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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA., TUESDAY DECEMBER 30 1884 TWELYE PAGES.
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GEORGIA BY WIRE.
A Cyclone in Oglethorpe- %ccid?? nt on the Savannah,
Florida *n<l Western Riilroad-Dlseovcry or
Silver in' Slurry County Accidental
Shooting-Eaoapi From Floyd Jail,
Athens, Dcccmbir 23 ???[Special,]???On Monday
Afternoon, abont2 o???clock, a vcrltablo cyclono
swept over Oglethorpe county, Just above Maxeys,
on the Athens branch. It struck the place oi Dr.
McKee, and blew down every house except his
dwelling, which was outside the track. The storm
blew down all the fences on his farm, and destroy*
cd on orchard and a large lot of timber. A large
tree was blown across a railroad cut. We havo
heard no further news from the cyclone, but ft is
feared that serious damage was done elsewhere In
the country. The track of the storm was pnly 75
yards wide. A fearful rain fell In both Oglethorpe
and Oconee, accompanied by hall. Mr. Mack H.
young rays the cyclone struck his pjace near his
house, but did no damago except to demolish
trees and fenced, and killed a fine cow. There
were _ two .??? jet . black clouds that
In their path. A sweetgum tree was atrucl
twisted off like a straw. A pine thicket below Dr.
McKee???s was leveled with the earth, not a tree left
standing. In fact, everything in Its path wa3
swept clean, but the damage was greater in th
bottoms than on the hillsides. 4
Savannah, Ga, December 22.???[Spoclal.]???A
frightful accident occurred on the Savannah, Flor
ida and Western railroad.-yesterday near the
eighty-second mile post.~ '
As the pnrsenger train was coming to Savannah,
xunnfngatthorcgularspeed, thotinglnecr sudden
ly espied two men, near tho point named, lying
on the track either drunk or asleep He immedi
ately reversed Ills engine and whistled down
breaks, but it was too late. TheQ
gine struck the . unfortunate men
crushing; in their rskulls. The train was
stopped and^thc injured men placed on board and
brought to the city and carried to the hospital.
The best attention was given them but they died
early this morning. Keithe* was apparently over
twenty-three years of age and both were decently
dressed.
Tho name of one was ascertained by letters on
his person to be Gustavo Watchclcr. He had sev
eral letters and pictures and a seaman???s
discharge In his ' pocket. One of
the letters wss from his sister.
Bertha Watcbeler written on tho 27th of May,
1884, from Cincinnati, Ohio. In this letter reft
crenco is made to the young man who was killed
with him. She begs her brother to be a good boy
and let whisky alone. It is thought that tho two
were,under the influence d liquor when killed.
There was also a letter in German
from Pauline Young from Bremen, Ohio, as well
cs one from Henry W. Miller and Augustus Mau-
nen, of the same place.' Among ths [pictures in
his possession was a neatly executed photo of a
well dressed young girl of about twenty years, also
a tin*type of some other girl and a tin-typo of him
self in sailor's uniform. He wore in this picture
a large chain around his neck, connect
ing [with tho watch in his trousers???
pocket Carefully wrapped in a piece of paper
was a little Christmas card, fringed with red silk.
He had another sister, judging from tho contents
of the letter, whose name was Alma.
The (hulls of tho two men wero crushed in be
hind, and tho sight they presented was sicken
ing. ' ' Y ' . * I
Caetfotille, Ga., December 22.???[Special]??????Tho
race for ordinary ofBartdwpcrahty ha* brought out
a curious revelation whlfch is made by It W. Mur
phy, who i<the candidate against J. A. Howard,
who has held the office for years. It Is shown that
when Gcorgo A. Howard, tho son of Ordinary J.
A. Howard, who was also his clerk, married Miss
Anna G. Payne, it was against his father's will. It
Js tho duty of the ordinary to issue marriage
licenses, and after' tho marriage has
been performed it is the duty of the
minister to return this liconse, properly
signed to???the ordinary???s office,where ho is required
by law to record such licenses, to stand forever as
a legal proof of such marriage, for tho protection
and honor of tbo parties conccrnod. Tho llccnso
for tho mnrriflgo of young Howard and Miss
Payno was returned by Rev. R. B. Hcadden, who
bad married them in tho usual manner, when, in
stead of putting it upon record Ordinary Howard
wrote on tho faco of tho same the following in
dorsement, addressed to his son:'
???"This infernal paper was sneaked bock Into my
office, it la hereby returned, and is good cvldonce
*?????? iTjooi; ???
name,???to consummate a
forgery.
san attempt
theft, lying and virtually
rapt to use your fathers
use act, ana amounts to
forgery in every seriso of tho term. Nover will I, |
by word, act or deed, or by the lens*
to, ever approvo of your connc<
Iwfc, low set that fa too vile to thlumpOTHin
i lifetime associates. This will always remind
over him and two ladies, who were standing near
the door. Tho sheriff Is on track of them with
blocd-Loucds. The jailor Is hurt bad but not
dacgercuily.
Savannah, Go., December 2A-[8peclal.]???The
elcganUrcsidence and grounds, corners Bull and
Gaston streets, belonging to the Molynesux estate
n presented by I anlel E. Pane, has been told to
GireralH. It. Jackson for ???35.000 ca??h. General
Jackson proposes to expend 100,000 tn Improving
ft, and it will be one of tho finest residences in the
south.
Acworto, Ga., December 27.???[Special]-Yester
day tl ornfng two young men, Thomas House and
William Rainey, were out hunting, and about
noon, aa they wero returning home, and whilo
crossing a fence, Rainey???s gun was discharged and
the whole contents of the load entered young
House???s right leg, just under the knee, tearing it In
a fearful manner. Drs. Humphries and McConnell
were summoned, and decided amputation was
necessary.. Mr. House, the father of tho un
fortunate young man, had Dr. W. F. Westmore-
ation, but the shock was too great for him am
di??d tciore Dr. Westmoreland arrived. Tho young
man was highly esteemed In tho community, and
reavVd^amily* ??* everybody goca out t0 bo *
Rome, December 27.???[Special]???Thursday night
two whfto prisoners made their escape from tho
jail at Center, Ala., through an olghtecn-lnch.fluo.
The eamo night tho wire of tho Coosa river tele
phone was cut near Sterling, six miles from Cen
ter. It ia supposed tho cutdng was done by tho
wcapcd^prl^oDera to prevent the news from reach-
Tallulah, December 27.-[Special.]-A man
named Black got Into a drunken row on tho
Northeastern road yesterday. He was knocked
on the head with a rock by tho other man and
instantly killed.
A L TOPICS.*
Happenings on tho Farm and in the Coun
tryside???Among the Farmers-
Mr. David Conger, an old and much respected
citizen o! Clarke county, living within two
miles of Athens, lug read the New Testament
through twelve times this year, besides reading
the Psalms of the Old Testament through six
times, and then had tlmo to read and keep up
with the current events of the day. This pious
old gentleman deserves long life and great hap
piness.
A negro woman aged 128 years died tt Denis
station last week.
A little two-year-old child of Mrs. Pat Butler, of
Walton county, was accidentally drowned in a tub
of water one day last week..
The death of .Richard M. Mobley, in Texas, is a
very sad one. His wlfo, formerly Miss Jordan, of
Montlcello/went out to Texas to marry him, his
duties being such that ho could not leave. Re
cently she returned to this state on a visit to rela
tives, but found her husband on his death bod
when sbe reached her western home.
Mr. J. It. M. Wilson, a farmer living near Irwin-
ton had the sum of 81,020 dollars in gold stolon
from him. Tho robery was effeced by boring from
underneath the house, through the floor and Into
a trunk, where ho had bis hard earned savings se
creted. Thero Is no clue to tho burglar.
Clarksville Advqrtiier: A darkey came to town
the other day to s??e one of our lawyers about
If he didn???t have It in black and white? ???Yas,
The following model love letter from a lovelorn
maid was picked up in tbo road some thirty-five
miles from Savannah:
Lovers Ketbeat, Ga., December 1, 1881.???Mr.
: Let mo introduce myself to you as a can
ter many the wont sort and I liuvopl .
???i my feller. If you are willing wo will ninny
irlght off. I never sawed you but one tin o, and
I Tell deeply In lovo with you. I never made
much about in mjr|
will
you
the culler of lasses candy.
. f blue l.inis??? <pp.??. and inr t-
My age la ???tween nineteen i
complextion trarty fare. If
ana twenty, and my
comp]
trcaftndTsin to???geTtho???twelveifi p'art of fats
theft, lying and fopery, and will certainly mako
you think what you are doing, and where you
will land. Little did 1 think, when I was denying
??? VJ ??/ m trying'
and , prepare you
myself
raise,
bo a useful citizen, .???and respected, and
using all my efforts to place you in rcspectablo so
ciety ; your mother doing au ahe could to mako i
you somebody, that you would be so forgetful of
the duty and respect you owed us. as to disgrace
ns m you bare, and to treat,us With .perfect con
tempt and disrespect, and to turn yourself over to
the control of as low-down a scoundrel as Ned
Payne, and as low-down a yUflan as Veit Harwell,
and to become sq Infatuutflf with the infernal set
ypu have taken up with. lit/ |
Can???t you get from amongst them? If not,get a
aropo and bang yourself. Don???t ba smoking
r __ Jots#net on, m ,???
How can you face respccbtblo people. You can
record Ibis In belL a * v ...
(Signed 1 , J. A. HowanD.???
Calhoun, Ga., December' 23'-[8pecial.]???Tho
discovery of silver in Fort mountain, in Murray
county, has created great, excitement in that sec
tion, and men arc .locking there from all ports of
tho country. Tbo most valuable deposit yet
known Is on the land of^Mr. Tyler, seven miles
from Spring Place, Ga., and eighteen from Dalton,
which is the nearest point to the railroad. A shaft
six feet deep, four wide, and twenty.long has been
aunk under the superintendence of an old miner of
seven years experience in the mines of the west
He informed youroorrespondeut that the ???lead???
wss at least 1,600 feet wideH&) deep and 28 miles
long, being the same that is now worked at Duck
Tow n, tn Tennessee. Here, the old miner says, ore
???was found at five feet from tbo surface as rich as
that obtained at 800 feet In the famous ???Com-
stock,?????? of Nevada, ariayingfmm'180 to 8^000 per
ton. It ia said to be more advantageously situated
than any mine in the west. It will drain itself to
a depth of 800 feet; has a water supply sufficient to
operate ten amelter stacks and all other machinery,
necessary. A railroad could ba.< easily
constructed to It from TIRoh, a
distance??? of about* twenty mileiAiejl said
that ore assaying only ?l per ton could wSforked
with larger profit than 810 ore in the west. r Several
large companies have'sent their agents to see this
mine, and only a few. day??? since a Pennsylvania
company offered Messrs. Tyler, Gilbert 4c Rose, (he
present owners of the mine, 828,000 for it, which
offer wss refused.
Kuuviux, Ui., December 2.3 ???(Sp??W.l???A ter
rtU.??tonn or cyclone pMKd through thli county
TMterdey evening, miktat bat one din Tbeplue
o!. Mr. Hta Griffin wee tlmoct completely demob
irbtd. Hit mat, cotton end com were Ktttered
through tbo wood*. Abont two tbotuend pound.
of Med cotton Una the wood, tor mlla. HU
bon, end cert were demotbbed, eooMnf utensil,
end Mere ratub.fi, end ??? new ftrden blown to
etomr. Orifflnletnew beginner In We, tnd tbto
mlifortnne will nearly rain blm.
At XubrUle tbe rambling thunder continued
nearly tn hour, wltlrhetTy mining and hall. Tbe
apycarance of tbe cloud wet funnel tnaped at tbe
.tart, end it It came np .pread out toward tbe
aooth. Bain baa continued falling at letamla.
Tbe earth la getting .oft for the flat time in four
month,.
Joxmoxo, Go., December J*.???ISpecULI??? 1 To
night, u the JdUor went In to feed the prleonem in
JtU, one of the prfaonen knocked the Jailor down
with g .Uck of wood, an4 two of the rrtoonen ran
fortln. And 1 have n fortlu In my good loolu. Bite
merltoaway. Vourctvcctlicart,
Dinner.
Mr. Andrew T. Bankr, of Baldwin county, ha.
tt bound dog It yean old, that can tree a squirrel
all tbe activity and certainty that attaches to dog.
of tbreo and four years Mr. Banka kill, them
>vlth hi. rifle every pop.
Tbe float Japan me persimmon wa have awn
this .coon, aays tbe Albany Kem, mi laid upon
onrdeak yesterday by Captain E. L. Wright. It
grew on a little treo In Captain Wrlgbt???a garden In
this city, end wu well matured and thoroughly
ripe. Tbe Japanoe persimmon la bound to be
come one of the most popnlar frails grown la thle
country. Tbo treu begin to bar when quite
imall, and the fruit la dcllcfour.
DRIFTING SNOW.
Chicago, December 33.???Tho weather con-
tinuc, cold, but the signal scrvico report,
ihow that it boa moderated somewhat
throughout tbo northwest. The temperature
here, at 0 o'clock, this morning, was four
degree, below sero, at St. Fanl twelve below,
et Fargo twenty-five below, and Omaha seven
below. At Dubuque it wa. eight
below and a anow storm pro-
prevailed. Tbe thermometer In many
???ectiona of tho west and northwest ranged
from .era to 40 degress below, with a heavy
???now over a great part of that torritory. At
Sheboygan, Mich., the snow is two foot doep,
and the country roads are impassable. From
Dubuque news coma that heavy anow and
winds have partially blockaded the northern
branch of the lllinoii Central railway. A
dispatch from Denver reports the San Joan
branch and the Utah line of tbe Denver and
Bio Grando road are now impaeuble. Tho
San Juan line, in the vicinity of Toltec gorge,
and Utah, at Marshall Pais, where fire cq-
ALL THROUGH DIXIE.
Tbo Defeat of the Lien Law a Calamity-Wreck <
thfaQurcn anil C ji-n' ;R>uto-r.i'U led With
Bullets???A Prisoner Shot???Sheffield on a
Soom???Other Items of Intcreet.
Raleigh, N. C., December 27.???Few occur
yoncu, Ip., tiiis section liavo created such a
sensation as tho lynching ot two negroes
charged yyith burglary near Clayton. Tho
menwjprq captured in this city last week,
Tho jtojico ascertained that ono of them,
Chariot Smith, was tho man who entered tho
store df^Bhrnes & Hinton, at Clayton, on
hhankeg jvjng day,and robbed it of much valu
able property, and nearly killed Georgo Ca
bell, tf'dvlfk in the store. 'When the latter
was pnrkhcd *tho crime remained a mystery
until^pn^ay. The other man arrested with
Smithhkaa .Henry Davis. Both men wore taken
to Clay tffti for trial by a magistrate. On the
trial pmiUi swore that Davis was an accotn*
plico m .tho crime, and this was the only ov *
dcncc, and against Davis. Tho men were or
dered by the???court to be taken to tho Smith
field jail Wednesday morning. They woro
Jtept at Clayton Tuesday night incliargo of
two guards. Just boforo daylight a party of
masked men sprang out of tho darkness, and,
leveling revolvers at tho heads of tho guards,
demanded tho prisoners and took them in
charge.
It baa not become known that tho maskod
men placed the prisoners on horses and rodo
straight to the Neuso river, threo miles dis
tant. There, according to the testimony of
an eye witness, at tho countv bridge, thoy
wrapped their prisoners with traco chains,
leaving tho handcuffs upon them, and throw
them into tho river. The bodies havo not
yet been recovered,
Tennessoe..
Chattanooga, December 23.???News of a
frightful wreck on tho Now Orleans and North
eastern division of the Qucon and Crescent
route was received hero to-day. Tho train
wrecked was tho nortb-bound Atlanta express.
Three miles sooth of*Pnrvis, whilo tho train
was thundering down grado at tho rato of 40
miles an hour, it craahod into an obstruction
which had been placed on tho track
by some incarnato fiend. Tho
gino turned an almost completo somersault!
t iuo lurncu au (uiuuabcuiupieuj Dumuraium,
rolled down a slight embankment followed
by tho tender and naggogo car. Tho latter
was demolished when it camo in contact with
the engine. Tho smoking car and ladies
caach next followed and were completely
their lives. _
severely injured, but their names cannot bo
ascertained.
Tho engineer, Robert Turner, and his fire
man wero instantly, killod. Tumor???s hood
was crashed almost into a jelly, and ono of his
legs wss brokon. The fireman was crushed to
death by tho baggago cor. Turner saw
** obstruction, aa tho air brakes
wero put on with such suddenness
as to throw passengers from their scats just be
fore tho crash came. Conductor Goyner w??s
thrown against a scat and very badly bruised.
Chattanooga, December 23.???[SpeciaLJ???From
a gentleman named Elder, living in I???eavino dis
trict, Walker county, Georgia,The Constitution???
correspondent to-day learned of a distressing ac
cident which happened to a Miss Eastall, residing
in that section. Ennday morning, whilo standing
before an open hearth, her clothes caught flro and
sho wss so horribly burned that death onsued In
a few hours. No ono happened to ho in tho
houscatthc.timcof tho accident and aho was In
a dying condition when found.
Chattanooga, December 25.???[Special.]-rAbout
three o???clock this morn In:; n wot bound freight
train on tho Knoxville and Ohio railroad was dc-
ruilcd by a broken rail. The accident occurred
tbrcc miles from Carcyvlllc, and was attcndcl
with fatal results. Tho englno turned ovor and
rolled down an embankment. Engineer Tom
Conner and bla fireman remained at their posts
and went down with tho engine. Both tho men
hod Loth legs broken and Conner was severely
bruised. It Is thought they will die. Tho englno
and a number of cars wero badly wrecked.
William Flcss, a miner at 8oddy, met with a hor
rible death last night. Whilo mining under a
bank of slato it caved In, crushing Fleas to death,
.Chaitavocoa, December 25.-[Sj???;, tai.i-Kijffit
hundred emigrants arrived hero this morning
from Texts and Arkansas en route to their former
homes to spend tho holidays. They wero given n
cheap excursion rato by all tho roads, good for
thirty days. Tbreo hundred of the emigrants loft
for Georgia this evening.
Chattanooga, December 27.???A few days ago
somo miscreant placed aff obstruction across tbo
Queen and Crescent tracks, near Fun is, Missis
sippi. Tho passenger train dashed into it, and
was ditched. Tho engineer wss killed, several
cars wero . wrecked, and a num*
passengers were injured, Tho
railroad detectives auoccoded. - in- ??? -??? tracing
tbe deed to a merchant Purvis.
It wss ascertained that hta calf!#had been
killed by tho train.
He had appealed for damages and falling to re
ceive it was embittered against the road and took
this means of wreaking revenge. His son osiriited
him. The popalace wero driven to fury over bis
diabolical deed and to-day at daybreak took him
from Jail and hanged him. Tho wretch confessed
the deed before ho was banged and exculpated his
bob. Uls name has not boon learned.
Knoxville, Tenn., December 27.???A special to
the Trlbnno says: ???The Warm Springs bbtcl, at
Warm Springs, North Carolina, was burned to-
P GillrspJo in Madisonvillc. Ho was
and acquitted. It is nllegod that ho displayed,
symptoms of insanity, and at times was vio
lent and dangerous. m
Rayvilie La., December 21.???James Pcoplo
tTc wealthiest planter in this part, was waylaid
last night by Joseph and William Ellington .and
shot to death, being literally riddled with bullett,
for the alleged betrayal of their sister, aged 16.
Great Indignation prevails hero about tho aTilr
many persons regard Peoples to bo innocent 0/
the alleged crime.
Shreveport, La., December25.???This afternoon
I'avc Hass was killed and hts brother wounded by
antgronamed Dennis Boyd, at Willow Gbute,
twelve miles abovo here in Bossier parish. Boyd
went into their store and acted so badly that H&ss
was compelled to put him out. Boyd said he
would get his shot-guu, como back and kill
Haas.
Two hours later Haas and hts brother started
out of tho store, when Boyd, who was awaiting
near by, fired ??both barrels of his shotgun, tho
contents taking.cffccL in Haas???s breast and killing
him. His brother received a shot in his leg. Tho
murderer escaped,
South Carolina.
for.uMRiA, S. C., December 23.???Tho defeat
6f tho bill to repeal tho lion law, by a smnll
vote in tho senate, is regarded by many ot
our be*t peoplo ns nothing less than a calam
ity. it belongs to that category ot mistakes
characterized by Talleyrand as ???blunders
worse ' than . crimes,?????? and Will
redound to tho dheredit of thoso
short-sighted legislators who disregarded
tlio expressed will of a largo majority of tho
leading citizens in nearly ovory county of tho
stale. There is no excuso wliatevor for a ma
jority of tlio-senators casting thoir votes to
nerpetuate so odious n law. Tho matter
u&d been fully discussed in tho nows-
popers, and thero was no oxcuso for
any member of tlio general asaombly
being ignorant of tho practical operation of
tho lien law.
NliHsissippi. ???
Vicksburg, December 22.???Dill Thomas,colored,
was discharged from tho Louisville, New Orleans
and Texas railroad atCoohoma station on Friday.
Ho afterwords ambushed a train, firing at tho
conductor, who was riding in tho englno, and
putting eleven shots in his leg and threo ia tho
loco and head of tho flrcifian. Thomas was pur
sued, and when a party attempted to arrest him,
he attacked them and waa killed.
Virginia,
v Peterbrurg, Va., December 22.???A party of
whito emigrants,from Canada, arrived hero
this morning bound to North Carolina, this
being the third party passing hero within
week. Others aro to follow.
THE STOLEN SAFE.
Mottling t... UT.d. The lore I. SIMWOO,
liunrance M0,000. Tho hotel, In which Colonel
Bnmheagh owned * two-third lnUral, wlU bo
rebuilt."
t ;Ine. have been battling with tho heavy drift!
o
tor forty houra without making any headway,
in the vicinity of Durantra mild
wctlher I. reported, and the anow
(here i. rapidly melting, but their only rail
outlet la over Conejoe range, at an altitnde ot
nearly 10,000 feet, and with an arctic temper
ature. There are tumor, currant that the
company will abandon that part of the line
Ihie winter, e. their ellorte last .cason to keep
it open coot them many hundred, or then-
ron.ls. Thi. will leave the people of the
reuthweat with a trail aerraa tne countrv to
Gallop .tation, on tha Atlantic and Pacific
road, aa their only meane of communication.
LeadvlIIe report, that tha mow ia about three
under the fierce Ora hauling i. nupe,
cd, and even foot locomotion ia exceaajvaly
difficult. Drift, of ten, feet deep are
B iled up on the atreete and commerce
practically mupended. The South Park
road baa tent no train out from Leadviile
to-day, and it if .tated that its high lino hu
been abandoned for the eereon. It. puren-
cen for LeadvtUe will take tbe Bio Grande
at Buena Vista. The branch., rf the Denver
and Bio Grande, from LeadvlIIe, known u
the Fogle passenger and Bine river line*, are
buried under impenetrable drift, and no ef
fort to making while the .now to .till
drifting, to get them open. AU the energie.
of the company are concentrated on their
Leadvillo line., and the route to Utah, with
but little hope, of aecomplitbing much aa
long as tha fierce wind, in thoew altitude,
keep tha anew 1n motion. At Lead
villo many weakly conetrneted cabin,
have cru.hcd in on their oecnpaate.
Cp Clear Creek canon it baa enowed eteadily <
for three day., and to atill falling. La??t night
a .trong wind waa blowing there, and piling
the .sow in immenre drift.. A number of
reeident. in the middle pert are at George
town, trying to reach home, but the mmntain
po.ee. are impenetrable and it would be cer
tain death to get through.
Adubuma*
UottTooMgaT, Ala., December M.???[Special]???
Interviewing Captain More., general mrereger of
the gnat Ehcfltcld, Ala.,'city cnterprlre to-day, he
???nb.tanU.lly .aid: ???A healthy revival of tho
Eheflleld boom, only temporarily interrupted by
the recent financial panic, to rapidly approaching.
It i. neither forced nor artificial; It to coming to
???tty. 3Ve poerere all tho advanugoa
of location, river, railroad tranipor-
tation facllltle., health, soil, climate,
which are urertlng themrelvea now. Bheflleld]ln
a few year, will outstrip Ml the Iron m.nnfactnr-
ingcltlt. tenth of the Ohio, ntodeatlncdto be
come one pf th. leading commercial manufact
uring ocntcradf the south. We mean butlnere.
Already the atrecto .reopened, and tha waterwork.
eitabltohed,iMr, Wade, of Decatur; myrelf, and
other., wilt u earlyu practicable, erect reeldenoe.
for oar fammia The Mobile raalesUto company
erects uratVa;inhataatial honrea. Threo three.
r flotohed, .too
brick atera.
work on a thirty tbon-
??????MMOTficommence. soon. Three brick.
.???MemwtmuUMrgexcellent bricks The.tone.
tor the foundation are quarried at Sheffield, and
for Uie tvtnoifnv. of the building. In the Immc
dl.tevtctntiyi 'Tbe Birmingham and Tennereee
Hirer railroad to under contract and will bo built
Immediately to gSojgotft landing, on the Ten-
ucec ;rlvcr, end forty-five mile, aouth
of the Mcmphto and Charleston raflmsd
In one yrartuCpon tbe eppUeatlon of F. 8 fails,
Miew Verb, for himself ud amclato, five hun-
??? ???rrtse.i mineral and a furnace tile at hhef-
ot^ompsni^^te^Mhl
iL.t ,
of the Birmingham
i hnndrel ten furnace he
???limXMi
pitted within two
??? ???nil T??*nnt -????? ???*
L BhSSS:
fcrtjr-fiva mile*, and to be
ware thereafter. Ibe Bi
er railroad shoos hU
Ich la the northara
adjacent abound* In mineral and
???Ljouinlana,
New Obleaxi, December 22^???William Flo-
Us, who waa incarcerated in the Madison jail
tor robberv. having threatened tbe lives ot all
who aided in hia arrest* a partv of fifteen men
surrounded the jail to-day and shot the prb-
onh to death#' Halts, some years a go, killed
A Mob of ICO Armed Mon Threaten to Visit
Trnvorso nnd Unrn the Town*
Traverse, Dak., December 22.???A spy has
arrived from Wilmot. Ho says that a confer
ence of ono hundred and fifty men is boing
held jn Mann???s oflico at Wilmot. Tho chair
man, standing on tho top of tho itolon safe,
said that tho combination hadbeon telegraph
ed for, and that if it was not received by Sun
day morning tho aafo would bo blown open,
and asked tbo question: ???What shall wo do
if tho books aro not in the safe???? A motion
was made and carried, amid cheers and howls,
to co to Traverse and sack and burn ovorv
bunding and hang ovory man found,
All tho mon at tbo mooting wero
armed with Winchesters and shot guns. On
receipt ol this nows thoTravcrso officers order
ed tiro women end children to leave town,
and tho order is being rapidly obeyed. Tho
mob is not expected to reach hero much be
fore dark. Buildings nro boing barricaded
and thero nro runnors out all over tho country
for arms and men. Tho foreo in Travers at
f rceent is rather small for aueli an emorgeney,
ut tho men on tho ground aro woll armed,
and will make a desperato fight. All of tho
wcak^lqiecd havo bcon asked to leave town,
m-d . none havo left. Mon from
tho dw northeastern part of the
ceunty aro coming to tho roscuo, but may not
get here in time. Governor Fierce will havo
tho troops hero by to-morrow ovoning,but tlioy
oho may bo too late. Tlio officers horo aro
cool ana make tho most'ol |tho circumstancos.
Governor Fierce telegraphed the alterin'to call
every man in the county to hit* a??Hihlnnee,nnd
lir.te every one who refused. The excitement
runs liign. Tho county records havo boon
secreted, and no ono except tho register oi
deeds knows where thoy are.
Latest from Travers*.
Traverse, Dakota, December 22.???Tho situ
ation remains unchanged since last ovoning.
A blizzard lias been blowing sinco yesterday,
ond it is extremely cold. Tho . tbormomotcr
waal???O below zero at noon. Truv.-rao hu*
scoured tho country for arms, and sufficient
havo been secured. Men from all parts of tho
country arc constantly arriving, denpite tho
cold weather, nnd tho officials now fcol reliov-
<d. The lieatli|ilfii ten fuc fit the rmirtlioine,
where,tho.register ot deeds has romovod tho
records. It is "thought that a
sufficient form is now on hand
to safely keen them. Tho spy ha* jo??t ar
rived from wilmot. Tho mon are trying to
**???" tjic aafo, bjit bftvo not yet succeeded,
ujicjj uji- Duju, uui. a.uvv uuv jru?? luvxcguuu.
Tlio mob will bo kopt under arms until tbo
safo is opened and, the contents
known. If tbo ^records aro not found,
tho mob will tojMdtaWly novo upon Tra
verse. No ono is permitted to leave tho town
without examination. Tho shcriir haring a
sufficient foreo to secure the safetyof Traverse,
will to-morrow with a posso nttomnt to mako
???oino arrests. If resisted ho wifi tako bfs
whole foreo nnd servo tho warrants rsgardloss
of conf cquenccs.
His forces are sufficient to enable him taka
tho tho offensive. Although muoh smaller in
numbtr thin tho mob, his men
are much more reliable being mostly
Americana and lending citizens of tne county.
If forcc> meet, n regular battle will ns
Conflict must take placo in a day or two,
f (ho sheriffs. posse should oe
DURING THE WEEK.
Tuesday, December 83.-*-An accident
currcd on tho Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, i
Rddyvlllo, Ky., a fireman was killed aud tho
engineer was badly Injured. Furdlnnud Mayes
and Ills son, who formerly did a largo beslness
woolen??ood*, and failed for 8100,000, were arrettet
o-day charged vtfth perjury. Tho second assistant-
poklmaster general, Henry D. Lyman,boa resigned
to go into tho tclcphono business John B. Thomp
son, general supcrlntendontrallway mall service
will probably succeeded him. Later reports con*
seining the steamer Jane Mosoly, confirm tho
act that sho met with a disaster, but say that
thero was no loss of life. The marquis do Leuville
has commenced a suit against tho Now York
World for libel in publishing attacks on his title.
In theCity.???The capital wears a deserted ap
pearance since tho adjournment ot tho legists*
ture. Tho recent session of tho legislature cost
ove\852,000. Tho Atlanta baseball dab has ob
Joined a charter aud will next season put forward
tbo best nino ever tn Gcorgbt. Ma Thomas W,
Latham, of Campbell county, has brought suit
against C. C.JTclflon, of this city, for violating the
United 8tatcs banking laws. The suit was brought
in United 8tatcs court. j-
Wednesday, December 24.???Willis Green
the bigamist, in West Point, Go., appeared boforo
a court of inquiry yesterday and waived a hearing,
and, failing to make a bond of ono thousand dol
Jars, was committed to jail. Harrington & Hart???s
theater on Broadway, New York, was entirely de
stroyed by flro this morning. E. A. Seott A Co.,'of
Edma, Alabama, x&ado an assignment yesterday.
Tho death of Wm. Henry Cbanning. tho well
known Unitarian and author, is aunounccd. Gou-
crnl Wolscley reports that tbccooccntratlon of tho
troops st Kertl, will retard the advance across tho
desert until February. The period of tho Fenian
O???Leary's cxilo has expired, and ho wilt return to
Ireland and enter tbe lecture field. Tho material
ot tho Kansas Prohibitionist, St. John's Kamos
organ, ran by Martin VanBuron Bennett, was sold
by thesherifi yesterday. Heavysuows^rereported
in tho monutaina of Utah and on tho plains,
Union Pacific trains arc delayed six to seven hoars
at Denver, and tho Rio Grande trains arc also con*
sidsrably delayed.
In the City.???Major Jamas F, Camming*, of
Atlanta, died yesterday morning in New Orleans.
He was on his wey to Waco, Texas, but when ho
reached New Orleans ho was taken quite lick and
was unable to go further. Tho Christmas treo of
tho First Baptist Sunday-school last night was
magnificent affair. Itov.Sam Jones, tho srange*
list, was In the city yesterday, having Just returned
from Jackson, Tennessee, where ho labored two
weeks with great success.
'Thursday, December 25-Tho celebrated Sha
ron divorce esse has beed decided In favor of tho
plaintiff, Miss Sarah Althea Util. Tho suit was
brought for dlvoreo and division of the common
property, which Is estimated at 810,000,000. A ter
rible wreck occurred on tho East Tcnncsseo, Vir
ginia and Georgia railroad,* near Buckeye, last
night, killing the engineer nnd fireman, nnd
wounding tho conductor. It is reported that
Prince Bismarck will go to Cairo. Dr. Grimm,
physician of tlio Kmpcror William, la dead. Spain
was visited yesterday and lnlt night with nevoro
galea and snow storms. Many shipwrecks aro re
ported from the coast. Foster got 815,000 for writ
ing ???Old Folks at Home.??????
In the City.???The Cokstitution received s largo
gopher from Mr. O. I. Davis, of Chivcrsvlltc, yes
tcidny. Yesterday a box of ashes caused flro in
tho Centennial building. Major Goodwin yostcr-
day Issued an order for tbo release of all the pris
oners in tho stockade. To-day Ooroucr llillburn
will swear out a warrant charging John Pratt with
tho murder of Dick Mitchell. Chnrlos Prloe, tho
revenue prisoner who escaped from Fulton county
Jail En tun I ay, was brought buck to Atlanta yester
day morning.
Friday, December 20-Rev. John It. Thomp
son, pastor of draco Methodist Episcopal church,
of Brooklyn, who mystcrlouily disappeared Do*
comber, 8, returned homc^Mt night. Miles OaI
the noted couuterlelter, w??* Arroajad !u Memphis
to.dny. lho steamer Chelydra and tho burk
llolmcitrand, collided yestorday off JCddystonoon
tho,English coast,and both vessels sunk. Tho
editor sud manager of the anarchist paper at Mar
seilles, bavo been sentenced respectively to 1m*
priiobinent for one year and olght months for lu,
citing plunder during tho cholera epidemic.
In the City,???Yesterday was n pleasant, rainless
day, but shout sundown a slight rain began to fall.
Yesterday Captain W* T. Newman msdo up n club
of friends who sent several boxes of Christmas
tricks to tbo Orphan???s home, near Decatur, Major
James F. Cummings??? luneral, yesterday,was largely
attended. Tho First Methodist mission Eunday*
M hcol,Bill.cold toharco factory on Marietta street,
gavo a Christmas tree to tho ehlldrcn of tboschool
last night, which was largely sttcudcd nnd hugely
enjoyed.
At i no menus. pOSSO T
to-morrow and any injured, it would make
wor to tho kni/ejevirjr * * 4 *
wilted
m.a ia Tr.rcnto J. a
deputy ihcrlll'. TJielr motto to "PoAc. if po.-
.ible, fore, if necefranr." A telogram lie.
been receive.tofrom the United Bute, mor.h.l
to lho cflcct that a depot, manhal to on hi.
we, with w.rrant. for the nrreit of nil those
engaged In overhauling the mail. The gov
ernor will Jhrnlah nil ani.Unce to here th.
moh punished to th. At)l extent of tbe lew.
An Ingenious Invention,
From the Indianapolis Journal.
A Kansas city editor baa just patented a pair of
triple shears. It is an Instrument with tbreo
lets of blades, two of which, when properly ma
nipulated, will adapt themselves to the columns
of soy newspspor and cut both sides at once,
whHe ths third set will chop tho clipping out at
Ride a Wee, anil Dinna Fret*
Is.thc road very dreary?
And after night oometh tbe morn sisSr*
Then Lids a wee, and dinna1
The clouds have silver llninr,
Don???t forget;
And though he???s bidden, still tho sun is shining;
Coursgr! instead of tears and vain repining,
Just bide a wee, and dinna fret!
With toll and care
Art beret?
Bethinkjthce* bow the storms Iron heaven de
l-nap tbe sturook, but spare tho willow bending,
And bide a wse. and dinna fret.
Oriel sharper sting doth borrow
Bnt yesterday la co?e'?nd7ht!l f??ssorrow
Unfit us tor t???ro present and the morro*r7
Nay; bfae a wee, and dinna fret.
A best of fears and f&ntajde* deluding,
Then, t roth#r, lest these torments be intruding,
Just bide a wee, and dinna fret.
???Ercry Other Saturday,
Saturday, December 87.???Deacon (.cargo M.
Terry, of Norlhvillo, Long Islaud, who clopod
with Fsstor Davies???s wifo abont six weeks ago re
turned to his homo last night, and bocomo recon
ciled to bJs wife. The tbermomoter In Michigan
yesterday Indicated thirty degrees below zero,
???each buds arc killed aud other fruits arc much
damaged. Dr. Burgee has been appointed Catholic
bishop of Natchitoches, La. The long lockout in
tho shoo factories of Fhlladclpbla ended to^lay,
Many of tho men returned to work.
In the City.???Mr. W. A. Hemphill received, last
week, two beautiful Jersey heifers from Virginia.
Governor McDadicl has ilguod all the bllli passed
by tho recent session of tho legislature. ???Our*
Eundiy-scfaool, at.tho old tobacco factory, 23T?? Ma.
ilctta street, gave tbo children of the school a
bountiful dinner yesterday. An unknown plan
died at Mercer???s European hotel night boforo last.
General John B. Gordon has arrived from New
York, and will bo at homo for some tlmo.
Sunday, Decembor 87,???A flro yesterday at
Indianapolis destroyed tho cotton factory, Which
cost fltt.000. A flro broke ont In i:3bcrt'??|lcu!ttlng
mill at Cohoes, New York, yesterday afternoon
earning a loss of probably 150,000, covered by Insu
rance. A fire at Laurinlmrg, North Carolina, yes
terday morning destroyed eleven stores on which
(hero is very HtUe imursncc. Hpccial dispatch to
tbe CbitUnoogs Time* from Oaltewab, James
county, Tenn., says: ???F. VV. Lowo & lira., general
merchants, made an assignment this morning.
LiabilitiesI8.0C0; asicts 812,000. C. B. Eimmon, the
treasurer of tbe Louisville and Nashville railroad,
left Loubvlllo on Christmas day, leaving a note
addretsed to the company stating that his accounts
were U4JWQ short. The street car drivers In New
Orleans are on a ttrike.
In the City.???A coroner's jury accertalnol that
Brantly, of Kouth Carolina, was the name of ths
msn who dlsd at the European hotel Thursday
bight. Tbe physicians say it Is not death, bnt a
care of suspended animation. W. C. Holbrook, of
noxwtfll junction, had a flnrtnulestolen from him
Christmas dty. Tho Infant daughter of Mr. aud
Mrs. J. II. Mauldin, three mentha old, wa* suffo
cated accidentally night before last. On, tbe
walkist, of Atlanta, has received a challenge from
Dale, cf Mew Orleans, to walk for tha champion
ship of the south, the- match to take placo in
Atlanta.
MovdA y, Dtftnbtr *??.???lUltrer Gebr, of
Titusville, Fa., who recently obtained a legacy of
|k0,(00. died jesterdrfy at the age of i??l years. A
destructive fire occurred in Norfolk, Va., hut
night. Mrs. Eliza Baldwin, of Lake Hahooac,
N. Y., was fro*en to death Thursday last. Hon.
Thoms* A. Hendricks will deliver theenuual ad
dress Ufuro the Yale alumni and graduating
classes at tbe commencement fn Jane next.
Three thousand socialists, at Halle Levis, Prance,
bad a meeting yuttr Jr.y#at which a hand-to-hand
fight occurred.
In the Cn v.-Tbe public schools will reopen
on Mcnday r ext. A rain fell last night for about
an hour. Mayor-elect IIlByer and bis council
will te inducted Into office next Monday morn-
log. Tbe man who died In Mercer???s hotel will be
buried tc-day.
Be Put It In Writing.
A gentleman writes that ono of tho daugh
ters of Mr. Wm. .Ovefis, 28 Lnugdalo Road,,
rcckhnin. London, England, had been ill for
years with rheumatism and lmd tried numer
ous remedies without effect. Sho finally uacd
8t. Jacobs Oil and was entirely cured.
Spurgeon???s eighteen hundredth sermoa has Just
ban published.
Dakota brags of an car of corn holding 1,712
grains.
Flattering Testimonial.
Benfroe, Alabama, December 20,1881.
Mi??ks. M?? Com ns Taylor A Co., Dear Sira.???
According to our promise to write you, we aro
proud to say we have just started our mill, and
nlng a M inch saw on C Inch- feed, with 80 pounds
of steam. Englno running 135 revolutions per
minute. Kvcry body Is delighted at seeing It run
to smoothly. Gome and see it. Yours truly,
D. W. Bag us <Sc Co.
A Mormon centenarian who died lately loft 218
descendants.
Iforsford???a Acid Phoapate,
Bewnre of Imitations.
Imitations nnd counterfeit-* hnvo again ap
peared. Do sure that tho word ???Horsford'b"
is on tho wrapper. None aro gonuino without
cause it will stimulate tho root* i ...
restore tho natural action upon which it* growth
???troenda.
Biirnctt'a Flavoring Extracts aro absolutely
pure.
A New Jersey farmer Is raising a successful crop
ol cotton.
If you suffer from looseness of tho bowels
ANGOSTURA BITTERS will surely euro you
Bownre of counterfeit** nnd oik yogr grocer for
druggist for tho genuino article, prepared by
TiO.Bi Biegert A Sons.
population of
Dr. Fuller's Youthful Vigor Fills euro nervous
debility, lmpotcnro and spermatorrhea, tl. Depot
42U Canal st., N. Y. we fr hu wky
Coughs and Colds. % Those who aro sufforin
from Coughs. Colds, Boro Throats, etc., should try
Brown???s Bronchia lTrocih-s. Sold only in boxes.
ADBLINA PATTI, the groat songstress,
says of Solon???Palmer's Pcrfumos, Toilet Soane
and other Toilet articlos: ???I unhesitatingly
pronounce thorn suporior to any I ever uaod.???
Principal Depot, 874 an ??? *76 Pearl street, N#
The pope is said to contemplate creating a Swiss
cardinal.
YOUNO MEN, UK*!) THIS!
The Voltaic Belt Co., of Marshall, Mich.,
offer to send their cclobratod Ei.iotbo-Voltaic
Belt and other Elkutrio Appliancrs on tr*Al
for thirty days to men (young or old) afflicted
with nervous debility, loss of vitality and
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rheumatism, neuralgia, paralysis and many
other diseases. Complete restoration to health,
Vigor and manhood guaranteed. No risk ia
incurred, aa thirty days trial is allowod.
Writo them at onoe for illustrated pamphlet,
free.
Los Angelos, Cal., shipped a carload of |honcy to
London Uie other day.
Oircineati, u., April 14, 1884.???B. B. Smith
havo been troublod with a serious kidney af
fection , and seeing your advertisement, con-
of . " ??? ??????
eluded te try a bottle of your May Flower,
though without much hope of being benefited
by it, The flret bottle worked splendidly, and
uftlraify reii6i
mo ana I will reiterato what is here written.
Mrs. E. Withbb,
Walnut Hills, Ginrinuati, O.
Did you know that milk which hu turned <
. - . . .........
ly cured in thirty days, by the gonuine Dr.
- - live Pills. ~
tficord's Restorative l^ilis/ Bottles 60 pills
$1.26, 100 pills $2.00 200 pills $3.60, 400 pills
$6.00. Magnus A Hightower, cornor Pryor
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Lamar, Rankin and Latn&r.
Another Life Saved*
Mrs. Harriet Cummings, of Cincinnati, Ohio,
writes: ???Early lost winter my daughter was
fittnckcd with a severe cold, which settled on
her lungs. Wo tried sovoral medicines, none
of which seemed to do her any good; but sho
continued to gel worse, and finally rainod largo
mounts of blood from her lungs. W'o called
in a family physician, but bo railod to dolior
uy goed. At thin time n friend who hud bcon
uredbyDR. WM. HALL'S BALSAM FOR
TIIKLUNG8, advised mo te give it a trial.
Wo got a bottle, and she began to improvo, and
by tho uso ot tbreo bottles was entirely cured."
A Present to Every Lady,
A 25 cent book on Art Keedlo work and
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trnit-li-riihlc* deigns and full instructions for
the work,will bo given tocVcry new subscriber
to fllrawbridgo & Clothier's Fashion Quarter
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1886. The Fashion Mngazino con tains 120
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issue andis tho cheapest magazino In tiro
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cents, tho price of a year's aubicription to
Strawbridgk .V Clothier,
Eighth and Market Bte., Phila.
Philadelphia n
dollars???
rthofc
i twen*y*tvro million
Tho average efzo ot American!
trcuud one tenth ilncu 1&0.
I Hklnny M??n,
families 1mm do
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l vigor, cure* dyipeps
debility. $1*
i?? health
e, sexual
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The exercise* of Middle Georgia college at Jones
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tho very best advantages to both sex
ing a thorough education. Write to
clrc
Jersey Cattle,
Ohoof the beat Jersey csttlo farms In tho conn-
tiy Is that Of A F. &M. B. Itowe, of Frederlcks-
rg, Va. They have Just burned a catalogue
blcli contains a description o! their uplendM
herd. Ecvernl portico In Atlanta have bought from
w??- given.
In each case catlsfactb. _ _
.A. Hemphill received from them last week two
Ncptuna nnd Lulu Belle.
Give jour children Hmtth???s worn oil. tf
Holmes' Sure Cure Mouth Wash and Dentifrice
Cure* Boro Throat, Bleeding Gums, Ulcers and
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>re Mouth, Cleans Teeth, Purifies the Hreath.
epared by Dro. J. P. AW. R. Holmes. Dentists,
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augia-wkyly
Special Iluulni
Notro.
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