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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA.. TUESDAY AUGUST 10 1880
THROPGHDIXIE
tVHATTHB SOUTHERN POLKS ARB
SAYING AND DOING.
learirTrwsdlss-Th* Mysterious Xpprersnceors
Jcor-year-Old Boy—Would fcs Wnsderer Run
Awsy by tti leraaea of a Woman-a
Monument to • Soldier. E;o.
Miasleelppl,
Judge ^BbfoidA A promtnut lawyer tod
Jred. llr.fflbl^toSgrJStiSiS
traction ct-uced the die,
Wktt inftUbUMtbe superior cenrt coats
hoWiSK““‘ y tattal ***»
ASS.KTC.^SS.SyS
incretn oyer lost year of $ai,28A 8
The practice to Augusta, of shooting dost
has been stuped, and the am-
malt will he impounded hereafter.
aether of "The Life andTimei* oTa?^nw- JfnFiiS&HfX “1 Thomti P.
ties." committed iuicide by strangulation last ArikutL itolllUfilL.t ^ f *»d»ato for
nirht. The loei of hie wife wme nSSSaro in. br0 *£f r ****** died tow-
had affirmed hie mind.' ' ^ I jH^it^ia reported, conaidemble property, with
i J*P Wjorer, colored, who escaped from tbo
John Bottle, postmaster at at Sebastian, was ■i lU “> Hawkinsnlle, in ISSl.wa* cantered
found deed in his o$ee lait Wednesday. A cut on 1 W tho ihoriff Jr.sfc irondxv nlriit ir« n . M
fail held thawed thee ho hid I •£ julTaJUXl-- , Uo J™
penitentiary /or hog
made bli cacape,
A white woman, Anna Darkness, made .
earage attackonhwhite mantmtto street
totoy, creating treat excitement. The man
and woman were arretted, but refaied to ateto
the cause of her aaaanlt.
A mad dog pamad through Damascus las
week and bit several valuable dost The do
wm In the pnbllo road which leada from Col
quilt to Arlington, and bit everything it mat
on the my. It was killed a mile from Da
his head showed that ho had been murdered. Tho 1 under sentence to the
office wls robbed, but the amount taken Is un« I a’aalfnv at th* ,, .
known. Nathan McDonald and Ed Ben ha™ eJS. I .Mfilfofi « tho, time be
■ted on suspicion
lodged in
Tennessee.
Beturas from Tuesdays election are of tho
moat gratifying nature. Every county shows
heavy democratic gains, and enough is already
known to guarantee the election, of tho.stato
dmocpatii: ticket b* a majority between ,
thUt|-fiT* and forty, thousand, a gain of nearly
ttb^ thousand on the presidential election. 1
Tho state democratic committee place the
majority at thirty-eight thousand. Thiels the
&s£eSB&b?*
The successClil candidates for the state su-
premo bench are: Peter Tnrney, of Franklin
county; W. C. Caldwell, of Gibson; W,H.
Torton, of Montgomery; B. L. Suodgrass, of
Bamllton; W. C. Folks*; of Shelby.
Alabama
Ur. L. A. Johnson brought a llzzard to El'
berton the other day which bad two tails or
rathcr a forked tell; About an Inch from Its
f °*k«d,h*ving two prongs about
two ineheolong from the fork.
.A cull has been mads by the obslrmaufof
the democratic execntlra committee of Early
county for n meeting to adopt home made ana
the time for the selection oft candidate for
representative, but two names an as yet men-
„ r tloned to connection with legislative honors—
The man who cut Porter in Montgomery I those of ft, H. Lanier end John T. Mostly,
on the night of the Sdth of April, hee como to I Joe Mills, colored, of Arlington, shot Bon
light. His nemo is CherlesS. Lucas, end hole i Terrer and Jane .both colored, with a
I ahotgun, on Mr. Ike Timmon’e farm In Early
[ county. Tho gun was loaded with small shot,
nds an not considered serious.
• former residing nesr Mount fitdggsT to
Montgomery county. Porter's version of tho
difficulty ms that Jefferson Davis said that he
thanked Ged he tad-lived to see Lincoln and
Grant deed and in hell; that he aald Davis
himself onght to have been deed twenty yean
ago, whereupon a mania the crowd rushed
upon him and cut him. Lucas iwyircw affida
vit to the effect that. the ' raw occurred in e
barroom; that Porter was drank and used pro
fane and abusive language to him (Lucas);
that tke name of Jeff Davie waa not mention
ed, and that be need a pen-knife on Porter.
Be denounces Porter as a c
guard and a colossal liar.
of counties. Tuscaloosa electa opposition candl.
dates’forthe legislature; Oolblrl, Jlaoon, Lee,
Chambers and r.reene counties all went republi
can or independent.
audtbewouui
Terror waa shot in the right side and Jane In
the right arm. The shooting occurred on
Saturday last, and Milla Is at large. Tho
difficulty arose from an ordinary nsgro qnar.
Solicitor George F.Gotar has demonstrated
that Cobb county Is well adapted to raUlug
clover. Off of .two and a half acres ha gath
ered recently foity.flva ono-heno loads of
clover and stored it amy. Ha also gave soma
away, nit la a good yield. He does not al-
low hla clover patch to bo need as a pasture,
beoaosa It hu a tendency to kill It oat.
Tkera It a current in favor of all parties unit
ing and returning Hon. Joshua HU1 as Mor
gan's next representative; In the legislature.
If he would consent to go; be would have no
sapnlr of steps JH ,
arc alfdcfanged.
South Carolina. .
The democratic state convention
timhia. EX'Governor Hagood was elected
permanent chairman. Considerable interest
bee Uen (bit as to the action of tho. body, in
view'd the farmers’, movement, which cropped
ont early In the yeatand resulted in n conven
tion hut in Jane to ooaslder grievances of tho
agriculturists. Since then tbo leader of the
movement, B. B. Tillman, of Edgedald, hu
been working vigorously to secure country,
delegations, and many people believed that ho
would be able to shape the policy of the con.
veutlon and dlctate.the nomination.
Tho present governor, Hon. John P. Shop
perd, wu supposed to bo tho choico of tbo
firmem* partyfor;th<rflist' place onths ticket,
and the first ballot showed a vote for Um or
sixty-eight out of throe hundred and eighteen
cut. The other candidates were J, P. Rich
ardson, tha present state treasurer; Senator
W. C. Coker, of Darlington; Senator
Giles J. Patterson, of Cheater; Representative
Edward McCrady, Jr, of Charleston, and
Chancellor Johnson, of Marion. No choice
washed on tho first two ballots and on tho
third ballot Mr. Blchardaon received one hun
dred and seventy.two votes and ms declared
the nominee.
W. L. Mauldin wu nominated for lieutenant
governor.
The convention unanimously adopted the
following;
Besolvad, That tbo desaoeracy of South Caroll
na, in convention asrembled, send greetings and.
congratulations to their follow democrats of the
union, upon the return of the national democrat lo
parly to tho admlnUtrattan of the affairs of the
nation, andt —
SEsc
Tha work , of the convention hu thui foz
been qnlat and harmonious. No discordant
elameutahaye oroppad. ont. Tha revolution
ary hodicnof Capture B.K. Tillman, the "Far
mers Hoses,” are held In abeyance. He hu
not yst taken any active part In the proceed,
logs. ' ;i
Last night Tillman and Captain Dawson, of
iriar, formed a
ns in the legislators in view of certain
led Interests to be aflbotad by leglili
in that body Madison now bids fbtrtc — _
railroad center, and Morgan needs her heat
man In the legislature.
Tuesday u'a street car wu gliding
I down Milledge avenue, Mrs. B. 2,
„ ._ . Smith, who was taking e morning ride, under-
metiuCol- took to eras, .the,meet railroad. Ai tho car
accident ma not n serious one. Tho blow
came very near overturning the buggy, whleh
caused Mrs. Smith to be very mueh frightened.
Pursuant to call of executive committee, a
meeting of Morgan county democrats met in
the courthouse and selected the following
delegates to the 28th senatorial district nomi
nating convention nt Shady Dale; T. B. Bald
win, W. A. Broughton, P. G. Walker, S.F,
Cox and P. 8. Barney. The meeting then
elected n new democntle executive committee
for the next two years, srith Judgs H. W.
Baldwin u chairman, and F. B. Barrow u
secretary. It wu decided by a elose vote to
have no nomination for roprosentativo.
On last Monday Alpharetta wu treated ton
little romance In the naturo of
on unexpected marriage. Mr. Chas.
E. Bogers, of Atlanta, and Miss Omlo
Watson, of Boswell, arrived hero about eleven
o’clock and stepped nt the residence of Colonel
T. L. Lewis, and after making arrangements
with tea ordinary and Justice Seale, were
married In the presence of several witnesses
The elopement ins not to avoid the embar
rassing presence of dissatisfied parents, bat
rather to have tho marriage loaavorof ro
mance and to carry surprise to the homes of
their friends
Over twenty days ago Mark Cheatham,
tee Athena carpenter, disappeared, and, si
tes wise, though hla fomuy and friends have used every
traUon of effort In teolr power hla whereabouts Is still
veiled fo mystery. It wu at one time thought
that ha had gone to hla sister's,
above Jeflonon, And hli son
Went there to learn teat he had not bean nt her
use in seven years. The missing man hu
tquentiy of late threatened to drown him-
ligand hi* friends ware aware of the foct
hla mind wu not right. Mr. Cheatham
*«uuo?todSitRiehSrtraTMi to”Sui- ^ jg.TaSjfoL* 0
ted^SSJS’to tatimttathe'eoiridgtaSES ^offuara^f^fiSftj?” ttauS.
eanXteig I Tt*y«ro,«mfldont ttattea fathyhudrown-1
irheprord felt confident, and Dewion tuil Till-
men were certain of victory, but when the
" " test of strength was made, Sheppard
a pitiable wrikuess. He bed claimed
n one hundred and thirty votes
tbo first ballot. • lie Actually
Set lest than half this number. His defeat
was crushing and the diacomfitnro of Dawson
w.-s not less uvcrwhslining. Neither could con
ceal bis chagrin. The auccesa of liichardson is
tho success of an honest, nnlilc-niinded gentle
man who was above any disreputable schcm.
- fog for office. Hianomination will be hailed
with delight all over the state. Ha 1a a man
of great ability. Aaa finandarbehaanoan-
perior and u an orator few aqaafo Ho will
make one. of tea but gsvernota Scute Caro
lina hu over had."
Captain W. L. Mauldin, who sms nomina
ted for llantanaht-govOmor, is a progressiva
and accomplished young ssatosman. Hla
nomfoation will give general satisfaction.
Tomorrow tea oqgve*)fotr wlU have much
Important work to..do. Besldoa nominating
nil tha state housaofilcers, it will foil upon a
ed himself fo the river, and think hit body
hoi caught under something that keeps it from
rising to the surfoco,
Thursday evening Mr, Barry Whltwortfowho
lives between Athens and Donialavilfo about
five miles from the latter place, heard n child
crying at a creek near bis house, and on go
ing there found a little white boy about four
yeus old, clad fo white panto and waist, srith
a turn down collar. The little fellow eonld
i account of himself, further than hla
r wu named Johnnl a From tha ram
bling remarks of the little follow. It seems
thuhaandhla family were travails*, and
crossed a |iaet deal of high water, and that
hla father wu drosrnaa. The child la a
stranger fo that settlement, and no one knows
to whom bo belongs. Ha most bo frxa a dis
tance, u all tho children fo that neighbor
hood are knosni. Tha little follow said he
had eaten breakfast. It la certainly myste
rious.
The Brunswick Herald uys; The Idee that
put the technological school to, ahould tho
commissioners determine to locate the school
there. It la thought that the school will go
there if tho aity will appropriate the above
amoint, u the inducements that the universi
ty will offer, together with those of the city,
will exceed any that the other cities fo Geor
gia will make. The opinion seems to ho gen
erally hold to that the proposition to appro
priate tho money will be pelted by the voters,
though then la considerable opposition to it.
Tbo negroes do not flavor It because they will
not ho allowed to enter the school, and soma
of tee white eltiaons am opposed to it. Tho
papers are rather disposed to throw cold water
upon the idea, but fo spite of all tola tho
money wlU probably bo oSerad by tea cite to
tho commissioners to (recta nitable building
for the school.
J. B. Hart wu colonel of the 0th Ga. cavalry
and served with gallantry and distinction to
tbo end of tho war. Healed fo poverty sever-
al yean ago. and wu buried fo tha cemetery
at Homo. Recently Mr. William B. Wyatt,
who served as n private to Colonel Hart's regi
ment, conceived tee Idea of erecting a suitable
monument over the grave of this gallant hero,
and ho succeeded in a short time fo raising a
handsome sum for this purpose. One of oar
dtlxens. Captain J. A, Bale, aabacrlbed $50 to
tha monument fond. A very fine monument
hu been purchased and plaosd over the gravo
and on Friday It will bo unrolled with irnproa-
aivo ceremonies. Colonel John W. Maddox,
of Summerville, will deliver an oration. A
reunion of the Sixth Georgia cavalry will bo
held on that day, and it la hoped that all the
eurrivfog members of the regiment will ho
Saturday W. A.Heardranoffwithaglri thir
teen years of ago, Miss Hogg, from Troop,
aver Into Harris coanty, and obtained license
and married her. Aa soon u the mother
lea rued of It she started in puxault, hut Itwu
too late. On Monday the mother of the girl
took the young man srith a warrant
for tha ofihnie of kidnapping, and ho was
brought before Justice D. J. Gaffney, where
Heard waived committing trial and demanded
Indictment by tha grand jury. In tho mean
time Heard got hla wife and ran off. This
evening a writ of habeu corpus wu sued out
and placed fo SheriffEdmonaou’a hands. After
some Marching ho found and brought the wife
back.
Acer Homer villa is an old house which
hu the reputation of befog haunted, tha owner
of the place having died them some yean ago.
Terrible sights have been assn, awful sound*
beard, and still more horrible things imagined
about the silent old house by the natives.
There wen soma young man, however, who
refuted to believe until they had isan for
them selva*. These young braves repaired to
this den ofhobgoblfns and departed splrita at
twilight, bent on ferreting out the ghoet re
ports and ascertaining how many there worn
etc. They walked fo at tea door and looked
vonnd, but acting nothing one of them laid,
"Fihawl there’s no ghost here!” But Just at
that moment they heard a groan and saw an
object begin to move fo ono corner, and they
changed their notion, forgot their firearms,
their bate, and with all ten speed they
l<ia* t
1 Terlr o,a,,0n - W. ‘ plarorra of tav?tra£*tetato5 tiS'SiStSS
principles. ■■ j wick. JamesHrimea,of_thliclty,hu aeon-
Redmond, the mountaineer and illicit " ' "
distiller, spent last night at the Coleman hotel
manufacture of k new brand of whisky colled
“Redmond'sMoonshine.” Hell suffering from
consumption, contracted fo the Albany New
York state prison, from which he wu par
doned about one year ago. One long is almost
" ‘prone,and hie voice very muehIm-
S Ho is qnlat and retiring in manner;
very plainly, hot neat. Upon tha
urgent request of a number of the guests of
tee hotel, ha related a fow of hia encounters
with tha officials of tea ravenua department,
and left tha general Impression that he Is not
half so bad n man u ha is credited to ha, and
ranch better than many who wan once hla
pursuers.
tract srith tea Hilton Timber and Lumbar
company, nt Doboy, to forniah tbs largest
hewn timber to tha world. No tree la to bo
ind nineteen
inches square nt the small ana. Than ha oh.
taina in abundance on Woolly island, tha
property of John Ward, of this city, and for
each ono he pays f5 for aplsee. His ban of
operations is Jamaica, this county, and it takn
twenty-four yoke of oxen to haul each tree,
and than only thru trees era hauled to
Jamaica fo tiro weeks. Each tree, when
hewn and baoled to tha point of shipping,
brings Holmes $110.
Thursday night lut two unknown man
want to tbo boon of Mr. H. B. Wofford and
wife, an aged oonpl* fo Cobh county, on tho
Canton road, and wen denied admission.
Later fo tha night Mrs. Woflbrd eras aroused
from her slumbers by some one getting in at
tho window. Thera wan two persons, and
they handed fo two ^ons, an axe and soma
pine kindling.
attempted
GEORGIA NEWS.
Kan* of tho Week Throughout tho State
Driofly Chronicled.
Mrs. Jane E. Irvin*, th* widow of tha late
waks her husband by qnlatiy shaking him,
but foQfogtodo so,she begin to scream.sod th*
intruders fied out of tho boon Into tho duk
es* s. Neighbors attracted by Mrs. Wofford’s
sercama, went ovar to her boon and began to
make foveatigatiaas. Sheriff ComlTvraa
aotified and want out and arrested Joe Crag-
JSJpwaw iaSStt
son a few days ago.
Borne lain danger ed a water famine. Than
has been a gnat increase fo tha city’s con-
Mr. Themes Jefferson Warthen, of Washing-
tea county, la nineteen yean old, and ia six
feat nine mehes high.
Tha tan of W. & Gibbous, near Rama;
WM horned last night. Tke bam wie one of
tee hpWin tte cvasty, wd with tec wjutsfo,
circumstantial. Ik Is thought that tha partin
wan bent on murdering tea old folk* robbing
them of their suppotad money hoarded, and
teen bora tbo hanuaad destroy all tvUuce
of their two-fold crime. Three other negroes
have bean arrested, and had tboirtriala before
Justice McClaafcy, fo Grittev district Wednes
day.
In a frw day* tho city of A thane will deetd*
, whether the wm offer p\<m tet • widfog to
could command retraced • their steps, perfectly
satisfied of the cenuinenau of the apparition.
There is a man, half crazy, who stays about fo
the woods there, and had at that time gone
Into tho honso and laid down.’ The boys
speaking disturbed him and he raised np to
MO who It waa, Just fo time to im the dust Dy
ing bthtod tee brave ghost banters, and all
unconscious of tho part ho wu playing he
poised off for a respectable ghost.
A few weeks ago a dog, foaming and froth
ing at the month and snapping nt everything
that made a noise near him, made his appear
ance on tee premise* of Ur. Marion WllUama,
jnat aerocs the Clarke line, and dashed imme
diately into a pen of hogs, and bit five of them
fo a twinkling. The dog wu then hunted and
killed, but it ia not known how many other
animals were bitten before this.
A week ox so after being bitten the hogs show
ed evident signs of hydrophobia, and as fut
u tee symptoms appeared fo these animals
they would at once bo killed. I-ast Satnrdday
tho lut one of five fine hogs wu killed on
this account.
It wu reported fo Athens yesterday that
fort below winterville, fo Oglethorpe county,
a rabid dog made Its appearance ana bitfiftcen
or twenty oteor digs, nod the whole county Is
excited over the matter.
Darien hu been touched by an earthquake
lately. '
Gad Joues, a robust bluk negro man, wu
some time ago roleasod from jail on bond, and
today Cbulea G. Rawlings, hla bondsman,
brought him fo and turnad him over to Cap
tain J. E. Wcddon, city marshal. While they
were (tending together dlseuating about the
matter the negro tried to eacape, hut Captain
Wefidon held to him fast. The negro seeing
ho could not eflbct hla aacspc that way, quick
ly draw a pistol, and pointing It at Captain
Wcddon, find. Tho ball passed through
hlacoat under hi* arm but did not enter the
flesh. As tha negro find he broke low* from
tit* marshal srith tremendous force and ran
for life down Haynes itreet toward! the poet-
offite. A large crowd of men, loms on horaee
and molar, others on foot, darted off fo quick
pursuit. After a spirited race of a fow min
utes tee culprit sru recaptured, and ufely
lauded in Jail. It la very fortunate that Cap
tain Weddoa did not receive any injury.
Louis Mathis, another negro, wu also look-
ed np for refusing to assist In catching tha fa.
gitlve.. Captain Wcddon wu cool ana collect
ed during tbs occurranco, which evidenced the
Oiorongh officer that he is.
The Waycrou Headlight uys that Dick
Ford, colored, of Braganaa, wu recently shot
and killed. Henry Flay, auo colored, is up.
posed to b* tho nmrdesev, and a reward of
wuty.flvejdoi.er. hu btu offered for Ms sr*
Dr. W. J. Head,of Nashville;whose career u
physician hu bean flattering since h* want
> that village two yean sines, and dally on
tbo iaertan, culminated last week in an at
tempt to commit an outrage on tha person
of a newly-married lady of the community, for
which attempt ha wu arretted, but gave hood
in tea um of onathoosand dollars, srithout a
preliminary trial. On next morning ha left to
makt a visit into the country, and np to this
writing hu not been heard from. Hu bonds
man an in great perturbation, and his credi
tor* (by the way much more nnmaiona
than wu generally thought) have sained all
the elbeta left except the neaethold furniture,
which hie wife hu sold and leaves today for
her fttbsr’s house, la Alabama, from whence
she took flight but a fow short years ago with
this man, against her patents’ trill. No man
fo this community gave vent to loader excla
mations of gl*dn«> than did this man whan
Coal ten returned to Nuhvlllo in charge of the
bailiff, after hla toor with’Wheellx’s wife,
which appeared fo Tax Cosmtrrurtogsome
time back. Yst, this man sru conducted by
tee same officer around the country locking
up Mcarilif*. Mrs. Head ia of good family
relations and by her lady like deportment hat
won the esteem of onr entire community.
Do Not Lot Dam* rsrtua* I’nss You By.’
Tha 194th Grand Monthly Distribution ef The
Louiitana State Lottery Company took place at
Tuesday (always Tuesday) July Utb, ISM, under
the usual supervision ofOvnt. G. T. Beauregard of
La., and Jnbal A. Early, Ve. Well, the sameoM
i orjlitotd ruin; soma BffiJOO wans iff I about
5a.is; s
ft
E Holmes. No.Princeton St-TEflHRBPMPW
lots to A. H. Jonas; aonl-too, AIa.:oaato WllUtal
asm, a worthy fanner at Momeevlll*, Alton Co.;
lr.4 tone collected through Walls,"Pam ACx,
ran Francfico.Cal., for a rssident there; another
GrALd ?riz*otm,*0. Also fa fifths ft ft Meti
-ant to John H. Bo«w, No. 2» Wat 4Mli Sc.. Ntw
Yorkptj. a ptrty kStaUdtd with tht Aanq—itt
World A> Trctuirtr oft*c (Jradd Optra Boose la
22d street; one to Henry gras, No. 29 Wottrn Are.,
Toledo.O., peld through AiUms Express: oat to
Can TMenan.book krtperwltk the Meyer Brae.,
Prut Comptay, Kan«t« Cltr, Mo.: one to Vito
PUorenlo, a young KaUao fruit Tender At corxur
Wubtncton And Laarel strett% Ntir Orleans, itcj
Na 19,401 draw the Third Capita) Prfu of 110.000,1
sold la filtha-one to Kaarnt hO||mtmm
Texas, through hirst MUionsI Lad
John A* btewart. Detroit, illcb.,
raring hank: the rwt to j.arti*
gtringfcld, Ma.**., and Crag" m
t* nbermh, !'•>«,
C O iur/!;.-fi -ir-nt
wl’tivel
ACROSS THE WATER.
What the reopl* of th* Old World are Say-
teg and Doing.
London, August 5.—Parliament re-anem
' b)ed this afternoon. Mr. Glndttena; whan ha
went into the boos* of commons, took a seat
on front of the opposition bench. His ad'
wu unnoticed. Mr. Chamberlain aeon after
ward entered and ut down on the urns bench,
which wu occupied also by Lord Harrington
and. John Morley, Gladstone's chief secretary
for Ireland, Lord Harrington sitting between
Motley and Chamberlain. When Mr. Glad'
■tone saw Mr. Chamberlain, tee ex-premier
aronsnd went over to tee radical dlsMatleut
leader, shook hands with him cordially, and
held n conversation with him and with Lord
Harrington.
London, August 3.—The incoming and
outgoing ministers have gone to Osborne cas
tle to see thequecn. The latter will surren
der tee seals of officoand tho now ministers
will bo entrusted srith them.
The members of the Gladstone ministry,
surrendered their seals of office today to tho
near ministers, The members of the two mfola-
tries lunched with the queen. Lord Salisbury
will remain the guest of the queen nntll'to-
morrow.
London, August The police have; it is
stated been informed of the extensive intrigue
by Irish and Russian dynamiters, against the
English government. Deteetivee mil be sta
tioned at different Randan ports and ail arri
vals from Russia to Gnat Britain will he close-
Jv watched And vessels SAArched*
Belxast, August 2.—'There wu more riot
ing here this evening. Crowds assembled on
York street and awaited tha retnrn of the
Catholic excursionists, noon whom they made
a fierce attack. The sufferers were women;
A detachment of police charged tee attacking
party, who atoned and wrecked a number of
bottles. The mob rapidly incroued and
drove back the police: Tbo latter then find
upon the mob, killing a yonng man and
wonndfog seven others. A detachment of
soldiers charged with bayonets and cleared
tha streets, Tho police coffered severely.
Some shots wen fired from tho mob, but
Wlthont fatal result.
Ddblin, August 3.—The farewell to Lord
and Lady Aberdeen wu phenomenal. All
Dublin wu abroad and enthusiasm wu un
bounded. There wu a gorgoons aflalr, trade
gnilds vicingwithcacb other fo display. Then
were nnmenns bands fo the proeaaaien and nil
played national aim, then beings marked
absence of British tnnea. Lord Aberdeen and
tea countess were much affected by the de
monstration, Lord Mayor Sail!van asked
Lord Aberdeen to describe tee scene
Is the qneen and to tell her that
‘this wu a pale forecast of the
reception aim will receive whan she cornea fo
person to restore to Ireland her ancient right
of Mlf government.” Th* addraos of corpora
tion to the rotlring vioany declared that
nothing short of Mr. Gladstone's measures,
would satisfy th* Irish people. In his speech
at Kingstown, Lord Aberdeen promised teat
he and tea countess would frequently pray for
tea peace and prosperity of Ireland. Th*
forewoll lavas fo the afternoon sru more
brilliant than that of Earl Spencar, and the
attendance wu smaller.
Dublin, August 3.—The nationalists of
Oaatlo Blajney and Monaghan an boycotting
$ recently-opened' local branch of the Grant
Northern (Ireland,) railway because tho nom
inee of the league wu not appointed station-
mister by the railway company. The present
■tatioamastcr is receiving threatening letters
and employes arc afraid to resume work. A
detachment of military hu gone from BalCut
to Armagh in accordance with a telegram ro-
questing assistance to quell riots in the latter
town.
Paris, August 3.—Royalist papers publish
fee similes of the letters of General BoulanJ
ger to th* Due DoAumale. Tho goneralex-
E ilalna that he repudiated them without hav-
ng raad them, supposing that tha papers re
ferred to a spurious letor publishedda Brus
sels. He admits that ha hu fallen into n skil
fully prepared trap, but maintains that
his relations fo private Ufa onght not to pro-
vefitnlm, as a minister, from 'fulfilling Vis
political duty. The raids National and other
republican papers implore General Boulanger
to refrain from further ‘’mumbling display*
and deliberate untruths.” It is tho genoral
opinion that Boulanger haa lost prestige fo tbo
army.
Txtw, August 3.—Completed returns from
tho elections for councillors general show that
847republican and 411 conservative candidates
were successful, while in 177 districts than
will have to be second balloting!. The ropab-
Ileus mad* 'll gains, while the conservatives
msde 33!
PERSONS AND THINGS.
$60.00 ffigli Arm Sewing Machine for $M
WITH ONE YEARS SUBSCRIPTION TO
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION
INCLUDED.
This mtchlne Is the first of its kind ever oflbrsd tho pobllo at factory prices; andoannot now h
bought from asenta for less than to'—tho regular sailing price being ICO. . “
It ts tha High-Arm Patten! Hat Se If-Seit ing Needle! It Cannot be Run Backward!
. Hu Automatic Cut-ofT for driving belt, which prevent* It being run btckwArd. thaw uroldUg HI
danger* of breaking thread or needle*.
It Is a notate**, light-running Machine, aecomptnled i*y an illustrated book of Initrodtioag that
makes everything so pi Ala And nmpl* that any lady or child, can master it* We OAU It
THE CONSTITUTION HIGH-ARM SEWING MACHINE.
And wa warrant It to (Ire (UU and entire satisfaction fo ovary cut, or It may bo returned fo us at onr
expwsaand money will ha refunded.
lhlMlttupplled.WHhtbaiM1awlnteSUU: 0." hoimrmrand ridlcnonoplcflsli
—ona wrrnch, on* quilting eauga. on* strew driver, oilcan filled with ell,
— ..A - -la?—.a r.n— *— -.tAObnuatSATO 0MQ (S
uurCfalms for Super! orlty are u Follows:
A Device whereby tha bobbin can ha wound wl tbout mnntng the machine saves nnnece smuY wait
f the machine, omllh* trouble ol un.hreodiui and removing work and attachments white theh.Mln
is being filled.
Beal* for Regulating lbs length of stitch, which enables tha operator to readily ascertain 'IBS
_ > or stitch without testing previous to oommenefog work. ,
. A Spring-Tension Cylinder Shuttle holding a bobbin that carrier a largo amount or
[her* Is but hole to thrcad through, making It tha most easily threaded shuttle fo use. The
may be changed without removing the sbuttls from maculae.
Tha Doable F«*d extends on both stdei or the needle and permits a greater variety or work than
any ether. It has great power, and nsvsr folia to perform IM duty—will feed the lightest and heaviest
goods with equal precision, and will erors teams and hard place* wlthqu t changing length of much at
milting stitches.
Light Banning,—On account of the aim pie mechanical devices employed in its com!ruction,rmn
lighter and with aroatea speed than any other aisohlne, and ia almost nonslatr. it la tha slmplaat
easiest operated, beat mads ana most elegantly ornamented machine In the world, combining every
requlrite to produco perfect work.
fovttier aprantlrol te«t of this machine, we distinctly claim for It a great superiority in plan, ms-
artel, workmanship, and In Ite perform an oo. Ills unquestionably tbo Boot .•oi"ii»r machine no* mi
the market.
An Improvement on the Singer.
She Cheapest and Ileitgewlng Machine, with The Weekly Constitution 1 Year for Duly Rig
Mrs. Cleveland obtained a collar for her
pat deg, ana on a «Hror plat* la th* name Hector
Cleveland. Occasionally Dan Lament permits
Hector to play dead, to Jump from floor to sode and
from desk to desk fo hla office. The president al
lows none ol Hector’, pranks to be plsyod lo the
library, and the deg Is rather shy when bv ts in
Hr. euroland's
anew York geutlsmau says that he hap
pened to be preaeo( whan a copy of th* "Humbler
Poets" waa handed to Mr, II. C. Banner, the editor
Of Puck. Looking over the Index of nanus of au
thors and finding that seroral of his com positions
Wen Included Ih the oollsetlon, Mr, Bunnartx-
Claimed with soma show of feeling; "Wen, I don't
pretend to be a gnat poet,, but d—dlf I’m so
humble aa this book would nuke me oat."
Major Ben Pebley Poobe, wko fo addi
tion to befog the oldest inhaMUnt of Nev
Row, lselerk of the mnate committee on p
l -
Include the locking of lb* committee mom doors
s«T«h%«"
10.
General Grant's book is now approaching
a settling point. Whan th* general egreed with
the pubUshers to prapara this remarkable work b*
received (check fat 91,000 to bind tha bargain.
Since then Mrs. Grant haa had paid to her. by pub
lishers’ check, I .VO,coo and early fo August will
receive a further payment of over 1X0000. Th*
edition or 30,000 volumes which has already bean
1 Is nearly exhausted, end further orders an
nd to make necessary tbs ensuing foil of the
priming and lisufog of another conttderaoi* adl-
Hon.
IN Almonte, Canada, druggists an allowed
to sail but ouo gallon of whisky at a tune. Know-
Tht dmstiot said that ha couldn’t sail hot scat.
Ion. The man said ha matt hare two gaUoqa,
and if the druggist wottidpat on* gallon In tha
ug he'd try andnt the other al soma other store.
This was none. Boon the man returned and aald
dttkj&tfv’take’it Uck*anS
■^isttsc
da. would tha dr.
ivenient plae«, when be look
ctlioa
intif, Ho fVtr it.
to ttte obliging druggtst-Ntw
Mu. Clsviland and hsr mother attend ad
communion services at tha Pint Presbyterian
cbnrch fo Washington Sunday. Dr, Bandsrlaad,
tha pastor, proalatewd tha naaaa of parsons who
wtsc admitted to th* msmUnhlp of th* church.
Tht annoanesaont fo which aUfotersat centered
wsa that "frank Folsom Cleveland has been ad-
milted upon certificate Item UK-Central Presbyte
rian Church of UufiAlo." Tha president did not
lead.
Thomas Nelson PAOE,th* Virginia* whose
pathetic Kories, "Han Chan', sad "Mah Lady,"
published fo th* Cautery, has* attracted attention
is a Haaovtr county towyar. He mM William V.
ia Yorklown crown-
him to asnd "Man’
Chan.' to th* Century.
Aitosney Genebal Garland ia the first
—je of the cabinet to: leave Washiuatou for his
s^i'isss
several weeks
Jobe Bacwx, Queen VIctorU’i body guard,
ss be waa Callao, mad* a maid of hones very angry
by saying; "Hoot tool, you are Just th* wo
man been homing for. Her majesty com-
implied by aakfog Mr U ih* wa* not a s.oman pray
naunrtaMf
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Regular Price of the Machine Alone $45 to $50*
Every mchim is guuuUtd lo give iitii bctin,or it uj be rtluncd ted money Mill U refunded.
Th* furniture it of til* hast black wslfint Back machln* has a box cover, a drop leaf, MVeind
fonrdraware; also a full set of tha latest approved attachments and uecwtanr Instrumcnu. Etna ma
chine Is thoroughly wall mads and fitted with the utmost nicety end exactness, and no ma- him Is
permitted by lb« Inspectors to to out of th* shop until It has been foUy tested and proven to do perfect
work, and sun light and with as little noise as possible. 1 na sewing machine wa off.r is not the dinger
hut a machine which Is an Improvement on tho hlngcn The "head," or auehlno part of the sewing
machln*, as rcpreienlad fo th* cut above, la a fsc simile of the filngtr Manufacturing Co’s, In shape,
ornamentation and appearance, wltn the exception of r tbe lettering on the arm and tbo trade mirk.
Wcgtvcafcwnuons why every household (houl.l have tho sen lug inschlne oflbrsd by tha
HERE IS OUR OFFER:
For$18.00 theWeekly Constitution One Kear and the Sewing Machine
sri ’
1 etch mAchfoe
9 gift perfect ;
nle*l by The coastita*
UICBIUC. Tig JlfilO JlfiU Vftiil VMfr IVIU.U6U.
What Those Say Who Have Tried our Machines,
The following tes.lmonlals are authentic. They com* from aubsolben to The Constltu'.Ioo, wha
ate known and respected In the ooun.lea In which they liv*. W* ask joa to write to suy quo of tMffi,
they will ludorm whatls p CUM*. A. LMlttbJtn'
•awing machlas two weeks tc-s, *.dalayed wilting until now
iv* triad lion several kinds of work and find It to be perfoct In
a a bln ger dewing Machine agent call-
him It cost me Wh He ial7h* could
line and rive tofi for h;«.
_s rmperemtiv- - nm. ilcambl*.’
^.N S.-ir im will sllnw as* to teak* a per cenlage on thorn maehl
•I received tha matblaa which I ordered with ibei’onstttmittt
la every way. Illamncfe belter ihnn I expected to set, *slwe
. .xsuetahbonwho have s**n it arc deb.hied with Ti; semawha
ct it; othtrs tay they writ hav* soma other c ttsjd youn.
l tho more w* use U the better w* Ilk* It.
I can rend you
o.m.%
AT. Whllten,Gcrstnr
tome time ago. atd find It
att veu ctn k< .1 (hem ro c
ave lou*Lt ol *stuu v
1 &ura on all toiit of work,
I # D. Morn, BqUNMlJOfcr-1
perfectMffifActioa. I did note
frWUm iapvoredg aba eoanH* yuan Anperlor
i. A. B. Bykrt, Bock rond, Oa~The sewing m achine bought from yon give* perfect satlafsctloa.'
Tblilathe voice of the people. Read It and heed It. Wasalg ht fill.eoiumnsi srithJt Huadredl
In happy with Constitution mar blurs, and teret/y t bet they saw Ike best. „
thAt tfler trying it thti It gfrg?
A toicblnc. We have t*ea using Wkcclgc
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rqlundyq jjmwtey. Address ,
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