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1!V J. T. WATERMAN.'
PKURY, OA„ JULY 19,. .1872.
Houston Home Journal. .
FEID4.Y MOKNIN<3K, JOLY 19, 1872,T.
WARREN NOTTINGHAM,
Attorney at Law,
PERRY, GA.
WILL promptly attend tooll business en-
trustetl to bin care. Special attention- given
to the collection of claims. • june28 tf
DUNCAN & MILLER,
ATTORNEYS at law
■ PERRY, GEORGIA. -
EDWIN MARTIN,
Attorney cat .Iiaw,-
PEER?, GEORGIA
Will give prompt attention to all business
entrusted to him in Houston and adjoining
counties. Collections a specialty.
BUFORD M. DAVIS,
Attorney at Xi:aw,
PERRY, GEORGIA,
Will practise in all the Courts of the Ma
con Circuit, and in others by special con-
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Opposite Passenger-Depot, -
MACON, GA.. .
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Only one minute’s walk.
tiios. h. Harris. PuomaETon..
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Board olid.tuition at r&tsonablo rates.
Location, high and healthy; clinfate
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ST
’PER,
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E BRITTANLA.-or .
? SILVERWARE,
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yvULbe'uoinid p?-y. charges. i’. A. JOliSUX.
DRUGS, drugs :
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Js the place to btiv PURE and UNADUL
TERATED MEDICINES,
fill SELLSrAT-MACON PRICES.
CALL AND BUY YOUR SUPPLIES
TERMS STRICTLY CASH.
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DUEL W1TBLAN INDIAN.
Those, were lively times on the /Ver-
digree. The redskins: had sent us their,
ultimatum. There sat’'their'ebv6y ex
traordinary, half nrjted, on-his mangy
steed, .armed and equipped for war,
and. erect-and impertuiBable -as Bis
marck. The noon-day breeze, just
moved his trailing-scaip-loek, else he
•might-have passed for a painted statue.
Herndon sat on a hewn slab , of oak,
beatingtlie “long roll” with the frag
ments of a broken ramrod, and laugh
ingly ^commanded us to fallihto. line.
But we had no trifling matter before
us. . . . • .
- Early that morning we had spurred
om-ponies 'through the crytal tide of
the Verdigree, clamhered tip the west
ern bank, and after exploring one 'of
tlie-loveliest vaReys that ever charmed,
the eye of man, had each selected a
prolific tract of land, and 'determined
to settle there for life. The forenoon
had Been-passed in cutting timber for
our cabins. But the jealous Osuges
had resented our sumnrnu-y proceedings
and had dispatched us a peremptory
summons.to retire across the river, or
pay the penalty of non-compliance with
our lives.
“Won’t you be-kind enough to ride
out- to thatjthere mound there?” said
Ben the black-moustached Missonriau,
to the vermilion-daubed savage, who
partially understood English. “We
want.to talk this here thing over a lit
tle.” And he pointed to a spot -.about
thirty yards distance, as though -he ex
pected his request to be immediately
obeyed. 'Wheeling liis charge grace
fully,-the Indian Receded without a
word.
Gar whole civil and military force-
bad been mustered for the occasion.—
There were six of us. We wer.e all
young and vigorous; every man had
seen service, aud fha-t of.the roughest
kind. We lield 'an impromptueouncil
of war.
“What do you think we’d better do,
boys?” iuqnifed Bau, nonchalantly.
A silence ensued; each waited for the
other to speak first. At last, lexical
ventured to express au opiuiol). What
his true, name wits I never, learned.—
From “Texan,.” the frontier lingo had
metamorphosed his . title into “Texi-
can,” ami by that anomalous sobriquet
-we knew, respected and edited'him.
“I’m in for a fight,-lays;”' said he.
This here land can t be beat nowhere,
it’s a^Number Ono-TAnd they ain’t go,
any better rigid to it than we have;
md,-.besides that, they ain’t give us a
decent invitation, to leave. It wouldu-’i
look well for us to travel off on terms
like these:” And/with a' grating-oath,
he swore he’d die in.his hoofs before
he’d get out of the wav of a se't of
greasy*)sages. He-shot ’em auvhow-
every-timo hie got a chance. Three
seasons, proceeding, the Comanelies
had scalped his father on the “old
Texas line,” and brained hissister with
;uw:ir club. We expected him to talk
in just this style-
Yon jitst .settle the matter your
selves, hoys, whatever it’s to be,” in
terposed the Missonrkai, yawiiiug, as
thhhgh. 3!0.thing more th-m an every
flay dilemma—a inoie deal in ;‘poker 7 '
w:is to be decided.
I thought it prudent to dodge the
responsibility, aud follow his example.
‘It’s all very well to taUv .lbout fight
ing it out,* remarked Colton; ‘and/it’s
likely that we’ve-got us much &md - iu
our craws as any of’em, but what'-can
six of-dins do’ against threte or four
hundred? I don’t like the way -they
talk, myself; but the gtuiic is all iu
then own hands ancltliey know it. I
had all tke-flgktiug I wanted in the
mu, shooting you Texas fellows: and
don’t want any moraof it, if lean help
it. We might throw our logs, togeth
er, and bold oUr own 1311 morning'; but
it.wouhlturn out an ugly scrape be
fore we got through with it, Weliavn’t-
got a drop of water, and we’d soon run
Out of provisions, and they’d dance
over our bodies in forty-sight hours, r-
Tf-.the -refit of yon waiit'to fight, why,
fight it is, but I think we’d Better goa
little slow.’ .. .
He was. a young, blue eyed, flaxen-
haired Mbmesotian, and the Border
ruffians gave him credit for being “as
cool as a wedge,, and sharper than
steel.’ ' -
Pll tell you what I’m in for,’’ said
Indiana. (We' generally went by the
Cod al. and Japan
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xrja.RNn:ss,
AT -J. C. GILBERT'S DRUG STORE,
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Window Glass and Pnttj
TOR SALE BY
X)r. «T. C. GILBERT,
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pac es. This was declared to
tmgJ0je thing into shape,” and we all
cordially'agreed to ifc^ -Ben arose *nd
motioned importantly to the envoy.—
That nuile personage gravely rode up,
received: onr' reply with stolid/deco
rum, attd was oiit of'sight nTa minute.
•'‘■‘We’d better load- up in the. mean
time, boys,” remarked Indiana; “for if
if don’t suit’em, they’ll 1m after us ih
short order.” '
The idea was voted “not bad,”- and
we not only charged bur rifles-and re
volvers, hut flung our logs together in
sneha manner as-to form a very effi
cient defence, if required. Herndon
then kindled-a-fire, ahd-procured wa
ter, and commeueed cooking dinner.—
In about twenty minutes the envoy re
turned. ’Our : proposition had met with
great favor; he briefly informed us; but
.worth! not be- accepted unless the dis
tance was- shortened to ten-paces. He
also stated that the contest would be.
expected to continue until one of the
principals was killed,-and. that knives
or tomahawks must be allowed, to be
Used after-the discharge of the - rifles.
That’s pretty close qnarters, boys,
commented Ben. “I got a'slug once
on just such -a time-table." But I giiess
it’s all right, though. They know they
can’t shoot with us. Let’s give the poor
dcrils-a chance. ”
’ To this wcall assented. For the tom-
ahawk pri,vision, we cared nothing; we
knew the-first shot would settle the
matter one way or the other.
Tile • messenger then wont on to say
that the warriors of the tribe would be
-jssc-mbled tr> meet ns in one" hour, at
the Crest of the’lofty emihence, wliich
lie pointed out to ns, abont a half a
mile distant—we to he- punctually on
hand-; and he galloped off again.
Next came the task of casting lots
for the post of peril. We began to re
alize that blood was to- no shed. It
was a solemn moment, for no one could
predict the result of the encounter.—
Indiana tore up one of-his mother’s
letters, ami, plainly writing each man’s
name upon one ' of the slips, placed:
! hem ii> a. hat together. Texican was
t-heii liliudfolded, and deputed todraw,;
whoever’s. name was on the slip he
picked out, was to be our champion.
He drew his own.
“It’s @1 right, toys,” said he when
the result was ascertained. “You
couldn’t please me better.” Further,
than this lie said no.tliing.
-Then'ensued-u. loiig and awkward
silence, for we. all liad our misgivings.-
Wlienonr dinner was ready :we des-
p.-itehed it quickly, smoked-a few ino-
ment- without conversation, aud then
reticently monntgd our ponies.
On .arriving at the designated battle.'
ground, we found several- hundred
Osuges awaiting ns, all armed and,
painted, and most of them entirely nak
ed with the exceptioa-of breeehcloats. ‘
Two lances were stuck into the turf
about ten jeet Tipart—these indicated
the positions of the combatants.
\Ye- were received with neither friend
ly nor hostile demonstrations. - As
soon as we .dismounted,-Texican,'.rifle
in hand, walked calmly forward to the
nearest lanee and halted. -In a few
moments a- tall youtrg brave stepped
out of the crowd, an^talked proudly 7
np to the other. .1 was appointed to'
give the necessary signals.
In order, to disturb their accuracy of.
aim as little as possible, I was request-
to stand half way between them, - and
two paces back from -the line of-fire. -.
There-was iio danger of being hit by
such marksmen as they -were.
In my right hand I-held a lance, .from
the point whieli dangled-8. red flannel
streamer—when! raised.it they wepe
to aim, and-when I lowed it. they were,
to fire: '
And.then we. waited for Red -Qlond, ■
the. chief of,the tribe. . It was an inj-
presive scene. Texican. -leaned his
shaggy chin upon his hands, on the
muzzle of his long rifle, and , with a
gleam of malicious, triumph glared,
fiercely .across his foe. He was reckless
_of.kis.-own life, and felt sure of his-prey
foi-his.ahn was death.
■The-yonng, Indian seemed to .read
Las thoughts But standing erect, - with.
A graceful and-, earless indifferenc.e
gazed'-'dreainingly off'to the Southwivrd
where Hie' long blue lines of timber
were lost M the misty Beauty of the'
horizon. BSs,eye^ soon, softened with
aiinge of pensiv.eness. Washetldiik-
ing of .the happy banting ground?
vets in this’'military hnsiness, and
we want Ao use'd little strategy witir
the vagabonds. . They’ve insulted us,
and f<#' one,-1 'don’t feet like fidling,-
back without bufhicg powder. But'
it’s just as Minnesota says* t'We _ canlfc
rior sprang wildly into the air, flung
,his weapon fully twenty feet'away,nnd
dropped dead at his post. The bullet
had crashed through his braiii. ' Tex-
iean Thudded the blit of his rifle on the
ground, and gave vent to the' hoarse,
nockirig and half-demoniac cry of tri
umph and' revenge; then he tided to
steady himself with liis weapon, but
staggard helplessly Backward.
Herndon and Indian ran np and
caught Him in their arms. His redshirt
rapidly deepened in hue, and a dread
ful alarm siezed us. Still he laughed
hoarsely, and tried to-point to the mo
tionless corpse-of his avdereary. -
We hurriedly gathered around him,
and tenderly as cbSdren lqid bim down
urppn the soft gr^n grass.. Tj
open, his shirt, we found a bright scar
let spot oh his left breast, close to his
heart.
None of ns were versed in surgery.
We could not state his seientifie terms
just what particular viens and ligaments
had been servered; but we knew by
the location of the wonnd, and by his
parched lips and pallid countemance,
that death -was upon him.
‘ ‘It’s all day with nie, hoys; ” he faint-
tly said, for he was growing muek
weaker'every moment, “but I’ve paid
!em handsomely for it. Give iny rifle
to' Coulton— I' always liked 'him. ”
We bent over the poor fellow -with
words of sympathy for his pain and
praise for his valor, and onr enemies
might have shot us all down witiiout
knowing it. But it was of no use.
His breath quickly came and went,
“Water,” at length lie groaned. We
had none, and there was not a brook
within- half a -ifiile. . An Indian, girl
compi-ekejadeGLour - want, ran to the
lodge, and in Wmomeut returned with
a skinful. We plaeed the cooling fluid
to hisBurniiiglips, and he took a long
draught; but it choked him, and, he'
vomited up'a Landfill of bright, crim
son Blopd. We ■ had seen too- many
men perish not to know by this that
the lead had penetrated his vitals. He
was bleeding in tern ally..
As si5on as he could cle;ir..his. throat,
to speak, he s:>id feebly aud almost
breathlessly, “Don’t try to -revenge-
ine.,' boys. Honor bright. They’ve
done the fair'thing with ns, and yon
aet the man with them. You’re to cross
the river, and I’ll-' ---Don’t forget the'
Texican. ” ' ' s. ' . '
The last of these'words were ren der'
ed ahnost nuiiitelligible by the blood
that gnrgled up into liis tliroat. A filing-
seemed togathei-.over his'eyes, ‘-Where
are my friends? Don’t leave.lie te> die 1
alone,' boys,’.’ he moarhed. with - great'
effort, clutching blindly at ns. r
We-are with yon to the last, old
friend,” answered Coniton, gi-asping
his right hand. I caught the other. —
We may have been a faint-hearted lot,
but there was -not ah undimmed eye.,
; us. - Soon he groaned almost
in audibly; a shudder passed oyer, him,
and he was dead. - '
Even the stony-hearted barbarians
seemed touched-by The distressful in
cidents of this sanguinary affair. Eew;
of them Could- spe& even Broken. En
glish; but such as eould advanced to-,
wards us, and, by the aid of signs, en
deavored to inform us that their cham
pion had expected to die, and they,
urged that it would be fitting to en-,
tomb two such men together.
We received their strangely chival
rous proposal with a magnanimity equal,
to.thek owm, With, spears and tomaT -
hawli they, excavated .a grave, and, ;
wrapping the combatants in the rich
furs of the -chieftain, we. laid them
down to rest side;by side—friend and ; .
foe'alike lamented. - Then heaping a
great pile' of stones above Them, - to
baffle tiie efforts of prowling -wolves,
we fired a volley in the air, and. with
aching hearts departed. - And. there
they slumber still. One died for liis
friends, and the other forthe honor of
his tribe.
The wistful summer winds sigh a sad
requiem above t lie .spot of them" 'long-
repose, the wild fie wers blossom Sin
vernal -profusion aro.und 'it and_ the
showers.of heaven inqiartisdlj^^descend
npoil; the'siift venddrC t li a t c-nshiin es IB
names of-qur native' States.) ‘We re The other four inembers'Bf our party
.Ul vrtlo n-I - 1 ' '
stood in a cluster a Jitttle to the left of
Texican, and narrowly, watched all that
transpired,- for the American- savagir
is proverinally'treaeherohs.
- Presently RedClouttemerged fixmia
rude ltKtge near By,-and, chid in a robe;
q any pfirjSoge, But' we’ of-fnrs; moved with'stately'presence-to
i after hjt. Noiy.T move ipnt ofthedine o5his|peopl£ With 7
piek pne-man,' and th'ey’JIj a 'digidfiiH wa^^ofchis/haiidie: s^ui-
piek theirs, aud let the two shoot itl-ged-Bispleiisiu’e thatfhetragBdy'shonld
our. If iheii ul.iu winhj we’ll.evacui^ij > ' r '« —
;? A- 7 ■ ;,i -•» “• ' ' I-
if dftrs wins;yfe’li stay.” f " t. B ^ . .
• This novel proposition suited every examined the tube of hi*-rifle, and
one. Herndon amended it by suggest- nodded 10 me. I raised the luuce —
ing that we shordd cast lots for the ! they sternly-took aim. I lowered the
l " championship, and -that the . fighij lance qnickly, and Wo sharp reports says
should take place with rifles at twenty iiistaneously followed. The young war-
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LONG TIME AGO ,-
Or, Houston in tlie Olden Timo-
BY A'-RESIDENT OF FOKTY-FrVE YEARS.
Number XIII.
My first school teacher (master as
we tnen styled them) was Michael E.
Madden, an Irishman. He was exci
table to eccentricity and impulsive,
But his good stock of sound, common
sense improved by a fair education and
long experience, with his genuine Irish
linmnr, kindness and leniency-made
him a:good, teacher. We thought, dif
ferently then, but experience, and a
sober consideration of his surround
ings causes.a wonder-now that he was
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VOL. II, .NO. 27
“AlexaitdSSf'Selkirk, ’ ’ etc]. The older
ones selecting from Engli^, Irish and
ttTOrators, the de-
J under tile
y eonceived rules or
W
i-“;-neither
and
was true to
Americ
Irvery
nn'dui
acquired rei
were they' imitative,
easy, so that each spi
Details of the Mercer Connty (Ohio)
Horror.
notreally hardand.exacting. Bis was ■ , , , ...
. , , , , , , , , girls and as often responded with one
a mixed and,-also, a loud school, and. ^h of their hesti JustnoW I reinenr-
. - The Aejiy Worm: and CateepiI.e ais.
We have heard hints that the ariny worm
had -made..its. app.^rs^da'.in' tliejieK
prairie lands of the^Eastern/ AhibsanaJ
The Selnia 'Times alsq . reports', that
these destructives have shown them-
selves in AYiTeox county,. W& hopedte
epnnty is not troubled with-the curses.
The finfaulh Jiino states,- on -good
anthority that the Giterpilhii-s are how.
pretty, general on both shits of -the riv
er from Neal’s Landing to Cohinjbu% i ;
the number of -hard coses (among the
boys, of course,) predominated, over
and wes largely in excess of the docile
and law-abiding. At one time, upon
his refusal of a request from the for
mer for vacation, they caught and ham
pered the-dd-mAn. As. he lay bound
hand and foot the request was repeated
and again refused. He was then taken
to tkeBranch, laid down by the stream,
and the request again repeated with
notice that if he again refused they
would-duck and then roll- him in the
mud and leave him there. He again
refused, and, as they. were- about to
heave him mto the water, he cried put
lustily, “vacation! yis, vacation boys!”
Whereupon, they, relented and loosed
him all hands returning to the acad :
emy and to' town, good 'Bnmoredly
telling all about it. This old custom
was never again repeated here, hut
was seriously intended once afterward
when Leonidas King was. teaching.
He hearing of it before the prelimina
ries were perfected (how. we never
could ascertain) told ns of it and
showed, fight, He was said.to be half
Indian and knowing liis pluck, and
learning also that he'Would be backed
by the trustees, the movement was
abandoned and wisely,-too.
There were two otlior teachers who
were unfit forthe position. They were
excitable, rash and cruel, and qn that
account should have been discharged
by the trustees. One of them cruelly
whipped the best, hoy. in school after,
his sister testified and the whole school
believed, he was Innocent of the charges
against him. He rashly bumped my
own. againsta ‘classmate’s head, leaving
us with severe - headaches the balance
of the. day. We were both'innocent
and one'word, of enquiry would have
satisfied him .of it if Be had had any
discretion-or .reason. The other pun
ished a small boy so severely that he (
was Bedridden for a week, and in one
of. liis -mad fits he attempted to pun-
ish a young man, Tom Salter, when, as
we-used to say “he. caught it-. ” While;
the ro4 was'edming; .doym Tom’s fist,-
slates and 7 inkstands returned the com
pliment. Torn finally drew his knife;
and Daugherty retreated and Tom was
.allowed to gather his books and retire.
Whiie mine and my classmate’s heads
were aching they were eased somewhat,
by -Wood's attempting to lean his chair
against the end of a bench, and miss .
ing-it fell,, his head striking the floor.
We -rejoiced at it—silently though.
These are a few only of a” thousand;
instances of-their cruelty and rashness,
and some of usnow feel as-wedid then,
indignant,-and are at-a, loss, to know
wUy tonsteeB and pafarons * idlowed it.
.Notwithstanding the serverity of the.
orde:d it was not withoutan occasional
item which- provoked memment. ami,
even .pleasure—for .-instanee : a girl
was abontto he -punished by one of
these cruel masters and her sweetheart
(there were no substitutes f or that word
then) knowing that it would Be severe,
proposed .to take it himseff. He was,
was allowed the privilege" (?) and came
out of it . about-the best-whipped chap
I eyer-sAw. In. language common then,
“it was .not oiily ai^stiiiging one but a
scorcher;’’-had we hay®, oftendanghed
at darned' and patched jackets and
pants ent by^jHie-whip.B_ . . , ..
i These-nchpols were.cPnridered'Ietter
A Ifo. 1. The (6hall I say ifej cjirricu-
Inin was thorongh^-spelling, reading,
writing^ FJh^iSh griopmar,
:geographj? and liistqry were taqgtR not
.superficially But. thoroughly. When
for ;ui advance we knew it feom'A to
2t, and were sobjectedio'the same afie-
through the wfiole Course. By the way,
our’friend, Col. Killen, liasnowni getf*
ume cap’y of the edition of Webster’s *
spelling book iu qse then.. Withont '
any help ire wfire -eoni'peffed to; plod
along through Murray. Smiley, Day-
BafirHiiie and Oluev. and if the’jrhle-
aha
Oi iiom goodiessons
-Hemy connty, and pmees wnm-e ram ; obect ti Iiea to aU the rules tke
has fallen.every day for-a weeek or ten ® ' -
ddys.'] They 'are racreasiiig very riq)id-
ly in tlie field helow Gordon'-—CStitni/
Gen. Grant having been tanner, the
Boston Traveler finds comfort for him
in the jocund church-y ard humor of the
and their decision, which was a turn
ing over of the offender to the tender
finale, and its -sequence : riiihinission
or “getting out of the jurisdiction”
j was the result. SpeeckesBy the little
You’d Scarce Ex-
et-c., ‘ "Oasabi-
ance,” “The battle of Hohenlinden,”
his natural gifts-and, therefore,-distinc
tive. I am of - the opinion until yet
tljat in point of trite oratory they ex
celled the ’ school boys of'the present-
day. Bill Brown, of tjie larger, and
Fort Morgan of .the smaller boys were
“first best” as we would'say then, hay
ing several on hand all the time, they
were often called up by request of the
her that Bill was' once' called up by
the master to headquarters, and his
reason for non-appearance when school
took in demanded. He replied that
“he had a pocketful, at the same tithe
drawing a handful of reasons (raisins)
therefrom and exhibiting them, where
upon lie was ordered to his seat with
notice that-he would not-be allowed to
repeat that with impunity.
-r Greeley Campaign Notes, -
. The genial grasshopper has taken the
stamp for Greeley..
Col, William Henry Hamilton Eden
has declared-for Greeley.
The loving musqnito lias changed its
tune, and now buzzes—Har-aee Greel
ey-
Chappaqua Madeira* Squirts and
Greeley Gushers will be drank for “ex
pediency’s” sake.
The riotous bed-bug wjll take a live
ly part in the-Gieeley.campaign.
Comtort for the Gonfeds—Extract
the eel from Greeley - and yon have
Grey, but the eel is too slippery to ex
tract-, therefore 'Greeley remains ; but
“anything to heatGrant."
All sensible eqnines vote “neigh’-’
when- the Chappaqua grass is stuck
under their noses.
The mnsqnito-kawk -is on the -war
path for Greeley.. - ,
The festive flea has acquired the
Greeley hop.
The flying roach whizzes through
the.window witii a whirr, for Greeley.
Red Cloud, the Indian chief,, has a
Brother—‘He-weeps-No-Mdrc’ ’—for
Grc.eley.
During the fnonth- of July we lose
tlihty-seven minutes of daylight. - No
matter, we can stand tliati “Any-thing
to beat Grant;”- •
Tiger Tail, the son of old TigerTail,
the-Seminole Chief, is .growing pump
kins in Florida and Stunting for Gree
ley. -
Tunis-G. Campbell is probably not
for Greeley.
The progressive crow croaks Chap r
pa-qua in the neighboring oaks,' and"
the meeting bird -whistlesTor Greeley.
Muslv and milk is the- Greeley diet
for'the campaign.
Butchers comiilain. tout the public;
taste does not run after fresh meat-this
warm weather/ The Greeley diet is
what’s-thCmatter.'
Interesting-reading for dog dhys—
“Greeley’s Thirty Ye-arsfi War upon ihe.
-South.
Mary’s little lamb bleats for Horace.
Old Dog Tray.'is not faithful tb-
Qreeley. ' - ]
The Greele^tes-ftre preparing for a
move—Horace is going to send tilem
‘We.^ to work onto farm. ”
'Household words for the Greeley,
campaign—^“^You lie, |you tillian.”
“You ’re Ifribed with.British gold..” '
Joab Wilkinson will stump Illinois;
for Greeley.
Songs for the campaign —“Wayward
Sisters Depart in Peace". ” ‘ ‘On to Rich-
mqndj” . ’
Make yonr Ku-KIux cobblers stronger
apd stronger says- H. G.
“The Flaunting Lie” willBe carried
in the Qjreeley.'processions.
The Cincinnati platform will be sung
to the tone-of- “Jqhn Brown’s Sotil is'
MarehiiigOn:” -
Major Hein^ GvryCi the European
tourist, will spoilt for Greeley. •
Sage tcirof tete- Ghappaqaa variety
is'the'latest out.
A hnfidred-'t-hoUraml jiatribts stabd.
ready-to take office an-case H, G. is
elected. 13ie conntry is s;ife.-.
- Revival for the occaSiDn—“Hands
on vour your paCket-fe QOks, white -hats
aboiit:’’ .
Treatises on fanning by H. G. will
Be circulated among rai-ahsts. Tliat
will. 4 ‘fetch ”- the fariheis for Greeley.
Well, anything to beatiGraDt.
It is said that udld' asparagus hung
in a room will drive off flies, but -it is
not certain tkatwearing wfritehats toll
elect Greeley.—Savan/iah News.
■- ' > “ "
*. Cincinnati, Gmo, ’July 0 —As was
apparent from dispatches List night,
the mob of 3,-000, who took from the
jail in Celma, Miercereonhty, Absalom
Kimmel, Jacob Kimmel and Alex.
McLeod, chargeil with the mrirder of
Mary Jane Secure, was determined to
make short work of the prisoners. ' -
After leaving the jail, ;a special to
the Gazette.'8ays, the. men-were placed
in a Wagoncprepared, and the immense
concou rse at tlie. command. of forward
march took up its fine of march. It
appears they were desirous of execut
ing them near the scene of the terrible
outrage. So they repaired to tife-Kfm-
mel farm iii sight of the" place wherb
the poor girl had been violated] mur-7
dered and thrown fo'the hogs. Here
they halted under a sapling, a rude
gallows was improvised and the three
prisoners, fitted with halters aboutjheir
necks. '
At this'juncture, Elias Secote, brre
tker of the murdered girl, appeared -
and pleaded with the crowd for the
life of Jacob Kimmel, tlie youngest
prisoner, seveuteen years old, expres-’
sing his-doubts as to,hfs participation
in the affair. This appeal was received
with cheers,' and young- -Knpmel.was-.
exempted from the'sentence which the '
people had passed upon , all, but the
other two were .doomed. ’ "•
Absalom Kimmel Was mnch broken
down but McLeod maintained, the
same stocial indifference he had-showa
from the first.. He maintained strict
ly that he had never seen the girl, and
accountedfoi the blood on his clothes
by a bleeding nose. -• He took the tes
tament, kissed it and eafied on God to
attest his innocence. He importuned
them to have mercy on his poor.moth-
er and sisters, and asked God to . for
give them all.
Absalom Kimmel adliered to his.con- -
fession made the day before to the ef
fect, that after retummg from church
Sunday, June 23, McLeod asked if any '
girl went west; and when Jacob Kim
mel said several, tkey-all wentin that
direction until they came to the place
where the girl was murdered and vio
lated her person once and McLeod the
.second time, after which McLeod
knocked her on the head with a heavy
stick. This was- about midday. They
then went to .tlie -Kimmel home and at
night McLeod told him he -had been
back to tke-pLace and tliat she was net
dead,’ lint be had killed her/ *
The two were hung till they were
dead; wliilc the younger Kimmel was
returned to jail. The father of tlie
Kimmels was., warned to leave the
country in a specified time andthe ter
ribly tragic scene, almost unparalleled
in this part of the country, was ended. -
A Miraciilms Escay?*
One of the most wonderful "escapes
from sudden and seemingly inevitable
death of Wliich we have ever, heard fe.
referred .’to in "a recent i5.ue of ihe
New York Times.. It occurred cn : the
Hndson River Railway, One -night-last
week, and the 'person was one' James
Garter, HngbsonviUe, N. Y.-who was
i^as walking up tlie rcted on the 'down',
track by night,- about a mjle-sonth of
the New Hamburg Station.' Oh -his
back he earned a trunk. Suddenly a
train-hove in sight, fhunderihg down'
the track on Which Garter was walk
ing. It was "ah extra freight traih,;
and moving veiy fast; To see the red
^h-re and to hear the'erashihg advance '
of the engine was the work-ef .a zao-
-ment; in the next Carter liad leaped
for safety upon the/other track. As he
jumped from the track, -the Pacific ex-.
press came rushing along upon-it at
his hack.-ranning at forty miles an.
hour. The engineer saw Garter,- shut
off steam, and whistled “down brakes. ”
But it was too late. The speed of the
locomotive was hardly slackened when
it struck the poor fellow, and he and
hfe track were flung' twenty feet into
tlie air. ws
When be fell it was on Cue fore-part
of the engine, his clo thes catching Jin
what as called the draw bar, lrfg Body
not striking any part of the engine at
alL . 'When discovered/he was -lying
across’the, iron'Bars of the “cow
catcher” with head down and liis ieet
np—the headBeing within two or ;three
inches, of the rails. The train dashed
furiously on, Carter Continuing to hang
in his peiilous position until it reached
New-Hamburg. He-had been seen by
the firemen.in the meantime, and one
of them had crawled down 'the engine
aLd ; , seized his clothes, clasping with
the- other arm the flag-stufL At New-
Hamburg the train stopped and he
was taken off. He was insensible, hut
soon revived with simple remedies, and .
A Carer, was recently Bifte-n todeath
y-erep . -" r , . . was found to be absolutely unhurt.
inKansastiyc^Je^shead wmch . ^ ^ not even a ^ or abra .
had been severed from tne Cnake s- sion pf ^ sldn
body. _ I ■ . > ^
Tng assesment roll, of 'the State of I A-Califoknia jury, in a suieide case
California aggregate 3800,000,000, an ! lately, found the following verdict:
immense increase of valuation of the j “We, the jury, find that the deceased
former-year's; -, J was a fool ’