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

but his whining and barking at last attracted
attention. Mr. L. NJ. Butner threw n piece of
, lighted paper down the we'll and saw tho dog
1eebly swimming around and around and APP
peared almost exhausted. Mr.. Rutner lot a
barrel down into the well, on which tho dog
gladly climbed. Mr.. Butner then dropped a
rope moose around the dogs head and pulled
him out Mr.. Butner SAYS the dog kent per-
fectly still while being pulled out, seeming to
realize that his preservation depended upon
his being quiet. On reaching terra firma
again the animal yelped his gadness, and Mr.
Butner says he never saw more grateful dog
in his life.
Children Playing With Firearms.
LEXINGTON, Ga, August 27.-TS Special /
Yesterday child of William johnson, col
ored, living on u. II. Clark's place. was shot
and died from the effects Of said shot soon
after. The child was about years old. John
son had gone to meeting and left his six child
rem in the house. His Oldest child was about
II years old, but was outside of the house at
tho time, and the others, who arc much
younger, were so frightened that they could
not tell anything about it. johnson had gun
IN the house which was loaded. and when
Boston johnson got there he found the gun in
the usual place in the corner of the room, be-
hind tho bed, but one barrel was discharged.
The children must have been playing with it
and accidentally shot it off with the above re-
suit
Farmers Fighting the Trust.
Tho farmers in Harris county that arc mem
bers OF the Grange and Farmers Alliance cav
they will not buy baggng at the present price
l23 cents per yard.) They say they will wrap
thing else but bagging. Some of the farmers
say they will sell their cotton in the seed,
enough TO pay thor debts, and hold the bal
ance until bagging is cheaper. The grangers
and members of the alliance are trying to
make some arrangement with tho bagging
manufactures to get bagging cheaper. The
cotton crop in Harris county is much better
than 1t has been in several years, and without
some great disaster to the crop the farmers
will gather great number of bales more than
they nave in several years.
Lash at n Campmeeting.
COLUMBUS, Ga, August 30-TSpecial IAN
account of the robbery at Central camp meet
ing, near Geneva by which Miss Martha
Green lost 800 in gold and greenbacks, was
telegraphed you last night, A colored woman
I named Harriet Davis is ono OF three negroes
arrested suspected of having committed tho
crime. On Wednesday night, while Harriet
was in charge of Deputy Sheriff Richards, a
crowd OF disguised men compelled Mr.. Rich
ards to surrender her, and, taking her to pine
thicket near the camp ground-where there
were nearly two thousand people-tied her up
and administered most fearful beating with
the lash TO extort from her a confession of the
theft. After this cruel treatment, tho girl
protesting her innocence, she was returned TO
the hands OF tho sheriff, who lodged her in
jail with the other suspected negroes. Tho
affair has caused no little excitement.
Broke His Wifes Neck.
MACON, Ga, August 81 Special. l-Domi-
nick Rosser and Mrs. Lula Gagliardi are again
in trouble, and all because they loved, not
wisely, but too we'll. A very short time ago
Mr.. Gaglardi returned home unexpectedly
from st. Simons Island. where he had been
playing summer engagement with Kessler's
string band, and on entering his house Mt q
late hour of the night he found somebody had
been there since he had been gone, and that
person proved to be Domnick Rosser, and was
at that very time it was maintained under
the roof of Gagliard's house enjoying the fond
caresses OF Mrs. Gaglardi. There was war in
Italy for awhile, and during the melee it was
claimed that Gagliardi broke his wife's Jaw
lie brought action against Dominick and Mrs
Gaglardt for fOrnicatiOn and adultery
They we're kept in Jail awhile and few days
ago were tried and each was fined twenty-five
! dollars. IL was thought that this experience
| would teach them to be prudent in future, bnt
II seems not, for this morning at an early hour,
Gagliardi got on the track of his wife's wrong
doing again, and had the police to arrest them.
| They we're found in the same house and were
carried to the barracks. Later in the day a
warrant was sworn out in Justice Freeman's
court, charging them with fornication and
adultery and Deputy Menard took tho couple
from tho barracks and put them IN jail to await
trial on Saturday The case causes consdera-
bic talk. 10 was said that Mrs. Gngliardi in
tended prosecuting her husband for breaking
her jaw, but the matter was compromised In
some way.