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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY JANUARY 18 1887
ALL THROUGH DIXIE.
WHAT THE SOUTHERN FOLKS ARE
SAYING AND DOING.
Burl •! Csrewor.l'S tf ths Dtad Oyptis Quion—A
XUiga tf Tot rev In a TeiM Town—Th# DU-
icrtrr «f CoiujUrfsitsrs—A Tornado la
AUb»0«—A Dead Body Bound.
Hfiit Virginia.
1 lie dead body of Nelson Harden Has been found
luut .ntnpof biuJicv. Three years ago. Harden
tilled John Letcher In a quarrel. Letcher's r»n
Abner, then twelve year* old, told hi* mother and
(•them that when lie was big enough he would kill
in the woods where Hanlon war found dead, give*
Berden. Tho fnet that lie wan hunting Friday
eMor to the belief that he ha* carried out hit
threat.
Kentucky.
It is report! (1 that tho fatuous desperado of
Rowan county, Craig Tolli ver, hud been inur-
deted. It turns out, however, to have boon
his r opsin, Wiley Tolliver, who died Thursday
from a wound inflicted by ouc IF alley, who is
n riot© friend of the leader of the faction op
ining the Tolliver crowd. Some fours are en
tertained of a renewal of the Rowan couuty
feud.
Mississippi,
Gypsies pitched their tents just across the
river from Jackson, in JVarl river swamp, a
few dnyssgo Among them was a young, toauti-
ini wiiinan, who wax said to bo the "(I/pay
<jmen." On Tbumlay night, during a severe
anew storm, she became n mother, giving birth
to twins. One of the infants died on the day
of it* birth, and. notwithstanding the belt
medical aid to lie had in this city, tho mother
dU-d also. Kioto that time a queer and wierd
cemnony peculiar to these wandering people,
bad been going on in the tent where tho body
of the dead queen had rested. The grief of
bfr husband, ns well asthut of the other Gyp-
site, seems to havo been of u most iutenso ns-
lure, mid whs manifested in ways both now
and novel to people not acquainted with the
methods of the (lypsics. The finest casket to
be hud was purchased and tho remains, accom
panied by a delegation of the Gypsy party,were
(-allied by an express (rain to IUyton, O.,
wlu re, It is said, repose tho ashes of all the
deceased American (iypay queens.
Florida.
II. White, of Volusia, last week picked 1,050
<• ranges from a five year old tree.
Mr. ZInn, of Hawthorne, has a gin running
night nnd day, thereby showing that the cofc^
ton crop and butincMis improving rapidly.
Mr. Kemper, of Tallaluisso, killed three pigs
last Monday. Two of them netted 1,000 pounds
of poik and the other 100 pounds.
Mr. Kceslcy, of J’oint I’inollu*. Bhutan eight*
feet alligator Inst week, but u bone did neurly
well Inst Sunday, .jumping
e, five feet and a half long.
A wild boar was killed in Khe-creek swamp,
near Palatka, a few days ago. The hog weigh
ed mote than throe hundred pounds and wu
killed by Mr. Jimmie Groom*. The tusks wore
i bout seven inclien long, and showsjust what a
Florida razor-back ean do when given the frcc-
d«m of the swamp*.
North Carol luu.
Mr. Kapo Kilns, who represents the extreme
western district in the logi.-duturu, is the first
Hi luewr ever in that Imdy.
Kttrabeth Bird, an old negro woman, was
burned to drath near Durham. Her clothing
mi Idcntally caught from a fire in the yard.
It is stntcd that many of the most prominent
tobacco farmers of the section around llemlnr-
Hu: w ill not put In a full crop of tobacco this
year.
It lisa been definitely ascertained that Gov
rnior Seales will not order an election to
fill the vacancy In the filth district, caused by
Reid's resignation.
Tho governor has offered a reward of $100
for Thomas Brinkley, who Is charged with the
minder of Pierce Hermann, at Hickory, Christ*
mss day. Hermann was a merchant there.
Directly afli r committing tho crime Brinkley
lied.
While Lawrence Pritchard, son of Rev. Dr.
ThomasII. Pritchard, was hunting at Lake Wa-
ciii'iiw hla gun burst, wounding him painfully
in the thee and hands. The gun was over*
charged. Tho Injuries arc not cousidorod seri
ous.
Negro brutality^ in some eases is] horrible,
and the latest instance occurred at Charlotte
where tho wife of John Morrison tout hiut on
the bead with cooking utcnsila, fracturing his
skull nnd causing hla death tort Wednesday
night. Tho murdvrasi has fled.'
South Carolluu.
The Sumter national touk has dorlarod a
hcaibauuual dividend of four |»or cent.
The now town OOUUvil of Darlington has
placed tlto liquor license at $150, which m $15
lets than it was last year.
. A little colored girl, ten years old. living
near Darlington, was leaning over the fir.*
pan liing peas, u hen her dress caught tire. She
inn from tho hnnso, but was *o badly burned
that she died tho following day.
Slotting men from Chester carried ten game
w ine rocks to ChtrleMnn Friday, and succeeded
in making a match with local profculonnl cock
f Khten for ten fights at ftt each. Tho (tattle look
plsec Saturday at Horn'* cockpit, tlireo doors from
the city hall, and resulted in a victory for tho
Chester hints In every main but one. Several
tbotuand dollars chinned bands on tho result. The
city council at Its lift meeting renewed tho llccuv
of the cockpit for another year for tlireo huudre<l
dolisr>, a proposition to prohibit the sport tohig
deflated by an overwhelming majority.
1 he commissioner of agriculture has received a
dispatch from \\m. Graham, a ■ tack-raider, of rtuai-
ter, this state, stating that some or hU Hue Ayer-
shite i attic have tymptoma of pleuro-pneutuouU,
Couimtoioncr Ilutler has luMructcd I»r. benjamin
Melunes, the veterinary Mirgeon ot the department
of Pgtleullure. to proceed to Pointer immediately
ar.it male a thorough examination of the >u*.\vuvt
cattle. Dr. Mrlnno»‘s report ts awaltc-l wtth umch
anxiety.
the groin ard died in ten minutes. No one
bessed the a.talr, but Clarke oukerts that he acted
In H-]fi!efen>.e.
Papers ore comple ted for what will be one of the
mot sensational suits ever brought in a Tennessee
court. Rev. Dr. Frederick Howard, editor of the
Tine Baptist, and pastor of the Central Baptist
church of this city, formerly of Atlanta, will bring
a libel Milt for fC-0,OX) against fifteen leading citt
sens of Jackson, a prominent physician of Nash
ville, a leading Jeweler of Memphis and four
newspapers, the Nashville Baptist, the Reflector at
Chattanooga, the Tennessee Baptist at Memphis,
and the Turk !>per Blade of Jackson. Tho>e pa
pers last spring (published an article severely
reflecting upon the character and past record
of Dr. Howard, which was signed by the persons
•gainst whom the suit is brought. These
are Rev. .1. L. Vasa, paslor of the First Baptist
church of Jackson; Professors George IV. Jsrmbn,
H. V. Irby nnd F. J. Dupree, of the Southwestern
Baptist university; Messrs. \V. I). Dupree. A C.
White, L. H.Shelton, It. B. Williams. B. O. Hnyder,
Finley Hnyder, T. M. Gates, J. It. Wither-, C. A.
Brown, W. R. Heavner, Rev. E. 11. McNcal and Dr.
G.C. Savage, of Nashville, ami I). W. Hughes, of
Memphis.
The article charged Dr. Howard with conduct
unbecoming a minister, tho *pcri float Ions includ
ing swindling and forgery. It also alleges that be
enlisted in the British navy under an a—limed
name, and left it under a cloud: that he collected
money from hJs parishioners to send him on a trip
to Europe, nnd then pocketed tho shekels and
stayed at home. The suit will probably be tried at
tho July term of the circuit court. The witnesses
will include ex Governor McDaniel, of Georgia.
The member* of the Central Bapti.it church have
formed a stock company to prosecute the suit to the
end.
A detective succeeded Thursday in discov
ering one of the most extcnslvo counterfeiting
rotablDbincnt, yet broken up iu the south.
For several weeks an almost perfect counterfeit
min lias $tcn circulated in Chattanooga and at
tempts to trace it proved fruitless. Thursday
an old mau was seen to enters store and make
n trifling purchase receiving ninety cents in
change. On bis departure, it was ascertained
the coin be left was counterfeit. Tho detec
tives were notified and at once put him under
Hirveillancc. Tonight bo was arrestod nnd
$H0 iu counterfeit found on his
peiM>n. Ho proved to bo Mullins, 0410
of tlic most noted counterfeiters Iu America.
He was arrested two years ago at Fort Scott,
Ark., and escaped by turning state’s evidence.
Alabama.
The steamer D. I.. Tally, of Mobile, struck a snag
ten miles above DcmopolK on (lie Tomblgbcc
river, und mule in fix feet or water. Flic lies ho as
to block the channel at the present stage of water,
and two boat* are thereby detained Above.
A tornado pained through Washington Thursday
morning, doing much damage to timber, espe
cially tuipeutiue orchards. No one was hurt.
The Lowmlcaboro correspondent Hayncvillc
Examiner says: Planters have nretty generally
commenced work for 18S7. With fow excep
tions most of them bavo plenty of labor and
we trust all parties will be better aatisfled dur
ing the coining year.
Covington county is becoming noted for the
abundance of Inrge nnd small gamo within her
boundaries. A party of gentlemen from Pike
comedown a few days since, were joined by
friends ot this place nud went on a hunting
expedition to tho lower portion of tho couuty.
We learn the results were satisfactory.
The Andnlusia Times says if Andalusia con
tinues (o make the came headway in material
progress for the next two years that she has In
the one just drawing to a < lose, she will indeed
boa boomer. Never before in her history
boa there been aucb un influx of newcomers
ami erection of now houses und improvement
of old ones.
The following cablegram lias been received
at (qielika.
Loam*a, Wed Coast of Africa. January 0th.— 1 To
Parnell, Opoilka. Ala. - Am enjoying excellent
health. TTip Work before u* appear* to to healthy.
The rllmnto here is good, the soil ts sandy, and It
is upland, our work is not through swamps.
James m. Ram.
Mr, Reid is a gradnato of tho Agricultural and
Sheehan leal college at Auburn, Ala., and ac
companied Colonel U. A. Hardaway to Moxico
upon tho attrvey of the Mexican Central rail-
war. He is now engaged u|>on M0 mileaof
railway work In Africa, about to be constructed
by an English company.
The Standard soys: "Out of $115,000 toanod
by Morion Havings bank last year they did not
low a dollar. Does that look like hard times
around Marina? What grounds has Marion
for complaining of hard time* when her cot
ton receipts are larger than they wero last
year? Con one l her town in this section of Ala-
hspa make as good a report?
Advice a from Montgomery state that the
suit in the state supreme court of D. W. Visiter
vermis East Alabama Rail wav company to re*
cover East Alabama railroad, resulted in fa
vor of present company. This is a celebrated
care, having gone tho round of tho state court
into the United State* supreme court nud
ugain to the state supreme court. This is n
finality. Mr. Yiaher wns tho road contractor,
and nwd fer alleged unpaid contracts. Tho
present company ottered at one time a com
promise, but Visitor's lawyers refined.
Virginia.
Jp iocs Miller, end A tot Campbell, whllo
riot dug the trark of the Baltimore and Ohio rati-
toad In a Geffh near t hat U nion. Mon lay
l>} morning, were struck a south Unm l train, uu.l
to’h Distantly killed.
In United Mate * court before Judge* Rou
and Hughes, a motion to act aside tho verdict iu
the case of George M. Haiti, Jr., cashier of the
late Exchange National bank, of Norfolk, wm
overruled, but Judgment is not to to entered
until Jnnuaty 20th, at Norfolk.
Excitement prevails over a discovery of geld
nud silver dr)H»it* on the Hue or the Shenan
doah Valley railroad. The aarays range from
aisUru dollars per ton for surface rock to |ixty
dollars at a depth of fifteen feet.
A wrecking steamer has l**u ongaced in
shipplug the wrecked German ship. F.llratoUi,
today, and it la taken for granted that the ship
is bound to go to pierce. Thus far sixteen of
the lost crew have come ashore, the lost one at
five •fleck Ihle evening. From the marked
wefAiniKeofooeof the bodies recovered to
that identified as Captain lloitorstadL it is
supposed to to a brother or a son. The remain*
or ire life raving men were burird today, aud
peeple oorne many miles around to tho services.
The undertaker has by direction of tho (Ser-
mdl vice-consul here, preiansl the rvmsiuvof
the German railore for burial, mm! they will to
kept two or three days to enable them to to
identified by nay of their fricuds.
This piper was found on one of the l»*Ue*:
BaxXL-x, NovrmterOtli. l-Wk-Fronk I?. Shuler
43 fiouth Gay ctreet, HalUmore. Md.-The bearer t-
W E. Hallman, and i* a good, reliable uiaiu if >0.1
ran obtain a situation for him, you will oblige
Y«*urs, tkH-xn R.»hi kv,
Wf Roh ley .V C«».
Teunrt**#.
Governor Bate Friday revoked the requisition
heretofore granted for the arrest of Dr. J. N. Doyle,
charged with murder committed In Effingham,
Ills., twenty yeorasgo. The ground* aligned are
that Doylf is under lndictiucm ui Perry coauiy,
and that he dooa not believe the earn U one where
justice requires .that the rcMtUsiuon should he
granted.
Mark Clark, • carpenter, killed Jerat Smith, a
frlknr-workmae, at Chattanooga. Friday, in a
uaam l9T«fi null debt, Smith was subbed in
Texas.
terror exists In the town of Catullo. eighty
mik-NofFau Antonis, the county seat of lAiallo
county. Asa ret ult of the fatal foudsexltting In
tho communi ty, County Corarataloncr lllli and
ttwolncr man have been shot down and killed In
cold blood, within the pad mouth and the slayer*
of both, although perfectly well known, have not
bccu arrested. A half dorm vlgtlault committed
wero organ tied to hunt dow n the aMianlns, but
they* see m to make no headway, although it la un
derstood that the niurdt rent havo never left La
sallocounty. The town!* practically under mar
tial law and huriue** I* almost Nuspended, in foot,
so great t» the the foeltn k of tmecurity that many
uroitmrr ting the village Tor fear of their live**
captain Fcuuildt baa a company of state rangers
w ho patrol the sticet* night and day to prevent au
outbreak of hostilities between the two faction*
Into w ntch the community ts divided.
Senator Bell !ia> introduced a hill, draft
ed by Colonel Freeman, of tho boundary com*
liiUsioti, which provides for the removal of the
boundary question between Texas and the
United State* from the Jurisdiction of cougrors
to that of the United States supreme court.
The bill empowers the state officer* of Texas
to begin suit against the state -of Km-
*9* to try the title to a large
icatiou of southern Kauai* stout the area of
the state of New Humpahire. It I* thought,
from mwly diieovcrcd evidence, unear tired
during the lust fow month*, that Texas not
t idy baa legal claims to what U uow a known as
Green county, hut to the whole western half of
the Indian territory aud u largo hi hoof Kan-
su*. Inasmuch as Texas and tho federal gov*
nutucut have been unable, alter ^twenty years
quibbling, to fix the question of the Groeu
cctruty ton ml ary, the bill proDoaes that salt to
instituud against tlic aoverotgn state of Kan*
ta% and if Texas win* the suit on evidence of
eld map* ami the terms of tko boundary settle*
nuut. ft U calculated tlrat the precedent thus
estahlbhcd would compel the supremo court to
allow her claim* to Green county, and the
within half of the Indian territory. The bill
provldca lor the expense* of the suit, which are
estimated at $70,«00.
Governor Inland has aetad on the proceed
ings of the Albany con ventiou of couuty judges
fma tho drouth districts. In answer to inqui
ries from casttru cities tlic governor has writ-
tv n the following letter.
The nr ole.tlops nod proceedings of county judges
arcroltstlewnd from repn-curative mcu. The
drouth continues tn that country
aud instead of relief coming freely,
a* wav roufUloutly lujrid. the tlistrer- Iu* gnwva
with the umdDx of winter, aud I not ouly iudorve
the pent.«men and ibetr p:\x-vediug-. hat I appeal
to the liberality of the country tn their tobaih
The drouth which ho* prevailed over almost
the entire state of Texas for the pust six
weeks remain* unbroken, aud the situation in
mtsy sections ia rapidly grow ing serious. Re
ports from oil part* of the state indicate that
cattlemen and farmers are Incoming alarmed
at the outlook. Except iu the coast country,
no rain of anycotueouencahas fallen through
out the entire state sfuce early last September,
and entile ranges are covered with dead grass
devoid of nutrition. The drouth has seriously
injured winter wheal but in the cotton
districts the continued dry weather has
neatly facilitated the movement of tba crop.
From statistics now being gathered by leading
members of the cotton exchange here, it is dis
covered that the movement of cotton in Texas
has keen unprecedented, nearly the entire crop
being marketed at this date. Estimate's baaed
upon partial relu ms today, show tlrat at thirty-
live of the principal interior citiea of Texas, in-
eluding Houston, Dallas nnd Branham, the
total stock in sight aggregates about 70,000
balt-3. T hi* result proved a groat surprise to
the rotten men. many of whom in consequence
are materially reducing their estimates on the
total output m Texas.
Georgia.
At Li ns* street car horses continue to die.
Gut of forty-throe bead thirteen have died and
all the rest fatally sick. Today Mayor Hodg
son telegraphed to Washington city to have the
government acrid a veternary .surgeon hero to
examine tbo sick animal*, aud if tnej have a
eoutagous disease to kill them.
Reuben Morris, hunting near Savannah,
discharged fail gun nnd the load entered
his left hind, and injured it to such an extent
that amputation was necessary.
Mr. J. W. Talley, a prosperous young farmer
living near In Harralsou county, committed
filicide Wednesday by hanging himself to a
joist in his buggy house. Domestic trouble is
the cause assigned for the rash act. He was
considered by his neighbors to have been out
of his mind for several days before his suicide.
At Cochran's municipal election, Tuesday,
Karri Mayer, after a close and hot contest, was
elected by a small majority, defeating E. A.
Pollock. Mr. Mayer was the candidate of that
element who favor prohibition and desire to
see tho local option law enforced and prohibi
tion given a fair test.
The appropriation of $15.000mode by congress
for the Improvement of thoSavannah river ins
excited considerable indignation in the com
munity, as the amount is entirely inadcqmtc
for any material good. The matter has been
very generally discussed, aud decisive action
has been determined ii)>on.
Mr. Alfred Rogers died at Villa Rica Friday
morning at 8 o’clock. Mr. Rogers was ouc of
the oldest citizens of this community. He
came here soon after tho gold mines wero dis
covered or opened up, and has made a scanty
support over since by digging about in the
miiict. He was a soldier in tiro Mexican war
and held the office of orderly sergeant. Up to
a fow years ago he was u remarkably stout
man. He once went up into Polk county to
harvest wheat, and when he came back ho
brought fifty pounds flour and a shoulder of
meat from Ktylcstoro to Villa Rica in one day.
Tho news has just reached here of a horrible
crime committed in Meriwether county Fri
day afternoon. The nine year old daughter
of Mr. KufT Brooks, while on her way from
school, was seized by a sixteen year old negro,
name unknowm. Tho girl, whon seized, gave
the alarm, and parties near by went to her as-
instance. The negro, on seeing them coming,
fled. Tim girl was bruised considerably.
Tho alnra spread, and tho negro was caught
today by Mr. N. S. Hamby, and delivered to
Constable Moncrief. Two deputies, accompan
ied by Moncrief, started to GreenvillejaU, with
the negro. When nbout six miles of Green
ville, five masked men came from tho roadside,
seized the negTO, and men just from the sccno
say he was hung on tho spot He confessed
that this was his third attempt to rape.
A sensational incident occurred nt the
Dade county convict earn)). Thursday morning
whllo tho com icta were ut work in tho mines,
there was a heavy cave in, and the convicts
organized a movement to force an escape by
cotting through tho outer wall.
While perfecting their arrangements they
were betrayed, and they were immediately
conveyed to the stockade. The men were fu
rious, and wheu the warden, Captain Conner,
entered the htockadc today to pjnUli tho ring-
loader, Jim Holt, tho latter assaulted him with
a knife, nud inflicted several wounds.
A general mutiny new cnsuod, a rush was
mode, Holt wom shot, aud the others wore
overpowered. Ouc of the guards was woandod
A serious collision occurred Thursday at two
o’clock, between the freight nnd passenger
trains on the Savannah, Florida and Western
railway, seventy-eight miles from Savannah.
The paHsenger train wa* coming from Joekton-
vilic, and tho freight was going south. The
pamenger engineer beard thg wh(*t!c of tho
freight, but was uirahu tO discover it clearly,
n» it was Very foggy. Tho passenger was
backing st- »Jic speed of four miles an hour,
Mid tho freight running nt cightoeu wiles.
The engineer nnd fireman of both train* sprang
from their eugiues in time to save their lives,
and no one wns injured save one colored min,
who wa* slightly bruised. The freight engine
wasa total wreck, and the passengor engine
considerably damaged. One car was telescoped
by the freight tender, und four freight cars
were thrown from tho track. The track wu
also toru up for some distance. The passengers
on the northbound train were considerably
shaken up. and tho train wns delayed three
hours, hut no ouo was injured.
Tlic steamship Lord Derby, which arrived iu
the port of Knvannah some few weeks siucc,
and wns ordered to Brunswick by her agents,
Messrs. Ktradian A to., had rather au eventful
experience. After leaving Brunswick some
portion of the machinery on the forward deck
became dirnblcd, and tho anchor and chains
bi-gait to ploy out rapidly. Tlic first mate, in
hia endeavors to atop its progress, had one of
his legs cntaugled in tlic chain and terribly
lacerated. The carpenter, who was standing
near him, was knocked overboard and drowned.
After tluhc accidents it was found necessary to
put buck to Brunswick for medical aid, and the
mate wa* in a dangerous condition and suffer
ing great agony from tho wound. Arriving at
Brunswick a physician was immediately sum
moned, who foand upon examination tlut the
log would havo to he taken oil. It was accord
ingly amputated. Subsequently, while tho ves
sel wa* nt port, the steward while attending to
bis duties suddenly dropped dead ou deck.
Friday Mr. Williams arrived at LaGrange
iu ptmuit of Mr. J. W. Roby and Ml»
Katie McNaniic, tbo newly married couple.
Alter bolding a consultation with the young
lady they returned home, leaving tbo btide
fully determined to live with her husband
On the north-bound night passenger Mr.
William* nnd wife got otf and rode
to the hotel where the young couple
wero enjoying their honeymoon. Mrs.
William* isn sister of the vouug lady. As
soon ns they had gotteu to their room. Mrs.
William* sent for her sister. Khe went down,
the hu&tond suspecting nothing, and the rciult
of the interview wu* the returning home of
Mr*. J.W. Roby. What took place in the
room uo one knows. A short while before the
down paiemgcr arrived, in company with Mr.
William* nud wife, the wife of Roby
wqs sceu making her way out of the hotel,
while her unsuspecting bushiiid was wrapped
in tho arms of morpheu*.
J. S. Goodwiu, of Kingston, has two opossum
pet*. Just before Christmas he bought them
from a negro boy. aud. taking them home pat
them in a coop, intending to fatten them for
Christmas. Next morning, on going out to
feed them, he found the coop empty aud the
opomumt missing. A day or two afterwards he
heard his wife ray that she heard peculiar
noisee during the night. On tho following
morning, while be was iu the kitchen miking
a fire, he heard something jump off the table,
and thinking it wns a cat threw a pieco of
wood at ft to scare it mwsv. The ouiai il gave
a Snap and growl, which Mr. G. rccogvdicd. It
wa* his lost "pAssum. Picking it up he started
for bis wife's room to show it to licr. IIoaring
a soft noise U'hind him. he looked lurk and
raw the other possum following him. It fol
lowed hint on in ami perched up in the corner
by the lire like » cat. They are now perfectly
tame and exceedingly uovcl a* tot*.
MilledgcvillcChronic!. The attendant.* had
their accustomed annual dam e in the amuse
ment hall of the male convalescent bull ling
last Saturday night and enjoyed it ex.'.-ed-
tugiy. While it wa* goitig on some of the male
end female convalescent patient* had a mu-leal
literary antertainment iu tho amu<cuom hail
of the female oonvalcx ent building On last
Tuesday night they had al>o a general dinco,
and on Thursday night, December :&>th. they
bad the annual grand masquerade ball, which
was attended by puri* a t*. attendants and
visitors in &n endless variety of costume* and
masks. It would take the whole of a long ar
ticle to give any adequate idea of the charac
ters, fun. frolic and enjoyment of the occa
sion. Dr. Hall as stage manager and gen
eral director with noma of the convalescent
paric&t* and attendants a* actors and actrewos
got up, and presented the amusing comedy of
"Barney the Baron" with considerable success.
It i* indeed surprising to find so mnch dra
matic talent within the wail* of a lunatic
atylum. He lias had a stage erected in the
huge hall in the male couvslcnceut building,
und supplied it with the HJime .scenery tlrat the
opera house in Milledgevllle had before tho
new scenery they have recently bought.
So, with his menagerie, hla dramatic corpi,
two bra** bands aud a “Ditottenti club,”
pin nos. biliiaid and bagatelle tables, nugic
lanterns and legerdemain paraphernalia, there
is no end to the resources of pleasure aud
amusement for “his pets.”
Augusta was deeply pained to learn of the sad
end of viritof the Andersou delegation Friday
morning, and universal sympathy was felt for
tiro party whose spirits were broken and towed
in grief Death th« shadow of sudden death.
Esperial condolence was tendered tho heart
broken lady who came down full of happiness
and awoke this morning in time to feel the last
tremor of life in tho body of her loving hus
band, who was overtaken by deatb. Mr. W. 8.
Ligon was one of the most prominent aud pop
ular members of the Anderson party, and al
though troubled at times with heart affect ion,he
was in the best of health and spirits yesterday
and last night. He attended the entertain
ment, and to his Augusta friends,
never appeared in totter frame
or condition. He was a large,
handsome gentleman, a leading merchant of
Anderson and treasurer of the Savannah Val
ley railroad. The Andereoa party and the
Augusta committee rendered every possible
servhe today, and tho delegation who wont up
from this city to meet and welcome our visi
tor* acted as the pa^ ,,rftrers when the remains
of Mr. Ligon wero escorted to tho train. The
whc-Ie sentiment of the party was full of sor
row at the occurrence and of tender solicitude
for his nfllicted wife.
A coincidence is noticed in this connection,
which will confirm some people <ti their super
stitions. Last evening Mr. and Mr*. C. A. Doo
little entertained a company of visiting friends
from upper Carolina, aud it was observed at tho
time that thirteen pcoplo wero at the
table. Mr. Ligon waa the thirteenth to tit
down. He was in fine spirits all the evening,
and this morning was discovered dead in bed.
LABOR TROUBLES.
Richmond, January 11.—Riotous demon
stration* on the partof the striking employes of
tho Old Diminion Steamship line, at New port
New*, occurred today. A telegram from Mr.
llrtmond, general traffic manager of the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, at New port
News, to General Weekham, second vice-pres
ident of tho company says the striker* have
taken post ( ‘*»ion of pier No. 2, set fire
to the bath house of the Old Dominion
land company, and perpetrated other
outrages. Mr. Bremond asks for an armed
force to protect tbo company’s property and
or rest tho offenders. Judge Beck, of War
wick county, has made n formal call upon Gov
ernor Lee for military aid, and he has taken
prompt action in the matter by ordering three
companies, two white and one colored, from
Richmond, and one white company and one
colored from Hampton, to proceed at once to
the scene of the disturbance.
Richmond, Vo., January 12.—There has been
no i iotous demonstration by strikers at New
port News sinco last night. This morning a
train with nearly a hundred laborers from
Alhermarlo county, reached Nowport Nows nnd
went to woTk moving freight under the protec
tion of the State guard—a colored company
—from Richmond. During the day there
wns two hundred handset work on the wharves,
loading steamers for Europe. General Wick
ham, vice-president of the Nowport News and
Mississippi Valley railroad company, had a talk
with the strikers to day and tola them that
they bad stopped work without cause and
without notice, causinga blockade of the track
by the cars and impeding the business of tho
company- He said, that all, with a few excep
tion, would be allowed to go to work at once if
they wished to. There waa a plenty of woTk
both for them and the new hands pnt on this
morning. A striker in the crowd sasd:
"General, wo will not go to work one by
one. There ore three men whom if they say
go to work, we will obey nnd go in a hotly.”
General Wickhtiu, in a positive manner:
’There are no tbreo men in tho United States
who can put you to work on that pier without
my consent. Yon onght to havo manhood
enough not to permit any three men to influ
ence you to stop work und thus starve, not
only yourselves, but your wives and children*”
llo said that tonlgnt any man who bod stop
ped work would bo paid every dollar due him
and all who wanted to could go to work to
morrow morning. If they did not go to work
they would be made to leave the premises.
Foktress Monbok, Va.. January H.—'Tho strike
at Newport New s ha* toeu fccttled and tbo troops
returned to Riclunond.
Haiurox, Pa., January 12.—Tho executive
committee of miner's and laborer's sab-division
No. 1 of district assembly No. 135 Knights of
labor, which includes the entire authracitc
coal fields, held a session yesterday and re
solved to declare a general striko of all employ-
t* engaged in mining and the prenxnition of
coal that goes to places affected by the strike of
the New Jersey coal handlers, providing the
strikers appro v n cf lids a* beiug tho most of-
fcctive Etanner of rendering them assistance.
On the other hand a special dispatch from
>Vilkc*barre. rays: There will to uo atrlko of
miners in Wyoming or Jxliigli Valleys on ac
count of the dork men's difficulty. Tbo fact is
the men arc all idle now. which is ennal to a
strike and what they would strike for is a mys-
toiy.
Wiikfpuaiire, IVi , January 13.—A mob of
strikiug miners at Moosic has been rioting all
day and endeavoring to break into the barracks
used by the working miners, whtcb wo* guard-
d l»y seven member* of tbo coal und iron po«
ice. The tolesgured miners finally used re
volvers and policemen fired twenty shots from
U’liito into the crowd and dispersed it. Tho
ult «»f the »hooting not known yet.
MARRIED IN GEORGIA
. C. P. Knowlton and MI«s Orric Brown. At
lanta Mr. J. B. r.edwlne and Mia* Jamie Simms
Atlanta Mr. Eugene Harris and Miss Minnie
Simms Macon Mr- Fiimk S. Howell and Mitt
lima Jones hhmvood.
DIED IN GEORGIA.
THE BRUTAL TORTURE.
Jeffebson, Ga., January 10.—[Special.]—
Jackson conntynow ha* a sensation which calls
to miud tho time wheu kuklnxing was so popu
lar.
On Thursday night of Christmas week the
6torchonzo of Mr. J. E. Statbam, who lives in
Eontofe, was entered and $!00 stolen there
from. For some cause suspicion at once rested
on W. O. Shelnutt, who lived near the store,
but direct proof was lacking which would fatten
the crime on him. Threats wero openly made
about Bhelnutt’s complicity. Ou .Sunday night
following, about 1 o'clock, Skelnutt's door was
broken open, and without giving him time to
dress or bid bis wife adieu, a party of men wear
ing masks and nine in number, hurried him
oil* to an old church nearby, and finding a suit
able limb, procured n stroug rope and fastening
' c.ne end around his neck
DREW HIM UP BETWEEN
heaven and earth. After suspending him thus
until life was almost extinct, the line was
slackened and an opportunity given him for a
full confeesion of the crime, but this lie re
fused to do, nnd again was the rope tightened.
When breath had about left him a halt was
called, and in an unconscious condition Sliel-
nutt was dragged by two men about 100 yards
to a log. While they held him down across it
a brawny fellow administered a severe flogging
with an improvised cat-of-nine tails made from
a heavy leather strap. When the mob had
given him all he could stand, n halt was or
dered and another opportunity given for a
confession. With his back
rr.EEDIXO FROM X HUNDRED WOUNDS,
tlic poor wretch, to save his life,told them that
a man named Griffith robbed the store, and
he Shelnutt. happened to see him in the act,
and that Griffith gave him five dollars to keep
mam. This confession seemed to appease tho
wrath of the crowd to a certain exteut, and
•Shelnutt was then taken to the homo of Mr.
Statham, proprietor of tho store that was
robbed, and turned over to iris tender mercies.
The next day Griffith waa arrested, but Sbel-
nutt completely failed to show any connection
that Griffith had with the matter, so Griffith
was released. Shelnutt was then brought be-
forca magistrate, and waivod a heaving, his
bond being fixed at $300, which he has not
given. An officer brought him here and pat
him in jail, where he now languishes. From
the nature of his wounds a physician was called
in. who pronounced his, injuries painful, but
not serious if properly watched after.
HHELNUTT’S STATEMENT.
Khclnntt says he knows nothing whatever
nbout the robbery and only told the mob what
be did in order to save his life. He farther
rn^s that the crowd told him that if, on tho
Inal before the magistrate, he did not waive a
hearing, they would kill him. The affair has
caused no little excitement. Shelnntt has em
ployed counsel who will have him before tlic
ordinary on Wednesday next on a writ of hab
eas corpus.
Warrants havo been “issued for six men
charged with complicity in the whipping, and
lively times may be looked forbeforo the thing
is finally ended. Shelnutt is a married man,
about thirty years of age. He moved to this
county about one year ago, coming from At
lanta, where ho says he once worked on the
m w capital. He has one leg off below the
knee, caused from being run over by tho cars
in Atlanta, and.has an intelligent face.
Do You Want a Sewing Machine Free? Mr,
J:. u. Dewey, of Buond Knob, N. C., sent in his sub
mi iption to the Constitution and got a One ma
chine os a Christmas present from us. Mr. J. W.
Elkins, of Toon's Station, Tenn., sent In a club aud
cot a fine mschino os a Christmas present. You
there aro several machines as New Year’* presents.
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throat and Lung Affections, also a positive and
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in German, French or English, with frill direc
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TEXAN POLITICS.
Austin, Texas, January Iff—The joint com
mittee of thv legislature appointed to canvas*
the- vote for governor and other state officers
voted for last November, concluded their la
bors today. The official vote for governor is
a* follows: Ross, democrat, 228,776; Cochrane,
republican, 65.266; Dahomey, prohibitionist,
19,186; scattering 102. Democratic majority,
Ml,351. Wheeler, democratic nominee for
lieutenant governor, received a majority of
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Iu Memory.
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only child, 1* months old-little Mary Kvs. Very
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•.ruder that a desolate loneliness fills the home,
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"Let us to* patient? These severe afllicUons,
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