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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION - . ATLANTA. OA-. TUESDAY DECEMBER '2 1884. TWELVE PAGES.
THE MACON OF OLD.
r INTERESTING CHAPTER <
BY-GONE HISTORY.
A Talk With Colon#] E. E. Brown, or tho Edcrrton
House. In Which Ho Becalla Many Interest
ing Hcmlniccencci-A Talk About Hill
and 8tephcns-Uls Going to Macon.
Maco.v,J November 27.???[Special Correspond'
CnceO???There is nothing moro pleasant in
one's daily life than to como in contact with
gentlemen of the old school, whose ideas are
filled with the earlier recollections of thoir
lives, and whose are congenial enough to dis>
cuss them. Of the earlier settlers of Maconj
but lew have lived to see this pro-
perous southern city, and look on in amaze'
jnent at the progress made during the century.
Perhaps the oldest inhabitant whose mem
ory recalls the earliest scenes of her
history is Colonel E. E. Brown, the
the genial host oi the E^gerton house. He
tras born in May, 1815, and has a remarkable
memory. His name is legion in this section.
He numbers his friends among many. He
has had a personal acquaintance with every
governor of Georgia from George M. Troup to
tho present administration* He was tho
trusted friend of the lamented Hill and was
very intimate with Alexander II. Stephens.
He has entertained more public men than any
personage in the state and is beloved by all.
In response to a kind invitation a visit was
paid him. He was found seated in his cozy
atudy surrounded by books and papers. On
the walls were suspended portraits
of celebrated personages. He is
growing feeble, but has a keenness of percep
tion and memory most wonderful for one of
his years. During the conversation lie weaved
a chapter of life history that read as a ro
mance:
lo in_ December,
1822, by my
Vfn. F. Brown. Wo
landed at Savannah Christmas-day; wo first
eaw negroes and were frightened. We traveled
to Clinton in n mule wagon. It was in the in
terior of the stato at that time and a frontier
town, the Ocmulgco being tho boundary be
tween the Indian and white settlements. Ho
erected a shop and began to manufacture
cotton gins, tho first ever made in the state.
Tho cotton at that period was separated from
seed by hand. He also manufactured
*ricultural implements for the Creek Indian s
e agency being on Flint river. Tho agent
Rented on order on the treasury at Wash-
. It was brought home in silver dollars
rskin bags. Clinton, at that period,
tit?? o lively town. Thcro was much in*
tion. Whisky was sold very low and
,h crime was committed.
A HORRIBLE Mt'RDER.
The result of it was a most horrible murder
end one of tho first committed in Jones coun
ty. It was the killing of Mrs. Jno. M. Wil
liams by her hubbaud. 6ho had been quito
nick and was in bed, her husband and
hrolher-in-lftw wero quarroling, she tried to
2 uiet them. Her husband stabbed her with
is pen kino. finding it too small got his
razor. She, m tho meantime, ran about fifty
yards in a plowed field, when her husband
caught her by the hair and nearly severed her
head from the body. He was captured, but
cut his own throat and foil prostrated over the
dead body of his wifo. He revived, and was
carried to jail. He was tried before
Juoge Thod G. Holt, father of
Judge Holt of our county court,
who held the term for Judge Longstroet. He
Was sentenced to bo hung. The morning ol
the hanging a great crowd gnthored around
the gallows. Just beforo tho hour for it a
commotion was seen at tho jail. It was dis
covered that Williams had cut his throat with
n glass ho had boon given water
in. Tho execution of the law
was hastened, he was carried to tho gallows.
Such a sight will probably . never bo scon in
Georgia again, lie was wrapped in a ehcct.
It was crimson with blood, in attendance at
tho hanging were tho Clinton Blues, com
manded by Crptalu John M. Davis. This
??? " ??? dill
was the first military company organized in
middle Goorgia. and was congratulated
on the field by ??? * " .. .
1820.
General LaFayctte in
The children of the hanged man, Williams,
Bad thoir namo changed to Bote, by an act
of tho legislature.
rniMJTivi MACosr.
When I first moved to Macon the business
i-owiui;* uuu luiimuiu diwiu vivi iu muuuu iu
1820. The old building is now standing
on tho cast sido of Walnut and Fifth
ntreets. Washington hall was a groat
placo in those times. I painted a portrait of
Waihington for it onco. It was considered
good. Sly friends thought I had struck my
talent ana persuaded me to be an artist. One
day Colonel Frank Host offered to sit for me.
Ho was at it an hour a day for a week,
when the portrait was completed, it was a
hotter one of Washington than my first. 1
did not paint any more, it woa a great joke at
that time. At that time, where Bose Hill cem
etery it, woa a vast wilderness. I remember
ft boat that was on tho
Branch running tliroQgh the cemetery.
It was owned by Josiith Truman. I ro-
member when the Wesleyan Female college
was built. It was in 1839,1 think. I was a
member of the council at the time. We voted
below on Magnolia
i, and the
Field, of Boston, the original negro comedian;
Thomas I>. Bice, as Jim Crow; Miss Nelson,
tho Bonoll family, old Sol Smith Green, and
Feiienden and numerous others, A11 were well
patronized.* 1
BILL AND 8TEPITESS.
This venerable old gentleman was a bosom
friend of both Alexander H. Stephens and
Benjamin H. Hill. He first met Mr. Stephens
in Millcdgcvillo during the great speeches in
behalf oi the appropriation for Franklin collego
at Atheni,and theStato road lease from that day
to the hour of his death. Their friendship was
as two brothers At the Brown house,where Mr.
Stephens would always be his guest, a spec*
ial apartment was reserved for him and wa??
called ???Mr. Stephens's room.??? It was in this
room he wrote his famous speech against
secession. Mr. Stephens addressed to Col
onel Brown probably the last letter he ever
wrote. It was written after his visit to tho
Seaque-centennial at Savannah, and while ho
was ill. Colonel Brown and the lamonted
Senator Hill wero very intimate. Ono day
he bad boon his
father. He advised the senator
not to enter the race for tho senatorshin, the
first time he ran and was defeated. When ho
contemplated entering the race the last t!
he wrote and informed his old friend, and tho
contents of his letter havo never
been made public. It waa soon
after his great speech in which he
and said bethought
He alluded io it,
more good in the senate. He regarded the re
publican party the meanest, most corrupt and
hypocritical party ever in power, and ho
regarded the country in a deplorable
condition under the leadership of such
men as Conkling, Morton and Blaine.
He thought tho manner in which Blaino was
beaten in his trade in the .south in that occa
sion was tho beginning of his downfall.
AVynton.
A FATHER???S BRUTALITY.
Tlic Terrible ana Fatal Persecution of Miss
Lottie Coombs.
Woonsocket, B. I., November 30.???Sinco tho
funeral of Lottio Coombs, tho daughter of Wil
liam Co * ??? ??? ??? ???*
reports 1
and acce
scquonce of brutal punishment inflicted by
her own father. According to sworn affidav
its Mies Lottie reached tho houso of Edward
Ames threo. weeks ago on foot iu
pitiable condition. She said that
week beforo her - father dragged
hor out of bed at daylight and ordered lior to
saw wood, build the fire find get his breakfast.
Whilo she was working at the wood pilo he
came out and seizing a four-foot stick as thick
as her wrist, struck ner a blow so violently
that she fell to the ground. He continued to
strike her while she lay prostrate. Sho man
aged to cicape to the home, where tho unnat
ural father, assisted by [her brother, contiuuod
his brutal treatment. In consoqucnco she
was confined to her bed for a week. Thon sho
escaped from tho house during her father's ab
sence. Mr. Ames took her to tho houso of Miss
Priscilla Fartridge, walking his horses all tho
way, because she could not bear tho slightest
joltlof the carriage without Screaming. Tho
next day she was taken violently ill with a???l
the symptoms of typhoid fover, and after
three weeks ot intense e u fieri ng she died. In
her delirium sho would cry out in agony
hogging her father not to hurt her. An
autopsy will bo held and Dr. Bcmis witl enter
complaint with tho selectmen. Popular
feeling runs high, for tho girl was a
favorit
ESSENCE OF DIXIE.
Flirts aro like fiddles???no good without the
beaux.
Success picked up tho thread wherefalluredrop*
ped It.
. Thcro were thlrty*sevcn deaths In Charleston
last week.
What wo forgive will be recompensed aa well as
what we give.
There are one hundred thousand Quakers In the
United States.
Chattanooga is discussing the question ol street
improvements.
A residence of sheet Iron is being erected in
Sherman, Texas.
Ihe average ol tho orange grovel in Florida Is
rapidly Increasing.
A Columbia county, Fla., farm Is making vine*
gar from tomatoes.
Nearly two tbousai
day in New England.
Knoxville, Tennessee, shows a real estate assess
ment ol six millions.
Tho Kentucky Institution lor deal mutes now
contains ISO poplls.
Good temper Is like a summer day; It shell its
light upon everything.
Slio
nnd all tfiat space
??? atreet. It was a big swamp
authorities d?? cidcd they could not use it. I
attended the first commencement it ever had.
AH RAILY Ul'RDKR.
The earliest murder I remember was that
of Major Morgan by a man named Hugh Gal
lagher. Ho was tried before Hon. Christo
pher B. Strong, the first judge of Bibb county
anperlor court, and sentenced to be hung. The
courthouse then was a small building, about
where Stewart's stablea are now, in the
Lanier house block. The jail where Christ???s
church now stands.
The space between Mulberry and Walnut
alreets was open. The jury used to sit on a
bench and make up their verdict. Where
Gallagher was to bang was between Mr.
William B. Johnson???s residence and
that of Mr. Singleton across the street.
A space was cleared that peoplo from
adjoining counties could witness the fin
gin* ever in Bibb county.
The day of the banging i
,ercd ol men, women and cl
for a pardon bad been sent Governor Tronn.
1 signed it, and a few minutes before the
rbpe was placed about bit neck a horseman
trotted up with tho pardon. Much abuse was
heaped on Governer Troup, and many Macon
voters Scratched him on all occasions after
wards. I'll tell you something
the young generation will not
be quick to believe. There was only one
store on Mulberry street, that was Ellis A
Shorter's drug store. Wo used to cross over the
swamp that Mulbrrry atreet was then, on
logs from Masseoburg'a corner to where
the poitofBce is. The old
Floyd house use to be eight feet above the
fctreit. It has been filled in until it It now
level with the street.
The first hotel ever kept in Macon was
by Timothy Brewiu, where the new
county jail is being erected. T ho historical old
building stood until a few months since. It waa
from its veranda that La Fayette made an ad
dress once," Colonel Brown is probably
the only person in Georgia who ever changed
a church to a theater without
the condemnation of the people. The Baptist
church stood ott Poplar street below the rail
road near the old cemetery. In 1839 it was
moved uf* to the location near the city hail*
A new church waa erected in payment for the
new one; the old building waa taken aa a portion
He went north and purchased a full set of
acetury, and converted it Into a theater. Be
fore it was made so the companies used to
perform in the.diningroom ot the hotel.???
Colonel Brown continuing, said: ???Macon
was a great place in tbeaa days for shows,
and being the on??y place between New York
and New Orleans in the south all the troupes
???topped here. Among them 1 remember Joseph
i first bin-
??day of the banging a great crowd gath-
. . cjjiijran. ^ petition
wants a piece ol
A state bar association will bo formod in Colum
bia, 8. C., next week.
A lawyer who can write poetry Is not Ineccssarl-
lya legal-tender writer.
Orlando Is not only a handsome town, but one
ol the liveliest In Florida.
???There Is but one way to tell the troth; there
ro many ways of lying.???
China now wants peace. So does France. She
wants a piece ol China.
Good temper Is like a summer day; It ahods its
light upon fcvcrythlng.
A lawyer who can write poetry Is not necessa*
rily a legal tender writer.
A large circus elcDbant was killed at Ban Mar*
cua, Texas, Sunday night.
The Knoxville foundry and machine shops are
ruunlng a full loioe ol bauds.
Forty-seven applebrandy distilleries aro in op-
peratlon In Russell county, Ky.
A cowboy recently lassoed an escaped tiger from
Bella???s circus, at Ban Antonio.
Blount county, Tenn., farmers realize about#50,
OCO annually out of their stock.
A father and son aro both under sentence of
death in a Farmcrsvlllc La., jal???j
Two Boston houses send aoout COO,000 gallons of
rum to the Congo, Africa, every year.
It is estimated that the orango yield in Florida
this winter will b?? an enormous ono.
A good many old-fashioned hog*klllingf are
going on in some of too southern states.
You may take the greatest trouble, and l??y turn*
ins it around find Joys on the other sido.
Mr. F. Bquires recently killed fourteen nice wild
iutkeys, only six miles from Palatka, Fla.
E. M. Graham, of Brandeotown, Florida, has
just finished setting out SfiQO pineapple*.
Between four and five thousand beef cattle havo
been sent from Lee county, Tcnn., this season.
The banks of the Alabama rirtr are crowded
with cotton bales awaiting a rise in the waters.
Tbe Great Eastern has-been chartered to take
2,000 * ~ ???
OUR AGENTS??? PRIZES.
We hereby oiTer three prizes of 17.50 iu gold,
15.00 in gold and $2.50 in gold for the
LARGEST NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS
sent in to this office by or beforo January 1st.
The subscriptions must be sent so as to reach
us by January 1st.
Any person who wishes to do so can enter
for these prizes. All that is necessary
to send in your name with the statement that you
wish to cater for the prize.
AU the subscribers need not bo sent at once.
Have jour name put on onr books as a contestant
for tho prize. Tho account is opened with you
and you are credited with every namo sent, no
matter when it comes.
Go to work now and send in names???send them
in as fast as you get them.
We shall announce next week
A SERIES OF BIO FRIZES ???
for distribution about May 1st. By starting this
month you get credit in tho contest for those
prizes even 11 you don???t get one of this month???s
prizes. Start work at once!
Tho prizes will bo paid on January 1st, and tho
names of those who took them published.
Go to work at onccl Tho first step is to have
your namo entered on our book as ???Contestant for
Prize.??? A postal card to us will fix that. Then
go to work for subscribers. .
THK CONSTITUTION.
CORN-COLORED CHARMERS.
Big Shoes Ottered as Evidence, hut Ruled
Oat.
LynchnuRO, Va., November 30.??? 1 Tate Brown
and Kiah Armistond aro tho colored nabobs of
this city and objects of peculiar interest to tho
leading society ladies of their race.
Mr. Drown is a heavy set individual, whoso
locomotion is somewhat impeded by a duster
of largo bunions on his right foot. Ho is very
touchy on tho subject of his feet, and submits
to a great deal of torture in his oll???ort to walk
oround in bis boots.
Mr. Kiah Armistead has treasured ill will
toward Mr. Brown sinco the latter sont some
verses to Armiatead's inamorata, Miss Julia
Simmons. Since then Armistead has never
missed an opportunity to call aUontion to
Brown's feet, and Brown had just heard of tho
Blunders tho other day when he and Arm!-
stead met.
Armistead is a very tall man. His logs are
out of proportion and a little gone at the kneos.
IIo wears a high silk hat of tho stylo of 1848
and his tall standing collar and scarlet necktlo
f ;ivc him the appearanco of a performer who
s nbout to tako his placo on tho ???ond??? of a
minstrel show.
???Good mawnin*, Mislah Brown,??? said
Armistead, with mock politeness.
Brown atood.still and looked, his antagonist
over, os though calculating his chances to stay
four rounds. As everybody knew of the hos
tility between tho mon a largo crowd speodily
collected. Miss Julia Simmons, whoso laun
dry is on the opposite side of tho stroot, throw
up her window and observed the progross of
affairs with palpitating interest.
' Git down on yo' marrow bones, yo* low
Brown, whoso indignation caused hitn to per
spire copiously. ,-
???Dai's no way fo* to 'dress a gem???lon,??? said
Mr. Armistead backing off.
???G???way from do sight ob Chriityan mon I???
shouted Mr. Brown. ???Yo' ain't got spoctabll-
ity enough fo' to carry oats to a muto, yo*
brass fisted, funnel headed, corn colored, dis
gustin' moke!??? ??? - ???
Mr. Brown followed tip thesn abusive epi
thets by making a wicked lungo at Armistead
With hfs walking stick, whorcupon tho latter
took to his hcols. Tho crowd chccrcd Brown
to tho echo, and Miss Julia Simmons opened
her front door, something sho is not in tho
habit of doing on wash days, and invited him
Into tho parlor.
The next day Mr. Brown was startled by
jo follor ??? * *??? *
with red
Lyxciiiiuro. Va., November 25. 1881.???Mr. Tate
Brown; You insulted me and & I propose to havo
dale*, with you to morrow morning at 8 o???clock,
ways you would like, answer lot
-i Ucxum.I
mu know
weather tltalicuse U excei'ttd ?????* not.
(Signal) Kiah AnxiKrrtn.
When tho Tint .hook to hi. tyttom had
.pent lt> forco Mr. Brown got out hi. razor,
BRAND DIVES UP,
But It Still Lc.vri tho Illinois Legislature
??? a Tie.
Cntciao, November SO.???Th?? Time, to-day
enyt: ???Tho ovidenco of fraud in tho .econd
precinct of tho eighteenth word i. now poti-
tivc, and this wo. shown to Mr. Brand veater-
doy afternoon, whereupon ho telegraphed to
.top the mondomu. proceeding., nnd no will
now moke no cflort to obtain nu seat." Tho
Time, fd.o claim, that thedemorats will mako
no further effort to control tho logialnturo.
A Magnetic Music Teacher.
Tkoy, November SO.???Mia. Jennie Gibran,
daughter of Judgo Gibson, of Salem, h.a
eloped with Trofcor C. W. Towniend. The
young lady procured a team and drove alone
to Bennington, Vermont, whero .ho met
Townsend, nnd they wero married.
The profeiror came to Salem In 1S70 with
hi. wife, and soon alter paid marked atten
tion to Mi.a AnnnBu.ieir, of Cambridge, N.
Y??? who was a pupil in hit academy. Ilia
wifo left him, and he procured a divorce and
married Mil. Buueii. Three year, ago Town
send began paying attention to Miss Gibran,
alio ono of bi.jinpils, on account of which hi.
second wifo loft hint. It is .aid that they were
divorced. Judge Gibson???s daughter was warn
ed against Townsend, but the paid no atten
tion to the advice and finally eloped aa stated.
IIcALTn FitLACtrs.???A writer in Llpplncatt???a
Magaslne thinks that the health of tho people
would be brought up to a hotter condition if
they ' " *" ???
lack
The idea that cold baths aro healthy in win
ter end dangerous in mid-summer.
That rain water it moro wholcsono than
???hard water.
That bed rooms must be heated In cold
weather.
That the misery of everlasting scrubbing
nnd soapsuds vapors is compensated by tho
comfort of tho lucid intervals.
That a tick room must be kept hermetically
closed.
That ip paya to savo foul air for the sake of
Its warmth.
That "draughta??? are morbIBo agencies.
Thnt catarrhs are due to low temperature.
That even In midsummer children mult be
sent to bed at sunset, when tho air begins to
boplensont.
That an afler-dinnsr nan can do any harm.
That tho sanitary condition! of tho air can
be Improved by tho fetor of carbollo acid.
Thutthero Is any benept in swallowing jud-
fulls of nauseous sulphur water.
That rest after dinner can bo shortened with
npunity.
That out-door recreation is a waato of time.
That athletic sports brutaliso tho character
That a normal human being requires any
othsr stimulant than sxercise and frosli sir.
Thnt any plan of study con justify tho cus
tom of stinting children in sloop.
Thet tho torpor of narcotism is perfcrablo to
insomnia.
and proceeded to put an edge on them, alter
which be put on nls large shoes and hurried
around to Miss Julia Slmmon???t residence. He
slertlcd that amiable indy by informing her
that they might never meet again excoptas
angels. Miss Julia, In keeping with an old-
" ?????? custom, invited Mr. Brown
oes and put his feet on tits
wn thanked his hostess and
comulied, whereupon Miss Brown slipped the
No. IT calfskins under her apron, and excus
ing herself lor a moment hurried nronndto
Ibe polieo station and sworo ont a warrant
against Armistead for murder.
The latter was arrested late at night in a
haystack,and the next day waa arraigned upon
tbe chargo. Tbe court expressed iu doubt as
to tbe legality oi indictment for murder, as
there wee no evidence that anybody had been
killed, but concluded to try the prisoner for
attempted violation of tbe stale against dual-
Ing.
i jxm tho trial the prosecution offered Mr.
Brown???s shoes in evidence for the purpose of
completing the circumstantial chain, hut the
court ruled them outof the building. Incharg-
ing tbe jury tbe judge reflected upon Misa Sim
mon- aa a ???trouble-maker,?????? ami insinuated
that sbe bad censed ail tbe difficulty. Misa
Simmons fainted and fell into tbe arms of Mr.
Armistead, who waa standing behind her. Mr.
Armistead fanned her with bit hat, and when
she recovered she pressed his head.
The jury brought in a verdict of ???Not
guilty,'* and Mr. Armistoad loll the court
room in triumph.
It was rumored in colored socletyjclrsles to
day that Mr. Armistead and Miu Simmons
havo renewed their engagement.
Death of Mrs. Anna E, llamsty.
St. Fact, November 30.???Ura. Anna E.
Be in icy, wifo of Hon. Alex. Ramsey, at vari
ous timet renreaenUlive and senator in con
gress from this state, and late aecrotary of
war, died at tho family raaldence at four
o'clock. Sho hat been in (ailing health the
lest three yean and her death was not unex
pected. Sbe wae a daughter of Hon. Mr.
Jonks, of Newtown, Fennaylvenie, and 00
years old at tbe time of her death. She wn
married to Alexander Bamwy in 1043,
1???njlns ita Debts with Bonds,
Sj* Flitnaco, November 30.???At the meet
ing of the stockholders of tbe Hawaiian Com-
mc-rcial and Sugar company tho report of tho
special committee appoinUd to devise means
for the payment of the company???! indebted
ness of 01,000,000, adopted toe report and In
structs tbe director! to istno *1,000,000 worth
ol lint mortgage seven per cent bonde, para
ble within ten yearly A reserve fund will be
creeled for the gradual redemption of these
bonds. Claus Speckles, late president of tbe
company, who bolds a majority of the stock,
offered to take all tbe bonde.
Beclgnation of Archbishop ,Si*he.v,
Bii vixoae, November 30.???Tbe reeignetion
cf tbe Most Rev. Charles J. Seghers,!??. I??.
UUgl-me aJUltll, IU ACOJHUg V
time Lynchburg custom, invited
lolskooff his shoes and put his
fonder. Mr. Brown thanked his
Grover C
joundboy
Mecera. Jones & Bryant have a sasstfras mill neat
BoydU n, Va., with a capacity of 15 gall??u?? of oil
per day.
Make people happy, and there will not be half
tbenturrclingcr a tenth part ot tbe wickodnew
there is.
The greatest events of an age aro Its best
thoughts; It is the nature ol thought,to find iu
way into action.
Those who understand the value of tine treat U
as prudent people do their money; they make a
little go a great way.
Lands In'the r native state (the Turkey Creek
grove prooerty) In Florida hare been refused to bo
sold atfTSO per acre.
creo oi
empties Inn
and filled a quart measure.
Near Whitney, Texas, a married lady twenty-six
yern old, weighing forty pounds, gave birth to a
five and a hall pouted baby.
A. W. Eflands, a Georgian, and a compositor on
the Mobile Register, is G2 yean of age, and hu
been at the cases fifty jean.
In Berkley county, Virginia, bat weak, Mr. John
Fharp, aged eighty years, was married to MUa
Margaret Sincindrem, aged seventy years.
A housekeeper asks: ???What Is tbcslmpteat way
to ke??p Jelly from moulding on the top???? Shut
a small boy up in the pantry' ter a few minutes.
???There fs one peculiar feature,??? sagely remarks
the Arksnraw Tran Ur, ???about a scandal-every
sun meat Is readily accepted hut tbe true one.???
Wife???"John, onr coachman must go.??? ???Bat
why. my dear? Onr only daughter b married.
??????Yes, tut-John, I???m not so very old myialf, you
know.???
A little boy complained to hit mother that the
ttacbfr can't remember his name. ???When aba
speaks to me," he sap, ???she always calls me Si
lence.???
resume his labors
smong tbe Indians and other tribe* settled in
Aleske. He will sail for his former field of
labors this winter.
Walking With a IlrokenKeck.
Troy, November 3#.-A little daughter of
William Potts, who lives near Crescent, 8 ra-
toga county, fell from a lumber *>400 last
night. Although her neck waa broken by the
fall sbe wow and walked e short distance.
She died two hom later.
That the suppression of harmless - recrea
tion will foil to beget vico and hypocrisy.
Tho atimulationjs identical with iuvigora-
Thnt fashion has a right to onforco tho
wearing of woolen clothes in tho dog days.
cclvo $1 apiece for all hides four feot long and
upward.
Two young men killed filly alligators itTouo
week recently in this neighborhood. They
begin hunting os soon as it becomes thoroughly
dork. Their bunting outfit consists of a bull's-
eyo lantern, in caran lauguaxo called ???look
'em up,??? n double-barreled shotgun, or ???kill
'em sure,??? and n hatchet, with whfoh they
split tho alligator???s skull, to which thoy give
tho very expressivo namo of ???dynainlto.???
Tho man who is to do tho shootlug for tho
niglit fastens tho lantern to his forehead, and
lii la b hi* placo in tho bow of a small boat* ills
nnjtnaxpuddlcB tho boat cnuliouriy along tho
ttream, while tho man in the bow keep* a
whurp lookout for nllignlors???eyes, which, uu
dcr lavorablo circumstances, lio can ???shitio 1
with his lantern at a dlstanco of 200 yards.
As soon as they discover a pair o! eyes, thoy
paddlo cautiously up to within a couple ol foot
of tho alligator's head nnd dischnrgo a load of
buckshot into it. As soon ns tho shot is fired
tho paddlor catches tho alligator by tho jaws t
which ho holds together With one hand whilo
ho cleaves tho skull open with his hatchet.
Sometimes tho alligators retain considorat _
power of action. When such Is tho caso, it is
rather exciting work getting thorn into tho
boat. Sometimes very largo alligators turn
tho boat over. If on alligator is not handled
at onco alter being wounded, he links to the
bottom and la lost.
1 naked ono of tho huntera. who has killed
more than 1,000 alligatora, what waa tho aizo
of the largest one ho ovor killed, and he told
mo 13yt foot long, lie said that his fathor
killed ono on tho 6t. John's river 17 foot
long, the bead of which, when placed in
??? flour barrel, projected two inohee ovor tho
top. He aold ft to a tnuaeutn for $55.
An Ecclesiastical Knock-Down,
From theTbomasvlUe, Go., News.
At a colored church not far from Tbomaa<
ville, a rather highly colored brother was
made the presiding officer of a church mooting.
In tho course of the deliberations eome mem
ber wae letting off a little too much of his ora
torical gas. Ilia hearer became impatient, and
cries ol ???knock him down Brother Friday???
was sounded on all aides, Tho old man had
been provided with a good size hickory stick
???a a gavel, and not being varied In parllatnen-
with the heavy end c
Georgia, Radun County,
November G, 1881.
At a call meeting ot Clayton Ixxlge of Good
Templars, tbe following preamble and resolutions
* were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, in view of the loss wo havo sustatned
by the death of our friend and sister associate
Ellar N. Beck, and of the atill heavier loss sustain
ed by thoao who were nearest and dearest to her.
Therefore be it
Resolved, That it ta but a Must!tribute to the
memory of the departed to say that In regretting
her removal from oui midst, wo sincerely mourn
for one who was always ready to aid in elevating
the truo virtues of society and In every way worthy
of our respect and regard.
Resolved, That wo with hearts full of sorrow
condole with tho relatives of tho deceated and ear
peclally her parents, who are In declining ago on
the dispensation with which it has pleased Divine
Providence to afflict them and while wo feel as
sured Irom her life among .us that sho la united
with all tho truly faithful fn tweeter aongaof ro
demptlon In the ^bright hereafter. We commend
them for consolation to Him, who orders all things
for the best and whoaclchastlsemcnts arc meant In
mercy.
Resolvcd/.Tbat^thiriheartlclt testimonial of our
sympathy and sorrow bo forwarded to the parents
of our departed sister and friend by tho secretary
of the lodge. Also that a copy bo zont^to The
Weekly Constitution ter publication.
J. w. Green, J. H. Addington,
W. B. W. C. T.
Cocoanut and other trophical trees at Key West,
bare Ik en taken up by tho roots and shipped last
???~-g fo bo placed with the Florida
CtXOINNATI,
k Bro., Covinj
have been trou
(, O., April 14, 1884.???8. B. Smith
nngton, Ky.???Esteemed Sira: I
roubled with a aorious kidney af
fection, and seeing your advertisement, con
cluded to try a bottle of your May Flower,
though without much hope of being benefited
by it, The first bottle workod splondidly. and
peraovering with it nae, I am ontircly relieved
. .??? ???scan write to
1 here written.
Mrs. E. Wither,
Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, O.
chiefly used lor tho manufacture ot idols.
An Undoubted llleialng*
About thirty years ago a prominent physi
cian by tiio namo of Dr. William Ilnll discov
ered, or produced after long experimental ro-
search, a rctmdy for diseases of tho throat,
cheat and lungs, which waa ot auch wonderful
efficacy that it aoon gained a wide reputation
in this country. The namo of tno medicine is
DR. WM. If ALL???S BALSAM FOR THE
LUNGS, and may bo safely rolled on as a
speedy and positive euro for coughs, colds, aoro
throat, etc.
SIMPLY MARVELOUS
^NASHVILLE, TENN., Nov. 8,1834.
Ono of my Customers, Mn. L. Williams, hu boon
using B. B. B. a abort time and reported to mo that
Ita effects were simply marvelous, and that It far
???urpsszes all other blood remedies she hu used,
and that sho can heartily sanction anything said
In Its favor, as It had given her moro relief Uuua
anything she over used before.
W. H. OWEN, Druggist.
WONDERFUL.
NA8HVILLE, TENN. Nov. 8,1881.
I bave been handling B. B. B. only a lew month,
andflndltacupcrlorblood remedy. All report,
rom It are favorable, and ita speedy action la
???Imply wonderful. A. H. KOSCOB,
Brugfbt
ESPECIALY PLEASED.
Wo have been handling B. B. B. only a short
while and the reports, so far, aro all in Its favor
and some of our customers are especially pleased
??llh Ifiar.llmi HllfM P IMVVa
NO, NOT ENOUGH.
I have tried B. B. B. and find it equal to all ter
which It fs recommended; ono of the greatest mod-
idnee over invented, and too much, no, not
enough con bo laid in Its praise, and I recommend
it to all my friends.
Nov. 8,1881.
T. II. CouMcns, Druggist, Nashville, writes:
???Your B. B. B. has given my trade entire sattsfac-
tlou since 1 commenced handling it.???
a, *??? C ??{l r, dAV.
Rocky Monnt, N. O.
A NEW MAN.
When I commenced taking your B. B. B, remedy
or catarrh, my throat was so badly swollen that I
could scarcely awallow, but after using only a few
bottles tho swelling all went down, aud I am now
ft cling 1 Ik 0 anew man, nnd nosoronobs whatever.
I am highly delighted with Its remarkable curative
-???_lghlyd
properties.
Nashville, Nov. 8,1884.
d2taw tuc thu next rd mat wky2tamon
G. MARSHALL,
Brewer???s Lung Restorer.
Some of ita Wonderful Cures.
Another Glnhoii.e Hunted,
From UioItomc,Ga., Courier.
Joit before day yesterday morning, tho gin.
Jioum of Mr. B. W. Owens, at Omoi???i Land
ing, ilxty-acven mllcc from Homo down the
Coosa, wu destroyed by Arc. Twenty bclac
of cotton were bunted In tho ginbouie. The
lonra by tbe fire oro estimated at about *3,700
w'tb no Ininranco.
Uictbuugbttbattbafirawaa tb. work of
an Incendiary, aa it waa imnouibl. to account
for Hi origin by accident ana at auch an hour.
There bu been no fire anywhere about tba
ginbotue during tb* previou. day and night.
An Incendiary Fir.,
From tlie Fort Caine., Ga., Tribune.
Air. H. N. Bailey happened to tho mt.fortuno
to get a crib of corn burnt on hie place that bo
rent, in the npner edge ot Ihie county,on Bun.
day night, tho lflth iutt. Tbo Ora waa clearly
tbo work of an Incendiary, and ons George
Calling waa obarged witb tho burning ond
arratro and brought to Fort Gtinea hut Mon
day, but tba evidence adduced at tho <??? >mml???<
mint trial not being .ulfirient.he wae reteaia I.
There waa no inenranra on tbo property, end
tbo Ion to Mr. Bailey ie very heavy.
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the attreet.'orj of the Meehan ft
ire.erring of Confidence.???There li no article
which no richly detente the entire contdeoee of
the community ae Blown???. BaoKKULTrocnas.
Thoao auftring from Aithmatte and. Bronchial
diteas ., Conga, and Colds, thoulrl try them
Price Ceuta.
Only five countie. In MlnlMfpplwerereptthllcaa
In the late election???Adamt, Attalla, Boll!Tar,
Coahoma tad Iiotuncot.
. PATTI, the greet rangtlrtu,
Ptlmer???t Perfume#, Toilot 8o.pt
let articleti ???I unbeeltstinglF
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pronounce them tnperior to eny I ever uted."
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l, I Of. I i! S. wM.iv.UI, IM???f???fen
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mcncod using Urawwr???a Lung ll????turer.
Wo can scarcely hopo for permanent recov
ery, but are cn*:oura>;c<l very much indeed by
tin* rlinugo In her condition whilo using the Lanjr
KcMoie r. tVo used it with thu pormlwlon and
under tliosuf orvhiion of our phyalcUn, who la
very favorably impressed with it, I think. I sin
cerely whd* you tucccss in Tonrcflorts to heal the
sick. Yours truly, W. B. McdlLKRAY,
Richmond, Va.
With my experience T must pronounce flrew-
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Four of my brothers and listers had die t with
consumption, and about three years ago 1 boramo
so exhnmud by a long continued cough, accom-
paibd witb low fever and night sweats, that I
could barely get about, and my trtenda gate up
???11 hope. I coughed so Incessantly that I floald not
sleep at all. After try lug several lung medicines I
begnn thotmoof Lung Koatorar and
WMgroaUybenefited by tha first bottle,gaining flesh
and strength and resuming work. I contlmiad to
tako It and 1 am as stout now as ever I was, rarely
ever cough nor do I suffer with rnv lunge any
more than If they hail never been alloc led.
lam never wthhout a bottle of It In tnrhous*
During the winter 1 glvo U.to;rntJlUlo children,
even a little fellow three yearn old, lor anything
like common colds or when they show any evi
dence of croup and always with too tnn.??t pa'.htac-
lory results. Very truly, U. K. IIOORLY,
Baraeaviiic. (U
sr.
??? C url r*.,1te.au, a. V.
Virno For Men. Quick,ourq,safapiookfor*
V luUrt Wvlala Aeonmr 1Q< Knlton st, N.Y
Nervous Debilitv esfmm
A a cncy. 106 If niton Rt.. N Y.
free. Olvlale.
ty of ???talking It up??? to tbdso who i
incdh-Iriu, and 1 find thnt It Kiw?? almost universal
mtl*fnctIon, more to than uny lung medicine I
havo ever known. VV. )J. DfX.
In AUjrai???t.'lV'l, Ilwns dkeovered that iny sou???s
Wife wan In tho Inst itagr.i of Consumption. ??????'Ik*
was coughing incessantly nnd at tfnn*i??? would
(llerliitrgc *| uim 11 lies of pin from her iitngv, could
rot ???It?? pnr 11 fit I n n !i > thin;: on h r M- mi .ndi. nnd
w??; llioiipht it only a question of time whoa
JIN??? would be compelled to glvo way to the fell dc-
Mrnjcr. Alter nil nihiT i ??? <.i??? <li??-s f-ill'.*!, w o got
Hi i-M it'n Lung ItrMtorornnd began It In very
small doi.es, as sho was very weak. Hu* r>oon be
gan to Improve; coutinti) d tho remedy mid w* w
rcitorcd to life nml health, nnd U to-??!??*y hotter
than sho baa ever been be foro. I regard her r<w-
torntlnn ni nearly a miracle, for which sho h In
debted to llrowor???a Lung llnHtnrer
11. W, BOXHKll,
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