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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY, APEIL 1, 1884.- TWELVE PAGEft NEWS OF GEORGIA. Altptht U cow engwjcd In (be pleuuree of tho larf. In |e recent recc???belt mile beet???between Mr. W. N. Flnreeb'e ber pony end Mr. Ilert Old dene'e block borne, the boy come under the itrlng two length. ohrod. The next roce woe between Dr. Fc*le'?? eorrel home end Mr. Itenley'e eorrcl mere. The borne woe beoten by onetk. Then, Mr. Olddene oUll belle ring In hi. block, o rocc wo. Or ronged between the block ond Dr. Fogle'i eorrel The eorrel woo ogoln the winner. The loat roce of tbe evening we. between Fogle'i eorrel horee ond Henley'e eorrel mere. Henley???, more come under the etrlcg obeod, but It woe clelmed (hot If o good etort hod been obtolnod Ihe borne would bore won. Tbe recce were qulto exciting ond proved thot Alopobo contolne eome good hornefleib. Woeblnglon Goeeile: A horn, coffln leeomethlng new under tbe mn, or leett in thla port of tbecoun- try. A ferorlie hono "Mlko," belonging to Mr. J. U. Wood, which be hod owned lor ten or twelve yeon, died, ond woe yerterdor burled In o eoffln nude by Mr Floyd. It wee o huge box, moi.urlng nine by olx feet. Tbe Mllledgerllle Chronicle remorkt Ibot ol though loot Thundoy wu o bright, tieeutlful doy, o dozen dirty, ragged holf-etorred, negro bo]e, renting from ten to twenly yoeu ol ego, .pent Ibe heller port of the doy In the reor of thU office ploy, lug morbleo. Tbe corn oud cotton field, ore suffer* lug for loborere. Hut these fellows don't mcon to be former.. They ore going to be rollrood men ond miner.. The convict lessees ore not likely to lock loborere oa long os tbe negro remotes In tbe itnd, Mr. Jome* Youn., of Bulloch county, whose ten thousoud duller residence wos destroyed by Ore o few month, .go, Is building on elegant mention. ftsfnbridge Democrat: Mr. W. K. tiny, youngest win of Mr. Jsmoa H. dray, wos the victim of o very pelnful Occident While driving o wegou end teem olong the rood???.lending on tbe hounds thereof??? the coupling pin lotted nut ond the wagon being o drop .tongue, this fell to Ibe ground !<< front, throw- log Mr Urey forword upon tho whittle tree. fhl. frightened the lestn when they ran owoy. corning him ebout four hundred yords, during which time hi. fsoe ond heed wero con* ???tontly In coined with the fsst revolving whrernf ihewignn. When the te.m wos stopped Mr. dray we. taken out more dead then olfve. Roroewbrre olong the runs piece of Ashing couo lying on the road struck him tinder the chin near tbe wind pipe ond reseed through Into tbe mouth, meklng on otldee through which passes fluids to ken Into Ihe mouth. Ills fsco wos terribly bun dled. QuItmenFree Press: Our renders will remember our account two weeks since of the death, by burning, cl Mr. Huetne Htudstlll. At tbe llmo of Mr Htudstlirsdesili much of bis fence was burned ond on Moudey loat tho m tghbors congregated (u ???Dili rails and put up the burned portion anew. Among tbem wee young William Welker, son ol Mr Flem Walkrr, ond brother of Mrs. Htudstlll lu cutting down o tree It ???track ond broke off limb from onolher treow 1 -'-*- * ??? ??? Welker on tbe hood end f died lit ebout fourhoura niter the accident. Wit. llam Walker was a promising young mou about i old, and had recently married relatives ond friends charmed the sight of conple. A concord of sweet sounds oiled tbe twenty one veers old, ond bod recently married. It Is o sod effalrend la rendered mnro so by reason that It occurred very near where Mr. Btuilstlll wos bumttl eud Hn. Htudstlll lcaca husband ond brother. Avxaits, March 24.???Judge A. M. Jackson ordinary of Clerks, says that tbe reel eatato of the oounty Is advancing, both In price and In cultiva tion. The farmers era beginning to economise more, and???ero raising such products tu con be used at home. ???Are they using much guano7" they arc making composts ond raving tbe manure from th'o ferma. Our farmers ore bcglnnlug to see that It pays to lire at home, end ere proflting by It They ora cultivating fhelr lends more thoroughly and planting more on them,??? "Whet Is tho out- lookt" "1 have never seen It better. Tho weather has caused the season to bo o llttlo late, but Ihoy era going ahead with good spirit*. Csptaln Jsmrs Whlto, cashier ot the National bonk, will be morMcd to ' ??? ??? Mlse Ashton, daughter ol LiG..xax, March 24???A famous mad'dog of tre mendous proportions, helling from tho plantation of Mr. Warren Ktglend, come dashing up Uicen vllle street. blUng ell the doge olong hie route, llo made o hurried cell ot Judge Longly'e house,* here he received such o warm reception with o double, barrel gun tbethecutebnrt hie stay, parsing on to (Isorge King's, where otter biting a cow and aome degso well aimed bullet slopped hie earthly career. Foot Ooirks, March 24.???Aa the steamer Throne, leeike was on her up trip last evelog about nine o???clock, Just above Neel???s lending, the mete, Mr, W. D. Hauls, lost Ills balones ond fell from the hnrrirenc roof to tho lower deck, receiving such Injuneeea to cause bis drath tblsmoiulug ntslx o'clock, lie wees realdentof Columbus. Georgia where lie lcoveeo wife oud six cbtlden. FiliXON, March 24.???Wear* having a oovereapol of hydrophobia. Four mad dogs were killed In Hboron lu tho poet few days. Thrco persons have been bitten by the doge. Masters Willie mid Jessie Brown, ege teuand twelve years are now In Colum bia county having Iho mad atone applied to tho poisonous wounds. ... The owui rot the blank honk found here after Ihe late cyclone wrote tu Band him Iho book as he wanted to keep Iteo a cjclon. relic. Tho hook wos rant him by moll, having beou blown from Jones county over too mllco. Voldosto, March 24.???The now rood lew, as passed by tbe last legislature ond adopted by the grand Jury of this county ot tho November term ot the superior court, has mot with opposition In some porllona ol the enmity, notable lu thoOualcy dis trict. A bill of Injunction lies beau brought against tire board of rommlsitoncrs to restrain them from Ting the lew Into operation. A bearing will he carrying In* mw unu umvimiiuus ?? ???????"!????????????? mv had before Judgo lUntell *1 Tbomurlllo, on the second dev In April. Tau.vi.0II, March 24.???Heporli from Macou county, North Caroline, soy that a raw occurred In thot county loot Huudey week, In which nno mnn was badly cut. Couso, Illicit (leorgle whisky " hod beeucorrird over there by blockedore. Mr. Joseph Shepherd, of Hoclel circle. Oe.. has a hotioueo lu hit Kebun county Bold mounlelii mica mines, lie hot machinery pul up end o number of bondsworklng II under the supervision of Cop tola F. J. Whlleheod, of tltlaeevUle. The mice fonnd here Is clear eud transparent and la found In huge blocks. KuitoTui), March 24.???Night before lest Dr. II. T. Getchcc, deputy collector, elded by Colonel R. H. Taylor, acting deputy marshal, captured a large ???till ond 10 or 12 gallons of whisky, oud destroyed shout 2 000 gallons ol beer. The capture was re- Mated by eight men. but the tact oud presence ot mludof ivuncl Taylor caused them to quickly disperse ond Ihe raptured property woo solely brought off. Tooov Focronv March 21. ???Mr. U. C. Moody, of Htrolaen, will hove to I prove on his butter story. Mrs. 11. F Ucerndou, this county, has sold to a merchant here 08 pouuda of nice, pure butter since February 12, all from one cow, and supplied a largo family with what Urey could Hmall grain la looking well. Famere are very busy plautlug corn and preparing for the noecy staple. Buiuviixu, March 21.???The termers ol Gum Log district, In futon county, while performing road duty, were the witnesses of e diabolical mur der. Amoug thow present wore Jefferson Andtr. eon end James Cook, two boys not yet twenty yean ot ege. For a year pail they hod been ou tad terms oalnx to some rivalry.raused. It le ircuerelty believed by Jealousy. Tbelt (amities have always lived In ibis county as close neighbors. ?? ben the two boys came together they renewed their ex ores atom ol dlallke lor each omer. When work bed proerewd lor acme time, Anderaon rat ou a log to rest, hit shovel resting aeaiusthla kuee. Cooke looked toward hlmandsall sneerlugly: "8ee that -lamed galoots siittngou a leg.??? Advancing toward Audersou Cook again taunted him with: "You???re a regular scarecrow." . .... As Cook came cloae, holding his pistol lo his baud, Anders m struct him ou tbe shoulder with his shovel. Tbe Instant tho ettek and Are of Cook's pistol, and the fatl ot Anderaon to tbe ground, bis heart pierced by the bullet, brought the whole gang arouud the fallen man. Aa aoou aa they ascertained that Anderson woo dead they locket arnoud tar the murderer, but he was no where to be seen. llels believed to be concealed In some of the mountain lasmrases,and as he has a number ot determined friends, hti rapture wtU be difficult. Iuuutox. Match 24.???On Thursday evening. 28 Ji Inst., nt 7:30 o'clock, at the borne ol the bride's parents, lu Mora'a district. Kltarl county, (la., Mr. Tinsley J. Uulme and Mira Minnie L. Warren were married, Rev. G. M, Campbell officiating. The ceremony was one of tbe most beautiful and 1m p rewire we ever heard. The bride was arrayed In a beaaUlul drera oud looked lovely. Tke atieud Mr Jf tarly Warren^ Mtra^Luc, K Wsrren: A* dual streamlet* mtng'e into one. United flow down the shaded vale. And flower* refreshed along the comae they run L With opening petal* acent the evenfug gale, Mar ihraotwo live* thu* mingling onward flow, While Love o???erihadow* all the brightening way, Till hope fruition meet* in perfect day. The March term of Appling superior court took up the caae of the Bute v*. Steve Hpence, charged with simple larceny. It wa?? currently reported that the investigation of thta caae would dltclose certain facia in reft renco to an alleged secret ganlzation, said to bo a club, banded together the purpoao of robblug and plundering. The firat bill of indictment wan demurred to by fendant???a counael, one of the ground* being that tbe Indictment charged the defendant Spence with having atolen a "bull cow." This point wm bus Uined by the court and tho bill quashed. Anoth er bill waa drawn and immediately sent to grand Jury, which body waa not long in returning another true bill, thla one charging defendant with having stolen a "bull of tbe cattle specie*." Coun sel for defence again demurred, alleging various ground*, all of which, however, were promptly ruled vj the court and the case ordered to proceed The firat and iw nt ImporUnt witness f ir tbe aute wan a man nauit-d Warren, who testified In nub- stance, that owing to hi* connection with a "liitlo club arrangement*," ho had, at the instance Spence, who wart nlno a member r>f ihe club, listed him to drive tho animal near hi* (Hpence) place, and tho uudemundlcg was that wu to jtluru next morning to help butcher tho beef, which waa the property of Mr John It. Leggett. Witness rated tbs', he did not get there before day, but that it wait after sunrise, and tho beef wnh killed and about half skinned, ffe ferred sevcul time* to the "Jittlo club arrange menu" in hi?? testimony, and to i ???; law*, which ac cording to hi* statements wu* d.a.h if any of member* refused to participate in any thing after having been requested to do *o by any other member, Witness said that ho took the oath lu thu "JroD???Clad club" several month* ago. Tho ease couiumed moro than two day* upon lta trial aud waa submitted to the jury about eight or nlue o'clock Friday ulght. After remaining out an hourortwo tbojury roturned a verdict of guilty, a recommendation to morcy. Tho sentence was fine of two hundred dollars and coats, and twelve months in tho chalngang of Appling county, motion was inado for a new trial. Dooly Vindicator: Mr. Choice C. Cole, a promts- Jng young man of this county, was confined to hi* bed with mumps about 21 day* ago, which lasted him only about four day*, but hu has boon Unger* ing ever since 'till about eight or ten days ago when he seemed to bu getting lu a crazy state, and at present tbe writer considers tbe unfortunate man a perfect lutiatlc. Up to time of thla writing be baa had uo doctor, but oue baa beeu sent for, and it la hoped he will render some relief. He fauclss at dlfforout times that he Is a lawyer, preacher and merchant and 1* ready at any tlmo to marry some nice young lady, and.buiid himself up and move a city; further, that he I* very wealthy and iagolt. to put up'bi* widowed mother a fine dwelling house aud finish it off, etc. Savannah, March 20.???Patrick Furlong, a labor lug man, during a quarrel with hla wifo at supper, grabbed a largo carving fork and throw it violently at the woman, The prong* struck her on tho hip, f iunclurlng her dress aud entorlug thu flesh, inflict ng a tminfill wound. Tho woraau'a screams alarmed tho neighborhood, and Furlong fearing be had fatally Ibjured her, fled the house aud has not been seen since. Henry H. Paulding, of Camden, New Jersey, vial ted a house of questionable character last night and made display of considerable mouey. He or* dered wine tor the inmates and played a liberal host. Hu left tho house about half pant II o'clock and procsoded but a short diatauno when suddouly ho was attacked, knocked down and robbed, bis watch and diamond studs being taken Hu waa struck on tho head with a soda water bottle. No duo to the bur glars exist, though ho suspected some mon who were In tho house and saw the monoy. Villa Rica, March 19.???Mr. G. W. Hancock, the champlou watermelon raiser of this section, was lu town to*day. He says he has five acres ready for plautlug now, and will plant five more acres later. Ho sold from one aero last year $88 00 worth of melons, besides eatlug as mauy as his family wished and fed a groat many to the hogs. Will ship the surplus of his crop this year to other towns along the Georgia Pacific. Dublin, March 19 ???Henry Lamb shot and killed his brother, Andrew McLclu, on last Saturday In the northern part of this county. Thoy had a dim oulty about some boards ou Friday aud on the next day lletiry went to Andrew's house and shot him before Andrew knew ho was near, wounding him. and retreated to tho woods a short distance, reloaded and came up behind the smoke house and met Andrew with a loaded pistol, who being ex* cited threw the pistol at lieury, who find, the whole load taking effect in Andrews chest, killing him instantly, lieury has fled. William lUwllos has been arrested aa aocesaory aud will have a committing trial tovday, Thomasvii.i.k, March 19.???Thomasvllle is sur rounded with Lo Conte pear groves aud nearly every gardou in towu has a few troes. Tho trees are symmetrical lu shape, healthy and vigorous, and are now bedecked with white aud fragrant blossoms aud green _ leaves aiul are a sight worth going miles to see. derful merits of this pear was not rei here when It was first propagated until eight years ago, consequently most all of the giovea are under that ago. Groves five and six years old will como into bear- lug this year for the Urst time. As an evidence of Uta vigorous growth aud frultfuluewi ot this tree 1 will tneuUoti that Uuclo John McKinnon has a LeConte tree In bis garden four miles from town, thirteen years old. that Is thirty two feet scrota the top and about eighteen feet high, that year before last when it was eleven years old, bore forty bushels of pears. Last year boiug the odd year for this pardcular tree, It bore ouly about naif as much. It pm boruo fruit evory year siuce it vu six years old. Hantwbll, March 21???Tho Savaunah river is higher than It has beeu siuce Juno, 1879. Not less thau one hundrod horse swaps hu been week, and week, you know how Waynisiiobo, Match 21.???Ed. Dowse, the father of the four murdered children, noar McDean, lu this county, hM beeu arrested on suspicion, and lodged In Jail here. Tho clrcumstautlal evidence is pretty strong against him. Alpharetta, March 21.???Oue day Ust week at a log rolling Mr. A. C. Maxwell, of this county, had stolen from bis vest pocket sixty dollars, lu a few d^ys suspicion settled op a young man by the name o! John Hale. A warrant wu issued and Hale vu arrested, aud. after pi the crime, and gave __ money, having spent the balauoe. Mr. Maxwell dismissed the warrant aud told him to leave, aud he left tu a great hurry. Auqusta, March 21.- The artesian well at Millen Is a success. At a depth ot three hundred and fitly feet a due volume ot water waa struck, which threw us fifty gallon* per minute. The well will be bored deeper, and it is expected tho present supply will be doubled. It hM a slight mineral A Swede who arrived in Augusta last evening direct from Stockholm, reports that a number of Hwedcs will emigrate to Georgia soon. Ho fouud no difficulty ti apeak* no Kugl II. W, Word, living ucar Gaddistown, In Union tjunty, Is a remarkable man. He is about sixty years old. aud his sons, daugnters, sons-ln-law, daughters iu-law and grand-chlldreu to tho num ber of sixty every one is llvlug. Not a single death as ever occurred lu his or his children's families. A correspondent of the Brunswick Herald writes from Null vllle: On the train comics fromDallM. Paulding coun ty, Georgia, we bad the odd experience of seeing "* He waa a youug man raised iti _ut lately reading in Colorado. and now a ???mtsMouary." Hi* mUaiouary labors seem to be coufiued to converting handsome youug Afsr the ceremony* wm concluded a wedding.up- wmMiiIffiSS per was spread. At the laialr the lovely smiles of experience in only securing handsome but igno* weeks, there wretch;* who are able to' maintain them. Such a pitiable and perplexing sight???a decidedly handsome, modest looking young woman, perhaps iweuty yean old. fine com- plextou, dark eyes aud hair, and a splendid figure, - -??????pa a Utile Inclined to robmstneas, sat bold* jmionary. A few minutes Judicious pump* Ing secured the frankest ailmlsstous from the pair. He seemed honest, intelligent and sincere. She, bon????t. simple aud well bred, certainly modest and virtuous, but with uo tudicatiou of mental training. Her face denoted all that a physiognomist would declare stroeg and p??r* feet, yet she wm a Oourert to MotmouUm. Several poor bealghted people, women and girls who met us at the stations in upper Georgia were all, m the conductor stated, converts. The misaionary (Mr. Echols) would go to the platform at each station and hand out the tracts and told them when be would return. These mladonarlee have a strange rant young women as converts. Tho men don't need any conversion. Tbe grand jury of Chatham county has found a true biU against Magistrate W. H. Woodbouse, the colored iJustice of tho fourth district He wu charged with malfeasance in office in a ease where he committed a prisoner to Jail. Magistrate Wood- house was Indicted once before by the grand jury and sentenced by Judge Tompkins to fine or im prison went and be deposed from his office. He appealed to Governor Colquitt and was pardoned and his disabilities removed. He was elect* d to office again some time ego, and was again Indicted as meu tioned above. The Times says the/e are two other colored magistrates in Chatham county. One, Jamea T. Fogarty of the eighth district, was in Jail charged with malfeasance, and the other, Magis trate Matthews of the fifth district, boa an office on tbe Thunderbolt road. He is a careful man. The Walton News tells of an old nergo woman, named Nettle McCoy, who lives at Mr. Tom Phillips's, who gave a Gypsy woman three bushels of corn, three hens and a ham of meat, everything she had in the world to eat, to get her fortune told. They say tbe fortune teller gave the old woman something that is called tbe hand o' lack, which she carries in her pocket in day time and keeps under her pillow at night. A great many are ourlous to know what the hand o' luck is, but Nettle will not be apt to satl??f/,theJr curiosity. In tno year 4818, Mr. Benjamin Braswell died and willed all bis property to Morgan county, to be vested In safe securities, and the Interest applied to tbe education of orphan children of the county In any school in tho county their guardians might select. The grand juries make a report at every sitting of tho superior court of the status of the funds. It hu up to the present time increased stead of diminishing??? the several ordinaries are made his perpetual executors. His wishes have been strictly complied wllb. In 1869 Mrs. Ann Kold died, leaving 83.C00 to be added to tho Bras well fund. The lut report shows the nominal value of tho fund to be about 130,000, and tho mar ket value ??6,000. Monroe News: To day a very Important trial will take piaco lu Jug Tavern. Blakey A Smith, several months ago, established a bar room there, and ft is said that Ben Smith???s district and the upper edge of Walton tried themselves the day the bar wok opened, in drinking whisky, carting and swear- lug. The citizens of Jng Tavern have employed Mossrs. W, ??. Hlmmons and C. H. Brand to have tbe barroom abated as a nuisance. Tho bar-keepers, have employed Ray and Walker tr represent them. Deputy Sheriff Nowell has sum moned a jury, and the question ol nuisance or no nuisance will be :tried to day by twelve freeholders. a great deal of oxcltement exists over the matter, and SHORT NEWS NOTES. G lase to wttuew tho trial. Whether ths tax-room i abated or not as s nulrauce, Jug Tavern should be Incorporated. Thli ran be done bj s petition to the superior court of this count,. This Is de nted b, eome lswjren, ou the ground that Jug Tsvero le ellusted in three different counties. Ae the time for tho spring term of Colquitt eu perior court approaches, n,e the Thomuvllle Times, we ere reminded ol the fact that the ques tion se to wh, tho eld North Carotins and Virginia wagon bode were built high at each cud, and low In tho middle Is lo oomo upon Its laJF hearing, This question has been sbt, exhaustively, dlscuued, by Ueure. Bearden, Hammond, Alexander, C. O. Davis end othere, fol???s number of terms. Infect It has largely taken up tho tlmo of all other discus- Mon. Thera ere two favorite (booties, both have ???thue for???boon i.bly sustained: One that there bade were so made to prevent tho tobacco boxes and other oontenteof there now obsolete peddling wagon, from being stolon; euother ihsts heavier load could be putted easier by tho contents tend ing toward tbo center ot the wagon, Gainesville Boutbrnn: Mr, D. M. Stringer, of thla city, n short lime ago, sold to Mr. George W. Kirk, of Washington, D. hts gold mine, ebout four miles aouuweet of thtsotiy. Mr. Kirx went im mediately to work upon It, taking out ore and erecting a stamp mill. Lut week the miner, struck s very large vein, tbe ore of which le raid to be worth 1100 por Inn. It Is upon tho rich load that goes up through Dsweon county, and demonstrates thst tho one esstol us. Including tho Mark mine ???nd rune up through Lumpkin, are ee rich tu this count)' ns either Dawson or Lumpkin. In Tennllle the lire ot love never (rows too cold. Lest week Jerry Jenkins aged 90, and Ella Brown, aged 93, were tremblingly stnqd before tho alter and Fledged their yonog lives tox-web oilier. Keeton Weihlogton, In Douglas county, a negro women impeded of havlog kilted several Infants previously, hss been nrieslod as the murdereaa of deed baby recently found there, A few day, ego, while >omu of bis hands wero clearing off a field ou hie plantation, Dr. 11. A. (.'ogburu rams In p ' * *???* " It k cm, that an ole molted silver. Dr. Cogburn has no doul. hidden treasure of some miserly persou who is long eiiico dead aud buried. Bam Maloy waa run ovor and killed by Ibe can noer Eaitman last Monday. Augusts, March 21.???Saturday night at 10 o'clock special train left horo for Allondnlo, on the fort Royal, with tho officer, of Ihe Commercial bank and pollco officers, in ecarch ot tbe tank robbers, Informttloa had previously beeu telegraphed by the conductor of a Fort Royal train that two snspt clous characters had boarded his train outside of Augusta. They were arrested lu Allendale, and hold In custody until tho arrival of tho special train from this city. Tht prisoners arrived In Augusta Sunday morning at 2:30 o'clock. They gave their namco aa Hlmmons and Watklna, Thoy had keys and blank checks In their possession. Tho monoy stolen by them was found Sunday afternoon In an oul-housa of a houso of 111 fame lu a singular man ner. A clergyman ou tho train overboard a couvcr- ???ntlou between tbo persona arrested. One eald > to the other: "Don't forget No. 928, one strcol from Ihe depot.??? After tbe arrest at Alien- dels Ihe clergymeu mentioned to tho conductor having heard the above remark, and on tble clue the police went to work, end found 92,440. SCO less then the amount stolen, hid under a plank In the house in the yard. The robbers reg istered Heturdayjet tbe Globe hotel, oe from Aiken, South Carolina, ntider ths names of G. Watson and c. U. Hlmmons, but It la believed that tho wore traveling under assumed namcr, at no sucl. men live at Aiken. The prleourn are In Jail here. A diamond rtug and 9211 were found on their per ???one. The biggest cat of the season lqvadsd our office on Moudey ereulog. He woe powerless to do harm, however, having been run down and killed the morning before by Mr.W.C.D.Gerllele.wllb his pack ~ licet bounds, a few miles from town, U the short Grab of fifteen minutes. Tbe cat was of Immense else, weighing 24 J* pounds. Quite a crowd viewed the remains while lying lu etsie on our office door, and all conceded that It waa the largest cat they ever raw. Judging from his unlimited proportions and "ear-marks" generally, he waa decided lo be no "kitten," but au old Umer, who tad been on the rood lo! these many yeera.???lrwluton Appeal. We noticed something carious in tbe growth of a tree In tbe wood, near tbo Uogabarlllc road south cost of town the other dsy. It has only ouo trunk for two feet above ground, whore It divides Into two distinct bodies for about twelve feet; then they grow completely together and form one top. They do not proas Into each other like rocks do lu roots frequently, but they are fastened together by natural growth.???Franklin News. An old gentleman telle us that tho flnt settle:, ot this section of Georgia found tho eountry arouud High Shoals the moat beautiful spot on earth. All the undergrowth had been burned out by tho In dians. only tbe large timber being left, and tbo hills aud valleys were covered with stunted cane. ???" every step yon could Jump deer, while bears and :tl??uakeealao abounded.???Athens Banner. On Friday sight last, officers Holder and Klrk- succceded In recapturing a negro named Peter Berry, * ho waa one of the three negroes who broke out of Jail la September last, and who la charged with assault with Intern to murder. This le the ???sound time that Peter has been recaptured, as he mode an escape from Jail several yean ago. After his eeaepe the last tine, he went lo Alabama where be is supposed to have been living until recently when he ventured to re-crera Ihe river aud visit hla wife, who lives on the plantation of Colonel George Y. Banks. Tho officers hearing that Pater was again lu tha county went down to Bank's last Friday night end entered ihe houeeot Feter'e wife. She denied that Peter wee present aud waa so uncon cerned ebout the matter that she not get off the bed when the officers entered room when they knew Peter to be secreted. After persuading her to get up Holder turned back ona of the maltreats whore ha toaud Peter, who imagined hixuelf not only snugly hot safely hid. He waa secured end brought to town and Is now tn all for tha third tlmo, where Holder thinks ha ran step him until hit cast is disposed of by the supe rior court.???Lumpkin Independent. Gossip ot Things and Folks Here and There. Eoos are five cents a dozen In Jewett, Tex. Siwinq is now tanght in the public schools of Springfield. Hose. Taaaa are over 1,500.000 cocoanata now in ???tonga In New Yorkclty. There is a glut of money in London, they do not want American gold. In tbe room of a kleptomaniac in London were found over 900 umbrellas. Colonel K. 6. Iroebsoll is said to have lost something like 9100.000 In New Mexican mines. Tna Toronto Globe thinks tbe temperance cyclone it going to make o clean sweep over tbe whole world. Forty four per cent of all the persons en gaged in gainful occupations In this country are engaged in agriculture. Humboldt hu estimated that 44,000 pounds of tantnucan be produced on tho soil that would be required for 1,000 pounds of potatoes. According to L'Union Medicate, the latest euro for hysterical ladies la to direct them to take champagne twice a day, but always out of a teacup. Thi marquis of Lome has received from Canada a half million white fish etgv, with which he will try the experiment of stocking English lakes. Captain Waddill, who commanded the famous confederate cruller, tho Shenandoah, hu been elected commander of an orster police-boat on the Chesapeake. Tux deepest sea sounding ever reached wu by the const survey steamer Blake, between Ber muds end the Behamu. The lead touched bottom at over flvo and one-fffth miles. Almond growing is declared to be a failure in northern California, the fruit blossoming early aud not bearing a full crop. General Bid well hu reccnUy grafted hir almond orchard to prunos. A couixaroNDENT of an Adelaide paper whose Judgment, the editor rays, Is entitled to spect, calculates that tho wheat harvest in South Australia will glvoan average yield ol about eleven bushels per acre. Two women in Pennsylvania, who were voted for by several persons tn a recent election municipal offices, propose to sue tho meu who cut tne votes, if they can be found out, for libel aud other misdemeanors. Tub supplies recently purchased for the re lief of Greely Include a great many luxuries, from 6,000 pounds of plum pudding to 4.000 pounds of fried end raw oyttere. It la only to be feared that tho brave boys will not be allowed to enjoy them. A new feature in our export trade wu .found W woek In a shipment of fancy plgeone for the sultan. They,numbered 260 and Included the very but varieties, and werecaged In aeafcsnd comfortable manner for a voyago of nearly 5,000 mllu, Sarah Bebnuabdt hu refused AUeton Brown???s offer for an American tour. She wants higher tense than Brown offered. She also replied the offerof Abbey, who guaranteed her Woo for each performance, with a graded share In tho re ceipts whon they went shove a fixed amount Boston hu 581 electric lights now in use, and statistics show that they cost the city more than one-fourth u much ae the 0,623 gu lamps, while Ihey displace less than ouo seventh u many gas lamps. In other words, the cost of an equal amount of elecltlo light it about double that of gu. On the occuion of Baker Puha???s battle at El ?eb an English officer placed a revolver to the head ol an Egyptian, and ordered him to advance. The Egyptian, quietly putting tilde the wupen, szid, lu an utoouhed tone. "I advancel??? adding -roudljj, -???No, I tm au Egyptian,??? and he took' A steamer sailed from New York yesterday loaded with agricultural tools and cotton and woolen goods for tho coming exhibition in the Corun capital. Hho goes by way of Bnez, and the melancholy oonfeaslon Is made that sho will bo tbe 11 rat Ameriran eutmer that hu ever taken a cargo Ibrougn Ibl- CAoaL A Montana belle, says Ihe Bismarck Trib une, kelng asked by a Bismarck man If they pos- rcssed any culture out her way, replied: "Culture I You betyour varigated soekswo dot We can sllna moro culture to Ihe square foot In Helena than they kin In any camp in America. Cultural ' loosen my corsets till 1 smile!??? D. T. DiviRNSY.ofWrightavllle, Burlington county, Now Jersey, slaughtered a pen of twenly three hog* Wednesday, Ihe net weights of which were 660. 675, 680, 710, 740, 735. 760. 811, 727, 781. 874, 860. 780. 860,847, 810, 830, 832. 855, 913. 995.1,015 and DU, fOU OUU, OU, Q3V, OHJ, 0041, O-J.J, via, WU, Mil ,060. Tho twentjr-ihree average 819 pouuda and _ fraction. They were iwo ceMon pigs and of iho common Jersey red breed. Dk. For. dyck, of Toledo, strictly forbid* caller* at hi* office killing hi* children. He hu collected a good deal of data going to show that many form* of dlsetseimay bo transmitted by kiss ing; also, that disease* caught In this way are moro virulent than when contracted by other mean*. Ho fnvois a law making It a punishable offense fora diseased person to kiss chlldrcU' Mercedes, the colobrated Holstein cow owned by T. B. Wales, of Iowa City, Iowa, >ecrc< tary of the National Holstein breeders' association, died on Monday from milk fever. The cow and icr calf,which also died, were valued at 810.000. dercedeabad tbe greatest milk and butter record In the world, and took the Breeders??? Gazette cup at Chicago but fall. Her lut calf sold for $4,000. A rat Umer says: ???Take the most ferocious rat, throw It Into a pall of water and leave It there until It bccomea exhausted and la about to drown, Then take It out. roll It la waddini a warm place. When the rat comes ... tbe deepest gratitude. It will lick your hands and follow you about tho house like a dog and can be fenahl a nnmlipr nf IrJpkn M taught a number of tricks.' Kansas City looma up second in winter hog packing. Chicago packers slaughtered and packed 2,026,000 head; Kansu City packod 425,000 head Cincinnati, 270,000; 8t. Louis, 355,000 head;lndt anapoli*. 274,000 head; Milwaukee, 255,oco bead, and Louisville. 141,000 head. The total shortness at the points named aggregates about 750,000. As the falling off In weight is large, it would seem that people must eat much less pork or prices must go up. SrEAKiNQ of alleged aea-sorpents, Profes sor J. G. Wood, tho naturalist, says that, granting these creatures have been scon, the question what are they? He doesn't believe they are scr* non to, but thinks they may be a cetaceous aulmal living In the sea and shaped like fishes, but breathing air aud havlug warm blood; In otber words. It >s a species of whale which Is dving out, and may l>e to the whale what tho eel is to the fish. Tns number of deaths from anaesthetics in England In 1883 wm but thirteen. Of these, eleven died from chloroform, and one each from chloroform and ether mixed wtth nitrous oxide. Dr. Jacob remarks that the deaths from nUntie oxide ate now so rare that physicians have almost begun to look on It m without danger, in the case of death from It above mentioned, the patient died from syncope, u is usual in deaths from chloro form. G. F. Stoddard, of Providence, being griev ously pestered with rats, caught a Urge one some time ago and put a bell on It. This hM always been accounted a sure way of driving the pests away. In this Instance the scheme does not work well. The old bell rat hM been seen to sit up, kangaroo like, for half an hour at a stretch, rat tling the bell with lu fore paws, while the whole colony, young and old, caper and dance around m f they were at a rat ball. They act so cutely that Mrs. Stoddard will not allow them to be treated to supper of cold poison. Ths Japanese women adveriite the number their years by the arrangement of their hair. Girls from 9 to 15 wear their hair interlaced with red crape, deecrlbtng a half circle around the head, the forehead being left free, with a curl at each side. From 15 to 30 the hair Is dressed very high ou the forehead and put up at the back in lb? shape of a fan or butterfly, with Interlacing* of silver cord and a decoraUon of colored balls. Beyond so a.*womau twists her hair round a shell pin ?? laced horizontally at the back of the head. itdowi alto designate themselves, and whether they desire to marry again. Yeses Osman, a Syrian brigand, pretended contrition for his misdeeds and wm pardoned by the governor ol Smyrna, who commissioned him as an efflser of the sultan to war against his old comrade*. The brigand, however, failed to carry out his promises and returned toblsevil ways, ln- nwlnclng a system of blackmailing by means r.f his Turkish commission Bat he was caught at lait. Invited to a conference at Smyrna, Osmsn ??tfjed with a baud of fourteen followers, who, with th*!rchief, wm maseacKd after an apparent ly friendly reception at the governor's home. They did not die unreditlng. Surprised In the governor???s bonse and court yard by a force of *!5 h 5V ol,, * e^, ??? lhe fourteen rrigands and their chief fought to the very last. Yuruk Osman and alx of his retainers were killed, fonr wounded. NOTES ON CURRENT TOPICS* Fat women always draw well In the traveling shows and dime museums, but they do not last. Jast when a woman has reached such a size that crowda of people throng to see her. fatty degenera* tlon of the heart seta in, and off she goes. Tbe trouble with all fat women is that they do not take sufficient exercise. If they would move their limbs as vigorously m they wag their jawa they would be all right, Jessie Waldron was only twenty, bat her 400 pounds weight carried her .to a premat n re grave. Blanche Gray at the age of seventeen tipped the beam at 450 pounds, bat she now rest under the daisies. Annie Woods wm another sev enteen year older, but her 409 pounds squelched her In the very dawn of womanhood. Short line* are the rule with the Ut and fair. It may turn out that Editor Wat tenon, of the Courier-Journal, hu undertaken a bigger job than he can carry oat in reading people oat of tho democratic party. Suppose, for instance, Editor Watterson desired to read Ths Constitution out of the democratic party, how would that great and good roan go about It? In a rastle of this kind, the great western editor would be shoveled over tho back fence in short order. If Vanderbilt, Gould and others of their cltra gave away a dime for every dollar a*ked of them they would soon bo left penniless. Another man suffers equally u much from the importunities of beggars, and this is Georgo W. Childs, of Philadel phia. Mr, Childs???s Income from tho Ledger Is over 91,000 perdsy. Nearly all of this goes In charity. He isgenorous to everybody, and pensions bis employ ees when they are placed on the retired list/ Mr. Childs lecelves oa an average 200 begging letters a day, asking for, in the aggregate, about $20,000. Al- sorts of queer applications come. A young lady writes from Indiana asking for "a present of a Scotch colly ihephord pup of the male sex.??? A man in England wrote to ask for money to send his three sous to school. Hundreds writo for loans to enable them to pay off mortgages on their homes, it is a wonder that Mr. Childs does not lose his temper or his wits under such a strain, but ho bears It splendidly, and endeavors to respond to every reasonable call. Editor Watterson???s antics on tho floor of the house over tho vote on tho whisky bill will strike tbe!country ss>)mewhat unseemly. Why should a great editor act himself to capering and caracol ing at the prospects of the passage of the bonded whisky swindle? Buscu, the Boswellian, biographer of Blsmarok. bos produced an interesting book. His description of Iho princo as a humorist Is good. "In point of health 2 am a mere drum, only ikla and sound.??? Speaking of his interview with Louis Napoleon after Sedan he said: "Sitting for an hour opposite the Emperor Napoleon, I felt for all the world like a young man at a ball who bad engaged a young lady foraco tllllon, but could not find a word to say to her, and whhed some one would come and take hor away, It Is understood that the people of tbe south are about to address petitions to the distinguished Watterson humbly begging permission to remain In the democratic party at leMt until cold weather setain. - a terrlficttettle the young soldier's phenomenal roolnera attracted Bonaparte's attention, and he promoted him. Michael Ney wu the name assumed by Rudolph In France, and It wu generally be lieved by his comrades that he wu a Frenchman who had spent most of his life abroad. The rise of Michael N^y continued until the fatal Waterloo. Tbe lumorof hi* American nativity got abroad after the marshal wm executed, and it wa?? reported that before hla death he told his sons that his name was Rudolph and that they had abandoned their mother near 6avannah, Georgia. On this side of the water several missing links In the chain of evi dence establishing tbe Identity of Rudolph aud Ney have come to light. One incident will be sufficient. About 1820 two joung Frenchmen were in Savannah inquiring the whereabouts of Madame Rudolph. A survivor of Waterloo chanced to meet them, aud rushing to the eldest, exclaimed: "Mon sieur Victor Ney!" The young men got away at once, and were seen no more. They were undoubt edly sons of Marshal Ney in search of their mother, the Madame Rudolph, who bad been abandonee over a quarter of a century before. ?? The article from Lady John Manners In au Eng lish review Impeaching the luxury of modern *o- ciety is a paper of exceptional Intorest, The account given of the excessive feeding of society people of well-appointed country houses is somewhat start ing. Before the visitors are up, tea and bread and butter, with brandy and soda fot the young men. Breakfast about ten, lasting until within two hours and a half of luncheon time. Luncheon begins at two and lasts an hour and a half- Then follows coffee. All gather round tho tea table at five. Next is dinner at 8 or 8:80, lasting until 10 or 10:30. Then coffee and cigars In the diningroom for the gentle men. and Ilquers and tea for the ladles. After the ladies ostensibly go to bed tbo gentlemen adjourn to the smoking room where they destroy whisky, brandy, claret and lemons by wholesale. As It Is in feeding, so it lain dressing. Ladies In moderate circumstances spend $3 000 a year on their dresses. House rent list a fabulous figure, and in short, all the machinery of life is cumbersome, compli cated and extravagant. One consequence of this state of affairs Is the decline of the Institution of marriage, As young men do not dare to marry until they bcccme mllllonaires.marrioges naturally decrease and families decay. Considering the quantity of tea used in this country, one would naturally suppose that our people would know something about tea, but the fact Is, they know next to nothing. Most of our tea comes from China, but it fs the inferior grades, tho spurious stuff which hM been artificially colored. The really good tea is either consumed in China or is sold abroad at fancy prices. The emperor of Russia im ports tea at $19 per pound, and it is a common thing for wealthy people to pay $10 a pound for it Wheu good tea Is secured you should use one full teMpoonful for each person aud one for the pot; boil the water In a clean kettle, and when it bolls put the required quantity of tea in tho teapot- and pour on the boiling water, allowing It to stand about fifteen minutes. Then pour Into a fine china tea pot to???servo at tbe tablo. Never mako the tea In anything but a china or brown atone pot. In the history of politics, there was never any* thing more timely than tho Tllden movement. Just at present, It seems as if ho lithe only man who can save tho democratic party from self de struction. Persons Interested In silk culture will be glad loam that the fountain head of the industry In this country Is at present located in Haddington West Philadelphia. In that pleMaat suburb nothing Ip thought of but silk culture, and the re cognised leader and authority is a seventeen year old girl, Mias Nellie Lincoln Rossi ter. .Tho silk collection of Miss Rosslter is considered the finest in the Uhlted States, with tho exception of the one belonging to the government at Washington, aud embrace* everything from cocoons and reeled silk up to the most elaborato embroidery, frlugo and brocade. Miss Kelllo's progress In developing the silk lnduitry in this country stamps her as one of tho most remarkable girls of the age. When Editor Watterson gets ready to read any< body out of tbe democratic party, wo trust ho will crack his whip loud onough to bo heard la thla di rection. We want to scramblo in oat of tho wot. When M. Quad writes fiction ho can pull the long bow with Jules Verne, and when ho gives it out that he is writing facts his simple* yea or nay will go m far as any man's. This being the cajte, Quad???s southern letters will favorably Impress northern readers, and will do us more food than tons of hand-books and circulars Issued in this section. What he thinks of Alabama and Georgia may bo Inferred from what he sayi of Detroit farmer who came south several years ago. Thlsmanrucs eleven or twelve acres as a truck farm, and saji that it makei him more money than 200 acres of cotton would bring him. He says there ie more money In truck farming and fruit farming on twenty acres in this section than there is in running the biggest farm in Ohio or Michigan. This is tho kind of talk that wins. The millionaires of Now York are making amplo provision for a dazzling show In the shape of costly monuments and mausoleums. Iu Wood law u cem etery stands a model of the Pantheon. The lot ou which It stands cost I60.C00. Tho structure is 37x.9 feet, constructed of Westerly granite, surrounded by thirty Doric pillars. The bronze door coat $3,COO. Inside are twelve catacombs. Through the stained glass windows a soft mellow light plays over the In terior. This is the elaborate temple which is to re ceive the dust of Jay Gould. A special telegram to tho Courier-Journal from Washington says that Editor Watterson???s dispatch a bombshell??? In the camp of the "Randall faction.??? They were to be seen on the floor of the house, "piteously pleading not to be driven out of the democratic party.???' Such an ecstacy of conceit thla is, Is rarely seen In thla world. A deplorable state of affairs exists la the town of Middletown, N. Y. The good people of that inter esting burg stand opposing each other In a contest between license and no license. At tho outset of the campaign the teetotalers banded themselves together and agreed ( not to patro nize any business man who favored license, Then the female teetotalers began threatening the unmarried young man with social ostracism if they did uot veto against license. The result of such a red hot hurrah campaign may be Imagined. The llqnor license men were defeated, and Just here the trouble began in earnest. The license men, after their defeat, organized and refused to patronize any one who voted against license. Ono young gentleman who had never swallowed a drop of liquor in bis life, became so indignant of the effort of the female crusaders to bulldoze him that he gathered his friendz, "set 'em and the entire gang got gloriously boozy. At last acoounts trade la Middletown wm demoral ized, society wm at odds and bitterness of feeling prevailed everywhere. Was the famous Marshal Ney, "the bravest of the brave,??? a Georgian? Without attempting to answer this question, the temptation of reproduc ing the substance of a recent article on the subject too strong to be resisted. An anonymous writer the KaniM City Times relates at great length, and with a multitude of dates and details, the early career of Napoleon???s brilliant gcneral.lt seems that shortly after the revolutionary war a young man named Michael Rudolph lived on a plantation near Savannah with his wife and two sons, Victor and Adolph. One day Rudolph flew into a J colons rage against his wife and taking the two boys he abandoned her, and railed to France where he joined the army as a private. During one heat of Whenever a man fiuds it nectary to ad vertise for a pretty woman to All a business post tlon, it Is astonishing how many answers ho re ceives. Manager O???Brien, of Philadelphia, who advertised recently for "the prettiest woman lu Pennsylvania" to ride an elephant in street parades is receiving bushels of letters. In two days Mr. O???Brien hM received 182 letters from the prettiest womau in Pennsylvania and 105 of her photographs. A country beauty writes: "I fil the bit about your advertise ment for the preltleit woman in Penna.??? A Philo* dolphin girl puts It this way: ???1 am a tall striking, beauty of majestic presenco." An Italian dancer applies for the position becauso ihe thinks elephant riding easier than dancing. A yonog lady answers the advertisement simply because she wants to rpn away, and thinks It would bo romantic to join a circus. Notwithstanding the high opinion enter* talned by the writers regarding their personal charms, an examination of the 105 photographs failed to reveal a single genuine beauty. The warm waters of tho gulf stream are favor able to a very rapid growth, and the aulmali there are tropical. Waiting tho shores of Florida, this remarkable current transports its animals to Eu rope. This explains why tho tropical faunoo of both aide* of tho Atlantic so resemblo each other. The gulf stream, therefore, seems not only to modify the climate of naturally cold regions, but to distribute life equally on two different shores. It Is questionable whether animals ever commit suicide, and In fact It hu been asserted by eminent naturalists that animals do not know what death is, Very pathetic stories are told of the faithful dogs found starving to death on tho graves of their beloved mutcrs, and a dog hu been known to drown bimsesf in the river Solue in the very spot where ho raw hla master drowning tho day before. However, these instances prove nothing. Dogs re main by their muters??? graves, not with any inten- tlon of starving to death, bat In the vain hope of dog their owners reappear. The dog that jumped into the Seine did not attempt to commit suicide; he wm searching for his muter. But there Is one animal which unquestionably does kill Itself, tho scorpion. So many credible witnesses have seen this little reptllostab itself to death in a lit of rage that the factcannot be conttoverisd. It may be that Mr. Tilden's mind Is a great deal more powerful than his body, but that is no objec tion. It is this mind that commneda him to the admiration of the people. Cun a Is going through a serious commercial crisis. So many business houses have failed and so many more are threatened that a general bankruptcy that would enable everybody to wipe out the put and begin again would be welcome). Tho full fury of the panic struck Havana during tho carnival. The captain-general seized tho cable aud refused to allow intelligent of the uilamlty to bo telegraphed, declaring that It would ruin the island to have tho uews gut abroad at that time. At lut account! nothing had occurred to counteract the panic. Thu tallowing causes of the crisis have been mentioned: The high taxes, the paper money, the losses by emancipation, the higher prices of labor, the low price* of sugar and undue specula tion. Conoressmxn Epringkr knows a crisis when it walks up and taps him ou the shoulder. He says that if Mr. TUJcu Is norul ???h???.-.-J, all other issues will oe overshadowed. The people of this section are book 'vivers whose custom Is well worth having. 8abacti?tion hooka, especially, meet with eaormou* rales. Jefferson Davis's history, forioMauce, sold to the extent of over $3 000 in Atlanta alone, and tke ???if |n Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and Florida amounted to about $40,000. Mr. George F. Bolles, the general manager of the Appleton???s for this section, in addition to the above points, states that the southern book trade la steadily increasing, and It is no uncommon thing for one of bis agents to take a thousand dollars in subscriptions in a hamlet. 11 oa cholera Is having quite a run In New Eng land. It is about the sameas it hu been iu former years, and attacks hogs fed on clean grain as well those living on city swill. It seems to be an epidemic, coming without regard to food or sur roundings. When it once gets in to a drove it runs im course, and according to the beat authorities there is no certain remedy. General Sherman is not allowed to kiss the girls in St. Louis. They ray his beard fs so short it stick* ???em. Ir Is reported that Mr. August Belmont has "cut??? Mrs. Astor. What does this mean? Did the man use a razor? Mr, Conkuno is still for Grant,