity with diversity of legtola-
lion. Let the English government, which, with
all of its feolla ud injustice to weaker powers,
forme today the most solid barrier on earth, ease
onr own country, to the progress of despotic gov
ernments: let this great people from whom
we ere descended, turn to their
children In America for the solution of
■ fa working on two big
and a crop or spring chick-
it which to exercised by tho citizens of Gcorjfia?
let prerogatives in their Imperial government
i the Bruton ministry need more cnectivo than
those which belong to the national government
btre. Ah, gentlemen, let our pitffol wrugte of
party be ever eo vociferous, as to whether 'James or
Jonatbu shall ut In the chair and hold the puree;’
the common renee of mankind must at last admit
that ours Is tha true ud beet system of govern
ment. .
mu Law and Oru_. .L—guo of Savunah is
gaining strength, and ltspower will soon be
felt in the cite. Rev.J.W. Bogan, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church, says that nine
of tho pastors of Savannah are united in favor
of the movement, which they think will be a
good thing for the city. Mr. Bogu remarked
that ho was aware that there is a prcjudlco
against the orguization of inch a body. Tho
taw breaking class, of course, are opposed to it.
“Perbsps, too, some of tho taw-lnforoing part
of th* community think we are encroaching
upon them, bnt we never supposed but that
they would he glad to havo our rapport.” In
a recent meeting, Dr. Bosrman, pastor of the
Lutheran church, mads a short addrees and
referred to a movement organ
ized In Charleston to counter
act the influence of tho non-ob
servance of the Sabbath. Finally the city
council of Charleston took np the matter, and
the first mu punished was a city alderman,
who had been convicted of soiling liquor on
Sunday. “I have been grieved ainoo being
here at seeing the8abbath desecrated,” Dr.
Bowman continued. "Dr. Axnnaud myself
were appointed to look up the taw a few years
ago, and we found by consultation with emi
nent members of the bar that the lairs were
very complete and explicit. But they are
overlooked. Sometimes there ta a prosecution,
but generally the subject is a veryobaoure mu
or a very black man, while a more prominent
mu will do exactly the same thing unmo
lested.” Referring to murders, the speaker
•aid that some of the most atrocious orimoa
havo been committed ud tha perpetrators
have gone free. It ta laid that the juries *ro
Influenced by (Use sentiment and personal
feeling. Ifthatlsthecaselt ta tho duty of
the law.respeeting citizens to build np a
healthy public aentlmcnt.
Tbs most atrocious crime, sines the William*’
murder, of 1882, waa committed in Huoock
county, olght miles south of here, at Mr. Rob
ert Grimes’s place, by a negro named Gas
Brown.
Brown had become Infatuated with tho wits
of John Ransom, colored, ud through hto per
suasion, enticed her to elope with him to
Baldwin county, whore, ho proposed to oohabi-
tato with her, as mu and wife. Ransom soon
learnod tho whereabouts of “Dulcv Ann,” and
with a regard of feeling for his colored spouse,
and deep animosity toward hsrdeoelrer, boat
once determined to reacoe her. On reaching
Baldwin Monday, he (Ransom) procured the
services of Sheriff Ennis who waa to ferret ont
tho matter, ud torn the intruder ovor to tho
bailiff of Hancock county.
Sheriff Ennis was soon on hla trail, and
finally overtook th* culprit, but when tho
sheriff approached Brown, to arrest
him, ho resisted the laying on of hand* and
a stiff wrestle ensued, in whioh Brown, being
the stoutfat of the two, succeeded in throwing
Ennis, and took his pistol from him, with
which ho dealt bis victim aeveral blows over
the head, rendering him onoonsclous, whilo
he made good hia cacapo*
Brown then returned to the housoof hb op
ponent, John Ransom, on Mr. Giimos' ptaco,
whore Ransom had returned with hi* lost
wif* to live unmolested, and on entering tha
door fired on Ransom with the pistol ha had
wrenched from tho hudsof Sheriff Enntathe
day before. The first shot did no fatal work,
aaCthe ball passed through the lapel of Bin-
som'i coat Immediately uother ono followed,
which did tho fatal act passing through the
front breast ud stopping near the windpipe.
Ransom foil to the floor, while Brown skipped
ont at a back way, ud ta
■till at large. Drs. Jsrnlgu and Adams
were summoned qulckly.to which they quick
ly responded, and applied means of stopping
the blood. Despite ail medical aid Ransom
expired Thnraday.
Sheriff Ennis is in a critical condition. Ran
som baa always boons quiet unobtrusive, sort
of mu, ud waa well liked by hb employers
as wall u all who knew him, ud sras never
known to engage in a fuss. Brown is a das-
S rate rascal, ud doeu’t mind spilling blood.
a is charged with aovaral other crimes of a
prior date, which would, perhaps, indict him
r i the fills penalty, p( ■ tho Jaw.
Toward the end of Juuary, ons year ago,
erne parties got lost in tho swamps near Need
ham. Whllt exploring thairwv to the read,
they kicked against a mound of dead leaves,
ud there wu disclosed to them tbs dead
body of s colored girl, aged apparently about
eighteen. Her bead, to her shoulder*, wu
thniatinto a hollow log, while th* rest of tho
body had bsen covered with leaves and bram
ble*. Her eknll wu crushed in u if by a
bludgeon jons of her arms wu so badly broken
that It merely hug by the skin, and hu legs
ere both broken below the knees.
A subsequent investigation ravutad tbo
fact that the womu wu Mariah Dally, tha
wife of John Daily, and the daughter of
Robert rascoU. Daily had lug been u ad
mirer of tha girl, bnt coaid never gain her
father's content to hi* advance*. During the
preceding Cnristmu holidays, tha couple
sloped, were married, ud want to honsakup-
ing. On th* fourth of January, Daily walked
over to tha boon of bis father-in-law, for tho
nnrpose of tffoctlng a reconciliation. Th*
tatter agreed to go to the house of Dally,
where tha thru might talk over the situation.
Ptacoll, who carried with him ahnge bludg
eon, quarreled during th* consultation, and
ordered bis daughter to return home with
him. This she did, explaining to har hus
band that she would return later In the
day. Since that time she hu never been seen
alive.
When Daily, uneasy at hi* wife’s prolonged
absence, wut to FUeoll’s house, the tatter
told him that Maria bad left for home by the
creek reed. Deny retained home only to be
disappointed, while Pueoil, mounting his
horse, disappeared front th* country, and was
not arrested until several months later. In
Florida,* reward having been offered for him
by the governor of Georgia. Ha confessed to
the officers that the devil took possearion of
him while passing through the swamp with
hia daughter, and that he felted her by a mur
derous blow on bar head, and deliberately
broke har limbs, after which h* had eonoealad
har, u she wu ashaaquutiy bond by th*
hunters. _____
Toccos News: Deputy Marshal Andy J.
Crue on Saturday entered th* apartments of
the prisoners and passed down to the lowor
cell, not noticing a young fellow In the fleet
cell who had been Imprisoned for teu days for
reftuing to work the roads. The other pris
oners were in their respective ceils and could
not have escaped through the first open door.
But the road man, who wu not oonuned like
the other*, quietly pused out tho open door
and slammed it to, leaving Andy inside with
the boys. He locked the door and Jailer Crane
wu jailed. The boy on the outside informed
Mr. Crane that he intended to throw the '
in the river. Tjila made matters worse,
would tako probably a month to eat out of the
strong iron cell. Bat the boy wu doing it all
in ftin, and soon Andy wu free again.
The largest price aver paid for a hone in
Thomuvillo wu that for whioh Captain J. L.
Finn sold hia bay gelding Emigrant on Wednes
day but to Judge H. W. Hopkins, which is
said to he $1,000. Emigrant wu bought by
Mr. T. C. Mitchell, for H. a Ainsworth, at the
•ale of Vecch, McDowell A McFerran, at Lou
isville, Ky., in 1881, when a two-year-oltl. He
wu sold by Hr. A. to Captain Finn, who hu
owned him since. On the first day of March
Captain Finn placed the hone in the hands of
Mr. J.H. Thayer. On the flixt day of April (one
month) Mr. Thayer drove the hone over
Trent Lake course, a half-mile track, in 2:39
and showed quartets In 38 seconds a 2.32 gait.
Mr, John E. Heins, of Darien, a clovor fel
low and a prince of sportsmen, hu
just returned afters couple of days’ hunting
trip. When he ut out he told hia friend*
that nothing bnt a bear would satisfy him,
‘ tohta word ho brought in ono weigh-
and true
lug about 250 pounds. Tho present freshet
stems to he pitying ud havoc with the four
footed Inhabitants of swamp* and forest*
along the river. He says that while resting
over the night in a dilapidated shanty near
Clark’s Bluff, he wu repeatedly startled by
distant sounds resembling the blastings of
tho greateat part of the night, he
finally succeeded in getting a couple of
hoars’ sleep before daylight. He awoke
intent upon ascertaining whence the
plaintive sounds he had listened to came.
With this purpose in view he set out paddling
bis boat through the immense swamp. Per
ceiving an elevated piece of ground in the dis
tance, and icolng some kind of animate
moving around on It, he approached stealthily
with* view of seearlngumo fine game. On
coming closer, however, ho discovered about
half* dozen cows with two or threo calves, a
few sheen, a couple of rabbits and a coon. sAII
these animate bad taken refuge on the knoll
from tho rising waters. On the overhanging
. ,. . Jug In the morning
ran. He landed on the knoll, and while tho
cows and calves seemed to regard hia visit with
indifference, and tho rabbits with soma timid
ity, hia eoonahta pretended to be busy picking
briers from nnder hia feet, occasionally outing
a sly, contemptuous glance at the intruder, u
if afraid he had come there for tho purpose of
borrowing money or to solicit some other great
favor. Tho animate seemed quite happy, al
though surrounded on all sides by water, and
Mr. Helm left them In undisturbed possession
of their little republic. A few hours later ho
bagged bruin, ana the citizens of Dsrlon are
now luxuriating in bur steak at 12i cent* per
pound. t
Two parties of civil eng Inure will start out
today on the preliminary surrey of tho pro
posed routes from Atlanta to Hawklnsville,
and from Atlanta to tha Savannah river. Mr.
H. C. Oilier to in chu
Hawkiniville route, an:
assistant city engineer, is in charge of tho 8o-
vannah river route.
Colonel Adair, chairman of tho committee,
says that tho preliminary reconnaiaanoo will
bo made as speedily u possible, and tho reaolt
reported. We take this occasion of saying to
and aeema to har to offer her fullest roller
and best results. It is posslblo that both of
them will he built. We urge tho friends of
the enterprise along tha route* to gtvo the an.
rtatprs every advantage and all the Informa
tion that will expedite the survey. We also
urge the people of each town, county and
neighborhood, to appoint committee*, go to
work and wo how much nbacrlpttons ean be
guaranteed, and report progress at frequent
intervals. Tin Constitution will take
pleasure in printing reports, or suggestions
from towns along either route, and doing all
ta its power to forward tho enterprlae. Let us
hear from every community that ta Interested,
in definite flgnree, so that we may know ex
actly what to count on. It ta well to not
promptly.
In tha circuit court, at Rome, Wednesday,
Julius Ward waa found guilty of manslaughter
in the killing of William Crawford. The
trial was watched with deep interest. Seated
by the window, near the Jury box was the
prisoner, and hia pale, ashy fitce bore tho
marks of his confinement. On hia left sldo
•at hla young wife, and several times during
progress ol the trial sho broke into tears. On
hto right eideeat hie aged mother, and In at
tendance upop the trial wore two brothers of
(ha prisoner.
On tho evening of December 23d list, Julius
Ward and William Cnlbertaon, who had apant
the day In Rome, took easts In their b
and started out for their home in Che;
county, Alabama. They had been drinking
freely along the way, Ward frequently dis
charging hb pistol in the air. When aeveral
miles ont, they met William Crawford, and a
colored men named John Croiey, in a wagon.
Ward shouted ont;
"Treat and pass.”
Crolay did not attempt to stop hla mules,
whan Ward again shouted:
"God d—n yon, I’ll put a 38 through you if
you don't stop whan 1 say atop.”
Croiey answered: "Igotabottlo of mighty
good com whisky, which would be better to
•hoot a man with than a hall."
Ward Jumped out of hia baggy, and Mixed
Croiey by the throat, when Crawford inter-
posed and raid:
“Let him alone, Julius, I told him to drlvo
■. I believe you shot this mule.”
Crawford had a quilt on tbo wagon, upon
which lay a pistol, which ho reached over and
seized with bis left hand. Aa he brought it
toward him, Ward seised his hand and said:
"Bill, give It up,” and turning to Culbertson,
raid: "Coma bare, partner, and get that pistol.”
Crawford raid:
"I’ll not do it, Julius; it’s mine.”
Ward again aafd:
"Give it up, Bill, or I'll shoot you.”
The two men eeuffled, a shot was beard, and
Crawford, throwing hia hand to hi* stomach,
aa ha fell, cried:
‘Ob! oh! ohi you have shot me, Julius! Yon
have shot me for nothing I”
Ward asked:
“Havo I shot youT"
"Yea” add Crawford; "you have shot me
badly/*
Ward then turned to Clofay and Mid: "X'vo
a good mind to shoot your d—d brains ont; if
yon bad stopped when I told you than would
hav* been nothing of this.”
The wounded man was taken to a neighbor’s
bouse, and dtod that night, making an ante
mortem statement, clearly reciting the facts
•gainst Ward.
Tbs prisoner wu called upon for his state
ment. The attention of all of tha spectators
centered upon the slim, pale-(bead yoong
i M he, with a firm tread, made hto war to
the wltncM stand. HIs vote* waa unfaltering,
and hia statement wu clear and unbroken.
Us flatted from the time he left home, told
how he picked op Culberson when he arrived it
Boms, and when b* started back. When
about eight miles from Rome be met the
wagon with Crawford and the negro. He had
been shooting along the roadside, not think
ing of meeting any one. After Minting each
other in a friendly manner, something wu
■aid about treating. Tbo negro replied that
he would treat to No. 44. Th* prisoner here
told bis quarrel with the negro, when Craw
ford jumped out of ttrowagon with
a pistol in hto hand. The prisoner
caught Crawford’s band end asked him to put
Eta pistol. The two scuffled for
throat did he shoot ”1 never,”Mld tha pris
oner, "intended to kill Crawford; I only
thought I would erippls him to save my own
life. I had nothing ta the world against him,
and am sorry necessity compelled me to take
hie life, end I pity hie widow."
Col. Dickinson hu 1st the contract! for the
grading of the entlro route of tho Georgia
Midland, except four mlluat this end and fif
teen near Griffin. The contracts were tat to
tbo following parties: Chattahoochee Brick
company of Atlanta, 50 mltaa; E.M. Hooten, of
Tike county, four milea; It. M. and J, M.
Brooks, of Plko county, eight miles; E. M. Sc
a, W. Clayton, of Clarksville, Ga, eight
miles: Foley A Lumley, of Ohio;
the Fine mountain tonnel. Those contractors
will begin work within the next ton days and,
it ta expected to havo the first tirenty-five
miles of tho read in operation by the first of
next September. Tbo work not yet lot ta vory
sight and can be don* m sixty days.
One dty last week a small pig trotted tato
Perry under the boggy ofMr. Quill* Loaptrot,
and when that gentleman started homo in tho
afternoon, tho pig trotted along under tho
baggy on tbo return trip. Tho pig began his
Journey at the form of Hr. W. W. Waguon, in
tha lower eleventh district, and stopped near
there when he returned. The distance
traveled to 32 miles—sixteen to Perry ud
sixteen returning—ud the pig wu In eight of
the buggy during the entire trip. More then
one stream wu croescd, ud in entering ono of
these the pig was obliged to swim at least
feet.
THE STATE CAMPAIGN.
Macon, Ga, April 17.—[Special.]—Not even
Atlanta the capital of tho elate, lajnst now u
thoroughly aroused on questions of state poll'
ties m Macon.
Tho struggle which A. O. Bacon ud Judge
T. J. Simmons are making to capture Bibb
county hu been reduced to a steady poll,
each having behind him hia friends, in solid
ranka
The legislative campaign promises to open
early ud to dovoiop a long list of cudidatea
At preaent, threo have been spoken of, ail citi
zens of Macon. They are Hon. 0. L. Bartlett,
Hon, W. A. Huff, and Colonel R. W. l’attorson.
The last two will not oppose each other, bnt,
if they deplde to enter the race, will work .to
gether.
Prohibition ud antl-probibition will figure
In the race. The prohibitionists meu to exert
til their strength to elect it loast one mem
ber. The uti-prohlbiUoalsta are confident
thattbeycu elect ail threo with but little
effort. It ta understood that they will nomi
nate ud vote for men pledged to rapport a
general high lioense taw, It being thought
that only rack a taw will prevent total prohl-
bitlon in tha state.
There ta a possibility that a little darkness
may enter tho campaign. That to, it ta possi
ble that* negro will endeavor to represent tho
county ta the legislature. Your correspondent
has bun informed by a prominent negro poll-
tlciu that nnder certain clrenmatenoM there
will certainly be a negro cudldato In the
field.
"If the prohibition question comes up,” ho
•aid, “the two ftctlone will wut the negro
vote, and they will be willing to pay for it.
That Is they will pay the turn of the negroea
When that ta dona tho negroea Hke refrac
tory mnlM, will take the bits In their mouths,
put on a candidate of their own ud elect
him. With their Uxm paid they can euily
do it.”
PXAuaoN, Ga., April 15.—[Spaeial.]—At a
maM mooting bold at Donglu daring tho su
perior curt now in acuion, Hon. J. M. Wilcox
and Mr. Dulel Galkins wore appointed dela
te* to tbo next state convention, favorable
the nomination of Hu. A. O. Bacon for
governor.
Alniaestta,Ga, April 15.—[8pootaI.j—It
atoms much harder to calm tho storm In tbo
ninth district than In the uvonth. Thors ta
scarcely a neighborhood ta which Emory Spoor
did not leave behind him the sting of a local
fend betWMn people who had previously t
frlenda Now that the congressional c
palgn of 1880 ta approaching, th* old contro
versy ta breaking forth in all lta flerccnoss.
Recently, Judgo J. B. Estes announced him
self in opposition to Hon. A. D. Candler.
Thereupon tho following paragraph appeared
ta the Milton Democrat:
It seems to us that claims of a mu who ires
voting for Emory Bposr when tha democracy were
trying to beat him would maks etalms on that
same democracy vary small and fow ta the hill.
To tbla Judge Estes replies:
The only Inference that could be drawn from
I hts language Is Hint you Intend to say that 1 voted
for Emory Bpcsr. Now, while I cannot agree with
you that ''the democracy were trying to boat him,”
taarmurh ns I know hundreds, if not thousands of
democrats who voted for him, yet I cannot allow so
palpable a misstatement as to ray Individual vote
ta go uncontradicted. I never did vote for Emory
Sneer ta my Ufa 1 trust, therefore, *’ —
given publicity to Ibis mlsrepras
your sense of Junttco will cun you to publ
contradiction.
Seys the Hamilton Journal:
dome of the friends of pronounced guberna
torial cudidatea, are dolus u
their allusions to General John .
spectful terms, irany fact tins boon established
beyond* pcradronlure, Ills that the people of
Georgia by an overwhelming majority havo ap
proved or the conduct of General Gordon, ta re
signing his senatorial robe ud 11 taunts fore* him
to corns before the people he will not be easily
beaten.
Rudolph, Clay and Terrell coantiM form
one state senatorial district In which tha rotation
plan prevailed but always foiled of enforcement.
Terrell has femlahed tbs senator for sixteen years
and now claims the fourth racessslon u being bar
regular tarn. Randolph ud Clay are endcavort
to effect a compromlao by whioh Tamil may
Counted out.
Tha supreme oourt judgeship 1s also beginning to
arouse scats comment. Tbo Madison Watchman
**fte Mat legislature will elect two judges of the
supreme court ta place of Judtss Hell end Btand-
ford. Wo know of no man ta tho slate belter qual-
(ted for that exalted position thu Judge Lawsou,
of this circuit. Nor oo w* know ooa that will h*
sleeted who will he more acceptable to the har and
people. We stats this more cheerfully sluco w*
hare teamed that b* declines u election to th*
Judgeship of th* Oomnlges drenlt. As long ss ha
A correspondent from Irwlnton writes:
Major Bacon sprats day or two with us, shaking
hands with Bacon, Blmmoos ud Gordon men.
The major has quit* a following In this bounty,
and If Grasral Gordon don't rater the lleld ho will
probably carry this ooonly, though Judge Blmmoos
has any warm Mends bin who will put to good
work when the Urns cornea ..
"Lookout for Important political news," said a
cteran observer, "shoutthe loth of May. Th#
nveillDi of the lllll statue, with Mr. Davis's Mas-
ace,wlirdrswulmmenM crowd to Atlanta on
,«m. Th* Chatham oratsnnlalwul suit things
Utah. General Gordon will M In Atlanta,
DIED IN OBOnalA.
Mn. Samuel Chandler, Hsdlson.__.Ur. Robert
Csmeron. Chsttooga county Mrs. Louie Bru-
non.Dsnlehvllle Judge John Rhea dilute ...
Mrs. John M. Strickland, Oowctta county Mr. B,
B. Wiley, Cobb county Mn. J. W. Prnltt, Buka
county. Judgo Bedford Bonner, Talbot county
Mr. Roger McGloIn, Macon....Dr. J. U. Now
lin, Romo ...Mr,Gsosm Bssphey, Marshsllvlllo
... Llttlo Mary H. Hurst, Waynesboro....Mr.Thoi.
J. Edward, Hampton—. Mrs. Tabltha Williams,
Social Circle....Hr. George J. Authonay, Mori-
wether county Mrs. A. B. Allen, Chattooga
county.,..Mn. R. H. Tiller. Oglethorpo county
Mr. 8. B. Peacock. Macon.
MARRIED IM CEOROIA.
Mr. E. J. Florence ud Him Casals A. Glass, At-
tacts....Ur. JamasM. Day and Miss8*111*Hngea
Monroo Mr. John D. Barnett ud Miss Lula
Deadwyler, Harmony Grove....Mr. F. H. Akers
and Mira Mattie Hurt, Smyrna.
SHE COTTON
OONBTmmON OFFICE,
Atlanta. April 17. UNi
mwBX'aaavisw.
New York—There wss wss very little change In
the cotton market this week. Bpotq middling Wfa
NEW YORK, April IS- The following Is tot
oomparaUyeootton statement for the weekending
SATUUAY, Aran. 17.
New York—Market unchanged. Spots, middling
l><0.
Net receipts today f,l<! bales, against 2,115 balsa
exports it,2&4 bales; 13.SS7 last year batast
■ — *)aici; last year eoi.83 baloi.
May......... 9.vM Utt gits
June....... — «J4f 8.15 S.3MI tt.SS
July S.4lS 0.43 *4S§ *40
August.-.—...,..,—. 0.5340 P.64 Mis* IM
September e.ioS e.40 o.toS 0.41
October...tin 0.25 0.25m 0.31
November....—. 0.2da 0.01 0.22$.
Closed stcsdyj salsa 20,1t0|halea
Local—Cotton steady at the following quotations:
strict tow mid-
NEW YORK, April 17—Tho total vtHbta •
ofjootton (fortho>orld to 2,547,231 bates,of l
2,060,551 balsa are American, against 2,619,611 balsa
ud 2,015,914 respectively last year. BeoslptoataU
Interior towns 72,616 balsa Receipts from Pluto*
UoaiM,i7i. Crop in sight 4,170 jot balsa
raOWMOltg, QKAJM, TO,
CONSTITUTION OFFICE,
Atlanta, April 17, UW
Tbo following qnoUUani Indicate UMflMtiuttlflBf
on the Chicago hoard of trade today]
WHPAT.
Open In a. Hltbrat Lowaat (Hodov*
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April
April.
Live Stock
ATLANTA, April 17— There aro enough 'male*
- ■ honefl on tho market to anopljr the domandii.
‘UoMX handa »JO®8110; 14* to ir, hande
i. Home—plug WUX$fW); drive tV25g)fl7B.
INK ATI. April 17—Hofhjqulcl; oommonanft
,40##4. JO; packing and tratahen94.U09f4.l0.
The action of Coffee county in electing dele*
atee in advance of the calling of the convention
jnot nnnanaL In tho Baooo-Boynton|oaapalcn
nUtta like mutter ten men before. Inbqjh
Ltd been considered a Simmons county, before the
delegates wire elected.
THE CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAION.
In I
■ The reee in the third district ptomtooa to be
ly In torn of according to th* wlregrass counties
^STOCK-DOCTOR
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