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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY OCTOBER i'8 1884. TWELVE PAGES.
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. DURING THE WEEK.
An Infernal Machine Discovered In France
.???Beal Estate In Atlanta???Wages Re
duced In the Oldham Mills???The
Cholera in Italy, Etc.
* Tuesday, October 12.???The army will
be reduced to three thousand men. A'fe ,r ica has
accepted the invitation to take part in th^ongo
* conference. It is expected that the dlfficultyuif^
Jtbe Boers will be settled without recourse to hit 0 ??-
The Grand hotel at Lanterbrunner, Switzen,^*
9 was burned yesterday. Tne damages are ph T &
* at $1,000,000. The German theater and seventy?
f abopa were destroyed in Moscow. Tile damaf
estimated at 8,600,000 roubles, W. H. Close, -oi$.
: j goods, Louisville, ha* assigned, with liabilities
covered by assets oi $20,000. CholeraiVdecreaslng
everywhere in Italy, except at 8ai*t??a. H. B. Scott
<&Co., manufacturers of barbed wire, of Pittsburg,
l have notified their 800 hands that their wages
Will be reduced ten per cent. Commissary General
MscPhely has submitted to the secretary oi war his
annual report for the fiscal year, ending June 30,
1884. Reports reach Cairo to the effect that por
tions of Colonel Stewart???s wearing apparel have
been found on the site of the reported massaere.
Several warehouses and the German theater,
Situated in tho center of Moscow, are ou fire. It is
likely that the flames will spread to the surround-
> fug buildings.
Ik the City???Alt the medical colleges In Atlan
ta are well attended. Friends of the Kenucsaw
Brfles are enthusiastic over the success of that or
ganization, Interesting religious services are held
every night at Trinity Home mission In James
town; these meetings have continued several
weeks.
Wednesday, October 22.???During the past 21
hours there* were 22 fresh cases of cholera in
??? Naples and ten deaths. Three hundred and seven
ty-eight Canadian boatmen have arrived at Asso
nant. During the past twenty-four hours there
were ninety-six frcshcases of cholera in Italy and
forty-five deaths. Mr. E. M-. Grant, vice consul
general of the United States to Belgrade, died
yesterday of apoplexy. The late duke of Bruns
wick appointed Crown Prince Frederick William
heir to the silver artistic objects at Oels. Tho lord
mayor of Dublin and ethers have subscribed ??l",500
for the benefit of the late Mr. A. M. Sullivan???s fam
ily. Tho treaty of commerce between Spain and
tho United States regarding tho 8panlsh Antilles
Will be signed to morrow. The members of the cab-
,, inet at a long sitting to-day agreed to retain their
Rg * portfolios. M. Jacobs, minister of the interior,
ltt . promised to prove that in tho recent clections-the
clericals gained an increased number of seats,
j ThcJ Journal de Bruxelles, tho government or-
\ gan, In an article headed, "Liberal Infatuation,???
1 pays: "The liberals ure marching straight to rev
elation, a motley crowd, obeying ouly the dic
tates of their passions. We raiso tho cry of alarm
While there Is yet time. If wo succumb wo shall
be burled beneath the ruins ol onr country."
In toe City???The first note of tho temporary
loan ol the state has fallen due, and was paid yes
terday; it was paid $15,000. Tho grand jury of the
I United 8tatcs court was at work yesterday on tho
Camp and Mylcr postofllce case. Iu a fight between
Lew Johnion and William Morris, negroes, Mor
tis was shot in the left shoulder.
Thursday, October 2.1.???Thomas Maguire, for
tnany years an attachoof the Boston Ilcrald, died
fn that city yesterday. During tho post twenty-
four hours there were 110 fresh cases of cholera
and 21 deaths throughout Italy. Charles L. Da-
mont, proprietor of a fouudry nud machine shops,
In Cincinnati, made assignment to Charles A.
Wilson. His liabilities are $25,000, Mgr.DeRoude,
papal nuncio to France, is ol the opinion that tho
pope will, not persist in rofusfug to appolut
French cardinals at the approaching consistory.
News freta southern New Jersey, is to the effect
that tho forest fires, after having burned many
miles of fine timber, a church, and several dwel
ling houses are now dn the wane. Tho Womeu???s
Christian temperance uulon met in St. Louis yes
terday morning. Miss F. E. Willard, of Illinois,
president of the union, delivered tho annual ad
dress. Captain General Castillo, of Cuba, ha* re
signed, because the government dismissed his
secretary, Arredondo. Senor Fajardo, at present
governor of Forto Rico, has been appointed gov
cmor-gcncral. W. P. Rend, of Chicago, addressed
2.000 striking miners at earning, Ohio, yesterday.
Ho explained that the advance rate. demanded
could not be paid. Tho miners decided to go to
work to-day.
Inth* CiTY-Governor McDaniel is busy at work
on Ills message to the. legislature. Real estate
agents report a better demand for houses than for
sometime past. It is a fact worth mentioning
that since the close of tho war Atlanta has never
failed to receive more cotton each year than was
received during the previous year.
Friday, October 21.???An infernal raachlno to
Which was attached a partially burnt fuse, has
been discovered at the door of the magnificent
chapel at Monceau Lcs Mines, France, attempts in
* Which ?? similar machine was used were recently
made to destroy the home of sn official of Etienne
Win. Upon the reduction of the Egyptlau army to
50.000 men, all but ten of tbo British officers will
Xffiign. Sir Thomas Brasscy* one of the junior
lords of tho admiralty, will succeed Mr. W. II.
Campbell Bauncrman as secretary to tbo admi
ralty, The.democratic state convention ol Ar
kansas, nominated 8. R. Cockrell, Jr., of Little
Bock, for chief justice of the supremo court.
In the City.???The governor will be Inaugurated
?? few days hence. Tho ceremony will occur In
two or three days after the legislature meets. At
that time State Treasurer Speer will retire and
give place to Mr. llardeman. Mr. Speer will not
leave Atlanta. lie is president of the Exposition
mills, has a handsome house here, and
considers this his permanent home. At
torney-General Anderson has stated to tho
governor that in his opinion tho right to
appoint the county treasurer to fill a va
cancy In Elbert county is vested in the ordinary.
Hr. Robert M. Heard, the treasurer, was elected to
the legislatureami resigned the treasuryshfp. The
board of commissioners of roads and revenues
appointed Mr, Wo. B. Henry. The governor on
being called on to issuo a commission
decided that there was some doubt as
to who bad authority to fill the vacancy.
The matter waa referre to the attorney general and
be decided that the authority waa vested in the
ordinary.
Patubdat, October 25.???Nine deaths from chof-
era occurred in Oran yesterday. The Canadian
deputy minister of finance says that there aye no
dominion bonds missing. The Davis-Dittmir
??? murder esse to bo tried in Petersburg, Va, hu
been postponed to January. The decision In the
Scott liquor tax law is expected from the su
preme court of Ohio next Tuesday. Eight hun
dred barrels of supplies have been sent to the
distressed fishermen on the north shore of tho Gulf
of St. Lawrence. The Baltimore and Ohift railroad
Will transport Maryland???s and West Virginia's ex
hibits free ol charge to the New Orleans exhibition.
Lieutenant-General Ferrers, minister of war iu
Italy, has resigned, and General Eicon! has been
appointed to fill the place. The United Ireland
encourages the authorities of Limerick to remain
Steadfast in their resistance to the tax to the extra
police A man named Henley, supposed to have
been bent on robbery, abot and killed a young
man nsued Scott, near Atlanta, Miss., on Mon
day night. The American missionary association
Is doing educational work among the negroes of
the foutb, the Indians of the west and the Chinese
of Ihe Pacific coast.
deed. An attemptwssmadeto destroy with dy
namite the loch gate near Coleraine, in county
Londonderry, The attempt (oiled The wages of
the cotton spinners of Oldham have been reduced
5 per cent, owing to the depression in the cotton
trade. David Cockshut, of the well knowu firm of
Lord & Cockshut, of Savannah, will celebrate his
silver wedding in grand style on Monday. The
water famine in Manchester, England, Is becoming
so serious that it threatens to make necessary the
stoppage of the mills and other industries. A. J.
C. Permcr, oi Charleston, a shorthand writer, wha
arrived in Savannah recently, died suddeuly yes
terday afternoon from congestion of the brain, at
St. Joteph's infirmary. ^
In The City.???Colonel W. C. Morrill returned
yesterday from an extended trip through the
north. About the first thing ho saw was the Kim
ball house, the walls of which will be completed
in four or five days. "I think," said Colonel Mor
rill, "that the Kimball house is the most magnifi
cent structure I have ever seen. No hotel in Now
York, or any where else that I have ever seen, com
pares with its exteriorappearauce. I tell you, it
just opened my eyes. It is grand." There is in
Atlanta a mechanic whose salary is $30 per month
$6 of which goes every month to pay a debt of
thousand dollars. Years ago the mechanic by
hood or crook stole a thousand dollars from an
Atlanta man. He disappeared and years after
was caught up with. Ho raid he was willing to
pay back the money and is doing so by degrees.
He pays no interest.
POINTS ABOUT FJBJOFX/HL
BOLD BUCCANEERS.
And BoUting tbs Colombian Colors Proceeds
Help Himself to Supplies.-An Bnellsb Vessel
Seised and Compellad to Aot aa a Convoy
???An Effort to Captura tbs Rebels.
Sunday, October 28.???The Guards building
committee, of Savannah, have had an
Interview with the New York architect,
Word A Womblefed. All arrangement* for
budding the new arsenal, and the work of de-
tnottsbing the old building will be commenced in
November. Signor Tommaso de Viva, an artist
Whose pictures are well known in America, is
Frogs??? legs sell for 35 cents a pound in New
York.
A Fifth avenue New Yorker keeps a cow in
his hack yard.
Sir Moses Moxtefiobe, tho centenarian,has
311 grandchildren.
Ore of the Rothschilds is about to write the
history of that famous family.
A preach hu sffys 7,000,000 sermons aro
preached In this country every year.
Tiif. American electric light is superior to
the French in directness and power.
A carload of salmon cost $900 at Portland,
Ore., and sells for $3,000 in Now York.
It is asserted that about a third of the
banking done iu the world is done iu tho British
empire.
Mbs. Lockwood's official organ publishes a
list of twenty-five women who wear trousers
habitually.
When tho widow of President Lincoln died
she wng receiving & pension at the rate of 85,000
per year, and had 870,000 in bank.
Thr fashionable dinner hour is a quarter to
8 o???clock p. m. The people upon whom nations
depend for progress eat their dinner at noon.
Jesse James??? mother and widow have
brought suit against a St. Louis publishing house
to recover $12,000 royalty ou the Ufa of tho despera
do.
Tnr. proposed Paris baby show has boon
abandoned. The officers refused to allow it to bo
held. One physician said it would be a "slaugh
ter-house of innocents."
Mr. II. C. Wheeler, oho oi tho vice-presi
dents of the Iowa, state agricultural society, has
0,000 acres in cultivation. He has 2,000 iu timo
thy, 200in clover, GCO in wheat and oats, 1,600 in
com, and 1,300 acres in flax.
Mr. Hammond, tho owner of tho English
.race hone St. Gatien, estimates his winnings
the turf during the present running scasou at
$750,000. He won $150,000 on tho Derby. Mr. Ham
mond commenced life os a stable boy.
Wheat sold in London on Saturday at a
lower prlco than at any time in 100 years, and in
New York at a lower figure than has been known
slnco tho civil war, with serious questioulugs
whether bed rock has even now been reached.
Life (London) says that tho queen is~now
enjoying capital health, hotter, lrjdced, than for
tome years. She has been seeing more people,
paying more visits, and transacting more business
than for many month-past she has been ablo to do.
A man has actually been sent to prison in
Nova Scotia for three months for lying in a horao
trade. Such an interference with immemorial
custom is startling to think of. If every man who
fibbed in a horse trade were thus servod new jails
would have to be built in every direction.
Adam FoREranur, tho Philadelphia show
man and millionaire, has, after twenty yean of
loneliness, joined tho great army of matrimony.
The bride is only 20, and has lived with her moth
er for tifirtecu years in one of Mr. Forepaugh'
houses. 3 lie bride is beautiful in face, and o
splendid figure. Forepaugh is Oi years old. Ho
bus no child except Adam Forepaugh, Jr.
Ferdinand Ward, who is still in Ludlow
street jail, haa no callers now but his wife. Ho
would like to look out of the street wiudow on
sunny days but that ho is afraid of seeing a re
porter. Warden Kicrunn credits him with saying
r, No matter how well and strong I felt, if I hap
pened to see a reporter it would mago mo sick:
and so I???m ouly safe looking out in tho yard,"
An old reporter writes: "When I was much
younger than I am now I was sent to ask questions
ol the late Commodore Vanderbilt, and I ro->
marked apologetically to him 'I???m afraid I am
prying too much Into ydhr private business.' 'Nev
er you mind my half of this job. young man'the
blut told veteran replied,'1 am not going to say
anything to you that I don't want to.' "
Mr. Talvaoe, preaching in his Brooklyn
pulpit about horses, declared lost Sunday Uia
none of onr horses nowadays could hold a candle
to the ancient steeds. "It is Impossible In our
ace," said he, "to get any idea of the grandeur aud
glory of the ancient horse." Mr. Beecher, com
menting, said to an Interviewer: "That's non
sense. We have conglusive proof that the ancletit
horse was a fat, podgy, big-boned,slow brute, iu no
way to compare witn his modern descent."
Two men have been fined in Scotland re
cently for fishing on Loch Lomond. One might as
well be fined for fishing on the sea; for Loch Lo
mond Is a big piece of water, so big that it is diffi
cult to believe tbut it is owned by any individual.
It does, however, to one family, that oi theColqu-
bourns at present represented by the trustees of
the late Sir James, whose sad fate by drowning In
the loch one Christmas season a few yean ago may
be remembered.
Order one of THE CONSTITUTION library
booh. Only 70 cents. See Ml ice ???elsewhere.
Weather Signs.
The Farmer???s club of the American institute
has published & set of wc&ther signs which
may be put down to figures thus:
1. When the temperature falls suddenly
there is a storm forming sou.h of you.
2. When the tomperature rises suddenly
there is a storm forming noath of you.
3. The wind alwuys blows from a region of
fair weather toward a region where a storm is
forming.
4. Cirrus clouds always move Croat a region
where a storm is in progress toward a region
of fair weather.
5. Cumulous clouds always move from e re
gion where a storm is forming.
ft. Where cirrus cloud* are moving rapidly
from the north or northeast there will be rain
inside of twenty-four hours, no matter how
cold it it.
7. When cirrus clouds are moving rapidly
from the south or southeast there will be a
cold hail storm on the morrow, and if it be in
the winter there will bo a snow storm.
8. The wind always blows in a circle sround
a storm, and when ft blows from the north tho
heaviest rain is east of you; if it blows from
the south the heaviest rain is west of you; if it
blows from the east the heaviest rain is south.
9. The wind never blows unleis-^rain or.
mow is falliug within 1,000 milts of you.
10. Whenever heavy white frost occurs, a
storm is forming within 1,000 miles north or
northwest of you.
An Insane Mother's Act.
Cincinnati, October 25.???Few* of a horrible
triple tragedy in Calhoun county. West Virginia,
reached here to-day. Mrs. Johnson, while tempo
rarily inw-ne, mixed someareenic with sugar and
gave it to her three ??tepchildreu. One refused to
cat, tut the other two partook f tftbe- fatal corn-
She was a tiner ir.-taw of ex* Postmaster Johnson,
who recently defrauded the government of $10,000
and then eloped with a woman. Ue was alter*
wards arrested at Covington, Ky.
Panama, October 25.???A revolutionary move
ment has been on foot here for several weeks, and
the leader of the enterprise, General Berry Ruis,
has been for some timo iu possessson of Tarfau
Pompano, with considerable force. Although
only four or five miles distaut from the capital
neither the state nor national government has
made any attempt in force to reduco him to sub
mission or to preserveorder in the state so long as
he committed no overt act Both rested satisfied
with negotiations, which ended with
nothing. General Ruiz, emboldened by
this action, and being desirous
of uniting his forces with other revolutionary lea
dors in Los Samos, Cocie and Vernguas, resolved
on a brilliant enterprise which is thus briefly re
lated In the Star and Herald of yesterday:
"General Ruiz, with a party of armed ass.*!mvc*,
hoarded the English steamer Mono, at 2:30 this
morning, and quietly took postesslan. The sleep
ing captain and officers were obliged to get out of
their beds. get up steam, lift anchor and head to
ward the inner bay, where tho Costa Rican steam
er Aiajuela * as at anchor. That craft was taken
Into possession by tho bold revolutionists, who
compelled Captain Lanas, ot the Morro, to take it
into tow and move it out into the bay, coming to
anchor off Pampano. opposite tho revolutionary
camp. This accomplished, the Morro waa released,
and allowed to return to her legitimate work.
THE PLANS OF THE REBELS.
The nlans of tho revolutionists are said to be
the arming sud victualing of tho Alnjnola.and her
employment in carrying troops to other depart
ments to capture the stores and munitions latoiy
dispatched by the government for tho suppression
of the troubles there, and to complete the over
throw of the present state power. The enginos of
the steamer are out of order, and repairs are in
progress. When those are effected she will proba-'
lily go to sea. General Ruiz is famous as the man
who walked the Into president, Casorln, out of his
capital and took a leading part iu tho revolution
1880. The Aiajuela remained off Pampano tho
pioyca in gening mu iimcnuiery in uruer. me
repairs were finished during the night of the 14th,
and about two o'clock the following morning the
Aiajuela presented herself alongside the coal hulk
of the Pacific steam navigation company i
Flamenco, and General Rub coolly asked for
supplv of coal. Tho officer in charge of the hulk
informed the doughty general that any attempt to
take coni would be resisted by force, whereupon
the Aiajuela was towed alongside a coal launch of
the Pacific Mall Steamship company, and the
revolutionists proceeded to help themselves to a
* ??? of that nocossary material,
me Post, superintendent of the
I the Aiajuela and protested to
jmiznanr **- 1
property,
UNDER HER NEW
Although the Aiajuela had hitherto shown no
colors the decks were crowded with armed men,
and about 10 o???clock tho Colombian colors took
place of the Costa Ricau should haro
occupied, and as a further proof.of her uew
nationality, the Columbian flag was hoisted at tho
fore. At 10:80 o???clock iu the morning tho
Aiajuela weighed anchor, and proceeded toward
Panama, but Just opposite tho barracks
of the Fourteenth batall ion of the Colombian
guard, the helm whs put bend over, and turning
on her heel she-went to sea, bo * * * ??? ???
with coni, provisions, arms mm men ou uonm.
The captured ship proceed to carry out tho
roissiou of her whilom master. Ruiz ha t prob
ably 200 armed men on board, and is said to have
left a greater number in camp at Pampano.
Meanwhile the Hate government has offered no
active opposition to the new method of conduct
log revolutions. The circumstances were tele
graphed to liagotn ou the 14th, and tho mornlug
of the 16th peremptory orders were received from
the government to recapture tho AlaJuola>t all
hazards.
THE STATE GOVERNMENT MOVING,
Tho slate government was absolutelv without
resources to-day, but Inspired by the okamploof
the revolutionists proceeded to find means for a
naval expedition??? Application was wada, to the
general superintendent of tbo Panama railroad
company for the uso of tbo tag Arreon, to carry
nn armed force to capture tho Aiajuela. This was
premptorily refused,and the tug was placed beyond
reach. The Pacific Steam Navigation company
was then appealed to for tho uso of tho Morro.
which was also denied. There wore In bay two
staunch, s * *' ???
pany, new, .???
juclft, and much largei
ed In the transit.servlc., r ???
mode lor them. Either could hnvo been meta-
roorphnted into a mere specimen iron clad in a
few hours, and an expedition In one of them
would have been reasonably safo front disaster.
Instead of making use of cither of thoso. tho gov
ernment sent r ???* ' *???**
T ji vuuw. mu K?????v*
armed force on board the Morro
to cheek the outrage of tke revolutionists tho
night before, and although there was neither cap
tain or first officer on board, put out of potut of
[???ursuit the revolution Icruiscr, tho Costa Kicar
???yageur, forced for the ^moment Iu rebel hands
. bear the Columbian Hags and to engage iu acts
of violence.
THE RETURN OP THE MORRO.
The Morro returned last night,
and various ^ reports are glvon of
tbo expedition.' The quartermaster was tho
navigator, and the second cngluocr in the nbscnco
oi his chief, who d.screctly went ashore when he
raw the steamer was in^posscslon of another armed
force,attended to the engines. The Mono, with
about 150 Colombin gua ds on board, with two
gatllng guns, under command of General Urneta,
soon overhauled tho Alajncla. Three distinct
combats are reported, and it is said ono of these
lasted at least twenty minute*.
During one of these the quartermaster iu
charge of the Morro abandoned bis place at tbo
wheel. The steamer stooped tor some cause or
other, and the jieople on board tho Aiajuela tried
tactics with which they evidently had but little
experience. They rammed the Morro, but at such
Indifferent speed that only tho upper works, the
wooden rail, etc., of tho inttor were Injured. At
the termination of the third combat the Aiajuela
proceeded on her mission, and the Morro returned
to Panama.
CLAIMINO A VICTORY.
The people of the latter craft claim a victory
because they fired about 80,000 cartridge* to 1,000
fired by tke people on tho revolutionary ship.
Three persons on the Morro were wounded, but
tbo casualties on the other vcsiel are unknown.
Naturally these circumstance* have occasioned
much excitement in the foreign community, and
tho fact is very apparent that the rights of property
are \d is regarded. Individuals are treated m the
puppets of party, and a foreign flag has no slgnlfl-
ranee worthy of mention. The airisfullof protests
and declarations and claims, but the impotent
government sud the bold revolutionists pursue
their way without .respect to persons or nations.
An English vessel has been twice taken by force,
sud sn American company has Ucn robbed of
cool. Here is a jumble of claims which some
jurist will be called ujton to settle somo day.
Deaths In Montgomery,
Montgomery, Ala., October25.???[Special.]???Mrs.
Joel White, about 70 years old, and for the last 50
yean a highly esteemed resident of Montgomery,
where her aged'and respected husband resides,
died to-day after a short sickness. Captain A. D.
Wright, a prominent and well to do planter in
this county, died suddenly last night of a conges
tive chili.
Tha Detroit Begistratton*
Detroit, Mirb., October 25.???The registration In
this city was finished to-night. Tho total number
registered is 31,1W, against 24,475 In IS80???a gain ef
6,710.
Philadelphians Decline.
Philadelphia, October 25.--ConsIderab!Q com*
nation wss caused in local political circles hero
this evening by the declination of Messrs. Bones
and Is< monger to arccpt tho nominations tender
ed them yesterdfy by the democratic convention
as candidates tor city comptroller and recorder ot
deeds, respectively.
Before the Alahama'Commlssion,
Montgomery, Ala., October25.???[Special.)??? 1 The
railroad commission heard the complaint ot J. if,
Clirhy Si Co., cotton buyers, against the Central
Railroad company of Georgia, who refused, as al
leged by the complainant, to issue bills of lading
for cotton on compress receipts, an the company
formerly did. No decision yet.
A Houma Killed.
Chattanooga, Tcnn., October 25.???{Special.J???
Dsnicl Craft, fn attempting to cross the Cincin
nati Southern track at Dayton to night, was run
over and instantly killed. Craft lived in Rome.
Dnrlal of the Duke.
Brunswick, October 25.???The Duke of Bruns
wick waa burled at the cathedral to-day. The
streets were thronged with people, atkd the em
blems of mourn lug w erg universal*
FROM GRAVE TO OAY.
In November*
W. P. Foster, In The Century.
From my hill-circled home, this evd, l aC ard
The tempest singing on tho windy height -
Tho first wild stoim of winter in its flight
Seaward???as though some mighty Arctic bird
Had left its snowy nest, and ou the fined,
Steep mountain summit paused one boisterous
To fill the valleys with its fierce delight.
Ab me, I thought, how every pine is stirred,
Till all its deep storm-music is unbound;
How every waving bough gives forth Us roar.
And the lira shout as though some harper hoar
Laid bis great baud upon the hills around,
And drew a loud hymn forth, a volco to sound
Far, far away, beyond the world???* dull shore.
The Gulf Stream Abnormally Warm.
From the New York Herald.
A comparison made in the London Meteorolog
ical t-fflee of Atlantic temperature returns from 28
ships, containing 110 recent observations, with
data for previous years, reveals the fact that dur
ing last summer the oceau In the gulf stream???
course ** ???
45 and
the Kuroptau coasts almost to tho inld-AUautte
meridian, the temperature of the ocean water
during June, 1884, was about three degrees above
the mean, and during July and A
of tliis marine truck lying nearest
was from ono to one and one-half degrees above
the mettu.
A Mining Millionaire,
Senator "Tom" Bowen has received a national
advertising aa n bonanza king. He was formerly
district judge here, and poor as a church mouso.
Suddenly a piece of mining property iu tho SAn
Juan country, called the Littlo Ida, was reported
to have struck it wonderfully rich. Pieces of ore
were brought hero and made old miners??? eyes
stick out. It was decomposed quartz and resem
bled a fine-grained sponge. Imagine that this had
been saturated with pure gold, all tho interstices
and pores filled up, and consequently turned to
Btone. Then you hnvo it.
Bowen had -stocked tho mino for development
purposes, but owned a controlling iutcrest. ???
BLAZES IN GEORGIA.
got some ready moucy aud "worked" the newspa
pers by one of the most ingenious systems of self
advertising extant. He always hud some extraor-
around him. He spoko of millions and millions
offered for his mine with a careless flippancy tlmt
petrified all listeners. One of his yarns was that
visitors to tee property had carried off $100,000
worth of ore ns specimens. Backed
aa these stories were tangible proof in tho shape of
the wenderful mineral already described, they
were told and retold nud copied from Mnlno to
Mexico, when crdwdf. however, Hocked to tho
mine they found It carefully guarded, under tho
iwetenso that ore coaid be too readily stolen.
Bowen admits to day thnt he sold tho major por
tion of his interests for less than $70,000. "I said
18,000,000 iu the ncwBpapcra," he remarked, with
a laugh, not long ago; "I only wish I could say so
elsewhere."
Bitten by a Tarantula.
???Eleven years ago," 8ald*a representative citizen
of Arizona, "when there wasn???t any such pleasure
in traveling through tbese parts as there is now, I
comped out ono night just acrora??tho; Now Mexi
can line with a party oi] prospectors. Wo were *1
comparatively new. and wo didn???t know anything
about tarantulas. When we selected our camping
place we noticed three or four drab colored thing*,
??? ng like dice boxes with covers, lying on ???
ground, but wo puId no attention to thorn.
was chilly, and we had a blazing flro. Somo
time in (lie night Gus l???ctcrson startled us with
nn unearthy yell, and, running to him, wa found
that he was in a;death agony. Wo thought he had
jccu shot, and 1 guess ho did too. Ho didn???t
live long enough, though to get any very <'
idea oi what killed him. lie uoubtud up lit. ???
lack-knife, and then spun around like a top.
Then he would straighten out stiff for a mluute,
and we???d thins he waa dead, but pretty soon ho
would begin to writho again. Wo couldn't do
anything with him. He died in about an hour
in awful torment. Tho next day wo examined
him and found a bite of some kind ou hit left
breast. The breast was purple and awollcn.
Some one said it must have been a suako or ta
rantula.
" 'Did yon ever see a tarantula?' I naked one of
the crowd.
"One man said ho had seen ono dead on a card
once, but uonc of us had over seen ono alive. Jnst
then Conkey, one of tho party, picked up ono of
those mud-like dice boxes, with tho remark:
What the mischief aro these tilings, boys???? As ho
held it up tho cover lifted, and out crawled a
dir with fivo or six legs and two inches long,
gave n.ycU end wo all ran.??? ,
" 'That's a tarantula, sure,'said the man who
???had seen one dead. After* while wo crept back
to tho camp, nud found that wo had slept in a reg
ular neat of them."???Boston Budget.
A Perfect Female Figure,
From the Detroit Frco Frees.
Define a good figure," said Mrs. Kellogg, the
well known Dotroit sculptor. "Well, a good fig
ure is a.mrety. There arc so many girls who come
tome to pose as models and so very few who are of
the least use! Their knees aro crooked and thoir
arms beht and their waists pinched in???there is
always something wrong. Beo that head and
trunk? That is PrMcrplno. She is shrinking away
from Fluto, who is about to carry her away to the
infernal regions to be his wife. Now, do you know
that IXtook sitting! from flyo dllicrcnt moiols to
make thatone piece. Now you can imagine how
hard it is to find a really good figure. I did boo a
good figure once. She was almost perfect. You
know tho Venus do Medici is supposed to bo tho
perfection of form. Well, this girl's figure was al
most identical with hers. Had 1 wished to make a
full-sized statue 1 would not have changed her
try perfection of gr*__. .
study and every move beautiful. And do you
know that girl laced???terribly so? She compressed
her waist, I should think, reveu Inches smaller
than it naturally was. But then sho wore corsets
for only about three hours each week, she went
out so little. She wits a very attractive girl, but
not very pretty???very good figures seldom aro. I
will give you her dimensions. She was five feet
???HIPMIRIMNVPQBmilMPIBIlipVOTMHMyer
tb* hip*, nine inches from tho armpit to tho waist,
eleven Una a. half inches around tho ball oi the
arm, nine and a fourth Inches around the elbow,
sud six and a half inches around tiu wrist. You
see she tapered four and a half inches from tho
bust to the waist; that is right. Small waists and
urge hips look horrible to an artist. Thou hor
hands and feet were good and large. An artist nl j
think It was a No. 4
lingers of the hand, too.
th a curve backward at
,ve com* to mo so proud of
their hands- such tiny bauds, and yet perfect da-
iformitit*. with every fin jer warped and crooked.
"I should have wild, of eourso, that uo figure can
be good unless well rounded ar d free from atiglc*.
* muht confess,though,that a fluc,ttattieNqoe figure
Mould not look well draped In the present human.
Yes, I will live my Idea of a fine figure Iu tho
???merit fashion. Bust measure, 32 inches; vvabtj
BI^IncSesiro^Spin^fal*tM"n8??ro>*anJ
long neck. By 'neck??? 1 mean from tho collar bone
do the cbin; and recollect this, I would far rathur
sec tho waist 25 inches thsn 24. This figure shall
ibc 6 feet 4% in bight. I once saw a figure I adj
GUNNERS' CATCHES.
From the Montezuma, Ga., Record.
Me. J. T. Robinson, over the river, has been set
ting a steel tran to catch coons, and a fewvUy???ago
instead of catching a coon he caught a large grey
fox.
From the Athens, Ga., Banner.
c* good
the birds are large enough to kill.
From the Toccos, Ga., News.
Dr. J. P. New man hi
he term* * mummied ???.... KPEEPEEEPiWI
town by Mr.David Edge. It wss found in a bco tree
completely encased in honey comb. It is suppos
ed th* *qulrrel had been shot andrnnlntoaholo,
where it died. The bees afterward took possession,
** place. The
roing
it is
allowing the qnfet tenant to keep its pi ..
iquirrel sppeara to have dried up without going
tb rough the usual process ol putrefaction, ???
undoubtedly a rare curiosity.
From the Washington, Ga., Gazette.
One day last week a negro man who was at work
a field on Mr. M. M Mims???s plantation on Fish-
creek, heard bis dog barking for some time in
ump si bushes in the swamp. The man went
????? see what It was when be saw hi* dog ran op and
jump back several limes, and finally discovered
that it WM a large red fox at bay. The negro then
got some rocks and walked up very close to the fox,
when the usually timid animal Jumped at bim^lao.
Je struck him several time# with rocks, and finally
killed him, the fox not attempting to run at all.
We have never known of another kuch case where
fox at tempted-to flabt when he had a chance to
. ira. Mr. Sima saw the fox, and the facts are well
sstablisbcd. a
The Southern Exposition Closed.
Louisville, Ky., October 25.???The southern ex
position dosed to-night and was a grand tucce**
hi every respect. Forty thousand persons took
part In the doffing
The Burning of Gin Houses and Laceration
ot Limbs.
A little boy about ten years old bad hli right
arm badly lacerated in a gin on Mr. C. Patrick???s
plac$, Pooly county. Tho little darkey waa
ploying around the gta where his father was gin*
nlL'g. and by some means got iuS right hand un
der the feed box, where it t*??a caught by the
saws in.'d drawn in, completely lacerating the
hand and arm.
Early and Miller counties each add ono to tho
list of ginhous^ burnings th is week. A few days
since Mr. John Miutcr had tho misfortune to lose
hlsginhoureand five bales of cotton by fire. On???
Friday night lost Mr. J- 8. Clifton, Twilight, lost
his gin and sawmill by fire. The gin contained 20
boles of cotton, 18 of which belouged to Mr. Clif
ton himself. His loss is about $4,000.
Mr. Ben Porter, of Moutoznwa, had his gin
bouse burned Sunday evening, and lost three
bales of cotton. He docs not know how tho flro
originated.
Tho gin house at Dcodwylcr's ntt???U wat burned
one day last week; also several bales of cotton. It
was tho property of Hon. G. K. DcudwYlcr, and ho
will rebuild it at one.
There were four burnings In Lincoln week.
A poor negro on Mr. Henry Freemans pittco lost
six bales of cotton and 150 bushels of com..
Mr. G. N, Butler, near Montezuma, camd near
havir g his gin house burned, with six bale* of
cotton, last Saturday, ne was ginning and h*tJ
about fifty pounds of cotton In the lint room,
which was consumed liko powder, and tho fiamss
quickly communicated to a pllo of seed cotton in
the gin house,about six bales, binging it over. {Mr.
Butler had a tub of water convenient, and by dl;*-
ping pieces of bagging into the tub and laying
them over the i He of cotton he soon extinguished
the flames. lie thinks tho fire originated from a
match coming in contact with the gin saws. The
cotton belonged to Dr. Dykes.
On Monday morning last, unconscious of thoi
fact thnt there waa no water In tho hoilor
Hon. R. B. Mathews, of Oglethope, had a fire built
in his engine, which soon nr.eltod out several of
the flues in the snmo and otherwise damaged tho
machine. Mr. M. considers himself lucky that it
did not burst, as there was water enough in tho
stme to create sufficient steam to do so. He went
to Athens on the same day and brought down
hand from tberciiablo Athens foundry, who in
due time set the damages aright.
Mr. A. It. McDonald's workshop and tools of all
kinds was burned on the night of tho 22d in Jack-
sen county. It is supposed that the fire originated
from the furnace. Tho datuago will amount to
over $100.
On Thnndoy night last, while Mr. A. C, Sorroll
was feeding aglu near Moon???s Btation, just below
Acworth, his arm was caught in tho saws and ter
ribly lacerated before tho machinery could bo
stopped. Ho received tho best of modicai atten
tion as soon as possible, but his system failed to
react, nud at 11 o'clock Friday his arm was am
putated. Tho knlfo failed to produco tho^deslred
effect, and at 1 o???clock he died.
A giuhouso and twelvo bales of cotton wore
burned up about nlao miles west of Danlelsville.
Lois $700. No insurance.
Harvey Owens' ginhousc, In HArt county, waa
burned accidentally lost night.
William^urdett, of Hart county, loit his gin-
house by flro Inst Monday night. Mr. Burdett lost
about $130 worth of cotton.
MATTERS OF PERSONAL NOTE.
Gcorgo II. Leather, ol Oglethor{>e county, has
held the office of clerk of the conrt for forty tiro
yean, and la good for several years to come.
Sheriff Anderson, of Newlon county, lias served
fl. fas., forty years. He will swing off Homer
Perry in lively style on the 7th of Novomber.
ltev. Jasper Key,of Williamson county, Texas, an
old Georgian, Is visiting relatives and friends In
Jackson county. Uo preached one of his good old
Texas sermons at the Baptist church In Jackson
Sunday night.
A writer in tho Piedmont Press asks:
At a meeting at Mouth Bend church in this
ring at the river tboy wont down into the
water and knelt down on their knees in the water.
Thu minister took up a pitcher of watir aud pour
ed it ou their heads and the three cane straight
way up out of tho water. Please tell ui by what
mode of baptism Is this?
Mays tho Waycrou Reporter:
There is a growiug disposition among tho negroes
to leave thefarus and more to the towns, villages
aud railroads. They, as a class, can subsist on a
tUofo .
can eke
them do
in the towns. Yet they seem to prefer any sort of
mu <xlstciico to labor. This growing dl.-qxxltlon
upon their part increases the conxuujption, while
it Icmcus the products of theicountry. Just how to
re medy and equalize this absence from tho spheres
that God and nature has fitted them for, is a ques
tion to be solved iu tbo luture.
J.nOrange Reporter: Rov. Alox Swanson, a col
ored Baptist minister of this city, who had the eon*
ildenco ot tho whites and was entirely worthy of
it, oied on Maturday morning last aud was inter
red in the afternoon of tho same (lay. At his re
quest, tho writer visited him during his lllncu,
and also officiated at the grave, Rov. A. It. Calla
way taking part. The deceased was a man of un
usual attainments for one of his race. Uo wrote
with correctness and waa well versed In theology.
Conservative in his views and freo from prejudice
against the whites, ho had many friends among
them who regret his death. lie died in peace.
*uM??lncri by thegraco which had boen his support
for many years.
SHORT NEWS NOTES.
Thr New York cremation Airoace will be
ready January first.
IUthkix fur and ratakin slippers are a lato
London freak. Only the skin about tho hauucho
is used, the remainder being too thin. Four r*t4
are required for a slipper, and alxty for a neck
piece.
In three year* the prlco of coal fn Wiunepog
has been reduced from $24 to $7 50 per ton, and all
account of tho development of the Baskatcbo-
... n coal fields, by the extension of the Canada
Pacific railway.
Tiir new German mode of troatiug pneu
monia, consisting of six grains of iodide of potas*
4turn every two hdurs, aud the application of an
ice bag over tho seat of the lesion, Is jiist now one
of tho leading topics in the leading medical cir
cles of New York.
It is now held by some that the gulf stream
docs not enter the Gull ot Mexico at all, bat is an
equatorial current coming from the African coast
through tbo Caribbean sen. fitriklng the coast of
Yucatan it is deflected to (1*0 northeast aud passes
out iuto the Atlantic through the straits of Yuca
tan and Florida.
Thr wild duck is probably tbo most de
structive of all the enemies of the trout, for it
confines itself entirely to feeding on their spawn.
Always agiutton, when a duck finds the spawning
beds of trout in tho small streams that feed the
main water, it will soon devour thousands of cgg??
and shovel the entire contents of tho breeding
places iuto its stomach It not molested, ??no flock
of wild ducks can easily destroy the entire breed
ing prospects ot any trout stream in a abort time.
Mb. Powers, tho London Times correspon
dent In Khartoum with Gordon Pasha, writes
*One Arab horseman is enough to pat 200 of the
bulk of our men to flight. T^re day Baatl Bey was
killed eight men With spewn charged 200 of opr
men armed with Remingt'ms. The soldiers fled
, leaving Boat! and his Vakcei to be killed,
block cfllcer cut dow*n three of the Arabs, and
the other five chased or ,r men. A horseman com
ing up rode through Foe flying mass, cutting down
seven. With such men a* tn??e we can do noth
ing. The negroes ??? rv tho ouly men we can depend
upon."
Fir* in Mnnrlieater, N. II.
MAKaniffEE, N. II., October25.???The most disas
trous fire ths t has occurred In this city for years
broke out ??? 12:45 this morning in the flouring mil*
ot Cbas,Mill A Co. Fbo building was entirety
gutted. 'The roof and the third stffry are gone,and
the machinery is destroyed. The lose exceeds $25,-
000. ,
Covered by Insurance.
Breton Harbor, Mich, October 25,-Tbe propel
ler Cfty of fit. Joseph took fire at her dock at a
doth. Her uppcrjwork* burned away, and tho
frets still in her hold. The loss cannot be esti-
maud at pre*cnt,bot fc believed to be covered by
insurance.
POLITICAL NOTEb.
Only five statos now have annual sessions of
of their legislature.
Mr. McDonald; ef Indiana, is working liko
a horse for the success of tho democratic ticket.
Thr Philadelphia Times thinks Mr. Cleve
land will carry New Jersey by from 6,000 to 10,-
000.
Thr Rev. Dr. G. L. Walker, of Hartford, if
the latest Connecticut clergyman to declare against
Blaine.
Tni voting strength of independents of tho
stato of Kcw York Is computed at 85,000 and still
growing.
Wn. H. Crawford, secretary of the treasury
in 1820, was tho first official to appoint femalo
clerks in Washington His elerk was his daughter.
Thr salary of the postmaster of Savannah is
$3,2C0, and his commifsion expires during tho
ncxucsaiouoi congress, together with about 180
more.
Clarence W. Bowp.n, son of the editor of tho
New Yoik Independent,and a man of much broad
er and better ideas than bis father, is on the stump
lor Cleveland.
Or the two hundred Methodist clergymen
of the western New York conference, one hundred
and thirty-seven have signed a 8t. John and
Daniel manifesto.
Judge Matthew Halr, one of the promi
nent and popular citizens and republicans of Al
bany, has declared againrt Blatno and given Cleve-
1* rid an Indorsement that will be worth many
vo/es to him.
Governor St. John shows that ho under
stands strategy, too. By concentrating his strength .
In New York he expects to contribute to tho da-
feat of ths'knight of the whito feather by polling
50,060 votes' tor prohibition.
S. Li M- Barlow, of Now York, writoa to
John G. Priest, ot Bt. Louis: "On the national
ticket there will ho perfect unanimity In New York
city, and we wlllft iyo Cleveland a majority of 40,-
000 at thp lowest ca lculation."
The Passaic (N. J>) Daily Times lias hauled
down the Blaine and T.egan ticket from thp head
of its columns and has (Y??rao out solidly for Cleve
land and Hendricks. The Times la edited by Mr
J. F. Morris, and has hitherto bceu a staunch re
publican paper.
Senator Fair,of Nevada,was in Washington
on Thursday. lie has just returned from Europe,
and leaves to-night for bis home, where ho will
probably take part in the campaign. He says ho
has uot been ablo to learn anything about homo
politics since his return.
FiTcnRuao, Mass., is ope of tho places which
tho Blaino politicians have confidently asser
ted were entirely free from bolters of tho
Blaine ticket, and they were accordingly much
surprised at the publication Saturday of a call
signed by fifty-one cltizoua of that city, for au
aiiti-Blaluo meeting.
Tiir ltev. James Freeman Clarke???s manly
reply to tho seven Buffalo clergymen, concerning
the exploded charges against Governor Cleveland,
In which he clearly shows that not a word of
proof of the accusations has beet produced after
all thovaporiugs of the accusers, has Inula saluta
ry effect iu {hutting up tho mud mills.
Ex-Mayor Charles Sirdlrr, of Jersoy City,
has, though a life-long republican, deserted Blaine
aud declared for Cleveland. Mr. filedler was In
duced to embark in the Hocking Valley enterprise
upon representation that James G. Blaine, Jay
Gould, \V. Walter 1???hoips. and others of large
means and lnflucneo were interested in the un
dertaking.
This is a pretty rough-and-tumble campaign
for the candidates. Cleveland has been ossaa! tod
by a crank, Hendricks has been dumped Into a
ditch by a railroad adddent. Blaino has met soma
crowds more enthusiastic than respectful. Logan
has been "mused," and narrowly neaped the mal-
Ico of a train wrecker, and Butler has been hooted
and rotton egged. Dignity seems to bo at a dis
count.
Connecticut voted for Mr. Tildon In -1876, *
The most intelligent opinion Is that it will voto
for Governor Cleveland lit November. Governor
Waller, democratic candidate for re-olsottoa, Is
tho most jHii.ulnr man in the state. He Is one of
the most enthusiastic Cleveland and Hendrick*
men in the union. Ho Is making a splendid
c sinpsign for democratic success. Tho Independ
ent republican movemeut In the state is strong
and well defined. Thoso aro reasons why demo
crats claim Connecticut.
Tiir chairman of the Ohio democratic com
mittee writes here that tho prohibition vote In
that atAte In November will bo threo or four times
larger than on the 14th Init. If this calculation
tlmll turn out to bo correct ltcortalnly put* Ohio
in tho Hat of doubtful atates. A letter from 8ena-
iti haa been received by tbo committed
Mr. Gorman congratulates them on thoir
good work and saya tho national committee had
~ ??expectation of carrying Ohio.
Some ncuto observers deelare that Clovolsnd
will como down to Harlem river in Now York
with more votes than Blaiue. In case ho could
do that his majority In tho staio would bo merely
a matter of tens of thousand*. Garfield esmo
down to tbo cities with 79,000 majority. If Blaino
cannot come down with 60,000 ho cauflot carry
New York. King* county gave Hancock only 10,-
100 d njorlty, while Cleveland is expected to get
20X00 there on account of tho Independent vots,
which is large In Brooklyn. A prominent demo
crat of Now vork haa mado several wagers that
Cleveland will como down to Now York with a
maloity, though In these bet* the money odds aro
in bis favor.
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE,
Mr. Blainb is six years older than Governor
Cleveland, hut not so haidsorae.
Bone Now York ladies biro their diamonds
for one consecutive evening only.
C. P. Huntington thinks that business Is
getting on s solid basis, and the outlook is moro
favorable.
Henry George onght to come to Atlanta.
The soil is public property Jiero. It is blown In
to everybody's eyre ail over town.
Qrv.jDr. Hamilton, a Boston divine, saya
tbo most dangerous and seductive weapon a
young man can carry is a latch key. How does ho
know?
Judge E. K. Wilson, of Maryland, intends
to send in his resignation as Judge after tho No
vember term of court In Dorchester, or "Dorset,'*
as the folks down there say. Mr. Wilson will suc
ceed Mr. Uroome in the United States senate.
PuxbC win, ex-Unitod Htatcs senator and
now a man of venerable appearance, is In Woih-
ington. It Is said that bo Is tho agent ef M. Do
Lesseps and that bis business at the capital is to
keep an eye on persons who seek government aid -
foi the Nicaraguan canal.
Thn death of Worm ley,of Washington, Is
reviving recollections of some of the big bill* foe
dinners In his restaurant???thn*, only last winter.
Justice Grey and nineteen toore were entertained
by Mr. Hoar in that house at 9100 a plate, includ
ing wines, and $500 extra for flowers.
Poor Tennyson la having gU sorts of troublo
with bis peerage. At the outset be lost his robes
when be went to qualify In tho house of lord*,and
now he bos lost bis registration as a resident vo
ter at Parringford. Freshwater* because be has bo-
come a boron with titular residence somewhere
else.
Mas. Mary Blackman Morris, sister ol tho
Kentucky Blickborns, and a noted woman, has '
just died at Louisville. Her husband was a prom
inent lawyer and Judge at Chicago,
rl?? used frequently to aid southern pri*oner* to
escire from Camp Dougins. Hince the war she has
bcuTpoailntot iu climriwWe work wait the citiu-
IlibBrnt ol Bund., ??clioo!?? in tho peaUeutluy of
Kentucky.
Hi.it B.ton, president of tho .ooiotj for
mepuTintlmioferutity to.nlmnli, my.hoi.ee
aln.yihccn ", warm per??ori??! friend aud .i.niror
of m h tt-dton," .hot. will Ie??re* betwoen
OCO ??n<l*ao,????to hli locuty, ???ml thtt ho doo.
not .nttclpwo ,ny cil.nuto oto. th. wlU.
Wclum'i mother to th* only helr??t-l??*. Mr.
Kerch wy?? tbnfthto totb.tomejtiurn w. Ura
ever received, ,lthiiu,h*f??r hinrugat will
coon come to us from another wiiL"
Thru are two boys???Field by name???liv
ing it Lyiander, N. Y., who have some remarks*
ble fact* connected with their history. One of
them will bs> voter on tbs 4th of next November,
and will cast bt* first vote. Thsseeond youth ta
' r father 1 , tocUm.