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2 JNO. SMITH T.OF MISSOURI ▲ COLONEL WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN FAMOUS WITHOUT THE T. The Lurid Career of An Ideal Southern Desperado -Alter Countless Adven tures He Falls a Victim of Fever in Tennessee. Prom the St. Louis Olobe-Democrat. In all of Missouri’s early history there is, perhaps, no man, reminiscences of whose career are as thoroughly lurid as that of Col. John Smith T.,of Ste. lienevievo, who, after killing fifteen men in duels and brawls, was at last permitted by an inscrutable providence to die a natural death in hts bod, attended by faithful servitors. In a recent lecture before the Missouri Historical Society, fieri. Firman A. ier, incidental to a history of earlj - days in Ste. Genevieve, gave a short sketch of this re markable man, whom lie designated as John Smith TANARUS., Judge and desperado. The affix of “T.” was made by Col. Smith to distin guish himself from other John Smiths of the day, and to commemorate the fact that he had lived in Tennessee Originally a native of Georgia, he located for awhile in Tennessee, but came to Missouri, then known us Upper Louisiana, in about 1798, settling in the Ste. Genevieve district, and giving to his homestead the name of Shiblioleth. Col. Smith seems to have been an ideal desperado, being described as tall, slight of build, wiry in person aud mild-mamnered, even apparently courteous, except when aroused by some real or fancied insult. Then his appearance was most ferocious. His features would become dis torted with passion ami his eyes would fairly blaze with wrathful tire. Col. Smith was a dead shot, if ever one lived, and always went armed to the teeth His per sonal equipment consisted daily of two large pistols swung to a belt abut his body, two smaller pistols carried in the outside pocket of his coat, ami a large hunting knife of the bowie pattern, which re|Ksed in his bosom. His home was a perfect armory. He owned a slave whom he called Dan, who was a fine gunsmith. He built a shop for Dan, and that slave’s only duty was the manufacture and repair of rifles, pistols and shotguns for his master. These weapons weif reputed to be the truest and best in the Western country. About the time or At . rr’s expedi tion down the Mississippi river there came to Ste. Genevieve an Austrian named Otto Schrader, who had lieen aide-de-camp to the Archduke Charles in the first battle with Napoleon. It was in this same battle that Marla Lcrtnse. then a Princess, aged 0 years, had to be sent away to keep her from falling into the hands of Napoleon—Maria Louise, who, a few years later, when she became a woman, fell into the arms ami fond em braces of Napoleon as his wife. Schrader was mode Coroner shortly after taking up his residence in Missouri. Col. Smith, who was then Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, something like the County Court of to-day, and Henry Dodge, afterward a Sen ator "from Wisconsin, was Sheriff of Ste. Genevieve district. Smith and Dodge were at the time sworn friends, although they af terward became deadly enemies. They were fired with Burr’s ambition to go over to Mex ico ami the Spanish provinces, and con cluded to join the expedition. They pur chased a fleet of canoes, and, well supplied with arms and provisions, started down the Mississippi to join Burr. At New Madrid they were met by President Jefferson’s proclamation declaring Burr and his whole enterprise unlawful. Much disgusted, the Missourians sold their canoes, purchased horses and rode back to Ste. Genevieve. When they returned they found the little town in great excitement. The grand jury was in session and had actually indicted both of them for treason. Dodge at once surrendered himself, whereupon, lieing a man of wonderful physique, he took off his ccat, rolled up his sleeves, and actually whipped nine of the grand jurors. The other three ran away. Col. Smith lived out in the country. The next day he was just about sitting down to dinner, when, looking down the road, he saw Schrader, the Coro ner, coming after him. Smith went to the door and called out to Schrader: “I know what you have come for; vou have come with a writ to arrest me. ff you at tempt it you are a dead man. It was a great outrage to arrest me. lam as good a friend of the United States as t here is in this terri tory. Mr. Schrader, dinner is just ready. Get down and come in and take dinner, hilt mark, if you attempt to move a finger or make a motion to arrest me you are a dead man.” Schrader got off and came in. Smith pointed to a chair at the table, and then cocking a pistol laid it beside a plate and sat down opposite. The dinner progressed as pleasantly as possible under the circum stances, the host plying his guest with the delicacies the meal afforded. After dinner the couple rode into town again, but Smith was not a prisoner, nor was he ever arrested on that indictment. The inhabitants of upper Louisiana ap pointed Smith to attend to their interests in Congress, says one authority. Others say he elected himself, and such was the terror that his name inspired that no one dared to question his assumption of the title of Ter ritorial delegate. Be that as it may, he twice visited Washington, and was accepted as the Territorial delegate. During his stay in the national capital he considerately re frained from killing any one, and e'. eu found it impossible to scrape up a duel jyjth any of the fire-eaters that abounded there dfcruig the first half century of the existence 0t the republic. While abiding the results of the Presidential suppression „f Aaron Burr’s ambition, he, like faostof his class, looked upon Mexico as field for adventure and gain, and in 1840 entered that country alone to rescue a, brother, who was im prisoned in a t'hihuahua mine, and while on that mission endeavored to create a revo to mis he was not successful. In 1806 he.R as appointed one of the Territorial Jno|Jfjs of the Court of General Quarter SSssions. This body met at Ste. Genevieve, and Col. Smith was a member of it up to the admission of the State into the Union. Even while occupying this judicial position, his primitive ideas of the rights of property underwent no change, and recruiting a large body of desperate men he endeavored to seize and hold the lead mines of Dubuque and Galena, reported then to be of fabu lous richness. The mines were in possession of the Indians, and Smith’s party, after several bloody engagements, were forced to withdraw with a loss of fully half his men. In September, 1860, Smith went to Ste. GenovieAe, and while indulging in liquor with an old citizen mimed Samuel Ball at the tavern of William McArthur, they quarreled, and Smith shot Ball through the head. Mrs. McArthur, a brave woman, beard the shot, and running into the room, saw Ball lying (lead on the floor. She de nounced the killing as a cowardly act, and demanded of Smith that he surrender his pistol. Producing the four weapons which he always carried, he handed them to her with a courteous bow, aud said: “Take them, 1113- daughter.” He surrendered to the authorities and a week later was tried and acquitted before the Circuit Court. Ac quittal always followed hi s arrest and trial. No jury would have the temerity to convict him. An incident is told of him that is charac teristic. He had had trouble with the Perry family of Mine La Breton, about some mining claim. One day, while riding to Ste. Genevieve, he overtook Samuel Perry on the road. After a courteous salutation, tlie Colonel remarked to Mr. Perry: “I very much dislike the idea of having any diffi culty with you, sir, but it must come sooner or later. The opportunity presents ilself now to settle our affairs as becomes gentle men. I have two friends here,” drawing u pair of pistols, “and you aro at liberty to avail yourself of the services of either.” Mr. Perry replied: “I would be happy to accommodate you, Colonel, but unfor tunately I am on my way to Hte. Gen evieve for the purpose of transacting im portant business intrusted to me. Asa man of honor I must discharge the obligation I am under, aud vou will annrociate mv ! situation when 1 say that I cannot to-day jeopard those interests.” “I think I understand you, sir,” replied Col. John, “and must accept your explana tion for the present. I deeply regret., how ever, that our business cannot be settled in the rational manner I have suggested.” Three months later they met on the field of | honor, and Perry fell on the first fire with a bullet in his brain. Lionel Brown, a nephew of Aaron Burr, lived at Potosi, in Washington county. For some alleged remarks reflecting upon some of the lady members of the Brown family Lionel sent a challenge to Smith. Augustus Jones, then of Potosi, and still a wealthy resident of Texas, was Brown’s second, and Col. McClanahan acted for Smith. The parties went to Herculaneum, on the Missis sippi river, and crossed over into Monroe county, Illinois. The ground being meas ured off, the pistols were cocked and placed in the haud-s of the principals. The con ditions were that as soon as the principals signified that they were ready, one of the seconds should deliberately count “one, two, three.” Neither party was to shoot before the word “one” or after the word “three.” Smith, who was a remarkably quick man in all his movements, fired witli the rapidity of lightniftg as soon as the word “one” was uttered, and Lionel Brown fell dead with a bullet in his brain before the word “three” was uttered. Smith was not touched—in fact, Brown’s pistol was discharged in the air as he fell. In the year 1829, Col, Smith went to Nashville, and challenged the historic Gen. Sam Houston, afterward President of the Texas Republic. Gen. Houston refused to a* ept the challenge, but published a card in which lie said lie had “no disposition to court a quarrel with Col. Smith of Mis souri.” At the time Houston’s action was looked imon as a square back down. The killing of Bail in 1880 was the last of Smith’s homicides. While on bail await ing trial for the offense, he came to St. Louis. He was described then as having hair perfectly white, lie wore a buckskin hunting-shirt and a pair of shoes with the tan on them. “He seemed,” says John F. Darby in his “Personal Recollections,” “from his venera ble appearance, to have a sort of Daniel Boone aspect about him, whicli attracted the gaze of every pne. ” When the guests of tjie Planters House learned who he was their dread of him was unbounded. He had the fire to himself, aud when he walked on the streets he was hastily given the greatest possible amount of room. At about this time he went up to Jeffer son city during a session of tiie Legislature. The Hon. James S. Rollins,then a young man of 25, had just returned from a tour of the State, on which he had attracted general attention by his eloquence in the temperance cause. Old Smith was in the City Hotel barroom and office one night considerably the worse for liquor, when young Rollins came in. Smith heard the name, and, calling the young man up, said: “You are the young man whose temperance speeches have earned for you the name of the silver tongue, aren’t you f” “My name is Rollins,” modestly replied the gratified orator. Old Smith turned to the bar and filled a tumbler with whisky. Then whipping out his bowie knife, he said: “Well, Mr. Silver Tongue, I want you to join me in a drink.” “I have never taken a drink in my life,” Rollins protested. “No, sir, you never will unless you take this one right now," and the glistening blade was flourished. Rollins drank the liquor It made him very sick, but it did not kill him, and Smith certainly would have done so if he had persisted in liis refusal. There are hundreds of stories afloat, many of which are no doubt apocryphal, of this na ture. One of the most absurd is that when iu his cups he would draw his pistol and make his son-in-law, James M. White, who was a large, stout man, dance until ex hausted. Col. Smith had but one daughter, who first married John Dedrich, by whom she had a son and daughter. On his death she married Mr. White, by whom she had a large family. Their descendants are among the best families in Missouri. The Kennet family is a branch of the Smith family. Judge J. Gillespie, of Edwardsville, once met Col. John Smith T. on a steamboat, and gives an interesting account of the meeting. Mr Gillespie had heard much of this char acter from Missouri miners, who had been at Galena in the early days, and had long experienced a curiosity to see him. It was in 18:14, and Mr. Gillespie was on his way North, when at Cairo Col. Smith, attended by his servant, got aboard, on their way to Selma. They were both armed to the teeth —in fact, loaded down with rifles, pistols, and bowie ktiives, and Smith carried in ad dition a gun made to resemble a huge walk ing-cane. The cabin in those days was on the lower deck, and as soon as it was known who was aboard a hurried consultation took place among the passengers, and it was de termined to make common cause should Smith have a difficulty with any of them Smith seemed to feel that the passengers looked askance at him, and, pushing his way through the crowd, with a scowl before which they all fell back, he took a BS3j Sift the guard at the rear of the jjjieel an( j looked out upon the scenery Gillespio who was a young man, Allowed his curiosity to know tins man oyeFcome his fear of his person, and_pepping forward introduced himself. He was very coldly and siqier eilioqsJy received, but soon became cordial ai’fl communicative, and remarked upon Jiie evident aversion in which he was held by the passengers. Gillespie replied that the passengers looked upon him as a dangerous man, having killed so many men. He re plied that he had; that circumstances had thrown hint into the society of the most des perate and lawless men in the world, and that he had been obliged to light his way through, and in doing so he had endeavored never to allow any one to get the advantage of him, but, said he very emphatically, “I assure you, sir, that I never killed a man without being able to lay my hand upon my heart and declare most severely before God that I was fully justified.” The young man then brought up the sub ject of Smith’s difficulty with Gen. Jackson. The Colonel replied that the trouble grew out of the circumstance of his contemplated entry oi some lands in Arkansas upon which there were some medicinal springs. He ap plied to the General Land Office to enter the lands, when he wan informed that they had been withdrawn from sale, upon the suggestion of Gen. Jackson Smith said that Jackson knew of his intention to enter the land, for it hail been communicated to him in confidence, whereupon he sent a challenge to the General, who paid no at tention to it, but prepared himself for a street fight. Smith went to Nashville in the meanwhile, which was Jackson’s head quarters. One morning when Smith was dismounting from his horse in front of church one of his pistols was accidentally discharged, to the great consternation of the assemblage. Gen. Jackson heard of this, and was greatly enraged. Mounting his horse, he swore by the eternal he would kill Smith. The Colonel heard of this and left Nashville, Asked by Gillespie why, after having gono to Nashville tor a light with Gen. Jackson, lie iiad left when told that Jackson was seeking him, Smith re plied: “I wanted a fair fight with Jackson, but I knew, after what had happen'd, lie would be upon me with liis myrmidons.” Mr. Gillespie at this juncture asked Smith wliat he thought of Gen. Jucskon’s courage. He replied: “When not excited Gen. Jack son is not destitute of prudence; but if you ixcite him, and this earth was a magazine of gunpowder, he would hurl a firebrand into it and blow the world to atoms to obtain satisfaction.” In the course of the trip Col. Smith asked his young acquaintance to take a drink, but when the latter declined, Smith replied: “Young man, you are right; it is a very bad habit to fall into, and has been my be setting siii through life.” Gillespie said, when speaking of tins ad venture: “I believe that when perfectly solier Smith would behave like a gentleman, but that if he became ever so little under the influence of liquor he would be as fero cious as n tiger.” On the occasion of this trip he did not taste Honor, ami was wliat might lie called THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1887. a mild-mannered man. Gillespie slept in the berth above Smith's, and watched him disrolie with much interest, particularly as he divested himself of his armory, adjust ing his pistols, bowie knife and shooting cane where lie could lay his hand on them in an instant. Some of the passengers warned the young mail that lie was taking a great risk; that he might make some movement during the night, and Smith thinking he was attacked, would commence shooting up through the berth; but the night passed without incident. Col. John Smith at last became too much of a good thing even for a country where human life was, strangely, not valued very highly; strangely because of the sparse pop ulation, and he was forced to leave the State. Accompanied by n single love, in all probability his armorer Dan. he went to Tennessee, and was engaged in opening a cotton plantation on the banks of the Mis sippi, below Memphis, when he was stricken down with the fever of the climate, and, being advanced in years, succumbed, dying in the arms of his devoted slave. Thus ended the remarkable career of one of the most desperate men of the century. He is known to have killed fourteen men in duels and brawls, and all the early historians of Ste Genevieve agree that this constitutes but a portion of his performances. His remains fire buried at Selma, on the Keu nott estate. WINTER WORK IN COLLEGES. Physical Training for Girls—Some Points About the Fall Bonnets. New York, Oct. 15.—There are some in teresting names on the list of the classes at Smith College this fall—the daughter of ex- Gov. Robinson, of Massachusetts; of Judge Barrett, of Vermont; of Simon Sterne, the New York lawyer and writer on social sci ence, and Dora Goodale, the poet. It is just nt this season when the colleges are settling down to their winter s work that one looks for evidences of healthful growth in the girls’ schools and seldom fails to find them. Smith has anew observatory completed during the summer, and under the direction of Miss Mary Byrd, a graduate of Michigan University, and for four years one of the directors of the observatory of Carleton College, Minnesota. Miss Byrd is a practi cal astronomer and has done original work. An essay of hers was recently translated and republished in one of the French scientific re views. Smith is also for the first time to have a resident woman physician, Dr. Grace Pres ton, one of its own alumna-, who has since taken medical degrees at Boston University and in Paris. Dr. Preston will lie demon strator and lecturer on anatomy, physiology and hygiene, and it is believed that the presence of a physician of the students' own sex in the school will go far toward solving the problems of physical and men tal culture as they present themselves in the daily lives of girl students. THERE IS NO ONE SUBJECT to which girls’ schools are paying more at tention nowadays than physical training. Educators have been made almost super sensitive on the subject of feminine ability to stand mental culture. Accordingly tho alumnae of Smith are raising money for the more complete equipment of the gymnasium and ground will be broken at Vassal'for a new gymnasium in a very few weeks. Vas sal-, by the way, has flourished greatly since Dr. Taysor assumed the Presidency aud is opening the present year under the most promising auspices. The Laboratory of Chemistry and Physics has been enlarged through the generosity of John Guy Vassar, who with his brother, Matthew Vassar, Jr., originally built the laboratory, which beaiis their name. Vassar has anew fire service this fall more complete than most things of its sort in the country. Dr. Elizabeth B. Thelberg is the newly appointed resident physician; Miss A. M. Ely, of the New York Normal College, has been appointed Pro fessor of Mathematics, and Miss Lucy M. Salmon, a fellow of Bryn Mawr and anthor of “The Appointing Power of the Presi dent,” Associate Professor of History. Miss Bertha Robinson, a daughter of the Rev, Dr. Robinson, President of Brown Univer sity, is one of the new teachers of English. “HOTBEDS OF FLIRTATION" expresses a very usual opinion of 00-educa tional schools. Asa matter of fact it is cu rious to note the wide differences in the relation of the sexes that exist in different institutions. There nmy be or may not, be schools where the students flirt; there cer tainly are schools w here it is not at all unu sual for them to fall in love, contract en gagements and in due time get married. I have in mind instances where as many as 40 per cent, of a certain class paired off to take life’s journey together after passing the pre liminary harriers of deferential and integral calculus iu company, and I am hound to add that these marriages, so far as 1 have been informed of them, have turned out most excellently well. The mingled rivalry and good fellowship of tiie classroom seemed to give good opportunity for that full and i'air acquaintance which ought to precede mat rimony, better opportunities probably than are offered by the more guarded intercourse which. sanctioua. Young men and young women students btSSoiiie good eoiiv rades, and they stay good comrades, under standing one another thoroughly, after they have settled down to life’s business to gether. Such cases as these are n it, however, typical. A great majority of the co-eduea tional colleges are more after the pattern of Boston University, where, as one might ex pect perhaps from the non-marrying repu tation of the Hub, no attachment, no espe cially intimate intercourse, not the faintest suspicion of u flirtation liel ween students of opposite sexes has been known since tile foundation of the school. The after fortune of every student is accurately known through the full records kepi by the gradu ating classes, anil a year or two ago, when I last gave any attention to the matter, the only marriage that had within theammlsof the college taken place between ex-students was that, of a daughter of the late Bishop Gilbert Haven, whose acquaintance with the man who became her husband was formed after her successful graduation. Asa matter of fact the atmosphere of a co-educational school, whether the relations of the students remain those or simple col lege friendship, as at Boston anil in most other schools, or ripen into something warmer, is apt to be clearer and more healthy, with less of sentimentality about it than where the sexes are kept apart and each invests the other with a romantic gla mour which a little observation one of an other’s struggles witli Cicero’s Ur Amicitia would do wonders to dispel. There is a New England legend that mis sionaries used to resort to Mount Holj'oko Seminary to pick out wives on the eve of a voyage to the land of the heathen. The le gend may be a slander, but there is hardly a seminary town in the country where theo loguesof any denomination abound in which lieing ministers’ wives has not become a re cognized profession among the feminine population. Other students are not so much given to matrimony, because there is no other profession in which a wife is such a necessary artido of one’s stock in trade, but separating the sexes is not going to hinder love making. Tne chances are that in the co-educational school the student masculine will still pass his leisure hours with the so ciety girls of the college town, while the student feminine will attend strictly to her own business, which is that of beating him in the class 100m —sire having, as a Harvard oarsman put it, nothing else to take up her mind—if she can. If it; turns out differ ently it would be hard to bring forward, from fact or theory, any reason why a col lege marriage should not be quite os wise and quite as happy as most other kinds. THE FALL BONNET is the most deceptive thing on earth. It looks simple, innocent, utterly without wile or guile, almost Quakerish iu its demure ness. It is the most unassuming bit of headgear that tho city has seen in years. It wile- a woman’s heart anil yet more a man’s by its pretty, engaging modesty, in point of fact that unpretentious little concern that almost persuaded you bonnet wearers had for once forsworn the vanities of earth and were planning a return to quiet nun’s jC'ay is tin - most delusive bonnet on earth, it is the must difficult bonnet to build that ever a milliner undertook. It is the most expensive bonnet ho pay for that ever de pleted a masculine poeketliook. It is the most coquettish bonnet on the head that ever a witch of a woman wore. It is a de lusion and a snare from nodding aigrette to strings. In the first place, contrast is easy and harmony is hard. Bonnets used to affect contrast, just now harmony is their lay. The present ideal of a bonnet, the bonnet that every woman expands in raptures over when she sees it, employs but one color throughout, and to make deception doubly deceptive, that color is no color at all. Bonnets to be successful, as every good bonnet aims to be, must just now be “flo rescent.” You take it dui! rod and a curious olive green and you weave them together in ribbon and velvet, warp of one, woof of tiie other, and the result is a changeable fabric that is one hue in one light and twenty linos ill another, hut that gives the general effect, soft in the velvet or plush, metallic in the ribbon, of a copper tint that is everybody’s favorite tint this year. You cover your bonnet frame with the florescent plush —by proxy iu shape of the most deft milliner you can light upon, of course—puffing it about the face a trifle and planting a knot of your florescent ribbon in the same tints on top, upon the hair. Then you take a cluster of florescent ostrich tips—feathers take to the changeable hues very kindly— thrust a florescent aigrette into tho middle of the bunch and plant it well back upon the crown, not standing bolt upright, to annoy concert or theatre audiences, but nodding gently toward the front. You tie it with florescent strings and your task is done. It is a bonnet that offers no chal lenge, its color alters with every flicker of light, but it is at every instant of the same color all over. It looks as if you might have trimmed it yourself, and yet only a very few milliners can make a success of it, and it costs you 835 where you used to pay sls. It is not a bonnet in whose good faith or sincerity one can put any faith It is a ■subtly capricious bonnet, but it is a very charming bonnet after all. E. P. H. TRAIN MORE RABID THAN EVER. Another Incendiary Speech in Its Humeorous Aspect—To Suppress the Crank. Chicago, Oct. 18.— Turner Hall was crowded last night when George Francis Train preached Anarchy in terms as rapid as were ever heard at the Lake Front or the Haymarket. His caution of the night before was thrown aside, and he excelled himself in his defiance of the fifty policemen in citizens’ clothes who were there osten sibly to suppress him if he grew “inflam matory.” “I am here,” he said, “to emancipate Chicago from the rule of tho biggest band of ruffians I ever saw and to dump the whole corrupted concern into the lake. All in favor of dumping tho corrupted concern into the lake say ‘aye.’” [Aye, with cheers.] “I am a gentleman,” Train shouted. “I have been the honored gue-st of statesmen and law-givers, and i’ll not be insulted by a miserable mayor and ruffianly police. All in favor of my not being insulted say ‘aye.’” [One wild, uproarious “aye.”] “They try to dulldoze me and threaten to arrest me. They dare not. If you tell me something stronger to say I’ll say it. All in favor of carrying firearms say ‘ave.’” As the hoarse and prolonged yell subsided Train, with blazing eyes, stood on tip-toe and shouted: “Let every man carry fire arms in his pocket and defend himself. I’ve get game boys by me to-night. Will the police now step forward and arrest me if they ilaref” Amid the tumultuous uproar which fol lowed the scores of police present glanced for orders at Capt. O’Doiinel and Lieut. Slayton, but these chiefs merely blinked their eyes nervously and did hot move. Train introduced Mrs. Parsons, who spoke for a quarter of an hour in her usual style. “The Supreme Court,” said she, “said that Parsons entered the conspiracy when he went upon the Haymarket armed with bombs. How much for truth and valor! Here’s the bombs that Parsons took that night and had with him upon the wagon.” So sayiifg, she seized her two children, a hoy an Ia girl, and lifted them upon the table. The audience cheered for nearly five minutes. “Three cheers for the bombs,’’ bellowed Train as soon as he could be heard, and once more the tumult arose. Train called for volunteers to sell his paper in the audience, and in the face of the fact that the police had said it should not be sold in the hall, the eager salesmen exceeded fho supply, and the papers were distributed without interference. The Mayor this morning directed the Po . lie ■ Department to summarily suppress Train and to not permit him to speak again. If he makes any further demonstrations he will be take-: to the lock-lip and kept there until he can be legally adjudged insane and committed t . u lunatic asylum. Train, finding the police determined to suppress his further utterances, has left the •iiy&ud gOOb io ;-hWingfield. An Italian’s Revenge. . From the Chicago Sews. At Montecoro, in the province of Campo basso, in South Italy, one Paolo Carfagnini loved tim daughter ot one (fiovanelli. The latter refusing his consent, Carfagnini way laid him, gagged him. anil kept Him locked up ill his house until he should give his con sent and ass g.i his property to the lover. Thereupon Carfagnini was condemned to five years in the penitentiary, -tug. 4(1. his time being up, h was set free, and returned to Montecoro, determined to lie revenged upon tile family of t>: v.auelli, whom he accused of having caused lus disgrace. The priest of the church of Montecoro was a son of Giovauelli and a brother of thebe loved of Paolo. He was officiating in the church before three or four women when Paolo entered, lie kept nut of sight until the time when the priest turned his back upon the people, wlien he ran forward and plunged his dagger three times into the back, of the unfortunate man. One of the peasant girls sprang forward and seized the arm of the assassin again uplifted to strike, mid during the struggle the priest had time to run away. But before reaching the open air he tumbled and fell, and Carfagnini, who had meanwhile disengaged himself from the girl, placed a revolver to his ear and shot him dead. The murderer stopped in the church and awaited the arrival of the Ulovanelli family, bent on lynching him. He re: ire 1 to the clock tower and latrricadod thod<strand stairs, shooting from behind the door and balustrade upon the parents and brother of his victim, hut without hit ting any of them. When the church filled with jieasants and preparations were made to break open the door, he put a bullet through his own braiu. A Long Word. From the Americus (Gta.) Republican. A certain Sumter county man, while on a visit to Alabama, took three drinks of fine old French brandy one morning, and started in his buggy through the woods. A little way out from the town, he found a bill posted around a tree with “Ventriloquism,” beading it. He stopped, and tried to make out the word, hut as the paper lapped around the tree, the letters joined.‘and it was more thnn he could decipher. There was no beginning nor ending t > the word. He walked around the tree five hours trying to make out, the lirst word, wore out a pair of I mots, and sank at the roots of the tree exhausted. A 10-year-old hoy happened along, spcll 'il the word aud sent the man back to Sumter to loan, to spell. Lung Troubles and Wasting diseases can be cured, if properly treated in time, as shown by the following statement from D. C. Freeman, Sydney: “Having been a great sufferer from pulmonary at tacks, aud gradually wasting away for the past two years, it affords me pleasure to testify Unit Scott’s Rmui.sion of Cod Liver Oil with Lime and Soda has given me great, relief, and I cheerfully recommend it to all suffering m a similar way to myself. In addition, I would say that it is very pleas nnt. tit t-4 Irt* v A Privilege of Citizenship. From the Neuman (Qa.) Hera’d. Up to this writing President Cleveland has not formally consented to make a speech in Newnah as he passes through next Wednesday night en route to Montgomery. He has not even signified n willingness to stand on the rear platform of the coach and wave his night robe at us, but no circum stance, or combination of circumstances, can prevent us from sitting on the fence and see him go by. This is one of the in estimable privileges of American citizenship that cannot be abridged. LIST OP VESSELS Up, Cleared and Sailed for this Port. STEAMSHIPS. Orandholm (Br), Masson, Three Rivers, sld Oct 0. Waterloo (Br), Hewes. Cardiff, sld Oct 9 Elpis (Br), Burnett, Philadelphia, sld Oct It. Gladiolus (Br), Sinclair, Philadelphia, sld Oct 14. Wetherby (Br), Smith, Philadelphia, cld Oct 14. Maude (Br), Clanton. Philadelphia, cld Oct 13. SHIPS. Ceylon (Br), Owen, Rio Janeiro, sld Sept 6. BARKS. Carolina Falanga (Ital), Scotto, Liverpool, sld Aug 13. Francisca de Villa (Sp), Perares, at Liverpool July 28. Sereia (Port). Dos Reis, at Liverpool, July 23. Fulda (Nor), Kouff, Buenos Ayres, sld July —. Freia (Non. llaulY, at Buenos Ayres. June —. (tier (Br). Shields, Glasgow, si ( Sept 5. Ribes(Aus), Rocovich, Bordeaux, sld Aug 24. Brabant (Belg), deVries, Antwerp, sld Aug 31. Agostina 8 (Ital), Bertolotti, Liverpool, sld May 13 via Table Bay, at Rio Janeiro in distress Aug 24. Melcbiore (Ital), Izzo, at Buenos Ayres Aug 10. l’hison (Aus), Cosulich, at Venice Aug 15. Sarah (Br). McMullen, Bahia, sld Aug 13. Charlotte A Littlefield (Nor). Moller, Hamburg, sld Sept 6. Stanley (Nor), Clansen. at Buenos Ayres, Aug 15, Olof Glas (Sw), Andersen, Cevita Veehia, sld Sept 10. Linnea (Nor), Hansen, Santos, sld Aug 18. Hesperia (Nor), Nielsen, Hamburg, sld Sept 15. MedusaiGeri,Schmidt,Grangemouth,sld Sept 15. Felix Mendessohn (Ger), Fretwurst. at Bremen Sept 9. Viig (Nor), Gregertsen, Hamburg, sld Aug 15. Almaria (Nor), Jacobsen, Buenos Ayres, sld Aug 10. Anita Berwind. Mcßride, Philadelphia.cld Oct 12. Memlo (Br), Horn, Liverpool, sld Sept 29. Glimt (Nor), Olsen, Santos, sld about Sept 12. Niobe (Non, Olsen, at Buenos Ayres, Sept 27. Unicorn )Bn, McDougai. Rio Janero. sld Aug 29. Remittent (Nor), Pedersen. Liverpool, sld July 31 via Buenos Ayres. Cato (Nor), Andersen, Santos, sld Sept 7. Subra (Nor), Otterbek, Hamburg, sld Oct 1. Brodrene (Nor), Bie, Liverpool, sld Oct 3. Welgunde. Meehan, at New York, Oct 7. Adele (Ital). Astarita, Oporto, sld Sept 25. Tikoma (Br), Pugh. Liverpool, sld Oct 12. Verena (Nor), Nielsen, Rio Janeiro, sld Sept 22. SCHOONERS. Annie Bliss. O’Donnell, Philadelphia, cld Oct 12. Jno K Souther, Pillsbury, Philadelphia, up Sept 21. Win H Fredson, Saunders, New York, cld Oct 12. John R Penrose, Evans, Philadelphia, cld Oct 11. Henry Waddington. Magee, Boston, up Sept 28. John H Cross. Rawley, Providence, up Oct 7. Ida Lawrence, Young, Baltimore, ski Oct 14. Jesse W Starr, Smith, New York, sld Oct 10. Alfaretta Campbell, Campbell, , sld Oct—. Clias E Young, Corson, Baltimore, up Oct 14. OFFICIAL MORTUARY REPORT. Of the City of Savannah for the Week End ing Friday, Oct. 14, 1887. Whites. Bl’ks&C’l’d reuses Of Death ° ver Un- ! Over I Un- Causes or Death. 1(| derl0 l 10 der 10 |m. F. M. F. M.( F.iM. F. Brain, congestion of 2 j. .1... Bronchitis ! 1..J...1 ... 1... 1 Cancer of uterus |... 2; ... i ... i ... ... ! Consumption, lungs j 1 2: 4; Convulsions ...i 1 Croup . .!... ... 1 Fever, congestive.... j... I Ij] ... |. 1... 1 Fever, continued i j ... 1 Fever, congestive mal ....... 1 ...j 1 ... Fever, malarial, typho .. | 1 j--. | Gastro Enteretis 1]...1...!. ~|...!... Heart neuralgia '...j .J .. .i... H... 1 1 . Heart,valvular dis. of 1 Hemorrhage,internal 11... 1;... j|. Inanition 1 1 1 ... Jaundice 1 ....... Laryngitis 1 Marasmus ..J ...I ...!... lj 1 Pneumonia ... ... . ... j ... i 1j... Undefined 1 ... Total 4 5 It 8 Sj 8 5 5 RECAPITULATION. Deaths in city -Wilises, 13; blacks and col oivd, 20; total 33. Kaeiusive of still births, whites, 1; blac!:s and cl ared, 0. Premature births, black* un i colored, 1. SUMMARY. Whites. Colored. H Ages. g- M. F. >l. F.- Under 1 year 1 ! 2j 1 r Bet ween 1 and 2 year* ... | 2, 2 4 Between 2 and 5 years li 11 1 3 Bet ween 5 aqd 10 years I 2| 1 3 Between 10 and 20 vears... lj 1 j 13 Between 2 ) and :W years .. | j ’ 2 2 Between 3 > and 40 years . i 1 2 3 B *iwcen 40 and .V) years... 1 1 2| 1,5 Bet ween 50 ami 00 years... j 2 : 2 Between 00 and 70 years... 1 1 1 3 Bet ween 70 and so 1 l l Total. .5; Jj 7 iH'm Population—Whites, 2.3,675; blacks and col ored, 19,111; total, 43.786. Annual ratio per 1,0 population for week— Whites, 25.8; blacks an 1 color,*,l. 51.6. J. T. .IcFARI. VND, M. D„ Health Officer. P. 1* I. MAMTAITt'BINO CO. The weather to-day will be warmer and lair. TO I rrui trs A Victim of inllammatory Illieniniiiisni Cored —BY THE USE OP Prickly ash, Pom root, Potassium. Office Alapa ha Star, ) Alapaha, Oa., June 9. ISSO. i P. P. P. U'fq. Cos.: Oenti.fmkn About nine months Ago I was attacked with Intlammalory Rheu matism in my feet. buck, shoulder* and breast. The pains were excruciating and continuous. For six weeks I was confined to my Vied, and part of tiie time had to be assisted u turn over. At limes 1 could nol sit up, if to do so would have secured a fortun *. My feci were swollen, and t he h<r toms of tuem so tender that walking wus a consuui* source of the liveliest misery. It would be impossible to express m words t he agony l c i lui ed. I tried u number of rem * lies, so-c.tlled, and som * of them rT >rd*M temporay re lief. but- it v.as only temporary, and I began to despair of finding a cure. I had h *ard several gentlemen speak of a new Rheumatism cure manufact are.l at Way cross, and while 1 listened I doubted. Finally I met twj or three j ar',b*s who had tried this new medicine and had been cured, and 1 decided to procure a pint of it and lest it* virnjes. This I d ; (l, ind was satisfied I iia l been benefited. Well, to make a long story short, I con tinued to take the mo licin * until I had used three and a half quart bottles, ini-., proving all the while in my general health, and noticing a steady decrease in the Rheumatism When the half of the fourth quart was finished 1 felt as well as I ev *r did in my life, with only an occasional touch of Rheumatism, and since taking the first quart 1 have been ahte to attend to my duties in the office, not having lost a moment since on account of my former enemy. I shall take two or three quarts more >f P. P. P., beginning about two mouths from the time 1 leit off taking it; and l am confident that the last vestige of the dreadful malady will be driven irom my system. I do not say that P. P. P. wrought this wonderful cure, but I do assert, in >st emphatically, that 1 derived no perma nent relief until after I took the first bottle. Yours truly, J. W. HANLON. $1 will get a bottle of this great remedy, P. P P It is a sure cure for Rheumatism. For Sale bva!i Medici;r Dealers. MARRIAGES. . BLACKIE.—BOTTS.—Married, at the Church of the Heavenly Rest, New York, on the 12th of October, by the Right Rev. Henry C. Potter, Bishop of New York, James Robertson Blackie, Glasgow, Scotland, and Ellen Arthur, daugh ter or Henry T. Botts, Savannah. Georgia. IN MEMOKIAM. In MEMORY OF CHASE SULLIVAN. “Thy will, O, Lord, be done.” On Thursday last all that was mortal of Chase Sullivan was laid in its last resting place be neath the shadowy oaks of Bonaventure, where whispering winds are ever singing Nature's soft requiem over the dead, and rip]'ling waters chant their sad responses in undertones of solemn harmony. Friends were not allowed the sad privilege of taking a last farewell of the bright boy whose life was just budding into such fair promise. Young as lie was, he had already won many friends by his joyous, unselfish disposition and thorough loyalty to his little playmates. But what a chasm has been rent by the touch of death in the circle of his home— t Hat sacred spot where he drew his first breath, uttered his first word, listened to tlie first tones of love. Where his infancy was cradled, his childhood nurtured, his first prayer offered and the last breathings of his departing spirit watched with the eye of affection. Here is avoid which can never he filled. There is an empty chair at the table, a vacant seat in the family pew, a sweet voice silent in the Sabbath School, a bright face gone from the little choristers who gathered each year around the Easter altar, but although There’s an empty chair at the table. An idle hat on the wall, And the pattering sound of childish fee Is heard no more in the hall Yet amidst the hosts of Heaven Doth a radiant angel stand, And the child we have loved and lost on earth Is safe in his Savior's hand. MEETINGS. CLINTON LODGE NO. 54, F. & A. M. A regular communication of this A Lodge will be held at Masonic Temple THIS (Monday) EVENING, Oct. 17. at 8 o’clock. / ▼ \ The M. M. degree will be conferred. Members of sister lodges and visiting brethren cordiallv invited to meet with us. HENRY BARTLETT, W. M. Waring Russell. Jr., Secretary. DeKALB LODGE, NO. 9 I. O. O. F. A regular meeting will be held THIS (Monday) EVENING at 8 o’clock. The First Degree will he conferred. Members of other Lodges and visiting brothers are cordially invited to attend. By order of H. W. RALL, N. G. John Riley, Secretary. SAVANNAH CADETS. HEADQUARTERS SAVANNAH CADETS, f Savannah, Ga.. Oct. 17,1887. ( You are hereby ordered to assemble at the Oglethorpe Barracks in full uniform THIS (Monday) EVENING at 8 o’clock. This being the last drill before our departure for Atlanta, it is desired and expected that every member will be present. By order of H. M. BRANCH, Captain Commanding. R. P. Lovell, First Sergeant. RAILRAOD LOAN ASSOCIATION. The fiftieth regular meeting of the Railroad Loan Association will be held THIS (Monday) EVENING, at 8 o’clock at Metropolitan Hall. WILLIAM ROGERS, President. H. C. Cunningham, Secretary. •, SPECIAL NOTICES. Advertisements inserted under “Special Notices" wilt be charged $1 00 a Square each insertion. The ladies and gentlemen are respectfully in vited to visit the reopening of Sherwood's Even ing Class at his Dancing Academy, Masonic Temple, MONDAY EVENING, Oct. 17, at 8 o'clock. NOTICE. All bills against the British steamship MA RION, Jeffells, Master, must be presented at our office by or before 12 o’clock m., THIS DAY, Oct. 17, or payment thereof will be de barred. A. MIMS & SONS, Consignees. NOTICE. All hilts against the British steamship WAT LINGTON must be presented at our office be fore 12 o’clock noon, THIS DAY, Oct. 17,1837, or payment will be debarred. RICHARDSON & BARNARD, Agents. UR. HENRY 8 COLUIMi, DENTIST, Office corner Jones and Drayton streets. ULMER’S LIVER CORRECTOR. This vegetable preparation is invaluable for the reslorafian of iSAu and Strength to the sys tem. For Dyspepsia. Constipation and other ills, caused by a disordered liver, it cannot be excelled. Highest prizes awarded, and in dorsed by eminent medical men. Ask for Ul mer’s Liver Corrector and lake no other. $1 (X) a bottle. Freight paid to any address. B. F. ULMER, M. D., Pharmacist. Savannah. Ga. FRUIT AND GROCERIES. 75 BARRELS APPLES. .) - BARRELS EATING AND COOKING ii) PEAKS, 59 Barrel* HERE, >X POTATOES, 25 Sflfcks RIO and .JAVA COEFEE, LIQUORS and WINES of all kinds, SUGAR, CANNED MEATS, Choice FLOUR, CANNED GOODS, NUTS and RAISINS, New TURKISH PRUNES, New CITRON. GUTTER, CHEESE. LARD, SUGARS, SOAP. STARCH. CRACKERS, BROOMS, PAILS. CRANBERRIES, GRAPES, etc. For sale at lowest prices. A. H. CHAMPION. COC O AN TJTS FANCY APPLES, ONIONS, CABBAGE. POTATOES. TURNIPS, GRAPES, MIARS, LEMONS, BLACK EYE PEAS (new), FLORIDA ORANGES, HAY AND GRAIN, SEED OATS, SEED RYE, BRAN, FEED, etc. Close prices on large lots. 169 BAY. W. D. SIMKINS & CO. PRINTER AND BOOK BINDER. 1834.-FIFTY-THREE YEARS-1887. At the rtusluess, anti up with the Music all the Time. GEO. N. NICHOLS, PRINTING, BINDING -AMD blank BOOKS. Everything complete for the Best Work. No slouch) work men. No poor work. WANTED. W la. IST TEI dT inn nnn F ' KT I>INE R ■ ties, IVU.UVV hewed or sawed on four sides, 7xß and feet long, delivered on vessel s rail in Savannah or Brunswick. Apply to J C. McNAUUriTON & CO., 228 Dock Strwt, Philadelphia. Pim.ADEI.IUOA (*et. 5. IKH7 CLOTHING. WEARE PLEASED TO ANNOU NCE THAT OUR Fall Stock is now complete and we will be pleased to show our friends and the public the prevailing and correct styles in CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS & HATS For the season, whether they call to supply themselves or only to se “what is to be worn.” Respectfully, 1 FALK A SIS, Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s Outfitters. Our Fall and Winter Catalogue is now in the hands of the printer and wil I be ready for distribution about Octobe.r 20. At the Head of the Heap! VND only our second fall season. Being very busy since Sept. Ist with our ( nstom De partment, we have neglected to inform our friends and the public at large that we have on hand and ready for inspection one of tne most complete lines of CLOTHING For all shape men, boys and youths ever ex hibited in our Forest City. Our style of doing business STRICTLY ONE PRICE TO ALL, with each and every article MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES (which has met with so much favor since we commenced busi ness) is sufficient to guarantee satisfaction io every respect. We have every department complete, Hats, Trunks, Valises, Gent’s Furnishing Goods, to which we call particular attention to styles, assortment and prices. Our specials this season are as follows: Special Custom Department—Armenian Natu ral Wool Sanitary Underwear (recommended by all physicians), Screven's Patent Elastic Seam Drawers [to sea(m) them is to buy them], Earl A Wilson's Collars and Cuffs, Ward's Reversible Linen Covered Paper Collars, Chocolate Color Imitation Camel Hair Underwear, Miller's New York Fine Stiff and Silk Hats. Our buyer is at present in New York, where he will b * for the next, ten days, and the public can depend on anything new or novel in our line which has come out since the season opened. Remember tbe number, 163 CONGRESS STREET, opposite the market. APPEL & SCII AI L, ONE PRICE CLOTHIERS, HATTERS AND GENT'S FURNISHERS. THUS! WE ARE READY To exhibit our FALL AND WINTER CLOTHING for GENTS, YOUTHS, BOYS and CHILDREN, it! its full ness of variety, elegance of appeavtoce and iwrfeetness of FIT. UNDERWEAR, FURNISHINGS. FALL SHAPES ll' TATS. THE CLOTHING PALACE, 161 CONGRESS. B. 11. LEVY & BRO. I!,. LEVY 4 H BELT GREASE. To Mill Men TURNER'S TRACTION BELT GREASE —AND— Belting Preservative Softens leather and Makes Rubber Belting More Durable. This Urease effectually prevents slipping, ren ders flu* bolts adhesive. heavy and pliable and will add one third to the power of the l>elt. Its use enables the belt to be run loose and have same power. —FOR SALE BY— PALMER BROTHERS, SAVANNAH. Recommended by DALE, ID von & CO., J. IV. TYNAN and many others, SEED OATS. Rust Proof Oats, Seed Rye, APPLES, POTATOES, ONIONS, CABBAGES, _ And all kinds of VEGETABLES and FRUITS By every stoamer. 25 Cars Oats, 25 Cars Hay, 50 Cars Corn. GRITS, MEAL, CORN EYE BEAN, PEAS, and feed of all kinds. 155 BAY STREET. Warehouse in S., F. & W. R'y Yard. T. P, BOND & CO. DESKS. gUIHnLERDESKCI] SsPUIBP'iBWWt ST. LOUIS, MO. M*vuf aoturins or FIN< UFBK3. rpi immlmSk °¥W°W& niM jffS 7 Boatwork tad Lowest JPricaj Gumrwjtced, 100 page lUuti < OiUlor.no, watAac. AortWiS