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MARIETTA,' AUGUST 14, 1879.
Peel’s Restaurant.
When you visit Atlanta go to David
(i. I’i.ki.’s Kustackant No. to 8. Broad
St., Atlanta, Ga., where lam prepared
to furnish you a No. 1 meal for 2" ets.
Mv table will he supplied with the best
the market allbrds, when in season. I
will exchange with my country patrons
.meals for Chickens. Eggs, Vegetables,
>r any other article that 1 use on my
table or in my line of business. I have
a small Family Gre< ry attached to my
Jtestaurant. A tria' is all I ask. Give
me a call, for I mean what Isay. The
following is the lint, or Fakk :
Regular Dinner, 23 cts. Oyster Soup,
10 ets. Vegetable Soup. lOets. Turtle
Soup, touts. Clam Soup,lOets. Ham,
Eggs, Coifee, Bread anil Butter, Suets.
Steak, Eggs, Coifee. Bread and Butter,
'•tacts. Kish, Eggs, Coffee, Bread and
Butter, 25ets. Oyster Stew and Coffee
a.aets. Oyster Fry and Coffee J.Vts.
Iliiw Oysters, 25et*.
Uememher the place, li.ix inG. I* i K:.
No. ins. Broad St.^ Atlanta, Ga.
The Singing Tone o^l’iaiios.
To acquire a true legato touch is the
snoot difficult of Piano Technic. The
itouch is necessary in order to bring out
itlie singing qualities of tone in a piano
A piano however must possess this
rone and the most perfect mechanism,
ffne material and skilled workmanship
are requisite to insure it. It is the ver
dict of all artists that the Shoniuger
*.fraud I’pright Piano excels all others
in this country both in singing and
carrying qualities of tone, united with
the greatest power. aug7 .'lt
J lie town was almost depopu
lated last Sunday. Everybody
and Iris wife went out to camp
meeting.
Local news ol'interest is scarce.
So scarce in fact, that, we are sat
isfieil that news from abroad will
prove more acceptable to our
readers than the ord-'o-ir;' gossip
■jve might reduce '■ ... Ting.
We learn of the death on last
Friday, at Clarksville, Haber
sham county, of Mr. Geo. D. Phil
lips, father of our esteemed citi
gens Gen. Wm. and
Phillips Me had lived to a ripe
old age.
During a thunder storm near
Lost Mountain las! week, light
ning struck in the center of a
field of eel ton on the farm of Dr.
Alston. A circle of some thirty
feet, was completely cleared of
every living- cotton stalk.
Snake Bitten. — Rev. J. .1.
Hunt, while removing some shin
gles on his premises lasl Thurs
day, was bitten on the finger by a
ground rattlesnake. 11 is arm
and hand were soon wollen tre
mendously, and, but for the im
mediate application of antidotes
results would have been serious.
The following is from a little
boy residing in Davenport Iowa:
Davenport, lowa. Aug., Jit 70.
/Cditors Field and Fireside;
It is two years or more since my
Grandfather subscribed for your
nice weekly paper, and I think
be must have paid for two years j
subscription, or you would not
have sent it to me.
Until to-day I have not receiv
ed a copy for four weeks, and i
really missed it so much, 1 do not
feel that! can do without it. %
lam a boy twelve years old,
and feel something more than a
curiosity to have it continued.
Enclosed I send one dollar for all
ot her year. B. B. *****.
LOST MOUNTAIN.
We have had a few more days
of sunshine which we hope will
stop our cotton from shedding.
I'he excessive wet weather filled
everything with sap and ruined
our nubbins by making them
grow to lull si/e ears of corn.
Hogs that are not fattened and
killed this winter will have to
root for their living next year for
the reason that we will not have
any short corn to U cm on
and you know w;• never feed
good corn to our hogs.
Great preparations aie being
made by the people of this neigh
borhood for the association at
Shiloan- We met at the church
last Monday and erected an arbor
large enough to accommodate a
thousand people. We are pleas
ed to say that there were many
who assisted in the work from
other denominations, which
shows that they believe in allow
ing every one to worship under
his ova vine and fig tree. In ad
dition to building the arbor we
cleared oil the grave yard
and caused it to appear to better
advantage.
What lets become ol all your
correspondents We would be
glad to hear from them every
week. Come "Wild Horse,' wake
up, and let ns hear from you oc
casionally. We gnee read after
an intelligent writer from Ken
uesaw, and we have longed to
hear from him again, and if we do
not soon we will b gin to think
he has gone into oh -urity.
The general hciltli of this
neighborhood is very good.
Felix Force.
A WELL MERITED
i'ompli incut.
We note with pleasure and
pride that the Trustees of the
University of Georgia have, at
their late Commencement, eon
ferreM the high degree of -Doctor
of Divinity' upon our townsman,
RcxbL). L. Ruttolpli. li is a
and one most
bestowed by the Uni
one whose modesty is
Doctor
Butlnl^"“Ski hcologian,
Site Hl|- •- sW
4 and i )( ,ie of i lie
veryo'est preachers his demmii
nation lias given to the country
or to the century. The Universi
ty, throughout its history, has ev
er been chary of conferring such
honors.
\V EST I*ol NT CAIHITSIIII*.
To he A p/ioi nt at from the Serenth
< 'oiif/ressional District.
War Department, \
Washington, June 21,1879. t
lion, W. 11. Felton, M. C.,
Cartersville, Ga.;
Sir—You are invited by the
Secretary of War to nominate at
your earliest convenience, ale
gaily qualified candidate, to ap
pointment as Cadet to the United
; States Military Academy, from
the Seventh Congressional Dis
trict of Georgia, who must be at
West Point not later than the
19th of June, 1880, but whose
appointment is required by law
to be made as nearly one year in
advance of that date as is practi
; cable.
Your immediate attention to
the subject and to the terms of
the accompanying circular is ear
nestly requested.
Very resp’y, your ob't sv't.
E. D. Townsend,
Adjutant General.
Vice Cadet Edgar Hubert to
graduate June, 1880.
In obedience to the above re
quest of the Secretary of War, 1
respectfully invite every young
man who is a bona tide resident
of the 7th Congressional District
of Georgia, between the ages of
17 and 22 years, and who may
wish to compete for this appoint
ment, to appear before a board
of examiners in Cartersville, the
first Tuesday in October, 1879.
1 will nominate tin* applicant
selected by t his board, after a
rigid and impartial examination.
The studies in which thorough
proficiency is required, are or
thography, reading, writing, ge
ography, English grammar, his
tory, and arithmetic. None need
apply unless they are well nigh
perfect in these branches, espe
cially arithmetic.
They must be physically sound
and at least live feet in height.
1 will furnish ‘‘regulations” to
those applicants who desire them.
Very respectfully,
W. 11. Felton.
HOARD OE EXAMINERS.
Bartow county-—Messrs J. G.
ltyals, Then E. Smith, Tims 11.
Baker, Amos T. Akerman.
Catoosa county—Messrs A. 1.
Leet, A Graham, T. A. Williams.
F. C. Church.
Cherokee county —Messrs M ar
cus Field, 11. W. Newman, W. N.
Wilson, I*. 11 Brewster.
Dade county—Messrs .1 W
Townsend, R. A. Morgan. R. M.
Paris.
Cobb county—Messrs W, T.
Winn, John O. Gai'lrell, Gilbert
Tennent, Marion Phillips.
Chattooga county Messrs W.
Shropshire, Joseph T. Hamilton,
•John Starling, F Cheney.
Floyd county—Messrs G A.
Nunnally, L. J. Jones, Daniel S.
Printnp, R. D. Harvey.
Gordon county Messrs David
Ramsaur, H. B. Herrington, G. W
Wells, M. V. Watts.
Haralson county—Messrs Thus
Philpot, Walter Brock, John
Tomlinson, Dr. Hutchinson.
Murray county—Messrs Jatban
Gregory, Ross Bates, Sll Henry,
Dr. Stafford.
Paulding county- Messrs Geo.
Lewis. John Clout/. .1. B. Dean.
11. J. Sligli.
Polk county—Messr- Ivey
Thompson, M. Liddell. R. W Ev
erett, R. L l’oole.
Wliitlicld county—Me -r Daw
son A Walker. W. 11. l'ibbs, \V .
C Richardson, W. L. lloadiiek.
Walker county—Messrs 1) Ear
riss, Robert Dougherty, Win A
Garimtny, L. R. Dickey.
Any live members ol the above
board iiiali constitute a quorum.
THE It KYILLK MLKDEIL
ADIUTTONAI. LIOHT VI-ON TllE MAT
I'ER. THE SVSm/TKD l-ARTIES
AND THE PROOFS.
1* roni 1 uesdays Constitution we
take the following as pointing
undeniably to the true perpetra
tors of the recent horrible min
der of the Defoors:
“One week alter the crime the
only valuables missed—(he notes
and money—were found in an old
fashioned pitcher upon a table in
the cornor of the very room in
which the deed had been done.
Scouting parties scoured the
county in every direction. Eve
ry mind in the community was
excited, and every eye was strain
ed. Rewards were offered by ret
atives of the deceased and by the
governor, the whole police, for a
time, seemed to have dedicated
themselves to tin- search for the
perpetrators of this crime, with
out the shadow of a palliation or
the semblance of a parallel in the
history of Georgia. Many arrests
were made, but the negroes, up
on showing their whereabouts
upon the night of the crime,were
promptly and justly released.
Theory ran wild, and fact seemed
lost forever in the mists of myste
rv. Suspicion ran riot, and was
just in the act of pointing its
trembling huger at the kinsman
ol the deceased, when sympathy
shielded him with her hallowed
wing. And then Asa Gunn was
brought with his wonderful con
lessioii, inculpatinga white man
and another negro. Thorough
search was made for these per
sons in the county from which
Asa said they sprung, but no such
men were to be found. And then
Asa denied all knowledge of the
killing, saying that the bite from
the dog, lhe blows from the spade
and the horrible threats of his
captors had frightened him into a
confession,-the words of which
were not his words, but had been
put into liis mouth by men be
lieving in bis guilt and hungry
for his conviction. And then Asa
was carried out to the scene of
the tragedy, and it was thought
by many excellent men that the
things which he pointed out
and the answers which he gave
forever fixed him as the guilty
man, and the only guilty man in
connection with the whole affair.
But a quiet, collected gentlman
who went out with him said that
Asa was again threatened and
prompted and so intimidated by
the crowd which was present,
that he told a medley of lies
which would have awakened the
envy ot Munchausen and kindled
the admiration of Perkins. And
tin- public said that Asa had been
shamefully treated and should
be released because he has con
fessed under duress, audit didn't
believe in confession anyhow.
And the men who.took Asa out—
that is sonic of them, said lie is
undoubtedly the man, and the on
ly mail, and shall surely die. And
they led jail where
he is still confessing and denying
and lying, and re lying,and lying
yet again.
But the stern facts printed by
Tiie Coxsttit tion in its li is t, dab
orate review still remain.
The murderer was perfectly fa
milliar with tin- habits of tin- old
people and the premises.
The murder was not committed
for the purpose of burglary. The
money was left. The murder was
not, committed from a motive of
revenge. The old people had no
enemies. The murder was there
suit of a deep plan. An active
brain laid it. The murder may
have been done for “hire and sal
arv. Why not ? The murderer
may have been playing for In
lures. Why not ?
The motive for the murder is
shrouded in the deepest mystery ;
addition vl partictlaks.
Yesterday Asa Gunn was car
ried before Justice Tanner for
trial. He waived an examination
and went back to jail. He say ,
that he can prove an alibi, that
an old negro man who lives six
miles beyolid the Ghuttahooche
will swear that ho spent that tei
i ibio Friday night under his roof.
Bill Jones, detective loft on the
West Point train yesterday for
Alabama, lie took with him a
requisition from Governor Col
quilt upon the governor of Ala
bama for a man whom lie is con
fident is the right one.
From the ordinary we learn
that the Defoor property lias
been divided among the heirs.
file property amounted to about
$9,1840 There were four heirs:
Mrs. Walk or. Mrs. Leonhard!.
daughters of Mr. Defoor ; and J.
W. Moore, son ot Mr. Tom Moore,
and I. H. Jeffreys. The dwelling
went to Mrs. Walker. We learn
that it was sold by her to Mr.
Moore last week and lias been
torn down by that gentleman,
who proposes to use the lumber
in erecting a barn upon hi^da^v
>i >
fourl b ol i lie propertv.
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The theories upon 11. ; , subject
ol the Defoor murder are bv no
means exhausted. There an- no
less than half a dozen detectives
working separate theories, aris
ing- from their several combina
t-ions of signs and clues sur
rounding the mysterious trage
dy. One of these still hunts has
about reached its climax and
prompt action boon taken to test
the accuracy of the eonlusions
reached.
A MOLE COMES TO THE SI'RFACE.
Since the commission of Hu
dastardly crime, Detective- Bill
Jones, one of the very sharpest,
shrewdest and most successful
men in the soutern field of the
profession, has been silently and
industriously following a trail in
dieated to his mind as likely to
bring him to the correct solution
of the enigma. It is safe to say
that not a shade of the case lias
escaped his scrutinv and that
every feature for and against his
theory has been weighed and con
sidered. SI ill he is confident
that he has made no mistake. If
he has erred, it is an exceptional
mishap to bis usually coned jtidg ,
men).
Vesteiday lie came into the j
capitol to perfect his arrange |
incuts tin
MANACLE THE Ml HIIERER.
An allidavit was sworn out by
Mr. James M. Moore, one of tin
relatives of the Defoors, charging
to the best of his information and
belief, that a certain "negro was
the murderer of the aged and tin
fortunate couple. Upon the ba
sis of this allidavit, the governor
issued a requisition upon the gov
ernor of Alabama for the negro
in question and constituted De
tect.ive Jones as the agon of ihu
state to take eitn in custody and
return him to this county. Mr.
Jones left yesterday afternoon
for Montgomery, with the neces
sary papers to secure the warrant
of extradition, iik! expects |<>
return to the city on Saturday
morning, bringing with him the
rcal criminal.
TIIE CONVINCIN'!) < LUEB
which have snlliccd in the mind
of the detective for action thus
taken are many and peculiarly
interesting, but at this stage of
the proceedings we can only
merely indicate the salient points
The negro who is now accused
is one who was about the neigh
borlmod of tile Defoor locality
for more than a mont h prior to
the commission of tlie crime, lie
had a thorough knowledge from
observation and hear say of the
habits and characteristics ol tin
old people, lie had been to. and
was familiar with the house and
its surroundings. He was a shift
less and rei-kless negro in all te
sped-.
The dotedive claims to be able
to locate tins fellow noar oi
VI TUF. HOUSE AT MIDNIOIII
of the night of the murder. His
; whereabouts have been traced
and his wanderings followed nil
lit it is almost an impossibility
for linn to have been at anv other
place al that hour. This is arriv
ed at ns we understand it. limn
hi appearance just before am 1 ,
subsequent to tiie lime when the
killing seeeii occurred.
Itic murder, it i.- alloged. was
not committed in t.lio way it lias
been heretofore supposed. The
axe with which the d'-i-d was up
posed l<i have been done,is an old
dull,gapped in ti-uuienl and show s
but one or two indications of
blood, which possibly was the
a chicken killed the night before.
1 hut the assKa&siu -hould have
slopped after
persons to destroy the evidence"
of his crime upon the axe' blade
by rubbing it in aslies. is con
sidered a very absorb and nuns
mil action for a murderer. VVliat
use to rub out the blood on tin
ax when there were horrible
gashes left in the necks of (In
aged pair that no power on earth
could rub out or obliterate? This
ii is claimed, wa.s^ li
1 \ in n x
1 in- i'JJ : ‘
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wim
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have
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\x illi a long, heavy
butcher's knife,
from his |iersou the day 'Mmfore
the niurdei and threatened with
it to chop in txvo a dog that had
made a feint lo attack him.
flic fact !hat tln- negro and
his wile disappeared from the x i
cinity almost immediately upon
the discovery of (In-murder ad
ded another link to tin- chain
that Detective Jones was put
ling togelher.
After careful hunting and in
quiry lie found a negro man to
whom this party, the day after
the murder.
I-Alli ONE dollar \ND X II XI,I
ill dimes and nickels,such as were
missed from tin- pockets ol tin
old man Defoor. This money
xvas paid to the negro on consul
oration that should lie In- ques
t ioned about Ihe ol her . m In
was to say that tiie payer and
his wife had stayed all night with
lorn in his house. The fact is
that the negro did not stay, ma
did his wife, but came early next
morning.
Still aunt her one of the strong
indications ol the guilt ol this
parl v is the fact, as staled, that
iiis wife, in lu-r exile with him,
IS XVEAR INO MRS. DElOOft's SIIAWL,
, which xvas taken from the house
|mi tlie night of the murder and
was not missed until subsequent
ly. This is said to be an imlubi
table fact and is considered a olio
citing piece of evidence against,
the accused. The negro, when
found, was more than a hundred
miles aw ay in Alabama, and, as
lie suspected, safe from all sus
picion or pursuit. lie has been
run down, however, and will be
brought back lo explain these
damaging fact s appearing a gains!
him. ll is a matter of curious
speculation in all these theories
to fix
X Mol IVE HI It I HE CR| XI E.
since mere robbery doe; * not up
pear to have been tin- < liiel in
ci-ntive. Imbed there appears
to have been considerable pains
taken by lie- murdcrei to leave
behind the evidence that lie xxas
not killing for the money result--,
to be obtained then and there.
The detective feels assured that
in the capture of the party lie is
after In- lias also taken that xvhicli
will unlock the deep mystery.
Until his ret til n t here will be
keen curiosity to know tie- re
suit.”
Ol It NEW YORK I.E I'TEIC.
New York, Align- 1 8, 1879
'flie topie of most interest just
now in Wall street circles, uni I
may almost ay. among people
generally, is the opening of bids
for stock in lie- French scheme,
the one engineered by M.de 1.--
seps, tin-Grand Digger G--m iul
ol the famous Sue/ canal, and
which xvas approved b. the In
fernational < anmnUsioii roceal l v
in session at I'aiis, but to whi-di
our American I 'ominissiotmrs
steadily objected. Tim possible
complications, with the Monroe
doeti ine, ol an Kuropea i Regen
cy of a jiro|eel ol micli magnitude
inaki ■ Hie matter -uunetliiiig "I
political as Well as commercial
and economical import. I In-
Frcm-limc-n have very kindly <d
fered to let ll help pay tor the
piper and li.-ive through their li
nam- and agent - here, tin- f'redil
Ly-omuii . xx iio -in .aunpt.ni it-ly
acce .ulio'laled in that magliil
icenl palace the Equitable In
I aurancc Building, allowed our
■i 11 y amount of
! strange to say, although many oT
our hankers,shipping merchants,
and other plutocratic dignitaries,
have spoken warmly in favor of
tin- plans of M, de Losseps, so far
as it appears as vet not one dol
lar has been forthcoming from
any Aiueriea n. !' seem-- 1 MHuV
tin- -hares, a mount ing
illicit sum ot
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splendid ports at the extremitiiW
of the canal, xvillt Lake Nicara
gna as a most convenient iiall'-
xvay Ikuiso in the middle,and the
canal commuiiicalion divided in
this wa.v, ami .by several
shorter Ilian by any other toiitcA
11 is true the objection was taisJ
ed by those favoring the FrenpM
plan that the American route j
tailed the blowing up or tunnV] |
ing of eonsideralilo n>ek at tuJ
insignilieant elevation. This,-'
Imxvever, in view of the present
use of dynamite, etc., eah not be
Imld to be a valid objection.
'flic engineering dillieullies of
the I\lont t’enis and Hoosaie tun
nels, ami even id the Suez canah
itself were iiilinilely greater, atuT
the proposed American Interoccgl
anic canal on a roekv bed wottlS
n-qnire next to notliing lor rm|
pairs, 'flic Suez canal is only
kept free from sand by a most
st upcndniis sum of money put in
to pumping and dredging machi
nery every year. Some queer
ideas Imve been broached about
this Isthmus culling. Dm-
haven railroad with a
titty foot O', loeomol i vesJaHH
enough to move huge I ruckvjFir
rather sect ions of dry dock -on
wheels, on which the largest ves
sels fully laden might be cat tied
over Hie Isthmus, like a bale of
eal-eoes, the locomotive's to bo
titled with donkey engines, about
the size ol the Gorlins centennial
motor, to shovel tin- coal, turn
tin- ponderous throttles, oil them
ip, etc. Another notion xvas to
inllale balloons and calmly lilt
steamships across from ocean to
ocean.
flic recurrence of an outbreak
of yellow fever at Memphis and
Hie appearance in a lexv isolated
instances of cases in Nexv York
and Brooklyn, where the patients
had eluded the (jusrauline regn
lations, ha excited considerable
interest in that old fashioned
safeguard ll is, of course, a nu
isance to passengers to be <lc
taim-d in quarantine and lo con
signer and liippcr when the
unloading and loading of cargoes
is interfered xxilli, but properly
administered quarantine
douhfcdly a --1 ea : ]d prided ion. A
I'c-xv people know xviiul the in
stit.ution really is in New York,
and many have a mo-t unrea on
;i Me lion or of ii.
' lie < jiEiranl ine da I ion i in
laid situale.il in a charming local
it v at Ihe cut ranee to the harbor,
and ha- marine view- that beat
< oney I land ot Long Brancli bob
low. Dr. Vanderpoe), tlie Super
ilitenib-nl. baa charming resi
-1 deuce on Staten Island, but the
i Ito pital proper i- on an island
about half a mi b- a way, an arllg
lb-la I reef built out in lie- ini.pl
Atlantic 11 elf. I In- Inti tilings'
are all frame huts, exquisitely
clean, and open to every breeze,
and :-itrroiitided by neb vegeta
tion a- will .grow in such a briny
aI mo -plierr- Tin t all of phy i
ci.in and mil - e i of e.xcciiL 'it
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compo 11 ton, altit it there 16' a.
eharin lot mx ick Ulan to ri-cov
et, In- i innot pos ibly find liis
lilies ca-d in pleasantei- pbiees
than in G'taralit ini-. file sooth
ing lullaby of tin- never re ling
billows woo the levered to sleep,
while I In- briaid sniU ol hips
and bn v I'- iiii'-r; of all orts
and i/a hound to and ftoin ev
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been married titty years andeonM
braleil I heir golden wedding itfl
Brooklyn, the city of churches*
anil scandals, with great. i-Alat,
when it xva; intimated that their
wedded life had been so happy
that the lainoti 1 )unmoxv llilcli
id' bacon would have been of
rigid their evi ryyeat 11 ;id they
applied for ii It --in - I hey on
ly xvtiit'-d to i- -1 aI > 1 i,! i this won
derfully goofy ynubial eharai:
ter before lltq w jiiif 11 -iI out, oil
another lole. 11 .T| |</ • - says Mr.
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