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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION" ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY NOVEMBER 11 1884. TWELVE PAGES. . GEORGIA NEWS. JNEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE STATE BRIEFLY CHRONICLED. 'X Tetofrspb Line From Rabun Qap Jsnotlon to Tab lulab Valla???tec Cou*?? b o??hmt 'he Sta:??- Jug Severn Affaire???Ola House Fires- Faith tu>c-Otcr Points. Baikbbipce Gtt.,Novrtutiers.???[Special.]???A rat- tloxxiake four fret lung. elgl.teen rattles and but toni was killed near here Friday by two young Xncn, Jc&oSubcra mid Genrgo Bruce, while hunt' log. Nr.wNAN, Oa, November 3-[Special.]-The Ncwnan oil mill is at work and cotton seed are Bonringin from the country. Collections hare t*en good with our nn-r<-h??nts and they are * much better spirit* tb tn three weeks since. Avgusta, Cm., November 3.???[3epclal.]???Presi dent George T. Ja'-kKon???h defalcation from Enter* prise factory turns out ful y one hundred and fifty thousand dollar.* The ??? lib-ini report of the lares* tigating com mitt.-v mil t??,* giveu the stockholders At the meeting mil. d for thoMh of Norcmber. Tallulah, November 8.???(Bpecial.]???Arrange ment shave bet?? ptrfetprt toe*tablUh a telegrphie line between Pm)>u??G??p Junction and Tallulah Tails. ColonerV* U"g has th** contract for getting the poles for th* not them terminus of the line And commerces'he *nrk to-day. Mombor, Novenda r 3.???[Special.]???Friday night Hr. Thomas Herring and two other men were gal loping their bom* In the public road aiz miles He was a young man of floe habits and leares Wife and strerui unal). hlldren. KoMff. Oa., Noremher 3.???[ ; pcclal.]???Bishop Beckwith preach, d at the Ep *copalchurch yester* day a powerful M*rm??iito young men. The church tras crowded to it* utn oft rapacity, and the do- S iuent btohnp told h'scongr.gotlon. spell bound or more than an hour In the erenlnz he con firmed a claw ol fourteen and delivered another Atrongiennon. The criminal dockt-t of Lumpkin county was disposed of as follows: Thomas Thorn, assault Frith intent to murder; verdict of guilty of stab- fling; sentenced to ??-ba*n gang for twelve months. Anderson Hulln. a??auD and battery; verdict of guilty, sentenced to chain gang for twolvo months. Allen Pattereoti a lid Cyrus Lee, larceny from the horifc, plea of giiDli; M-ntenoed to the chain gang for twelve moot ha. Anthony Talbot, misde meanor, verdict of guilty; sentenced tothncliafu gang for twelve montn-. Win. Reed, aimplo lar- . ceny, verdict of not guilty. Messrs. Daniel Davis and Miller Davis of Clay Creek, and Mr. Newt. Davis of Anrarla, arrived at J their respective homes in Lumpkin oouuty, on Tuesday evening of this week, from the Cour d'Alecne mines, Idaho. In a speech last w-tek Colonel Weir Boyd, n rep resentative elect from Lumpkin, expressed his convictions In fuvor of tin* eon limit nee of the rail road commission, in opposition to the renewal of* \ the oonvlct leas.-, ind in f-*v??*r of it general ???local Option" law???that is allowing a majority of the Toterslnany district to control the liquor trafllc In their own totality. Atuxrs, Ua, November 3.???[SpeciaL]???The establishment of n* experimental station at the Beck college, In this city, is met ting with a great r , deal of encouragement B.??n??tor James M. Smith VlU further the movement in trio legislature. ACWOKTH, Oa, November A???(Special.]???A very Had accident cceu- ted here this morning. Toledo, the one year old child of Mr. M. M. Phillips, Fitting in her little chair near the fire, and while lier mother was in another room of tho house, 4 the Child fell with b. r bend In the fire. 8ho was ' ffrery dancerou*ly luirued on tho head, face and Maud. Tne flesh Is hurnrd from her cheek and Mead and tho nails bunted from tho fingers of her left hand. It Is a terrible stroke to her devoted parents. Juo Tavern, Oa., November 5. ??? [Special.]??? Clowe's show, advcitfsMl to he tho biggest thing on wheels, had a quia trip through Walton until they struck the ???lien diuUbV??? district crowd at Jug Tavern. Moi.?????a\ night, alter the allow was over, a crowd attacked Uu> shim with rooks and sticks. Tho Showmen returned the attack with pistols. Fifty shois wore fired- Two of the show aneu were shot rim fatt??*r then took to their Meets, and left the home crowd In powoulon of their property. Tr-?? canvA*s. baggago and wagons were badly demolished. No Arrests as yet. Caitf-rsvillc Anerie.ii: The time honored cos tom of sending the ciltor a slight token of tho ffreddlng fesst Is hImmu t* b* revived. Of this wo are truly glad. Bit ** you, It gives Inspiration to our pencil to writ*- from n-tilud a basketful of tho fragments of a wedding feast. Mrs. Butler, who Uvrd not far from tho lino of Bchlty, in Harlan county. Joined the Primitive Baptist church last )wr and was baptised, died last Friday at the Mge of one hundred and sixteen years andwashurlMl *t Good hope church Satnr* day. She was proiiahly the oldest woman at hor death In that section. Irwlnton Appeal: a little child about ten yenre Old escaped uiirAi-oi.M??si> a borriblodoAth at the Oconee bridge lu*t Friday night. It fell from the gpecJal train, do*n Dorn tho *t*te fair, and caught on one of the tie- i bridge over the w*bir. smd crawled the tie t*. thevluewalk through tho bridge and went to the w.n-hmau'a light. He carried it out to No. 14. LVutral railroad, next Snowing andforwNMtd it to Its parents by tne fiut train. It was ii the *-are ol a friend, and bad attempted to get v liter when the train was at this place; the crowded condition of the ear made it Impossible for it lo ??*??? found after it left iU frloud. Americas Recorder: Early yesterday morn ing a country darkey got mar- sled, and later in tho day, came in and cat! Mis first vote. Coming down the street be was Mcard to remark to h comrade: ???Wpll, I dun got married, an??? 1 dun voted, au??? I dunno what I dun ???Idtr for." On last Saturday night Mr. F. B. Tarver, of Burke oonuty, bad his barn, containing all his corn, fodder, meat, a Urrcl of flour, and hit plan tation tools conaumtd by fire. Except for tho generosity of hi* neighbors, who sent him corn, provisions, etc. Mr. Tanuur's family (must havo Buffered. Dublin Post: Owing to the continued drouth the cane crop was almost a complete failure. Ho gar wo have heard of only a few farmers that made . dd It for 75 cents per gallon. The market opened last year at 40 cent*. Tali woes to show that tbs few <?????lions that were made gor sole will demaud a good price. Calhoun Time*: Calhoun county can boast the txralegxed family of nmnwi In the south or even Africa, we believe. lil ting n few mile* north of town the other d ??y, w?? saw the sight. Not ono of them could bead a hug in a forty to it lane. VYe thought ???why U wia a peculiarity of tho race.???-??? ???The Columbus Tin*mi comes to the rescue with the following solution: ???'Nigger baby bowleggwd. Nigger tMby how legged. Nigger baby bowlegged, Beaase be walk too soon." A writer In the Newuan Herald says: ???As a mat* ' ter of some public Importance I will give a brief fiketch of some strange freaks of nature In a family pot many miles away from onr town. The father }i confined to bfa room, from which all light is ex cluded. His sight la so sensitive that he cannot endure the light for a moment; hence hts room it lept constantly closed and be never ven tures out under any circumstances. This has been bis condition for a number of years, it l?? *t??te*t that he married his Brice. One son and two of their daughters are deaf and dumb, and are living with him. Ife re main* mostly alone, aud when be needs attention, be has a stick with a pure of red cloth tied to one cud, and runs that .tick through a hoteln the side of the boose, whirl* the dan* brers seeing come to h!s relief. Are ibis.mi< red offspring the result of Inter-marriase between blood relations? Observa tion of many y?? are In regard to similar eases induce tne to favor such a thwiry. Everybody goes to court in Bulloch???some on publicbusDesa,some ??n private bust ness. Ills the occasion wbm d*-btsare paid, bargans consum mated, and candid tree are bu-y looking us their friend*. Bullorh D the ??????banner coaaty" for black Beed cotton. The production of this staple has this year been rxnaontioary. The area plautel Fres large and the mwim favorable. An expre rlenced btuinrw m??n made a careful estimate, fused upon weU kn-wn (*u that there was now In Bulloch cour t j fro nryi worth of set Island cot ton. There 1* no d(.p.,ting tbe fact that black seed cotton has starred B*iHo??-b <>n a more prosparom ver known before. The eon- sequence is that already morcy is getting into cir culation and debts being cancelled. Berrien News: ???Good morning!" was the greet ing ue received a day or two tlaco while tlttiug at ovt desk pondering how we shall ever beablo to pay our election bet* If Cleveland la defeated. Turn- Ilk. wt beheld one of Berrien's snbsttntlal citi zens, who st rd?? own request shall be made name less hue. \W motioned him to a seat, and aft r a few prriimliiNry rcmaiks concern Inn drongt'is, elect ions, etc., he said, ???I see you punlUh snake stories M>m< tin t s .ml 1 have come to give you oue that will w.ke the echoes from Dm to B-jer-dto- pneked up our care, omd 'after trimir tug our fabern quested ttio old cltinm to proutd, buu this is what he said. ???It was seversl years ago, when I lived over on the Kiitcbafomc, that 1 had a neighbor named JoLi.md. Johnson was a good hunter and kept a got d puck of hounds. Iu his pack was a yellow slid black spotted dog that always took a great de light iu f iliiug snakes. Indeed, nltbougn he was oi e of the btst hunters ordinarily, if he was on tisck ol a deer with the rest of the peck end hepj t n?? d to meet up with a snake, he woulo immediately stop, and nothing could movt Mm until the snake was dead. Ol course he was tdtu-n several times by snakes bit hU Until ft alwsys nirected him to au antidote, until ore July moroli-K when tho paekwasin full tl<t after a aetr. old ???Joe" in tne letd, he metu m m- fctor rattlesnake. True to his iiiulluatioua, he stop jad to dhiatcli his suaktshlp, but old ???rattler" got iti his work first, aud before J*'?? ' could kill ids, struck him hard near the Ju*nl vein. Ihia settled the buslner- '???* ??? r " fuigl si'hbts of the same species are formed on the ???nimsl???s liver, d?? terudued t???? hold a poit morte-u exi mitistf'O-of Joeand satisfy himself as tothi tiutli or falsity of the assertion. Hu out came his knlte aim In a fewreconds ???Joe'a" liver warm and pulsnttig was found and sure- enough, end fastened to it were seven small soakea wriggling and squirming, which continued until the river btcan.e cold and dead. These fungi snakes were ol several varieties, there bell g two unini-takaule highland mocca sins and tlirce r.ttlesnakes, perfectly well formed, *11 hat ping to ihe liver by a sort of ligament from the I cad. There seemed to be another f irtnathm ???n the liver which only amounted to au imprint, very like the snake by which he was btttrii last. Now, sir, this wus told me by Johnson, a neighbor of mit e, who ha*since removed to Alabama, ??nl who was regarded by all who knew him aa the soul of honor. I rive It to you for what It la worth, sud you may inil'll!*ti it if 'you see fit. Well, 1 have some biisinera on the strecti. Good bve." ??????Good bye, i arson. Call again " And thou wo wiotc it up. We can???t vouch for the story, but wo I now ti c narrator to be a man of uuquestloued wiotc It up. I now ti e in intsgrity. Buchanan, November 0.???[Special.] -Forty prominent men of this county started to Atlanta yesterday for the purpose of attempting to stop the revenue trouble. They propose to stand secu rity that ihe revenue lawsurc not broken or to re port the fret, if done. Fylvama. Oa., November 0 ???[Special)??????The gin-l ouse of Mr. John Tom Parker, situated on the Pyivatiia railroad .was burnod down last night. There ws?? no insurance. Mr, Holcomb Moore, of Greono, is entitled to the palm ss a successful huntsman. Ono day last week be killed eighty-three birds, and last Monday he came Iu writli n curiosity iu the shape of a white partridge. Ben hturgron, a burly black nejro, of Elbert, struck Mr. Mm, H. Clark on tho head with a stick, nocking him down. Ur. Clark is a feebioold i sn, and had neither oflended or spoke to tho m;.???ro in any way Several others, black aud white, engai ed In n tussle, and the ntgroea cams out second hist Several of tho parties were promptly arrested. EH cru ii fcouth: George Worley tell* some ox- trevssunt gophci t*le.i about Florida. Ho says on one (.crash n a certain gi-ntlcraan went to Florida, with the idea of getting rich from au orange grove, *l*d wss ixm-d-i gl) anxious to buy lurid. A tract was oficud him at a price that he ttiongiit would tech, ap lor any kind of land iu any emu- tiy, aud ho bought it and paid for It tcfoic he ever saw It. After getting his dt*d. heiom luded he would ride out aud look for it. He louiitMt so full of gropber boles that It wss Impossible for him to ride over tt, ati<l no hltchin hi* horse and uu lertook to walk over It. Heohi not go far however, until he became sidiv gut tad that he pulled out bis deed and sticking It u a gi pl.tr hole said, here, d???ti you, you havo B t ixastfslt n and I will give you thetitletoit. e than quit Florida in di-gnat. Fury Journal: Mr. M L. Cooper, of Fort Val- by, wnaseriously hurt by three negroes. Juitovor the hn?? oit???iawiord county, last Monday morn Mr,.Cot'j*er owns a plantation In Crawford stout flae mi its Iroui Fort Valley. umU-i .nature dry nb hi there was a not among tho Degree-* on tl at | late, and several pistol shots were llru*L f t n e ol the Lauds on Rfr. Cooper'* pUoo were at used. It appears that throe brother*, Alex, O-arlle and Baker Hill, were the chief ofltnceia. Early Monday more- lug Mr. CtM'ier left Fort Valley for hi* Plantation, tiiteudlbg to InvosHgatu the riot and ??ct* 11 ti e hands oil his plantation. HD overseer, ??? r. liimvtll, wet t with him, but in humlug lor tliQoltctming negroea they were separate, dome two hoursairer reaching theplautatiou Mr Coopwr the three negroes named above, mtvimrnt with Ida weapon??? some defiant la ;age havli g U-iu u*??d toJilr. Coopar???wnun Mr. xiper *-tt?? mpb-d u* wre??t the gun from his a**all- t. Tl.e other two ncgioes iashed to the a??*!st- ic e ol the Hot. and iu the struggle that ensued, cgun wus find off. Mr. Cooper was knocked >vn with the boeand struck on the head with c ax. ?? ne of Ma hands was badly cut, It l* sup posed with thesx.as more taau one blow was pitt ed. M r. Coo|ivr drew hi* pistol and firei at his as- sailai ts. but??virtmtly wlilmut effect. Mr. Brat will Lap|tned Income upon the scene about the lime Mr. Cooper was knocked kowu, aud as quick ly oa )* s-ihle placed Mm In his buggy and drove to foil Valley. Mr. Cooper received prompt mo 11 1 end surgical aUctition, and we loaru hit ...ubda are not os serious oa wot Aril supposed, though lie has bcon constantly I'l???fimd to hi* ln*d since t??eiiig wouuded. His ounos were severe, and while the latest news we from Mm Is favorable. It is not known that ??? ??? * ??? ??? 9 of ulght Last Thursday morning Mr. Gcorgo Kllton biought to F??rt Valley a bunch of potatoes that in some respects is tbo most remarkablo over There were thirty tbreo potatoes ou the btiurli, the product of one viue???all grown in ono hill. The potatoes are of the Ilajrti variety, and grew from vines set out about the first of July last, on a piece of gronnd near Ur. KUlen's resi dence in Perry. Comparatively little rain ho* fal len since the vines were set out. The yield is re markable. 1 he grand Jury of Warren county reootnmend that the vsgrsnt law now In force bo so amended to take effect ou the idlers and vagrant* o! the county ' % Mre.Dernlgan thus tell* the story of her core from faith: I believe it was. I have been a great sufferer for over fifteen years from spinal disease, from chronlo btcncbilis, chronic sore throat and other disdiw*, ???ud can truly say tor fifteen year* I havo notsien one wl-ole day, I may say three hours at oue Urn*, about twin. Ail inis time i have been an luces- *icigy, mmt su but all treronlWwHBB^^WBara^Wo^wW tbealitariy a filleted blood was oumpletely broken I down, ??no 1 should have been eompeilref toc??**e but lor the brel' and will power. About six tars ago 1 found sewing machine* aud sum b*,r to l ??ke money out oftbe att ??U(U. t tuan ci.reitd huriuis* with my btutiand, feeling he nttced help. Bcsidts household duties 1 par- fom??d the duties of clerk, bookkeeper and ail IbnslECM writing. In April, 1M0. my humaup stain <1 a | are r. something be had set hi* heart on I for ye ??rs. sud which 1 had kept him from, but f then to:d him I would do all In ray power P>m??ko lit a suet *e??, a no added my help there also. My train then gave w??y, and Ju-t tour yetrs ago I betame paralysed, a beipieM balng for a long time. 1 rallied in spring but n*rer vend, but grew better then _ wort* | ehun h ??? little extitmely baiH-y. wheu suddenl r I had a severe Mr* ke ol paralysis. For thirteen week* ( was triples*, never able to get from mr bod an I Urswii in every shape Imtsinablu. Then begto suibtoMUieac God sione can oonceive of; hut threusb it eli I wa??. ob, so happyt it maitere l net. truly Je-uaean soothe the great wc agony. I rsllied m little, hut In November, for tbed.-l time Ut-Kiturt ??n* beyond endurance: then :t wt*I ptaj td me a bole day and night tbit God 1 gfvtn It it tfmti.Lt, ft matters nut wfth me. sm ready and willing to live or die, or suffer Gt-ri wills. The world and I have forever parted, ???ud livo or die, I belong to God alone. d F. Jbbnigan. T. 8. The above concise statement i* written that all interested may have from me a correct ac count of wbat I regard my miraculous cure.^ ^ Fsndrrsvllle, Go., November 4th, 1881. Mr. Henry Bowles, of near Woodville, who seven i y four years old, ono day recently picked 226 pounds of cotton by The Uni of Dr. Henry G. Lamar, Tamil county, wss consumed by. fire with its entire ooutents, in cluding tliccom, fodder aud all other torago this year???s growth. Mr. W. N. King, a substantial citizen of Webster corn ty, is a great sportsman. Ho found a covey of partridges, out of which he killed a peck of birds, bagging flfteeiL??t ono shot. Barnsavillb, November 7.???[Spooial.]???At this hour, 2:30 p. unjust three weeks from tho date of the great fire which destroyed tho large carriage manufactory of Summered: Murphy, tho work boll from the tower of their first completed building 1* rlngl! g the glad tidings of their triumph, and It* ??? Joe,'* rhetrful chime, mltislt-d with the merry rausio of the mason???s trowel and the carpenter's hammer, and the busy hum of a hundred workmen.betoken the cariy rebuilding of, not alone the cxta ulve manufactory of Nummere <Si Murphy, but the en tire burnt district of Bartlesville. Summers & Mutphy is the first fitn to push a brick building to corny letfen. and the pluck and enterprise they Lave so far displayed furnMi a sufficient guaran tee that their new manufactory will soon he built anew, and upon a larger scale than ever before. Two tramps went to the dwclliug of an old no gro, Dob Walker, who lives on Dr. J. E. Walker' form, three mil** from Greeneshoro, and after in tim(dating his wife, appropriated all his bed clothing aud left. A warrant was sworn out be fore the county judge and placed In tbo hand* of Bailiff English for tliclr arrest. Mr. English, after instituting diligent search tor the robbers,has been thus fur unable to find them. Miller county farmers lureo an Interesting time with tbb foreclosing of mortgages. The gentleman ly agents of the loan agencies have gone to their summering places. About t* u day* ago, two negroes asked permls ??fon to stay all night at tho house of Mr. Bmlth, fu Chobkec comity, Alabama. Mr*. Smith (adaagh- ter of A. M. Yancey, of thl* county,) told thorn ???No. Mr. Smith Is not at homo." They said they would stay, and cnnimcnrcd breaking down the door Having warned them, ahe fired, and they c ft. NeRt morning ono of them was found dead, some diatance from the house, bis companion hav- ii g dragged him off*. The Hurtwcll Sun suggests that the agricultural societies of Hart, Franklin aud Ilaberelmm mil to and fi rm a fair association. The farmers of Frank lin have taken some preliminary ateps toward a fair next fall. There was a little negro boy on the street* in Jeflereon yuubing Mr. Jeff Lanier's son 6f ten ytan* about on the sidewalk and using him pretty roughly. He got tired of it, drew his knife aud stubbed the negro In the neck, causing him to bl< td freely. Thu wound will uoi prove aerlous. Fort Valley Miiror: On last Saturday night Alec Hill, a net ro man living on Mr. Milt C iop- er???splace, iu Crawford county, wuy-lald and shot into two negro men, I>hii aud Winfield"Rous. Fur this oflciise Mr* Milt Cooper went out Mood ly morning to arrest Hill. Upon reaching tho plaoo. be found six negroes, three brothers, B>*kor and Alec Hill, and one name not known. Upon ar resting Altf: Hill, lifs brother Biker presented ??? musket at Mr. Cooperand told him he could make no oi rest. Mr. Cooper remonstrated with him aud got up to- within n feet of him, when ho turned Alec b ore and grabbed the muaket and turned tho muzxel w hen Baker discharged tt. Upon till* tho two nth* r brothem, Alee with an axe and tno Mberwtth ?? hoe. beat Cooper down and caiiio very near murdering him. disarm is reud-fivd u* lo-?? by the wounds received in warding off tno lick* tut* ndld tor td" bead, aud hla "kali Is broken, nyr a lick Jcilicted . by the sx after k a is: king Dim down with an ax, Alep Hill r*fs*d it ail waa In the act of driving tho hUdeint ihl* aknll, wleii Cooper, who had not lost pruM-uceof mi ml. rcmniittrsfcd with him, asking him if he lutoude-l to murder him sfrer already having beat him up >o, whereupon the negro withheld the hirer and told him to get away from thnra at once. Mr. Coopt r. in the melee, had diacharKMl his pistol at the mtn at point blank range aud wltnlu live or hx feet of them, shooting threo times, and he can???t understand whv they wore not hit. About the end of tho difficulty Mr. William Braswell " *??? TJnopor to town where attended his wounds, well ms a man can with received, and will reoover, w ithout the brain broom** affected. Quito a par* ty w* nt in pursuit of the negroes, who are desper- an men, and one of them, IJsker, Was arrested and put In Jail in Ferry. Tlio others have not been arrertfd yet. J. T Ftnlth. at Lumpkin .superior court, plead guilty of stealing the hone of Dr. Chapman, and re n ten ml to twelve yeais. Ho voluuUrlly atatrd that he waa a member of a gang of horse lidtvta, mentioned some ol thorn, aud that bo alto belonged to a band ol conn tar feltcra, and that he) ad over ono hundred dollars ol spurious money iu hla poitetsiou. Mr. G. V. Jotiea, of Milton county, has a bunch of cart of corn wbith grew in one husk, number* ft g 21 diatluct cobs, on each cob is fally matured coin. ' GainsvIHo has now got to bo a city of colleges 8be bss four colleges and tour private tobools At least 8100,1X0 worth of buildings have been cm rti d in Galnsvile this year. * Dr. J. C. Montgomery, of Cbaunoey, shot himself with a shot gun one day but week with suicidal Intent, and but for the tinu ly Interference of bis wife he would have i cm plbhtd bis tcirlble purpose. Cause, liqnor. There are now nearly three hundred free labor hsudfe employed at the Dade coal mines, at Cole city. The force was cut dowu lost summer about hundred and will not be increased again until there Is a revival In business. There are about 40J convict* in the mines. Mii.nfr, Ga, November 9.???[Hpcclal.]???News retch* d here early Friday morning ol a fatal shoot ing affair in Fpnlding county, about 12 miles from this place. Mr. W. W. Rice shot Glp Head, It is thought, fatally. The shooting took place iu the former???s store late yesterday evening. No arraats have turn made; Rice claiming that be did the shooting In self defence, and intends giving him self up to the authorities. Brunswick, November 9.???[flpectol.J-Brans* wick???s second artesian well was oomplsted yester day. It is 420 feet deep, and has a flow of 230 gal lons o minute of beautiful clear w*t??*r. crU?? . the h*a!fng *???! throat, left lung an-i ct: sIm> t<* aiievian* the suffering a "mall miu ny faith In hand and helped me bear my BY THE NECK. Fally Ten ThonaSBc* P*opt?? witnsaa the ???xaeattoa ???Ha Conus#*# Ufa Omit, and 2xpr*e??t?? Hla Bcadinrsa to tX?????A Full Ututary of ill a Caaa-rn???? Laat Soane. Covington, Ga., November?.???Tho execution of Homer Ferry took place to-day iu presenco of nearly lO.COO people. The drop fen precisely 28 mlnutca a*ter 12 o'clock. Ills tv ck wv's broken by tho fall, and be died without a struggle'. In 7.80 minutes after the drop fell ho was pronounced dead by U*o physicians, and in IS mluutua he was cut dowu by the sheriff, placed in a coffin, Aud delivered to his friends. During last night ho was visited in the jail by the colored ministers, who held llgioua service with hitu, and Revs. A. Lemuel and Toney Baker, colored, both remained itb Mill all night. At a late hour lie lay .*1<iwu ???*???*** " k "i ho arose, dressed reltgicus m ivut>. Homer exprrased hluuelf bt lug prepared, ready and willing to die. RepitseMatives of theCoviugtnn reur ami the Bn- ter pi he amp n a Atlanta (kJNSrrrruTioMvUUed nts U at 11 o???ditck, aud remained wits hi m until e hour of lh execution, lie talked freely to w en-, ??pd admitted his guilt, but said he wat drunk. Hu denied being guilty of the charges of similar offenses before. TAKEN OUT TO DtATIf. At 12 o???clock the sheriff entered the jail, and Homer informed him he was ready. Ho wag tin ii taken out, placed in a wagon and seated upon his coffin, ??i*d suiroutided by a struug guard IGSt 1 at the cre?? k. He waa - - ??? largest crowd wo have ever seen in 0oviu<t-. .. which uo# com pored of more thaiiouc-halfooliretL Women couimeuued sereainlug aud the soeun, piiMiiUd hhn ia*yond our power to do?? crltw. 1 be guards kt pt the crowd away fr.??tn tne wagon, and the beat of order wn* pre??erve*i tliiougiu ut. When the proceaalnn arrived at the ???'aliowr ??? ,, - L ???* ?????? * ??? caflnl r , *tok hi* *(ut wlthiut a tremor. We have uover wiintfMd Mu h ataolute stolidity or KTN??t**r n-rvo l??e txhihited. The colored mlnhtors than l eid rriigli.ua sui vices. Rev. A. Samuel re??*l from I Le Script urea, J. W. Waters read a hymn, wtilatt they all rang, aud Toney Baker oil'.-red an appro piii*lf prayer. Alter this they nil shook hand* ' ih him, aud bade him good-live. *5 Hniuor then ii k hitnda with all picaent nun t mk Ills p-t-ULm ihe nap without the leant shudder. He de* A CBGWNING SUCCESS! adjust tie rope aroutia hla neck. Thu black cap wa# diawn over his hem), and Ihn lout wool* he utUrtd were*, ???I hope to t??o in heaven to morrow." 11 e tiap lell, aud the tody oi Homer Furry abut great majo . . JHHMR ample preparations for the exc*cut:oii and man aged everything in a very skillful and proper manner. THE STORT or THE CRIME. Hotter Perry witsabtight mulatto boy with very black eyes and rather prnmlneut cheek bones. His fm-e bad a peculiar expression about it that some what resemble* mu Indian, and waa totally einn tir>uic??s. He wna not quite fliteeu year* old when iiu outrage with widen Iih was - her wm> a bright mulatto woman and wav originally a slave iu Covington, dim is was In company with several other children. II n . .. t home, about one mile dUtaut. but after ward* returned to where he hod Mt h??r. and car ried her home iti hla arms, fihe was found to he in s very * iDJcal condition, which caused oomid- erable excitement and alarm. A party was soon lamd to M-arch lor tho . jH.-rp-.-tnd ??r of tne outiuge. and Homer went with them lnt?? xtljil i oiing field, belonging to Mr. Thoma* l*at I">y nnnu-.l l-lti.j I'.- ii. i _ wDli Mr.l 1 NMer with the i day-lhu crime Th Last week wo spoke of our Merchant Tailoring Department. The success we have attained with our new cutter surpasses our highest expectations. That he is an artist no one who has sceu bis work can doubt. Jt is simply perfect, and as a result we were never so overwhelmed with orders. IT* are literally crowded, but always mauoge to turn out our suites when promised. Wo el*o have sn elegant assortmet* of Ready- Made Clothing, cut and mado In the fineit style Louisiana State Lottery Com flarCANTAL PRIZE, ??7ff,OO0.-*a Tirkati Only |8. Hhara* In roportion O j o sales we are having shows how our goods are preefated. A. O. M. GAY, CLOTHIER & TAILOR, 85 WHITEHALL. rsngcmcnt* for all the Monthly and ???tami- Annoi fiTaUInga of The Louisiana Rtato Lott*!? Company# uio In person mmuage and control Ifcr Drawingr thcnriaelvea. and that the same are oondnetod aith honesty hlmiw and good faith toward *1) partfat, and we authorize the rvynre^mv ????? n??a t*i!?? o.ia, ???*t> twwlMlly^t m< ,!ri*tni?? HUoSt* Off IIP MTWUNWWt*. * G. T. BEAUREGARD, JUBAL A. EARLY. ??? Gorauissloners. lAOOkr>??ted iaiMiu,A yean by ihe u+iafr tnre xor id acatioual aud t ifaari table purpeaw^wiUi a capital of one million dollars-to which a resmvs tuua of over five Hundred and fifty thoueind dot- isn. has since Deed added. By on overwueuuuig popular vote Its frauout/s ., ??? "mde a rvut of the piuawt State Constitution, ???qbo spoke as followr ,<M * A. D. 1879. ?? ,"??Ter reitod on and endorsed bf thepeopic 4 c te. It ne* n '" ales or postpones. Its UnuMl Hlngle Number Orswlou take pine* Mont lily. A UmNDII) OFlfUKTUMlTT TO WXEV A FOKTTNK. ELEVENTH GRAND DRAWING# 0LA88 I., IN THE ACADEMY OF MUBIO, N&W 0KIJ1ANH.TUEHIMY November 11, 174th Monthly Drawing CAPITAL PRIZE, 916 t OOO, 100,000 Tickets nt Five Dollars Raeb, Fractions, in Fifth*, iu proportion. list or reizRs. 1 CAPITAL PRIZE 75,OX 1 do do 23,010 1 do do - m io,oua 2 FRIZES OF PWUO-. 12,008 ,. iO.fXMf Treated selentifloatly land cured without tne 8 knife. Uook ou trout. JSinenl sent Free. AND l Ht - OrntUmv A A'orrtj, TUMORS 8 %2SB2a. r ?????"??? ' ??? PIU M By 8. M. WOOLLtY, M.O. AtlAntn, Georgia. Reliable evidence gives mid roforenre to cured pa tients ami phyaiolana. Heud for my book on the Habits and their cure. Free snfiJTH???S Extract fvSsy Flowcf '??Wt WOMEN. Our TrcaUso II Ul 111 ??? I littli Fritrick Wn* satisfied Id not have emu mltted bp 1 r had Uut at work in tin* field with Mm i i??l> a!) day. Mr. Patrick, who I* it Ju*tic-j of peace, mated this tout to thu party, they agreed with him that _ .._r ttsa Innoctbt:. and so they wont away satisfied he ww* not tho guilty party " 1 MtiHit, lu.v*ever, pronti??e them that I) *uy dcte'opcd, lonncctlhg Peter with tho crlut_, would ree that he ass toitbeoinlng whenever ho was wanud. FLIOIIT AND CAPTURE Ifomcr Ferry then returned home, changed his clothes, procurer) what money bo ounld, and left the dim tlon oi Jackson, Hint* county. From __jfcM!ihe wont on tho cars to Atlanta, where ho wn* cs|.imcd ??u ti .??'>th of Jutin by Sheri IT Andor mi. of Newton comity, s*??lnted by Mr. N. O. Carr, of Atlanta Up was brought to Covington the asinu night, and lodged in jail, where ho ha* been comliied ovur Hi- wm* indicted lor the crime by the gnt-ol , urlt g the llr*t week of our aupo??-lor court at ht pit nriier trim, and waa trier) and oouvloted tm *??? aa-agi' - * r i?? to u&i rj toosueb-lf paralyzed. It w** with dlifl- *nliy lo-tild*???!*?????*'***!???>be understood,and fu A??f 1 ~ * again became *o great that mr friend* wt re tnoi-b troubled; but not I. I nev^r ubd Gcd ro make m* well; I only pray el that R awllltolght 1* carried out, let that to# *k-t It wruriri- Whde praying tor the oatpmring ???f Gr d???a vplrir on the churcn on BToruiog. the 17th of Atisn i teat, I receired a double Messing myaaif, and toll at ence that i -THE 1 BEST TONIC. F- This modfcfno, combining Iron with Trn vegetablo tonic*, quickly and completely and! .arulqln. . , ^ It is or. unfailing remedy for Diseases of the Ki'lneae and ... ,, . It U :.realliable for Dfsesac* pccrllnr to Wonteo, oud all whu iced sedentary lives, Ik.ou*l Jt injure the teeib.caure l??cadache/>r p:-riu* ???? couMlpatlon???<Ahrt Jnm mtrllanc*do. Itcnrichcaond lairifie* the blood atlmf*stee tl??2?? OKnlte.ahU the srein.llaUrx oj toou re- tore* HertrtMim and fc* h h!r g^iw. sCru^th* awth* arutfes and nenrea. For Intermittent Fct???i Energy, Ac., it ha# no c - tt' The genuine fcs* z Nr re trade mark ood ??r??v c??i ltd lines on whopper. Take cnatlxr. VaSVMt/*/ ROOWStSOlHr tCO,^bmsAD| all they could lor him. llo" waa *rutoncud ny Jui'gc John D. Htcwart to he. publicly tmngud la t ovli gion on hrldav, NovotntM-r 7, 1hii. And thus ci deth tho i*td cluipter of this unfortunate hoy???s life. The Negro Tote. From the Few Orleans Picayune. It has entno to this that the loafiors of both partita are struggling to corrupt the negro vote. 1 hat method Is radically false and wholly un necessary. The negroes as a body bare como to we that they have nothing to expect from any party In tbo way of political promotion or lm*ae-- dla c fncUriels) prosperity. They mint hereafter he appvali d to upon a different bail*, and we be* ll?? ve that they are ready toanpport whaiovcr parly offers them the b*??t guarantee of protesting. ??? Swttwrss i. v. wcrmiuim, ton mmt, tl nBP4J>trAr t r. z. DR. BETT???S 33 1-3 WHITEHALL ST BISET. ATLANTA, OEORGIA. exiericiiM oud exUualre practl YOUNG, MIDDLK-AOKD AND 01.1) MEN, who ere suffering from the terrible effects of ax- baa* red Vitality, Nervous and Pnjndcol Debility from Indiscrelien. Xxobm, Exposure or indul gence. A Cure la guaranteed In every case, at oar remedies act quickly and cure permanently. AM PstleTjta treated iu all parts of the world. A 84 page Book, Omtatolfig f4ffs which should be read ior ti "traction. Mailed I? 11 n n queritona P II Pi Pi. Wfth THE BIGGEST SUCCESS OF THE AGE. ETC. EL ICtawnfota Maw Uni Tux bwirr BricuirtJ Co.,drawer 8. Atlanta, Ga CONSTITUTIONAL SCROFULA. A girl in my oraploy has bson oared of what I believe was constitutional Scrofula by tho uao ol Nwilt's bpCClflO. J. O. MCDANIEL, Allatoona, Ga., July 23,1884. TETTER FIFTEEN YEARS. Hwift???sHpcciflo has cunxl mo of on obstfJUUt Totter of flftoou yciuB???s standing. L. COOK, PAlmotto. Go.i July 18,18AF ATfROXlMATlON rROXS. ??? Approximation Frisui of Iffd. only to tlie offiuo of tho company in Now Orloana Orel# r* or New Yoik KRchsnxe in muiuory letten Currency b?? or expn^all sums of flvo dollar* and upwtrdf t) express at our otnnnsc) to A. liaONiiff, New Orleans, In.. OrM. A. DAVPnOf, AO7 (toveuth Nt., Washington, D> O, Make P. O. Money Orders payable and a'dram Registered letters to MEW OULKAM8 NATIONAL UANll, New Orleans, Ln. J Louisiana State Lottery Dave C Johnston, Covinjtfon, Ky, amounts of 85.00 and over, by Express at Uf PRESCRIBED BY PHYSICIANS. I have prtworibod Swift's Spoclfla In many canoa of Blood Poison aud a general tonic, aud It has modo cures after all oth reined lo had toil li. M. STRICKLAND M. D.. Cave H .urm Ga.. 26,1 FRESH AND FAIR OOMPLEXIGN A young lady who waa troubled with Totter an Eruption* hart boon entirely relieved b tow nop tic* of Jiwlfl???a.fcpcolflu, and her oomploxleu fresh aud fair again. TUOH. U. MOUUAN Greensboro, Go.. Aug. 1 1684 FEARFUL BLOOD POISON. A negro on my farm has been cured of a fearful case of ftlood Fulton bythe use o three b rules of Swift's hpMiflc. ANDREW J HOWARD. Forsyth, Ga., Aug. 6,1884. IETTER F0R ELEVEN SEARS. Swift's Specific has cured me of Tetter rrom which I bad suffered for eleven years and hoi built up ray general health to that 1 feel like a new man. L. W. LEE, Dawson, Oa., Aug. 30, 1884. Swift???s Specific Is entirely a vegetable prepara tion; nq. tocrutiry, no potoab or other minerals Send for treatise on Blood and Akin IMaeasea, free SWIFT 8PW51FIO OO.. Drawers. Atlanta Ga. GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1870k BAKER???,7 Mfe! Cucoa. -jr? Warranted ubnulutcly purC Cocon, from which tho exores a4 Oil h*a bocu removed. It hns thr*4 time* the atrengt/i of Cocoa mixed with Starch, Arrowroot or Sugar, nnd l?? therefore tor moro econonA cn,. It is delicious, nourliiblnf, strengthening, earily digmual, ud admirably adnptod for Invalids as web uh fur pvrnona In li??-??Uh. Sold by Grocers nrsr/whera, BAKER & CO,, DorcWer, Han THE CHILLING BLASTS -op- WINTER Will soon be upon us. I ct every bcoso havo on hand some simple sad efflcnclout temedy for tho CaiO of COUGHS AND COLDS aud ono that will not ouly Cure but to a prirood live of that night fiend to children and horror to parents??? CROUP! We thereto???o advtoo every hou/tohold to ersr keep on band a bottle of TAYLOR'S CHEROKEE REMEDY ??? op??? GUM&MUUEIfl D HMKAiES OF Tirv BLADDER AND EZD> |NKV8 lifcvealways been poto.t fiuffen In thn reaping ol ire*#h's harve-t. Ho matter Ot what ooturc a touw hMtv stood log uu-o oompUtokl [way bo i ire and speedy relief is offered in Smith's Extract of Matf nwsr. f The moot tji-v e.???.nwvd oy th 4 * remedy Have gain*! lor it a w jrld- ar*.qe unpolartty. None need) Juffre.si* ??t:iowWhored*toU??r??.fiov<>i Iffoe ???on Id k r km??ri uir. '??actly what Is meant by Ac ten* iBRiGtf rsOB^AlK, and how to caxu tt. UMM8 a two via itamp.vltb your ad trust to S. 14- IVW ?? BRO. Km sUlltO-th-sa-A-^flc This Rf.ur ??r Wt taanuaset, Uwsgs (inooas Visit r: KLID YKIOlTf g'rrtslfif tknm^ in farm uma rHo<% th?? (y Mi oIImS frerehreSIItisrw AT BOHK OB "MPL0YMENT to Travel. State whtcFpreferred; also amount wanted par ??? month tor services and expenses. liuMinooi lornblc, pcrmsuoniandca.-llyoperateil. Write SLOAN A CO., 806 Gcorgo street. Cincinnati, HoMMPa^S. VETfifs'pfcTfICS Tor tho Can cl all dlwnn. ot Hcraes, Cattle, Sheep DOCS, HOGS, rOEIiTBY. U**& ??ncccMfalIy tor 20 jiui .'7 For* men, Slockhrcedrrn, Horse It.lt., Ao. BadorMil A incilby thsV.S.GoTcrum???U ^arl???ampWcts & Charts sent frec."<H HUMPHREYS??? MEDiCIliE CO., 100 Fulton St, ITow York. Humphreys??? Homeopathic (tififf Hn ^ till tor II1U HViyolis FbliitiW weakness, ,rii Nolitlihu Co??? l*rJ l'u UonoVi .???ii-wYoti. uot7???dly frl auu wkycow nr rd mat m 1 j I INDISTINCT PRINT 1