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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION AJW. GA*, TUESDAY JUNE 1 1886.
BELLE STARR.
THI GIRL WHO SHELTERS OUT
LAWS.
XtrBcmantt. Ceraer- Xloprrornt u IIIM-lu.
run on uo Prairie-vuited by Jam J.mi
A apley Jnt.rylow-nor rim Taoto oC
OmtHwrj-VUita from Outlaw.
Toit Suits, Ark., May 30.—For the peat
week the noted Belle Starr haa been qnito an
attraction on the atreeta of thla city. She
came to anawer two Indictment! In the federal
eoart, and expected to hare been tried at the
present term, llrat for being implicated In the
adeallng of a fine mare, the one ridden by the
aotormi John Middleton whon he waa
drowned in the Poteen river, twenty.fire ml lea
above thla city, in May, 1885; and aecond, on a
charge of robbery, In which it la claimed that
Belle dreeled in male attire, led a party of
three men who robbed an old man named
Ferrell and hie three sons, some forty miles
north of here, in the Choctaw nation, about
three months ago. Coort adjourned on Mon
day last, and her cases went over nntU August
next
uuvixfi rox Tine cawadiaw.
Monday night Belle swung her Winchester
to her saddle, buckled her revolver around
her, and mounting her horse set out for her
home on the Canadian. Before leaving she
saving
urchascd a fine pair of CVcillber revolt
dost patttrn, with black robber handlei
short barrel, for which the paid $2!>.
ndei
rre), for which she
ahowrd them to your correspondent, with the
remaik: ".Next to a fine hone I admire a fine
pistol. Don't yon think these are beauties?"
Belle says the anticipates no trouble in es-
tablishing her innocence In the cases against
her, bnt thinks It is terribly annoying to
havo to spend hor time and money coming
down here to court five and six times a year.
Belle attracts considerable attention wher
ever she goes, being a dashing horsewoman
and exceedingly graceful in the saddle. She
dresses plainly, and wears a broad-brimmed
white man’s hat, surmounted by a wide black
plash band with feathers and ornaments,
which Is very becoming to her. Hbo la of
medium slae, well-formed, a dark hrunetto
with blight and intelligent black eyes.
A ROMANTIC HISTORY.
While here she kindly granted your CO rre-
apondont a long Interview concerning her past
life, but made it plainly understood that aho
had bnt little use for newspaper reporters,
who, she claims, at various times, have done
her great Injustice. Being asked for a brief
‘ ■ ’ *• ’ said In ant
sketch of her career, she said In anbstanoe that
she wss born at Carthago, Mo., and waa thirty-
two years old last February. In 1863 her
fcther, being a confederate, removed with his
fkmlly to Texas, where he oontlnnod to reside
after the close of tho war. After the surren
der Quantiell's saen came to the locality, and
ware at all times welcome guests at her
trther'a homo.
When lass than fifteen yean of age she fell
In love with ons of the dashing guerrillas,
whoso name she said It waa not nooeaaary for
her to give. Iler father objected to her mar
riage and the ran away with her lover, being
married on hone back In the presence of about
twenty of her husband's companions. John
Flther, one of the moot noted outlaws In the
state of Texas, held her horse while the cere
mony was being performed, her wedding attire
being a black velvet riding habit.
HUB FIRST CAPTIVITY.
About three weeks after the marriage, her
hosbaad, being an outlaw, was forced to flee
ftom the country, and he went to Missouri,
leaving hor In Texas. Her fkther learned or
his hasty departure, and In order to Induoe
her to return home sent her a message that
hermethsrwasdangerously 111, and her pres
ence waa renueetod In haste. She Immedi
ately went homo, but found aba had been
duped, aa her mother was not sick at all, and
It was then she experienced her first captiv
ity, for the old gentleman locked her up and
kept her In eonflnment for about two weeks,
after which he gave her choice of going .to
school in Ban Antonio, or to a small place tn
I’erkcb county. 8be was placed In school at
the latter place, and remained there for some
time, but waa not allowed to communicate
with any one outside of her Wamlly.
While there her husband again came to
Texas, and after considerable trouble learned
where she was and came alter her.
Iiri.t.k's FIRST TASTR OF OUTLAWRY.
By this time her admiration for him had bo-
rente somewhat impaired, and at first sho re
fund to go with him, hut after considerable
persuasion she borrowed a horse from a young
fellow who waa attending the samo school, os
tensibly to take aahort ride, and meeting her
husband after dark they atruek out for Mis
souri, where her husband purchased a farm
1 made an etTort to settle down and load
life. He
aurh an extent that
could not live in peace, and finally they
killed his brother, and In return he killod
twoef them, after wblrh they again fird to
Texas, and from there went to Loe Angeles.
Gal., and remained In that state for some tlmo.
From there they again retnrnod to Toxat, and
her husband waa killed. Having followed the
fortunes of an outlaw thns far, she hat since
been true to hla frienda and comrades, and she
haa continued to associate with men of hla
culling, having lived among the Indiana nearly
aver since, with the exception of two years
K nt In Nebraska. Bhe haa spent aome of tho
is among the wild tribes. The following
ante she handed to your correspondent Just
before starting for home, which she had writ
ten hurriedly, and la given verbatim:
told nv the lady nnagLr.
"After a morn adventurous life than gen
erally Rails to the lot of woman, I settled per-
manently In the Indian Territory, selecting a
p’ace of pleturesiiue beauty on the Canadian
river. There, far from society, 1 hoped to
pass the remainder of my life In peace and
quietude. Bo long had I been eetrangod
from the aoelrty of women (whom I thour-
eughly detest), that 1 thought I would And It
irksome to live in their midst. Bo I selected
a place that but few have ever had the grati
fication of gossiping around.
"For a time I lived very happily In the so
ciety of my little girl and husband, a Chero
kee Indian, ion of the noted Tom Btarr. But
It soon became noised around that I was a
woman of some notoriety from Texas, and
ftom that time on my home and actions hare
been severely criticised.
VISITS FROM NOTrn OUTLAW*.
"My homo became famous aa an outlaws'
ranch long before it waa visited by any of the
boys who were frienda of mine in times past.
Indeed, 1 never eorrrspoudcd with any of my
old associates, and waa desirous my where
abouts should beunknowu to them. Through
rumor they learned of It. Jesse James first
came In and remained several weeks. He
waa unknown to my husband, who nover
knew until long afterwards that our home
had been honored by Jesse's presence. I In
troduced Jiaso as one Mr. Williams from
Texas Bnt few outlaws have visited my
borne, notwithstanding so much has been said.
The Uil people iu the country are my friends.
1 have eousideiable ignorance to cope with,
eonsoiorntly my troubles originate mostly in
that quaiter. Burrvunded by a low down class
of shoddy whiles, who have made the Indian
country their home to evade paying on
their dogs, and who I will not permit to hunt
oo my premises, I am the constant thome of
their slanderous tongnea. In all the world
thensls.o woman more peaceably inclined
VERY Ml'ctl LIED AUOl'T.
In relating her experience during the past
three years, she says since the return of her-
self and husband fru Detroit, Mich., where
they served one term of leas than a year fpr
alleged horae-stealing, her name has been
coupled with every robbery or other depreda
tion that haa been committed in the territory,
and tn a spirit of mirth she said :
"I am the beat guarded woman in the In
dian country, for when the deputy marshals
are net there somebody else is."
In Speaking of her recent arrest by Deputy
Tyner Hushes, sbe said she was never more
dumbfounded in her life than when he rode
boldly up to her houre and informed her he
had come to serve a writ. She was not used
to that manner of approach, as the nurahals
generally came into the Bend with a crowd of
Bom twenty-fire to forty men and crawled
np on their hands and knees in the dsrkness.
"And whenever yon see a deputy marshal
come In.” said she, “with the knees of his
pants worn out, yon may he (are he hie In
vaded Younger's Bend, Hnghas la a brave
man and acted the gentlemen In every par
ticular, but I hardly believe he realised hie
danger.”
DENIES THE ROBBERY.
She myl she never heard of the robbery o
Ferrill until sbe was arrested aa the leader of
the party who committed it, her accuser* as
serting tho waa In male attire. She admit*
that her husband It at all times on the scout
to avoid arrest, and there ere several charges
of larceny, robbery, "etc., against him, which
have been trumped up by hla enemlot, who
would not hesitate to swear him Into the
penitentiary should be surrender and stand
AT nOME.
When at home her companions an har
daughter, Pearl (whom aho calls the "Cana
dian Lily,’’) her hone and her two trusty re-
volven, which sho call her "bablee." The
bone the rides she haa owned for nearly five
yean, end no one ever feeds or handles him
but herself, end It wonld be risky basinets
for tny one else to attempt to ride him, Hbo
taya the baa been offered WOO for him time
and again, bnt that WOO would not get him.
He la * (mail sorrel horn, and when in good
condition Is a beautiful animal, but
looked rather the worse for bird riding when
here last week. Bello is a crack allot, and
bandlea her pistol with as mnch dexterity ae
any froutiewnan. No man enton Younger’s
Bend without Drat giving a thorough account
of bimeelf before he gets out.
Bello related many incidents of her life that
would he of Interest, and toys aha has been of
fered big money by publishers fora complete
history of It, but she does not desire to
have ft published Just yet. She has a com
plete manuscript record, and when she dies
sbe will give It to the public. She spends
moat of her time writing when at homo.
In winding up onr interview, aho sold:
“Yon ran Jnst aa “ ' *
any brave end gall
use for that sneaking, coward clasf of thieves
who can be found in any locality, and who
would belray a friend or comrade for tho sake
of their own gain. Thera are throe or four
Jolly good fellows on the dodge now In my
section, and when they come to my home they
arewlceme. for they are my friends, and
wonld ley down their live* in my defenae at
any tima the occasion demanded It, end go
their Bill length to serve mo In any way.”
JIM FOSTER AND OLD BENNETT,
SUCCESSFUL FARMERS.
A Fsrmsr WkO Li VS* at Horn*-Ths Way Tbty Till
lbs loll-Booo— of Vr. B*mmon»—From •
Farm Hand Us Saooaods to bo tht Owner
of Hundred* of Acr«*-F*rni Hotm.
A Horse-Stealing Tale at Deadwood--Foster
Didn't Stretch Iletnp*
Dba i) wood, May 27.—At the Dram last night
Mine of the pioneers of the Black HUla were
talking about the old times, when one of them
■aid: "Bnt nobody ever found ont what became
of Jim Foster.”
"No, nobody ever heard from him,” said half
a doccn at once, and then the crowd became
reflective, as if wondering what had happened
to Jim. After a few mlnutee'illenoe, one man
•aid that Jim Foster was a good fellow, but
that he ought to have been hanged all the
same, and others observed that he wonld
have been hanged If he had been caught at a
certain period Tn his career.
At this juncture a stranger, who had heard
all that hod been sanl, asked what then wm
about Foster.
"Oh, nothing much,” was the reply of the
first speaker. "Jim wae one of the boys that
waa first In here, that's all, and ho went away
rather indden. He never waa cut out for a
•loneer, ho wasn’t. He waa born for a tender*
i got ink
thobest..^ w
out A more homesick chap you never saw.
He didn't seem to get along very well, either.
He wae out of money, though nobody knew
it at first, and be fonnd that he had mado a
great mistake in coming here. One fine morn
ing Jim tamed up missing, and with him
went a horse that belonged to a man who be
lieved In Laving somebody hung tor every
horse that 'was stolen ftom him. That was
the worst break of Jim’s lifo. Ho had toskip,
and ho had to steal a hone, but he didn’t have
to steal one of old Bennett’s horses. Well,
they went after him hot, but he got away find
wasn’t heard ftom. We’vo often talked atout
him, because there wasn’t so mnny of us then
that we’d bo likely to forgot anybody, and ho
w»a a good chap, take him all in all.”
"The funniest thing about tho whole busi-
new, though,” nsid another, "was tho fact that
fur two or tlireo years everything that went
wrong in the camp was charged up to Jim.
If thorowasa stealing which nobody could
account for U was laid to him, and there was
a time when If ho had shown up here ho
would have pulled hemp sure. IIo r a tho first
man that ever got awsy from old Bennett, I
think. 1’vo known Bennett to follow fellows
more than a thousand mil os, and it novor
mado any diflerenco to him whether they wore
generally aqnate men or not. Uo’d let a man
slatvo, and then if be stolo a ration he’d hang
him. Hla heart waa banter thau quarts.”
"Well now,” said the stranger. "I happen to
know noniething about this case. Foster stolo
that horso because he had to get out of tho
rountvy or die. Ho cut screes tho country
fur Pierre and rode day and night nntll he got
there—a trip that waa not a promenade in
those days. When he got there he cold tho
horse for a small sum, and by !>eating and
woiking ho mansged in about six weeks t j get
to liia home in Michigan. Ilia fathar was woll
off, snd as he died soon after, ho left Jim a
guod business, which he attteuded to right np
to tba baud le. Nobody there knew any
thing abont his horse stealing In tho hills,
and ho soon became a man of consider
able prominence. He married one of the
prettiest girls in tho town, built hltuMlf a
new house, and was living in fine style, when
an old man who said ho wm from the Blank
Hills arrived there with an officer and noti
fied the city marshal that ho wanted Jim for
hoise-ateallng. Ho had been on his trail for
more than two years, and had found him at
last. The marshal was a friend of Jim's, and
a level-headed follow, and at his earnest sug*
■cation, Bennett agreed to keep tho object of
nis visit ouict until bo had seen Jim at his
home. That night tho marshal and old
Bennett called on Jim, and tho whole thing
waa talked over. Tho old mau at first roftinod
alloflcraof a compromise, but after ho had
seen Jim’s wife he wilted, and said ho would
call tho thing square and leave it where it was.
Jim managed to get a hundred dollar hill into
the old man's baud just m ho waa leaving, but
it was only bv waiting until the train was pull
ing cut that he did so. *tow, that shows that
ho stolo tho right horso, doesn’t it?”
.Ml shook their headland one after another
saul that that could not have boon old Bennett.
It was tome other Bennett.
"Perhap* I'm somo other Jim Foster,
then,” observed tho stranger, as ho removed
his hat, and looked tho crowd steadily iu the
eyes.
"I’m the man who atole the horse.”
The old timers were speechless for a minute
or two, and then they got around Jiui and
told him how they had suspected him all the
time, though * *
mrtnblauce
of today and the desperate Foster of ten years
ago.
' Old Bennett’s been dead more’n a year,”
some one said. "Ho lost everything that he
had. and died without a friend.”
"He had one friend.” said Jim Foster, "and
he is here now to mirk hisgravt."
Rich at Bros. have mads extensive prepara
tion* to supply hotels snd summer resort*, a* well
aa private Uniilie*, with dry goods, house torn I '
lug snd carpets They will duplicate any Mil ft
K« w York and ray express charge* oo all ord
ovrr fia Satisfaction guaranteed. Add re;
order? to M. Rich A Brea, 54 audMWhtt
street, Atlanta, Us.
Richard Townsend will ba hang at Valdosta
July ltith forth# murder of contractor Cbhen.
••Glad Tidings PorMothers."
A Farmer Wiio Urea at Home.
Editors Constitution:—Solon Kelly, of
“Cluttsville beat,” is what you would term an
all-cotton farmer; not exclusively so, however,
m he raises grain and hay sufficient for the
farm, but none for sale. He owns one of the
best farms in Cluttsville beat. HIg mode of
preparing his land is to run off his rows two
feet apart with a two-horse scooter plow and
deposit fertilizer in the bottom of the farrow
and list on that with one steel plow. Let the
middles remain nntll Just planting and bed
out with the same plow, and plant, thereby
having the entire ridgt fresh. Ho sometimes
uses the drum plante r and often sows seed by
band snd covers with a "V”-sbaped harrow
with a board behind to smooth off the ridge
and fill tbo drill.
First working of cotton is done with a
side barrow, followed by the hoe and chopped
light r
child-
men only. Address Dr.
is. Georgia.
AGaT"MaaV
Btalnback Wilson. Allan-
wky.tsu
Many AsnrRAov. tn a coy encore speech in
the M»r thrfticr. N*w York, denlud Indiiferecce to
approval, and affirmed herself a* moM apprecia
tive of the approval of hi r conntrymea.
Chaw -Maud llarvia Tobacco."
protect against cold and wet
weather. The second working Is sometimes
with a side harrow, bnt, if very grassy, he
uses the bar of a tarn plow to the drill, and
then brought to a stand with tho hoe, leaving
one and two stalks tho width of the hoc,
which Is usually abont eight inches. Tho
after cultivation is done with double shovels.
If the second hoeing is dono woll it will need
hut little more work with the hoe. He usually
goes over the third time,taking ont such bunch
es of
This
Imle of cotton per acre.
Mr. Kelly is considered a successful cotton
farmer; hM added to his acres since his first
purcbsM. Ho Is perhaps out of debt. Twenty
years ago, when he bought this Urm, it would
make half a bale of cotton per aere without
manure of any kind. It had then been lying
idle several years In clover, because of tho ln<
ability of the owner to cultivate it during the
war. Under tho all-cotton system It hM de
teriorated in agricultural value 35 per cent.
It takes now abont 200 pounds of commercial
fertilizer, at a cost of $3.50 per acre, to produce
tho Mine amount of cotton that it did f*
of about seventy cento per acre.
Cluttsville, Ala.
Observes.
The Way They TB1 the Boll.
Editors Constitution : I have selected
the following farmers of this county, with
many others, who are very successful Connors,
J. A. Reid, W. O. B, Rogers, Thomas Rogers,
William Lara, Clemett Cavlnder, Wilson
Stephens, B. M. Leadford, Joseph Onnesby and
sons*
1 have consulted a few of the above namod
fanners aa to their mode of fanning, and I
riablytnra their land early in
year with a large two horse
piow, turning under all the stubble, and in
the spring they crass plow with a narrow
plow and harrow well, so as to havo their
laud well pulverized. They lay off their corn
rows abont four feet wide, and commence
planting about the 15th of April
and finish by the 20th of May.
They plow and boo their corn, m a gcnoral
thing, four times with a narrow plow, going
over it abont every fifteen days. They make
from twenty to fifty bushels of corn per acre.
Corn Is worth now 35 cents; 50 csnts*trade.
The mode of preparing land for wheat on
stnbble la turning it with a long plow, and
then harrowing the wheat In
acre, owing to the Mason. It is worth ont
dollar per bushel.
Tho farmers here depend on corn, wheat,
rye, oats and stock-raising for a living; that
the moat money Is made on stock. They raiso
very fine hogs. Homo have killed hogs that
weighed 400 pounds. Turk Is worth 5 to 0
cents per pound.
There is a largo number of beef cattle raised
here which coats but very little. Thoy turn
them in tbo rengo iu summor, and thoy get
very fat, and keep them through tho wintoi
on Lay, which makes tho cost of raising light.
1 know of one hoy hero that commenced with
five dollais a few year ago buying calvos, and
now own over ono hundred dollars’ worth of
cattle.
We ralM no cotton, uso no guano, snd havo
plenty of hog and hominy, and don’t owo very
big debts. I will closo. E. F. Parks.
Young Cave, Os.
Bucceoaof Mr. Summon*.
I wm thinking that perbans, a short sketch
of somo of our succeMftil farmers might bo
instructive to somo of your renders, and might
bestir in some of them a spirit of emulation—
1 therefore will give you short sketches from
timo to time of such of them Mmsy bo advan
tageous. I will commenco with Mr. Wiley (f.
Hammons, who came to Johnson conn It slnco
the war and began by hiring on tho farm of
Captain Kent m a farm hand. After a year or
two ho purchased a small piece of
land and farmed on his own oocoant
and has been adding to tho original
piece until he owns hundreds of acres and
stands the peer of any farmor wo have. Oo to
him when yon may, he hM corn, bacon, pota*
tees, end any otber farm product for solo. For
cotton he prefers to break broadcast, run doep
furrow, ftom threo to four feet apart, put Iu
fertilizer. I ted plant, then cultivate with sweep,
making from eight to twelve belee of cotton to
tbo mute. For corn he generally follows cot
ton, and throws off ftom tho stalks, bursts out
stalks very deep, theu beds hack, plants in
bed in overy other row very deep, if manure
Is plentiful, if not, he don’t plant so deep.
First woiking runs sweep round his
com, then works dirt back to-
waids corn with turning plow, afterwards
u>cs sweeper altogether, plants peaj in the
middle of corn rows, makes two hundred
bushels of corn to tho mulo iu addition to tho
cotton above mentioned.
Mr. Sammons’s success is duo to tho fact that
be attends strictly to his own busiucss, leav
ing the neighborhood gosrip to thoso who havo
timo to look after it. lie is a sober, quiet, up
right citizeu, and we need many moro like
him. J. 11. Kicks
NVrightsvillc, (ia.
Confession of the Late Dr. Dio I.ewls.
Thousands of people all over this country
will hear with keen regret of the death of
Dr. Dio Lewis. For many years ho hat boon
the inspiration of good health to thousands
and hM ministered comfort to thoso who would
very sadly havo missed his cheering words.
Dr. Lewis wm one of tho most gonial and in
spiring of men. He did notboliovo very much
In taking tncdlciue, making hygiene a groat
hobby and insisting that if a person would
live right there would bo little necessity of
medicine; and yst iu 18S3, his candor above all
things else being noticeable, he said, ”lf I
found myself afflicted with a serious kidney
disorder I would uso Warner's safe cure.”
Adding. 'The truth is the medical profeMion
stands dazed and help1c« in the presence of
more than one kidney malady, whilo the testi
monials of hundreds of intelligent and very
reputable gentlemen, hardly leave room to
doubt that the proprietors of that remedy have
fallen upon ons of those happy discoveries
which occMionally bring help to suffering hu
manity. I am not so narrow that I cannot
gratefully recognize the precious value of re
lief in the form ot medicine.” Dr. Lewis
met with an accident which injured him so
that erysipelM set in and carried him off. His
testimonial, coming as it did from a free,
frank and open heart, is a
confirmation of what to many
•aid of the remedy he so highly commeoded.
The Methodist chnrch in Birnesville hM
received an addition of fifty new members.
The lees by the burning of the sawmill of
W. O. l’axon, near McRae, wm 15,000,
DURING THE WEEK.
Tuesday, »Mny 2U.-A report wm current in
Chicago, which proved to be untrue, that Parson*,
the anarchist, wm anested in that city..... Harri
son's chemical works In Philadelphia were dam
aged to the extent of 175,000 by lire James Har
low wm jailed in Harrisonburg, Vo., for brutally
beating his little stepdaughter and then cutting her
throat, causing her death Conny Austin, of
Birmingham, Ala., accidentally shot himself
through Ibe hand with a piitol The Jewish con
gregation of Nashville will shortly build a new
synagogue A freight train was thrown from the
truck on the Chicago and Alton railroad near Sla
ter, Mo-, by running into a drove of cattlo.
Ik the City.—Wilson. the man who was nrrerted
while picking a pocket on the day of the Hill
statue ceremonies, wm sentenced In the city court
to pay a fine of 1200 snd costs or sen e ten months
on thecbalngang... The damages that were dono
to the railroads by the recent heavy rain* have
been repaired snd trains are now running on
fcheduletime.
Wednesday, May 20.—Govcmoi Hill, of Now
York, appointed Hon Roswell P. Flower m elec
trical railway commissioner for that city in place
of Charles K. Locw, deceased....Ten thousand
people held a meeting In Chicago and passed
resolutions indorsing Mr. Gladstone in his efforts
to give Ireland home rule. Governor Oglesby, of
Illinois, was chairman of the meeting Dr. Fran-
eifeo Antonio Vidal has resigned the presidency of
the republic of Uruguay The thirty-second an
nual tension of the grand lodge of the World of
Good Templars met in Richmond, Va Tho
American congreis of churches convened In Cleve
land, O . . The East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor
gia railroad and its branches was sold in Knox
ville, Tcnn., for ten and a quarter million dollars.
Ik the City.—John Montree, whose throat was
cut a few nights ago, Is still In a critical condition.
... Ledford, the young man who murdered a
friend In North Carolina last week, is supposed to
be in Atlanta, and the police department is on the
lookout for him Tho Young Men's Library as
sociation elected officers and a board of directors
for the ensuing year.
Thursday, May 27.—Eighteen cases of small
pox have been reported in Gauymas, Mexico....
The German government hM prohibited the hold
ing of the socialist demonstration in Brussels on
June 13....The dynamite factory at Valencia,
Spain, wm destroyed by an explosion, which also
killed twelve men It is denied in Constantino
ple that there ww no foundation for the report that
a conspiracy existed at Hofla for the aesiaslnatlon
of ITInce Alexander and Prime Minister Kamel-
off. A meeting of the India Silver association
wm held at Simla.
Ik the City.—The merchants of Atlanta say that
trade wm never better at thla season of the year
than now, and the wliolesalemerchants are gradu
ally working np new territories...,The summer
uniforms for the police department have arrived.
... .A very interesting revival Is in progress at the
First Baptist church....The seventh annual ses
sion of the Southern Carriage Builders* —elution
wm held In Atlanta yesterday.
Friday, May *«.—Ex-Aldcrman Michael DuflV
went .to the general sessions court in New York
ciiyand gave bail In the sum of115 000 to answer
another charge of bribery In connection with the
Thlrty*Foiirth Street Cross-town railroad M-.
Blaine hM been Invited and hM accepted the in
vitation to be present at the Gladstone meeting to
he held In Portland, Me., next week Several
people were slightly injured by the passenger train
on thel Washington and Charlottsvllle railroad
falling through a bridge.
Ik thr City.—Work on the new capitol U pro
gressing finely... .The laying of belglan blocks on
Whitehall street between Peters and Fair will
commence in a few days....O. D. Douglass, an
Iowa detective, who vary much resembles Parsons,
the Chicago anarchist, wm arrested in Atlanta yes
terday, but wm immediately relcaied when his
Identification wm proven A sneak thief entered
Mr. Mark Hardin’s residence and stole several hun
dred dollars worth of diamonds and Jewelry.
Saturday* May 20.-In the Manitoba legislature
a motion of confidence In the Norquay govern
ment wm defeated amid great connuion......Tho
business fal'urcs throughout the United States for
the paat week number 151, and In Canana 27*...
&M3
r . A terrific
whirlwind visited Lapeer. Mich, and vicinity,
doing considerable damage to property Cholera
Is on the Increaso In Venice, Italy Tho llow of
lava from Mount -Ktnacoiitlnucsuudlminlshed
Antonio Nordcllo was hanged at tho district Jail
near Washington city for the inurJerof Carmtno
Ilrtunno.
Ik the City.—Rev. William Shaw was Installed
a* a minister ot the l'rttbytcrian church....Hon.
J. T. Hcnderron, commissioner of agriculture, re
ceived a letter from Mr. J. W. Hughey, of Reids-
villc, G*., In which were n few cotton squares, tho
fltft of the Fcasou.... Great preparations arc being
mndc for decorating tho graves of tho union sold
iers at Marietta on Monday next....A engo of
monkeys and parrots from South America passed
through Atlanta consigned to Auburn, Ala Con
ductor W. 11. Rose, or tho Central railroad, has re
signed,
Sunday, May 30.-The police of Belfast seized
a quantity of rillea, bayonets and swords on board
a steamer from Fleetwood, a seaport towu of Lan
cashire, England, consigned to parties lu Armah.
....The value of the cotton ourned in Liverpool Is
125,C00, The mayor’s nillco in Gallipoli*, Ohio,
wm burglarized and the city record* stoleu which
would bo used In cvideuco against former mem
bers of the city council, who were recently indic
ted for obtaining city funds contrary to law.
Ik the City.—Tho artesian well will soon be
completed, and water pipes running from tho well
are being laid In tho principal street* or tho city.
The Fulton County 8unday school association
Is about fo inaugurate a series of Sunday school
meetings after tho plan of Dr. Vincent's popular
"open conference.”..... Mr. William Rlchaidson,
who left Atlanta tweuty six years ago without tell
ing hla family or friends where he wm going or
what for, returned yesterday. During his long
absence his family had not heard from him. ino
spent the tweuty six years herding cattle IuTcxm.
None of his family lias died during his absence.
He was given a hearty w clcomc by his family aud
friends.
The Host Rheumatic Medicine.
Mr. J. W. Marshall, a merchant in ilayne*
villc, and well known iu Houston county, Qa,
has this to say about tho "best of all rheuma
tic remedies:”
"I have been a sufferer from rheumatism for
28 years; I am now sound and well; six bottles
of Swift’s Specific cured me. I write this in
the hope that others may profit by my expe
rience.” Uayncvllle, Jan. lScd.
trusses sever cure, Bl'T they subject tub wearer t j strasgumtbb
enjoyments of life. The displacement of the bowel in rupture and the use of the truss affect the kid
neys, bladder and other organs till impotency, impaired memory, fevers Bright's diseases and other morti
fy tog ailments are induced.
DR. J. A. BHERMAN, well known throughout this country and the West Indies, through his sod-'
ccssfui method of curing rupture, is now at his New York office, 2M IBroadwsy, where he may be dally
consulted.
In bis treatment there is no operation, no restriction from labor, but comfort and restoration {from
all the ailments caused by rupture and the nse of trasses.
Dr. Bhcrmsn’s pamphlet, containing Indorsements from physicians, clergymen, merchants, fiust
ers and others who have been cured, is mailed for 10c.
may 23 ly sAwky topcolnrm
uic pssi wee a numocr mi, ami in uanana *
A flro occurred among, a lotof cottoalu Li*
and a number of halo* were dcstroyedand 686
were badly datnagedby fire and water . A t
Another Sufferer.
For six years I was afflicted with chronic
rheumatism; part of tho time perfectly help*
less, not being aide to walk at all. For a
while my left leg was drawn backward until
nearly doubled. It had a number of running
sores on it. Physicians gave mo no relief. I
tried every patent medicino recommended for
rheumatism, briug a druggist myself, but to
no profit. At last I commenced tho uso of
ift’s Specific. At first it seemed to mako
me wm so. My leg was much swollen aud I had
physician to lance if. I soon began to im
prove. After taking less than a dozon bottles
of Swift'a Specific I found myself sound and
well for the first time iu six years. That wm
live nu ntlis ago; 1 havo felt no symptoms of
the disease since. I believe Swift'a Specific to
* tho best of all rheumatic remedies mado. I
mmend it Ito those who are suffering M I
have suffered. Joiut R. Peel*
With (\ K. Obinchain, Druggist, Pilot Point,
Tcxm. Jan. 18n*.
Treaties on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free.
The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3, Atlan
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DR. RICE,
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It rcem* of all men a preacher should culti
vate mederation. The following hem, however,
taken fn m the Washington Star, shows the bitter
spirit which sometimes finds uttcrauco in the
northern pulpits:
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