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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.