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VOLUME XXII.
1" Georgia SQtsrpnse.
■ A progressive Democratic piper, pub
•rnlicl weekly at Covington, Newton
dbunty, Georgia. Terms, $1.60 per an
num, strictly in advance. Established
October 28th, 1866. Ilurut out on
Autoiat diet, 1881, and again on Decem
ber. lt, 1888. Both times it went down
i&shcs without any insurance.
t: l's'iiuU'iu.sKis an uncompromising
adhocutuof tbo principles of the organized
a<l living Democracy of to-day.
’w hile it grants equal justice to all
men before the law, it holds this tc be a
White Man’s Government, belonging to
him by the right of discovery—be
qnptbcd to him by tbo blood and suffer
ing of tbo Fathers. None but Anglo-
Saxon names were signed to the Declara
tion of fndopendeuce. and none but
white men bled and died to wrench tbo
oHonies from England’s cruel grasp, to
tbo proud young Republic of
America.
ffigUpon these issues tbo paper is wiling
to g" before the public, asking no other
support than that which its merits do
servo The paper will be free and out
spoken on all questions of public interest,
and will not endeavor to accomplish the
ridiculous feat of “running with tbo hare,
and baying with the bounds.’’
In other words, Tiie Esteupiiise will
not Tie a “fence rider” in any of the po
litical campaigns. Those who desire a
live newspaper, are earnestly requested
o give it a trial.
S. W. HAWKINS, Editor.
isoirrnEHN vessel wrecked.
A dispatch from Camden N. J., says :
It is feared that a steamer bound for a
northern port has been wrecked off the
New Jersey coast during the storm of
Thiir.-day last. The ocean beach between
Bariegat inlet and Seaside park is strewn
with w reckage. Southern fruits and early
veget ables in crates, and barrels are
washing ashore in the surf, and are being
picki lup by the beachcombers. This
afternoon nearly twenty barrels of green
cabl age were east upon the sands. As
yst nothing has been saved that gives the
slightest indication of the nama of the
li|sel. No bodies have bosn found.
PETROLEUM IN AI. MIAMI.
has been received of the
disco 'cry of petroleum oil at Vance’s
Station Ala., thirty miles below Birming
ham on the Alabama Great Souther i rail
road. Oil was found at the depth of fifty
fwt and a steady stream is flow ing to the
nfifacc through a two inch pipe. Indi
cations of oil were found in the same lo
cality about one year ago, hut no boring
was done until recently. Much excite
ment is caused by the news.
MANNING GOING TO EUROPE.
Scen t ary Manning has arranged to
make a trip to Europe for his health.
He left Washington Thursday for Now
York and will take a steamer from there
next week. lie will be accompanied by
hi. i" rife and family and Treasurer
Jorda The latter is now in New York,
hut will return to Washington prior to
his departure for Europe.
He Will Get an Invite.
The presence in Chicago of Mr.
James Carlisle of Pueblo calls to mind
(E incident in connection with himself
and one of the men who became rich
I from the output of Lcadvillc. The bo
naazutie alluded to was Gjis Riche, and
when the present millionai o and ex-
Benator, 'I abor, was keeping a store in
California Gulch, Mr. Tabor used to
“grub stake” llieho while he prospected
for a lead. Eventually Riche and his
crony, a man named Hook, almost acci
dentally found the great carbonate lead
thatq uickly built a cityamong the clouds
and boomed Denver so satisfactorily,
and made a large number ot millionaires.
Of Course Riche became rich with the
others, hut being always a man of unex
alted tastes and desidedly illiterate,
'there came a time within a few’ years in
-which a social line of demarcation was
drawn Thus it happened that once,
when Tabor and others wero entertain
ing some Eastern magnates and capital
ists with a banquet at the Clarendon in
Leodvillc, Mr. Carlisle walked into a
saloon and belietd Riche consoling him
self with an immense schooner of boor.
“Hello!” said Carlisle. “Why not at
the banquet?” Fer der pest of reasons,
Chim. Ii on'd get an inwito,” replied
Riche. “Dem fellers vas too arisdo
gradig; dev vos too decent und respect
ahle, und clay don’d iuwite me some
more.” “Now that’s too bad,” returned
arlisle.” “Don’d you mind that,” said
Riche. “I vill giv a banget myself. I
vill gat me dot bill of fare und I vili
-more is duplicate it, und I clon’d hef a
decent respectable feller at dor table.”
Then Suddenly as if remembering some
thing, he added; “Don’d you get un
easy, Chim; you vill got an inwide.”—
'CSitago Mai'.
Pride r Race.
A gentleman owns a fine tract of cedar
land not far from Austin, Texas, and a
few days ago he was told that some
negroes were cutting down the timber,
so he rode out to sec about it. To Ms
astonishment lie found a wealthy white
neig&bor. with a team and wagon, haul
ing off the timber. “ Why. I am us
tonished, Colonel.” said the owner of
the land. “I heard that a lot of negroes
wero stealing my timber, and here I
find you, a white man, cutting roy tim
ber.jlYou ought to be ashamed of your
lolf.tf “Well, to tell the truth,’ re
spol||ed the other party, “I hate to
Iteal timber like a darky, but there
cedar trees make such good fence rails
that I concluded to drop all pride of
race.”— Texas tVjl ug>.
A Widower’s Revenge.
Mr. Friendly —‘ So your wife left all
her money to your daughter?”
Msg. unis—“She did, bad ’cess to her;
bntjlgot square with her.”
Mr. Friendly—“ You did, eh? How
did you manage it ?”
Mag inis—“Begorra, I buried her in
A s*oond hand coffin.” —Lowell Odizen.
The Georgia Enterprise.
SOUTHERN ITEMS.
NEWS NOTES GATHERED
FROM VARIOUS BECTIONB.
ALABAMA.
Some ore land in Franklin was sold a
few days ago at $ 150 an acre.
The strike at Day's Gap, Walker coun
ty, still continues, and many miners aro
leaving to hunt work elsewhere.
A little daughter of Mr. David Powell,
of Dayton, was shot and killed a few
days ago by the accidental dischargo of a
pistol.
A piece of gold ore about the size of a
baby’s fist, found near Alexandria City,
was recently sold in New York for A—,
A large amount of this ore has been
found in the Tallapoosa hills, and own
ers are holding their lands at a high
figure.
There is a little negro boy about seven
years of age living near Uniontown, who
seems to possess a wonderful talent. He
ran take a lump of mud from the road
side and with his hand form any aniinul
lie ever saw. and the representation is al
most perfect. All the proportions arc
good.
An old woman claiming to he of
Scotch descent, and in search of land,
visited Brcwton last week. She abruptly
left her hotel, on foot, and as she did
not return, she was searched for and
found across the state line in Florida, in
a demented condition. She claimed to
have been robbed of $25,000. This story
was not altogether believed, hut she was
seen in Brew ton with a large roll of
money, and when found she had lost it
all.
Mr. William Atkinson, a farmer living
five miles southeast of Port Deposit, had
a curiosity in the shape of a pig which
was well developed. Although dead,
others of the same lot arc living. Tho pig
had eight well formed legs and feet, four
cars, two eyes, two tails and one head,
two of his ears coming out on top of the
head. Just behind its shoulders the body
divides, nnd from this point to its tail
there are two distinct bodies fully devel
oped.
MISSISSIPPI.
Olive Branch has been carried by the
prohibitionists.
It has been discovered that the title of
160 acres of land in the heart of the res
idence part of Meridian has never been
acquired from the government. The en
try was made nnd not proven. This is
from the records at Jackson. No fears
are entertained that the titles of present
holders will be effected.
The analysis received from Birming
ham of a specimen of iron ore found at
Enterprise shows 51 per cent of iron and
only .70 of 1 per cent of phosphorus.
The nssayist pronounced the specimen to
he a first-class ore and nearly a hessemer
ore. The Enterprise Mining and Furnace
company has been organized. The incor
porators are from New Orleans, Mobile,
Enterprise and Meridian. The company
owns 6,000 acres of land, and is capital
ized at $750,000.
The stockholders and directors of the
Mississippi State Fair Association held a
meeting at which it was determined to
hold a State fair at Jackson some time
next fall, the date not yet being fixed.
The number of stockholders have in
creased to fifteen, all of whom are first
class, energetic business men, aud who
make a success of everything they under
take. It is a joint stock company duly
incorporated under the laws of Missis
sippi. Hon. Wm. L. Hemingway is
president of the hoard of directors.
The negro Alex. Crawford, who mur
dered Vic Loggins, was captured in
Choctaw county and taken to Winona.
Crowds came in from the country, and
by 10 o’clock the town was full of peo
ple. Quite a crowd assembled at the
courthouse to decide what steps should
be taken, and many of the older citizens
tried to stay summary proceedings, hut
nil efforts lo stay the infuriated populace
were futile. Several hundred men as
sembled at the jail and by forco took the
keys from the jailer and unlocked the
cell. Alex resisted, hut was soon over
powered and was carried about 300 yards
to the railroad bridge, where he was
hanged, lie acknowledged that he killed
Loggins, but would give none of the de
tails. Ho only stated that no one was
implicated with him.
FLORIDA.
The French bark Palmier, recently ar
rived at Pensacola, Has on board a cage
containing 700 birds from the west coast
of Africa.
Citizens of Tallahassee have already
subscribed !jt27,000 in behalf of railroad
connections with the Savannah, Florida
and Western.
A forty-acre Japan persimmon grove
Will be set Tint by a syndicate of fruit
growers, which was organized by some
of Fort Meade's live citizens last week.
According to the city directory just
completed, the population of Pensacola
iS now 14,220, an increase in two years of
3,048. The number of new surnames is
1,649.
The hotel question should certainly be
kept going in Tampa until it is built.
The men are now in the city and the
money ready. If Tampa will buy an SB,-
000 block the hotel will start at once.
General Finley, the new United States
Senator from Florida, is seventy years old
and tho hero of three wars. lie is very
pious, very popular and a powerful stump
speaker. He is the originator of two-cent
letter postage.
Thomas A. Edison, at Fort Myers, has
entirely recovered his health, and is buz
zing around town as active and strong ns
he ever was. Much to the satisfaction of
the citizens, he will soon have the town
brilliantly lighted by electricity. He is
so extremely reticent about his new ex
periments and inventions that he posi
tively refuses to be drawn out by inter
viewerr on that subject.
One of the largest purchases of land
that has been made arouud Tavares lately
has been by Hon Frank Jones, of Ports
mouth, N.H., of the Seals grove and
lands connected therewith, comprising
about 110 acres. This property was
owned by Mrs. F. J. Thomas, of Eufaula,
Ala. The land is situated on Lake Eus
tis, within the town of Tavares, and has
an attractive location, comprising about
one-half mile of lake front. Mr, Jones
announces his purpose of having the en
tire property cleared. The purchase is
valued at $20,000.
“TREY MURDERED HER.”
Rxrtllni Nretim Ov.r the Doitil Iloilt of on
AtinrrliUr* Wife.
There was t. remarkable soeue Tuesday
afternoon at the bier of dead wife of An
archist Necbo in Chicago, While the
room was filled with sympathizers of b >tli
sexes, a blonde little woman bent over
the coffin and hurst into loud lumenta
tions. With clasped hands and stream
ing eyes she shrieked : “They murdered
her! She was murdered by those hang
men. Grinnell and Gary were her exe
cutioners. Bho, in her coffin; her hus
band in jail, Both victims of capitalistic
bloodhounds.”
The people present became highly
wrought up, and during the remainder of
the day, in the death chamber, there was
no cessation of curses against those hang
men. Before evening a copy of the
Arbeitor Zcitung arrived, containing an
article declaring that Mrs. Neebe had
died from a broken heart, caused by the
conviction of her husband. The article
concluded as follows:
“She and our friend, Oscar Neebe, are
victims of a capitalistic band of conspira
tors, known ns the Citizens’ association,
and of their tools —Grinnell and Gary—
they, in conjunction with an odious, ly
ing press, serving the enemies of the
people, have murdered a brave woman,
and made children, not of age, orphans.
They will reap the curse of the present
and the contempt of coming generations.”
The sidewalk in front of Neebce’s
house was crowded with excited people.
A committee has been formed to make
arrangements for the funeral, and they
decided to postpone it, and make it the
occasion of a socialistic demonstration.
PATH OF THE CYCLONE.
It Strikes .Bourne, (>n, and Does Much
Damnge.
A small cyclone struck Monroe, Ga.,on
Tuesday evening, doing some damage.
People ran from their houses and saw a
rapidly revolving funnel shaped cloud
flying from southwest to northeast. In
five minutes it was many miles away, ris
ing upward. It descended right in the
midst of the town,blowing down a frame
house of Mr. C. G. Nowell and tearing
off the tin roof of the store belonging to
H. S. Walker and occupied by A. 8.
Nowell & Cos. Houses in the immediate
track of the cyclone were not touched
or shaken. It seemed to have come
straight down from above, blew over the
house and tore off the roof, and then as
cended again. A buggy was lifted from
the ground and its wheels sent spinning
around in the air in a rapid rate, and
then placed back on the ground just a
few feet from where it was struck. A
horse was standing hitched to a post with
a saddle on. The saddle was blown from
his back, breaking the girth.
TIIE APPROPRIATION BILLS.
A statement of the footings of the ap
propriation hills passed at the last session
of Congress has been completed by the
clerks of the Senate and the House com
mittee on appropriations. It is as follows:
Agricultural, $1,026,730; army, $23,724,-
718; diplomatic aud consular, $1,420,924;
District of Columbia, $4,205,890, Indians,
$4,226,897; legislature, $20,702,221;
military academy, $419,930; navy, $25,-
753,165; pensions, $76,252,500; post
office, $55,604,650; sundry civil, $22,-
382,490; Mexican pension deficiency,
$6,900,000; public printing deficiency,
$107,000; miscellaneous appropriations,
estimated, $3,500,000. Total of actual
appropriations, $247,387,144. The river
and harbor bill, which was not signed,
appropriated $9,913,600, and the defic
iency which did not pass, though it was
agreed upon in conference, carried an ap
propriation of $4,375,023.
-MEXICAN MURDERERS.
The Bodies of Two Ranchmen Found In a
Burnt Cabin,
A horrible double murder occurred at
Lackey’s ranche near Albuquerque, N.
M., last week. On Friday a party riding
past the ranche discovered that the cabin
had been burned. They also found the
body of Frasier, Lacky’s partner, lying a
short distance away witli his back per
forated with bullets, ns though lie had
been shot while running away. Lackey
was missing, hut on searching the ruins
carefully his charred remains were found.
Tiie previous afternoon several shots
were heard in the vicinity and four Mex
icans were seen leaving there a short
time afterward, Robbery is supposed to
be the incentive.
A COWARDLY SHOT.
An Indiana Constable Slioots a Boy ol
Fourteen,
Wilson Driver, a deputy constable,
who came to Millerburg, Ind., from
Switzerland county to arrest William
Sleet, who had escaped from officers while
under arrest for stealing, and found him
in a skiff going toward the Kentucky
shore. He called on Sleet to return.
Sleet’s son Leslie, aged 14, who was also
in a skiff nt the Indiana shore, called to
his father not to return. Driver then
fired at the elder Sleet. The boy begged
the constable not to kill his father, where
upon Driver deliberately shot the hoy,
inflicting a fatal wound. A warrant was
issued for the arrest of Driver.
DESPERATE PRISONERS-
They Threaten to Kill Any One Who En
tered 'I heir Cell.
George Watson and Arthur Greene,
desperate Welch mountain thieves, con
fined in Lancaster county Pa., prison,
became rebelious Tuesday morning anil
threatened to brain any person who en
tered their cells, with big oak sticks
which they broke from a carpet loom.
Keeper Burkholder thrust a pistol into
the cell to intimidate them, when they
knocked the weapon from his hand and
secured it. They have since held pos
session of the cell, threatening to shoot
any person who comes near, and all at
tempts to dislodge them have failed. An
effort will be made to starve them out.
ANSWERED BV A SHOT.
Wm. Mills, an English laborer, was
shot and killed Monday afternoon by a
man named Pierce, at Coosa tunnel, on
the Goodwater extension, twenty miles
from Birmingham, Ala. Pierce was a
timekeeper, and had struck a drunken
laborer with a rock. Mills and three
companions followed him to a store near
by, and Mills asked Pierce why he struck
the man. Pierce picked up a double
barreled shotgufi and said: “1 will
answer with this.” He fired, and the
entire load passed through Mill’s head,
killing him instantly. Pierce escaped.
“my COUNTRY MAT BUS BVRR BB RIQUT. RIQIIT OR WRONG MT COUNTRY."—Jeffersm.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH IS, 1887.
A FATAL BLOCKADE.
UtIOIITFUL FALLS FROM THE
Mill YORK ELEVATED ROAD.
Mon Wnlktng on Ihr Track, Htankrn Off
to Their OoMfb bv Morin, Trnln,.
A fire occurred in New Y'ork City at
5 o’clock Thursday morning in the store
of Niclioll, the tailor, in the Bowery, and
caused a loss of between $50,000 and SOO
- Trains on the elevated roads were
blocked by the flames. A blockade oc
curred all the way down to South Ferry
und and on the down track up to Seven
teenth street. A number of passengers
left one train at Seventeenth street and
started to walk along the narrow foot
path at the side of the track to the sta
tion at Eleventh street. While doing so
the blockade was relieved and trains
began to start. Their motion shook the
pathway to such an extent that a number
of passengers were thrown down to the
street. Three of these were instantly
killed and seven others badly injured.
Soon after the fire occurred the down
track was blocked with trains from Ninth
to Fifty-second streets. All the trains
were crowded with people. Alongside
the track is a platform two feet and a
half wide, used by trackmen. Above
fourteenth street it is not provided with
a hand rail. One of the passengers,
named Patrick Matthews, on the train
which was blockaded between stations,
grew impatient of waiting, and opened
the gate on the car platform, stepped
down to the platform beside the track
nr.d started to walk to Fourteenth street.
He was followed by many others, until
there was a continuous line of men in
single file in close order on this platform,
headed by Mathews. When Mathews
had nearly reached Fourteenth street, the
blockade was broken, and the trains
started up, one after another. The shak
ing of the track anil noise and rush of the
cars apparently frightened Mathews, be
cause he turned and dashed for the ear
platform. The man next behind did the
same, hut Mathews’ hold apparently
broke, aud he toppled back upon the
man behind him, and both fell backward
into the street. The commotion created
on the platform by this occurrence,
frightened and demoralized others close
to them. Some came in collision and
fell, while others in panic jumped from
the platform to the street, below, and
still others hurriedly scrambled upon
passing cars. The shouts and screams
outside communicated the panic to pas
sengers inside the cars and many women
fainted. The trains were stopped, and
everybody remaining on the platform was
taken on board the cars.
The men fell or leaped to the street,
about twenty feet below, and struck up
on the surface car track or stone pave
ment. Four were killed outright, their
skulls being crushed in each instance.
The other six were seriously hurt. Oue
has since died in the hospital, and an
other is reported dying. It is supposed
several others made the leap, hut were
not so seriously hurt but that they could
take care of themselves.
The fire which was the primary cause
of the accident, burned out Nicoll’s
tailoring establishment, and a couple of
small houses adjoining, causing a loss ol
SIOO,OOO. Mathews was one of the men
killed. All were clerks or laboring men
who were belated on their way to busi
ness.
WILL PROBABLY REBEL.
Newfoundland Greatly Excited Over the
Bait Bill.
Advices from Newfoundland show that
in their ultimatum to the British govern
ment in forwarding the bait hill for the
imperial assent, the legislature of that
colony is determined not to be trampled
upon by the queen or by any in authority
under her. The text of the address of
the legislature of Newfoundland to the
imperial government shows that the island
is greatly excited. It says in effect that
Newfoundland will not submit to the
situation.
The address goes on to say: “We
must decline respectfully to accept the
view that the French or any other for
eign power has a status to or consultative
claim in the control or disposition of out
property, and we humbly demur to any
recognition of their pretentions in this
respect. We acknowledge no authority
but that of the imperial government, and
their rights of their domain are wisely
limited by our constitutional powers,
which secures for us the free exercise of
our instructed intelligence in the manage
ment of our local affairs.”
The same advices state that the colony
is on the verge of an open rebellion, and
that little encouragement would be re
quired to cause a general uprising against
the yoke of Brilish connection, which,
they claim, hears heavily upon them.
Private dispatches state that a strong
sentiment favoring annexation to the
United States is spreading throughout the
province, which is likely to give serious
trouble unless the British government
yields in granting the demand the pro
visional government is now making.
A YOUNG MURDERER.
A Boy #f Twelve Klll.n Whole Family In
Kentucky.
News has been received from a lonely
fanning community on flat’s Fork, Law
rence. county Ky„ of a terrible tragedy.
Samuel Smith, aged twelve, who had
some difficulty with a neighbor, Stephen
Hammond, Tuesday armed himself with
a revolver and went over to llamtnond’9,
following him into the house. Hammond
then reached for his rifle, but Smith fired
and killed him. Hammond’* wife and
children, a hoy and girl, attacked the
murderer, hut he soon fatally wounded
Mrs. Hammond, and as the children at
tempted to escape he filled them both
with balls. He fled to the mountain*
and has not yet been caught. Mrs.
Hammond will die and the children may
not recover. It was hours after the
neighbors came, attracted by the cries of
the boy.
SHOT IN TIIE DARK.
About midnight Monday Mrs. Smith, a
widow who lives *ix miles south of In
dianapolis on Bluff road, with her grand
son, Cornelius E. Sutton, a young boy,
was awakened by someone demanding
admittance. Sutton was also awakened
nnd warned the intruder away. Instead
of leaving, however, the man attempted
to gain an entrance through the window.
Sutton fired through the glass and the
fellow went away. Tuesday morning his
dead body was found near the gate with
a bullet through his heart. His identity
is unknown.
ATTEMPTED MURDER.
An .Und*- I |in lr. HHlcr, ul
ftiiTuntmk. Gear,lii.
Dr. E. J. Keifer, a well known propri
etor of a drug store on Stewart aud West
Broad streets, Savannah, Ua., was shot
by a young man named Thomas Fogarty.
Gn Friday young Fogarty went into Dr.
Keifer’s drug store, and being refused
some articles, commenced a violent tira !<
sgaiust Mrs. Keifer, and used in he!
presence nnd applied to licr some most
obscene language. Monday morning the
mayor Cued Fogarty $lO.
It appears that after the police court
case had been disposed of, young Fogarty
armed himself with u revolver and laid in
wait for Dr. Keifer. About 11:25 o’clock
he ew the latter leaving his store in com
pany with Mr, L. Nolan and Mr. 0. G.
Falli.ant, and approaching the druggist
from Behind a fence, on the north side of
Stewart street, Fogarty fired. Ho was
within a few feet of the druggist when
he commented his attempt at assassina
tion. The first shot struck him under
and behind the left enr, and came out of
his mouth The next one struck him on
the fleshy portion of his right arm as he
wheeled about to see who shot him. An
other bullet entered his buck und in the
fleshy part by the right thigh, und an
other one penetrated his right leg.
The five shots were discharged with
remarkable rapidity. Four of them took
effect. The first shot was fired when the
youthful assassin was only, a' few feet
away from his victim, and tlu) flesh was
burned, in such close proximity was the
pistol held to the head. As soon as he
emptied his revolver and before the af
frighted spectators could do anything,
Fogarty ran away down Sims street, and
was last seen going across Springfield
plantation.
Dr. Keifer fell in the street, being un
armed, and only a few feet from his store
door. It is thought he will come through
safely, as the w ounds are not considered
necessarily fatal, The attempt to murder
him is a most dastardly one. Fogarty
was still at large at last accounts.
A DETERMINED OFFICER.
A Crowd of Roughs Endeavor to Detain a
Prisoner.
A special to the Atlanta Constitution
from Chattanooga, Tenn., says: Sheriff
Connor, of this county, returned Monday
from Asheville, N. C., in charge of one
Goodlake, wanted here for felonious as
sault. The sehriff had a thrilling exper
ience. Goodlake’s friends made a des
perate effort to rescue the prisoner, and
at one time the constabulary and better
citizens of Asheville came near having a
riot with roughs who were Goodlake’s
friends. Sheriff Connor was arrested on
a warrant charging him with forgery, de
laying him one day. Then an effort was
made to further delay him by securing a
writ of habeas corpus, which he eluded
by taking the place of the fireman on the
engine, on the train on which lie had
placed his prisoner. As fireman, he
avoided the writ until within six miles of
the Tennessee line, when he was discov
ered by one of Goodlake’s friends, all of
whom remained in the train. The plucky
sheriff then ran forward to the cow
catcher where he rode until the train
reached the Tennessee line, his prisoner
in the meantime being in charge of a
deputy who refused to give the prisoner
up until ordered by his superior. The
affair created excitement in North Caro
lina. Goodlake’s friends declare they
will prosecute Connor. The prisoner is
now here to await his trial.
A DEAD OFFICIALS BOOKS.
A Dead Philadelphia Official Proven lo be
n Defnulter.
A considerable sensation was caused by
the rumor that Newman Keither, who lias
-been registrar of the water department of
Philadelphia, Pa, for several years, and
who died on the 3d instant, had been
found to be a defaulter. Keither had
been in the public service about nine
years, the major portion of tui timo in
the water department as registrar, where
he handled upward of $2,000,000 per
year. When un examination of his books
was had, after his death, it was found
; that five large firms, whose water rent
amount to something like SB,OOO each,
had not been credited with payments as
j they should have been made. Invcsti-
I gation revealed the fact that one of theso
I firms had paid Keither $4,200 in two
checks, one of which, for $751, he had
placed in the money drawer and taken
that sum in cash therefrom, while the
other, for $3,449 he had deposited to the
credit of his individual account at his
banking house. Those in charge of the
investigation decline to say anything in
regard to the other four firms whose tax
appears on the hooks as unpaid.
A SERIOUS AFFRAY.
tteverni Families llnvo a Panto i tin lllinoi*
Church (around
An old feud between the Hanks,
j Combs and Roberts families, of Omega
township, Illinois, culminated Thursday
night at a church gathering in a general
cutting and shooting affray. Austin
Hanks slipped up behind Charles Roberts
who was escorting two young ladies into
church, and struck him ou the head with
a harrow tooth, cutting a frightful gash
aud causing profuse bleeding. Before
Roberts could release himself from the
ladies, a pistol shot was fired by some
unknown party, believed to lie one of the
Combs boys. The ball cut through one
of Roberts’s fingers aud entered the palm
of his hand.
At this juncture Roberts drew his re
volver and began firing, the second shot
fired taking effect in Austin Hank’s ab
domen, ami when his followers saw their
leader fall, they at once ceased hostilities
Roberts was immediately placed under
arrest and his preliminary trial is now in
progress. There are so many witnesses
the trial will probably last all night.
Hanks lies between life and death. Thu
parties are all prominent citizens.
A STRANGE WILL.
Edward Kuchl, of Omaha, Neb., 69
years old, was found lying dead in a bed
at 319 South Tenth street. Kuehl was a
well known eccentric character about
Omaha, He was a shoemaker by trade,
but made a great deal of money by tell
ing fortunes. In his will he directs that
John Baumer take charge of the remains
and see that his body is cremated, and all
his expenses and debts paid, and then
that the residue he offered to the Fran
ciscan Sisters, liis ashes ho desired
placed over a certain bar in the city,
where he was accustomed to drink. It
is thought that the money and property
will amount to $3,000. Mr. Baumer will
take the body to Buffalo and have it
cremated at once.
INTO THE RIVER.
A THAIS GOES DOWN WITH A
TRESTLE.
A nlßfnltr Accident on the Iron .Mountain
nnd Honthrrn Railroad.
The Texas bound train of the Iron
Mountain railroad, which left St. Louis
Saturday night, was precipitated into the
creek by the bridge giving way two and
a half miles south of Victoria, Missouri.
The engine and all the passenger coaches
went down together. Only the sleeper
was left on the track.
The accident while not being at all un
usual In regard to fatal casualties, proves
to have been quite remarkable in respect
to tho several circumstance* which at
tended it. It occurred at Victoria, a lit
tle after 10 o’clock, and was occasioned
by the giving way under tho train of tho
trestle which crosses Joachim creek, at
that point. The trnin was the Texas ex
press and consisted of baggage, express
and mail cars, a smoker, two passenger
coaches and four sleepers, carrying about
130 passengers. A heavy rain had fallen
all day ana the creek was much swollen.
At Hematite, the first station this side of
the trestle, tho engineer received ordeis
to run cautiously, as tho rain had been
heavy and tho creek wm out of its hanks.
Engineer Kelly says he run slowly beyond
that point, and both he and his fireman,
Wm. Hach,watched the track very close
ly. As he approached the traok, Kelly
observed that the track was entirely
straight and level, showing nothing
wrong, and he went on without tho
sllghest fear or hesitation, hut when liis
engine reached about tho middle of tho
trestle, he felt tho whole structure sink
ing beneath him.
In an instant ho opened the valves op
ened the valves operating the air brakes
tho full width, and brought the train to
so quick a stop that the front end of one
the cars was crushed in by the sudden
shock. This saved the coaches, but the
baggage, mail, express and smoking cars
went into the raging torrent below, car
rying with them all the men on board.
Engineer Kelly and Fireman Haeh went
down with the engine, and were sub
merged in the flood. Kelly, in his strug
gle to free himself, found that one of hi3
feet was held fast, but at the same in
stant, and just as he realized that he
must drown, the engine turned over, his
foot was released, and lie came to the
surface. Seizing a passin log, ho clung
to it desperately and was swept down the
torrent und lodged against tree 150
yards below. YVith scarcely strength
enough to move, he clasped his legs and
arms around the limb of the tree, became
unconscious and was not restored until
two or three hours after he had been
taken from the tree, when he found him
self kindly cared for in a house in Vic
toria. His face nnd head were severely
cut, two of his toes cut from one of his
feet, and he is very badly bruised in
various parts of the body. He will re
cover.
Fireman Hach was carried about 500
yards down stream, lodged in a mass of
brush or drift and was rescued soon after
the flood subsided. He is a good deal
bruised, but not seriously hnrt. The
postal car was swept away some distance,
and as the water rushed through it from
end to end, the mail was literally washed
out, and is now scattered , over miles of
territory, or embedded in the mud of the
creek. It is regarded as almost a total
loss, the whole of it being completely
soaked, and the addresses of the letters
being obliterated. The postal clerks,
McCullough, Shaffer and Ryan, were
badly bruised and almost drowned, and
being stripped for work, they lost their
clothes, gold watches and $250 in money,
which were carried away by the flood.
The smoker, which is said to have con
tained some twenty persons, was swept
down about 300 feet below the trestle,
and its occupants are believed to have
been saved. They succeeded in getting
outside the car, and clung to its top un
til rescued. Thera is some itouht nlvmt.
the baggage man and express messenger
being saved, but a late dispatch from the
wreck says that none of the train men
were lost. A special train was sent out
ccnveying physicians and medical sup
plies. The train returned nnd brought a
number of passengers and train men who
didn’t care to wait at the wreck until the
trestle was repaired.
WANTED TO MIBCEGENATE.
A Colored Man nnd a While Womnn lo be
.Married In Ohio.
It has not been an unusual occurrence
for a colored man to apply to apply to
the probate court for a license to marry a
white woman. Before the passage re
cently by the legislature of Ohio of the
law obliterating all distinction between
white and colored people n license was,
of course, refused. Since then it lias
been expected that there would he appli
cations of this sort.
Wednesday, at Cincinnati, the first
man applied for his privileges under the
law. His name was Thomas Beatty, and
the woman he wanted to marry was Lucy
Beach. Louis Hauser, the marriage li
cense clerk, took him to Judge Goebel.
The judge questioned him, and it
was developed that tho man and
woman had been living together as
man and wife for six years. They once
lived in Evansville, Ind., and now live at
the foot of Freeman avenue in Cincin
nati' He said the woman was a widow,
he supposed, bhe had one child when
he began to live with her. He was not
■ ire Whether the woman's husband was
dead or whether she was > divorced from
him. Tho judge told him that he had
better make some inquiries about the
matter before he married her. He went
away to do this.
It was also devoloped in the examina
tion of the man that John Richardson, a
colored man, had married a white woman
a short time ago. A reference to the
marriage license record showed that a
licem-e had been issued to Richardson on
the sth of last month. He had sworn
that she was a colored woman. This was
before the new law was passed. The
marriage was, therefore, illegal, and the
man also perjurd himself.
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
An accident occurred to a passenger
train on the Pemberton and Hightown
branch of the Pennsylvania railroad, near
Hightown, N. Y., in consequence of a
broken rail. The mail car and passenger
were thrown from the track, and the
former was burned and all the mails de
stroyed. A. A. I’erine, of Hightown was
fatally injured, and Levi Wilson, con
ductor, was seriously if not fatally hurt.
One or two passengers are reported in
jured. A number of physicians went to
look after the injured.
A MAD RACE.
S f rny *l*l*li Hitler'* If it i*i' With n l.ooo
■toil re.
A thrilling cpisoio occurred nt llazzlo
ton,Pa. Near Allison A Cos. 'a foundry is a
road which crosses the tracks of the Le
high Valley railroad. The employes of
the foundry had just eaten their dinner,
nnd were waiting for the steam whistle
to blow to call them hack to work, when
they saw John Crevling, a well-to-do but
eccentric character, approach in a sleigh
to which were hitched two horses. In
stead of crossing over the track Crevling
turned the horses on the railroad lied
and, applying the whip, began a inad
race down tho west track. The employes
were terror stricken when they saw a
freight train rounding the curve on the
same track which the crazy driver was
making a race course out of.
They know it would he only a short
time before the iron horse would overtake
the man in the sleigh, nnd rushing out of
tho shop they signaled the engineer to
stop. The man at the throttle did not
know what the signalers meant, hut as he
rounded the curve he soon found out.
About three hundred feet ahead of him
wore the horses and sleigh. Crevling
heard the toots of the locomotive whistle
and lashed the horses furiously. Tho
sleigh hounded over tlui cobble stones at
a rapid rate. Tjie engineer whistled
down brakes and JeJerscd his engine, hut
did not expect timpito avoid a
terrible accident. 1
The situation was a priticnf one. The
lunatic in the aleigliv fuAued around two
or three times to ascertain the distance
between himself and the train. The en
gineer waved his hand for him to go on,
and Crevling urged his horses to renewed
speed. To add to tho danger another
train was approaching from thcea9t, und
the crazy man could not swap tracks even
had he so desired. The train was gaining
on Crevling when one of the runners of
the sleighs broke, but the horses managed
to pull along until the train came to a
standstill ten feet from the man and
horses, and the exciting race was ended.
The animals dropped from exhaustion
and bruises. Crevling was very cool; lie
said it was an exciting race, hilt ho
thought he won.
A SOCIALIST MEETING.
They Grow quire Exrltnd In Dl.cumloi
Tliclr Views.
There was a large meeting of socialist*
at west Twelfth street, Quiner hall, Chi
cago Sunday afternoon, to discuss a
measure pending in the Illinois legisla
ture known as Merritt’s hill to punish the
authors of inflammatory, incendiary
speeches or writings. After an address
by a newspaper man named Buchanan,
denouncing capitalists, the press and the
military, a resolution was adopted pro
testing against the bill. Then some very
radical speeches were delivered in Eng
lish, German nnd Bohemian. Editor
Currlin, of the Arbeiter Zeitung, advised
his hearers to procure arms und carry
them. Holmes, the English chairman,
declared the socialists had the right to
preach treason and the overthrow of so
ciety, and the constituted authorities.
Sooner than see the bill pass, he would
take arms in hand and preach revolntion.
He was against the bill as an American
citizen, as a socialist and as an anarchist.
If necessary they should all become de
termined rebels, and preach downright
revolution. Currlin and Holmes were
widely cheered by the crowd, which in
cluded a number of women.
A SWINDLER ARRESTED.
The Proprietor of the Victor Wnteh Com
puny in th Toll*.
For a number of months the postofilcc
authorities have received complaints from
all parts of the country about a concern
doing business at No. 48 Maiden Lane
New York city, known ns the “Victor
YVatch Company,” which was flooding
the mails with rircuhirs, advertising cheap
w atches. Inspector Hartshorn was given
charge of the ease, and after careful ex
amination ho discovered that the eoncern
was a gigantic swindle. The Victor
Watch company lias been run by a man
named Charles West. He advertised
gold plated watches for $6 50, received
the money and never sent tho watches.
Tuesday Inspector Hartshorn arrested
West in his small office on Maiden Lane
and took him before United States Com
missioner Shields, who held him for
examination. We 4 his made thousands
of dollars out of tho scheme. The in
spectors are hunting up the names of
people who have been swindled.
SWINDLERS ARRESTED.
Another AValch Swindle Delected—A Gold
Watch for a Dollar.
United States officers arrested John 11.
Rich and Giles H. Rich,of Boston, Mass.,
the latter assistant clerk of the Roxbury
police court, upon tho charge of using tho
mails to defraud the public. The parties,
it is claimed, have been operating under
the title of “The Massachusetts Watch
company,” and have flooded the country
with circulars offering an elegant gold
watch with latest improvements for sl,
but which proved to he a cheap brass
hunting case, containing a paper face, on
which were painted the figures of llio
sun dial. Upon visiting the office of the
concern, the officers found a dozen girls
at work preparing watches for transmis
sion through the mills, and upon tho
manager’s desk was a largo pile of bills
just received in the morning’s mail.
Rich, it is said was the company’s legal
adviser. Both men wero taken before
Commissioner Hallett and held in $1,500
bonds each for trial.
KILLED HIM WIFE.
James F. Goodman, a wealthy citizen
of Huntsville, Mo., iiad a dispute with
his wife Sunday night about a piece of
real estate he had presented to bis little
son. Goodman kicked his wife out of
bed and then brained her with a hoot
jack. Tho child witnessed tho killing.
Goodman went to the barn, severed an
artery in his arm, and hanged himself to
a rafter. Tho dead woman was good
mans’ third wife, and the hoy to whom
the property had been presented was the
son of a former wife.
GONE BACK TO THEIR OLD FAITH.
The Mormon jurors of Salt Lake City
in Judge Zone’s court after having taken,
on Monday, the oaths of the new Ed
munds-Tueker hill, on examination the
following day, went hack to the old prin
ciple and declared the law of God higher
than that of man. They believed in the
right for a man to be in polygamy nnd
were rejected as jurors in the case to ho
I tried.
NUMBER 17.
LIGHTS OUT.
Tlio sentry challenged at the open gate,
Who passed him by, because the houri waff
late.
“Haiti Who goes there?” “A friend!"
“All’s well."
“A friend, old chap!” a friend’s farewell,
And I hail passed tho gate,
Anil thon the long, last notes were shed,
The echoing call's last notes were dead;
And sounded sa tty, as I stood without,
Those last sad notes of all: Lights Out!
Light. Outl
Farewell, companions! We have aid. by side
Watched history’s lengthened shadows part
us glide,
Ami worn tho scar L-t, laughed at, paid.
And buried conn ados lowly laid,
And let the long years glide;
And toil anil hardship have we known.
And foliowod where the Hag had gone.
But all the echoes answering round about
Have bidden you to sleep: Lights Outl
Lights Out!
Anil never more for me shall red Are flash
From bright revolvers—i )h,the crumbling ash
Of life is hope's fruition. Fall
The withered friendships; and thoy all
Are sleeping! Fast away
Tho fabrics of our lives decay.
The robes of night about mo lay,
And the ail- whispered, as I stood without.
Those last sad notes of all: Ughts Outt
Lights Ontl
— Roger Pocock, in the Week.
I’ITII APPOINT.
A chest protector—The baggage mas
ter
Mrs. Grundy tells the Now York Mail
amt Erprest that they do not call them
dudes any more—simply “young society
Darwins.”
Not every one is happy who dance*,
savs the proverb. The man who has just
stepped on a tack knows this full well.
—Baton Courier.
All flesh IS grass, the young man sighed;
Tho maid replied, ’tiS true,
A- all must kuow who,’ve sat beside
A chap as green meVou.
" —Boston Courier.
When you see a couple on the street,
if the man carries the bundles they are
engaged. If the woman carries the
bundles they are married.— New llatere
News.
The “self-made” man who boasts of
how much smarter he has been than
other men, did not quite finish the job.
He forgot to give himself manners.— Oil
City Blittard.
When men look sad and sigh, “Alas,"
And from companions fly.
In very may cases ’tis
A lass that makes them sigh.
Merchant- Traveler.
A Sioux Indian bears the name of
“The -man - who-ran - so - fast -that-the
wind-was-li ft-behind.” It is believed ho
participated in the strategic move on
Washington at the tir-t battle of Bull
Run.— Norristown Herald.
Commanding Officer—“ Bring your
company up.” Captain (just taken back
into the army)—“Well, I’ll go and talk
to the boys and see if they’ll come.”
“Great stars 1 Where have you been
sin' e you left the army?” “Been com
manding a regiment of militia.”— Omaha
World.
“What can he the matter with Arthur,
dear? Ho mopes so, he must be sick.”
"I don’t think it is as serious as that,
mamma. It's his whiskers.” “Hiff
whiskers! Why the hoy hasn’t got any.”
“That is just it, mamma. He wishes he
had them, don't you know”— Town
Topics.
“My dear,” said the husband to tho
wife before the glass, “I’m ashamed to,
see you put all that red stuff on your
cheeks.” “uh, don’t worry about that,”
sho replied sweetly. “It matches tho
color on your nose admirably, and har
mony is what makes the marriage rela
tion ideal.” — Washington Critic.
Omaha Bach— ‘ Well, now, just tell
mo what comfort you’ve gained by get
ting married!” Young husband—“ How
do you fasten your suspenders when the
buttons come off, as they generally do in
about a week?” “I use wire hooks usu
ally.” “Yea; and where do get the
wire?” “Well, I generally have a time
hunting for a piece, I must admit. I got
the last off my whisk broom.” Y’es, and
spodt tho broom.” “Just so; but what
better off aro you?” “Me! Why, I’re
got a wife, and she always has about a
bushel of hair pins on hand.”— Omaha
World.
Jackson nnd the Old Postmaster. ’■
One of the most delightful of racon
teurs tells this interesting story concern
ing Andrew Jackson: A General in the
Revolutionary war, who was well known
to Jackson, was Postmaster of a promi
nent New \ r ork town, ile had been an
Adams man, and Silas YVright, one of
the ablest representatives that State ever
had, and Martin Van Buren, who was
then Jackson's Secretary of State, formed
a coalition to have the veteran warrior
removed soon after Jackson had taken
the oath of office. The scarred hero de
termined to go to see Jackson and plead
his own cause against the powerful poli
ticians who had determined to punish
him for his advocacy of Adams. He
called upon Jackson at the White House.
The President engaged in familiar con
versation with him. when, to his amaze
ment, tho old soldier said:
“Gen. Jackson, I have come here to
talk to you about my office: the politi
cians want to take it away from me and
I have nothing else to live upon.”
The President made no reply till the
aged Postmaster began to take off hi*
coat, in the most excite l manner, when
Old Hickory broke out with the inquiry:
“What in Heaven’s name are you
going to do?”
“Well, sir, I am going to show you
my wounds, which I received fighting
for my country against the English.”
“Put it on at once, sirl” was the reply.
“I am surprised that a man of your age
should make such an exhibition of him
self,” and the eyes of the Iron President
were suffused with tears as without an
other word he bude his ancient foe good
evening. The next day Wright called
upon the President and made out his
case against the General and urged his
removal upon the strongest grounds.
He had hardly finished the last sentence
when Jackson sprang to his feet flung
his pipe into the fire, and exclaimed
with great vehemence:
“I take the consequences, sir, I take the
consequences. By the Eternal! I will
not remove the old man. I cannot re
move him. Why, Mr. Wright, do you
know that he carries more than a pound
of British lead in his body?”
That was the last of it. ITe who was
stronger than courts, courtiers, or Cabi
nets pronounced his fiat, and the happy
old Postmaster next day took the stage
and returned home rejoicing. Washing
ton letter.