Georgia Historic Newspapers

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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION - . ATLANTA, GiU TUESDAY NOVEMBER 10,1885.
GEORGIA NEWS.
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Ita Cerlitlsn Otarat - TO. Oourco-
aosisenri/ ssot-Oibar zr.wa.
The ordinary of Pcbtey count/ hod a gillovi
bullion which to hug Blsckinin, the murderer
of Tocdct,tnd ■ coffin nude to place hit body
LutnclibcrVIllbe needed yctswblle, u Black
jnau’i counsel bis appetled hit cat* to taa
rretac court, This ffret Blackmu about one
Tear longer to lfro at leaat.
Charier Blackmu amatfuafod Hr. enacwtll
Saiiit, on the tth of lait Remember, ffe was
tried at the September term of the court and
Jound intlty of murder without an/ rccommen.
elation to mere/,and he waaautenced to he hoot
By Jodie Tort, on the oth of Hovember, although
the irldeuce ni entire!/ drcunutautlal. The
CTidecce dlacleted one of the moat deliberate
planned murdere erer perpetrated, Ou the night
Of Btplemlxr*,between Hand 12 o'clock, ao the
evident e dlacloeed, Blackman waa aeen with 1 '
Shotgun, and toon thereafter Mr, Tondcc waa ahot
thronih lha hock door of the atom In which
na clerking, with buck ahot, two of them enter
ing the heart ud bedtrd In Svaminuter. Thread
alio ware proven. The night waa very dark and
upon llamination It wu found that the anaaaln
atood In a cotton patch near the atore and then
/an. Backman baa never conferred bit guilt
lbouib ever/ one Ihlnka that be will when he la
certain that he will be hung.
The city regfatrallon hooka of Alban/ have been
doted, end lha Hat contain! nearly "00 names
jaore than have ever reglatcrcd before. It
claimed that the Hat ahowa a large number
xamri of non-reeldenta and of oUtera not entitled
go tighter. Of courte there wlU be cloaely watchel
cm election day, now nearly a month oir. Thla
regfatrallon of city voter* ft taktn every year prior
go the election of mayor and other city official
under a special atatnte. and the large Increase thta
Tear In tho number of votert might be taken u
snuffing exhibit for Albany, If thoae In a port
gfon to know did nut take an oppoafte
View of It. Thla lncreaao la mainly
grem the ruka of the country negroea and It the
Batumi outcomo ol the abort lighted policy of
email city capliallata In building np every vacant
lot In town with forty dollar board ahautlea for
li la accommodation. A prominent lawyer on hit
return from Baker court the other day oxpraaaod
hit regrctfnl aurprlae at tho great Iqcreaaa In the
quantity of good tillable lud along the road lying
cut vacant and nuproduotlvo, alnce hfi former
visit to Newton.
The Knights of Labor have boycotted the Athena
factory. lumembert are pledged not to patronise
•ny firm that Mils the goods made there.
Hit, Nancy Wilcox, wile of Captain Tom Wll
Cox, ol Telfair county, waa on trial at McRae on
SVtdr-nday laat for laianlty. She waa found to bo
subject for tho asylum, ud left on the evening
bain In compuy with her husband and sherlir,
2. A.McRae. M ra.Wllcox went to the asylum about
Blue ycera ago. 8he was formerly a Him Nancy
Smith, of Jonaaboro.and’was a ahter.ln law of
the late Robert Todd, of Fotlon oonnly. Ur. ud
lira. Wilcox lived for several/Mia on the Dnrud
place In DeKalb county. Their marriage waa
quite romutto. In lwtbwhen the people of At
lanta rclugeed south, Him Smith, then abloom-
log girl ol alxteco, accompanied tho family of Hr.
Todd. They camped one night near the planta
tion of Captain Wlloox, la Irwin connty, and were
Vlilted during the evening by Captain Wilcox,
then over sixty years ol age, and with
Idng while hair ud beard,
had Jut I lost bit wife, who, also, had beau an lo-
Bate ol the lunatic aaylute. Ho saw Hla Smith,
fell In love, ud at once stated hit with to marry
her to Mr. Todd. The latter gentleman entered
heartily Into tho scheme, and the marriage wM
ionium maud. Since that period Mrs. Wilcox's
life, from tome canto or ether, haa been very un
happy. ending now with her seoond Incarceration
fn the lunatic asylum. Captain Wilcox waa at
one time a member of the stale senate of Georgia.
In Lumpkin county there la a "mutual protec
tion icclely against thieves." Each member
egrets to pays certain sum (pro rata, we suppose,)
for the re-capture of stolen property ud punish-
Bent of tho thief, In the event uy of the mem-
hem have horses or other properly stolen
Among other thlnga done In Dodge superior
tourt was tho Incorporation of the Orem lumber
•ompany, composed of Hsears. 0. V. Orem, James
C. Williams and John W. Pope, with a capital
■dock of 175,000 paid up, and headquarters at Cast
Ban. An order was also taken by Messrs. DsLacytk
Bishop, Incorporating the Georgia Fine Manu
facturer!'association. This association la oom-
hosed of Messrs. G. V. Grass, Harris A Mitchell,
Wiles A Shearer, J. B. A W. T. Batts, Sainnel
Carnes, J. M. Few and Manor A Bro., ol Dodgo
county, ud Bmlth A Maaoy, ol ToUalr
snooty, owners ud proprietors
gtcam esw mills. Thmo gentlemen
represent s capital ot about 1300,000 ud s capac
ity of about two mUHon feat of lumbar per month.
She object ct the oaeodatlon ts to scenre e dome#,
tie end foreign market foe the produou of their
xnUla The hoadqnarten ere nt laatman, ud Mr.
G.V. Greet la president with hie oltlco si Grats'a
mnis. They have u agency at Brunswick in
Bhargs et Mr.John Colville, who la agont for solid-
ftisg finlett,
An firm of nows from Dooly Is, that lbs cholera
fa playing havoc with lha hogs over nearly the
whole county, ud that many farmers la that
srlf-soalnlnlng county will have to buy thtlr
Beat thta winter, who navar did the Ilka batue.
Maws ot ooo ol tho moat dsiterdly outrages over
committed In that section reached Cnthbaet Sat
urday, lha detain ol which ware tola one coma,
pondent by asvsral reliable gentlemen who had
Just relumed from Rnlaula. During the waek, a
number olCuthbert people .have attended the
Rail Alabama fair, now la nrogrem In Rntaula.
ABcrgotbera, who went over on Thnnday'e
train, waa Mr. GeorgaBpalgbt ud hla eonstn.Mtm
Mettle Brawn, a beautiful young tad j.mneh loved
by ter many Irleuds lor her nobleness ol charac
ter ta we 11 as her rare beenly. Bhohastoreevcral
- Teem been mending Andrew Female college ud
■teed hlgl In her claseet, winning Urelove of her
leaebeta aod bearing off medals of honor ovor lees
■utcnstal competitors. At some time In tht day
Mr. freight ud hla retrain registered et the 81
lallrn hotel ud were assigned to rooms. Min
Welle Pulnemwaa to play at the open hour# et
nit Mind Mr. Ipolght laggcrted to hit oonslQ
that tho repair to hec room
ud omago hat toilet lor tho
•vuatogW euttrtstnmrnt. Alter aht had goat to
bar mem a mu by the naan of Adam., the pro
prietor of tho 81 JoUu bow, appmaehtd tho
door tnd Ceding It unlocked, opted It, went tu,
end leering It on tht Inside, put the hay In hit
pocket. Ht then caught Use young lady, who tni
Already dreadfully alarmed ud aetatmlng, hat
berertau for belp were to tend and prolonged,
tho wretch woo frightened ud attempted to
make hla escape by night. It waa hla
intention, ao tha lady say., to lock
her In ca bo mat out, hat the
JoUer.vd him to clcrelv ft was fmpoaafhlo for
him to get any. Following him right on hta
Reals they Dually reached tho hotel office, whom
fortunately some gentlemen were standing. Tha
TOOP8 lady appealed to than tot help, suUng
that aht had boon greatly lasnlted, ud naked
them to take hot to her cousin, Mr. Speight. Ou
oftha gentlemen proved to Da Mr. Jim Williams,
el Demon, Georgia, ud ho kindly olkicd amlit-
»»«• Stettin* beak up itatro they aoon
tohd Me, apolght. When- the young
tedy hcokt down completely end treated
■neh sympathy from thoae who had gathered
nsooud Adame denied betas the man when ap.
PeoMhed. ud toeutled MmaeU In hta cm ca with
.abate... The yooag lady irate, porillvely Th-rt
bu lathe sun; that the net only foUawad him
ikawa s lain, hot that tha rememlire Matae. dim
mornlrg, tnd vtrlana ccrr mlltecs ware appoint
ed to receive and entertain the eacnitloulsts
from Ohio and New York. A Urge number ol
theta will arrive tomorrow; Monday they will
be tendered a steamboat rxcurelou down tha
Coosa c.n the steamer John J. Rosy. Later .hero
will be a banquet.
Farmsra are very backward In fathering tho'.r
crop! In Taylor en account ol to much rain,
aid Oi d tbit cotton b very much damaged. SCtUa
have began to tow small grain, and propose to put
In quite a large area of their farms In grain.
Mr. J B. Carlton, of Athens, tho father of Hon,
H, II. Carlton, celebrated bit ninetieth birthday
cn lie nret lost, by firing a dinner tohtacblld
ten and frlrnda.
A serious difficulty ooenrred one and a half
miles ot Sugar Valley Sstnrday between Joseph
Davis and “Bod’’ Graham,whlab may prove t > be
vuy serlcna. Trcm meagre end contradictory
aiatementa It tecs: a there wu an old fashioned
cotton picking yesterday at Mr. Oraham'a fal
lowed by a dance at night. About 7 o'clock p,'m.
Mr. Deris and tome friends arrived at the dance
aid young Graham Informed them they were net
at the picking nor were they Invited to the duee
end ordered them to leave, from thta thejfncai
commeuccd.whlch reanltod'.In Darla having an ear
bit or culofl and beat up -on tha head considera
bly by Graham, Faria In tbe mean time getting
In bla worn cn Giabem with a pocket knife. Gra-
hamwaa badly ent backol bla left ehonlderor
side, the physician pnablna hta longs beck Into
the cavity Item which they were protruding. It
la thought he la bleeding Internally and may die
Inconsequence. The trial before a Jnatloe ot the
peace, ol Darla and hta aesoctatee, haa been poet
poned.
Worth superior court ooHapted Thntsdoy after
neon on account of the Dtacovery that the Jnrore
then serving wert Illegal, made to by the fellnre
of two of the old commtatlonera to be eworn In.
According to the opinion el tome lawyers, thta
fact mikes null and void the work ol thbud the
spring term ol court, which, II correct, will In
volve the county In considerable additional lllba-
tlon.
Henry WHItame wu accidentally ahot on the
Fleetwood place, about four miles from Thomas-
vlilr, on the Connty Line road. Mr. John nut
wood had purchased a gun a few days previous
and was examining it, when ft discharged and
slinck Henry In the upper pert of the thigh, from
which he died Sunday night. Mr. Fleetwood did
not know the gun was loaded. A coroner's Inquest
wu held, tnd the Jury rendered a verdict that the
deceased came to htadcath by the accidental dis
charge cl n gnn In the hende of Jobs Fleetwood,
and exonerating Mr. Fleetwood.
The subject of lb« Improvement of the htrbore
on the Booth Atlantic cost bu attracted attention
and fe exciting much Interest. The general gov
ernment, under the power to prevido for the lean-
tral welfare, bai given consideration to the Im
provement of the harbors as a subject demanding
Ita care, end hu done ranch In thta Jraspect by ap
proprlatlena of money from time to tlme-yet
much remains to be done, The Increasing do
mends of foreign et well u domestic commcrco,
In wbleh the rut interests of e huge section of our
contlnuany growing country ere un
earned, make It plain tbat Use
harbors ol tha South Atlantlo coast, the gete-
wsyr, to to speak, through which the Imports and
exports ol the south and wait must come and go,
should he made the object of prime concern with
the government, that the work of their Improve-
msnt may he attnred by adeqnale and timely ap-
protrlatlona and Judicious expenditures. Tho
dangers and difficulties of navigation addmnoh
to the coat ot transportation, end thru add a tax
on commoditise which talla on both producer
and consumer, necessarily detracting from the
wealth of tbs country. The removal of theta
dangers cheapensllrelght, facilitates commerce,
end adds to material wealth. Feeling the fores
of tbsto suggestions; knowing that a rut portion
ol the south and west are concerned In the
subject, end believing that a free end
conference wlU result In forms
full conference _
DinlfnjHbOjjanbUo sentiment into name expres
sed lo com
ej rrl , ,1 —.. ... ware uiw I JUUS| AU l„V IIMAs alia Va BIA SWW.J vttjut
W.,. '*** u oUler Sbd charcoal, wbleh rangM Bre. rolling on top
Snorday 1 ^«.n,«re
it the enhjeet to the country
In inch manner u to aeenre lithe
, jffl
provement convention
- _ tyol Savannah on the
23th day ol November, lor the purpose ol taking
such action u may teem beat to push forward tho
work of Improving lha harbors of the South At
lantic cow.
J. H, Allen, managerol the Southern telegraph
compuy In Augusta, and a resident over a year,
was drowned last Tuesday In Birch’s pond, noar
Ike city. He went out with Mr. Hfnnant, one of
hit operatora, and while Hlnnent
en unmanageable bone, AUen undressed and
Jumped Hr the water. When Ulnnant found Al
len, be wu floating on tha water,
Hlnnent polled him out ud brought him
to town. He wu hell way reenslcated, but died
when he reached the city. Allen was under tho
influence of whisky. It 11 thought he went In the
wetu btU nnconrolout ud else with suicidal In
tent He got Into a difficulty Saturday night, WU
robbed and cut One of hta compuioni today
wuflnedby the recorder. Hta trouble preyed
open hta mind, and U ta supposed, that altar tak
ing too mnch whisky, he drowned himself. H(
wts a gi serous, clivtr young man, ud very pop
ular among hta friends in Augusta. Hta family
reside In flparusbnri, 8.0.
In consequence of Ihukeglvtng day coming on
Ihcsetb, the general committee have decided to
change the dey ter the assembling of the harbor
convention hr Savannah from tha 23Ih ta tha 21th
and aska that general publicity bo given to the
chenge. The attendance promisee to he very
targe.
The Walton News uyi that Meat re. N. R. Thomp
son, A. A. Melton ud others have bun working
on tha new Dlcklnson’a bridge, and In catting
down a tree below the bridge on tbe other elde of
the river happened to excellent lock. Hr. Thomp
ton noticed Utata place ol a dIOennt kind ol
wood had been dovetailed In the tree tbat they
were cutting, and ant U out. Ha said that from
appearances the piece of wood had been plaoad
Ihcro twenty or twuty-Bvo
ago, but told they didn't And anything. One ot
tbe partite got on tbeonttldeol about a times 3
Angara ol tha ovarjoylntud admitted that they
found over 11,(00 In gold In that tree. Dickinson's
bridge Is two ud e half miles west of Monroe on
the Alcove river.
Some time ago an old negro died ra the place
end Informed Dr. Walton that than wu a lugs
amount ot confederate gold buried on the place
Irat tailed to tell the spot where It wu bailed
Tbe puttee who found the gold are not known,
elthcuth several rations have left
country, no doubt thinking they
upwbat they hYTiound. The hote*where the^tox
came Item looks something Uke suave.ud ta
three fret long and toarlcot wide. Two oak rails
bad been plac'd on each tide of lha box, which
bed rolled, showing lb at lha box had bean batted
a lent time. The people In wilhes county era
certain tbat the gold bu been found, and tram
lha ilsa ol the holt than must have been between
twenty end twenty-Bve Uonaud dollart In the
"ox.
A bed wreck occurred tut night at8p.m. on
Ita Raat resumes, Virginia ud Georgia railroad
atChUdenbnrg, canted by the coIUrtra el two
freight train!. Tha regular freight going north
wn already doe at Alnlja, whan It layeovec
ntebt. bnt for aomt reason wu several hoars be
hind time. A epcctal MgMcomingerath polled
np et Alpine on time ud regtstered
arrival. Net noticing that
tbe regular freight had net arrived ud receiving
no train orders, the conductor ordered tbe en
gineer to go ahead. A abort time after the two
train met in the bellow, each going down grade,
and whipping tu beet for the grade ahead. The
ragfneen suddenly «w the danger, rrrened the
I even ud blew dawn breaks, bnt toe late, 'the
two trains colliding. It wee a matt horrible
crash. One Bremin wu Instutly killed. One en
gineer. Robert Hill, ta horribly scalded and but
and tbe ethtr, (ban Daeta, ud aennl other
train man, are sr rlonely If net fatally Blond.
The two eastest crashed together, recoiled ud
lumped the track. Fire or six car loads el cool
/lately burying I
demolished. The wreck ta said to be tha won
that ever occurred on tbat division. Bales of cot
ton. coal, menbandlte end general debris we
scattered ell over the road-bed a ‘ '
Tha Ices ta probably *16,CC0 or mora.
A bat lying rathe bank of the Chattahoochee
river atcolombus led to tha discovery of o cue
of dre wnlny, making the second that hu osenr,
red there wffbfn leu then a week. Mr. Rd Holley,
of Biownvllle, did not return to hfs rcaldenca lut
night, and Ms family become nneuy obent him.
T hla morning, wbUe hta little son wu looking for
blm, hewn shown tho hat that hid been fonnd
tnd he et cum recognised if n hta father's
Cpon Investigation the deed body of Mr
Holley wu dlicovcred lying In the river Just
below the Kagleond Fhenfx dam. When removed
from tbe niter an ngly guhwu fonnd
hud, wbleh ta supposed ta hive been ctuied by
/alilog upon a rock fn the river. Mr. Holley wu
In the habit of taking hta sprees, end was seen
going home from thta city, about nine o'clock, fn
an Intoxicated condition. There wu no one who
con U-Il how bo came to bo drowned, and It ta not
known whether It wu accidental or anlcldeL He
learn a respectable family, oonalitlng of a wllo
and atx children. Until a abort time ago he wu
for a number of yeara foremen of the woolen de
partment of the Regie end Pbenlx mllli.
There we twenty bachelors fn Marietta.
Variate rim to bit brother In Cat ttoogt coun
ty, recently, Hr. J. P. Durham, of Uobb cjunty
law a belli r eleven months old giving a quart ot
mllbperdsy, and she had never had a calf.
Tha Calhoun Tlmea gives tho foUowing account
ol the Sugar Valley tragedy s
Lut I etnrday night the young lolka had a party
at Mr. A. M. Graham's with the understanding
tbat then should ha no dancing, bnt a party ol
Gojs came over from Sager Valley ud aroposed
to dance any way. Hard words followed between
Hud Graham on one aide ul Jack
Abbott and Joe Devta on the other.
Yount Graham followed the others
Into the road aod drawing a pistol, snapped It
In Davit's face several times, when tbe tatter
drew htaknllo ud stabbed Graham in tha back.
Jnat below the ahonlder blade, making an ugly
and icrfoni wonnd, which may retail fatal!y.
Davis and Abbott were arrested and brought to
thta place Sun day evening where they were placed
In Jail. The affair hu attend np a great deal ol
excitrmint In the neighborhood, u the young
men ue weU connected, ud ta to be
yoini;
mo lie
scrim;!
PsffilfvHIIIRnwWinonro™!anF of turn
bard feelings which It ta calculated to arouse bel
■■■■■gthbora, ud which time alone can oblllJ
ta aboro aro Iho facta, iw wo gather them
■■rat cltlxena of that vicinity. Cn Tuev-I
dey morning. Devta end Abbott wero brought be-
fora, Squire Fnlltam, and waiving trial, their
bonds were placed at Dva hundred dollart for the
former and two hundred and ally far tht latter.
mat
_ ran.
— gfty for tha latter.
The bonds were reedUy given, ud theyun now
at liberty.
The hnntere In Worth oounty are having a lively
time. BeceDtly James Carroll killed a rattlesnake
thatwualxfeetlong,uIarga around u the call
olamu’eleg, and had tasks ona ud one-lonrth
Inches long.' The atrugcit part about tha snako ta
Cbathaanlyhadnlnaratlfe*, the smallest num
ber perhaps ever found on so largo a rattlesnake.
It ta supposed that the baluco of tho rattles froze
or, Messrs J. R. Hornsby and M. C. Lemon, one
day recently killed eleven tqnlrreta at ton shots.
Thta ta pretty good hunting, bnt
eclipsed by Frank Hornsey and Doc
Lcrnox, who killed seven equip
re.a at only one shot. Thta wlU he carter credited
when It ta known that they polled tlx of them out
ol hollows without any thootlng at aU. Ittaru-
stored that Bom killed a yearling doe end her
fawn recently, that hid twenty-one rattlea ud o
bnlton, ud luge holt a foot long. Also a high
land mooculn whose antlers matured three feet
acrou end had eight pronge to the side. It
weighed, when dreued, lt>8 pounds, end Ita hems
told for eight dollars ud Ita hide for three.
The atato convention ot the Christian chnrch
concluded Ita session on Thunday night last to
Augnrta with a Tory ablo discourse from the
retiring president, Rev. Dr. A. G. Thom sv, of At
lanta- The cxarctace were opened by Bar. A. F.
Lee. The delegatee to the general church mlmlon
convention, to meet nextOctohuln KueuCIty,
ereu follows: T.M.Harris,0. 8, Loots, A. a.
Thomas, & K. Mims, W. D, direr, I, M. Fort,
John Cooper, Jr„ A. B. Herring and Mlu Maggie
Ore, state Evangelist B. V. Omer re
pelled during tho past year 355 visits,
thirty two chuicbcs visited,193 sermons preached,
ataly four additions to hta charges, ud 4,878
mllci traveled. He reported feurteeu new church
es established. Elder L. D. Ridgeway was elected
Mate eTUKeltat thta year. Tho convention deci
ded to aid Athena aa a mtaeionary point by giving
8400. A successful appeal was alio made for tho
state paper, Christian Telescope, published in
AiluU.udlht convention relied money for
church work the ensuing yesr.
Atlanta waa selected for the
next convention, which wilt moot tho oooond
Wednesday In Novembar, In 1888, ThefoUowtng
officers ware elected for tho ensuing year:
President—G. 8. Lucas, Aognsta; secretary—A. 0.
Emlth, Alluta; treasurer—B.O. Millar, AugusU;
executive comtnltteo—J. B. Hook, Charieo Estes
Jr., Lamar A. C. Brace, A. B. Minis.
Hiss Maggie Ore, ot Atlanta, read a most admir
able may before tho convention thta afternoon
on "Womu a mtaeionary ud a helper," and the
Christian Women’e Georgia mission hild sessions
In tho Interest ol thtlr foreign ud home minion
in ten its. These ladles’ boards met alter tha reg
ular work of tha eon/ratlon wu finished, and aro
valuable coadjnlon to tbe elate convention,
Five thousand parsons attended the Athene lair
Wednesday. The racing wu very good both
tha with rnnnere ud trotters. In the vanning
race, milt heats, best three in five, Thnrman'e
bone, Squatter, eerily won, Friday ta the day
proper for the exhibition of Jsrseya Mr. F. 8,
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,OdM
______ _ _____ _ Iphjft JriplU«
Mercury, Splendor 3d, ud' other' noted batter
strains na ta tha attraction ot ell admirers ot
flnaJcrteys
A great many ladles were In attenduoe. and the
classic city and oi her acctlou furnished a flat
uny ot beautiful ladles
Tha Journal referring to the tmslncei revival In
Perry,rays:
ALL THROUGH DIXIE.
whatthb southern folks are
SAYINOAriD DOINO.
aorieacs en e Praia In Virginia-Xllltd Prow ska
XITceta of oread/— A Struts la Vvxss -Drain
crOirsral Plnrxsn—A atsrtltna Oaaaa-
Ueaia Paaaaaiaa-Oiaar News.
I*rulalana
The Few Orleans papers complain thst hood-
inmfim ta rampant.
F lorida-
Gen. Flnegan, tha distinguished ex-cynfeder-
ate, who loneht the inccesslnl battle of Olnetee,
February 20th, U6I. against the federal force un
der General Bsymour, died et hta orange grove, in
Orr use conoty, Tuesday night He wu born In
Corrlea, Ireland, November 17,1814.
Virginia.
J, W. Crabill, a young brekeman, slipped
on a freight train Friday near \jrinohestor
and fell under the train and wu fearfully
mangled. Hta remains were Battered along
tbe track for tome distance. He leavu a
widow end one child.
Hon. Robert Johnaton, judge of the county
court Harrisonburg, died Jut Friday. He wu
lor many yeara auditor of tbe elate of Virginia
before the war, and wu a member of the con
federate congress.
Uiirlssippi.
and Elisa Cook, Thunday night, in Ms-
county. Moss ahot Cook through tho
la, killing him, and also ahot Eilat in the
John end Eli
rlcn counts
bowela, killing him,
right breast, i till cling a fatal wound. Mom
ran from town and escaped to the woods.
Pureait wu organized by eitlaena 1
but Mou succeeded in eluding
him until two bloodhound! were pot on bli
trail. Tbe animate tracked him deep into the
woode, and overtook him. He turned and
fired twice at tho doge, killing one ol them.
By Ibia time the pursuing pi '
close behind the doge, came u
ed Mou with death unless
He gave himeelf up, and ta now In jail.
North Carolina.
Caleb Blgmer, of Newton, undertook to drink a
gallon ol apple brandy Monday and died at seven
o'clock laat Tneaday In great agony. For some
momenta alter bit death pure brandy ran from
hla mouth end nostrils. HU lut words were to
cell for more liquor.
A valuable precedent in taw wu established In
Dario connty superior court. Abram Smith and
Lee Tnrner, both colored, were lent to tire pent
tentiary tor two yeara each lor stealing a water
melon. Thta ta aald to be tho first cate of the kind
on record In tho lew annals of the state.
A five dollar confederate bill wu patted on a
hotel man In Raleigh lut week,
The larmeraol Buncombe county, have rebelled
against tbe no fence law.
in the mannfutura ol any as tide at common
utility, and there era many such that could na
made u wall aid cheaply here u say where. Cap
ital necessary lu the astabltehmant
pi each enterpstau eenld, we believe,
be readily secured, and not much would be re-
qnirfd. Already there ta a partial plant here that
eenld be utilised tn tbe manufacture ot articles
ot wood end Iran ta general rue >>• tna tamara
throughout the connty, u wellu
clttatneol the town. An eaten.
men et Henderson hu proven beyond
there ta money In the manufacture of
bandies and ether ertielea' of Uke .u—
wagons, etc if money ran thus he made ten
mm from a railroad, there certainly ran be no
ume^tne Ura'* amt couM Mt ** ***** oa *“*
In tbe chicken metn at oaorgetnwn lut vraek
brtsreea Grist, of Georgia, and Clark and Britton,
el Alabama, Grist won eight and Clue and Brit
ton ilx.
llAimiB-D IN OKOltOt L
C.P. Clower and Mlu Tommie Smith, Grant-
rule—Robert L. Wright tnd Mice Bessie Din
form, Augusta william Duncan and Mist Delta
Davidson, Columbus M. a D. Lyle and Mia
Kettle Kceicy, Atlanta..... K. B. Williford and Mbs
&
and Mist Biotas
Atlanta... J.'
Dalton Dr. Camp and Mist DoUte Fletcher,
Forsyth.
BIRD IN OSOBGI4.
Mrs. N. P. Taylor, Macon K. W. Wellard, C>
Ictubas Mrs Joseph T. Tolbert, Lasts*too —
Mira Martha Biases, Lexington Mrs. Billie Am-
hsrae. Lawrencevllta .. Engine Rogers, Americas
ruimoa^OTa.^Df. WSforaSsMSllJSS
R. R Welt, atlants T. S. Roberta. Fairborn....
L flair. Griffin John Merry man. Jr^ AtUnje
’liiner, AUann.^XbarUe Cox, 1 **''' ~ &
lanu Mrs. G.
. AUinuJ'feisWwri.^
I. D. Stewart, Joncahora.
(Texas.
A itrlke of conaldenble magnltnde wu be
gun In Galveston on Tuesday, 3d Inst., by the
Knlghtt ot Labor. Tho trouble aroee from the
refnul of the agent of tho Mallory line ofsteain-
cra, to withdraw the colored longshoremen from
the Mallory whuf, where they have been work
ing for the put two weeks, having been pnt on
to replace the striking longshoremen. FaUlng to
carry their point with tho Mallory line, the
atriken Joined the Knights of Labor, end thta or-
lenlzttf on hu undertaken to restore the white
longshoremen. AUghe Knights of Labor em
ployed by the Saif, Colorado and Santa Fo rail
road, and by the Missouri l’aciflc line In thta city
have gon e ont under oidcri from the stateexecn.
tire committee. The Knights In tha aesocteted
cotton proses In this dty have also struck, and
lour large itcera cotton pres tea are Idle. Tho
bandllpii ot freight by the rallroadi Is for the
time being pandyied.
An imposter, who represented himself as Father
Byan, hu been Jailed for forgery st San Antonio.
Galveston bu only sixteen ftqnor saloons.
The dengue fever bu spread all over Dallu
Even the animate are down with It
The authoriUec era closing np the gambling
dsns in Ban Antonio
SoutH Carolina.
Jenkins Wright wu committed to Jill from the
Lawtonvllls section, chtrged with the murder ol
hta wife, Chulotta Wright, and afterwards bums
Ing np her body. A Jury of fnqnsat wu empaneled
by Trial Justice J. A, Davis, tnd tbe flndlnc ot the
nry wag tbat tho deceased came to herdeathby
loin upon tho head, Inflicted by a cudgel orolub
the hende ot Jenklne WrlghL Tho woman's
all was fractured In two places, and her body
a then thrown Into tho Are by bar murderer,
I burned almost to a cinder. They werene-
u.
.1 Charleston lut Wednesday the grand Jnry
nd a tone bill against Dr. A. N. Bellinger, tor
mnroor ol Stopnry Riley, a colored man.
-ry Ellen Williams, a colored woman, who In
nst lut pnt a quantity ol."Rough on Rats" In
which aho lea to her husband and three ot her
children, from tbeeflectaot which they all
hu been convicted of murder and sentenced
hanged on the I2th of .February next
- oral hundred bales of cotton In the ware-
- ol tho Reedy Blvermsnnfactnrfng camps-
ught flic on tho 2d tusk, and thrummed tha
ictlon of the entire lot.
huleeton, W. L. Clemens locked hta On
Id son In a dark room. When tha door wu
d tht child had lost hta reason.
Tonnesaee.
oststertlleg senutton wu divulged lut
at Bpring City, Rhea county, Mtaa Salllo
y, a beautiful yonng lady ol that place, dial
i. two wetka ago, very mjiterlonsly. The
regarding her death wan tupprond, and
until today did the troth
-na known, On her dying bed
Id her terrible secret to hse family physl-
under hta promise to guard her oonleerion
dy, hut he wu pnvaUed upon to dta-
tbe truth. For some month! put n young
csmcdJ. Blcke bad.ocen paying devoted
tlon to the jonng tody. Ha tenneded her
a scent marriage, under pretense that hta
er would oppose the match. He to
ed her tnto an adjoining
ly, and with tha ttstaltnra
. onfedetate-had a mock ceremony performed
•it a month afterward! he begun admtnteter-
medicine, and tbe young till gradually wait
rey. When It wu loo late sha discovered that
rad been murdered by slow potion, saddled
‘invulaioiit. Tha vtlltaa who accomplished
rntn hu Bad tha country,
ondey Ih* contract wu awarded by S. M. Win
star, lor tbe erection ot 1100,000 loor story hurt-
• . a block nt tbe corner II Seventh tml Market
cats. Two other 175,000 blocks are now tn oonrse
- erection. Mon building ta In program in Chat-
, uooga than ever before in Us history-
Henry Gatov,white trying to tie aa enraged ball
l-1 Chattanooga, wu attacked by the animal and
LORdneuly to death.
Tha GeoigeH. Thomas poeto A.B.,01 Ctacla-
nsU, states that the excursion party which will
vWt thittaoooga will BU twenty two oere end
cxceced 1.008 In number. It to the lamst excur
sion that hu aver coat from the north.
At NuhvDle the motion lor a new trial wu res
fnacd In tha rate ol Boyd, charged with thetaor-
dcr of Birdie Fattenon An appeal wu taken.
Alabama.
A gw* man shot a negro *lrl in Montgom
ery with whom he was in love, because she
weald not marry him. He then tnrned
the pistol on himself and Bred four shots, ona
of which In the aeek is probably fatal.
The bigamist Morrison, now in JaU at Clayton,
will plead gaHty. Daring his Imprisonment ue
will study law or aedMaa.
The meal peace and serenity ot HutevtUe wu
broken cn Wednesday by Ue harrowing intelli
gence of s bloody trsdegy ta which two well
kr own citizens wars ike principals. It seems that
Mr. Frank I IckUng, Iretght as cat ot tha Memphis
end Chari, ton railroad, as Ufa place, had had a
dteyatc about thsdelfvary of son* cotton, with
Ur. Robert J. Kelly, who Ua tnsiler agent. Kel
ly, whole a young men of twenty-three yens,
procuteda knife, It Is said, for the exprested pur
pose of using It on FlcUlng. He thenwentto
Flckllng'e office, and began
abuse him. Words culminated
into a tragedy. Kelly first etabbed Flckllng under
tbe left shoulder blade, Inflicting tn ngly and
painful wonnd, and than ran, whereupon Flck
ling drew a revolver, emptlng the fire chambers,
three leads of which struck Kelly, klUlog him
luslanlly. The physician attending Flckllng nya
tbat hta wennd ta not serious. Public sentiment,
although not Indorsing Ffckflng's act, ta in aym
path/ with him.
John M. Speed, eon of Joseph H. Speed, ex-Dnl
ted States mershal, wu arretted tn Montgomery
last Monday et a house of Ul fame, on a charge of
forgery. The check' which led to the erreet wu
drawn on tho First National hank of this city for
forty-five dollars. Several more chocks are In the
hands of the demi-monde Some time ego thta
seme Speed wu indicted for rape, bnt wu not
convicted.
When the Birmingham waterworks company
(new corporation) sought several months ago to
condemn Five-mile creek for tho purpose of
bringing that stream to tho city, It wu met by an
injunction obtained.!)/ tho property owners, who
claimed that they would bo damaged two hnn-
dird and filly thousand dollars. A stubborn fight
en ued, which has tasted three months. The Jnry
brought in a verdict today, giving the property
owners only eight tbonmnd. Thta means thst
Blrmlrghsm will have two water works, and In
sures cheap rates, ts the Ely ton company uy they
will give their water sway before thenewcoa-
gany shall have their customers.
Daniels, the nlneteen-yeu-old barkeeper at Ox-
mtor furtscc, wts found inurdered in tho stloon
early thta morning. No clew to tho murderer.
STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM.
Facte of Intereet condensed from Or. Pow
ell's Annual Report.
Superintendent T, O. Powell, of the State Luna-
tlo siytnm, filed with tho governor yesterday hta
annual report, giving in detail tho every fostnro
connected with the lmtltuuon. The report ex
tends from October 1st, 1884, to October 1st, 1885.
At the opening of this year there wore in the asy
lum 888 whites tnd 839 colored. The eddltlona
during the period named are 288 wbltee and 107
colored. The deaths have been 234 whiles and 101
colored'
Tbe youngest inmate ta fifteen and the oldest
nltcty. There are seven of the age of fifteen
and two of tho ego of ninety.
The causes that lead lo the Insanity or Idiocy ol
theltmatesareglrenufollowi: Alcoholic stim
ulants, 82; menlngctla, 1; blow on tho head, 8;
child blitb, 4; fever, 1; change ol life, 2; convic
tion of mmder, 1; disappointment!, 8; death ol
retatlvee, 2; deserted by husband, 2; epilepsy, 22;
exrotnre,l; fright, 2; family troubles, 8; heredi
tary tendency, 40: herd study, 2; 111 health, 18;
Idiocy, 18; Insomnia, 1; killing a
man, 1; loss of husband, 2;
lots ol daughter, 1; loss ot property, 2; loss of chil
dren, 1; Irises pecuniary, 5; masturbation, 5;
nturalite, 1; opium, 18; overwork, 8; poverty, 1;
puerperal fever, 1; religious excitement, 14;
mcaues, 1; result of war, 1; suppression ol menses,
1, spinal troubles, 2; sunstroke, 1; typhoid fertr,
2; uphills, 11.
2 he report states that tbe condition of theiln-
atltntfon ta good, and that all of the departments
ere properly managed.
SHORT NEWS NOTES
"CuMBisro Ur tui Golduk Stairs" haa aa
great a ran at present u any piece of music pub
lished.
Navioatiox ceased In section 8 of tho Cham
plain canal on Tuesday. This section ta covered
with loe ful y en inch thick.
Ix Iowa, It la aald, there are 286 farms owned
by women. Twenty of these are dairy farms and
are managed rntlrtly by women. There sre In the
stale 182 women physicians and five womon
lawyers.
AnocT 75,000,000 eggs were exported lrom
Anocns, Italy, to England last year. Had it not
bean for tha political excitement in Ohio, which
extended even to tho bens, Mr, Hayes expected to
make Fremont a rival of Ancona thta year.
Tax Flood palace, on "Hob Hill,” San Fran
cisco, te being fitted up with wood work and brio,
a brae brought together from every part ol the
world. Sixty carloads are oa the way: each room
hu lit special attractions from a dlfierent coun
try, and nothlog It left that could (ratify the
hunger for luxury of the newly rich,
Tmt ta tho way in which milking is dons on
thetalandol Jersey: Tall bucket*, narrowed near
the top, with widened months, are nied. A linen
cloth ta tied over the top, then a smooth sea ahell
pushed down In tho depTeerton to reed re the
ilk. The ehell prevents Ue wearing ol tbe cloth
by tho streams ol milk end nt the same time sosvm
aa a strainer.
Tna noted Gadeden mansion, In Chsrlos-
ton, 8. C„ hu been sold to Mr. Arthur Barnwell
lortU.CCO. The mantel-pieces aro ot nnre Italian
marble end elaborately carved, and coat 15.000.
Since the wu the mansion wss used ta a On"-*
states conrthome, hut Mr. Barnwell will refit .
occupy It m a residence. Uefore the war 11 was
one of the moat handsomely appointed houses in
the south.
PiviiriASS havo to pay (50 for good akole-
Iona and 180 for common ones. The preparation ol
them 1s growing to heqntta a business. Tha most
difficult part oi tht process >■ to clean lha bone
without marring them. Medical collage jantton
y nearly monopolise lha trade. The Franct
J In whitening tho boats and making then
more presentable.
A Law wu passed recently Id Fesnsylva.
nta, that physiology should bo taught in tho pub
lic schools. An Indignant mother writes to e
co atelier,
It'i a cuilcus thing, (his thing we call civ
ilization," lays the dellghtlnlly didactic Howells
In "fil’u Lapbam.” "Wo think It an affair of
epochs end nations. It's really an affair ol Indi
viduals, Ont brother will be civilised and the
otherebarbarlan I’-
slrit who were so brat
olflertnt to tbe aria which make civilisation 'that
they ouiht to Sava been clothed la the skins ot
wild beasts end gone snout barefoot with clubs
over their shoulders. Yst they were ot polite
origin,•ndthelrparenteaUeutreepectta! of tu
things that three yonng animate despised."
A'rxf u-eejt's Conllitution will hare fifteen pa
ger,four pagte of which trill be opr premium litt
for 1886,
The "Honorablee."
From tbe New York Sun.
An eetceaod correspondent submits tbe fol
lowing Inquiry:
Sin: WlU yon kindly inform mo what the low
ed public position ta tbat a man can bold that
would entitle him to pul honorable before hta
nameT 8. F. 8.
There Is no tew wnetever on thaeabjcct,and
the trades ol those who enjoy Ute complimontry
distinction seem lo he grad nelly widening oni.
Originally It wn conferred on members of eon-
gress, members ol the cabinet, governors, tad
other high mugwumps. Naxl members of state
letblaturea ware called honorable, and now pretty
much every follow whom anybody wishes to
please gets thta vsrete and Indeterminate epithet,
nta s|Tn matter of taste, and there ta no precise
Site Twenty-Eighth Georgia Veterans,
From the Augusta, Ga., Chronicle.
A meeting of representatives ot tha ear-
vivortol the Twenty-eighth Georgia ragt-
ment, et the confederate army, was held at
noon yesterday at tha Clinch Rifle's armory,
Captain W. H. Douglass, ot company I, pre
siding, and A. J. Adkins, of Augusta, parma-
nent secretary. Tha meeting wu ad dr sued
by Mr. Biamith Millar on the gloria of tha
grand army of tho confederacy
S atriotic alleglanct to tho whole country ol
to survivors of a war in which they had as
sailed with dauntless rage tha very flag lor
which alone they would again enroll In atrifa.
II wureeolved that tha regiment hold ore.
union In Augusta on tha first Tneaday ta An.
gait next, and eommilteaa were appointed to
perfect errargementa, procure speakers and
to do such othsr things aa would propagate
tha IU1 purpose of tha maatlag. The commit
tees are: Executive—Messrs. Douglas, Ad
kins, Jxglett, Welch, Newman, williams,
Thompson, Boat, Tudor, Drake tnd Marten.
On speakers—Ueeers James Stapleton, 8. A.
H. Thompson, Thomaa Inglett and A. J.Ad-
TUM COTTON HARXWTg,
CONSTITUTION OFFICB,
Atiakta, November 7, lass,
rax wxxx'g BXYTSW,
New York—At tho close to-day fa tares stood 15|„
20 points under a week ago with tone steady.
Spots have ranged downward, and closed OJJc for
middling!
Local—Tho local cotton market has been com.
psraUvely quiet this week, and spots hare been ou
a downward tendency. Receipts for tbo week
amount to 13,1(2 bales, asalnstlO,(S3 bales last
week and egalnitll4.653 balesjlor the corresponding
week lut year.
NEW YORK, November e-Tha tallowing toth*
comparative cotton etatement lor the week ending
Rfoln*™**. 13. 1W10
SSuSSfesr.” ‘'MSS
_ Showing an Increwe,
Export* for tbe wnrX,..,
Game time ljut rear.
_ .flbowlnxadecrei
Total exporta to dat
Bane time last year.
Bhowlxm in Jncreau
Bane time last year,.^ 749 522
■ W.0J9
> 1.670
:'V*27
S^.tXJO
Bane time last rear...
HssKIEL
ate&TSEr^
Sams time last year.,
. Showing a decrease m.ooo
American octton afloat for Great Britain . 175,000
game too test year. 194,000
ghowlng a decrease , 21^00
SATURDAY, NOYSMBXS 9,
Now York-Cotton closed weak and ol derided
downward tendency. Spots, middling 0 MW.
N ct reoelpu today 29,309 Dales, against 82,091 ntlsc
Uxt year: exports 15,9(0 bales; lutyear 80,023 balm I
Stock 099.C 12 bales; last year 719 627 balm.
ore
Novembar-.
December...
January-.
February.
ttareh g.i
April—9.'
Closed weak; Salop*5,830 bales,
local-Cotton weak at the following quotations:
Good mtddllngSJio; middling 8Hc: strict low mid-
dung 8 7 lcc; low middling 8J4c: strict rood ordi
nal/ So; goodordlnsrv7Kmordlnuy7?
M1W YORK, November 7—Tha total visible sup
ply of cotton for the world la 2.103,367 hales, ol
which I.WIU67 bales are Amoriosn, against 2,191272
helm andl,*90,072 respectively last year. Receipt!
afoottouat all interior towtul98.017bales;rccriotj
from plantations 921,789 orupm sight 3,116,825
uvatMMku
AYLABXA,.November 7-Dcal cu report a good
trade In live stock. Tho following prices! are cure
Tnrsm, ping, sosatud; good medfnm
Jddrairing 117531225; extra goo"
. —-JI300. Mules, good medium BAASi
8280: extra medium 818036176: extra 91703*2.95,
CINCINNATI, November?—Hosts steady; oom
mci and llght J2.183U60; packingMJ-feteaiti
VMOTmiOKH, GHADI, FTC.
Atlaxta, Novemtaar7riM6,
WBXlTi
Optnlax. Hlgbavt Ltwtai. OlMiai
Voxx,
November J47X a to IS7J4 g 60
December s 50 8 86 6 80 ' “
ym TMf,
NoTcmbcr......... 170 < 70 4 70 4 70
Mlac«u*n«oaa (
fttcnt9fl.OOOV6.75; extra fanoy 86.01
*M0f«W6.75; extra family 95.50
9I5-00Q5.24; family 9l.MA94.75
L-Airn Dt.zi'igtR.oO. Corn-at- Charles white nsc: No
9wh)teC5c: No.9 white mixed f5*: No.9 mlx«3
COc. Corn Meal C5@67c; bolted 65A67c. OaU—Kot
proof 45(9«Sc; No. 9 mixed 40At2j{c. Hay—cholo
timothy, large Dalea,91.00: cnolco timothy, imftl
bolea.81 00; No. 1 iar*e beiea 90c; No 1. *10*1
bales 95£ Peas-Red 75c; clay 75c; mixed 75c. Whea
Bran 8100. Grlta—98.75wt>bl. Coffee* Rlol0ai3ol
tts oliJgovernment Java astf. ficgara-Stan&rd J
7kc; sranolated 7%o; white extra 0 m?
1 J4 bb!« 96.59; No. t bbl* 90 M); bblfc 8.60; klU
Sugsr-rurto hams, largo average 12c: smsl
do. 12V& Lard — Tierce* reflnod, 7Xo
Uioloe leal, 9fl9}S. Lemona-S3.(«3l3.u y box.
mato shoos 66210; boras
shoo nails UX02CO Iron-bound hames
9J.P0. Trace-chains 80370 Ames' snovelx 19.5ft
bpadca S9.5P391S.0ft Axre f7.IO3310.00 19 do*.
—mCo.uou cards SO.or3*5.06 WeU buckets
Slack upper *5 3400.
ntrlctly choteo Jersey
(9M nnessee 1331*01 othsr
104119ft Fonltry—Young chicken* 103
ifo; hens 92X328os cocks 200. Sweet Potatoes
2A80J ;pealed peaches cc; rough dried ap-
plea 2c1; evaporated, owfug to^qpauty. Peiauti—
fo* vinrfnla
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