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The Banner-Watchman, of Ath
ens, “favors Jackson for congress
man in the Fifth, against Col. Ham
mond, withaut giving reasons.”
That isn’t like Gantt. He can give
piles and piles of reasons for taking
up Scab. Reese, but they don't stand
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i reason. In the case of Jackson,
ire should think thaf not even Larry
Gantt could give a reason, and that
accounts for his silence.—Eatonton
Messenger.
above query first originated
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NO XXXXV
A'I'H F/NTS, GEORGIA,
APRIL 39, 1884.
irn <iii jja,
VOL SO
from a little local scribe in Athens:
to the Augusta Chronicle, and as «rp.
did not think it necessary for the
political salvation of the Fifth dis
trict that he should be given our
reasons, didn’t see fit to deign a re
ply. We decided to let the inquisi
tive and budding young reporter
first master the sensational suicide
of "Mrs. Smith,” in Jackson county,
before permitting him to be trans-
ormed into a political interrogation
point. But since the Eatonton Mes
senger, one of the leading weeklies
in the state, has adopted the conun
drum as its own, we will state for
its edification that our reasons for
supporting Jackson in preference to
Hammond are: We know-Capt.
Jackson to be fully the equal, if not
superior, in every sense, to Col.
Hammond. Capt. Jackson deserves
as much as any man in Georgia at
the hands of his state and party.
Col. Hammond has been honored
fully up to his deserts, and should
now be content to give place to some
one else. We are opposed to one
man having a lease on any public
office, for it is antagonistic to the
principles of our republican gov
ernment. Gen. Grant was defeated
for President upon this issue, and
the same rule should apply to con
gressmen. Propriety should make
an officer step down and out when
he has served a reasonable length
of time. and if his greed
for position prevents this, the pen
pic must administer the rebuke
themselves. It has long been a
custom in Georgia for a congress
man to withdraw from the contest
alrer serving two terms, and we do
not see that Col. Hammond's ca-
teer has entitled him to any superi
or claims over other officers. Capt.
Jackson has never for up instant
wavered in his duty to his
country anti his party, and no gen
tleman in Georgia is more tieserv
ing of promotion. He is a genial,
warm-hearted gentleman, and can
be of inestimable benefit to bis peo
ple. On the other hand, Col. Ham
mond is of a morose and rcpellant
disposition, and when in his pres-
enci you feel as it on an expedition
to tire North Pole. While possess
ing no personal magnetism, a nec
essary essential to a successful con
gressman, not even his friends
claim that he is possessed of anv
brighter intellect than his chival
rous young antagonist, whose pres
ence in the halls o 1 congress will be
as a ray of bright sunshine from the
south. As to our “piles and piles of
reasons" for taking up Scab. Reese,
We have only to say they seem to
“stand pretty much to reason" with
the democracy of the 8th district,
for he will certainly he nominated
by acclamation. In fact, we do not
think there is a man in our midst
who dare oppose him. With the
exception of the Eatonton .Messen
ger, every paper in the Sth district
espouses his cause, and surely bro
ther Reese has not the egotism to
put his judgment in opposition to a
solid press and a spontaneous, un
solicited uprising of the democracy.
MISS LULA. HURST.
Tlte ELECTRIC MMD OF COLLARDTOWN
VISITS ATHENS. v
A Wonderful Performance—Capt Bradcen
Cowhidcd with Mr. Cheney, and the Banner.
Watchman Editor CarrielAway Bleeding on
a Litter—A Georgia Girl that Lay* a Cg-
clone in the Shade—Interview with the Elder
Hurst. * •
Lula Hurst, the eighth wonder of
the world, has visited Athens and
left our people gaping with amaze-
ment. She.opened Jier batteries in
our opera house Saturday night,
and notwithstanding the inclement
weather the building was well fill
ed. Until Miss Lula's pap wore
that fellow in Rome out with a
chair and invited an Atlanta lawyer
oil the stage with the toe of his
hoot, the Banner-Watchman, back
ed by almost a solid. Georgia press,
had been very blatant in pronounc
ing the entertainment a humbug of
the first water. But when we
discovered that Capt. Hurst was a __ _ __ _
regular cyclone on legs, together j p 0wer steam engine hid somewhere
after an even
ing's performance. ■ On the occa-
sitm of her visit to this city Miss
Hurst broke down more than a doz
er) stout men, while she was as cool
and pleasant as a spring morning.
We carefully watched her hands,
and there Was not the slightest ex
ertion on her part. ’ In fact, she
tells us that when she unconsciously
makes any resistance the power
weakens.
We asked Capt. Bradeen what he
thought of Miss.Lula. “Well,” he
said, ‘I have'wrestled with a grizzly
beirr in the mountains of North Car
olina; I have had boxing matches
with cyclones in Georgia, and
laughed in the face of a Texas bliz
zard, but the electric rpaid of Col-
lardtown lays in the shade anything
I ever tackled. I am dumb with
amxiempnt.”
Jont Hampton says there is r.o
electricity' about ’Miss Lula, but
front the way she jerked him around
he thinks she must have a 50-horse
EIGHTH DISTRICT CONVENTION.
Eatonfon Messenger. “Having
only been formed by the lust Legis
lature, the Eighth district has never
met in convention to nominate a
Democratic candidate for Congress.
The matter must soon come up as
to the most suitable place for holding
such convention
with our brethren of the Fourth
Estate we obser zed a discreet si
lence. Tiie evening before the per
formance Capt. Hurst called at our
office, and we found him an intelli
gent, genial gentleman, in the prime
of life. lie said he wanted us to
he on the stage that night, and
promised to protect our precious
carcas with ihe same enthusiasm
toat he smashed tiie skull of that
noble Roman. So taking out a life
insurance policy, and lining our rai
ment with volumes of congressional
literature, we marched on the stage
with the desperation ot a martyr to
science. Miss Lula Hurst isa child
of nature. While not a beauty, she
is a line-looking, well-made, hand
some young girl, with black curly
hair, dark brown eyes,and cheeks as
ted as roses. But her eyes are her
most striking feature. They are
literally the windows of the soul,
and seem to mesmerize you. There
is something peculiarly attractive
about those orbs, and when once
looked into you feel a craving to
gaze again and again. There is
nothing affiected or forward about
Miss Ilurst. She is modest and
dignified, but you can see lingering
in her every feature amiability and
a love of fun. She is accompanied
by her parents and l’rof. Atkinson,
the famous elocutionist of Madison.
Mrs. Hurst isa remarkably hand
some lady, with graceful and easy
manners, and could readily pass for
50 years of age. Miss Lula has not
as yet reached her 16th birthday, al
though her weight is 125 pounds.
When you meet this pleasant fam
ily, you are at once convinced of
their honesty and sincerity. There
is nothing like deception about
them. Capt. Ilurst is a Tennesseean
by birth, but has resided in Georgia
for a number of years. He was
gallant Confederate soldier, and is
connected with the best families in
our state. Miss Lula was born in
Tennessee, but reared in Georgia.
But we must proceed with the
performance. The first act was the
umbrella scene. The Editor was in
vited to stand beneath it with Miss
Lula. She placed one hand upon
the handle and requested us to do
the same. We insisted on relieving
Miss Ilurst altogether of this task,
but she stated that her hand was
necessary to complete the perform
ance. Altera few seconds waiting
our fair umbrella companion threw
upon ns those magnetic eyes and
exclaimed, "Look out!” At the
same time the umbrella came down
upon out devoted head with a crash,
and then turning itself inside out,
took the form of a thing of life. It
would writhe and twist, -and
finally broke to pieces by our
combined efiorts to hold it
still. Our face was skinned in sev
eral places by the ribs, and we felt
and looked very much like a fellow
who had just come out of the hands
of some juvenile barber. Capt.
Ilurst tells us that it is impossible
for his daughter to hold an umbrella
over her. for it at once begins to act
as if in a fearful gale and is soon
about her person.
Capt. Hurst tolls us that the won
derful performances ot his daugh
ter upon the stage are only a begin
ning of what she can do. He says
she Can tell the age of any person
and the time by your watch up to
the minute. He has promised us a
private entertainment, that we may
see for ourself. The Captain
says he does not like to tell the
strange pertormances that he has
witnessed, for no one would belicve
them; that every word published
in the papers is true and not half
has been told. He tells us that he
has seen his daughter, while lying
upon a bed, think a sang in her
mind, while any part of the bed or
room to which she directs her at
tention will a» once give forth the
music distinct enough to be heard
all over the house. She can make
the bed whistle, sing, groan, e!c.
BOGGAN CASH.
Is Ha In
Sheriff Spofford, of Chesterfield
county, says the News Courier,
of April 17, is in the city. He was
interviewed as to what he knew
about the Cashes:
Reporter—Sheriff Spofford, you
have seen the letter published about
your having receiver a letter from
Boggan Cash while on his Way to
Canada. Now I want you to tell
me all you know about Boggan,
and whether it is true that when
you went to Col. E. B. C. Cash’s
house to arrest Boggan instead of
doing yoyr duty you got drunk on
CoL Cash’s whisky, as it has been
frequently charged? — , '
Sheriff Spofford—I don’t pretend
to vouch for Boggan Cash’s, being
in Canada. I received a letter from
him in Meridian, Miss., about two
weeks ago. In that letter he first
alluded to his being unjustly cen
sured, and said that he was sorry
that I had been put to any trouble
on his account. He said that when
the letter reached me. he would be a
long way from Meridian. He also
said that if he was given an impar
tial jury he would be at court to
stand trial. This at any rate was
the impression made on my mind
by what he wrote. I don’t know
how he got away, nor when he left.
It is hard to tell whether Boggan
will come back to stand his trial.
I think he could be convicted by a
Chesterfield jury if the evidence in
the case should warrant his convic
tion. That’s my honest opinion in
the matter.
About the time of the murder of
Richards I was Uken sick. The
only time I have seen Col. Cash
was the day after the killing of
Richards, when I went down to his
house to arrest Boggan. I did not
see Boggan, but was told by the
Colonel that for the present Bog
gan would avoid arrest.
N’o, 1 don’t think I got drunk at
Those stories about the missing gar- Cash’s house. The fact is, Cash
ments from locked rooms are all true. 1 had no whisky when I was there.
He has nailed down windows anu I I had a little out in my buggy, and
locked doors, when Miss Lula would | told the Colonel about it, when he
remark such a garment, then in
trunk or drawer, will he found hang
ing on a certain picture. In a few
moments, upon entering the room,
it would be just as she predicted.
Capt. Hurst says at first he was
fearful that his daughter’s mind
would give way under the excite
ment and sent her away from home;
but she has always been a good
Christian and told him that she was
not afraid, and felt that nothing
would hurt them. The first man
ifestation that presented itself was
while washing dishes in a room to
herself one of the knives flew across
the table, and the next was an um
brella that she was walking under
twisting inside out. After this won
drous tilings began to occur and
Capt. Hurst says for ten or twelve
days he lived in fear and horror;
that from the performances he saw
in his daughter he would not have
permitted her to put a hand on the
corner of his house, and bid it move,
while his family was therein, for a
million dollars. He says he is no
believer in spiritualism, and is as
.much at a loss as any one to account
Tor Kis’'daughter’s powers."' Tfiiy
came upon her suddenly, and it is
predicted that they will depart in
the same way. She has never been
sick a day in her life, and is the pic
ture of health VVe are entirely
convinced that there is nothing like
fraud about this entertainment, hut
can give no explanation of its cause.
The entertainment was inter
spersed with delightful recitations
by Prof. Frank Atkinson, that
added greatly to the pleasure of the
evening. It is a happy idea to fill
the intervals in the performance.
Studying the ge- twisted to pieces. Would that this
ographical positions of the countics’l wonderful power could be discov-
prising this district, we cannot e " ci1 a " d a PP*' ed to tl,at T ast ar "»y
fail to advocate Athens as the place
for the convention. Athens may he
more readily approached bv rail-
'tiads than any city in the district;
it is within easy reach of the upper
counties of the district—Franklin,
1 lart. Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe.
Elbert and Wilkes—and the coun
ties of Putnam, Hancock, Morgan
and Greene could easily reach her.
We are favorable to Athens as the
point for our first nominating con
vention. Athens is a rising little
city. We feel sure that the hoys
could easily get there from all the
of umbrella thieves that infest our
land! Miss 1 .ula next took a billiard-
cue, and requested us to hold it
firmly, while she placed the tips of
her lingers on the same. Learning
a lesson from our encounter with
the unilirclln, we asked the young
lady which end was loaded. She
replied that ire would find it loaded
all over; and you may just stake
your last nickel that we did, too.
We felt like we were trying to hold
down n Hash of lightning. It beat
the tat-too first upon our head and
next our shins, until we were at last
forced to beg quarter and retreat
behind the scenes. After laying
several other parties in the shade,
, , , , , , the most wonderful of all her per-
counnes and that they would he formanccSt the chair act, was be-
treated with genuine Georgia hospi
tality and gentility by her fine citi
zenship.”
What lias become of the Salva
tion Army? We were looking for
these Yankee fanatics down south
to give the brother in black a tune.
The Savannah Times is wanting
live men for the next national cam
paign. We rather think oursclvas
that a live man would ti|^ the bill
better than the other kind.
Blaine has written a book. If he
gets heat for President he should
start out on a lecturing tour to wind
up his political career. His sub
ject should be, What I knew about
Ben Hill as an orator.
It is thought that the reward of
#25,000 offered for positive news of
the Greely party will have the de
sired effecl. The reward is suffi
ciently Urge to tempt the whalers
to extra efiorts to discover the
vt hereabouts of the party.
It is stated on the authority of a
traveler that buzzards will not cat
the dead carcass of a Mexican on
account of the pungency ot the skin
which is due to the large quantity
of red pepper he cats on his
corn cakes and baked beans.
DYING IN DROVES.
Cold winters arc not certain de
stroyers of caterpillars. The emi
nent lady entomologist of England,
Miss E. A. Ormcrod, states that
many caterpillars can resist very
low temperature when in their win
ter quartets, and be frozen h^rd
without suffering any permanent
injury.
gun. We were seated in an ordina
ry chair while Miss Lula lightly
placed her hands upon the back.
The first tiling we knew that chair
seemed possessed with a sudden
desire to get up anil travel. We did
our best to hold it down—and if
there is one thing at which we are
an adept it is keeping down both
chairs and cheers—but in spite ot
ill our efiorts we were treated to a
free excursion over the stage on the
wings of electricity. We after
wards tried to hold the chair still by
pressing it against our breast, but
when Miss Lula touched its bottom
and side with her fingers we had as
soon try to manage a Texas pony.
At this juncture Tom Hampton
stepped upon the stage with the air
of a conqueror, and intimated that
he would like to take a little electric
exercise .n his’n. Well, in less time
than it takes to write it, Tom was
hors du combat, while Dr. Crawford
was puffing like a coal-burniftg loco
motive. Capt. Bradeen, the Jumbo
of Athens, was next taken in band,
and from the firm manner that he
planted himsejf in his tracks plainly
said to Miss Lula: “Here i* your
old Rock of Gibraltar!” Bat this
young girl, with a smile on her face,
stormed the human citadel, and soon
had the 300-pounder writhing on
the carpet. Next several of the
stoutest men in our city vainly at
tempted to force the chair to the
floor while Miss Lula held it in place
by simply pressing the palms of her
hands against the seat and one post
But the best part of the show was
when she pulled up our young
friend Cheney on a billiard-cue, and
gave Capt Bradeen a severe cow-
hiding with him. It was certainly
a wonderful performance, and there
is nothing like humbug about it.
Miss Hurst certainly possesses some
singular power, but what it is, no
one can divine. It is hot electric!
Five Tb°iiBanS Laborers on the Panama Canal
Carried Off In Three Months.
Philadelphia Record.
Our $20,000,000 has been spent in
establishing homes for the engineers
and workingmen along the route of
the Panama Ship Canal, said Capt.
James Whitbank, who has been lor
more than a year ergaged in dredg
ing operations on the canal, and who
has just returned home after a tough
tussle with the dreaded swamp fe
ver.
“Plenty of money, there, Cap
tain?”
“Oh, plenty. There is only one
thing more common than cash, and
that is death. Men die like the
leaves in autumn. Only the Italians
appear to live. The dead are dis
posed of without ceremony. A shal
low grave, no prayers, and all is in
a moment forgotten. There are now
15,000 men at work on the canal,
mostly negroes from Jamaica and
the French West Indies. These
negroes are brought over in droves
as fast as those at work die, and I
venture to say that not two-thirds of
the 15,000 laborers now at work trill
be alive a year from now. It’s dread
ful Five thousand died during the
past three months; but the large
pay tempts men lo brave all the
danger. The company appears to
have an unlimited supply of money,
and pays off every two weeks.”
“What progress has been made
in the four years?”
“Well, two miles and a half of the
canal proper has been dug out.
Originally this section was dredged
to a depth of 'fourteen feet, but is
now only six feet deep, the soft
swamp lands pressed down by the
weight ol the dirt thrown out on ei
i Ai HIRED MAN’S CRIME.
said that he had none go offer me,
and he went out to my buggy and
took a drink of mine. I saw no
evidence of intoxication anywhere.
1 went home from Col. Cash’s and
was sick. I am troubled with dys
pepsia and rheumatism, I had 1
plan for securing the arrest of Bog.
gan Cash which I believe would
have been successful had I not
been interfered with. I do not
blame Gov. Thompson for the
course he pursued in this matter,
but my plans did not work out be
cause they were not allowed time.
My first plan for the arrest was to
put two men on the train on the
Chcraw & Darlington road and run
them up and down the road for sev
eral days. I had heard that Bog
gan had been seen at the depot,
and my idea was that if he should
show himself at the depot while my
deputies were on the train, it would
be an easy thing to take him. If
this plan failed I intended to raise a
sufficient posse to gb down and
surround Cash’s house and capture
him, and I think I would have suc
ceeded in my purpose. I was just
'Abbut getting ready to goclSwh on
the Monday after the Sunday on
which Col. Cash was arrested, but
I heard that the state constabulary
were on the ground and I gave up
my intention. 1 was satisfied that
it would now be utterly useless to
attempt to capture BoggtA in the
l’eedee swamp with a posse, for he
knows every foot of it, and I had
been informed that he had videttes
on post all the time. I was also
pretty well satisfied that nothing
could be mentioned in Cheraw about
getting up a posse but that Cash
would be informed of it in a few
minutes. So I had to proceed with
caution, aAd did not intend to make
known my course of action. In
reference to this matter I think I
was unjustly and unkindly treated.
BLOWN DOWN.
Miraculous Eicap* tnm Death of nurtf-Two out
ot Thlrty-Thra* Inmtm.
Galveston, April 10.—4 dis
patch from Dallas, says: “Yesterdav
morning a terrible rain storm, ac
companied bv thunder and light
ning, visited this place. A colored
church building, on the corner of
Juliet and Ball streets, was struck,
the wind completely demolishing
it. It was occupied as a colored
school and contained thirty-two pu
pils. Ten children were injured,
one fatally. The school was taught
by Mrs. Clarissa Williams, (colored)
who miraculously escaped death,
being caught by the falling timbers.
She received slight injuries. Notic
ing a heavy black cloud, and not
believing in the security of the build
ing, she dismissed the school, but
the building fell before the children
got out.”
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T>»nwF—eiaHw*»ato pwSyniha ax.
Following are details of a. terrible
tragedy enacted a few days since ih
an Illinois farm house: At about 10
o’clock on -Wednesday night a
double murder was committed near
the village of Bandin, six miles
northeast of Charleston, I1L, The
victims were Nehemiah Fleetwood
and wife, aged sixty-eight and sev
enty years. The Fleetwoods lived
in a two-story house. They slept
down stairs, and the hired man,
'James Winkleback, occupied the
rbom directly above them, while
across the hall, upstairs, slept the
grown daughter, Emma. The family
Tetired early on Wednesday night
Ah about to o’clock .Emma was
partly aroused, and heard Winkle-
back, she thought, talking with the
old folks below. . She dropped off
to sleep again, and some time after
ward she heard another noise be
low; but was not wide awake enough
to know whether it was the sound
of a revolver or blows with a ham
mer. Again she went to sleep, but
was soon awakened by the smell of
smoke. She saw that the house
was on fire, and called across the
hall to wake Winkleback. He pre
tended to just wake up, and told her
that she could not get down that
way (the stairs leading from Wink-
leback’s room to the room below
occupied by the old folks), but she
burst through the room and down
the stairs to the old folks’ bedroom.
With hurried efforts she put out the
fire and cried out to Winkleback to
run for help to the neighbors. He
brought no help until he had been
sent the second time.
After putting out the fire the
daughter found the dead bodies of
her father and mother lying in the
charred remains of the bedstead.
Their clothes were burned from
their bodies. Stove wood had been
brought in,and placed on the bed to
feed the fire. Neighbors arrived
and found that Fleetwood had been
murdered before the fire was kin
dled. The old man’s head had been
crushed, and was completely sever
ed from the body. His wife hajl
been shot, the ball passing in at the
corner of her eye. Her throat was-
also cut from ear to ear.
Circumstances point to Winkle
back as the murderer, although he
denies all knowledge o£ the crime.
When it was suggested to search
the well for the missing axe he pro
tested that he had left the axe in
the woods. The well was pumped
dry, and in the bottom was found
Winkleback’s own axe covered
with blood and gray hairs. Stains
of blood were also found on his
trousers. The next morning he ap
peared dressed in a clean shirt and
refused to account for the one he
had discarded. Winkleback was
arrested, and the sheriff" started with
him for the jail at Charleston, as a
crowd of 500 persons, who had col
lected at the scene, threatened to.
lynch him. A revolver, which Win
kleback acknowledged as his, was
found with two of the chambers
empty. It is believed that he shot
Mrs. Fleetwood with
before cutting her throat.
The object ot the murder is uft"
known, TheT-hld/olks had no mon
ey. It seems that Winkleback was
in love with Emma, and had in
vain sought for her parents’ consent
to their marriage, but this would
hardly give him cause to take their
lives.
The coroner’s inquest resulted in
a verdict holding Winkleback re
sponsible for the crime. The jail at
Charleston was guarded by about a
score of the friends of the sheriff,
and all were fearful lest the mob
should come on and attack it. A
hurried consultation was held, and
it Iwas soon determined that the
safety of the prisoner demanded his
speedy removal to Mattoon, twelve
miles distant. Winkleback was
handcuffed and conducted to
waiting carriage, and was driven to
Mattoon. During the ride an ef
fort wasmrdeto get something out
of the prisoner, but he was shrewd
enough to undsrstand tne import
ance of keeping his mouth shut He
said, however, that he was innocent.
SUICIDE IN THE SURF.
Hamit in t&>
Standing Between Her Husband and His Partner*
THE WORK OF A SINGLE HAIR.
Boston ifcraUL
In the base of the capital at Wash
ington is the enginery by which the
House, the Senate and the commit
tee rooms are warmed and ventilat
ed, and the gas lighted by electrici
ty. It is altogether a big apparatus,
consisting of three immense fans,
four engines and eight boilers, with
the necessary appliances for regula
ting the temperature and moisture
of the air supplied to the nation’s
legislators. The instrument which
tells whether the air is too moist or
too dry is operated by a single hu
. .... . . , , man hair. A perfectly dry air is
therside filling in the canal from put at o; saturated air, that is, air
2 , for you do not feel the slightest'
;ock while Jwith, her. This
underneath. A great deal of work carrying all tiie moisture it will hold,
has, however, been done with the | i s put at 100. A dial with a band
great steam shovels in leveling the | like that of a clock represents the
high lands through which the canal degrees from 9 to too. The human
is to pass, and dredging will soon
be started in those sections. Work
is now progressing upon the only
large mountain which bars the way
of the canal from ocean to ocean.
This mountain is 400 feet high and
nine miles in circumference, and is
to be cat down with steam plows
and carted away. The company
has been compelled to spend $40,-
000,000, as I said, to locate homes
through the. swamps from which as
a basis the work of digging out tde
canal can be-carried on. The work
necessitated the building of railroad
branches into swamps, and the
making of solid foundations with
stone and gravel, hundreds of feet
wide and miles in extent Laborers
get $3 a day, and skilled mechanics
and bosses from $100 to $350 a
month.”
“WiD the canal ever be finished?”
“Not; I think, unless the swamp
sections are constructed with pil
ing, and that would cost so large an
amount of money that the scheme
could not possibly pay. But tiie
company appears to have all the
cash necessary to carry, on
work.” *
hair absorbs moisture like a rope,
becomes shorter when wet The
difference in length between a hair
six inches long when wet and the
same hair when dnr is made tQ rep
resent the hundred degrees of mois
ture on the dial, and the hand or
pointer moves backward or forward
as the moisture in the air varies. If
it becomes too dry moro steam is
thrown in; if too moist, less steam
is allowed to escape, and thus the
atmosphere for the nation’s states
men is regulated and kept at the
healthful point, which is about 50.
ELBERT DOINGS.
New South: The jail is without
an occupanL
It is thought that the fruit crop is
life.
Little Jim Sanders has - gone to
ftrjping. ■
A theatrical dub has been otga
nized with splendid talent .
‘ A large wild cat was killed oh the
place of ..Dr, Oliver; it whipped
seven or eight dogs and had to be
dtot. -
£ Elberton oantinues to improve
with-new residences.- - .
Ockan Grove, N. J., April 20.
In the surf just south of the
bathing houses the body of a richly
attired woman, decked with costly
jewels, was found last night. It
iroved to be that of Mrs. Anna
Tries,-of No. 1,720 Spring Garden
street, Philadelphia. All indications
point to a deliberate suicide. Her
pockets contained a large sum of
money and a tew personal orna
ments. Patrolman Pierce, of the
Life Saving Station, made the dis
covery. Friends of the lady arrived
here this afternoon. She was a
member ot the oldest and wealthiest
families > in Philadelphia; and was
prominent in society.
It appears that she left her home
yesterday, with the intention of
visiting Asbury Park, with which
place she was quite familiar, as she
was in the habit of spending much
of her time there. For a long time
Mrs. Fries, who is sixty-five years
old, has been under the treatment
of physicians, inasmuch as her mind
was affected, so much so that at
times she was not capable of taking
care of herself. For the most part,
however, this mental depression
was not noticeable, and it was only
at intervals that she required spe
cial attention. Yesterday, when
she announced her intention of
leaving home, an attempt was made
to persuade her to alter her deter
mination. She declined to do so,
however. One of her grandsons
even followed her to Broad street
station, and she expressed some
surprise at seeing him. He told
her not to go to the ocean, and af
ter some talk she said she would
not go, but would do some shop
ping and then return home. With
this understanding her relative left
her and it was expected she would
return to her residence in time for
luncheon.
Mrs. Fries did not return. Her
relatives, though greatly alarmed,
concluded that she had gone to As
bury Park by the late afternoon
train. Though some doubts were
expressed as to the propriety of her
making the journey alone, no real
fear was expressed because it was
thought she would be met at the
station by friends and then would
be safe.' The next thing heard of her
was the sad information of her sui
cide. 1
Members of Mrs. Fries’ family
will not bejieve that the lady took
her life. A gentleman this after
noon said:
“I suppose when she arrived at
her destination there was no one to
meet her, and though she was fa
miliar with the place, she wandered
out oi her proper path and fell into
the river. Such is the only expla
nation that can be given, and her
actions at previous times tend to
support this theory. She has often
started to make visits to relatives in
the northern portion ot the city, and
without the slightest notice ex
changed her determination and gone
in the opposite direction, if she was
not taken care of by her relatives or
friends Such a determination as
this was probably the cause of her
A GAMBLER’S WIFE.
Galveston, Tex., April 19.—A
special dispatch from Wharton, this
state, receivep to-day, gives the de
tails of a saloon row there last Sun
day, which resulted in the death of
one man and the escape of the mur
derer, assisted by his wife. Ap es
teemed young man named C. S.
Bythwood and a professional gam
bler known as James L. Mattison
met in' the saloon. A quarrel
of longstanding between them was
renewed.
“I can whip any man in Wharton
county,” boasted the gambler.
“Is that remark directed to tne?”
inquired Mr. Bythwood.
Without replying the gambler
drew his revolver, and in rapid suc
cession fired five times at young
Bythwood. two of the bullets pass
ing, through his heart Before fall
ing, Bythwood succeeded in. firing
twice at his antagonist though
without effect. The young man
died instantly.
Immediately after the tragedy
Mattison Jled toward the railroad
bridge over the .Colorado river, in
the neighborhood of which himself
and wife lived. An alarm was given
and shortly after the shooting the
sherifi and a posse were in hot pur
suit Arriving at the bridge, half a
mile away, the pursuing party met
an unexpected obstacle., Standing
near Jthe entrance of the bridge was
the wife of the murderer, who;
with drawn revolver, disputed tho
passage of the party; She held the
authorities at bay, realizing that ev
ery oqinute put distance between
her fleeing husband and those who
sought to capture him.
Finally the party charged the
bridge and succeeded in arresting
the devoted wife* but not until she
had shot twice at the sherifi. Her
gallant defense of the bridge ena
bled her husband to escape, and he
is still at large, though the pursuit
is still in progress ‘ If taken, Matti
son will probably be lynched, as his
victim has many friends in Whor
ton.
Galveston, April 22.—A special
to the News, from Laredo, says:
The costly clubs and hotel buildings
erected by the construction compa
ny of Gould’s extension of the inter
national road into Mexico have been
seized and apnropri&dbFthe cW&
authorities of New Laredo.
Eelmoot Castle, near Dundee, in
Scotland, has been burned. Jn it
were many valuable paintings,
which were destroyed.
fVieur the ocean,
rection in preference to going to
the house for which she was bound.
She was very weak and could not
walk far, and, overcome by fatigue,
fell into the water and was drowned
before she could recover herself.”
“Did she have any trouble?” ask
ed the Journal correspondent
“She was never known to have
a care or trouble, and lived happily
with her family, and the real cause
of her death was no doubt due to a
misstep while suffering from a tem
porary aberration of the mind.”
DM* B«t If**" bum** faMC
About 11:45 Wednesday night,
says the New York World of the
iSth inst., Maj. Edwin H. Weirman,
a man of distinguished appearance,
entered the Coleman house, where
he had been stopping for the past
two months, and going up to the
night clerk, William L. Strails, re
marked that he was not feeling well
and asked him to feel his heart beat.
The clerk afterwards said that Weir-
man’s heart was beating like a trip
hammer. Major Weirman turned
and walked to the elevator. As he
' .Mocon J* Infested by a band dtj
burglars.
The Atlanta post office is to be
inspected.
The strike at Fall River, Mass,,
still continues.
entered the door he staggered and
fell into the elevator boy’s arms. He
gave one gasp and died. His body
was taken to his room and the cor
oner notified.
In Major Weirman’s pocket was
found a 5-chambered Smith & Wes
son aS-calibre, single action revolv
er. It was evident that the man
had intended suicide, but death had
anticipated him. The autopsy
made by Dr. Jenkins last evening
showed that the man had died from
aneurism of the heart.
Mr. Mason, to whom the letter
was addressed, has charge of the
cafe in the Hotel St. Marc. He
said to a reporter: “I have known
Major Weirman for a number of
years. He was a gentleman of
means and culture. He was a
Southern man, born in Virginia,
and had charge of a Northern regi
ment during the late war. During
Andrew Johnson’s administration
he was the President’s private sec
retary. He was very wealthy and
had been connected with several
railroads. He was, a short time ago,
inspector of the Pullman Palace Car
Company. lie speculated in Wall
street a great deal and lost heavily.
About a year ago he suffered from
heart trouble.”
Clerk Downs, of the St. Marc
hotel, said- “Major Wierinan left
this hotel last January. He was
one of the most perfect gentlemen
I ever met. lie was very
wealthy until he lost his money i n
W all street. He was enpag»J to
marry a wealthy young widow
whose name I will not give. They
frequently dined together here,
where the Major spent his money
freefe. He was in here on Tues
day, I think, and bortowed an um
brella of me. VVe were talking of
the number of suicides which were
printed in the daily papers, and the
Major remarked: “You need not
be surprised if you see my name
among the list.’ I laughed and
said that he was not that kind of a
man. He replied, “I am no good
and may as well die.’ He had been
despondent for some time, but I
never believed that he contemplat
ed suicide. Judging from his let-
ters I think that he was on his way
to his room to shoot himself when
God interferred. IcJ will he a sad
blow to his friends, for everybody
loved him. He was, to my knowl-
edge, connected with several rail
roads. Last summer he had charge
# roa d between Long Beach
and I oint Lookout.”
Col. S. N. Moulton, a lawyer, re-
« n l|y of Cincinnati, and who, with
ted b y *stoppingafthe Arno
, she Went in that dil? ‘Hotel, at Broad wav and Tm>ntv.
" eighth street, has known ffir
Weirman for several years. He
said yesterday: “I met Major Weir
man four years ago when he was
connected with the Texas, Louisi
ana ic Pacific railroad in Cincinnati.
He was a very able man, whom
every one appeared to like. When
the road changed hands he came to
this city. During President John-
son s term Weirman was associated
with him. I believe he was con
nected with the revenue depart-
m f"t' ns , om e way. Tt has been
said that he was Johnson’s private
secretary, but I am not certain what
he did. At any rate, when Tohn-
son swung around in the circle
Weirman was with him. He was
engaged to marry a very charming
lady, who is worth a great deal of
money, bhe is from Kentucky.
Weirman was a southerner. I think
he came to Cincinnati with the? in
flux of railroad people from Ala
bama or Georgia. He has many in
fluential friends, and I will comtnu
mcate to them about his death.”
SEARGENT S. PRENTISS’
GRAVE.
It la Marked Only by a Marble Slab.
Natchez Letter.
Our drive was extended a little
beyond the second mile post from
the city, and we tuined to the right
and drove up a well shaded hill.-
Perhaps we had gone a quarter of
a mile when the carriage stopped
and Capt. Lambert said: “Here is
what I wanted to show you.” To
the left of the road stood the com
modious Seargent mansion, and op
posite to it, in an opening in the
oaks, there was an enclosure sur
rounded by a brick wall about four
feet high, above whjch two or three
marble monuments peeped up.
There was no one around the Sear
gent house, and the park was as si
lent as death. The few dead twigs
we stepped upon snapped sharp
with startled noise. Nothing could
be more quiet, and I thought surely,
if there is peace in the grave, those
sleeping within that enclosure have
secured it “There,” said Capt
Lambett, “is the resting place of
Seargent S. Prentiss, Only one
man like him can come in a cen
tury." We stepped in.. There were
some seven or eight graves in the
enclosure, each with a marble shaft.
We looked for the name of that
immortal orator, hut did not see it.
Glancing beyond the central group
of stones fin a simple marble was
we read: “S. S. Prentiss, born at
Portland, Me., September 30, 1S0S,
departed this life at Natchez, July
1, *850. ‘I am the resurrection and
the life; he that believeth in Me,
though he were dead, shall he live.’ ”
A small slab was his foot-stone. His
grave was the mother earth, and
time and winter’s rains had washed
away the mound untti it was level
with the surrounding ground. Ex
cept (or ti»e tombstone the foot
would tread upon it, not knowing
it was a grave? The grasses budded
brightly above him, and three or
four tittle unknown weeds, with a
yellow and white star, blossomed
over his breast. At his loot a blush
rose w«s growing, and in it were
some buds. Near the grave of Mr.
Prentiss was a marble obelisk, with
this inscription, “Winthrop Sar
gent, first Governor of the Territory
of Mississippi, bort) May 1, 1755,
died June^ 3, 182a” This little mon
ument was leaning over, having set
tled mneh.
THE DOCTOR WILL SETTLE,
At the spring horse sale in Ken
tucky, stock averaged $250.
109 bodies have been recovered
from the Pocahontas mine.
It is now said that Mr. Tilden will
run, and his health is no obstacle.
A Wayne county negro carved a
companion to death witii a knife.
A rich vein of tin ore has been
found on King’s mountain, N, C.
A Galveston woman cowhided a
young man for insulting her hus-
A man and wife were killed at a
New York hotel by blowing out
the gas.
A heavy snow slide near Summit,
California, covering a working train
of Chinese.
Frank DeWalt, the alleged de
faulting bank president; of Lead-
ville, has been arrested.
The negro who burned upa house
and four children, near Gadsden,
Ala., has been arrested.
Sixteen ships from which more
than 10,000 immigrants have been
landed have arrived at New York
since Saturday.
Wra. Hill, of Tones county, is dy
ing in Macon. He fell down a flight
of bar-room steps during the fire
men’s tournament.
Tohn Dickerson, of Opelika, Ala.,
shot and killed John Pressly, because
he married a
had courted.
1 girl that he (Dickerson)
. The murderer fled. '
Hon. L. B. Anderson, formerly a
representative of Newton county,
has been arrested in Atlanta on a
charge ot larceny after trust.
G a.x.'v narnv, A pril 10 - -A cpucinl
s: “Tl:
from Laredo, says: “The drought
west of Neuces still continues. The
damage to the stock interest is in
creasing daily.”
Raleigh, April I9.-The fruit crop
in this state promises to be remark
ably large. Grain shows 40 per
cent, increase over last year. Cot
ton and tobacco were never better.
Mr. Blount, of Georgia, has intro
duced a bill to reduce the internal
tax on brandy, distilled from peach
es and grapes, to ten cents per gal
Ion.
The Baptists of Monroe are go
ing to build a $6,000 church this
year. ‘ 1 1 -
It is said that Dr. Felton will be
sent to the legislature from Bartow
county.
A woman fifty years old, living
in Jackson county, has given birth
to tripletts.
Twenty-one Mormon missionar
ies and 400 Mormon emigrants ar
rived in New York Sunday night
from Europe and left via Erie road
yesterday morning for Utah.
The Queen and Crescent Line
ran from Cincinnati to New Or
leans, the actual running time in
cluding stops, was 19$ hours, and
the distance S26 miles. Many of
the miles were run in 45 seconds.
Madrid, April 20.—The Gover
nor-General of Cuba telegraphs that
Aguero’s band has'Wen surrounded
at Qienaga, and that there will be
fiblmore trouble. He says the island
is tranquil.
There was once an Indian vil
lage within the present incorporate
limits of Covington,
CoL Samuel Jemiton 1* suing the
Southwestern railroad to tho tune
of $500 for killing his pointer.
A negro in Walton county, near
the Morgan line, is quite sick
and the people thought he has the
small-pox.
Fletcher Lowery, the Savannah
murderer, has been refused a new
trial by the supreme court; and he
will hang.
Gen. John B. Gordon is said to
have become a permanent citizen of
New York city, but he loses none
of his interest in the south.)
G. W. Haymens, living in the
corner of Irwin, Dooly ana Wilcox
counties, got his finger bit while in
a fight with Jack Summer
about two months ago. He left
for Albany on Thursday to have his
hand amputated. > >
A Montezuma young man and an
Atlanta young man had a banana-
eating contest Tuesday. The At
lanta man came out two ahead, but
the Montezuma man said be would
not been defeated but for the fact
that be ate a pint of goobers and
drank two glasses of soda before en
tering the contest They devoured
nearly a bunch of bananas, one eat
ing twenty and the other eighteen.
Judge Rooney, who last week
heard the argument upon the in
junction to restrain the ordinary of
Richmond county from enforcing
the provisions of the stock law, or
no-fence law, adopted by popular
election in the county on the 8th of
January last, has rendered his de
cision refusing the application. No
tice has been given that the case
will be carried to the supreme court
Barnesville Gazette: “Something
of a sensation, was raised near
Barnesville a few days since by the
discovery on the place of Mr. W.
D. Waggoner, ot a human skeleton
in the woods. Our informant states
that there was a pistol ball through
the skull, and it appeared as if a
pistol hole had gone through it.
The flesh had all decayed,except
on the back of the skull, where the
neck joined. The matter is shroud
ed in mystery, and the only solution
given is that some days or weeks
since a negro disappeared from the
neighborhood of Mr. Waggoner,
and has not been heard of since. It
is supposed that the skeleton is the
solution of the'negro’s disappear
ance.”
Leadville, Col., April 19.—The
town is crazy over the gold find near
Pike’s Peak. Five hundred men
left the city yesterday for the new
district, and many more will leave
tb-day.
Dayton, O., April 19.—A crowd
of men last night tried to take Mi
chael, the alleged train-wrecker,
from charge of the constables and
hang him. He was got out of the
way by strategy.
The statement is made that the
widow of the late Gen. Woolley, U.
S. A., is so reduced in circumstances
Dr. Long Proposal to Tom Orir to Un. Hnggtai
the Garrott Property.
Yesterday Messrs. Marler and
Ferry, counsel for Dr. Henry T.
Long, of Gainesville, who since
Saturday has been in the custody of
the United States marshal, came
down and spent several hours in
consultation with their client. It is
said that the Doctor’s counsel ad
vised him to turn over the personal
property which formed the basis of
the bail trover writ and to wash his
hands of the whole transaction. It
seems that Dr. Long decided to ac
cept the advice, as late yesterday
afternoon he announced that deci
sion and began by turning over to
the marshal a lot of bonds andother
articles of value, the same being a .
part of the property in controversy.
It was expected that Dr. Lone
would have to go to jail last nighl
but when he turned over a part of
the property and announced his
intention to turn over the balance,
the marshal granted him the indul
gence of remaining another night
m the custody of two officers spe
cially detailed. It is said that the
Doctor has held to the property this
loug in order to get the matter in
such shape in court that be could
get certain fees which he claims,
should be allowed undet the law,
and which he would get as a final
adjudication of the case. The set
tlement will be concluded to-day
and then all will be serene.
The above from the Atlanta Con
stitution of yesterdajg settles, the
matter about the Wiley Garrett xyill
case, of which so much has been
said. We congratulate Mr. and
Mrs. Huggins on the final settle
ment of the aggravated case.
as to be obliged to live in a cellar,
almost starving, in Baltimore. She
was a belle in Washington society
during the war.
Cincinnati, April 19.—Whiskey
took a tumble to-day from $1 12, the
price yesterday, to $1 05. The pool
held a meeting at noon to keep pri
ces up, but failed. There is more
excitement on ’Change in conse
quence than there has been for two
years.
Louisville, Ky., April ai.—
Members of six different families
living in West End have been pois
oned by eating cake purchased from
a confectioner. A child ot George
Gross has died and ten others have
suffered terribly, but will recover.
The poison was arsenic.
The foreign consuls at Khartoum
report, April 9th, that Gen. Gordon
considers that the time for retreat
ing has arrived. Gen. Gordon will
send, with Col. Stewait and Vice-
Consul Power, who are to return to
lower Egypt by way of Abyssinia,
all foreigners who choose to accom
pany them.
Portland, Oregon, April 10.—
Andrew Higgins, a wealthy and
prominent farmer, living near Pull
man, Washington Territory, was
brutally murdered by James Knott,
who dragged the body a short dis
tance from the house and buried it
in a shallow grave at the edge of a
clump of trees. The body was found
after a long search. -
The Egyptian government has is-
sated a proclamation to the friendly
shieks abolishing all taxes and te-
r ating their assistance in opening
roads to Berber and
Sheik Morghanl approves of the
proclamation, which, he believes,
wiit eata tire natives.
The trial of Frank Jareea has been
’ sick*
Thp formal opening at New Or-
lean* of the supreme lodge of the
world of Ihe Knights of, Pythias
"ice yesterday at the Odd
hr"
Vj^^ April 22—Hugo Schenk
and Karl Schlossarek, the notorious
murderers of servant girls, were
hanged to-day. Schenk professed
to be a free thinker and asked that a
philosopher, instead of a priest,
might be sent to consult with him
but he afterwards partook of the
sacrament and prayed with the
priest throughout the night Karl
Schenk, a brother ot Hugo, was al
so implicated to a certain extent with
Hugo, and Schlossarek in their p»nr-
der league, has been incarcerated
for life.
CRIME AMONG THE NEGROES.
A Charleston, S. C., dispatch of
the 1 ith inst. says: “The improve
ment of the colored people ofSouth
Carolina in morals has not been as
notwcedjournals which ther have
been unable to coerce into* atibmis.
,. sion (0 their terms.
encouraging as their friends had
hoped for. Nine-tenths of the con
victs in the penitentiary are ne
groes, and the courts arp kept busy
with colored criminals. At the
present term of court in Marion
county twenty colored persons
were sent to the penitentiary. One
of them was convicted for beating
his child to death, another for whip-
pitig a colored man so severely'that
rre died, and two others were con
victed, of shooting'down a thrifty
and inoffensive colored farmer-
while at work in his field. Four
other negroes were seat to state
prison for riot. At the spring term
of court in Newberry county there
were r4 convicts sent to the peni
tentiary, t3 of whom were colored.
In Laurens county 7 negroes were
convicted and no whites. In Union
county 9 negroes were convicted
and two whites, and in Spaitan-
burg county 15 negroes were con
victed and 5 whites; These last
four counties are in the seventh ju:
dicial circuit. .In the other s circuits
the. ratio ot crime between the
whites and negroes*-is about the
same; Wherever the negroes are
educated their morals improve, but
among the .ignorant crime b in-
creasing.”
GENERAL NEWS.
Queen Victoria is-convalescent
Aguero’s band, it is rnmored,has
been surrounded at Cienaga.
Foreigners own over twenty mil
lions of acres of land in the United
States.
Ex-Senator “Me Too” Platt'of
New York, will be at Chicago as a
Blaine delegate.
San Antonio, Texas, was visited
by a terrific rain and wind storm
on Saturday evening.
The visit of Crown Prince Ru
dolf of Austria-Hungary to Turkey,
is said to have no political signifi
cance.
A letter from Ohio says a good
many solid republicans in that state
will not vote for Blaine if he is nom
inated.
In many counties in Iowa demo
cratic delegates to the national con
vention have been instructed to vote
for Mr. Tilden. -
A letter from the City of Mexico
explains a reactionary crusade which
the old clerical party is carrying on
against the Americans.
The Salvation Army is now lay
ing seige to Dallas, Texas. If it cap
tures that (own the whole country
might as well submit at once.
At Philadelphia an exhibition of
domestic silk products will beopen-
ed to-day under the auspices of the
Women’s Silk Culture Association.
Brick Pomeroy failed to deliver a
promised address before the Man
hattan Temperance Association be
cause his new set of teeth had not
been sent home.
The bold advance made by the
Law and Order Society of Wood-
side, L. I., caused most of the usual
Sunday visitoreSto keep away, and
the amateur constables had no work
to do. •»
A Biblical student has'arranged
the following: t’What Sunday is to
Christians, Monday i* to the Greeks,
Tuesday to the Persians, Wednes
day to the - Assyrians, Thursday to
the Egyptians, Fnday-to the Turks
and Saturday to the Jews.”
A road is to be built from Mem-
►phis, Tenn., to Columbus, Miss., to
connect with the Georgia Pacific,
controlled by the Seney syndicate,
and thereby make a continuous line
without break, from Kansas City to
Brunswick, on the Atlantic sea
board. It will require fa,000,000 to
complete the enterprise.
A queer-bribery case ha* been ex
posed in thp St- Lopis house of del
egates.. A member of (he' munici
pal assembly sold nis vow to $ome
ling bosses, the price-agreed On be-
-isg$i^eat.::AMr Ire had voted a
package which hi
of a large roU of,
him, butjt turned
wrapping papejf.Jyi
at each end.
The <manci_._
Cuba began, in 4:
the age of fifty-five were
appearance
tded
ill of
»qhe dollar bill
emancipation act.. ■:
slaves from 50 to 5S
a ted in Saptawbea, -
tween 454Ud i 50 ‘
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