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0EaoC"* TIC VICTORY IN NEW YORK.
The unexpected and decided tri-
;il p), of the democratic ticket in
No* Yoik ,s * two-< dg ed sword
’ t -r»l>uke—I® President Cleveland
, r |>b miserable conciliatory poli-
a „,l 10 those bloody shirt howl-
,, irom Ohio. Asia a Well-known
Gov. Hill was the candidate
j li e a nti-Administration wing of
l lf Nr"' Voi k democrats, and for
nie time it was a matter of grave
; u whethei or not the president
<v0 .!.l give the ticket his support.
0 within a short time of the
,n, the republicans seemed to
' (VC n ll undei hold in that state,
i CV en the democratic press
* ,u- of their chances at exceed-
., v doubtful. The mugwumps
their organs had re-
, ,cd to the republican fold, and
(;>c -t i ict party lines were drawn,
an evil hour for the republicans
. importedfroin the Buckye state
Moody shirt howlers, Sherman
3 d Foraker, and this old whine
l( l> made their battle cry. They
roved lor Davenport what eld
Orchard did to Blaine last Novem
c r. and turned the tide of battle
•:,;„! iheir friends. This great vic-
. v ,hould teach both the republi-
;aa patty and President Cleveland
... a -to the lirst th ,t the con-
„.-ta:ive, right-thinking p;ople of
,. t . North are sick and disgusted
w rn M-ctional issues and baseless
. to prejudice; to the latter
. n ,i :u> policy has not met the en-
ilji.fiiient of his party, and that he
Ins been relying upon a broken-
u .sin permitting a few republican
1, ^1, rs to exercise such great in-
=®=S5
fluein
- over his official acts,
u further shows that
ballot New York i» a
state, and t. <i he parts
. uphold its p . w«:t i
e properly drawn
This
l£jS0.'4 tO u.CttcS t'.OU I
the best mat
h:t in Oglethorpe
. conducted ott a
i u . hard leeliug or
<1. We trust that
Wi'kt
anrl o;het
is example
sure and
, , . t.-.tin-t.ince. permit local poli.
■..tor mixed up it> this contest,
a i-s v he the only enemy v >tt
Ccttaui offici'-stekets will
: a ti: -s attempt to wedge their
, tti- into the issue, but under no
;.rcit:nsl:tnce U-t it be done. You
rtei.d to their cases afterw ards.
Do no: argue with a mail who has
nude up his mind and there is no
; ! of changing, for by such
tstset' you engender personal ani
mosities and only strengthen the
t> ipusit.on. Make no war upon
,: .r-'ellcrs or the <riends ofwhis-
, bn; attack the business without
pi.uter. The prohibitionists are
not lighting men, but a business
that they conscientiously believe is
lung great injury to the country.
Do your work quietly and effective
ly, with us little noise as possible,
a nl of all things beware of giving
personal otlense. Bear in mind tha*
the advocates of liquor have just as
much tight to their opinion as you
have to your’s, and any attempt to
override or insult them will only
strengthen the opposition you must
encounter. We are tearful that the
J sprites and hurrahs in Atlanta will
injure this great cause. Such cam-
pa gns only capture the rabble, and
tncy cannot be held. To carry pro
hibition you must appeal to the
■ >ber-niindcd, reasoning voters of
he country, and on this class sole-
> must tiic prohibitionists rely.
EDITION.
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NO XIII.
ATTTOTsrS, GEORGIA,TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17,1885.
VOL XXXI
DISFRANCHISING THE NEGROES.
BULLOCK S RECORD.
'it reply to the charges made by
Dr. Hawthorne, of Atlanta, Rufus
b. bullock says:
' 1 defy any one to point to a
biemish in my private character.
My icco’f! as a business man and
n my official life is public and is
•tell Known. No aspersion has ever
ten made against my personal or
usiness cartel.”
We know nothing about the ex-
tjuvernor’s private character, but
public life tills one of the hlatk-
vs page* it. the |:c'ltical and official
h,story of Georgia. As is a well-
stuivvii tact, he was the head-ccnte r
uf that gang of plunderers and
beeves, following in the wake of
the war, that gutted the treasury of
Georgia, stole her free school funds,
•md lett a mountain ot debt upon
'•Le shoulders of the tax-payers.
When this creature and his band
"ere forced Itom the positions they
had so basely prostituted by the
“prising of a wronged and outraged
people, hke a thief in.the night Bul
lock tied the borders of our state and
remained under the protection ol the
huverno. f New York until the
"itnesses against him had disap
peared and all evidence was des
!o yeJ. Then, with a brazen ef-
hontrry in keeping with his past
* !, e, this man Bullock comes back to
Georgia with the avowed purpose
d securing a payment of fraudulent
'’etuis that he had issued, and now
himself upas an adviser of the
People tn a great moral issue. Was
■here ever a more consummate or
' razen display of cheek? How he
£ an secure the ears of an audience
°‘ respectable Georgians is more
than we can understand. If Bullock
•s the innocent man th«t he claims
10 be, why did not become back to
Dtorgia and stand his trial when his
c, iines were fresh in the minds of
,i>e people and before the evidence
‘‘•at would have insured his convic-
turn was destroyed? The ttittw
* lj ne of Rufus B. Bullock as the
advocate of any cause should be
‘“theient to defeat it before a jury
°f honest Georgians.
V
John Sherman now wants South
em representation in congress re
duced. He claims that there is no
such thing as a free ballot and a fair
count down here, and that the ne
groes are virtually disfranchised,
and consequently the South should
have no representation based on its
colored population. The real truth
is, this malignant demagogue sees
that the negroes are no longer to be
deluded in voting the republican
ticket.
We clip the above paragraph-
from an exchange, and reproduce it
to prove the truth of a prophecy we
made several years ago—that when
the republican leaders find that they
can no longer control the negro
vote in the South to advance their
political power, that they would
work for the disfranchisement of
these people. The above utterances
of John Sherman, the most bitter
partisan and veriest demagogue in
the radical ranks, is the beginning
of the same, and you will see his
suggestion taken up by other mem
bers of his party. It was the en
franchisement of the negro that
elected Cleveland, and brought the
democratic party into power, and
it will keep them there. The day
is not far distant when the Northern
republicans will be working might
am) main to disfranchise the col
ored race, and these people must
ih pond .upon, the Southern demo-
c .is'to maintain their rights and
ib -ties. They will then see who
air iheir best friends, and upon
w ,<>m they can relv for protection.
The republicans care nothing for
tne negro only so far as they can
use him to promote personal or party
and will unhesitatingly at
tempt to make a Jonah of him and
brow him overboard, when their
interest diefatr s. John Sherman,
while poising as the friend and pro-
lector of the oppressed (.-) negro
in the South, now publicly proposes
to wrest from this race the safe-
uard and protection guaranteed
rtieitt by the constitution of the Uni
ted States—their vote. Alter tead-
this proposition, emanating
from such a prominent leader and
mouth-piece of republicanism as
Senator Sherman, will the colored
people of the South longer consent
to blindly follow a patty that open
ly demands their disfranchisement?
The future success or the demo
cratic party is as essential to the
political welfare of the Southern
black men as white men, if not more
so. Place the republicans once
more in possession of the genera,
government, and their first move
will be to act upon the suggestion
ofjohn Sherman and disfranchise
the African race in America. They
know it is their only hope for main
taining power, add they will unhes
itatingly adopt it. Any attempt
made by the negroes to defeat or
antagonize the representative whites
of the South is simply political sui
cide on their part, for tins power is
the barricade that must soon stand
between the colored man and dis
franchisement. There is nothing to
be gained by the two races in the
South longer fighting each other,
and the sooner they realize this fact,
and work together tor the mutual
prosperity ot tiieir common coun—
try, the better for all concerned.
In the last issue of the Atlanta j !° fa,her in Chicago announcing
_ , ,,, , , ..i ins intention of getting a divorce.
Defiance VV. A. Pledger u
ANA&KKLETQN;
LIGHT BEGINNING fO SHINEOtf A
MYSTERIOUS Ml’RDEK.
The Skeleton in the Woode-A Negro Man
Arretted—He Knows something About
It—A Partial Confession.
Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 7.—As
already stated a few days ago, Mr.
John H. Williams, who lives on the
Harding turnpike, a fee miles from
the city, reported to the grand jury
that the skeleton of a woman had
been found in a wood on his farm,
near a (blackberry patch. The re
mains of clothing lying around indi
cated the sex, while the remains of
a half rotten bucket were found
neat, indicating that perhaps the
deceased had come to her death
while gathering blackberries last
summer. ■ 1
Since the facts were made known
the grand jury has been prosecuting
an investigation with a view of un
raveling the mystery surrounding
tire womans death, and it has been
developed that one Williams, alias
'Squire Hockett, a negro living in
Black Bottom, had told a couple of
boys, some time ago, tha» he had,
some time previously, on the same
farm, found a dead woman lying in
the woods, and that her throat was
cut and her leg bioken. He enjoin
ed upon the boys the most profound
secrecy with reference to the mat
ter. These facts reached the ears
ot Judge Allen and a bench warrant
tor the arrest of Williams was issued
and officers went to the house occu
pied by Hockett on South Market,
aiut serving the writ carried him
before the judge, who committed
him to jail until the matter could be
further investigated. Hackett de
nied in the most positive manner
I hat he had told any one such st--,
nes as had been attributed to him,
ami declared that lie hail never
found the dead body of a woman at
the place mentioned or anywhere
else. Upon being more closely
pressed, he admitted having lound
a skeleton, hut stuck to his denial
ol having touad a dead woman with
her thruat cut and her leg broken.
A STARTLING DISCOVERT.
A Successful Business Man Found to be a
Woman.
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 7.—
Sortie two years ago a smooth faced
individual came to this city and
started a saloon which was conduct
ed successfully, and returned the
owner a handsome profit. Later,
the same person, who was known to
'he business fraternity of Kansas
City, as Frank Gray, opened a gro
cery store at Seventh and Wyan
dotte streets, and soon secured a
paying patronage. During this
time Frank Gray dealt latgely in
real estate, and the investments
made showed that Gray possessed
good judgment. Gray became in
volved in a lawsuit, however, and
the startling discovery was made
that Gray was a woman named
Mary B. Whalcott. This revelation
was followed by others, and it is
finally learned that Mrs. Whalcott
had been thus masquerading as a
man for 15 years and has a married
daughter living in this city. The
discovery is said to have been made
by a private detective, who received
a “pointer” from her son-in-law.
During her dual existence Mrs.
Whalcott has drank at saloon bars
with men, smiled on ladies, and
transacted business like a man, but
when she visi'ed Columbus, O., the
home of Mrs. Whalcott, she went
dressed with clothes becoming her
sex. While she was in this city,
however, her disguise was so com
plete and her voice so masculine that
nobody suspected that she was a
woman. She had even, by constant
shaving, cultivated a slight mous
tache. A piano tuner named L. W.
TH U COURSE OF T$tU
iiuvp.
TH* ■kprf'wHSrwJUs JmMr3 u
Athens Malden, and la Arrested at the
Instance of the Glrl'e Father.
Mr. W. L. Davidson, the high-
cord performer, was arrested Mon
day night, on a warrant sworn out
by Mr. Sayer, charging him with
perjury. The facts about the case
are that Mr. Davidson went over
to Watkinsville to procure a license
to marry a young lady of Athens,
and in getting the license he stated
to the Ordinary that the girl was
over 1S years of age. The parents
of the young lady are opposed to
the marriage of their daughter to
Mr. Davidson, and hava kept her
locked up for several days to pre
vent her lrom seeing him. Mr.
Davidson has given bond in ' the
sum of - $100 for his appearance
next Thursday. Mr. D. is a splen
did rope walker, and once fell 67
feet from a tight rope without being
badly hurt, and thinks that if he can
stand such a high fall that he can
get out of this trouble without much
difficulty. It is said that love laughs
at locksmiths, and it will probably
be so in this case. Davidson is from
Ohio, and is a brother to the rope-
walker who had such a frightful
fall at Spartanburg, S. C., a few
weeiSjago. He is a young man of
about 21, and seems determined on
carrying away a bride from the
Classic City. The parents of the
young lady say they know nothing
of.Mr, D’s character or antecedents,
and their reasons for opposing the
marriage are good. As a compro
mise of the matter we would sug
gest that the young people post
pone their marriage until the would-
be groom has an opportunity to
write home and satisfy the girl’s
parents as to his character and
prospects in life.
DANIELSV1LLE DOTS.
I Foster, even became jealous of his
I wife because of her intimacy with
: Gray at a hoarding house, and sent
has writ-:
ten a very conservative and sensible |
article, in which lie denounces the
They Commit Suicide Together.
Salida, Co!., Nov. 6.—Dr. J. H.
i Nonamaker and his wife were
spirit ol communism growing up in 1 found dead in bed yesterday morn-
Georgia, and urging peace and har- j ing with bullet holes in their tem-
mony between the races. In this j T les - From letteis lelt by them to
connection we will state that the ‘J* ‘ he Xcws - **
, ^,,, , . 1 that roth had grown discouraged
charge ot 1 ledger selling Ills point | ovcr ti,ei r inability to get friends to
cal influence docs hint a grave in- | endorse a note for $-)00, and had
justice. He has been on the side ot agreed to commit suicide together,
the Banner-Watchman in several ! Wednesday night at 12 o’clock was
, , 1 , ' the time agreed upon to put their
heated campaigns, and has never | resolll , ion K into cffect They retired
received a dollar !or his* vote or ( with loaded pistols, and when me
services, llad Pledger seen tit to clock told the hour of midnight each
turn his political influence into mon- | fired, dying instantly. As Nona-
ey he would to-day be well otV, 1 makel w^.j«>°us and brutal the
. . „ , J . ... l I general belief is that he killed hts
while it is a well known tact that he | w ;( e j n a jealous tit, wrote the letter,
is a poor man. We have never as 1 a i U l then committed suicide,
yet known Pledger to go back on japan PERSIMMONS,
his white triends in Athens in any j We inadvertently overlooked the
contest, and he has never received Japan persimmons exhibited by Dr.
A Serious Chaise—Three Negroes Cruelly
Beaten—Oho In Convulsions—The Parties
Anested.
Daniki SVII.t.K, Ga„ Nov. 9.—
The three negroes, Willis Arnold,
William Hutcherson and Mack
Thrasher, who were jailed here 3rd
inst., claim that they were cruelly
beaten by parties arresting them.
William Hutcherson and Mack
Thrasher say they were carried off
in the woods Monday night, 2nd
inst., by John G. Strickland, his son
Hamp, John R. E. Williams, Joel
Williams, Isham Cheatham, George
Bryant and Toombs Bryant, wh*
built up a fire and took Hutcherson
and Thrasher off one at a time and
terribly beat them with a buggy
trace.
Willis Arnold, colored, makes
conflicting statements as to his treat
ment and shows no signs of having
been beaten. The other two are badly
scarred. Mack Thrasher was in
convulsions when found before day
yesterday morning, with but lhort
intervals, till last night. It is thought
that he could not live through the
night. It is 5 a. m. now and jail not
heard from since last night. As the
matter is reported now it is a horri
ble affair, and regretted and con
demned by the good citizens of the
county.
Capt. W. W. Scott was oa bond
for appearance of the Williams boys
at March superior court, the grand
jury having found true bills for as
sault with latent to murder in an
other case. Last night he sent to
have the Williams boys turned over
to the sheriff, preferring not to lon
ger remain on their bonds. The
other side of the case has not been
heard, and we do not know what
the men charged with the beating
have to say in the matter.
Mr. John J. Strickland, who was
sick in Athens from the 4th inst.,
recovered sufficiently to reach home
yesterday.
Mack Thrasher is very much bet
ter. He will prohaBly get well
without further trouble.
The Williams boys were arrested
last night, turned over to sherifl
and gave new bond.
fout^y vtfl(Ar£te on pro-
fd rKHKiftt— w "
rooms in Gbatnam.
It issRfd that $20,000- worth of
Whisky Is Sold ‘yearly • In".-Putnam
county; ■
Eight- candidates for Governor
were on hand at the Macon State
SHOT DEAD.
1, 1 'fginta elects a successor
'‘hone in December. He will
J®*. however, take his seat in the
. b. senate until March 4, 1SS7
'“hii S. Barboc of Alexandria,
‘uccecd Mahone. It is a great
, - v "'at Rtddlebercer cannot go
With Mahone.
Resident Cleveland has desig
ned Thursday, the 26th instant,
** Uunlttgiving dsy. | fY-jr V
one dollar tor his aid. We make
this statement as a matter of justice
to him, and the same can be estab
lished, if necessary.
The Mugwump Journals insist
that they utb not responsible for the
defeat ot the republican ticket in
New York-. They charge the de
feat to the account of “the trothy
Foraker, the scheming Sherman
and the loud-mouthed Logan, who
were imported to flaunt the dead
nd gone issues, and to seek to rake
one more victory out of the ashes of ‘"ot
a past conflict.”
Camak at the fair. These persim
mons are as large as an orange and
very sweet. They are said to grow
very well in this country, and the
specimens exhibited were raised in
Dr. C.’s garden in Athens.
Jcohn MCulIough, the actor, died
at his residence, in Philadelphia, at
five minutes past one o’clock Sun
day afternoon. McCullough’s death
although not unexpected, occurred
quite suddenly, and was due, as Mr.
Hugo Engel, his physician, says, to
an affection ol the brain, caused by
blood poisoning.
The women .auffragists had a
meeting in New I ork Thursdaj. to
express their seprn and'indignation
at not being allowed to vole in the
Tuesday’s election.
stead, of thlPall Malf Gazette,
has been convicted in London, with
Rebecca Jarrell, while Booth and
Jacques are cleared. Stead s friends
are indignant. ,
A Spotted Horse. ‘
There is a negro on Mr. A. Ol
ive’s plantation im Oglethorpe coun-
ty , who owns a mare which, up to
* this year, was a solid hay, but of
id with white spots from the size
of a shot to that of a guinea egg,
which makes her a beauty.
The seventh annual state fait* of
North Carolina Industrial Asso-
ciation, colored, was opened at Ra-
yesterday by Gov. Alfred M.
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A MOUNTAIN HUNT.
Mr. Tom Hudson, the Nimrod ol
Clarke county, has just returned
from a hunt through Rabun, Towns
and Unibn counties, north of the
Blue Ridge. . lie killed a large num
ber of birds and squirrels, slaying as
many as seven partridges at a single
He saw no large game.
NORTHERN CITIZENS.
Capt. Williford, our real estate
agent, the other day received a let
ter of inquiry from a gentleman in
Indiana, inquiring about the large
tract of land he is advertising in
the Banner-Watch man at $3.50
per acre, as also a mill in Madison
county. The party stated that he
would soon be in Athens and want
ed to invest largely in farm lands in
this section.
GontQ TO FLORIDA.
Col. Young, of Tallulah, has rent
ed the Waldo House, in Waldo,
Florida, and will open a first class
hotel there at once. Waldo is at
the junction of the railroads from
Gainesville to Cedar Keys and Ocal-'
la to Orlando. It is situated on'Lake
Altd, and boats run from Waldo to
Melrose, on Santa Fe Lake. There
is splendid fishing and duck shooting
on the lakes, and right in the centre
of the orange growing belt. Thii
is one of the most delightful places
in Flarida to spend the winter. The
toulists who '.fall in Col. Young’s
hands while in - Florida will be well
treated. He knows how to keep a
hotel and we are glad to kaow he
has got a place-in the land sf flow
ers.
Sam Jones was paid $1,000 and
Sam Small $400 for their services
at Birmingham, Ala.
A Man In Habersham Riddled With Buck-
shot by Hie Brother-In-Law—Particulars
of the Murder.
Gainesville, Nov. 9—A horri
ble murder occurred in Habersham
county, five miles from Torcoa,
Thutsday afternoon. Jasper Hen
derson was the victim. The facts,
as I have been able to gather them,
are about these: He and his wife,
who live in Toccoa, had a quarrel
and separation a few days before—
M rs. Henderson going to her moth
er’s, the scene of the homicide.
Henderson had been dmnk and
when he sobered up decided to go
after his wile. He saddled his horse
and told his friend,, in Toccoa ot his
intentions, lie went to his mother-
in-law’s, knocked at the gate and
was invited to get down and come
in. This he proceeded to do, and
in passing from the gate to the house
was fired upon with a shot gun.
Thirteen buckshot entered his body
and he fell dead. The gun was
heard by the neighbors, but no at
tention was paid to it. No alarm
was given, and the dead man re
mained in the yard. When found
by the neighbors the body and sur
roundings showed that the deceased
had been dragged one hundred and
forty yards into • the woods, where
some effects from his pocket were
found, and then dragged back and
left where he was shot down in the
yard. The track made by the body
while being dragged was easily fol
lowed. He and his wife were in
frequent broils and fights, and had
never got along well together, and
it is thought the wife, mother-in-
law and wife’s brother, Mr. Crane,
did the deed, or that Crane did it
and the others conspired with him
to do the act. Mrs. Crane, the
mother-in-law, and Mrs. Hender
son, are under arrest and an inquest
is being held in Toccoa and will be
continued to-day. Crane has fled,
and t he circumstances strongly point
to his guilt.
DEATH BOLL.
Micajah Martin, of Banks county,
died on.the 23d of October. He
was ab^utminety years old, and was
otic of the staunchest and best citi
zens of Northeast Georgia. Rev.
Lewis Shelton died on the 28th of
October. He lived to a ripe j old
agie and was for many years pre
ceding his death a zealous minister
01 the Methodist church. Jesse
Thomas, of Gum Log, died on the
19th at the ripe age ot eighty -eight
All three of the old veterans Were
born in Franklin county, and spent
their long Uvea in the neighbor
hoods that gave them birth.
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Hostilities’'-have begun betweep
the-Servian and . Bulgarian troops,
and England declares war agfintt
Thebaw.
A MUKDEB MYSTERY UfrEA
aen. Butler Telia a secret wtSshW
for More than Thirty Years.
New York 8un.
Boston Nov. 8.—Gen Butler, in
answer to many recent inquiries, has
cleared up a great murder mystery
of torty years ago. On the night
of March 26, 1845, Janas L. Parker,
who was tax collector in Manches
ter, N. H., was mysteriously murder
ed. He had passed the evening in
a bowling alley adjoining his house,
and while there a man rang the bell
and asked for Mr. Parker, who res
ponded in person, borrowing a lan-
ern from the proprietor ot the bow
ling aHey. After some conversation
they went away together, and no
more was seen of Parker until his
body was found near the edge of
some woods on the outskirts of the
town. His throat was cut from ear
to ear, and there was a deep gash
in his hip. Near the corpse was a
shoe kniteand a razor. Blood marks
were also found in each pocket ex
cept the one on the left side Af the
throusers, in which the coroner
found a watch and a small wallet
cotaining three $500 bills, thirteen
$10 and one $5 bill Five years af-
e ward Henry w.ntworth and
others were tried and acquited, but
the suspicion against the accused
men never entirely died out, and the
stigma has rested upon the Went
worth family ever since. A decen-
dant of the Wentworths recently
begged Gen. Butler to make public
any information he had about the
case, and in response jthe General
has told the secret of the murder,
which he has kept for more than
thirty years.
After referring to the trial, which
lasted for a month, Gen. Butler says:
“I had been ol counsel prior to and
after that trial for a man who was
convicted ot the murder of his wife
and two children, committed in
Wilmington in this state. Thai
murder was committed in a very
ingular manner. A shoemaker’s
knife, grounJ to a point, and a razor
were left on the table by the wo
man’s bedside, and means taken to
have the murder appear a suicide.
That murder was not committed
until some years alter the Parker
murder, but before the investigation
of the Parker murder, as that was
not tried until some five years after
the deed was committed
‘Upon the trial of the Parker
murder it came out that the murder
was committed with exactly such a
knife, and a razor was left by the
dead body. I was sttuck with the
coincidence, as I had a ground for
suspicion against a relative of my
Wilmington client, and '.he fact was
known that on the night of the
murder of Parker, which took place
between 9 and ioitt Manchester, N.
H., a wagon drawn by a white horse,
with two men in it, passed through
Lowell in the direction of Wilming
ton, and the marks of the wheels of
such a wagon were found in the
mud near the murdered man, which
wagon apparently drove‘off in the
direction of Lowell.
“As my client was about ta be
hanged and it could do him no harm,
assuring him that it should not be
used to his prejudice, I
asked as to whether or not
he drove a wagon that time
down from Manchester to Lowell
and thence to Wilmington. He ad
mitted that he did. I asked him
who was in the wagon and he said
he did not want to tell me. I asked
him with what instrument it was
done, and he said with a shoe knife
and razor. I asked him what the
razor had to do with it. ‘Why,’ he
said, ‘the man might have cut his
own throat with the razor.’ I asked
him also what was done
with the $1,000 bill which
Parker was supposed to have in his
pocket and which never could be
traced. He said there was no $1,-
000 bill taken from Parker, and
without remembering the circum
stances now, I {questioned him
until I was convinced that the
person I had in iny mind was the
man with him; but as the grand
jury found no bill against my client,
and as Pierson was hanged, I did
not feel called upon to talk with
anybody about it, because 1 sup
posed there was nobody so foolish
now as to believe that the Went
worths had anything to do with the
murder of Parker.”
A LADY ASSAULTED.
XTAtFitB inves
tigation.
Miss Nettle Brown, a Beautiful Young La
dy of Cutbbert, Attacked tty a Hotel
Keeper In Eufaula—He Fortifies Himself
Wltb a Shotgun—A Queer Affair.
Cuthbert, Ga., Nov. 7.—News
of one of the most dastardly out
rages ever committed in this see
tion has just reached here, the de
tails of which were told to your
correspondent this morning by re
liable gentlemen, who have just re
turned from Enfaula. During the
week, a number of Cuthbert peo
pie have attended the last Alabama
fair, now in progress in Eufyula.
Among others, who went over on
Thursday’s train, was Mr. George
bpeight and his cousin. Miss Nettie
Brown,a beautiful young lady much
loved Ly her many friends
for her nobleness of charac
ter as well as her.raie^beauty. She
has for several years been attending
Andrew female college and stood
high in her classes, winning the
love of her teachers and bearing off’
the medals ot hor.or'ovi less suc
cessful competitors. At some time
in the day Mr. Speight and his
cousin registered at the St. Julian
hotel and were assigned to looms.
Miss Katie Putnam was to play at
the opi-ra house at night and Mirt
Speight suggested to his cousin that
she repa r to her room and arrange
her toilet for the evening's enter
tainment. After she hail gone to
her room a man by the name of
Adams, the proprietor of the St. Ju
lian hotel, approached the door and
finding it unlocked, opened it, went
in.andlocking it on the inside.putting
the key in his pocket! He then
can jjtt the lady, who was dread
fully alarmed and screaming, and
her cries lor help were so loud and
prolonged, the wretch was fright
ened and atiempted to make his
escape by flight. It wa« his inten
tion, so the lady says, to lock her in
as he went out, but site followed
him so closely it was impossible for
him to get aw ay. Following him
right on his heels they finally reach
ed the hotel office, where fortunate
ly-some gentlemen were standing.
The young lady appealed to them
tor help, stating that she had been
grossly insulted, and asked them to
take her to her cousin, Mr. Speight.
One of the gentlemen proved to be
Mr. Jim Williams, of Dawson,
Georgia, and he kindly offered as
sistance. Starting hack up stairs
they soon found Mr. Speight, when
the young lady broke down com
pletely and aroused much sympathy
Iro.n those who h-td gutheied
around. Adams denied being the
man when approached, and fortified
himself in his office with a shotgun.
The voung lady status positively
that he is the man; that she not only
followed hint down staiis, but that
she remembers his face distinctly;
that he was slightly lame, and
other ways identifies him unmistak
ably. Our people are justly indig
nant at such outrageous conduct
Adams, it is stated, is recently of
the St. James hotel, of Selma, Ala.
A HORRIBLE 7)UTRAGE
HER CHOICE TO MAURY OR DIE.
^TtyjoSm Hannings KiQed tit* Widow Vol-
nor-Hls Fear of Being Lynalted.
Terra Haute Special,
J.C. Hennings, who killed Mrs.
Lottie Volner, at Rockville, and
was brought here by the sheriff to
protect him from a mob, is entirely
broken down and seems to think
that, if taken hack to Rockville, the
law will get no chance at him. He
realizes the enormity of his crime
and says he will plead guilty, but
appeals frequently to the officers
here not to deliver him to the
Rockville officers.
Hennings is about fifty-five years
old and boarded with Mrs. Volner,
who kept a hakery at Rockville. On
Saturday night, when the murder
was committed, Miss Oliver was
visiting Miss Volner, and they were
sewing when Hennings entered.
He approached Miss Oliver, saying
he was sorry to hear she had lost
two sisters in a week.. She re
plied, “Yes, Jack, it is so; and a
debt we all have to pay,” and asked
if she had read the note he sent her.
He had asked her to marry him
and the note referred to was as fol
lows:
“Lottie: Please answer to-night
by note, or I will talk to you alone:”
Mrs. Volner moved her chair
neater the stove, and as she did so
Hennings pulled|a bulldog revolver,
38 calibre, and began firim*. The
women|were frig t.-ned at d started
for the door, where there were five
steps to get up Mrs. Volner. stum
bled and fell and two shots entered
her body, and one struck Miss Oli
ver in the leg. Mrs. Volner got up
and ran out on the sidewalk and
fell headlong in a butcher shop next
her hakery. She was carri'ed back
and died in a few minutes.
Henniugs was found hidden in
weeds back of the bakery and was
dragged to the jail by a crowd yell
ing and hooting. Nearly a hundred
citizens who were scouring the sub
urbs of the town for him with shot
guns were thus cheated out of a
lynching which they had threatened
to carry out. When they returned
and heard of his arrest they sur
rounded the jail, and it was for fear
of them that the sheriff took Hen
nings to Brazil and then brought
him here.
Mrs. Volner was thirty-three
years c-ld. She was buried Sunday.
At the funeral, while the minister
talked and the orphan children were
around the casket crying for mam
ma to conte back, men and women
Were moved to tears.
ENOCH ARDEN AGAIN*
A DRAMA IN REAL LIFE BEING EN
ACTED IN ATHENS.
A beautiful girl harries at the ten
der AGE OF ELEVEN YEARS,
Story of Desertion, Reported Death, Sec
ond Marriage, etc.
SWEPT OVER NIAGARA FALLS.
ENDING THEIR EXISTENCE.
A Mother Infatuated Over a Nice Young
Han.
Greensboro, N. C., Nov. 10.—
Mrs. Martha Wilkerson, a widow
about forty years of age. lived five
miles west ol here with her only
chitd, a young man eighteen. The
widow became infatuated with a
young hired man named Alsopo.
who worked for a neighbor, and
was about to marry him, but her
son bitterly opposed the match. He
declared he would leave lioine for
ever if the marriage took place. On
Sunday morning the neighbors
found both mother and son dead
on the floor, each with a bullet
through the head. It is not known
who shot the other, but it is sup
posed they agreed mutually to end
their existence.
Committed by Tramps in Kentncks.
Evanstille, Ind., Nov.—News
of a horrible outrage in Webster
county, Kentucky, has just reached
this place. A nutting party con
sisting of Mollie Harris, Jane Da
vis, Hattie Morgan, Ella Wheeler,
Win. Martin and James Harris,
went out last Thursday. The par
ty became separated, ar.d while
some distance in front of their com
panions Jane Davis, Ella Wheeler
and Wm. Martin were attacked by
four tramps. Wm. Martin was
bound to a tree. The cries ot the
two women brought the rest of the
party, and they were also over
powered, Harris being knocked
senseless with a club. The villains
then dragged the women away. A
farmer discovered Martin bound to
a'tree and released him. A search
was made and the bodies of the wo
men were found in a creek about a
hundred yards from the place
where the attack was made. Their
heads were mashed in and their
clothes torn,indicating a great strug
gle. The women had been outraged.
The searching party found two of
the men in the shed, and on their
being recognized as parties to the
outrage, they were killed with buck-
hot. The others have not yet been
captured, as they fled the country.
MAHONE DEPRESSED.
Sam Jones’ Programme.
In an interview with a Constitu—
ion correspondent Sam-Jones said:
“Brother Small and 1 have an
appointment at Cartersville for
Thutsday night. We will lecture
there that night for the benefit of
the Ladies’ Aid society. I have an
appointment at Knoxville for one
day of this or next week. I have
an appointment to preach here at
Trinity Sunday morning, and at the
First Methodist chutch Sunday
night Sunday night it is probable
that Brother Small will preach at
Columbus, and at Selma, Ala., Mon
day night. Tuesday night both of
ua will speak in Birminghatfl in the
interest of a building fund for the
Young Men’s Christian association.
Probably, Thursday of next week,
we will leave here for St Louis, so
as to reach that city in time for the
opening of the union meetings
which will be begun there on the
22d. We may be in St. Louis twen
ty days or a month, which will take
us up to the Christmas holidays. The
first Sunday in January we begin a
series ot union meetings in Cincin
nati* thM-will last twenty or -thirty
days. In February we begin a se
ries of mectings'in New Orleans. In
March we jvill fill several short
engagements in leading Mississippi
towns.” * ■’ *
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 10.—
Teddy Meehan, a well known Irish
peddler, -was found dead to-day near
Livingston with his head crushed
and throat cut. Amos Washington,
a colored associate of the dead man,
was arrested and confessed'the mur-
*der, the motive, being robbery.
• « • . . •(.: ra i'wi't t
Badly Broken Up—He Contemplates Leav-
lns Virginia.
Washington, Nov. 8.—Reports
from Virginia say that Mahone is
in the depths of gloom. He is so
cially and politically ruined. He
has serious thoughts of leaving Vir
ginia. Tlie feeling against him in
the state is so great that he will be
socially ostracised. It will be hard
lor him to remain there after the
victory of last Tuesday. He may
recover his spirits enough to run lor
congress next year, but his friends
sav he is talking seriously of leav
ing Vhginia. He said the other
day he realized that the independ
ent movement in the south was
over and any attempt to break its
solidity now would be in vain. It
there was any lesson in his struggle
which could be useful to there
publican party of the north, he
would perhape find .some comfort
in his past struggles. But at the
present time he thinks his whole
fight has been fruitless. He over
looks the fact that in the time he
has maintained such political domi
nation in Virginia, he has made a
very comfortable fortune with which
to console himself in the hours of
political adversity.
General Longslreel on the Warpath.
Atlanta, Nov. 7.—Ex-Marshal
Jas. Longstreet has written to the
authorities at Washington asking
that suit be instituted agaiust him
for a balance due the government
by him. He proposes then to turn
in a still bigger account of his own
and collect some long delayed fees.
Eloped With His Stepmother.
Washington, Nov. 7.—Joseph
G.-Alenett, of Comus, Montgomery
County, Maiyland, a day or so ago
eloped with his sfepmothety who is
young and handsome. The old gen
tleman is prostrated with grief.
Married His Niece.
Taylor, Nov. 7.—J. B. Long, of
this county, on the 30th ult., mar
ried his brother's daughter. The
father was not at home at the time.'
On his return he diligently went to
work and intend* to annul the mar
riage, and prosecute his brother.
The last spike of the Canadian
Pacific railroad is driven.
Two Foolhardy Young Men Pay the Penalty
of Their Rashness With Their Lives.
Prospect House, Niagara
Falls, Out., Nov. S, 1SS5.—It is
some time since the mighty cataract
has been the scene of such a terrible
casualty as that which happened
to-day, by which two men lost
their lives in the sight of numerous
spectators, who were powerless to
t ender them any aid.
Two respectable voung Germans,
one named Adam Kilgerstein, em
ployed by a butcher at Niagara
Falls, N. Y., and the other, whose
name cannot be learned at present,
engaged a small rowboat this after
noon from Walter Mingay, at Port
Day, for the purpose of rowing
across tne Niagara river to Chip
pewa. Mingay asked them if they
were familiar with the river and
they said no, but that another man
who knew the river was to accom
pany them.
rowing to their death.
However, they started out with
out the third party and rowed up
the river about half a mile, and the
next seen of them they were making
for the Canadian shore. Instead of
rowing at angles against the current
they rowed straight across the river,
the swift current slowly but surely
drawing them down toward the
rapids. When about half way
across they were not more than two
hundred yards from the rapids, and,
as if seeming to realize their peri
lous position, they turned their boat
around and attempted to return to
the American shore. .
in the fatal rapids.
In a few moments they were
drawn into the rapids. They were
seen clinging to the boat until with
in a short distance of the brink of
the terrible abyss, when the boat
capsized and the unfortunate men
werecatried over the Hoiseshoe
Falls.
It has since been ascertained that
the other German only came from
Buffalo on Friday last, and was
working lor a baker. The only
name he was known by was Au
gust. The bodies will likely be
found in the course of a few days
either in the eddies of the river or
in the whirlpool.
Of all the sensational stories
which fill the newspapers of Aaaer-
ica, it is very rare that an account
such as we record to-day is seen.
The case in point reminds one very
torcibly of a romance depicted from
the fertile brain ot some racy writer.
We withhold the names of the par
ties until further developments, and
give the facts as reported as nearly
as possible. About four years ago,
their lived near Athens a family in
moderate circumstances, consisting
of father, mother and several
children, one of whom was a
bright, beautiful girl of eleven years,
on whom the mother doted, and
who was the pride and joy of the
father's heart. She was the pet of
the whole family, and was often the
recipient ot many kindnesses at
their hands. Being of a gentle,
loveable nature she drew around
her, even at this tender age, many
admirers of both sexes, among
who was a young man, who fell
desperately in love with her. He
made known this fact to the girl,
and she informed him that tender
emotions had also sprung up in her
heart toward him, and then she
promised to be his wife. The pa
rents, learning of the course matters
had taken, protested with their
daughter, informing her that she
was too young to take such a step,
but the young people were obdu
rate and planned an elopement,
but were frustrated by the parents,
who finally realizing the force of
the old adage that “love laughs at
locksmiths,” and knowing that they
had might tfs well try to quell and
calm the tossing billows of the sea,
as to prevent the consummation of
the end to which these two young
hearts tended, gave their unwilling
consent to the union, and in the
presence of the family they were
married. For a short while the
child-bride and groom lived happi
ly, but after the honeymoon began
to wear off, they began to realize
that life was not made up of love
dreams and pleasant fancies alone,
and in an evil hour the once happy
but now despairing groom took his
departure lor the wil« west and
left his young wife disconso’ate and
alone. Necessity compelled her to
seek some means of employment
by which she might bd able to live
comfortably, her tather having since
died, and in connection with labors
of her mother, managed to make a
support for themselves and
family. Thus the time was spent
for two long, weary years, the young
wifelreceiving no letter or word of
the whereabouts of her absent hus
band, except upon one occasion,
when news reached her that the
remains of her abseat husband filled
a lonely grave in the west. At that
time she was just 13 years of age,
and full oflife and spirit The child
ish love she once had for her
husband had waned and died like
mist before the penetrating rays of
a morning sun. Other suitors began
paying her attention, and one year
from the time of her husband’s
death she was again a blusing, hap
py bride. The pair went to keep
ing house, and their lives sped on
tranquilly, until exactly one year
fromtthe day of their marriage,
when who should appear upon the
scene but the tormer husband of
the girl, not in spirit, but real flesh
and blood, whether to claim his
wife or not, it is not known,
but the question which will
soon be settled, justly, no doubt is,
“whose wife is she?” We trust the
matter may meet a happy termina
tion, as the unfortunate girl has
already drank deeply of the cup
of sorrow, trials and tribulations for
one so young.
THE BANKS COUNTY OFFICERS.
BRIEF COMMENT.
Richmond whig.
Isn’t it about time that the bloody
shirt was sent to the paper mill?
There are decided indications
that Mahoneistn has been “suppress
ed.”
Foraker can now crawl out of
Wejer’scavc and receive congrat
ulations.
Foraker should write a’book en
titled “What I Know About Break
ing Backbones.”
Jack Logan’s soliloquy: “What
foois me and Jim was not to have a
pair of ‘treason-stained saddles.’”
New let the organs proceed to
prove that the elet tion of Hill to be
governor of New York is the latest
southern outrage.
The republicans carried Pennsyl-
vania, but neither Sherman nor
Foraker spoke in that state.
The National Republican rises to
remark: “Hope of gain was the re
publican inspiration.” Will our
Washington contemporary please
inform us when the republicans
were not inspired by hope of gain?
Death Fran Grief.
Erie, Pa., N*v. 7 —The town of
Bloomfield, south of this, had * sad
and tragic death to-day. The per
sonal property of the late Benjamin
F. Lord, a very distinguished citi
zen, was being sold at public ven
due' When the old gentleman’s
chair, in which he had expired, was
put up for sale a daughter, Miss
Charlotte, aged sixteen, was seized
with a paroxysm of grief, Which
was so violent that belore it could
be controlled the young woman
died. The direct cause of death was
heart disease, aggravated by exces
sive sorrow.
In London, the following sen
tences were passed upon the abdac-
tors of Eliza Armstrong: Mr. Stead,
three months; Rebedfca jarrett, * ! x
months; all without hard labor,-and
Madame Louise Mourey* six months
, with hard labor,
They Visit Athens and Fall Into the Clutch
es of Their Friends.
The high Sheriff and Ordinary
of Banks county have been in the
city with their friends for a day or
so. The ordinary fitted himself
out in a bran new suit ef clothes-
and it is feared that his constitu
ents will not know him when he
gets home. The sheriff was afraid
to dress himself up, lest he should
be taken for a revenue officer,
Banks county has a right to be
proud of her county officers. E
D. Owens, the sheriff, is a busi
ness man and attends to
the sheriffs office in a busi-
ness'dike manner. Dean Owens
as he is called by his
friends, makes a model officer,
and the people of Banks will al
ways prosper in the future as they
have in the past, if they keep
such men as him, Tom Hill and
L. N. Turk at the head of affairs
Tom Hill, the ordinary, is one of
the best ordinaries in Georgia. He
is a friend to everybody in the
county, and Joes his best to build
up this splendid little county
Come again, gentlemen, and stay
longer.
A BAD NEGRO.
H* Resists Arrest, Shoots Two M»rih«t«
And Is Badly Wounded.
Millen, Ga., Nov. 10.—Soon
after the arrival of Cole’s circus
here this morniug, a negro ran up
to where the crowd was gathered
and began cursing aud saying he
would shoot the first man who
touched him. The town marshal
told him to be quiet; that the
place was incorporated. He threw
out his haudand struck the officer,
then drew a pistol and be^an fir
ing into the crowd, wounding two
deputy marshals. He then ran
and fired while running. The of
ficers caught him, but not until
after wounding him several times
He made desperate resistance and
was badly hurt, while the officers
are only slightly waunded, one in
the hand and the other in the arm.
Out of a force of about five thou
sand in the Hocking Valley and
Ohio central regions, less than two
hundred were engaged to-day. AU
furnaces but two are dosed. The
operators claim that the Only thing
for them to do is to stop. The-Co
lumbus, Hocking Valley and pfoje-
do railroad has discharged train men
and shop hands.
. . ,<
A cod mino 1
in'Lee county.
from the artesiaq weU burn finely.
S. T. Mize, pf Romp, has just
raised a sweet potato of the Ber
muda variety that weighs pounds.
Officer Carter was in Hartwell
on Tuesday. Yancey keeps his
powder dry and his weather eye
open.
It is said that from the Governor
down to his messenger, every offi
cer in his department is a prohibi
tionist.
Gen. Toombs rejoices over the
victories in New York and Vir
ginia, and says the bloody shirt has
carried its last campaign.
There is only about vj miles of
track to lay of the Augusta & San-
dersville railroad, and the work is
being rapidly pushed ahead.
There is a lady Jliviag near Ala-
paha, Ga., who bears on her person
wounds inflicted by the tomahawk
of a Seminole Indian during the
Indian war.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ayers, of Ter
rell county, Ga., had a babe born
unto them last week only six inches
long. A silver dollar will com
pletely cover its head. It is healthy
and promises to live a long life.
A negro 92 years old, by the
name of Peter Cowhorn, cast his
maiden vote on Monday in Craw
ford, and it was tor prohibition. He
reared for his master twenty ol his
children, and has about 150 grand
and great-grandchildren.
John Coleman, of Blitcb, recent
ly went out bird shooting and his
pointer pointed something, which,
upon examination, proved to be a
covey of fourteen rattlesnakes, an
old one and thirteen young ones.
_ Mr. John E. Chapman has sold
his store house and dwelling in
Hartwell to Mr. Erskine Heard, of
Elbert county, and has purchased
Heard’s mill and will remove there,
where he will engage in merchan
dise.
The Cartersville Methodist church
is without a pastor.
The court house was located at
Carnesville in 1805.
There is a white Carnesville man
in jail charged with sttaling a feath
er bed.
Dr. Hawthorne denies that he
referred to Senator Brown as a
skulk and a coward.
A man in Elbert county has been
.seen with stamps for making coun
terfeit quarters and nickels.
Mr. Slaton, superintendent of
public schools of Atlanta, reports
3,266 white and 1,198 colored pu
pils in attendance.
Major Greene, chief engineer of
the Georgia Midland and Gulf, will
put another surveying corps in the
field November 11.
It is thought that the war between
the East Tennesse, Virginia and
Georgia, and the Western and At
lantic railroads is about at an end.
Mr. Wm. Wadworth, living near
Tazewell, has a spider over one
hundred years old and a ho no-made
counterpane seventy-five years .old.
An election was held in Screven
county a day or two ago, having
lor its object the re-establistiment
of the county court “No court”
carried the dry by 4 to 5 majority.
The Gainesville Eagle regrets to
notice that Major John Longstreet,
who had the misfortune to break
his leg in a game of baseball, last
summer, is still on crutches.
The little son of Capt Pope, of
Henry,coJnty, recently found what
he claimed to be a diamond. It
has been tested by the best experts
in Atlanta and pronounced a stone
of the first water, worth $15,000.
Mr. William Dooley died very
suddenly, and from a singular
cause, last Thursday, at his hom^
near the Floyd line. He was eat
ing peanuts, when a small particle
of hull was sucked into the lungs,
causing a profuse hemorrhage, un
der which he died very soon.
It is supposed by the farmers of %
middle and Eastern Georgia that
the . rains of last week did more
damage to cotton and other crops
than has been done bv all the other
rains of the present' fall. Thurs
day’s and Friday’s rains were the
most severe of the whole season.
A negro working for Mr. Hughy
Smith, about five miles from Coch
ran, was killed lari week. The ne
gro was sitting on the hind part of
a wagon driven by a white man.
The team became frightened and
ran away, when the wagon became
uncoupled and the negro fell, sus
taining injuries Ircm which he died.
GENERAL NEWS.
Mrs. Gallagher, of St Louis, gave
birth to tour girls on the 2d in&tant.
Florida hotel keepers expect 200,-
000 Northern guest* this winter.
Eight acres of sunflowers in Kan
sas produced 600 baskets of seed,
which sold for $1.50 per bushel.
The following are names of men
who live in Surry county, N. C.:
Bird Snow, Ice Snow, Hail Snow,
Frost Snow, Deep Snow and More
Snow.
A Youngstown, Ohio, special
says: Thomas Pugh recently dis
appeared from here and was
thought to have been murdered and
robbed of $6,000. He returned with
out the money and was lodged in
jail on a peace warrant. On reflect
ing in a cell he remembered where
he placed the money when drunk.
On being released yesterday he re
covered his treasure from an old
boot hidden in a stump one mile
from his house. He has now'insti-
futed suit against his telatives for
talse imprisonment.
Cornville, Cal., is a town of forty
houses and but one inhabitant.
The railroads of the world are said
to carry 6,500,000 passengers a day.
John Taylor, the head of the Mor
mon church, is in his eightieth year.
There have been 1391 deaths in
Montreal in five weeks from small
pox. ,
Farmer Dalrymple, of Dakota,
has harvested 210,000 bushels of
wheat this year. * *<>
A tornado passed . over Spartan
burg, S. C., on Saturday, unroofing
the Baptist church, and doing other
damage. . i-.fT
Round trip tickets to the New
Orleans Exposition will be put on
sale by the Central raflrdad on No
vember 15.
Ex-President Gonzales, of Mexi
co, has had articles ol impeachment
presented against him in the Mexi
can congress. -/•» K*r
The Grant fund in HewjYork
amounts now almost to ,$ 100,000.
The local fund in Chicago hangs
fire between $40,000 and f
JS&KU&ifSEi
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