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Newspaper Page TextBxooestillk, miFebi *^Uni»a * Y ** Dr.am 6rr.—PJcuwj fiud enclosed I*. c>. tmn. WEEKLY KDITIOIST. one Down SCCOrULA 8YBU1*—SMITH'S. > have an with mo who has been crippled with ■■■■■m—could not walk. After taking lie Bottle* Is well—nblo to go to work lias gained Si pounds In weight. Your* truly,. H. BHtfLK. i For fcala .M Wail PL. Atlanta. § J iHE CONSTITUTION. By B. M. W90LI EYi M.oTj Atlanta, Georgia, a Reliable evidence given I tad reference to cured pa* 9 ilenU and physicians. t I Send for my book on the I Habltsand their Core. Free. I VOL. XVII. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 2 1884, TWELVE PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. A COMPLETE PAPER. lfir Constitution Interests All Classes and Appeals to All Tastes. The leading topics of this week’s Issue are: TALMAGE’S SERMON. /•THANKSGIVING SERMON." Ocb Humorous Writers.—Betsy Hamilton, Romance Of Owl Hollow;" Bill Ary, "A Talk About Alabama." The Constitution's Departments.—"Answers to Correspondent?;" "Farms and Farmers." New* of the Week.—"All Through Dixie;" "The Political Field;" "Short News Kotov;'' "Points About People;" "Across the Water;" "Geor gia News." Editorial*.— 1 "Piquant Paragraphs," and many other things of interest. Only 01.95 a Year. In Clubs at Tire, 01 Kncb. Subscribe at Unco. GEORGIA NEWS. The Bcutiein Mutual losursnee Companv-Sslliug Peach Cider-A Fr^btfal Uurdrr-Parobaee of Mmiog Land*—Bitten by a Box-Death of Benjamin Camp, Etc. The Altar y News lay* that a cow lwlongingto Mr. F.G. Edwards—a regular old "town cow - ’— while prowling around in the rear of Collier's store last night walked ou the rotten covering of the cellar, extension or area, and fell through, carry ingboth shatters and two or three barrels and boxes with her. It took about it dozen men together out, but aa soon as the reached high ground she walked offas if nothing had happened. The Griffin Newa fa informedthat at the poor fam in Spalding is a slugular case of touching dd- votier. between old master and slave.For some time there baa lived at tho farm aa one of tho county's wards an old negro roan named Lewis Cline. Be- fore the war be was a favorite slarc of Mrjor Wil liam Cline, men one of the leading citizens of our county, prominent as a business man, as a man of standing and character and as mayor of Griilln. In the match of cveuts this fine old gentloman, through any misfortunes, became reduced to poverty, and finally be came, a few weeks since, au inmate of the farm, where ho will peacefully end his use ful and eventful life. No sooner haa the old major settled In bis quarters than old Lewis, true to the Instincts of the faithful servant, put hii nearly worn out oldjbodyat bis former master’s service and mlniitcisto his every want with touching kind* ; ness and fidelity. It is said to bo beautiful to be hold the cordial restoration of the old association between these two veteran .soldiers of the baltlo of life of the oldcu time and a living monumental answer to tho erroncons teaching! of tho author ess of Uncle Tom’* Cabin. The Cartersvillo Free Presa Is the first paper in Georgia to sound tho alarm for now year’s call*. The organization of a military compauy is agi tated in Da Inbridge. f In Americus au old colored man had a bag of ' cotton to sell at Lott Prlccs’s warehouse aud went out to -got a buyer. He found a good-looking buyer, a Mr. Lcdslnger, we believe, aud brought him up- "Mr. Price," said tho darkey, "hcah’s a * i£jji buy rrjy bog/-’ Mr. J’. replied, "L -jin. said the old i /n&llrd on the old- fftljofpJ said tho darkey. "Why, fur stalking up f hcip!” "Well," said the old ne£- ». "I'll walk Utk wid ye, an’ dcu we’ll be even." Rome, Ga., November 24.-[Special.]—'Tho dem ocratic jubilco was held at the Kevin opera homo to-night. Speeches were delivered by Judge R. R. I To iris, Judgo Joel Branham, and Mr. L. A. Derr. Au eloquent and well Written ode wai then read l y Mr. Waller Cheney. Tho cxcrcDes were integipcricd with music, the "star spangled Banner" and "My Conn tnr"being beautifully ren dered by a number of ladle* and gentlemen. Hon. M. B. 1'cny, of Kandoloh. wbow**!u the audi ence. was railed on aud responded in a h%ppy manner. A large audienco was present. Coi.t mdia, 8. C., November 21.—[Special,]—The Routh Carolina legislature meets In Columbia to morrow. There bclug uo momentous itrauos be fore that body, tbe union will doubtless bo a aboil *>uc. • Senator Wade Hampton will ho re elected without opposition to the United States senate. Jacksonville, FI*., November 21.—Fire broke out at Green t’ovc Springs, Florida, at 3 a. in. yes terday, In tboraloon of George Zlttcb, and spread to Lcandem billiard room, Lawrence's coufoction- ary, the Creek blin k, Mr*. LoveUco'* boarding hou'.candMr. Croekcr’a residence, all of which wc-ic totally destroyed. Iamb IjOOOO. In-mrancc tWCC. The Die was the re*ult of an aeddeut. Bavsxnah. Ga., November 24.—[Special.]—Sa vannah fa fs infestrd with trump*. T*u applied for lodging at the barracks last nfght. The va grant law will be enforced against them If they are ogain caught within the limits of the city after two suns. Atiifns, Ga., November 21.—[special.]—The Bout Lem Mutual insurance company settled the case now pending against them by a compromise. Thecoimrclfor the poat policy holders, aud tho officer* of the company hod been In eonsu'tatlon over the matter, but It was not until yesterday that the trouble was finally adjusted. Tbo com pany agree* to refued to the past policy holder*, with interest, all money retained un der the by-law* of the company from premiums lore the amount of Intcrcct aided to dividend*. Tho decree of court will probably be made Tuesday. The officers of tho county will bo appointed receiver*, and au auditor also named. Voder tbe decision of tbe supreme court, alt the claims on the amount to be paid will be barre l efttr k-vcd years If not presented. The distribu tion v. ill commence a* soon as tbe clerical work can I «• finished. The receivers will advertise the rsatti r extensively w> that ail claimant* will hare timely notification* This settlement U perfectly satisfactory to all conc;rucd, and will leave the ton?! any still on a rock bottom foundation. It Is ratlrrattri that even after the distribution is mud* eight bun-lrc-l tbcrosnd dollars will be left In tbe ban la of the company- The money to be distributed will •mount to some two nr three hundred tbousaud, Lut all left uuclalmed after seven yean will revert to tb« company, so tbe old Southern Mutual will doultlfM have a surplus captul of somethlag Bear a million dollar*. This is a final aptllemcut la a w Idow, and Frank, her only son aud child at heme for protection. He was about twenty-two years of age. Hls.fatber was killed in tho latojwar Baylors is to blame for the whole trouble, and it ia to be hoped that he will be dealt with to the ek- t< nt of tbe law. In the first place he was violating an United Buries law by dealing In blockade liquors without license: second place, ho was vlo lntiug a state lawr thirdly, a town law; and fourthly, a local law, passed for tho cUizeus of the old tc wu of Villa Rfcs, which prohibits the sale of any intoxicating liquors, bitters, A-?., Within four mile* of tbe old town. The Dahlonega Signal makes an appeal for the confederate veterans, and *ay»: We have heretofore in tlic»e column*, allndcd to the fact that the last legislature unsred un act to furnish one-urmed and oue legged confederate sol diers with artificial limb*, or money in lieu there of the member* to what was doubtluis au over sight, and n>k them toremedy tliedcfoct by appro- pi late legislation. Hon. W. P. Price and Hon. P. M. sitton are rival candidates for mayor of Dahlonega. The White county "syndicate'’ is about oonsutn- tested. This means that a company of Scotch capitalists hare luvcsted some two hundred thou sand dollars In the purchase of mfnlng lands fn that county, with a view to the erection of tho macbineiy necessary to tho extensive and scien tific mining ol said lands. There is a negro womau living within the cor porate limits of Crawford, less than thirty years of age, who is the mother of eleven children. q he Emanuel Itemlxer says: It is terrible to watch tho cuttle of this soction wand* ring about In their almost fruitlc** search for watt r amt their pitiful lowing as If bogging for it. It will be next to impossible for them or mau either to stand the drouth much longer. Mr. Ephraim Hook*, of Emanuel county, lias a great curiosity In the way of a hen egg. It ii about the ordinary size, and has clearly defined lettera crabcded in the shell entirely aronnd It. U la a strange freak of nature.. Augusta, Ga., November 25.—[Special.]-Cnp- tain John Jay Cohen, of the Clarke Light Infant- t-y, Augusta, propose* that a regiment from Geor gia attend Cleveland’* inauguration, And for this purpose is corresponding with tno commanders of companies In the stale, urging the calling of a meeting, either In Atlanta, Savannah, Macon or Augusta, to make arrangements. Tho Augusta military spirit Is thoroughly aroused, aud two companies will certainly goto Washington next March' Augusta will send up a good crowd and big cannon for Georgia jtbllco Friday. Athens, Go., Noycmbcr 2.V-[Special.] ^-Tho Jury llgucd a verdict for 9242,000 for the past policy holders of tbe Southern Mutual insurance com pany; also allowed the lawyers twenty-fire psr edit oi the above amount, which will give each one of tho four lawyers representing the paat policyholders over frl;>,000 apiece. Pavaknaii, Ga., November 23.—[Special.]—In an Interview with a Times reporter in regard to tho uncailucss among the colored people here about tho democratic administration, Rev. Alex ander Harris, the well known col ored preacher. says: "Notv I am clad tossy this feeling has subsided, thanks to the policy pursued by debt thinking white men. end J may ray tbo talks mado by our colored clergy. At the timo of ray last visit to Darien, I found my people terribly wrought up, bat I took the matter quietly in hand, made a paclfit talk, and when I left all was quid and tranquil. Every preacher In Savannah has done his duty, and done It well iu this emergency. I am ploaccd to ray that nothing but tho best feeling exists among tbe colored m««a, who now sec that uot. R llhsiandlng Cleveland’s election, no change ai ding them has taken orpromlsts to take place. They sec that there is no difference whatever in the statu* of affairs, and arc satisfied that C'lcvo- lrnd I* elected. I have tried to impress on the lhe» fa< CAhf t they Lai canted. Tho wonderful results In this caio have been reached through the ability And ludefAtlgable diligence of the counsel for the old policy holders. Bsroly docs a Georgia Jury record a verdict for nearly a quarter of a million of dollars: aud still more rarely if this result achieved from so unpromising a beginning. The cattle raldors continue togetpn their work in Gulnnett county. Two cows belonging to J. C. Davis were drlrcn off last week. They had been turned iu a pasture In tho morning and did not come up that night. Next day Mr. Davis started In pursuit. Bamdamville, Ga., November 26. — [Special.] Mr. Thomas Cook, a worthy citizen of onr county, said tc-dsy, fn answer to Inquiry by your corre spondent as to turn out of hts crop for 1S8I: "I made on forty-fivo acres of land eleven hun dred and sixty bushel* of com. The average yield per acre of cotton on my land was 7.10 of bale. I always make enough wheat for home ooo-ump- !< ned T.Vcent plow-stock. Our farmers are putting in i id all grain rapidly this week. The Carbau disc harrow U extensively used lor this purpose this •caron. The grinding of sugar caue is going on in Mein* tesh county. The Hamilton Journal says that on Sunday af tetnoon o little daughter of Johu Durham was bit ten by a dog, supposed to hare been mad. Tho little girl w as In the road as the dog was passing. Ilex father saw the dog was going to attack her and ran to her protection. He reached her Just as the dog bit her and iu an instant cut his throat. 1 be bite was under the left eye. Mr. Durham got the inadttone of Dr. Mitchell to try its efficacy. Martin G. Tootle, a man with ouc arm, living In tbo lower portion of Tattnall county, raised this year, wtth tbe help of two sons, the eldest not six teen years of age, five heavy bales of sea Island cot ton, together with a plentiful supply of piovlaloni df all kinds. This demonstrates what can bo dono at farming in Tattnall county. . Tho care of Sidney Hall, Who is sentenced to bo hanged on the 12th of December, will be taken to the supreme court, hence the execution will be postponed. The ReidaxJlle Enterprise says that not a great •crcsge of oats have keen sown this fall. The ex- tremo drougth has been rery much against plant ing this valuable crop. Charley Wood, of Tatnall, received a painful gunshot wound lut Tuesday. Whllo riding through the woods, looking after some stock, he attempted to dismount. In doing so he accident ally dropped his gun, which wu discharged by striking the ground, and tho contents lodged In h!s foot. Hii shoe wu tom from his foot and the flesh and leader* were terribly lacerated. The Dougluville Star says that Colonel Benja min Camp died at his home on tho 21*t, aged eighty-three years and eleven months. Ho wu born in Walton county in 1801, In his yonug manhood he wu for several years an oflloer In the United States army, and participated In all the ware with the Indians in this section of tho court- tiy. It was In ono of these campaigns against tho Indians that ho first took a fahey to tho placo whero he located, and settled on it over fifty years •go, when there were but few white families liv ing In the county. During his long life he wns prominent In all the walks of life. For sixty years be was n consistent member of Lire MethodLst church, and was a <d *11 claims that c*n be pOMiblg brought again ri (he Southern Mutual company. Vn l a Rica, November 24.—[Special.]-Oar uu- tJCfll quiet town was thrown into a good deal of excitement Saturday night by Frank Wyldcs be ing tilled by a potstag train. Early Saturday wcn.lrg ft became very apparent that something wuwtcng.snd it wu cot long, before Marshal Tates found that one Saylors wu at the bottom of It ty selling blockade liquor under name of {teach elder. He At once notified the mayor, who wont at once and ordered)**) lor* to puts atop to it at owe Bajlots promised him be would, but usoon •sli p mayor left him be began •gtiu, •nd by :J o'clock in the cvenirg bo bad about twenty-rive toys and men drunx, aud Frank Wylde* w.ts .among the number. The marsh*! arn~ w! Sty- Jots and \Y>ides aud several other*, aud locked Ihcm up, but Frank’* uucle male a bond for him md took him out, and said be would taka of him. Baylor* also managed out, and ft is nuppoial •theand Frank hod Hartal home,but word Ur too drunk to travel, and lay down by tho Dread aud fell n*! .vp. Prank was lying on the i between tbe raiK and about eight o'clock, lime lor the east and west bound frcixhl train* «*t here, be w « mu over and mxshel to death ne of three trdn*, aud thore who reached him tVLVANLA, Ga., November 25.—(SpcclaM—A frightful murder occurred in this county on lut Tbunday evening. Mr. James Miller, the young constable of the eightieth district, had a warrant for the arrest of a negro named Bob McCoy. On ThuiKlay afternoon about four o’clock he wu at the itore of Metres. Heard A Fulcher, situate at No. c>£ Central railroad. Unaware of tho darkey’s I being present, when upon turning round tho cor ner of the store he met him, and the nerr ) struck Miller over tho bead with a board crathlng in the skull frlchtfally.from which the younM>ud died that nfght. Tbe negro escaped but wa* oi....... on Friday af I/>rctte, and would moat undoubted ly have been bung by the Infarlated citizens, but for the fact that lie implicated another negro ini themnrder. Judge Garawell, who wn* holding court here nt tho time, rent the sheriff, Mr. Mill*, with « poue aftor the murderer, who succeeded Iu sotting sml lodging him safely iu Jnll at tills plan*. The accessory, 8am Mc filtt was abo arrested. It 1* thought by many dlflfcr as to which one of tbe trains did it. If booed ran «v*r him, both did. as it took ' n votiidt oi town (where be wai it bound passed, aud •« it -— —•- i the bound went out it also paste 1 over blot. Bayiomare trotherada-Uwr HU mothir a m «uvu|ju«, win w.idgoCarswell to hold a special court for their trial, which ho I* willing to do on tho second Monday in December. Athens, Go,, November 26.—[Special.]— TJiO sensation in Athens to-day is tho settle ment by tbe Southern Mutual iusuranco com pany. Tbe history of tho litigation is wcll- knewu to tbe people of Georgia, ns there ia not a county iu the state that is more or Jess interested in the matter. It will be remein* b<ied that this company, being. burdened with a surplus capital of over $1,000,090, ask ed the court to define the owner of this mon ey. No one supposed there was anything iu the cate, and for a time it seemed that the wholo matter wcttld be left to tbe decision of tfcc company. But finally Messrs. K. K. Lump kin and If. If. Carlton, of Athens, and Ilcury Jackion and J. If. Lumpkin, of Allan is, took the race in hand as counsel for a few ol the nasi policy holders. The ease was final ly carried to the supreme court, and the deci sion rendered at published in Tile Constitu tion, leit the question to a jury to fix a sufficient capital for the company to operate upon. But the case was compromised last Monday by a consent verdict end dccre on the basis published in The Constitution. The company I* allowed to retain ra mini mum surplus of slightly over t^K.bCO, to be In creased if the exigencies of the company should require. The post policy holders (that is all who were insured st any time from July i, ]&Y», to May I, Ittl, allowance being made for the loss of con federate currency in 1nV») recover every dollar of premiums paid by them, tlcesexpcuscs, losses and dividends already received by them) with interest thereon at at-vcu per cent. Under the decision of tbe supreme rouit recently rendered In this care, policy holders prior to lkV> do not share in the fund, liccamc the- company in that year changed its manner of conduct ing borincMi from taking wtet are called premium notes to a cash system, and in 1VA the legislature amended the charter author izing the holding of a reserve. The total reserve for the benefit of pa*t policy holders amounted to neatly $243,0t«. This sum, leu the fees of Meson. H. If. Carlton and K. K. Lumpkin, of Athens, and J. IF. Lumpkin and Henry Jackren, of At lanta, which will amount to arout flf.OOu each, , will be distributed as rapidly a» the accounts can be per zed upon by Mr. A. L. Mitchell, who Las been srpointed to tbe responsible posi tion of auditor. The company has been allowed bj the decree nntJJ January 25 next to make pre- hmirary calculation* sm-2 olb’-rwisc p'epc.re for a .11- dilution. Notice will then be given by publi cation os to how claims shall be presented. This litigation being thus .satisfactorily terminated, and allot tbo moneys of the cld policyholders which went to the reserve fond, with Interest thereon re funded. leaves tbe company tbe strongest la tho United Btatea, when considered fn the relation which lt« a*els hear to the risk rrerlyjQ JifiHfcf wirt’to go to the fftlls and vote for Cleveland and Hendricks— indeed, it Is thought that tho exposure of thst day's rido was the incldenUl cause of his doxtb. Ills death will bc^dceply felt by the community la which ho bad so long lived. Ho loaves a largo number of relatives, aud descendants to mourn bis loss. He wssburied at C’ampbellton Sunday, with Masonlo honors. The Sparta Dbmaellte records the death of air. Hlllcry Langford, aged 91 years, 11 months aud i> day*, at his residence In Hancock county. At the time of his death he wu tho oldest citizen of tho eounty. A few years ago a reunion of tho descend ants of air. Langford was hold at his home. At prevent bis descendant* number 278, ns follows; Children living 0, dead 2; grand-cblfdren living DC, dead 21; grcat-graml-chlldrcn living 12ti, deal 21. Mr. Langford baa been a consistent member of tbe Methodist church for many years. He was buried at Salem church on Sunday afternoon. Savannah, Ga., November 27.-[8pec !•!.]—Chav, J. Allen, a wood-passer on an engine on the Cen tral railroad, wu Injured In a collision on the 7th of September, 1861, and sued the road fordatnsgos. Tbe jury iut night In the city court rendored him a verdict for damages to tho amount of 92,009. Last Friday morning, while a party of negroes were engaged in putting out» fire In the wood about one and a half miles from Asbbnra’s milt In Dodge county, tbo drou of a woman by the name of Ella Wheeler, caught fire. Instantly tho woman started fur home at a breakneck speed. Her husband wu In tbe party, but, on discovering the condition of affaire, ho Ifnintod. Otbcri lu the croyd, however, started In pursuit of tho burning woman, but were unable to come up with her before she reached her homo at tht mill. Tho clothcaof the unfortunate woman were outlraly consumed, aud she wu horribly burned from her knees dp. Dr. J. D. Hcrrman was summouod to the bedside of tL« woman, and did all that medi cal aid couhl mygest to alleviate her sufferings. Her llfo ia despaired of. last Thursday afternoon the house of Seaborn Mcore, an industrious colored man llrfogUcar Eastman, was burglarized of goods and money to tbe value of 940. Moore’s wife wu Jtbsent from tbe bouse about ono hour, visiting a neighbor, •nd on her return found tho floor torn up, and tbo articles missing. There U uo clue a* to who com mitted tho act. In Waycrot* the store of Captain Jarac* Knox we* entered by a back door and the >afe, which be had accidentally Irft unlocked, wu robbed. His money drawers were also ransacked, one of which us* picked up on the railroad track. The amount Holm, an mar as can bo learned, wu V>. Tho thieves cut a bole in the door through which they reached and turned the key, which was on tbe in- »:de. The band wu a very small one, frost all apperanccs. Mr. J. A. smith, of The Cave, Meriwether cou a ty rone acre planted Iu cave after bsddiog one- fourth of it made gallon.- of tho prettiest ») tup ever seen In Georgia. There is a temperance tidal wave In and around Clsjton, Rabun county, since the II. >V. Beck tragedy. The Good Templars had a celebration there on Thanksgiving day. Dr. C. D. Health, of Franklin, N. C , made an address, and Mis* Rebec ca Duncan, a beautiful and accomplished young lady of Clay tou, read an excellent essay on tem perance. Sava KVA rr, Ga., November 21.—[Special.]—In formation has been received here of a tragedy at Blackshear, Fierce county, yesterday. Aaron Kennedy, a well known colored butcher, highly thought of by tbe whltce, encountered Dr. (!. II. hmitb, mounted on the road and Inquired ff he wanted any meat. Smith, who wu under the lu ll tuuce of liquor, became unaccountably enraged, and pulling a pistol, fired at Kennedy, the ball llttl\\'A him in the stomach, Matt (•.using through. . ... .r_ ... -> gnifth bu fled the Tbegviib’u: • has closed in the Doyalcase. The defence wn- ju.-liilcaUon ami in sillily. To-mor row the cur e will Le argued. 8rnU!o pi.a» r. tin.. November 28.—{8pecfal.l— Particular* La\c just reached tho vllllagc of a dif ficulty four from this place. In which En- gene Luttrcil riiot aud fatally wounded Lum RTal- Iker. A rfgro frolic was had at Davo Johnson’s, ■pHfil nUoiuvl. both white, were e drinking and hard word* were I passed betwthu them. Luttrcil went from the frolic with a white* woman of disreputable charac ter, who was there. Soon after bit arrival at her home Walker . ne aud the old fuss was renewed. Walker wn.? led out of the houso by a frioml pres- out, ami Luttrcil draw his pistol and ooramcro'cd firing. Four or five shots wore tired and Walker fill to the gro.m.l wounded In the head and other places. LoO’ -"tamped. AMKUCye, fia., November 38.—[Special.]—The negroes In & hley county seem to have shaken off what little slumbering fear they ever had of boiug reduced to ala re ry afu r Cleveland's Inauguration, and hare c vt" made a political adranoc. Aroused by the eloquent* of some Amcricm orators, •»( col ored pmnt'h :>■ they have put out camlLUtcs for the county They; await a mowing uudor at the elect T r In January. Dr. J. A. Fjgsley gives Iho following accouut O a tragedy inipTH Put ut, In which ono man was killed: '7 Beaurrgai : <-aturwlijte had been dismissed from his placo h> the spionlngroom of tho West Point mill* .cause bo was uuablo to keep up his wotk. Hcatfcilnu J his disclmrgo to Mr. Ivey It orris, the Uks of the cardroom. Becoming very much Icconsiod Agalutt Morris, who was *liii brother in law. b<- procured a pistol, lollowod Morris up, v?m> bad gone hunting, and, present ing tho informed him that ono uf them had to ui«». then and there. Tho former hr. l bis gun and, haring to choose the alternative of killing or boiug killed, naturally <L ci.led to save his own life, rather than bccomo a sacrifice to tho fury of hts antagonlst.aud fired upon FnttcfWhUc, tho shot taking effect In the neck ai.u severing the jugular vein. Batter- nhllc fell dead In liib tracks. These facts wore to* tilled to by two witnesses before tho coroner’s Jury, ■nd they r< turn* <1 a verdict of justifiable homicide. Sattcrwhltc wa* quirt a young man ami loaves a wife. - • r It Is said tl nt the first piano or organ Blind Tom ever tcnclud \\m in Forsyth, when ho was but a small bcy.«- After tlurd.giving services at tho Episcopal church Iu Rome there was 'distributed to about twenty famines,:go pounds of flour, four bushels potatoes, a lift*m l of fruit, 75 pounds of meat, be sides turkeys, chicken^ grit*, tea, coffee, sugar, coal, wood, clothing, etc. Mr. B. 8, Bight luu ji family relic In thoabapoof a peculiar Hit io bm rel holding uot quite as much •s & quart It Is made out of three piece*of wood into (be two heads and tho l.ody. fils grandfath er, Mr. lien Join In Fxmuois, who wnia revolution*, ry rohlh r, ko> it in l/M*. und ho takes it to boa powdirkcg. The Franklin News records au affray with some |lively features. Mr. Drink Cooley and William Ellsbury have, this year, lived in tho same houso. There mu gome misuudeistamling between them which remained unsettled Ellsbury was moving, and when they came to divide the otton, Mr. Cooley being edd and having defective eyesight, sent for Mr. »rcen Cooley to attend to the weigh ing of the cotton for him, KUfuury affirmed that Green Cooly should not come, but ho was sent for and wcn t as requested. Tho Lnattcr ppeoonccrlcd one on YUon Cooley walkod Ipto > wn roaily — ALL THROUGH DIXIE. fenator Pugh Renominated for United State* Sensta -ACyolouelD 8t. John** Parish-Two Young Ladle* Bbcot Two Young Men — Pira in Jackaonvitlf, Plorida, Ktc. Alnbujun. Montgomery, Ala., November 2l.~[dpecial .]* Senator Pugh was renominated in tho legisla tive caucus to-night for re-election to tho Unit ed States senate# In a speech before the caucus Mr.Pugb, referring to the part borne bjr southern democrats in tho lato election, said: This grand result, thus consummated, has placed the democratic party, and especially tho whito people of the south, in • position of the graven rcrpontlbllfty. Shall we prove ourselves equal to the trying emergency and worthy such tiust aud confidence? Hball we Justify and sus tain our friends at the north by the Justice, wis dom and moderation of onr action, or shall wo make good tho predictions aud hupea of oar re publican enemies that wo will favor rash, reac tionary and revolutionary changes lu tbe cur rency and tariff laws that will shock public con fidence, derange business Interests and relations, •tut patalyzo American industries? I know the white peoplo ol the south are capable of mlf gov- cniDre nt. 1 know they arc keenly aerodblo of thuir R ublle duties aud of their obligations to dtabargo icm with pntdcnco, wisdom aud fidelity. aod our brethren nt tho north may n«t awnrod that we will do nothing to cause them to regret that they have trusted us as allies iu the common canoe of m cm Is'C reform and bouc-4 government—a reform that will make ofllceholdlng a public trust for pnt>- llc objects, aud not a personal holding tor private gain- a re form that will Icncn the cost of Judicial aud cxccutivo administration, that will reduce the .burden of tariir taxation down Ut tho eoonomlcrtl t landaid of houest goremment-a reform that will the expense and correct the abase* of col lecting tho Internal revenue—a reform that will K uveut tbo unequal operation of existing tariff ms by tbo wise adjustment of dutic* on imports In tbcfr rate, and application produces no more revenue than I* need for honest government, and encourage no froer trade in taxable imports than can bo carried on legltliuatelcy. TFo report of the joint committee a* to whether the general assembly shall taka a recess, and as to tbe meaning of tho constitu tion in prescribing fifty days as the limit of the session, recommending that the general OHM inbly take a recc*s at 2 o’clock p. in., De cember 12th and rcatsomblc at 10 o’clock, a. tn., January 13, 1885, wits taken up and adopted, Montgomery, Ala., November 25.—The leg- ifllaturo to-day re-eleclodUamca L« Pugh to tno United States senate. Uo received the unaul- in on b vote in the house and all but ono iu tho senate. MosTnoMr.RY, Aln„ November 27.—[Bpo- clal.]—Captain lloxic, of tho United Stales engineer corps, has returned hero to hia head- auarters, after a week’s absence, having spent fnnr days and nights on a skill' exploring lrom Rome, Georgia, down the Coosa, it* shoals and obstructions. Ho finds tho channol nood* further clearing up. Much has to bo done vet to accomplish tho desired result to make tin Coosa navi 4 and Georg! J^ouiNiann. New Or.iiAN*, November 21.—A cyclone o< red In 8t. Jnhna^aanh Halurduy night, THE OACUSSTALK, The Most Terrible nrnl Fatal Intoxicant That Has Yet Been Discovered, "Do you know what that Is?" said the captain of a bark lately returned from a cruise In the southern seas to a fan Francisco Call reporter who wm prowling around the water front fn search of Itc rr*. He held in his hand what appeared to bo a gaudily painted barber's pole shrunken to tho size of a polieemau’s club. Tho reporter surveyed tbe object curiously and admitted that he could not gucts what it was. "That," continued the skipper, taking the non descript object from the reporter's hands and car essing it as though It was a kitten, "is a piece of gagns stalk. It came from Ganptil Island, near the Molucca group. I have navigated the sooth sc as for many year*, and I never saw It growing upon any other Island, and I don’t think you wiU find any seafaring man who hails from those waters but will bear ont what I say." "But what Is ltr* questioned the reporter, eyeing the curiosity. "Gagns root?" "Yes; that's as near aa wo sallera can get to what tho natives there call it. I're heard these foureyed scientific lubbers call it by a uame n yard long: but I might as woll bare tried to reel * mainrall alono aa to reel It around mymenUt windlass. Gagas is good anough for me." "Who painted It?" went on tho reporter, a sus picion c reeping Into his mind that tho captain had ornamented it with color for the purposo of sell ing it to tome democrat to put In hts hat. "Painted It I Why, Jigger me, that’s the way li grew," cried the skipper, with a laugh. "I guess you haven't seen anything like it before." Tho reporter admitted that he had not, and ask ed the caput n tod l**i pat o id once the cloud of mytUty surrounding the "gaxus." "it la a species of cactus, T ’ no explained, "aud, •s 1 raid, grows only, to my knowledge, on Qaop- til island. The island fsa small one, but la well populated by native* of tho Malay race. In the laaCsH— ““““ Htcrior this plant grows wild, flourishing espec ially lu the red rocky soli. It looks bcautlfal whoa growing, as you might judge by tlio bright hues with which this is spotted. Tho main stalk la com ml with sharp, nettle llko protuberances, and a prick from ouo of them will cause more t>*ln tbsn a handful of red pepper thrown iu your eyes. When young the plant consists of but oua ►talk, whirl: shoots up straight to a height of four It is• brilliant scarlet In hue. To- But It Is the properties of tho pla_. .. gufsh it. Opium I* a potent drug, but l will back the extract from the gogu* stalk to effect more damage on the liumsu system than all the opium iu the world. The natives cut tho plant III th« early spring. * — — quantity the] “ bugestc early spring. After they have gathered a sumciout quantity they put it in largo bowls and crush it with huge stones. A graybn sap rani out freely. and Ibis they collect and drink after WlHPIIH meat, Which It doc* easily. One drink of a pint Is enough for an ordinary man. but I have setit natives drink mote. Within half an hour after Imbibing It the drioker becomes perfectly sidpll •nd Ilea around like a log. Tbo spell lasts a day or more, during which time tbo natives say they lire ^n pa rad Iso." I*Do white men drink ft?" ^‘1 have known ration to try It, but they never tackled it twice. Three years ago I had a man lu my rrew who was driven creay by ono drink." r, Ytbni effect does It have upon tho native*?" ' ntfiat H where the gagns displays itself. If 1 sec tome of tho terrible examples of liking lu (iauptll you would bo horrified, ■■■■effect of Uio liquor is to *o(tcn tho bouen and gradually eat them sway. There oro natives 6here, tho victims of gsgns. who arc indeed bone- Iris and tumble to wuk or use their limtw. They then begin to wither away llko this hi illc until I they dio io misery and couvuMous. Immediately niter death tho licad.of tho corpse l« uomessoft m p.iilp, no bom* rau be fell; Uieakull lap nti'U * way. Thejgjdfct^y., j H P»Ollo indicting a mortal wound, county. Gbiitix, Ga., Novembe r (Special. J-The cwsbasjuAt been received hereof the killing of a young man nomad Freeman Crawford Just over tbe Boa lu Monroa county. Crawford and the Crawley boys wirtSfigbilnw, when one of them threw a reek striking Crawford on tbe bead from which bo died. No one has boe* arrested. Craw- fc-:d has a brother ou tbe Jury tryjjj Doyal. te*/Which was kuockcd hond and broken. Tills, it is thought, wav all that kept Cooley from being shot. No weapons were used, but sticks and flt.li were used for all their worth, and a regular kubek down aud drag out fight ensued. The two Cooleys rccclrod a fow painful bruises. Ellsbury and his sister got the wont of It, but no ono’i Injuries are serious. Kllv bury may lose one of his eyes. Oue of tbo most aetrodons crime* ever com mitted In Coffee coauty was porpetrated on the dIaM of tire lllh Inst, by ouo Hamilton Btory upon tbe person of Mrs. Mary Minx, a small, weakly woman, tho wlfo of Thomas Minx. Tho circum stances, as reported, are that during tbe Absence of the broUnd, end while tbe wife •nd little children were sound asleep tbe ccoundrel entered tbe house aud choked Mrs. Minix boyond endurance, and outraged her person three times during tho night, keeping her illcnt and In perfect awo by threat ening to choke her to death If she attempted to make any ncisc. Btory wss seen near the placo on Ruturday morning by Henry Mlnfx, a brother of Thomas. Btory said that he bad sUld during tbe night In the woods. In a few minute* after ward Henry Mtnlx arrived at tbe home of his brother Thomas, and learned of the whole affair, and Immediately started in pursuit of thcacoun- drtl, and Informing tfio neighborhood of what had happened. In a short time a large company was out In search of Uio villain, and the search was kept up until Mouday without a capture. I unde rstand that this wan Btory was raised In the lower edgooi Dooly county, aud may have fled to that section. He left his wife and child at Henry Minis'*. A llttleVm of John WJUD, three miles north of Cochran, aboutseveu years old, wvut Into* field where romc fattening hogs and some stock were pastured, and u as followed bv two or three dog*. Homo young plga begau to squeal, aud their mothcr.tnd the wholo flock of hogs attacked tho boy and mangled him fearfully. They dragged him iuto tbe woods, and bit oft ouo of bfa cam and tore the flesh on one shoulder aud arm ami side and several place* on bis body and ono leg. The dog* after awhile came to hi* rescue aud fought the hogs off, and saved tbe l*oy from being .killed and probably eaten by tbo hog*. Ilia wounds are severe and very extensive, but arc not considered dangerous. The Dsltou Argua (ays that three week* ilnco Text Baxter knocked John Ranks Iu the head with a brickbat. Ten days after Bauka died. HI* death was attributed to tho lick, and Baxter left for Glut* tanoogs. Monday Marshal Thraiikill brought him beck, and on Wednesday a preliminary trial wai had before Justice Longley, ia which tbe prisoner wss put auder a bond of 9259. It appear* that Baxter and another boy were pairing flank's bouse •r.d the letter accosted tbe former with intimacy with bis wife, which finally developed Into a row, •nd Banks follower^ tbo boy* for some distance with a drawn ax, swearing vengeance* Finally being told to stop, and uotdoing so, be was struck wrltb the brick. A Man ol Aluny Italativ*"* From tbe Kmira Advertiser. There is ■ man fn Clearfield county, Pennsylva nia. tbaW« 40 yean old, who bouts of having 1 mother, 1 ib-pfsther, » brother*. 5 sistera/i fathers- fn law, and v mother*in law, 28 brotben-fn-law, 21 rbtera-in law, 112 nieces and nephews, 19 great nkets and nephews, and be is also tin; father of 7 children, wbi-.b make a family of 1W>. Got tbo Wrong Ilottla. From tbe Montezuma, O*., Record. A promincut old gentleman living not far from Montezuma, dropped in a store fn our town tbe oth^r dav and confidentially niked one of tbe clerks if ho bad n private bottle. Tbe clerk directed him to the rear of the store where be had a bottle bid away behind some boxes, and tire old geAtleman went back to S et • drink. He turned up tho bottle end rained nearly ball of iu contents before be discovered that he bad made n mistake and got hold of • bottle of vinegar Instead of tbv bottle cf whisky. Tbe gentleman said not a word, lot made n break for the door, looking very sour. Othf-r* in the Loure i-M-npcd milujurot ______ drnpooii ArMalsrct'* plantation was also destroy ed and Mahuct wai killed. HnnavsiORT, La., November 2fk—{dpcclnl.j Chaika A. , Dcvcreaux was shut and killed lait night by John O'Neal at Boufbton Dossier l’jtririi. Tl ciause of tho tragedy Is not known. Dover- caux was a man of extraordinary courage, and bad served many ycai* as deputy sheriff. He Came from near Mlllcdgovllle, Ga., where ho kill ed hla step -father and had to Icavo the state. New Orleans, November 29.—Georgiana and Josephine Conway, aged 20 and 23 years respectively, niece* of ex-Mayor Conway,«hut two young men on Canal street to-uight. Gccrglann shot John D, Logan, son of ex-AIdcrman M. D. Logan, and Josephine shot Joienh A. Devonshire, Unite I Btatei deputy marsnol. The young ladies claim that they were *cduecd by tbe men they •hot. Logan waihot in tho back and face, •nd dangerously, If not fatally, wounded. Devonshire was but slightly wounded in the bark. The ladies and their brother were arrested. The wounded men were scut to the charity hospital. Timnessct*. en ATTANfXKiA, Tenn.,Kovcinbor 21.—[ftperlal.]— The Conntiti tiok’s correspondent ha* had an In tel view with one ol the most prominent Iron men in this section concerning the Iron outlook. Bur- Ingtheconvcnatlouhesaid: "Binee November tho 10th there ba* been a constant Increase iu the Iron business throughout Ibl* section. Work ha* bom resumed st live ore liauk* lu north Alabama, ■nd fully three- hundred cuke oven* liavu beon flrrd up owing to the Incroatcd demaud from tho fuiuaus. Ore has advanced 10 per ceut within ten days." Tlie manager of tbe lurgo*t furnace In this neighborhood statts he ha* order* to run the fur nace for four month*, llo ha* refined to contract to deliver nig Iron at present price after Januiry Hie 1st. The (fitieo furnace I* titling an order for 5,000 tons for a Philadelphia foundry. Cnsmyooos, Tcnn., November W,-[8pcelAl.l— C. It. Dwight, of Memphis, passed through tho ity enrontodo Collinsville, Ala ,where he r>es to exhume the body oi tbo man who banged him self there lait week. Mr. Dwight thinks the aul ride Is a relative, who lost bis miud recently from lilnm. CimTANOOGA, Teuu., November 24.—(tpeolal.] General Dibrell, member of congre*H from this district, said today that tbo river and hvrbTr com mittee had agreed to an appropriation of Vi'H.OlO for the Muscle HhoaU canal at Hit* nlsvIuu of con gross. This will be sufficient to complete the work. Virginia. Norfolk, Va., November 25.—Tbo demo cratic d< mon* lration took place here to night in honor of the election of C'levnland and Hendricks. It was participated in by delegti tions from all tbe cities end countie* in Uii* congressional district. Rm bmond. Va., November 25,—The slate renvazaing board completed their work this afternoon, end tbe result *how* Moreland's volet to be 145,497; Blaine’* fit. John's 143. U- vfland's plurality 9,111. South Cnrolimt. Coum, 8. f„ Nqvcmlier 25.—(fptcUl.)-Tbe legislature met to day, and both branches organ ized by re-electing all tbe old oflicer*. To-morrow Governor Thompaon will submit hf« annutl m a Mge. In tb« senate a bill wm Intro luf <1 to char- to the Carolina Midland railroad. Con miija.8 C., November.D.-[8pocUl.J-RIch- ardTozicr.oneof the most useful ciUzetii of Col umbia, wm burled to-day. He wa* tbe bead of e large holler rooking c *Ui»lf*hm*nt, and wai cele brated a* a machinist, lie died last night after a short sickness. Uf* funeral wa* very largely at tended. Columbia, 8. C., November 85.—[dpcclal.]—Tbe wc t ticket wm victorious In Use citie« of Bptnaa- burg and Grecnvl’to, yesterday. Florida. Jacksonville, Flo., November A fire broke cot at 5 o’clock this morning. In Hart’s elevator and Mill*. In this city. The elevator, DoCott'a woodward and one small dwelling were totally do- st rosed. Lom about foO.WO. Insurance about r*,m, ln varloDi o&mpanlea. is sccoiviulgto'ilic ajr, luff, t suallv two >iNrs will finish th beidcst man. tTh. ibo syffenopcf tuosUvot tli#* drink arc terrible." TJie ple<e of plm.t was rcoln subjected to an In spection by the ropoilcr, and Ibis tlmo with some rur.iilfe.st Inti rest. ••You see it f* hard,” mid the mplilii. drojn E Ji'u lion tho deck to nrovepris word*; "and this i baimlcss unlr**, I presume, It way soaked In water and Iho liquor drunk." SUSFENDBn AND BUCKLE, Which I* the -Gtrntest Curse to the Huniww Bure—An Interesting Dlacugslon, * Green vn i.e, 8. G., November no.—[Bpccial.J-Tiis Constrution recently commented on tbo super- flultlea of modem drem and igcclally named tbo buckle at tho back of a man's pantaloons ai an ar ticle which, since the Invention of siispondora, ought to bo discarded as melons and extravagant. In this connection 1 would call your attention t<* a communication ins lato number oi tho New York Times, describing an organization whose ex istence was probably unknown to you when you opened yocr guns on the "buckle," Tho Tl men writer Mys: T received a unique circular tbo other day til ing me to heroine a member of asoriety by tbo . -/lucut ofat»i*!l Initiation fee. It was Datiod by no Its* remarkable a body than 'the society for the alleviation of human misery and for tho eradi cation ol the original muses of thocc Ills of man kind which are directly traceable to the uubygln- nl«* rului of fstblon, suit o*;*c!ally to tbo licrnlclovs habit<>f we.trIny »ukpander*wyh|ilraM created at the back." by a recitation of some oi me reasons ror me ab olition of suspenders. It f* alleged that tbo —ring of any suspenders at all i« contrary to all teachings of antlquit) and the experlenooof _ j. Adorn, lu bl* palmiest or most llg-leafy days, wore no snspendeis, and one may oeareh tho history of all timo in voiu to find a hero or a mar tyr nulling to a glorious doom cncumU rcd with those useless and "sffeminate straps." Am* so It goes on at some length, only to clove with tbe following Nclentiflc statement: "On the crossing of many auspenders," Ussy*, ’• piece of brsra or other metal i« fastened to add greater strength to the Infamous contrivanoo This bit of met*), when brought Into oppmitioa with the gold or silver watch chain on tbe front of the body, Is apt to giro ri«o to a voltaic cur rent not strong enough to be perceptible, but which In tlmo act* on the kidneys and liver to Mich en extent that these organ* become semi- paralyzed, aud losing their vitality, degenerate and give rise to the many diseases which carry off so many uufo;tunate victims." Tbe headquar ters ol lbeantl su*pcnder«oclety da iu Philadel phia. In view of tbecniMdc it is making would It not be wise to hold on to the buckle a white longer at any rate? THE FAT POSTMAHTERSIIIPS. Tha Foataftires In Georgia and Thair Sal aries, Tbe following Is a full list of tbe Georgia post- offices which arc filial by tbu appointment of tho president, with the Mlarie*attached and thedstea at which the terms of the present postmasters will expire: Fostofficfs. Halarj\. Date of Kxpl- MS Albany 91 Ainerflui... i Athens I.ww Atlanta «,«» Auguste 2JOO Bslnbridse 1,100 Fromwlek - »,TOl Columbus...... ... C’ntbbert I>aJtop...... (•sinc-vllle f'tlttW Mawkfnsvillc LatHange 2/m \M 1. WO ~m 1,0 1^01 zz\zz::::\ i|m» Hfc= —. 2,00 - \J£* MUiSJfCTilii'.'.T Xewnao 1,00 1,409 1,400 Rome................. Savannah.....^.... Thomasvllle Waablncton...... - 2,300 ... 3,200 1,000 1.4-I Feb. 12,1M7 Aug. S, IMS Feo.ll, IMS Jan. 0. i vvt Apr. 21,18» Feb. 4,1W4 Apr. 7,1887 Feb. 12,107 Apr- W, June 15, IMS ,'iou May ,100 Jan. Jan. 6, UN Oct. 25, law Feb. 19, iw Feb. a 1887 Oct. », llri Doc. 20,1841 1 ify . 1--. Went Point... Quitman...... Barnes villa... 1,190 Feb. 10, tot* Xn addition to these there Is an office at Valdos ta raised to the pnabknilai cIsmi last auoint. which bu not as yet beca UUci. 114 asUrj is INDISTINCT PRINT