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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. -VTLANTA, GA., TUESDAY AUGUST 12 1884, WKLVE PAGES.
GEORGIA, GOSSIP.
AVsgro Attempt* to Brook Jail???A Bl?? Wild 0*1-
Taz Return* Th# Stomp or An Old Wag -
An Sffort Being Kodo to Organic#
th* Fort Oolaoo Ouards, Eto,
Deputy Sheriff John Hall went to feed the prls-
oner* at the jail, In Greensboro. A negro, name 1
Joe Howell, confined In one of the cells, attacked
Mm and endeavored to escape. Mr. Hall grasped
Mm, and with the assistance of others who came
up, overpowered the negro. He was tied, when ho
made every feint of being crasy and yelled and
aworc in (lie most blasphemous way. A little cold
water poured continuously on him had the effect
of bringing him to his senses. Howell was In jail
ou a charge of burglary, and during the post few
days has been making pretences of madness.
The taxable property of IfArrls county lucrcatod
nearly ttO.flOOfn value lest year, according to the
books of Beet Ivor Gordon.
The courthouse of Harria county is to be ex
tcnslvely-TC paired.
Ore or the fir*t official acts of Judge William*
when elected ordinary of Harris county, nearly
Sixteen >mis ago, was to set out the fine oaks in
/ the courthouse yard and build the fence nr jund
it.
Mr. T. K. Carson, of IlolIonvUle, one of the most
prominent men of IMke county, ran nw.iy with hi*,
step daughter this week. He left a wife andsov-
crol children to lament his wickedness.
Mr. I,. I??. Campbell hn* rerigned the offl????o of
clerk of the superior court of Murray county, ari l
Mr. Charles N. King has been appointed by th*j
ordinary te>fll! his uncxplrcd term.
Borne of tho Wilkes farmers raise all tho tobacc)
they we.
Mr. Wylcy M. Pope says ho Is tho ohlost living
buggy-driver In Wilkes county. Ho owned tlm
vetoed buggy he ever knew In Wilkes, His grand
father owned the find.
If no diMf\cr'bvcrtflkc* tlio cotton crop, Monte-
suma experts to rceeivo between I0.<yj0atid 12,070
bales thin season.
Meriwether Vindicator: Wchnpctliat ancifort
r leading agriculturist* to '
Ikesuee sentence Is not speedily executed 04-1 In it
Midi txhsvior some take license to go on. This
n ay prove a sad mistake. People should make up
their tnluds on going to church to deport them-
M-lvts right, or not go at cl!. A little thoughtful-
ness and reflection upon the part of some in this
respect may evade trouble in the future. \Y??
hope occasion will not occur to refer to this mate
ter rgaiu.
The survivors of the Thirteenth Georgia re/i*
B ent arc to meet In Griffin on August 19th. Corn-
pur.) K was from Ttoupcounty. ifr. J. W. Bog-
land is one of the committee on invitation.
A negro woman was struck by lightning and In
stantly killed, on Mr. C. P. Phllpot'a pi ic.-, near
Ilcrrhouville, in Troup on lout Monday evening,
fihe was frightened by the storm mid wont to bed,
w hen the holt defended upon the bou ????*. Anoti-
* t woman was stunned. There was a heavy rain,
with lmll.
Is,Grange Reporter: A horrible report of rape
???r. who ii
oedshya
ing which time her t>
go. of Mr. H,j
1 taken Into.
1 w ???> hour*, 1 hi
lug which time her porsou was repented ly violutod
run fearful lnjurit*, inilk-ted by the fiend. H.iu wu
Hu n I
rht
tbd ???
ivfifi In
r tho
little brotii
tuj'io and carried in unothcr dlro-db
pMty of neighbors are In hoi purmit, and wc liop-j - -
will soon capture the guilty party. A negro an call a "jug-breaking,??? wh
>wiring thedi>< ri| tion mu taken, but prove 111:1 tic ???uga r.nd com tand coi
,??./ , fefaaied. Oncof the pursuing pirty
recurrence in the city Just before commencement.
Mr. Lester, u well to do farmer, living near Atk
ins, expecting a numblr of friends t > vLlt
him during comtnencetoent, and wished to en-
t<itain thou In style, and an them wax ts ta a
very laigc fine phaeton sold at auction, he coins
U>f,vylt, and the bidding was quite lively, ui
tin m were ri vcral who wanted it, but Mr. Letter
was the fortunate one, as it wat knocked off
to him at a very fair price. He brought In his
plow horns, rigged them up in flue harness,
hitched them up to the carriage and started for
home. It was quite a comical looking sight, but
the crises was not reached until ho came to tho
bigh hill/m which he lived. He said it took
(grof* pi help tho Imrsea pull tho tiilux
up the bill. Then Mr. Leator foutlS thvt ho hvi
*" *leph*nt. As soon nx he could
_ - *- gfiaftfc
while
dinner, no iiuiu^i up moso
??? hud b'cn bidding for the carriage^ but found
in 11H out of the notion of buying a curriep;.
(-1 wards ho exchanged it fora small one-horse
r age, hitched his horse to that and started
fie from the chapel, til* team ran away, broke
( hi tinge und harncmall to pieces, threw him*
hunted
rotoo-
i???do property
its com n??f??
assess any
K??w Orleans exposition. W?? have many proD. ..
wrrthr of display, and which would attract apaolal
attention anywhere. Mr. lfcnry H. Harris, of tho
second district, tells us of a poplar tree on fliino
creek Hint measures twenty-six feet In drewnhr
ence. This would give a diameter of eight and
one-fourth feet. A section ??l this tree, or a plunk
rawed from It would be a wonderful exhibit, fly
all misns let our people get up specimens of
the (otmtr)'s prodiicalvcuesa and res mw* and
have them forwarder! to the exposition manager/.
Mr. John Kcwson killed a wildcat Tin* (day
morning on ftttidy Run creek, near McCormick's
mill, Columbia comity, which measured three
feet frtm the tip of its nose to the end of Its tall.
It was on exhibition at tho depot Tuesday even
ing.
Crop reports, says the Oglethorpe Echo, especial
ly of cotton, tineo tho thowen of tho past ton
days have l*on falling, make us feel good and
hopeful of a heller time coming. It Is generally
raid that the staple plant has never been known
to take on fruit faster, and though the weed Is not
ao very large, and yet it Is goodMc and very heavy
frith forms am! Isrils. If no disaster befalls It, tho
crop will almost equal the big crop of???82, which
was the largest since the war.
The tax receiver of Wilkes county shows tho fol
lowing returns: Grand total of whlto and col
ored 2,00ft polls, 9 lawyers, 17 doctors, 1 dentist,
1,078 hands employed. Number acres 290,292;
value f!,lH6,6S3. Town property (310,170. Money
and solvent debts 9705,094. Merchandise 91*0,872.
Bonds fico.sfo. Capital Invested lu mining ilYL
Itcuschold and kitchen furniture 9119,692. y Jo w-
elry, etc., (1H.1A7. Live stock 9*1,490. Plantation
and mechanical tools, etc., 97J,709.
Cotton and coru held for sale
97,Wl: other property not enumerated, 927,741,
, , making a grand total of 93,0*6, ail (showing an In-
i crease over last year of (98,711, not Including the
defaulter's property, which, If added, makes the
Inc reuse 9101,CU7. The principal loss and gain was
Jn the following Hems respectively: Value of
land increased 190,000, town property Increased
fl8,C(l>, bonds Increased 918,009, household furni
ture increased 918.000, merchandise incroMud 921 ???
(to, money end svlvcut notes decreased 918,09)
cotton snd corn for sale .decreased 9*1,090.
At the ritilon or the Oglethorpe confederates tho
lillcnii.K tetter was read from General Tigo Ati-
del foil, who Is now ill Tuscaloosa, Alabama:
My Old Cnurnric*: Yours of July ??, containing
your loidisl Inv!t>*tlou to the reunion of com
pany K, Mh (iiorgla regiment, In revive 1. It
VM'Uid offonl me n scry gre-at pleasure indeed, and
pm* that I would drnriy prise, could I aixvpt your
kind Invitation, but my biisfncfi.1 eniommiiuiiii arc
Muh thfi I (ininoi Inj with you In Issly, but my
lirr.it will U.?? there. I cun think of no er.'it/r
ylcsMue Hint could bo nhbnled 1110 tluuto
meet and mingle with those gallant sonla
whoso long ola-ycd my ctminmudr, an I who \v *ro
vvrr rendv, in sunshine or storm, to illiidrato our
f und old rtste. It will always bo a proud rjol-
etloii to me fJmi In the day* that trio! men???s
h u s, 1 lisd the dUtluipilshed honor to command
aluipedeof Uimuni hIiom reiurd compares m.Mt
lauiat'lyi-vcn with Naimleon'sold guard. In vour
-nh ymcntol the day. recollect me to my old corn
mhr- men I lot e most dearly for their courage and
alibi
w??s lii IxiGrsiige ou yesterday, I n't in
f cioMiit In gb-Mi-cd. Verily thiscrlmo h Ihj??
rliinnlnL'Iy fr??uncut, so much NoitNtod
new and more vigorous measures for tho
th 11 of society.
The crop outlook in Columbia county Is report
ed r* cx?? client.
7 hue Is much complaint, n> usual, ofuuderv.il*
tmtlcti. 1 he grand jury of Laurens county, on
thir; Mibjccl says;
Vpcu investigation of the tax books wo regret t *
Cr.d in some Iiihtdiices In whlidi tu
hr.s la m given in for 11 Mini fur Im-1.
cInI value. We And It liniKHuiblf.
ttili.rt except laud, from the fact that live stoJkls j
* 'jperty pr^ierjy ib
lack of ???
purpose.
.Mr. J. lJ. Oormtn, of T.dlHiiton, hns a cabinet of
1 uric s'.tics tliut will fill two Nrgo rooms, brou (ht
w/ih him from Itk tour around the world, ifj
will arrange to have them ou exhibition at the
nppioeclilng fair.
Value of property returned: lly whites, 92,fll I,*
HU; value of property returned by colored, Sl???J'J.iKJ;
w ild land, CIS,669. Total, 92,797,Otti.
The t??d??I value of property owned by whltoi In
IM.I wrs 92,4M>,P?f2; by colored, U AHS; wild laud,
fll,f.(i7. Total, (2,628,637.
Increase over last year. White 9l2l,tl.'<; colored
(44,(k2; wild hind increase, 92,099. Total lncro.??o,
1170,268.
1 he tux receiver of Floyd county reports 3,000
polls: real and personal property 94,733,907, 2,200
digs arc entitled to wear tigs.
Joist year the value of cotton on hand In Dough-
??rty county, on the Drat of April, as shown by the
tux dige>t, was f.'d.njo; this year It ainouutod to
only adccrcnne of 918,h70,
Folk fouiify makes tho following exhibit:
foils 2.C07; srtists 2; lawyers 12: doctors 18;
dentists 1; number of acres of land 209,720; value
of land 9VM), 6C8; city property 9171,009; money
aud solvent debts lift},490; merchandise 9103,42))
stocks and boudi91,000; cnplUl Invested lu min
ing #18,300; hounvhohl and kitchen furnlCure #31,-
Cfd; watches and jewelry 97,099; live stock 9181,-
Hf??; plsntntloii and mechanical tools 918,807; an
nual crop* on hand for salo 11,379; all other prop
erly, Including wagons, buggies, etc., #9.).u,h);
1 ro| erty of defaulters 92,775. Aggregate 9I,8?J,-
dr during coinmcncmciit again.
The attcslun well In Arncricus is now nearly 500
feet deep. ,
Paulding Sew Km: The young ladles of tin
M< tr.odbt Kpiscopal church, of Dulia*, t>cgau %-v.ns
time situ e to solicit sulsw-rlptloiui to a inl-wfonair
quilt. Ak they rerured tin* money they pli'x-l it
In little jugs mode for that purpose, foret .s.itur-
day evening, during tho district meeting, they all
iMtutthe Methodist chtin h aud had whit they
call a ???jug-break I no," which whs to break the lit-
'* jugs i.nd count and consolidate the mo.iey they
??? oiitHincd. On this occasion addressee w.jry deliv
ered I.) Mr*. ,Gregory, president of the Worn in's
iiihtlonary ioc!cty or tnu iPone district, Bishop
Hero;, pre hiding cider,Thomas i???ierceau I Profci-
ter Fin I tli, president of Dalton college. When all
tl c jugs hud been broken, It wn* found th-it th :y
coutaiiHMl In the aggregate 9112.75. Tho quilt vvlfl
be ??oJd lometimc in December awl what it brings,
mliliil to the above.
1 hr re Imi b.tnl dlsca.-c among the cattle fa
southwest Georgia.
Taylor county shows an Increase of over 8109,OCO
In the lax returns of the present year.
Mi'jhvllle, having a ;x>puh!tlon ofaliout two
hundred, is to have fifteen weddings within the
next two weeks.
Jiurke county lias hopes to make a 29,097 Life
cotton i to] . A good corn crop is assured.
Thcrcmville has shlppe*] l,C94cnitci of foGonto^
peers this season. Prices r.ingc from t'2 to 81 ;h)
ond one year for the Arhsooor-hee ssio^ttlon.
KlnccMCo hehns treen traveling ??n a ???volunterr
soldier??? for Christ, preaehingTwherever he h u an
S??KStio r /bu 1 bS?K d
Mr. John T. Kidd, of Baker county, three yoari
ago reeled a conslgument of twenty treei fra .-a
Tbomifj.-ouhty, ar.d out of the number only lost
one, Tueynrenow bearing nicely, full of the
luscious fruit, an average pear, weigh in j 8 ??
We opine, says the Leary Courier, tint
dll come when the Le Conte pear will be
a w hat the orange fs to Florida: a v.rst
pleasure and profit. We can't sec wiry
do not take hold of their culture w itu
In Thomas aud Brooks countier
GEORGIA BY WIRE.
thenewsofthestate briefly
CHRONICLED.
10 raw the results that would
Lie in
ate
7 he taxable projierty of Clay e runty Is returned
at 9W<425, an inereaw of 901,940 la tho lust yjir.
Tho polls number 985, an increase of 73.
Lincoln's small grain crop will amount to 175,907
bushels.
Berrien News: Mr. Moses Glddansshowed us a
rota to tills week, grown this year In t no patch of
Mr. lb Hidden*, that weighed 2 irouuds an I 2
ounces. This is an extraordinary!)- large p.ituto for
the (Huron.
The Qultnran Free Press says: A rough estimate
places the Amount of money paid by Bok/m eouti^
ty melon growers for freight In excess of last year
on name amount of invlonn, ot between eight atid
ten thousand dollars. This amount Is In tho rail
road vault". It should Imj lu tho pockets of Brooks
county melon growc
Berrien News: It Is said that a certain young
L-ciitbmi n of AlHptthn, who, moreover, Is 11 great
hunter, went out to Mr. John McMillan???s several
i)??)ii since to ralch n "coon." His dogs soon gut
< n the track of a linn old fellow, aud our frluid
was elated w ith the prospect. It was not long bo-
foie the dreys hayed. Imagine, If you can, the
ung gvnth man's Mirprisu when ou his reuchii
mine*.
Itt county crops arc as fine as cjuU b)
Corn is the best it h is been for many
and cotton generally good. Field p?as,
chufashtud potatoes far above aa
and the health Is cs good ns the crop^t
Clarion: Tim writer was invited last
make a visit in the country, thirtie-i
Can.ffliu We were gratified trseot'io
fine. Cotton U maturing rapidly
kkI yield. Some of the p a it-r4
icring fodder and other* expeet;ng t # r?? -
eek. Mitchell "minty will make a fi!I
for home consumption. Mitch/.l U
???* ??? ??? We bad in
visited for:
Ihvlr old b ^
the dc??Hides of all keep ...
rare, I* the prayer of your old romnnlo
of you In Ills
Au elfett Is being mmle to reorganise the Fort
Csincs Gnnreli', nttd a lt*t 1* lu circulation for
w?? ml erehlp, In the hand* of Mr. G. D. HpcL-ht.
MenUsiiiuii Itia-rerel: The stump of nil old llig
f-ole wasting out of the excavation for Urn duerii
Wuliu-sdsy, und a dlseu^sireii anise among some of
our older vlil/cus as to w hat ting (Nile It belonged
CV3.
The lux receivers are fast making their returns
of the valuations of 168), In most Instances show
ing a gBtlfying Increase. Troup county shows
comment for 18M. (si,421.022: for 18*1, 93,2.13,833;
nc reave of taxable property 9188,739.
In Dougherty county the followiug figures are
given:
TKtrt arc thirteen In wyora, uyp physicians and
two dentists In tlid county.
Number of polfr; White, 429}colored, t.008. To
tal. 2,CSU.
in DM there were228 whlto and 1,289 colored
pells tcturr.cd, am! from tills it will be seen that
cur white voting population 1ms Increased 82aud
cur colored voting population !U9~a total of 49)
over last) ear.
Atnericus Recorder: On Mouday morning ns
Cyptnln c. W. Felder wnsgohig to his planutloii,
sls iit nine iiiUrnMMith of .%merlciis, ho hal'edn
??? eeni man lie met and asked Idin to pillsaua
f dder (?????
him. Tho m-gro rcfUM
if his. Ou ii
d they are piVulIn
mat of
10 par-
???enough
* lu town.
iUt hiU the
.. - *tli him a twenty cent boulool
whbky, Monday nirenilng ho npcuM tho tnnk
where was the whisky t*?? get nut some toll icon, nt
Jl c mine lime warning the hnr to keep out. Whi n
I e came Iwrk an hour or turn liter th 1 eh II wits
deed drum, and shortly after wont 11
f'i in which it never recovered. Abji
whUky was gone.
Walton News: Our last Imuc conuino I the fact
II ??t Mime party or parties had breken Into tho
Mi rchoiiM- of .Mr. Green 8mlth, iibout 2% miles
from Jug Tavern and #)ul ????r more hid U*en ??tol jji.
Mr. John S. hmlth fmatctl the merchants at Jur
7svciu, snd warned them to watch out for hllH In
the hands of siixplotntH characters on Mmidiiy
nil hi. after the burglary 011 Thursday nl iht. Bill
Jsi Imui. colore d, went to tlicttireol McsNr^Siiin-
dor refer .v t o., and nskcil change for a rtvc tlnU
bn MU. Bill was am-Med, but sstd taat the
money belt Hard to another negro named D.ivo
FtnfUi This caused mu aekUowhHlgcmstit
Ire-m Dave that It was lili money, but that
Id* brother, l.cwlsHmltli. lmd glveii U to him.
fowls
lug up Lewis, Dave made
??? ??? ??? and Scott Th<
l??V Some thought It wa*thc reminder of the
T pole placi d there Juit before the war, hut
??? ??? t ilually decided that llb.*lo:??;od
old Hi
we 1*1
to the oue placed there during the fair four years
Ago.
???Minitesuma Record: 111*generallycouoodod tint
GeorxU, And while lu tliaicily but week, ho gale
us sn Account of how lie accomplished it. It was
scvrml vrara ago that Mr. Murphy was engigtal In
(be lumber bu??iiu-???? near i:????tmati and he found
ltdifficuir to supply water *umclrnt for hfs btIL
err. Finally ho decided to dig a Well deep enoii ;h
to rupply a sufficient wnl permanent
Amount cl water, and with this Idea In view he
Ci mm meed on his srtcsLn well. He tint dug
down In the earth the old hubiotictl way of well
digging to a considerable depth, and taen lie re-
f U**sl the site ref the well and dug still deeper.
He then sot a two luch augur, welded Ittoau ireo*
tod.and bored down the full length of the nil.
Lut re selling no water he attached another lengm
j??f red, and after going down somedbtamwfurtTicr
beiuuik a nuani of water which ttowe^l ab ive
E ounU 1 lid ??upplitM hi* bolter* Liuntlfulhr. Mr,
utyby movetl to Allanuv afterwanl. where he
is si?? utuulatrd ronsbleable property, but are
IDc water still flow s from hi* old sruMi ui well. 7
Mr. II. N. Jenklnsssolie tor of pttetiu, Wuhlnj-
|ou.lM'..oaciAlly reports to Tut Coxtmi???nox the
follow lug creiiplrte IUt of {mtenu graflLsl Ucorgi t
Inwutor* lor the Week ending Aibfust 3, It'll: W.
IL Elam. Amrriiu*. device for ??triuglnj aa t fllini
|??P*ra; II.C. a ml U. P.Cam p, A t .ieu??, r h u ru ran ??r;
W^.IIs) woodFavsiinah.combirred calender,piper
weight. Uc.;l\ E. and K. U. Aniith, Washlngfou.
laimuution (wdlocfc.
An elect ton will be ordered In Gwinnett county
rreunkren^hond quration. twit taa *???no
ictid*??? side will llfoCjr prevail a* the law require*
that two thud* of the wttro of tb?? reuiufy. ??wtf.
mated by the numb?? of voter, in the Uw general
??? kftireu. shall detfare themselves in lavor of
???TicBda??? before the authorities esu issue the
???USA
TT.e Bsrnrsvlllc Gazette announces Its lQtenlbMt
??f stalling a dolly morning edition on next Tu??
day.
H< nry Lovrjoy, a colored tenant on C. D. Iltnl-
???nw^s plantation, near Whit Acid's, in Troup
minty, wusrrestcd on Monday by Marshal Ware
At the instance of Julia 1-ong, who charged him
With rape u;on herself. Justice Brady trlol the
cose on Tuesday and decided to bind the serrated
over In the sum of (100. It was thought the bind
mild be made without dlfftcnlty. 4t was not A
dear care, or the bail would have been greater.
Bays the Columbia hcntioel: Young people who
ore disposed to misbehave In ehureh while woe
ahip fs being held should be more cunstiMtAle, os
thiy Buy pomlbly edme to grief for such conduct.
who bunrlarlred the store of Messrs.
Poore r.nd Thomas were unvstod
of them
bile parti tu were hunt-
nifessian t'.mt lie
vero tho pirtiet
ltd
tlci* Williams nnit'llonmn. amt upon ii pretiniii'u-
ry ii-.tistlKatlon they were o??mi mil till t> Jill, tu
ttfsult ot ni ne hundred dollar bul l each, for
* T, ???' r r * M,, ????? rs were carried to the Gaines-
\lllc Jail lor sale keeping, a* the jail lu thlic imily
Is being torn away.
t'lnrlovilleand vicinity U fumidiltig children
for time good reboot* nt^nsent???two white an I
one nryro school, and quite a numl??cr of children
that ste in t In school nt all.
Crelumbua Kpqulrer: The Young Men???s Chrlstl in
6ssoeLtU.il held a meet lug LiM 11UI11 at wlileh n
(nuMnlttce wu* appointi-d t ??s**eutv Moms to Id*
ustd as hindquarters. The chairman was Invirn??-
til to Mpixiiiu a comuiitlte ol one from luuh chueli
to sollctlt contributions to the fund for imrelutin r
furniture and reading for the room*. The ch tlr-
the following at such ivuimlttee:
PI. l*aul, Dr. N. P. Bank*, ybairmau; First Hiptlat,
R. A. tWraon; H. Luke.W. R. BcleU; Presbyterian,
G.L. M i mas, Jr. ; Broad Street. C. II. Herring.
The above comumtcc is nHiiuidM to rvm??rt b?? the
arsue niton nt n imvtlog next Tuesday night. Thu
young mtu will rent the rooms th mre:ve??. an l
ohly ark thtlr friends to aid them In fiirulshlug
(hem. 11??t-y should be encouraged in this prll-e-
wortby Hep.
Fatuntay aftemoou, durinf the storm, li ghtning
stiuckoueof the huunxi back of t'aptiln Hell's
place, ou College Itlll, lu Americas, it went down
the chimney under the house, killing three or
four chickens aud setting ffre to the house. Tie
fire Was teen put out. 1 he house was occupies! by
net Me*, a few of the occupants being coualdrri-
ify rtunncil.
Warrenton Is the |dace appointed for th? next
Annual reunion of the McDuffie Rifle*.
Fiom every direction, a ys the Ra ne Bu???l-Htn.
ven ArtUriog news U received of ths littUby amt
fstferlngcouilUbm of crops. It Is mid tint tho
nemt rain* are amply sufflrient t> (:u.ir > au
abundant yield of coru, both early And late pVit-
lug, tel too Is said to be lu very promising con it-
rm-rt ji ???
U tu v tt.vr Hart ??
loi'lt-d to rotuc ulWPIRPVPRPIPIIIi^l
hi* joutioy thinking u.-ihlo< more of the in ittefP
???hi rettinifne the next diy. however, he found t*ie
S rrmct t still hanging where he had recti it on the
??) before. ITomptcd by curiosity he dlstu mut
ed and examined It To hla a-i mi-b.a. iit
and aLtut be found a stem wtudifoi stiver
uslrh in oue of the (HK-kcts. with ?? heavy gull
chsln sttrrbvd. The creek being near the sjsu.
and very deep, suicide or a mysterious drewntnr
were the first thoughts t???? prvre ut themsclvea to
lee mind of Mr. Dennis. Ue carried the vest horns
with him (11 the hope of solving the mystery c ??;?????
ticrt*d with It it was afterward claim M by o ie
????f the visitors to tbe camp ground, who ba l u'on
a Uth lu the creek on the nt or nunc Ldore, and
went oft to>.l?? tiu* to put it on agatn.
MAysviL'cGaorgian: Thera was quits a fumy
ycung pviitli mau's rurprixo when ou his reaching
the (leg* bienthlws with has ?? mid oxcUcrnuut, ho
found that the dogs had trailed and killed aline
old w ether, George has our sympathy, but lie
must rent 1 nt her that dlfuiiqadntiuenta lull thick
along the path Of the butler.
The Gainesville Bouthron has tho following
items:
The Southron and Macon Telegraph and Mo-nan-
ger are two of tho best republican papers In the
south. The T, and M. Is ou tho .right lino, and H
she has proper encouragement, will dovelop into
afire t class Blaine and Logan * organ. Como up
brethren; letuaall boon thu right mid winning
side for once, Just to see how It feels.
Tho South Home Guards lwvo received their
arms.
Tho Montcxuma Record says: ???So far this year
our truck farmers have all made money on tholr
melons. 1
feW
??? _
Ih.l ho h??il ou when lip sol till Unit pou-Jiulnt
the beginning of the war. Ho had tho passport
In hla pocket, and ff wo rcincmbor right, It was
dated fu 1801 or ???62. Mr. Dean also had on tho
shift that he was married In nearly 30 years ago.
Both the vest and shirt are good yet.
The tax receiver's books for Pfcrco county show
726 polls, 1773,927 total value of property, and (90
professional tax. Thin I* uti liicrenzo of several
lbou"??n??J over loot year In tho value of taxable
preperty, and this notwithstanding tho removal
of m vend saw mills mid tho wlndlug up of sever
al tut (HU tine farms in the county.
GiiitTunn Echo: Mr. Martin, who lives on Major
Reives' place In Gultman county, keeps in uh
yard two victon* do;*, List Moud ty otto of tha n
(UUfbt n J.ogmul foru while it looked ns iftb vo
would be one ???porker??? less. When Mr. M. nt-
tetupud to whip the dog off he was lilunelf ntia >g-
(d, him) Ills other dog hearing the nolsjittid tiilnfr-
I113, probably, it was an iutriidvr oil tlm premls ;s,
joined In the attack, and Mr. Martin found him-
Klfcryi'gi d In a desperate combat with his own
ib c??. Ills wife came to his assistance and t iking
hold of the block on one dog dragged him oX,
while .Mr. Martin gathered tho other by the thro it
and da??hcd him to the ground, lint m lie st art's I
In the home the brute followed him, and lie
lir.nDy had time to get Ids gun and shoot hl<n
down before being again atticked. IHslun li
ami one nun were badly Ulcerated und give him
much pain.
Wathliigton county shows an Increiso of over
ll-.O.uo in property valuatlou.
Tl-.e valuation of CArtenvine real estate In DA)
wax939,475. In 188I it is9710,110, an increiie of
(29,02ft. This Iff a gooil showing for that city.
Over 20,000 melons have been shipped from Way-
crow* this season.
Tnllotton Era: The many friends of Mr. J. n
Gortnon, comwtionulng editor of the New Era, w41i
bo delighted to learn that he reuche-1 home lulu an-l
lu stiy, from his great trip around the world, 01
Friday last, having traveled nearly, If not quit*
W.tVO miles. He says that lie has enjoyed go??I
health oil the entire route. He wilt write an l
publish a lank of Ids travels, a part of tho proved*
of which will las devoted (0 the Chinese univer
sity. of Dr. Young J. Allen, hhanghia. We are
glad to welcome the genial gentleman h ick.
Hays the Baldwin county grand Jury:
It having come to the knowledge of the grand
jury that in the suburb, known ax llnrrtdmrg,
there 1*. aud has been for mouths, a decree of tur
bulent and riotous timdin-t in which Die colore!
school children hare been engaged, we rc-om-
mend the county school com mb-loner withdraw
the fund to the colored school lu that com m unity
utiliss these disturbances be promptly stopped.
.Mr. 8. K. Lovlngood, who lives 0:1 a farm on the
Ktowah river near Acworth, recently dtseovere I,
w hllc worklug bis cro)??, an ancient coin???perhaps
the oldest piece of u>??tey In this part of the coun
try. It is a silver coin about as Urge as a quarter,
and of Spanish coinage, Inuring date of 1280???
being six hundred and four year* old. Ou one
side U bean this inscription: ???Del Gratia Fsrdin,
VII,??? aud on tne other side the wotx!???i(lspanoU???
can be deciphered.
eM color > I
woman '
???/cars, and was glad to
Inrift and improvement,
win county grand Jury has rcco n-
that the old executive mansion be turn -d
d people of Mllledgevllle have three
irroll Times, In noticelng the death o;
ir Barrow, says:
Ivor of Quitman county report* the
f taxable projierty over bed year t ?? he
The number of male udulta registered hr
18811stIn, besides a few defaulters, agiimt 799 for
hu-t ytiir.
An Sgrlrultural meeting was held at Dirk Camp,
-Jn Burl e county, and wax attended by mmy
farmed The meeting wan calle-l foe, the purpjj^
a agricultural club for tho 5??r i?:i: o
specially and of farmers generally.
tlzen is glad to see a disposition of the
meet and disetui their interest???au In-
|d Ideas Is the only way tint a b.-tfor
s>>tem of agriculture cam be inaugurate 1.
Charlie Young, a colored thief lu Burke county
jail, stands with flvo warrants against him, tw ??
for burglary,one for assault with Intent to murder,
one forw>*Aiilt, and tho fifth for assault with in
tent to rape. He Is likely to ilml permanent e.u-
ployiqtfit lu the Qji-le coal mines.
The Crown cotton mills company of Dalton, c n-
p???oys seventy-live hands regularly.
Colonel Tfbfo, of Dalton, has corn row.i ono mile
long, and 200 beef cattle grazing.
Referring to tho great number of amitlts u.??>u
women by negroes, the B irnesville Nowj says:
Kvety farmer In the state of Georgia should
teach Ills wife anil ilaugt ters the accunue use of a
K lstol. The frequency of outrages pji-phlratj l
irouyhout the state upon defenseless women Is
bicoming nlanniinr. and it lx time tiu farmers, by
the faithful discharge of this duty, has pliccil in
the hands of Ids loved ones 11 means of protection
in cores of emergency.
A serious throat cutting took place on Sunday
nt Reynolds, In Taylor county, between two negro
yntehcT*. They were engaged hi conducting
church services phen they fell out. and with their
dull knives went to sawing away on each other???s
throats; Their names were Rev. Bob Bacon and
Rev. Charles Kelt on.
Mr. Elias Summers, of Coweta, raised eleven
children, leu of whom ore married. The parent*
and all the children, os well as the sons-ly-law and
daughtcrc In-laiv, are members of tho church???
making twenty-three from one family.
Georgetown Echo: Home weeks ago It was re
ported (but the caterpillar lmd made iti appear-
THE FAIN TRAC7BDY.
rrchltiiioB in Franklin County???A Horri'-M Dcsth in
ArciiSts* A Eevtrs Btorm In Union Coanty-
Ec rot's First Bslo of X??evr Cotton -
Tts Xfrw* Elsewhere. JStc-, Eto.
JJjsxcyr fJfcvE, August 3,???f??j>eei.iL]???Frank
lin ccuuty voted prohibition July 31, by 11 major
ity of 611. Gunnel???s district, the vote stood 119 to
G, for prohibition. Gum Log district went for pro
hibition. 7 he friends of reform arc happy.
Ei.ctr.TON, Ga., August 4.???[.Special.]???Prohibi
tion end fence arc the only local political qu-*??-
tlcr.s Hint r.:c agitated at all now, and while neith
er will tc mr.de an Issue In any of the r.pproteh-
irp tdtetfrns. it is only 0 question of time with
Uth. The county would go largely for prohibi
tion rev, Lut 4* whisky I* only sold In Eib.>r: >n,
11 d the 1 (st of order preserved, there 1 * ???
??? * r.eitntlng the question
ii g on hi
(tjr
crrTA, Aitfcuvt 4.???[Special.]???The most hor-
tiUc death evc.rwltntt>cd or known iu this c tr
occur cd this morning.^tliout dawn, aftvr four
he urs oi iMlttcrll nbleogony, caused by a kero-
m re Ire p ex; loslon. The victim of this forrole
cdfU i t uiss Mr. John B. Carter, one of the oldest
oed mat pr< mlncnt citizens of Augusta, and for
HYirr! y* ere buck the l>ook!:cepcr in tho lir^e
dreg eMfeblhhmctd of J. II. Alexander.
Thb mon.h.g al:or.t enc o???clock Mr. Carter, who
rdii'u- on J:< .wields street. ??rs uw.ik.-.icd ???.7 m. M -
- lifts s 1 r.d got c ut of 1it-ij to bru-h the n fnai fin
i tt. He h(Id lie lump lit oneh.ui 1 ;i:id ????? bi??<
*n the led while brushing the l,no. tx a??M\*.
\\b,le in thh position he Mumblinl and foil out of
t) c Led, the lamp falling under hlm.breiki.ig.i id
hi Hindi p blsch thing with oil. The In-
HrManec bfciy took p(orc-srinn of the fadun mui,
loplt g rnd rendering him belple
.... pic* ??? - u, ???*
'Jd/eJi
r plctcly patBlyxing hi
. il arms 0/ the
11n amort terrible
aln.m (hirrcd, In f??(t,and the Humes ???
oil wi reci piously inhaled. All thixo
I uillrg von in the second class. In tho cvhla
yachts, Kcrnanl tun aground, and Claude failed
to irnke the race
Roip, Co., August 8.???[Special.]???A match game
cl l oud all was ployed this afternoon between tU j
Rome and PcSoto elub?. A large crowd was prjA-
ctt. The score stood, Homes 15, Defiotos 12.
Athens, Ga., August 8.???[Special.]???A pet deer
at Long's hotel. Tallulah, attacked a little boy of
Mr. Lark In Smith, engineer on the Northeastern,
end painfully wounded the child With Its sharp
hcofr. Mr. Smith shot the animal.
Dawfon, Ga., August 8.???[Special.]???Mr. Jack-
ion, the contractor for boring our artoilau well
here, hr.s returned to Dawson to resume work on
th??well, whlcn is now over 700 feet deep. He ex
pects to push the work to a speedy completions
Fort Valley, Augusta.???[Special.]???Itcv. Janes
Dunwocdy, of Houcton county, died Ju*y 31x1.
lie was the oldeit member of the south Georgia ^
conference, being lu his ninety-fifth year, aud had
been an itinerant preacher nearly sixty-six years.
Ills funeral was preached nt the church near hi*
hr um* by I)r. W. I. Greene, of Fort Valley. Mo no-
rid services were held at the Meth ??dfrt ohuic i iu
this place on huuday night last, ???>.id-tiug of a
sermon by the pastor and talks by 11 -. ,
fcri J.No I lack, August9,???[Special.]???Ju lg ??? ft ??.in-
icy Is lufj- examining the petitions for an clcet : ??n
to n eve the county >Ite. and will order auclectl m
r t (rcc If a i uffklont number of leglfl names ap-
pif r on l he petitions. JM?? hn rdjy probable tint a
tUiiii
f burning
curry 1 so
THE BLCODY SHIRT.
A Conclusive Proof of tlio Uexpornto Str.nltx
of II10 Cliicf IH.nluo Organ.
Wo proffcnt the following, a leading editorial
from the New York Tribune, to the Georgia raid
er* of The Constitution, ns a specimen of tho
reckless methods of Mr. Blaine's right bower, Mr.
W'hilehiw Reid, to cieato enthusiasm for what
nirdy must l>e a forlorn hope,
if Ids other arguments are
1 a??ed on such questionable foundation ni thN. It
needs no cum men t. The editor of the Gainesvillo
Fouthron being an unwavcrlugder
?? cors! "???hy I,c 1..U, :i rt-puMI.
Ji i.n P. Celt ( r, Jr., a ml the family, and the !l rnoa alnsoi t tl.e whole time since ho rei
id so quit kly that Mrs. Carter, although .. .......
id immediately to hir husband, was not burned
in my 11 ay except on her aims.
??? 7he (tits of Use frightened Indy brought fn
Mcmtx. Harry HIU and Frank White, who hive
re* ms Jn an adjoining building, aid they ailed In
ivciy iinslMe way to alleviate the sufferings of
.Mr. tor ter. Three doctors were so u at fund nil
thiy adminictCTod morphine to allay the t >ri ire
of tbed) lug Miiiwcr. 7ne sight of ilamee in t >y
term (sured (be alarm of lire to l??e soimde l, but
il:t ci nflugration was speedily subdued,
blunge to fiy, with all bis m-onynml terr'Mo
bc.ui>. They were hours of almost lusup;??o:t:t*>!e
) r.ln ai.d tuff cilng, at.d the stout hearts or *ym *>i-
tblzing lilends and sjiectators quailed in the p
tb 1
id Mich
Ills cries for ren
r-before-imagined ic II Jo-
id irg. rnd
he
81 arts. ??he tcok the train and was scran mere.
upon Inquiry she found that her ??Ut.w ha 1 txvi
dead ever since before the war. Khe took a dirt
route and walked hark to Mtlte Igeviil- S n* ,,??? t
she felt much Improved In health aft^r ukiu; ncr
(rip.
ral member* now llvlujr: William Tolston.cif
I'auMina county, and liU wife. John ???. M red ??r,
Of Hons Mountain, and the writer's m dher. Mr*.
Nancy Beall. The deceoseil was at that t uim
licensed mirUtcr. and lit* earutui UUirt hi
bnlldlBC up the lnlaut chureh are
well rwucmbwl. James Harrow first stw t'l'
light iu Washington rounty. Gisixto. on the jv.h
of Dtxvmfor. K'l. IH* father, Moot Burov, li st
when be was only three days old, aud his moth -r
a iemanU marrhs! Charles Th.im;>M??n. At pm he
lost hi* mother, who??e but wonts mad *.v *iluur .-
Imprerefi it on bl* heart, sin* cave him this ex
cellent adt be: *'Follow the i^iple of Go |. a i t ???(
the etui of that race yon will find your mother.???
Mr. Barrow wax marrivi in 1829 to Lucy Uivln*. of
Baldwin n>nnty. where he unite! with t ie chnrvT
at Autbeh. on the thin! Sabhith in April, tt??7.
t einx laptiinl by Rev. Jamb Kiux. He move 11 >
lalU't county in 1833. residing there uineyeir*.
Lboringosa tncrhanb* and ptrorhliir as hah si
opportunity, lie settled In Carroll county in 1**2.
aud was ordained at the Carroliton chur *n lu K*??.
For twelve ensuing yvara ha laUired as ?? m.???%>.!-
ary for the Marion board In western Geirgii
eastern AUkum. doing faithful servix* in t ie
Water's reuse, lie then laboivd for lour vein as
missionary for the Liberty amocLuLia, AUtumt,
How the Career or n Wurthlem Soii-ln-Law
Led to n llnmlclda,
GAINUVII.I.E, August ??*.???[Special.]???The pre
liminary hearing ol Dock Peeler und his mother,
Fannie Peeler, for the murder of Marshall Fain,
infant of 'New ton Fnln, who wtis killed on Satur-
dsy last by a shot wound from a guu in the hands
of Deck Peeler, was held before Judge O. II. Prior,
of the city court, snd Esquires Davis aud Smith
tn-* ny, snd the defendants wore committed, 1>j :x
IN Her being required to give bond in the Minot
15 0 for voluntsiy nmo slaughter, and IiIk m-itner
in the mm of f.TUO for volunttry nuuiltiuthtcr
rs principal in the second degree, bfh tonimv-r
sttne August term of HifM superior court, whfo'i
roLvcne* two weeks from to-day. The defend
unis'were arrested on N.ituntuy, and at their re-
quest the committing trial was postpiMud till t>
(my. snd they spent thirty-six hours iu Halle mu*
. . i(1
siiic bond of Mrs. Peeler was signed i??y Dr.' lb li
Green, and Dock Peeler's by C. \Y. Dn hoc, Afloa
PreU r and Fnimio Peeler, father aud m ither of
the boy.
Tbe cause which led to tlio killing of the child
wrs 11 family broil, and was quite unfortunate for
nil coiiCtrntd. Tho Peeler family L a hanl work
ing crowd, and permit uo grass to grew 11 ider
tbeir feet, while 011 tho contrary. P.1I11 is u dUo-
lute fellow, who has long ago made jieoco with
work, keme two or three yean ago Im married
into the family of Allen Peeler, aud slnen tint
time bn* Iwcn a pensioner ut the Peeler home
stead. making their smokehouse his sm<i!<ehouse.
and tbclr crib Ills crib???In fact ho took every tiling
espy.
lie didn???t pretend to work, but made frojuent'
visits to GHlncsvillc, and rj*ent hls time In tdlo-
tiers, tut always reported nt home for rations nt
mcnl time???fie living on the Peeler farm
stout a quarter of a mile from the homestead.
This htlo vagrant way of doing didn't suit tho
Peeler thrift niul st sundry and diver* times. Mr*.
Peeler would lecture her son-in-law about hls
ptrliicKte ways which advice was not appreciated
by bun. Agalu it seemed to have no eifect on
him whatever, as ho would go straight away and
sin*he more, which chnurined Mrs. Peeler very
mucu, and when she would get thoroughly aroused
she would ???come at him??? like a regular cyelouo
pushed on by greased lightning, hut still he would
not look to the right nor left hut would pursue
the "even tenor of hls w ay??? utterly deaf to rea
son's call. Dock Peeler, who was charged with tbe
crime ot murder is aiiout fourteen-yeara-old. unite
small for Ills age, fair skin, luuifl eye* and fight
hair, with a rather fearless and
dite: mined expression. His father
pave him leave to go a hunting on lari
estuiday morning and on tho evo of leaving hi*
sbter (rain???s wife) left for her home, and Dock
dielded logo with her, taking hls* gun, a cheap,
single barteled shotgun. He accompanied her
borne and some time after thU hfs mother weut
up to Faiu's,uot thinking about Dock being there,
but supposing that he was lu tbe woods bnatiug
as he had intimated doing. On arriving At Fain's
borne she found her son In-law, preparatory to
.take hls daily "iauut??? to Gainesville, putting on
bis * sandals.??? llemdiel. a brother of Fain, said
that he was going with ???Newt.??? but Mrs. Peeler
piotreted against him going, as she claimed hit
time, she having hired hiui to unrec Fain's chil
dren. Newton then came to hls brother's rescue
and a wordy war ensued between mother in-Iiw
???cd son In law, In which Dock took side* with his
mother. Fslu then threatened to ifog Dock, and
this got the blood of the youth "Fils I,???
and he was In fine trim fora plcuic. Ills mother
stalled him bora* to keep down a row. b t about
1 LU time the gun fired, aud the load, lone id of
bitting Fain, was lodged in the brain of the elgh-
Uen months old Infant of Fain, which, at the
time. w??s (n the arms of Mrs. Teeter, aud death In
stantly maced. Dock U tbe smallest l??y tlitt I
ever saw ebaned with so heinous a crime, but It
Is dee to the fact that bis lather allow ed him to
cany a guu. He is almost small enough to get
through the arete crack* at tire fail, and wore tt
nttestary tohaughim for the offense, the sheriff
would have to tie weights to hla fret in order to
break bis n?? k. Although the committing court
saw lit to bind him over, as a matter of opiuion, I
will state as for me taking into consideration the
nedibUity. tuterest* and mauner of testifying of
tie w ItnvMcs It seems that it was clearly an acci
dent, and that II he fs puuutred, it
i-ucht to be as a warning to him a*
to nls conduct iu the future. The prosecution was
(inducted l??y Howard Thom pant. Solicitor of the
city o-urt. aud the defense by Jamm M. Towery.
laDiD the north Georgia walking-wonler, anl
is well known In sporting circle*.
Hla Property Improved.
Irate Farmer???"Nee here, sir. H you are going
to run a railroad through my farm I wAnt 9k),Odd
damage*.???
Fnpcrintendent ??? ??? Forty thousand dollars!
Great cssiar, man! You only paid 9l.UA) for the
whole property three months ago!???
Hate Faimer???"Yea, but a railroad ihroujh U
mskis it ten times iqpre valuable.???PhiLiriohla
.. ----- ... brave and
rank* tl.rutiph it nil. He was, Inleof,
tboreiipl.ly conscious all the while, perfectly
iLtld.ul. ??.r.d when death came nt last, he iro
(i.hn, ((roposed and ready. When tho rtoritr*
fiist oirfved, bcsnfd: "(five me a grain of m>r-
pbitc. I know I rauri die, I
(niii (>t survive thfr, for I am
e ld, end I have inhaled thu Haines several tlmos.
1 am prepared to die, so give me something to 011 (I
my suffering.???
Thedcctois ami the grlef-Mricken family did
rteiylbli g to nllny bis torture, bui nil iu v.iin,
snd about fio'eUu'k, at the day was breaking, hi*
soul ti ok its flight from hi* suffering body and
wisat rest.
MlLLEPOLVH I.E,August 5.??? {Special ]???Last night
Miss fc???aruh Rockwell, being frightened at tile
wind slot ui w hich passed over this place about
rigid o???clock, died suddenly. She was a very stout
lady and her death won enured by her endeavor-
irg to quickly (each the house of a neighbor
during the storm.
Blairsville, Ga., August 5.???[Special.]???Union
county was visited on Saturday by one of tho
hardest itorms of wind and rain wc have ever had.
Crops are bndlv damaged, and tho fruit I* about
all destroyed. Our farmers ??ro badly In the b!ue*.
Rome, Ga., August 6.???[Special.]???Tho tax re-
books show 3,(00 poles in this, qounty.
Real and personal properly Is returned '
507. Twenty two hundred dogs arc given in for
taxation
Rome,Ga., August ft.???[Special.]-Tho first bile
of cotton was received here to-day. it was brought
1&; by J. F. Thomas, of Chattooga county.
Ct???TllHKRT, Go., August 5.???[special,]???J. P. S iw-
tell having sold tho name nml good will of tho
A) pcalto the Enterprise has disposed of liU print-
ng material to Profc**nr.t M. A. McNulty nml B.
C. Adams, of Dztwion, Gu., who will run it hercaf-
the Dawson Appeal. . Messrs. McNulty
north and made Georgia Ids ho
???rat for thirty
1 oiflwfiSlder
vo 1 from the
The Tribune
ytars. He was one of tbe^evoniii bis county v... .
xotid for Brcekcnridge in l??0D, and has nuversup-
poitcd n republic iu sincu. but now "cna its hla
hoUnm re quiem over tho corpse of the dem ura *y.
7he tinth i?, the democratic party lias c?? 13.tl
to ixfit,??? he Miys. **it Lvuterly h nl principles
aid policy, it now has neither* In tho
north it bns degenerated into a
lulciTfci K.ns and hungry crew of "Irre-
spopril lqf place-hunters.??? a-j for the south, ho
tbe
???A 1 the head of it
rccrntic fancy, the
i.tMUim-y.??? It i-> liii dclilii rat ??? ju.lf ii
it.
iy years ot intimate association, tlitt t ils
fei Jing "will make the south solid against tlio
g( vcrtinreiit which overcame It.??? Thu editor does
not prcpoie (o follow the furled banner any long
er. ai d declares for Blaine and Logan.
it w ill be ii struct iw to many to know the rea-
n u* ?? hi* h move this lifelong democrat to ??uuli a
d olee. He puts them plainly, thus: " The put-
form adopted by the convention was a free trado
plrdfotm???a platform deadly to tlio iuturusts of
tbe workii g classes. A platform that would
re dure tbe wages of American labor to the Brit-
bli standard.???
Tbe red erors lwiltle-flag of tho confo loMoy???
> victories.
rallies
7 he flag of
A merit an citizenship, ut In
gir.ctid all the time; It ruptures the chief outwork
11 to 11 dead cause, and wins r._
'ejection to American Ulsir aorl
nd abrotd, guina
thoroughly advertise thelrcollego h-
give shape and forex* to any and all enter
prises aff'cctlng tho prosperity of Dawson. R*??pirn
trcim various sections promise a large number of
1 upils ftr the fell term for Cuthbert's two colle/es.
Auovzta, Go , August 0.???[S;??eelaf.|???'The tax ro-
rthcr, Albert Vcrdery, completed the tax dlgeit
of P.lchmond county to-dny. Tho returns show
tho aggregate value of property in the county to
??? ??? million eight hundred eighty '
ilolbin ??? *
and 11
eight hundred and ninety dol
ELBKXTON, Ga. August 0,???[Special.]???Tho dlrce
tors of (he cotton reed oil mill company held
n meeting luri ulglit and decided to put In nturo
gins snd Increase the capacity of their machinery.
IbcMucosof tbe enterprise so far lias been very
Mitbfai tory to the stockholders.
Jasper, G*., August C.???[Special.]???The tax re-
eclvtr???s digest showli an Increase of taxable prop',
erty iu Pickens 970,773.
Navakkah, Ga., August 8.???[8peci.il.]???'Garnett,
Stubbs A Co., to-dny received the second bale of
this crop from 3fitehc-U A Williams, Tliomasvillo.
It was Inspected nt tho cotton exchange and w.??
punouncid strict good ordinary, but picked
(h mp aud gln-eut, with u |s>rtion untrmtured cot
ton. It wus sold for Vj.j cent* to Johnson A Jack-
ton. b'avuunali has not yet received her lint good
laic.
Hamwell Go., August 7.???[Special.]???Dr. A. J,
Mathews and J. K. Meredcth have recently con
nected their offices and dwellings by telephone.
Tbe Halt well camp-mccttug is in sesdou this
week.
Bomb, Ga., August 7.???[Special.]???A Floyd coun
ty farmer, while plowing yesterday, dug up two
hundred and twenty dollars in silver coin. They
ate all old coin, dating hack as far as 1XJ8, and are
Mipptted to hitvc been buried by the Indian*.
Clayton, Ga., Augtist 7.???iNpecial.]???We had
another terrible storm on last Thursday In m my
I art* of the county, blowing up many fruit trees,
Ju p!ares blowing down barns, stables and out-
be uses, aiul destroying a great deni of corn and
t leaking it off. In Tallulah diririct alnrg*v,\d-
nut tier was Mown up by the roots and fell on
Mr. J. M. Tilley's kitchen.
Ri me. Ga., August 7.???[Special.]???Mr. Lewis
Mej crhnrdt of, this city, has beeu appointed to
a pc sit Ion In the treasury department at Washing-
ter, through ti e civil service commission. Mr.
Meyeihardt was examined,In^Atlanta ??a??t March,
ihe civil
taint is the result of that examination.
???AST" ELL. Ga., August 7.???[special.]???We claim
that the ordinal) of our county knows more aiiout
tbVgs a man ought to know to know aa little
about tiling s he ought not to know as any county
ordinary. He says he never bought a drink of
whisky, rever saw a pock of playing cards orw
bllllaru table. ^
Ji dpe J. V. Richardson dlc??l this morning,
tidco RJcl anlMrii was tin* father of our worthy
. .era cf the superior ceurt. He wa* a deacon in
tbe Bsptbt eh 11 rvh and had been for many years
??r.d in hls death cur county lotos oue of her beat
citizens.
ft k:no T lace. Ga., August 7.???]SpecLl.[???Mcosrs.
Cater Boon, eomptny A: Kit J. Warner, company
B: A. K. lUmsey, company C; W. IL Welch, com
pany V; Xhomo* Tratuel, company F; Julius
Clttr.ents. re mpany G; Captain Dobb, company E;
l*. P. H)a*rns:cm.company II: Ed Branluini. ??>m-
msdc by W. LutTman. who was late lieutenant
colonel of the regiment.
Rai Nsw tcK.Ga., August A???The president has
recognized James Bin. Drury as British vice
ccoul at Brunswick, Ga.
Navannaii, Ga., August S.???[SpeclaL]???la the
yacht race at Montgomery to-day,In tbe lint elm,
the yacht fleinga won. heating 8eanani 2 minutes
2t tuerds, and Jennie 8.5 minutes thirty seconds
of the furled banner in Now York, and bre.ikc Into
itsveiy cl???iidel In Georgia and Ixmlaiiua. A*
iit M >car eoincs, more men of brains and forco
- * tired of fighting -the old, old battle
>1*'C. was elected speaker, n truth tel ling on thu-
t ti ler ranked: "1??? ' ~ ??? *
in the inddic ngaln.???
???.cm werkmeu do
??? jonfedcrscy make ...... lw .
di ce the wages of American labor to thu British
sb.nOsrd.???
It n.ny yet be years before the Amerleau enuxo
Will picvi'lljn the baUote ui counted in any south-
11 In the ballots
n unto. But It will bo fought for bravely and
1 mnntv h< 1 ?? f , u , 5'?? 1 , his year, in at lrewt sixsoutnera suites,
??, v* iui>. though republican* do not daro to count upon
at 90,731,- % n single southern state 01.til tho Himi returns'hy
??? * (li nux ratio cffieials have beau accepted by a <lotn-
cristU' Lcusc. they kuow that tho good cause is
f sluing iteudil^
Mormonlsm In G??orgl:i.
The follow irg letter, which is self-explanatory,
is published to show the extent of deception which
Is practiced ujxui Mormon piwylltea without the
In mediate tcciiou of their strougholdin the west.
Moiroonirm has many converts in t'ua cxtre.no
portion of uoitli Georgia, and tlio widen are busily
engaged right now* In making more. Circulars
will to be cu (pltoine of the fulth aud doctrines of
tlse rcorpnnizid church of Liter-day Saints, nro
distributed by the thousands. In these It is posi
tively declared, and the book of Mormon Is cited
cn the quo tlm, that the doctrinesT>f ?? plurality
and r.c< mmunlty of wives arc heresies and aro
ojfcud to the law of God,
As toon as converts 1 icome firmly held tho "ro-
organized??? doctrine la preached and polygamy be-
ccnu*s a child of the church. A prompt and deal*
tire alien ou the part of the government tosup-
#>rcr* it ihould he made. The following la tho let
ter of the Georgia Mormon:
Editors CoNSTrrrTioN: Being amemticr of tho
church of Jesus Christ of Litter Day Saints, who
believe lu tbe principles of the gospel iu tnunt
ty Jncpb binirii the ??rr, I beg through vour val-
in.blty uf cr to txprnzf my heartfelt tb iuk.-i i t th??
llon.YihPtor Brown for Ids bold, brave stand
stand
It never was, Is or will bo a pirfc
faith of the Salute. D was basely h Llid
eight long >????????(??
E??pc
of thu ti
ftir the death of Jorep?? Smith, June 27. ini\, and
IoljT.amy wus not publicly taught until August
??? V c Will surport any manor set of incu who will
strive to strip the nution of polygamy and all
(itl-.cr things that are Immoml and against tho
laws of the land. We, as a people, arucomm unled
to "let no man break the laws of tho land, for ho
that kccpith the laws of Gad hath, no nee*i to
break the laws o) the lund.??? Doctriue and Cova*
cants, sec. .*8. page 5.
The book above referred to contains the revela
tions of God to this people, and in It we are uom-
mnndcdof the Lord to obey the teachings of the
Bibfoaridthc book of Mormon, and when oar
proiibct was killed those ambitious men fought to
Usd the church by their own strength, and went
down step by step, until they positively dcutc 1
tbe Scripture* they were commanded to obey, in
their own language, ??????They are like a last year???s
almanac; wc have outgrown them.???
About thirty years ago this ifeorganixe-l church
was organized, consisting of members and ortl.r -rs
who bad uot apo^uttzed from the faith.
And tiny were the first who
berm to can on wandering Israel to return to tho
falih s* they had first received It, aud by tbe grace
of Uid they will be prominent among those who
strike the last blow In breaking up poiygamy nml
other Immoral pnuticca lu the "valleys of tho
mruntab s.???
Mr. Editor, you cannot lie Ignorant of the stand
tbe rr-orgbnDtd church hssnnd Is taking against
this trest social evil, especially conductlnt a live
t.(W>pep??ra*ysUare. Again wc bit uod stiecl
all those w ho wl I strive to nphobl the laws of tho
laud, tbe fn-rdom of speech and the /retslom of
the press. Please publish. Very respectfully.
The*. Urkueo.
dudgo fcewal!*a Defection.
Ere rr the Boston UIoIk*.
Tbe defection of Juitgc Samuel E. Bewail of MM-
rose, fn m the republican ranks on account of tho
ui fit iu mlnatfou made by tbe party in Chicago La
iu some respects the most damaging to the Blaine
isuseof any that have thus far occurred in this
state.
Judge Bewail has l*ecn a republican from the
date of the farty???* birth, and oue of the pio
neers iu tbe snti slavery movement. He loves hls
farirjtllL
Whtn rne who It to OrtnTr attached to au organ-
Bath u whti-b he took delight in aiding to wtafo
ibh Is absclctely driven t-?? reek temporary safety
inamtherorvsuization. oa acconut of the unflt-
r*ss of tbe former???s candidate and tbe execllcueo
of the stur'??. ft Indicate* more plainly than
words can tbe strength of the movement against
Mr. Blaine.
Mr. Bewail???* letter calmly review* the Held. Ilia
sctlon is tnk.-n. evidently, after deep r*ni*fdera-
lion. He reaches thej ????? mcla.io 1 thit t ie ch irgo
1 xslrst Mr. Blaine in the Little Ibick matter **oi>-
(earssowell proved that It has damaged seri
ously hfs reputation as n public man.??? wrhffe "bfa
conduct aa secretary of state, especially in the af
faire of Chill, exhibit a lamentable want of states
manship.??? Moreover, "hb recent recommend 1-
tlon of distributing the surplus revenue of tho
union among the suus is ao monstrous as, of It
self ale nr, to unfit him for the presidency.???
Ihe Blaiueueu cannotdbmU* Ju<l<e Sewed
with a sneer, nor bowl him down with the cry a
"dude.??? Ills opinion c^rrie* weight, and win b