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®te 'jnvnnni'ih (Lvibimt. Published hr the Tribuxe Publishing Ou. I j H. DEVEAuX, Msmagkb. V R. W. WHITE, Sohmitob. ) VOL. 11. McCILLIS&MERCER 199 Broughton St., Cor. Montgomery. Parlor Goods, Bed Room Suits, DINING AND KITCHEN FURNITURE, CARPETS, MATTING, SHADES, MATS & REGS PARLOR STOVES, COOKIRG STOVES AND RANGES. STOVEWARE, CLOCKS, PICTURES, &C. Be sure to call and buy goods at lowest prices to be found in the city. S. W. ALTICK. W. B. ALTICK. H. R. ALTICK. D. A. ALTICK’S SONS SUCCESSORS TO D. A. ALTICK & SONS. HEADQUARTERS FOR BUGGIES, PHAETONS, CARRIAGES —AND CELEBRATED McCALL WAGON. New Goods arriving from our factory by every steaaaer. BROUGHTON AND WEST BROAD STREETS, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. JOYCE & HUNT, 31 Whitaker Street, Savannah, Georgia —Exclusive Dealers in thisTerritery for the Incomparable— lew Heme Sewing Machine The only Machine that has a Perfect Automatic Bobbin Winder. Which enables the operator to wind a perfect bobbin without any aid from the operator -ALSO AGENT FOR- The Mod and Nei Maul Pianos, AND Kimball, Clough J Warien Pajacejkgans. The Place te Buy tie lest Seeds for tie least Hosey —IS JILT— TEEPLE A CO.’S, and 195 Broughton CALL AT OUR STORE! If you want Furniture, Mattings, Window Shades, Refrigerators, Bed-Springs, Mattresses, Cooking Stoves, or anything in the Housekeeping Line, it will pay you to call on us before buying elsewhere. New Goods Constantly Arriving. TEEPLE & CO., 193 and 195 Broughton St., Between Jefferson and Montgomery. JOB PRINTING Neatly and Expeditiously EXECUTED — jr K ** AT I SAVANNAH GA.. SATURDAY, JANUARY 22.1887. ROBERT HANGED AND THEN PROVED TO RE INNOCENT. Da Che Scnff old He is Notified that He I. Heir te u Kori uue-Ihunagt Sull. For the six months preceding the 28th day of September, 1885, there was throughout British Columbia, and indeed throughout the Dominion of Canada, the greatest interest felt in the ease of Rob : ert Evan Sproul, then under sentence of j death at Victoria, B. C., for murder. It i was a case of life or death with the uc i mised. and being an American citizen, and that, government being impressed ! with his innocence, takingeverv possible ! legal action to prevent the hanging of j the condemned, tended to create moie than ordinary interest in each step of the proceedings which were then going on. Robert Evan Sproul was a miner who had moved to Canada from Kennebec i county, Me., in 1880. He was the part owner of one of the richest mines in the Koatenary district of British Columbia. : Ou the Ist day of January, 1885, one ■ Thomas Hammel, also a miner, ami a part ' owner of the Sproul claim, was killed, ' and suspicion pointed to the accused i Sproul as the guilty man. He was ar ; rested and charged with the offense, but I stoutly maintained his innocence, and on ■ his trial, which was had at. Victoria, B, ■ C., endeavored to prove an alibi, but failed. After the trial his counsel alleged certain irregularities in the hearing, among which was the non-description of the court, but the provincial supreme court sustained the decision of the lower court. Five respites however were granted the condemned man by the gov- ' eminent, and at last he was hanged by : order of the minister of justice, who re ! fused to interfere, although urged to do j so by Mayor Fell and some live hundred I residents of Victoria, os well as by the | secretary of state of the United States. I After the' trial, the chief witness for j the prosecution, one Charles Wolfe, made i an affidavit in due form that the evidence ; given by him at the trial was false, and ; the American counsel at. Victoria reported I to the lieutenant-governor of British Col | unibia that after the investigation lie be j iieved the prisoner to be innocent. Not i withstanding the order of the highest I court in Canada. Sproul was hanged on : the 28 th of September. He maintained I his innocence on the gallows. Now a I witness whom he could not procure on his trial has turned up in San Francisco, and in order to satisfy the relatives of Sproul that he had been hanged for a crime of which he was innocent, Beatty went before a judge of competent juris diction and made an affidavit that he was with Sproul from eight o’clock in the evening of the 31st of May, 1885, until halPpast six of the night following, and, moreover, that they were at least fifteen miles from the scene of the crime As the murder was committed between these hours, according to the prosecution, this disposes of the theory that the accused Sproul did the deed. This affidavit lias been filed with the Secretary of State. Acting ou the advice of Counsel Frank Sproul, a brother of the deceased and administrator on his estate, has begun action against the Province of British Columbia for $50,000 account of the illegal hanging. One strange thing in connection with the affair is, that four days before the cx cution, a friend of tiie prisoner died in Boston bequeathing him SIOO,OOO, which was not made known to the condemned man until he walked out? on the gallows. A LAUD GRANT DECISION. T!io Alabama and Chattanooga Hnilrond Cannot Condemn Certain Kuuds. In tlieca.sc of the Alabama and Chat tanooga railroad company against the Tennessee and Coosa railroad company, the secretary of the interior has affirmed the decision of Commissioner Sparks, of July 23 1885, which held that a tract of land within the six miles granted limits of the grant to the state of Alabama by the act of June 3, 1858,t0 aid in the con- 1 struction of the Tennessee and Coosa ! railroad is not subject to selection by the Alabama and Chattanooga railroad com pany, as indemnity, notwithstanding the the fact that the Tennessee and Coosa railroad has not been constructed. The decision is made on the ground that the grant in question has never been forfeit ed by congress. The case involves sev eral thousand acres of laud in the Hunts ville, Ala., district. A BATTLE AT TONQULN. Official dispatches from Tonquin report that French troops made an attack on a large rebel force entrenched at Shanhoak, but were twice repulsed. During the | fighting four French officers were wound- . ed, five European and eight Tonquin sol diers were killed, and fifteen European and twenty-seven Tonquinese were wounded. Reinforcements of artillery and infantry will be sent to tho French. | A DISTILLERY BURNED. I'be Building anrf hlurrv Fiulrely De stroyed at Term finale. At 3 o’clock Saturday morning an alarm of tire called the department to the Terra Haiute distillery, where the tire was found raging in the upper floor of the main building, ia which were the wine and beer rooms and wine vats. It was found impossible to reach the tire with a stream, and for a time the effort of the firemen were turned to saving the surrounding buildings from destruction. About 1,- 000 tons of hay was picked in a yard contiguous to the buildings. 'Hie firemen lepe.itedly extinguished the flames which had started in the roofs of the dwelling houses adjacent. 'l'he tin* burned north and soulii through the building. The roar of the flumes and the hissing of the burning liquor was fearful. The crash ing of the ponderous vats, rectifying up paratus, stills and all the network of ilie machinery wax appalling. At 4:30 a. in. the upper floors and walls of the south wing went down into a seething mass of tire, with a thunderous crash that made the ground tremble. The fire spread downward through the building, and soon the boiler room was burning from end to end. Tremendous clouds of sparks and living coals tilled the nir and were scattered broadcast, bv the wind. Great fears were entertained for the safety of the bonded warehouse, but it wax saved from destruction. In the building were not less than 65,• 000 gallons of high wines and 20,000 gal lons of low wines and rectified whisky , and a large amount of rye malt and oats were in store; also about 10,000 bushels of corn. The building from top to bot tom is a total wreck. James Nugent, a. watchman, is sup posed to be buried in the ruins, as hi' cannot be found. Crawford Fairbanks, the principal owner, estimates the loss nt about $400,000. The insurance will ag gregate about $70,000. The building will bi- rebuilt as soon as possible. At 9 a. m. there was nothing standing except one back wall. One year ago this mouth a boiler explosion at. the distillery killed seven persons and caused heavy damage to the property. THE E. T„ V. & GA. RAILROAD. Becomes a Urpcudoncy of the Richmond A- Danville Syaleai. An important event of the past few days was the sale of the East Tennessee Virginia & Georgia railroad to the Rich mond and West Point, terminal coin puny. It is officially stated that the main points for the sale, comprising 1,423 miles of railway in the States named,have been agreed upon with representatives of the Richmond and West Point company. Parties holding control of the East, Ten nessee sell their preferred stock for $1 400,000 in eash and 40,000 shares of Ter minal stock at forty. Richmond and West Point company will put the East Tennessee preferred stock in trust as colatteral for $8,500,000 of colattend trust bonds, which the syndicate has agreed to take. A GREAT FIRE AT DENVER. The Cliflord Block Entirely Destroyed— The Ijomx Very Heavy. The Clifford Block, a three-story build ing, owned by W. B. Daniels, wa.s com pletely burned Saturday evening. The. ground floors were occupied by Knight & Atmore, clothiers, who lost their en tire stock, and R. Douglas, china and queensware, whose stock also was totally destroyed. The contents of the upper floors, occupied as office and lodging rooms, were entirely destroyed. The stock of Kilpatrick’s furniture house, ad joining the burned building, was dam aged by water and smoke. The losses are estimated as follows: Knight & At more $34,000, insured for $26,500; 11. Douglas $35,000 to $40,000, insurance for $34,000; offices and lodging rooms $15,000 to $20,000, partially insured; W. B. Daniels, on building, $40,000, fully insured. Kilpatrick’s loss is fully cov ered by insurance. A BLAZE IN NAHHVILLE. A tire broke out at midnight in B. 8. Rea & Sons’ grain and hay warehouse, and fanned by the wind the flainc.s threat ened widespread destruction. The fire department, after half an hour's hard work, got matters so much in hand that there wa.s no further damage. The stock of Rea & Son was totally destroyed. The loss is SB,OOO. The building, also owned by them, was damaged SB,OOO. Both were fully insured. The cellar contained several thousand dollars' worth of meat, belonging to Hart & Hensley, which was almost ruined. Morgan & Hamilton, pa per bag manufactory, and Orr, Scoggins Co, wholesale grocers, lost heavily by water. The wind carried blazing pieces of wood across the river to the extensive lumlier mills and cedar wood works of Prewitt, B}>arr & Co. ( f 1.25 Per Am/Hffc 7$ cents for Six Months; J 50 oents Months; Single Copies I 5 cent*—in MORE ABOUT THE BOOM. ® Items from Montgomery, Tuscaloosa, Bfr tningbnm and Bristol. The declaration of incorporation was till'd Saturday for the charter of the new H railroad to be known as the Alateim* Midland railroad. It will run from Mont gomery to Troy, and from Troy to Chat- -S ( tahoochi'e, Fin. The Highland Park and Land Improve, ment company was also orgiuiized, with i a capital stock of six hundred thousand i I dollars. The company owns live hundred acres of land, mostly oak and pine forest, 1 f' in the eastern suburbs of the city. The 1 stock is all taken. jl TUSI' M.OOXA's mu COMVAMf. J Articles of incorporation of the Coal, Iron and Land company have been tiled, and a stockholder’s meeting held for th«> t | election of a board of din'Ctors. The I capital stock is fixed at. one million dol -1 lars, and every dollar taken. I’he com pany has seemed, in addition to its five 1 thousand acres of suburban hind mid city property, a large and ample acreage of the finest coal and iron land in the state, which lies at a comparatively short dis tance from this place. After paying for all lands, the company will have in its treasury a cash capital of five hundred I and eighty-five thousand dollars. It is now an assured fact that the min eral railroad, a branch ot the Louisville and Nashville system, the terminus of which is now only twenty-six miles dis i tant, will be completed at an early day, ! thus securing to Tuscaloosa two of the most important railroad lines in the south. Capital lias also been secured for build ing the Macon, Mississippi and Tusca i loosa railroad, and one of the. officials of this road has been there to secure railroad privileges and facilities. A party of New Orleans capitalists have made large purchases of land in and about, the town of Northport, just oppo site Tuscaloosa, on the Warrior river. NEW INBUHTHIi'kS IN UIKMINGHAM. The East, Birmingham Land company ■ Lils closed u contract with a company,, I ' which will at once erect a large foundry ; and machine works on the company’s lands. The new company is headed by ! R. W. Ballard, of Birmingham. Among the stockholders are the presidents of two t of the city banks. Mr. 11. F. Deburdcleben announce# I that he has perfected arrangements for ’ the erection of a large rolling mill at. Bessemer. THE BOOM AT BRISTOL, TENN. ; The city councils of Bristol and Good* I son have unanimously voted a subscrip i tion of $50,000 to the Bristol and South ' Atlantic railroad, and the road to Eliza beth, Tennessee. They also offer a do nation of SIO,OOO to the first person or ; firm building n 100-ton iron furnace in their town. LOTTLItY TICKETS COUNTEHFEITK©/*'*' It has been discovered that Louisian* lottery tickets have been counterfeited for a year, and sold on the Pacific coast. A ticket bearing a one thousand dollar ! prise number was sent to New Orleans for collection, and there jironounced a forgery. The man who made the dies and printed the tickets is known, and he lias given the names of the men who or- ’ * dered them and sold the counterfeits. No prosecution for counterfeiting can be ■ sustained because the lotteries have no . legal standing. The only prosecution that can be made is for misdemeanor for disposing of lottery tickets. A Genial Hextoratlve. Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters arc omphatical ly a genial rei-tnative. Tin cl.a iges whiclx the great botanic remedy produces in the dis ordered organization are afw;.y.i agree ably, though surely progr< s-;iv •, never abrupt nor violent. ,On this amount it is ad nd ably adapt'd to persons <f delicate constitution and weak nerves, to whom the powerful min eral dr gs are positively injurious. 'L'hut it iri'tiatei tho>e proce ( ctwhleli resultin they®, establishment of healthful vigor is conspicu ously show n in cases where it >s taken to e. er coiue that fruitful cau-e of debility, indiges tion, coup'ed, a> it usua.ly is, ait • o.iiou: ness and conrtiputk n Thorough di.restion, regu lar evacuation and abundant se oetion, is suits which promptly and nivaria >ly a tend i'ssyxteinati use. it is, liesidti e best po tective aga n-,t malar a, and a lirst rate diu retic. The time when the co'd water party largely predominated. During the ttood. ELYS CATARRH CREAM BALM IS WORTH d rocu AJ TO ANY MAN Iv-fr fr/w Woman or Child suffering from e.'u /'xaH CATARRH. 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