The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-09-04

Uncle Tony Wells, an old negro, has been
chopping wood and doing chores around Dalton for
many years. The Citizen says by hard labor and
close economy the old man had saved up about o
hundred dollars. This he kept in a chest under
lock and key and safely guarded his treasures The
old man lived hermit sort of life and having no
family occupied little shanty alone. week or
two ago he grew sick aud Tuesday he died. But
before his death, he had his chest brought to the
bed and opened, which revealed the fact that he
had been robbed Seventeen dollars of the missing
money has been found in an old ash barrel near the
house where he was moved when he taken
sick, but where the remainder is is mystery.
"A number of amusing incidents of the quar-
antiue are being published This one is from the
Townsville Times: "A negro from Florida who
was coming up on the train yesterday morning,
upon being told that he would be quarantined
here he having no health certificate, jumped from
the train while it was running at the rate of TWEEN
ty-fve miles an hour. Aeeting vision of arms
and leg, wildly waving, and q body, as 1t struck
the ground with a thud was seen. The darky left
his baggage, which looked very much like it needed
fumigation. The conductor backed the train to
the SPOT, thinking the darby Yves killed or badly
hurt but he was nowhere to be seen. round
hole in the ground where his head struck was the
only sign of his presence Fortunately he had lit
on his head. This saved his life"
To all appearances the bagging trust about
which so much has been said. written and
thought is inclined to be hoggish, says tho
Augusta News. They were not content with
running the price over cents, but ran it up
another quarter of n cent, and put an adj
dtional burden on the poor farmer, who
has it all to bear. The present price for two
pound hagging is now III cents, and for two
pound and quarter bagging is III cents
These prices are factory prices, and when de-
llvered at Augusta the former costs about 131
cents and the latter about 10. The price last
year for the Same bagging delivered at Angus
ia was from 10 cents.
The farmers are getting to point where
they can bear such tyranny and oppression but
short while longer. They are busily think
ing of some plan to alleviate the evil, but have
not yet reached final conclusion.
w. B. Glaze, of Whitfield county, shins 100
choice watermelons into Chattanooga every MORN
ing, for which he gets S25 The Dalton Argus says
that these melons, grown high upon the mounta in
side at Rocky Face, universally agreed be tho
finest, sweetest and best favored in the state as the
fancy Price at which they sell indicate. The field
In which the present crop is grown is set out in
choice varieties of peaches, which viii come into
bearing in another year, and from past experience
1t is estimated that they will hit every year. being
above the frost line He has nine acres in melons
from which he expects to realize 81 600 and this is
mere aftermath with him, his fine fields of
corn and sheds of clover and grass hay will prove
He keeps four wagons haulding melons from the
field continually TO Rocky Face station for ship
ment, ana 10 Dalton for local sales. He constantly
sells fancy melons in Dalton to strangers nj 60 and
70 cents each which shipped by express in all
directions.
"A negro woman living near Richlaud some
days ago left her home with her fye-Inonths.old
child, ostensiby for the purpose of visiting neigh
Dor Of hers, who lives several miles off. She was
gone several days and returned without the child
which, Of course created suspicion as to what had
become of it. On being questioned, she said she
had left the chill with her ncighbor, which was
found TO be untrue, when she was Immediately
arrested, She then stated that the child had died
while on the way To her neighbour house, and that
she had buried IT, She ordered 70 show where
1t had been deposited, and conducted the officers
into q swamp, where the child had been covered up
with mud in hole she had excayael with her
hands. It had been buried face DOWN ard where
the water was running over it. She stated that she
had put IL there because the ground soft and
she could grabble a hole with her hands
The Lunpkin Independent, in giving the ac-
count of Mites Kennedys return to Americas
which place lie left soldier in the early years Of
the var, says stewart county could have a later
return than kennedy if he could be induced to
come back to his old home. In 1861, Mr. Green b.
Clifton, Of Lumpkn, joined company from Stew
art and went TO Virginia, where the company
formed one Of the Thirty-frst Georgia regimont
That regiment did gallant service during the whole
war, and at its close Mr. clifton settled in Char
lottesylle, Va. where he married aud is dong wcl
He has never been back 10 the scenes Of his child
hood, but many Of our citizens remember Green,
who was very popular because Of his genial, ffolic-
some and versatile turn Of mind. We're he 10 return
to Lumpkin he could get up demonstration Of his
own that would need 10 outside help 70 make the
occasion very Interesting and ENJOYABLE oneU