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SUBJECTS OF THE PASTORS.
HOW SAVANNAH’S FIL.FITS WILL BE
FILLED TO-DAY.
Presirflnx Elder Ilev. J. A. Thompson
nt Trinity This Morning and <n
Wesley To-night Deneonness’
Hoard of the tlinreU of the Vseen
sfoit Or^aalsed —Membership List
of Independent thnreh Will He
Distributed To-day—Growth of the
Seventh Street Sunday School.
The devotional meetings of the Epworth
League of the Seventh Street Church, will
be held hereafter in the lecture room on
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock instead of
Tuesday night as heretofore. Great inter
est is being manifested in the Sunday
school work of this church. The meml* r
ship of this school is the next largest of
all the Methodist Churches of the city, be
ing second only to that of Wesley Monu
mental. The superintendent, Mr. J. L.
Christian, has had invitations (o Join the
school prepared upon cards, in the shape
of the figure “7.''
The service at Grace Church this morn
ing will be conducted by the p;istor, Rev.
Osgood F. Cook, but Instead of preaching,
♦he different departments of church work
will be represented by the various leaders
In short talks. Miss liattie Carson, Savan
nah’s noble missionary to Mexico, will
speak in the interest of woman's work for
woman. The usual good music will be en
joyed. Preaching by the pastor will be held
at 8 o’clock.
The Epwprth League of Grace Church,
held its regular monthly business and lit
erary meeting at the parsonage, Friday
night. It was largely attended. This society
is taking on new life and growing in mem
bership and Interest. The devotional meet
ings are held every Tuesday evening at 8
o’clock at the church. The following of
ficers were elected for the next six months:
President, Marvin O'Neal; first vice pres
ident, W. L. Arnold; second vice president,
Mrs. A. Riekett; third vice president, Miss
Rena Gnann; secretary. Miss Alice Marlow,
and treasurer, Miss Mollie Benson.
The presiding elder of the Savannah dis
trict of the Methodist Church, Rev. Dr.
3. A. Thompson, will preach this morning
at Trinity Church. The pastor, Rev. J.
H. Scruggs, will preach to-night.
The pastor, Hev. Dr. J. O. Branch, will
conduct the service this morning at Wes
ley Monumental Church. At night the
presiding elder. Rev. Dr. J. A. Thompson,
will preachf These are the first sermons
Dr. Thompson will have preached in these
churches. Two weeks ago he was here
and preached at Grace and the Seventh
Street Church. The subject of the pas
tor’s sermon this morning will be "Heav
en Open, and Angels of God Ascend ng
and Descending on the fjlon of Man.”'
Presbyterian.
Rev. Dr. James Y. Fair will preach this
morning and to-night at the Independent
Presbyterian Church. The morning ser
mon will be from the text: "Golden Vials
Full of Odors, Which Are the Prayers of
Saints.” "The Failure of Skepticism” will
be the subject of the evening sermon.
The session of the church has completed
its work upon the membership lists of the
church. These have been printed, and will
be distributed among the congregation to
day. The lists show 409 white and e'cven
colored members. The addresses and year
of accession to the church are given with
each name.
Services this morning and to-night at the
First Presbyterian Church will be conduct
ed by the pastor. Rev. Arthur J. Smith.
Evangelist Gales will preach. Great inter
est is being shown in these services,
which are to continue during this week,
with the exception of Saturday.
Baptist.
Services to-day at the First Baptist
Church, morning and night, will be con
ducted by the pastor. Rev. John D. Jor
dan. Important announcements for th©
members will be made at the morning ser
vice and they are all requested to attend.
The services at the Duffy Street Bap
tist Church will be conducted this morn
ing and to-night by the pas
tor, Rev. Dr. James D.
Chapman. The morning subject will
be “A Positive and Negative Command
ment.” To-night the pastor will preach
upon “Fatalness of Modern Infidelity,”
the second in a series of three sermons
upon this subject. At 4 o'clock In the
afternoon the B. Y. P. U. will hold its
monthly missionary conquest meeting.
The subject will be "The Indians of North
America.” This meeting will consist of a
series of papers upon different phases of
work among the Indians, together with a
special programme of song.
Services of the Primitive Baptist Church
Will, be held to-day at Tonga's Hall.
I.ntlieran.
At the Lutheran Church of the Ascension
to-day services will be conducted by Rev.
Dr. W. C. Schaeffer, D. D. “The Sun
shine of Life” is the subject for the morn
ing and “The Two Ways” at night.
The pastor organized a deaconess’
society of the ladies to aid him in promot
ing the welfare of the church and enlarg
ing its usefulness. Mrs. Adam Kessel
was elected president; Mrs.J. Paulsen, and
Mrs. E. A. M. Schroder, vice presidents;
Miss Marie Furrer, recording secre
tary; Miss Lydia IGjrrer, corre
sponding secretary, and Mrs. H.
Jensen, treasurer. The society is divided
into committees to do work on special
lines and the ladies have begun their work
with much sp rit and enthusiasm. The
pastor is greatly encouraged by the cheer
ful and hearty co-operation given him by
this society.
The sermon this morning at St. Paul's
Lutheran Church, Rev. M. J. Kpting, pas
tor, will be from the gospel for the day.
Tonight the pastor will preach upon "The
Message to the Church at Ephesus.”
Eplscopn I.
The rector. Rev. J. L. Scully, will con
duct the services to-day at St. Paul s
Church. He will officiate at the early cele
bration of the holy communion, the morn
ing prayer and litany, and wl'.l preach
morning and evening.
The morning sermon by the rector, Rev.
diaries H. Strong, to-day, at St. John's
Church, will be upon the subject "Liberty
to Man, Woman and Child, Through the
Gospel of Christ,” and at night tiie article
of the creed, “He Descended Into Hell”
will furnish a discussion of the subject,
“Is There an Intermediate State After
Death,” with the question of probation
after death.
The usual services will be held 1n
Christ Church to-day.
Christian.
Christian Consecration” will be the sub
ject of the pastor, Rev. E. A. Bosworth's,
discourse this morning at the Christian
Church. iMany say “There is such a mul-
t pi:city of views about Christianity, I
lii.n't know what to do.” The sermon at
night will be for the purpose of showing
. is rplexod people what is safe to do in
ail such cases.
Rev. Jabez Fox, who was here last win
ter in conduct of the Swedenborgian
Church, has returned from Washington,
i t will be here for a couple of weeks.
Mr. Fox has many friends und admirers
who will be glad to welcome hTm back.
Ho will preach this morning on ‘The Door
• ' Entrance Into the Church Provided by
the At 7:30 to-night the sermon
will be on “The Duty of Individual Mem
bers of the Church.”
ltoiunn Catholic.
Rt. Rev. Haid, Catholic bishop of North
Carolina, who is visiting Father William
Mayer of Sacred Heart Church, will de
liver the sermon at 10 o’clock mass to
day.
Chureli Directory.
Trinity Methodist Church, corner Presi
dent and Barnard, J. H. Scruggs, pastor.
Service at 11 a. m. and Bp. m. Dr. J. A.
Thompson, presiding elder, will occupy the
pulpit at 11 a. m. Preaching at Bp. m.
Sunday school 4p. m. J. A. Varnadoe,
superintendent. Pews free. Stranger's
cordially invited.
Wesley Monumental Church, Rev. James
O. Branch. D. D., pastor. Preaching at
11 a. m. by the pastor and at 8 p. m. by
the presiding elder, Rev. Dr. John A.
Thompson. Subject of morning sermon,
“Heaven Open, and Angels of God As
cending nnd Descending on the Son of
Man." Sunday school at 4p. m. C. V.
Snedekor, superintendent. Epworth
League Tuesday, 8:15 p. m. Prayer meet
ing Wednesday, 8 p. m.
Grace Methodist Church, corner New
Houston and Jefferson streets. Rev. Os
good F. Cook, pastor. Services at 11 a.
m. nnd Bp. m. 'Sunday school at 4p. m.
Epworth League Tuesday, 8 p. m. Prayer
meeting, Wednesday, 8 p. m.
Seventh Street Methodist Episcopal
Church, corner Seventh and Jefferson
streets. Rev. E. F. Morgan, pastor. Ser
vices nt 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Sunday school
at 4 p. m. Seats free and a welcome to all.
St. John's Church, Madison square, cor
ner Bull and Charlton streets. Rev.
Charles H. Strong, rector. Morning ser
vice and sermon at 11 o’clock. Sunday
school at 4p. m. Evening service (choral)
and sermon at 8:15 p. m. Sermon from
the creed on the article: He descended
Into Hell—"ls There an Intermediate
State?” Strangers cordially welcome.
Christ Church. Services will be held
at the church at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.Sun
day school at 4 p. m.
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, corner Bar
nard and Duffy streets. Rev. J. L. Scully,
rector. Early celebration of the holy
communion 7:30 a. m. Morning prayer, lit
any and sermon, 11 a. m. Evening prayer
and sermon, Bp. m. Sunday school, 4p.
rn. Seats free.
St. Paul’s Lutheran, Bull and First
streets, Rev. M. J. Eptlng, pastor. Ser
mon at 11 a. m. Evening service at Bp.
m. Sunday school. 4p. m. Visitors wel
come to all the services.
First Baptist, Chippewa square, pastor,
John D. Jordan. Young People’s meet
ing after the morning sermon. Sunday
school at 4p. m. The public is cordially
invited to all services.
Primitive Baptist Church. There will be
services at Yonge’s Hall to-day. Preach
ing at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.
Shilo Baptist Church, colored, Hunting
don street. Rev. M. 11. Hamilton, pastor;
morning prayers, 6 a. m., preaching at 11
a. m. and 8 p. m.. All invited and wel
come.
Services Primitive Baptist Church,
Yonge’s Hall, Whitaker and Duffy, will
be conducted by Elder W. W. Riner 11
a. m. and Bp. m. Public cordially invited.
First Church Christ Scientist. Sermon
11 a. m. Sunday school, 11:45 a. m. Knights
of Pythias Hall, York and Barnard street.
New Jerusalem Church, corner of Dray
ton and Huntingdon streets. Rev. Jabez
Fox of Washington, D. C., will preach at
11 a. m. anti at 7:30 p. m. Seats all free.
WITH I INDOOR BALL TEAMS.
Each Longue Has a (lame Scheduled
This Week.
The three teams of the association In
door Base Ball League are now tied. Three
games have been played and each team
has won and lost a game. The Y. M. H.
A. defeated the C. L. A., the Y. M. C. A.
defeated the Y. M. H. A. and the C. L. A.
defeated the Y. M. C. A. They are just
where they started, and even now it Is
hard to say which team has the better
chance for the pennant. They seem (o
lie evenly matched—even more so than
last season—and the fight is going to be
a warm one.
The C. L. A. and Y. M. 11. A. teams
will play at Y. M. C. A. Hall Thursday
night. In the last game between these
teams the Y. M. H. A. won by one run.
The game was close, and both nines put
up a strong contest. The C. L. A. boys
put up a much better game last week
with the Y. M. C. A. than they did with
the Y. M. H. A. and their work all around
showed improvement. The base running
was exceptionally good, in some instances
being daring, and in all good.
There seems to be something wrong with
the batting eyes of the Library boys, for
their hitting in both games was weak.
This, too, when it was thought that the
C. L. A. players were strong with the
stick. They only got two hits off Smith
in the first game and the same number off
Thompson in last week's game.
Horrigan will again pitch in Thursday
night's game and the balance of the team
will be made up of the regular men. If
Horrigan can hold the Y. M. 11. A. bats
men down, the C. L. A. team will be hard
to boat as they are putting up a great
game in other respects. Sullivan's catch
ing has been superb, and he is without a
peer in the city. His backstop work has
been the subject of much comment and
praise.
Smith will be in the points for the Y. M.
H. A. and Kajrton will catch him. Smith
is one of the speediest pitchers in the
league, but he sometimes allows hlmse'.f
to become rattled. When Smith is not
pitching he is one of the coolest and head
iest players in the- league, and the mere
fact of his being in the box should not
make him lose his head.
The Y. M. C. A. li ts in Thompson the
best pitcher in the league, taklsg all
things into consideration. He has "great
speed, good control and never loses his
head. His coolness is something remark
able. nnd at times, when other pitchers
go all to pieces, Thompson keeps on pitch
ing the same steady ball. In Mic game
with the C. L. A. last week, Thompson
struck out four successive men, every one
of whom reached his base through King
muffing the bail. This would have made
any of the pitchers simply wild, but It old
not even phase "Biggie.”
The games of the association league nre
being well patronized, and there will be a
nice little sum to divide up among the
clubs at the close of the season.
The Chathams and the Guards will meet
in the Military la-ague Wednesday night.
This is the first game between these
teams. The Guards are now leading the
league, having won one nnd lost no games.
The Cadets are second, with one lost and
won. and the Chathams are last wilt one
game lost. Gurmany and King, for the
Chuthams, and Coleman and Stoddard, for
the Guards, will probably be the batter
ies. The game will *be played at the
Guards’ hall, and will be called at 8:15
o'clock. j
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JANUARY 23, 1898.
THE TOMBSTONE OF OLD.
ONCE THE WICKEDEST OF TOWNS,
IT IS NOW A SLEEPY VILLAGE.
In I>SO It Hull 10,000 Population, of
Whom 300 Were Women—ln One
Year 47 Meu Died In Tlielr Boots.
Religions Service In a Saloon Dis
turbed by n Murder.
Los Angles, Cal., Letter St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
"The very wickedest and cuseedest town
X ever knew, and 1 have been
on the frontier since 1858, and
been in them all except Dead
wood, S. D.,” said ex-Gov. John Filkins,
as he sat chatting at the Nadeau Hotel
here the other day with several pioneer
plainsmen, "was that mining town of
Tombstone seventeen years ago this sea
son. Whew! but that was a tough placet
Dodge City, Kan., was never so generally
depraved. Leadville has some horrible
shooting scrapes, but none that ever com
pared with those-at Tombstone. Sherman,
Tex., was also mighty tough along about
1873, but it never touched Tombstone as it
was seven years iatef. No, there’ll never
be another mining town so recklessly
bad as Tombstone. The conditions, you
know, were Just right to make Tombstone
the abandoned, hardened community it
was for two years. I believe there were
twenty-two men shot down in cold blood
while I was there from June to Septem
ber.”
Tombstone is now one of the quietest
and most sedate little villages in the land.
The visitor there these days who looks for
landmarks that will remind him of the
thrilling scenes of sixteen or seventeen
years ago finds but a few gaunt, weather
beaten old buildings, w’here bats and owls
abide, and a little graveyard out among
the sunbaked hills, where some sixty
bodies of men and women, who died tragic
deaths, find their first genuine rest. Tomb
stone. is in the southern part of Arizona,
southwest from the old Mexican pueblo
of Tucson, and a few miles from the boun
dary between Sonora, Mexico, and the
United States. There are now about 1.2C0
people in Tombstone, and but little mining
Is done there. In 1889 Tombstone and her
mines were in every one’s mouth in the
West. The newspapers everywhere. East
and West, published columns about the
marvellous gold and silver finds in the
Tombstone district,and newspaper stories
of the hard life In the town went every
where. Seven men there were each hav
ing an income of over $1,309 a day from
the mines, and they had been as poor as
Job’s proverbial turkey a year before.
There were 10,000 men and about 300 wo
men in the town and its suburbs.
The reports of the extreme wealth of the
ledges at Tombstone set the whole West
crazy. The news went abroad that the
Gird and Schaefferlin crowd were taking
out 500 pounds of silver from the rocks,
besides a dozen pounds of gold every day.
Could there be anything that could in
flame more the minds of eager, restless
men? Dodge City and Newton, Kan., the
hard towns in Texas and the depraved
camps in Colorado were dwindling away
then by the advancement of the railroads,
so when Tombstone became the new El
Dorado the most spontaneous stampede of
all the murderers, outlaws, ex-convicts,
hardened frontiersmen, and tough gam
blers of the plains set in, with Tombstone
as the objective point. In two months the
town gained 3,C00 male Inhabitants. The
mining district being near the boundary
line between the United States and Mexi
co, fugitives from Justice, both in Mexico
and the United States, went to Tombstone,
while several hundred of the meanest and
lowest half-breed Mexicans and Indians
flocked to the new town to prey upon the
tenderfeet there. Cowboys quit cow punch
ing and went to Tombstone to live on
their wits and hard names. Saloon keep
ers wont there from all over California,
nnd every state and territory along the
Rocky mountains. There was no prison or
penal Institution worthy the name in the
whole territory of Arizona in those days,
and whatever there was of ft police system
was nt once demoralized upon the discov
ery of enormous wealth in the San Rita
mountains. What man would serve as con
stable or marshal for a few hundred dol
lars a year, and risk his life every hour In
the day with the most desperate charac
ters In the world, when there seemed a
possibility of finding a gold or silver mine
there with a fortune.
From January, 1880, to March 1881, It
was a never-ending battle between these
lawbreakers on the one side and the men
who knew no law on the other. From first
to last forty-seven were killed with their
boots on. Ex-Gov. Kilkins saw nine men
shot down before his eyes in that time. At
least thirty-five gambling houses and
places on the main street, keeping their
doors wide open daytime and night time
Sunday, and ail time. One of them, the
"Gold Room,” was callable of holding 500
or 000 people. Every known kind of gamb
ling was practiced. A sight was seen in
this place one Sunday night that is not of
ten witnessed. A Methodist preacher went
to the boss of the place. Jack Trowbridge,
and requested permission to hold divine
services. It was granted, and with every
gambling table running, the bar sending
out Its liquid hell, that preacher, the Rev.
Mr. Hahn, stood up and told the story of
the Man of Nazareth. Before he had fin
ished his sermon a quarrel arose at one
of the card tables, and a man was shot.
A detailed account of the killing and mur
ders is not intended. If a gang of cow
boys road into town the smallest provo
cation would set their guns going and go
ing to kill.
A bond election was held. Several spe
cial constables were appointed by the mine
owners for election day. One of them was
a Texan named Martin. At the police polls
there was a quarrel between a big Irish
man, who went by the name of Flaherty,
but whose real name was Arthur Ludney,
and the special costable, Martin. The re
sult of that quarrel was the killing of
eight men and one woman, and the wound
ed of just an equal number. After the
election was over Flaherty and Martin
met in the Lone Star saloon and renewed
the quarrel. A proposition was made and
accepted to go out In the streets and set
tle it with their fists. Both men laid off
their belts and started for the street. Mar
tin, however, had a gun hidden itj his
boot, and just as the door was reached he
went down after it, intending to kill the
Irishman, but Flaherty was too quick
for him, and. taking the gun away from
him, shot him dead. Flaherty gave him
self up and was acquitted. Martin had a
host of friends, and they vowed vengeance
on his slayer.
The death of Marlin led to what has
always been known as the "big killing”
in Tombstone. There were three dance
halls across the wash In what was known
as "Hyde Park.” In one of them the
“big killing" occurred. Flaherty was a
hanger-on at one of them. Martin's
friends swore they would kill him and all
that took his part. It was known by both
sides that the fracas was likely to happen
on a certain night. The engagement took
place according to programme. Flaherty
was killed early in the fray, two holes
through his neck and enough lead scat
tered around through his body to make
any one who digs him up after awhile
imagine that he has struck a paying lead
mine. A man on the Flaherty side shot
nine of the long horn crowd, and did it
In a noved way. Knowing that the tight
would ocour, this man, Riley by name,
went prepared to make himself felt. He
■bud four six-shooters on him. At the first
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pop of a gun he deliberately walked up to
a Texan and shot him in the eye. Then,
running his two arms between the arms
and body of the dead man, he made him
a human barricade and shot at will from
a safe ambush. After the fight ended he
went out, mounted a horse aqd left. The
dead at the big killing were Sfecedily dis
posed of. and the wounded taken care of.
Mike Fitzpatrick kept a dive he called
the “Side Door.” The unlucky chap that
got in thpre found himself “side-doored”
until his money was gone. Some of the
decent people, were told enough to protest
against some of his robberies, among oth
ers a prominent merchant. Mike did not
like any interference with his business,
and one morning he loaded himself a lit
tle fuller than usual with his vHe whisky
and started out to do a little slaughter
ing. The merchant was sought, but hap
pened to be out of his store. Mike went
up the street, terrorizing eyerybody, and
walked into a saloon. There he saw the
city’s police judge, George Halliday, and
without the slightest provocation or &
•word of warning he shot him through
the heart. The marshal, Jack Johnson,
had been advised that Mike was on a raid
and had started to capture him. Seeing
Mike coming out of the saloon Johnson
took a rest for his Winchester rifle on the
well curb and shot him down. This was
Tombstone’s last killing. In an hour af
terward the citizens had formed a league
and the suspicious characters were noti
fied to leave. They left. Only a few in
cidents are mentioned; only a few of 4he
shootings detailed. Tom Carson, a nephew
of old Kit Carson, was sent for and came
to take the marshalship of the town. He
stayed three weeks. The toughs had it in
for him, and to save his life he skipped.
All life in Tombstone centered about the
saloons and dance halls. If one wanted to
see a mining boss, a prospector, an editor,
a ranchman or a United States marshal,
he would always almost find him of an
evening in some saloon and gambling
place. These institutions were worthy an
artist’s study. They Were always crowded
from sunset till dawn with human beings
most of whom were on the broad rood,
which leads to death. Bars extended near
ly the length of the deep Halls over which
Arizona whisky was freely dealt out at 25
cents (“two bits”) per glass. A score or
more of gambling tables were in operation
in each place. At the bar was a maudlin
crowd, subject to no moral restraint, pour
ing without stint fiery liquid down its
throat. Professional gamblers, cool and
calculating, presided at the gaming table.
Among these were red-faced women wear
ing derby hats, dealing faro. The players
sat around the table, silent and with anx
ious faces, and a sympathizing crowd
looked on. Mexican musicians sat on ele
vated seats discoursing music that drown
ed the chinking of gold and silver coins. The
harvest was usually reaped between Sat
urday night and Monday morning. A thou
sand miners flocked from the hills to
spend these intervals In the city and to try
their luck at the gaming tables. Hundreds
were left without money enough oil Mon
day morning to pay for
a drink before starting for the mountains.
It was in the weekly intervals that mur
der was rife among the gamblers. But
affrays in Tombstone were of not much ac
count at the time. If a report of a pistol
was heard, and someone was wounded,
or even killed, the game was interrupted
only for a few minutes. Many a time Hie
llitle Tombstone newspaper dismissed a
murder with four or live lines.
Men who have been in every mining
camp In the West, and have lived along
the frontier for a generation, say that the
dance houses at Tombstone were the
worst of all. The dance hails were all in
great barn-llke structures that covered an
area of 60 feet wile by 150 feet long. A
fancy bar, 70 feet long, ran along one side
of the hall. Benches of pine wood served
as seats along the walls. The men there
who would not treat the women to drinks
several times every evening were marked
os unfit for association with the society of
Tombstone. On many a night the bar at
a dance house has token in over S2OO. On
Sundays it would always be $250 or S3OO.
The dancing was free, but the man who
did not respond frequently to the mana
ger’s stentorian call of “all parties waltz
to the bar,” at two bits a head, became
unpopular. The females danced more
than fifty times a night. As they could
not possibly drink every time they danced,
those who abstained were given tickets,
which were afterwards cashed at 5 ceitis
apiece at the bar. These wild orgies beg
gar description.
The greater part of the shooting affairs
in Tombstone started either in a gambling
saloon or a dance hall. Irv July, 1880, a
rather good-looking Mexican girl named
Ponchita came to Tombstone from Sonora.
Hank Allan, who was running the town
about this time, by virtue of having killed
Bill Emmons, the boss of the toughs, a
few weeks before, fell in love with Pon
chita. Hank was a six-footer, about 40
years old, and had been a refugee from
justice in the panhandle of Texas for ten
years before he struck Tombstone, and
had become a wonderfully expert fellow
with a pistol. He had a half interest in
a roulette gambling device, and he went
about town with two or three revolvers
in his belt. He always went in the middle
of the street, so that he could better see
tiny one who lay In wait for him, and
that he might have an unimpeded view
to aim in case he was attacked. For
tunately for the general community, he
seldom was intoxicated, for then he was
very cross and ugly and would shoot on
the least provocation. His favorite amuse
ment with a tenderfoot whom he did not
like was to tire bullets a yard or two from
the terrified person’s head, just “to give
him some music,” so Hank said. Hank
was not slow in telling Ponchita that he
loved her and she must love him, that he
was bossing Tombstone at that time, and
that it would not only be an honor to her
to have his attentions at the Golden Eagle
dance hall, but safer for other admirers
to keep their distance when he was about.
But Ponchita had eyes for a young man
of good family named Henderson, just
out from Michigan.
For some time Hank never supcctcd he
had a secret rival in Ponehita's affections.
One night when Hank had gone over to
a neighboring camp Henderson could not
resist the opportunity to drink and dance
with the Mexican girl at the dance hall.
Along about midnight Hank suddenly
strode Into the place.
He was mad in a moment, and several
dancers who saw him draw his gun got out
of the way. Quicker than it takes to tell it,
he had shot Henderson through the shoul
der. The during stopped, and upon Pon
chita's assurance of her affection for Hank
he put up his weapon. Henderson went
out with some friends, apparently to hunt
up a physician, while Hank Allen called
the house up to the bar to drink with
him, never giving a second thought as to
how his shooting might result. Once out
of the dance hall, Henderson's anger be
came violent. He went and borrowed a
sawed-off shotgun from n gambler down
the street, and while dripping with blood
from his wound, he loaded it with buck
shot. Then, with two companions, he was
on his way around to a rear window to th*
dance hall, where he could draw on Hank
Allen. Someone must have hastened to
the latter and warned him of the impend
ing assassination,-for just as Henderson
and his companions were creeping pnst the
dance hall, Allen hastened out. He drew
one of his pistols just as Henderson raised
to shoot him. The gun and pistol went off
at exactly the same moment. Henderson
staggered and fell, and Allen staggered In
to the arms of a bystander. Although
Hank Allen's chest was pierced bv seven
buck shot he raised himself sufficiently to
shoot eight times at the fallen Hender
son. Both wore dead men in a minute la
ter.
—ln an address the other evening Bish
op Hall (Episcopal) of Vermont referred
to Santa Claus as an imaginary person
age, whereupon a small boy In the con
gregation audibly corrected him.
A HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
A Delaware Fnrmer in a Cave Filled
With Snakes.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
John Walls, a farmer of Prime Hook
Neck, was out in the marshes looking
for ducks, when he saw a large hole in
the ground, and, seizing a long pole, > he
thrust it into the ditch. Instantly the
earth beneath the farmer caved In and
before he realized what had happened
Walls was In a den of wriggling, squirm
ing snakes.
There were about five hundred of the
slimy reptiles altogether, and they began
attacking Walls in every direction. Some
of them, emitting a frightful, hissing
sound, came at- him with their mouths
wide open and attacked him with their
venomous tongues. Others coiled them
selves about his legs until the farmer was
a wriggling mass of serpents.
The only weapon he had in his hands
was a gun. He was unable to success
fully combat the snakes with the weapon
and his cries for help brought several
other farmers to his assistance. They
threw him a rope and Walls eiung to it
while the men at the top hauled him from
his perilous situation. He was half un
conscious when he landed from the rep
tile den and was weak from the loss of
blood. He was taken to his home, where
a doctor was summoned, but Walls is still
In a critical condition.
The reptiles were of the blacksnake,
moccasin and water variety, and were
the largest den of serpents ever found in
Sussex county. An effort will be made to
saturate the den of snakes with coal oil
and burn them alive.
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FLORIDA
AND THE
"THE LAND OF THE SKY,”
Asheville $ Hot Springs,
Aiken and Augusta,
The winter season at these well-known an 1
wonderful resorts is now opening and ths
many improvements in hotel facilities aoi
railroad service will draw a larger lumber
and more enthusiastic pleasure and ueaUH
seekers than ever before.
The schedules and service of the
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
to each and all of them will ba unequal#!
IDs lei M out fimim nil
will again be operated, commenclaj
January 17, 1898.
WINTER TOURIST TICKETS
at low rates from and through Ohio Rhcr
Gateways go on sale Oct. 15, 1897. Fro a
other points Nov. 1, 1897.
SIDE TRIPS
are made a feature by the Southern
Railway. Tourists and all patrons™
the Southern Railway have most care
ful attention at the hands of its many
representatives, who are fully I”*
formed on all subjects incident '4
travel.
HIfITGH US GROW.
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been connected this week:
BUSINESS.
709—Haines, Geo. S.. life Instiranee
135—Central of Georgia Railway Tlcw
Office, passenger depot.
2,ll4—Alexander & Hitch, attorneys.
2,662—Rundbaker, G. H. Grocer.
2.ll3—Lea kin, W. R., attorney.
2,555 —Forest City Pressing Clutx
RESIDENCES.
2,3sl—Collins, J. S.
2,293—Saussy, J. R.. Jr.
2,s63—Graham. R. E.
736 Jordan, Rev. J. D.
739—Mayer, Rev. Wm.
737 Joyce, John W.
2.363 Mercer, Lewis H.
2,362—Cann, W. G
2,l73—Stiles, Miss Margaret.
2.364 — Monsees. C. IT.
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