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THE NEWS.
TOCCOA, GEORGIA.
The Turkish Navy is rapidly falling in¬
to decay.
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The United States will not expend
more than $6,400,000 in making the cen¬
sus of 1890.
Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany is the only
sovereign in Europi asserts the New
York Mail and Esf>res», who is really try-
ing to earn his salary.
The Chicago Time* has discovered that
the United States is not adequately repre¬
sented at the Paris Exposition in the de-
partments of the industrial and decorative
arts.
Pension Commissioner Tanner says that
aot less than 10,000 honorably discharged
loldiers and sailors of the Union Army
and Navy are living to-day in alms¬
houses.
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It is estimated that seventy-two Ameri¬
can citizens are worth the colossal sum of
11,443,000,000. This is just $33,000,000
in excess of the total money circulation
of the United States, according to a late
Treasury statement.
“Let it be remembered to Washing¬
ton’s credit,” observes the St. Louis Globe-
Democrat, “that he not only whipped the
British, but also introduced that useful
»nd picturesque quadruped, the mule,
Into this country.”
Canada is not worrying over a surplus.
The national debt was increased $10,-
000,000 by the Parliament session re¬
cently adjourned, of which “$2.000,00C
went to railroads, and other large amounts
to enterprises in which Members of Par¬
liament were interested,” states tho New
York Graphic.
Poole, the great English tailor, whe
may be ranked as the AVortli of mascu¬
linity, charges the Prince of Wales noth¬
ing for his clothing, the advertisement ol
his patronage being sufficient. The posi¬
tion of heir apparent to the English
crown is very much in the nature of a
downy snap.
In many parts of China the Bibles
given to the natives by missionaries are
used in the manufacture of cheap boot
soles. In the opinion of a missionary,
the propagation of the Gospel by means
of literal translations of the Bible, scat¬
tered broadcast, is attended with the
least measure of lasting success.
“Georgia’s position in the sisterhood of
States is both interesting and unique,”
observed Governor Gordon in a recent
speech. “She was the youngest of the
thirteen original colonies that formed the
Union, and is, therefore, the honored
link in the family circle between the old
and new commonwealth of tho Republic.”
It is not all sunshine in the Western
towns where natural gas has been discov¬
ered and utilized. In one of these boom-
ing localities a cook recently gave her
mistress notice to leave, because she was
not willing “to cook God’s meat with
hellfire.” That girl was a philosopher,
thinks the New' York Graphic , of no
ordinary type.
Mr. Gladstone attributes his health and
vigor to his habit of sleeping seven hours
out of the twenty-four, and never think¬
ing of business after ho goes to bed. Men
who are unable to sleep soundly and
haven’t the faculty of freeing their minds
from anxious thoughts would be very
glad to follow the English statesman's
rule of life, if they only knew how to
do so.
Professor horster, of tue L T niversity
Opthalmic Clinic at Breslau, claims that
300 of his patients are suffering from a
.I chrome •„ disease of , tue ,, eyes, accounted ,
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for bv interruption . caused by the wear-
ing of tight collars, and implies that the
national spectacles of Germany are ren-
j lered , necessary by , the , national . , style of
neckwear. Here is a hint for American
iudes.
Two hundred and one votes agains.
»nd H’Q for abolishing the hereditary
principal of the British House of Lords!
exclaims the New \ ork Press. A change
nf twenty-one votes iu the House of Com¬
mons would have meant a majority.
Fortunately for the House of Lords, it is
still, as it was written in “Iolanthe,”
doing nothing in particular, and doing it
very well.
It is au undeniable fact, observes the
Now York Commercial Advertiser, that
■Treat railway J jobs have 5 e rowa lei fro- c
dent of , recent years. Dishonesty in
railroad management alwavs has existed
.nd will probably continue'to exist until
ihe millennium; but the days ot whole-
sale fraud, plunder and wrecking of
.cores ot great systems of railroads is
low past.
The Eiffel tower in Paris has been sup¬
plied with two small cannon, one oi
which is fired each day at the hour of
Dpening the great Exposition, and the
3ther at the hour of closing it. This a: -
rangement recalls to the Chicago Neus *
the <stnrr nf pre ____ P 1 °*°P- , ier "Kho ,
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rut a hole through his door to permit
ais eat to pass through freely and a
smaller hole for the convenience of hi«
Mt's kitten An ordinary person would
supposed that one gun fired twice a
would be as good as two fired sepa-
rateiy. \
GENERAL NEWS.
CONDENSATION OF CURIOUS,
AND EXCITING EVENTS.
news from eterwhebe—accidents, strikes,
FIRES, AND HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST.
The flood damaged the property of
Pennsylvania to the exteut of $44,250,-
000.
The king of Holland, who recovered
sufficiently from his recent illness had to re-
sume the reins of government, has a
serious relapse. 1
A portion of the Manninpham mills,
at Bradford, England, was burned Sun- !
day. Loss, £50,000. Two firemen were
killed by falling debris and several in- j
juretl. I
:
The steamship City of Cleveland, and ;
Hie schooner John Mar in, are ashore at
TwoH.rbors Minnesota, and are badly
1100,000 and JJ® the schooner Ste h amer at $3o,000.
Mr. A snd dispatch from Lincoln, Neb., arrested says:
Mrs. J >hn Leavitt were
Wednesday, charged with the murder of
their two daughters, near Gresham, Sun-
day night. No further particulars yet
received.
The Avithdrawal of gold for shipment
(o Europe on Saturday’s steamer from
New York, has already set in, $4,250,-
000 in gold birs being ordered at the
assay office Thursday for export by for-
eign brokers.
Courier DeBruxelles savs that Prime
Minister Becrnaert (who is aiso minister
of finance) will present parliament at
Brussels, a bill authorizing the issue
of bonds to the amount of $2,000,010
for the Congo railway.
Rivcrs have overflowed their banks
and partially submerged the town of Bar
Leduc, France, in the department of
Meuse, and the surrounding country.
Many houses underminded and de-
stroyed, and crops and vineyards have
b^cn ruined ‘
The marriage of , „ Prince . Frederick , . ,
Leopold and the Princess Louise oi
Monday. bchleswig was solemnized and at Berlin and
1 he emperor empress
many royalties were present at both the
civd and religious ceremonies. A grand
i.nquet followed.
Official returns have be-n received from
every county in the state of Pennsylva-
uia. The majority against the prohibi-
tory amendment is 189,020. The ma-
jority against the suffrage amendment,
qualification, providing for is a 235,540. repeal of the poll tax
Thursday General Cameron was prostrated on
at his home, Donegal Springs,
Pa., with paralysis of the right arm and
side, and his condition is critical. Ex-
Attorney-General Wayne McVcagh and
wife, and Mrs. Haldeman, General Cam-
cron’s daughter, are with him.
A dispatch from Jefferson City, Mo.,
says: Governor Francis on Tuesday
dealt the saloons of Missouri the most
severe blow ever received when he signed
tho Newberry bill. The bill prohibits
music, cards, dice, billiard tables, pool
t dues, bowling alleys and boxing gloves
in saloons, and will go into effect Ju'y 1.
A hoy named Snyder, thirteen years
old, residing at Highland, near Terre
Haute, Ind., was murdered by four boys,
whose ages range from nine to fifteen.
The boys are two brothers, named Pear-
man, and two named Douglas. Snyder’s
body was found in a creek. lie had been
stabbed and shot. All the boys arc un¬
der arrest.
Mrs. Haves, wife of Ex President
Hayes, was stricken with apoplexy Fri¬
day afternoon at her home in Fremont
and at 9 o'clock in the evening she was
unconscious. The attack came between
three and four o’clock in the afternoon,
while Mrs. Hayes was sitting in her room
sewing. Paralysis of the right side re¬
sulted, rendering her speechless.
The mayor of Belfast, Ireland, has
sent £500 by cable to ihe Johnstown
sufferers, as an installment of the amount
to be raised by the citizens of Belfast.
The sultan of Turkey donates £200
Tutkish, for the relief of the flood suf-
ferers. Mr. Blaine directed the minister
to expres- the grateful appreciation of
tho President and government of the
United States for the generous donation
of the sultan.
Harry II. Flarnm, who was an em¬
ploye of the Marine National Bank, at
Pitts urg, Pa., was lodged iu jail Sat¬
urday night on the charge of having em¬
bezzled $o5,0Q0.’ About 4 o’clock that
afternoon, the W. W. O'Neil, president of
bank, lodged information against
Flarnm for embezzlement. Flamm was
taken from hN desk. $20,000 bail was
demanded for his hearing Monday. Be¬
ing unable to secure that amount, he
was lodged in jail.
A disastrous fire, accompanied by se-
r '°us loss of life, occurred early Friday
gening Heyer Bros., in the corner fireworks Summer establishment and Hawley of
streets, * -n Boston, . Mass. Three dead , bodies . ..
have been taken < uf, and others
received injuries which will probably re-
; lllt fatall v * 11 thiU m '?
-
be more victims am ng the debris. Loss
$l(i0,000. A later and more careful in-
vestigation places the fatalities at five,
and one probably fatally injured, and
two boys missing.
A dispatch from Providence, It. I.,
says : The fifth amendment to the
statution of Rhode Island, lhe prohibi¬
tory amendment, was on Thursday re¬
pealed by a vote of 5 409 more than
three fifths of the total vote necessary tc
carrv the amendment. The vote will be
officially counted on or before July loth.
and w ill be announced by proclamatior
on or before July 10th. The electior
was quiet, aud thc result created, no ex-
tliat n5sUt
^ t ^ ^ " ce f *1 ac le ^ H a wa!
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Ft nrciM SAM_AND a w n JaTSArt. r-rcA ,
wreckage indicates a collision be-
tw ren two steamer*.
For several days rest there have been
evidences of sonv ocean disaster in wash-
a? tore ncar_\meyard Haven, . I s-.,
man's'dolhing, “aJJly’“done °L"?n
great liaste, was pickt d up ou the beach
at also Edgartown, and a life preserver was
found. Considerable wreckage,
painted gieen aud slate color, is coming
ashore on the island. Among the things
found at Smith Point Monday were gilt
moulding Urge in considerable quantities, and
oue door, with ore ground glass
°5rcular top window sash, evidently be-
longing to some steamer. Wiaecards of
tbe Steamship Havtien Republic was
washed ashore at Nantucket Monday,
A mast about two feet iu diameter, square
rigged with wire trigging, was also found
with the wreck. Everything points to a
collision between toe Victoria and Hay-
rieu Republic, though the life preservers
belonged to the city of Rome. There is
a mystery concerning thc supposed dis-
aster.
HANGING IN ROME, GA.
HAP.DT HAMILTON 6WINGS FOP. KILLING A
CHINAMAN.
From four to six thousand people wen!
to Rome, Ga., Wednesday to witness tht
hanging of the Hardy Hamilton. all kindB They
came from country in ol
vehicles, and the railroads brought s
large number. Iu appearance Hardy
Hamilton was a stalwart and handsome
negro of rather light complexion, and ol
apparently more than usual intelh-
gence. His face was prepossessing,
and he had no appearance ol
being a cold-blooded murderer.
the Lponthe gallows dressed Hardy addressed
black people. He looked was :n a nett
suit. He brave and hope-
His voice was clear and strong,
wlt hout a tremor. Not the slightest
sign » of fear was visible. He rehearsed
th g ^ of bis crime ’ Baid he alone c m .
mitt „ d murd > thftt bc dt8crved
deathaQdwas not afra . d to d , Hfi
warned every one against c sin, and closed
bv Fayillg . ‘.i Look at this rope; that
Bpea ks better than I can.” He then knelt
au( j offered up a fervent prayer. The
black caRW ai placed on Irs head, and at
ten minutes before one Deputy Moore
sprang the trap and the condemned man
fell eight feet. There was no s. niggle,
and death ensued in a short time. Af-
ter twenty-tw o minutes the body was cut
down.
The story of the crime is as follows: Joe
Lee and Ah Chin were two harmless
Chinamen who had opened a laundry on
Third avenue, near Broad street, where
they pursued the even tenor of their way
formary months, unmohsted aid mo-
lasting no one. On the night of March
5th, last, they were the victims of a
murderous assault and received fear-
f dl pounds which might at any moment
*®-‘ u 1 m death. The Chinamen were
discovered lying on the floor of their
y oom V '^ 11 C1 communicated with the
laundry insens . ble, surrounded by a
fool °t blood and with gaping wounds in
tlic head and neck, evidently inflicted by
some sharp {„ instrument. Joe Lee died,
uncongcio two days afterwards, l.av-
• reinriine d since the attack which
so
in bis (lcath . A h Chin, after
j J 5 ^ in a prtcarioU s condition for
days, j { finally J recovered,
Duri tho tr a of Dunc Gwaltney the
defense placed Hardy Hamilton on the
stand ns a witness. In the presence of a
great crov „ d lie told the story of the mur-
der . Cooly a- d with deliberation, he
gave all the horrible details of the crime,
claiming he'll that hc alone was guilty, and
that d no accomplices. lie stated
that he waited for Ah Chiu at the rear
doer of the laundry; that, just before
retiring, Ah Chin came to the door, and
that he (Hamilton) gave him several
blows on the head with an ax. He then
went into tho laundry, where he found
Joe Lee in bed, and indicted upon him
terrible w ounds. He then rausacked tho
laundry and obtained several silver dol-
l ars » together with cohars, cuffs, etc.
tie threw the ax into a well near the
laundry. Hamilt on’s evidence created a
profound imrpession. But public truth, opiu-
ion was greatly divided as to its
many still believing that there were ac*
complices in the crime.
A TRAGEDY.
GOV. NOHWOOD, OF BIRMINGHAM, ALA.,
AND TWO ITALIANS, KILLED.
Gov. Norwood, of Birmingham, Ala.,
contractor on ttie Cumberland Valley
extension, was murdered Saturday at his
camp near Cumberland Gap, by an Ital¬
ian, known as Tony Cravasso. Cravasso
and his brother were bakers at the south
end of Cumberland Gap* and had sold
bread to some of Norwood’s men, and
had requested him to hold the men’s pay
till they could collect their bills. Nor¬
wood told them he could not withhold
men’s pay except on garnishee, and di¬
rected the Italians to a magistrate. Sat¬
urday they called on Norwood and
asked if he had their money. He told
them hc did not have any money for
them, and walked out of the commissary
stoic and entered a cabin adjoining.
Just as he stepped in the door, Tony,
who had followed him, shot him in the
back, killing him almost instantly. The
Italians escaped to the woods, but they
were captured Saturday night in Ten¬
nessee. Kentucky They were brought back to
ducted Sunday, and were being con¬
to the Pineville jail, when Judge
Lynch took them in charge and gave
them a trial, resulting in the 1 anging ol
the elder Cravasso,and the s. nding of the
brother to jail. The officers started for
Pineville with the younger Cravasso, and
as they were traveling along the road, a
W nehester rifle cracked on tlie moun¬
tain side, and the prisoner fill in the
toad a corpse.
WOOLFOLK GUILTY.
1113 TRIAL ENDED AT PERRY, GA., WITH
THE ABOVE VERDICT.
On Monday, the jury in the case of
Wooll'o k niitnhr declared as their
verdict, after haviug retired for omv
forty-five minutes, that Tom Woolfolk
was guilty. The ju:y was called, and
Foreman Joe Frederick gave it to Soltc-
Felton, who s'owly and distinctly
u, sa *t” \' : u .! uty. ^Fs ti A , e M-T’ pod of A^d the the defend-
asked by the defense, jury was
tor aud so ordered.
Each juror said the verdict was his.
The verdict was received in absolute si-
, eucc \ C ?Y ^? , w , l ,avin ff , IHt the court-
>
!? thc om v er< w ?. ? ict lle ^ ls d ^ 11 ^ accordance was out with Though the
. rions r the people, there
con y\ c o. was
| positively no demonstration of approval
1 ", uu rcn( cred, except possibly the
&r d ex ra.
R w. cous-
5ns of the prisoner, left the courthouse
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| and town after the was* jury retired and be-
■ fore the verdict rendered. The
: aggregate csact time occupied by the
argument on both sides, after the evi¬
dcncc was oil in, was thirty-one hours
and thirty five minutes; bv the prosecu-
I Si .if^ 3 'dSenJ ,, ri.MZ‘ ! t™rf
'i,i„- M .' people'
„ n< j , ix ul(s T b e arc itn-
mensely relieved at the conclusion of
ll " S t,iaK
FIRE IN JOHNSTOWN.
THE FLAMES DESTKOY A LARGE NUMBER
OF HOUSES.
A sweeping fire broke out in Johns
f° wn » Fa, at 12.30 Monday aftern on.
Tho flames s-pread rapidly, and at one
o'clock twenty houses were burning.
Among those burned is the first ward
school-house. All engines in thc place
w re called out, and the most intense
excitement prevailed. Nearly all the
houses burning were more or less de-
stroyed by the fl od. The wind was
ania thv fire spread rap’diy towards
Kernvi le. It was soon beyo- d control
oi t l le hre dtp.r mmt?, and at last ac-
c uuts covered five acr s.
SOUTHERN NEWS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VA¬
RIOUS POINTS IN THE SO UTU.
!
A CONDr NSED ACCOUNT OF WHAT IS GOING ON OF
IMPORTANCE IN THE SOUTHERN STATES.
The Boaz hotel atCedartown, Ga., was
sffd on Wednesday to Mr. Gailor of
Florida.
Frank Smith, of Smith Station, Ga.,
was struck by lightning Tuesday while
standing in his store door and instantly
killed, lie leaves a wife and several
children.
At 11 o'clock Wednesday night the
postoffice of Waycross, Go., was broken
into and robbed of over twelve hundred
dollars in currency, and thirteen regis¬
tered packages.
Gabe Holmes, a very respectable by negro, light¬
at Beaufort, S. C., was struck during
ning Wednesday afternoon a
thunder storm. His injuries are very
serious and may prove fatal.
The corner stone of the Polk county,
Ga., new twenty-four thousand dollar
courthouse, was laid Thursday, atCedar¬
town, with appropriate Masonic cere¬
mony by the lodges of Rome and Cedar-
town.
The postofficcs at Patterson and Ilomer-
ville, Ga., have been burglarized, but we
have not learned full particulars. This
is evidently the work of the Bame party
who burglarized the postsffice at Way-
cross.
The Furman Farm Improvement Com¬
pany, of East Point, Ga., are extending
their chambers and putting in new sul¬
phur furnaces, which will burn 0,000
pounds of sulphur in 24 hours, and ihey
claim that this will make 27,000 pounds
or 13J tons of sulphuric acid.
During the thunder storm of Wednes¬
day, a house near the Baldwin Fertilizer
Works, of Beaufort, S. C., was struck by
lightning, and a colored boy, killed. a cow, Sev¬ a
hog and some chickens were time,
eral men were in the house at the
but were only shocked.
Isabella Smith, an old colored woman,
was struck by the south-bound fast mail
train, back of Concordia Park, Savannah,
Ga., Wednesday morning, and was in¬
stantly killed. She had started out to
pick terries, and was walking south on
the Savannah, Florida & Western track.
A very severe wind and rain storm vis¬
ited Charlotte, N. C., Wednesday after¬
noon, and considerable damage was done
to crops, espechlly corn. The wheat
and fruit crop also suffered no little dam¬
age. Corn was blown down, and in some
fields uprooted entirely. The storm only
lasted a short time, but was terrific and
disastrous.
The Danville and East Tennessee rail¬
road company organized at Danville, Va.,
Wednesday. Among the directors are
A. E. Bateman and It. W. Stuart, New
York bankers. The road is really a
western extension of the Atlantic and
Danville railroad, which will be com¬
pleted between Danville and Norfolk by
December 1.
W. S. Morris, a conductor on the
Louisville and Nashville railroad was
killed justouts’de the union depot at ten
o’clock Wednesday mistake night in setting in Birmingham, switch.
Ala., by some a
The engine backed against one of the
coaches of an excursion train standing
on a side track. Morris was caught be¬
tween the coaches and tender of the en¬
gine* and his head was crushed to pulp.
The supreme court has just decided
that the bonds issued to erect a twelve
thousand dollar graded school building
in Spartanburg, S. C., arc valid. This
is a fortunate ending to a warm local
contest. The work of construction will
proceed immediately. The building was
never more needed, for eight hundred
pupils have been in attendance during
the recent year, and the old buildings
are uncomfortably crowded.
It is reported that Charles R. McLeod,
who lives in Wilcox county, Ga., just
across the Pulaski line, killed two ne¬
groes Friday. McLeod and a negro ten¬
ant had a difficulty. They had grappled
and were struggling, when the negro’s
wife ran up behind and dealt McLeod a
fearful blow with an ax back of his
head. He was stunned, but recover ng
himself, saw that she was about to strike
again. He drew a pistol and shot her,
and then shot her husband.
MURDER CONFESSED.
AN OLD WOMAN TELLS HOW SHE KILLED
ilEU HUSBAND.
On November 12, 1888, Richard O.
Allen, an aged farmer living near Wash¬
ington, Ind., was found tied to a tree
near his house with his throat cut from
ear to ear. It was thought to be a Case
of suicide, and no inquiry was made. A
few , days , ago, vhue laboring under . re-
ligious excitement, Mrs., Charm!te Allen,
the seventy-year-old widow ol the t.cad
man, confessed to two colored servants
that she commuted the crime. She said
sue aud her husband had troub.e as to
who was the lightlul owner of the farm,
and in order to settle the dispute she
gave her husband morphine in Ins tea.
Allen fell sleep in the garden. and She then
procured a table knife rope, an 1 tied
the rope around his body, and, making
several slashes at his throat, half severed
his head from his body, She then
dragged there. the body to a tree and tiel it
A HORRIBLE DEATH.
KNOCKED DOWN BY AN ENGINE AND DRAG¬
GED THREE HUNDRED FEET.
Savactn*!, „ , t, Brown » workman , wa,
krlled by a Georgia Railroad switch on-
engine near Atlanta Ga., Ihursday
morning. He was walking alono the
track with a dinner bucket in lus hand.
8 “7
ff he r 11 was „r dragged M ITU; nearly ? g „ three 1,lu1 ' hun- » Dd
dred feet before the machine could
be stopped and his body extricated,
engine coSd £d*" WL* £ b d\° J
be pulled loose from the asMb
to which it was fastenesl. The right foot
was crushed off, the left arm ground to
a pulp, the face and chest crushed and
mangled and the neck broken. Bro wn
was about twenty-six years old, aud has
a wife and two children. The body was
taken charge of by his relatives.
A HEAVY MORTGAGE.
A morning paper Paul says: Railway “The Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Compa-
ny has made the United States Trust
Company, New York, a mortgage for
$150,900,000. The mortgage is for tbe
purpose of taking up all other indebted-
ness of the road at a lower rate of inter-
est, and to lay additional double tracks
aud make other necessary improvements,
It gives the whole property as security.”
CALLS HIMSELF CHRIST.
A NEGRO IN GEORGIA CREATES MUCH EX¬
CITEMENT AMONG HIS RACE.
For a month, a man calling htinsel!
Jesus Christ has been going about
through Liberty county, Ga., raving in
an insane way which he called preaching. him,
The negroes have come to believe iu
and have accepted his words as insp.red
teachings. “Give up everything and fol¬
low me,” he commanded. 4 Let your
crops go. Turn your cattle into the
pitches. The L'rd will hundreds provide for of
you.” And, obeying him,
negroes have quit work Their little
crops have grown up with weeis. The
planters have been deserted by their la-
borers, who absolutely refuse to work.
Turpentine manufacturers and the saw-
mill men have difficulty in gettiug help
enough to conti .ue operations. The
colored population has been completely 9uch
demoralized for three weeks. To
an extent had the craze spread that the
intelligent colored people and the whites
joined in discussing some plan to put a
stop to it. So Thursday a warrant was
issued for the man’s arrest. He calls
himself Jesus Christ, declaring that he
descended from heaven in a cloud. In
the warrant the n ime Campbell wa9 told ap¬ his
plied to him. The new prophet They
people not to offer any resistance.
feared that he would be crucified, but he
told them ihat he would not be put to
death again. When the officers went to
arrest him no resistance was offered, but
a large crowd som joined the favored
disciples, who arc almost constantly
about him. They were ready to tear the
officers to pieces, but at the
Lord’s request suffered him
to be taken quietly away, The
constable drove to Flemington, where
Justice Fleming resides. Friday ho was
tried. There is no telegraph office near
Flemington, and the result of the trial
could not yet l>c learned. He shows scars
in his hands which he says were made by
the nails when he was crucified on Cal-
vary. Ilis hair and beard are long and
shaggy, although he evidently endeavors
to trim his b( ard as the Sivior’s is rep¬
resented in some old pictures, The
negroes fall down and worship him,
and kiss his hands and feet and anoint
him. He dresses shabbily sometimes,
and at all times poorly, He refuses
money publicly, bu- is said to have mon¬
ey. Campbell came from the West, it is
believed. At his bidding women have
left their husbands and men their fami¬
lies to follow him about. IIis f uuiliarity
with the scriptures is exceptional. buck Ho
has told tho people that he will go
to Heaven in a chariot of fire at an early
date.
RAILROAD WRECK.
TWO FERSONS KILLED AND EIGHT OTHERS
INJURED.
A dispatch from Pittsburg, Pa., says:
The second section of mail train No. 7,
west bound, on the Pan Handle Railroad,
was wrecked Wednesday afternoon while
pissing New Cumberland Junction, two
miles east of Steubenville. Two persons
were killed outright and eight were in-
juied, four of them seriously, The
names are: Killed—J. II. Payne, postal
clerk; E. R. Reinhart, express messen¬
ger. Seriously injured—Conductor
Burris, Brakeinan McFarland, Postal
Clerk W. S. Bolton, Postal Clerk J. E.
Matthews. The third car from the en¬
gine left the track. It was followed by
two others, all going over an embank¬
ment. The train consisted of an engine,
express car and four postal cars.
VOTING INSANE PEOPLE.
AN INDIANA POOR-HOUSE SUPERINTEND¬
ENT CONFESSES II1S GUILT.
Iliram W. Miller, ex-treasurer of Ma¬
rion county, Ind., and Smith Williams,
superintendent of ihe counly poor asy¬
lum, who were indicted lor voting the
idiotic and insane inmates of the county
asylum at the last election, pleaded
guilty before Judge W- ods Thursday.
Miller, who, as election iu-pector in tue
precinct, disregard'd the challenges in
receiving the votes of the unfortunates.
Whs fined $250, and Williams, who the
preliminary hearing showed consp red
with Miller to vote the paupers, was
fined $50. The result of the pr solution
is regarded as important in that it will
stop the voting of idiotic and insane
inmates of the county throughout the
Gate, a practice that has become common
during recent years.
MAIL POUCH STOLEN.
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANE OF A NASH¬
VILLE. TENN., MAIL POUCH.
All the mail that left the Nashville
postoffice for the disappeared. S"Uth on the The night of
i May 17th has fact
i has been withheld by the postoffice offi-
cials, that investigation might not be
j barnpered . Up to the present nothing
Hus been, learned further than that the
maP was made xip as usual and delivered
: at lhe door of the postoffice to the keeper
G f the wagon which carries the mail to
xbe depo t. The pouch was locked up in
tins wagon, “ which drove off toward the
depot> nd that is lhe p ;St h o ard of j t .
it is impossible now to learn how much
money was in the mail, It was destined
for a large and important territory, and
the presumption is that the pouch con¬
tained much valuably matter.
j COLORED ALLIANCE.
A MEETING IN COLUMBIA, S. C.—A LARGE
ORGANIZATION.
Delegates from most of the counties in
which there are colored Farmers’ Aliian-
1 met Wednesday morning in the
ces
Court House, in Columbia, .’ S. O., to
C f g Carolina lniza , ion The
B „ on South is a branch
f , ..Colored Fanners' National
A , Hmce „ n(i cooperative Union.” The
orf 6cems to been first founded
in Texas, and has Superintendent rapidly spread R. over M.
dehte n states.
,, 1 , I*. who is a Car. linian, and
, . v • 1q -q
fhat ________ Sub-Alllaneol
there are n w 858
*g'?vt2 mt "”'
DARING MURDER.
DAVID A. PETTUS FOUND DEAD IN A BIR¬
MINGHAM STREET.
David A. Peitus, a section f <remaa on
the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, was
murdered and robbed Tuckdav* night in
an open square on First avenue, Bir-
mingham, Ala., within one hundred feet
of an electric light, and near a thickly
populated n. ighborhood. The body was
not found until Wednesday morning. An
inquest was begun that afternoon, but no
ciew to the assassin has yet been disc.ov-
ered. The dead man, when last seen by
b j s friends, hr.-l about $50, a gold watch
and some other jewelry, all of which was
stolen. The murdered manleaves a wife
eD d four children.
NEW FIRM.
M°ALLISTERS SIMMONS
Have Just Opened Up With LARGE STOCKS Of
HEAVY GROCERIES
Bought for Cash by the
CAB LOAD 9
CONSISTING OF
MEAT, CORN, FLOUR, BRAN AND HAY,
Also, Large Stocks of
STAPLE DRY GOODS, SHOES, CLOTHIN G, Etc
Wo Carry a Full Line Of
Stoves, Hardware, Furniture, Mattresses. Bed-springs
We Have Just Received
Old HICKORY and White HICKORY.
WAGONS O
---IN--
CAR LOAD LOTS-
1,11111 »fs» ill®. tlttWl. to.
Our New Stock in this Line is Complete, Embracing all the Latest
Styles. We invite our Friends and Customers to call and Examine
our Stock before Purchasing elsewhere.
Having bought all the above Goods
FOR CASH
We are able to afford superior inducements to our Custoiners.
BALUSTER & SIMMONS,
LAYONIA, TOCCOA,
GA. GA.
E. *». SUM I’SOIM »
TOCCOA, CiORCIA
»i f ii ttiiifiii?.
And Machinery Supplies, Also, Repairs All Kinds of Machinery.
PBBKLMSS
BOTH PORTABLE & TRACTION
GEISER SEPARATORS
Farmers and others in want of either Engines or Separators, will
SAVE MONEY by using the above machines. I am also prepared
to give Lowest Prices and Best Terms on the celebrateel
«1ESTEY 0RGANS.O
Cardwell Hydraulic Cotton Presses, Corn and Saw Mills, Syrup
Mills and Evaporators. Will have in by early Spring a Full Stock of
White Sewing Machines,
McCormick Reapers, Mowers and Self-Binders
Which need only a trial their Superiority. Call and see me be-
cre you buy. Duplicate parts of machinery constantly on hand.
TOCCOA MARBLE WORKS.
The Undersign d is Prcpzred to Furnish MARBLE,
i- At ImfstsaosSJumsts
wifi §§ plainest Of All and Kinds lowest and prices, Styles up from to the tlie
ttSipfC '/», m delivered, st elaborate set up and and costly. satisfaction All gu.ir- work
anteed. Call at my yard, exam ne
w gof mmm samples and leara prices 1 efere i nr-
Mm -r-g ' chasing elsewhere. Address,
J.. F\ COOK,
TOCCOA, GA.
MUMS MSS 1
TOCCOA CITY, GA-,
MRS. E. W. ROBERTS. Frop
Mrs. Roberts al lias ch rge of lh<
Uailroad Eating IT iso at Bowersville,
Ga. Good aciunir -ari-ms, good board
at usual rate' ia firs class houses.
8 LAGKSMITHIH 0 1
HORSE-SHOEING 3
Manufacturing and Repairing
vV AGONS, BUGGIES
—AND—
FARP/i IMPLEMENTS
Of all kinds.
JARRETT & SON.
TOCCOA, GEORGIA.
OLD STYLE
GORDON - PRESS.
The Best Press for general
work ever made. Prices $150
and up.
W. C. DODSON,
Southern Agent,
Atlanta. Georcria
Everything i
U ed in a Trinfing Office oi on a Frees, no
natter by whom advertised or manufactured,
(or Supply
Dodson’s Printers’ Depot,
GA.
LEWIS UAVSS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
TOCCOA CITY, GA ,
\V ill practice in the counties of Ilaber-
s iam au-d Rabun of the Northwestern
Circuit, and Frank! n and Banks of the
VYe,t, rn Circuit. Prompt attention will
!>e g von to ad business entrusted to him.
The collection of debts will have spec-
ial attention.
LU'-rl AL - ESTATE.
CITY LOTS,
Farm and Mineral Lands
Iu the Piedmont It gion, Georgia. Also
Fruit and Vegetable
in Florida. Address
J. W. RficLAURY,
TOCCOA, GEORGIA.
Don’t Fail to Call On
W. A. IATHEI 0 I,
Who has Special Bargains in Various
Lines of Goods.
notLmats et<:.
—ALSO—
[REDWARE OP ALL KINDS.
Farmers’ Tools., Wagon and Buggy Ma-
terialj Blacksmith's Tools, Hinges,
Locks, Bolts, Doors and Sash.
—EVERYTHING IN THE—
HARDWARE LSWE,
COOK STOVES, STOVE PIPE.
AND WOODWARE ■
--ALSO--
DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINES
TOCCOA. CA.