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THE WEEKLY OONSlrffUTION. ATLANTA GA- TUESDAY DECEMBER. 30 1881 TWELVE RAGES.
CRIME AND CASUALTY.
DEEDS OP lawlessness IN ALL
PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
Chops life Brother to Plecss- A Trill Wriok *4-011
X ir-iciion- florribly Beatinga Womsn-Hiir-
iceoTramps SesldsdoXilltd at a Wed'
dlcg-DMth by rnght. Bio.
Cutes no, December 22.???The fast express
frrm Washington, oxer the Baltimore and
Ohio road, duo. here at 9 o'clock this morning,
???while going 40 tnilec an hour, struck a broken
rail or obstructions near Bremen, Ind. The
forward part of the .train pulled over .safely,
but the dining car and the sleepers wero over
turned. The dining car was burned up, but
the sleepers were saved, . Four of the cooks
and waiters were so badly burned and scald*
ed, that they will probable die. Every body
in tbe [sleeper was badly shaken up, out no
bones were broken and no one seriously in
jured. ???
Nkw York, December 22.???The loss by tbe
destruction ot Pratt's astral oil works in Brook
lyn, yesterday, has not been stated in figure*,
but the proprietors of the works are credited
with tbe statement that the buildings,machin
ery and other plant* destroyed representt an
outlay Of $1,000,000, cud that upwards of 150,-
000 barrels of oil were burned. The rata of
Insurance on this kind of property is so high
that the firm have always been their own in
surers, and tbe loss is entirely their own.
Wh??:i:i.iro, December 23.???The second hor
rible out rage and robbery by hooded high
waymen in the past threo days, has roused the
people of Wheeling to a terrible pitch. On
ftnndey six masked men entered tlio home o(
Airs Wenkenour, in East End, and, alter hor
ribly brating tbe family, itole about $4,000 In
gold. Last night (our men, evidently of the
same gang, broke into tho house or Elijah
blurting, a bachelor miser of this county, and
finding only $182 on his person, put him to
fhe most horrible torture to force him to re
veal the hiding place of his gold. He was tied
to a bedpost, stripped and a rod-hot poker was
applied to his back and thighs
fn no less than twenty places.
Hoi oil was also poured down his back, and
bis sun* tings were terrible in tho extromo.
lie evidently had no money concealed, or this
would beve brought it. In their an got at tbe
failure, the burglars struck their victim a
heavy blow on the head and left him hanging
in bis fastenings in an insensiblo condition.
He was found six hours later nearly frozen
and half dead, and bis condition is danger
ous. Mnrtlng is nearly sixty years of ago.
Tlmse robbers work with impunity, a* all
effort to locate or capture them scorns useless.
The county constabulary is powerless, nud
dwellers in isolated houses are in constant
dread, Tho deeds of tho Wost Virginia red-
men arc being outdone in the metropolis.
Liscoi.x, III., December 21.???bail night
tblrtem trumps slept on tho top of the boilers
at tho coal shafts. At 0 o'clock this morning
one of their number accidentally turned tho
blow out valve, allowing the. steam and hot
water from sjjfcboUflfi to escape. Eight of the
men woo ned and scalded. It is
^bought that tvoYmom cannot eurvivo. Tho
men were panic strlckon and found much
difficulty in escaping from the building. All
ot them were badly burned about the face ami
throat.
Wairhav, Wia., December 22.???After an tin-
auctesstul attempt to take the life ot his wife this
afternoon, Francis So Hits went to the houio of
Ills brother, who was con lined In bed by lllnoiN,
and deliberately chopped tho belplou
men Into pieces, nearly severing hts head from
bis body. Tho murderer Is evidently iusane on
religious matters, aa when standing over tho body
of hia victim he exclaimed, "Christ U come, Ills
blood Hows lor alll M He was arrested and Is now
f n Jail.
party was assembled on Christmas at tho resi
dence of William J. Taylor. Among tho guests
was a Mr*. Partlowe, whose husband had for
bidden her attendance. Parllowo came after
liis wife, and being partly in liquor he became
oflersivc, and when ordered to leave, he shot
ami mortally wounded Taylor, tho host. Part
lowe was placed in Jail and ball refused. M r??.
Taylor was confined to bod and is in a dan
gerous condition. While the wounded man
waa receiving attention, the wedding parly
assembled fn another room, and tho ceremony
was performed, after which the guests dls
persed, leaving the wedding feast untouohed
Lkximjtox, Ky., December 20.???Last night
at a wedding reception given by a man named
White, to bis eon, nine miles from hore, tho
festivities were interrupted by five roughs,
who came into tho house and committed va
rious indiguities. Dan Hays, a farm hand
employed by White, began shooting at the
roughs, and killed one of them, name I Charles
Blackwell, and seriously wounded another
named Ellis. The others escapod aud aro at
large.
Taludkoa, Ala., December 20.-.[8peciaU??
This morning at about 10 o'clook, a. in., Mr.
It. W. llcndcrsou received a serious butuot a
fatal pistol wound, the bail onloring tho neck
at the collar bone, and passing around toward
f he right shouldar. The shot was tired by Mr.
W. It. Btsggs. Mr. Btaggs and Deputy Sher
iff P. F. Smith were engaged in a difllculty,
and while thus engaged Mr. Henderson, who
happened to ba standing a short distance
awav, and at the beginning of tho dilUoulty
fur e"ah Thus they parted, and Seibert did
b'.s level lest to keep his word. The dost ir
said to-day the wound was not necessarily
fatal, but it is believed tbe young mau will
TELLING ABOUT HIS CRIME.
Allen Askew Describes Row He Hacked Ufa
Stepson to IT aces.
From the Bavannah News. * ^
further news from Bryan country about the
???hocking murder of William Harris, by his
stepfather, Allen Askew, who is now confined
in the Chatnam county jail, puts another
aspect on tho affair. Askew claims that he
hacked the body of the boy to pieces as he lay
upon tbe floor, thinking it was Mack Lofton,
his wife's paramour, whom he had knocked
down in the scuffle. It is learned now that
Lofton claims that. it was tbe intention of
Askew to kill him, and that for that purpose
he had iummoned a number of friends to the
house to surprise him and take his life. After
bis scuffle with Askew in the house, Lofton
claims that ho ran out the door, and waa set
upon by some parties who were lying in wait
for him outside. One of these struck him
the arm with an ax, inflicting an ugly gash,
Askew is a small sized man, with round reg
ular features and a skin as black as ebony.
He talked freely of tbe murder yesterday eve
Bing to a reporter, and protected his inno
cenee of a desire to kill either Lofton or the
boy, William Morris. He is cool in manner,
and guarded in language. Jlo says his
wife came from Newton, ti. C., about twa
years ago, when he married her. Lofton has
been living with him about two months. Ho
and his wife agreed to separalo some time ago,
but he has been living in tho same house,
The family, including Lofton, slept in one
room, tbo only room in the house. His bed
was near tho door, his wife slept in a corner
of the room, and Lofton and
the boy slept together on i
mattress, which lay on the floor near tho win
dow. He nays he had suspected improper ro
lotions between Lofton and his wife, but had
said nothing about it, and they
were good friends. About two
o'clock in the morning his sui-
piciens were verified. Ho arose and called to
Lofton, intending to talk to him. Lofton
made no reply, but the Hext minute he heard
some one take up tho gun, which stood near
his wife's bed, anil the click of the hanitfler as
it was cocked prompted him to pick up tho ax
which stood beside the door.
"I don't know whether the gun was snapped
or not," ssys Askew, "but 1 know he intcudod
to kill me, and J made at biin in tbo dark. Ho
struck at rno with the gun, for I folt it come
down post my face, and it struck tho floor.
Then we ecu filed a little bit, aud ho stumbled
over the mattress and fell to tho floor, and I
began to let drive with tho nx."
"How many blows did you strike?"
"1 dunuo, boss; I oidnT count 'em."
"Twelve or fifteen ?"
"No, it wasn't as many as fifteen. It mout
have been ten or twelve. While I was chop-
pin' the door was opened and I saw Lofton
run out. When I found out that I hid killed
tho boy, I run too."
"What did you run for?"
"'G'auao I was sfeerd Lofton would cotno
back and kill mo. I knew if we mot again
one of us would die. Now, I want to toil
you,?? boss, that I didn???t moan to kill no
body. I had tbo nx in the houso, but I didn't
bring it in intending to tiro it for anything
liko that. J didn't mean to kill tho boy, and
I didn't mean to do nothing to Lofton when l
called to hirn. I just meant to talk to him;
that was all. But when a man cock* a gun a
you, what aro you going to do? I wnsa'
going to stand ibero and Jet him kill mo."
???llow did you feel when you found you had
killed the boy????
???How did 1 feel? Well, I felt sorry I had
killed him. lfo had never done nothing to
e. 1 didn't want to kill Anybody."
Askew says that during the whole affair his
ife made no outcry, and ho hasn't seen hor
since ho rsn from tho houso. He is sorry ho did
not leave her long ago. Tho boy, William
Harris, was buried on Tuesday, lift was 15
years old.
started with tha intention of keeping it down
If possible, but before reaching lieu tho dis
tance received the shot from the pistol of Mr
Stages that was intended for Mr. fimlth. The
hall baa beau probed for and taken out, and at
this writing Mr. Henderson is rostiug very
well. Mr. Staggs gavo bond for appearance
for $1,COO. The cause of the difliculty was a
debt owed Staggs by Smith, which they wero
trying to adjust.
Ki-mima, N. Y., December 20.???Onoot tho
two 30,000 barrel oil tanks situated at West
Junction,???fivt miles from Elmira, exploded
tbit morning, and both tanka woreaoon a mass
of flames. The shock of the explosion was
felt in Elmira, in many oasaa dishes being
thrown from tho shelves and mirrors broken.
No one was seriously hurt, although the
Louies near the tanks were badly damaged,
being riddled ?????? if by cannons. Tho fire is
???till raging, and tha loss will not fall short of
$100,000.
Larcastfr. Pa., December 2$.???Oscar Wise,
who is emp yed on n farm near Lititi, was
found dying in Millar's woods, not far from
that plsce, u??? out 6 o'clock this morning, with
both legs in u fire. The flesh waa burned oil*
from lm?? to knees. He waa removed to tho
county hospital and is not expected to *live.
Hia atoiy is that while on bis way home, last
evening, ba waa overcome by cold and built a
Are, but was so benumbed that he fell into the
dames and was unable to crawl away.
Koatiarowir, Ba., December 27.???A drunken
uan flourishing two knitea and shouting liko
??? madman last night, frightened Mrs. Mary
Hogers so badly that she died three hours af
terwards . She waa in perfect health, and it is
conceded that her death waa due entirely to
mental excitement brought on hr Collins's
violent behavior.
Rbadirg, Pa., December 2*.???George Sei
bert, aged 19.1 good looking employe of the
Tottstown rolling mill, celebrated yesteisUy
by taking hia handsome, dark-eyed cousin,
Mias Kttie Millar, aged in, out sleigh riling.
They took dinner at tha residence of their
grandmother, and then drove on to
Bpringficdd. where Seibert's father lives. Tho
young couple had a splendid trip behind a
handsome pair of sorrel trotters. Baihert t*>k
Mi>a Miller to her homo it grandmother Do-
\\ fid's, ai d th??n jogged his horses homo to
I'ottsdown. He reached his uncle's residence
at midnight, gave his undo bis watch, aud
then went up to his roam
and ibot himself through the
body. The house was aroused, but 8oibert
made no explanation more than to say that bo
btd determined to kill himself, and that ho
had * to ply carried out his intention. Later
today it nai learned that Seibert loved his
% pretty <*-u??in, and wanted to turn their sleigh
????4e into a wedding trip. Mias Miller was
not in ?? marry lag mood; and kindly suggests i
r*.??* ,, c??? L<l ???V cnl UDt ???* ??? more suitable
iKJT 1 *. th ! ****** trauM ba seriously
**ah and impetuous,
w??Ji i s k h# hfr fefewal! ha said that it
hrida with him, and
Ihat the next sleighing trip would ba to his
From tha Corporal.
From tbo Marino barracks, ronaanoln, Flo-
Ida, Corporal Ban Barger wrltoa of tho beno-
Jr of Brawn's Iron Hitters In that mularious
region. Ha savs: "1 have used several buttles
and must say l am greatly benefltod by using
it. Bevaral of my comrades use Brown's Iron
Bitters, nnd you may rest ossurod they ail
think it is the greatest thing on earth." This
kind of tentimony comes from nil quarters con
cerning Brown???s Iron Bitters???tho best tonic.
llow to Curo Catarrh.
Catarrh la very frequently mistaken for
Coksvmptiom, tho symptoms in each being
much alike, especially in tho earlier stages.
No one who roeognises in his own system, or
who has friends or relatives with any of tho
symptoms so accurately described, should fail
to a??ud a statement of the coso to Mr. Childs.
There may bo hope oven in very desperate
cases.
Tbo discovery of hia euro for Catarrh end
diseases of tho Throat end Lungs, has attract
ed great attention. Leading men every where,
publicly i Into that Childs treatment has curod
NEWS BY WIRE.
A liCJXET'/} FATAL CRASH.
Trlfd to Beat tbs In*arare* Men-Bnow Brora,
Crrgon-Io a Storm X#i- tfo???terss-Bolt far
JUtmsgrs by Cattle Mon-Medic??1 Stu
dents Oct a 0object. Bio. -
sicians, lawyers, merchants, bankers and
ness men. All who havo personally iuventi-
E atcd tbo facts, aro satisfied that Mr. Child**
as discovered a certain, positive and perma
nent cure lor these diseases, that whoa prop-
??rlj ustd never fails oven in tho
nu>??t desperate rases. Catarrh is
generally many years in gaining
a foothold in tho system, and attacks so many
parts of the body that it can not ho curod by
sny ono remedy or by a single application. It
requires remedies that will meet tho disease
wherever it is located, and fight It inch hy
inch until a complete victory has been ob
tained. Rev. T. l\ Childs has treated and
cured thousands at their own homes, novor
having seen thorn. In a thoroughly houor-
able and characteristic mauuor ho publUhoa
tho names and addresses of some ho has cured,
that any who desire may iuquiro of tho pa
tients themselves what Childs' treatment lias
dona for them.
None need feel any hesitancy in placing
their case in Mr. Childs' bauds far treatment.
We would call especial attention to the adver
tisement, and request u ..ireful perusal of the
facts os ??et forth.
Many who do not receive our paper would
doubtless bo very thankful should our readers
call tbs attention of such to the ndvortisemeut
of Mr. Childs. Catarrh and consumption aro
the twin enemies of tho race, and any means
ot relief is a heaven-sent blessing. Childs*
treatment may bo relied on as an effective and
certain euro for nasal catarrh, bronchitis and
all diseases of tho throat and lungs, and you
iflay recommend it to your trieuds with every
confidence.
How Fiank Duff/, an Kight-lrar Boy Osts
x $5,000.
Frank K. Duffy, an eight-year-old son of
Thomas Dutly, dealer in gouts' furnishing
goods, purchased a one-fifth ticket in tbo No
vember drawing of tha Louisiana State Lot
tery Co., and received an express package ob
taining $5,000 in cash. The number of tho
winning ticket was 13,023. and tho whale prize
was $25,000. A Tnnett reporter has verified
tho caso cf this Hartford boy.???Hartford
(Com.) Times, November 29.
1 he king of T??!su smtall hts household wero
blown up by Inutile Mohan: mod ait tribes oncaw-' t
In Ike slave i.ade, which the kiug has opposed
rtguiously. _
In the English law report*acasois reported
of a baker who was convicted fer using alum
in making bread. A similar law in this coun
try would be the means of driving out a great
number of the taxing powder* which are
largely oompofed ot this drug. To fco safe, ??'on-
???umos should buy the old aud ever reliable
Dr. Price???* Cream Baking Powder.
Throw Away Truss**
when cur new method is guaranteed to per
manently cur* tha worst cas* of rupture with
out the ua* of tha knife. 8end two loiter
???tamps for pamphlet and refer??n**a. World's
Dispensary Medical Association, <>63 Main
street, Buffalo, X. Y.
D*s Moiiim. Iowa, December 24.???Dr. Eli
Quigley, of Redding, Ringgold county, tojk
cut a $2,000 insurance policy on his life
July last. He exhumed a corpse from the
village graveyard, placed it in his office^nd
tl??n set the bpilding on fire. The blaze was
discovered ond put out. The doctor disap
peered, and 'the decomposing corpse ex
plained the reason for his absence. ~
Quigley wandered to Canada. He was
rested in Davis county on Friday, where
was detained tor identification until yesterday,
lie pasted through here in an officer's custody
late last night. He made a formal confession
to implicate a physician and a merchant
Ringgold county as co-conspirators. Ho was
not aware till his return to his family that the
plot had failed. He says he would not have
been arrested if he bad had a weapon.
I'obti.asd, Oregon, December 25.???The
snowstorm was renewed Tuesday along the
M iddle Columbia river and yesterday it was
(till impossible to raise tho snow blockade.
Bf tween Dalle* and this city as it filled iu be
hind tbe plows as fast as an advance was
made. .Three plows with fire engines attach
ed to each were blockaded and it will
he necessary to shovel them out. Very little
progress was mode, owing to tho continued
snowfall. It is not likely that the road will ba
opened before Saturday, northern Pacific
trains wero yesterday running through
Walla Walla junction, and a large numbei
passengers had accumulated at the lattei paint.
The passengers of the snow bound trains
received supplies regularly on sleds from
Jloojt river aud Cascade locks, and there ii
no danger of their suffering from hunger.
Sixteen passengers left the train aud walked
to this city. No eastern mail has arrived
here since the ( 18th inst. The mail destined
for the cost will bo sent by steamer to San
Francisco on Friday night.
Haitcbas, N. C., December 25.???Tho Amer
ican barkentine Kpkriatu Williams. Captain
Morrison, from Savannah, Ga., bound to l???ro
idence, It. I., lumber laden, encountered
violent galo from tbe northwest on the 1 Si^
instant, seventy miles southeast of Hattoras
light. During the storm the vessel became
unmanageable. On BundAy she encountered
a southwesterly galo, and the captain, in at
tempting to get her to the beach, struck on
Hu tier as shoals, five miles from shore, at f??ur
p. in. Tho vessel was seen by the life saving
crow, but on account of tho heavy sea no aid
could reach her. During Sunday night she
drifted six miles north or Cape Hattoras ligkt,
and yesterday morning was seen five mile*
offshore, Hying signals of distress.
Keeper Daly, of tho [Capo Hattoras Life
laving station, with a crew, hauled a surf boat
seven miles through soft sund and rain to tho
scone of tho wreck. The boat was immediately
launched through a heavy sea, which broke
for miles from tbe shore. On reaching tho
wreck, alter hard and perilous work, great
difllculty was experienced in getting off the
crew, as tbe sea was breaking over the vassal.
Finally, however, tho nine men who wore on
beard wero lowered into tbo surf boat and
brought to tho shoro in safety.
Captnin Morrison states no and his crew
ere lashed In tho rigging for five days nad
nights, without food or water, and their limbi
were badly cut from tho lashing. Two of tho
sailors had to be carried to the life saving sta
tion in on exhausted condition.
Omaha, December 25.???Nluo suits havo boon
instituted in Lincoln county district court
gainst D. Rankin A Co., live stock company.
???f Chicago, to recover $125,000 damages alleged
to have been sustained by plaintiffs by reason
of their herds contracting Spanish or Texas
fever from defendants'cattle. Tho defendant#
last spring brought three thousand head of
Texan cattle into western Nebraska, by which,
it is said, this disease was brought into tho
state. Upon application of tho defemUnta' at
torney. tlio case was yesterday removed to the
federal court.
Bcraktom, Pa., December 20.???The clerk at
Whyte???s hotel went to room 28 this morning
atd found tho occupant dead in his bed. The
man had gouo to tbo hotel Tuesday last and
registered as II. 8. Ball, of Ohio. Ho was
apparently about seventy-two years of ago.
lie was toil nnd straight, and had a benign,
well-preserved fsco. Jlo represented to his
fellow boarders that ho was a lawyer and
journalist, lie slated that ho had'studied
Jnw under Chief Justice Chase, aud ainao
then had been connected with tho Chi
cago Inter Ocean, tho Boston Pilot
at txl the New York Tribune. He
bad come to Bcruntnn for tho purpose of writ
ing up tho locality lor tho Intcr-Oceau. Ho
retired to his room at about six o???clock last
night, and wss heard coughing and vomiting
nt ten o???clock. In one of his pockets w??*
found n box of ret poison, which had evident
ly been purchased in J.nganiville, Indiana,
in his possession was found manuscript aor-
mona that showed ho was u Free Will Baptist
minister. Ho was known to parties hero.
Want and family trouble caused him to com
mit suicide.
Ottawa, Oat., December 21???At Welton,
sixteen miles west of Kingston, on tho Grand
Trunk railway, tbo day after tho remains of
John Chiittcrtou lied been placed in a vault
two ycuiig men went to tho men in charge,
aud representing themselves as relatives of
tbo deceased, said they had received informa
tion that tbo medical student* at tho
Kingston university bad planned to
sten 1 tbe tody, end they wanted to got it away
for burial ihewherc. Tho young nun wero
accordingly permitted to toko away tho bvly,
being assisted by four others, It 1ms been dis
covered that the party wero all medical stu-
dents. Chutterton had died of a very peculiar
(lifcaie, which had puzzled tho physicians,
and consequently was a good subject for tho
dissecting table. No trace of tho body has
been found. ???
Nkw York, December 27.???Captain Cathar
ine, of the steamship Cbattahoncbo reports on
December20, iu fifteen miles north of^tho
whiter quarter light ship, ho fell in with tho
soheonrr Ariono Pardee wafer logged and
helpless. He made two attempts to taka off
tho crew by means of life boats and life
buoy*, but tbo sea was so high that only oue
men, Mato Allin, of the svthoonor
could be rescued. The steamer was drifting
into shallow water, and to save his own vessel
be bsd to abandon tbo remaining four mon
to tbeir fute. The first officer of the steamer
was injured and tho life boat and life buoys
were damaged in tbe attempts at rescue On
December 25, in latitude 34, ??4I north, long-
ditude 75, ??55 west, tho Chattahoochee passed
tbe Barkentine Epprime Williams water-
logged.
Pieurr, Dakota, December 27.???Potter coun
ty is undergoing a state of excitement over tho
county scat location. A year ego the county
seat was lecated at Forest City, on tbe Mis
souri river. At the last election, Gettysburg
claimed to havo secured the county seat.
Thr??att have been made to take tho records
by ferco aud over two hundred Indians aro
now concentrated at Forest city ready to moot
the invaders from Gettysburg. Judge Smith
is now bearing tbo case of the Pierre, while
tbo ludiet* ere guarding the recor<U.
lUiTtuoiK, December 27.???An unknown
man stepped on tho track of the Baltimoro and
Ohio read, in this city, and took a drink from
a flask of whisky to-day. He paid no atten
tion loan approachiogtrain and wastustanUy
killed.
FuAsaxroAn, Pa., December 27.???Bear Rld^i
No. loud No. 2. and tha station collier:**
nearM shenev Plane and Indian Ilidg-> a ;J
Park Ridge collieries at this plure. niviof
let n srlccUd as unprofitable have taut d^wa
itdrfiiniUly. This will throw out ofemploy-
uuut 2,i\v*mcn and b-n. These collieries
are owed by tho Philadelphia and Reading
coal ard iron company end nearly jpar
month was paid cut for wages at the five
mines. _
A Sorr Thoat' is 8oox Rrlirvr9 by Dr.
Jayna???a Expectorant, an old remedy for Bron
chial and Pulmonary Disorders.
Tbe retails of tlio lilillne of Mitchell by
Miields, at Ktockhrldg*.
Yesterday a gentleman from *6lockbridge,
in Henry county, gave a CoaemoTtov man
the details of tbe killing of Mitchell by Colum
bus Shields. It appears that Mitchell moved
from Fayette county to StockbrMge about two
years ago. Ife was rather a desperate char
acter, end didn't mind taking a hand in a row.
Friday he was at Stockbridge with several of
his friends, and got into a row with a negro
who had accidentally stepped on bis foot.
The negro bogged his pardon, but Mitchell
was mod and tried to shoot tbe negro with a
rifle. A man named Hightower Interfered,
and MilcheJ] turned his attention U him,
saying:
"You are taking up lor a G-^d d???-d ne
gro."
He cursed Hightower. Hightower took
bold of the gun that Mitchell bmL and Mitch
ell struck him. A general fight ialiiiired and
Mitchell's gun was snatched by one of his
friends, wbo attempted to get a shot into the
crowd. Columbus Shields, a peacdttb?^citizen
of Stock bridge, in turn, seized tbo'^nfle and
we* going into a store with It, wheff???w
drew a pistol and fired at him ???three
Tbe two men wero only ten feetapast Shields
raised the rifle and scut the ball crashing into
Mitchell's head, from the effects of "wfaien he
died Friday night.
The coroner held an inquest Saturday, cx-
onersting Shields.
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, exports ooastwUsTW.
raovtnon oka in, *t??.
OUNhTmiTZON OFKICB,
Atlanta, December 27. l&4,
The following quotations indicate tbe flaotna*
Hons on the Chicago board of trads to-day:
WHXAT.
Opening. Highest Lowest Closing
December ..
January
Z" ^
if*
fOBK.
January
....10 ??0 10.85 10 80
10 85
CLEA2 niB fiJDJW.
January
... 5 57* 5 57H 5 57#
S57X
Flour, Grain anil Me*?.
ATLANTA. December 27-Corn in store and to
srifve Is held nt tbe same price now. With tho
B rains are not In demand.
extra fanevf 5.031
fancy S4.75: extra family St.233M.-yi; tamtiy ??!.Q0;
iupeifine ?3.2.*G5.V.o There Is an unutuaily antive
demand let the low grades of flour. Wheat???Kea-
tucij No. 2 tkc. Tennessee No. 2 8630Cc: Geor-
S A wheat sold by sample: Pennsylvania gol-
nebafl seed 11.25. Com???White car lots bnlk. foo;
do. sacked btCiS&xajlots 65c; mixed, car lota bulk
6o* racked Me; dray lota 63c. Com Meal
5CSG5C. Stock Feed???11.85 V 100 #??. Oats -
riot* bulk.88e; do.sacked 40c; dray lota 45c;
i uolce Texas red rust proof seed, car lots bulk 44c;
do. sacked 6Ce: dray lots 67c. Jtyo, seed ???
small lots $1.20. Barley-Seed $1.20. Hay???Fancy,
car Jots, 96c; fUOO gl.it); choice, car loads 90c; v
$1.00; prime car loads, 85c: f)i00<.5c; clover, car
lots^Oc; ??]0085c. Wheat Bran???Car lota 88a; small
n.0t@$l.C6. Grits???HC5 VI bbL
CHICAGO, December 27???Flour firmer : wltD*r
wheat $3.76A$4.6Q: Michigan winter $3.60flN.M;
spring wheatf3.60c484.00; lower grades-*2.004*33.00.
Wheat 1%(31%c higher; No. 2 red December
January 72kg}74; No. 2 Chicago spring
7'.Pa. Corn firmer hut slow; cash3; January
btyQSi. Oats, No. 2 higher? No 2 Decern-
tcr&K(j|25X: January
NEW YORK, December 27???Flour, southern firm
better; Dn-
Jd 48A?i2; No. 2 De
cember f2@6??; January <8@4S}{. Oat??, spot firm;
No. 9S3%. Hops firm; common to prime 10918.
6T. LOUT8, December 27???Flour unchanged; Cam-
@c2 January. Com higher
y; cash; SiW
r slow but firmer; SSH bid <
a?* mui January. Oats
ver? slow but firmer; 25^ bid cosh; no option*.
CINCINNATI, December 27???Flour unchanged;
LOUISVILLE,December 27???Grain steady. Wheat,
lirgleiry 78; No. J rod 73. Corn, No. 2 white 40;
mixed 10. Oats, No. 9 mixed 28%
old government Java 25c. B agars???Suxdard
RHEUMATISM.
J lihough a practitioner of nearly twenty years,
my mother influenced me to procure B. B. B. for
her. fine had been confined to her bed several
months with Rheumatism which had stubbornly
misted all the usual remedies. Within.flUrcnty-
four hours after commencing B. B. B. I observed *
marked relief. She has just commenced her third
bottle and Is nearly as active as over, and has been
in the front yard with "rake in hand" cleaning '
np. Her improvement Is tnPy wonderful and
immensely gratifying.
C. H. MONTGOMERY, M.D.,
p Jacksonville, Ala., June 5,1881.
KIDNEY TROUBLE.
For over ??Ix ycftji I have b??n a terrible snilcrer
from . troublesome kidney complaint, for the re
lief ol v.-blch I have .pent orcr 9290 without bene
fit; tbe most noted eo-callcd remedies proving
failures. Tbe uieof one single bottle ol B. B. B.
baa been marvelous, giving more relic! than all
other treatment combined. It t, a quick cure,
while others, if they cure et ell, ere In the distant
future.
C. H. ROBERTS,
Atlanta Water Works.
SCROFULA.
Dr. L. A. Guild, of Atlanta, who owns a large
nursery and vineyard, has a lad on his place who
was cured of a stubborn case of Scrofula with one
single bottle of B. B. B. Write to him about the
case.
Frank Joseph, 245 Jones street, Atlanta, has a
son wbo had a sloughing, Scrofulous ulcer of tho
neck, and had lost hts hatr and eye sight, finding
no relief. One bottle of B. B. B. healed the ulcer,
eradicated the poison from his blood, restored his
eye sight, an& placed him on the road to health.
A book filled with wonderful proof from the
very best class of citizens, and recommendations
from tbe leading Drug Trade of Atlanta, mailed
^ a Aia BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta, Ga.
d2taw tuc Urn next rd mat wkyftambn
Absolutely Pure.
This Fowdcr never varios, A marvel of purity,
strength and wholcsomencss. More economical
than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold In
competition with the multitude of low-test, short
weight alum or phosphate powder*. Sold only
In caiia. Soyal Baking Bow deb oo??? ice Wall
street. N<w York.???
leans choice 60c; prime 4fio; fab 85484m: common 25
ASCc Teas???Black 40O???0g; green ??0<QC0c. Natman
Glove* 26o. Allspice 12c. Cinnamon gi
H Aiwyinj lUUilkJBUU 40U.
Sago 60c. African finger 16c. Maos 80a Pepper
20c.^C^gcej--Mm 7gc ^Boston Inttcrtajpearl
P; XXX do. Co. candy-A*
;orcl-No. I kits, L.W
THE COTTON MARKETS.
CONSTITUTION OFFIOB,
Atlanta. December 27.1884.
NEW YORK, December 26-The following 1* tho ??? 5aKT=^aiCKjrw7 1 55-iC5a.???ii??iJ'*s>Ma???aW
compArAtlvc cotton .Utcment lor tbo wort ending
(ot receipt. At All United States porta,....m. 201,631 I domnUo.JiiWX! P??tn?? nUfiH; rtngoou (K??tV(
roll weight 140 Matches-Round wood, V gross
$LSO; Vfff $1.74: 9 800 #3.7St ft 490 $4.5% SaJa.
r bees. 4Ko> fn Voxel 6H& Rico 6g7c??
NEW YORK, December 27-Ooflee, spot fair Rio
r dull at 9Ml No. 7 Bio spot 8 05; January 7.o>.
; Sugar neglected; fair to good refining V/.^
4%; refined quiet; O 4M; extraO 4MA5;
sssa sffssjsn mra & -
crushed 6K: confecttoners A 5 is-16; powdered
Showing an lncrcoso........
tal receipts.. ???....
me time last year.
Showing an increase ???
Exporta for tbe weck m .... H .
8amc time last year.
Showing a decrease.
Total exports to date~.....???
Same time last year
Show!nn an Increase
Stock at all United States ports...
Same time last year ......
Showing a decrcnso..
Stock at interior towns*...
NKW ORLEANS, December 27???Coffee steady:Rlo
J nlme 7R0U. Sugar in fair demand; fair to fully
???Ir mWi; yellow clarified 4**-*''
9,*36,499 I strong: common 20: prlrao to chol
231,743
6.831
m.3,507,968
171,418
187,691
111,649
xhh 6,9 >5
2,143.001
...m.1,761,117
...... 881,855
??,1,017,791
...1,230,812
Molaista
Q27r*Rfeestca4yTllouldanaMQbx! & 1 ???^
CHICA GO, December 27-Sugar steady; standard
16: rntloaf 7ia7S; granulated 6^.
CINCINNATI. December 27-Sugar steady; hards
rsflned 6K07; New Orleans<??S
Provisions.
CHICAGO, December 27-Pork firmer and 10A
12ke higher: cosh $10.850110.87^; January f 10.80f
#10.86. Tirrd n trifle lower; cash e.ftrK&tifitf; Janu-
Showing a decrease...
Stock at Liverpool ???
Same time last year. 611,000
Showing a decrease...
* - ??? I mand; prime stcame.co. Bulk meats steady ;shoul-
243,000 I dera short rib^. Bacon steady; shoulders
ary 6.566*.67*4. Boxad meats stead*
tbouldcn 4.62X81.65; short ribs 5.1
clear 6-J(XB6.15.
CINCINNATI, December 27???Fork in moderate
o; short
American cotton afloat for Great Britain^... ???
Same time last year.
Showing an increase
the total net receipts of cotton at all Unll
ports since September 1, 1881.
Galveston......... 378,666
Now Orleans ???..~l,oi7,083
Mobile 167,116
696,32!
I o^^7e??''foi^uhiTb??7<do^;-ithLm.^
S???lglftSS.' 'tefiu iron; western itcAm .pot 7; J.mu.y e.SOaAIB.
?? ??_ ??? l** ma'u. I a mr i ft a t>vaamV\a. o???? ihaa. .i k .iaa. Aly A
I 6M; ifcort riba 7; short clear 7H-
LOUISVILLE, December 27???ProvWons steady.
Hess pork #12.50. Bulknxeats, shoulders nominal
???MM clear riba o.fco: clear aides 6.03. Bacon
: hams, snglrcurod 10310X- Lxrd, primo
steam 7Q?&
I NEW YORK, December 27???Fork firm; messspot
#12.fife*#12.75. Middle* dull: long clear 6*6 Ltrd
Norfolk 320.781
Jaltlmore...
few York-
rswparTftevi 1....!............
???hllmlelphia................
West rolnt.......
Brunswick
Fort Royal
Fensacoui k m
City Point
Indianola
Total ???...
New York???Tho cotton market closed quiet but
firm ???for futures. Dullnrss prevailed during tho
afienicoiv though tho close developed no quota
ble rbangc In ptlcci. 8;>ots. middling 11M60.
Net receipt* to-dey 89,865baloa against 22619 bales
last fear; exports i 1,416 boles; lost year 86,817 bales,
nock i,o:6.C6t bales; last year 1.279,550 bales.
Ftlow wc gtve tho opening and closing quota-
iiousof cotton futures tu New York to-day;
orxx xn closed.
MarolC. 11.38A March?????Jl 2??Sll.25
ILTUm ??4U0#lM-42 April ^11.17*511X8
May..... IU& 5iay. 11.4^11.50
Cloaed steady; sales 43,200 bales.
Local???Cotton steady and 1-lCe higher. The
market clcscd as follows: Strict good middling
R ^0; good middling 10 7-l6o; middling 10%os tarlot
few middling 105-lCe;low middling 108-160; tinges
ltfco; its!ns 0
The following la our statement of reoolptaand
ihlpmenta for to-day;
HHM 17.
ATLANTA, December 27-Otear rib sides 6^9
O/c. Rncon-Sugar-cured hams 12c. Lard???Tlorcas.
refined Set inha 6X0-
ST. LOUIS, IHcember 27???Provisions very slow.
ATLANTA, December 97-Market steady, Coro
whisky, rectified, $l.00e#l.40; rye.jentifta'i.lMQ*
LEO; rypsnilFnuil^iuncdlumSl.lO^ZCOtriimxoo*
I tiffed fl.25tfl.75; Now England |L75^50: fit. Croix
$4.00; Jamaica sisoMiJos
W.60: Imported #J.W t wl.??)]Ccd
tic fl.50cati.M; Imported #5.00j
lL00tf$lA0; port wins$1.60
sherry ???.lSOttts.OO; catawl
cong<L00tf#lJ6.
CINCINNATI, December 27-WhIxky quiet at
#1.11.
CHICAGO, December 27-Whisky steady at 9L14.
ST. LOUIS. Decembers:???Whisky steady ai;iL12,
Fruits and ConfecUonsrlas,
ATLANTA, December 27-The re is some demand
- 4 ??????* ??? ??? ??? Lami???
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fore the court house dopr In said county, wlthla
the usual hours of sale, to the highest bidder for
caeh. the following described pare of lot ot land
No. 49. in the second district of Rabun county; .
containing one hundred acres more or leas. It
being the north sldo part of land lot No. 49; lerled*
upon as tho property of E. W. Beck to sattsty a fl
fa in favor of J. B. Murray. Issued from the Justloe
court of tho 587 district of said county: part of
said lot adjoining A. Phtlyan, Mrs. 81. P. llunnt-
cult and J. Ncvlll; tenant in possession notiflo l.
Levy returned to mo by A. Phllyan, L. C., No
vember 28,1884. T
wky A. B. WALL. 8herlff.
our work and lurnu
dress with stamp. Crown
The ??? Hilldale ??? Herd
JERSEY CATTLE!
w Service bulls?
L EONDIAS 8010. SIRE; SIGNAL 1170. DAM I
Geranium 8963. II lbs. in 7 days.
BIGNALPETRO 11678. 8ire: Leonidas 8010,
son of SIGNAL 1170. Dam; Optima 6715, daughter
of SIGNAL 117a 10 lbs, 8 os. In 7 days ass 9
year old.
KING KOFFEE, Jr., 12327, 405* per cent
COOMA88IE. Sire; King Koffeo 6622, Data!
Island Star 11876. 21 lha. 3 ox. u 6 year old.
DUKE OF YORK, 2338. Biro: Grand Duke*
Alexis 1040. Dam: Kitty Clover 1118. 14 lbs-In 7
days.
These Bulls will be allowed a limited number
I approved Cows after November 1st, 1881, at
jOO.VO. Orders booked now. Keep ol Cans in
[ilk, free of charge; others #2.00 per week at
rmcnrlsk, YOUNG STOCK FOR SALE.
L. J. A A'WjnLb^
Hilldale Farm is at East Point, six milti from
Atlanta, on Central, and Atlanta and West Point
Railroads-trains running to and from at all hours
of the day. *cnI4???tf ann wkv
tinch. Figs???l???#|18fe ualsius-V box #1.7$;
ncwLoi.-dcntt.75; KboxlL7&; H box 990. Our-
??nta-7K??6e. Ctahlwrrier-COof g??l;IlLOC ???**
CaUfoma Ptan-fj.oj V box Citron???'
Jvai.lt Ktllro.il.
(nlral Kallr<'u(l
(Vi.urn tnd AUtntla Rtllratd...
fart Mnl Rtllmtd......
E. loan.. Vt. tnd Ga. Htllrotd .
Jtortlt rtdLda Itllrotd
Total...
tmlpti prtvlosur..
Tha tollowlni It oar comparative Itatemaot:
dOCClpto tt-daj.. ...H-i-
mwjiWPinivwpmMW
JrarUnr l??t r??r. ??????
Bhoarln, an luertaa. ot. .^..n.. r >??? X,,i!
SKW TORS, Pcccmber 2T-TM Mtal TWb!?? .ap
ply ol eottoa for tn?? world la J.0T7.407 balm, ol
wbteb 3.(09.107 balm am Americati.i^fiut 8,401,in)
ball, and 5,??C3Ji?? lerpectiTaly la??t pear. Booelpta
ol cotton at all In lerlor town. I0S,1??> baler: rcoelpo
from plantation! 207,&t7. Crop In right J,' IS 001.
By Telegraph,
KKW YORK, PecombCT IT ??? Cotton dnl! bat
itiMr; rri-t llVoa???m; roMdlln, np'aulr U1IS:
mktdllca Cl lean. 11H??: net rnetfoU eroar
j.;u ; ccrroBdaud twtrooalpta rj.rnj; oipona to
unat Britain Ai.Ctl; to Franca 2,211; to continent
UK
SiVASJiAU, Peawnber 27-Co??oa'qnl*t: mtd^
filfi, i( neiiwelpla tMI bate: cmw liltt 1
ator-t M.7U; nporta to conUncat 4.U);
coastwise fJtiA.
MEW ORLEANS, Dccstabw r-Oottoa steady;
???-*- - -* ??? kill;
peaches 3r; pealed peachia 4(}7e. Peanut*???Firm;
Tenrmceec-NorthCsrn'inaSUo; VDgtala 7H<Q8;
rcaatrrt IVr ??? ?? extra Cider???Apple, barrels S7A0;
bsrrclfcfi.OC: ersh *eM??<tc*rfi; H btrrsls $4,50.
NnviU Btorae.
WIT KING TON, December 27???Turpentine firm
t ifHi roaln firm; strained 96; good strained
1J.IC; tar flmiat 11.10; erudo tnrpenttno steady;
l ??rd?? ti.oo* yellow dip and virgin 11.09,
BAVANNAH, December 27???'Turpentine firm at
A; TOtln steady at 91.06011.07)4; sales 1,30) bar
rels.
CHARLESTON, December 27???Turpentine firm
^478 bid; roaln quiet; strained 05; good attained
NEW YORE, December 27???Bosta dull at UJfiX
0tl 27) s; turpentine steady at :ili4
Country Produce
ATLANTA, December 27-Eggs-Irregular with
prices ransiog from xltf25c: about ife fra fair
average price Unlay. *u??t?t ??? Strictly choice
Jersey 80c; strictly choice Tsnneaset jcc: oth
er grades lSKfiac. Poultry ??? Young chickens
I5#lfc; small TraUKc; hens 20c; cocks, none
offering; docks M2Je: live turkeys 10 ft lie w
pound. Dressed Poultry ??? Chickens 11012M;
turkeys 13*15. Irish Potatoes Chslcs Tsanassos
#2.LC??i??Jh; smaU #1 AftftILTSH bbL Sweet PoU.
toca-Choice white ICflSa Honcy-8trained ta
I2ke: In the comb 1SA150. Onlonv-iLODSILn
W obi; choice eaatern WSjBLE Cabbu??-29
-Kc.
Run <,0M; to eoaUo??nt ??,??*; eout- |
????7c; (olnmd 6c. Powder,
12.77. Wltel70; .hot 62.0C.
niieelUin^oui.
ATLANTA, December 27???Leather???Jobber* rw
port a very aatiafactory Lade: o. P. D.
H#9ic: wh;t*ook sole 40c; harness
feather SCA3cr black , !Vr ^r g>iH0c.
PLANTA, Wccenber 47-Ba??fnf-lK ????? 10*
RdvtflOJac. Iron usa-Arrow r.40#
> J> bundle
Un Htoek,
ATLANTA, rccasbet 27-Tfcerelea good dmat#
lor bones wife * apply moderate: males doll: good
* TtLlI#
oocbtnation hones flA0dl$2L56??jrood pljg f LIS*
homslstaaesm^???swlyw
For?5 years at 37 Court Place, now
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