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PROHIBITION.'
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INTERVIEW WITH A PttOMQJENT
Liquor drumhf.r.
nohlBltlon Now Working Its Own Way—
wonderful Decraase In tha Sale of Wbl>-
k«T All Over Mm State—Tne People Rap
idly Sobering Up—Effect on the Buelnete
Of AUanta—Georgia Fait Verging
on a "Dry state-Tne Honor Tax in
Florida. ' W e' j
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■WATCHMAN.
WEEKLY EDITION.
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NO. XVI
ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1886.
VOL. XXXI
GAINESVILLE LETTER.
Yesterday we met a drummer for
on«‘ «f the largest liqiior houses in the
>outhe who had just returned from a bus
iness trip over Georgia and through
Honda, and we asked him what effect
had the prohibition movement on the li
quor traffic.
•Til tell you,” he replied, “that so far
as < ieorgia is concerned the whisky busi
ness is dead past resurrection, and other
states are fast falling into line. I have
been selling liquor all my life, and it U
the only way I have of making a living,
hut it is needless to deny the fact that
the prohibition movement has wrought
a wonderful change in the people, so far
as whisky-drinking is concerned. I hare
lately been to Atlanta, Columbus, Ma
con, Augusta and Savannah, and of course
my business required that I visit all the
saloon men. With a single excep
tion, Snyder, of J, ngusta. who still re
tains his trade, I B und the liquor dealers
blue and disheartened, and they report a
decrease in sales of from ‘25 to 50 per
cent. I do not believe there is much
more than one-half the liquor sold in
Atlanta now as this time last year. Now
it j'- ems reasonable to suppose that when
the counties around you go ‘dry,’ that
you will gel their trade, and your sales
will he proportionately increased.. But
such i> no: the case. Every county that
adopt-prohibition inflicts a new stab «»n
the liquor business all over Georgia. You
ask me why U this? Why, fcimply be-
caiix the moral sentiment of the people
is opposed to liquor drinking, and it is
causing thousands to .-top. Even in li
quor counties, men who have been drink
ing all their lives have quit short off. It
i.' getting to he u discredit to be seen to
enter a bar-room, and gradually th
practice i.- abandoned. I tell you, as a
liquor man. that prohibition bus done
great things for Georgia, and if there was
not another election held, that the grow
ing sentiment of the people will gradual
ly drive liquor out of the state. The
whisky dealers all over Georgia are dis-
heart» ned and demoralized, and are pre
pared for the worst. They know and
feel that their occupation is gone. How
about the jug trade? It is greatly over-i
estimated. A drummer couldn't make
expenses going to the dry counties and
taking orders for liquor. I tell you the
people are not drinking, and there is no
demand for it. !t used to be the cus
tom that the first thing a visitor did
w hen he reached Atlanta and registered,
w as to hunt the bar-room. Not one in
ten now* thinks of drinking, and often
you can enter a crowd at the Kimball
Hou.-'* and ask a*dozen men before you
can find one to drink with.”
“What effect will prohibition have on
Atlanta?”
“It will kill the place, and has already
given it a fatal stab. There are hun
dreds of vacant houses all over the city
und rents have declined fearfully. Bus
iness is worse than 1 ever knew it. The
people are divided and embittered, and
that unity of action which built up At
lanta is forever destroyed. Don't you
sec the cEy can't raise $100,000 to build
the Georgia Midland? The reason of
this is the liquor men are holding off. 1
know of one firm that sub
scribed $5,000 to that road, but when
Atlanta voted dry they reduced the
amount to $500. The Gate City is in a
bad fix, and when the trouble once be
gins, you will bear the bouses pop like a
canebrake on tire. Am I certain that
rents are declining? Let me give you
one illustration: Ex-Marshal Fitzsim
mons has a beautiful place on Peachtree
street, in one of the most fashionable
portions of the city, that in 1881 rented
f.*r$l«*> per month, last year at $75. and
this year was rented at public outcry for
$-17.50. I tell you, prohibition lias saved
the drunkard, but it has killed Atlanta.”
“lias Florida prohibition?” we asked.
“Partially so, through high taxation.
The -tate and county tax there for sell
ing liquor is $500 a year, and then before
you can open a bar-room you must first
get a petition signed by two-thirds of the
voters u$thin three miles of where you
expect to locate. In Jacksonville and
other cities where the Yankee tourists
most do congregate, liquor saloons are
as P : ck as leaves in Valambrosa. But
Florida is going the same way as Geor
gia, for there is no telling where this
temperance wave will stop. What am I
going to do? ! don’t know as yet—turn
colporteur, l suppose.”
Gaixxsviixb, Ga., Feb. 24.—Court in
Gainesville will probably adjounf to
day. There has been only one case of
any importance tried this week. It was
the State vs. Holcomb, charged with as
sault with intent to murder, upon one
Ilartridge. It seems from the evidence
brought out in the trial, that Hartridge
was thought to be too intimate with the
family of Holcomb. Holcomb shot Hart
ridge, but not fatally. He was prose
cuted, bnt the jury returned a verdict of
not guilty.
The contest over the prohibition elec
tion in Gainesville and Hall county is
getting lively. Both sides arc working,
but the prohibitionists are gaining ground
daily. The liquor men are not as san
guine as they were a week ago. A large
and rery enthusiastic meeting was held
in ti e court house Tuesday night. Judge
Gibson, of Crawford, addressed the audi
ence. and made the liquor men tremble.
Hci-5 a warm advocate of the temperance
cau.«e, and did the prohibitionists great
goon.
Giinesville has a great deal of wagon
trad* from the mountains. If the nar
row-gauge was extended from Jefferson
to Athens it would benefit the latter
place, and pay well. This little road is
loaded down with freight every day.
The Gainesville fire company has a
new engine—a steamer, and it's a daisy.
It is a third-class machine, and cost $2,-
500. The boys are proud of her.
NO DEMAND FOR WHISKY.
A gentleman of Athens says that he
the other day had a talk with Mr. Fowler,
who runs a bar-room just over tlie Oco
nee line and supplies Athens with liquor,
and Mr. F. tells him that while before
Christmas ho sold a great doal of whis
ky and made money, since the new year
set in that his trade has dwindled down
to nothing, and it seems that the people
have all of a sudden quit drinking. He
is now scarcely making expenses, and
says it looks like the business will quit
him. This same report comes from all
over the state.
AS WRY OF THIS SEA.
A HORRIBLE SHfrW
PIXWALL.
OFF AS-
A Night of Terror—A Brave Little Woman—
Seel Eer Husband and Child Washed
Away—Hurting a Baby In a.Btorm—Flrea
on Shore to Keep Off Wild Beasta—Res
cued at Last.
Nassau (S. P.) Guardian.
The following account of the
wreck of the barque Lynton, of
Liverpool, which was wrecked last
month during a hurricane off As-
pinwall, or Colon, a town in Co
lumbia, is told by the mate, Mr. G.
F. Johnston: “At 7:30 the ill-fated
vessel struck and huge waves, seem
ingly mountain high,broke ovei her.
She quickly began to settle down,
and all hopes ot safety were over.
I rushed to the captain’s cabin, and
told Mrs. Lingard to get the chil
dren ready, as the ship was going
down. She snatched her infant to
her breast, and while the cabin was
quickly Riling with water, the cap
tain caught up Lucy, and we all
made for the mizzen rigging. For
some time we held on in that peril
ous position, the seas breaking over
us nil the while. Lucy clung to
the captain, and Mrs. Lingard
QDITTINO A BAD HABIT.
Tlie editor of this paper was an invet
erate smoker until his late illness, and
was never, unless eating or asleep, with
out a cigar or pipe in his mouth. Since
his sickness he has no taste for tobacco,
and thinks he is entirely cured of the
hahit.
M'SUTt DOTS.
When the Suta Fe road was first sug
gested. it was luuught to he altogether
impractical, hut since its completion it
has become one of the most beneficial and
neeessari roads in the county. Too much
praise and too raafly thanks cannot be
given to the advocater.
The marriage contract between Mr.
George McLeroy and Miss Anna Osborn,
was consummated last Sunday morning
by Hev. W. A. Overton. There were
quite a number of friends of both the
bride and groom present to congratulate
the happy couple in their divine union.
Mr. S. T. Denton has purchased the va
cant lot west of the academy lot, and will
at an early day erect a convenient and
beautiful cottage thereon. It was at first
thought that he would build on his river
plantation, but it being too much of a
private place for him he decided on a
more public home. C. B. D.
LAKE SIDE, CLARKE COUNTY.
A MAMMOTH FRAUD.
Excursionists From Ohio Who want to Set
tle In Georgia.
Cartersville Courant.
A level headed Bartow citizen
said he had been amused, provoked
and disgusted to see how the State
of Georgia had been imposed upon
by “Ohio farmers coming to settle
among us.”
“Did they quarter on you?” asked
the scribe.
Not much, for I smelt a mice
some weeks ago. I kinder got sus
picious when theie was so much
hospitality, banqueting and riding
around called for—free, gratis called
for nothing. Business is business,
and if I was to go to Ohio to buy
land, I should he suspicious of a
crowd that jumped up so smart to
show me all the land they had, and
was so willing to sell it that they
would be willing to board half a
regiment to get a chance at my
money. Why bless your soul dear
Courant, one of my neighbors killed
a turkey, stuffed one of the excur
sionists so full of good things that
he grunted when heclimed into the
buggy, to be repaid after this fash-
A GUASVTY SIliHT^
PROHIBITION GRAPE SHOT.
A Graveyard Washed Away by the Missou
ri River—The Corpses of small Pox Vic
tims Floating Down the Stream in Their
Coffins—The Inhabitants Along the Bantu
Considerably Excited.
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 23.—As
a result of an ice gorge, the channel
in the Missuri river is cutting away
the Southern portion ot an island
opposite the city, on which are lo
cated the pest house and the small
pox hospital. There were a large
number of graves on the island, the
greater number of which were
washed away and the bodies floated
off down the river in their coffins.
There is considerable excitement
along the banks. The officials,
however, say that there is little dan*
fier ot future infection irom the
corpses. There have been no inter
ments in that place within the year.
The city water supply is drawn from
Kaw river. The only persons living
on the island are one small pox pa
tient and his nurse. They are not
in any danger from flood at present.
The floating coffins presented a very
ghastly sight.
ion: "If you had this sort of land
DEATH FROM NATURAL CAUSES.
Lexinqton, Ga., Feb. 22.—Coroner J.
U. Jlaggs was called to hold an inquest
over the dead body of Willis Hutchison,
olored, yesterday. Willis was found
by Mr. iloward Hays, a few miles from
his home in the big road. The old man
was very aged, and after summoning a
jury of inquest and hearing the evidence,
nine to the. decision that his death was
from natural causes.
SAVING APPLES.
Mr. .T.M. Booth, of .lackson county,
raised a great many shockley apples. lie
kept them from freezing during the late
cold spell by hanking them uplikepota-
toes and covering them with dirt and
grass. M r. Booth says he never heard of
anyone saving apples this way liefore,
and only tried it as an experiment. He
will bank all of his apples in dirt next!
Mr. John It. White paid us a flying
visit on Friday last.
We notice the mud-hole just this side
of Mr. W. It. Tuck's is almost impassa
ble. We hope the proper authorities
will lake this matter in hand and have it
macadamized or laid with poles. We al
so think if the proper ones were to see
Mr. John W. Nicholson in regard to
changing the road on the west side of
Shoal creek, so that instead of going
straight up the hill to have it go around
one way or the other, he would do so.
The Sahbath school at “Corinth"
church is in a flourishing condition, un
der the superintendency of Mr. W. H.
Morton. Josiaii.
BOUGHT OUT.
Mr. Arthur Long has purchased the
drug store of Long & Co. Mr. Arthur
Long has been in the drug business in
our city for a number of years, and
welcome him hack to his old stand. Dr.
Charlie Long, we learn, will move hack
to N'ewnan. He has made many friends
in Athens, who wish him all the success
possible.
THE PASTOR OBJECTED.
A colored hrothcrinone of the colored
churches in Athens wanted to buy a gui
tar. hut the pastor objected, on the ground
that a guitar was nothing more than a
high-toned banjo, and that a ben jo was the
devil's own instrument.
OUR NEW POST-MASTER.
The senate, without opposition, has
confirmed Capt. Burnett's appointment
as postmaster at Athens, and he will take
charge of the office as soon as the papers
were forwarded. He has his bondsmen
all ready. Capt. B. as yet has not settled
upon his assistants, hut he has numer
ous applicants, from both gentlemen and
ladies, some from other states. The of
fice only lscks shout f400 of being made
a second-class office, when it will be
more valuable. The government will
then furnish another clerk, and also pay
rent*. Capt. Burnett says he thinks he
will goon bring it up to that standard
SALS OF A PATENT.
We learn that Dr. Hunnicntt paid Mr.
Lawson $4,000 for the right of his cotton
basket, and will press it* sale by next
season. This is a splendid invention,
and if properly worked, a fortune can be
made out of it. Dr. H. has also the right
to ten counties for the Georgia fence,
and will goon put a man on the road to
dispose of the territory for him. There
is generally not much money in patent
rights, but Dr. nunnicutt has two things
that the people will have.
PROO IN EER ABM.
There is a negro girl in Athena who
claima that she has a frog in her arm that
travels up and down her arm from her
wrist to her shoulder. She aays that
another woman conjured her when she
Wasjronng, and the frog 1 has been in her
•**» ever since.
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TO TRY JOURNALISM.
Messrs. Rufe and Tom Christy, so we
learn, will soon begin the publication of a
paper at Franklin, X. C., Tom already
having resigned his position with Cran
ford St Davis. They have great hopes
in the future of Franklin, that we trust
will he fully realized.
NEW POST OFFICES.
The old office at Osceola between Mc
Nutt and Jug Tavern, has been opened
again, and a new office called Elder be
tween NVatkinsvillc and High Shoals has
been established. This will be a great
help to the people of Oconee.
DIE TO WIN.
One of the iron clad notes taken bjr the
Athens merchants was presented to
farmer to sign, and after reading it over
carefully, he said that the only way to
get out of paying the note was to die.
STILL WEARING TEE GRAY.
Yesterday along, lank-looking coun
tryman came to the city wearing an offi -
cer’s suit of Confederate gray. It brought
back the days of old to the soldiers who
followed Lee and Jackson.
GOOD COTTON.
Mr. J. A. Seegar, of Harmony Grove,
picked, 5,011 pounds of seed cotton off
two acres, besides plowing in about three
hnndred pounds.
SURVEYING THE GROUND.
Mr. McGinty has bought land just
above the oil mills, at the S. E. depot,
to build his shops. He has nine acres,
and Work will begin to-day. The land ie
opposite the Elevator Mills.
bravely held her babe to her hreast.
The barque then began to break up.
We seemed to be buried in a boii-
ing. seething mass of broken water,
and the rain still pelted down lu-
riously. At about II p. m. the
vessel turned right over, and we
were all quickly immersed in the
sea. Every one succeeded in catch
ing hold of the keel garboard
streak, and strenuous efloits
were made with hands and teeth
to tear up the planks to obtain
a bettor hold. Not a word
not a cry or shriek did the captain's
wife utter. She held on to the
wreck with one hand, and with the
other she pressed the child to her
bosom. I was clinging close to
her, and for the purpose ot giving
her a little support I held her round
the waist. The storm raged on, if
possible worse than ever; the water
went over us again and again, al
most stifling us. At about one
o’clock the boy Ilall began to com
plain of the cold, and Mrs. Lingard
put his hands into his bosom to
warm them, at the same time clasp
ing the child Hilda to her naked
breast. The weary night, which
seemed more like a year, dragged
on. Now and again, as the waves
allowed us, we could see two large
fires on shore, which the natives
keep on (or the purpose of frighten
ing wild animals away. With the
water breaking over us, we were
becoming numb with cold, our
clothes weie being torn ofl, and our
bodies were being cut and bruised.
At about four o'clock, a. m., a fear
ful sea broke over us, tearing from
the wreck the boy Hall and one of
the sailors named Johnson, who
never rose again. At length morn
ing dawned; and on shore, between
200 and 300 yards away we could
hear the people shouting. But on
account of the heavy seas no assis
tance could be rendered us. Bit by
bit the vessel broke up, and as the
day wore on Norberg was swept
away. With her hair streaming in I
the wind, the cap'ain’s wife still
clung for lile to the wreck. Thf.-
captain, who appeared to be ver y
much exhausted, still held on wi'.h
Lucy in his arms. The child beg an
to cry, and, with tears running do wn
her cheeks, she uttered the pi tiful
request, ‘Papa, papa, give me a
drink.’ A lew hours rolled on with
out apparently any hope of rc.-scue.
The captain then held up Lt icy in
his arms, and, with a cry of de spair,
exclaimed, ‘Save my little ones!
Ob, try and save my darlin-g chil
dren!' These weie the last words
he uttered, for shortly alter he sank
down alongside of us, com pletely
worn out. It is impo-sibl e to de
scribe the agony we sufferer). Hun
gry and thirsty almost to madness,
our limbs cut and bleeding, and be
numbed with cold, we still clung to
the remaining planks. Never a word
of complaint was heard from the
captain’s wife. She gave her child
all the protection she could, and re
peatedly pressed her breast to give
the infant food. A little later anoth
er gigantic wave broke upon us as
we all lay huddled together, and
carried away Lucy, the carpenter,
and one of the sailors fiom our sight,
it was but the work of a second.
All seemed now over. Mrs. Lin
gard, turning to me, said, ‘Mr.
Johnstoa, my darling husband and
child are gone. Wno’s to be next?
A French barque had also gone
down not far from us, all hands of
which, we afterward learned, were
saved. During the whole of the
dreadful night the ship’s hell had
been tolling, as it had been swung
backwards and forwards by the
wind and waves. The sound of
the bell as it reached us across the
water rang like a horrible death
knell in our ear*. We were quite
resigned to our fate. We fullv ex
pected never to see the daylight on
earth again, never to behold the fa
ces of those we loved. Day at
length dawned, hut with nothing
but death staring us in the face. The
storm still continued with unabated
fury. I heard the captain’s wife
faintly say, ‘No hopes, Mr. John
ston?’ ‘No; no hopes,’ I re
plied. A few hours of terrible suf
fering passed. We had then
been about thirty-eight hours
on the wreck, when suddenly
we saw a boat pulling off to
wards us. A feeling of hope sprang
up in our breast. One moment we
saw her on top of the wave,and ihe
next moment she disappeared; but
on she came, buffeting with the bil
lows. The boat drew near to us,
and was again and again buried
from us by the waves. At last she
managed to get alongside, and a
gallant fellow jumped over on the
planks and made fast a rope to the
wreck. ‘Jump for your lives,’ he
said,: The captain’s wife said it
would be no use being in the boat—
it could not live lfi such a sea. Tbe
boat filled with water and I sprang
into the sea and succeeded >r
catching hold ot the oars. On e
wave came and buriad me up- I
held ray breath and still fonght for
life. I rose again, and exerted my
self to get to the shore. I again
sank, and the rolling waves b fought
me to the surface. Twice I sank
and had given myself up for lost
when two natives rushed into the
water with ropes, and hauled me
ashore naked and bleeding. 1 was,
taken to a French doctor’s house.
The boat,which was washed ashore,
was got ready for another attempt
at,rescue. This time her crew suc
ceeded in saving the captain’s wife,
child, the steward, and two sailors
named. Christopher and Everses.
Alf were taken to the doctor’s
house, and our wants were attend
in Ohio and you had our sort you
would give one acre fora thousand
of it. Why my good fellow I won
der you dent starve.” Now that
was a nice return lor hospitality—
free buggy rides snd free tickets to
this country—was it not. One ol
them said: ‘It your land is so pro
ductive, so healthy and so everlast
ingly better than any outside the
garden of Eden, why in the king
dom do you want to sell it all out to
us?’ ”
STRANDED FILLlBUSTERERf.
Twenty of the A'leged Honduras Troops in
a Plight on Turk Island.
New York, Feb. 20—The intel
ligence bi ought to this port yester
day by the steamer Clyde lhai
twenty alleged fiillibustets from
ihetourth ward had landed atTurk’s
island fiom the steamer San Domin
go, failed to pioduce any sensation
here. Had they landed in the vi
cinity ot a well-stocked hen-roost
the thing would have had a more
war-like aspect, and the chickens
would have been the sufferers. On
Turk’s isla nd salt mills and salt
mines are abundant, but scarcely
anything else that will help to sus
tain life is to be found. Unless the
filibusters can subsist on salt, it will
go hard w iththem. They wil? not
join Gen. Delgado’s army in Hon
duras, br cause *he journey is too
long by many hundreds ol miles for
the ordir iary swimmer. Ex-Presi-
dent So to, who is said to have an
eye on ITonduras, still views their
sorry pi ight with unconcern from
his pala ce on Flth avenue. The dis
patch a gent of the Clyde steamship
company said this morning:
“The landing of these men on
Turk’s island penniless proves the
correct ness ol the view I express
ed whe n the wild rumor of the sail
ing of a military expedition in the
San Domingo was started. Instead
ol going to make war on Central
, Americans, the poor fellows must
I rely for the necessaries of life on
negroes who work in the salt mines.
They have neither money, food nor
clothing, and it is superfluous to say
they have no ammunition or arms.
Some vessels land at the island to
take on laborers to work the cargo.
There is no business there except
the salt industry, and unless they
find work at that and have tbe con
stitution to stand it, which is very
doubtful, they will be glad to ship
on the first vessel that comes along
no matter where sbe may be bound.”
SEARCHING FOR FREEMAN.
Elberton Citizens Object to Having Their
Houses Ransacked.
CONNECTICUT SHADOWS.
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS.
Elberton, Feb. zo.—Consider
able excitement was created here
last night by D. C. McCrosky, of
Toccoa, who arrived with a war
rant, issued by the coroner of Hab
ersham county, and an appointment
as deputy sheriff made by the coro
ner, attempted to search the dwel
ling houses of some of our citizens
tor Fred Freeman, charged with
the murder of young Mauldin in
Toccoa. He had searched the house
of Mr. J. E. Brewer, who is the
brother-in-law of young Freeman,
and then, with a posse, proceeded
to search the house of Mr. J. C.
Swearengen. Mr. bwearengen,
doubting NlcCrosky’s authority, ob
jected to the search. McCrosky
then tried to get a search warrant
for the house, but as the law did not
authorize such warrant to issue for
persons he tailed in this. He then
sued out a new criminal warrant
for Freeman and placed it in the
hands of Sheriff Alexander, who
entered and searched Mr. Swear-
engen’s house without opposition,
but tailed to find the young man or
any evidence that be had been
iere.
A warrant for trespass was then
sued out for McCrosky and he was
arrested by Sheriff Alexander, and
demanding indictment, was requir
ed to give bond in the sum ot one
hundred dollars tor his appearance
at the next term of the superior
court, which he succeeded in doing
about 4 o’clock this morning.
Extracts Prom Sam Jones' speech at Mll-
ledgevllie.
Conatilutlen.
I have nothing against any one.
I disclaim any unkindness toward
the liquor men. One wished this
morning that when that loose mule
ran across the street he would mjet
Sam Jones aftd he would kick his
brains out Well, I had rather be
mule-kicked than saloon-kicked. I
had rather stand behind a mule than
in front of you, it you are a saloon
keeper. Nothing but an evil man
will engage in the sale of liquor. In
Chattanooga I said that nothing but
AN INFERNAL SCOUNDREL
would sell liquor and nothing but
an infernal fool would drink it
They cursed me on the streets next
day—cursed me to my face, behind
my back, don’t you see? 1 told them
that il they would go with me to the
home of that poor woman down
yonder in an obscure part of the
city, and let me ask her of her trou
ble, she would say: “Yes, I mar
ried an industrious, hard-working
young man, and we did well until
he began to cometo yoursaloon and
buy liquor, and now he is in the
state penitentiary of Tennessee!”
And then, if I were to put my ear
close down to her side, I would hear
the blood dripping from that heart
—drip, drip, drip!
You, my colored friends, they
tell you about keeping up the sale
of iiquor, so that you may not be
deprived of your liberty. Do you
notice that while you are dressed
in rags
THAT SALOON KEEPER
has on good clothes, and lives in a
fine house? Well, if you were to go
and ask that man, “Boss, where Uid
you get all those fine clothes,” he
would reply, if he spoke right, ‘Got
them from you, you black rascal.”
When I was preaching prohibi
tion in Cobb county, there came an
old darkey to the little town, he rip
Bwrerln*z of th* Poor nimtrated by a
Temperance Family—Twenty Years in
tbe Garret.
New Haven, Feb. 20.—It would
hardly seem possible that in a civi
lized country there could be as much
suffering among the poorer classes
as has been lately developed in New
Haven. Dr. C. B. Adams, the state
agent of the Connecticut Humane
Society, found one case which gives
an idea of many others. In an old,
abandoned freight car body, near
Oyster Point, not far from this city,
a man named Buckingham found
shelter, with six motherless children,
the oldest not more than 10 years old.
Five were boys and one a girl. The
squalor, filth and poverty were ter
rible to behold, as the children lay
on a heap of rags, called a bed, and
their clothing was utterly inade-
quate for their needs. Bucking-
ham has been able to get but little
employment and could get no one
to care for the children. Some char
itable ladies heard of the case, vis
ited the place and tried to have the
boys attend Sunday school. As
they did not an attempt was made
FIRE IN WILMINGTON.
The North Carolina Seaport Devasted Sun
day.
Wilmington, N. C.,— Feb 21.—
A disastrous fire occurred in the
businers portion of this city this af -
ternoon. the loss from which will
probably exceed one million dollars.
The lire originated on tbe river
steamer Bladen, cotton laden, which
set fire to wharf and the sheds of
the Clyde line steamships. A high
wind was blowing at the time, and
the fire spread rapidly, sweeping
ped out an oath, and swore, “I am
going to carry two hundred votes
for whisky to-morrow.” That night
that old negro got drunk and lay
down in a bar-room and died, and
I think the sympathizing saloonist
raised fifty cents, by general sub
scription, for his benefit. [Loud
applause.]
The cry is that it will deprive
poor folks and the colored people of
the privilege of getting drunk.
That is just the class that I want to
see get to heaven. They get so lit
tle in this world, I want them to
reap the benefit of heaven. If
THESE OLD RICH DEVILS
want to import it, guzzle it down
and goto hell, let them go. We
want to put legs on these jugs and
demijohns and run them out of here
Here are these bar-keepers living
in purple and fine linen and faring
sumptuously every day, and you
poor negtoes go from the saloon by
the way ol the coutt house to the
chain-gang. That’s the route.
[Cries of “Dat’s de troof.”] There
is a complaint that you can’t get a
little for medical use. I have not
tasted, touched nor handled a drop
in nine years, and I am as healthy a
man as you ever looked in the face.
If there is anything I hate it is a
little
qjjack of a doctor
With half a box of pills and a gallon
of whisky going around to doctor all
to send the children to Tyler City
Home for Destitute Children. This
St. Louis street car liner, are to be
boycotted.
Two railroad men were killed by
the train at Chattanooga, Sunday.
A new Chinese bill, to get rid of
the Celestials, has been framed.
The Chinese residents were driv
en out of Oregon City.
A general local option bill has
passed the Virginia senate.
Eighteen persons were injured in
a railroad accident near Rochester,
N. Y.
Four men were drowned while
trying to cross the river at Harris
burg, Pa.
The Pennsylvania coke workers’
strike has ended in a victory for the
the father resented, and the matter
was brought into the city court. A
lawyer took the case up for him
and intimated that the charitable
ladies were trying to deprive Buck
ingham ot his children because he
did not send them to Sunday school.
Buckingham never squandered his
money on drink and made every
cent count for the children, .whom
he loved. Little Minnie, the girl,
said she wanted to stay with her
pa, and acted in court as if she fear
ed that he would be would be taken
from her. Judge Deming adjourn
ed the case for three weeks, and
asked the ladies to continue their
charity.
Charles Hale, who lives in South
Meridan, had a large Newfound
land dog that he had owned many
Mr. Beecher had his stolen watch
returned*to him by the thief, upon
his paying Stoo.
A Pittsburg, Pa., infant is claim
ed by two women, its parentage
being in doubt.
The wife and nephew of John
Higgins, murdered at Charleroix,
Mich., confessed the crime.
It is thought that it was cowboys,
and not Apaches, who killed the
eight sheepherders in New Mexico.
They threaten to destroy the iron
mines in France with dynamite
unless wages are increased.
Great distress exists at the Eber-
ville, Pa., collieries. Many families
are on the verge ot starvation.
Sam Jones made a temperance
speech in Milledgeville, Saturday,
and they gave him a rousing re
ception.
Mr. R.J. McAflee, of Knoxville,
Tenn., went deranged and escaped
to the woods. When found he was
in a starving condition.
In Aroustock county, Me., an old
man 70 years old, named Martin,
killed his wife with an axe, and
then committed suicide.
A young couple, first cousins, who
married in spite of civil and relig
ious law, have been ex-communi
cated at Youngstown, Ohio.
The business men of Richmond
met and denounced boycotting, and
says it is an offense punishable by
the laws of the land.
years and prized highly. A Ger
man took a fancy to the dog and
bought it from Hale, with the un
derstanding that he was to return
the skin stuffed when the dog died.
Hale had a few days ago received
the stufled dog, which was a mar
vel of the taxidermist’s art It then
transpired that the German had
killed the dog and had eaten it
cooked in various ways. He said
that he was used to it and relished
the meat very much, and that he
would like to get another dog on
the same terms. Boiled dog and
saeur kraut he particularly admired.
THE INCARCERATED FARMER'S
DAUGHTER.
Further light has been shed on
the case ot the caged woman at
Wapping, which shows it to be
equal to any on record. Twenty years
ago the daughter of Hiram Grant, ... ■ „„
then a beautiful girl, was lured c nl ,>Jl rn rn .A
from her home, led astray and fell Southern railroad pitched
GEORGIA NEWS.
- ill
Robert Thompson, of Effinghi
county, recently, killed 8400 pouj
!?WI» ■ ..!.a -
- Farmers come from Florida, se|
•ftty-flve miles to Valdosta for suj
piles. , .it&rui ... •;.'<? ,tb'.-
The lumber is being hauled
build the colored female college :
tween Lexington and Crawford. B
The Eagle & Phoenix mill, of Cc«
lumbus, it is said, consumes mor '
cotton than any mill in America.
James B. King, an Elbert count]
convict, has escaped from the Dadf
coal mines. A reward of $125 ha|
been offered for him.
At Pateville, Dooly county, Mi
Elijah Pate, a substantial and pros!
perous farmer, aged 74 years.^mar-
ried Miss Bailey, a maiden of fifteet
summers.
The negro who carried the mailjj
between Mt. Vernon and McVille.l
whose throat was cut recently, has.
not yet recovered. The mail bag'.|
was considerably hacked up.
Fred Kessler, of Guyton, bought'
a hive ot bees in 1859. It was an
old hire then, and he has robbed it:
for the past twenty-seven years, and ]
tne bees are still living and appa
rently as well as ever.
Th: cattle men in Bryan county
lost heavily during the recent cold
snap. The cattle going in on tbe
ice in search of water fell, and not
being able to get up, died wherff j
they fell.
Mr. Jonathan Williams, of Hara!-'
son county, has saved enough ma
nure from two cows to manure three
acres of cotton land well. He says
he would not take $40 for the ma
nure he saved from two cows the
past year.
Eatontoh Messenger: John At-
len bought a mule for six dollars
and sold it to Will Griffin for
cents. Seab Lawrence bought it
for 35 cents and sold it to Walker
McDade for $1. Walker bought a
bridle and went after it, but when
he found the mule it was dead.
A Chinese mandarim interested
in a large importing firm at San
Francisco was refused permission to
land, and returned to China.
The steamer City ot Mexico and
its crew of filibusters arrived at
Key West under charge of a prize
crew.
away the business houses on Water
DR. MYRTLE’S BAD CONDUCT.
Marrying a Widow and Tben Running
Away With Her 16-Year-Old Daughter.
Vincennes, Ind., Feb. 21.—Dr.
R. E. Myrtle, formerly of Indianap
olis, but for several months a prac
titioner at Centre Point, Ciay coun
ty, has just astonished his friends
and paved his way to the state
prison. He is about 40 years old,
and at Indianapolis he married Mrs.
Burke just before removing to Cen
tre Point. Mrs. Burke had a charm
ing daughter, Pearl, about 16 years
old. His attentions were turned
criminally to the girl, and when she
became aware of her condition the
Doctor proposed an elopement, tc
which she assented. The girl had
bean frequently absent, teaching
music, and the Doctor made a plea
of business engagement, by which
Mrs Myrtle was pievented from
suspecting wrong till they had been
gone ten days. Then she put de
tectives on the trail- The Doctor’s
finances ran low, and hejwent from
place to [plaae till at last he hired
as a iarm hand near Patoka. with
the young girl as his wife doing
service in his employer’s family.
There the Sheriff of Clay county
arrested him yesterday.
street for three blocks, and many
valuable residents on Fourth and
Second streets. Among the build
ings destroyed were the Firth Meth
odist churth, the office of the Atlan-
tic coast line, the freight depot of
the Wilmington, Columbia and
Augusta and the Wilmington and
Weldon railroads, the Champion
compress, two large grain mills and
saw mill, and the offices and ware
houses ot A. Sprunt &■ Co, Worth
& Worth, Kirchner & Calder Bros.,
S. P. Thotler & Co., and others. The
steamer River Queen and schooner
Holmes weie burned.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
creation. If you are a doctor and
A Lover's Quarrel Results In A Young Lady
Taking Laudanum.
Dahlonkga, Ga., Feb. 20.—Our
quiet little town was furnished with
a genuine sensation yesterday. Miss
Ann Teague, a young woman living
with her brother-ir.-law attempted
suicide by taking- iaudanum. The
family had gone to dinner, and they
noticed that Miss Teague was not
present whereupon Mrs. Swarson,
her sister, went to her room to noti
fy her that dinner -,vas going on and
to her surprise lound her lying on
the bed weeping and mourning. A
glance at the table explained all,
for there was an empty one-ounce
vial labelled “Laudoum,” also a
note far her sister- The contents of
note have not been made public,but
enough is known to justify the
statement that the rash act was the
can’t get along without whisky, the
quicker you are all in the chain gang
the better.
In opening this meeting I noticed
the good songs and the prayer of
fered. Did you ever see a man
with the red ticket praying? In
Cobb county the ballots were print
ed to read “for whisky,” “against
whisky.” Now the man who is not
a cousin or brother of a saloon keep
er, who will take one of those tick
ets “for whisky,” and go and vote it,
is about eleven-tenths dog. All the
animal jn him is on top,making ten-
tenths, and what little human is in
him has turned to dog, making the
other tenth
We have tried it sufficiently in out
town. We have suffered worse
than any where. When the sale was
voted down, they still ran “blind ti
gers,” and the result has been—dy
namite. And if I wanted to beat
the roll call for dynamiters 1 would
go through the saloons. When the
election was approaching they
threatened to bring out their old
rusty pistols to bulldoze us with.
But we told them that if they were
going to try that they had better
bring out their best weapons, for
they would find us ready. You
may get the first shot, but God bless
you, we will
FEED THE BUZZARDS ON YOU.
Some don’t like that. They say
the Lord’s army ought to be a
peaceable army. Well, so it ought.
I haven't had but two fights since
I’ve been preaching, and by the
grace of God I will not have anoth-
into dissolute company. Her fath
er was stern, unyielding and fanat
ically regular in the observance
of his religious duties. He
prayed over the matter and in
the fervor of his religious zeal con
ceived it his duty to shut her out
from the company not only of her
licentious companions, but all the
world beside. He found her and
brought her home, and ever since
she has been confined in a garret of
the old fashioned (arm house in
which she was barn. Hiram Grant
died a few years ago, but the family
have been carrying out his wishes
as strictly as possible, and thus for a
score of years, in the most uncom
fortable quarters, without proper
clothing, light or warmth, has the
unfortunate creature been kept.
State Ageat Thrall says she is in a
terrible condition, but proper steps
are to be taken to rescue her from
her living tomb, and to make her
as comfot table as a shattered con
stitution, diseased mentally and an
emaciated body can be made. The
case is a remarkable one, and there
Is no doubt that Hiram Grant’s last
days were embittered not only by
the thought that his darling daugh
ter had brought disgrace upon him
and her family, but by the suffering
he had compelled her to undergo
in consequence. No nun was more
rigidly kept in seclusion behind con
vent walls, and no one suffered
more than the poor girl, who lost
her mind during the dreary days she
was incarcerated in the living
tomb.
CHECKING ON THE CZAR.
result of a lover’s quarrel. A mes- „
senger was dispatched for Dr Jones | er it I can outrun the fellow. If
True to Hir Color*.
Calhoun (Ga.) Times.
Mrs. W. L. Whitman, of Ring-
gold, Ga., has a $50 bill of Confed
erate money, which has an interest
ing hisjory. Near the close of the
late war, when Gen. Grant was in
Ringgold, he and hi* stalT spent a
night at Mr. Whitman’s, and when
he was about to leave he put Mrs.
Whitman’s faith in the Con-.federacy
to a test. He was to pay $30 tor
his entertrinment, and in the pres
ence ol his staff and others be heid
in one hand a fifty dollar bill of
greenbacks.and in the other a simi
lar bill of Confederate money- which
was at the time almost worthless,and
told her to take her choice. With
out a moment’s hesitation she took
ttve latter. This exhibition of loy
alty to the lost cause was greeted
vjith applause by some and with
•derisive laughter by others. Mrs.
Whitman declares that her choice
would have been the same had
there been a thousand dollars in
gold at stake.
who promptly responded, and
after administering antidotes and by
continued efforts, restored the un
fortunate woman to partial concious-
ness at about 4 o’clock this morn
ing. She is yet in a critical condi
tion.
MURDERED BY HIS DAUGHTER.
lij
A Negro Wench For Sue.
The Ulster county Gazette, pub
lished at Kingston, N. Y., in 1800,
contains the account of the death
and funeral obsequies of General
Washington, and is preserved for
that reason. Judging from what it
has to say, his funeral must have
been a tame affair compared with
that of Grant, Hendricks or Han
cock.
While looltingover this old paper
we found the following blood-curd
ling advertisement:
“FOR SALE
A STOUT, ACTIVE, HEALTHY, NEGRO
• WENCII.
“Any one inclined to purchase,
may .know the particulars by ap-
P j r <^N > SCHOMNMAKER, JR.
. At Rochester. Nov. jfJJ 1799.”
«38W(ftS^ri<A6l MV v,.- U
A Horrible Tragedy Reported Prom the
Wilds of Tennessee.
Pulaski, Feb. 20, 1SS6—News
was received here this afternoon of
a most horrible murder on Big
Creek, in Lawrence county, beyond
Marcella Falls, and twenty miles
northwest of this place. In a family
fight, an,old man named Burt Griggs
was killed by bis daughters. The
elder knocked her father down with
a shovel and the other stabbed him
with a butcher knife. Griggs was
rather thriftless and given to drink.
He was raised near Lynnnville,Giles
county, where he is well known
The daughters are said to be under
arrest
Lexington, Ky., Feb. 22.—A
special from Winchester, Ky, says:
At noon to-day a powder explosion
occurred in the grocery store ot
Mary Wiles. The clerk was in the
act ot weighing some powder from
a can when a man standing near
the counter struck a match to light
a cigar. _ A spark ignited the pow
der, which exploded with terrible
violence. The house was wrecked
and eight persons were severely
wounded. James Hopper aud Will
Murray are dying and others will
die. The man who struck the
match escaped unhurt. Mary
Wiles and two others were hurt.
The house took fire but the flames
were soon extinguished.
any man don’t like what I say about
it, let him go outside the corpora
tion and wait till I come—he had
H. H. Honore, Colonel Fred
Grant's father-in-law, who was very
rich before the Chicago fire, lost
most of his money thereby, and for
a time had difficulty in meeting his
ordinary expenses. Having accor
ding to report overdrawn his account
$2,500 at one of the hanks the cash
ier asked him towards the close of
the year to make it good. The ex
millionaire vowed he couldn’t give a
check on anybody. Said the officer:
“We want it mainly tor the benefit
of the bookkeeper, so we can bal-
better carry about two weeks rations
William Walter, a veteran of two
wars *tw the wearer of the Iron
Cross of Russia and other medals
committed suicide at Prosperity,
S. Cf.
with him, though.
And again, 6ome say, “I found
whisky when I came, and I want
to leave it here when I die. Yes,
you’ll hear them talk that,way.
Well, you found rattlesnakes here
(laughingly)—do you want to leave
rattlesnakes when you die? You
found chaingangs, do you want
them here because you found them
here. There were liars and bad
men here—do you want to leave
them here. No, it is just like a great
many other arguments. It is absurd.
I shall never touch another drop
as long as I live, and if the doctor
says I must take it or die, I’ll tell my
wife to
GET MY SHROUD READY.
The barkeepers may do with me
as they like. Yes, you may cut my
head off, hut I’ll be in heaven before
you can get back to your saloon
The most disgusting sight to me
is to see a barkeeper going to the
polls with about twenty or thirty
negroes behind him that he has
bought like sheep. Don’t you go
and sell yourselves like sheep, my
colored friends. Vote to stop the
sale of the stuff, for it has been the
curse of your race.
The great crowd rose as one man
and the wildest cheers rent the air,
and as they resumed their seats, the
orator retired.
Mr. J. M. Qox, of Mitchell coun
ty, has recently recently received
letters patent for a very valuable
invention for an attachment to cot
ton gins, which will make him a
handsome fortune. The invention
consists of an attachment, which is
readily adjustable to cotton gins of
any make, which renders the firing
of cotton from matches, or friction
from the ribs and saws, practically
impossible in the process of gin
ning.
GENERAL NEWS.
A party of five at Gieen Cove,
Fla., bagged 243 ducks.
The lining of a Chicago man’s
coffin was made to mstch his whis
kers.
A somnambulist who leaped from
the Canada
into a
snow bank, and sustained no injury
An ex-fireman of Pittsburg, dis
couraged through poverty and lack
of employment, killed his wife and
mortally wounded himself.
Judge Clark, of Atlanta, enjoins
Mrs. Weaver from removing or
otherwise interfering with the body
of Pierce, the Texas horse trader.
A negro desperado in Wiikes
county took Sheriff Calloway’s gun
from him, and made that officer step
back while he escaped to the
swamps.
At Allentown, Pa., three persons
have trichinosis and one died, and
at Akren, O., nine in one family are
suffering from the same terrible dis
ease. ,
Paris, Feb. 22.—Nine hundred
convicts in Central Prison, at
Thouars, revolted and mastered the
guards. A force of troops succeed
ed in suppressing the outbreak.
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 22.—
The Jacksonville, Tampa and Key
West railroad was formally opened
between this city and Sanford to
day.
At Homer, Ill., C. J. Sears, aged
80 years, had a discussion with his
wife on religion. The next day he
brutally murdered her with a hand
saw.
Uxbridge, Mass., boasts ot a pair
of steers that have a trotting record
of 3 :oS.
The footman and coachman of
certain tamily in England wear
green wigs when they go to court.
As many as 2S5 love letters are
offered in evidence in a breach of
promise suit now before an Indiana
court.
Fitzjohn Porter’s friends count
on six majority in the senate for the .
bill to restore him to th: army ros-!
ter.
A recent prize fight near New
Orleans was given to the whipped
man because it was alleged his op
ponent bit him.
What astonishes the Pension Bu
reau is that there are now on the
rolls the names of 17,212 women,
widows of soldiers of the war of
1S12.
Crockery coffins are proposed by
Philadelphia inventor. His idea
is to glaze them, thus making a tight
and imperishable receptacle, the
object being to protect underground
water currents from pollution.
Dr. S. D. Rambo, of Brazil, is
now in Bluffton with the home
folks, after an absence of ten years.
Dating that time he has been re
markably successful with his pro-
fe sion, accumulating the snug little
sum of $50,000.
A St. Louis doctor is credited
with having cut off the tails of two
lizzards and united the animals by
8,000 more miners in Pennsylva
nia threaten to strike unless wages
are incteased 10 per cent. There
are fresh strikes all over the coun
try.
ance.” “I’ll draw on the Czar of
Blair’s educational bill is likely to
pass congress, but the President
will probably veto it, being, with
Senator Morgan and Speaker Car
lisle, opposed to the bill.
Butler Mahone, son of Senator
Mahone, will be tried in the crim
inal court, in Washington, on the
15th ot next month, for assault and
battery with intent to kill.
sewing the stumps together, thus j
making a species of Siamese twins,
The object of the experiment was
to ascertain if blood could be trans
fused by this method.
Several citizens of New Haven
with worthy forethought, have had
their graves dug and tombstones
erected. The graves are stoned up
and sealed over, to protect them
fiom the weather, and the stones
are all lettered, except the date of
death.
Henrietta, Tex., Feb. 20.—H
H. Steagill, charged with incest
with his own daughter and murder
ing ber child, was taken from jail by
a mob and hanged.
Ruasia, if you like,” remarked Hon
ore, “though he or anybody worth
anything is indebted to me. “He’ll
do; its only for form’s sake you
know.”
The check was drawn and hap
pened to go through the regular
course ot collection. When it leach
ed St. Petersburg it was nearly cov
ered with stamps, endorsements and
seals, and was finally presented to
the Emperor. He declared he had
no recollection of H. H. Honore;
but tben as he was an American he
presumed it was all right, and order
ed it paid. The drawee did not
hear of this until a year after, and
then said he had no idea his credit
was so good in Russia. But the
next time he would draw on Julius
Cssar.
VALUED HIS LIFE AT TEH CENTS.
At Salt Lake, U. S. District At
torney Dickson was attacked.by
three men, two of them sons of
Cannon, the Mormon leader, but
was not seriausly hurt. The men
were arrested.
London, Feb. ax.—To-day the
Socialists marched from all parts of
London and massed 50,000 strong
in Hyde park. There were speeches
but no rioting, and the police dis
persed the crowd.
Weaver, ol Indianapolis, Could Write.
Atlanta, Feb. 22.—A letter was
received in this city to-day from
Indianapolis, which says that the
undertaker, Weaver, from that
place, was very short-sighted, and
that “whenever he wrote, he had to
hold his eyes close to the paper.”
It will be remembered that it was
in .evidence here that J. Wood*
Pierce, of Texas, could not w rite.
This is another unexpected point
in the Texan widow’s favor. > •
An Old Han Saved From Drowning Rewards
His Rezcuer,
New Haven, Conn., Feb. 21.—
Silas Blakeslee is an old man living
at North Farms, in the town of Wal
lingford. A day or- two ago he
went out for a walk along a slip
pery path, when he tell into a deep
ditch. The ditch was nearly filled
with water, which was rising rap
idly The water was nearly up to
his neck and be was unable to help
himself. Tbe old man’s situation
was becoming critical when a man
came along and pulled him out and
assisted him to his residence. The
old man felt very kindly toward his
preserver, and in the fullness of his
gratitude'generously rewarded him
with the sum of ten cents.
OOUHTRY*PRODUCE.
The market is weU stocked with coun
try produce. Butter is selling at from 20
to 25 cents; grown chickens, 20 to 25
cents; frying size, 15 to 20 cents; eggs,
to 15 cents,
Paris, Feb. 22.—It is reported
that a plot exists to unite Spain and
Portugal under the Duke of Bra-
ganza, and to overthrow the present
regency in Spain, the Duke of
Montpensier heading the intrigue
Ashland, Pa., Feb. 22.—John
Weber, aged 21 years, drank a quart
of whisky in a saloon last night,
after which he crawled into an
abandoped tenement house to sleep,
and was found dead this morning.
Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 22.—In all
the Roman Catholic churches here
yesterday a mandamant was read
from the Bishop of Ottawa de
nouncing the Knights of Labor, the
telegraph operators’ union and all
secret societies.
An Albuquerque, New Mexico,
editor, who expected a gang of
lynchers to come for him about the
middle of the nig.it, took himself
to the cellar, leaviug a pet grizzly
bear in his place in bed. The lynch
ers didn’t bring anj- lights, but made
a plucky attempt to get the bear
out and lynch it, but gave it up
atter three of them had lost an eye
apiece, two had suffered the loss of
thumbs chewed off, and the other
six were more or less deprived of
skin. That man now has a reputa
tion as a fighter, and the bear didn’t
mind the work one bit.
%
Jay Gould started in life in New
York twenty years ago without a
cent in his pocket. He was about
to be expelled from the little room
he had rented, and as he was una
ble to pay foi it, and as a last re
source he went and related his mis
fortune to one of his neighbors, a
shirtmaker, who took pity on him
and lent him $100.
East St. Louis, Ill., Feb. 20.—
Henry Thielan, a farmer living at
Casseville’s, yesterday stepped into
a planing mill and sat down on the
raised counter covering a buzz saw,
which was not running at the time.
While sitting conversing with some
friends the saw started, and a few ;
moments afterwards the counter
moved to its customary position.'!
The saw flashed up through a slit in j
the counter and cut Thielan in two. ;
He died instantly.
Marion Hawkins, a saw mill la
borer, and Arllis Kedel, student at
the academy in West Farmington,
Ohio, were each held in $10,000
bail on the charge of placing a dy
namite cartridge under Hawley’s
saloon, Cleveland, Ohio, which
blew up at one o’clock. There is
great excitement In town.
The widow of Henke, (who was
killed while playing with the Atlan
ta* last season, claim* that she hat
never yet received the proceeds of
tho game played for her benefit and
threatens to sue for the amount.
During the late heavy snow a
family tradingboat on tbe Mississip
pi was tied up at a lonely place on
the Arkansas side for the night.
The Boat was occupied by the own
er, a man named Young, and hit
wife. Not dreaming of danger,
they retired to their cabin after sup
per and went to sleep. About
midnight they were awakened by
two ruffians who broke into the
cabin. The intruders ordered the
Youngs to leave the boat. The
frightened couple begged that they
might be allowed to dress, but this
was refused, and they went ashore
barefooted in their thin night
clothes. It was dark and stormy'
aax) every pathway was obliterated
by the snow. The two wandered
aimlessly about suffering intense
agony. Aday or two later their
frozen bodies were found. The two
men who took possession of the
it have been cap
tured «tod are in jail at Osceola.
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