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LI AL HAPPENINGS,
Ar.d Other Timely Topics Briefly
Chronicled.
Fta.h.r. 1 *™ ^
Ting the early part Of the week.
I. It would., t tal take -6 nrch much work work to to
make the town park a very attractive
T’’ ace *
Postmaster Bright has rocei ved
recently a very ingenious instrument
l,.r keeping account, of the amount
of strmf.s cancelled dt ily.
, On account of the u mi s e al ru&h
upon our news columns this week we
wc were forced to leave out some
communications and other reading
master.
It is not an easy matter to find a
site that will be, in all respects, suit¬
able for the new school building for
the white children. We trust that
the location will be a good one.
The editor was the grateful re¬
cipient of a fine waiter of delicious
strawberries, the other day. They
were sent by Mr. J. A. Burgess,
.whose strawberry bad is a very fine
one.
The fare for the round trip from
Toccoa to Chicago will bo $34.52.
Jfotir dear delinquents will furnish
the $34 we will endeavor to raite
the 25 cents and take in the World's
fair.
This is a fine section for strawber^
ries arid, in fact, most other kinds
<4 berries. Next season perhaps
the canning factory will increase the
demand here for tho luscious straw¬
berry.
Save money by buying all patent
Vemedies at olTiceof
Du. J as. N. West.
We hear that G. A. and C. A.
Cooj er intend building soon a good-
juzed brick store house, to front on
Doyle steet, near the corner of the
vacant lot west of Capps’ store. This
is a good location for a business
house.
See the card of Bagwell & Gower
MR. Co.. Gainesville, Gn., makers of
buggies, carriages, etc. I his is a
good, reliable firm When needing
anything in this lineeallon Hayes &
Itamsny of this place, who arc agents
lor this manufactory.
. Are you going to tho World’s fair?
R so um can liny a ronn I tnp tic’-* t
» ore good on : ny passenger train
<.f tin' It. Sc D. railroad until Novem¬
ber lath. The price of a ticket from
Toccoa to Chicago and return will
be $34.25. For further
apply to J, G. Nelms, agent.
, In another column the Leaven-
vorih Business Col.ege makes a lih-
* ral offer to those desiring to learn
book-keeping nod commercial arith¬
metic. This college proposes to
give free instructions by mail to a
limited number of people. Those
interested should write to Prof, F. J.
Yanderberg.
Another fast train,hc 3 been put on
tlie R. & D. road, it arrives in At¬
lanta at 0:55 a. m., making connec¬
tions with trains to Macon, Columbus,
Montgomery and other places and
puts eastern mail into Atlanta sev¬
eral hours earlier than formerly.
The R. & D. road is a big affair, and
it is continually improving its ser¬
vice.
A new schedule on the R. & D
road went into effect last Sunday.
The changes are as follows: No. 2,
which ..... has been - . r.-.
arriving at ^
at 11:19 , , . n a. m., now comes at . i 1 : in 11 ) p.
Noll CO-,*. 7:1 - p. m. instead
of 7:28. as formerly. No. 5 has been
ch.n.re .1 from S :I 0 ». ..... to 8 K».
The n.Vh. .rains.,.,, the old
The new schedule iiii dc.esn t suit us as
well ,, as the old ,, one did. ,-i
Yerv frequently ... about
„ J 1 inquiries 1
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board are made of some of our citi- . .
zens. If families in Toccoa who are
w illing to taK© boarders this summer
will notify the editor of this fact and
state how many they can accommo-
date and on what terms, be may be
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the proper steps were taken.
Now that the days are growing
)o„* and business Js ttot very press
mg, tne merchants cf a good manj
towns D ' 3 begun c.osing their
places of business before sunset,
This plan gives the employer a„
employe en opportunity for .
recreation and keeps them m better
health and spirits. The merchants of
Toccoa might adopt this custom
without losing the sale of Giora than
the a ^1,IKX) enjoyment worth derived of goods per day, and
from an irour
or two of freedom would more than
counterbalauce that amount.
DUUiii rPTTFT npTTfTJT
T? QT
Lon crcd «a li.
THS HiSTLT WOK OF DEADLY VITRIOL.
Aecount of a norriMe Dec , in
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Toe*™, and the Capture and
Trial of the Guilt v Woman.
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A crime that seldom occurs and
one that is prompted only by ti.s
most diabolical jealously was
trate( j j n our town | ast Tuesday
lernoon a bo U t 1 o’clock. It was a
cacQ of attempted poisoning and
successful vitriol
aiTd as a resu i t one young woman
j, es w ; t i, a disfigured face and one
eye deprived of sight, while another
one languishes behind prison Lars.
Mrs. Fannie D. Denham is the
name of the woman who is accused
of using vitriol for revenge, and her
victim is Mrs. Frank Hughes.
About one month ago a wedding
occurred in this place, the contract¬
ing parties being Mr. Frank Hughes
and Miss Lula Sexton, the . latter a
girl of only 15 years of age. Prior
to his marriage Mr. Hughes had paid
considerable attention to Mrs. Den-
ham, who had procured a divorce
from Charlie Cenham, her husband,
sometime ago. Hughes and Mrs.
Denham, it was reported, were very
intimate. When the Denham wom-
an heard of Hughes’ marriage it is
said that s,he made quite a scene, de-
Daring that Frank had piotidsed to
wed her.
No one suspected that the woman
who considered that her affections
had been trampled upon was plan-
nining a most fiendish revenge, al¬
though it is said she had made some
threats against the young w ife.
Ou Tuesday, just after dinner,
Mrs. Denham hired, a horso of
Mr. It. Bryant, saying that she
wished to ride to her mother’s place,
just outside of town. She rode to
Mr, Frank Hughes’ house and called
his wife out. After exchanging a
few words she pulled out a flask of
whiskey and asked Mrs. Hughes
to have a dram. This,War- declined.
She then requested Mrs. Hughes to
arrange her skirt, and while the un¬
suspecting bride of a month was do¬
ing this Mrs. Denham emptied into
her. face tho contents of a phial o£
burning vitriol.
The shrieks of pain of his wife
brought Mr. Hughes, who was in the
house, to the side or his w i’fe, writhing
in agony. He placed her on the
bed and rushed for a doctor. Dr.
West hastened to the injured woman,
who was suffering intensely. lie
found that the fiery liquid had burn¬
ed ints» her. face in several places and
had entered one eye, In a short
time the sight of that eye was de*
st roved.
Dr. West secured a few drops of
the liquid and a bottle containing
Erie whiskey which Mrs. Denham
had dropped, and subjected them to
chemical tests. He pronounced the
fi rmer to be oil of vitriol and found
evidence of strychnine in the whis¬
key.
As soon as she perceived that the
vitriol had taken effect Mrs. Den¬
ham laid whip to her horse. She
was in a man’s saddle and she rode
out of town astride like a man. In
her haste to turn corners she fell
three times, but she soon remounted
and continued her
Marshals Jackson and Gtibble
. hot ... of the fugi
were soon in pursuit 1
live, . while . Mr. David t . Purcsil „ . made
•'"»*'» fur Jarrelt » bru, « 6 ‘® ,n,er '
cept her if she attempted to cross
,hwe ' The m.rsl..!., by
illon « t! ' e ro “ d ami b >' ‘|‘ e
tracks of , her horse when she left the
road, ’ kept 1 right ^ behind and overlook
her about uve miles from town as she
was fast ... lourneving . towards , couth „ ,
‘
„ ^ bhe made .
no resistance
when . the . officers ~ attempted ,
to arrest
her, although she had a pistol con-
cealed on her person.
When the officers beached town
with' their prisoner they carried
A crowd gathered ar0 ur.d
the stor6 and be „ an to stare a t
dWn , t Ii|t . this> , cd „ U h a ci-
^ ar j 0 ^ er IUO uth she mounted some
’, U n)ber outside of the store and said:
i.jjere I am p,,', All who want to “ °ee
hs mol ,key L me a quarter.” l
As th9t e no hull «o.n
c i e ntlv iar^e to hold the peoplo who
desired to hear the evidence, it was
decided to ho ]a the preliminary tr5a i
. , *r. , ... .
n U ‘ e P J ‘ * 6 » r g e P^'* ln
center of the p?rk^ was fined
many others gatheted
01 a xt
£?.* C» J II '} cf
ua. a 17 cairn
as ha awaited her trial, there v;~3
er notions ^ a nee of iSSfcd
ex te.-ce.it, and her eyes glittered
da "*! ro '\ 5 ‘- v tira “
>v hen Justice Goode read the war-
^ ^ N
! r :f 8, “ wa!ked " Hl ' e “P. * na c r ‘° Then h "" while and
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standing, and in earnest, audible
tones she made a clement, in sub-
st auce as follows: “I had started
to mother’s and roda
Prank Hughes’ and stopped to talk
with Lou. I was on horseback. I
ha 1 some cider along and asked her
to take a drink. I tl: 3 n asked her to
ma a switch, which she did.
Then I asked her to fix in y riding
skirt, and as she was doing this T wei t
to pick up the bridle reins when a
little satchel I had come open. There
was a bottle in the satchel that had
some kind of stuff in it that I had got
to mix with diamond dye to dye a
dress. The stoppier come out and
some of this stuff fell ou tr.y hand
and Lou's face. When Lou begun
to holler that skeered me, and 1 just
rode away as fast as I could,”
Mr. Goode fixed her bond at $750.
As she was unable to make the bond
Deputy Sheriff Kellar took her in
charge and in a few minutes left for
Clurkesville. Mrs. Fannie E. Den¬
ham is now an inmate of Habersham
county jail.
We hear that some of her relatives
sa y that Mrs. Denham is insane. It
is said by them that her mind has
been disordered over since her hus¬
band struck her across the head with
a shovel, several years ago. The
popular opinion is that she is quite
sane.
Mrs. Hughes is improving and
will soon bo up; but her face and
neck will aKvays bear the marks of
the fearful resuit of a desperate wom¬
an’s jealously'.
In Hard Luck.
Mr, Henry Taylor, who lives about
six miles west of this place, has been
quite unfortunate of late.
Soon after Christmas one of bis
mules was kicked by his horse and
so disabled that it had to be hilled.
During tho big snow in January two
or three of his hogs disappeared and
have not been heard of since, and
recently he has lost another hog or
two.- One day last week a tree blew
down across his horse, a good animal,
killing it almost instantly. This
leaves him with only one old mule
with which to tend a large two-horse
crop.
Mr. Taylor is said to bo a hard-
working, straight-forward man, de-
serving of sympathy and assist¬
ance.
Deaths.
For the first time since we cast our
lot with the people of Toccoa we re¬
cord the death of a citizen of the
town. This week the grim re. 0 per
has mowed dow n two of our citizens,
both old men.
On Sunday Mr.. John Love, after
a lingering illness, breathed Ins last.
He was past the prime of life, and
had been afflicted with dropsy for
some time 11 io funeral occurred 011
Monday afternoon in the ceme¬
tery hero-
Mr, W. M. Carter, who had
reached the ripe old age of S3, died
T uesday morning at the home
of his son, Mr. J. T. Carter. Since
1879 he had been a resident of Toc¬
coa, and v.ntil two years ago was
hale and energetic. His last illness
was of about a month’s duration. He
was buried in the cemetery heie on
Tuesday' afternoon, the funeral
services being conducted by Rev. B.
P . AUe „.
About a Hat.
George Prather, of the colored
persuasion, has increased the number
of guests of the Hotel de Fuller in
Clarkesville. And this was brought
about by a hat.
A week or two ago a hat that was
on a rack in the store of H. M.
Payne was missed, and it was ascer-
taiued that it had not been sold. A
-
e ^ at '. n a ues, ' oil j auntiJ r perched
^ 0 " h / s cra,num - ^nb Mulkey
Xhe° apiEtenCe's tl.EXMs’S
ting, among other things, of the lost
found hat and a “Defender” re¬
volver'in his coat pocket. -
r LU br0 “« ht T Jus, ! ce
“Where did you get that hat?”
Therefore he was bound over.
- Before he appears again in publie
od will have ample time to compose
a reply to “Where Did You Get
That Hat.” Bob Mulkey thmka-^he
tiiiq slionid -“It -B*ius Me to
I Got It at Payne’s A
PURELY Pl'.RSO’AL
i t Pcorle You Know and Son e
You Ben t Know.
Mrs. L ney is visiting relatives
in Harmony Grove.
Editor Miller and Sheriff McCarter,
of Carnesville, were in town Wednes¬
day.
Mr. Jack Creasy and wife, of Long-
v, ew, spent Sunday in town w ith
friends. ,
Mrs. W. M. Kilgo returned Thnrs-
day from a pleasant vidt to relatives
at Tugalo.
Mr?. J. K. Dixon spent Monday in
Toccoa en route to her new home
in Athens,
IMr. and Mrs. Toni Wiiliford, of
Harmony Grove, spent several days
wit li relatives in Toccoa this week,
Mr. 8 . S. McJunkm. of lugaloo,
g c ^ vi 8 y ng tll0 f ftrai i y 0 f h \ s
son, Dr. John McJunkin.
Mr. Worsham Cooper, of Atlanta,
one of our former cirizons, has been
spending several days in town circu-
lalin ,, among friends.
Rev. E. A. Kcese went over to
Hartwell Tuesday, to contact, the
funeral services of Dr. George Ebcr-
liardt, a prominent citizen of that
place, who died on Monday eve¬
ning. ; 1 :
Mr. M. M. Freeman c.ml wife, of
Blacksburg, S. C., are the guests of
the family' of Mr. J. M. Freeman.
The friends of Little Bud, as lie is
commonly called here, are pleased to
have him among them.
Mrs. J. A. Monachand her children,
of Pktladelphir, are visiting the fam¬
ily of Mrs. M. A. Davis. Mrs. Monach’s
many friends here gladly' welcome
her return to her old home, even
though for a short time.
Misses Willie and Coralie MoAvoy
let today (Fridav) for Agusta, having
been appointed delegates to the
state convention of the
Missionary Society of the M.
church, now in session in that city.
Mr. J, C. C. Miller, who presides
over the Carnesville Tribune, was in
town Thursday of last week and
honored d he News w ith a call. Mr.
Miller is new in the, ways of journal¬
ism, but one wo.nkta’t tli nk so from
reading his paper.
Mr. Alec Davis, a freight conduc¬
tor on i lie I», & D., spent a day or
two last week with the family cf his
father, Mr. T. S. Davis, and left for
Toledo, Ohio, to attend a convention
of railway conductors. He will prob¬
ably take a peep at the World’s fair
before returning to his post.
Wo were glad to make the acquain¬
tance of Editor J. W. Holbrook, of
the p j0 wcrsville Free Tress, who:
called to see us on Thursday of last
week. Brother Holbrook is a man
of undoubted courage, and does not
hesitate to attack such strong insti¬
tutions as the It. <§• D. railroad and
the Democratic party when he puts
on his war paint, whi:h he wears
most of the time.
Hotice.
The second assestnchi ten per
cent, wiltbe made by the directors
of the Toccoa Canning company next
week on the stock of said company.
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To Rcra t Overseers.
Editor News: Flcase announce
in your paper that 1 have in my
office a drill and hammer for each
road district in the countyq for the
purpose of blasting rock in the roads
where neccessary. The tools, powder
and fuse will be furnished by the
county, and the road office re are
expected to see that the work is done
by the bands.
The commissioners will be required
to give receipt for whatever tool they
may take for their respective dis¬
tricts.
I am furnishing these tools and
amunilion according to the recom-
mendation of the last grand jury, and
I sincerely hope that the road com-
miSioncr3 will apply for these tools ,
and see to it that the roads through¬
out the en ire county are put in
good condition early this fall. By
reference to the report of the gtand
J urv we see that they found the roads
t^bad condition, and li they are
woiked the grand jury will cooa be-
Just received a new lot of *3.00
?4.00 and ^5.00 Douglas shoes—the
best shoe on earth. Try a pair.
W. M. Kilgo.
Come aod see our stock of men’s
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Call and examine our line of dress
goods, consisting of cbaiftbrays, chal-
percales, white goods 'srftd 4ne
henrlsttas. Brown & Mitcueia.
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FURNITURE add LUMBER CO.;
——MAN UFACTURERS OF-
MEDIUM " GRAOl FljjlljiiURE, ~M |f ?
--ALSO DEAL LARGELY IN--
LUMBER, FLOORING CEILING WEATHER
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BOARDING. MOULDING. BRACKETS* Dfl'MW'f EL$i
Steam Dry Ixiln capacity 12,000feci per day.
Orders
E\C. rDJLYIB,
Fra.ct icing Fliysician,
MIZE, OUT.
■WOOD'S PIIOSPIIODINEa
-Tfea Great English Remedy.
ly Promptly ailformsof and permanent¬ Nervous
curea
> I atorrhea, Weakness, Jmpotencv Emissions, and Sperm- all
II effects Been prescribed cf Abuse or F.xdesses. 35
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< *V years in thousands cf cases;
A x'-ws' Is the only Iteliable a nd lion-
____fcSM^figaSdrnggist est Blcdieinc. known. As!c
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of tofor'cniAfUr. this, leave his dishonest SSg&«5!,|.7.S store, feoffee price fa
letter, and we fix, will send One by will return please. mail. Brice, will one
Pamphlet package, tl; in plain go. sealed envelope, 2 stamps. 8/X cure.
Address 151 THE Weed WOOD ward avsTtmc, CHEMICAf, Detroit. CO., Mich.
For Yale by W. II. & j . DAVIS, a Yd all
Druggists.
ess COURSE BY MAIL
WITH T1IF,
LE A YEN WORTH
^sussssssssssss BUSINESS COLLEGE
TO ADVERTISE
OX7P2. COLLEG-E
We will Ave a thorough course of
instruction in double and single on
try Book-keeping Commercial Arith¬
metic by mail Free or -Charge to a
limited number cf persons. This
course will be completed in forty les-
sous. No charge for Diplomas.
Address :
I’ROF. F. J. VANDERBERO, PRES.,
3C2, 304 aai 30C Ealivars St., Lsaveiwortfl, Kan.
SUCCESSFUL FRUIT CULTURE
}s Kot Possible with Cheap Trees.
None but first-class Southern grown trees
should be planted. Procure them from a
nursery that burns all poor stock and senes
out nothing but good trees carefully packed
;n damp moss so that they will reach jou in
perfect condition.
It our a^ent has not called on you write for
prices before you buy elsewhere. During
the fruiting season samples of fruit will be
sent free to any address on receipt of ten
cents to pay postage. Agents wanted every¬
where' catalogue free. Address
CHEROKEE NURSERY CO.,
Watcboss Ga.
WHISKEY AED OPIUM
KAEITS CURED
YYLD YTOUTFl HOME,
triTEOtJT PART CE COHTEIEKZHT.
Patients continue business while undei
treatment. stopped immediately "Whisky and beginning all other treatment drugs
cn
_<Jo not need them. No-treatment jet d’s-
cover-d to compare with it. Have given
special study and practice to these di-cases
for.the pa-t twenty years, with continued
and successful increase in practice.
WRITS FOR MY BOOK OF CURES, FEES.
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ATLAUTA, Cr-iA.
Office, Dti Wit ehul Street.
ScHed-u.13 Hartvrell jR. TL •
No 1.
I.cave Hartwell 7 :5 a m
Arrive Bottersville 845
No. 2 .
Dave Bowemi’Ie 900 a m
Arrive Hartwell 9 15
No. 3.
Leave Hartwpll (.» 35 m
Arrive Bowersvi la tv *TT m
No. 4
Leave Bowers viha 2 40 pm
Arrive Hartwell 3 50
“’All trains 'dally except 3 tra dry. *
FRED WIEBEN3, Superinteides
R. li. BENSON, Eecdvcr,
■--GO TO
1 TWM & MITfiHEMi
FOR BARGAINS IN---
GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, CLOTH R
ING, HATS, BOOTS,. SHOES, \
FARM IMPLEMENTS ANT
HIGH GRADE FERTILIZERS.
Shinies a Specialty *
\ ou null save money by trading with us Money saved is money
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made.
FAfte ! OY ■ a G-ROGiORSES- ■ a HERS,
FINEST GANDIES Ui THE MARKET-
-Largest Lot and Linesl Grade Cigars in Yore or.
Flour. Canned Goods Fruits.
Jewelers - Repair Watches and Clocks,
(Orders for Jewelry, Watches, and Clocks promptly attended to.)
Se?ytnp Machines,--2he Desl,-- V,"heeler <0 Wilson.
«!READ THIS; ITS S 0 !N
You tbay not have seen it in the New York Sun, but “its
so' ! that wo have bought the slock of merchandise
C.WRICHi’. of T.
It is so also, «r Uso s« that we liavc got to sell a good
of /
many these goods to moke a living, and we are not anx¬
ious to kick the bucket.soon.
Moreover, likewise ano also it is so that we have on band
a pretty good line of Fancy an I Family Groceries, Dry
Goods, Boots, Shoo?, Hats, Notions, Hardware and so
forth and so on, that we want you to have, because vou
need them worse than we do. If you want anything
we’ve got come and get it —CHEAP.
.
Now if you believe what we say is so, and so it is, when
yoa arc needing anything in out line call on
EPJGHT, ’ MCJUSKIH & CO.
At T. C. Wright’s Old Stand.. TOCCOA, GA.
P. S.—If you don’t believe what we sa}'come anyhow.
Sec'ng is believing. Ain't that so?
NWW G 1 DODS 0
I am now ieady for the Spring trade with a better line of good 3
than wa 3 ever offered to the Toccoa trade. 1 have the finest line of
WHITE GOODS. LACES, EMBROIDERY AND
iiniif wmm
ever brought to Toccoa.
My line of nOfENlSJitlNfc CtOOBS)
t.' LOT HI X G and R 1 ean’t be best. 1 sell nothing bat
first-class goods. , . v ^ ; -
I make a specialty of fice shoes. I am sole agent for the fee'ebrated
W. JU. TZOUOrJ^JAS’ SHOES for 1 -.dies and gentlemen,.
V My stock of AND GRO'
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CSTY'R TTE '77 is complete. My prices are rock bottom. Come u see cxe.
W.V. kilgo/