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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1884.- TWELVE PAGER!
NEWS OF GEORGIA.
The Lie coin! on New* unravel* a sensation which
ha* been exciting that county for two year*. Mon
day night one week *go Jack Henderson, a notori
ou* negro, gained access by a trick into the hou*e
of a re*pecbtale white dtlsen in bl* abacr.ce. no
onebelrg in tbo home bnt hi* wife and Httlo
child, when he made highly inciting proposals.
The lady ran to a neighbor's bourc, and her hue-
band having in the meantime returned, he and
hi* neighbor started in pursuit and alter a desper
ate race overtook him, bound him with cords, from
which he extricated himself. He waa however re
taken and delivered to Sheriff Bruce Lang, who
placed him in jail to await bis trial. The blghcs
excitement prevailed all over town and
???heriff Lang in obedience to bis sworn duty as an
officer of the law summoued a poise to guard the
jail. On next day Henderson was brought before
D. tV. Sale N. I*, and J. I*, and was committed to
jail, be having waived*preliminary trial. Then
comes the sequel of tho story: Jack Henderson
and P. M. Murphey have for several years been
living with J. 2f. Tarver. Wednesday, after Jack
had been arrested and was being carried
by the officers to Washington, for safe keeping
Murphcy who bad striven with i ???
might to have him lynched.
Llncolnton and has not since been heard
from. The negro confesses to a large part he took
in the consplrary ngslnstMr. Blanchard in swear
Inga case of arson against him two years ago, aLd
lays the great burden on Murphey and Tarver
Mr. Tarver waa arrested Thursday and the officers
are In active icarch for Murphey. The charges
against Murphey and Tarver are conspiracy and
subornation of perjury, which, if sustained will
fix upon them acrime worso indeed than murder.
Judge Hardy fixed tho bail In eachcase against
Mr. Tarver at 92,300, which he failed to give, and
was theref ore sent to jail. Thu preliminary trial is
aet for the 26th Instant. Neither Tarver or Mur-
pbey aro natives if Lincoln nor havo they long
been residents of our county.
Tho Dubliu Uaxstte says a general riot occurred
at Biddle's turpentine farm in Montgomery county
last Wednesday. The result of tho riot was tho
killing of Macoa Johnson and mortally wounding
Abe h'llrel. Six or fight of tho hands were en
gaged in tbo difficulty. Tho killing of Johnson,
according to the verdict of the coroner's jury, waa
aocidontal. Tho testimony showed that tho de
ceased was not interested or engaged. A negro
whose name lisa escaped us was firing at Abe Kit-
rei with a shotgun and Johnson standing be
yond him received throe of the shot, ouo through
tho brain, one through tho neck, and a third
through tho chest, breaking a rib just over the
region of the heart. Kltrtli, the wounded man,
received ten or twolve buckshot, but Is still living.
Tho tiring waa simultaneous between tho parties
shooting arid In which Johnson was accldeutally
killed. Tho party doing tho shooting was arrest 1
od, but under tho circumstances was released. Tho
wounded party Is now under guard, trot being able
to go to Jail; others con nected with the riot have
fled.
Hou. John <1. Adams, of Vilkov county, was rc-
ocutly poisoned with sorno foul beef, which ho
bought from sorno negroos. The cow was killed
accidentally, and when tho negroes skinned her
they concluded to sell sorno of tho beef Tho no
groea were prosecuted aud convicted In tho
county court.
Albany Nows: A singular case of hydrophobia
oocurred ou tho Kendrick piney woods place,
seven milts below tho city. A negro tenant had a
horse and a row bitten by a fleo dog about three
weeks ago. I<*??t Haiti runjr thrro animals began to
ahowslgnaof hydrophobia b> foaming at thamouth
??n one side mid struck in eight other places, which
htdtbo appear* no?? of being touched with a hot
soldering lion. But one man on boerf escaped the
lnfiuencoof the lightning, and several were hours
their way. On Me unlay last the negro was compelled
to kill them, it was a great loss to tho tenant, tho
hone being valued at fl7ft by tboso who kuow it
It would bo well to keep au eye ou tho dog, oven if
dog days aro not hero.
Greensboro Herald: Thera la a largo deposit of
white earth, or "while mud.'* as it is commonly
called within the corporate limits, which ha* the
property of extracting grease fiom doors; and has
. been used from time immemorial by tho house-
wives of the town for that purpose. It la also used
quite extensively for Whitewashing hearths, end in
some instances bag taken the place of whito*wash
for fences.
Green Hill, cor respondent of the Lumpkiu Inde
pendent, furnishes tbo following Item of an uuus
ual occurrence: "Ou Monday night last a uegro
womsp on Mr. James T. Gordy's plantation gave
birth to thieochildren, two girls and a boy. TheJr
respective weight! are as follows: eight pounds
each for tho girls and six for tho boy. Tho children
are all living and seem to bo doing well."
All the fruit growers in southwest Georgia aro
confident of a good crop thla year. Uptodato bu t
few tree* are in bloom, aud they think from this
that the cold weather will bo all over beforo the
crop can bo hurt. At this time last year It waa well
knowu that ptacbea would be scarce; uow all are
counting on a big yield.
Bsinbrldgo Democrat: It Is reported that the
Mill* place, embracing lake Douglass, a beautiful
. expanse of water nearly a mile wide and ono and
a half mllca long, has be* n sold to a northern gen
tleman, who will build an immense hotel near tho
lake aud convert the plantation Into a grand truck
aud dairy (aim. The lake will bo supplied with a
half doxcti ortnnrv pleasure sail boats, which when
done will make it tho moat beautiful aud desirable
winter r* sort In all of southern Georgia. Tho price
paid for tho property was about 9*.720.
WmoHTsvti.i.g. March 17.???Mr. W. B. Hnell, of
this place, died night beforo last from tujurle* re
oelved on last Saturday by an ox cart losdod with
E uaito running over him. Ills burial took place
ere to-day aud tho funeral procession waa the
largest ever knowu In this town.
McVillr. March 17??? 0. J. McArthur and Vn
Thompson in attempting to arrest, shot aud ^killed
Tom Haynes at ('amps Saturday night. Haynes
waa charged with ati assault and battery, and nr
???anted a gun and trying to shoot at the parties win
they were about to make tho arrest.
jKrpxaaoMvrt.LK, March 17.???The American Le-
glous of Honor, through council \m have paid to
tha family of our late erdiuary ft ooo.
A uegro man killed another while working the
road near Bullard's last Monday. Tho road hands
became furious and hunted him up and shot him
that night. Ills wouuds were thought to bo fatal
and he waa brought to Jail yesterday. Ho "
day and Urn sheriff is oat after tho murder
Cbdartown, March 17???Rider Ram Kchuls, of tbe
Mormon church, baa created another sensation by
having a new wlfo "scaled uuto him" lu l???auldlug
county, lllsuawo was first broaght into promi
nence several months ago by an attempt to regain
possession of his three year old boy. lu lS79.be|tuK
theu a thrifty cDiseu of Paulding county, he wooed
and won tbo heart of Mis* Mary, tho blooming
daughter of Colonel James Vincent. Later he be
came a convert to Mormonltm. audfhis wife refits
lug to accompany him bo went to Utah where he
baeane a preacher, and tbo suit tor the child was
the event which signalised bis return. He has
now taken under hts charge Mias Armtnta Lee,with
full apparent consent of famllv, and left last w-t-k
for Salt Lake City, where sealing processes will be
concluded. This is the boldest attempt yet made
in this state.
LaGxakok. March 17.???An immense congiega
tlon asMtnbled at the Baptist church last night to
witness the baptism of three sisters, Misses Lillian,
lone and 7-tidre Wilson. Tho diceinstances of tbo
occasion were specially tout hlng. Two of the can
didate* bad been received into tho church by the
late bsluved pastor. Kev. M. B Hardin. It being the
taauffirial act of his life, lie died soou after,
having the baptUm to his successor, Rev. Robert
H. Harris, wbo. before descending into the water,
alluded totheclreumstaueos lu the following brief
but teaching word*, which sent a thrill through
the entire congregation: "There was a sower and
he sow*d well. Diligently he cultivated the soil.
Then he became a reaper. Hegath* red the sheaves
t...j left thtin standing in tbo field. To-night,
another come* to bear ihe harvest home."
Mr Jodaon Greene, tax collector of this county,
is seriously sick at his home, four miles from towu.
Biniu??lrk Acntl: Th.' nhooticr AbMoDumi
Captain ^Gilchrist, from WUc*Miet, Me., with Ice
for Hsywocd. Gage A Co., arrived in port yesterday
having been out four wieki. An k-.-d u she ar
rived the captain, accompanied by Mr. Mac Hay
wood, called at our office to give us hi*experience,
Whicfi waa truly terrible. He say he encounter*d
???tveu galea, was twice driven bark from liattt ra??
???PO milts ou ifcefini* and 425 mile* on the second
approach???was twice struck by lightning, lost her
boats, davits, fore gaff aud jswa to main
boom, spilt her jib* and tore ber
main tall. The lightning seemed to
Oume in balls and explode over the v. h* 1 like cau
non*. One of these at five a, u??. kureked down the
captain, mate, steward aud three men. The stew
ard was standing at the stove | U ib*- galley, with a
pot (Brittann'a wart) of coffee in his hand, which
was struck bjThe electric fluid and melted through i
t ??? VMWW> ^ V of
thecffecta'or'thc shock.' ???ihe" captain ray* t bat In
alibi* experience of twelve years he never baa en
countered such weather before, and hopes be never
will again.
Mr. Whit Wright, one of Paulding comty???a
progressive farmers, has a common scrub cow (not
one of,the mild eyed Jerseys)from whicb.he has rold
la the last twelve months two hundred and seventy-
six pounds of butter. Mr. Wright found ready sale
for bis butter .in Dallas at twenty-five cents per
pound, realizing the handsome little
K*9 from the cow in twelve months.
Mr. Wright has four in family,
and besides the amount of butler marketed she
supplied the family with all they could consume at
home. For the last eight mouth* the calf has been
running with tho cow. Hhe Is uow yielding five
pounds of butter per week.
By the explosion of a boiler at LIgon A Griffin'
???aw mill, near Henry, Alfred Harris. the sawyer,
who was standing by the saw wheu the explosion
occurred, was Instantly killed; a negro man
seriously scalded and several others painfully
hurt, it I* thought tbata defect i ?? 'In b-filer
was tho causf of tbo catastrophe. TL??- ????? -lit r aud
engine were hurled a distance of fif y :*rds. A
negromnn, wb># was upon 1be ??r-gti.> * reusing it
at the time, wss thrown thirty feet ?? ui into a pond
and tbtise*c*|.t-o Injery.
Athens Bai-mr: A gentleman i????* judgement
against a mar In Ocono- for SI,/'A which was
settled and y??*???< rday ho came to tnis city to nettle
up vrJtb his Jsnytrs. Four of??nr W??- ?? jurists bad
a lick at it st <?? divided up tho s.i of the fl In,
giving the gt i t??man who h* id 'tv juducmeutonly
seventy-five - ollarnnut of the wl.m??- lunoiiut.
would have been brlttr If they h??d ttSen It all.
The burial of a lunatic at the asylum is thus
told In a letter to Mrs. Deor.d- -. tho wife of Ihe
dead roan
He dh <i very quietly. He ???'d not know any
thing, or anybody. Hedfdi.i.i *k to see anyone,
but WNNuiqonsclous. If- h??<t -.-ry attention tiny
and night; was put away i.iuiiy and tho grave
marked."
The belled buzzard spent last week in Bartow
county. That accounts for the seriousness of Doug
las Wikle on tho presidential question.
Hog stealing In tho prevailing crime in Morion
county, it Is a strong pen into which a colored
man cannot penetrate,
Columrit's, March la.???The council held a called
meeting at the mayor???s office this evening to con
side? the petition ol the mbtiMera and others, not
to allow the Dizzy Blondes to play hero Thursday
night. The petition was received, and after refer
ence to the city attorney, cotiucll ordered that the
signers be informed that they had no power to
prohibit the same.
Haturday night a black cloud hung ovar tho city
aud the indications were good for a blow. Mr. D.
A. Mayo saw Ihe signs and gathered his family Into
a storm pit, which he had recently finished, and
like Noah entering the ark,pulled tbo covering over
tho door. Tho rain dcsoondod and tho floods beat
upon that door, but.tho inmates of tbo pit slept so
curely through the night and rain. Early Sunday
morning David aroso lu his strength, shook
himself aud tried to go up
hut the trap door had swollen
and refuted to budge. Youug David went to tho
atalstauccof hi* fatner, but the door was too hosvy
for them. The hours rolled by. Tho church bells
called the people to meeting, but David aud his
folks were lu a cave, and could not get out. About
11 o???clock Mr. Will and Ben
Mavo went over to seo their
father,* found tlo house shut up And wonbaround
to sco what was out. He could hoar voices aud at
ting an sx, with tho assistance')
i in tho
Hurutor, Ga., Republican
On last Sunday as Messrs M. J. McMillan, and
K D. Walker were returning from a little country
trip Mr. Walker's lino pointer dog Teto caught a
i|ulrrol under rathor peculiar circumstances. Tho
squirrel was neon to ruu across tho road when tho
dog immediately gavo chase, and finally "treed"
It lua pino tree, standing apart from other trees
and with branches growing from tho trunk alaiost
to tho ground. Not to bo outdouo lu this manuer.
the dog at onco proceeded to go up the ueo ana
finally brought down tho ??nulrrol from near tho
top. unaided by either of the gentlemen, who
watched the ontiro proceedings from their buggy
at a little distance. This story has a alight Mul-
haPtinlo flavor, but the probity of our ftuformaut
la trnqueatloued.???Berrien, Ga., Now*.
Mr. M. W. Dandy, of Mltcholl county, is the
champion shot so far as heard from thla Reason.
On last Haturday ho killed sixty llvo doveaat flvo
shots, being an avetago of thirteen each shot. The
highest number at anyono shot- was nlnetcou.
Mitchell lend* ???Albany New*.
A slugular and rare instance of human caprlco.i*
in tho fact of ( Mr. Wm. Kool, this county, having
had his coffin in his hou*o for tho past two years',
Thu coffin is mado of cedar, and was fashioned by
tho owucr'sown bauds, even unto tho felltcgof
the tree out of which tho timber was taken. This
is what wo call a philosophical view of tho situa-
tlon.???L.a.y, Us., Dour lor.
AffTOH???S WEALTH.
HE MUST HANG.
0* Rt;i It* SapNae Csart bT L???ulimn JthiMJ-
A Hears Caaaty Orlaic.
Yesterday tho supreme court refused to
grant a new trial in the case of Leonidas
Johnson, a negro wbo was convicted of rape
and sentenced to death. There is every indi
cation that Johnson will therefore meet
death on the gallows.
The crime was committed in Henry county,
jn February last, on the person of Mrs. Martha
Cook, the wife of a respectable farmer.
8bewas sitting in her honse nursing her
baby, when she was surprised by tbe sudden
appearance of Johnson, wbo at once presented
himself by her chair and caught her by the
arms. Mrs. Cook was so frightened that she
was almost powerless. Johnson did not
speak at once, bift caught bif$ictim by the
throat aud began choking her. Mrs. Cook
made a resistance and JobLson put one hand
in his pocket and started to draw a pistol,
saying:
"I will blow your heart out.???
"No," ha continued, "I would rather choke
you to death!" then jumping at the lady be
again caught her by the throat and choked
her until she sank helpless on the floor, and
became unconscious. When she returned to
coniciousneis Johnson had accomplished his
design and was gone. Mrs. Cook's husband
at the time was working in a field half a mile
away and was of course ignorant of tbe diu
hoiical crime enacted at his home.
Johnson was afterwards arrested, tried and
sentenced to death. His counisl brought the
case to the supreme court an<ynade a vigor
ous fight there, but the OMf went against
Johnson yesterday, and the cat proceeding
will be the sentencing of him a second
time. Johnson???s defense was a claim that
there was doubt as to his being the right
party; that . it was not- proven
beyond doubt that he was tbe
men who committed the assault. On that
point Judge Hall, who delivered tbe opinion
of the court, said that the Idfflfctiflcation was
"as clear and precise as it codu have been by
one subjected to such an???hhuman and
brutal outrage. In moments of conscious
ness during this terrible struggle with her
ravisher it was not to bo expected that she
could have noticed every minute incident
accompanying tbo dreadful transaction. The
general outline and appearance of tbe man
must have left an indelible impression upon
her mind and from this she was able to recog
nize him both when he was before the grand
jury and when be appeared in oourt.'*
Continuing, Judge Hall says:
"This wretched criminal??ust be left to
his fute. Without a dfsregM of the rules of
rddmn no r<"
law the courts can afford
relief. In
a matter involving so seriously the safety of
the domestic altar, the protection of the sex
and tho well-heingof society there should be
no laxity in the adniinistrptation of the law,
Leniency lo such offenders is cruelty to soci
ety. We are satUfled that 4e very thing has
been done in this case which could have
been done by the faithful and able couusel
furnished by appointmenfcof the court to see
that the defendunt bad the fall measure of
his rights."
He then announces that tho judgment of
the court below Is affirmed.
Johnson is a short, stout negro with
round face and i in presses dne as being utterly
worthless and in every way likely to commit
depredations on tho porsoa and property of
the decent members of
GEORGETOWN OOLLBOE.
s lalcrcsUax Latter Yrom Umr, Gisneat A. Evaas
???r Aunts.
In the Wesleyan Chrirtian Advocate, of
March 12lh, there appears tbo following
interesting letter dated at Washington, D.
C.:
I was met at tbe door of Georgetown col
lege by Father Cowardin, the affable Jesuit
who is vice-president and flratDrefect of dis.
eipline. We entered and posing along
corridor stood together within the library
which contains .TO,GOO volumes, amongst
which are many rare aud carious books. How
beautiful those old illuminated manuscripts
aro! The lettering and the painting have stojd
the wear of flvo centuries and ure as bright
and clear as on the day tho long task of the
scribe was done "How did you get these????
1 asked of my pleasant Jesuit brother. He
replied that ninny of them had been col
lected here in America from the early mis
sion houses of the Jesuits who had come t)
teach the Indians and others.
Thu Georgetown college iq Catholic,founded
IVher* Ihe Third lllrbrel Xm Kerr* HI* MU Lee-
fee flelere eMhe OreetNew Verk Lee die rd.
From thu Now York Journal.
Tho third r eheat man lu thuunlou Is John Jacob
Astor, tho chief owner aud heir of tho Astor ostato
Uiillko many millionaires Astor ha* both name amt
riches???a name linked with fabulous wealth for
threo succeeding generations. Tho estimated value
of tho Astor ratato Is from 190,000,000 tof lOO.OOO.OCO,
a veritable mountain of gold, John Jacob and
William B. aro its solo owuers, tho former's inter
est said to b?? two-thirds.
For nearly a century tho title of being "the land
ords of Now York" hns attached itself to them.
John Jacob's Interests in hcuscs, lots and faiuu
may bo computed in the thousand*.
Am mg tho valuable bulldlugs principally owmd
by Mr. Astor as chief hdr to tho estate is tho old
landmark, tho Astor house, which wsn sold to hli
father by his gram! father, tho founder of the lrn*
memo estate, for 91. Its present value Is said to bo
???2.000,000, being sa-es ed at 91.7rt0.000. Tbo Guar
antio and Indemnity bulldlug, chUily owue.t by
Mr. Astor, was purchased a short time ago for
91.0C0.0CO, wbtlo tho Astor estate pays taxes
9 0,000, 00 of real citato situated below Chambers
streets most of wtl.???i* consists of busiuew bouses
on Broadway aud Wall streets. There D scarcely a
ward, street or aveuuo In the city In which Mr.
Astor does not own real estate, ou which tho total
amount of taxes Dover 9400,000 annually.
Another point of difference between Mr. Astor
aud other millionaire* Diu his investment*. In
Wall street hts name never appear* as a speculator
aud teldom as an luvc*tor or seller of stocks, bends
or other similar securities. Having an income ol
10 per cent on the grosa amount Invested iu real
estate, he chittly buvk more houses or latch when
opportunity for coed investment offers lu an in-
vtmlory mado of his various prop rtles an Item of
9fi,UU),iC0 lu cash appeared as * money in trust
companies and banks waiting investment iu real
estate,"
Mr. Astor is a man of striking personal appear
ance, bring over six feet iu height, sum (.somewhat
loellt.ed to eorptmr.ee and straight a* an arrow.
W hen on the meet hD quick, elastic step and smi
Hug face, fringed with small, gmv ??nlc-whisker*,
invariably attract aitciui.ni. Mi- dnss is simple
and sutprUiugly neat. At bustnc- * or ou the street
be wears a broadcloth cm away or frcck coat,
with pant* io ms'rb, comfortable looking shoe#
always lightly polished, while in bis hand usually
swings as, he walk* a large, purple silk umbrella.
In summer hi* costume D changed to a black sergo
c jai and pants of some lighter color, while an easy
straw bat rests lightly ou uis ivery-white hair.
Mr. Astor. though seldom speskiug ef htmscif,
recently told a frteud ttiat although he had com
pleted Ur ret score year*, he felt os well and beany
as be did at forty. Beuevolenca is bis striking
??? haractcrlstlc, ono probably inherited from the
fouuder if the Astor library. Many of hi* char
ities arc published, though the actual amount of
???tooddoue with ht.i ever ready cluck book is little
known. Iu nearly all the charitable ingtltuttous
of this city the names of himself or wife, and
No. il Went Twenty-sixth street, or his home, at
No JDS Fifth avenue. Tbo latter it familiar to
uearly every resident of Fifth avenue, aud is eon-
3 qeuousfor uolbiug but it* plain tits* and tbe spa-
on* ground* which surround It. It is built of flue
moulded brick, with trimmings of browu stone,
aud has a double stairway leading to the front eu
trance. The iu ter tor compares favorably with any
palace.
During the late illness of his wife, Mr. As???or's
time was chiefly devoted to cheering her weary
hours at the bed-tide with the same uudrirg sffic-
ihm he has shown throughout the many years of
hts married life. MU principal recreations an*
tiaita to his elegant country seat at Uhciuecliffe-cn-
the-Hudson, aud yetching. Tho country seat is
sn ancient looking satabllsbment kept In the finest
rder, andts a reminiscence of olden time. Well
haded with trees of e
aud gardens are travel
in 1708, anti the first hotiffi was built on the
banks of tho Potomac in the midst of a fine
estate.
This college building has grown since 1km
from tho small lrouso loan immense struc
ture frtcnl with grnnite'nml boldly confront
ing tho capitol of the nation. 1 climbed up
tho tower with my genial brother priest. He
is a haudsomo itmti???intelligent, good-humor
ed, can tnke rt friendly remark about his
church without resentment, and withal was
a fellow-soldier of the long-ago. Up
wo weut???wo two poles of the ecclesiastical
battery; we two, sons of John Wesley and
Iguailua Lovola, good friends who were not
afraid of each other, and with eyes that
looked out alike upon the glories of God's
wffrk we surveyed the landscape o'er. I sup
pose I might have pushed him off and the
world would have usd one priest less???but
cui bono!
1 shall not forget while I live tho picture
shown to tue of Tho Call of Matthew painted
in France by the Italian, Lucca Giordanna.
Father Cowardin drew the thin veil away
from tbe great painting about 10 by 14 feet in
size and placed me at tbe point where 1
would receive its full power.
There were several figures in the piece, but
my eves were fastened on two. There was
Matthew sitting at the receipt of eustorn with
the tablo by his side and the bags that bare
tue money. Hut Matthew was just start
ing from his sea*, his iuatitle
was slipping back from his swelling breast,
his hands were extended; one as if pushing
away forever behind him the place, power
and wealth of tbe world, the other was
stretched forward; and 1 followed the look of
his kindling face and saw wbo and what were
moving Matthew with such power. The
Christ stood near by not like ho is usually
painted in the crucifix and agony, but
in the beauty of llis holiness, looking
on His cliOM n disciple with an infinite ten
derneas, with ati appealing sorrow in his face,
with* penmasive power in his soft loving
eyes that brought my heart at once on ita
knees at the Stviour???s feet. 1 said os 1 laid
tuy hand on the shoulder of a Catholic friend:
"He must have a hard heart who cau resist
such a Christ." And the gentle lady who
was with us, the wife of our bravest Georgian,
turned away tvs I said it and stepped
softly to a window cript to sued
her tears like a little child. How thankful am I
that I cau preach the gospel in a sentence
anywhere. So one who reads this letter will
suppose thi?? was a picture which anybody
worship*. It is simply a grand work that
takes your thoughts to the Christ revealad to
ua in the gospel, who sitteth on the throne of
redemption as the friend of tinners. My feel
ing was deep, indeed, bat unlike that which
swept mv heart as ihe*y*8 cf Charlotte Cord ay
followed me from behind tbe bars as the
SHORT NEWS NOTES.
Ocssip of Things end Polks Here and
There.
The Central Pacific is removing snow banks
with powder.
The deepest well in Connecticut is situated
at Fairfield, and Is only S6 feet deep.
Eighteen thousand homesteads have been
entered in Florida during the past year.
Thomas A. Episoxeays that "in fifty years,
or possibly sooner, we shall reach the electrical mil
lennlum.???
Twenty-Six women have just received their
diplomas from the Women???s medical college
Pennsylvania.
It rains aiike on the just and the unjust,
but onthejuat mainly because the unjust have
borrowed their umbrellas.
Strawberries in the Chicago market have
been reduced to 93.50 per quart. A case from
Florida yesterday sold at that.
A scientist of Texas, who h??ts seen the big
meteor that bos been dug up in Loa Angeles,
scribes it as "about thesfzsof a trunk."
A German has inv3nted a cannon which is
a steel tube tightly wrapped with silk threads,
It li light, docs.-ftot beat, is tenacious and
elastic. *. . *
The fluid extract of chestnut leaves, in
dotes from fifteen to ilxty drops, diluted with hot
water, sweetened, is recommended for whooping
cough.
An electric-lighted sign board with a sur
face; of 7,000 squire feet, in Now York, is the
biggest thing, a4 to space, In the way of nu adver
tisement yet exhibited.
The Mohammedan religion prohibits wo
men from entering lreavau. A Mohammedan
heaveu must bo as quiet os a store that docs not ad
vertisc.???Marathou Independent.
Slavbrystill exists in China. The female
slaves aro by far the most numerous. Tho average
price is from $10 to $50 per head. Young and
healthy girls of twelve sometimes fetch as high
$100.
In Philadelphia etiquette a newly-married
lady ceases to become a brldo when she has sewed
a button on her husband???s clothes, and is then
simply tho wife.???New York Commercial Adver
tiser,
According to Japanese custom age
counted from tho first day of the January succeed
ing birth. At that dato a child li one year old,
whether born the previous January, at mld-summo;
>r on the 31st of December.
Cougars are making havoc among tho sheep
in the Black river section, in Wmhlngton territory,
The theory is that tho lato severe winter has
drrvcn tho cougars down from tho mountainous
districts in search of food.
Whales w re eaten by persoas of tkoup
per classes lu Europe as lato At least as tho latter
psrt of the thirteenth century. Thu tail aud tongue
drwsed withjwa* or roasted were prized as choice
delicacies. Tht Princess Kleauor go Mont/ort paid
In 1260 tho sum of 2-R. for "J00 pieces of whale"
So u*-cd os food In her household.
The Euprcmacy of American beauty in
England is threatened from a new quarter. It ap
pears that there are girls both rich aud handsome
in thft land of tho Kangaroos. An Australian
beauty of this sort has just been captured by a for
tune hunting Englishman, and attention Is now
turned to that laud of wool and gold.
In an article on tho genealogy of disease
physician asserts in tho Loudon fitaudard that
eaucer and consumption wed, there is ecarcely
hope of the offspring's escapo from an early death,
aud that tho iutcrmarrlago of rheumatism aud
cousumptlon is productive of such ailments bh hip
Joint disease, so common among weakly childreu,
Cat breeding is being taken up actively in
England, not only for tho comfortablo cloak linings
its fur affords, but os an article of fooJ, tho fccun
dlty, quick growth aud Toally palatable properties
of our familiar hearth-rug friend pointing cut a
???taplo resource. Tho remembrance of this and
tho prhsent activity in the cat market are suggest
ive. It has long been suspected that amoug the
milliomof rabbits imported from Ostcnd, alow
???tray ones have known in their time how to mako
night hideous.
Edison, tho inventor, indulges iu tho fol
lowing predictions: As to earnges which will be
effected by electricity within fifty years iu tho city
of New York, I would say that 1 believe electricity
will propel tho cam of tho street and elevated rail
road*, light tho city within aud without its build
lug, furnblt power for all purposes, work tele
phouesaud burglar alanui, deliver tho opera, con
vojr parcels, detect aud signal fires, operate flro on-
ftinrh aud possibly displaco animal locomotion for
vehicles.
NOTES ON CURRENT TOPICS-
North Carolina will probably receive largo add!
tlons to her new colony of "Skye crofters." A letter
from tho Islo of Skyo says that Miss McLeod???s lec
ture ou a "Visit to tho Colouy o! Flora McDonald's
Descendants," iu North Carolina will iuUucoan
emigration of several thousand cf the crofters to
that locality. There has boon great distress iu
8kye. The people are disposed to emigrato aud
only want to know where to go.
any thought of the historical char
acrer, but merely under tbe spell of the dark,
sad eyes that looked on me, and me onlv,and
follow* d after me wherever I stood, 1 found
myself forcirg back the hot tears that burned
my eyelid*. The emotion was different, in
deed, from what I felt in thinking of Christ,
aud yet tears came in each case. Perhaps the
sad. affcciiouate following after me of those
dark, mournful and beautiful eyes in this
picture, summoned tbe pain of a remem
brance of other brown, affectionate eyes so
like these in the same pathetic expression.
God help the men who are followed by their
sorrows wherever they go!
Clement A. Evans.
The superficial who prate about- the arbitrary
distinctions of race and caste should consider well
tho viexh of a recent Cast Indian writer. He says
that caste has Always preserved morality in men
and women who accepted Its ru!o. Casto has pro-
forved tho purity of tho Aryan blood in India.
Caste has centralized .earning, preserved tho scrip
tures, distributed tho occupations oi life, and
stratified society according to intelligence and
character. Men who superficially view its evils
lose sight of its good.
It seems that Mr. Uowittis not favorablo to tho
revived Ttlden movemeuL TbDl/uot uuexpcct
ed to us. Bitt after Mr. ll^witt goes oat aud has a
good old-fashioned cry lie will feel better.
The New York Trlbuue clamors for uniform legis
lation against tho dime novel evil. It is > lameni-
ftblo fact that cheap literature is more of a curse
than a blessing. A dime's worth of printed filth in
the hands of a few act ire boys will polsou the miuds
of all the juveniles in a large circle. If parentsand
police canuot or will not turn back this tidal wave
cheap immorality, our statesmeu should turn
the It attention to the evil.
>(any piople are uuJOr ine Imprt-isloa that rail
tcmmbiiotis are very recent iuut.vistioca
This D a rtDtake. Railroad comminlous were es
tablished iu some of the states moro man twenty-
five yean ago, but It is only within the post ten or
flftccu years that they have attracted much atten
tion. A: present the followiug itates hare cora-
misslous: Georgia, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee,
Alabama, Illinois, California, Connecticut, Iowa,
Wisconsin, Virginia, Vermont, South Carolina,
New York. Rhode I land. New Hampshire, Mis
sourl, Michigan, Minnesota, Ma^achusctts aud
Maine.
At least fifty cocks are in tratuiug for tho grand
cocking main to take place on or about Easter
Sunday between New Ycrk and Pennsylvania.
The batiks will probably take place ou Long
Island or lu New Jersey. Thousands of dollars
have already boon riaked on the result A regular
cocking xpaln consists of a Eerie* of from seven to
fifteen battles, an odd number being necessary in
the event of a tic. A main is
usually fought between two statts or IcaalitU*,
Where an indefinite number cf battles ate fought
betwectOadlvlduala the series ts called &"sh*ktba*??????
fight The rule* vary. The Chicago rules operate
la the west, the New York rules lu New York acd
New England, and the New Orleans rules lu the
south. The stag is first fought at
of from eight to eleven months,
and the gamecock U at hl?? bjst at the age of two
yean. For four or five weeks before a bittle they
aro well trained. They are thoroughly conditioned
aud reduced in flesh to the minimum condstent
with strength. They are then fed twice a day on
by the trainer every day. The sport was origi
nally Introduced into this conn-
tr Z *>7 the Spaniards, and
is still popular in many localities In every section
of tbe country. The original game cock is sup
posed to have been a pheasant. From this bird
and the barnyard fowl are descended the beat fight-
lug birds. The principal colon and strains of flgh'*
ng cocks in this country are tho Brassbtcks,
Blacxreds, Pyles, Saddlebacks,White#, Dominiques,
and Duckm&n grays.
In the midst of life wp are in a peck of trouble.
The suddenness with which able todied people
shulfie of this mortal coll is getting sufficiently
common to be ahrmtng. In the good old dey<before
tbe adulteration of foods man could eat almost
anything, and barring an attack ot In
digestion, nothing came of it. Now thiegs
are different. If a man won???t eat ho is tolerably
certain to die. but, on the other hand, if he eats
his death may be looked for at any moment. Within
the past few days numbers of families In
section have been poisoned by eating dried black
berries, pigs' feet, Texas beef and Chicago beef,
most instances the poisoning was fatal. Nor is
the worst of it. We are approaching* season when
tho deadly soda water fount and tbe ice cream
freezer will scoop their victims all over the land,
The situation is well calculated to impire gloomy
foreboding*. Iff the meantime, however, the man
ufacturers of adulterated food ought to bo forced
swallow some of thepoDous which they are deal
Ing out by wholesale.
BUILDING LOCOMOTIVES.
The peasant women of Franca and Germany
now driving a lively trade, selling their hair to
dealers, who retail it in England and Amer!
False hair Is now worn more than ever. Men wear
wigs when they cannot help it. Women wear false
hair to supplement their charms. Short hair is
demand now in the form cf Lisbon aud ecafoam
waves and frizzes, sand t???ao favor
ite color is chestnut brown.
The golden shade, eo popular & few years sco,
fallen f fry percent in value. 8witches are much
cheaper than formerly. The most expensive hair
Is the natural silver white. It is worth 818 to $20
ouuce. So you seo it is worth more than Its weight
gold. Bleached white hair *s worth only 91 an ounce
Competition has brought hair of all kinds down
about fifty per cent.
The general belief is that Mr. Tilden will content
to become a c&ndldute when he discovers that
best interests of the democratic party demand
and that tho democratic matses lmlat upon It.
8riritualism has received a decided check
Vicuna, where Crown Prince Rudolph and Arch
duke John have unmasked tho American medium,
Mr. Bistiau. A seance was given at the archduke 1
palaco, and Boe|iati proposed to make a ghost ap
pear in tho darkened room. Besides the archduke
and crown prince quite a distinguished company
assembled. Bastiau and bis coadjutors retted
envy in tho belief that.lhcy.had everything arranged
for tbe successful bringing ont of their ghost,
but the archduke and the prince were ready for
them. Just at tho critical porlod, when the ghost
appeared in the darkened room Archduke John
pulled the strlug, the folding doors closed behind
the ghost, cutting off his retreat, and tho alleged
spirit was instantly 6eiz xl. He turned out to
Mr. Sc bastion, disguised in a mls'.y covering and in
his stocking feet, which fact accounted for his
noiseless movements. As soou as he was released
Rebastlon ran out of tho palace In hli socks, aud
struck for home. The archduke sent hD hoots after
hi in. All Vienna Ik laughing over the affair.
The hot water craze has been mentioned in these
columns and has attracted its fhare of attention,
but oilier popular crazes fully as remarkable have
enjoyed their ruu during tho pas; few years,
About ten years ago tho blood cure started, and
for a time everyone troubled with weak lungs be
came a convert, that Is, in our l^rgo cittei. Then
came the mud bath. People flecked to a- certain
Spa in Germany to try the virtues of a sticky
black mud, which was said to euro rheumatism
An bathe In it meant simply to be buried in it up to
tfo thin for an hehrW^wo, and then to spend
several hours In a tub of water getting rid of the
reminiscence. The blue glass cure will be rccoD
lcctcd by all. Tho sun bath cure, tho fish oil euro
for cousumptlon, tho simple diet euro, the celery
cure for nervousucss, and mauy others, started out
crazes, but their best points have found their
way into the array of orthodox remedies.
The south is for judicious tariff reform, but if
Speaker Carlisle thluks he can lead it iu a wild
goose chase alter Impracticable and Impossible free
trade, ho will bo tho worst disappointed man this
country has ever soou???aud it has seen some terri
bly disappointed one*.
The unloaded plstdl continues to get iu Its work
And since tbo unloaded pistol is well-known to bo
fatal lu Its effects, there Is no reason -why those
who use it should not bo convicted of wilful mur-
r aud hanged.
Several New York firms dealing in dry goods
aud clothing shamelessly overcharge for every ar
ticle they sell. They charge double or threo times
tho prices charged elsewhere. Tho object of thla
policy is to secure the custom of tho wealthy and
extravagant. A gentleman who called at one of
these establishments to order a dezeu
shirts was iuformed that tho prke
was 950 a dozen. He wanted a sample shirt made,
but \m told that the Ucuto never nude leu than
half a dozen shirts. These high priced houses
ploy liveried flunkies, and aro fitted up in superb
style. Mauy people iu New York, who can achieve
distinction in no oth*r way. distinguish themselves
by paying extravagant prices for everything they
buy.
Some ol our esteemed disgruntled state contem*
porarios are again complimenting tho people by al
luding to them os "a ring." Tho idea is not a bad
ono. Wheu the people of Georgia choose to fotm
themselves into a ring they are very powerful. As
the Tilden ring, for instance, they are a complete
succcm.
Another George Washington negro died In Can
ada the other day. A great many other place* are
hear from.
Mr. Em>oN propoes to invent a lightning-bug to
used iu the Florida orange groves.
IN THE FARM YARD.
From the Balnbridge, Ga., Democrat
u Athens paper boasted recently of tho ship
ment of 60 dozen eggs lu cue day from that village.
bridge frequently ship* as many r.a JOOdczen
eggs iu one day, aud then doesn???t think anything
it.
rom the Qui???.man, Ga., Free Press.
curiosity in the way of a dozen hen eggs about
size of a partridc egg was brought us
days since by Dr. Bourquiue???s little boy. The heu
had laid scout fort'*.
Peaches and apples having been a failure for
several years,we notice that our farmers are turn
ing their attention to sand pears.
From the Marlou, Ga, Sentinel.
Mr. John F. Hollis has a wonderful pea. The
growth and yield is almost incredible. They are
planted la hills thirty feet apart, the vines will
then cover the ground. One vine has been known
lo supply a family with all the fresh pdas wanted
for table use. Mr. Hollis has proven himself a
benefactor la introducing such a superior farm
product.
The UMktJUi itliktp*' Casfereace.
Baltimore, March IS ???At the annual conference
of the MethodDt KpUcopal church south to-day,
Bishop Wilson presl.'lng.tbe Joint board of fiuance
prerented their annual report for the year. The
total figures were: Assessments for tho bishops fund
91.200, paid fI.CS4; assessment for the superan
nuated fund paid 95,5-D; assessment for the
educational /aud II .954, paid 91.360; Bible cause
a sort of pound cake, sweetened with molasses, j collected $24,571. The report o! the Sunday-school
Hard boiledegxs,chopped fine and the shells re- j board showed the following figures: Sunday-
duced to a powder are sometimes added. Their ! schools, 496; officers and teacher*, 4 627; tcholan,
legs are carefully rubbed and their bodies kneeded 28,962; conversion?, 1.011; expenses, 110,392.
A Burprlatax Piece mt Nears That a Constltatlea Mm
lilt Cpoa Tester6sr.
The Western and Atlantic railroad com
pany are now engaged in building two im
mense locomotives at their shops. They will
be two of the largest passenger locomotives in
the state.
The engines are of equal size, the only dif
ference being that one has an extension front
boiler, while tbe other is the plain old style.
It is claimed that the extension front engine
has tbe advantage over the old style engine
in tbe saving of coal, arresting rparks, and
also that less cinders are thrown from the
smoke stack, thus giving them a preference
es passenger engines. The West
ern and Atlantic railroad com
pany will make a test of this by
building both engines of tbe same material,
same size, and excepting this difference, will
be exactly similar in every respect.
The engines have 5 feet 3 inch driving
wheels, with a cylinder 17 inches in bore by
24 inch stroke. They are expected to carry
live Pullman sleeping cars and five passenger
coaches, making a train of ten coaches, which
will be the heaviest trains pulled into the
city. Every part of tho engines
will be built at the company???s
shops, except the boilers, which were
built at the north and shipped to tbe com-
pa, rh e large driving wheels will be cast at the
company???s shop, the connecting rode, the
driving rods, all oil cape, and all cocka will
bo tamed at their .hope, Mr. John H. Flynn,
the master mechanic, states that the boiler,
coaid hare been built here also if the capaci
ty of the shop was large enongh to allow them
to build these boilers, and also to keep up
with their repair work. Besides
doing their own repair work tbe
shops do tbe repairing for
the Dadettoai mine company on theirengines,
for the Marietta and North (ieorgia railroad,
and until recently for the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia railroad. They have
built the Campbell Wallace, Alex H. Ste
phens, Benjamin H. Hill, William McBae
and numerous others, which are pronounced
as good as any engines the roed boa ever
owned. The engines were completely built
at the Western nod Atlantic shops, the boiler
and every piece of them being made at the
shops. They have machinery of Ihe latest
improved design for turning, hammering
and boring.
On last Friday the heaviest train of passen
ger cars that has ever been pulled into the
city was brought in over the Western and At
lantic road. The train consisted of seven
Fullman palace cars and one baggage car.
Two Fullman cars are equal to three ordinary
passenger care. They were delayed aleepers.
This train was palled In by one
of the company???s light passen-
? er engines. and came through
rom Chattanooga to Atlanta, a distance o
138 miles in 4 hoars and 35,minutes. Tbe
train made six stops and met all trains on
time. They ran at the rate of from 38 to 40
miles per hour. This was accomplished with
a small engine, the drivers being only 5 feet 2
inches in diameter. An engineer on tbla line
said to a Constitution reporter:
???To show you what a road bed we have,
and what an advantage the steel rails have
over the old iron rails, I can set a glass fall
of water on the bufler of my engine, and FU
bet any mm that all of that water won???t be
sloshed out when I mil into Chattanooga,
and that too, running at the rate of from 38
to 40 miles per hour.''
In answer tonn inquiry by the reporter as
to what the fuel cost, he replied:
???Well, sir, it does not cost five centa a mile
to run my engine???for fuel I mean. Ten
cents will bny a bushel of coal, and one
bushel of coal will run my engine about 2 %
miles,???
CRIME AND CASUALTY,
A Y.i>. La.y Ik.t Md Itlll.d-"K.??t>.l!ck" Opt.-
Mcra at Fall Hirer.
New York, March 17.???In Brooklyn yes
terday, Miss Celey Ileney, 15 years of age, was
visiting the house of John Cassidy, on Sixth
avenue, Brooklyn. While Cassidy???s family
and guests were chatting in the parlor, after
dinner, Dennis Keilley, 30 years old, one of
the party, drew a revolver and pointed it at
Mary Cassidy, saying that ho wonld mesmer
ize her. When she exhibited symptoms of
fe&rhe laughed, and turning around leveled
the weapon at Miss Ileney's head,
and pulled the trigger. A loud report follow
ed, and without uttering a word Miss
Beney fell forward upon the floor dead, tbe
bullet having pierced her brain. Tbe screams
of Mrs. Cassidy and her daughter aroused
the neighborhood, and Klelley.who made no
effort to ereape, was handed over to the po
lice. He seemed utterly ovcrcoino with hor
ror at the occurrence, ami &aid that he
thought the revolver was empty. Upon ex
amination it was found that all the cham
bers had been unloaded excepting one, from
which tbe fatal shot was fired. The coroner
will make an investigation.
Dayton, O., March 17.???On January 11th,
1807, Christian Kelt, a pretty girl of eighteen
years, waa murdered at her home in Oak
street in this city, and no clue was ever dis
covered to the murderer until yesterday,
wheu her brother made known a death-bed
confession that his own mother had made
three weeks a^o. Several persons had been
suspected of the crime, but no clue had ever
pointed in the direction of the mother. Tbe
disclosures caused a profound sensation. It is
related by the son as follows: The murder
ed girl had gone to call on a lady friend and
returned home an hour later than she had
calculated upon, when her mother, in a fit of
passion, seized an ax handle and struck her
on the head, crushing in tho skull. Appalled
at her crime, the woman smeared tbe dead
girl???s fdee with gun powder, and afterward*
deported herself in such a manner
o entirely elude detection.
Mental torture drove her from the
scene of her crime, and she roamed
through various western cities, finally re
turning here several years ago. The woman
was sixty-four years old at the time of her
death, aud her family are all dead except
??? son, who relates the dying confession.
Madrid, March 17.???The conspirators who
ere arrested yesterday and Saturday had
formed a plot to seize the palace some time
when the ministers were assembled, and
King Alfonso was presiding. Several of the
prisoners have been liberated for lack of evi
dence.
The total number of perrons arrested if
twenty-two. The newspapers El 1'rogecao
and El I'arvenir were seized, and will be
prosecuted for attacking public institutions.
Fall River, March 18.???A house occupied
by Patrsck Fallon, near Chase mill, where
the "knobstick??? spinners of the Chase mill
boarded, was attacked by roughs last night,
and the doors were broken and windows
smashed. Failon???s son was struck on tbe
head with a stone and quite seriously injured.
Pistols were tired on both sides. The police
finally dispersed them, gome of the knob
sticks were lodged at the police station and
escorted to work by a police guard this morn
ing.
A MaalfesU from Pint pinn,
Paris, March 18.???A manifesto Lom Prince Na
poleon, Plon Plon, is regarded as imminent. He
h*s gone to Switzerland to avoid arrest, taking
*~iih him LD paper* aud valuables.
\*ythDc U C can Ual lit OMaittlai.
From the Carlisle, Pa., Volunteer, dem.
For president: A Hickory Broom. (Call it Til
den, Payne, McD< naid or what you pleaae).
Fifty-eight million dollars is tbe estimated
atueof the linger rings of this country
actually worn, and still tnereare people mean
enough to go hacking and coughing because
thev do not want to invest 25 cents for a bot-
I tie of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup.