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—^iTn/^'s^FATETTimui oa WEEKLY EDITION. Brooksville, Dear Sir—ric.-so Und eu closed l’.' O.'Order iurj one Doven SCROFULA BYBUP-SMJTH’S. I havtj young man with mo who has been cripple! withs ..opumatism—could not walk. After taking im! Bottles Is well—able to go to work Has ir»inM ±'\ pounds In weight. Yours truly, H. SIIULE. g ” qS WallSt-jAthmta. I 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. IroJfM^TlMrT PAT KIT