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the next president.
Already the press of the country
is prognosticating national politic*,
and seems badly divided between
Cleveland, HiU and Hendricks as
to the most available standard-
bearer for the democracy. In spite
of Mr. Cleveland’s declaration in
opposition to a second term, it is
n >w pretty well understood that he
hying his wires for a renomina
tion. But the South Has enough
of this gentleman aad his wishy-
washy policy, and we doubt if he
captures a single delegation south
of Mason & Dixon’s line. The
noble old Tom Hendricks is a man
after the South’s own heart, but
there are grave doubts if he can
control enough Northern votes to
elect him. We fear, for the next
decade, that we must centre on
,ome man nearer the Yankee idea
of a statesman, and Gov. Hill, of
New Yor.;, seems to possess all the
necessary requisites. He is several
stt ps ahead of Cleveland, and will
o,ve a more acceptable administra
te >n than the present incumbent of
the White House. Hence, at this
e.uly day, it seems to us that Hill
and Hendricks are the right men,
whose nomination means a second
democratic triumph. As soon as
his term expires, Cleveland will be
f imous a mummy in the demo
cratic camp as arc his friends and
advisers, the mugwumps, to the re
publicans. The South knows when
,ne hns enough ol an officer, ami
o.ir people are gort»en upon Clew -
|..n,'. ji.il his policy.
1 lie latest news liom V-.„»•>..
icates that the Petersburg . -fit
piohalily he lost to the ic, .:
it-. It has already been an ,. .
mat Mahune, who lives in IV
isiiuig, will he a candidate fo
, "ir-s at the next election, I- i
BANKER- watchman .
WEEKLY EDITION
NO. XIV
ATHENS, OEORGHLA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24,, 1885.
VOL XXXI
AMOVED AT LAST.
The Supposed Diamond Thief Brought In on
the OooTgia Boad. ,
The all-absorbing topic yesterday
was about the diamond thief. Is he
guilty, and what proof have they
got? Will he come to-day, or will
he get aw y and deprive A .hens of
a sensation? All these we.e asked
and an„ we.ed by those in search of
information, and those who seemed
to know. At one o’clock a good
sized crowd had gathe ed at the de
pot to see the terrible man who had
“THE GREATEST OF THESE IS
. CHARITY.”.
Ths Kindest-Hearted and Most Generous
Man In Athens.
We were, talking with John
Hughes the other' day, when the
question turned on the Harvest
home Festival.
“Do you know that Charlie Bald
win is the most liberal man in Ath
ens to his means?” was the query.
“Yet it is true. His heart is as ten
der and warm as a woman’s, and
et his gifts are so quietly and se
ttle courage to take Si,600 worth etly tende.ed that his right hand
of diamonds .rom a show case wnen 1 never knows what hi-left hand
there was a crowd around. Sheriff doi-tb. Lust week he was standing
ut: j , .1 • ... _ _i . is...T
il the
republicans will nei-i r
1 he able 1.1 command I lie soliil
, VO-r •>! ic d -lr cl, and thul
fovei, I M -h i e should be
liil.ro to ,0 ic--. Gov. Cnni-
. a II nn ag on 1 mm. geta very
r pai’ oi ;he iCi uhhcar. vote,
rii-ine ihe ele,i>oi. of the ile.n-
: can hdaie. It is also rumor
in' M ahone is thinking of emi-
,ng to Dakota. There is proha
rv> oil.or part of 'the country in
cb a man of his ta’ents and
nre would ho more likely
cred. If ho should become a
ten ot the Territory, howeve
■c will he one more very sttong
son why it should not be admit-
to the union.
Wier stepped from the train with a
small man, with heavy side whis
kers, closely hand cuffed, followed
by Mr. Hipkins, who has been in
strumental in working up Ihe case
and catching the 1 .ra. They imme
diately got in the carriage and were
driven to the jail where Mason was
put in a cell.
A reporter visited the jail in the
evening to see if Mason had any
thing to say in his - behalf. We
were carried in the jail and intro
duced to Mason and informed him
that it he had any statement to make
we would publish il. He soon qui
eted our nerves by saying that he
t-i not care to say anything and his
lawyer coming in, we left. Sheriff
V\ ler informs us that Mason is from
don, England, ai.d has traveled
x cnsively in tire United Statef. He
<■- not deny being a gambler and
. up to all t e tricKS of the prole.--
1011 He claims that he can prove
n alibi that the week of the fair
ere he was in Goldsboro, N. C. He
says that he has never been in Ath
ns. The case will be tried, wr
uppo.e, at ihis term of the court
rite re w«ll be a "reat many wit-
es summoned lrora South Caro-
t.i prove Mason's confessions.
Sheriff Wit. nod Mr. Hip'ains are
uch plra-ed with the treatment
they received from Sheriff Rowan
nd members of the police force in
Columbia. They both fell in love
with the sheriff. He is six feet nine
inches in height and a perlect gen
tleman.
SAM JONES CORNERED.
Rev. Son (ones whoops up the
it Jones
■o.- Mum-limes, and rakts them
mi Iv about drinking frolics. “Oh
or bren all along theie, boys.
(now all about it, and I used to
.10. :<> nails and dance, on, boys
lie,- when I wanted 10 get married
u ; t- ; l wanted to settle down with
a I wife, 1 quit-drinking and
enabling, and 1 didn't g® to a hall—
icon in get my wile, hut 1 went to
prayer meeting and 1 got a good
o-.e." ile told this in Texas, and
when he returned to his boarding
hou-e his landlord who had heard his
remarks, said: “I don't blame you,
l,uitlier Jones.but poor Sister Jones,
where did she go to get her hus-
ri.inu:' They say this is the only
isme he has been floored since he
quit drinking.
MEL HANDED.
A Poor Lunatic the Victim of Royal Justice.
Regina, N. W. T., Nqy. 16.—
Louis David Riel was executed on
the scaffold at the barracks of the
mounted police force, near this city,
out on the street, when two lit le
white girls, barefooted and shiver
ing, passed him. Charlie took
them into the store, bought some
stockings, and then put a good pair
of shoes on each of them. He dis
missed the little ones, their faces
wreathed in smiles, without asking
whose children they were or even
even telling them his own name. I
am with him a great deal, and there
is not a week passes but what he
is guilty of some such kindness.
Last Christmas he I00K a notion to
invest $20 or $25 in toys and sweet
meats for poor children in Athens
wh • would otherwise miss Ssnta
Claus, and employed a minister to
dispense the gifts for him where
they would do most good. He
bound his missionary up to secresv,
too, as to whom the donations cant;
from. There was a poor family in
Athens who were in need, but too
proud to ask or accept charity
Charlie somehow found out their
condition, and qu<etly sent them a
$10 bill in a letter through the post
office, with no intimation of where
it came from. He has as many
pensioners as any church, and never
misapplies a dollar. He does not
give with a view to the applause of
the world, but has his eyes always
open and on the lookout for deserv
ing objects of c‘. arity. Charlie
says there is not a more charitable
people on earth than the Atheni
ans, but they are too spontaneous.
They generally select one object at
a time, and everybody will send to
it, until they almost make the mem
bers rich; that there is but little
real suffering in our city, and the
most needy and deserving are
those who are too proud to make
their wants known.”
HENDERSONS MURDER.
FOUND ALIVE IS HIS GRAVE.
JOMBh Dy«r Kavlrti whA l#a* Up t>T Madl-
LIFE OF A GOLD-SEEKER.
BIG ESTATE IN DISPUTE.
GRAVE ERRORS OF THE PRESS.
TIfTIMOmr AS ADDUCED AT THE COEO-
XEK'B BQDEST,
Tlu vita aad Mottar-la-Law oftta Dactaa-
ed Arretted for tha Horrlbla Crlma.
ToccoaXewa.
ENGLISH SPAEEOWB.
for high treason against the queen J U ~ as .. a . bout the »?7o that
of Great Britain, at 8:23 o'clock this ,h « *P«now was introdu-
morning (mountain time). He dis- | ,nto ‘h.s country to battle with
“_':_„i: ,i. I the worms that used to drop so
played an inclination at the last mo-1 , „ , . .1 :
Lit to make an address, but Pere | "1.°
Andre reminded him of his promise.
SERVED THEM RIGHT.
A drummer from Waynesboro
tells us that at the late fair in that
town about 20 thieves and sharpers
were arrested. The citizens took
the law into their own hands, and
alter stripping off all the clothes
bom the gang, turned them loose to
ii'axe their way up North the best
they could. The fellows begged
some old clothes from negroes and
organized themselves into a band ot
tramps. They have probably shak
en the red clay of old Georgia from
their leet for good and all.
EXCITEMENT IN ATLANTA.
Hud Michael has returned fiom
Atlanta, vs here he had one of his
e\es “operated on. He says that
•he city is wild with excitement
• ver the prohibition election, and
hands of 500 men, with blue or red
badges pinned on them, are con
stantly parading the streets. The
advocates even wear liquor and
prohibition cravats. Mr. Michael
says it is impossible to tell which
side will win. Both are equally
confident.
DEATH OF MRS. W. H. HOWARD.
Alter a long life of usefulness and
pietv, Mrs. William H. Howard
died late Monday night, at an ad
vanced age. Mr. \V. H. Howard
is one ol the best known and most
-honored citizens of Augusta, and
the encouragement and companion
ship of his noble wife has exercised
a potent influence in moulding his
career and shaping his success. Her
death is a heavy blow, and the sym
pathy of many friends is extended
to Mr. Howard in his bereavement.
—Augusta Chronicle.
and Le then roseand walkpd toward
the executioner, repeating his pray
ers to the last moment, the Anal
words escaping being “Merci Jesu!”
He died without a struggle. Not
to exceed twenty persons were per
mitted within the confines of the
barracks to witness the execution,
and it wascertainly performed with
decorum and dispatch. His body
was taken in charge by the coroaier,
and the verdict to all state execu
tions was rendered.
riel’s relatives hear the news, i
Riel's relatives and friends at Si.
Vilas, five miles from here were
made aware that Monday would end
all. They are naturally very much
broken down. His poor old moth
er became qrazy some months ago,
during tiic rebellion, so that she is
unable to realize the dreadful posi
tion io which her son is placed. Jo
seph, his brother, who is a most
respectable man man, is in a dread
ful slate of mind. Riel’s wife, w.hom
he did not treat well during the re
bellion, leaving her exposed to dan
ger and to hunger, is reported to be
nearly heart-broken, but the priests
are with her and the other relatives,
and everything that can be done to
comfort them will be done. The
Riel family have from the first scout
ed the idea that the prisomer was
insane. They say be had delusions
on religion and on the subject of his
own importance, but that on all oth
er matters he was not only sane, but
exceedingly intelligent and clever.
The heart-broken mother of Riel,
bowed with grief, seemed perfectly-
dazed at the news when notified
that the end had come. Fondly
have she and all the family clung
to the hope that God would so work
it that Louis, whom they all love so
dearly, and who in his wildest mo
ments was kind and gentle to
mother, brother and sister, would
be spared. But the latest new*
swept from them their last plank of
hope and they all gave way to in
consolable griet.
“It was more than I could bear,”
said the messenger, “though I’ve
often seen men slaughtered. The
poor things seemed unutterably
helpless; so I rushed out, mounted
my horse and rode back to the city
with all haste to try and stifle my
tumultuous feelings.”
the shade trees. In the fifteen
years that have since elapsed the
spa ow has multiplied to such a
dt y -ee that he him -elf is now called
a -t. The Philadelphia Ledger
refs vs the number of sparrows
that at2 at present here, presuming
that only one pair were introduced
in the sprirg of the year named,
and that the annual increase was
six pa : rs, the parent birds dying at
•he -nd of each year. At the end
' 1870 tbire would have been 6
l>_irs; 1S71, 36 pairs; 1S72, 216
p. "'s: eS73, 1296 pa'rs; eS74, 7776
pai ; io' ( 5, 46.656 pai's; 1876, 2.
936 pairs; 1S77, 1,6/9,616 pa s;
1S78, >0,077,696 pairs; 1870, 60,•
466, 175 pairs; 1880, 362,797,056
pairs; and • here are now, suppo ing
the sixfold : ic ease to have contin
ued uninterruptedly, 2,821,109,907,-
456 pairs of these little creatures
with us, all descended from the
single pair of emigrants of 1870.
TROUBLE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Mr. Joseph Leavd, while return
ing home from preaching last Tues
day night, at his uncle’s, Mr. E,
Brown, be< weeu th : place and
Ro ton, was way laved and at-
t?c ed by three indignant boys, and
most horribly and brut.My cut about
the breast and arms, and a very
dangerous wound being inflicted
under the left a-m. near the heart.
VVe are info med that the difficulty
originated in regard to some pistols
which the boys h.d in their pos
session which fact Joseph had in
formed some ore of. His case is
considered very critical, and it is
fe.i'ed that he’ will not recover.
Joseph is a son of Mr. and Mrs. A.
Leard, of this place, and Ihis horri
ble tragedy is a shock to them, and
also the whole community.—Bow-
ersville American.
proclamation.
THE GEORGIA MIDLAND.
The Georgia Midland .railroad
which Atlanta lost is vigorously
pushed. Griffin and Columbus
committees are at work. Two sur
veying parties are out. It is So
miles from Columbus to Locust
Grove and $3,000 a mile or $240,
000 will put the entire distance in
readiness for the iron. Of this Co
lumbus has subscribed $150,000 and
Griffin $25,000, leaving $65,000 to
be raised on the line. When this
raised the legal bids of contractors
are in the hands of directors to build
the road.—Atlanta Capitol.
A BIG LAND OWNER.
Mr. John H. Newton, of Athens,
is perhaps the largest land-owner in
Georgia, his possessions reaching
nearly every state in the south and
west. Mr. Newton says lie has
thousands oi acres of land that he
has never seen, and it keeps him
busy preventing it being stolen
from him. He occasionally sells a
tract, hut says wild land is net
very remunerative property. Some
oi Ins lots contain all kinds of min
erals, while others are heavily tim-
bcieil.
OCONEE COUNTY.
The people of Oconee * re anx*
ious that the Banner-Watchman le-
nain their official organ. In the
event of another journal being
started there, if necessary, we will
publish a sheet of our own in Wat-
kinsville, and place the legal notices
besides in out large weekly.
We have the press and type now
■n uui office.
Georgia: By Henry D. McDaniel, Governor
of Said State.
In conformity with the proclama
tion of the president of the United
States. I, Henry D. McDaniel, Gov
ernor ot Georgia, do hereby uesig
nate and set apart
THURSDAY, 26TH NOVEMBER, INST.,
to be observed as a day of public
thanksgiving and praise, and I. re
comend that all secular occupations
be suspended on that day, and
that the people in their-
homes, as well as their places of
S ublic worship, render thanks to the
upreme Ruler for hi* countless
benefactions.
Given under my hand and seal ol
the Executive Department, at the
Capitol in Atlanta, this i 3 th day of
November, A. D., 1885.
Henry. D. McDaniel,
By the Governor. Governor,
j. W. Warr in, Sec. Ex. Dept.
ANOTHER ENLARGEMENT.
Collector Smith tells us that all
the distilleries in his district are
doubling their capacity. The one
at Madison has applied for this
privilege. Store keepers at govern
ment distilleries are paid only $2
per day now.
not much wheat.
I'roin the looks of the stock of
fl»ur now in Athens, it would seem
'hut there has not been much of
crop ol wheat made. There is one
house in Athens that carries a stock
°f 4.500 barrels of flour, and the}
hnu ready sale for it.
ALL SETTLED.
Miss Sayer, the young lady ol
Alliens who figured in the sensa
tion about an elopement with Da
vidson, the rope-walker, is. daily
upon Broad street, having
been completely cured of her at'
tac'rment. Davidson is in Augusta.
Miss Sayer certainly acted a wise
P'-.
Luring a Salvation Army immer-
"°n at Lowell, Mass., the crowd of
‘pectators threw missiles at the per-
*° n * conducting the exercise* and
most disgraceful scenes occurred.
Lsst Ills situation
Yes,” asys ihe proprietor of an
up town barber shop, “T im *
e £od workman, but I had to get rid
of him.” “What was the trouble?
“He was too absent minded an for
getful. You ic member old Deacon
Tones died?” -Yes.” “Well the
« » 4
family sent for a barber to shave
him, an’ I told Jim to go up. It was
that job that lost him his situation.
He did hi* work all right; nobody
ever found fault with Jim s work,
but when he put oa the finishing
touches an’ pulled the towel off the
poor old deacon he turned around
Kd shouted, ‘Nextr so that peo-
plo heard him a Mock away. So I
fold Jim I guessed I’d have.tolet him
r o."--Alb*ny Argus.
The Catholic Protectotj at Glen
rn*. Missouri, was burned. There
were nine Christian brothers, and
eighty-five boys in the building, all
of whom escaped.
The Henderson murder, which
we took occasion to notice in our
last issue, is one of the most abomi-'
nable affairs that has ever transpir
ed in Habersham county since our
recollection. For that reason 'we
desire to correct several grave
error* of the press in noting the af
fair.
The Gainesville Southron men
tions Henderson as being a revenue
informer. This is a mistake. Jas
per Henderson was anything else
but an informer. We mention this
fact to let the world know that the
people of North Georgia do not con
sider that the fact of a man being an
informer will justify them in shoot
ing him down in cold blood. Be
cause Dyer, the informer, had been
shot, or so suspected, by some one
he had reported, is no reason that
ihe next man who meets so unhappy
a fate should have his death attrib
uted to the same cause. Neither
does any or all the evidence in the
case reveal that Henderson was call
ed to the dour and shot down, or
that he had beaten his wife so near
to death a day or so previous as sta
ted by the Southron.
The Advertiser is in error when
it includes William Dodd and Mrs.
Ben Dodd among the arrested
parties. No arrests have been
made except the parties bound
over.
Still worse. The Augusta Cron-
ide startled us by the statement that
a man named Cjranehad committed
the foul murder! Mr. C. referred
to as the'murderer, is a respected
citizeu of Clarksville, is the oldest
lawyer in Habersham county ar.d
was leading council for the defen
dants at the preliminary investiga
tion !
THE TRUE FACTS OF THE KILLING.
Jasper Henderson was shot down
last Monday evening one week ago,
at the house of his brother-in-law.
Twelve buckshot entered his bedy
from behind, just about the lower
extremity o! the ribs. He fell face
forward and died without uttering
a word. The evidence before the
Coroner’s jury showed that he w as
shot about two hours by sun aad
that he had been at Beu Dodd’s
house about 35 miuutes before he
was shot; that no one was supposed
to be present except Mrs. Hender
son, his wife, Mrs. Dodd, his moth-
■-in-law, and Mrs. Ben Dodd, who
was in bed sick. The two former
testified that they brought his body
into the house soon after the shot
was fired, while the latter testified
that it was not brought in until af
ter dark. The former also testified
that it was not removed from the
house-after it was brought in.
Gus Ansley testified that he heard
the report of a gnn, and that half an
hour after. Bill Henderson passed
his house. Bill Henderson testified
that he was at Ben Dodd’s house
Monday evening and thu he went
from theie by Ansley’s, and it was
about i of a mile and would take
about fifteen minutes to travel it,
and that he saw no sighs ot a mur
der and heard nothing ot it; said he
stopped at the gate and did not go
in.
A number of witnesses testified to
a trail leading down into a a thicket
about 150 yards lrom the bouse, At
the end of this trail B linch pin and
a piece of tobacco were found, which
were identified positively as belong
ing to the deceased, and the testi
mony of Frank Coker was that he
saw Henderson with the linch-pin
about 11 o’clock of the day of the
killing.
This is a brief sketch of the iead-
ing features of the case. A number
of more facts we have not space to
give. In view ot these facts, Mrs.
Jasper Henderson, wife, and Mrs.
Dodd, mother-'n-lawof the murder
ed man, were arrested and brought
before Justices Zacherp and Mulkey
for a preliminary trial.
The testimony of the defence be
fore the Court of Inquiry showed
that Bob Morris had borrowed a
shot gun the moraing of the killing
as he said to go squirrel-hunting.
Another witness,Mrs Bill Dodd,tes
tified that Morris passed her house
late Monday evening with a shot
f un and told her that he had shot
asper Henderson of his own accord
and didn't want any body else to suf
fer for it.
Mrs. Henderson and old Mrs.Dodd
were placed under bond to appear
at Superior Court as accessories af
ter the fact. Justices Zachary and
Mulkey deserve credit for the pa
tience and attention which they gave
the case.
Lewis Davis and J. W. Harris
represented the prosecution, and
S. M. Smith and Maj. Crane the de
fease.
cal 8tndent>.
Portland, Me.. Special.
Fourteen months ago Joseph Dy
er, twenty years old, was thrown
.'rom a wagon and received injuries
fsom which he died, as was suppos
ed. He was buried in Evergreen
cemetery. Young Dyer left a
mother and father, and was engaged
to be mar led to a girl who is now
employed in a family in this city.
Some we-ks ago young Dyer’s
mother and the young lady received
a mysterious hint that it would be
well to discard mourning dresses
and bonnets, for Joseph was proba
bly not de*d after all, and might be
expected to come back any day.
Acting on this advice the women
gave up wearing black. .
Some days ago suspicion concern
ing Joseph’s death became so strong
that the grave in Evergreen ceme
tery was opened. There was the
identical coffin in which Joseph had
been buried, but there were no signs
of the body in it. The corpse had
been removed, but in what manner
it was impossible to tell.. There be
ing no necessity for keeping an
empty coffin buried, young Dyer’s
parents took the coffin home with
them. A day or two ago
Mrs. Dyer stood by the cof
fin relating the circumstances,
as far as she knew them, to a
neighbor, when the door opened aad
Joseph appeared alive and will
saying: “Don’t open the coffin,
mother, for here I wm.” Then en
sued a remarkable scene. The moth
er threw herself into the arms of
her resurrected son and the joy of
•he family knew no bounds. The
young lady to whom Dyer was en
gaged was summoned, and the cou
pie renewed their promises of love
Naturally enough the first ques-
tions asked after the first joytul ex
clamations were Ove*\ was: “How
did you come to lite?" Young
Dyer remembers nothing of being
put in a coffin and buried alive
The first he recollects since the ac
cident happened on Portland bridge
is being with friends who treated
him well. It is related that some
young doctors, said to belong in
Brooklyn, dug up the body for the
purposes of dissection. The fact
that young Dyer was the victim of
an accident made his body
more desirable for medial
uses than if he had been diseas
ed. When the doctors came
operate on the body they discov-
eied sigis r-f life. They immedi
ately set to work to bringing the
yout g tr.un to his senses, and after
a time succeeded. It was long be
fore he began to give evidence of
complete recovery, and the students
were afraid he might die in earnest
on their hands. Gradually he got
well, and the circumstances of his
strange burial and resurrection were
told to him. It is understood that
the young man is reticient about
where he has been, and what he
has been doing since his recovery.
This is not considered strange, as
the medical men who got posses
sion of his body would hardly care
to have their names known. Young
Dyer is now about his otdinary farm
business and is apparently undis
turbed by having gone through the
forms of death and burial, and hav
ing had so narrow an escape from
being smothered in his grave.
A FATHER’S DEADLY VENGEANCE.
OGLETHORPE'S COURT-HOUSE.
We learn that lawyers Have been
employed in Athens to enjoin the
building of the new court house at
Lexington. The contract has been
given out to Atlanta architects at
$19,400, with $500 for the old build-
ig, and unless the la w intercedes
work thereon will begin shortly af
ter Christmas.
DEATH OF A YOUNG MAN.
Mr. Tom Burns, after a long sick
ness breathed his last yesterday
morning at4o’clock. Mr. Burns
was a very exemplary young man
and leaves a host of friends in
Athens and Tackson county. He
will be buried to-day at the tamily
burying ground in Jackson county
THE BUll CEOY.
Sportsmen report a great many
partridges this winter, but the birds
are still quite small. A number of
our farmers have posted their lands
against hunters, that gives the birds
a chance to increase. Owing to
this fact, all manner of wild game
is getting quite plentiful again
CAPACITY DOUBLED.
Collector. Smith this week went
out to Kidgeway’a distillery, in
Oconee county, and doubled it* ca
pacity from ixj to 25 gallons per
pay. The demand for liquor it
greater than Mr. Ridgeway can
supply.
Mqppp f Irt.
We learn that Greene county
will vote on prohibition Dec. sist.
Thia is one county that it is thought
Will go “WBt"
Ilftf r Shoots Hli Slayers
on ths spot.
Bandera, Tex., Nov. 14.—A
point eight miles north of here, on
Verde creek, was the scene of a tei-
rible tripple tragedy last Tuesday
evening. A young man named
Buck Bryant, one of the victims,
was brought to Bandera late last
night in a dying condition by his
father for medical treatment. He
was found to be beyond the sur
geon’s skill, and he died early this
morning from the effects of the
wounds he had received. From
his lather’s statement the following
particulars were obtained: The
Bryants, who are well-to do ranch
ers, have from time to time been
missing hogs from their herd, anil
suspected two German squatters ic
the neighborhood as being the
thieves. Tuesday evening young
Bryant in going through the herd
missed a very fine ho;;. He mime
ately went to the house of the tivo
Germans and boldly charged them
with the theft; whereupon one of
them seized a gun and in the strug
gle that ensued young Bryant was
shot through tke hand. Bn ant
then hastily retreated, hotly pursued
by the Germans. On reaching the
vicinity of his home they tired upon
him again, one of the shots going
through his body from one side ul
his chest to the other.
father’s terrible revenge
Two Prospectors WBose Bara Wars Cut Off
—Tortured Or anoke Poison—Their Pin
ter Nalls Torn Away and Their Bodies
Mutilated by Arrows.
Tucson, A. T. Oct. 29.—People
in the East read in flash novels of
the day accounts of tortures inflict
ed upon white men by Indians. As
an impartial observer I must say
that no story oi indian ferocity can
■exaggerate the cruelty practiced
upon prisoners by the Apaches.
During a prospecting tour in the
Turkey Greek country,I caraeupon
a small band of gold hunters. They
had been attacked by Apaches two
days before, and iwo of them,
known as Storey and Pickles, had
been captured. Pickles had been
tortured to death and Storey, who
had escaped, was in the act of re
lating his sufferings to his partners
when I came along. ' Storey’s scalp
was gone. His bloody skull was
hidden by a handkerchief, and his
finger nails had been torn away.
Here is the narrative in his own
words:
“Well, you see, boys, after you
fellers bad all disappeared, thinkin’
as how Pickles an’ me was dead,
the Injuns just kind of stood us up-
in the hot sand and stripped off ev
ery rag we had on, and lashin’ us
together with lariats, started on a
dog trot for Gold Canon. Some
times a rattler would sing his little
song and the ponies would jump
scared like, which wouid nearly jerk
us off our feet, while the sweat was
more than rollin’ down our chops.
Then Geronomo, a sort of chief T
used to know, an' he knew me
well, would look around off his
horse, and with that devilish
taunting style he learnt from the
greasers over in Sonora, would say
in ’Facile: “My good friend, the
accursed Yankee would probably
like lo ride. 1 will send one of my
young men for a carriage. Here,
Faliino (calling to a buck), see if
you cen see a carriage anywhere
for the use of our dear friend.’ Oh!
these devils ain’t up to the grand
torture act, nor nothin’. Oh! no;
its the Sioux and Cheyennes! It
was neatly night when we got to
Geld Canon. I didn't care what
happened to me, and as soon as the
band halted 1 threw myself cn a bit
of grass, and Pickles did the same.
Boys, you won’t believe it if I was
to tell you what we went through
that night. These infernal devils
set up all night and kept us awake
by sticking arrows in us and cut
ting off our ears. But even in the
midst of this hell. Pickles would oc
casionally get off one of his dry gags
that would make me laugh in spite
of myself. Oh, he was g ime, he
was! But he was mortal 'fraid of
rattlesnakes„and that was what got
him the next day. About daylight
the whole crowd, aboit twenty,
was stirring. They didn’t spend no
extra time over their tenderloin and
chocolate, but jest fired some Chili—
Colorado into their guts ami pre
f ared to give us the grand hurrah.
irst they took us out into the
opening, where they tied us with
our backs to some tall cactus, with
about fifty millions prickers in each
one.
“Brace!” says Pickles.
“Biace i: is,” says I, and we
braced.
“But, Lord, it wasn’t no use try-
in’ to brace, for the harder we brac
ed the further the prickers ran into
us. I yelled. I could not stand it.
And the bucks grinned with de
light, and the ltttle fellows stood off
a few paces and practiced on us
with' their bows. ‘Plug!’ would go
an arrow into Pickles. ‘Bip! v and
I got one in the mouth. They kept
up this racket for about twenty
minutes, I reckon, when each one
of us must have had a dozen ar
rows stickin’ in us. You see the
boys couldn’t pull very hard, and
the arrows didn’t go in very far.
But when they got through and
came up and pulled the arrows out,
ugh! it hurts yet all over.
FEARFUL TORTURE OF TWO MEN.
A Casa InvoMnc the Title to SOO.OCO Acre:
of .Land.
Savannah News,
The criminal cases assigned for
trial yesterday in the United States
courts were continued, and the case
of George E. Dodge vs. Oliver II.
Briggs, et. al. was taken up. The
evidence was taken in Macon, and
the case came up yesterday forargu-
ment before Judge Speer, sitting as
Chancellor.
The title to about 300,000 acres of
land in Pulaski, Telfair, Montgome
ry, DoUge and Laurens counties is
in dispute. The land is estimated to
be worth at least $1,500,000, and the
case is one of the most important
that has come before the United
States courts in Georgia for several
years. Dodge claims the land
through a long chain of titles deriv
ed from the Georgia Lumber Com
pany and Peter J. Williams, the
original grantee from the State ol
Georgia.
The Georgia Lumber Company
was a corporation doing business in
this state in 1S34. About that time
three men named Colby, Chase and
Crocker came to Georgia from
Maine and bought up these lands
from Pefer J. Williams.
The defendants , to the bill now
pending are purchasers from the
heirs of Colby, Chase and Crocker.
Dodge claims that these three men
simply acted as agents for the Geor
gia Lumber Company in buying
the land, that he has introduced evi
dence to that effect. Thp. point,
however, is dispi ted by the defend
ants. All of the disputed facts oc
curred about 50 years ago, and all
of the original parties to the trans
action are dead. The defendants
raise the point that one of the links
in Dodge’s chain of titles is a deed
of these lands to the State of Indi
ana, and another deed is from the
State of Indiana to one of the per
sons from whom Dodge claims.
The defendants claim that the
State of Indiana could not hold or
deed lands in the State of Georgia,
and that this is fatal to Dodge’s
claims.
The general principle governing
ejectment suits is that the plaintiff
must recover on the strength ot his
own title and not on the weakness
ol the defendant’s claim. The de
fendants maintain that this principle
must be applied in this case, but the
complainant does not concede the
point.
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS.
Ths Press Dispatches of Yesterday Seduced
Into a Nutshell.
A RAILROAD SENSATION.
George I. Seney Paralyses the E. T. V. & Q
Railroad Authorities.
Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 14—It
has leaked out that at a recent meet
ing of the East Tennessee, Virginia
& Georgia road stockholders, a Mr.
Hoyt appeared and astonished the
Brice-Thomas-Sandford men, who
considered themselves safely in pos
session of the road, by exhibiting
proxies for a majority of tV.e stock.
Mr. Hoyt then completely “par
alyzed” the aforesaid millionaires
by showing that he appeared as at
torney for Nelson Robinson, a son-
in-law of George I. Seney. This,
of course, indicated that Mr. Seney,
by some mysterious process, had
got on his feet again since his dis
astrous failure in May, 1SS4. An
adjournment of the meeting was
taken until February. Meanwhile
there is a great deal of interest taken
in the matter by holders of the secu
rities of the road.
HAHONE WILL NOT MOVE.
WILL NOT BECOME A RESIDENT OP BED
BITES TALLEY.
He Sayitbc Uluru iota Telegram u a Hoax
—H* la Content With Hie Eecent Trip
Up Salt Elver.
ROMAS AFGHAN.
“After awhile they began to talk
ahout snake torture and Pickles
shuddered. Thinkin’ it might spoil
some of the spoit, they made up
llteir minds to put Pickles through
the mill liist. to let me see it all, and
then give me a benefit. ‘Brace.
Pickles, brace!' was all I cou'd say,
•Bill,’ he said, ‘I can brace no long
er. I’m gone.’ The Indian boys
approached Pickles. One of them
held a snake up towards poor Pick
les’ face and irritated the auimal un
til it struck our poor pard full in the
mouth. The other boy at the same
lime made the snake bite Pickles
just below the wais*. Boys, I never
herril such a yell of agony in ail my
horn da\s as Pickles give. The hor-
r»r of ihe snakes, the picking of the
c ictus anil the yells of the Indians
was too much,and his lead dropped
his b-e.st and he fainted. But
The calling for aid by his son and the tleviis brought him to in five
Richmond, Not. 17.—A special
dispatch from Fargo, Dakota, to the
St. Paul, Minn., Pioneer Preaa, de
clared that Senator William Ma-
hone, of Virginia, had decided to
locate in the Red RWer Valley in
the Northwest. When asked con
cerning the truth of the story, Sen
ator Mahone laughed heartily and
said:
Why do you come to me? Why
do yon not telegraph that extremely
wise Minnesota gentleman and ask
him to send full particulars?”
“Is the story aot true, then?” ask
ed the reporter.
'My dear sir, such stories de
serve no answer. They are too
ridiculoos. If yon say anything
about it you can just say that I said
it was too ridiculous to have any at-
tention paid to it.”
A friend of the senator, apeaking
of the rumer, said: “Is it likely that
a man having $500,000 in mines
and railroads and other property in
Virginia, and whose term as sena
tor does not expire until March 3,
1887, >* B°' n B wandering off to
Winnepeg or some other outlandish
place, just because he happened to
get beaten fn an election? And if
Senator Mahone did intend to leave
Vitgima after nis term of office ex
pires, is it likely that he would talk
about it now?"
\L>- /,
the firing aroused the elder Bryant,
who sprang up, seized his Win
chester rifle, and rushed out just in
time to see his son drop down in
front ot his deadly pursuers. The
father instantly raised his weapon
and fired, laying buth his son’s as
sailants dead in their tracks. There
being no physicians nearer than
Bandera he brought his dying son
here by easy stages for medical aid.
but without avail. The names of
the two Germans, the murderers of
his son and the victims of his ven
geance, Mr. Bryant was either un
able or unwilling to give. Their
bodies were taken in charge by
others.
No legal action will be taken
against the elder Bryant, as the pub
lic applaud his action in thus
promptly avenging the death of his
son.
Mordartr ot Fourtmn Men.
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 14 —Alf
Little, called ' the Breathitt county
desperado, was to-day sentenced in
the United States court for sixteen
years on the charge of forging pen
sion papers and post office orders
Little is now forty-five years old and
is credited with the murder of four
teen men. Before he reached the
age of manhood he killed one of his
playmates. Later he murdered
three brothers. Once when passing
a sick man’s house he entered the
sick chamber, dragged the invalid
out of bed and kicked him to death.
A year or so ago the militia had to
be ordered out to suppress Little.
minutes. There was not much time
lo lose, as the poison would take
effect and Pickles would probably
be dead in an hour. So, just as
soon as they had brought him to
thev placed a lot of hot ashes under
his feet, commenced to tear oft his
finger nails and to skin him. While
this was going on a couple of Indian
bojswas sticking arrows in him,
and Qeronomo was scilpin' him.
The squaws were most crazy with
excitement. They tugged and pull
ed at him, spit on him and done
worse; they taunted him in every
way you could think, and more, too.
I can't tell it, boys, as it was, that
is, I can’t do it justice. When his
scalp was ofl Geronomo slapped
his face with it. A squaw niuti
lated him with a knife, and ffiiew
the separated portions of his body
in his face. I could see the poison
was gettin’ in its work, an’ so could
the ’Paches, cos Pickles’ skin was
gettin’ kind o’dark blue. He had
stopped yellin’. Pickles never
spoke another word after that, but
just clean give up the ghost and
died. They intended to give me
the same deal. I felt pretty sure of
that,.so I commenced hostilities by
spitting in Mr. Geronomo’s face.
He had out his knife like a flash,
and the next moment had my scalp
in his belt Then I was held down
while he pulled out my finger nails
with a pincers he had probably got
out o' the trirpa o' some army aur-
geon. He sliced off thia very ear,
when ‘crack,’ ‘zip,’ ‘zip,’ a bullet
struck him in theeye,and he keeled.
Then there was a lot more shots and
you boys come tumblin’ in on ’em
like a clap o' thunder.”
This it the story I heard recited
by the victim of the Apaches. These
Indians are almost constantly upon
the war path. They hate the white
men. They detest treaties and
break promises at fast as they are
Set 50 stitches. 12 ribs black, t
white, one pink, 1 blue and yellow,
1 pink, t blue, 1, white.
12 ribs blue, 1 white, 1 pink, 1
blue and yellow, 1 piuk, 1 blue, 1
white.
12 ribs pink, 1 white. 1 pink, 1
blue and yellow, 1 pink, 1 white, 1
blue.
t2 ribs white, 1 blue, 1 white, 1
blue and yellow, 1 pink, r white.
Repeat 5 times for a stripe, end
ing every stripe with 12 ribs black;
make two Roman stripes, make my
plain stripes of the basket- pattern;
it is a much prettier stripe than
braided or lattice pattern.
Eve-y rib is formed by knitting
twice across in garter stitch. The
yellow and blue rib, which is a great
addition, is knit of one blue and one
yellow stitch alternated, and in
knitting back the wool must be
thrown back between every stitch,
making the blue stitches come
above the blue ones in the preced
ing row.
Use the best Germantown wool,
2 skeins each of white, piak and
blue: 1 of yellow and 9 of black-
For putting the stripes together use
double zephyr, 1 ounce each of black
and yellow.
Get not the slightest shades, but
about the third from the lightest.
There is no color from the plain
stripe so pretty as black, very dark
green, or dregs of wine can be used
'f preferred, but they are not so
pretty.—New Y’ork Tribune.
Circus Followers Bagged.
Opelika, Ala., Nov. 13.—The
circus had to leave part of its gang
behind to answer to the charge of
assault and robbery. While a negro
was going up to buy a ticket two of
the circus negroes stopped him and
offered to sell him a ticket for ten
cents. He, of course, was glad of
the opportunity, and pulled out his
money, whereupon they knocked
him down and were going through
his pockets, but before they could
get away the police “nabbed” them.
They were fined heavily by the re-
corderand bound over to the circuit
court. It is very probable that they
will get a good term on the chain
gang for their trouble.
A girl is on exhibition in New
York whose feet are eighteen inch
es long and aev?n and a half inches
wide. She wears a N0. 30 Shoe,
hails lrom Chicago aad gets $350 a
week for showing her feet ia a Bow
ery museum. Her father is wealthy
and will give 8 S >°°° «d a l? rnl . made. *** The experienc^"of"stoiey
anv vonn? man who will take her I j uf.* ti. - ; Ji
A Young Girl Burglar.
Canton, O., Nov. 14.—A touch
ing scene was witnessed in the
Common Pleas court this morning,
when Maggie Dixon, apretty, inno
cent looking girl of fifteen years,
pleaded guilty guilty to an indict
ment of burglary and was sentenced
to ope year in the penitentiary. She
was until recently employed aa a
domestic in a family at Alliance, and
breaking into the house one night
after being discharged was detected
in the act of carrying off a quantity
of clothing.
*y r ,y°“ n B “* n .will take her | an d Pickles is but the experience ol
on his hands, I hundreds of men in Arizona.
A y ouuh bridal couple spent Sat
urday in Elberton who were married
several days ago in the upper part
of South Carolina,-about 100 miles
from Elberton, and started out im
mediately on their bridal tour in a
wagon with ten bushels of apples
and one bushel of chestnuts. They
are quite young and appeared to be
extremely happy. Elberton’* citi
zens showed their appreciation of
the energy of the young couple by
buying out their stock, and sending
them back rejoicing.
The village of Austin, III., i“
burned.
The three Italian trunk murderer-
were hanged in Chicago.
The Irish farmers demand a re
duction of 20 per cent, on rents.
Three men were inju-ed by a de
railed train on the Geo gia Midland.
There was a fearful explosion in
a Colorado mine, and several men
were buried alive.
Joseph Bruff', an honored citizen
of Damascus, Ohio, killed himoelf
on the grave ot his son.
A paper called “Death, a Journal
Devoted to Suicide and Murder,” is
to be started at Chambersburg, Pa.
The Servian army has invaded
Bulgaria and both countries declare
war. There have been several en
gagements already.
A Kingston (N. Y.) dressmaker
who a year ago befriended an old
lady in that city, gets $50,000 under
the will of the latter.
Miss Alice Powell, a school gi l
was outraged and horribly murder
ed in the woods near Norfolk, Va.
A negro has been arrested for the
crime.
Boston, Nov. 14, 1SS5.—The po
lice ot Waltham were notified to
day that Miss Nettie Bergen, aged
thirteen, had eloped with Master
Johnnie Colby, also aged thirteen
There is no clew to their where
abouts, and the anxious parents de
sire them looked up.
The Turkish government is or
dering large forces of Asiatic troops
into the European empire. The
sultan fears that the dismember
ment of Turkey is imminent. En_
land, however, has reassured the
man with the fez cap, by telling
him that she will stand by him.
Wheeling, W. Va., November
15.—Last night at a skating rink at
Bellair, Ohio, Kate St John, aged
19. fell white skating and was pro
nounced dead by physicians. She
was removed to her home and pre
parations (or burial begun. To-day,
however, the body showed signs of
life, and though not yet conscious
the girl, it is believed, will recover.
Augusta, Ga., November 14.--
The jury in the case against r
cashier Walton, of the Bank of Au
gusta, charged with sending per
jured returns of the bank to the
Governot, failed to agree in a ver
dict, and to day a mistrial was or
dered by Tudge Roney, and the su
perior court was adjourned until
January.
Zanesville, O., November 14
A terrible mistake was made by
a physican a couple of days ago in
Warsaw, Belmont county, in this
state. A young woman was suf
fering with an eye affection. An
operation was decided upon, and
llie patient put under the influence
of chloroform, when one of her
eyes was successfully removed.
When the patient had recovered
consciousness it was found that the
good eye had been removed. The
p'nysican was so overcome that he
fled the house. Suit will be en
tered at once against him for mal
practice.
Eli.aville, Ga., November 14
A mob from Sumter and Macon
counties visited this place Thursday
night to meet a crowd from this
county to go to Americus to mob
Charles Blackman, the murderer of
S. J. Tondee. On their arrival
here there was no one lo meet
them, and they posted notices that
they deaounced some parties here
as cowards, because they would
take no partin mobbing Blackman.
No one here knows who the par
ties were. There was about forty
men in the crowd. They were
very boisterous and shot oft' their
guns and pistols while here. Our
people are law abiding and will
let the law take its course.
The small pox has appeared in
Toronto and Chariatteville, Prince
Edward Island.
The French Canadians in Quebec
are are on the verge of a riot over
Riel’s execution.
It is understood that the Pope
has recognized Spanish sotereignty
over the Caroline Islands.
The operatives of the coal mines
in the Hocking Valley have acceded
to the demands of the striking min
ers.
The Setvians are making their
way through Bulgaria, fighting their
way. Servia is believed to be
prompted by Austria.
In the coming congress there will
be a republican majority ot eight in
the senate, and a democratic major
ity ot over forty in the house.
The negro who outraged and
murdered a school girl at Norfolk,
Va., was hanged from a limb. He
confessed the crime after the rope
was around his neck.
According to estimates the Pana
ma canal will not be completed un
til the year 2,065. °the r words,
one twentieth part of the canal has
been completed at a total cost of 270
millions ot dollars. *
One man was killed by a collis
ion at Branford, Fla.
A Pennsylvania man was killed
by an elevator at Sunbury.
The Marietta & North Georgia
railroad has registered its bonds.
A newsboy was killed by the
blow of a shinney at Wilmington,
A young girl in Iowa was killed
by snapping an “unloaded” pistol
at her head.
The Supreme Court of the United
States has pronounced prohibition
constitutional.
Vesuvius is again in eruption,
and that grave fears are entertained
of the damage that may ensue.
Deputy Marshal Rogers was shot
and fatally wounded at his house at
Harlem. Whiskey county, Ky.
The Bulgarians scatter before the
Servian artillery, and the war
threaten; to become contagious.
Two men quarrelled over a game
of cards near Omaha and one of
them shot a spectator ot the game.
Hughey McCain, an old blind
man, tried at New burg. N. Y.. for
the murder ol his wife, was acquit
ted. ;
The New York, Chinamen have
passed lesolutions admiring the
wisdom and courage of Piesident
Cleveland.
The third trial of 'Frankie Morris'
on a charge of murdering her moth
er will begin to-day at the Osage
Mission, Kan.
At Morristown, Tenn., Sunday,
at a public baptizing, two wagons,
loaded with people, collided, and
several were seriously hurt.
At Pittsburg, a workman was
overcome and fell into a gas fur
nace. Seventeen men were pros
trated trying to recover the body. .
The business portion of the town
of Hazlchurst, Miss.,. was burned
last night. The toys is estimated at
$100,000. The insurance was small.
GENERAL NEWS.
*M**>v> II III l iuii—
tributed $£56,000 to the demolratic
party withm-twenty five years.
Tne cornher of'Christlah County,
Ky„ the only colored maq ever elecJJ
ted to office in ' that state; died the
o;her night - ..
Of thj. ’eeo tJy.octtings conducted
by one band of vigilant* in Montana
during the .last thre.eiiioptfis, it is
claimed that '' the J ''nfeHFfnan .vas
hanged in twelve instances.,... . '
A Connecticut man’the outer Jay
tried to swap his davlghter !S f6r a
horse. The ower ot tHei^or-se’de
clined to trade unless he cpuldget
pretty heavy “boot”,,
senator Ingalls has spyen a ubra« ,
ry of j,<y;o congressional'volurftes —
to the Kansas Historical 1 Society.
Whatever injury the library ofay
have done to Ingalls in the past, he
has evidently gotten even yyith, it at
last.
Mr. Blame’s Washington hciniS is
leased at $11,000 a year. ’*u* o*
The Great Eastern is to be moored
at Gibraltar as a coal hull.
The project of drying up the huge
Zuyder Zee is being urged in Hbl-
Lnd. - '1 il • *1
Gen. Mahone is in New York
awaiting the Madam’s arrival from
Eurepe.
The reduction of the public 1 dqbi
during the month ot October amoun
ted to $13,376,774. ■
New York, Nov. 14.—Horace
B. Claflin, dry goods merchant, d> e J
;his afternoon at his summer resi
dence at Fordham, of appoplexy,
* sued he
A Boston banker’s bride !
husband for a divo-ce because he
would not allow her to keep a dog.
Babies appear to be rapidly going
out of fashion in the Hub.
Twenty years ago, Wm. Sharon
was a poor man. He died the other
Jay worth many millions of dollars,
ibout which he seemed to have
more anxiety in his last hour than of
his soul.
A recent law suit in New Or
leans may throw some light upon
the Louisiana lottery. The man
ager ot the concern swore that the
winning licxet for $1^0,000 last De
cember was not sold.
An overcoat of paraffine and cre
osote has ei ently been put on- the
obelisk in Central Park, New York.
Rains and frosts have not cnly done
serious inju to this relic of antiqui.
-y, b.u to the modern stonework On
the terraces, where the beautiful
carvings show signs of premature
decay.
Mrs. Arthur Orton, wife ot the
Tichborne claimant, is dead, and a
•ni lor figure disappears tr6m the
stage whereon the greatest drama
of its kind has been played. As
for the worthy baronet, the .claim
ant h-msclf, he is living quietly at
bherness, preparing the history of
his life.
The painted rock of Santa Bar
bara county. Cal., is 150 feet high,
and upon it are many color paint
ings in a good state of preservation
that are thought to be the work of
Indians. There are two caves in
this giant 1 ock, one at its base and
r other some 60 feet up, and in
each of these are pictures of ani
mals.
A complimentary banquet, ten
dered by the Lincoln (colored)
Club of Connecticut to George Vf,’.
Cable, the nocelist, last week, was
largely attended by representative
colored men of that and other states
as w-11 as by leading state officials,
clergymen, manufacturers and mer
chants. The banquet was intended
as an exp ession of appreciation ot
Mr. Cable's recent magazine arti
cles concerning the colored people.
GEORGIA NEWS.
. 1 y. >* Vi.
Douglass and Forsyth counties
have been added to the prohibition
column.
The Macon Telegraph has a. very
poor opinion of the way the late
state fair was conducted.
The state agricultural society is
going to Usue a monthly magazine
on the first of next month.
Governor McDaniel has issued
his proclamation appointing Thurs
day, the 26th, as Thanksgiving day.
Gov. McDaniel may attend the
Stock Breeders’ fair at Thomas-
ville on the first Saturday in De
cember.
General Robert Toombs still re
mains in»a very low state of health.
His death at any moment would
not come unexpected.
It is said that owing to the heavy
license tax and the tax of $100 de
manded for the street parade, Sells
Brothers’ circus will not visit Macon.
Uncle John Jones, of Meriwether
county, says he will be one hundred
and eight years old on the 20th of
February; was born without teeth
and has none yet.
Judge Simmons is to preside at
Liberty County Superior Court. '
The Central Railroad of Georgia
has recently completed a free cot
ton compress at Columbus-
Atlanta, November 14.—Two
illicit distilleries were captured in
Rabun county yesterday.
Out of six entries made from
Morgan county at the State fair,
four secured prizes.
Mr. Matt Walker, of Clayton
county, will make nine bales of
cotton on four acres of ground this
year.
Pleas Reynolds has been senten
ced to four years in the penitentiary"
for horse stealing in Wilkes Supe
rior Court. . . ,
It costs $578.61 to lay the corner
stone of the new capitol at Atlanta.
The Legislature warranted the ex
penditure of $500. - ' ; »
It is thoug ht that if Atlanta goes
lor prohibition that the stocks of
liquor will immediately be tratis-
ferred to Mat on.
Hawkisville, Ga., November
14.—Eli Johnson killed his brother
Steve with a gun in Abbeville this
morning. The cause is unknown.
Shoes are sold to negroei on the
nstallment plan at Atlanta. The
goods aTe not delivered until the
last payment is made, however.
The rain last Friday., and Friday
night washed all the nulls away ip
Nacooclme, White county, and
nearly all the bridges in the county.
St. Clair Abrams, at Orlando,
Fla., attempted to horsewhip, under
his revolver, one Editor J, A.
Matthews, of the Daily News, but
Matthews got the better of hinv and
forced a retreat.
Not long ago a man near -Ellijay,
while walking on the track, fell iitr
toan excavation between.twp cjoss-
ties and became so securely wedged
in that he couldn’t extricate himself.
The Marietta and NartH Geofgia
train came thundering along and
the engineer saw ahead, of him a
man’s head bobbing up and down
between the crossties, and managed
to stop the train in two or three
feet of the man. It took three men
to puli the unfortunate fellow out
of the hole between the crossties.
Asbury Harris was arrested a
few days ago for stealing cotton
from the field of Col. J. P. Austin,
in Madison county. Barnes 'bor
rowed a pair of mules and wagon
to move the cotton out of the field,
but, unfortunately for him, the wag
on broke down under its stolen
weight, and the thief was traced, by
a broken part of the wagon left in
the field. The amount of cotton
found in his possession was 70a
pounds. • ’J-’’'
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