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THE WEEKLY CONSTnTJTION. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY OCTOBER 21 1884. TWELVE PAGES.
FARMS AND FARMERS.
SHORT TALKS WITH FARMERS ON
FARM TOPICS.
LCRsesin Purebred Cattle at the South-Autumn
piectinf???How to Fatten a Uoz-To Prevent
Pool Brood In Bees-Saving Fodder-
Butter- Msktag- Farm Notes, JBto.
Losses in Fcbb-Bbed Cattle'at the South.
It is lamentable to see bow little knowledge
of animal pathology and common sense south
cm bjeedere exercise in taking cattle from the
north into their country. Ohe breeder has re
cently lost sixteen -out of thirty-one head
there; and this is only a sample of losses;
r mailer or greater, constantly taking place at
???lie south. I have been writing in the agri-
cuhural pnpers for forty years or more past,
on this subject, warning breeders not to take
any sort of cattle that, are over six to nino
months old, from a northern to a southern ro
ll ion, and to make this change in the months
of November, Dcoember and January onlv.
When they have arrived at their new loca-
lion, they onght to be fed os much as possiblo
as they were st the place from whence they
raroe, also be kept in darkened stables during
hot days, so as not to hayo a scorching sun beat
down ???upon them, or be tormented by stinging
and biting insects. They ought, also, to be
???tabled at night anti thus kept out of the dew,
as this is almost as pernicious, falling upon
them, as the torrid sun during tho day. Let
the cattle have & little run, for exercise, from
an hour before snnrise to an hour after, and
again an hour oY so before sundown to half an
hour after.
It is dangerous turning northern cattle
wild southern pastures at any season of the
???ear, even in winter, for they are liable to
browse on poisonous plants or shrubbery grow
ing there, of the nature of which thoy know
nothing. Allow them to run in pastures of
cultivated grasses alone, or on ryo before howl
ing, or oats previous to the grain hardening,
or feed dwarf aweet corn as soon as as it tas
sels, taking this away from them when the
corn begins to glaze.
Tho water in pastures is often dangerous to
drink, not anly for cattle from the north, but
the natives, for it is sometimes poisonous and
breeds leeches. These latter, ard occasionally
sucked in by tho cattlo when drinking, and
they then fasten in their vitals, causing in
ternal bleeding, followed by death.???Corre
spondent of National Live Stock Journal,
Chicago.
Autumn Planting.???Tho whole philosophy
of autumn planting of fruit trees may bo sum*
nu???d up in a few brief sentences* In autumn
the soil is warmer than the airland hence the
roots are stimulated to action while the buds
are dormant. The consequence is,the roots are
enabled to take hold of the soil aiid gets os-
tab) ishedJbefore the swelling of the buds call
for any hard'work from tho roots. In spring
tho air it warmer than the soil, and honce if a
tree is planted then, the buds aro stimulated
in advance of the roots, and unless tho condi
tions aro very favorable to root growth, os tho
dryer weather of summer comes on tpo top of
the tree calls for moisture faster then tho roots
can supply it, soon shows signs of failing, aud
without extra care, dies, very few autmnu
planted trees fail on this account.
Fruit trees, then, ought to bo planted at
early in the fall as may be convenient, after
the leaves are all fallen from the plant, and
the buds are inactive. Tne buds should not
be.stimulated, and'will not be if freely exposod
to the cold autumn air. But the roots, enjoy
ing a temperature several degrees warmer,and
not subject to sudden changes, will grow all
tbo winter through. Of course, if the trees are
planted in a bare soil, with nothing to prevent
the freezing of the ground hard over the roots,
eomo coarso litter or manure, or chip dirt
should be spread around the treo to prevent
freezing. But care must bo taken not to make
a harbor for the mice, which might gnaw tho
bark and ruin the trees.
Plant trees and all wooded plants in au
tumn. Anytime in winter is bettor than
spring planting in this latitude.???Index-Ap
peal. - ? t\*. i
Fowls for the Table.???For first-class tablo
fowls tho qualifications are plumpness of
hrenst, fineness of quality and whiteness of
akin and fat.smallnoss of bono, absence of use
less parts which may be regarded as offal To
obtain plumpness of breast we must havo
fowls that can fly; tho wings * are moved by
thd breast muscles, and in the breeds that do
not fly they become lossened in bulk, henco it
is impossible to obtain a plump-breasted
Cochin or Brahmd. Crosses with Asiatic
breeds give largo size and good family fowls,
but there is muqh oflhl, and they are coarse
boned, and though thero is much meat on tho
legs, there is a deficiency on the breast. Birds
of the Spanish type, viz., Loghorns, Anda
lusians and Ancovas, aro generally too leggy
??? " ie breeding from cross-
fffijpor them would weigh from one to on 0
th ??*pwas ??ne found that
Hlnk&nd and ,P??uuds. John
Hinkle and John Moore, of Lookout mountain,
for good fable fowls. The l
brea birds I certainly 1
/ have never found to bo
attended with satisfactory results. Tho
gome fowl, of whatever shade or oolor, com-
. bines more good qualities than any othor
breed. They aro hardy, feathor quickly,
and are easily raised. They are the best of
table fowls, their meat being of a finer grade
end moro juicy than any other variety of do
mestic fowls. They do not mature quite as
quickly os the Leghorn, but whon they do
commence will, as a general rule, outlay any
other breed, the Leghorns not acoopted. Such
has been my experience by an actualTtecord of
the two breeds under exactly the same cir
cumstances. As mothers, they cannot be sur
passed, being careful sitters, and Will desend
their young with their lives against the intru
sion of either man, beast or bird; and of bred
to feather, as sre the standard varieties of to
day, nothing in the chicken line can surpass
thero, either for beauty, courage or general
usefulness.???Rural Home.
How to Manage Cuttings.???In selecting a
cutting a great deal depends upon a judicious
choice: if the slip is too young and full of fresh
tap, it will fade away from top much erf jura
tion j if It is too old???hard and woody???it will
take a great while to strike root.
You must take a cutting that is perfectly
ripened and is from a vigorous shoot, yet a lit
tle hardened at the base.
It is also essential to have a bud or joint at
or near the end of the cutting; as all roots
strike from it, and the nearer it is to tho base
' tho greater your chance of success.
Plant your cuttings in common red pots fill
ed half lull of rich loam and two inches of
Band on top (scouring sand will do, but not sea
sand); wet this thoroughly and put the cut
tings close around the edge of tbo pot, for if the
bud or joint cornea in contact with the surface
of the pot, it seems to strike root more quick-
It. Poll off the lower lt.TC twforoyou plant
too cutting. Pre???? the wet land tightly about
the tin. item, for a great deal of your ??uec????
in railing the catting deponde upon the olo??
contact of the und with tho ??touj. When tho
cuttings are firmly plapted cover them with a
glut enade If poulble, ae it will greatly pro
mote the growth of tho plant.
Moieture, light and heat aro tho three ??-
???entiaii to plant life???without them no cut-
tinge will efart. . ..
Shade for two or three dare from the ???un-
light, but don???t let theeand become dry; then
giro all tho ??un you can obtain, keep up a
irod eupply oi moieture, and you can hirdly
toil to root moat of your cuttings.
Mr. W. W.B. Meyers, of Walker county, rural,bc??
kiveyoo
ike mode of culture and yield of one peck ot Irish
DotAtcec, that I pun???Lascd at Trfon factory lait
ifirlDlLof tbeSnowflake variety. I planter! In the
latter part of March in the following manner: I
laid c ft the row* three feet apart, running twicsin
ifrlm vrilh a one-horn- turner, throwing the dirt
out both wap and making the furrows about six
inches deep nelow the common surface of the
ground. 1 then distributed hen manure to the
???fnnnnt of a peck to the row. the
rows betas twenty yards long. I then dropped
the potato**, having cut them Into email pieces,
leaving only one eye to a piece as nearly a* possl-
vi* I wu very careful to place them about one
l than filled the
rows with chip menu re end put no other dirt on
ton at all. I worked them out one time, only
* j j ^ .La ??? i m . .h4 .luuil lb. ikfenf
with a an
i i* UHU never ??ecu, on Lookout
mountain or anywhere else, potatoes that would
equal mine iu size and yield, l have also tried n
^d?? P ??o tea ??hTiui
5!!* 11 , th ?? bill was completed, which I have kept
??????? \ flnd them now to be Just as they were
when I put them up. I will here state that tho
f Ith V 10 peck of Potatoes
was eight yards by twenty yards, l??J square yards,
or about one-thirtieth of an acre. At the same
rate one acre would have made COO bushels. My
plan of keeping through the summer has succeed-
cd so well that I contemplate planting a half aero
SlPffW , ! n H ext *P f tag (in the same man-
?? c /.i . t .l p,aDl , ed the past spring) tor the winter
market, the spring crop of Irish potatoes always
being more certain than the fall crop. I planted
Iu June a half acre of the late Irish potatoes, but
on account of tho dry weather this fall they will
be a failure, whereas if I bad planted the same
????^ und i Mt f prlug with the Snowflake, I would
have made a large crop.
Farm Notes.
After the age of nine months agood hog may
be made to weigh as many pounds as he is
deys old. He should be farrowed early in the
spring, and slaughtered before January.
It is a wed known fact that ail animals grow
better and take on fat faster in worm weather
than in cold, and it is well to take advantage
of this fact iu preparing tho surplus stock tor
sale.
In order to secure the fastest walking horses
they must be tested, ami tho best retained for
breeding, as careful selection will result in the
establishment of a breed of fast walking horses
if persisted iu.
To prevent foul brood in bees Mr. J. II.
Hicks, of Maryland, sets out a dish containing
a solution of rock salt and water near his hives
for the bees l.?? drink, end finds that it kqeps
his apiaries free from tho disease.
Mr. Wilson, the great grape grower of the
northwest, planted, a year ago last spring,
400,000 cuttings and grew 80 per cent. lie was
to graft thia year from 20,000 to 25,000. The
cuttings, he says, should be one-half inch from
the bud.
Frdder that is properly saved, and fed in
combination with clover hay aud grain, is of
equal valuo with timothy bay by weight, says
Professor Sonborn; but such fodder is very dif
ferent iron that which is exposed to frost ani
bleaching rains,
The rapid growth and dense shndo which
buckwheat makes gives it great value as a
weed destroyer. Even thistles can bo kept
down by it if tho land is sown as soon after
plowing os possible, and tho first thistles that
appear aro pulled or cut with a hoo.
Saxony wool has a fine short staplo: the
Australian wool is longer but also fine.
Combing wool, such os that from tho Lincolns,
Cot&woldsaml Leicesters, is usually about nino
inches in length. The finest of all wool is that
from the families of Merinos.
Ono pint of oats, with a like mcasuro of
bran, is a day???s ration in two foods for a
breeding ewe. A week oflor lambing tho
rotion should bo increased by adding one-
fourth of a pound of oil meal. She should al
so reccivo as much cut hay and straw as she
could eat.
The valuo of an ordinary ton of manure is
estimated at 300 pounds solid, worth $1.40:
800 pounds of straw and litter, worth $1, and
000 pounds of water and useless matter; tho
value of the entire 2,000 pounds being $2.40.
Manures, however, vary in composition, and
tho figures are not reliable.
Tomato plants ought to bo grown in rows
and protected by i>olcs or slats laid on forks or
R iece of lumber driven in tbo ground. The
amework ought to bo two or threo feet high,
and the plants trained up to lie on tho top.
This keeps the fruit clean, and also greatly in
creases tne yield.
In considering tho right depth to ran the
plow all the circumstances must be consider
ed. It will not do to turn up tbo much of tho
cold subsoil at onco. Tho plowing should bo
gradually deeper every year, In ordor to allow
of Sufficient ttme fbr tho upturned 4 soil to be
reduced to a proper condition for plant food.
' If ono wishes to improve a certain flower,
fruit or Vegetable he must first dccido what
kind of o product ho wishes to produce. He
must have his ideal always in his mind. Ho
must then select seeds from those specimens
which come nearest to his ideal. Of the off
spring ho must select in tho same way, and so
continue until perfection is attained.
Tho whole operation of butter-making, from
tho taking of tlio milk to tho delivery of the
butter to tho consumer, is entirely mechan
ical; but it is a branch of mechanics that toler
ates no mistakes, for the least failure to per
form the proper operations at the proper time
results in an inferior article, and perfect but
ter only commands the highest price.
Mulching with straw, ordinary hay or salt
boy is good for almost every garden crop. It
retains moisture in tho soil and helps to sup
press the weeds. It is especially useful in tuo
strawberry beds, keening the ripening berrios
out of the dirt os well as preserving a grateful
dampness about the roots. But all kinds of
small fruits are tho belter for mulching.
In agriculture the plauts perform tho part
of the miner in separating tho valuable ma
terial from the mass of tuo soil, which ma
terial they afterward, by tho aid of tho sun
and the atmosphere manufacture into food for
roan and animals. The inhorent properties of
the soil aro thus made available, and that
which was before of little or no value bccomos
more valuable.
The time is coming when it will pay to
plant varieties of corn which aro especially
rich in starch for the manufacturers or in nu
tritive elements for the feeders. A few skilled
specialists sre st work developing varieties
having marked characteristics of value. But
as varieties change rapidly in different soils
and climates* there is plenty of room for many
workers in this direction.
Even a stiff clay soil may be rendered raoro
fertile by under drainage, which not only car
ries off tne surplus water but allows the air to
penetrate the soil. In dry weather the air
carries a proportion of moisture with it, whtio
tbo warmth of the sun Is absorbed mare quick
ly in early spring. A thoroughly drained soil
produces better crops and starts an earlier
growth than one which is allowed to drain
itself naturally.
CRIME AND CASUALTY.
AN|??MB??ZZL??R CONVICTED IN PITTS
BURG.
Tbo ???Naked Man??? Caught in Wnierbury???
Shot TVhilo Hauling Lumber???A Fam
ily Poisoned--A Shocking Acci
dent in Harrisburg.
The Pine Trees Djing*
From the Berrien, Ge., News.
Through Berrien, Irwin and Wilcox dfran-
tics the pine trees are dying from some un
known cause. The destroying agency, what
ever it may be, takes all the trees in its path,
which is generally from twenty-five to two
hundred yards in width. These ???throughs???
oi dead and dying trees may bo seen every
where in these three counties, and, we have
been told, as Ur up as Hawkinsville. A poet
ically inclined friends suggests to us that there
may be some connection between the fever
which is now raging throughout this section
and these dying trees. Perhaps he is right.
???There ere more things in heaven and earth
Hor&tio than ever dreamt of in your philoso
phy.??? t . -
A Column ot Head.
From the Thomasville, Go., Times.
A special column of eand drawn up by a
whirlwind near the Mitchell on Broad str ict
Tuesday, attracted general attention. The
column stood at least one hundred feet high.
It was seen by many on Broad street, though
it went upward quite goon after the formation.
Good A dries That Goes Fnh ceded.
From the Augusta Evening News.
By raising more cotton than the factories of
world can potsibly consume, farmer* depreciate
the price of the staple and fnjnreonly themselves.
Factory managers don???t object to cheap cotton ai
it gives them a Mrgcr margin for profits on their
goods. Farmers should leesen their cotton areas
in the interest of provision crops and better pri
ce*. ,
Pittsburg, October 13.???The grand jury to
day found a true bill against President Biddle
and Cashier Briber, of the defunct Penn bank,
for conspiracy and embczzlomcnt of $1,200,000
and against T. J. Watson, oil broker, for con
???piracy to defraud the Fenn bank depositors.
Watkrbuev, Conn., October 13.???The
???naked man,??? a famous mysterious individ
ual of this vicinity who has frightened women
and children by occasional sudden appearance
to them while traveling the road along
Naugatuck river, south of this city, was cap
tured yesterday, and thus was ended a my a
tery of many years. All provious efforts to
capture the man, or to discover his identity,
had failed, although the community was
thoroughly aroused. IIo proved to be Edward
Cbatficld, a well known millwright. IIo
was never suspected, and his actions aro con
sidered unaccountable. His wife and family
are highly respected. Ills capturo does away
with a long standing nuisauco and terror.
8t. Louis, October 14.???A special to the
Test-Despatch from Fulton, Missouri, says
that a ten year old girl named Bennett, was
walking with a younger sister in tho country
near Guthrie, ten miles cast, yesterday at
neon, one of three negroes working in the
field seized the child and ravished her. Her
little sister carried tho alarm homo and a
posse of citizens organized immediately.
All the negroes were found in
tho field armed with corn knives
and guns. They made a show of resistance,
but finally surrendered and were taken to
Guthrie, and put unde/ guard. At threo o'clock
this morning a party of mounted men rodo to
the lioueo where they wero confined, aud fired
at them through the windows. One of the ne
groes ran into tho street and was shot dead.
Tho others were again fired upon and one, the
r&vishcr, fell down and was left for dead. Tho
party then rode off. Investigation showed that
he had feigned death. He was takon to jail,
but it is expected that ho will be lynchod to
night.
Parksvii.le, Ky., October 14.???George Rous-
sey, while hauling lumber, was shot on the
wagon and instantly killed to-day, James
Sharrcr,Rbussoy???s brother-in-law, is suspected
of the crime. Bousscy killed fiharrer's son last
February. In July, 1882, Boussey???s father
killed Sharrer???s * half brother, out
of which the after killings
grew. They arc nearly related by blood, and
tho families have contributed much to Ken
tucky???s criminal history in the past thirty
years. Jasper Boussey was hung by a mob
at Stanford, and his brother Smith was killed
by tho militia while defying arrest. Cain and
Archie Boussey were killed in brawls, and
other members of tho family havo been ougaged
in bloody encounters.
Coshockton, O., October 14.???J. G. Umber and
family, of Linton township, drank from a spring,
the water of which was poisoned, and now ore
lying at the point of death.
Chattanooga, October 15.???[Special.]???A
S entleman who is just from Ellisvillb, near
Icridian, to-day gavo vour correspondent
details of a terrible affair. A young man
named dloylo hod an old grudgo against a
justice of tho peace named McLemoro, and
employed two negroes to kill the magistrate.
Tho negroes went to his houso Mon
day night under the pretense 'of
wanting a Warrant.* Thoy seized tho justice
and beat him to death with elubs in the pres
ence of his wife. She gave tho alarm, and a
posse went in search of tho murderers. One
of them was captured, aud shot a number of
times, and was left in a field, as his pursuer*
supposed, dead. In a few hours he recovered '
and was. endeavoring to mako his l wty
to a swamp, whero ho was discovered by two
men, one or whom cut his throat from car to
ear. In attempting to capture the second
negro, the loiter shot two ot the posse and was
put in jail with lloylo, who hired him to com
mit tho crime. A guard was placed in charge
of the men, and Tuesday night tho prisoners
and guard mysteriously disappeared, and no
trace of them can be found. It is thought the
two criminals will bo lynched. Tho guard
was taken away to prevent an alarm boing
{ ;ivcn. Sheriff Elliott has organized a party
o search for Hoylo and the negro???s body.
JlASBoDfljjujjo, Ky., October 15.???Dr. Billon,
a prominent physician, and William Curry,
in sport, begau throwing water on each other.
Thoy soon became angry and Curry struck
Dillon on the head with a glass, killing him.
IIabbisbubo, ra., October 10.???A shocking
accident occurred here to-day. Miss Lizzie
Wallace, in getting oft' tho Cumberland Val
ley railroad train, stepped in front of another
train that was moving. Harvey Foster, cbeok
man, promptly sprang to her rescue, but both
wero run down. Miss Wallace was cut to
I deces and died instantly. Foster had both
egs mangled and almost tom off. Ho cannot
recover. Mias Wallace was a delegate to the
Womens??? Temperance convention now in ses
sion here. She resided at tfewviJlo, Cumber
land county.
Elizabetu, N. J., October IS.-Three young men
were struck by a west-bound train on the Pennsyl
vania road In tblsclty lost evening, and all were
fnr tantly killed. They were respectably dressed,
and evidently mechanics.
Balt Lakb City, Utah, October 17.???In the
trial of Rudger Clawson, a son of Bishop Claw
son, for polygamy, Judge Eane to-day ruled
that tho admissions of the accused in regard
to his second inarriago were competent testi
mony. The son ot Delegate Paine told of
such admissions made by Clawson, but the
relatives of the accused testified that they had
never heard biin speak of bis second marriage,
nor bad they ever heard it mentioned in his
pretence. To-day President John Taylor
testified that ho " did not |know if
marriage records wero kept in the endowment
house, where they were, if any were kept, or
who was the cnatodian of them. President
Cannon testified that he know of no records,
and Elias Smith testified to the astne effect.
Kone of them knew anything about the second
marriage of the defendant. President Cannon
Thero seems to bo no disposition to prosecute
anyone, the general verdict boing that the
lynching was a righteous execution. Tho
funeral of Burton willtake place Sunday.
Lacrosse, Wis., October 17.???Tho real
name of the man who was lynched last night,
for tlio unprovoked murder of F.A.Burto??,wos
Nathaniel Mitchell, lie was employed ns a
river man during the summer, and as a woods
man in winter. IIo was a desperate charac
ter, and was addicted to tho use of liquor. IIo
had been several times in jail and the insane
asylum. The cause of bis killing Mr. Burton
is not known. One theory is that ho mistook
him for another person.
The coroner???s jury eximined twelve wincsscs
in the inquest over Mitchell, tbo lynched
murderer, among whom were tho sheriff, po
licemen, and eyo-witnesses of tho murder and
the lynching. No one recognized any of Iho
multitude wlio did thelyuching. Tho verdict
substantially stated that the deceased was the
man who murdered Burton, and
that he came to his death by hanging at the
hands of parties to tho jury unknown.
Lacrosse, Wis., October 16.???F. A. Burton,
president of the Blaine and Logan club hero,
was shot dead by a man known as ???Scotty.???
at eight o???clock this evening, whilo tho repub
licans were forming in procession on Main
street. Soveu shots were tired in quick suc
cession. Tho murderer was arrested aml^hur-
ried to jail before the immense crowd could
realize what had occurred.
a rush to the jail.
As soon as tho fact was made known thero
was intense excitement, and hundreds ol men
in uniform and carrying their torohes hurried
to the courthouse yard and demanded that tho
?? tisoner be handed over to them. ???Lynch
imj??? ???Lynch himl" was tho general cry.
At this hour (8:40,) hundreds of men are be-
seiging tne jail. Sheriff Scott, Chiof of Polico
Clark and a posse of polico aro &t tho jail floor
trying to calm tho infuriated multitude, i No
violence has been done yet, and nono may take
S lace. Tho body of Burton was takon to a
rug store, whero an examination showed that
life was extinct. Every shot took effect.
THE STORY or TOE MURDER.
Those who stood near tho scono say tho tnan
advanced from tho crowd on tho sidewalfc to
within a few feet of his victim and fired tho
first bullet into his bnck, whon Burton foil to
tho pavement. This was followed with six
shots into tho prostrate man???s body and head.
???Scotty??? then threw his revolver at bis victim
and gavo him a kick. All this was dono In a
moment and beforo any ono could roalizo the
situation. The motive of the murder has not
come to light. Burton was managing tho cam
paign in this section.
TAKEN OUT AND LYNCHED.
The Proprieties Preserved.
From the Lewiston Gazette.
?????We have heard of ???sly Jim B???sine," of ???smsrt
Jim Blaine, of ???mainttte Jim Blaine,'* of ???Jim
Blaine of Maine*??????but whoever heard of honest
Jimfilaintr Nobody,
marriage of the defendant, rresiden
testified that he sometimes wrote the names of
persons to be married on a slip of paper in
order to refresh his memory as the ceremony
proceeded, but after the services ware over he
turned the slip and never told tho namft to
anybody.
Orillia, Ont., October If.???This afternoon,
while watching the thresher at George Rix???s
farm, near Bus lake, Itix???s two sons went in
to the mow to play. One of them, aged ten
years,'tumbled into the mouth of the ma
chine and was Immediately awept In and torn
to pieces.
Montpelier, Vt., October 17.???A bill was
introduced in the legislature to-day by the
opponents of captal punishment by hanging,
providing for the execution of murderers by
lectricity.
Cincinnati, October 17.???The body of Mrs.
Annie Madison was found in her home in
Covington this morning on the floor. Bho had
been choked with a rope'and her throat had
been cut. Her husband, who wu absent when
the discovery wu made, wu ssntforand
arrested, but denied all knowledge of the
deed. Her little boy says an old man with
gray whiskers committed the crime.
Lacrosse, Wis., October 17.???Butin*** was
practically suspended here to-dsy, the oll-ab-
sorbingtopic being the terrible tragedy of last
night, the murder of Frsnk Burton and the
subsequent lynching of his slayer, Nathaniel
Mitchell. It now appear* that Mitchell in
tended, if possible, to kill st leatt two more
citizens, one of whom was Charles A. McDon
ald. It wu only a question of whom ho met
first. He was equipped with two self-cocking
Smith k Wesson revolvers, and fir'd them m
fut sb the ticking of a watch. Fix-Chief of
Police Hatch is out of the city, but the evi
dence points toward Mitchell as being the man
who attempted his essaRsination several weeks
ago, and only left him when he supposed be
was deed. An inquest bee been orders!, and
a luge number of witnesses will be examined.
open the doors, and putting a ropo around the
murderer???s neck lynched him. Tho officers
were not able to stay the mob, whqvofuscd to
listen to argument. From nine o???clock to ton
the couithouso yard and tho aqiiaro present
ed a scene which beggared description. Tho
mob increoiedljin numbers until {tbo entiro
space on tho three sides of iho jail was ndonso
msRS of humanity, demanding that tho mur
derer be hung. Torches flared abovo a sea of
heads, and white plumes moved resolutoly
about the square.
Tho best-citizens in tho place wero nroient.
and watched tho fearful scone with blanched
faces, but with no expression of sympa
Thero were hundreds of women in
thoroughfares and walks about the jail.
THE ATTACK ON THE JAIL. .
The excitement grew steadily
force, and tho mob at last found lenders with
cool heads who went methodically about
taking the victim from tho prison and lynch-
inghim. Beams wero procured, and in a
very short time tho heavily bolted and barred
doors on tho fourth street sido of tho jail wero
battered in by the crowd, which poured into
the first floor rooms. The sheriff and his as
sistants succeeded in clearing tho room tho
first and second time, but on the third rush
tho mob overpowered them, and held thoir
ground. Tho interior wooden doors of tho
cooking department yiolded like eo many
plates of glass.
1 IN FULL FOBS Kit 10 X. . , ???
In tho meantimo tho lioavy, oak door leading
to the main stair way, on the west sido, was
battered down, and the crowd had full posses
sion of tho main corridor. While this was
g on tho crowd bceomo almost eoloesal
t the place, but aside from the rush of
men at tho jail, the best order prevailed.
There were no drunken men in tho mob
the wliolo work being done by rcsoluto follows,
who decided to make tbo murderer pay tho
death penalty before they left the square.
Onco in tho corridor sledge hammers were
used to break in the heavylron doors, two in
number, that intervened between them and
tho cell room. These soon yielded, and as
each advaneo was made tho crowd were ap
prised on tho outside. Tho crowd had but
little difficulty iu finding their man, and ho
was taken out and hanged, aa related abovo.
Chioago, October 18.???In commenting upon
the supervision of the polls on eloclion day*
and the appointing of deputy United States
marshals and deputy sheriffs, the Times
this morning prints the following!
The democrats, that is to say 100 of them,
organized yesterday what they are pleased to.
style a vigilanco comm (tee. It is cotnposod
oi determined men who aro re
solved that . no intimidation or
violence shall rule at the Ohleago polls, and
their orders are to provoko no fight themsolvee,
nor to Indulge In any so long as the contest Is
merely wordy, but if any bulldozing Is at
tempted by negro or other deputy marshals,
to resiet It. and if any democrat is shot to boo
to it that the shooter at onco suffers the lamo
fate. Bo the matter stands, and if the feeling
keeps growing in intensity, thero will be sen-
our trouble In Chicago on election day.
ANOTHEIl JACKSON CASE.
NEWS BY WIRE.
Frnnk Hatton Appointed Postmaster
General??? 1 The Drouth In Alabama-
A Detective???s Work in Tennessee.
Willis Williams Surprises his Wife and
Klhsrt Gibson, and Lays Gibson Out.
Elbert Gibeon, a well known negro man,
was given his death wound last night by Wil
lis williams, a cook at the Markham house.
Williams Is a married man, and, with hia wife,
has been living on Wheat street, near Big
Bethel church. He is a hard-working, quiet
negro, and by economy has saved enough
to arrange a comfortable homo In which his
wife reigned supreme, and in which hs tossed
a pleasant life until last night, when it was
rudely broken up. About eight o???eloek Wil
liams went to bis homo and made discoveries
Which drove him mad, but in his madness
there was method, and drawing his knife he
???prang upon his rival in hIs wife's affections
and, in an instant, eut him tevsral times on
the neck. One wound ie an especially danger
ous wound, and Elbert Gibson???s death will
probably ensue. After the eutting Williams
skipped out and has not yet been arrested.
The Freak of n Mad Dog.
From the Columbus, Ge., Hun.
A gentleman who reached the city from
Talbot county last night, bring* the particu
lars of a terrible fight with what is presumed
to have been a msd dog. Mr. Jeff Crawford,
one of the representative farmers of Talbot
county, Uvea near Bougbcdgc. About eleven
o'clock last Friday night a dog gained an en??
trance to his residence and made an attack
upon the inmates. Mr. Craw
ford and bis grown daughter, Mias
Mary, were both severely bitten. Mr. Craw-
ford r s sen, Jeff, carne to tbe rescue and had
nothing but bis knife with which to defend
himself against the dog, and with this ho
finally succeeded in stabbing the dog to death.
He was eo unfortunate, however, as to get his
hand badly cut in the light. Yesterday morn
ing the persons bitten were getting along very
well with the exception of the great anxiety
experienced. Mr. Crawford ana his dsughtor
will go to Hamilton to pro
cure a mad stone from Dr.
Mitchell, and will then goat once to Atlanta,
where they will put themselves under medi
cal treatment. It is fiot positively known that
the dog had hydrophobia, but his actions wero
such as to excite grave fears, and Mr. Craw
ford desires to take no chances that treatment
will prevent.
At the Mabdi???a Camp.
Cairo, October 18.???An Arab from the
mshdi???sramp has arrived at Dongola. He
reports that there is mwch sickness among the
msbdl forces, and that tbe defection of the
tribss at tho mabdi???s rear still continues.
Washington, October 13.???There is believed
to be good authority for the statement that the
government of the United States has not been
asked to modiato in tho Franco-Chinese affair
by cither of the dieputants, and that therefore
it has not conditionally or otherwise ???reftwed???
io do so, as stated in tho Paris dispatch of to
day.
Washington, October 14.???Tho president
to-day appointed First Assistant Postmaster
General Frank Hatton postmaster gonoral.
Mr. Hatton was summoned to the white houso
about 3:15 p.m., aud was notified of his ap
pointment by the president. Proceeding to
tbo postoffico department, Mr. Hatton took
tbo oath of office, which was administered by
James Lawrensou, a venerable employe, who
liss performed tho same offico for twenty-two
postmaster generals, beginning with G. B.
wyckliff, of Kentucky, in 1841.
' The president returned to Washington to
day.
New Yokx, October 17.???The announce
ment that tho steamer, Faraday, had landed
tho shore end of tho Commercial company???s
cable at Coney Island yesterday, was a mis
take. Last night about 8 p. m. everything
was completed on tho Faroday for starting tho
rafts with tho cablo to tho shore. Two miles
of cable were coiled on tho rafts with thoshore
end on two small boats. Tho tug started to
Word's shore to wing tho boats and ralts. All
went well till about 11 o'clock, whon, within
a quarter of a milo of tho shore, when both
boats capsized, throwing tho cable, shifting
and their crews with officer Dutton,
into the ocean. Fortunately tho surf was not
high, and all tho men wero rescued with ropes
thrown from tho tug. Tho boots drifted off,
and wero lound this morning in Itockaway
inlst/ several miles away. About a quarter of
a mile of cable went overboard, n&d tho tug
grappled several hours, but failed to recover
it. Finally tho rafts woro towed book to
Faraday. During tlio night tho Faraday
changed anchorage, steaming further out.
Tho opinion is that the landing will not be
till early to-morrow.
New York. October 17.???Tlio steamer ??????San
Marcus,??? which arrived hero to-day from
Galveston, roports that on October, 10th off
tho capes of Virginia, sho was boarded by
persons from a boat from the stoamor Bio
Grande, bounfr* hence for Galveston, which
brought a young man named Franklin, who
had been taken from the sinking yacht
???Bonnel,??? on the ssmo morning, ho having
hern on tbe half sunken boat from Wednes
day, 0 p. in., at which timo tho yaolit cap
sized oft??? Barnegot, until Thursday) 7 a. m.,
when ho was takon off tho wrook,
Mobile. Ala., October 17.???Tho drouth la
now nearly cloven weoks old, and there aro no
indications of a change in tho wcathor. Tho
nights aro cool and Iho days pleasant, with
refreshing breezes, but the sky is cloudless.
Hopes of rain wero Indulged In at tho timo of
tho equinox, for tho clouds wero heavy, and
indicated rain. This phnso pasted, and tho
rain seems now as far oft' as over.
Much inconvenience and somo sufferings
exist all over tho south. Springs, wrells and
branches have completely dried un in many
districts, and long arlvos to rivers have to bo
mado to water cattle. Tho rivers themselvos
aro getting very low, and aro gradually ronnh-
iug tho point noted iu 1808, when tho Alaba
ma river could bo waded. At Montgomery,
tho cotton crop has been burnt out more than
three weoks ago, and very llttlo top cron can
bo made, and this littlo only in low lands.
The turnip crop, so much roliod upon for
stock feed, is a complete failuro. Meantime
no seed can eomo up, although farmers nro
continually resowing, in tho hopo 'that rain
may come, and glvo tho plants a start. This
Is particularly truo of the winter cabbngo crop,
of which so much is usually expected in this
immediate neighborhood. Tho dronth of this
resr is harder to endure, from tho fact that it
la a repetition of what happened loot yoar.
Fortunately tho drouth this year b?gan two
weeks later than that of Inst year, and tlio
cotton had a chance to mature. On this ac
count the drouth of 1884 cannot equal in de
structiveness that of 1883, no matter how long
it lasts.
Chattanooga, Tenn., October 17.???[Special.]
A detective named Tom Kowalt, of Indianapo
lis, arrested a man namod Hugh Austin ton
miles from this city yesterday afternoon. Ho
E iircliased tickets to Cincinnati last night, but
erore tbe train left boarded the Nashville ex
press at Bridgeport. He suddenly left tho
train snd took bis prisoner into a.mountuin
gorge, haring handcuffed and shackled him.
The deteetivo then returned to this eity. Ho
???ays tbo man embossled a large
sum of money and committed
a terrible murder to conceal Ids crimo in an
Jndiuua village In December, 1875. He re-
ftised to divulge'ilm place or persons concornod.
Tho detective has been on Austin???s traok for
months, sinee the latter returned from Cali
fornia. Austin worked In a pinning mill In
Atlanta until recently under an alias, when
he left and was captured. Zowalt refuses to
tell what he has dono with tho prisoner. There
is no jail in twenty-five miles of where he was
concealed. There Is much interest f*<t over
the strange actions of tho detective, and officers
will inrestigato to-morrow.
Birmingham, Ala., October 17.???Probata
Judge John C. Morrow, who several weeks
???go was charged by tho Daily Ago with nsg-
lect of bis duties on accountof habitual sprees,
and who subsequently entered into an agree
ment to place his resignation in the hands of a
committee of citizens u> bo forwardod to tho
governor the next timo ho was found under
the influence of liquor, has decided to resign.
He has written his resignation, to take effect
November 8, when the monthly term of the
probate court expires. -
SrRiKorizLD, Mass., October 18.???The par
ticulars of the aceident on the Boston and
Albany railroad, near Kenderhook, last night,
show that it was caused by train wreckers,
who had placed apile of rails on tha track
and carefully wedged them In position. A
man living near discovered tho obstacle before
the train approached. lie endeavored to
stop the train by tying a red handkerchief
over his lantern, but the lantern went out,
and he tried in vain to Warn tha engineer
by sbonting. The locomotive turned
completely over. The express
rar jumped over It. and the baggsgo and
smoking cars were piled on top. The sleeper
remained on the track. Engineer Davie was
found under tbe wreck terribly scalded, and
died et 8 o???clock a. m. Fireman Strlcknen???s
recovery Is doubtful. The conductor, C. 11.
Gould, had his leg injured. Bamgemeetar
George Fairbanks???s foot was badly scalded.
William If. Fairbanks, brskeman, had bis
kneepan knocked out of place. The wreck
ing train from Albany cleared the track. The
Boston and Albany officials offered $1,000 re
ward for the discovery of the miscreants who
wrecked tbotrein.
Cincinnati, October 18.???A dispatch to tbe
Commercial Gazette from Batavia says that at
6 o???clock last night, the middle span of the
bridge across the east fork ot the river, on the
Cincinnati Eastern narrow gauge railroad,
gave war aa tbo Manchester express train
wss pairing over it. The bridge Is fifty feet
???love water. Tbe engine, baggage car and
first resrh were burled into the water beneath
while the rear ear remained on tbe sound
portion of tbe bridge. Forty-five persons
on tho train at tne timo and mtuy mado
rulotis escapes, several leaping to tho
starsm below.* Two venous were kiltwd and
two badly injured. They will dfe. Six wero
seriously and a number slightly injured.
The engineer and fireman were both killed
instantly. They leave families. The ridzo
was being repaired, but was considered safe,
as ????? veral heavily loaded freight trains had
K ited over it ??? snort timo beforo the accident.
,e other passengers aboard the train were
arly all in the rear car. Had this coach
THE BUSINESS WORLD.
The Doings of the Week in Shop, Fac
tory, Store and Bank.
Cincinnati, October 13.???8. Si Davis k Co.,
private bankers, made an assignment to T. C.
Campbell. Thoir liabilities are estimated at
$00,000; assets $15,080. Among the liabilities
are a number ot trust and benevolent and se
cret society organizations.
Pittsburg, Ta., October 13.???The Standard
National company closed down Its works to
day, because tho employes refused to accept a
reduction of twcuty per cent in wages. Tho
works arc controlled by Oliver Bros., Sc Phil
lips.
Trovidexcr, B. I., October 15.???Jai. Legg
k Co., owners of tho Mapleville mills, at
BurrillviUe, makers of fancy cassimeres, havo
made on assignment to James Fifield. Tho
firm declines to make a statement for publica
tion at present. Dun???s agency estimate tho
Worcester property to be worth $160,000 to
$200,000, oud the liabilities from $400,000 to
$500,000, including mortgages mainly in Bos
ton. Other estimates from private sources aro
that the liabilities will not exceed $300,000.
The Blackstone and Traders??? banks of this
city are said to hold Rome of the firm???s papor,
but the amount is not known.
Fall River, Mass., October 10^-r-A written
agreement circulated among the mills, to
closo for ono week commencing Saturday
night, has been signed by thirty-one mills,,
and will stop over one million spindles of tho
total of 1,400,000 employed on print goods.
It will throw 11,000 persons out of work for a
week, and the prospect is that unless tho
market improves tho shut do wn will conti&uo
indefinitely. The shut down includos every
cotton goods mill in tho city except those
making fancy goods and a few largo print
cloth mills controlled by a combination of
capitalists, which can tfibrd to run during
the dull times. The loss in wages by tho
???oppsgo of these mills will bo $75,000
cckly.
ToboSto, October 10.???Business men hero
fay tho failuro of James Campbell k Sons
will havo a disastrous effect upon icoroe of
book stores here and throughout the country.
It is probablo that tho large publishing houso
aud largo book store hero will collapse.
It appears that the estate of Barber Bros.,
woolen manufacturers of Streotsvillc, show
nominal aatets of$200,000, with liabilities of
$165,000. When tho assets are placed at their
selling value, howover that may be, it is ex
pected thero will bo a deficit of some thousand*.
They made an assignment this afternoon to E.
B. Clarkson. They have beon trying, uniuc-
cesstally, to form a joint stock company, henco
their assignment.
Chicago, October 10.???Tho houso of Davis,
Atkinson k Co., which closed yesterday, is tho
Chicago branch of John T. Davis k Oo.???a
porkbotiso of Liverpool. It ie now stated that
tlio failuro is due to tho defalcation by
John A. Atkinson, aged 24, who has been
managing tho burlneessmco liisfathor???s death.
Young Atkinson is said to htvo lost money in
speculation. The amount of tho deialcation???
is variously stated at from $1,000,000 to
$2,000,000.
New Yore, October 17.???Tho business
failures throughout tho country occurring
during tho last week, reported to Dun Sc Co.,
number for tbo United fitates and territories
102, and lor Canada 20, total 218, against 220
list week. The failures nro numerous in
tho Ptciilo states, but rath
ego in other sections.
r balance the aver-
ATHOJAN HOrtSK.
have been appalling. Th
jurid were stcliou bands.
That Is What tlio Teni|iornnco Peoplo Gall
tlio St. John Tlekot In Georgia.
In yesterday???s Constitution appeared a list
of the electoral ticket which has boon put out
in Georgia to support St. John for president.
In order to oReortain how far this action is tho
voice of tho tcmperanco peoplo ol Georgia n
Co ski it i i ion mini cull*'.I Ml Mr. W. Whid-
l??y, m crctury <??1 lh?? lo orgiu imo-
riation and grand worthy associate of the grand
lodgo of f-'onH of 'IVtiij.i'rmico. When min'd
what ho thought of tho St. John doctoral tick
et in Georgia, ho said: ???It will amount to very
littlo. It Ta not a tcmperanco movement???that
is it docs not ropresont tho eontimont of tho
tcmperanco peoplo of Georgia. Tho ticicot will
lie repudiated hy tho iollmving nrg??:ii/. li"in
which contain nearly all tho tcmperanco ad
vocates in tho stata, vis: Tho Good Templars,
tho Sons of Temperance, tho Georgia Toniper-
anre association.???
???How coma the tioket to bo put out thon????
???It is really nothing moro than tho indi
vidual action of four men. Thoy aro
Messrs. H. M. Sessions, J. F.
Hobbs, J. A. LaFontaino, and Dr. J. O.
l???crkins. The tompcranco peoplo of tbo stato
bid a convention, aa you know, hero last Au
gust to consider tho advisability ol nomiimtine
an electoral tioket. It was decided that it
would do no good, but would injure tho causo
which is now advancing steadily in Gcor-*
J ;ia. In that convention theso
our men lavored an oloctoral
tioket. But tho counsel of all tho acknowl
edged temperance leaders In tho stata nnd tho
sense of the convention was decidedly Against
B. Mr. Sessions, in advocating an oh- toral
ticket, said that It would lead to a split in tho
solid south. Of course ho thinks that very
desirable, as he Is a staunch republican. Mr.
Hobbs said ho had votod with ono party on
often ns with the other. Ia viow of tneso
declarations from two of tho men who
hnvo mado up this ticket I bclievo
It^is a ??????Trojan horsa??? to injure tho fiemocratio
party in tho stata and 07entually in tho south,
or to try to get tbe balance ot power between
the two great parties. You win sco that list
of electors printed on fit. John tickets, oa
Blkino tickets, and on Ibitler tickets. Tho
sentiment of our teiiqieranco peoplo is against
it, and they will not support il to any extent
worth noticing. We are doing a great work in
Georgia, one that ie too precious to peril by
any folly or any such design
ing scheme as this so-called electoral
. One of the largest wholesalo whisky
tin the state said to a friend of rnino
the other dey, ???If your folks continue thoir
work in tho industrious and judicious way
they have conducted It for*five year* past,
there will not bo m bar-room in Georgia fivo
years from to-day.??? The men who are busy
ing themselves getting oat electoral tickets aro
not the men who are bringing about tbo real
isation of that prophecy.
Mr. J. O. Thrower said :"???Thls Is not a tem
perance movement. It Is not countenanced
Ly any of the temperance organizations of the
State. An effort waa made in our state con
vention ta get out an electoral ticket, but tho
committee to whom the matter won referred
reported against it by a vote of four to one.
You will see that nouo of tho most
prominent temperance worker* in tho
stata are on that ticket. Eut there aro sev
eral men on it who I believe will have thoir
names taken off. The whole thing Is wrong.
We don???t want to mix this great movement
with politics. There is especially no reason
for doing so in Georgia. A prominent repub
lican approached mo some timo ago and
asked mo why we didn???t tat* with
bis party against tbo democrats.
I said ???W# have nothing to do with polities,
And betides we havo gotten everything wo
could ask from tbe party in power In Georgia.
They given* all tbe people are willing for us
to have. We are trying to push a steady and
healthy reform, and wo don???t want to lrup*do
It by rash and foolish experiment!. In our
convention, Mr. Sessions, ono of tho
four men who put out this ticket and an
avowed republican, proclaimed that his object
iu advocating en electoral ticket was to dis
rupt tbe solid sontb. Bo you see one elenvmt
.ibnt is backing this ticket. Wbtl tho authors
of it can hope to accomplish I cannot imagine.
Ail that 1 ccc possible for thttQ U * littlo
rhesp lictoritty. Aa for the organta"* *
| f ranco people of Ger,
Lotbiug to do with this c
they will havo
Sophisticated
I tem the 111UadeIpbla Record.!
Dramatis ptnoBse: Littlo boy ot eight, liuteatrl
ot tlx.
He???Lend me yenr skipping rope.
Fhe-Y*??, If you'll t ive me s bite ot yoar candy.
He???I will alUrwspt.
She???So, fine, tab, you men an all the an me; I
know you.