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THE WtlEKJLiY .C,UjS r STITU TlOy, ATLANTA, GA-, TUESDAY , .NOVEMBER 25 .1881 tfAGJSS.
THE VIRGINIA PLAGUE.
terrible loss ofc ??ifb in the
MOUNTAIN: COUNTIES.
Tbe People Dyto* Like' ??h*ep By a Dl.*aso some
thing Akin to Chyler*, trodupcA By Drinking
Yv at- v FM*Oi e<l B?? Mineral*-Ov??r
Hr* Hundred D*aWn i HepertcJ.
LtKcnotfiCiA???ff. : i r N.^y??!ftibef 20,~The conn
ties suffVriug front ,.U** aojv^qd fatal diseasa
before reported arp att^/Dickinson.aud the
edge of Scott, in Virjyniai-*Wd Ilurlaud, Leo
and adjoining couniici ia Kentucky. Owing
to tbejsolated posUfof^oi tbe district,. partic
ulars arc hard to vMain. Iftftttlrcds are said
to liave dkd, and \
can to affirmed ^
Postal Clerk Wellibwfc
lfay exaggeration it
irtality is large,
jpt arrived from
that section, alter. Laving bad the disease,
give* a end nccoput???'???.-of ; tho cpidomlc.
lie attributes it tej ??? piiuvral poison iu the
drouth dried waters, and says a strong and
dr??agrceublo mineral taste like that or cop*
perns exists. At thu time bo left o few springs
were llowii-g freely, and the people wore.com-
pelled to drink this, impregnated waiter. Al
though the name ol tthy disease is not known,
tbo-'pctiple call it obojera, and were it-so it
could not???bo more Ukaded or disastrous. Tho
symptoms arc described as'r similar to those
of Asittio cholera, followed by terriblo hem
orrhages in tho fcowolt, aud those attacked
citber die oi* recovh* in abtfut a week. It' is
frequently fatal in three hours, somotimss
even in a much shorter period. Ir
most instances it visits an outiro fan
i???y, and it is considered so. contagious that in
eome cases persons die alone, their friends bo-
lug afraid to go to them. Thcro nro no figures
representing the actual mortality, but it is
estimated that over three hundred havo per
ished iu tbo Virginia counties lately, and
considering tbc smallness oi tho population
the number taken off- is -large.. At tho late
election tho number , bf* deaths considerably
afltcird tho majorities at the various precincts,
and thirty new graves wero coantod rn a small
cemetery as one result. The peoplo are de
moralized and-local iiusinoes intcjxsU suffer.
A like scourge visited this section in 1854.
The couutry, which is extremal/
mountainous, is of high elevation,
above tho level of the' sea., Cattle aro also
dying in some sections. General rains havo
Jaljeu in this stato for two days past, aud i; is
probsldo that the drought in the infected ro
gion if now ended. ??
The Late^i???ftrdculaM.
Pittsbcbo, Novcqtbqf 20,-^-A special to tho
Post from Charlestown, w.??? Vs., says: Infor
mation received hero 'from L???erryvllio, Mc
Dowell county, this state, near tho Virginia
border, gives a frightful . account of
the ravages of tho ???IMoesaHed cholera
in the extremo southwestern counties of Vii*.
cinia and tbo adjoining territory of Kentucky,
looking every allownnco for exaggeration, tho
loss of life Las been availing, whilo tho
condition of tlio survivors ~ is terriblo
in the extreme. No > rain has fallen in
Cumberland mountains,,in which tho infected
district is situated, for four- .months???tho
drought entailing not only almost total fuiluro
of crops, but cutting off tho supply of
wster^ over or wide areo. Didhulty
wps experienced in obtaining water
lor - stock aa early as .*??? the middlo
Of August in aomo localities, but no actual
Buffering occurred amongrihe inhabitants un
til about tho end of September, when tho or-
dinsry sources of supply having, for tho most
parb Ailed, tbo mountaineers were com-
jellrd, in order . to ??? sustain life, to
obtnin water for household purposes from
whnt nrr?? knnirfl (ui'fllhnis^nl' fmtnnrall
what were known aa'fGJjoisdiF' (mineral)
springs, in mountains, or from tno small
amount remaining iV the*'deep holes in the
beds of the creeks. The .porsiatont uso of tho
water soon developed a peculiar disease, as
deadly as astatic cholera in its nature, which
has sitco raged wltlv-terrible fatality
over half a dozen counties in Virginia, .West
Virginia and Kentucky.' The loss of lifo thus
for being variously estimated'at from 400 to
??00.' * Am'orig tlic chlldreh and addlfo well up
in years, the mortality has boon greatest, but
no class has been exempt.
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ance a kindness that dost yon- nothing?
Then scud usitx names on a postal card, with
the postoffico of each, and wo will send to each
name a specimen copy 61 Tms Constitution. It
will give c&ch of them a week???s reading freo.*
Select yonr friends anywhere in America. If you
have a distant friend, or Son ot daughter, or othor
relative, send their names au'd postofllcw on a pos
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We want to pnt Thb Weekly Constitution in
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names.
FOUR INNOCENT TR.VMF3.
They Apply nt Police Headquarters for n
llnnk and are Given a Cell,
Late yesterday afternoon, when the cool
winds began whistling around.the corners, a
lad of about sixteen years' entered police
headquarters. His wearing, apparel was
thin and and greatly soiled, and
as his tee'h rattled together to inked
Air. Buchanan, the statlonhoaae keeper, if ho
could have a place to sleep.
???What is your name???? asked Mr. Buc
hanan, as he syed the youthful stranger.
???Henry Dnvi**jir,??? said tho boy, with mili
tary precision.
???Where are you from?"
???Richmond, Va.???
???A tramp, I guess???well, go down that stair
way into the basement, ona find a place by
the heater. Here John,** continued
Mr. Buchanan to the janitor, ???Show this
^ouug gentleman to the tramp???s bridal chain-
With a bow and on expression of gratitndo
young Davis soon disappeared down tuo stair
way, and Mr. Buchanan again turned to his
betk, tut beforo ho had accomplished any
work another stranger entered tho office and
said;
???Say, Mister, it's awful cold out doors, and I
ain't got a cent, can't you give me a place to
sleen to*night.???*
???What???s your name? 4 * asked Mr. Buchanan.
???Thomas Ingram, I am from Richmond,
Virginia.???
???Do you know a tramp n&med Henry Da
vis???? asked Mr. Buchanan.
???No, tir, I don't know any one in this coun-
Mr. Buchanan then quickly dismissed In-
f ram ss lie had Davis, and was just
egimtipg to become interested in* his work
when his rffiee door flew open again revealing
o strong, able-bodied man with both hands iu
bis pocke ts elbow deep.
???(iocd morning, sir,??? said the new-comer,
bewing to Mr. Buchanan.
???Well, wbat is it???? asked Mr. Bucbnunn.
???I am cold, aud want a. place to warm.???
??????Tramp, ore you????
???Yes, nr, that???s what everybody except my
mother???God blees her???calls uic. Hhe calls
me her darling boy.???
???What???s your name????
???Alike Lynch, sir, and while you aro writ
ing tbnt down just sny too that I'm from Rich-
nurd, Va., and that?????? v
???There, that???ll do. John tako this man
down stairs*???
Just as Lynch disappeared, another stronger
entered tbc door, hut before he could apeak
Air. Buchanan saidt
???Tramp, too. I have just put three of your
kind away. Are you from Richmond, tool???
???Yea, sir, I am a tramp and 1 am from
Richmond.???
???Well, to down that stairway and find
your friends.???
???Much obliged, Mister, bnt could not you
give me a cbnw of tobacco bofore I go; I aidt
hod anything to eat in two days.???
In this way tbo four tramps wore disposed
of in less than five minutes and: whon Captain
Crim and Couch canio in directly after Mr.
Buchnncn recounted his exporicnco to thorn.
Tho two ceptaiu???s have always had n fondness
for vagrants obd as soon is they heard Mr.
Buchanan???s story Captain Crim turnod to
John, the janitor, and said:
???Bring ???em up and let's sco what they look
like.???
???Yes, bring ???em up quick,??? said Captain
Coueb, ???for J haven???t done anything iluco I
lot out of a sink bed. Bo quick, John, or I???ll
lock you lip.???
In a fow seconds the four mcnAwero
standing in lino bofore tho two captains. They
looked somewhat disfigured, but they woro
still In the ring.
???Where arc you from???? asked Captain
Couch.
???From Richmond,??? said the four men in
concert.
???All from Richmond???? asked Captain Crim.
???Yes, sir,??? was tho nnswor.
???All como hore togo her????
???No, sir. I never saw either ono of
these men before I v canio in this
building,??? was tno reply of cash of the quar
tette. . * .
???Well, that???s strange. I guess you had bet
ter bo eared for. Lock ???em up,??? said tho cap*
tain, addressing Mr. Buchanan, and that
gentleman at once began tho searching pro
cess. On Davis, tho youngest of tho gang, a
dozen plated spoons were found, and as soon
THE BRUNSWICK FIRE.
An Indignation Meeting of th?? Citirena to Protest
Against tbo Incendiary BoporU Seat Oat
About tbo Tiro???Too Attitude of the Col.
orod People Commented Upon.
From the Biunswldk, Ge., Appeal.
Our citizens are deepy grieved and hlghiyiu-
dlgnsnt at tho hfg)i]y*eolored reports published In
the Savannah News and the New York Herald of
our late fire, stating to the world that the cause ol
the same was unmistakably Incendiary, being set
by the negroes as a revenge for the recent Olevo
lnnd demonstration, and that the colored cl-incat
were ripe for riot aud other uuUwfuLactlouii.
Feeling confident that this report was imtruo,
and that the facts set forth thereby wero injurious
to the welfare of tho towu, a public inciting was
railed at the courthouse on yesterday aftoruoou to
take Home action looking to a .contradlcUou of
said nports.
At this meeting a large number of citizens wore
rrecent, and a committee of live appointed to
draw up a communication, which should bo sent
to the journo!* mentioned j above,
contradicting these Incendiary : report*.
Ibis oomniiitr.o retired, and shortly submltr *
:onsidcrable length, denying, iu no
nauago, the Incendiary, ideas of the
idtnt. and < mpluticmly bringing on
* ??? Iff*
cor respond
hti??> tho theory of tbo hose having bccu cut, is ut-1
terly gnuudk-c*, and that the riot, or tho danger of
one, or o! any other unlawful demonstration, ex
ist'd only in the visionary and altogether dlsor
tr ot, and we lnar that they will not fail to do
justice to the subject
TUF.OlUElX OF TltC'FIRE.
Many ideas prevail ns to tho orluiu of tho fire,
tut tho prevalent belief seems tutu that it Air as
Kt, either for spite or plunder. Wo lean to the
latter idea, though many seem to think tho il.v
n oihtt to the Cleveland dcmon&tratiou. They
rre led to this belief by remarks of drunken no- I
groesdurlug the progress of tho fire. Wo erunot
believe, however, that this i* a political, mo vs, i
for. among the best workers nt the fire
were the leading colored men of the republican
party iu town, whoso names appear elsowhcro. Tp|
oicd people is *n act of Injustice to . ..
mint of their number. Home unprincipled raon
ol them may have done the deed for spltr, but, as
wc Mild at tbo outset, wo believe tho firowassot
for plunder, which wo believe to have boon tho
origin of ell or moat of our former fires.
Note.???.Since the above paragraph was in typo
many arc led to believe that tho origin of the lire
spontaneous eombustlou.
THE ACTION OP THE COLORED WEN.
Tbc colored firemen and hand cnglno were on
band promptly, n?? usual, and did good work. Thcy
located tbclr engines on Drury's wharf, and upon
alter hod a stream playing on thcMinebou build
ing, and later on tbc bull diugs lathe rctrofu.
lid you so. Wlicro did you got
CROSS-ROADS GOSSIP.
From tbc Dublin (Ga) Gazette.
A man was in townBuuday, from Johnson coun
ty, who med to niako'use of the following
words: ???lean whip my weight in wildcats and a
tiger throw n in once and ft why/??? ???
From lLct'umrult.g, Ga., Clarion.
Itrenliy??eciosthfttfrf>ni tho number in Cam
ming who have taken up tho craw, that, the tlmo
is hear at bond whon every house-will bo a bouso
of prayer, and every heart a fit tomplc for tho in
dwelling of tbo Holy Ghost* .
From tbc IllnesviUo, Ga., Gsxctte*
A certain country merchant, whose name shall
not Ve named, went 'town to the Clevulaii'ldcm
tomtratlon iu bavanimh Inst wee:c- He curie la
bidet of eitga along wills him. Thq train
t-rowcid and J*o could .not*g??t??' fcent. Tirsdof
r cun try roerchaut in his Huuday suit. Theejgs
wire not marketable after that.
From the Athens, Gs., Danner.
Yesterday ns a IJannsr'-Watehnian reporter was
rlttlug out in front of u store on Dowd street, hav
ing given up new* u> a^thiqTof the post,ho was ap
proached by a*g(.ntlemAu from an adjoining coun
ty, who Inquired if wo was anxious for an item.
The reporter, glad to hear anything In the wsy of
rat gentlemen to ahooiftln
A;c# rtaln lady who lives U an adjoinlng county,
bnt who wishes her name withheld, basdieeu ho
unfortunate as to have been nnable to cat any
thing for tbo lest twenty-two days. It lint started
r-with a gradual Iom of appetite, increasing day by
day until finally sha- had no appatlto
at all. fihe had physicians- to attend
lirr, who gnvo tier medicine oi all
kltdt. but to no purpose. Bhc has grown Tory
thin, looks poor and amatiated???Iu au* alfnnq
skeleton, ^fco baa tried rei??satediy- to cat, but^>i ???
no avail. If ibo forces her'df to cstsho esunot
it tain it, and it steins that It is only aqaestfoui of
time as to the nnraber of her day*. Our scientific
men tndpbyhician*should Eire this case s pro
found study, shso f*rit bin bailled all human
fcklli or know ledge. WehM-e the lsriy will soon
regain her sccuktom^dhealth.
CURIOUS TOPICS.
The JsUftt curio-ty tU^l Las sppexrc-J in Dawson
L>athrct-Ugsedcab.V ...
A chicken was kiiltUat-Hr. A. Callaway???s, in
S'likes county, but gnttdJV. ada three br.m but-
toca aud the shell of a pistol cartridge was found
Jn Its gizzard. It a^jgircd to bo as well as any
etLtc- ehiiken. It i?? yrelt. known that the
Btemachaof alllgutofi ietaln iqckr, botUoa and
other such hard tnfofanee for numbers of years
without detriment to tbc animat, but we never
kcaw before that a whiakan could make a Junk-
shop ot its gizzard arid poue the worse eft for lb
There is a snnjlriv tic! tear Dorminey's mill in
Irwin county, that has been a puzzic to us for two
years. The stream is gogf s??t4 M the moon dur-
'frg dry weather. Atrljfo 1a*Quarter, near moon
and first quarter it is perfectly dry, bat as tho
moon increases it comraenei* So run, and at full
moon ft Is running boHly, and thr-n gradually de
clines with the decrease until it rous dry.
If r. J. W. Evans, one of ruyton's good farmers,
had the mbfoTtunetrffoo&fcfiu& milch cow one
day last week, and on examinjpg for the cause of
her death, a small sawing needle was foandln
her heart. It fa supposed that tbf needle by aooe
means, had got into the cow's flop, sal swallowed
kj her.
ns they canio to light, Captain Couch sprang
forward, saying;
???Jes* so, L told
these????
???I belong to tho Ben Butler party and cafry
there spoons as an ovidenco of that fact.???
???Well, if it is searching us you aro going to
do,??? put in Lynch, ???i???ll just give up. Hero???s
a bottle of corn whisky. It???s all I???ro got in
the world, and its an emblem of tho fit. John
party. But give me adnuk before you tako it
nwoy.???
Each of tho men wero searched completely,
tho liquor, four fiebliooks and lines and two
decks of cards. As they wero led baek to their
cell, each ono declared that ho had never boon
locked up before.
PLEDGER???* MANIFESTO.
Bliat lift Una to Say to tho Colored People???
A Committee Called.
W. A. riedgo???r, chairman of tho colored na-
tionril committee, has issuedja coll tor tho moot
ing ol his coniinittco in Now Orleans on tho
17th of December, to tako into consideration
llio prospects oi his race, under democratic
rule. The call is os follows:
Atlanta, Go., November U2.1881.???To tho mem-
bus o! tbu Colored National Committee: For tbo
tint time since liberty aud citizenship wore given
to the tolorcd people in the recent slavo stataa has
come Into pos.??.e&lon of tho uau
is vested iu us iiyWWVV
United Staton, and cun only bo taken from u< by a
constitutional amendment. Many leader* of tho
victorious party arc making an effort to allay
these fours and misapprehensions by giving assur-
anus of a conservative and equitable administra
tion, by tbo president elect. Aa a committee to
whom is committed the guardianship of 8,OCO,OOD
otpiople who have scarcely aoy representation
duty to watch
speak: it becomcsyflBHHSPHHMMB
the drift of sentiment aa promised by tbeaforo-
named assurances, If we are to meet with goodi
Rovt-rumint tromV party that we have feared and
hSA'ci feared
wdldoua.
rmclpal duty is to assure o
dctcated, w??- will be olcoacd to i
at pruc-nl your principal doPMMPiP
people that the tide to liberty cannot bo wre*te<l
from them, aud that tf ' ~ _1 ???~*
from thttu, aud that tho practi
the right* growing out of this Ut
which ran only be solved by the
radical enjoyment of
title i* tli" problem
.he race Itself, and to
Ha yolution wu will continue to labor undUmayed
and with confidence.
For tbo comldc-raUon of tlicae matten* and such
otheie as may come btfore you, I deem It prudent
to request your attendance at a m-otlog or tho
national committeo to Uke place at New Orleans,
S3 DALES OS it ACRES.
Dow a Young Georgia Farmer Made It.
Macon, November 1'.*.???(Special] -That there it a
field for young, cncrretio farmers in Georgia is
dearly demonstrated by what a MiliedgcviUe
farmer bea done.
Mr. Sol Darrett, as he stood pointing proudly to
fifty-three boka of good snow while four hundred
and(ilf ty pounds to the bale cotton^ remarked, *T
made those cn;forty-cnc acrca.??? *
???How did you do It????
1 bought the land three years ago, an 1 made the
first year twenty bales on the fi>rty one acre*. The
second year I pnt it in oats, and made sixteen
hundred bn>bel??, after which 1 sowed the laud iu
peas. In the fail J turned them under, fa the
spring f laid U off In rows four fe*,opened fur
rows and put in two thousand pounds of compost
snd one hundred pounds super
phosphate per acre, mi ret it well
on the land end laid It out level. My formula is
twelve hundred pounds stable manure, two hun
dred pound* ksii.it, two hundred pound* acid
I bosphate.four hundred pounds cotton seed met!,
costing nine dollars and seventy five cents, one
hurdred pounds superphosphate at eleven dollars
and thirty-three cents, making a total of ele7cn
doilaxa and eight cents an acre.???
??? lot work (lono
at tbfi. firo but at former
fires. Our people recognize this fact fully. Uu-
fortuuately tome of them took a littio too much
stimulant and later on wero hardly equal to tho
ta*k of working their < ugiuc. but whilst this may
be true, wc fee no need that they should bo abut-
Whilst many colored men held aloof and would
death of Btevo Wright, a colored man formerly
employed at Putnam's stable. He had asdsted iu
amoving everything from tbo stable, gone aloft
and thrown down a coll of top??, aud for aomo
Poor follow I ho lost his lifo In seckiugtnsavo
pnperty. Aiaarblo slab should be raised to hU
memory.
TALES OF SPORT.
The Incidents Drought Out by tho Guuntng
Season.
AJnckfcn county man swapped a buggy and a)
shotgun for a farm.
Tbo Sumter Republican says that Mr. Tom
Glover???s littio son Gordon was out hunting rabbits
and os ho stood waiting' cotton-tail camolnfull
volume and struck Gordon In tho face, knocking
him sprawling. ,
A great many gray squirrels aro bolng killed In
tho woods and swamps around Perry, and negro
hunters offer them for rale at ton cent* each
Bliootibg squirrels is being pretty frocly engaged
In by come of the sportsmen tn Laurens county.
Pparts Ishmselltc: Tom Hunt has become tho
LOVE???S BEHEST.
Two Dappy Souls Defy All Opposition and
Can Hum mate their Cherished Hopes.
From the Henry County Weekly.
Last week there appeared in these commas
the mere announcement of tho marriageof Mr,
K. L. McDonald to Mias Julia Sloan. From
childhood a mutual )ovo has existed between
them. For reasons, kuown to thomselves, they
were frequently preveuted from cousuuuuatlug
their vows. At iutervals, othor youug mou
have so far won Mira Julia???s affections as to
induce hertoongneohereelftolhem. Thus havo
matters progressed, until within a tow moatun
petit, when another admirer in the peraou of a
popular lawyer appeared. Agniu. wore tho old
vows cast off aud her promise transferred to n
new suitor. Everything went smoothly with
this wooing. A day was set for tho cercmouy.
But, us time grew abort, aud the old
lover realized that ho was to loso his treasure
FIELD AND FRUIT.
lie determined to make oho last nppoal. Vis
its had been forbidden him, and what must
he do? One or two commuuicaticna woro con
trived. The young lady in turn gavo assur
ance of the fidelity of her long love, but
penned the answer that it was too late???she
must wed another. Tbo oft-disappointed ono
now set about to obtain a personal interview,
Julia was intercepted by Mr. MeDonal
wet visibly affected, but no definite encour
agement was obtained. On tho following
Wednesday night, a aociablo was arranged nt
tho bouso of a mutual lady friend. Julia
promised to lo present, but failed. Next
morning he sent a sister to arrango an inter
view. fn tho afternoon Miss Julia left home
ostensibly to make her grandmother a call.
Now, then, was tho last opportunity,
tbo lovely grove surrounding tho ???big
spring,??? Ed and Julio met. They remained
together pcrliap:' nn hour. Tho old love had
overcome. W ben they emerged from the so-
croi -retreat, tho prohiiao had been registered
that that very night should witness tho solemn
Hedge. Miss Julia returned homo. Prcpara-
joba were mado for flight. As aoou as ilork-
css lent its shield tho happy girl glided out
into her lover???s arms, where trusty friends
were in waiting with buggica. Tho party at
once proceeded to tho residence of ???rinuiro
Stewart to have the ceremony performed. This
gculhman was absent from home, which
enured a momentary trouble. It wn* quickly
overcome, however, by continuing without do-
irny to tho homo of ???fiquiro Johnson, about
seven miles further. Arriving hero, fate
seemed again to opposo them. This gontlo-
man, too (perhaps ior tho first time at night in
tc-n ycnrs), bad gone away. The next place at
which they could bo accommodated was threo
miles beyond. To this their stens wero imme
diately bent. Reaching it Hon. ucorgo-E. Wise
was found. Learning who tho parties
were, ho invited them in, gavo them a cpr-
dinl reception end soon pronounced tho words
which made the trusting ones husband and
wife. It was then a late hour, and no time
was lost in returning to tho houso of the,
groom???s father. In justice to the gentleman
of tho last engagement it is but proper to state
that ho receives tho nows of his disappoint
ment, realizing tho fact that a mnrriago under,
fho circumstances could havo beon fruitful
only of unhappiness to both parties. Ho
therefore takes it cheerfully, deeming hitnsolf
fortunate in discovering a gr&vo in is tako be
fore it was tool a to; and says that nn elope
ment was unnecessary???tlmt had ho been no-
quainted with the fact that another was lovod ;
superior to himself, ho would under no cir
cumstances hnyo contracted a marriage, but!
would havo gracefully withdrawn his suit.
champion frliot ol Hancock county. A few years
ago lie could >hoot more and kill less thou any
gentleman of our acquaintance.
Iholcny Journal nays: Messrs. P. II. Hollo-
min, J. W. Newell, J. H. Thomson, 8. P. No wall
and Grabsm Thomson, of tbo lower firth district
of ???thin county, coinposo the ???Johnny .Rob" hunt
ing club. These gentlemen went down 11 Green???s
champion hunter of the club; "if he can't ahoot
???em, no???ll catch ???cjn.???
The Amcrlcu* Recorder says that on Thursday
there ra&tcd through Uieclty the most unique turn
out of the season. An old buutcrand trapper nanu d
Hatley Ih th?? owner oi tbo concern, his home being
n large covered wagon drawn by three ???butt hoad-
cd??? oxen. In the wagon ho carries his supplies ol
I>i ov It ions, ammunition, trap?, cooking utensil*,
etc. He was accompanied by two negro boys, ono
of whom drives tbo wagon and the other carries tho
bid gentleman's breech loador. The oddity of the
concern attracted a great deal of attention. They
started out Monday lest.
Albany Medium: For about three years the peo
ple iu the upper portion of the eighth district of
Worth county have lout a large number of aheop
and bogs, without knowing exactly-whether they
were killed or stolen. A few days ago. however,
the mjiteiy was cleared up. A party out hunting
H-.w a liUnjtcr of dogs 111 tbo cyclone timber. Tun
dog* wc-rcss wild *n deer, and the hunters could
nit get iu range of them. Hccuring a large crowd,
a jegulHr dn-r hunt was organized. Men were
wete placid at tegular ??? standi*,?????? where It wa* hqi>-
pen* d the dog* would come nut,"and drlvsM, were
it ut In among the timber, boon the wild csohiet
^gantofire^d^ecradritijjofrHisyn^^t-:
guns iu diOcrvuldlrccUona told that tha wort of,
destruction had commenced. After tbo drfra vss |
over, a count ishowcd that ten dogs bad been kill-
was tbc mother of tho colony,
ago f
and
this
pup??, behind him. Tho' bitch has ueYcr
been seen tinee, until sdio was aaoogniscd by tho
parties who fired at tier. Tho^reaumpUon u that
pgDfigMOTMPPBRiBfOUmpNHnMP
she tcok Ltr pupa to aomo accludc'I place and I
tenrvd them, and that they aU boe*me wild, re
turned -to their original state aud hunted in
break f ir free-lom, aud
^ ; was
Host
In He yard they made ..
one of them succeeded in .getting out. It
fir ally recaptured, and Mr. will!* has nqtyct
all bopesof taming tbo little brutes It la
v. n l ow many dogs are In tho pack, but the
it will U kept up until th|f are Afottoyqd.
???wicomto have had a fixed rendezvous lu tbo
cyclone timber. Judging front tho. pile*of sheep
and hey bouts found there. ??
Cakes Wltktat Eggs.
In a little bookiust issued, from the pron of
Blccsri. BcribcCr h Welford, Ne w York,a largo
number of (metical, though novel,receipts aro
given for making cakes of various kinds, from
the informal griddle cake to tbo lately bride
rake, without eggs, by tho use of tbo Royal
Baking Puwder. Kxperienccd houvekeop^rs
inform us that -thia curious has olread^r ob-
taised large precedence over the old faihiuuct
rutthcii* id economical kitchens, and that the
THB WATERBURY WATCH.
There is no better Christmas present for your
boy; your husband, your father or your brother
than a Watcrbury watch.
For ???3X0 you can get a watch, InataUu-Uued
case, rent post-pnul, and Tiie Weekly Constitu
tion ono year. By adding 15 cents you can got a
good chalu in addition. No such offer aa this was
over made.
Thu Watcrbury watch is a capital tlmoOcocpor,
It isouly by buying thcrp .iu lots oi 1,000 that wo
cunjtll them at this exceedingly low prico. , (l ^
Itppy of those tout dut aro resold at 18.03 aud
91040, and they are as reliable as tho Swiss w'atehcs
which niitold for $10.00 sul 912.00.??? WoMvetal
ready sold over 20,000 of thaw watches, and many
ot those ordering duplicate their orders. The
watch has fifty-seven wheels and parts, which are
mads on tbo most improved and delicate machluo-
ry. lt differs from all others in that tho ontire
movement revolves In tho ca??o onco every hour,
and thus regulates or adjusts Usolf to varying po
sitions???a watch strong and durable Iu all iti p irt.i,
and calculated to do good servlco for yoars???a
watch too simple In construction to got out of or
dor. and which, If out of order, can be repaired at
trifling cost; a watch, tho par tN oi which are In
tel changeable, and tho broken parts of which cm
be purchased at tiro factory,
ELECTRICITY???S DEADLY WORK.*
Some Samples of the Product of the Georgia
Farm.
A plantation recently sold In Dawson county for
I9.82&
1 his year Mr. Burrell Rhodes, of Wilkes county,
made fifteen boles of cotton, fifty bushel* of coru,
thirty-three bushels wheat and ten
bushels of peas with ono mule. Last Year he hired
tbrec negroes, worked threo mulcv, aud mado on
ly ten bales of cotton. He rays this Is tho fieri
year since ho hiut been farming, when ho could
fell his cotton and tako the money home with
lilm,
Mr. Alexander Bowen, oi Dodje county, la the
prbud owner of a sow that has rafred ouo hundred
and sixty bend of porkers. Duriug hcr'uvofu! aud
profitable life site has never fosta pig. That old
tow should be allowed to die a natural death, aud
alio truly deserves a monument erected over her
grave.
Mr. J. F. Passmore, who lives near Valdosta, has
sonc-boisc farm niul .this season com os ta tho
front with tho following excel lout showing: With
ono hone Mr. I???anmore made 11 bates of ootton of
&C0 prunes each, vr.0 bushels of roin, and a qnin-
tily of pinders tufileicut to fatten thirty head of
Bogs, and 2G0 bushels of potatoes.
Tho Dawson Journal any* I hot the cotton crop
of Terrell county luia been gathered and mostly
marketed. During tho entire season.iK*t cnoujh
raiu hes fallen on tho riaplo to effoet i:.s quality iu
the least. No stained cotton tins l??cCn hronght to
this market ibis traren. Only once m twice sineo
It began opening has enough min fallen to keep
the pickers out of the field*. It has been A fa
msrkably dry year.
Mr. Uamilton.DanTplcr, living near O-???can 1???ond,
has mado this year, with two mule*, twenty bales
of long cotton, which ho fold hero on Saturday for
nineteen hundred and eighty dollar#. Iu addlliou
to this ho made plenty of corn, poUtocv, etc.
Hr. Irasc Hay, of Terrell county, has a stalk oi
corn that is a curiosity. K lmn two cars of corn on
It, one about middlcwnyof the ri ilk aud on
the top, where the towel should have bten. Both
eats arc well developed and have Urge grains.
Tbo fourth annual fair of the tho Thomas county
stock breeders??? nraoclatlon will take place on tho
2??th lust, at the old fslrgrouuds. Two dottaraaad
fifty cents in gold will bo paid ou the grounds Lr
every animal taking a premium.
On Mr. Joel Mullls???i place, tlx miles from FArt-
rnan, Mrs. Nancy Rogers, a widow, who did tno
washing aud milking for Mr. Mullis???s family,made
this year on a onc-horsc farm, l??|j bales of cotton,
averagings little more than f>00 pounds to tho
bale, 120 butlicla corn, two stacks fodder, bosides
a quantity of peas and potatoes. Mrs. Rogers did
the plowing herself with an 18-ycnr old korso,
wbllo her lrt ycanold daughter and 12-ycar old
son did tho hoeing???this bolng her only help dur
ing the making and housing oi tho crops, with tho
exception of anothor littio daughter ouly 9 yoars
of sgoi who helped to piak out tho cotton. 8ho
did not hire a day???s work.
Lincoln touNews: Lincoln gonorallyeurparios
mo??t other counties in the state in the production
of Muoll grain. Wo attribute much of onr success
to early sowing, For Instance It is a fact that lit
tio or no grain has been sowed In Wilke* whilo
thousands of acres aro up and looking tolerably
well for tho season in Lincoln. Generally nearly
???11 of ourcrdpls sown by tho first of November,
but this year tho protracted drought prevented
the fanners from planting tho stubblcd fields,
A QUESTION ABOUT.
BROWN'S
IRON
BITTERS
Answered.
The question has probably
been asked thousands of times,
"How can Brown???s Iron Bitters.:
cure everything???? Well, it'
doesn???t. But * it does cure any
disease for which a reputable
physician woujd prescribe
SHORT NEWS NOTES.
Gossip About Things and Folks Here and
There.
Tbxnr arc thirty-two Catholic peers in Eng
land.
Fboo???h legs havo taken tho place of oysters
a! a fashlonablo dish for luuch.
Nontii Carolina hns sent twenty car loads
of exhibits to tho Now Orleans exposition.
A itr.no of hybrid cattlo???oue-holf buffalo
and ono-half cow-U exciting attention in Cana-
pictilict is frequently superior to that urb jro
1, and that less butter is a???o r-r-
rgg* ore tried,
quired for ihortening purpose. Tha advan
tage ?* not alone in tha saving effected, hut in
the avoidance of tbe trouble attendant upon
tot-urir.g fresh eggs and tho aunoyanco of aa
cccseioral coke spoiled by the a ;eid?at.???.l in
troduction of an egg that has reached a little
fro rear tbe iccutstory period. The Royal
Baking l???oader also invariably insures per
fectly light, sweet, and haudseme cikc, or
wh#n used for griddio cakes to bo cate a hot
< sables their production in tha shortest post
il* space of time, and makes than moat ten
der and delicious, aa waU aa entirely wJjol-j-
???c me. There is no other preparation like it.
W liat n Man Tried to Do in Mexico and tlio
Result.
From tho Two Republics.
A shocking tragedy occurred on Sunday night
in tbe Zocalo, whore tho beautiful concert pavil
ion baa been erected for the festivities oi All Salats
end All BouU??? days. Ono lifo wis lost and threo
men woro So seriously Injured that life fa-their
case was despaired of.
It was a ca-.oqf peculiar interest. A man Irnpwu
th l mite Icon Knrada, a worker In guitar#, lying
stODO to the end of an ordinary wire, threw it
over tbo electric wire, fttrada Immediately foil
dead In bis tracks. Tho contact ot tbc two wlrov
killed him. A policeman standing by and a struct
car conductor had much of tbolr clothing burned
off and uere'themiclvtff so seriously Injured that
their lives tremble in the balance. Tire electric
current affected Others, aI??o, more or less.
The.scene succeeding the tragedy was demoral
izing. For a moment tho dumb terror of seeing
strong men totter and fall aa if struck by aomo In-
vlribloband, held tho crowd apeU-bound. Hurt-
tici!fug tho terrorized apathy camo a wild rudi
for life. Fortunately exits wero plentiful, and to
Unit was due the fact that raauy wero not stamped
to death.
John HcrUVf. Of the electric light company,
mounted a ladder, with a silk handkerchief iu
hand to removedbo wire thrown by tho unfortu
nate Lrirsds. Thb rain was falling heavily at tho
time, bat ho did not uotlcu that tho handkerchief
was becoming damp. 11c applied It to tho wire to
re move It and received himself a savors shock that
threw him from the ladder. Falling P> the stono
javruful bis head was cut open. Ho will recover,
The police believe that Estrada represented a
garg of pickpockets snd thieves, am! that liia
objtca In throwing tha wire was to extiuattbh tho
elictne light* andilvo bis paJa a
tie. Whether that Ism or not is
be who could havo told has hot
to ailccce. _
The Last Thing to Drop,
The crops In certain section* are short and many
fanner* will think of economizing for the coming
year.
A good weekly paper Is the cheapest thing that
goes into a fanner???* home* Such a paj>cr as Tun
Constitution at 91 (the dub rate) is the cheapest
nowfpepa* In the world. It U?? luxury, a comfort,
scccftslty. Ha weekly rlsit carries tbe news of
lire bo*? world to the farmer???s family. It amiuss
d Instructs tho children, it cheers and entertains
tbc wife and mother, It gives the farmer his mar
kets, tho progress of tbe world, pa'llte# and bud
it era. The day that It arrives is a bright day in
tbe neck.
It costa leas than two cent* a week. "Every time
a ten cluck*, thergff she har. laid '.rill pay for tbo
paj^cr for the ifeek, A postage tuihp will pay lot
it. It is tbe cheapest thing you con buy. -
In cutting down cxpcr:*r< for the year, don't cut
GfflBXCctwsrmnp/K. It will bo more tlun ever
rcn??*ary to you during tbo |<*:ig winter evening*.
It vrlll^ pay for HaelLte ??? ???
da.
BavaaxLa Jaoo stockings, laolog up tha back
by a cord ana costing only.930 a pair, are among
tha latest novelties.
A Nkw York lad/ of wealth gives Sunday
evening receptions nt her elegant home to tbe
littio esab girls from tho largo dry goods stores.
Onk of tlio most remarkable telegraphic feats
on record was the recent delivery of a tnosssgo
from Melbourne, Australia, to London In 2.1 min
ute*. It went by land and soa over 13,309 miles by
wire.
Public opinion is rapidly coming round in
: and broad, religious sentiment h pro-
moro than
one of thobUhoj**. Tlio Iziudou sewer cummin-
loom advocate tlio preotlco.
Or tbo largo citias of tho country New York,
Brooklyu, Boston; Baltimore, Bt. Iziuls, Loulivlllo,
New Orleans, Indianopoll* and Detroit gave ma
jorities for Cleveland; Philadelphia, Buffalo, Pi
tiiiig, Chicago, ClbYclauU aud diui Francisco
iteloc.
foe
Tna finest grades of crude rubber coma from
r??rs, tbo trees being tapped aud tho asp g ithared
means of t i)0ddlca which aro dipped iu a tub
of ????p snd bchi over a smoky tiro tlmi tho c mtluf
s.???E-m. This 11metis in. repoateil until a
din poof a squ-uh li
Physicians recognize Iron as
the best restorative agent known
to the profession, and inquiry of
any leading chemical firm will
without doubt substantiate the
assertion that there are more prep
arations of iron than of any oilier
substance used in medicine. Tnis
shows conclusively that Iron is
acknowledged to be the most im
portant factor in successful- med
ical practice. It is, however, a
. remarkable fact, that prior to the
discovery of Brown's Iron Bitters
no perfectly satisfactory ironcom-
bination liad ever been found.
Brown???s Iron Bitters docs not
injure the teeth, cau??c headache or
J iroducc constipation???nn ntrier
ran metUciiirndo. Brown???s Iron
fritters cures indigestion, bilious'
ness, weakness, dyspepsia, mala
ria, chills and fevers, tired feeling,,,
general debility, pain in the side,'
back or limbs, headache and ncu 1
ralgia???for all these ailment.'!
Iron is prescribed daily.
Brown???s Iron Bitters, howevpr,
docs not cure in a minute. Like
all other thorough medicines, it
acts slowly.. When taken by
men the first symptom of benefit
is renewed energy. The muscles t
then become firmer, the digestion
improves, the bowels are active.
In women the effect is usually
more rapid and marked. Tile
eyes begin at once to brighten;
the skin clears up; healthy color
comes to the checks; nervous
ness disappears; functional de
rangements become regular, and
if a nursing mother abundant
sustenance is supplied for the
child. Remember Brown???s Iron.'
Bitters is the ONLY iron medi-;
cine that is not injurious.
TjAKEffoOTflER
JTfUBE TO,, ANT, IiADT \
rnlalnr.nm ??n l prill* JIM
rf J'ubUrU'hMflottMlr
,HaMtM4 |rfl??In
??????i-S^LAD*lC*?? *&onStUKH wlrflTvuoijv UAIU
MKNTM, m4 wuipU, * -I <m?? ft ??h*r IimSimm Cd^fiOifwN
miOuU<*pm \. UL<??lr ,.r! 11*4 bnvr y i * *??? m eI ???
Thu Now Yoflc Star says: ???Tlia letter car
riers are having a burd roatl to travel. Each ono
in stopped on every trip by some democrat who
hftUlsciit a piece of tape ami commeucos measur
ing io see If the uniform will fit hloi. ftmorrisy
the Lorti'filconnri cuMomhoura wire thronged by
trthuktestic L'lcvotatulers picking out suuj
berths,???
CoMrif fKHA* lfiiw'irr is a cabinet figure. Ito
is reported tu have said to friends, since tho olea-
tlon, that ho was tired of cougrcw and would be
glad of a good chance to retire. TUM would mesa
??? liher the rablnct or a first class fordtu mission,
v.ilh picfercnces decidedly for thu former, aud
quoltficatlons for tho treoaury probably a* goo-J os
any of them have.
If k was reading o patent-medicine almanac.
Ptiddt-nly ho jumped up and slmutod to bl?? wife:
???tkirnc-hodynijf for the doctor: I'm sick. I???m tho
tbc doctor quick!'
A GeauAV poper csttmatca that Fratuju at
present owes CO0 mllcsTon the wcst!Afrlcan coast;
England * SO mile*, oi'sfter L tbo!aanexatlon of tho
Wbofo of tho Niger delta, 1,300 roilrs; 1???ortugal,
HO mile*; tho rc-piiUlo of Libcrl*,3S0 m!lci,aod
Germany?^ miles. 7ho remaining wo mile* is
mned by tho pattves, but will doubtless bo seized
hid th
uznl la???your renewal.
well a
i luxury, ami
Pin la Uirnifngliam,
hiMtrpoirah, November S?.~(Jpocial.I???TbI*
morning at half pot two K. N. Gregory???s ware-
hours, off First avenue, containing four hundred
Ulesof cut ton, was totally destroyed by fire, Tno
lading bnUdiag, ???? f-iLoor, wanaetoq
building and content* flA.oUL It was tho work of
an isiundioaf.
Interior.
A Naw York inventor is buUdlag a snow-
melting device, designed to clean tha streets of
that city during tha winter. It is a furnace tika
arrangement, Intended to bo drawn through tho
streets cn the railway tracks, and Is intended V>
molt sixty car lead* of snow an hour, or ai fast as
ten men ran shovel It iu. Tha railway companies
In New York are required to clear the stream of
scew, and hare heretofore been rontpcUcd to pay
from fifty to sctenfy-flve cent- a load forcsrttng
It sway. Tbcy havo sire had much trouble lu
Lndltga plac-otodnmplt without objection. Tha
mucbinr, life supposed,will melt nesnovao
tin t It ran bo run off Into the sower*, and to oo ft
i t Ini cost than would be Involve! tu carting i
swsv.
upper ciosics in Russia do'not balho
frequently. Baths as such ten ri exist. Tiiepore
sot lusuriaUs in bl* broad oven aiul 11ires u g -a-
fiurefan Irtth la tbut ??^)uv<!n??ent locality, it
tbe Ler??fit of 1.1* health If not of the weakly
law b of bread- A traveler Iu ft mU relate* that j Jf
during bi?? stey In Moscow he twice saw whit ???
???ffilV-V.'ffi ! fpiEB, th!or4 Wifely at Tobicto
I rt??>cd through tbo bandies at tA ???h cud. It was lfobiu ^aerafull^treated without pain or hfo??
veyed to the residence of a healthy count, aud 1
WANTED.
A situation as miller by g
hliCTICJL AND EXPERIENCED MILLER!
Address Miller, Island fihoala, Ga.
wkly
CANCERS OURjED.
NO CURE NO PAY.
DR. T. B. LITTLE,
K ng. coi
T-a, ua.
bams aud Pryor <
, ?? ??? - or a lifsiiuy ???o-in*, wn
|i?? undentood that It was the family l*??tU-tub|
IblfiU i rritably a mbststement, for Uie upper
cI*im??s la Kn??fa aro as civilized and luxorir??? *
aLy in the world. In Copenhagen. ???
a are as els
. d. InC.q*
r d vapnr baths are o??e<
1 - f enUrmcfi???a dcpartiL
Inn ot avp??ct. so brasrny and a
muacaUrtbat
visitor fcaa aver had his MOdetly shocked by a
x .-conation af sc*.
All
dally tusinew.
NO RESTRICTIONS ON DIET.
communlcatfona strictly confMentfal-
BY A. S. WOOLLEY, M. D.,
HELM A, ALA. gin wk
aa profitable as any ??;??? ?r.cy In
Prtee w*lti< ??? A I. - I'. < *l*kgue
A- F. TCJUbGtf, Atlanta, tte
MAPIL???,_
me. Atldrc* 11. C.
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