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one Doven SCROFULA BYBUP-SMJTH’S. I havtj
young man with mo who has been cripple! withs
..opumatism—could not walk. After taking im!
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THE CONSTITUTION.
VOL. XVII.
ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 16 188-1. TWELVE PAGES.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
A COMPLETE PAPER.
Tlie Constitution Interests All Classes and
Appeals to All Tastes.
The leading topic* ol this week’s issue are:
TALMAGE’S SERMON
“GOOD AND EVIL.”
Oor Humorous Writers.—Betsy Hamilton,
Romance ol Owl Hollow;” Bill Arp. “A Talk
About Alabama.”
The Coxetitction’s Defartments.—“Answers to
Correspondents;” “Farms and Farmers.”
News of tub Week.—“All Through Dixie;” “The
Political Field;" “Short News Notes;” “Poluts
About reoplo;” “Across the Water;” “Geor-
gia News.”
Editorials.— 1 "Flquant Paragraphs,” and many
other things of Interest.
GEORGIA BY WIRE.
8u!cideof N. F. Patterion—Tlio AnguataCottoi Mills
Folioncd by Eatlag Toasted Ghaeso—E(barton
•Thirty Year* Ago-Hall. the Wife-Mur
derer. Gets a Few Mora Days.
Savannah.. Oa., December 8.—Iuvoitigation
shows that the real name of the man giving
hit name a»T. Miller, who loti his life near St.
Simons, from tho steamer Fcrida, was N.
Peterson, and that he committed suicide,
letter has been received here at tho hotel
•where he stopped, under tho namo of Miller,
from 8. If. Young, of No. 2fl5 West 34th street,
New York, inquiring about him. Tho descrip
tion given is identical wUhthatof the drowned
man. The letter states that Peterson wrote to
Young, saying ho was traveling under an as
Burned name, and intended taking tho steamer
from Savannah for Florida, and would com
mit suicide whilo ou tho boat. He said ho
would take the steamer leaving here a week
ago last Saturday, aud tho man was identified
as Miller had intended sailing on that day, but
postponed his departure until Thursday. lie
was suil'cring from a partial stroko of paraly
sis, and seemed to have ample means, lie had
made a number of friends here, and when ho
bade them good-bye at tho wharf was in
good spirits.
Columbus, Ga., December 8.—[special.]—A ne
gro deck hand on the steamer Chlpley, Watt Jones,
of Union Springs, was drowned In the Chattahoo
chee river at a place called Indian Hound, eight
miles below hero Sutnrday night, about 12 o’clock,
He, In company with two others, were in a yawl
running a line when sbo capsized, throwlu
three In the water and drowning Watt.- The
ante succeeded lu swimming to tho bank am
enprd. All effort was made to find the body, but
Without avail-
Tho Sumter Republican thus'gives tho collec
tions of a centcnaifou:
Dr. W. J. Barlow Ii on a visit to his namesake
anil relative, Dr. Wade J. Barlow, of Lecton. Tho
doctor has a varied experience, and has n remark
ably retentive aud accurate memory. Ho waa
bom In South Carolina, and his lather moved to
r — , - .../was ioexist
ence. When he wo* aoout ten yean of age, he
went to Virginia to get a small legacy, loft him
by a deceased aunt, and was at the burying of
Genual George. WeslUt'&ion, •t.MosmA Vernon.
llcYjsHwa* a very wet day, and everybody
In tie country was the re. He was also with J*ek-
Ron In his war. Spoke of the b.utlo of
Ntv. Orleans. Ills description was very like tho
blHorftal reports, but more Ulc like aud filtered
Ing. " '— M — ’•
climbed upon the bugs, lie tuya General Buck
ingham waa riddled with balls when about a bun
dled yards distant, and hit regulars were mowed
down by hundreds. That being repulsed they re
treated, and before the reserves came up the mall
arrived and announced that peace had been -con
cluded for ten days.
“How did you como out lu tho battle, doctor,”
Inquired your interlocutor.
“Why, air, I Imprudently mounted ou tho
.breastwork and waa complimented witli a b ill in
my right shoulder which disabled my right arm
for some time.”
The doctor was reduced by the late war, losing
his negroes and all his stock on his plantation In
Virginia. For several years he has been engaged
In the orange groves wf Florida, where he hasmg
estlEg man, converses freely and Instructively.
From the Amcrlcuf, Ga., Record.
There la a barkeeper in Amerlcui who blows a
bugle every morning, at about ft o'clock, to an
nounce his arrival at the bar, when very soon you
will see the "early bird” on the wing.
Augusta, Ga., December 9.—ISpoclal.J-The Au-
gmta factory presidents announce to-day an ad
vance of one-quarter to a half cent on cotton goods,
on account of the active domand and the low
prices maintained during the depressed season.
Over production Is no longer the cry in manufac
turing circles, foe the heavy demand of the past
ten days baaswept thegooda from this market, and
most of the largo factory Surplus stocks have
been sold. Several mills have refused large or
der* ahead on account of the varying price of cot
ton, and because another advance in prices of
goods will soon be made. The price of manutac*
tured goods la now following the rising market
for raw cotton, and the outlook for the factories
and southern mills is very bright from this stand
point. The Augusta aud Granltovllle, the King,
Sibley and Langley mills have unanimously
•greed on an advance, and have notified their
agents in New York, Atlanta and other cities.
Two children of Mr. T. W. Scott, of Salem, Ala.,
and a child of Mr. John Charles, of West Point,
who was visiting the family of Mr. Scott, was
poisoned by eating touted cheese lut Friday
night. The little child of Hr. Charles died Satur
day morning, and the other two are still critically
ill.
The Monroe Advertiser ray*; that a colored man
who lived three miles from town, while absent
from home, his wife left home also, to carry some
clothes she had washed. While both were absent
their house waa burned, wltb£their three chil-
dien who were left in It.
Mrs. Anna Pierce, widow of Dr. Ham Pierce, and
sister-in-law of the late Bishop 3. F. Pierce, died
at the residence of Mr. Lovlck Pierce, fn Sparta,
Sunday night, after a long Illness. Mrs. Pierce had
been In Sparta only a few months and was con
fined to her bed all the time. Her remains were
interred In the new cemetery, Rev. Mr. Morton
officiating.
Hun. W. L. Peek, of Conyers, lost his fine flour
ing mill lut night by fire. Loss about six thous
and dollars. It Is supposed to have been set on
fire.
The cotton receipts st HawkinsvlUe since the
season opened end up to Monday night, December
8lb. amounts to 18,4?* bale#, or about the >ame
number of bales received daring the whole of lut
season. Notwithstanding the fact that a short
crop wu made In that section, it is now believed
that the receipt* will be more than 25,000 bales (or
the season. The increase is attributable to the
fact that cotton has been brought there from
greater distances than ever heretofore and to the
farther fact that Kawkinsvlllehas Justly earned
the reputation of being one of the best inland
markets in Georgia.
At the residence of Mr. Bud McNeal, who lives
seven miles of Gainesville, occurred a heartrend
ing tragedy on Wednesday last. It seems that a
young man left a pistol in Mr. McNeal s bouse
when his two Little children, aged three and four,
yearr, began to play with the pistol. The eldest
playfully mapped It «t his little brother, when
went off, the ball taking effect in the child, kill-
lot It instantly.
A countryman, by name Smallwood, and Hr.
Scott, of Gainesville, had a difficulty over the
Gainesville election. Smallwood hurrahed for
Dunlap and Scott struck him a heavy blow over
the head with a billiard cue, cutting through his
hat aud completely splitting his right ear. Dr.
Parsons attended to the wound. The wound
not eerious. Scott is in jail.
Colonel Trencbard thus continues his recollec
tions of Elberton thirty years ago:
Alter passing the Colonel McIntosh corner of the
public Fquare going toward* Jones' ferry, taere
wu no building of any kind on that street till you
reached the oldWorrill place where thero were
some old houses lu which tho Widow Worrlll had
lived and reared her children. JudgeJWorrlll,
prominent lawyer and circuit judge in aoutbwe
era Georgia, was one of the sons. “Jlm”;\VorrllI,
so long a salesman In' various wholesale
houses In New York city waa another
ion. and Mrs. Dr. Wilhite was
a daughter. They were relatives of Mr. James
I.ofton, one of Elbert county’s choicest citizens,
of whom I shall give a sketch In a future letter.
Mr. Finn. Adams purchucd the place and put on
it a cord dwelling, where he died. The first
building on that street was the fem.le academy.
Mr. J. 8. Noyes and his wife were first princIpU
Then Geo. \v. Allen built the houso ho sola ..
Llewellyn Blackwell. Perhaps a little before this,
however. Perry Bruce built the house which he
occupied a good many years: owned by Inaac
Vaugn when he (flea. The large carriage
shops of Bruce Bro.s were on the sawo lot near
the Methodist church. Soon after William A.
Swift erected the mansion which James 0, Har
per bought alter Hr. Swift’s death, moving his
family from South Carolina to Elberton. Mr.
Harper finished tho house in the Inside aud made
•all the lot improvements, making it tho most
beautiful place in the towu. The other Improve
ments ou that street followed several years later.
The buildings on tho back street running south
from the Globe hotel, then occupied by Mrs.
Rachel Barr, where the Lovlnggood houso and
one other small frame building fust south of the
little brick. William B. Nelms lived where
Mr. Perry Bruce did last spring. Mr.
Nelms was then ordinary of3Elbert county, and
hsd been for Tears. Ho moved to Griffin, Georgia,
and W. H. Edwards, then a black smith, was elect
ed ordinary. Mr. Nelms was au excellent man of
solid common reuse, nud held In high esteem by
the people of tho couuty. Ho died in Griffin
years sgo. Amos L. Vail was one of tho most
amiable men of his day. For suavity of manners,
genteel politeness, and general ability to make
himself pleasant aud agreeable, ho had few equals
nrd no superiors. Ho was ono of the few men
who spent his whole life In public burinet* and
made no enemy. Ho waa au excellent man In
deed; but be bad ono weakness, nud that weak
lier* undermined his health, dssslpated his for
tune, and perhaps shortened his days.
In the middle and lower gulf state belt a favor
ite time to cow oats Is on the first twelvo days of
tho new year. Late sowing progresses. rapidly
since the rains. Our people can raise oats at a
cctt of twelvo to fifteen cents per bushel, and flvo
1 u.‘hols of oats arc worth as much for horse and
cattle feed as for r of corn, which costs threo times
i much to rnlsciand Is so exhausting to the land.
Keep on rowing wheat In good laud only. Water
furrows Important on flat land, so the wlutcrrains
will not drown It., R&lpr dark chocolate lands
preferable. A great Virginian who raised heavy
crops, said: “Red land for wheat and presidents.
make more at cotton,” says a one Idea man
with his elbows out, lank and hungry looking,
can buy flour cheaper than raise it at home.” Put
in n small area, on good ground, well manured
and pulverized, and after wheat is cut you can
roskc cotton ou the same land, or sow down peas
after harvest, turn them under after frost, and
double your wheat or oats on the land next year.
Rev. J. B. IUllbonsc, of Gordon county, has a
horse which it known to be twenty eight yoars old.
When Sherman’s raid came though the hofso wa?
owned by a man named Bishop, who drove a nail
into his foot to keep the yankcea from taking him
off, and the horse has never recovered from his
lameness, though he docs good service yot.
Cholera Is doing fearful work among tho hogs
lu some parts of Irwin county. Mr. David Hogan
put up thirty-five bead ol fattening hogs, and out
of that number has only killed two. The rest are
all sick or dead. The fatal plague has caused
considerable fear among the farmers.
Piedmont Press: This morning at two o'clock,
at the county Jail, a bold and dating robbery wat
ommltted. Pinckney T. Major, o! our county,
ml a Hr. Smith, of Madison, wero spending the
. ight with Sheriff Gaines, sleeping in on* oed.
Mr. Smith brought a prisoner from Madisou, with
the intention of carrying him to Jefferson this
morning. Major wo* showing at times ser-
cal hundred dollars in gold on
our streets yesterday. When the two
men mentioned retired Major was thoughtful
enough to conceal his money above the clock lu the
room. Smith was notso careful. About 2 o'clock
this morning Smith waa awakened by a noise In
the room, lie t prang up and the burglar rushed
out ola window, from which ho had torn the
• makegood biaescape, dropping Smith's
rbich he wu attempting to carry o,T
Mr. Gaines, disturbed by the uolsc, had by this
time muled in. They began investigations and
found that Smith had lost all of his money, about
{ 25. That of Major had not been found. It wa-i
is gold that they were In search of. for his pockets
were all turned and his papers spilled about on
the floor. The burglar certainly waa no atrauger
to the situation of things at the jail.
Through the West Point Prcu, Mr. Hugh Charles
states that it Is altogether a mistake about bis
children getting hold of pieces of cheese, while ut
Salem, on which rat poison bad been placed. n«
says Mr. Ecott with whom his children were stay
ing had never pat out any poison on cheese or any
thing else. The most exhaustive diagnosis of the
case evinced symptoms of the presence of bacteria
or animalculac, which germ life in the system, as
in trichina, produces spurns and usually ends in
death. The child had eaten ol manufactured
cheese. All who ate of It suffered, but were re
lieved by the physicians summoned, bat who
came too late to save the little boy that Is gone.
1. L. Carter, living in Terrell, has made this
year with one plow fifteen bales of cotton averag
ing 507 pounds each, and three hundred bushels
of corn, besides the other things.
John V. Johnson, of West Point, has establish
ed a dairy* farm near his Harris county planta
tion. The dairy farm is located upon an Mood
of a hundred acres on the Chattahoochee river
not far below West Point. Hr. T. Whitaker will
undertake the management of the enterprise, and
will doubtless render valuable service. This Is a
novelty in this section, being the only dairy farm
near here, but still more a novelty because it Is a
river girt Isle devoted to a purpose which has
made the islands of Jersey and Alderney famous.
Reports of robberies near Linton and at Bhoa's
of Ogeechee are frequent. Hr. Pryon, near Lin
ton, wu robbed of 1100, and Mr. Harper Coleman,
a merchant at the shoals, had ItaO stolen from him
fn thedsy time. Two negroes wers shot on Fri
day night st Linton, one of them, Frank Walden,
died and an Inquest was held over the body on
Sunday. The other man will probably die.
Hnntlng Is lively in the mountain! county. J.
T. Hutton, John Ellis and Hall Daniel canght two
coons last Tuesday night in Cherokee county after
running them about half a mile and cutv/ag down
eight trees. A large wild bock deer wu seen on
captain McAfee's place, one mile from Canton
lut Tuesday. It is supposed that it wu ran down
from the monntala counties.
8avdersyiij.k, Ga., December 12.-[Special.J—
Mr. Richard T. Walker, a thrifty real estate owner
and dealer fn whiskies in our town, a young man,
who by energy acd strong common sen*, bu
raised himself from the plow-bandies to a position
ol influence In oor county, has placed the world
under obligations to sod enriched himself by
discovering a sovereign remedy for and prevent! vs
against cholera in bogs. This medicine has been
thoroughly tested and hu never failed to effect
cure, nor to pretent farther spread of this disease.
FsitsuRir, Ga., December it—{Special.}—When
the sheriff came to the jail this morning to teed
his prisoner*, be found the doors open sod the
jail [unoccupied. A crowbar lying by and the
broken doors showed they were released by a*te-
Unce from the onbble. There were three In Jail—
two ter cattle stealing and one ter burglary, all
colored. The new jail will toon be finished aud
then escapes will cease.
Fayetteville, Ga„ December 12.—[Special.]—A
bloody tragedy wu enacted in the suburbs ol
town lost night. Two negro men, Frank Dorsey
and Charlie Lowe, met on a path and quarreled
and drew pistols. Both fired. Lowe was ahot In
the breut and died In a few minutes. Dorsey was
shot In the throat aud will die Whisky and bad
women the cause. Both have families.
SAKDKRSviu.E, Ga., December 12.—[Special.]—
The horse thief has been getting in good work In
this county during the past week. Three or four
horses auu mules have been stolen; only one re
covered. No arrest. Supposed to be a baud of
thieves.
Likcolkton, Ga., Dcccmoer 12.—[Special.]—'Mr.
I. N. Zeller*, of thfo county, had hi* giuhousc, gin
and pro* destroyed by lire lut night. The fire
originated from a spark from tho engiuc, by which
the gin was run. I have not learned tho loss, but
Mipposo it will not be far short of ISO).
From the Macon Telcgrogh and Messenger.
Mr. Bartlett’s denunciation of The Constitu
tion's correspondent at Macon wu not Justified
by any one, so far as we heard an expression of
opinlou. Ou tho contrary, tho report of public
sentiment here touching this matter waa indorsd
as being substantially correct.
Macon, December 12.—[Special.]—It la not a
pleasant position for a person to find himself
hunted for the purpose of having his life takeu
by a crank forsupposed Injuries done him. This
morning When your correspondent left his room
to go out on duty at eleven o’clock, a man was
seen pacing up and down the hall man excited
manner, threatening to kill some one. It was the
bigamist. John Donald, who had been released
from Bibb couuty Jail, aud was In
tent on being revenged for artioles
published in the Macon column of The Constitu
tion concerning lilt actions. lie was not allowed
to approach near enough to do bodily harm. Offi
cer Wray waa scut for and the man was arrested.
He became quiet and was warned not to repeat the
performance. Ho bad threatened to kill the cor-
iMpondent on the streets, it was a hard thing to
do—to bftvo the poor wretch placed in-jail. Ho
w is told to go and sin no more.
Fancy pocket handkerchiefs are as much liked
as ever.
Hamilton, Ga., December 12.—[Special.]—
Tho hanging of Sidney Hall, which was to
have taken placo to-day, did not take place,
pending an nppeel to the supreme court.
Hall killed his wife in Valley Plains dis
trict by first knocking her ou tho head, and
then cutting it off with an ax. Tho main tes
timony against him was his own confessions
in which ho virtually says he killed his wife
to be true to a threat which ho made,
lie said that he aud his wifo were at their
home, and she was quarreling
with him. He told her to
stop, and if she didn't he would kill her. She
didn’t stop as directed, whereupon ho got his
ax and approached tho bed where sue was
lying. She told him to hit, sho wasn’t afraid
of him; that ho had better make a suro lick,
for the had poisoned him onco and next timo
she would get him sure. He thou struck her
threo licks, severing tho head from tho body
save a small piece of skin on tho back' of the
bead. This confession was all the material
evidence against him. When arraigned he
plead not guilty, but was convicted and sen
tenced to death.
Bavaknau, Ga., December 12.—The Morning
News will to-morrow publish an account of a
yacht club house to cost 1500,000, and of a yatchlng
station (6 bo c-stablished at tho southern end of
Cumberland island, just below Savannah. Tho
clubhouses to bo built by the New York yacht
club, and is intended as a wlutcr rendezvous for
yathimcn. _
IN ITS THIRD WEEK.
The Protracted Session or tbo.SouLU Ua;«-
llntf Legislature.
Columbia, S. G., Daoamber 8.—[8pocial.]—
_ T-day marked the ouoning of the third week
of the legislative cession, yet absolutely noth
ing of importance has been accomplished as
yet by cither houso. Innumerable bills and
joint resolutions bavo been introduced and nro
now in the hands of the committees. Some of
tbcfco ore very important measures and will
elicit a protracted and lively fight when they
eeme up on their merits. The bill leveled at
the railroad commission will encounter a vig
orous opposition, but will probably go through
’ r a small vote. It is generally admitted that
le railroad commission is a useless and oven a
burl 1 ul institution. It does no good and much
barm. Several wise legislators who advocated
its creation are now earnestly seeking to cause
its dissolution. In short, it is believed that
the commission has proved a failure. There
is a general desire for its abolition. Tho op
ponents of edqcation will strive to overthrow
tho university and Citadel academy of Charles
ton, but they will hardly succeed. Tho Co
lumbia canal will come in for a large sharo of
opposition and the bill looking to the comple
tion of the state houso will be fought desper
ately by tho up-country economists. Tho
bill to repeal the lien law meets with very pro
nounced disfavor and It is exceedingly doubtful
if it con be passed this session. The bill rela
tive to a modification aud change of tho tax
system is the most momentous question that
confront our law-givers. It will come up next
Thursday as a special order In the house, and
a few days later in tho senate. To-day both
the senate and house calendars presented a
bulky look. Tho members are determined to
rush through all necessary legislation and
adjourn sine die before Christmas. Already
a resolution has been introduced by Mr.
Smythe, of Charleston, that tho general as
sembly shall adjourn lino die on the 20th of
this month. It will be impossible to get
through by that time.
THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
ALL THROUGH DIXIE.
l)r. Woodrow
imtpsod -Brutally Murdered-Bix
a Break for Mberty-TerriMa
a Rolling Mill-A Curious
lecomlng Aggressive.
Soutli Carolina.
Caa.UMniA, s. C., December 8.—[Special.J—Re-
pons from various parts of South Carolina state
thiii,coplo-s rains have fallen In the past week,
nnd the protracted and disastrous drouth Is bru
in u for Rood. The soil is now lu excellent condl-
tic *to rm Ive grain, nnd farmers are busy s
tbdr whtut.
Coli siniA, 8. c., December 8.—[Special.]— 1 Tho
slander cam instituted by W. B. McDaniel against
E. X. Fugle, reference to which has frequently
Icon made ii< thl$ correspondence, has been dir
continued by Francis W.Flckllng, tho platnttff'
attorney. The verdict In tho McDanlel-Bruco cni.
FAtiatu-ii all parties to the suit, ami they willingly
8Rr<t<l to crop the case against Fugle. Everybody
Is glad of it. .
CeiuxBKv. P 'v, December 11.—[Special.]— 1 The
board of directors of tho Columbia theological
seminary, n «•»' dlcnce to a call Issued last week
nnd ifgncd by Dr. Mack and two others, met in
Ibis t By yoterdny. The object of their meeting
wss to take scion upon Dr. Woodrow, and to de
cide wot tin r til- iliould be deposed. The board
adjourned lust night without reaching aconclu
sion. To day they met again, eight members being
present. After a long and acrimonious debate It
\\as resoled that I>r. Woodrow should be asked to
resign h!- ( hair. Dr. Woodrow, upon being in-
forr^Vd of tkda action, positively refused to resign,
and took tic stand that the proceedings of the
board were unlawful and revolutionary. Uoasked
them to institute a a proper court of Inquiry and
ho would answer any charges preferred against
him. .This tin board declined to do,and a motion
was carried by a vote ol eight to four that lie bo
peremptorily expelled and his chair declared
vacant. Thereupon . Dr. W. E. Boggs and
Charles R. Hemphill, two of tho most
prominent j.TofejatfaiJu tho seminary, teudored
their uncongitionarrt.vigiiatlons, which were im-
mcr lately accepted.
The action ol tho honrd 1ms produced a decided
sensation Ip church aud Joe ial circles hero and It
Is believed that the death knell of tho venerable
In.'dilution hiui bccu'souinkd and Its destruction
ucarlti hand.
The decision of the. board Is deprecated.
Boggf'sand rintpsepf Hemphill's course Is com*
mauled, and Dr. Mack, who Instigated tho cru
sade against Woodrbjr in highly rebuked. In
this city Dr. Woodrow ir ardently upheld by
an ovrrwhclm lag majority ofpresbyterlans. ITo-
folio* Ilcmpl.lll goes.to Lmilsvillo to acoopt a
profta’ond
and Ut. Bog
course.
• not detenu im
i future
TennesHoc.
a, Tcnn., December 8.—[Special.]—
■ "(twenty million feet of pino tint-
,i county, by 8. M. Winchester, of
to Dewey A Cn., of Kalamazoo,
(onsnmmatcd and tho formal train-
ftrn,i(l|. The wle was for tho ►turnpage. It is
stated tffet other extouslvo lumber men In tho
CllATTANOC
To-(My those
her In JelniM
Chattanooga.
Micblton.v
ftr madi
The Cholera—The Virginia Plague—Col
ored Mortality.
Washington, December II.—In the health
board conference to-day, In the discussion of
the reports of the sanitsry condition of vari
ous localities, Dr. Gerncr, of Erie, I’ennsyl-
vsnfs, said ss to disinfectants as preventives of
cholera, tbst he did not believe in their efii-
ciencv. “You bad just as well have a prayer-
meeting against tho grasshoppers “ said be.
He was followed by Dr. TI. B. Ilorlbeck, of
Charleston, 8. C., and J. Ford Prioleau,'Df
Columbia, representing the state board of
South Carolina; C. B. Thornton, of Nashviils,
Tcnn.; Dr. Lindsay, of the state board or
Tennescee. and Dr. Wm. Perry, of Galveston,
who held similar opinions.
PEATII RATE AMONG TIIR XKOBOKS,
Dr. J. G. Campbell, of Richmond, Vs., said
that the death rate among the colored popuik-
tion was so large as to excite the pity and com-
tniiseration of the whole community.* He at
tributed it not to a constitutional peculiarity,
but to poverty. The negroes, he said, consid
ering the circumstances In which they became
freemen, had done remarkably well, and he
was satisfied that in tho future the mortality
among them would be less.
THE VIRGINIA PLAGUE.
„_retary McCormick, of Kentucky, read a
special report upon the peculiar contagion in
West Virginia. The report was made by Dr.
Carson. He reported that be went where the
disease was most prevalent, into eastern Ken
tucky, snd procured samples of the-drinking
water. The geological formation forbade the
assumption of mineral |tdaon in the water.
The streams and ponds hsd dried
down to mere bads of malarial
poinon. The disease was really epidemic dis-
entary, caused by malarial poison, and many
patients died because the people aid not be
lieve in the doctors, end railed them, if at all,
too late. The total number of deaths did not
•xeeed 225 fn Kentucky. The people were
deeply aggrieved by the publics Ulon of exag
gerated reports of the disease. Although the
crops arc cot abundant, yet the people hare
enough to support them until the next har
vest.
TTANOOGA. frUrio tfeCelUb^M.—lSpCClal,]—
trimnirs of Aire city arc organising a co
°l.c’/,ijp I'litolm: tryi, sqdhave Jtparly tou thou
ft 1:>'iIs tho flni
C 1AITANO. . oYOlifriLAdS^wi.i-AiioM
iDsn named Freeman was brutally murdered ;in
his houso Wednesday nlglit, near Madison, AM.,
ou tho Memphis rend, by two nogroev. They used
an ax as an Instrument of death, aud
literally bseked the old man to pieces.
His skull was laid bare and
bis head was almost Revered. Tho human butch
ere were arrested to-day, and one of them, named
Johnson,confessed that they committed the deed.
To night when tho sheriff started to carry, tho
prisoners to Huntsville for safekeeping, a mob of
200, whiten and blacks, assem
bled at the depot to lynch the
mmderers. Just as the train rolled up tbo wildest
acruc ensued. Tho negroes, thinking they would
be In the hands of the mob, commenced praying
on their knees, while tlio mob shrieked lor some
ono to lead them to seize the negroes. Tho sheriff,
by a skillful maneuver, got tho negroo* aboard
the train, which came near being wieckvd by tho
lynchers. They are now In tho Huntsville Jail.
The whole comity isnrotmd over tho atrocious
crime, and tho brutes will hardly escape.
Chattanooga, December 11.—[Spools!.]—“Mist
L. Dunbar, Atlanta, Georgia,” was the autograph
outheregiiter of tho Kennedy house, Tuemay
night, when a very pretty and fashionably dressed
young lady walked from tho hotel office and was
shown to her room. Khe remained In her room
Wednesday morning, but went out late In the af
ternoon. When sho appeared at tbo supper
table her faco was very mcch
flushed and looked as if ahe had been
drinking. This thought, however, was quickly
lost sight of on account of the young lady's rare
beauty and lady like manner. After the meal
Miss Dunbar sont for a quart of fine whisky, tfto
bottles of champagne, nnd a clooe carriage. She
directed the driver to drive at random until ahe
gave him further instructions. Tlio yonng lady
drank heavily and about 11 o’clock bocame vecy
liolstcroui. The police attempted to quiet her,
but to no avail, and at midnight she waa carried
lo the *tationhou»e and given a cell un.lt to-day,
when she waa released to appear before the mayor
to morrow morning on the charge of disorderly
conduct. Those who wero thrown fn contact with
Mire lumbar at the hotel, state she conducted her-
self with grace and ladylike demeanor, and her
conversation indicate that she possessed more
than ordinary Intelligence. Khcls thought to be
suffering from m*lan cholla. The Constitution's
correspondent called to fcceMlss Dunbar this after
noon, nut she could not be found.
Chattanooga, December 13.—[8peelal.]—
Yesterday >ix convicts, confined in the con
vict camp at Foal Creek, Tenn., rnado a break
for liberty. They were aurrounded by a strong
cordon of guards, but conceived that by mak
ing a bold dash (hey could escape in the con
fusion. They had run a few hundred yards
when the guards recovered, and a posse was
sent in pursuit.
They followed a short distance, and when
they were in range called to them to halt.
They continued straight ahead, whereupon
the guards opened fire on them. At the first
volley four of the fugitives fell, and the other
two surrendered. Two of the prisoners were
killed outright by the fire, and two are mor
tally wounded.
Chattanooga, Decern Ur 13.-[Speda).1-A roll-
cr st the South Tredegar rolling mill named
Lockard met with a terrible sect dent to-night
which will cost him his life. While pushing a
red hot bar of Iron through the rolls be sipped
and fell, bis feet being caught In the rolls. Be
fore the machinery could be stopped, both his legs
were crushed above his knees, the bar of red hot
Iron encircled bis body just above the waist and
be wu frightfully burned.
Alubamu.
Birmingham, Ala., December 12^-{«pectatJ-
The Shermanites, a curious sect of people living
among the mountains fifteen or twenty mile
south of this city, are becoming some what aggres
sive in their religious matters. Some of their
doctrines are essentially Mormonisttc, and for this
reazon they are obnoxious to the good,law abiding
citizens who reside in the community. Recently
the Shermanites decided that they had s right to
worship In the church built by contributions
from various sources and used by the different
denominations. They went to tho church while
tho Baptists wore holding service* and claimed
that they wero entitled to it that day, and raised
a disturbance. Dr. Mask, the leader, hu been in
dicted.
Tallbdkoa, Ala., December 13.—[Special.]—
Mr. J. A. Thorutou, with J. T. Wood *fc Co., of this
place, had his dwelling destroyed by fire Friday
roorulngat8a. m. Supposed to have originated
from a stove flue.
Birmingham, Ala., December 13.—[Special.]—Tho
regularity with which Area have occurred ou Sun
day mornings Just before day for tho last flro
leral belie! that Inccndla-
Tho police forco hti beon
tho cltyoouocll
IPlorida.
Marianna, Fla., December 10.—Five gon-
tlernen came into town and procured a mar
riage license for a proininout young merchant
of tbo town and a girl living in tho country.
One of tho party thon enticed tbo young man
into a wagon aud drove off. When informs*!
of the intentions of his captors the young
man protested, when lio waa covered with
n pistol nnd ordered to keep quiet. Ha
leaped from tho wagon, but was quickly over
powered, put back in the wagon and was hold
in the scat, while one of bis captors mounted
the mule and drove on. Tho prisoner was
carried with tho girl bofore a juatioo of tho
peace, and, at the muzzle of a pistol, the mar
riage ceremony was performed, notwithstand
ing tho protests of tno groom. Ho was then
furnished a horse with which to return to
town. While tho whole affair is veiled in myi-
(cry,public sympathy loans towards the young
man on account of rumors reflecting on the
girl’s character.
A DANDY WITH MANY DIAMONDS.
Botv n Mnn who la Half Dudo Ilair Cow-
Hoy Slakes a Show o( Himself.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
John I. Llghihsll and wife, registered from Poo-
ria, Illinois, Rnvo been attracting considerable
attention for three days past. Tho cotiplo wero
consplcuoui especially for the magnificent nud
ponderoua Jowelry which Ihoy wore, and could
not go Into tbo dining-room or walk through tho
coiridora without being followed by gaping
crowds. In appearance Llghthall combines tho
cow-boy of tho west and the swell young
man of the cast. Ho Is about thirly llvo
yen is of age and six feet tall, ol a lithe, active
build. Ilia hair, which is raven black, is as
straight as an Indian's and foils in a moss to his
shoulders, His clothes aro of faxhlonabto cut and
of rather loud pattern. His vest, which Is of
bright materlul, la buttoned with diamonds, there
being fifty-four good-sized stones In tho set of
outtonr. His visit to Cincinnati was for the pur-
peioof adding lomo choice stone* to his already
arge collection of Jewels, lie probably wears
more diamonds than any other man in this or any
other country for that matter.
Mr. aud Mrs. Llghthall welcomed a reporter yes
terday aud seemed noth lug loth to show; their
jewels,which were rather conspicuously displayed.
I am sorry," said he, “that I did not know you
wero coming, fori could have had more of my
stuff’hero and rnado more of a show. Bat this
scarf pin is worth looking at,''polntlngat tho samo
time to a huge cluster ol diamouds more than nu
inbb sqURrc, which almost lild[u gaudy nocktlc
(Mol,,
t hi tin
THE BIGGERS TRAGEDY.
THE TWO NBORO PRISONERS DIS
CHARGED,
An Interesting Bjnopsti of a Tragedy in WhteR
ISrea ?cT»ona Wcte YoUontd to Dtstb-Tiie
Story of tbs Araenio and the PrJbiblo
tue to Wbloh it wm Put, E o.
Columbus, December 12.-[8pocial.]-Tho Bis-
gcra poisoning case was concluded to day, aud tho
prisoners, Mary and Snow David, were discharged
fiom custody, the solicitor stating that with gthe
evidence given he could not ask the court to bind
them over. The cvidonco is outlined os follows:
The first witness Introduced on the trial wxi
Dr. K. W. Jenkins, county physician, who testified
to having analyzed a portion of tho beef of which
the victims ate and*found that It contained arse
nic. Dr. J. W. Cameron, who attended the vic
tims before their death, testified that their sym-
tomawero those produced by being polsoacd with
arsenic. Policeman Tlco testified that whilo Mary
David was In tho guardhouse before the poison
ing, charged with stealing meat from the smoke
house of Mr. P. J. Riggers, Sr., ahe told him that
“Marse” Jeff Riggers had bor put In thero and
when she got out sho would make him sorry for It.
THE STONY OF MR. P. J. RIGGERS.
Mr. P. J. Birgers, Sr., testified that on Tuesday
morning, November lllh, he and his son, Joo
Willis Riggers, and Mr. Burgess and wife, who
lived In the houso with him, were poisoned. Ho
raid that when he entered tho dining room hi*
ion had left tho tablo and was vomiting, and
Burgers and wife had Juit finished eating. He sat
down to tho tablo and soon after ho began to eat
his son pnv-cd through tho dining room and
told him that there was something wrong with tho
victuals. lie had noticed something strange about
tho taste of the beef, but thought there was too
much red pepper in it. Soon he aud Burgess
and his wife were vomlliug, too, and during tho
day Burgos and his wife and his son Joo nil died.
Witness was sick three or four hours, but his suf
ferings wero tomowkat relieved by taking oil soon
after he found that ho was poisoned. Thirty odd
fowls and a cat ate of tho vomit and died. He de
scribed the sensations which tho poison produced
as burning and griping. Ho said that Mary David,
one of tho prisoners, had lived on his placo eigh
teen years, and ho had raised her family
and always treated her well.
They got along well until tho post year,
Whcu her conduct became so outrageous that ho
ccttld not stand her any longer, nnd ho employed
Mrs. Burgess to Uko charge of his household af
fairs nnd do tho cooking. This Incensed Mary
▼cry much, but she ooutluucd to live on his placo
and did his milking aud had access to tho kltchon
at all hours ol the day. She milked tho cows tho
evening before the poisoning, and from Mrs. Bur
gess's conversation, ho Judged that sho was in tho
kitchen tho same night. Mrs. Burgoia had put ou
the beef the night before boai to have It tender
for breakfast. They ate tho beef tho noxt
morning, and witness wm satisfied It con
tained tho poison. Ho sold there was uo ono there
tho night before but Mary David's family. Ho
had Mary ami her daughter arrested about threo
months ago for stealing incut from his smoke
house, but afterward had thorn released from Jail
because they begged for liberty. Mary thought
jlurgCMiaud hit wife caiuofl her arrost, and hud
tho worst kind of feeling toward them. Whilo
[they w
lib is probably the largest pin lu th
ho/wmtlniKNl. "It roiywsus l.i
t < o/w hit'll, os you see, weighs ‘
nrobefflittfnHv*ott'tftffii
nimn.st pSr/cct. it wasor/giunll}
cunibtrrcioe to wear.”
“Did yon order It made?”
"No. It wah the last order of-a diamond broker
in St. Louis, wboio name wo* Mans, It Is said
that he went crazy, and I guest ho did, for no
isno man, umIcm he was as eccentric ns 1 ntn,
would order, much leas wear, a bauble o! this de
scription. It Is uld Hint Mans took n handful of
stones Into a workshop and told tlio foreman to
mako the finest nng poisiblo out o! them, and this
la the result.”
Llghthall professes to have been fond of Jewcts
ever slnco a boy, and for tho past ten ycar*,ifnco
he haa boon able to gratify his desires In this di
rection, has been making au extraordinary col
lection of precious stones, nc wenn them, hu
say*, becauso bo likes to bo odd. Of late yean
ho bos been much among tbo Indians lu tho
west, and nfltctf tho manners and actions ol a
cowboy. He bn* a sombrero which cost him
over 12,800. Cluster* of diamond* aud other
gems decorate the crown and rim of tho list and it
Is probably the only hat In tho United States that
I* kept In a safe. The same man, Just to gratify au
Inellnation to be conspicuous, wore a stilt ot
clothes the buttons on which wero made ol ten-
dollar gold pieces. Tho Jowelry which ho wore
yesterday, lu addition to his glaring scarf pin and
diamond vest buttons, consisted of four big
rings, a massivegold chain and threo largo badges
or medals, which were pinned on his veri-front.
The setting of ono ring was a to|«x said to bo the
largest In tho United States, Another was a beau
tiful sapphire, surrounded by four large dia
mond!, Tho others were diamond clusters and
were only noticeable on account of their unusual
size and the worth of tho stouts,
THIRTY-FOUR PEOPLE DROWNED
Baltimore, December 13 —[SpecIa'.J--The steam
er Wistmorelsid, from JUppabanuock, arrived
to day and those on board report that the destruc
tion of life by Tuesday's storm Is much greater
than heretofore reported. Tho Evening News. In
Its account ol the disaster, says: “Tho officers of
the steamer Westmoreland report that of a party
of colored men whose boats were capsized Io the
Rappahannock river Bear I rbsua, twenty eight
are known to have been drowned. In addition
to those already reported, at, teait
six men were drowned at Canoe house Jandliig
on the same river. At Mill creek, another landing
n the ltappabaunock river, a young white man
as drowned. In speaking of the f«ct that so few
who were out In their boats escaped from drown-
fog, «n officer of the Westmoreland explained that
the squall broke in all lu fury without a mo
menta notice, and their boat* were swamped be-
fore they were fully aware of what bad taken
place. The negroe* all alpr- •**“ *
{illy in the neighborhood o
exercised and frightened.
bTKABLSUlP A PUCK,
The Discipline of the Ship's Crew Save a Se
vere Loss.
HA vanmah. December 13.—[Special.]—’This after
noon at four o'clock, the steamship, William
Crtne, left her wharf for Baltimore. When four
miles from the city fire wu discovered In the hold
end the captain decided to return. Steam, mean
while, wu turned on, which flooded tha com-
I srtmenta, and alter reaching the wharf here, the
fire waa quickly subdued. The fire was located Im
the cotton, twenty-four baler of whisk were
burned, and some hundred and fifty damaged by
water. They were removed and the steamship
will proceed on her voyage tomorrow. The total
lota la about 9100- The discipline displayed by
ibe ship’s crew wu admirable, and but for the
excellent management, a serious disuter would
have resulted,
Cnptnln Dndley’sSentence Commuted,
London, Decem»*r II.-The sentence of Captaiu
Dudley and Mate Htcphen*. tbo MIgnottc canni
bals, bat httn commuted from hangiug toalx
months Imprisonment without labor.
in Columbus, but uot fn ae
ritydinlne three months ago nnd put it lu uhk
ibclis to poizon dogN, lio did not remember Dock
liunicy, colored, but remembered tho cl ream-
stance of somo negroes stealing potatoes from a
lank on witness'placo and of onool them dying
from rating loo many of them raw.Ho was positive
that thu potatoes were uot poisoued. He killed
a beef of whleh they nto on tho fatal day
two weeks before but said nothing to anybody
about tbo liver being pol'oncd. Ho didn'L recol
lect having any conversation with Mr. W. J,
David ou the day of the poisoning. Uo took only
one drink ol tho oil, because it was cold and
would not ruu from the bottle easily. Uo somo-
times took a drink of whisky for hli health.
Neither bo nor nisson had bought any strychnlua
or aricuic since threo months *•;<>. He did not
tell Dr.OsIln that he ran immediately to trio oil
bottle; he did not go until ho had vomited.
THE OTHER TC..TIMON V.
Mr. B. A. Bigger*, sou of Mr.-1’. J. Digger*. 8r„
testified to circumstances showing tho cxiricoco
of unplcarant feeling between Mary Davii nud
Mr. au*! Mrs. Burgos. When told that Joe Ulgguru
was dead Mary fell on her face aud screamed. Ha
could not tell whether ft wu* from grief or not,
but she seemed to be very much frightened. P. J.
Biggera, Jr., son of P. J. Digger, Sr., testified that
bo had a talk with Mnry David Sunday before tho
poisoning, and sho told him they had had a divi
sion of the corn and she did not think she got
her share. Hbe said (he would have her pay,
and when he asked her how, sho replied: "Never
mind.” Joseph Everedgc, colored, testified that
some time about the first of November ho heard
Miry David ray she was going to make “the old
vaical” Miffer for putting her lu Jail. Thomas
Walker, colored, testified that on tlio day alter thu
poltonlng, while Mary wav under arre t, ahe callo-1
1dm to her aud said: “They've got me again. I
may come clear II they don't tell oomahlug-Jack
and Allen.” Witness supposed sho wan going to
lay rometlilng about Jack Bryant and Allen Car
penter, but the bailiff called him away
that point aud told him no one
wm allowed to talk to tho prisoner. Jack Bryant,
colored, testified that on the day niter the pohnu-
log he overheard Mary aak her aon Haow iP'But-
hw what he bought that day he catne to town,
and Snow mid he did not. “fluliy” wav Jesilo
Mayfield. Witness heard Mary say Tuesday night
that “Mrs. Hurgcra tried to say eomething about
the fuss we hsd about the liver, but was too far
gone to finish.” Level Beunlng, colored, testified
that be heard Mary ray the night after sho was
released from Jail that If “Mar*" Jeff hadn't bad
them poor white folks there he’d made it up.”
11c never beard ’.her make any threats,
but sue grumbled about the poor
white folke being Iberc. Net Dcndy, colored.wai
there during the illncis of the victims, and
thought Mary acted like ahe was very much
frightened. Net *al<l the was frightened, too.
Mary Nunnally testified to about the same thing.
Jessie Mayfield, colored, testified to corning to
town In a buggy about one week before the poll
ening with Snow David. Snow left him to take
care of the buggy a few minutes,out he could not
ray whxtEnow bought while they were sepa
rated. m
Stilt
Milt'
Vennor’s P<
New York, December 13.—A Montreal special
•ays that before Vennor died he had complcred an
almanac lor DM and which In surprisingly
correct as to its prediction*. In general ne >ay<
that we are in a moist period that muit continue
ever a period of two yean. The fall ol ho
predicted would be open, with mild, unsettle 1
weather, and the winter would see great fail* of
snow and rain. There would >* • *««*» unrtai-
mM and New Year’*. Ho tar a* eastern Canada Is
ponemed, says the special. Vennor** pre-n<:ious
have been surprisingly correct. The countrj u
free from snow and the river* are iree of tee.
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