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VOLUME XXII.
The Georgia Enterprise.
A progressive Democratic paper, pub
lished weekly at Covington, Newton
County, Georgia. Terms, $1.60 per an
num, strictly in advance. Established
October 28th, 1805. Burnt out on
August 31st, 1881, and again on Decem
ber 31st, 1383. Both times it went down
in ashes without any insurance.
THEEsTERPmsEis an uncompromising
advocate of the principles of thoorgaiiized
sud living Democracy of to-day.
While it grants equal justico to all
men before the law, it holds this tc Ive a
White Man’s Government, belonging to
him by the right of discovery—be
queathed to him by the blood and suffer
ing of tho Fathers. Nono but Anglo-
Saxon namos weie signed to the Declara
tion of Independence, and nono but
white men blod aid died to wrench tho
colonies from England’s cruel grasp, to
establish tho proud young Republic of
America.
Upon those issues the paper is wit iug
to go before the public, asking no other
support than that which its merits de
serve. The paper will he free and out
spoken on all ques'.iolis of public interest,
and will not endeavor to accomplish tho
ridiculous feat of “running with the Lore,
and haying with the hounds."
In other word-., The Entelphise will
not ho a “fence rider” in any of the po
litical campaigns. Those who desire a
live newspaper, are earnestly requested
o give it a trial.
8. W. DAWKINS, Editor.
ANOTHER RAILROAD.
Itlrniinghaiii Ain., nnd Tnlluliassec Fin.,
lo be ('oiineried.
The Biruii "ham, Georgia aud Florida
railroad company, through their chosen
representative, have secretly purchased
of the Tallahassee, Bainbridge anti Wes
tern company, the old roael bed known
as the Bainbridge, Cuthbert and Colum
bus roael, and propose building a through
line to be completed this year, from Bir
mingham, Ala., to Tallahassee, Fla., via
Opelika, Florence, Cuthhcrt and Bain
bridge. The conditions prescribed ate
donations of the stipulated sums from the
countries through which it will run from
this place to Bainbridge The money is
to be given to the company in cousielera
tiou of the enhanced value which will
accrue from the building of said line to
the re and estate of the parties eionating,
and nothing else is askeel in return.
These sums will aggregate one hundred
thousand dollars along the old roael heel
alone, aud have already been obligated
in notes, to be void if not built by the
first of 1888. The road is to be built and
operatcel as a connecting line for the
Kansas City road, now nearing comple
tion to Birmingham, and will give a
through line to the Atlantic tnd gulf
ports. Parties who have just left Cuth
bert lor the lower counties are arranging
the preliminaries, wuich have beeu con
eluctcil in the quietest manner, and the
hands will be put to work a soon as
these are completed. These gentlemen
give every assurance of the ability of the
corporation in whose interest they are at
work, to build the line, and hare already
paid a large cash sum for the old road
bed.
KILLED BY ELECTRICITY 7 .
rtio Theory Thai Di-iilh bv Elecnlct y i.
Palulr" Proven I ntrue.
Engineer Henry Smith, of the electric
works of Selma, Ala., while oiling a
gauge of the box attached to the dyuanu,
iate last Tuesday evening, it is sup
posed, evidently let fall the oiling can,
which lodged on the electric brush, and
against his body. It produced a perfect
current, the shock of which killed him
instantly. The deceased was alone in
the dynamo room at the time the accident
occurred. Uttering three gutteral cries
of pain, the attention of the fireman was
attracted to him. When discovered lie
was walking hurriedly across the room,
with his body tfrawu almost in a doubled
position. He walketl about twenty feet,
and turning fell to the fleor and death
ensuing in übout five minutes. His body
is strenkeet with bluish red stripes, while
his eves are bloodshot. The deceased
lias no relations. He was formerly from
Massachusetts, lie was a member of the
order of Odd Fellows, also tie Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers. This
instance of death by electricity somewhat
exploded the theory that rxecution by
such meaus enn bo accomplished without
pain, inasmuch ns the decaucd uttered
three loud cries of anguish before his
death.
AFFRAY IN MONTiJOMER Y.
I A desperate affray occurred at Mont
gjgomery, Ala., Tuesday noon bctwecu
William Ray, a eondtctor on the Mont-
Igomery and Mobile railroad, and a horse
. trainer named Vorhses, from Michigan.
'Ray was shot in the hand and thigh,
■both flesh wounds. Voorhoes was scri-
Sously wounded in the side and thigh.
Rav claims that Voorhees commenced
shooting first. Voorhees says he did not
shoot at all, and after Ray shot him he
allot himself in a tussel for the possession
,ic[ the revolver. Voorhees’ wounds are
■considered serious. There is a woman in
fthe case.
FIFTEEN OF THEM BAGGED,
I About 4 o’clock Sunday morning,
while Lieutenant Kilgore and a squad of
aiolice were seizing a negro gambling den
|jn Chattanooga, Officer Mitchell attempt
led to burst iu the door. As he did so
■the door was opened and one of the no-
Igroes split his head with a hatchet. Ho
■was removed home and it is feaved his
(injuries will prove fatal. Fifteen negroes
Swere arrested and are in jail to await the
(Jesuit of the officer’s injuries. J. P.
Mays, proprietor of the den, is said to
yhavc inflicted the blow.
A EKYEE TO PROTECT ROME.
i Captain Hoxie, of the United States
(engineer corps, has made a report to the
(secretary of war, showing that a levee
■can be built to protect Rome, Ga., from
jpvcrflo-.v at the small cost of $30,000.
■J'lie people will now take the matter iu
land and tile levee will doubtless be con
structed.'
The Georgia Enterprise.
SOUTHERN ITEMS.
NEWS NOTES GATHERED
PRPM VARIOUB BECTIONB.
MISSISSIPPI.
The discovery of iron ore at Duck hill
has convulsed that town. Visitors from
a distance arrive on every train, and it is
almost impossible to keep up with the
sales of property, and some is resold al
most immediately at advanced price.
Northern capitalists are on their way to
town, ami many sales are made by tele
graph.
The Vicksburg Democrat records ape
culiar rise tried before a negro justice in
Delta. An ordinance had ben made
against running a skiff in certain places
as a ferry and in the first ease he decided
against ilie accused. In the second he
was accused himself and he* lined his skiff
$3 and directed it to he sold for the fine
and costs.
Reports from Issaquena. Sunflower,
Boliver, Sharkey and Washington coun
ties are favorable relative to crop prepa
rations. There will he an approximate
increase in acreage of about 10 per cent,
and the lurgest part will he devoted to
cotton. Money from enstern and north
ern cities is freely flowing to which will
enable planters to put in all their land.
Labor is abundant.
The Young Mens’ Christian association
of Mississippi will hold a state conven
tion anil training school for Christian
workers at Columbus, beginning Friday
night, March 23th, and closing Thursday
night, March 31st. Prominent members
are being engaged for the occasion.
Every Young Mens’ Christian association
and every college of Mississippi are in
vited to send as many delegates as pos
sible.
John Joyce, of Vicksburg, aged fifty
years, suddenly stopped talking to a com
panion Sunday night in the sitting room
of Mrs. Conley's hoarding-house and re
mained motionless and quiet until alarm
was excited. When the silent man was
touched he fell forward, dead and already
beginning to grow cold and still. A doc
tor was called, hut could do nothing for
a dead man. No inquest was held, as it
was apparent that heart disease caused
the sudden death.
TKSMiSsEt.
Professor E. E. Barnard, of Vanderbilt
university observatoiy, says of the new
comet: “Since discovery the comet has
been moving toward the northwest at a
very unusual rate, 3 degrees and 17 min
utes north and 14 minutes of right ascen
sion, west, daily. It continues very faint.
Its path since discovery has been oblique
ly across the milky way, and its rapid
motion continually brings it in front of a
small star, which in every ease shines
through tlie comet's densest part, with
undiminished luster. The rough posi
tion of the comet l ist night was about 8
or 10 degrees northeast of Sirius (the
dog star).”
Governor Taylor, in an interview, said:
“I notice that there is iu prison a large
number of children under fifteen years of
age. It is a shame that Tennessee should
not have some place of refuge for these
poor little creatures, and uot place them
among hardened criminals Judges and
jury shoultl uot send chilelren to prison,
and I shall deem it my duty to uphold
the honor of Tennessee by pardoning
them. lam confident I will benefit more
by this step than by aliowing them to re
main in a school for crime. I have re
quested the wardens to prepare for me a
list of the names anil offenses of every
person in prison under seventeen. They
nor any other child shall remain there
while 1 am governor of Tennessee.
The supreme court has sentenced Ben
Brown, colored, to be hanged in Nash
ville, April 15 next, for the murder of
Frank Arnold, colored,near Belle Meade;
November 9, 1885. Brown manifested
no emotion when Judge Snodgrass pro
nounced his doom and at its conclusion
looked at Simon Fox, one of his accom
plices nnd smiled. The court affirmed
the verdict of the lower court in the case
of Fox, who was sentenced to twenty
years’ imprisonment at liarel labor.
Nelson Joslin, Foster Joslin anti Bill
Brown, the other participants in the
crime, are in jail awaiting trial The
murder for which Ben Brown will be
hanged is known its the “Bellville street
headless horror." Arnold, the victim,
resided six miles from the city and owned
a small farm, which Ben Browx wished
to possess. On tlie night of the murder
Arnold was induced to leave home on a
hunting expedition with Ben Brown,
Bill Brown, Nelson Joslin, Foster Joslin,
anil Simon Fox. When in a thicket
Arnold was struck with an ax and shot
through the head. The body was cut in
pieces, and the heail severed from the
trunk.
FLORIDA.
An opera house is nearing completion
in Tavares.
The jetty contractors arc pushing their
work at Fernandina.
Shipments of oranges are over with,
and that of early vegetables are taking
their place.
A Gainesville advertisement reads as
follows: On and after this date the price
of the Simonson's artesian mineral water
will be 24c. a drink, or $2 a month.
Reuben H. Stark, who lives some five
miles from Conant, was robbed and mur
dered by two colored men named John
D. Fuss aud “Yankee” Patterson, who
were working for him. They also shot
Stark's housekeeper, but she will recover.
The murderers secured $l5O in cash, a
shotgun and a golel watch.
At a meeting of the Florida Fruit
Growers’ association, held in Orlando, it
was recommended that a sub-tropical ex
position be held at some convenient
point each year, commencing in Decem
ber and holding open till March, r.ll the
counties to be invited to take part.
The farmers complain about the low
price of sea islantl cotton. They say it
has been selling at such prices that it is
unprofitable to grow it. It is thought
that this industry has beeu overdone, and
that the supply exoeeds the demand.
The acreage of cotton should be reduced,
and a few acres put iu tobacco would be
profitable if properly cultivated.
The executive committee of the btate
Teachers’ association is out in an address
to the teachers of the State calling for
renewed exertion, to place themselves
aud the State iu the front rank of the
calling. They set forth the needs of an
active working association, having for its
object the furtherance of mutual interests,
improvement and sympathy among its
members,
m.aiiam e.
Mobile has secured nearly all of Iter
base hall team.
Mobile has anew afternoon paper
called the Evening Telegram.
Workmen are now digging the third
artesian well in Eufaula.
It is reported that a company will soon
be formed to work the phosphate beds
b tween Marion and Hamburg.
A convention will la' held in Mont
gomery, on March 13th, looking to the
removing of obstructions to navigation in
the Coosa river.
Dr. .1. 11. Reeves, a farmer near Ell
faula, takes off the huh of the horn of a
calf when it is five or six months old.
and thereby lie is getting a hornless lot
of cuttle.
The eoiiuty treasurer's report of Bul
lock county shows a baluncc of over $3,-
000 in the treasury, in addition to over
s4oil of tine and forfeiture fund, making
an aggregate of $3,427.
Sclle s report an iuoreused demand for
guano up to date over sales for last year,
t here lias been at the rate of an annual
increase of leu per cent for the last five
years in the sale of this commodity.
Ozark, in Dale county, subscribed
SIO,OOO to the Alabama Midland railroad
on the first dny the hooks were opened.
It is said that the county will subscribe
between SOO,OOO and $70,000. The sur
vey of the road will he completed in
about six weeks.
The assignment ef the Jlray Bros., of
Eufuula, is announced. It is an old
house, having been in the hardware busi
ness iu Eufaula since 1858. Their liabil
ities are about $25,000: the exact amount
of assets cannot be determined until an
inventory of stock and other property : -
liad.
Near Bilhra’s creek, in Washington
county, last Thursday, Willie Trotter, of
Montrose, Baldwin county, was stabbed
and killed by Charles McMillan, of the
same county. The coroner's jury brought
in a verdict that the killing was a “cold,
deliberate murder,” and recommended
the arrest of McMillan, who had fled.
The City hotel at LaFayette was con
sumed by fire Tuesday evening. The fire
was discovered about daybreak in one of
the lower rooms, and is supposed to have
been caused by a rat with a match. There
was a slow rain falling while the building
was on fire, hut the flames could not he
stopped. The hotel belonged to Mr. .).
1) Norman, who is in Montgomery in at
tendance upon the legislature. It was
insured for $2,300. The furniture, which
belonged to Air. G. T. Johnson, propri
etor of the hotel, was insured
Frink Winney, a negro ex-convict,was
arrested in Tupello, Miss., Tuesday and
carried to Mobile and lodged in jail,
charged with the murder of Charles
Smith, a machinist, in that city on July
4th, 1884. There were some nineteen
w hite men returning from a public, meet
ing at Bull's Head that day, and as the
wagon passed by the Catholic cemetery it
was fired into by Frank Winney,who had
secreted himself in therefor the purpose
of tiikinir revenge for fancied insults put
upon him at the meeting. Charles Smith
was shot through the head and killed,
and other men were wounded. There is
strong circumstantial evidence against
Winney, and if he escapes conviction by
the courts it is very probable that he will
he lynched.
SOI. l it C AUOI.IXA.
Stenographer Parrott is about to bring
suit against the county of Clarendon to
recover the fees due him for official serv
ices (luring the past year. On account of
the depleted condition of the county
treasury Mr. Parrott has never received
any remuneration for his services.
Mr. JolniE. Peoples, one of Anderson's
extensive stock dealers, made a corner on
unties last salcsday. lie bought out every
drover in the city that day, mid has been
selling a great many mules at retail here
and at his stable in Greenville. The Jef
ferson County (Tennessee; Visitor makes
mention of the fact, that Mr. JohnCottei,
of that county and state, sold on liis last
visit to Anniston $3,000 worth of East
Tennessee mules to Mr. John E. Peoples.
J. E, Peoples and J. S, Fowler will sell
this year $125,000 worth of mules.
A correspondent of the Newberry Her
ald and News, in a recent issue of that
paper, says that just before the breaking
out of our war, a highly educated Swede,
named Hnmtnerskold, settled in Lincolu
ton, N. C., to engage in the iron business,
that abandoning his business to enter the
confederate army, lie became impover
ished, and that after the war, in order to
raise money, he sold a valuable diamond
studded gold snuff box, said to have
been a gift of the king of Sweden, to
Colonel L. I). Childs, of Columbia, who
subsequently presented it to Colonel
Rion. The correspondent thinks that
this is the alleged Orleans snuff box. The
snuff box hears the letter (>., and a crow n
set in diamonds It has not the Orleans
monogram. The initial is probably that
of Oscar I, king of Sweden and Norway,
born 1799, died 1859.
A COWARDLY ASSASSIN.
A Young Man and Woman While Hiding in
a Wnguu are Fired Upon and Killed.
One of the foulest crimes ever commit
ted in Ea t Tennessee, occurred in Roane
county. A young man named Newman
was employed to move a woman and her
daughter named Weaver, from Kingston
to Rockwood. lie was driving on a
mountain road in a wagon loaded with
household goods, and beside him sit the
fifteen-year old daughter of Mrs. Weaver,
w hen suddenly a man named Epps sprang
from the roadside in front of the team.
He carried a -hotguu in his hand, and
without a word he leveled it at Newman,
an 1 tired both barrels, which were load
ed with buckshot. Newman rolled flout
his seat a corpse, and the young girl fell
hack in the wagon with a dozen dullcto
in her breast. Mrs. Weaver was sitting
in the rear of the wagon and escaped un
injured. The alarm was given, and in
an hour one hundred men were in pursuit
of the murderer. No one can assign any
cause for his assassination of Newman
and the innoceDt girl.
• i.t.tr new i*ai*:;::.
The lir.-t is-ue of tli • Daily Evening
News, anew afternoon piper,will appear
at Birmingham. Ala., next week. It will
he a seven-columu quurto, uud will have
full telegraph news service. The paper
is owned by a strong stock company of
prominent citizeus, and starts with every
prospect of success.
“ATT COUNTRY MAY SUE RVKIi BE RIQIIT. RIGHT OR WRONG MY COUNTRY."—Jrfrrom
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1887.
FRIGHTFUL EARTHQUAKES.
Ilt.i\< K AM) ITALY t'LAHTI LLY
SHARKS.
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ol iht* Shock..
Severe earthquake shocks were felt
throughout France and Italy Wednesday
doing much d-inngc to }>ersonß and prop
erty. Associated press dispatches from
Home says: At Nice houses rocked,
walls cracked, and in some cases frnit
tenements were thrown to the ground.
People rushed from their houses and fell
upon their knees in the street, praying
for deliverance from sudden death. Vis
itor-. to the city beenme thoroughly
frightened, and are leaving the place.
Many persons were injured by falling
debris.
The shocks caused an awful surprise to
the crowds of maskers returning home
from the carnival festivals in their fancy
costumes, worn and liedragglcd by the
night’s exercises, and looking dull and
dreary under the glare of the early morn
ing sunlight. The first shock created an
immediate panic.
Many casualties were caused by the
shocks. The people are panic stricken
and the entire population are in tlm
streets. The railway station is beseiged
w ith visitors who are anxious to leave at
the first chalice that offers.
At Marseilles the walls of a number of
buildings were cracked. Shocks were
also felt at Leghorn and Milan and several
places in the province of Genoa, Italy.
Shocks were felt with great severity at
Savona, near Genoa, and a number of
houses w ere wrecked and eleven persons
killed at that place.
Two violent shocks were felt at Tuulon.
The first shock was of 15 seconds dura
tion and the second 12 seconds.
At Cannes, three shocks were felt at
the mine hour. Many persons at that
place rushed to the seashore for safety.
At Avignon three shocks were exper
ienced between six and eight o’clock.
The first shock was very severe and
awakened everybody in the place. Sev
eral shocks were felt at Genoa at six
o’clock.
There are rumors of euormous damage
in the mountains, caused by avalanches,
set in motion by the shocks. Horses be
came restless and refused to move hours
before the event.
At Ccrvo, near Diano Marina, 300 per
sons were killed by being buried in the
ruins of falling buildings. Railway traf
fic is suspended beyond Lavona. Prison
ers in the government jail at Finalbcrgo,
alarmed hv the earthquake, attempted to
escape, hut were overcome by the guards.
The earthquake devastated the whole
of Italian Riviera. At Noli, on the gulf
of Genoa, and not far from Savona, sev
eral houses fell and fifteen persons were
killed. Six persons were killed and
thirty were injured at Oneglia, also on
the gulf of Genoa. At Diano Marino,
near Oneglia, scores of people were killed
and hundreds were injured. Fully one
third of the town was destroyed,
is consiCA.
Two sharp shocks were felt iu Corsica.
It is reported that several persons were
killed at Mentone, where St, Michael’s
church was badly damaged and the post
office wrecked An inmate of the con
vent of the Holy Sacrament at Nice died
from fright.
THE EXTENT OK THE SHOCKS.
The shocks affected a wide eccentric
area. The first shock occurred at 6:30 a.
m., and the last at 10 p. m. Accounts
are vague and conflicting,hut there stems
to have been no damage done in the in
land towns. ’I lie eaithquake was felt
throughout Liguria amt Piedmont, hut
the wires are broken and news travels
slowly. The people everywhere spent
the night in the open air.
The news of the earthquake was at
first disbelieved in Paris. When con
firmed it caused the greatest sensation.
Anxiety over the fate of friends w as gen
eral, and the telegraph offices wers soon
crowded. Light shocks were felt at
Nimes, Privas, Valence, Grenoble and
Lyons. The gendarmerie barracks at
Mentone collapsed, and several persons
were killed or injured. Business is sus
pended almost everywhere.
Reports from various places put the
total number killed at more than fo ir
hundred, and many more fatally injured.
I.ATEH NEWS.
Further dispatches from tlie earthquak
ing district state that over 2,0U0 people
have been killed. At Nice the panic has
not subsided, aud fugitives are fleeing in
every direction. The people are afraid
to re enter their houses and hotels, and
the heights hack of tlie city are crowded
with refugees. Two thousand Englisl ,
Americui and Russian visitors wc;e en
camped during the night on elevated
ground. Six thousand people have left
the city and st tried for Paris.
Further details received show that the
effects are far more serious than was at
first thought. The loss of life and dc
stiuetion of property have been terrible
The most startling news comes from
Gcnoso Riviera. Over
FIFTEEN HUNDRED PEOPLE WERE Kll I.ED
in that district. At the village of Bajur
do. situated at the top of a hill, a numhi r
of inhibitunts took refuge in a church
when the shocks were first felt. A sub
sequent and greater shock demolished
the church, and three hundred people,
who wore in it. were killed. The dc
stmetion of property i:t sections of Italy
visited by the earthquakes was immense
and widespread.
Fifty persons were injured at Mentone
aud one killed; killed two persons and
injured ten at Nice: killed four and in
jurod two at Bar; killed two and injured
twelve at Bollene. At Chateau Neat
many were injured. At Savona tw -
houses fell, killing nine persons and in
juring fifteen.
The total number of deaths reported
up to the present writing is about two
thousand. . Shocks were felt at Parma.
Turin and Cosenza. Undulations of tin
earth were noticed at Clntaria, in Sicily,
at the foot of Mount Etna.
The center of the disturbance seems to
have been in the p ovinccof Nice, on the
southeast coast of France.
No severe shock has ever been felt in
this immediate section before, though
the earthquake iu Switzerland in 1861
was slightly felt along the coast. The
great Lisbon earthquake was also felt,
though it did no injury.
While the center of the last disturb
ance was at Nice, the area of the shock
was vast iu its proportions. It was felt
distinctly in Rome and westward almost
to the Spanish coast of the Mediteraueau.
though no seriobs damage is reported i:i
any other locality thuu in that included
ir.'tlic area of a circle inscribed around
N ice, with a radius of about seventy-five
miles.
TREMENDOUS STORMS.
A Wind Hlorm of (trout .tlognlliidr l.lv •
Ltais
A tremendous thunder storm passed
ovei the north uml west on Friday morn
ing doing much damage to persons and
1 property. Truins were lifted from tin
tracks and daaned to pieces. A Dens e .
Col., special says: “in this city many
buildings were uprooted, smoke stuck
chiinncys, and telegraph and telephone
I oles leveled with the ground, and plate
glass windows broken. The damage w II
reach several thousand dollars Outside
of Deliver, the cn.su dries rc|>e>rtcl are
considerably greater than in the city. On
•he Denver and Rio Grande railway, foui
ui.les north of Colorado Springs, even
coach of the north bound i Like city
•■■. press, consisting of two sleeping ear-,
tvo passenger coaches and a h g
gage and mail car, was blown from
the track, and tho mail ear and its con
tents were burned. Had the accident
happened when the train was on a high
embankment, a short distance further,
the loss of life would have been great
Fortunately, however, the ground was
perfectly level and no one was injured.
A | ussenger train of three coac hes, in
the Denver and South Park toad was
lifted from the trnek bv a teiiific blast
and hurled dow nan embankment. One
passenger liad bis leg broken and several
others were badly bruised. Near Como,
on the same road, the Leadville express
was blow n over a bridge and nearly all
of the passengers and train men were
severely injured and the coaches were
badly wrecked. All the incoming trains
on various roads were from five to teu
hours late on account of the storm. "
At Rochester New York the wind blew
down Court street bridge and a young
man and young lady went down with the
wreck and were lost. Others arc missing
hut the exact number of lives lost cannot
yet he ascertained.
Trains on most all lines North West
and South of Minneapolis were aban
doned.
A BOSTON RIOT.
Strort Car Strikers tlobblnf tho Police uf
Ike .Modern Alliens
A serious riot occurred in East Cam
bridge Sunday afternoon as a result of
the recent street ear tie up. Shortly
after noon a large crowd of strikers and
their sympathizers gathered on Main
street, Cambridgedort, and ns various
ears of the Cambridge line pas tel con
ductors and drivers were hooted as
“scabs.” At 1:30 p. m. there was a
great mob at the junction of the Webster
street line with that on Main street, and
as a car turned into Webster avenue the
mob began hurling bricks and stones at
the car and its occupants. By the time
the car got through the crowd it was a
complete wreck. Each succeeding car
was similarly treated until no less than
five cars hail been badly damaged. Then
the police were telephoned for, and with
in twenty minutes a large forceof ofiicers
arrived on the scene. The mob had by
this time been w orked up to a high de
gree of excitement, and when the officers
attempted to disperse the crowd they
me’ with determined resistance. Bricks
and stones were thrown at tho police and
many of the officers were wounded.
They then charged the mob with drawn
revolvers, and it instantly scattered in ail
directions About a dozen of the strike r ■
were arrested and conveyed to the police
station. A little later the mob assem
bled again further down the avenue anti
wrecked another car. The police, rein
forced by a mounted squad, now chargee)
the crowd on “double” quick, and tie
mob dispersed alongside the streets after
discharging a volley of bricks at ill" po
lice. These missiles took effect inaeloze-n
cases, and as many officers wen- more o
less seriously injured. Another !u‘ of
prisoners was tsken and the station house
was filled with those arrested. None of
those vwj-irwd. arc thought to lie fatally
hurt. There was no further trouble- ufter
the last dispersion of the mob on Webster
avenue.
FROM OUR CAPITAL.
Tlie Hill to I’rociilc- lor tlie National Defense
Completed.
The house committee on military af
fairs hns completed its hill to provide for
the national defense and it will he pre
sented to the house as soon as the report
can be prepared.
It appropriates $2,500,000 for the pur
chase of rough finished forgings for steel
rifled, high power guns for the coast de
fense, of eight, ten and twelve-inch cali
bre; $680,000 for the erection and equip
ment of a factory for finishing the afore
said heavy guns; $500,000 for the con
struction of twelve-inch rilled mortars;
SOOO,OOO for torpedo boats, torpedoes
and submarine mines; $230,000 for gun
carriages; $250,000 for brcccli-loadiug
steel field guns and their equipment. An
advisory hoard to have supervision over
the disbursement of those amounts, is
created, of which the lieutenant general
of the army is ex-officio president. Ibis
bill was prepared by Cliairimn Bragg,
and is acceptable to all members of the
committee, although from the discussion
which foliowetl its presentation, it ap
peared that several members favored
more liberal appropriation than i< carried
by the bill. The speaker will he con
sulted by members of the committee as
to the best methods of getting he hill
before the house, but it is believed that a
chance to secure action can be found only
in the last six suspension days, when
two-thirds vote will he necessary.
A WICKED WOMAN-
A Worthies* Woman Armicd In Mobile* A In.
—Hcnnntionnl lioi lopnipnl*.
The escapade of the wicked woman
who enticed two young girls to leave
their homes in Cincinnati to follow her
to New Orleans, the detention of one of
the girls, Miss Lillie Hcitz, by the poliee
of Montgomery Saturday night, ami the
subsequent arrest of the woman and other
girl, Lizzie Walters, in Mobile, lias
proved a highly sensational affair. Chief
Gerald, of the Montgomery police, wired
the Mobile authoiities to hold the prison
ers at all hazards. The woman gives her
name as Grace Gardiner, and claims to
live iu Houston, Texas but the ticket*
were only to New Orleans, and the of
ficials arc of opinion that she only meant
to take the girls to that city where they
would have been in her clutches. Mi*s
Hcitz, who was detained here, tells a sad
story of how she and her companion were
persuaded to leave home and made the
victims to a wicked scheme. She says
she is will iug and glad to return home.
An officer trom Cincinnati will take
charge of the girls and the woman and
carry them back. The woman, Grace
Gardiner, will be prosecuted and.punish
ed as far as nowuhl*
A MURDERER ARRESTED.
o.4 ti:s. rnt: or is n n,k ui n-
M.tlKlt. I this IS.
A lull Arromit ol II m Ihrliu l)rril T!is
Hlmcr ol l*o|c Wuoiiui.
A special to tho Atlanta Constitution
says: Doubtless the most desperate crim
inal that lives in tho south was captured
at Lipscomb's camp, on the edge of Grif
fin, on the Georgia Mid’and railroad
Monday night. A full account of the
daring deeds and bloody murders com
mitted by this man, if fully written out,
would read more like fiction than real
facts. This man is named Andrew Oates,
and ids hands have beeu dyed in human
blood five times. He is a spare made
man, übout five feet seven inches high,
and weighs about 140 pounds, aud is uot
over thirty-three years old.
The crime that hns led to his arrest
was committed Christmas day in Wulkcr
county, Ala., Andrew Oates was working
at Duckett’s camp on the Kansas City
railroad. On Christmas day a crowd of
negroes assembled at a grocery, and after
taking on a good supply of liquor got
into a gambling game. After playing
for some time a dispute arose and pistols
were drawn, and Andrew Oates succeeded
in bringing his man to the ground dead,
with a pistol ball through his heart.
Andrew Oates, Eel. Moore, George Tools
and Jim Tioup left the place of tho
shooting anti started away. In about
one hundred yards they met Mr. Pope
Wooten, who formerly lived st Stone
Mountain, Ga., who, hearing the firing,
had started down to see about it, with a
pistol iu liis hand. He met these negroes
in a narrow path. Andrew Oates jerked
the pistol from his hand and fired at him,
the hall going clear through him. The
other three negroes opened fire also, and
Pope Wooten was stretched out on the
ground with four pistol halls through his
body. The negroes then made their
escape.
George Toole and Jim Troup were soon
captured and lodgeel iu jail in Walker
county. Ed Moore, or -'Jack the Rab
bit,” as he is called, was captured about
two weeks ago in Birmingham, Ala. On
his person was found a letter from An
drew Oates, written from Cartersvillc,
Ga. Mr. Til Long, who captured “Jack
the Rabbit,” came i nmediately to Cart
crsville. He resort. Ito several means to
come up with Oates, but failed to get
any clue. Finally lie learned that Oates
had been in Cartersville staying with a
negro named Allen Ori, but had left.
Mr. Walker then began working on Orr,
and finally succeeded in getting a letter
from Orr, written by Oates from Griflin.
Walker, in company with the deputy
sheriff of Bartow county, proceeded to
Griffin and went immediately to Lips
comb’s cantp aud succeeded in bagging
Andrew Oates.
OTHEH MURDERS.
Andrew Oates killed a man at High
Bridge, Ky., one at Inman, Tcnn., one
at Salby, N. C., and had a hand in tho
killing of the negroes iu the grocery on
the Kansas City railroad, in Walker
county, Ala., aud in killing Mr. Pope
Wooten at the same time. Mr. Til Long
and deputy sheriff of Bartow county left
with Oates for Walker county, securely
ironed. Mr. Long says that bates is the
last of the four who are wanted for the
two murders; that the evidence is suffi
cient to convict them, and they will cer
taudy suffer the penalty of their foul
crime. He says that Oates is the most
desperate of the gang, and that they
have Imel a good deal of trouble in ef
fecting his capture.
A sad incident is connected with the
murder of young Wooten. His father,
Dr. M . ott-n, was a respected merchant of
Stone- Mountain. On the morning of his
son’s murder he received a telegram s ly
ing simply “Pope Wooten is dead.” As
he liad n brother living in Birmingham,
he supposed that it was he who was dead,
lit did nut la*--' re* there,utr.uy unlit lie
leached the home of his brother in that
city. As soon as the truth flashed upon
him he exclaimed, “My God,” and fell
hack dead.
CAVING INTO THE RIVER.
Tlie MiMiMippi River Bniik nl I.eoln l.lve*
Away.
From Greenville to the 1 •Commercial
Herald” says: The river bunk at Lentil,
Miss., suditenly commenced caving Wed
nesday, and made nueli rapid headway
that the warehouse and office at t be land
ing, with their contents, including a
large quantity of corn, lmy, pork and
other merchandise, went into the river.
The Anchor Line steamer City of Vicks
burg, which lay at the distressed village
at this time remained there for several
hours, and with the aid of the entire
crew, succeeded in moving a large quan
tity of cotton from the bunk, winch oth
erwise would have beeu a prey to the
roaring Mississippi. Aspirin! messenger
came here on the City of Vicksburg, to
secure house movers, as a good many
stores and dwellings are in immediate
danger.
The latest reports from Leota are very
gloomy. The caving has not yet stopped,
and the large storehouse of Fronkcl it
Elkaf is expected to go into the river at
any moment. A number of residences
also are in danger and their furniture has
been moved out.
The Protection levee at the north end
of the new Reid levee gave way Thursday
morning. An opening about sixty feet
wide anel two feet was made. Thousands
of sacks were sent to the scene of the
disaster, were filled with earth, and put
in the opening. A later telegram states
that it is believed the break will be
closed. The rapid caving of the rivet
bank at Refuge mill endangers the rail
road track in that vivinity.
HOKE UAII.BOAIIS.
A special to the Atlanta Constitution
from Anniston, Ala., says: A meeting
of interested parties will be held in this
city in a few days to perfect arrangements
for building a road from Anniston to
Columbus, Gn., via West Point, Ga. It
is only seventy-five miles from here to
West Point. Between West Point und
Columbus the mail will follow the river,
which is the finest water power in the
south. There is a fall of 380 feet be
tween West Point and Columbus, dis
tance of thirty miles. This splenditl
water power has beeu douated already
towards building the road by parties who
control it. The country betwecu Aunis
ton and West Point w ill justify the build
ing of the road to sav nothing of the beu
efits lo bo derived from the mills along
the Chattahoochee river between West
Point aud Columbus. Full particulars
will be given in a few days.
A TERRIBLE WINTER.
rut fat Huflerln* nnd IlnnUliii'* from Cold
Wt-nt br In the Nonhwet
; ho winter of 18N6-8? will long l*e vemom-
Inred throughout tho Northwest for fte oi
tro i ofo verity of tho temperature and tho
unusual depth of mow. Old-timers always
•forn and to f< r.ner yours ns “high water
mark*,” but ; his y.ftr eclipsesall previous rec
ords. The torero weath jt started iu soon after
iho holidays. Mercury therinometei s were
oiten congealed and spirit thermometers
wore ko t busy jumping from 40 to 00 below
/cro. ltnlf ad> eu times has the 6J n itch
been ton -lied, an l ou e this seas u O*J I-3 bo
low H’lo has been scored on tho Noskat b v
wan | l.iius. This year tho snowfall is unpio
ci(tented. Iu s>ine localities it is anywhere
fr< m ton to fifty foot deep. Ou tho level,
thron limit the Nati nnl l'ark and oto *whoie,
it i fr. m eight to twelve feet deep, aud on tho
\ml level prairie from to forty
indie*. Of < ourse, such a heavy fall inut
bring more or loss suffering and death.
Al.cadv tins winter a number of U*at!ii
fro u cold lmv* o curicd in Dakota. Not
long since Charles Nchroeder. living near
\ i.l ey City, started from his house for
nut *■>:)) feet distant. A bliz ard was
id wing aud the thermometer register© 1 IJ
below. Not rea hiug ho ne, h s family and
id ighburs turned •ut with lanterns, fol
lowed his t nek v in the snow ull night and
found wh.*re he ha 1 lain down in :i straw
slack an l hen gout* on. The next day the
bo ly was found twelve miles away on
t o irairie, lying • n its face, where
he had full n from c.haustiou Tne
body uu- fro eu into a chuiu-k of
ice. A few flays eg • Miss Maggie Bunn, a
s ho. It *a her at Highmore, while going
fr m lhe s< bool to h r house, was fro.eii to
death. The bodies f three Indians who be
-1 ed t > Barth -id Agency, wa efan I
frozen near A Iran i. .Several in u- have
l> •; ii miss ug since Christn a . m I they must
hi v i veil caught iU'. 'l heir b’tlie* ll
polably bo found when the snow
units in tic .!iug in Xi'-n'ana a nin* or
of < amAht'e* have already occur. *l.
T< ny Wise ami a Swede imm and M u tin
wore lit w.*i k on milling property on ih • si o
of Nhoep Mountain. A huge uvalan hi
trto,'t down th • mountains de ami hurled the
men into eternity without a moment s warn
ing. burying them thousands of feet below.
Tom Willis ns, :\ sheep herder near Mossgale
NpringK. about sixty years old, was dicov
ei o 1 lying face downward in the snow. He
was deal, but the sheep were wandering
aimlessly nl, >. t Many hal beeu stampeded
bv yacks of wolvt*.
A band of British Ameri- a Cree Indians
mine acrosi tho lino last fall and while the
weather was tine < umped in the mountains
between the forks of Nun River. An unusual
snow followed aud the wretched creatures be
came | enned in by an icy wall. From seventy
the number was reduced to fifty-one by
starvation, when wbite men h.inted the n up
and brought rel ef. During the latter part of
.'anunry fl'ty lodges** Crow litd ans. camped
on Car .’s Fork, came near dving. Many did
i*ei i.-dv lut the major*ty nuuiagcd to i tain
life bv citing the cattle that died in the
snowdrifts.
Twelve hundred out<f ah*rd of tlfi k en
Immlrol she p were lost in one lo ality, uud
the survivors were ao badly mutilated by
2 i votes and wolves tint t hay died. None
she*p nen iu Western Montana hive 1-id
entire herda. There is no doubt t e ca.tie
industry has received a serious blow.
BOOTHS SLAYER CRAZY
( o'beti’s Ins’tne Trankn Iu tlie liaiuui
Ilotmf of Uefresistallvri.
B istou Cori ett, the slaytr of John Wilkes
Loath, created a sen ation in tho Kansas
House of Representatives a few days aso.
At tho commencement of the sesssiou Oi the
I.cgis’atui e, Corbett whs appoint 'd Assistant
Doorkeeper. Tuesday ho strapped on two
revolvers, and to.#k with him a box of car
tri iges. Then, with a drawn weapon, he
dm e a negro attendant fr >lll tho Hall of
Representatives. Xorge mt-at-Arms Norton
a u*rnj t and to expostulate with him, when
C i bett cocked one <<f his rovol ers, anil,
poiuting it directly at the offifer told him to
travel. Corbett thou Joo'.ed for Sj.ea.vCi
Smith, and on meeting a member who some
what rt sen -led hi n, was about to fire when
the member throw u * his hands and said he
wa not the Sj eaker. Tho member was the
penuitte Ito move on. Corbett took porvo
sioa ol the Speaker’s gallery aud, walking in
front of the < horn, hell it during the entire
morning session, refusing to allow any one to
co iff near him Tureo policemen wore
railed, but tb y would not venture into tho
dark corridor, aud the slayer of D<x>th held
p■> fisinit. At 12 o’clock t o sent word down
to the House to ad mirn or he would come
down and adjourn it himself. Tho House ad
journed.
Corbett was afterward ruptured iu the
lower cr Mor, di>nrin*d and taken t tie
\ oii e station. He was a l udged inanil
co:ili o 1 iu an a^ylunf.
AUSTRALIAN RABBITS.
Tbe Conitnlsslouer of Agriculture Appealed
fo Proven t 1111 portal inn.
Tlie Agricultural Department has re
ceived many letters from different parts
of the country with reference to the in
troduction of Australian rabbits into this
country. Commissioner Column says:
“There is no Australian rabbit, no spe
cies being native to that country. 4 lie
rabbit that has done so much harm in
Australia and New Zealand is an intro
tluccd species—namely, the common rab
bit of Europe. While there is no posi
tive evidence to show that the European
rabbit would be the curse in this country
that it is in Australia aud New Zealand,
yet there is uo proof to the contrary, and
its introduction here would be, to say the
least, unnecessary nnd hazardous experi
ment. As to the power of any officer of
the country to prevent the introduction
of this pest into tho United States, I know
of no law conferring any such authority.
Congress might enact a law conferring
upon the Commissioner of Agriculture
power to prevent the landing of any ani
mal in the United States which in his
opinion would be injurious to agriculture
on tlie same principal that it prevents tho
introduction of cattle affecteel with con
tagious diseases. Unless there is pre
meditated importation by dealers, there
would seem to be no occasion for alarm,
as this rabbit has during three centuries
of communication with Europe not been
introduced, or at least has not become
established, and there would seem to be
still less danger in future.”
THE OLD JOKE.
I'r!'t.r' In Texas I.m-k Tlirlr Keeper Up
nnel e-ape With the Kern.
Tuesday evening a daring jail delivery
occurred at Belton, Texas. The jailer
was about to place a prisoner arrested in
a cage with seven others, when a blanket
was thrown over bis head and his keys
taken from him. The prisoners then
threw him in the cage and locked the
door upon him and escaped, carrying the
keys with them. Up to midnight it had
been impossible to gain entrance to the
jail, and the jailer stands a good chance
of passing a elay or two in confinement
DRIED PEOPLE.
Iti'covery of tho Bottle* of it Family Who
Died 2,000 Yours Ago.
Col. J. H. Wood, of St. Paul Minn.,
has received the bodies of five persons; a
man, woman, aud three children, taken
from a grave in the Bad Lands of Dakota
by a miner. The bodies are simply dried
up. They are not petrified, and are in a
remarkable state e.f preservation. Scien
tific men who have seen them, say they
belong to a race which existed two thou
sand years ago. The family will be seat
to tbe Smithsonian Institute
NUMBER 15.
SNOWED UNDER.
Of n tli hi-uml thlnji that tha Year anoweel
under,
Tho lu y Old Year that has gone away,
How many will rise in tho spring, I wonder,
Rrou :ht to life by the sun of May?
Will the rose tree branch.*, so wholly hid
den
That nsver a rose-tree seems to be,
At the sweet sprinj’f call come forth unbid
den,
And bud in beauty, and bloom for me!
Will the fair, green earth, whose throbbing
bosom
I v bid, like a maid's in her gown at night,
Wako out of her sleep, and with blade and
Llossom
Uem her garments to please my sight!
Over the knoll In the valley youi r
Tho loveliest buttercups bloomed and gl ow;
When tlie snow is gone that drifted them
under,
Will they shoot up sunward and bloom
anew!
When wild winds blew aud a sleet storm
pelted,
I lost a jewel of priceless worth;
[( I walk that way when snow* have melted,
W ill the gem gleam up from the bare, brown
earth?
I lui 1 a iove that was dead or dying.
For the year to bury aud hiJe from sight;
But out of a trauco will it waken crying,
Aud push to my heart like a leaf to the
light!
Under the snow lie things so cherished—
Hopes, ambitions, and dreams of men,
Faces that vanished anl trusti that per.shed
Never to sparkle or glow a.^uiu.
The Old Year greedily grasped his plunder,
Aud covered it over a and hurrlei away;
Of the thousand things he hid, I wonder
How many will rise at ths tall of May;
O wise Young Year, with your handi held
under
Your mantle of ermine, tell m\ pray!
Ella W. Wilcox , in Boston Globe.
PITH AO POINT.
A game leg—llindquarter of venison.
It is rain or shin.* with a boothblack.
Tho German Army Bill—EmpcrorWil
liam.
Taken aback—A boy playing leap
frog.
Knrot o is so peaceful now that it is
impos-iblo to supply the universal de
mand fur arm*. — Pod-L> p tt -h.
A N< w York man advertises to restore
old painting*. Wonder how many he
has stolen.— Burlington feet Petit.
To admit that our city is well laid out
doesn't necessarily suggest the inference
that it’s dead. — Phila Ulphia Call.
Scientists believe it impossible for a
man to have a double. If this is so, how
can a man be beside himself? — Lift.
As you cau now get two hundred
quinine pills for a dollar, we should say
that quinine is getting to be a drug in
the muiket.— Pud.
The World says that the woman's bus
tle must go. The Ifac/d i* mi taken. It
is the woman that must go. The bustle
must follow. — Ba.atr.
'A hen we see a goose with a lame leg
trving in vain to keep up with the rest
of’ tlic fleck, it always remind* us of a
non advert sing so called business man,
sudcavoring to hold his own against his
neighbors who udrd'tlsa. -JJiitii ills
Untie.
“Papa,” said little Jimmie Briefless,
“what and > you w ear when you go to the
court house—your law suitt” "Oh, no,
my son,’ - replied the good barrister,
kindly. “T hat i* the suit a man puts on
when he goei naked, duly the clients
wear that ” — Burdette.
The gray-bearded man who carefully
husks a pi anut, throws away the meat
and tries to cat th shell probably will
not he accused of bung in love, 11s he
w ould have been thirty years ago, but
he rinks w inning a reputation for absent
mindedness.—Somerville Journal.
“The great trouble with you, John,is,”
said a lady to her husband, who wai suf
fering from the effects of the night be
fore, “you cannot -ay ‘.\'o.’ Bearn to
say No’’ John, mid you w ilt h ive fewer
headaches. Can you let me h ive a lit
tle money this morning;” “No,” said
John with apparent ea e— Pad:.
'Hi • sources or Great Rivera.
Most people have probably beard the
story of the liousein Ohio which is said
to be so exactly balance i upon the boun
dary line between the basins of the great
1 kes and the Ohio 1 iver lh it the lain
(ailing upon one side of th g.b c roof goes
to join the St. Lawren emid the oeein.
while on the other tide it helps to swell
a little brook that finally mingles with
the i hio and the Gulf. There is a more
wonderful place than tills in India. Al
most TOO miles due west of Calcutta is
the Amincrkantak Mountain, which is a
place of great sanctity in the eyei of the
Hindoos, owing to the remarkable fact
that it is the source of one ot the large
rivers of India, trad of feeders of tlv.ee
other rivers that are among the greatest
in the peninsula. Tho torrents that flow
down its sides travel to all the cardinal
points of the < om| ass. The Ncrbu.lda,
which takes its ii e here, winds its way
over 800 miles of plain be'ore it empt es
into the In linn Ocean. The three other
great rivers tha’ are fed from Ammer
k intnk are the i oduverv, the Muhan
uddy and the Sone.
The natives of India have a great rev
erence for the sources of an mber of
their largest rive s, whose waters by
means of irrigating works are often used
in times of drought to nourish iho soil
and prevent or mitigate famines. The
Godavcry. the most l npoitnnt river in
Bouth India, tak<s its rise in a brook lhat
is-ues from a hillside near th • v.llagu of
Nassik. The spot where this brook
gushes from the rock is nppr. a bed by a
flight of out) stone steps, nt tho top of
which is a great stone platform bu It at
the foot of the rock from which the
stream issues. An image under a large
canopy has been so placed that the water
pours out of its mou h and then goes
sparkling down liie hi I From this spot
ttie stream flows HI miles r gilt ; ernss
the peninsula, growing on the way into
a mighty r.vei uni draining IgO,UOJ
s juare mile*. The source of Ihe Goda
vcry is one of the sight* of the Bombay
Presidency.
One little stream, whose waters flow
from river to river until they flnaily join
i the Ama'otis, runs for ten or fifteen miles
by the side of one of the sources of tho
great Paraguay. Though the,' iow par
| allel to each other, and only two or thren
mile3 apait, they run in opposit ■ direc
tions. Canoes are often hutile 1 across
the inter rening portage and iu this way
it is possible for a small boat to travel
from tlie mouth of the Ama. ons t > Bue
nos Ayres along tile inhuid waters of
South America, and with a portage of
i only two or three miles.—-Vf York .uvn.