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n\ t: 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 - 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 4 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 ■ Toe*™, and the Capture and Trial of the Guilt v Woman. - * 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 ’ 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. —3 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 ^ Bre haila * T> , *“ " 3 * EdJarm Dance! ' A _ Call and examine our line of dress goods, consisting of cbaiftbrays, chal- percales, white goods 'srftd 4ne henrlsttas. Brown & Mitcueia. £ M.MCN3. Pic r. R. WARE, Vije-P. t V, ' EDIT.*- J.LS, St A Ticas. cl. J. E. GREENE, Sc p c , ! h m c c a a~ a jT m Y" flfesi X ■> j i i BRusliiSB h J 1 * v : S ^ r ^ T_..-.v ?a 1 » Stegi j _E^55S^£a m. tBr: jn -r —v;» VY.> . I '■c- L 3 b« gsLl T h- , it ■yeSSS sJSsPl- ® f I .jr i ' i Wm m £ \ — 52 -- L ft TX FURNITURE add LUMBER CO.; ——MAN UFACTURERS OF- MEDIUM " GRAOl FljjlljiiURE, ~M |f ? --ALSO DEAL LARGELY IN-- LUMBER, FLOORING CEILING WEATHER V J: 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 „ ... over < *V years in thousands cf cases; A x'-ws' Is the only Iteliable a nd lion- ____fcSM^figaSdrnggist est Blcdieinc. known. As!c ___ Wood’s Phos- 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. T ^ ^ . ** 99 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 . 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' • CSTY'R TTE '77 is complete. My prices are rock bottom. Come u see cxe. W.V. kilgo/