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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY, APRIL 29,1884.- TWELVE PAOtWL
METROPOLITAN MEN
WO FURNISH AND DIREC
amusements.
New York a Market of Bcikin-T'-e s.zzr.lfoES
of Uuon Square???Zutc.tta Dely'e Woik-
ZMepaian a ter the Buprrmecr-A He-
mazkable Kaaaacr-rereoaeiNotee,
[The reriesof eketekee and llln.'rttloni continued
New Yobk, April 24.-I recently heard an old and
experienced manager connected with Aupuatln
Daly'! theater eitimate that moA money had been
apent for amusement! in thli city during the
put aeatofi than in any year for many leaioni
put; anditlll the season hu been exceptionally
dlautroui to moat manager!. It is gratifying tc
know that the lltteit survive and prosper. The
amount of money spentdnring this putieaaon wu
thought to bo at least (4.500.000 at the theaters and
probably a million and a half more in opera; anp
it wu asserted incidentally that there wu moro
money invested now In theaters in this city than
there wu in all the country thirty years. The lab
ter statement Is probably true. The assessed value
ol the thirty places devoted to amusements of all
kinds In New York li said to be IS.073,00*.
The theatrical butioets hu been to changed
in the lut lew years that It may almost
be said to have concentrated here, and New York
hu become the theatrical market. Boston and
Philadelphia each originate to tome extent, bat it
lsloNew York that managers come for' their cbloi
attractions, not only in plays but in players. Here
stars engage their support and book their engage
ments. In tho vicinity of Union Equate are the
theatrical agencies; actors out of employment
congregate in the neighborhood, and they havo
como to designate the fqnare as tho ???Slave Mar.
ket," themselves being, In theatrical pulanco, the
slaves. Here managers from othercltles make en>
gsgements and book attractions and
the ???Slave Market" Is regularly visited
by them in the summer. It is In this dly chiefly
that the local managers produconew plays or try
foreign auccescas with th. view of letung them out
to other cities or to rending out traveling com.
panics to produce them. The business of prepar
ing attractions for the road hu g own to bo so
Important and distinct a part of the management
that tome thoau rt are run at a loss solely to
establish the claim of a play to provincial con.
slderatlon. Many out of town managers depend
solely on the New York attractions supplied them.
large prices are paid and'heavy percentages
exacted. As much u ten thousand dollars hu
been paid for untried plays such as ???Storm
Beaten.???
Ono detriment to the dramatlo art growing out
of this change in the system of management hu
been tho development of a Class of managers who
have no other than a financial Interest in the busi
ness. They havo no sentiment about tho advance
ment of art or culture of the stage; they are merely
''hucksters??? in the business, and are not particular
u to what they offer or the manner of presenting
It. They selso upon foreign eucoesies of tho
English or French schools and lit tho former
to suit American tutes, and cutlng out tho
grosser Indecencies which are permlisable in tho
French, they foist them on the American public at
one or moro of the New York theaters under their
control, and after forcing a run let them ont to
other managers to send out inferior companies to
play them.' A great deal of money is sometimes
risked in these vontnrea, but it is not by the ???hnck
s'.er" class of managers that are loudest In claim
ing heavy expentea It Is this class of managers
whohave suffered most during the put year. Thoso
who have prospered have happily been the few
who we may count on the fingers of one hand, and
on whom it la likely the theaters
anust depend for some years to come or u long as
the present system luts for really dramatic and
operatlo productions.
arotrsTiH DAbY'a woxx.
A single fnriCoi.t hu lately compelled general
acknowledgement that Augustin Daly.hu done
more than any other ananeger in recent years to
elevatethedramaaud tocounteract the degrading
influences which the changed system hu virtually
brought upon the stage. This Incident wu the
selection of his company, u a representative Amer
ican stock company, to pay the return visit to Eng-
land of Irvlug'a company from this country. Mem
beta of Irving's organization, donbtliu the
nearest perfection of all modern English companies
were the ones who suggested to Daly this trip and
one of them, Mr. William Tenlu, assumed the
principal risk of the venture. This Incident called
generaU attention towbat a few critical persons
had long recognised, that Mr. Daly had organised
the best stock comedy company which New York
hu probably ever seen. There were a few literary
critics who talked learnedly of memories of old
tlmo companies, but these were recognised as
croakers. A few others maintained the
prestige of Wallack'a oompsny forgetting that Mr.
Wallack???s eonnany had become Anglicised. Still
others gave the greatest credit to the Madison
Square theater, forgetting that establishment wu
nothing more u yet than a school for amateurs,
though unquestionably a very good school, but
the training is Immature, the tendency by the
management Is to prettiness, not strength, and It is
immaterial whether or not the body Is more than
veneering deep. Mr. Wallack hu long been 111
these bare not Improved on bis style they bare
produced him more monry than his own more re
fined entertalnmen's. He remrued and appeared
yesterday sill somewhat bunt with rbenmstUm
and a deal grayer than wlycn he wentaarsy. Hq at
onoe returned to the style of entertainment which
had brought great tame and heavy mortgages to
hit hou<e. His son Arthur and Mr. Theodore Mors
are probably responsible for the late departure lu
management, and alto for the weak company
which for the season hu held nucertaln possession
of Wallack'a. -
Angusia Dally wu or.co before at the head of
management lu this city; he is there again; more
matured, more earnest, more skilled than he was
and quite aa ambitious as ever to give the best. Tho
neceatl'y to give also that wh tch will pay curb. bis
spirit not a little and he sometimes surrenders to
the desire to give the public his lute rather than
its own. These are the occasional mistakes he
mskea Ho hudonesothls season ln???8ergo Fantne???
and ???Boys and Glrle:" but be quickly acknowl
edged hi. error and gave his audleuco what they
did want rather than attempt to dictate
then at his own expense to take what they ought
to have. He baa, notwithstanding tbla recognition
of the commercial necessity of the manager, given
entertainments moro varied and fat
more entertaining than; any other man.
ager in the city; he has a reward
in a uniform sucoeu, the smallest receipts of any
weekdurlng;tbe season.tne run of.???Bovsand Girls,???
a.pure ldealic comedy, (3M Delng more than the
expenses.
Daly Is an old newspaper critic. Before becoming
a manager he ured to write .crit
icisms for three dally papers dur
lng the week and four on Suuday. Hehuhad
the good sense, however, never to mauage mote
than one theater at a time. He is an untiring
worker, he is seldom before his own curtain In tbc
front of the house, he Is of a nervous temperament
but not irascible or easily vexed; his nerrouanets
leads rather to rapid work and qnlck decisions. He
rehearses laboriously; the latter disposition Is the
chlei objection which his company urge against
him, but the members recognise that to this quali
ty is due the perfection of acting which is reached
by the whole combination.
DUrDTiHO THE rsui.
For a long tlmo Messrs. Shook and Palmer at the
Union Square theater, disputed with Daly and
Wallack and the Madison Square management the
cl ilm to the best stock companies, to the careful
and elaborate productions of new pieces. At one
period it seemed that Wallack had tho prior right
to the leading London successes; that Dslydrew
en tho German dramatists for materials; that the
Madison Square was the home of tho native dram
atlsts; whllo Shook and Palmer took what little
that wasgood for American use by tho French dram
atlsts. Palmer retired a year ago and the now
managers who succeeded Messrs Shook and Collier,
himself and Is very crmpanlonable with his loti-
matesand very domeaio in his tastes.
A BEltAEKADUt MANAGER
Probably the most remarkable success which bar
bceu attained lu New Y'ork management has been
by that most remarkable men, if
not manager, Colonel John A. McCaull,
ALIt THROUGH DIXIE.
nil ftawn OF TDM WEEK IX THE
KOUTIIF.KN STATE*.
who has attained a prominence as about
the only really sue-cssful manager of Ccmlc Erg
Hah opera we havo over had. His position Is now
undliputed. He deserves it for both bis pluck and
daring. Ho has by dint of sheer perseverance, good
taste and judgment, the exercise oisome nerve end
a good deal of audacity, como Into control ol "
Casino,.the most beautiful theater In tho world,
and ol the largest and best English opera company
In existence, and haa tho pick and choice ol
finest foreign musical productions. He has
rival left. In fact. Every opera ho has touched
and of which ho had opportunity to Jndgo before
production. has made a great
ce>??: and ha has given New York what It was
not previously juscuatomcd to???young .faees au '
voices lu Iho chorus.
McCaull pereonally 1s a bluff, but not gruff,
fellow, be doesn't beat about tho bush in huslnes
matters, and being positive in all things ho acts
quickly on bis own Judgment,
It is htrdly correct to speak ol William
McConnell, of Havcrley???s Brooklyn theater, aa
metropolitan manager, butu we ate accustomed
hereto Include the suburbs In tho metropolis It
may be permitted. Betides Mr. McConnell has
have somewhat changed tho policy ol tho Union
Equare, They found a bonanza in tho ???Lights ol
London" which Shook and Palmer had produced,
and put lour companies on Iho road, making
thereby, a great, deal ol money. Tbey havo lol
lowed this policy with other subsequent produc
tions. This change In policy, however, docs not
change the stylo of prcrcnuttlonof this house which
hu always been noted for lu care and detail. But
both Shook and ColUor are experienced managers
and though nobody prelenda that, like Daly and
Wallack, Urey havo a rentlmcntal regard for the
stage, nobody on the other hand regards them
ss mere dealers In the dramatis art. Shook hu
always been an cmbtululle politician
but he does not allow politics to Interfere with
business. Mr. Collier, barring his partlslily for
tho lair ssx, which Is pardonable Into handsome
a follow. 1s devoted to butluew wheuever bo is not
to the ladles. The two men are a contrast In ohar-
actor as In appearance. Shook la bluff and out
spoken and Collier Is all suavity, but a little In
clined to be suspicious and reserved: Bhook lota
everybody know wbat he tblnki, particularly II It
Is not complimentary; Collier on tbc other hand
keeps his adverse opinions to himself, but by bis
manner leads one to believe ho thinks worre of
him than ho really means. They made large sumi
of mom y this year with traveling companies; hut
little, U any, In the home theater,
HENBV ABBEY'S VKNTUKES.
Tho magnitude of the theatrical ventures of
Henry Abbey, (be greatest theatrical speculator the
world !Rs probably ever seen. Justifies their not
Florida waters and wlntenhave not restored his
yonth; and lo his Inactivity and ab
sence a new management at bis
theater hu somewhat changed * his
methods and the character of his productions. If
o o
bom doing for Brooklyn for a brlof period wbat
the managers I bare named have been performing
for Now York. Ho bu elevated (he standard
dramatlo representation there, u It never was
raised before aod h??s compelled other managers
follow???though still a long way behind. Brooklyn
used to bo one ol tho most unsatisfactory places
the country for a theatric*! trpupe to visit; It hts
becoms one of tho best; tho reason Is that tinder
Mr. McConnell???a sensible management the perfor
mances havo been so Improved that tho Brooklyn
people, who formerly vlrlted New York In search
of first class amusemenU are now content with
those he gives them, and await his prcs.-utatlnn
the best novel ties.
McConnell Is ambltlous.and probably an early day
will seo him and his brother, C. H, McConnell,
Uaverly's Chicago, produce new plays In Now
York and Chicago, simultaneously and pulling
their own combinations on the road to play them
It la a development cot unnatural to expect, at an
culy date, fer If they do not do so somo other
manager will try tho experiment. McConnell bad
an opportunity lo display an Important qualifica
tion ol a manager at his theater on Saturday night
lut; when the . andlence wu threat
ened with a panic, from a cr.
of ???fire??? from a drunken man. McConnell
not onty Dersonally kicked tlin man
outof Ihelebby.but then rushed np tho main
upon the et??ge and In a brio! address
audlenco that there was no occasion
for l , ,
such an Incident to throw them even Into a momon
tary confusion.
rgXSONAL. PABAQSIAPH.
Among tho persons who were proaont
Abbey???s benefit. In a private box, was Adelina
Patti, prime donna of Hapleson'a troupe, eccom
being denominated speculations at all. He la a
man untrained In the theatrical proftsclon, yet
everything ho hu done In it hts teen on the
broadest scale. Ho simultaolously organized the
Bernhardt, Langtry and Kellson tours ot this
country In 1812-63. and made large sums lor each
of these artists and himself. He suggested and
carried to sncceea tho two doubtful
schemes by which Irving ;and
company were performing In America
while Mary Anderson played In London. Ula great
failure In e pecuniary him in the operatic enter-
prize which he hu been conducting at a lose of
over 1203.000Is freely ecknowiidgcd by blmaeU
bet he hu given such magnificent presentations ol
opera lhal Ms professional success It conceded by
everybody; bis benefit Monday night netted him
(43.000, bat that wu the lout of his triumphs; ou
that remarkable occasion not only the best people
ol the community, but rival managers and artlsla
applauded from reals for which tney had paid en
ormous prices.
Mr. Abbey bu nervea of Iron and his count*-
ence never betrays hts feelings and
thoughta; be seems to have no con
ception of money and lu value; to
la St no thought of failure when he makes a risk.
Ha bar the happy and unusual (acuity of attend
ing only to the general features of hts business,
leaving details lor other* to accomplish, and he
succeeds in securing the performance ol the Utter
without contusion, noise or friction; he hu Uttle
sens, of humor; he Is not given to lightly amusing
panted by (he venerable NlcoUnl, her alleged hut-
band. While tbo bu nover tuag
Abbey tho hu Judieloasly, lu various
ncgoUatlons whleh cams to nothing except lo force
Mspleson to pe j her (r.,000> performance, dealt
Israel, with him; tad I presamo her apscstnnco
ou the occasion wu u much out of .ratllude at
compliment. It It not often that Patti expresses
her sympathy In any other wny then kind plaudits.
She It very tepder regarding the "mighty dollar,???
and lu the cue of hsr smumuletlona the bu the
best support which NlcoUnl affords her, since he
never spends anything except bit loseee et billiards,
The Mirquil De Caux, her former hutbaad, pre
ferred ncouiL
Christine Nlllton, ibe prime donna of Mr.
Abbey???s troupe, sang a solo, in which sho
wu accompanied on tho violin by
Mme,MareeUa flembtlch who wu carelul, how.
???'-Tw
SgiSbS?
ever,to have announced that the wonld pity ou this
Instrument In public only oat of personal compli
ment to Mr. Abbey, oembrfcb can do anything.
Bha plays, tinge and looka charming under aU
circumstances; unlike NUlson she Is never sick;
and udIIxs Beheld never over-eels herself. The
voluntary appearance of these three beautiful and
accomplish*! women on a alugle occasion ;-Patti
u allstner and tho others u performers.???lz Justly
regarded u a remarkable Incident: and the gte*
compliment to Mr. A obey la everywhere remarked
with unfeigned pleasure.
tv. F. O. flux ft
tee for bondholder!, for (10,000. With the road
j were aold ta.OCO aorta of land, whlah belonged to
I It. The retd It now operated by the Norfolk
| Southern railroad company. *
Cbablottx, N. C??? April 24 ???For several weeks
I put great sxcilemeut hts excited In Mecklenburg
Whet the Southern Folk* are Doing???Tho and Iredell counties over a mad deg epidemic.
Latest Newa by Mail and Wire Wednesday, a dog o! Tim McConnell, in Mooree-
??? villa, won' mud and bit MoSouuel and two negro
to The Constitution. I men. McCoDncil had his finger bitten eff, hnl
choked the dog to death. He leit yesterday for
The cold wave daring the past week caused I Hickory to test the virtuoso! a msdstono owned by
somo apprehension among the farmers, bnt I * cltiseu of that place. There li talk of sending tbo
it finally rolled away and wns followed by aa two negroes lo the Insane asylumfor treatment and
delightful and promising crop weather a* **ou d.^lLt week at alterestluu took place be
mu ???? ' ,<91re ???' tween a man named David Brown. Uvlug near
The events of the past few dsys havo not wtcaton and ble eon-Iu-law named John Henley
been of a very notable character. Bogan when Brown ehot Beasley wllh a ???holster pistol,'
Cub, of Sonth Carolina, has been discovered I loaded wllh iqulrrel shot, the load lodging In hoes
In MisB'ssIppi, where ho Is paying A visit to ???W*'???<*- neck and breast. Brown came to town
a friend. A bloody encounter took place ^
??# as ??. , ??? , , I who carried him before a magistrate, who alter*
near Moulton, Alabama, between a party of k e ??? lnf tha ??? ldenc ??? In tho dlfmlued
farmers and a gang of highway robbers. No Brown on hta own recognisance. Beuloy???s wounds
destructive storms bave been reported and are not considered dangerous. It appears that
the floods hare subsided. I Beuley had Ill-treated hit wife, BroWu???a daughter
The Alabama mineral expcaltlon, at Blr- ??? that Brown took her home and torbtd Beuley
mingham, wu quite a success. In various *?? ???* bo ???'*' but , b ?? ????? ??? bo d,y ,b V
A ... , * , , ,, , the shooting took place, to talk matters over with
stales Sunday school and denominational Br ovru. when the altercation tsok placo which re-
COn-entlnnn are helntr lielil. ami nil thn fndl. I .... .
con-???entlons are being held, and all the indi
cations point to a spring and summer of
peace and prosperity.
Mississippi.
In Meridian, Mbs., In tho lut two and a halt
months there bare gono np and now lo process of
erection eighty buildings.
The ptico ol real estate InVleksbng, Miss., has
advanced twenty percent daring the lut six
mouths.
suited u above itated.
Ciiabi.eston, April (6 ??? Colonel T B Long. peat,
ofilco Inspector, hu trretted Garrett J. Byrnes,
money order elerk ot tho Charleston pottufilce,
charging him with altering the records aud,em
beullug eight hundred delltre of money ordu
und,
Tennessee.
Nasiiviixx, April 22 ???Myer Moaoovlis, Jr, and
Beke White, two negroes, havo been arrested for
anarsluallng Meyer Friedman, about a week>go,lu
Louisiana.
Tho tupelogum In Louisiana la proving to ben ?? rt ?? r to obtain two hundred dollars, for which
valuablewoodforstaveeforeugarandflourbarrole. wu lueurefl In American Legion of
Roporta from Iho northwestern part of Louisiana Honor ' Frhdmau'e wife wu aooemry before fact
Indicate (hat tho naual amount of corn hoe been f ??? en ^ bcr hu.baud to moot his death,
planted,but that the acreage In cotton bu increased I Outtanocoz. April 21-TbIe morning the two
Irom fifteen to twonty per coot. Cera and cotton
are both reported u looking well.
Virginia.
Richmond, April 22 ???Near Irving, lea'.Baturday,
ory frame bourc.foiraerly owned and occupied
by Medamo Blanton on Georgia avenue, across the
???treot from tho poetotBco, caught fire and wu
damaged to the extent of fifteen hundred dollars
Tho houeo wae purchased a few months ego by Dr.
JoeFlIunand Blit Halo, two desperadoes engaged I Rust, a Methodist minister of Cincinnati, who waa
in a shooting affray, and Fllnn ehot Hale through I prominent In the movement to eetablilh a uulvcr.
tho heart, but htfuie the latter fell heilrol Fliuu I airy at Ibis piece, ltwu Insured for (1.C00 In tho
of fhf
twico. frem the effects of #b lch he died in a few ]
hours.
Work hu commenced on tho now city hall build'
lug In Richmond, Va.
Florida.
Watermelons ol Iho present crop are being re
ceived at Key West, Florida.
JZJhSiEEi ????ra???ft * b ?? P???oflhe county and a Iradcr In Cbaua-
I'henlx Iiiniraicecm.sny.
CUATTANroOA, April 23.???Calvin Scruggs wit
today rned by N F Hole Uon lot damages, douo
by a mule entorlr g tbo premises of the latter,
was fined (100.
CiiAiTANOOA, April 25.???1???reston Gann, oneof tho
oldest citizens of Hsmllton county, dlod last night
at bis homo in the second district- He wu ono of
Gopher catching In Fiorlda I. a business. They Zfjnhn P , one oV thT. Tv wu onTof tho
sell for about ono dollaraud a halt a dozen. dtJ .' WU .?????? t ??! ,bt
[ -L , l>??nta nn T abn Tiaokln U|.??? I pUfly WIIO, WllD Mfi GftDD| DtJ DO IMIU lO MTfl
a front foT U * 11 h1, F 1 o tb *' 00 founded Chattanooga. Mr. Gann was ninety odd
1 years old.
Sheriff Moulton, of Meigs county, px-sod through
Urn city yesterday ovenlug with Alex Wamac.whom
An orange treo In Hillsboro county, Fla., la five
feet eight Inches in droumfereneo fifteen Inches
above the ground. Th. limbs spread fifteen feat I ZT.o IVku^raTesT^Cm^
end thn tr#A I- tMrtv.-tr fast ht-h he had captured In Arkausu lot bigamy. Wamso
and tho tree Is thlrly-ilx feet high.
Kentucky*
first married Nancy WaltioopatChattanoogacicek,
near Ibis city, and removed to Georgia, and return-
Looisvitu, April 21.???Membcre ol nix different I ed In abont two yean, and reported hie wllo ti
families living in West End havo been poisoned by. I dead. Ha then returned and marrlod Mollle Hr*
eating esko purchased from a confectioner. The I Fin, tho daughter of Joseph Krwln. of Meigs
child of George Gross has dltd and ton others havo I county, Ho then removod to Alabama, whore
suffered terribly, but will recover. The poison w*b Wamsc acknowledged that he had another living
arrcnlc, but how it got in tbo esko is not known I wlfo. His wlfo then loft him aud returned lo bcr
Talks with tho whbky tarn hero to-day show that I lather. Wamec followed her lo Mclga county and
no effect will bo produced on tho whisky trade by I was arrested and cicspod. This was eighteen
tho break (n the prlcoSof high wluee further then I months ago. He was found In thtl state and nr-
to stop salts at present. I rested. Sheriff Moulton wu notified of tho arrest
It Isa penal ofienso to steal a dog valued at (5 In I * nd w,nt ltlerbl ???' .. ....
Kentucky. I Knox vim.*, April 25.???Information of a horrlblo
- I murder In Russell county hu Just been received
T***s. I George Gibson and bla cumin william Gibson,
MzssirAr.i., April 21.???Miss Maude Manning, I Jones Powers sad Wsyne Powers, had bought a
slaughter of Chief Jusilco Manning, of Louisians, I bucket ot brandy In tho mountslus, snd afterwards
and G. W. Compton, eloped frem Alexandria, I goi into a dispute about who had paid the most for
Loutflsus, amt were rnirrlul Haiurdty night. I It, Knives amt pistols were drawn. Wllllini Gib*
They were followed by tho young lady???s mother I son was shot and killed. Tho other two men then
dud two gentlemen. Tho couple managed to elude I built a fire over hie body and burned It???toacri-p???
tho vigilante of iho mother by changing cars three I Tho charred remains were found next day. The
times, but wero finally caught by somo persons I threo murderers have boon caught and are cow In
and locked upln a box car of tho freight train. I Jail The murlorera may yot bo taken Irom Jail
They wero brought lo thlsdty only to dlaoloeo tho | end hanged,
fact that they wrroman end wlfo.
Tho cattlo drive ol Texu, during the coming sea.
son, will reach over 300,000 head.
Texts cctnprlies 228 organised counties, aod lor-
Alabama.
BiaxiBOHSM, Ala., April 21.???Thomu II. Bhaw
abrakemaa on the Louisville and Ntihvlllo rail-
lllo'ry enough toform"foo'more without VioUting I b ' lween ,M,orday ?????? r Blonnt
the constitution. ~ Springs, llo wu killed Instantly. Fmccnctre
' " 1 1 ??? I ptmed over him. A m*u named Wlntor wan killed
. . . ??? Arkansas I at Warrior atftllon yesterday by tbo L 'ulirlllo and
A walnut tree eight feet la dUmeter kni been I Muhvlllo train. Ill* body vu lorn Ipto frigmon'i
found near Fort Sn)lth. not , th, n ?? mtn -, hand, Iho entire Inin
Tho noxl orop of Pop* oounry, Arkansas. p0I ,| Dg0TC r hfm.
promise, to be ono of thol.rgeet ever hatvceied In Dc catv* AprU 21.-A bloody encounter took
the county ( eiuecUllyxf thocoreole.' I placo neor Moulton In which a parly of boncit
OziBK, April 23.???Cbhtlee Wright, oolort.l, was I i armen foURht a body of eight highway robbers,
hengid at Center Point, Howard county. Friday. Mr. I'olllpe, Hr. leader of lh.f.nnor.,enrt alelihlu
for the mud. r last July of Thomu Wjait, whlto. I Kdhcrent . we.e Instantly killed, while
Wright was eno of a crowd of negroes who attack- I DUm ber were dangerously wounded. On the othor
<d Wyatt In a Held and killed him. but not before ddo 0 , lnet llrookl> u, 0 i etder of u,. thieve., wee
hohed killed on* of them. The affair cruted ???,i,ally killed. When h* fell ble mother took hie
intense excitement Several hundred negroe. p||t0|t ud dccUlred tbM .j,, W0Uld b> ??? mu tor
took up arms and the wbllae organised. State I 0B#
troops wore eent to the tome, quelled Ibe disturb- jj, Aprll jj._rb e Alabama (ermauent
anco and arrested a large number of rioters. S**-1 mineral exposition formally opens here to day,
eral wero sentonetd to verlou. forms lu the penis Tb , wellher WM btd , or , bo , tvoa ot
tenitary and Wright rescind th*death eeuleno*. tb( ?Mri pet tba city wu throttled wllh visitors
Ho admitted being present at the killing o f rom all sections ol the country. The elate wlllila
Wyatt, bnt claimed that he bed not taken au ??? >>out fn j bI j f ar0 e. Every promli.vut building
active pert In It Ilemelntalmd a Arm demeanor ln d|y wu dtconl , c( , ???,, h ualflD n >M , tho
totbo last and died without aslragde. I oocuton seems Ilka an ante heUum fourth ol July
South Carolina. I Ml > biatton. Hllrriag speeches were mtda by J. A.
Levsnoton, Aprl' 21???The tempenne. cause U Vanhoou, president ol th* board ol inde. A. O.
on a boom ln Urle town. Mn. Cbeflu'a Ueturo. u "?? ???*?? or ' ?? nd Tho tatter
produced a surprising amount of enthusiasm, ??Pokc at length ol the four grand national diets
especially among the ladle* It Is oot.fld.nlly ex- to"* ????? te ' ??">??? U)0 '???vor valley ef-
pocted lhal our lawn will btfore long be pieced in fording th* floutOOUDIry known lor tho production
tho category ol "dry (own*??? I ol cere*is and graasee. Second. Iho great mineral
GaagNviLLi, 8. C., April 21.-MI1L No 1, ol tho I Ulrmlngham as a can for, where raw
Campcidown cotton fao'ory, lu which 100 opera. ???neterieU abound In such clou proximity that pig
ilvoe are employed and 2 8,0 lotudle. ran. will I lroa mvdi ln Birmloghsm it rhtpp.^ u. i'lfsburg
shut down to-morrow lu coneequence of Iho i ra . I and Cleveland aod eold at good profit. Ho said
poedblltiy of semiring a supply of cotton for cotiu I lbtl * b ??? Birmingham aeotlon would becota* 4he
yarn.. In AbbevUle county, there b great scar- we??lthle.t aud mo.t densely populated portion of
city of cotton ued, end perron, are going (ron the eoulh-but that the ??rUr* elate and wuth would
farm lo farm in search ol seed to plant. In Bpartan- b * benslltled by tho infusion of northern eaplfol
burg county NaUonalB.uk de^du .-.. ^1,,., ??td energy which would h. welcomed and protect,
than were over known before. I od at ell 'l??**
It Is learned Irons t.unworthy authority that The third division wu thohlack bell, the flneet
Bogun Cub Is staying wllh a Irfoud of tb. family p / odu ??^ <>Bnl ^ Tb * 1 * bollU ? n
about twelve miles from Juk??m. Mia , also, that ??' elavefy lud bankrupted "big planten," but the
tut before tho meeting of oourt In Chesterfield Introduction of now method, caused, this black
county, he will come track aad surrender toth. h*???dlo produce twice u much u before The
sheriff. Colonel Walts, hi. lawyer. Is confident I fourth dlvWonws. the long leaf pine belt. North-
that when the caao cornea to trial, Boggen will bo I tra lumbermen appreciated tho great value of this
acquitted. The widely pub!,, hod re lh?? ..reinvesting In It were dsy. MobU.
yonrg Cash fled lo Cnad^ ecem. therefore, lob* wonM "??? ????????????I, !??!??????????? lumber port forth.
[,1 M I exportallon *f yellow pin* lumber.
Greenville, Sou'b C.roUna, U progrealng. The I ?????? "CMara'. lUnion.??? The object I. to
county oontatu. eight cotton mill., oln.ty.foht d.vlraand perfecl; plans toadv.nco the growth and
grist mills, tlxly-foor lumber mills, etc. The I Pfo*P??rlty ol the <u>F.
products of the mtnufacluring eatabUshmeota are I Montoomebt, April a.???Bunday last Sam Hlnkch
nearly tbreo million.. ???<>??> colored, working for Mr WBmlih.a reipeeu-
MeaenEWOhaud, of Columbus; T Q Donald- hie farmer ln Chamber* county, Alabama, brutally
???-D, Ol Greenville, and T W Bacot, of Charleston, ???*??? bl ?? ?????????? wbo w " ub ?? b ?? *??????? blr,b ????????
the commission appointed tosiopIUy, revise , D(1 1 alterward.to twins, both toon dying. It fot sported
make more effective the ux laws of South Cere-1 ,h *' ,b * did not oolllva her children. The fl*nd-
llua, met and organized for work yesterday. Th* bu * b *???' 1 ?????* lma bl * boo* to Smith'.house,and
labors they are called upon to perform an onerous I thelairer being absent perpetrated a terrible oul-
and their aesaloa will bo a protracted and laboroue I r4 E?? ??P?? n B??? Bmllb ; ??nd belig frightened away
I by a nolee,escaped before th* whole neighborhood,
cyclone of som* fore* visited th* lower e*clloo 10011 00 bu ,, * ck ' ??????I 11 overuke him.
??? Cheater county lut night Mr. Jerry Btack???e Hehubeen huotodmrriaera The who'-ocoantry
residence, near Uewthorae, wu pretly bradly de-1 w ** roonred from Chamber* to Ux, and Into
mollshed. and a negro named Betti wu autoualy >???<?????> *nd Montgomery countie*. He was shot at
hurt by the felling of a chimney. five times and hit four Umez. Uewi.ciught
???" I U>-<U7 alter a nhort cluse bj Eugene /luermtn
North Carolina. optica Luc*e.lrom Mount Mciw,Montgomery
Balkigu. AprU22.???Tbe property of the Jamr*. I county, end lodged in Jell here. The wound la
trille end Washington railroad end lumber company ,j, e neck penetrated part of the throat. He can
???old here to-day under tortcloiuro la the clr* | b* re iy wbl??per. Dn Woode, SImpeoa and Hill are
court to Jno* W. Whllloa, of New York, trtu-1 attending him, and say that the throst wound may
prove fatal. He begged to bo jailed here, Seirfng
Judge Lynch in Cbatnbera onniy. liii. sr*:j#??on ie
of powetfnl build, tweuty four yean old, o* cr six
cot high,with sinister loolc^ aud n bid r^out-tUon
Birminoium, Apiil 2i.???Divld Brown, a jiuar
man twenty-four years old, boskkeeperfjr Dino*
var & Co., lumber dealers, sulc'ded tbit ox irnlnc
at Mcore'a residence, by taking morpblue. #
Ciitm* here a year ago from Keokuk, Iova. and
practiced law a ehort while, but felling to make a
support, accepted a po>iifou as bookkeeper. He
left a note to bis employer written on ??bo 17th,
staling that he was a dtfanlter to the amount of
six hundred dollars, aud seeing no way to pay up
he was going to kill hlm*e1f.
Returns from slxry c unties ln North Carolina,
to ihe ???griculturol department show that the stand
of wheat, oats, rye and other small grain was never
better.
IIUNTSViLUt, April 25??? In the trial r.f Prank
James for participation. In the Mutcle 8hoaU rob*
bery lu 1881, a verdict of not guilty was rendered.
The verdict was received wllh a round of cheers.
James was immediately arrested by the * Lerlflf of
Cooper county, ffUsourl.
Birmingham, April 28.???A well dressed man re
gistered at the Richard house last night aa B imlth.
During the night he burglarized six rooms, getting
one hundred dollars and four gold watahos, and
crcapcd from the hotel before daylight. The per
manent mineral exposition still draws good
crowds.
The completion of tho Georgia Pacific, from Ble-
mingham to Columbus, Miss., seems Msured at an
carly4ay.
Montgomery, April 26 ???The Montgt mory
county democratic convention, after thsco dsyg
sewlon, adjourned to day. Tho following ticket
was nomiuated: For sheriff 1 , Thomas Sbcrbert;
for tax collector, J H Leigh; for assessor, W J
Dlcketson; for treasurer, J II BeMIngur. For
legislature, lower house, Colonel ThomAs G Jones,
W II 8ampson, A A Wyly and W A Gunter.
For coroner, F A Williamson. Delegatas were
elected to tho state convention.
Bam Nickerson, tho Chambers county negro del*
perado, Is still suffering ln Jail hero from his gun
shot wounds.
Bon Garnett, a drunken colored man, would no
loave the track of the Montgomery and Eufaula
railroad when warned ot danger last Saturday
night, and wss run over by tho passing Irain and
Instantly killed.
Commlwioner Pratt, of Alabama,' has a cypren
log measuring eight feot across tho butt, fivo feet
ten lncNh??tc*oss tbo small end, and slxty-flvofcet
long, lie will send It to the New Or!eana exhibl
lion.
The rale of fertilizers by Montgomery houses thir
reason so far are 10,675 tons ??KalDstG800?astyeai.
Several of these firms, however, supply consider*
bio territory In Alabama,
Thcro aro 1,402 convicts now at work in tho Ten*
newe penitentiary and tho mines, being the
largest number of convicts ever ln prlion at one
tlmo ln Tennessee.
West Tennessee horticultural society will meet at
Jackson May 0 and 10.
Captata Harry Jackaoa la Heary,
Captain Ilarry Jackion spent two or three <)syg
In Henry during this our court week, where he
mot many of his army comrades, whom, as woll
ay others of our citizens, gave him a cordlaland
warm reception. To*day during tho noon rececs,ln
a neat and telling speech, ho announced bis can*
didacy for congrcsi which was well rccloved by
tha large aMcmbligo.
While ColotM l Hammond, sh heretofore, has a
nmitll following in thl* county,yet from thb encour
agement given Captain Jitrkaon and the grnoral
eqpressloneof public feniimeo tho has good reason
to entertain the most confident hopes of carrying
this county lu the next convention. His faltoftul
services to his country during Iho war, his untiring
devotion and services to his parly slrun tho war,
hts recoffiilzod auility and unquestioned integrity
all commend him to tho support of our peoplb*
Put Henry county In the Jacksou column
Citiznn;
It ia well known that Dr. Price???s cream
baking powder bon been made for many yearn
wiibtut reducing its standard of perfect pur
ity, and that there is not auother baking pow
der in the market that can stand h'j good a
tent foriffiettyioen, be<bfulofnanafrve-
dom from injurious substances, Tho teat is in
the family biscuits in tbeoven.
The attention of capitalists and invertors ??
bonds and rilosks of all kind* is particularly ins
vltcd to the advertisement of Hatch A Fojte, which
s to bo found In another column. This emlnont
muklng houso has been calabilihcd for ucarly
twenty yoara. It Is widely known for lt?? financial
strong tb, whllo its roputallon ln all respects is such
???a to inspire con It deuce It is to bo observed that
ll??tch A Koote buy mihI soil aJi Isyiicn ol United
States bonds, execute orders In Mocks and txJnda
for cash, and on a margin; that they allow Interest
"h, and offir a Hsr oM?? Ntrabla Investment
which will ba furnlsbnd ou spolicatton,
m
ence, which 1
* 4 Bnclin-pnlbn.* v
Quick, com pie to euro, all annoying Kidney, Blad
der and Urinary IUwhmh. SI. DrnggUUi.
??? t. iwsches and ??mall fru
Into /roots In souiheru Illinois.
J)r. Hanford???s Liver Invjgorator haa a repth
fation equal to any medicine In the world* ??
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. A marvel of purltyJ
stengih mid whoirFotnencM. More economical
than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold li
conipHitlon with Ibe multi Hide of l.m tc-t, thoi
weight, alum or pnufophtttei powder*. Sold only
cans, whoteaaleby Boynton Bros, Atlanta, Ga.
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