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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA.' GA- TUESDAY DECEMBER 30 1884 TWELVE PAGES.
A MOUNTAIN MYSTERY.
IS THE AMERICAN VOLCANO FOUND
IN NORTH CAROLINA?
lb* Bald Mounts!* Fhanomena-Srplanatlo-J OI*e>
???d-Ues tbo Bottom Dioppod Oat-Tho Psj-
pl?? OresMjr E* cl ted a roood Slk tfou ?????
tola. North Carolina - Wotea, Bte.
Firm the Charlatan News and Courier.
The singular phenomenon which receutly
Horded (be people living near Elk mountain
In North Carolina, a brief account of whhh
was puhliahed in the Newa and Courier a few
days ago, deserves more attention than ialikely
to be Leatowed upon it. It ia indeed but one
link in a chain of aucb occurrenees, and the
serica undoubtedly present# aims features of
sufficient importance to require a careful in*
veatigation at the hand# ot scientists, geolo
gist# and other# qualified to conduct auch
investigation in the moat thorough mao>
tier, and thereby to trace the connection
between the different phenomena, aud,
If possible, to diacover tbecauae of them all
A review of some of thcae occurrence* will in
terest every person who live# betweon the
Blue Ridge and the Atlantic ocean, at least, aa
this numerous claaa may be fairly supposed to
feel a special interest in the stability oftba
plateau upon which they live and upon which
they expect their children to live after them,
Concerning the most recent disturbance in
the mountains, Dr. J. B. T. Baird, who ia evi
dently an Intelligent and careful observer,
nnd who waa himself an auditor of what oc-
curred, snyss
with a full and unobstructed vlow of the entire
Klk mountain range, and happening at the very i
moment to have my eyes turned In the direction
of!be point In question, it afforded mo an excel
lent opportunity to Observe tho whole phouinna-
non. '/he morning was exceedingly bright almost
ominously calm. Ata point nlmost due north of
my home, and roetnlngiy just over the crost of the
mountain, and at the hour above stated, there
waa what reemed to be a most terrific sum
teiranssu explosion, followed by a very
perceptible Jarring nnd trembling of
she tarth for milts around, and a heavy rumbling
sound us of tho deep intonations of dbtant thun
der, which cimo on with Increasing volume for
atveral mconds. Tho sound proceeded with rapid
undulations In an eastwardly direction, following
the con no of the mountafus, and scorning to tra-
i' the deep bowels oI the earth, until it reached
Ni>uw|iuuwnivi luumnii, until in luauuou
a point on the horizon of our valley about 45 do-
jt????^s*^^HMjrtje^U^ted^vhei^sudlwriy
upon the'air like a tnlghty thunderbolt, nod
thus It ended a* suddenly aa It bega~
A. K Hetiiphlll, who was on the top of tho mntiu-
till), in the Immediate vicinity of where the ilrtt
shock occumd. saya that it roomed to ho directly
beneath him and tho sensation was as though tho
whole mountain waa tumbling from Its found t-
lion, with a fearful shaking and tremblincof the
earth. Mr. Kti-vo Moudsy nnd Mr. James Edwards,
who wue mi the mountain same two uillos fur
ther *sm, describe the round sn<l the shaking and
trembling of the mountain a* most appalling and
tenlljliig. ??? von putting tho leaves on the trees In
saway. Tho shook a
set on the evening of the same nay."
There are no ordinary disturbances, common
to mountain ranges j but rathor, so far ns ia
known, have been confined on this aud pre
vious occasions to that (Hirtion ol tho Blue
Ridge which lies in tho southwestern part of
North Carolina, and perhaps In tho extreme
northeastern corner of Georgia. Very littlo
baa been made nubile in regard to tho disturb
ances in Georgia, but there is not far from
Tallulah fal!s,1n thia state, a poak of tho Blue
lUdg?? known aa ???Sinking Mountain," which
name lias probably been bostowed upon it by
reason ol phenomena occurring at tuat print
similar to those ao frequently observed a few
tnilra to the northeast lu the same rauge.
Th<f disturbances at liald* mountain com
inrLcid ten or twolve years ugo, nnd excited
at the time considerable interest all over Um
country, as well ns feelings of profound ap
prehension iu thcae who dwelt within l|io cir
ri# of their mysterious nnd threatening mani
fest at lot a.
It will be remembered that tho manifesta
tions were of ro irrqucut occurrence and of so
violent character ns to compel the attention of
persona living at a distance of forty or fifty
miles from tho raountaiu itaolf, wlrilo those who
lived on or near it were so seriously alnrmod
that hundreds of families abandoned their
homes and farms and lied to othor and distant
localities to rsrapo tho danger which threat
ened them constantly by day and night. Tho
panic waa so general that, at oua time, all the
one point across section of the ridge has (alien
bodily a distance of perhaps a hundred feet???
;sp through the moutain like a rail
leaving a gsp through the moutain like a rail
road "cut/??? the aide walls of which are nearly
perpendicular. Make two parallol cuts across
Hi d through a leaf of Laker** bread, nnd
thru irtash down the middle
alien so formed and you will g*st
a fair idea of what b*a occurred here. The
leaf of bread ia a mountain, however,an 1 the
slice ia probably an hundred yards long. At
onotkrr point such a slice hat fallen withrot
??? - posfng from above thn gap which it has left.
Tbere is* slight crevice at the surface, in
deid, but you would step across that without
suspecting what was under .you. The crevice
gradually widens aa you descend
the mountains, and you can go into
it at one or two places. Looking
upward it oppeared aa a broken thread of light
extending along the roof of a cavo of unknown
proportions. The rock walla of tho cave are
broken and cracked in every direction,
and Ibo floor is covered with fragments
that bavo fallen from above, and that
keep tailing. The floor also drops away
sometimes. You canuot go very Ur
along ibe dark and dangerous road
ytur feet are in, even if you wish to do so, ba
cause it ends auddenly iu an abyss of which voi
can neither ace tho root, tho aides, nor the Got
tun. Drop a atone over the vorge???yon will
never hear it strike! There is no known bot
tom there; it, too, has dropped down to some
where. '
There are other evidences of unrestand un
certainty in the hearts of those everlasting
hills. In one place a great body of water
gushed out of the side of a mountain, breaking
its way through the toil and carrying every*
thing before it. The guides will show you
???whit!-pools" that racclvo mountain streams
end swallow them. Thrown stick into the
little mealatrom and it will spin around n few
momenta and then disappea/ in tho vortex.
These things are all peculiar nnd Interesting
and uLixplainc-d. If the satin features nWt
facta and phenomena were to be observe! in
the Ifarlx mountains there would ba legends
about Hum, and Americans would cro??s tho
ocean to see them and write books about them.
If they wore located in tho White mountains,
or tho Calais ilia, or tho Adirondack*, th^ro
would be hotels and railroads all through tho
regioo to accommodato the crowds of visitors
every summer. As it is, it is all iu the ???Land
itself, so Ur os our people are concerned.
A FATAL TRAGEDY.
A Wronged Woman Seek* Revenge Witts
llneksbot.
From the Gibson, Ga., Enterprise.
On last*8aturday morning tho nows reached
us that a horrible murder had boon
committed several miles east of hero, just over
(ho Glasrccck line, in Jefferson, at tho house
of Mr. John Ivey, at 1 a. m. .Saturday
morning. Tho murdered man was Jack
McCaulsy, of Warren, nnd his destroyer was
Mis* Viny Ivey, a young lady uineteen or
20 years old, also from Warron. Tho deceased
dron, for the
purpose of eloping with Mins Ivey. On Sat
urday several parties went from hera'lo tho
scene ??1 the murder. They describe tho sight
aa truly horrible. Lying near tho homo was
tho murdered man, the ground for a yard or
two around covered with blood. On tho
sido of his fuco wan a Inrgo wound
made by fifteen buckshots, evidently
short range, for one side of
tho mourtncho was burned sway. Lying near
him were a pair of ladies* shoot, ah ??x of
clothing end a piloaf money amounting to
$1,6110. Virey Ivey on being Questioned said
that she killed McCaulay anu wasn???t sorry
* f-
j'wwn mi urmim umv. ah uup iiuip, mi ms
rotd. It.ding out of th< .li.turbed Motion wore
filled with luglllrn, nnd they who, fur rny
re.ren, wtro compelled to rcm.in behind,wuro
rtducrd lo * .Into of mob eonfuiion and terror
that they gave urer all nthor puraulU aud devo
ted theviolvta to rollilou, Axorelio.,flrmly ho
noring that tho end of all thing, wu nt hand.
It la ra.y to anillo at their fear, from . f.r and
aaf.dlilaneo, hut It lenot to b. donbtod that
aimltar ahookt repeatedly felt In other perllona
of the country would lead to almilar remit,
among tho mere ignorant ctauei of tho popu
lation at UmL At the time of tho .hook, at
Bald mountain it waa atated that tho baa.U In
tho field, .bowed tbelr alarm not lea. than did
th.lr mt.lora, aud that horaoa halted, powered
and thivered Inthalrlraoka whileheinadriven
along tho puhlio road., many mile, di.tant
from tho mountain, when they felt the my.te-
rlou, tiemor polling through the ground be
neath their feet.
Kotwlth.tandlng the tarn mu. of toallmony
that waa published from time tot I mo in regard
to the fart and nature of tha (hock. In the
Bald mountain region, thero won many per-
aon. who denied that any auch di.turbanaM
had occurred. The Aaherilla and Spartan
burg railroad wu then being con.truetod on
the other tide of tho rauge eight or ten mile,
di.tant, and tha wi.c.rre. attributed a'l the
???ounda and .hock. that were heard and felt to
the frequent bleat, that wero mado In the rook
bed. along tha lina. After on* auch
ehoek, however, it waa dl.corercd
that one of the numerous penka of the Balt!
mountain group waa rent in twain from sum
mit to bate, and the unheliavara wore ailcnced
from that day to thia. An investigation of the
flaaura caused by that shock showed that it
waa several feet wide aud hundreds of yards
long. A party of monntaineors, having
provided themselves with ropes and can
dles, entered the clefi in the eido of
tho mountain, and alter going a abort
distance found that it wnlaned into a
great cavern. Tho apptaranceof the walla
proved beyond question that the ravoru waa of
very recent origin { fragments of rocks hung
loosely overhead; the floor waa covered with
debris, *??nd altogether the situation was so
threatening and uncertain, at beet, that the
exploration waa abandoned well nigh at its
outset. It has never been pressed any further,
to the writer'* knowledge. The impression
made upon the minds oftboee who entered the
rave waa that the ???bottom of the mountain
had dropped out, down to aomewhere," leav
ing the peak littlo moro than a rocky shell.
On thia theory the phluomeua that had been
observed tor so many months before gFire ac
counted for. The in tide of the mouuiaiu had
been crumbling and caving in, plecsmoSl, and
the fail <T the masses in the Interior had
caused the shock* and rumbling sounds
that had been felt and heard for miles
around. The theory may or may not be the
true ore. It will hold until a Lotte.-.roe is of
fered, at least, and baa strong support in some
other rrrent occurrences in the same neigh-
borhetd. A few miles from Bald Mountain,
In another part of the tame range, ia another
peak that Via certainly caved tu the way
suggest* J.
The nature of the disturbance* that have
occurred at this point ia beyond question. The
mountain ba* caved aud crumbled until it is
aa ho'.l??w aa a bee hive, and a very badly
cracked tee bive withal. Currents of warm
air are drawn into crevices between tho rocks
eu the cue aide of of the mountain, and pour
???* ,tlP ??d>??r side ,as chill as a blast Imm
an ice fciute. The out-going currents creep
along ibe ground andare JUtTnguishsblamthe
summe r time nt a distance of half a mil# from
to# point of exit, go it u aaid. A fishing rod
can be driven out of sight at roanv places, ia
the crcv . fi btltnn the rocks under foot. At
for it cither. That some one had been prowl
ing about tbo house for two weeks and aha got
tired of it and determined to kill whoever it
wai. On tho night of the murder,
she aaid, tho dogs barked ao that aho
could not sleep, and about 10 o???clock,
slio heard a tap on tho window, Going to it
McCimlny tnl.l ln*r lo nr with hi'ii aud In;
would givo her $1,500. Hhe told him alio
Uld not go, and he sold if aho did
??? inli/t
TOUR TO THE CRESCENT
AND WHAT IS TO BE SEEN WHEN
IT IS REACHED.
/
Tit* Correspondent's froaW* With the Sieeplax
Cars???Crossing Lake FoncLsrtratn-Vlewiag
the Exposition rue Show not Qiito
Beady???When lo Pica it Bosdy.
Nxw Orlkavs, December 2.T.-.[Sp3cfaI.]???
Three weeks ago I left Atlanta by tbc Georgia
Pac ific, nod have been here ever since ab
sorbing.
A MAT in BIRlOVOtfAM.
1 laid over seven hour* in Birmingham???
not from choice, but ntces??ar!ly, # as the old
mmd aaid. Aid yet I like Birmingham,
whose wondrcun growth seems to suggest that
the l8mp of Aladdin hoi been rubbod upon
tboee Alabama hills, and whoso'vitality aud
thrift are upon tie lip.' of thousands.
Btill I would have been satisfied
with three hours and * a half
in that dashing town. I took tho Queen aud
Cicrcent irutt???death is a fjartmfit???from Bir-
mirglnm i??td got to Now Orleans via Meri
dian. Although this ia an excellent line, I
ennrot i#y that n y nighi*Arido was altogether
dmppy. I was tho new style
of sleeping car in whCl^tho*'' berths are
erranged crorswito. Thera waa q good deal
more cross than wise about them, and as 1
have 1m cn accustomed: to lying with
rny head lo tho engine and my feet
to the red 1st,tern uflurVii nweei re
storer refused to restore. It r wsi too dark
??? Ike luxuriant awnnip 1 acenecy, ao JI
tr-sud about to the tintinubulatiohof tho Ken
tucky horse driver???s snoring, who occupied
the berth beneath me. You will know from
this *b fit I wrestled with nn up
per brith ??? decidedly upper. It coit
three dollars. ??? I paid one dollar an! slept
I ..... .... A......I Tj:.. T : I
letwern Atinnln and Birntinghnin. I paid
three dollars aud toesed between Birmingham
or d Now Oilcans, about twice the distance. I
Hippoie tin > c ia no use iu looking for uniform-
*ly in sleeping cur fare# until Cievebind takes
bis sent. JL plctecn ino though to think that
very littlo experience may warn some forlorn
and alccping-ctr-wrecked brother travelling
In,in Georgia to New Orleans. Tho big
fikturo ot the road is the eight
mile trcsllo across Lake Fomb nr train.
We struck it about 7 next morning, and every
body got up to look at tho lake. Tho Ken
tucky horso drover was In costa efts at first over
the view and tbo brelfce, but when tho train
to ouartcra that will fit your pock*
etbook, be you a brakemtn or millionaire.
Aa yet, I have not taken io the French
quarter. I have been too busy trying to
cnauaie the American half dollar. Now Or-
lenr e reminds me of a big mixed drink???but
of this some other time.
TFBItlISLE GKIHtS.
S.'iicTir Which Occurred M:ttiy Year*
Ago.
From the Albany, Ga., Medium.
Wo crossed the Alapaba river near Mrs. J.
W. Walker'#, and soon after passing through
the swamp. Parson Young gave us the'follow
ing particular* of the brutal murder of that
iady???a husbaLd, Mr. John W. Walken
In April, 1866, thero lived on. the. east side
cf the Alapaba river, opposito Mr* Walker???s,
and (hiy n few miles distant, a man by tho
name of Willis J. Bone and his^family, on-
listing of a wife and several children; the old
est being a boy of fifteen. It wa*w<ril known
in the aHtlerucut that a man living jp a county
ttrlh of them had one of hla .btgroos to
inn away, ??ud a sharp lookout 'W&a kept up
lor him. Ou Sunday evening- Mr. Walker
and some neighbors crossed the Alapaba in
search of some missing bogs, and came to a
field surrounded by a dense swamp. This
field was nwced by Bone. Having to cross a
cortif r of it, they noticed that a negro had re
cently betn at work on it, chopping dowu
\vc-??d?? and bushes, and that ho had notcom-
I ilctid the work. 1'hcy knew it whs a negro
???y the tracks, and at once suspicioned that it
was the runaway, being harbored by Brno.
Mr. Walker remarked that he would return
the next morning, capture him and return
him to bis his owner. His friend advised
sgaiurt this movement, unless be waa accom
panied by others, aa they all know
Boue to bo a desperate man, and
they feared Walker would bo no match for
him aud the negro. Monday morning, dis-
ref aiding the advice of his friends, given the
previous day, Mr. Walker, after tcliiug his
family he was going hog hunting crossed over
the iner and approached tbo field rn.'t in ouo
above. There he found tho negro lit work
aud coming suddenly upon, him, he had no
trouble in capturing him. Bone wai coming
to the field when Walker captured the negro,
and, hurriedly retracing his steps to the home,
.. j i.i. ... .i .. ii:_ _ i.i?
Infantile Blood Purifiers
and Skin Beautifiers.
Absolutely Pure and Safe from
the Moment of Birth.
Hotolvtnt. the new blood purifier, Internally, aud
Clitic ura and Cullenra Soap, tue frreat skin cures,
externally. Absolutely pure and sate, and may
from the noDient of birth.
???OUR LITTLE BOY."
Mr, and Mrs. Everett Stebblns, Bclcherto vn,
Mass., write: 1 Our little boy was terribly afflicted
with Scrofula, Salt Rheum ??nd Efesfpelas ever
since he was bom, and nothing wo cnuld xlve him
which gradually cured him, until he is now as fair
?? any child.
"WORKS TO ACH4RH,"
Or, 8i>. Aiuaui,
'It works to a
"A 1 EKRIBLE CASE.???
Charles Fsyre Hinkle, Jersey City Height, N. J.,
writes: ???Myron, a lad ol twelve years, was com-
Cutlcnra Remedies. From tho top of his held to
the roles of my feet wm one msxs of scab?,"
Ever y other rrir edy and physicians had been tried
r.m niiv rliilfJ."
crept along tho creaking timbers of
tier bridge of woodwork., bo changed his tune
and arked the conductor every ten mconds how
far it waa to New Orleans. The expression of
intenao relief upon tho bronxe lace of that
anxious man as the car* rolled once again on
terra firma would have done eredit to nn art
gallery. Ho waa afterwards hoard to remark
(he porter that ho had never befuro realized
c* Hilary or eilent prayer. I do not mean
to rny that this wonderful trostlc is not safe;
but I believe it ia safer where nil
the paraengcra can swim.
IX NKW OftLKAX*.
said in tho outset, I have
been here absorbing for ncnrly three 1
weeks, aud I now proposo to talk to tho
uniuoiike constituency 'of Tjik Coxamuriox
liko a father. As a southern man
aud an American, I feel tho deepest
interest in the success ol this gignutic
enterprise???but as a conscientious correspond
ent, it ia my duty to givo them facta for their
protection. Tho exposition is not ready.
When it is ready, I believe it will bo tbo
grandest show evor . aeon in
the world???surpassing tho groat
fairs of Vienna, Paris. London aud tho
duM blow her Brains out. Thon'to fojl^rii ,
the handed eut the shoes and box, <aud as he
stooped down ah# got tho gun, and when he
arnco eho fired.
Near a place called Reedy Creek church, In
Jefferson county, on Saturday morning at
about 2 o'clock, was tho scene of a dark aud
bloody murder. Mr. A. J. McCauley, a well-
known citiaeu of Warren county, residing in
the neighborhood of Drier Crook church, vas
the victim. The air ia thick with rumors ns
to bow and by whom ho catno to his death,
aud tho whole affair seems to be shrouded in
an impenetrable vail of mystery.
Itscem* that the decoased and his wile had
not 11 veil.happily together for the last two
tears. The estrangement was due to the fact
that the husband was conducting a criminal
intimacy with a young ami unmarried white
woman by the name of Ivey, who
resided a few miles distant. These Illicit re
lations occasioned many eruptions in the home
circle, ouly to be auoocodod by tho calms in
cident to tue predominance of conicienco ovor
E aaaion. But about two weeks ago the atom
urat forth with increased fury, and a separa
tion of tho husband and wife ensued. Mr.
McCauley. It ia aaid, had bocu very aucceaiful
in bis business operations, and had accumu
lated a nico little property, consisting of laud,
livo stock aud money. The lat
ter was on deposit iu a bank at
Augusta. Shortly alter tho aenaration ho is
Kjtorted to have visited Augusta and dravn
from the bank about two thousand dollara.
On last Friday afternoon, Mrs. McCauley
states, her husband rode ovor into Jefferson to
see Miss Ivey, who was at that time visiting
relatives in the county. The visit, she says,
was in response to a letter from the woraau
riling him that sho woifld leave tho < country
with him if he would come for her. It
is said that she was to meet him at a certain
window of the house at which she wm atop
Ine letter. He appeared at the window aa
???greed upon and wm met by tho woman who
threw a pair of shoe* out to him presumably
nrrparatsry for the previously arranged flight.
6he next threw out a box containing some
article* of wearing apparel, which Mc
Cauley stooped to pick up, whou ho received a
heavy charge of burkshot in the mouth from
a gun aimed in the window. We failed to
learn the name ol tha party who discovered
tho vietim'of the tragedy, but all of the taro
.v J J he is Mid to have had
thousand dollars which
in his iHwsession, was f??und on his person ex
cept about four hundred aud ten dollars,
which is missing.
At the coroner's inquest Miss Ivey testified,
we learn, that the deceased was shot by her
self, stating m her iwmod (or doing the dead
that McCaulry had threatened to kill her if
???he refused to go with him. 8he shortly aftor-
ward mysteriously disappeared, and a search
by the friends o( the deceased failed to d
??? develop
her whereabouts. There aro many other cir-
eumstancea connected with the tragedy that
limited and we forbear. X great dea'l of
excitement prevails, and it caunot at present
be surmised what new coloring tho affair will
assume.
A HAD DKATK1.
A Hoy Crushed to Dcnth Itvfare His Father.
Fnm the Gwinnett, Ga., Herald.
On last'Haturday was a week, Mr. A. W.
Miles, who lives on the plantation of Clarence
L. ll.utcbius, on the Chattahoochee, wm
building a corn crib with log. He and his
older M-n were putting the Jogs up as they
were notched. His youuecr so*, a boy about
thirteen, was standing ny the side of the
crib. They had finished the wall
except the top log, and .had it up
on top and attempted to roll it
over so as to make it fit in the notch cut ia the
leg below. In turning it over they lost on-
trol of it, and instead of stopping at the ri,-ht
piece, It rolled entirely oft and fell equaroly
upon the head and ahoulders of his son stand
ing below. The log wm heavy and falling a
considerable distance, it crushed his skull ata I
broke his eollsr bone. They hurried to him at
once and carried him to the house aud posted
a meseenier to Suwannee alter Dr. Harris.
The child*??? sufferings were terrible, and ho
lived only half an hour.
mirs oi Vienna, l'aris, jjonuon aua mo cen
tennial. I attended ail ot there, cxcopt throo.
I have patiently invetiigated and don???t think
tbo management are to blatno for
the backwardness of the show. I believo that
Director General Burko has dotie'nU that be
pfislbly can do to get things ready. Over
whelmed as he la with a labor which would
have long ago killed any ordinary man, ho
has shown a patience, a loyalty and a courtesy
that is truly admirable, lie is a man of iron
will and magnificent executive ability, and
would ccitaiuly Lave hod tho oxnositiou in
proper shope, But for tho (act that it had out
grown tho wildest drenrns'of tho most squ-
f iulnc. In tho main building, tor instance, the
argest structure ever erected in tho world,
every foot of apace is taken, and a
thousand applicant* havo boen turned away.
This necessitated an annex which Is now
beiug rapidly built. Now, to look through
the main building you would think it largo
enough to accommodato ovary exhibitor iu
the country. They are doing thoir best, b i f ,
at best,'they are slow.
tmx???t cons V*T Avrmi.v:.
Now I want the reader* of Tint CoxamuTiox
to get the full worth of their mouey when
they come???so I say to ono and all
???don???t come until the middle
of January, at least.?????? By
that time the exivisiUou will bo in good trim,
but by February I am satisfied that it will ba
running most smoothly aud splendidly. The
transportation facilities from Caual street to
the grounds are at present equal to ordinary
crowds, bub altogether insufficient for great
crowds, as dcmonstrslcd on the day of the
opening. Tho distanco is five miles, the
travel Gy streot car, the time au hour, and
often much longer in care of delay from
trrek in tad weather. But* all thia ia to be
remedied. When the great crowds begin
to pour in hundred! of new street cars will bo
put ou, and the railroad to the grounds, from
Cabal street will ba completed, and scores of
steamers will bear paiaeugcr* from the foot of
Canal street to the exposition landing, and
everybody will be happy I The alowueu o(
tho street car mule is proverbial the world
over???but there ia something almost stately iu
the slowucis of the New OrlMhs streetcar
mule. But let us forego our loud and deep
anathema upon less languid gaits, let us re
member that be is a ion of tho tropic???a part
of tho iudolcnt air which fans the clustering
golden fruit in mid December above this leis
urely pathway. It is not bis fault, that he
was not Lorn upon the frozen bosom of the
north, where his more Vigorous brother will
oAeti go several blocks in naif an hour. It is
destiny that turned his sad face athwart the
dew-dropping south. Let us pity the poor
street car mule! But let us hire some able-
bodied man who can curse in twenty-eight
languages to attend todiis doaliuy I
RXTOBTIORATK BtTKS CtUKQRD.
Among tho thousands who will come here
from Georgia and her sister states the bulk will
be people in moderate circumstances. The
question of reasonable board is therefore of
marked importance. I regret to say that the
prices charged by many here bear a striking
resemblance to highway robbery. I am happy
to announce, however, that fair board can os
secured in New Orleans by the poorest
visitor. But be must know the ropes.
Don???t forget to give tha St. Charles
hotel and Vicinity a wide berth, unless you
ctmc bore to spend money as a pastime. The
??vitem of gouging in these quarters is some
thing terrific. They will charge you a dollar
???ud a quarter fi>r dinner at the Su Charles
when you can get just as good a meal three
fqu??rcs|away on Royal or 8t. Charles streets,
for fifty cents. Half a dozen raw oysters and
a cup of cotlce at Learn**, near the St. Charles,
will cost vou thirtv-five cents, when you c
large juicy
t six large juicy fellowi on Royal, two
locks awsy, for ten cents. Fifteen cents is
w hot ycu will have to pay for a glass of sweet
milk anywhere within a radius of two blocks ot
the 6t. Charles, when you can get it
iust as pure and g-mi at a
bULdrid places, farther sway, tor five cents.
Rooms in *nd srouu??I the SL Charles are eror-
tt.?? uriy high, ranging from two to five and
eight dcllars w a.y ??? iiboat beard, where
t<n blocks awsyyou can get good ftirnisbsd
rooms at fifteen and twenty dollars a month,
snd elegant ones for thirty. In m??ny private
I: milies excellent board can be had for thirty
del lari a month, and in some iaaUnc** Lur
board esn be had f*??r Isrenty-fivA V.???hen you
get here, go straight to lb* cx{v*iti>a burovi
ol ??rn.R.b.u'iiktt| 15 Union street, a<ul, with-
ent charging you a cent, they will direct y nt
diiu. nun n uijr ivt uia oiuiia w tuc iiumn,
got bis musket, und tolling his iittccn-yoar-old
son to get bis gun aud follow him, rau back to
the field.
Shoiily afterwards the report of a gun was
beard, at Which timo bis son had reached the
field, and he slated that lie beard Wuilcer
bogging for his life. Creeping up on top of n
bill he looked over and saw his 'father strike
Walker several blow* on tho head with tho
stock of Gis musket. Then Bono and tho m
f ro dragged the body to the fenco and thro
l over tho mine ns if it wero a hog, dragged
it about thirty yerf's itfto a dense moss of
Luhbes, fcratche i n hole in tho marshy ground
sr.d buried it. Tuesday the wholo seltleinoat
wts searching for Walker. Foul play was
(urplcioM.d und Bouc wm plscod under arrest
era strongly guarded. Meanwhile
the search went on. The wholo
country was scoured, but without suo
ccss. Wednesday several shrewd men
told a hired girl/ who . lived in Bone???s
fondly that unless sho told all sho knew atnut
Walk*r???s ditappearanco they would kill tho
wbolc family, including herself and mother.
This threat had tho desired effect. 8ho told
them how Bono ran up to the goto Monday
snd tc ld her to bring him his musket quick,
and how be had called his son to arm himself
and follow him; how sho had heard tho report
of the gun in tho swamp field, and how, soon
afterwards, Bone returned to tho house with
blocd on his clothes and gun; how ho went
to the smokehouse and had his wife to bring
him water and a chan go of clothes, and how,
when she asked him whst he had done, re
plied that he had killed Walker. Up to ttus
time his aon could not bo induced to givo the
slightest information, notwithstanding they
bad taken him to tbo swamp and with a reps
around his neck threatened to hang him if
he did not reveal all he knew about tho mur
der. lie cried piteously for his life, protesting
sll tbe while that he knew nothing qf tho
cause of Walker???s disappearance. When tho
girl???s confession wm made known to him ho
???aw that further concealment would coat him
hla lifo, and he made a full coufesaion.
He took tho party to the spot where Walker
v ??e murdered, showed thorn by blood stiins
where he had heed dragged to tho fenco and
thrown, over, and pointed out tho spot where
he wos buried. Removing about half a foot
of mud they found tbo body. The head war
crushed in three places, and a muskot bill
bad struck him just above tho right hip and
rouged upward, passing out near the nock. It
i* supposed that no had the negro down aud
was ttcoping over binding him when the shot
was fired. Bono's fate was sealed. Seloating
twenty resolute men they took tho murderer to
largo oak tree near the scene of his bloftdy work
???ud prepared to launch him into eternity. They
built a rail pen. On this they laid tho end of
a plank, the outer end of which rested on an
upright support. A rope wm nlacod around
Bone???s neck, fastened with tho hangman???s
noise, and he mado to climb up on tho pen
and walk out on tho plank. The other end of
the rep* was securely fattened to a limb of tho
. iution was about to tuko place. * Anothor
rope was fastened to tbo lower end of th* up
right piece that support'd tho plank, and it
was agreed that tho tweuty men should, at
a given signal, pull tho prop and
lour ch Ben* into eternity. Ho was allowed
time to pray or make confession as to the mur
der, anti It was while confessing his guilt that
he tbrew his weight on one foot, which caused
the plank to slip oft the prop, and thus ho be
came his own executioner. As soon ????? dead
his body wu# taken down and 'thrown lulo a
6 rave near by and covered up, thus giving
ini tbe une burial he had a tow days hetore
given John W. Walker.
The negro wras never heard of afterwards.
but it is supposed that Bone murdored hi n
his body In n
to destroy all evidence of his first crime.
1 Eo far m we know f tho above horrible affair
has never been published, m it occurred at a
time when there wero but few newspapers
published, and at a place far removed from
sny lino of communication with tha outside
worlc*.
Mis. Walker is - a sister of Hou. Aba Clem
ents, and is still living at the old homestead.
Arresting the Progress of Consnmptton.
In this disease, as every one is aware, the
only hope of the patient liea in the establish
ment of* higher vital condition. Efforts are
mado te reach this through out door exercise,
???nd by various other means for improving the
general health which are known to invalids
snd physicians. Now, in the vitalizing treat
ment of Drs. Starkey Sc Pales, 1,109 Girard
street, Philadelphia, has been discovered aa
agent that gives directly this higher vitality
w hich generally becomes apparent at the very
outset of its use. This is manifest iu an al
most immediate increase of appetite, and in a
sense of life and bodily comfort. If the treat
ment Is continued, n steady Improvement
nearly alwavs follows;and where the disease
bat not become too deeply sealed, n cure may
be confidently looked lor. If you would hav
satisfactory evidence of tbi??j send to Drs.
Etarkey A Palcu for such docuthi???fiU
poi ts of cakes as will enable yob to judge lor
yourself, and they will be promptly farutshed.
Fruit trees, especially, apple* xaould have *
ptle of earth around tbelr truqtrs be ore winter
sets In. at d all rubblsb Cor some ilhtawc removed
aud burned. IbtswtU prevent mice from work*
????i it the fcaik^ ???
???It Knock* the Spots,???
and everything in the nature ot eruptions,
hutches, pimples, ulcers, scrofulous humors,
end incipient consumption, which is nothing
more nor less than scrofula of the lungs, com
pletely cut of the system. It stimulate* and
nvisorat's the liver, tones un the stomach.
invigorates the liver, tones un tne siomsen.
regulates the bowels, purifies the blood, and
builds up the weak places cf tbe body. It is
a purely vegetable compound, und will do
n or* than is elsimed for it. We refer to Dr.
Decline ol Man.
Knvrni Weakneea, Dyspepsia, Impctence,
Sexual Debility, cured by ???Well's Health lie*
FOR PALE, LANGUID,
Emancfstcd children, with pimply, sallow skin,
the Cutieum Rcmedhn will prove a perfect bte??-
Ing. clear.ting the blood and skm ol Inherited l<a*
purities and expelling tho gervni of scrofula,
iheumutlsio, consumption, and revere skin
Send for ???Hour to Cure Mb La Dixon*
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RESEARCH.:
FXPFRIMENT.
STUDY.
FOR FIFTY YEARS, by Dr. A. L. Barry, an old
practitioner, cjtyccIalJy In Female Troubles, wm at
last rewarded In tho discovery of that certain and
safe specific for woman troubles, LuxomnL Lux-
omul la a preparation that dally grows in popular
favor. Testimonials from responsible persons sll
over tbo country furnish smplo evidence ol the
wonderful power of I.uxomnt as a remedial agent
for tho relief and permanent cure of all those dls
tracing conditions incident to fomsles. Luxomui
Is specially adapted to troubles of prrgnaucy. It
greatly amllcorates the pangs of child birth, shor
tens labor, prevents after pains, and facilitates re
covery. Owing to tbestrengtheulugand toning In
fluence Lnxomnl relieves sll MENSTRUAL IR
REGULARITIES, snd is a superior utcrlue sods-
tlve and tonic.
Price II. If your druggist bu not the prepara
tion. address THE BARRY MF???G CO.,
Drawer 28, Atlanta, Ga.
Not*.???Lnxomnl is no alcoholic mixture, bat
combination of herbs and plants iu psekago form
from which a simple tea is made.
Write???for Interesting Book. Mailed free.
d&W
BREWER???S LUNG
RESTORER!
Another Voice Singing its Praise!
I :My health, which bad previously been all that I
couhi desire, became so impaired from a cough
COUHi umir. W-UIIIIC ???*?? tuuumi m
which I contracted,and continuing to
1 become almost helpless. I exhaust
exhausted the eats
y concluded that I was a victim of cousumptioa
d ???** ???**-- *??? **-- ??????
days.
In my great
friend recommended l!rew#r??a Lung llestora*.
and after using a small quantity, I felt that 1 had
at last found the true remedy for the disease, au<l
persevering In tu use, my health has Improved so
rapidly that I tcel like praising the name ot the
dbcorcrer ol this great remedy, aud would bo glad
if every one who suffers u I did could know ot its
healing virtues. MBS. It. A. GRIMES,
Macou, Ga.
This Is to certify that my daughter, I/mlsaJ.
K tyyins. who Is now in her twentieth year, tuu
been a fee ted since Infancy with a severe crash
???nd difficulty of breathing, hhe has Iron under
tbc treatment of several physician*, and no bene
fit arising from their prescriptions, she then be* re
using tbe diQcrent kinds of patent mediclnet,
non?? of which benefited her In the least. She was
ccutirien d by oil who knew her to be In the lost
1 3VE3Y PEBSOK,
SICS OE WELL.
... . ??? J* Invited to send the*,
address to Tub Uwirr Frrcinc Co., Dra\rcr a,
Atlanta. Ga., fm h copy of their treatUe c n BiooJ
and Skin lUtcazca. \?b!sh trill ta moiled fm.u
CANCER FOR MANY YEARS
A family servant has been afflicted for man'
Tears with a cancer on her nose, and was treated
by so **
by some of the beat physicians, snd the old reme
dies used without benefit. Finally we gave he
6wilt???s Specific and she has been completely curod
John Hill, Druggist,
Thomson, q*., August 16, lgst
Nose Eaten Ofi!
John Naves, a young man near here, had a can
cer ou hla face which had eaten away his nose,
snd part of bis check, aud was ex tending up to hla
eyes. As a lost resort he wm put on Swift's Spe-
??? c, and it has entirely cured him. His face (sail
US,
healed over with
is exocllcnt. His recovery i ^,
M. F. Cnu??ajtr r M. D.,
Oglethorpe, Go., August 16, l8Sk
Ir cure.
flesh, and hts general health
was wonderful.
Cancerous Pace.
Cancer for 5 Years!
er life During the post winter she was pre
vail'd upon to try Drawer** Lung lUatorar.
and after taking three bottle*, SHE GAINED
THIRTY rOUNDfi IN WEIGHT, ran go where she
f trascs end attend to any ordimiy domestt
affair*. We write this, hoping that others who ora
similarly afflicted will take courage and try Brew
it k Lure Restorer.
MRS. TAB1THA WIGGINS. LHhout* Ga.
where ever it has once been iQtrodu' l cd tbe sole of
tbe article ia simply wondcrfuL *??? J *
Lute tbU to advertteingso much
We do not attri-
A woman with a cancerous ulcer of Are yean
Biandlua and five inches in diameter, has been en
tirely relieved by six bottle* of Swift???s Specific. I
consider its effects wonderful???almost mincalous.
Rr.v. Jxssn Campbell,
Columbus, Ga., August 16,1884.
t is entirely vegetable and rau he given
??? vegetable i
to intents in tlie prescribed dose* with tho best re
sult* in whooping cougb. croup, bronchitis. Weak
ai d t unny children thrive rapidly on U and no
mother should be without B.
BANHIN Ac LAMAR
Mucoa, Ga.
We are every day receiving the most wonderful
reports from tbe iiho of Swift???* Specific In the treat
ment of Cancer. Sufferers from thts class of dis
eases should not fail to send for our treatlso on
Blood and Skin Diseases and Cancer treatment.
Our remedy Is entirely vegetable???no mercury, no
potash, or other mineral.
THE SWIFT 8PECIFIC CO.,
Drawer8. Atlanta, Go.
$1 prtr vial, or fi vials and large *??????
Soi.li hx DnuooiaTS.or aont postnu..
B io*. Address, llnmphrejra* flon
etliclue Co., 1UU Fulton St., 6
ordering it. It contains i
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