The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-06

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er Of old, in looking upon similar exhibitions must
have drawn much Of their inspiration in foretelling
| the final wree: Of the material universe. And yet,
! no typo or shallow, by saint sage, offer to the
cOnemp!atlye mind, picture half so suggestive as
that given by total eclipse of the sun Of tnat awful
/ day Tor when all other days were made In tli!s
temporary suspension Of the source OF light and heat
nature herself seemed to stand hast a. thOughe
Veope1 il an untimeiy and disastrous twilight she
could not comprehend. In The solemn Stiffness and
| adding, if possible, to the surrounding gloom, the
plantiye loving Of kline in the distant meadows was
borne upon the cir, while the birds Of the air, in
! their fright and bewillcTment, fell utteF-
Ing, and tremul9us at the feet Of ,., the
( thy and protection at the hands OF their ancient
Of the eclipse of 49, but shall never forget the
thrilling ncclam OF delight that broke from the lips
| Of assembled thousands. 1t was at the instant
sIao%, sho. cirthward Ike giittering len e. its
81 bright tetm Of golden light and the glad world
was again awake 10 sunshine he and beauty, as If
startled OFT Of some prOtrace1 dream of dread and
| horror such, IN brief is vague description OF a
total eclipse OF heavens central orb. wien occur
ring u der every circums ance favorable for human
observation
Tie mysterious appearance of a lost child in
the cliffs around Mount Alto, about six miles
down the Coosa river, near the Rixey farm, is
creating considerable excitement i'll that
( neghborhood
One day last week Crew Price took hunt
over the mountain ranges adjacent to the farm
on which lie resides. After he had been hunt
ing some time he heard his dog barking, at a
lively rate, on the opposite side of the noun
tain on which he was walking. AS he got
nearer the dog, he thought, had bayed some
large animal and was afraid to attack it. But
the astonishment of the hunter can be better
imagined than described when he discovered
that the dog had at bay a small boy on ciif
OF rock just above. The boy was APP
/ parenty about ten years old and
/ rather small for his age. His clothes were
ragged and torn and the bottom part of his
! breeches were frayed into shreds around his
ankles, He wore no hat nor coat, and his
once white shirt was dirty and split i'll the
/ back and front. His sleeves were almost torn
! into ribbons, leaving his arms exposed. When
| Mr.. Price began talking to him the little fell
| low began crying, and would not answer the
! question asked as to who he was or where he
! lived The child soon began climbing up the
| rocks and disappeared in the direction of Cedar
! Cliffs. AS soon as possible, Mr.. Price tried to
| ascend the preCipitous side of the mountain to
| follow the boy The HOUND tracked the lost
! child for some distance, but could not follow
| the trail after reaching Cedar Cliffs. The
| search was continued for some time, but never
| vestige Of a trace could be found, from which
! 1t seems that the boy was well acquainted
| with his haunts. Mr.. Price lives on the RiXey
farm, but neither himself or any other man III
the neghborhood who are accustomed to hunt
! squirrels and turkeys on the range of noun
| tains have ever seen or known of the child.
| Nothing more has been heard or seen of the
lost boy since Mr.. Prices discovery. There is
talk OF organizing party of those living i'll the
neighborhood to look for the boy and find out
who lie is and how he was lost
ALABAMA.
There is no longer any room for doubt,
| but that Miss Annie Jordan. whose dead body
was found last Saturday near Midway, on the
! Montgomery and Euiaula railroad, was foully
murdered. The young lady, who was fifteen
years of age, was daughter of Mr., NJ v b.
Jordan, of Montgomery, we'll known car sealer,
of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad COM
! pany. She disappeared from her
home in Montgomery or the 10th
| of the present month, accompanied by
a little negro girl. The first information as TO
| her whereabouts came next day from the moth
! or of tho colored girl who learned that the
pair had been seen walking away from the
city together along the railroad track
a search was at once set on foot, and the pc
| lice notified by the distracted parents. Al
though never overtaken, she was heard from
indirectly, several times from places where she
had stopped to seek food, and where, in every
instance, fictitious name was given, and the
statement made that she was on her way to
Eufaula seeking her relatives The little
negro girl who left with Miss Jordan,
/ appears to have remained with her as far as
! Union Springs, where they separated, whether
/ willing OF not is not known.
The unfortunate girl left Union Springs
Wee5E asday IN company with a negro woman
G! THAI town named Pauline Mccoy, after
vhsc1 D.oshlDE more was seen of her until her
4 5shl l.say vas Io1Rd by negro man and boy
va were Qa1 hunting The body was lying
~ scG5e 4s-2sk along side the railroad track,
hare i had evidently been placed for the pur-
9lt,s II ,1c-esz.IeEt, The evidences of stFangu-
&ki1-- TtEs l.@lssskaoe, although the murder
z-1sG -Ere 9seG committed some time before.
II Mt-w&Y Saturday night, Pauline Mccoy
arrested and found TO have on a
g,E-r Z shoes that were missing
-c.-- s1@ fest o. the murdered girl Beside
1s1 sls-'.as, her jockey waist and hat trimmed
Fl-G red velvet, were missing. The Mccoy
T-IAl 5 il Jail at Midway
Mss Jordan had shown symptoms Of mental
depression once or twice preceding her flight
from home. Once, during the winter, she
purpose Of destroying herself, and
was oa!y saved by prompt remedies,
and again, early in the spring
the same thing happened, large dose of the
! stuff known as Rough on Rats being taken.
" hen She was first miSsed,it was thought that
she must have gone TO visit her uncle. Mr.. G.. II.
BOulware, the tax collector at Evergreen, as
she had several times recently threatened to
do So
After the unfortunate Young lady had been
| missing several days, and while the search
was being carried on, her mother found con-
cealed i'll book, enclosing lock of hair, the
following pathetic note;
. Good bye, dear mainma don't grieve for me-
Kiss little sister for me ana papa, and meetYour
darling Annie in heaven, where She is going to
grandma
The fact of the unfortunate girls mental
diSorganiZation makes the murder douby
horrible, and nothing will be left undone that
may aid in bringing the guilty tiend to
! justice.
\ special to the Advertiser from Union
Springs says: Pauline Mccoy, who left this
place on Wednesday, with Miss Jordan, was
arrested and carried to Midway Saturday
night Today she confessed that her step
father, Jake Mccoy, followed them on their
way to EufaUla, and between Three Notch
and Midway told Pauline to come back to
Union Springs and that he would go on with
Miss Jordan. The latter objected and refused
70 so with Jake, and lie seized her and dragged
her off the railroad to a secluded spot, where
he outraged her and then choSed her TO death.
posse of citizens and officers are in pursuit
OF the fend.
Wednesday Mr. Jordan, father of Miss Annie
jordan, who wandered from her home in this city
aud was murdered noar Midway last week received
telegram from J. W. Rabom marshal of Union
Springs stating that Jake Mccoy. the negro who
was arrestod yesterday and charged with the MUIR
der OF the girl is undoubtedly Innocent, but the
idencc against the negro woman is stronger, she
| having been seen last with Miss Jordan.
\ peculiar disease prevails in portions Of
| Morgan Putnam and Oconee counties 1t
| breaks out somewhat like measles but is not so
severe, except in a few cases. Physicians say
il NJ lint 10 a Fpnp