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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. TODga MKN, UK <D THISt Ta* Vomio Biot Co., of Manball, Mich., offer to tend their celebrated ELScrao-Vomio Ba?? end other Elcctbio Arruaxeaa on trial for thirty days to men (young or old) afflicted with nervous debility, loea of vitality and manhood, and all kindred trouble#. Auo for rhenmati.nl, neuralgia, paralyaia and many other diteasoa. Complete restoration to health, vigor and manhood guaranteed. No ri.lt U Incurred, aa thirty day. trial U allowed. Write them at one. for flinttrated pamphlat, free. 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 ADELINA ttye of Solon pronounce them tnperior to eny I ever uted." Principal Depot, >71 u I >r?? Pearl street, N. POWDER Absolutely Pure. street, Now York. l, I Of. I i! S. wM.iv.UI, IM???f???fen *15*. 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- er???a Lung lUat??,rer tbe best htnn remedy madn 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, Mscoo^ (la. Itrrwrr'H Lung lt??-*lorrt h it pi., J/ vegeta ble preparation, containing no opium, morphine, bromide or other poisonous ??uhnt*ncc. Bond for circular of long list of wonderful euros. LAMAR, RANKIN & LAMAR, Macon, Ga. STROWBRIDGE SOWER BROAD VlfcAST ooimnrrrJal ft-rtlhuTM .--*linpirtim-nt in Ilia world. Endorsed and raootn* ajMIhfl .wt nfifiUru.*. mended by AsrrlrulturslooOwras and bust farmers , BEST. CHEAPEST. SIMPLEST. C.W. DORR, Manager r ' RACINE HKKDKIl COHPANYTSCU B 0 EVERY YOU ,/in, ,??JwiMf(A or Jir.iUi.Aj.tji.it* ttju???? In on HOUR OF FOOLISHNESS bnstrifh-d nway hhbTHLNGIIt., rffvUrr or jpjlociSxwrN j-c u???aa ! III. UU '. 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