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The Morgan Monitor. VOL. II. NO. 5. SI PER - YEAR IN THE TWILIGHT, Over the dusky verge Of the quiet sea, Slowly I watch emerge Tho silvor rim Of the orescent moon; pale, dim, The soft stars, one by one, With holy glaen. Steal out and light their lamps; For day is done. Tho tempests are asleep; Only the balmj OE some cool evening wind Ruffles tho calm; Tho listening ear of night Can catch no sound, Save when, in slumber bound, Earth turns and sighs; ~ Peace rules the deep. Aye, peace! across the dark Star-paven sky, The Night Queen’s silvor bark Goes gliding by; With murmuring faint, the streams Drowso as they flow In their hid channels; slow Gown-dropping dews Slide from, tho heavens liko gleams Of love-born dreams. Frail breaths of violet, Of roses fair, Shy hints of mignonettes, WyoVwhf 30 tllrougl1 tll ° air om unseen gardens, there — Beneath my feet. Ah, me! how at their spell Swift fancies rise! i What touching sympathies, : Wliat gilden memories, Aud thoughts, how sweet! —Good Words, finis LAPIN. JjL / WAS wandering, 58 gun in Hand, in -ISi * ore3 b Tr T*e!i I saw a stone Jijrtfc Sta ^- 1 cross. I had been that a::.; this ft- i!/ (i (f \iV cross The was new to me. skirt gossip of tho little hamlet, on the of tho woods, was Taupet, who had onco kept the villago cafe, and was the barber of tho country, but ho was too old now to exercise either calling. ail I knew Taupet conhl tell me about that cross. Meeting him next day, he gavo me with much de¬ tail the story of Gris Lapin : They called the man Gris Lapin be¬ cause of his beard, which was thick and gray, ami he hnl prominent teeth —and did Monsieur notice the promi¬ nent teeth i 31. de Bienville, the mas¬ ter of the h-: mids? He was not of this country, this Gris Lapin, but from Brittany, an.« was once valet do chieDS to the Comte de Bienville—with his hounds aurl his other distinctions. Tho Count had to soil his estate, and he went iu hiding, nobody know where. As for Gris Lapin, ho would not take another place ; he loved his freedom and to jlivo after his own pleasure, and ho set up as a woodcut¬ ter, a business at which he was very export—loo oxpert, perhaps, for the forest keepers, who suspected him of felling more wood than he paid for, but for a long timo they could prove nothing against him. He would often come to my little cafe, and we became great friends. He told me ho had a wife in Brittany and a son there named Eustase, and that iu tho neighborhood lived Mile. Agnes, tho Count ! do Bienville’s daughter, who was being cared for by her aunt. Sometimes Gris Lapin would quit the forest and go to Brittany. It was Gris Lapin who brought us tho xfflws tot all tins, and soon we heard how the chateau was to be new- ly furnished and furbished up, and tho Count’s old debts paid off, and presently de we hear of nothing -but M. Bienville and Mine, la Comtesse. And the new housekeeper at the chateau was no other than the wife of Gris Lapin; and their sou, the little Eustase, was running about the place, a fine playfellow for Mile. Agnes, who bad now come back to her father’s house. The Count had married a rich wife, but it turned out that tho new Countess had no lovo for her step¬ daughter. AH the lady thought was to get rid of Mile. Agnes —by marry¬ ing her off to some rich man. Eustase, that was^Jris Lapin’s boy, was going to school, and was to ho brought up to bo a priest. Ho studied Latin and all that kind of thing. Gris Lapin did not like tho idea, of the hoy becoming a priest. “Make him a soldier,” said bo. But Gris Lapin’s wife and her mistress insisted that Eustaso owed a disposition to be a cure, and it was arranged, so that he was shipped to the seminary. The fact is that Gris Lapin absorbed a great deal of brandy, and was not exactly a reputable sort of a father. Now, as ill luck would have it, when Eustase came home for his vacation, Madame had gone to ner own estate in Brittany, and the Count had taken the opportunity to bring homo his daughter from the convent to givo her pleasure, and our young Monsieur must nee' eeome enamored of this -n see, Eustase Jiad 1 so, when it was boy and the girl her, there wa3 a tadeuioisello was 111 tain young n& and the lad past few bouse to see w aud when hfi#Comte the Prussians went into sure was on a rult'bile tlio Germans attended sheriff ssi,h and a Prussian seen don’t ho the? Tedqnartci-s at the say let has already/piu kd Prussians dktagV and Cut- old tin- iff e earn- teacher tend monev. The fact ic. 0 f entertainment ; j durin" tt * of business. Some- ■ - .Gris N Lapin: “Take hold you respoa- 11 tho wood you "tout, tho Count 1 eel And f. whflt was th« I which he had referred? Nothing - may have somebody looking to his in¬ terests.” Well, one day a man camo into my place—there were ever so many Prus¬ sian soldiers there—and he was dressed like a peasant, with his bill hook hang¬ ing at his girdle, an honest woodman, as it would seem. Some of the soldiers laughed and made faces at him and called him Herr Crapaud. But ho did not seem to mind. A quiet, middle aged man, his resemblance to Gris Lapid struck mo at once, only he was younger iu the face, though his hair looked grayish. Then suddenly he said: “Monsieur Taupet, will yon cut my hair?” “Walk into my back room,” said I. You see, these Prussians dreaded spies and were very suspi¬ cious. No sooner was ho seated in my barber’s chair than I noticed that his hair was powdered, so as to give him an older look. Says ho at once : “I am Enstase. Find me some way of getting into the chateau. I cannot ask my father to help me. IIo must not know I am here. I saw him as I came here. My father was drunk and was fraternizing with our enemies.” Then I was sure tho Germans wore watching ns. Now, a sudden inspira¬ tion seized me, and I said aloud: “Yes, they buy chickens at the chateau, and it you had any pigeons you could soli them. Any kind of poultry is in demand.” Then I noticed that Eustaso started. “Pere Taupet,” said he, in a low voice, “that guess about pigeons was a dangerously good one. Look!” and, opening tho bosom of his blouse, ho showed me a white carrier pigeen there, one of the true Antwerp brood. “But tell mo about the chateau and Mademoiselle Agnes?” lie ssked. I gavo him the last news. "They are all well,” I said. Thou ho told mo that he was no longer a seminarist, but had taken up arms in dofenso of Franco. That ho had been promised his epaulets if he would undertake a dangerous service, and it was to find out the exact force of Pruseians in this province, That he had three pigeons, and that two of thorn had been loosed, and tho third, with tho final news, tho most important, was to be seut to the French headquarters. I managed somehow that Eustaso had entrance to the chateau, and you may fancy what joy there was when la mere and tho pretty Agnes fouud out who was the elderly pigeon morchant who had brought tho birds for the kitchen. Such information as Eustaso obtained ho wroto and put in a quill and attached it to tho pigeon, aud I think Mademoiselle herself carried it to the upper window of tho chateau aud lot it fly ; and (ho bird winged her way right over the forest. And now Eustase said to Agnes: “You have won for me the cross and my epaulets.” But just thon they heard a shot. That evening Gris Lapin came to my place, and I told him about his son, aud he could hardly believe it. Aud as we were talking together in a low voice we heard the sound of a military jiarty, tramp, tramp, tramp; nnd be¬ hold, there camo along at the doublo an armed guard of Prussians, with a prisoner in tho middle of them, his hands tied behind him,as pale as death, with a strange glazed looked in his eyes. “That is a poor fellow whom they have caught sending messages to our army by a carrier pigeon, beaven bless him,” somebody said. And at thal Gris Lapin staggered forward and threw himself among tho soldiers with a loud ery, while the prisoner turned his head. “Mon pore,” ha cried, springing toward him as well as he could, but the soldiers urged him along with their bayonets, and drove away Gris Lapin with blows, and he foil backward among us more dead than alive. It wai terrible I Tho young man was to bo shot. The Countess and Mile. Agnes were to be sent out of France. The pigeon, which had been shot, had told the whelo story. That evening Gris Lapin came to sec me. I tried to comfort him, but ho bade me hold my tongue, for that I knew nothing about the matter. “That might be,” I said, “but I knew this much; that if I knew the traitor who had betrayed him I would do my best to strangle him with theso two hands of mine.” At this Gris Lapin dashed at me, tearing the wrapper from his brawny throat. “Do you say so? Then strangle me, for I am tho traitor 1” He had shot the pigeon and had taken it to tho Prussians and sold it for fifty francs, with the little burden it carried. “Yes; I have sold my son’s life,” he groaned. “Well, I am going away—I nin going to take chnrgo of mademoiselle and my wife. They need never know,” looking nt mo fiercely, “No,” I said, “they need never know I —nor anybody else, for that matter. should not betray von.” “You will not betray me,” repented Gris Lapin; “bni you will not touch hands upon that.” “No,”I said, drawing back, “I will not.” At that his mood changed, aud he flunghimself into the operating chair, and bade mo light iny lamp and shave his beard. In a new country he would he a now man. And indeed ho looked a new man with liis gray beard taken off and his hair shortened. A much younger mail, for his hair was still black, or only spreekled with gray. When I had finished he muffled up his face, saying with a bitter laugh, that it would not do to take a chill. “And now,” ho said, “I am promised ten minutes with my son. It will be a pleasant interview, don’t you think?” 'Vith a hollow laugh that made rnv blood rnu cold ; “and before daylight to-morrow,” he continued, “I shall be far away from here, and wo shall never meet again. Will jou not touch “My friend,” I said, “may Heaven forgive you, but I cannot take nr hand,” and Gris Lapin turned aad was lost to sight in thedark- I slept soundly enough that night, for whatever pc-oplo’a troubles may be must work, and work brings the t (Ulbjr \i - / * POPITZiATIOKT AKTD DRAIKTAGB. MORGAN, GA., FRIDAY, FERRUARY 12. 1897. need of repose; but just before day¬ break I was aroused by the soldiers who were billeted upon ruo turning out. I got up to see what was the matter, when a Sergeant, catching sight of me, made signs to mo iu a rough, authoritative way to take up a spade and follow him. I turned sick at what was going to happen, but theso were people not to be trifled with, and I marched away to the for¬ est with the rest. It waB in this little clearing, mon¬ sieur, whore the firing party was drawn up, with one solitary figure stripped to his shirt standing before them. I flung myself down on the ground and buried my face in the moss, and then tho volley rang out loud and clear. And then tho firing party marched off, and I was left with the Sergeant, who was carelessly pac¬ ing up and down, and who motioned to me to dig tho grave. But first I went up to the body to close the eyes that were sti) ing wildly, with, I fancy, somo little consciousness still loft in them. But tho face was quite different from what I expected. With the marks of my razor upon it, and n gash that I mado in my agitation the night beforo ! It was tho face of Gris Lapin. Ah, how I pressed his bauds and I fancied that tho numbed fingors feebly returned the pressure 1 His crime was expiated, ho might rest in peace. And, raa foi, I should like to lie here myself, with tho sound of. tho axe' in the distance and the wood pigeons cooing. But that is all folly, for when wo are doad, what matters? Mind, I do not believe for a mo¬ ment that tho young man thought that he had loft his father to dio. Ho could net think it possible that they should shoot one man for another. Nor would they have done so but for tho ruse of Gris Lapiu in having his well-known beard taken off. But, anyhow, the young man escaped, and the guard did not recognise tho ohango. And perhaps ho does not know to this day, for when tho war was over none could tell what had be¬ come of Gris Lapin. And I also hold my pence, for I thought that such would bo the wish of my old comrade. But M. Eustnso got his epaulets after all, and iu tho end the Comte gave his permission that he should marry Mile. “Agnes. And madnme, who wa3 at first very angry, was afterward re¬ conciled, and when she died—both she and tho Comte are now dead—aha loft tho bulk of her fortune to the young couple. And so tho little Ens- tase i3 now M. do Bienville, and hunts the forest liko a grand seigneur, but some of us remember that., after all, ho is tho son of Gris Lapin.—All the Year Round. A Remarkable Kentucky Clock. Tho oldest clock in Breathitt Coun¬ ty, Kentucky, is owned by Mr a. R. 0. Hord, and is thus described by the Jackeoil Hustler : “It is one of theso old-fashioned, seven-feat tall time¬ keepers, nnd the year 1740, iu which it was made, is stamped on one of tho wooden wheels, together with another inscription, indicating that it was manufactured in Liverpool, and still another showing that a firm in Lcitah- ficld, Conn., handled it as an article of merchandise on this side of tho At¬ lantic. Just before his death, oight years age, Alfred Marcum gavo it to his daughter, Mrs. Hord. Alfred Mar¬ cum purchased the timepiece at the administrator’s sale of Bimeon Bohau- nan, who lived on Tronblosomo in 1843. It was in the possession of Simeon Bohannon fifteen yoars and ran constantly all that time, Simeon’s father, who camo from Viriginin, pre¬ sented his son with tho clock after he had owned it fifty years. It was brought from Virginia, taken to pieces, on tho backs of slaves. Thus there is accurate account that tho clock is 150 years old, has been running for over 100 year-, and, as far as is known, it has never had to bo repaired. It is still running and keeps good time. All the wheels except one nrc mado of hard wood., A relative of Mrs. Hord offered her $500 for the ancient col¬ ossus, bat sho refused tho offer, hav¬ ing mado up her mind that sho nover will part with it during hor life.”— Louisville Courier-Journal. American Rubbers. There is a big field in Germany for American rubbers, says United States Consul Motioghan, at Chemnitz, in a report to tho State Department. At present Russia is supplying most oi the rnbbersjworn in Germany, gelling through agencies all over tho empire, but neither tho Russian nor the Ger¬ man-made artiolo is as good as the American product, being clumsy and lacking in durability, although it commands tho market just now by reason of its lower price. The Consul also submits some statistics to show how Germany is building up a large trade nt England’s expenso with New South Wales. He gives a list of the principal German exports to that col¬ ony, and says thoy are not nearly as good as our own wares, and with the advantage of cheaper and quicker freights across tho Pacific tho United States should certainly have, this trade. The Gormans, however, keep their goods up to or above sample, pack them with great care and employ com¬ petent salesmen speaking several lan¬ guages, and thus continue to extend their trade iu all quarters. Circulars are, in Mr. Monoghau’a opinion, not worth the paper they arc printed on aa a means of introducing goods.— Star. Remarkable Madstone,-, Mudstones which aro sai l to have come from tho mew of a Rooky Moun¬ tain goat inoro than fifty years ago, and to have been applied to 1000 raad- dog bites, successfully in every instance except one, arc still iu efltvico Vt/mb iu counties of Casey au-l < ” They aro owned by ,\Y. V-' whose father brougiir "" fc 'i 1 —New York Hu. l pA ! e as a their strength. r QUEEN REGENT OF SPAIN SIGNS AU TO X 031V OOCUMENT. SYSTEM OF HOME RULE DECREED. Tho Reform Measure Gives to the Cubans An Administrative Assembly To 15o Selected By Popular Ballot. The queen regent of Spain, Thurs¬ day, signed tho plan for reforms iu the island of Cuba. The schemes includes numerous and elaborate decrees and will occupy sev¬ eral pages of the Official Gazette. It is understood that the reforms consist chiefly in the creation of an assembly to be called the council of administra¬ tion, composed of thirty-five mem¬ bers, of whom twenty-one are to be elected by the people and six by tho different corporations. The.remainder will be one magistrate, one university professor, one archbishop and livo senators or deputies. The council of administration is empowered, firstly, to prepare a bud¬ get; secondly, to examine into the fit¬ ness of officials appointed; thirdly, to make a tariff subject to the condition that the Spanish exports have admis¬ sion over the general tariff. Tho governor general will represent the home government and will have the right to nominate officials, who should ho Cubans or Spaniards, who have resided 20 years in Cuba. Nev¬ ertheless, he may freely nominate high functionaries, such as magis¬ trates, prefects, etc. Other decrees concern the organiza¬ tion of the improvisional municipali¬ ties, which aro to he liberally repre¬ sented. The municipal councils general will be empowered to elect presidents aud will have a representative control of public education. According to another decree the government reserves to itself extraor¬ dinary powers in the event of any dis¬ turbance of public order, aud Cuba will continue to elect senators and deputies to tho cortes as at present. Altogether, tho reforms are much baoador in the direction of docent rec¬ ognition than those granted to Porto Bico. Tho powers of the governor general are much extended, while the council of administration is fairly rep¬ resentative of all parties and interests. The Spanish government will con¬ tinue to vote budgets aud treaties for the colonies. The Spanish products, according to the reform scheme, will be allowed a rebate of 40 per cent, on the Cuban tariffs compared with other imports. FIGHT 'WITH BANDITS. General Thomas, Indian Agent, Reported To Have Keen Killed. General Edward Loyd Thomas, In¬ dian agent at Sac and Fox agency, near Guthrie, Oklahoma, is said to have been killed a day or two ago while re¬ sisting a gang of eight bandits, which mode an attack upon the government store at the agency. In the battle which ensued, three men were killed who were in the offi¬ cer’s party and and one of the outlaws was killed. Tlio news of the battle reached Guthrie Thursday afternoon, but the details could not be ascertained. At Shawnee, tho nearest telegraph station to the Sac and Fox agency, the report¬ ed battle was confirmed. COFFEE COMPANY INCORPORATES. Officers of the Sugar Trust Arc Now Ready for Rusinoss. At Trenton, N. J., Thursday tho American Coffee Company was incor¬ porated with a capital stock of $100,- 000 . Tho incorporators are Henry O. Havemeyer, John E. Henries, John E. Parsons and Theodore Havemeyer, all officers of tile sugar trust. Ueakon Appointed Aide. William R. Leaken, of Savannah, Ga., has received a letter from General Horace Porter appointing him an aid- de-eamp on his stnff- in the inaugura¬ tion parade, and lias accepted. Mr. Leaken was the republican elector from flie first congressional district and received tho third highest vote on the ticket. MINES MAY CLOSE. Strike of Railroad Kmployes Will Cause Works to Shut Down. A dispatch from Butte, Mont, says: A strike inaugurated on the Butte, Anaconda and Pacific road by thirty members of the freight crows, because one of their number was discharged, threatens to result in a closing down of all the Anaconda milling properties, which are dependent on the road for supplies. The company will not take back the strikors, and so far no new men have been fouud to take their pjaces. Tho Anaconda properties employ over 0,000 men and the supplies on hand soon will be exhausted. Big Shipyards In Flames. The shipyards of tho Fairfield Ffifip- S building Glasgow, Scotland, company, have at Govan, beeffi -near | almost $250,030. fjSssrel for ( j ! . ( ’ Tlio NorHoovo place. Von passed ; littlieoapf YThumlay V ’ % A pur A-ttrt „o„„ aft THE MAJOR’S PRIVATE SECRET Alt V J. Addison Porte ■v, JmiviVdUst, . Will Suc- c«ed ’ Mr. Thurber. The Connecticut delegation at Wash¬ ington received a telegram Thursday morning from J. Addison Porter, of Hartford, Conn., dated Canton, for¬ mally advising them that he lind been offered the position of secretary by Mr. McKinley and had accepted. Tho delegation is highly gratified over Mr. Porter’s selection for this important place and predict that he will make an ideal private secretary to tho incoming president. Mr. Thurber, Mr. Cleveland’s private his secretary, wired Mr. Porter offering services in conducting his succes¬ sor into oflice. The next secretary of state is a son of a distinguished father, John Addi¬ son Porter, the celebrated chemist, who was the author of several books on the subject which have become the highest authority. He was a graduate of Yale, as is also his son, John Addi¬ son President Porter, who lias been selected by retary. McKinley for private sec¬ Mr. Porter is a cultured and ablo writer who lias made a reputation both in a literary and journalistic way. Ho has been connected with a number of tho leading besides newspapers of the east and lias contributed a great deal to magazines and other periodicals. Ho was born in New Haven, Conn., in 185G, aud is now, consequently, nearly 11 years of ago. He is a cult¬ ured and refined man and in many re¬ spects well fitted for the duties of tho post to which he been appointed. 00L. CROFTON RETIRED. The President, Has Recourse to the Law To Fire Ilim. A Washington special says: Col. Robert E. Crofton, of tho Fifteenth infantry, was arbitrarily relieved Thursday has by order of the president. It been the desire of the war de¬ partment that this officer should leave the active service, and efforts have been made during the past two years to attain this end, first through intimations to tho friends of Colonel Crofton that his retire¬ ment would lie granted if applied for, and this failing, through tli6 law, which obliges officers to retire if found physically cal board. unfit for servioo by a medi¬ This last, course was adop¬ ted about nine months ago, but also without success, the board finding that the officer was in good condition physically. Finally recourse has been had to the law which permits the pres¬ ident to retire an officer arbitrarily, when he shall have reached 62 years of age. Col. Crofton has passed this mile¬ stone and the law applies to liis caso. This is a most unusual occasion, the last instanco of an enforced retirement being in tho caso of General Carr, who was forced out in order to permit tho promotion of officers below him in rank. Col. Crofton was in command of the Fifteenth infantry while the or¬ ganization was stationed at Fort Sher¬ idan, near Chicago, and was without just ground held responsible for the many incidents in the history of tho occupation of tho posts that furnished tho matter for reports. Crofton has a good war record. lie was lint a native American, being born in Ireland. Ho was brovetted major and oolonel for gallant service at Shi¬ loh and Chiekamauga. Ho becamo colonel of tlio Fifteenth infantry in October, 1886, aud is now stationed at Fort Bayard, N. M., whence that com¬ mand was removed when the last change in stations of troops was mado. DON’T WANT AUTONOMY. Cubans Will Accept Nothin# Hut Absolute I mlcpeiulencc. A New York dispatch says: Honor Thomas Estrada Palma, the Cuban delegate, when interviewed Thursday concerning the proposed reforms in Cuba, gave out tho following state¬ ment: “Had genuine autonomy instead of sham reforms been offered to the peo¬ ple of Cuba before they rose in arms, the Cubans would surely have accepted it and, therefore, bloodshed and total devastation of the island would huva been averted. (t If the Cuban people did not accept those sham reforms anil rose in arms for independence, how would they ac¬ cept thorn now or enter into any kind of compromise which has not for its basis the absolute independence of the island? They are sure of success, and one thing is certain, that is that the Cubans will never again place their necks under the Spanish yoke.” CONFLICTING POINTS DEVELOP In Uoganl Ut l,Ji© South Carolina DiHjicn- Hiiry Dedsion, A Columbia special says: By a series singular oversights, ull correspon¬ and reporters in Washington, overlooked an opinion by Justice filed with another in tlio South Carolina dispensary cases somo ten ago. Its bearing on the enforce¬ of the law is as important as the which was printed in almost every paper in the country. An official copy of the document in has just been received by Attorney General Barber, and it seems Gentmliot. on somo points the already published. GOOD ROADS CONGRESS. A KiTeetcd and At the second day’s meeting of the S" 111 ’Y; F's ; 00 t1,f fSiSng General n v -s effected: »• to dent; Q *. tT u - a “ Cite xident; V 1. J. Apple- in a rev -f T. P. GREEN, MANAGER. REESE WAS EXONERATED; SWEAT WAS CENSURED. SOBER CHARGES NOT CONSIDERED. Special Session of tlio Georgia State !>*?#- islature to Act on Committee Kcport. The Result. Ilrtatly Told. The special session of the Georgia legislature to pass on the report of the Carter investigating committee met at the capital Wednesday morning. Many interesting facts were brought out at the session. Tho house of ropreseniatives adopt¬ ed tho report of the investigating com¬ mittee on tho charges against Judges Ileose and Sweat after sharp debate, aud after a resolution for the impeach¬ ment of Judge Sweat had been voted down. Tho question was divided and the vote to adopt the report on Judge llceso was unanimous niji was receiv ed with applause. The report on .TudJ' Sweat was adopted by a vote of 931o 64, and the announcement of the result was ceived with silence. The special session decided to take up no charges against Judge Gobor. It allowed $0,000 for the purpose of de¬ fraying expenses of tho committee of investigation. It allowed tho usual per diem of members of the general assembly ing the and usual mireago for attend¬ adjourned session. The house and senate split on tho resolution to pay Senator Carter for his work during tho investigation. Immediately after the sossion opened in the house Mr. Blalock, of Forsyth, offered a resolution to investigate all the state departments and institutions, and it was adopted by division, 10-4 to 4. Mr. Folder then submitted his re¬ port as chairman of the investigating committee. Mr. Felder moved the adoption of tho report. Mr. Branch introduced a resolution that the special committee appointed to investigate the charges against Judge Sweat and Reese,having made its report, the house hereby ex¬ punges all parts of said report which e lit in any particulars of defenses 1 11 rod these judges be¬ fore the committee; and he it further resolved, that all finding for or against tlio said judges by the com¬ mittee be expunged from its report, aud bo it further resolved, that a com¬ mittee of this house be now appointed to prepare articles of impeachment against J. L. Sweat.” The resolution also provideed that the committee take charge of the evidence and prosecute Judge Sweat before the bar of the senate. Tho resolution was tabled by a vote of 80 to 87. Mr. Wont, of Lowndes, offered a resolution to authorize tlio committe to investigate Judge Gober and other judges. Mr. Branch offered a substitute re¬ citing the fact that charges against Judge Gober were submitted to the committee by Senator Carter, arad con¬ tinuing the committee. He also offered a substitute embodying Senator Car¬ ter’s communication to the committee with the following at tho end: “Unsolved, That tlio investigating com¬ mittee is hereby continued and Instructed to oxamtno into tho above charges recited in this preamble against Judge George F. Gobor and report back to tlio next meeting of the general assembly. “Resolved second, That the next meeting of tills committee shall be hold in the capltol on tho second Wednesday in October.’’ A lively discussion here ensued, nt. the termination of which a motion to table the West resolution and Branch substitute was put and carried viva voce. When the house was preparing to adjourn Mr. Jenkins, the speaker, made a fow remarks. He thanked tho house for tlio kindness with which ho had been treated and stated that, ho left tho ball with a feeling of warm personal friendship to each and every member. After thanking them again for their attention to his rulings, he declared the February sossion of the house of representatives adjourned sine die. Iiilflu IliiHiitOHH for flic Semite. The senate was in session the greater part of the day, but had very little business to transact. The body re¬ ceived no message from the house of representatives concerning tho subject for which the special session was con¬ vened—-tho report of the investigating committee in the Sweat-Reese ease, and therefore took no action. During the morning session no mat¬ ters of importance were taken up. A few house bills were read and laid on the table. In the afternoon bills that were passed by tho house during the day were concurred in or amended as the senators heaved saw fit. Everyone pres¬ ent a sigh of relief when Presi¬ dent Burner announced adjournment at 6:30 o’clock. A CORRUPT COUNCIL -- L- - AJtlcnnon «w 1 Poll©© Officer# of Louisville Indicted on l>ain:i#lit# Charges. The grand jury of Louisville, Ky., indictments « few days ago ugainst M foi.ri^„ people connected with q 117 t Monday and pleaded he cast "ue<l March N THROUGH GEORGIA. The Hade Coal Company lias paid its lino of $750 which was imposed by Governor Atkinson nearly a year ago, when the convict lessees were investi¬ gated by tho court of inquiry, over which Governor Atkinson presided. The motion for a new trial in the of case death of Henry White, under sentence at Columbus for the murder of Policeman Jackson, was denied by Judge Butt. Tho case will bo ap¬ pealed to the supreme court. Governor Atkinson has fixed Febru¬ ary 12th for the hearing of-the case of Will Heas, who was granted a respite a fow days ago. On that date the counsel for Boas will appear before the governor and argue tho case. Heas, it will be remembered, was sen¬ tenced to bo hanged on January ‘.tilth, but was respited for a month on ac¬ count of new evidence ami deyehtipL meats in his case. Curing the special se/siou ofJKe legislature last Wed'.....lay, Mr^ola- leek, of Fayette, introduced. jt-'Tesolu- tioiv W the house to havffl a special "(remittee of five appointed to inves¬ tigate ail the departments of state and re; >i at the next session of tho gen- e"al assembly. The resolution went through ; id the committee was ap¬ pointed by Speaker Jenkins with Mr. Blalock, chairman. * * * Harrison Wilson, t he Gwinnett coun¬ ty man who was recently convicted of conspiracy in the United States court at Atlanta, has been refused a new trial by Judge Newman. Wilson was charged with joining a lot of moon¬ shiners and attempting to kill revenue officers who were raiding in his sec¬ tion of tho county. The officers hero fired upon and Deputy Marshal Me- Afoo was wounded. The ax of retrenchment has been Up¬ lifted by the Fulton county commis¬ sioners and lot fall upon the payrolls for the hire of convicts from other counties. The county has been pay¬ ing too much, tho commissioners say, heretofore for the hire of convicts which arc taken from other counties. Now, the commissioners say, the coun¬ ty must economize in this particular and hereafter will only pay $3 p er month for able-bodied convicts. Tho president of tho Chattahoochee River Street Railway company says it is not true that, hi fine is soon to bo extended from Boltan to Marietta as published. He reo.-ntly hud made a survey of tlio propir . 1 extension and submitted a plan,to the peopled ja- riotta has met for with consul#,-ntjlm. enjmragoment, Bo far, ho no and unless the Cobb ’ nfy capitalista change their attitudiT-" addition will not be built. The now Atlanta city directoi’y wJV. ho out in a few days. It will bo a complete record with many new feat¬ ure!!, and the entire make up of tlio big book will be the handsomest yet seen of a city directory. This diroft- tory of Atlanta for 18!>7 shows a pop¬ ulation of over 117,003, indicating tho continual wonderful growth of the city, and representing a prodigious amount of work iu the way of canvass- ing and arrangement. * * * Georgia may soon have a colony of Mennonito". -located within hor borders. For some weeks leading members of that faith have been in correspondence with ox-Governor W. J. Northeu, head of the Georgia Immigration and In¬ vestment Bureau, relative to securing homes in this state. As a result of tho correspondence Rev. J. B. Lehman, a» Mennonito minister, of Elkhart, link, will visit the at,ale to look oyer the field anil perhaps select a location for the colony. Tho stato of Georgia will be repre¬ sented by an exhibit at the Tennessee Centennial exposition. Besides acting on the judicial investigating commit¬ tee’s report, a bill was put through for the exhibit. The sum of $2,000 was appropriated. The action of the legislature provides for the sending of an exhibit to Nashville, and also pro¬ vides for making an exhibit of wo¬ man’s work. Nftio resolution was passed after a longhand heated discus¬ sion, and at times it seemed that the measure would fall through. * * + Judge Joseph Babcock, one of tho quaintest characters that ever lived in Sparta, died a few days ago He lo¬ cated in tlio town about forty years ago and came from New York. Ho arrived a poor boy, but by frugal in¬ dustry had accumulated quite a little fortune. He would have no confiden¬ tial friends and not even his daily as¬ sociates know anything of liis history prior to his life in Sparta. For a quar¬ ter of a century or more he has been a jeweler and has accumulated at least $50,003. It is presumed that lie made no disposition of his hard earned es¬ tate. In that case liis property would naturally belong to th9 state. * * * The engineering journals are prais¬ ing southern enterprise on account of tlio development of large water power for electric transmission on the Tow-- aliga river, nom Gl'iffiu. Moore & McCrary, two Georgia Technological school graduates, lmvo charge of tho extensive work. They expect to get 2,000-horse power and all neighboring towns will be supplied. This is but the beginning of such enterprises in tho south. The men who are to reap the profits of such work should be trained in thej Georgia Bchool of. Technology. It offend superior engineering. inducements in the vavioiys fields of Nb en- trance examination is reqniuejrforen- - I" -- ~~a +i... i........* 1 • —