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Five thousand cats were eaten in
l» ; ,ris during the siege. What' a
rod send a long siege must be in-a
<-reat cjty! This is very near up to
" c mule eating in Vicksburg during
the late troubles.
I.awrcnce Barrett, the great ac
tor. is over in London creating yf
M. r excitement He should bring
hack some of the money
that the English actors and
actresses have been taking away
from America.
A legislative committee of the
Rhode Island legislature has re
ported adversely on the bill pro-
v'.ding a whipping post for wife
heaters, on the ground that it was
going backward in the march of
, i\ ili/alion.”
lodgedlammond, of Atlanta, has
decided that Sunday publications of
’.e ra! advertisements are not valid.
ThR seems like straining a point.
The lodge, we suppose, will next
decide that it is illegal to read a lc-
advertisement on Sunday.
Nick Eaten began life as a cow-
v seven years a goat -f30 a month,
„ow owns 9.500 cattle and is
,,nh .1 quarter of a million. Nick
,u.-i have went into somebody’s
,• that was feeding near where
e u a- roosting to get rich so fast
| ..,k O'llcais, in his letter to the
w ,, M g News, gives the officers at
..ijdtid tits for taking cases in
.c courts while they are working
,, slate. Jack is about right.
• i na\c so much tone to spare
i.itccouid emtad expenses by
1 .ino some of them.
! Tom llanteman, the great
• tri 11st that can't tell a cottom
,.,,1 from a geranium, ha- just
, ,i tbs limn be tore Congress to
-h a department of agricult-
li is now in order for L. F.
v ton to have a pic nic and
1 in It will never do for the
cable senator to get behind on
adtuie. The farmers will begin
.nh \' >11 are out of the ring.
mi Thomas i Simmons, of
who has been spoken of as a
.o.e candidate for the nomina-
1 tioverr.or, has declined to
: tin-contest. The indications
;h..i Governor McDaniel will
■a walk-over. lie would have
nearly a walk over, even if
; e Simmons had ran. Oilicc-
,eis hare got to he endorsed the
• ii.l lime to show how the people
, itie'n 111 st term.
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ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, ]&l&^OXa 22, 1884.
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SEVEN THIRSTY YEARS.
Twenty Men Wbo Pledged ThemselToa to Sotoil-
t ' ety Until a Democrat la Elected. y *
Chicago, April] n.—The day
after the decision of the electoral
commission declaring R.-B. Hayes
President of the United States was
rendered, twenty middle-aged men
met before the bar of • a Madison
street saloon to take a drink of
whisky. ltwas to be the last drink
of whisky they wereto take until a
democratic President-should be in
augurated. They had made a sol
emn vow to this effect, and the pen-"
alty that was fixed for breaking it
was a fine of $100. If ’ any
hues should be collected the
money was to he placed in a batik
and expended on the inauguration
of a democratic President in fitting
ly celebrating the end of their peri
od of probation. This Was 6even
years ago, and the time is now draw
ing near when they sanguinely hope
they will be absolved from their
oath.
Of the twenty two have died,
five have proved backslidets, four
of them paying their fines, and the
tilth being too poor to do so. This
leaves thirteen of the original twen
ty and, so far as known they have
not violated their jHedges.
One of those who took the pledge
is John Pearson, waiter at the Shei-
nan house. Pearson' has lost a
couple of fortunes. He has been in
business off'and on since 1S54, and
is a particular crony ofB. P. Hutch
inson, the midionairc grain and com
mission man.
“Yes,” he admitted when spoken
to. am one of the twenty. I
have never tasted a drop of whisky
since 1S76. None of us were very
hard diinkers, but we all drank
enough to make it a terrible priva
tion to quit so suddenly. If a dem
ocratic President should not be
elected for 20 years we were to keep
our pledge. There was no limit or
condition.”
"When do you expect to take a
drink again?”
-March 5th, 1SS5,” answered
Pearson, unhesitatingly, “and the
President will he Samuel J. Tilden.
I don’t intend to get drunk, for I
never did, but the first glass will
taste mighty good, I reckon, after
eight years of ginger ale.”
of the
unt\ ar
and
linst tin
citizens of Ogle-
> still fighting the
tie committing of-
lawsofthe coun
tied fa,
the 1
law
time,
the r
h ate hound to get them in-
ie. The stock law is a set-
. and it is useless for a few
1 light it, a
t them. They should go to
ami accept the situation. If
ople find out that the stock
■ not a good one, they will, in
have it repealed. xVe hope
ople will stop trying to make
w.o on a thing that has been set
tied. It will do them no good and
will 011 Is - tend to swell thclistof
criminals before the courts.
Gen. Gordon expccss to raise $1,-
ouMMifui' the Confederate Home
tit Richmond, lie is also reported
a-saving that "Tilden would rally
the south to a man.” A distin
guished South Carolina General
doe- not concede this as far as he
.1 ad liis state are concerned.
Col. b>sev. of Forsyth, has turned
prophet, and said that from the 3d
to tiie 11th of April would be the
u..1st weather that has been in
l.nugia for 30 yeats. Mr. Josev
not make his calculations lot
enough, ll he had taken in to
1 tui. ami said that the hardest rain 1 | )01 , r
would fall that Georgia or anybody j who
1 -I w mild see. the people would j heljJ
lune bet on him as a prophet
A WILD RUN.
Bow a Runaway Train Without an Engine wai
1-11 polio,! hy a Tornado.
An incident which we believe has
never had a parallel in railroad his
tory, says a Lincoln (Mo.) dis
patch to the St. Louis Globe-Demo
crat. occurtcd on last Thursday on
the Burlington & Missouri railroad
between this city and Denver. At
Akron the tornado on Thursday
roofed the round house and
dama
it will only work , °J hc , r dama g c - *\ bout 5
o clock in the evening, when the
wind was at its strongest, it started
a train of eight box cars, loaded
with coal, that were stand.ng on
the side track at that place. Two
brakes were set, but they were not
enough to hold it, and it ran through
the split switch without being de
railed and started east. The track
was nearly level where the train
slatted, but there is down grade this
side of Akron. The wind was so
strong that it took the train more
rapidly than the passenger trains
over the line move, even on the
level track, and when it reached a
down grade of course the speed be
came something fearful. The oper
ator at Akron noticed the runaway
train soon after it broke loose and
sent the alarm down the line.
Everything was ordered side-track
ed. and the crazy train had the
right of way. The cannon ball
trai" K a rely escaped.
Marvelous as it may seem, .those
L | runaway cars ran 100 miles, passing
11 i eight station*,over a track which is
v for a great part of the distance al-
I most perfectly level, with no pro
I “ j polling pow er but the wind. They
I ran the too miles in-less than three
hardest rain
RULES FOR BASEBALL.
the Aner-
Coi.u.wbus, O., April 3.—The
umpires of the American Baseball
Association met here to-day, there
being present Kelly, Daily, Con
nell, Seward, Brenna, Valentine
and McQuaid. Daniels was ex
cused from attendance by Secretary
WickofE At these meetings the
regular umpires mast t decide upon
the construction to be placed on
each rule and abide by their deci
sion, j--Very little change was made
In the constructions which it was
decided to place on the rules, and
there was no dissension. The sec
retary, who has a right to vote only
when there is a tie among the um
pires, was not called upon once to
cast the deciding ballot. Patagraph
S of rule 48, reads jn the printed
rules as follows:
“If a batsman be hit solidly by a
ball from the pitcher when he evi
dently cannot avoid the same, he
shall be given his base by the um
pire as a penalty.”
The rule naturally places an um
pire in a very awkward position.
A ball may hit one batsman solidly
and another glancingly, but should
the former be given a base and the
latter not, the crowd would prob
ably hoot at the umpire, especially
if the man who fails to get his base
belongs to the home club. This
paragraph was, therefore, changed
to read as follows: '
“If a batsman be hit solidly by a
ball when he evidently cannot avoid
the same, the pitcher shall be fined
by the umpire in a sum not less
than $5 nor more than $10, as a pen
ally for each offense.”
Paragraph 5, Tule 50, provides a
base runner out if, after seven balls
or a fair hit, he fails to run to first
base. This was construed as fol
lows: “After three strikes, seven
balls or a fair hit he must run to
first base.”
This change is made in order to
give the out club a chance to make
doubly on-the third strike. Last
year, if a runner was on first base
and another on second, the bats
man would receive instructions
from his Captain to stand still
should he make three strikes. The
men on first and second bases
would thus be forced out. As it is
they will be forced off their bases
and a chance be given for a double
p % other rules were construed in
the same as they were last year.
During the April exhibition games
were not provided with umpires.
According to schedule, Kelly will
umpire at New York, Daily at
Brooklyn, Connell at Philadelphia,
Seward at St. Louis, Daniels at
Cincinnati, Valentine at Baltimore,
and Brenman probably at Indianap
olis. Kelly and Connell seemed to
be the men whose opinions had the
most weight. The [fact that Kelly
had placed such construction on a
rule in his decision last year was
enough to confirm the meeting in
favor of that understanding of the
clause. They adopted uniform coat
and pants of blue yacht cloth and
black cay.
LOVE AND TRAGEDY.
Mokganntown, N. C., April 2.
A special to the Cincinnati Enquir
er of yesterday gives the particulars
of an exciting sensation that has
been developed here. Day before
yesterday during a quarrel between
Mr. and Mrs. Bird, living near this
place, the wife in her passion blurt
ed out a statement which has caus
ed her husband’s arrest for a mur
der committed seventeen years ago.
The victim was an ex-Federal sol
A BOLD GAME IN GEORGIA.
Am AaU-Axtlmr Delegation Despite Literal Prcia.
whirlwind tearing along the track,
ning—had a spelling match; white | followin g directlybehind the Drain
WO nav? a flourishing school,
taught by Professor A. J. Haygood.
They: had a lively time Friday eve
ning—had a spelling match; while ,
they all spell well, Miss Susie Mai- at a rap,d rate - The engineer was
colm is the noted speller. Jack says 1 amon S * he **»» t0 see and «■»-
he could not spell “cause his gal” , * zin f w,at ‘ hc consequences would
was so close to him ; brace up Jack, j be sh ° uld tbe wh !T 1 T"?
Mrs. Dr. Frank Jackson has the 1 th .® traln < he , pulled .‘ he throttle
finest garden we have seen. The 1 ™ de open and an exciting race was
Doctor chews his tobacco as fast as begun- The whirlwind was not
ever. Hold up Doc. or you’ll wear ! "i or _, e ‘ han fi . ve hundred yards be-
your jaws out htnd the train and the anxious
Mrs. Willie Mayne has a hundred
In Pennsylvania they ltnve socia-
V- w here you can kiss all the girls
11 want to at five cents apiece,
eunsvlvania evidently believes in
1, ping down the prices on luxuries,
Neil if they have to whoop it up
:gh on dog taxes and other necessi
ty of life.—Burlington Free Press.
Let such parlies be started in
ii.ngia, ami there will be more
token voting men, bachelors and
1 station agents and others
witnessed the strange train
held their breath, with awe .its it
whirled by at the rate ofnearly a
mile a minute. It passetiHaiger^it
the rate of forty miles an hour ind
is said to'havc run the twenty miles
of down grade this side of Akron in
iS minutes.
At Benklcman, ninety-five miles
this side of Akron, a freight was
standing on the side track. As the
runaway train passed the engineer
ran his engine out, with abrakeman
on the tender to make the coupling,
and gave chase. It was an exciting
chase, but the engine, which
brought to the aid of the wind the
. , power of the steam chests, soon
married men, than jou can j • ^ , hc gap between itse i fand
i.ikc a stick at. | ti )e flying train. About half way
It has b^cn settled by the inter- ! between Benkieman and Max the
1 . s 1 -1-11 1 , 1 fugitive was overtaken, the coup-
viewers that Mr. T.lden is an old L. * successfully made and the ca£,
man and that he is too feeble to be I a f ter pu lii n g- the engine some dis
[President. He is daily dragged be-
[furc the public and if his hand
[tremble*in taking a drink of water
is immediately t phed all
ver the country, and he is declared
a be too bad otf to run for any of-
ce. We have always noticed that
1 hen men get as old as Mr. Tildct*
j that theis friends dropped them al-
i-liter. These interviewers laid
[bare his private life so often that it
as dhgusted the old gentleman and
.iiiscd him to decline altogether.
I He is certainly deserving of respcct-
i ful treatment.
The movement for the erection of'
[a home for disabled Confederate
uldicrs, gotten up by Gep. Gordon,
Its a great deal better than raising
[magnificent marble shafts for the
[dead. The living wounded soldiers
arc here, and deserve as much atten-
[tion as the dead. This thing should
■have been started years ago, mnd
[many a poor fellow who has-died
[from his wounds would now be liv-
|ing. There is not a town, .city or
j county in the south that has not
I one or more poor and needy sol
[fliers, who limps around with a bul
let in his leg, not able to work, and
who would be thankful to have a
home to go to, so that he could be
j taken care of without calling on his
1 friends tool often. The name of
Gen. Gordon will go down to pos
terity as the greatest man t^at. has
[lived for many a year. Let- the-fa-
j dies of our city get up entertain-
t meats during the summer for this
Inoble work. They haye. always
I been ready to leqd a helping hand
ho everything connected Withheld
[for the soldiers, and we guarantee
that th| money will be raised,
" “*“ ttJ a .t.
tance, brought to a standstill.
HARMONY*BROVeTtEMS.
plenty of it.
, rp - EASTVILtE DOTS.
We have - * flourishing school,
dier, Captain Raphael Livingston,
said to be from New York. The
developments disclose a remantic
affair with a tragic sequel.
During the war Capt. Livingston
was confined in the Confederate
prison at Salisbury. He was good-
looking and intelligent, and was
seen by Miss Rose Austen, the pret
ty daughter of one of the officers of
the guards. At the time he was
convalescent from a severe fever,
and her woman’s heart pitied him.
She gave him some delicacies,, and
the result was he formed a friend
ship for her which ripened into a
love that was returned. She dared
not speak to her father, and man
aged to effect her lover’s escape.
Before he left for the Federal lines
he gave her a ring and promised to
return when the war was over and
claim her as his bride.
After the war Miss Austen wait
ed anxiously for her lover. She
wrote to New York, but could hear
nothing of him, and gave him up
for dead. She had declined several
advantageous offers in the meantime.
Among her most persistent suitors
was Charles Bird. He was the fa
vored one, but she could not bring
herself to agree to marry him. In
1S67 Capt. Livingston appeared in
Salisbury. He lost no time in find
ing his bride. Bird was told that
Livingston was her betrothed, and
he seemed to acquiesce. The north
erner was not in well-to-do circum
stances, and, therefore, the wedding
could not take place at once. Sud
denly Livingston disappeared, and
Miss Austen was made to believe
that he had deserted her. Abont a
year after she married Bird.
The husband and wife did not get
on together. To-day, after quarrel
ing with him, she gave information
that Bird and two companions had
murdered Livingston, and with the
aid of a colored boy, buried the
body in a grove near by. The ne
gro was at once taken into custody,
and corroborated Mrs. Bird's story.
All parties were arrested this even
ing, and are now in jail at Wilkes-
barre. The matter causes intense
excitement, as the principals are
prominent people. Mrs. Bird is
about thirty-five years of age and
very handsome.
RACE WITH A WHIRLWIND.
, Charlotte Observer.
A remarkable and thrilling inci
dent of Tuesday’s storm was related
to the reporter by a party who was
traveling on a train on the Chester
and Lenoir narrow guage railroad
at the time the incident occurred.
The train had passed Lowerysville
and was speeding in the direction
of Lincolnton, when all on board
were startled by a roaring sound
that could be disttnctly heard above
the noise of the train and on glanc
ing back they saw an immense
and fifty little chickens. That is
ahead of us considerably.
Mr. Billie Thornton has moved
back to his father’s.
Miss Julia Lowe is expected
home, after a long visit to Atlanta.
Miss Mollie Lowe has been quite
sick, but is convalescing; also Mrs.
D. H. Malcom.
Dr. Jackson’s well known dog,
pas
sengers soon became aware of thi
painful fact that it was gradually
gaining upon them. There were
several ladies in the car and they
cried and carried on at a terrible
rate, while the men danced about
the car in their excitement, vainly
yelling at the engineer to put on
more steam.
The race was kept up in this way
for two miles, when the train turn
ed a curve in the road. As the
“Sharon” was bitten by a mad dog 1 ea a curve in tne _
last Saturday morning. He had | whirlwind struck the curve it left
him killed immediately; the family the , ra ' lroad track, speeding its way
grieved very much. ! straight on through the fields. At
Miss Dinkie Jackson is at home | tbe time it left the track it was not
from school on a short vacation. We . ^ or , e tban three hundred yards be-
are glad to have her back again. ! hind th , e train - 11 was a thrilling
MUs Bertie Jackson is staying race and all the passengers blessed
ith Miss Katie, going to school ‘ nat curve from the bottom of 1 elr
Harmony Grove, Ga., Ajril
16th.—Editor Banner-Watchman:
On Monday and Monday night
last wc had the hardest rams that
have,fallen in this section for along
time. The livers and creeks were
higher than at any time during the
past winter. Lots of small bridges
and cross-ways have been washed
away, and much damage has been
pone to plowed ground. .'
From the preparations going on
here, it is dead sure thing that one
one of our most distinguished and
popular physicians will marry a
young lady from the gate city in
the course of a week or two.
W. J. Whiting, a shoe-maker,
who has a brother here, died in
Bowman. Ga., last Friday.
Dave White, col., died in this
county on Monday.
John B. Jackson, a good and fa
vorably known citizen of this coun
ty, is dangerously ill.
The physicians here are kept rid
ing all the time nearly, and there
seems to be a good deal of sickness
hereabouts.
Drs. R. R. Harden and A. H.
Stapler have, dissolved copsrtner-
shjy. Dr. Harden remains here
and Dr. Stapler and his mother will
move to Homer.
In our justice court, Monday,
there were two litigated cases, and,
the Justices could not make up theip*
minds sufficiently to mould a judg
ment, J And 2! the matters in dispute
will be suspended for a month.
Miss Carrie Harden, .an accom-
lished ^oung; lady of Smyrna, is
.1
with Miss Katie, going
to Prof. Haygood.
Mr. Willie Mayne is getting fleshy
—his wife says she is going to have
him bound with hoop-iron.
Mr. H. EaJ. has two pet kittens
that he carries in his bosom all day,
and feeds them with a silver spoon.
Tommie House and his young
wife are the . happiest looking cou
ple we’ve seen lately.
I hear of no picnics or fishing
parties. 1 think we ought to have
a picnic at Ray’s; some one name
the day, and we will all come and
bring a big basket full—and will in
vite you too, Mr. Editor.
The poetry repeated by Miss An
nie Lou Haygood, was very good
indeed.
Mr. PinkPriece has two beautiful
! er$eys; he is a thorough-going fel
1
A FATAL SHOT.
More Anon.
LIGHTNING LVR1CS.
Mr. Wilkes keeps a store about
six miles from our city and on Mon
day, when the rain came up several
persons had gathered there to get
out of the rain. George Johnson, a
colored man, was standing by the
fire leaning against the chimney.
The lightning struck the chimney
and came through into the house,
hitting George on top of the head,
running down to his feet and going
through the floor. Mr. Wilkes in-
forms us that ., it only scorched the
skitra little on his leg. Another
boy naiand Andrew Hill, was sit
ting in a chair with his foot against
— nyrna, is
; brother, Pr. R. R. Har-
L ‘ . VlDETTB.
■ i Eight prisonefs at - Gainesvillf(
Ark, assaulted the jailer and escap
ed. A posse overtook them and
rfightaraceeded in killing one Thom]
wounding- and recaptun"" J: —~
tt a MAJ
Lu3.in»wi.i» AAnv-iiA .tmuIViO .ilJcJ'Jil ■
In a difficulty on Col. W. A. Mc-
Dougald’s lower plantation yester
day morning a young man named
Robert Wright shot and killed a ne
gro named Jones Alexander. From
what we could gather of the partic
ulars, the negro was late in getting
out to work and a quarrel arose be
tween him and John Wright,
J ounger brother of Robert Wright
oe struck the negro with a stick,
which the latter wrenched from his
hands and, as the report goes, struck
young Wright on the head. At
this time Robert Wright rode up
and fin'd at the negro, the bullet
passing through his heart and killing
him instantly.
. Robert Wright then fled, and at
last accounts had not been arrested.
He it a son of Mr. J. W. Wright, a
highly respectable citizen. Jones
Alexander was a half brother of
Sandy Alexander, the barber, of
this city. The father of the young
men had rented the plantation from
Col. McDougald, and Alexander
was one of his tenants.—Columbus
Enquirer.
PROFITS ON A STEAMBOAT.
WoMUglog Tima.
Washington, April 3.—The
President’s friends In the South are
not moving with a discretion equal
to their zeal in promoting his nom
ination. Thoroughly understanding
the old machine methods in that sec
tion old republican “rotten bor
oughs,” they employ them at a time
when even Southern republicans
comprehend the difference between
the present and the campaigns of
other days.
In Georgia, District Attorney
Speer is running the machine from
his office, in Atlanta, and is efficient
ly-aided by a staff of Federal office
holders. General Longstreet, Jona
than Norcross, and othess of the
republican veterans are ignored,and
in the recent republican primaries
the wishes of that Atlanta coterie
of office-holders seem to have been
carried out in the main. Despite
the machine it is claimed with appa
rent reason, by Georgia republicans,
that at least six of the Georgia dele
gates to Chicago are to be classed
as against Mr. Arthur. The game
has been a bold one in Georgia to
secure Arthur delegates—no less
than written promises, from the
Federal office-holders to influential
colored men and other republicans
of local prominence of valuable fa
vors, in consideration of help to se
cure a “solid Arthur delegation.’
These letters, two of which are said
to be in Washington now, invariably
allude to “an understanding with
Mr. Arthur’s friends at Washing
ton,” or guarantee the carrying out
of the promise made in the letters.
The better element of the Georgia
republicans appears to be in antag
onism to the cut-and-dried methods
of the Federal office-holders. Mr.
Johnson, the Collector at Savannah,
a son of the late Gov. Herschel V.
Johnson, has been marked by the
administration ring at Atlanta to
share the fate of Gen. Longstreet.
Johnson is to be succeeded, so it is
said, by A. N. Wilson, Deputy Col
lector, while Longstreet is to be
succeeded as Marshal by J. H. Bry
ant.
The above dispatch is taken from
the “New York Times” of Friday,
and we can bear testimony to the
truth of nearly all of its statements
as we have seen the two letters al
luded to. They were written by
the notorious negro, Bill Pledger,
Arthur’s surveyor of the port of
Atlanta—a port that has never been
entered by a bonded car, a steam
boat or any other water craft. Bill is
a sweary “cuss,” has nothing to do
but draw $1,000 per annum, and has
never made a report to the Treasury
Department He has traveled all
over the state since January with
free passes, packing dist conven
tions for Arthur, and denouncing
Blaine and Logan. Here is a case
for the Springer committee. A Cor
rupt and villainous negro drawing a
large salary from the government,
with no office to fill and nothing to
do. When the “trade” is perfected
at Chicago, Bill is to be made Col
lector of Customs at Brunswick.
God save the people of Brunswick.
What is Congressman Hammond
doing, that he don’t expose Bill and
his office, and bring the matter be
fore the Springer committee? An
other one of Arthur’s henchman in
Georgia, is the notorious Bryant
from “Skohegan.” This infamous
fellow under the “agreement” is to
take Longstreetis place. Will the
President curse the people of Geor
gia in this way? We have seen 1
printed letter addressed to the Pres
ident, signed by a General in the
U. S. A., Messrs. Atkins, Cowly,
Shumate, and twenty other reputa
ble gentlemen, denoupcing Bryant
as a bribe-taker and an infamous
scoundrel. The above are fair types
of the men now employed in Geor
gia to pack conventions for Arthur.
Another henchman of Arthur is
Walter Johnson, Collector of Inter
nal Revenue tor the state. In the
way of packing, he has brought into
requisition the entire machinery of
his office. We have seen a letter
from one of his deputies, and in it
this sentence Can be found: “I
dare not say one word against the
Arthur movement, as Johnson has
threatened to take off my official
head,” and we are told that John
son has completely handi-capped,
in a similar way, all of his “subs.”
The Post-Office Department at
Washington has not been idle in
the way of assisting the office-hold
ers of Atlanta in perfecting the
“trade” made with the henchmen of
Arthur. We- have seen a letter
which states that route agent, Sew
ard Smalls, left his post and was
kept in a district remote from his
mail line more than two weeks, for
the purpose of packing the district
convention in the interest of Arthur.
We might write* a hundred folios,
going to show the truth of the
‘Times dispatch,” giving the names
of office-holders, dates, etc., based
upon written evidence in our
session; but disgust at the .1.
thing causes us to desist Of one
thing we are assured, the office
holders of Georgia and other states
of the south have materially injured
Chicago.
W ‘A LIFE FOR A LIFE; '
Tlirililng Roscuo by a N«gn> of tin ManWbo
Osea Sand Him tram DmUl
, i > Evjatda Tima,
The circumstances of the most he
roic and romantic deed connected
with the late Everingham disaster
was reported to us yesterday. After
the boat had been banked and a
roster of the crew was called Assist
ant Pilot Wingate did not answer.
“Where is Wingate?” some one
shouted.
“Asleep in his berth,” was the
answer. •
By this time the supports of the
upper deck were being eaten rap
idly away, and the flames circled
round and round over the hurricane
deck licking the glass of the state
room doors, to appear now and anon
through the black curls of dense
and stifling smoke, then again to
streak the black sky like the livid
poise of destruction that it was, and
then to soar away and van
ish into the oblivion of heat
to sear 1 ’ the invisible
atoms of air. It was in the midst of
this panorama of horror that a black
form was seen rushing toward Win
gate’s berth and impending death.
A surge, a crash, and the door
gave way and Wingate and his res
cuer, through ways left free by
Providence, escaped in safety to the
shore. This negro, on hearing that
Pilot Wingate was in his stateroom
banished all fear of his own safety
to rescue him, which was done in
return for the saving of his own life
by Wingate when the Wylly went
to pieces against the Fort Gaines
bridge last April. He was going
under for the third time when Win
gate snatched him from his watery
grave. This was gratitude and a
heroism equal to no instance in the
calamitous records of many and
many a day, and deserves a monu
ment in marble.
HEIRESS OF A TRAMP.
Miss Fannie G. Porter, daughter
of Mrs. Elizabeth Porter, postmis
tress here, says a Russelville, (Ky.)
special to the Courier-Journal, was
married at Ocala, Fla., March 26, to
Mr. Clem Dickey, of Colorado, for
merly of Glasgow, Ky. Miss Por
ter is exceedingly popular in Ken
tucky, where her many splendid
qualities are known and appreciated.
Ni
I evad oj saw len'toT 1 a no
■ttrat mi! tot yabii’*! Ja*l col
«»]tJ ai MiUwS .21 .J .iqtsO
I nisi, it-.ii t. : ii .KtJi nit
Wtukinjhm Gazette.
We heard Mr. Robert S. Smith
talking to a Charleston man a few
days ago, of an incident in his early
life in that city. When Mr. Smith
was a young man, just after the
Florida war, and when that state
thechimney and the lightning tore -® 1 ** opened up & trade, a
hoe all to pieces, but nev« hurt Charleston company built a steamer
x>y a bit Mr. Wilkes says it a “ d sent ply°“ ^e waters of
was scarry times and filled his store * e “® w 8ta *®* There were twenty-
with fire and smoke. George John- two share *. ** P" ^ ue * which
son waaJullec instantly. Other, in ™ one.thousand dollara per .hare,
the store were more of less .hocked, Sm,th “?* pI ?> fit ^ r „ oln ‘ he
but none seriously hurt ; }*** were phenomenal. Soon after
it began business he bou^ht^a share
It now i* reported that France is
ready "to WV , with China about
’ Tseng has been call-
tly to take part in
ms. ' The suggestion
tall secure her expect-
_ by seizing some island
nun. ha« been so strongly
posed hy English merchants that
- British government will make
reflate objection if necessaiy. J
alias ; John
“ N'.tpbeck swindler and
- ft 2*“** suiity oa »W-
for twelve hundred dollars. The
first year he received a dividend of
thirteen hundred dollars, and some
yean the boat paid about one hun
dred and fifty per cent on the capi
tal stock. Thu is in strong con
trast to these days when ten per
cent is considered almost a phenom
enal profit on an investment '
Margaret Wesley, ft colored
child six years ola, diedinWil-
the prospects of Arthur at Chicago.
THREE DAYS LATE.
several others present indorse his
statement—that on Sunday night,
about three weeks ago, at 10.30
o’clock, the apparition was seen to
come frotn the direction of an old
well to the right of the old , yellow
fever hospital. It then moved in a
southeroly direction to where the
men had stationed themselves/
, without the slightest
noise or movement and disappear- and l
ed on the side of the hill.
MV l T' wa*,wutl
umerous congratulations have
been sent to the young couple from
their friends Here.
There is quite a romance in Miss
Porter’s life, which, as it has never
been published, will be read with
interest. Over a year ago, late in
the evening, she was walking with
some young lady friends here, when
old gray-haired, ragged tramp
approached the party. Her com-
unions screamed and ran away,
)ut she walked leisurely along and
returned his salutation. The next
day, and for several days he took a
position in front of the postoffice and
spent hours watching her. Finally
he came to a window where she was
writing and spoke to her. She re
sponded pleasantly, and, taking
courage from her courtesy, the old
man asked her name. “Please
write it for me,” he added. She
did so, and he .placed the sheet of
paper away in ,!.his pocket
“You are a good girl and a mighty
pretty one, too,” the old man con
tinued, “and I.like you. Don’t you
know that you are the
only person that has treated me
with any kindness for years. They
say I am old and crazy, but don’t
you believe’em. I have got lots of
money, and I am going to leave it
all to you.” Miss Porter’s mother
coming in at this point, he repeated
his remarks to her, and shaking
hands with both the ladies, left
Time passed on, the old fellow
had disappeared and no one thought
about him. A,few months ago the
sheriff of this county received a let
ter from a certain town in Ken
tucky, which related that a tramp
was found dying in the woods near
there; that he had been taken in
and cared for; that a letter was
found in his pocket which explain
ed that money sufficient to pay his
doctor’s bill and burial expenses
would be found hid away in his
clothes. The sheet of paper con
taining Miss Porter’s name was also
found, and with it instruction's to
send all the papers to her; also, that
he had so many thousand dollars in
a bank in Tennessee, naming the
town and bank, and that it was his
wish that Miss Porter should accept
it The papers were sent to Miss
Porter and were turned over by her
to two prominent attorneys of this
city, who are now engaged in look
ing into the matter. Miss Porter a
short while ago received a letter of
fering her $3,000 for her interest in
the old man’s estate if she would for
feit all claim to it The offer was
not accepted, and so the aflair rests
for the present
Her countless friends throughout
this entire section wish her infinite
success in both her romances.
HOW A MISSIONARY WORKED
, THE MORAL YINEYABD.
yew London Special
“Rev.” W. A. T. Smith, colored,
how in jail here awaiting trial in the
Superior Court for swindling under
the pretense of being an African
missionary, has made a confession,
in which he said he was never au
thorized as a missionary, but made a
good living by his false representa
tions. He has been in the swind
ling bnsiness forten years, and used
all. the money raised by himself. He
says he never gave a cent lor mis
sionary work, and*that he never had
an accomplice. Smith secured
let ^
.1«. BACK TO ALABAMA.
- 1 ISW teOSCklftitnO .1
An Ota Irtgro* Praia UtaUa Goto* Boas.
Atlanta totnUL >
Maria Rouse, an old negress, just
from Liberia, was rite guest of the
city last night, and was kindly cared
for at the city prison.
A reporter interviewed her this
morning, and drew forth some in
teresting facts:
“When did you go to Liberia?”
asked the scribe.
“I left Alabama in eignteen hun
dred and seventy-eight—six years
ago this coming June,” she replied.
“Well, tell me something about
your trip there, and what kind of a
country it is.”
“There were seventy-eight In the
crowd that went there with -mo.-
All colored. I didn’t -want to go
much, but my husband insisted, and
we sold our little home, and he told
me to go and he would meet me in
New York. He never did come,
and I have never seen him.He
wrote to me a few times. I don’t
know where he is now. It took us
a long time to get there, and several
of the crowd died An the vessel.
After we got to Liberia nearly all of
us were taken sick with fever, and
many of them died. I don’t think
there are more than ten living, and
only two have ever been able to get
back to America. I am so thank
ful, young master, that God has
spared me this far on my journey to
the dear old home in Alabama where
I expect to die. The six long years
there I ha%p been trying to save
enough money to get back to Ala
bama on. Darkies can’t get over
three dollars a month for their work;
it costs a heap to live. I had a little
farm of twenty acres which I set
tled, but not having any horses, ev
erything had to be worked with the
hoe. I did not see but three horses
the whole time I was there.”
“What did you raise?”
“Sugar cane, cider, sweet pota
toes, gingar, coffee, arrow root, rice
and edoes, a vegetable which looks
and tastes like an Irish potato. You
couldn’t get anything for your truck
after you raised it. It was a hard
scuffle to get along. The jigger
fleas are so bad that half the time I
couldn’t work.”
“What kind of flea?'
“Jigger flea. It bores down un
der the skin of your feet and makes
sores. Why, sir, I saw lots of peo-
le out there that had to have their
P
feet cut off. The fleas make awful
sores, and after they get in your
foot they can’t be got ont They
live and hatch in there and eat your
foot up. There are some rich peO'
pie out there, but they wont help
the poor people, and ail of the poor
ones would like to get away. I
only saved fifty six dollars in six
years, which was a little more than
enough to pay my passage to New
York. When I got there they sent
me on from place to place, and I
hope I will get home safe. Ten thous
and times while out there I thonght
of the good old times when I lived
with old master and mistress. Ne
groes may talk about Liberia or any
where else, but I will be happy
when I get back to where I was
born and where I expect to die.”
Here the old woman began crying
and the reporter felt for a dime, but
not finding ode,-left.-
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS,
. ss iMfpmo pijtin uJ
Salem, N, J, had *$105,090 fire.
A threatened revoltrion In Mex
ico.
Mississippi hl» had a terrible cy
clone.
Mr. Bryan, the dramatist, is
dead.
The river is steadily dedining at
West Baton Rouge,La. '*•
A strike in Augusta amongst the
workmen on the new cahal basin.
The weaver** etrike, at Hamilton
Mill. Mass., has terminated.
The stabjes.of jthe Soldier’s Home
at Hampton,! YavWere: destroyed
by fire. Loss $4,000.
Negroes have been trying to break
open the safe of the plumber and
gas filter in Augusta.
Nkwahs:, N, J. April 15.—The
works of the Celluloid brush 'com
pany were destroyed by fire.
The juty in a murder case in
Cincinnati were jeered and hooted
at for bringing in a verdict of man
slaughter only,
Tocoma, W. T-, April 14.—Nine
buildings comprising the business
t ortion of this city, were burned
aturday. Loss, 1175,00a
The President to-day nominated
Chas. E. Coon, of New York, to be
Assistant-Secretary of the Treasu
ry, to succeed John C. New, re
signed.
Augusta haa.had another big fire
in the rear portion of the building
occupied by the commercial club.
It looked tike' an incendiary had
something to do with it
Society Hill, S. C.. April 14.—
The wife ot Timmons Alston, color
ed, left her house Saturday to get
wood, and locked in her three chil
dren, aged two months, three and
four years, respectively. In a few
minutes the house was on fire, and
the children were burned up, to
gether with everything else in the
house.
Cincinnati, April 15.—The re
lief committee appointed last Feb
ruary by the chamber of commerce
to receive and distribute money and'
supplies to the people made desti
tute by the flood is about to close la
bors. It has received' $184,000, all
of which has been distributed ex
cept $6,o(u. This amount is soon
to De used in helping the poor re
store their dwellings.
Wharton, Texas., April 15.—
James S. Martinson, a gambler, shot
C. D. Brythwood died here Sun
day afternoon, in a saloon, having
opened a quarrel with him. Mat-
tison ran to a railroad bridge across
the Colorado' river, about half a
mile distant, and escaped, while his
wife stood on the • bridge with a
drawn revolver holding the author
ities at bay and shooting twice at
the sheriff.
A LADY BURNED TO DEATH.
A terrible accident 'occurred on
the premises of Mr. Averhart, who
resides near Robinson’s Springs, on
Thursday last. Mr. Averhart was
plowing in his field near his resi
dence, and his wife and daughter
concluded to walk down to where
he was engaged. Not far off was a
little fire or the remains ot one that
had been made in the field it having
turned uncommonly cold. The
young girl, who it is said was sub
ject to occasional effects of mental
aberration, stood so near the fire
that her dress was soon in flames.
In this condition she ran back and
forth, which only fanned the flames,
and her father, seeing her dreadful
condition, ran to her as rapidly as
possible, but he reached her too late
to do any good. The daughter’s
body was burned to a crisp, and in
his efforts to put out the fire, Mr.
Averhart burned his hands so bad
ly that he will be unable to do any
work for some time to come. The
poor girl, who was abont fourteen
years of age, survived her injuries
about five hours, when she breathed
her last
SOLDIERS
MEXICAN
As-the question of pensioning the
Mexican soldiers is exciting consid
erable attention, the following state
ment from each state maybe of in
terest:
Alabama 3026
Arkansas 1.323
California 571
Florida ' ”'370
Georgia ‘.9,132
Illinois 6,123
Indiana 458B
Iowa :;.253
Kentucky 4 842
Louisiana * 7’&17
Maryland .7.1,355
Died of wounds.
Wonnded.
SstuUms Hen Watching forth* Appunnsa a
>' the Barrow BUI Short.
A reporter, says the Nashville
American, of the 5th inst, was
called bv telephone last night to
witness the wild wanderings of the
headless woman, which is said to
haunt the vicinity of Barrow Hill.
When the scribe arrived on the
scene he saw seventeen men lying
in groups awaiting the appearance
of the apparition. The reporter
interviewed several gentlemen and
they all gave about the same ver- —
diet Mr. J. A. Meaders says that P e °P«tn Seridgambia, would return
during the last twelve months he P esa J , ^ lle l . e3C P®5 ted *°
has frequently seen the uncanny establisb a |j? me for himself. He
visitor; that itfwas about 5 feet "m was just starting ori a sw.ndhng tout-
height, wore a dress of some' dark arr ®*. te ~ c** 8 {* e wd *
material, and in passing turned ‘“j? taWfo^ the"^)^veraion'nfb' 5 ’ er ‘ Over the same route be
neither to the right nor left, but wiU ialgr lor ^ tiie eonversion of his
seemed to glide over the ground, ” C n‘"y ea J» of age. He
not making the slightest^noise! ™ mself
The weird creature u said to have «P°“ mercy of the court,
no head. Mr. Meaders says—and
etter ot recommendation from John
B. Gough. He'would work his pas-
'sige' to America, and after swindling
■«* W/3SSr8S.*«8'
San Francisco, April 14.—A
special from Salinas, Cal., says:
',Thomas' Whitcb.er,' a resident of
this place; who lately ssparfed from
his wife, was taffy, arrested on the
of having, .:with threats of
criminally , ftisaulted his fif.
teen-year-old. daughter. . He : . ..wai
released on bonds and started dor
•home." As he
Massachusetts
Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
New Jersey...
New York
North Carolina
Ohio..
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia...
Wisconsin.
Mormon recruits
The casualties during the war
ware:
Killed;...., ....1,019
608
.1,057
f........1,102
.2,424
7,016
425
2,396
935
...6,636
2,603
1,077
5,865
8,018
1,320
146
..3,420
TO WALKTOBO^XOJjT.
the trip:
fore • railroads were,
Captain Andrews, notwithstanding
his years, is a fine spectates of
physical manhood. His carriage is
as erect as that of e boy ot sixteen,
and heperfortas the labor of a ridt
hand every day;' He is confident of
his ability to accomplish the jonr-
nev.HtfiS'‘in*kinyiThia:t»rv««A.i.
ments to start j on his trip:: about
J Wi ther day haafnot been
&tecL' Captain Andrew 1
red "five shots at"* him* none of six years bid;''and the'ottieron'
hundred and tan/
Mr. Parnell’s scheme, fo* a
to pay the Irish;. meMhfra- «.
pmk*
PELHAM, OF ALABAMA.
Mre. 1. P. Henry in QncneriUe Advocate.
A beautiful poem with this title
appears in- the Hivouac. It brings
to mind a summer morning memory
of North Georgia. A bevy of
school girls were romping on the
broad hall steps of the'hospitable
home of. Dr. Wade Culbertson, of
Cave Spring, Ga. -i Evalela was
there with dark blue violet eyes,
Georgia, with her wee mouth and
ht-brown curls, Jean who wore
the dignity of being engaged, and
one who does not signify.
A buggy rattled along the pretty
village streets and paused at the
Doctor’s office, where two young
fellows—destined to be M. D.’s, who
were only “Bill and,” then—were
plotting against these innocents in
the next yard with that horrid skel
eton. Out sprang Charlie Pelham,
from Jacksonville, Ala, who ran to
see “Miss Georgia” and could stop
only a moment, as she was going on
to Wept Point with his younger
brother, John.
“Where .is John??’ asked all the
girls at once.
“Out there in the buggy,” was
the reply.
A glance at the buggy revealed
Bill and . Lish talking to a slender
youth touched up with brass but
tons.
“Why don’t he come in?” “I
wish he’d come in, don’t you?” etc,,
whispered - the quartette.
“Ask him in, Charlie,” said Geer-
na, who had lived neighbor to the
p elhams.
“Ask him in? What’s the use?’
replied Charlie. “Save your man*
ners—he’d rather face the United
States army than a girL He’s the
bashfuleat fool-excuse me—about
the girls vou ever saw.” A fair,
youthiul face half in shadow was
downcast under the missiles from
those plying eyes, the same face
that a few years later was “lit by
sweet surprise- in the alabaster
armsofdealhr He seemed to be
a mere boy Vfith a smooth, blushing
cheek, and that bashful youth was
John Pelham.
That night the Pelham boys were
forgotten in the denouement of the
aforesaid plot. One of the girl ran
—a burnt finger in her mouth—into
the^office tor some colodian and was
met by that same skeleton with arms
outspremi, and dressed in Lish
^"^"fin^cloth suit from head to
foot! Nor shriek, nor scream did
she, but fainted dead away and
awaked to find two contrite boys
Changekcame. A few short
yekra and Bdl' knd Lish were Sur-
d J
5 Rama js,toMreceeMwlriwaddiarn
soon.
The larks J
corn around £
■ Whitfifeld county had *>35 yuan,
old. peacock, to rdte—
oomnnoTni
Randolph is opt of debt and has
Urge surplus on hand.’
The net loss at the fire in West
Point is about $15,000.
Governor McDaniel is going'
pround to the convict camps.
Several young ladies went with
the Rome company to Macon.
There was about 7,500 Northern
ers iq Florida the past season.
Strawberries, peaches and pota-
toes were killed at Buchanan. • ,'T
Strawberry festivals are becoming
popular throughout Georgia. J,. ,
The express company has all ot
theis company photographed.
A Udy in Walker has a hen that
laid 90 eggs without taking a rest.
The coroner of Chatham county
held three inquests in 24 hours.
Good reports from all over the
state about the wheat and oat crop.
The prospects are good for the
Hawkinsville and Eufaula railroad.
(Politics are already interfering;
with the farmer in lower Georgia.
Rabbits are loping around the
business streets of Oglethorpe, Ga.
The three bears will be presented
at the opera house in Macon this
week.
(Macon has a knitting factory
Which turns out a hundred dozen
socks pet day. . • &>%*.'■
The ladies of Rome are hard atr
work raising funds to build a Con- '
federate monument.
Mr. A. S. Hill, of Augusta, has 1
received information that he has a
gold mine near Villa Rica, Ga.
The employees of the Central .
railroad are to decide on the loca
tion of the Wadley monument.
The bycicle club in Savannah is
still adding new members. They
go down to Thunderbolt twice a
week.
The Vidette, the official journal',
of the fair for the Savannah Volun-,
teer Guards, will soon make its ap
pearance.
The Greensboro Herald wanta a
house of correction for small boys.
Every owner of a small boy should:
start one at his residence.
.: v/ - 1. no
Brunswick whipped the August.a,
chickens in a main fight in Sayan
nah. A great deal of money whs'
lost by the Augusta sport6.
The store of Fricks Bros., at Ris
ing Fawn, Dade county, was ente>-.
ed by thieves last Saturday night,
and the safe was blown open atul
robbed of $250. Two unknown- 1
The West Point Enterprise says:
“Maria Rouse, a regress just from
Liberia, got off the train here Tues
day. She says she lelt Alabama
about seven years ago with over six
ty others, that they led a miserable
life in Liberia, that there was much,
sickness, and that all who went,
there are dead except ten; only two
making enough to get back to their
dear old home. *
GENERAL NEWS.
5”h. mreand Jones, C. S. A. A
few short years and “Miss
3 'iLLi;u.t 7—*ind “Miss Georgia'
is the'rfiotlierofthe Dt*s. boys, and
j*“P over their sweet
vO.. Jean li the wile'of
Of Birmingham. "! ■ b
>$&Y,'#hose‘Wyb'ieO be-
rtJ** of* girt, freed the
to thie front, over the red
the (tattle fire, rode the
. TWre came a time
hen hts pale, yellow WUr flashed
. *k e hftttle smoke
-thert adlWas dark before the eye
tat looked vo fearlessly in the face'
J^ ll £'‘ Th * r « ,c »«ne »lull in the
comrades of the
tt*ll by: the bier of
ebeapfifiUboy who was
“NoTertorido wlthtso rfn«lnit>rir*ae.
Never to lMd with taetflttorbaUala.” i
• ®°ni-
i^. 1 ^jS t ?,' fir *? lnre88 oa that love-
. .S? 8 !frih th* world and amofai
There is a serious political crisis
at Pekin. - j,.
The President has recognized a
Corean consul.
Jean Baptiste Dumas, the French
chemist, is dead.
The Spanish government is pre
paring to despatch troops to Cuba;
There is a strong temperance
movement in progress at Princeton,
N.J. ■ ' ;1 ■■ ! 'J-U
Two brothers named Spencer
were killed by a boiler explosion at
Ford, Ill. t.-iiiiw
Fourteen prisoners tunnelled their
way out of the jail , at Des Mgines,
Iowa. J .-.ciup J;.,':
A narrow-gauge railway is pro
jected between Boston and Wor
cester, Mass.
A large increase in the sale of
stamps is reported from the Post-
Office Department. .. !:]
The French Canadians; are de
manding more offices in the Domitv
ion government ,: (l
The conviction of the ex-city
treasurer, of Buffalo, Joseph Bprk,
was confirmed by the general term.
Ossian Terburgh, attorney^ of
Pittsburg, Pa., committed sujcide
this evening by taking prussic acid.
In the contested election case of
Mickley vs. Looms, the Ohl6‘ sen
ate has seated the fortner, who h a
democrat. ' • ! . •<. rj
An executive order has been is
sued to prepare a liberal exhibit for
the New Orleans Exposition > nqjxt
December. , -—
It is surmised that Gen. BatUau
has resigned his Consulship in Ha
vana on account of the Aguero ex- f
peditiem. i . 1 _ ;V.'
, Several rai^road accidents occur
red yesterday, but the, damage .was
mainly confined to the wrecking of
the freight cars.
: Affairs at Berberare daily assum
ing a more menacing attitude, and
the tnbes between that place and
Shendy are in a state of insurrec
tion..
Henry Carr, one of the Howard
county (Ark.) rioters, has again
beein convicted - of murder in the
first degree, - and ; will' be : hang<ed
Julio 350»vio tisrii oi irnrtvt utgin
, Thd styike of the iiiipaid railroad'
men in Ohio has been ended, and
'they are to be paid for the work
done last February iu aday oVfivo.
- Thp ice jam in the Fenobscot
riyer at Steam Mill Point, .three
miles above Old Town,. Me,, , gave
way yesterday, an4 log* estimated
at i,ooo^xx> feet hav*. broken loose.
Mr. -Joseph ; Agate, : the 1 retired
merchant of"Yonkers, committed
suicide at EarleVHotel by ’shooting
himself throtagh the ! head; ; Itiiom-
nia was'the Ca'iittO -‘botq ovrrl
Generid Geoirge < W. : Efieizieiy|6»r.
mcriy a member of the famous
“Stubbs companyV4uring the Free
StataWtara^KanSas, ;Wss“jtijr6.wn
on Thurstjsy r andltilk d.
Mr.:Rooney Wallace, of : Fitch-
burg,'.Mass.; has given that cityi a
lot of land on Monument square
valued at $20,cpq, and wifi ’ Wild
upon it, at his own expeqs*, a free
public library, reading room ijawnD
art gallery to cost
jspgir tat*.
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