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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1884.*-TWELVE PAGES.
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NOTES ON CURERNT TOPICS
WmtXKVic* you tea a m.n with a host of
friends his popuiArity is, nine times out of ten,
explained by the stntemcnt that ho possesses
persons! magnetism. This phrase may be
misunderstood. It does not mean that a man
is charged with a superabundance of electric
ity, which affects all who come in contact witli
him. Personal magnetism is ono of the sim
pleat things in nature. The wideawake, pro
gressive, manly man, with a big, warm heart
in active sympathy with ail that concerns his
fellowmen, naturally draws around him a dr
etc of admiring frionds. It i
not in human nature to stand
aloof from such a man. 8uch men are the
leaders in every circle, and nothing can resist
their influence. People who regret their utter
want of magnetism will not have far to go
find it, if their hearts are nil right. The main
thing is to show ii genuine *ympathetic inter
etl in every human being around u??. The
man who can do this win* nud lends. If
cannot do it he repels hit fellowinen, and
left ???lauding alone.
ItKADKRfl of dime novels and sensational story
pn|??erh will be stirpiscd to learn that
their firiforito writers in a porter employed at
fifth rate hotel in New York. When not
gaged in smashing baggage this literary porti
devotes his time l<?? writing such stories
???Bloody Nathan,???' ???The Boy Avenger,
???Boaring Dick, the Terror of Kalamazoo,"
About three weeks ago several publishers call
??don this versatile genius, and left the
measures fora numljerofblood-ourdlingyarns
Since that time the porter novelist bus la
engaged night ami day
in spinning out his lurid
fancies. It is uot surprising that sueh work
affected his powerful mind. The other day he
made his nppoaranro in the hotel offiec shout
ing: ???I'm lost! Mo cr-r-imo is discovered,
The sleuth hounds of the law are on me
tr-r-sckl" Then he went up stairs and tried
to throw himself from the window of his
room. He was locked up in the tombs and
turned over to the city physician. It is t<
hoped that when the poor fellow recovers hi
will confine himself to baggage smashing,
is destructive enough, hut far more harmless
than his present line of business.
Hoar, of tho |>opular songs of the day, catch
penny jingles of little or no merit, have
brought their authors and publishers small
fortunes. ???Nuney Lee" realized $10,000,
???Only a Pansy Blossom," $7,500, and ???The
Mulligan Guards" a large sum. A good deal
of money is made in song writing, hut snnio
of tho best productions fail to make a hit
Very often a piece of foolish nonsense captures
the public carjttid become* the hit of the
son. It is one of those mysteries that no fcl
low can find out.
It is expected that the democratic national
convention, to he held in Chicago, July Hth
will be in many re*|N?cts a more notable gntli
???ring than the convention which nominated
Blaine and Logan. During the republican
convention the storm center was located at
the Grand Pacific, hut in July it will
round to the Palmer house, while the side
???how will go to tho former hostelry. The
New York democracy will have headquarters
in parlors W. and X., at tho Palmer, Arthur???:
recent headquarters. Parlor K. will 'ho
occupied by General Bonj. F. Butler.
John Kelly will take parlor G,
The national committee will be quartered at
the Palmer. Half of the Georgia delegation
will be at the Grand Pacific. The hotel
are all in favor of n prolonged convention and
favor uo candidate who stands a chnnec of
being nominated on the first ballot. The con*
ventinn hall will he arranged so ns to no
???sodste 1,500 or 2,000 more people. All the
indications point to a large attendance
???oti???d people, Htid the enthusiasm will be tr<
???tendous.
the hallalujah lasses nro much admired for
their persistence and heroism. They lead
hard life, and if they are not helping others
they are certainly wearing themselves out. It
is projiosed to build a home for those who grow
old and infirm in the service, and the project
will doubtless he carried out, unless the salva
tion army prematurely goes to pieces.
Pkriuih the finest looking men to he seen
lounging along Broadway are the gamblers,
As a rule they are a oandsome body of men
They arc square-shouldered, sturdy and well
dressed. The pride of every gambler???s heart
seems to be a big, well curled mustache. Knees
that are familiar iu front of the pool boards at
.the races, and at the walking matches and
boxing contests, are to be seen every day with
shilling heaver hats, strolling up and down
Broadway. They smoke constantly, and rec
ognizc each other with almost impercep
tible nods, while they stare
at all the pretty and munificently dressed wo
men. The New York detectives bear a strong
resemblance to the gamblers. They dress care
fully, have the same sturdy figures, and fheir
mustaches are bnrberized and curled until
hey are models of high art in that line.
Mr. Edward Atkinson has written a letto
advocating the construction of one story fne
lories instead of buildings of many stories
He claims that his plan is cheaper, lessens the
risk of fire, decreases the rate of insurance,
reduces the number of overseefa, cuts down
the gas hills, and is cheaper and more con ven
ient in every way.
Thk frequency of cyclones and uuincrous
remarkable and inexplicable weather antics
during the past few years have so muddled
the public mind that the most extravagant
theories find favor, and each new prophet at
once draws around him a host of followers.
Doubtless some very important climatic
changes arc in progress. Cyclones are
tainly more numerous than they were thirty
???r forty years ago. Another striking chnugi
is the diminution of summer heat in the
south and west. The heated term is not so
long, nor the average nearly si
high ns was the ease thirty or forty years ago.
So cool was the summer of 1K82, that the ex
perts predicted nu unusually hot ono for the
succeeding year, but when it came it proved
to be even cooler than the preceding summer.
From presout indications tho summer of 1884
will he tho coolest of the throe. Insteud of re.
gnrdcd theso three instances ns exception to
tho general climatic rule, many will he forced
to the conclusion that the rule itself is grndu-
JJy changing. Why, cyclones, n s/>ccinl feat
ure of the tropics, should move into tho tem
perate zone when that zone is growing colder
during the warmest months of the year is a
puzzle not easily solved. Evidently the times
nro out of joint.
Birmixuiiam, Ala., according to the Chron
ic of that place, is regarded as tho asylum of
tho |K??or. People for hundreds of miles around
think that thoy have only to get to Birming
ham to make their fortuuo. They expect to
find streets paved with gold and houses of
glittering crystal. They flock to tho city and
find streets of mud, and houses built of brick
bats. Tho price of hoard is high, and their
money is soon gone. So, rather tliun beg or
steal, theso unfortunates apply for freo trans
portation to their homes, and get It. Thli
business is growing rather monotonous.
Tin: May crop rc|H>rt of the Hon. J. T. Ilon-
dersoh, state commissionoi of agriculture, will
be (mind a document of unusual interest nud
value. The report contains a translation of a
lecture on ???stock and stock raising," hy the
cclchratitl Monsieur Gcorgo Villi*, of France.
The lecture is minute and exhaustive, and
Gnmmiftftioiier Henderson advises the farmers
to giro it their close study auil attention.
Tukri; are only 80,000 Jews in New York,
but there are millions upon millions of Jewish
???apital invested in the wholesale trade. Iii
Cscl, the business in many Ur.cs is almost en
tirely monopolised hy Jewish firms. Walking
down Broadway a reporter counted 650
Jewish names on wholesale signs. Turning
into Wall street one will find two of the largest
banking houses in the country, J. A J. W.
Be lignin ii ??ud Kuhn, Loob A Co., both dis
tinctively Jewish. In the stock exchange are
the llrufiqucs Bros., W or loser, Marx aud a
boat of others. In Muiden Lane ami John
street, the center of the wholesale
aad retail jewelry jobbing trade Jewish names
are found right amt left. JBeveuty |H*r cent of
.Uir entire trade in wholesale clothing, dry
goods, millinery, etc., is carried on by Jews,
la the tobacco, sugar aad wholesale liquor
traffic the Jews are very prominent, but the
genuine Jew is very rarely found in the retail
liqtuw business. Helling ???pizen" hy tho gin**
is a distasteful business and he keeps out of it.
llRSur G, Vex nor, the weather prophets
who died in Montreal, last Sunday, ut the age
???f thirty-four, wa< a remarkable man. He
mode some reputation a?? a geologist, but is
beat known by bis weather prediction*. He
rloscly studied the storms of llmpast and com
pared them with those of the present day.
Many of his forecasts were strikingly accurate,
but there were times when he missed the
mark widely.
K twnr a rta readers occasionally see allusion
to the ???Hallelujah Lassee" in the journals of
Ibe day. These female revivalists are a won
derful class. There are about 900 of them en
gaged with the salvation army in England,
and they are said to do very efficient work.
These women generally o|H*rate in pairs. They
go into a town ami work it about three mouths,
organizing their crowds, raising funds, singing
hymns and delivering addresses. They work
early and late, ]mrtieu!arly late. As they
deal with the rougher elements of societv
they are often subjected to very rough usage.
They are made the victims of vicious tuobs,
aad are frequently maltreated, kicked, beaten
and pelted with fish. Sometime* they tall
???ndcr the ban of the law and are lauded in
prison cells. Notwithstanding the general
apposition to this peculiar religious crusade
empire hi* bride shown like a stainless pearl
in the midst of a heap <jf stage trinket
But sjio was unable to enchain the
volatile fancy of p. Bonaparte,
and the marriage was singularly unhappy.
The prince was always an Immense bother
the imperial family. lie was a red republican
end was always stirring up a row. A deadly
feud existed between him and Eugenie, and
they did not become reconciled yntil the death
of the prince imperial made Jerome Napoleon
the head of the family.
Tmtyoutig men about town report n very
ugly mid dangerous feature in the most glitter
ing circle* of New York society. They report
lis|K>sitioii toward fastness among the fairc
half that did uot exist a few years ago. It is
t noticeable, they soy, among the wives and
Alters as is the case in London, hut is con
fined to the unmarried ones. Tho extravagant
follies of many young women lower their
rnl tone and make them reckless iu other
tilings besides Hie expenditure of money. On
day ut Tiffany's nud other market
places of Mainmon, yon will see young
girls choosing jeweled garter buckles
ranging in price from $200 upwnrd; paying
$.???150 for one jeweled smelling hottlo; $150 for a
gold headed silk umbrella; $100 for corset
lnsps of gold; $50 for a set of hair pins;' $30
Tor n pearl mid gold glovo buthmer; $500 for
opera glass, and so on. When young girls
??? furnished with unlimited amounts of mon-
, and encouraged to lead spectacular lives,
is not surprising that they lose their heads
I become entangled in all the vanities of
dissipation.
.oia is not exerting herself to secure im
migration from foreign countries, but???it would
he a good idea to call the attention of French-
men to the advantages which our statu offers
grnpo growing, wine milking nud silk cult-
A French colony has been established iu
Moore countyyN.C., and one on n large scale is
projected in southwestern Louisiana. French
donists make thrifty citixeus mid their rapid
>c iu Uuuadu shows that they tlourish
when transplanted.
KWsnrr.R corre*|*mdout wont to church,
iu London, the other day, and devoted his
time to staring at Mr. mid Mrs. Gladstone. It
ms that Mrs. Gladstone is a good looking
ly, but her dress is so dowdy ns to make her
mblc a woman of the shop-keeping class.
The premier shuffled into his pew with a quick,
rvoiu, irregular step. He looked two inches
rter than he did four years ago. His face
withered, pinched and over-run with crow???s
t. During the service he was uneasy and
???stless, and wore the air of n man who lmd a
great trouble upon his mind. People nho
Gladstone believe thut the needtet*
bloodshed in Egypt causes him the utmost
agony. He certainly appears to he at least a
century old, and no one can see him without a
feeling of pain.
Pkiscr Jkroxk Napolrox is the most f rtu-
nnteof the living Bonaparte* in point of birth.
His father was a king whose people loved him,
and hi* mother was a royal princess ami an es
timable woman. Prince Jerome closely re
sembles the First Napoleon, and for a long
time the Emperor Louis wo* sorely tried hy
this personal advantage of his cousin over him.
It is believed that the jealousy of the emperor
caused the stigma of cowardice to he
attached to the prince during the
rimean campaign. The truth of
the matter appears to he that
bile he was in the Crimea several attacks of
cholera incapacitates! him from active acrvice
certain critical moment*. Yet he distin
guished himself a* a brave soldier and bril
liant officer at the battle of Alma. The prince
married the eldest daughter of Victor Ernan- ibis, but he would like to get out of Khar-
uel, and at the dissolute court of the second ' toum, all the ?????????*
Tuber are eight basebjtfl ??? factories in the
country, and they havo all that they can do.
A hall is mode in this way: A workman sit*
on the floor with a basket of moistened chamois
and buckskin clippings at his side. Before
birn is a block of wood containing a mould of
the proper shape and size. - Winding a lot of
woolen yarn around a handful of clippings the
mass is placed in the mould and pounded into
shape with a mallet. More yarn is then wound
around the ball, and it it again pouuded in
the mould. It is then sent to c, girl who sews
on the horse hide cover. A smart girl can
make from $7 to$9 a week at this work. Tho
best halls arc made entirely of yarn and Indio
rubber.
Tiir ???vigorous foreign policy??? of Mr. Blaine
is now uuder a rattling Are from every quai
After nearly twenty yeara of peace and pro
gross, conservative men of both parties feel
less inclined than ever to rlslc a war with any
foreign power. With a rash ^nd combative
executive in the white house numerous un
fortunate complications would be possible, and
perhaps probable. Trouble with the Houth
American republics, Mexico,:* Spain, France,
Germany and England has been
avoided at various time* during
tho last quarter of a century only
hy ii wise and moderate policy. In the event
of a war wifh one or more of those powcrA, the
effects, for a time at least, would bo disastrous
to this country. Wo have no navy and no
coast defenses that amount to anything,
would ho an easy matter for foreign gunboats
to shell and lay our seaports in ashes, while
the well disciplined 'armies of the invaders
ravaged our coasts. Our financial
system would ho thrown into disorder, the
gold speculators and other gambling cormo
rants, would control the govcraraont and busi
ness of the country, and our ondlization would
turn backward in its course. That tho repub
lic would finally rise superior and overwhelm
its difficulties and its foes docs not, from
practical standpoint, mitigate tho positive
ovils consequent upon a belligerent foreign
policy. More than anything else, the people
of this country desire prosperity and progress,
and they firmly believo that theso blessings
follow in tho pathway of pence and travel
other road.
Kvkx at the riskofoncouraging tho embryo
poet* of tho country the newspapers nro circtt
biting the story of Will Cnrleton's career. At
first Carleton's rhymes attracted ne attention
nud tho professor of his college told him that
ho was wasting his time. Ills first successful
poem, ???Betsy and I Are Out," was thrown
into the waste basket of tho Toledo Blade.
Afterwards it was fished out, published, autl
was copied into nearly every paper in tho
United Htates. Curloton started in life with
out a dollar, hut is i|ow urojth,.jfiJJx $160,000.
Every cent of this money has been made out of
his poetry.
Thk face of ex-Governor Franklin J. Moses,
of South Carolina, has figured in the rogues'
gallery so long that people are prepared to be
lieve anything concerning him, provided it it
sufficiently disgraceful. It scorns that Moses
has turned up in Chicago, and is again iu
trouble. A few days ago ho introduced him
self to a gentleman ns a Philadelphia physi
cian, nud ohtuined n loan of twenty-ffve dol
lars upon the strength of iiu alleged remittance
which lie claimed to ho expecting. lie failed
to meet his engagement and was arrested for
chcntiug and swindling. At the police station
he was recognized ns Houth Carolina's jail
bird governor. Tho career of Moses has been
a remarkable one. Endowed with a brilliant
mind and a flue education ho enjoyed
exceptional advantages, odd rose t<
a high station in the political world. Unfor
innately, however, his natural dishonesty was
too strong to ho suppressed, and his recent
term in the New York penitentiary, it seems,
has not taught him a lesson. Ho will doubt
?????* spend most his life in a convict???s coll.
Tiir lumber interests of Georgia aro loom
ing up. The demand for lumber is constant
ly increasing and the supply is diminishing.
Sweden and Norway have been exhausted, and
now secure their supplies from northern regi
ons, importing their oak from Poland. Th<
great forest* of uorthern ltussia fail to supply
even the dealers of St. Petersburg. The Fin
land forests are cleared away. The 30,000,000
of German timber are of poor quality,
and the forests of Bohemia, Gallioia and Tran
sylvania are beyond reach. The shores of the
Adriatic are bare. Great Britain has no tim
ber worthy of mention, and it costs too much
to handle the timber of Central Africa. It wil
pay to look after our woodlands.
It is an astonishing fact that tile south
adopted baked beans aud codfish balls before
???he took the nimble penny into her good graces.
The latter still remains under the ban, and is
not likely to be regarded with favor for some
time to come. New Orleans is making an ef
fort to get the penny started in circulation in
time for tho exposition. While the south
continues to resist the introduction
of a smaller coin than the nickel there Is an
asing demand at the north for the coin
age of half-cent*. Nearly every country but
ours has a smaller coinage. The French cen
time is only one-fifth of one cent, the Port
uguese rci only one-tenth, and the Chinese
cash, or seu, even of less value.
Many small articles in this country
are sold at the rate of two or more for a cent,
but when the customer does not want as much
a* a cent's worth he feels the inconvenience
and injustice of being compelled to buy more
than he want* simply because the government
ha* failed to provide us with small coins.
There is room for reform in this direction.
Tbs sister of Chinese Gordon is a woman of
tremendous heroism and self-denial. She no
bly refuses the many offers of money she has
received for the relief of her brother, who is
cooped up in Khartoum, declaring that as he
is a British officer the responsibility of his res
cue devolve# upon the government. Gordon
will be prond of his sister when he hears of
NEWS OF GEORGIA.
In rdchraoud superior court, William J. galley
secured the quashing of an indictment against
him for forgery* Before he could escape, however,
the sheriff of Aiken county,and another special offi
cer. both bearing requisitions from the governor
of South CarolLia, one upon the governor of Geor
gia and one upon the governor of Fiorina, appear*
ed before Judge Roney, and asked for Sally. It
appears that some time ago Sally after committing
a criminal offense in South Carolina fled to Florida.
The governor of South Carolina Issued a requisition
for him upon the governor of Florida, and
the special ofllcor who appeared before Judge
Roney was returning with him to South Carolina
when he was taken on a state warrant and held
for trial on the charge of forgery committed in Au
gusta. The governor of South Carolina then Is
sued a requisition for Sally upon the governor of
Georgia, and this was held hy the sheriff. The
latter made quite a little speech in court, set
ting forth the facts in the case, and the doings of
Hally In South Carolina, and after hearing both
sides, Judge Roney decided that the sheriff was
entitled to the prisoner, ns his requisition was
more recent in date and addressed to the governor
of this state. This dismissed Sally from the courts
of Georgia, and he goes back to South Carolina
to answer the charge against him
in his native state. The next case
in order was the state vs. Thomas Butey, charged
with assault with intent to ;murder, nud
both sides announcing ready the trial pro
ceeded. It appeared that in returning home from
hurchonc night, in company with his wife and
another woman, William Cook was cut In the
back by Thomas Batcy; the former claims without
provocation or cause of any kind, Batcy claims
that for abusive conduct towards his mother
while in church, he knocked Cook down, and that
la falling he cut himself upon a broken gloss bot
tle on the ground. The case is one of the out
growths of the unfortunate troubles in the colored
Central Baptist church. The jury is out with the
case.
Dr. Winfield Robinson, of Washington county
iis 75 acres In (leaches.
The AIbany News says that Mr. Dan Luke, of
Thomnsvillc, went up to Smithville to identify h
negro man who hnd been arrested a* the murderer
of 5Irs. Clew island child, who were killed in Thom
as coun'ty some two or three years ago. The negro
was carried to Lowndes county for safe keeping,
hut broke Jail and no tidings ha* since been heard
of him. The negro at Hmithvillc was arrested on
suspicion of being flhe murderer. Mr. Luke
sheriff of Thomas county when the murder
committed, And had had the negro In charge.
Hadkitisvillu News: Mr. J. H. Willie ha*
hi hi ted a curiosity in the way of a soft shell egg
In the shape of a chicken. He thinks the hen thut
laid the ogg has about inode up her mind to lay
full-fledged chickens instead of eggs.
Athens Banner: Captain It. Nickerson returned
to the citv last Friday from Kacoocliee valley,
where lie had been engaged in inspecting the gold
mine In-longing to Colonel A. K. Childs and him
self. .The captain was laden with certificates from
the mint, niiAgets, gold dust and quartz, and one
hnd hut to examine his stock to nee that theso en
terprising gentlemen hnd struck it rich, lie hud
several vials filled with lumps of the purest gold,
varying in size from ten pennyweight down to
nieces the size of buck shot. The gold dust hud
been collected hy quicksilver, and was discolored,
but it was perfectly free from nil impurities, ami
worth par at the mint. The qimrtz fairly
sparkled with the shining metal, some
f aeces looking like it had been sprinkled
n with a shot gun. Captain R. says there is an
inexhnustihlo vein of this ore, while you can pan
out ???pay dirt??? anywhere on their lot. They are
now running altogether by hydraulic power, hav
ing a canal nine rpiles long, the water being of
sutllcicnt elevation to control nil the veins east of
tho valley. They intend, hovfover, soon to put up
a stamp mill, that this rich quartz rock may Ik-
utilized. They can work this gravel at a cost of $1
per ton, which leaves an enormous profit to the
miner. In fuel, they are throw^t tjisiiU??? dirt far
richer than that some of the hesT paying mines
around Daiilonega afford. They will soon
drain an old tunnel in which it is said
one of tho largest and' richest veins ever seen in
Georgia is exposed. These gentlemen have now
everyth ing in their, own iuuids, and are meeting
with great success. Captain N. had his hatful of
certificates from the mint, of gold received, and
for which they solid him chocks,, nfter deducting
hy the Savannah Baptist church. Mr. Campbell a few minutes after the nomination was made, we
say.. : were ready to go to press, but got In the sentence
, ??? *. . . ... ... .. , u containing the news, and thirty minutes from the
The amount of good to be accomplished by this time Blaine was nominated it was published in
handsome donation eannot easily be estimated. . ,j, e y reo pj^i
The anticipation of it must afford the benevolent ???
the cost of coinage. Messrs. Childs Si Nickerson
nre not visionary speculators, but practical busi
ness men, who never go into a thing unless they
see daylight ahead. They have certainly u*cd
great judgment in this-venture, and are already
???aping a rich return for the money they have in-
???sted. rejoice in their success, for surely no
ntleincn deserves the smiles of fortune more.
e intend this summer to visit this mine, and glv
our readers a full account oi its operations.
Calhoun Courier: The killing of Jerry Arlitie
Martin MeWrlff was accomplished by emptying
lie contents of a double barreled gun containing
1 buckshot in his body. It seems that the mur
der was Induced hy certain damaging report* that
A rli ne hnd given fort has having been circulated
by McGriff, very much to the detriment of the
wives of three white men of the community. Cook.
Musgrove and Dean by name. McGriff on
being approached hy the white men denied
the statement of Arliuc. and in company witli tin-
while nu-n went to the field of Arlitie to demand a
denial. Arllne refused to retract what he had
said, and McGriff, without a momcntVJhesitatioii
shot him down, killing him instantly. The kill
ing wo* cold blooded, from what we can learn.
McGriff escaped, and the three white men were ar
rested a* accessories to the crime, given n prelimi
nary trial, but were released for want of evidence
sufficient to hind them orer. The three while
men all bear disreputable reputations, aud the pri
mary cause of the killing is ono that makes the
very blood boll Iu a decent white man???s
veins at it* mention. There Isa certain da.** iu
tho lower part of the county more numerous than
is found anywhere In this section, whoso moral
status Is almost on n level with brute*. The law
should look Into these mntters and punish theso
moral debasena As little as one would think
about It there nre parties in this section who de
mand the attention of missionary work us well a*
do tho henthern of other lands.
The Columbus Sun says that Mr. W. If. Luttrcll.
Waverly Hall, Harris county, was ill that city
ilciivorlng to find a physician who would go to
Waverly Hall \o attend Mrs. Celeinan, the mother
the child that died of smallpox on Monday
Mrs. Coleman wo* complaining of being ill, and it
feared she has the smallpox. At last account*
Mrs. Luttrell had not succeeded In finding a phy
sician who would consent to go. For a physician
go to Waverly Hall to nttend a case of hmall|??ox,
menus to give up his entire practice at home for
several weeks, at least. The physicians In that
neighborhood will not enter the house where tho
???lek woman is, and the child died.
A Tabotton dispatch suites that Talbot county's
$6,000 Jail seems to be a failure. The only prison.
that it contained made their escape through
the walls, using the rim of tome tin vessel to begin
with, afterward* breaking off a bolt and then a
bar from one of the windows, and then they were
free, for through the walls they come. Their
names are Oliver Brewn. charged with stealings
cow of Mr. J. B. Parker, of Fratt-dmrg, Taibo
county: tnc other Alonzo Stephenson, the
little sixteen year old negro boy
Sam Hinkle waa taken from Montgomery to La-
Fayette lust Monday to be tried for the crime of
rape, committed in Chamber* county. He was
tried on Wednesday before Judge Cobh. A jury
was obtained without exhausting the list of fifty
men who had been summoned. The LaFayettc
Tribune gives the result as follows: ???The trial
was then begun, the defendant entering a plea of
not guilty. The court house was cleared of every
donorgreut satisfaction. It is to to* hoped that
other prosperous Georgia Baptist* will imitate her
worthy example. TiiLs amount will almost cer
tainly be duplicated by the joint contributions of
other members of our church at Savannah. Per
haps the most beautiful feature of this benefaction
is the exceeding cheerfulness with which It was
bestowed."
The Porter manufacturing compauy, in Haber
sham, will start upon the first of July.
B. H. Phillips, of Douglas, has a Jersey calf eight
or ten days old that is hnre-lipped, blind, deaf and
dumb.
The Waynesboro Citizen says: After a consulta
tion of several country publishers, tho organiza
tion of a country pres* ussoeiatiou is deemed of
paramount Importance to their interests. There
fore, a call Is hereby made for the organization of a
country press association. The movement means
business???not pleasure. All newspapers through
out the state, especially the country papers friendly
to the movement, are requested to publish the
above notice. It Is desirable that every country
press iu the state should be represented. All who
desire to Join the association will uddress W. D.
Sullivan, True Citizen office. Waynesboro, Ga.,
suggesting time and place of meeting.
There have been three fraticide* in Laurens
county within the post year.
Gainesville Southron: Mr. George Loire, super
intendent of our courthouse has a beautiful and
curious walking stick called ???Diamond Willow,"
whi*h grows uuder water in the swamps of Dakota
and looks like a bay wood rod covered with the
leaves of Jllly blossoms. It Is very hard and sus
ceptible of high polish, aud worthy of any per
son???* inspection,
Says the Gainesville .Southron: On last Wednes
day night a young man in this city whose only
crime was being hopelessly drunk, was taken into
the courthouse yard and besmeared with all kinds
of filth from head to foot and left In that condition
all night. It was???a terrible sight. This is nl>out
the fourth time this outrage ha* been perpetrated
in our city in the past two or three years, and that
no one has been punished for it is no credit to our
humanity.
Guiftcsvillc Press: Mr. T. If. Jones, out on the
Oconee river, hus a chicken hatched with only one
leg. This is a kind of enterprise that wc don't
like to see encouraged. "Drum sticks??? are always
iu dcinund, especially when a meeting of any sort
is iu progress, and if the gentleman intends to en
courage this kind ihlckcn raising we must put
In our protest, for if it is not stopped the supply of
???drum sticks" would soon fullshortof tho demand
and this would be a calamity to the Methodist
preachers of our land.
The Wilson-Long murder trial in Morganton
whs set for last Thursday morning. On the 15th
of July, INK!, Thomas A. Wilson and Bud Long,
desperate fellow, became Involved iu a difficulty
In which Long was shot, dying In a few minutes,
and a true bill was fouud against Wilson for the
murder of Long. The evidence was voluminous
and conflicting. Some of the witnesses swore that
the defendant was endeavoring to retreat and that
deceased followed him up and in trying to
possession of the pistol tired
and killed himself; others swore that defendant
pointed the pistol at deceased and fired it. The
defendant's statement was clear. He said it was
purely an accident, and there were hut few who
did not believe he spoke the truth. George N.
Lester, of Atlauta, then begun his arguments,
number of ladles made their appearance In the
courtroom, among them the estimable young wife
of defendant, carrying in her arms their innocent
little babe; tears were trickling down her cheeks,
Judge Lester reviewed the evidence. C'. I).
Ups closed tho argument for the defense.
He said that it might be asserted that he
Interested. He said he felt for the daughter of the
mun that had held him In his early struggles (de
fendant???s wife being the daughter of cx-Congres*
man K. W. Chastain) that he wanted to see Tho*.
A. Wilson walk the streets u* free as yore. Ills el
oquencc drew tears from those who seldom weep
At about 5 o???clock the Jury retired and after luiv
ing been out about twenty-one hours, the Jury
filed into the l??x end tho verdict was read aloud,
not guilty," aud everybody seemed satisfied and
Thos. A. Wilson was once more a free man.
A temperance convention will be held In At
lanta on the fourth Monday In July
Bishop Beckwith left Monday for Chicago, where
he goes at the earucst solicitation of frieuds to en
Joy a couploof weeks fishing on the lakes.
There will bo collected this year from the tax
payers of Pulaski county for county purposes the
sum of $1:1,000. The largest item is that of $1,500 to
be collected for jurors and bulliffs und the next,
$2,725, for contingent expenses.
K. C. Swlley, of Cochran, has a coffee mill which
he says, he bought In 1833 from Norman Thomp
son, of Perry, and which has been in constant uso.
ever since,and has ground nil the coffee used In his
family of five person* for forty-one years.
The opinion is that the average value of the land
In Houston, as returned for taxation, Is higher
per acre than wo* the case fast year.
Ilawklnsville Despatch: Just to have a little
fun, n young man placed the muzzle of a gun un
der the water and fired the charge. The result
was the bursting of the burrel near the breech and
the mutilation of his hand. Another placed und
held the muzzle of his gun square against n piece
of plate window glass, aud fired the charge, pow-
dcritml bullets. The glass was shattered, so was
the gnu lsim-1. Another instance was that of an
experimenter who heard that a candle could lu??
fired from the barrel of a gun through an Inch
board. He drove a candle Into the muzzle of n
gun, tired, and the explosion split the barrel al
most Us entire length, and did not even drive the
candle from the muzzle, still another burst of a
gun barrel was caused by the use of wet grass for a
wad, well rammed over a charge of shot.
Mr. John Mllsaps, of Hall, sold n mica mine the
other day for fc??U; ho gave $:w for the land u few
months ago.
A young lady in Ghddcstou has hair which will
touch the floor while she is standing. Uuruum,
where arc you 7
A lady In Gainesville has a quilt mode over fifty
years ago.
Quitman Free Press: Everybody knows Sherrod
Williams, and they know him for a clever, honest,
industrious freedmaii, a good citizen and ?? good
man. For several years nfter ???freedom broke out"
he lived with the Denmark*, and made plenty to
eat for himself and stock and money besides. I???ll-
eys. and Mrs. Lovelace was placed on the
stand. Her evidence was clear and con
vincing and established beyond doubt the guilt of
the defendant. The doors were then opened and
one or two other witnesses examined, but their
evidence did not change the ease. Solicitor Darby
opened the case for the state in a short speech.
Messrs. Denson aud Oliver, w ho had been appoint
ed by the court to defend the negro, declined to
moke any argument. The court then charged the
* nr. In ten minutes they returned a verdict of
iftty and fixed the penalty of death. The court
snounccd the sentence that Sam be hanged bv
jeneek until he was dead, fixing Friday, July
11th, a* the day for hi* execution.???
Albany News: One of the largest mortgage* ever
recorded iu this country wv spread upon the
books in the suj??erior court clerk???s office in this
city this week. It was for $6,506,000, and was given
the S. F. A W. railroad to some New York
parties for advance* with which to exte nd and
improve this excellent line of raod. This is mow
one of the best equipped road.-* iu the south, as
well as oue of the best managed.
Mrs, Eliza E. Grover, a most eltimable lady of
Savannah, ha* sent Rev. A. B. Campbell, agent for
Mercer university, a cheek for $1,000 for the en
dowment of a perpetual scholarship in that insti
tution. The conditions of the donation ore that
nfter her death the beneficiaries are to be named
Sherrod accumulated suffie Bi.
nice little farm of his own near Colonel Bennett'*,
a few yean since, and here he bus lived, following
the advice received from his old friend and
A few weeks . ?????????$???$
out for the first time,
forced to borrow a hundred bundles of oats from
Colonel Bennett. When about to drive oil'an Idea
seemed to strike him and, stopping suddenly, the
following conversation took place:
???Colonel. I want to ask another favor of you.???
???Well, wlmt Is it, Sherrod????
*1 want you to promise me not to tell Judge Pcr-
hnm about my borrowing these out*.???
hv, Sherrod????
eft, you see. he'd be certain to put it in the
paper, aud then???Mars Tommy* would get hold of
it. aud I wouldn't have him to know it for fifty
dollars.???
If all our colored friends had the same pride that
Uncle Sherrod ha* the race would be in a better
condition. Wc won't tell tell about the oats, 8her-
rod.
An Athens writer says that Judge Harden, of
Quitman, who died several days ago, is the last
male representative of one of Georgia's gran-1 old
ante bellum families. He graduated jrlth honor,
many yean ago, from the state university, and for
a long time made Athens hU home, where he be
come eminent In his profession at the bar. After
going to Brooks county be was prevailed upon to
.accept the office of judge of the county court,
which position he filled with ability
up to the time of his death. His sister, and only
near relative, Mlaa Mary Harden, of this city, k to
day one of the most distinguished ladies in the
state. Besides being classically educated, refined
and wealthy, she has the honor of being the only
lady upon whose shrine the author of ???Home.
Sweet Home??? poured out hisfonltnlore. Wc
have *een several letters written by the hand of
John Howard Payne to thk lady, and many arc
the little token* of love and esteem that she has
but refuses to show, on account of the deep, sacred
feeling of respect she entertain* for the memory of
thia dead bard.??????
Quitman Free Press: The Free Press was the
first paper in the state to publish the new* of
Blaine???s nomination. The telegram was received
The ordinary of Pike county ha* issued thirty-
four marriage license* thus far thk year.
Mr. Eli Wcllraaker, of Lincoln county, has fodder
three years old and corn almost as old, aud cotton
ginned and unginned still older. He k about 75
years old, but does ns much work as a youth of
eighteen, pays cash for all he buys and never ran
on account In his life.
Sheriff Pearce, of Randolph,arrested Jim Towns,
a local preacher of the A. M. E. church for hog
stealiug. It seems that Jim has been In the busi
ness for sometime, having gathered in his field
over thirty hogs belonging to different parties.
It hoe been recently discovered that Mrs. 8. C.
Foreman???s family, In Wilkes county, own the min
eral right in some land In north Georgia that con
tains a valuable mine. When Mrs. Foreman???s
grandfather sold the land some seventy-five year*
ago he reserved the. mineral right; and recently
when the mine was discovered the man who own*
the land said that the mineral right had been re
served, but he did not know who owned It. A
search of the records disclosed the above fact.
Dnhlonega Signal: 51 r. A. G. Anderson, while
working In kls field about five miles from here on
last Friday, had his attention attracted by a bell.
Thinking it wu* stock In the field, he looked
around to see. but saw nothing. Presently he
heard the bell overhead, and looking up saw a
buzzard sailing overhead with a medium sized
cow hell en its neck. He would like to kuow who
it belongs to. and where It came from.
Waynesboro Citizen: On hist Saturday in the
Afternoon our community was saddened by
the intelligence of the death, by drowning, of
Brook* Perkins, a little son of 51r. Marshal Per
kins, while bathing In I5-:ckhead creek, near
Wallace???s bridge. Brooks with an elder brother
nud two of his sisters attending a fishing party at
the bridge, and in the afternoon In company with
several others went up the creek to bathe, he waa
carried bv the current beyond his depth and des
pite the efforts of his companions to save him was
drowned. His body was recovered about two
hours after drowning and was intern! at Green-
fork church on Sunday in the presence of a largo
number of friends and acquaintances.
Valdosta Times: 5Ir*. T. M. Smith, who had been
spending a month with her father, Mr. Mitchell
Jones. In the country, returned to her rooms at
5Irs. Paine???s Inst Thursday, and having occasion
to use some money she went ton little Jewelry case
she hnd in her bureau drawer, lu which she kept
her change. Upon unlocking the case imagine her
surprise at finding the charred remains of a five
and n ten dollar bill, and the ashes of other bills.
She hail left a roll of sixty dollars in five and tens,
and a one dollar silver piece, and change amount
ing to fifty cents In the case when she went
to the country. The one dollar and a
part of the small change was gone. This ,
is evidence that a thief got the key. which had
been left in another apartment of the bureau, and -
got out a majority of the bills and a part of tho
silver. But why should ho have burned some of
the paper money and left part of thesilyer? If ho
had burned a part to cover suspicions of a theft,
why did ho take some of the silver? It was a
cranky thief. Mr. Smith says there was no clianco
for tne money to have burned with the box locked,
even if there hnd been a match and a rat to ignito
it Inside, for the box was almost air tight. He
made nu experiment, and the closing of the lid
smothered the flame every time.
5!r. 8. F. Brown, a resident, of Cochran, has a
violin that is over two hundred years old. He can
trace its owners bock more than one hundred
years. The old fiddle makes good muslc yet.
Balnbrldge Democrat: Balnbrldgo has always
been a competitive freight point, In which respect
she has had the advantage over nil other town*
along the line of the Savannah, Florida and West
ern railroad. A retrospective glance over the
commercial history of the town will fully bear us
out In this statement. Not only has she always
been a competitive point, but she Is now, and wo
II II uu, nuv to nurt, Him nu
. - _ no good reason why she may not always con
tinue to be. Next fall will witness any amount of
competition for the carrying business of our town
and that of the Flint river valley, for the reason
that we can ship our cotton to Savannah, J
to New York via Savannah, to
New York via Chattahoochee and Jacksonville, to
Columbus, to New Orleans via Apalachicola, and
to New Orleans via Pensacola anil Atlantic rail
road. Mr. J. 51. Humphreys has lust returned
from Columbus, und he informs ns that there Is no
doubt but that an Independent line of first-clam
freight and passenger steamers will bo put on the
rivers at an early day. The steamer Amos HayoK
will resume her trips in about t\vo weeks, having
tied up temporarily for repairs, and will continue
on the river Indefinitely. Mr. Humphreys will
be the Agent of the lino In Bainbriilgo nud will
open n regular steamboat offico here. 11 is needless
to add that the line will get tho undivided support
will give it will be liberal, enterprising and pro
gressive. With such facilities Balnbrldge ought
to be tho liost cotton market in southwest
Georgia. Last season our merchant* paid more
for cotton than did any interior town in the state,
anil it is reasonable to suppose the prices will im
prove this season. Balnbrldge. too, ought to sup
ply this section of country entirely with heavy
groceries und plantatation supplies, because rate*
of freight arc so low between hero and New Or
leans, the great grocery .center of the northwest,
where these goods can bo bought at n margin un
der which no eastern city can afford to sell. Tho
outlook Is Indeed promising for our town. Tho
steamer Levin, from Apalachicola, wo hear,
soon begin semi-weekly trliis from Appalnch*
ieola to Balubridge, and carry tho United States
mulls.
Tau.ui.aii, Ga., June 17.???[Special.]???Mr. Bun
Wylie, the popular and genial drummer of Jos. R.
Wylie Si Co, oi Atlanta, visited Tallulah on 5Iou-
day and while prospecting the beautiful falls, en
countered a huge rattlesnake seven feet long,
which he killed.
Gai.vksvii.le, June 17.???[Special.]???James II.
Hunt and Del us K. Evans broke dirt on lot No. 96,
old plan, of Gainesville to-day and will erect a
handsome 16 room residence on the same at once
As soon as Dr. J. W. Bailey can get his wooden
building moved off of the corner of Washington
aud Grccu streets he will erect a haudsomo brick
residence on the site.
Covinuton, Ga., Juno 17.???[Special],???The con
tract for building a new courthouse hero waa yes
terday let to the lowest bidder, I. J Flood of At
lanta being tho lowest bidder, secured the contract
for $24.WU. It Is supposed that Mr. Flood is a rep
resentative of It. G. Locket it Co., as he propoacd
to give them as bondsmen
Cminxirr, Ga., June 17.???The commencement
exercises of the Southwest Georgia Agricultural
college began 5Ionduy. The sermon was preached
by the Rev. 51 r. Underwood, of Camilla. Georgia.
Despite the inclemency of the day. a large congre
gation assembled at the Methodist church to hear
' ini. He delivered a practical, entertaining dls-
cuiturist*. This sermon was no doubt cspccia .
enjoyed by the many farmer* and farmers??? sons
who wore present.
Lumpkin, June 17.???Another mardcr has been
committed in Stewart. A negro direct from the
scene reports that on the plantation of 5ir*. Amos
Ward, In the lower part of the county, a negro,
named Peter HartsfleM. was slain by a negro boy
aged sixteen yearn. It uppeurs they were engaged
in friendly play when the boy became angry and
drew his knife. At this point they were separated
and deceased had turned away when the boy,
whose name is not known, seized a hoe and hur
ried the eye of the hoe In his victim's hold. He
died in ten minutes. The youthful murderer was
then permitted to escape.
Valdosta, June 17.???Melon shlpmcnU have
commenced in earnest. The side tracks here are
filled with cars of every description waiting to con
vey the melon crop to market. Soon "melon
row" will present a scene of bustle and activity.
The continued cool weather and heavy rain*
have combined to cut the crop off fully one-
half in this county. Mr. T. W. Terrcy *ay* the
young melons are rottening and falling off the
vines, and that thus the yield is greatly dimin
ished. Experienced truck formers say the yield
will not be one-half what it was last year, owing
to the rain and cold weather. It is thought price*
will be proportionately high.
Conyers, June 17.???[Special.]???This section ho#
been visited with almost incessant rain* for the
post week or two. It is feared that wheat and
oats chat Itavecbcen ut and shocked have been
badly damaged.
The second largest source of revenue to the
niteii States government from any one branch
of busiuess, is derived from the production and
manufacture of tobacco. Blackwell???* Durham
tobacco company, of Durham, N. C. f claims to
the largest manufacturer of smoking tobac-
??n the world. The reputation of Blackwell's
Genuine Bull Durham smoking tobacco it too
firmly established to need any commendition
at our bauds. In another column our readers
will notice their new announcement which U
* interest to all lover* of the weed. The com
pany are perfectly responsible and when they
announce that they will give away $11,950 in
cash, it is an assured fact that they meai* just
what they say. Smokers will find an oppor
tunity of combining business with pleasure by
reading their announcement.
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