The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-01-17
THROUGH DIXIE.
What the People are Saying and
Doing.
A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IN TENNESSEE
GEORGIA.

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! The returns are not all in vet-not by Jug
! ful-but enough are in to show that Ogle-
| thorpe county has voted the dry ticket by over
! 200 ,,oicrit
| VOD majority
| The campaign was one Of many incidents.
! Under the enthusiasm born Of their victory in
Atlanta, in Hancock county, and in Taliaferro
| county, the vets conceived the idea that they
would reverse matters also in Oglethorpc.
| Tbay went abo,f aeo, ri, ,,oYnea 70 q ,,etftii,,
INT Inc Bret noy,ere sent 61t Srnre 1ost p,,0 tLe
| work lad Ia lhet done over asain They can
| na5 - 5nYtS y t stal. - - J1
| cusSed ana ueOated anu wei STOCK ran eIceeu-
| lhgly hlgh. In fact, IL went 80 hlgh that at
! one time ii was conceded that they had the
! county by heavy odds.
| The dry men then went 10 work They
| ORGANIZED prornptIv in every precinct. The
| preachers and the women went 10 work The
| Eoho devnted its cntire s"orn IN tIe ei,biact
! pa,nnbInt corioS nT NJ Tr W G,.adt
| tanphieI copies oil non. II; W; uraay
! Auahta speechcs were spread prohocast' ana
| lofmed the text OF many stump speeches. rs
| election daV appTOached, the vets grew dis
| heartened and the drvs p!ucked IN courage
| All day long the contest continued, and
| when the sun went down il wac uDon the
! routed ,cotg and me cspbrrant drvs
| eo o,,IetIo,,,o co,t,t,, ra,1oira d.,, for te,o
| - -, ~ ~''S - ~ ~ ~"
| Jo"io ",oie'
| Miss Nancy KchclCY Of Smyrna. has sold in
ono year from thirty hons 400 dozen eggs, and from
| t#o COWS sixty dollars worth OF butter extra OF u
| plentiful home supply Of each.
Walton comfy can boast Of a man ninety
two yanre aid WIZ r,n gnt Gin lis lo-se laTe.i n *
ard XIX aior lie f,,ia e"nG r, ot1,.Id t,euoraIl-
III ,, ' ia ir, -; ~ rS,i q; 7yitt my
ii'9 IN - 70. " '''' "
! ,,,DNi' ase ucSIay iIiioi.'nS ~ - HI@hbc Il
lltu1 I9,f3 tai-oIt EiI 81 ~. nuns IAchthsou'
~ it ~ ,ii W. q w. ~ ~, ~, i, G mn
tng,tei ed no iiitle ome's hands aims faGe and
| iodv were severely iurned
| r;, go. x Gil. ..,,,.,., A. ro
, nD W. iiViS " 'Iili,i'n cointy5 IN, "IS
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5t'i l.'Ro l'i1 '''e'I ueoA uI'1 A"'c SuplNes i"i
"iuthe' yc.''
-Four colOred children were burned to death
| on the farm Of Mr. McMahon, three mics west Of
! Oxford, Mics. The parents were tenants and left
| In the morning T. 81 end the day with friends
locking tie children In tine house UpoIt ther re-
turn the house was entirely consumed with its con
| tents ana only the chared bones Of their children
| On Thursday an old man bv the nnme of
TIES attempted 10 cross Inc trcste over Smiths
limo dIsnufed The rGht of troGR ant lie old prie
nan wns forced 10 "inke water The ENGINE Iasse1
ties but he steps OF the coach struck him aud he
! fsl 10 the water below q distance of thirty feet
| lie wndcd to the shore unhurt
A corraenon1ent ,vritn, IN tl,o Orouco1,,rer
r. - , " W H., y
- ~, l i ~ nct0elo1 nom "ilo" to"hsHP
o. " ,o 49, va @ g1 n tt,,,d ~ ,
:. u i'vsIo n9lVn l3"t i%i LupinPtu4 ~ "nt,
taso uIn eiJ c,si " u %nltp siil pGgI Ioutteen
years oo us hie was GONG nom a hciSnbor mouse
coro tsd XIX s Wus i,e ceo li' 'd
9olll, .Il ~ ~ pus VIZ IuIsutf cHPtIiVu tll9
pusi H. nv. y ~ "a ~ ~ lt' ~;
bare bacb ,yjt n bg.,y fooo by me mfher Of lis
Intended victim Alter being licensed the scamp
lett with the promise that he would make himself
scarce ~ the county. II u SAID int TINS same
ncEr2 @os Whilel some eiSt months ago near
'"''N'l5 '' vac 1o'''' 'AeiG
s se i ,'V'''us VI -SoIlh Strulbl' ias
yar o ,1"' VIZ IN f n G,s "@
| Lucien Powe, in Durham county lie eyec,t5d ON
| the 6ih Of March next The order was made under
| IN act Of Tic legislature Of 1857, authorizing the
governor 10 set time for the execution Of sentences
IL eases o. capita punishment when such cases are
Gm"d a,pas b0m oS as r@d co., ~ G
II Inc mud n Of oeenb f9rnetf in Wcndersof conn
IT, ut the ,l term OF the surerioY court lss7 d IT.
ing the tlial Il was found that he had formerly been
tried for murder In Alabama, and had Ted that state,
III ine barHe's cue ne maze Il dcspeIC GnQtt 10
vnrct "f nr Saso o "i ranerc tu
~ va a fe,ood tsiNta'u 'e"SV ii3'
He Appealed to the supreme court. which tribanGi
confirmed The sentence Of. the court below. ana the
governor forthwith ordered and set The time for the
execution OF the sentence Lucioh Rowe Is a col
uIed doc.3r, VINO, on Ihe io'1 OF Vcohcr lsSh buf-
ma stoin tbareSro so Ito rsc tricd ma it'
| cd ofbur.lery and sentenced TO he hanged on the
9th inst He wsS convicted principally on the evil
| denoe of u colored woman named CGstoberry, who
| niter the sentence was pronounced, sand that her
evidence was untrue An appeal from me sentence
wv, ',.V t1evr 70 III ooui, imo to4S
SonolIson thaf there wns no reosoy, WIN tho son
tencc should be inlerferred with and it waS there
| fore affirmed The governor then ordered the exc
| cuiion of the sentence on March 9th.
j. N. Wordsworth, of New York, while on
| hunting trip at the johnson place in cast
! Dougherty, nearly drove over a great rattle
snake which was lying in partially torpid
! condition in the road. He and q companion
| dismounted and nearly stepped upon the SER
| pont in looking for it, They shot it. Ii
| measured about four feet in length ard had
five rattles.
! at Is singular fact" said DR.. r. Il. Sis
| sons of New Bedford Mass, an ardent gun
! ner, winterng at Albany, 'that although
have hunted north west and south, I lave
| never vet come across Iva rattle5nake though
my companions frequently have done so, and
| have Killed many other species of snakes
| Down at Tampa Fla., where / spent last
winter, leaving there in May, my dog stopped
at one time and acted very quecrly, pointing
! and retreating. / found the object he
had sighted 10 he coachwhip, which
| shot. II measured seven feet. At another
time my dog perceived something in n patch
| of grass not measuring mora than three or four
feet in diametet lie would point. then jump
| around TO another side Of the olump and con-
time his maueuvcrs. | advanced quietly mp
to the spot and rs | drew near / could SEQ the
thitl head Of mocasin swayng from side to
side from ont the bunch of grass His eyes
| flashed with an angry light and his forlled tom
quo was being rapidly shot out. He WIS lust
ready 90 strike. | shot his head OH lie
| measured torr inches in thickness and was