Georgia Historic Newspapers

    __ >_tneol»n Couplo Wedded Under
MOcnltl»*" A r ° rlorn **“<*•» Tear* the
“j,', Nuptial Outfit Prom Bli Perion.
Th<‘ new* *** s J ust re * c ^ c ^ us ofascn-
marrige in colored high life, that
p 1 * 1 *' * fow d *y® * go at th ° u p- town
lUpiwt church, presided over by Uev.
It seems that Gus Beal was a
. -ular masher with the ebony damsels,
»ml played sad havoc with all the frail
l i , Jrls that crossed his path. Among
those upon whom Gus had bestowed his
smiles was Julia Maxwell, and he had
roJ1 |, such an impression on her sus-
,., |„ilile heart that she (Julia) had for
sometime supported the gay Lothario
wiili her wages as cook. But in time
_. r ew tired of his lady lore, and
„ ;dhi and won another maid named
j. .,niia Walker, and doubtless woarying
,,f his repeated conquests, decided to
unto this last tlame his hand and
nf course the news of the ap-
1,reaching marriage spread like wild fire.
, ■ was not long in Teaching the ears of
tli. discarded Julia. The wedding was
i,- ••..niiiccd to take place in Lyons'
h. ill the presence of theentjre con-
_■, ..lUon. Julia Walker, although she
i r< ■ wired no especial invitation, de-
,. led to he on hand, mid she was. too.
Just as the bridal pair entered the
church, heralded by the peals of the or-
can and all eves were centered upon
them, the forlorn and rejected damsel
• .eldenly flew at the groom with the fe
recity of on enraged tigress and began to
t.'sr hts wedding garments from his per
son Beth the bridal couple and the
1 i.iiurcgalion were so astonished at this
unusual proceeding that no etfort was
made to remove the beligerant female un
til the groom resell.hied a
scare-crow in a corn field,and he looked
more like a candidate for some paper
mill than for marriage. When Julia had
finished her work sin- .piietlv stated that
she had. l.v her
rag of clothin,
hack, and she
• hould discard 1
other woman
herself bought —that
-oil jo injury. The
left the church, and th
corded wtthout fui'the
though both the wedd
congregation looked ;
ice water had fallen ..1
n toil, p
tin
d for every
groom had on his
lot intend that he
then marry an-
garments she had
■I was adding in
nate woman then
ceremony pro-
intcrrnption. al-
ig couple and the
1 if a shower of
lln-m.
COST Or - CAHS.
NO. XVI
ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 80,1886
THE TECHNOLOGICAL SC, OOL.
Governor McDaniel Appoints tbe Commie*
slon Which Will Meet Soon.
Monday Governor McDaniel .appointed
the commissioners for the technological
school. The following gentlemen w.ere
named as the heard: E. R. Hodgson, of
Athens: S. M. Inman, of Atlanta; 0. S.
Porter, of Ncwnan; X. E. Harris, of Ma
con, and Columbus Heard, of Greene
county. The governor will call the board
together at once for the purpose of or
ganization. After the organization the
first duty of the board will be to decide
upon the location of the school of tech-
nology. The question of location is left
with the board under this proviso—that
that city or town shall be selected which,
in the opinion of the board offers the best
inducements. The health and general
accessibility of the place is to be consid
ered in connection with the amount of
money offered or other inducements held
out. Any city or town ©r any non-sec
tarian institution of learning may have
its claims considered.
Athens is highly gratified at the Gov
ernor's selection of Mr. K. R. Hodgson
to the responsible and honorable position
of chairman of this hoard.
POISONED CANDY.
The Police Condemn a Candy Stand on
Broad Street.
For several days past a little candy stand
has been operating on the corner of Broad
and Jackson streets, and seemed to be
doing a fair business. The pans full of
yellow, red and white taffy were very
tempting to the small boys, and they
patronized the stand liberally. It was
reported to Councilman Coleman yester
day that Wilson, the proprietorof the
stand, was using poisonous matter to
color his sweet tasted taffy, and Mr.
Coleman immediately ordered the
Police to stop the sale and break up the
business. It was discovered that Wilson
A first-
lass >taml:
r.l eiirht-wheel
bad been buying chromate of lead and
AuH’riuan
locomotive
with automatic
red aniline for coloring, which is said to
Inin ami «
river i.rakf"
. is worth about
be very poisonous, and if taken in too
A
mo.lfrn >lf.
>er. with -l- incb
large quantities will produce death. Mr.
s!””l-tirr.|
u I..-.‘is. "ix-u
heel truck" ami
Wilson, we have no doubt, was ignorant
’*: •••! axlrs
i" iv..rtli a
*out -fliMMi. A
of the character of the coloring matter,
V «»•”• rar
wuh 1-*
inch steel-tireti
and had got hold of some of tne different
"l.ft axh’>.
toilet room ami
recipes sold throughout the country for
It : : 11 >t•• rt’t
chairs is
vorth about $5.-
making taffy candy.
* ’ ■ A tii'"
-fi:i"S fo.lfh.
with toilet room.
'l’he druggists say that any and all
j ,i. m oar
wanner. U
inch "tcel-tirr.l
kinds of lead are poisonous. Meeting
,. 1" an
"led ax!"
i" worth about
Mr. Hampton, one of the proprietors of
> A
Mfomi-fla."."
coach, with 33-
the new candy manufactory, on the
nv.i Wheel".
amt "ieel axles
streets, we asked if he was using chro
; i j-’U' iit
ear-warmer.
is worth about
mate of lead or red aniline in coloring
J it •"! .* 1 far of
ino.ii rn ilosiprn.
his candy, and he said that he used noth
n ”1 11
•h "leel-tii
c«l wheels ami
ing but the purest coloring matter, and
, -. : w
►r.h about *
A 50-foot
the hoys around the manufactory often
’ fa
. of motif rn <
esijin, with same
ate ; t in preference to the candy. They
rt; It,- M
ir. »" worth
ilM.nt A
have n.i» v,;, 'g to do with these new re
" .1,-Ur.i •-
foot box an
1 stm-k i-.-tr. with
cipes for making candy, and will put noth
s»:,. * „ l4 .,
on trucks an
1 .-ast wh.-els anti
ing in it but “ hat is pure.
axlf-s
i" worth abt
ut h " >. A ceal
A WuNDERFUL INVENTION.
< i»>\ wuh
"amt- trucks
, is worth about
Mr. .1. Cohen tells us that while in
4 ■-!’>. A
tamlar.l Hat o
ir is worth about
New York he called on l>r. llaruch, a
oo.".‘S un>
rth from $ s OO to
distinguished physician of that city. Mr.
*1.” * •. 1IW
no to the hu
M.
[ C. had a pain in hts head that he thought
CARD ETIQU
EYTE.
caused by a brain affection. Dr. Baruch
Th.
die
II i zed
I let V,
letely re
on a time it was the
ard precede you. At
: r - r .t cards are only left at the end of a
\i'»r. the caller placing them on the hall-
table before she leaves-the house. If
*}»•* in calling on an unmarried lady she
1. > only her own card, if on a widow
h> r own and her husband’s, if on a mar
ried couple one of her own and two of her
husband's. The ancient fashion had
s veral advantages in its favor, but a per
son who now sent her card in before
{avinga call.would be considered igno
rant of the ways of good society.
TRUE BILLS.
The grand jury of Habersham county,
which has just adjourned, returned true
hdU against sir; persons for murder, viz.:
le't'ort Morris, Victoria Henderson and
A.irui Dodd, for the murder of Joseph
Henderson, Fred Freeman, Tom Mose-
1- v and another man whose name we
could not learn. Robert Morris was
tm d and convicted, as 1 wrote you, and
will he hung in April. The others have
not been tried. If Morris fails to get a
new tsial, and the sentence of the court
I- carried into effect, it will be the first
hanging that Habersham has ever had.
WAGES or CLERXS
Wc yesterday asked a prominent gro- ]
eery merchant what was the average wa
ges of clerks in Athens. He replied that
in his line it was about $♦»<>, or probably
more. In the dry goods line perhaps a
little less. Of course this docs riot refer
to green hands and boys. There is no
trouble about an inexperience clerk keep
ing a situation, as the merchants seldom
change their men.
THE LEGISLATIVE RACE.
There is some little talk already over
who shall be Clarke's next representa
tive, but he will be in a sweat-box, it
matters not who he the lucky man. The
“wet” side says he must pledge them to
placed an apparatus over Mr. Cohen’s
eye, that enabled the surgeon to see
every particle of his patient’s brain by
looking through the eye-ball, as if it had
been a pane of glass. By the use of cocoa
a man can he cut to pieces and not expe
rience the slightest pain, and at the same
time retain all of his senses. Wonderful
strides have certainly of late been made
in surgery.
THE COVINGTON AND MAHON RAILROAD
President Livingston, of the Covington
and Macon railroad, has been in t#wn
this week, and informs the Star the con
tract for grading, trestling and laying the
iron for the entire road has been let to
Messrs. Ferguson A Co., to a point be
yond Oxford, and that the work is to be
finished by the first of June.—Coving
ton Star.
A WONDERFUL GRASS.
Mr. Toomtr has a species of grass
growing in his garden, now nearly knee
high, and which is greatly relished by
stock. It never spreads, but grows in a
thick tuft. It is well adapted for bor
dering walks or terraces, and if exten
sively cultivated will be a valuable ear
ly green feed for stock.
THE ARMSTRONG CASE.
A prominent Episcopalian in Athens,
who is a warm admirer of Bishop Beck
with, says that he did wrong to summons
witnesses for the prosecution while sit
ting in the capacity of a Judge. He says
, the Armstrong case is not through with
' vet.
MORGAN S ELKCTIuN.
The election on prohibition will take
place on Wednesday, May 5th, and there
is little doubt hut what the liquor traffic
is doomed. The ladies of Madison are
heartily in sympathy with the move
ment, and are already doing some noble
work.
PROHIBITION IN OCONEE.
Petitions are being gotten up in Oconee
THE CHOPPED OAK.
Tilt Murder of Roper, the Land Speculator.
Carnes ville Register.
On the north side of the road lead
ing from Toccoa to Clarkesville,and
tome six or seven miles from the lat
ter place, once stood the famous
chopped oak. Many an Indian
potv-wow was held beneath its
spreading branches, and upon its
venerable trunk it bore the record
of many a bloody masacre. It was
about four miles within the territory
occupied by the Indians,and numer
ous trails diverged from it, leading
in the direction of both white and
Indian settlements. The Indians,
were starting upon a foray among
the whites, would meet in council
and build their camp fires at the fa
mous rendezvous. The different
parties in reiurning.marked with the
tomahawk upon the trunk of
this tree the number of scalps
taken in battle or in midnight assas
sinations. Doomed captives stretch
ed their weary limbs beneath its
fiiendly boughs, while the red sons
of the forest celebrated their victo
ries in savage ogiesaround the lurid
campfires. Beneath that same tree
the pale moon smiled on the Indian
brave, as he told his story ol love to
his dusky mate. But alfthis was in
the long ago—warrior and maiden
and captive have gone to the Great
Hunting Grounds, and the story of
bloodshed, pillage and captivity is
fast fading from the memory of men.
The old oak has succumbed to the
tempest, and only a few tottering old
men are left to mark the spot where
it stood.
In latter years, the place has been
the scene of some exciting events—
among those was the death of Roper,
the land speculator:
Some fifty years ago or more, a
South Carolinian, named Roper, in
company with his son-in liw,Ward,
made a tour through thegold regions
of Georgia with a view of buying
lands. On their return they camped
at the Chopped Oak. The old man.
who was under the influence of
liquor, while drinking at the spring
near by, had his skull crushed in by
a tremendous blow with a large
stone in the hands ol Ward.
Ward robbed his victim of a large
sum of money,somewhere between
$1,200 and $1,400, hid his body be
hind a log near by, mounted the best
horse in the team and rode rapidly-
to Roper's house. He informed Mrs.
Roper that his father-in-law had
bought valuable lands and sent him
home for more money. He procur-
about $700 and disappeared.
The killing was done on Thursday
night and the wagon and remaining
horse were seen by persons passing
to Antioch church on Friday and
Saturday. It excited surprisa, but
they were guarded by a ferocious
dog. that would let no one approach.
By Saturday the dog had become
quiet.and seemed to seek human aid.
When persons stopped to look on,
he would start in the direction of
the spring and look back as if invit
tr.g tneni to follow. When a party
that followed him reached the
spring he passed beyond toa log and
leaping upon it, looked back at his
Iriendsand barked furiously Behind
the log they tound the dead body of
Roper.
Ward was not heard of for sever
al years, and was finally captured
by the merest accident. Six or
seven years after the murder Ward
was met in the public road in the
western part of this state, by some
Carolinians, by whom he was recog
nized and captured. He was brought
to Habersham courty, tried for mur
der, found guilty and hung near
Clarkesville. He denied his identi
ty as Ward, denied the murder and
rpfused to recognize hts wife. He
was identified however by his wife,
bv Mrs. Roper,by Mrs. Roper’s sons
and by many others who knew him
well. He died asserting his inno
cence and denying his name. It is
not possible that it was a case o!
mistaken identity
muitratlpni of the Georgia Mortgage Sys
tem.
Atlanta, March 20 —The mort
gage system had a showing up to
day in the United States Circuit
Court in three suits for foreclosures
for money loaned in Georgia by
foreign citizens. As usual, no de
fense was made, and judgement,
was given by default. The cases
are:
Francis L. Achey, of Ohio, vs. J.
M Austin, of Floyd county, fore
closure of mortgage for $730.65 prin
cipal, $2440 interest, $765.4 attor
ney’s fees and cost.
The American Freehold Land
Mortgage company, ot London vs.
W. H. Bros well, administrator, of
Walton county; foreclo-ureof mort
gage $702 56 principal, $55 54 inter-
est, $75.61 attorney’s fees and cost.
The New England Mortgage Se
curity Company,vs.James P.Echols,
of Banks county; forecl isnre mort-
gage. $574 principal, $tS.6o interest
$59,29 attorney’s fees and cost.
Death in His Shoes.
Jncktun (G».) Hew*.
The negroes in this neighborhood
OLE WILKES LETTER.
A Visit to the Farm of Hr. E. T. uni. Hear
Washington, Gs.
Washington, March 20.—Dear
Banner-Watchman: Accepting an
invitation to visit “Claudale”, the
splendid farm of Mr. E. Y. Hill,
situated a mile outside of the town
limits, and jumping into his buggy,
drawn by his beautiful sorrel steed,
John Carlisle, named for the hon
orable speaker of the house of rep
resentatives of the Federal congress,
and noted for his fine style and fast
step in a few minutes we were there.
At the suggestion of a friend the
farm was named Claudale,for the ac
complished and excellent wife oi
its owner.
Our attention was first attracted
by the great number of fine fowls,
comprising large Bronze turkeys,
Plymouth Rock, Brown Leghorn
and South Carolina game chickens
that appeared everywhere about
the place. We question if a finer
lot could be found in the South.
Last year Mr. Hill raised a great
many of these fine chickens, the
sales approximating $1,000. His
income from eggs was considera
ble. Next we came to two fish
ponds, watered by as bold and as
good a spring as is in this section
of the state, and contains innumera
ble fish, amongst them carp, weigh
ing from 10 to 15 pounds,also bream,
hlue and speckled cat and perch.
In the past many carp have been
purchased from Mr. Hill by per
sons wishing to stock ponds.
The water in the fish ponds below
from the bold spring is as clear as
crystal. The location is splendid,
and the fact that the hillsides adja
cent are sown in clover and grasses
makes the scene perfectly beautiful.
The stables and barn of Mr. Hill
are marvels of beauty and arrange
ment. The barn is orobably 70 by
55 feet, and here it is the fine Jer
seys and the flock of sheep of the
native Kentucky breed are kept—
the fine hogs of the Berkshire and
Essex stock occupying the yard and
adjacent iots. The barn will have
75 cattle, and under it is a cellar
which will contain as many sheep,
protecting them from rain and the
severe cold weather.
The Jerseys have descended
from the best imported stock and
among them are milkers that give
4 gallons of rich milk daily. There
are amongst the Jerseys, three fine
young bulls, one of which is a calf
of Dan Raven, owned by Col. Jas.
Wade of Atlanta, and a grandson of
Tenilla. The sales of milk and but
ter from the Jerseys last year ap
proximated $1,000. The sheep are
remunerative, as it takes but little
to keep them, they subsisting on
the waste provender fed to the Jer
seys, and being occasionally fed
with cotton seed. Lambs find
ready sale and the wool Dears a good
price. Mr Hill succeeds in raising
enough meat for his family and
farm use from his fine stock of
hogs, and we found his smokehouse
chocked full ot meat,inc!uding many
fat, juicy hams. Claudale contains
300 acres, ail of which is cultivata-
ble. with the exception of 8 or 10
acres. Places that were in gullies
when its present owner purchased
it have been made level by filling
them up and are producing good
crops.
The making ot syrup is a special
ty and that made is ot superior
quality and sells readily at good pri
ces. It is preferred by those who
use it to any other syrup in the mar
ket. His best syrup is made from
the ribbon cane. From one-fourth
of an acre last year too gallons were
made, besides saving out more than
1,000 stalks of the cane lor seed.
Mr. Hill doe; not plant largely of
cotton, but raises corn, rye, peas,
and all kinds of forage. Hence his
farm sustains itself and pays a hand
some profit.
It our planters would quit the su
icidal policy of raising so much cot
ton and produce more supplies like
Mr. Hill, they would find better sue
cess. Claudale is one of the best
managed farms in the state, and we
were delighted with our visit.
Clarke.
CARELESS HUNTERS.
A Deplorable Accident Hear Cuthbert—
Three Youthful Hlmrods Go on a Gun
ning Expediting Through the Bain—In
Testln* Their Damp fowling Pieces Oue
el the Hiuters shoota and Instantly
Kllll Another.
Cuthbert, Ga., Marcl 2'.— -Out
of the saddest accidents oer trans
piring in this section hippened
near here about ten’o clock this
morning. Three little bn>-. a* out
fifteen years old, each had, dtirit g
the week, made up a hunt to come
off on Saturday. As the time drew
near two of them, Keene M.rrtin
and Charlie Owen, ]-tovi led them
selves with guns, but the third.
Claude McBride, failed t.. secure
one in tiqpe to go out with t'-e othet
boys. He, however, wa- success
ful in getting
AN OLD FASHIONED MUZZLE LOAD
ING GUN
later and went in haste to join his
companions in the country, a meet
ing place having been previously
agreed upon. The morning was a
very rainy one and the boys had
taken shelter in a house about one
and a half miles from town, occu
pied by a negro and where they
were found by young McBride.
Their guns having been exposed
during the walk from town through
the rain, there was some doubt ex
pressed by one of them as to wheth
er they would fire, when Claude
McBride stepped out at the door
and fired his gun into the air.
Keene Martin, standing in the
house, heard the report and think
ing his friend entirely out of the
way, raised his gun to his shoulder
and fired, but too late to discover
that Claude had turned to enter the
door.
THE WHOLE LOAD PENKTIIATED
HIS BODY,
about three inches below the top
of the left shoulder and just over
the heart, killing him instantly.
The wound was a ghastly one,
The little boy, who was so unfortu
nate as to be the slayei of his best
friend, returned to town in haste,
heart broken over the occurrence
l’he verdict of the coroner’s inquest
was in accordance with the above
tacts.
1IF, KILLED THREE HEX.
A LABORER’S PARADISE.
( county for an election on prohibition, have advanced a funny theory in
local option bill if they sup- , w j l ; c ^ w ;n j, e held the latter part of May. the matter of the death by poison of
change
port him, while the “dry" men say if he
makes any such promise they will
“knife" him.
GEORGIA BUTTER IN NEW YORK.
Mrs. 11. Vi. Hunt, of Putnam county,
hips her Jersey butter to New* York,
It is intended to conducta very quiet 1 the husband ot lane Mays. They
campaign, free from excitement,
even speeches will be made.
ADVANCE IN GOODS.
Mr. Julius Cohen tells us that the
country may prepare for a decided ad
it lure it nets lmr 40 cents per pound af- vacr in the price of goods of all kinds next
* paying all expenses. It is considered j season, owing to the increased wages
far superior to the best Goshen butter,
and the rich buy it. Our Clarke Jersey
f mn-- -s should make a note of this. But
ler at do cents beats cotton raising.
A STOCK C0UPANY.
They say a stock company is being
formed to establish a paper in Watkins-
villo, with Earl Overby as president. If
an argan there can be made a success
Karl is the man to manage it. The High
^heritFs friends, however, think he is a
Ued-oin horse for the gubernatorial race.
of laborers. He says it will reach every
manner of manufactured articles.
ROUGH ON SAM JONES.
Sam Jones says what the country
needs is old-fashioned honesty. The
Savannah News, usually so staid, replies
facetiously: “The trouble is it has gone
wild on new-fashioned hypocrisy.*’
A VALUABLE MATCH.
Among the latest inventions is that of
a match, which may be used over and
over again an indefinite number of times,
the wood being, it is claimed, soaked
with a peculiar chemical solution. * '
THE FASTEST ON RECORD.
The North-Eastern train made the
distance between Athens and Lula Mon-
great evening in oae hour and fifteen
deal more cotton that will be compress- I
•d before the season is over.
THE COMPRESS.
Mr. A. C. Rucker, the superintendent
of the compress at the Georgia depot,say«
he hss compressed 34/'BO bales of cotton
up to the present time. Lasi year he
compressed 32,300. There is
BONNET ORNAMENTS.
It is reported that garden vegetables
will succeed birds as ornaments for hats
and bonnets. Mr. Henry Bergh will
probably introduce the fashion by induc
ing some humane ladies to wear cabbage
bead*.
minutes. This is the fastest time ever
made on this road.
LUCKY AT LAST.
Mrs. Blumenthal drew one hundred
and fifty dollars in the Louisiana State
Lottery atthe lustdrawing. There were
* jre*t many in Athena that drew blank*.
say that some time before the death
ot Mays, that he bought a pair of
old shoes from another negro, and
these shoes the colored people claim
were "conjured.” From that time
Jane’s hnsband was a doomed man.
He had no luck; he was always sick
and rapidly growing worse, took to
his bed. A short time before his
death. Mays informed a black man
that the shoes were “hoodooed,”
and that they were the cause. So
sincere are the “mokes”—or,at least,
some of them—in the belief, that
they actually think Jane Mays never
poisoned her husband. Just what
became ot the shoes, the “hoodoo”
reporter of the News could not
learn up to the time of going to
press.
A FUlbatterln* Expedition.
The filibustering expedition
against the Republic of Honduras,
which departed Irom New York
City some weeks ago, seems to have
stirred up the President of that
country in a wonderful manner.
When'the President heard ol the
force that was going to iuvade his
domains, he made >he Secretary of
War.acting as President, proclaim
a military proscription, raised a
large force, bought and armed a
cruiser, and negotiated a loan of
half a million. All this commotion
was caused by twenty adventurous
Freparlnc a Place to Quarter tbe Unem
ployed.
Chicago, March 20.—A Minne
apolis, Minn., special says: The
Minnesota Kights of Labor have
purchased 600 acres of land in the
Crow Wing country and will es
tablish thereon a co-operative colo
ny. Thiee families go out at once,
and others will lollow rapidly. The
land is to be held in common forev
er. but the profits are to be d ivided
yearly among the workers. In this
latter feature the community will he
wholly unique.
The object is to furnish a refuge
when the members ol the Order ate
forced out ol employment in ihe
cities. The plan includes co-opera
live stores, one dairy, one stable,
and in general centralization—agri
cultural industry. A villa ge will
be planted and each colonist to hold
one lot in fee simple. All the land is
inalienable. The Northern Pacific
Railroad Company, from whom tfie
land is bought, have agreed to hold
an entire township in rese.rve tor
the order for a reasonable time.
And Held at Bay a Punning Party of One
Hundred.
Omaha, March 21.—H. C. Sled
man, a prominent tanner of Burt
county, proprietor of two creame
ries near the village of Lyons, yes
terday discovered Edward Johnson,
alias John Anderson, a young man
Johnson thereupon killed Stedman,
seized his rifle and ammunition
and rode oft'. Constable Parker or
ganized a party armed with pistols,
and they gave pursuit, being joined
by others along the ivay. They
gained on Anderson and he fired
several shots in rapid succession,
killing Peter Johnson Charles V.
Johnson, Constable I’ai net’s hotse
and wounding sevt'al men and
horses. The pursuing party was
then closing in upon Anderson.
He abandoned his horse and
rushed into Charles P. Johnston’s
barn. Ftotn there he opened a live-
fire through the cracks and open
ngs, and held the entire crowd,
numbering fully 100, at bay. They
~nally surrounded the barn and
continued to shoot into it at tre-
quent intervals until dark. It was
proposed to burn him out, but no
one would volunteer to fire the
building. During the siege the
mules and horses in the barn fre
quently neighed loudly, and it was
thought they had been wounded
from time to time. Late last night
Sheriff Skinner, from Texamaha,
arrived with a posse of len men
armed with Winchester rifles.
This morning they opened fire
again on the barn and Anderson
responded. He shot through one
man’s hat and through another’s
coat, but wounded no one. as they
exercised great caution. The des
perado guarded every side ol the
parn. To fire the barn notwith
standing the live stock there was
again determined upon, but there
was no volunteer. This afternoon
Anderson fired several shots
through the barn, but hit no one,
A special train has been ordered to
carry fifty armed men to the r cene
of the siege. At last accounts (late
Sunday afternoon) the desperado
still held the fort. It had been de
cided to fire the barn.
OLD BALDWIN GOES WET.
An Election Day Without Any Trouble—The
Prohibitionists Claim That There are
Just Grounds for a Local Contest—Much
Excitement Prevails--* Complete Sur
prise.
Milledgevillk. March 22.—The
electron t-> determine w hethc nr
not whisky shall be sold in Baldwin
county came offto-dav.
The total number of votps rep'*—
tered in the county was 1.955. Of
this number 730 were white and i,-
255 colored. The number ol pre-
c.ncts were four.
Contrary to all expectation, the
election passed ott very quietly
throughout the entire county . Noth
ing occurred here to disturb the se
renity, and the d ry passed almost
without an incident.
At 12 o’clock the prohibitionists
here were Confident of victory. The
number ol voles polled was 650. of
which they claimed 500. The anti-
prohihitionists depended largely
for their strength on Brown’s and
Butts.
l’he ladies here manifested great
interest in the result <Jf the election,
and materially aided the prohibi
tionists by serving het coffee and
dinner free to all who
voted the dry ticket. Their head
quarters were opposite Masonic
temple, where they had everything
splendidly arranged. The negroes
were fed in a hall to one side, and
were provided for as bountifully as
the whites.
At the churches last night spe
cial services were conducted in be
half of the prohibitionists. Prayers
were offered that the result m’ight
be in their lavor, and that the con
test might pass oft quietly.
Both sides worked hard, and the
negro vote all day was at a premi
um The election hinged on their
vote, as the figures show, and a
desperate struggle was made over
it.
Tne employes ol the lunatic asy
lum came over about 2 o’clock, over
a hundred in number, and voted
solidly the prohibition ticket.
MtLi-EDGEviLLE, March 22.—
The returns from all the voting pre
cincts came in promptly to night.
The following is the official count:
Milledgeville, for the sale, 165;
against the sale, 576.
Browns, for—361; against—47.
Butts, for—237; against—47.
Cooper’*, lor—242; against—3S.
Total—for the sale, 1,005; against
the sale—704, giving the antis a
majority of 301.
There is much excitement to-night
over the result, and the elvetion
will certainly he contested. The
prohibitionists claim that there
were at least six hundred illegal
votes polled.
THE PANAMA CANAL.
How Negro** from Hew Orleans are Treat
ed Who Went to Work on tbe Big Ditch.
Failing in Jamaica, a fresh re
cruiting ground ha* been toughjt in
New Orleans, and this, unless mat
ters alter, I toretell will end in fail
ure. This-subject must necessarily
be of the utmost interest to citi
zens ot the United States, owing
to these people being under the
protection of the republic. Great
Britain may, if she chooses, allow
her subjects to be drawn away by
eductive financial offers into a
country- where they may be mal
treated, robbed, and ultimately left
to die and he buried, or “dumped
anywhete,” as the poor negro at
Gamboa said. But with the Uni
ted States the period at which a sys
tem ot even semi-slave trade might
flourish has long since passed by
and her citizens may not wittingly
suffer. Hence it is that I would
call the special ettention of the
United Slates authorities to the
shipment of colored laborers to the
isthmus of Panama and the circum
stances attendanton it.
At present only one cargo has ar
rived, but the details of the voyage
are revolting enough to remind one
of the by-gone slave trade times.
These unfortunate men, numbering
about six hundred, after being
drawn together by promise of large
wages, were shipped by the con
tractor on a cattle boat at New Or
leans. Tney wele crowded in to
gether and treated just like cattle.
During the passage they were halt
starved and lying in filth,
while disease prevailed. On arri
val at Colon their plight was
terrible and they were bundled
out on to the dock, where they were
met by some one whose duty it was
to refuse or accept them as their
physical appearance warranted.
Many were well nigh dead, and
therefore refused, and tven the
healthy had had no preparations
made lor their comfort. A promi
nent member of the railroad
whose wharf these sad scenes oc
curred said to me: ‘Several of these
unfortunate creatures died on the
dock, and the company were com
pelted to bury two of them.”
Later on these men were sent to
the works, where like the rest they
will find themselves under foreign
masters with whom they can have
no understanding, where their
health will be in all probability neg
lected. and their hard earned wa
ges filched by a set of iniquitous
paymasters who assure themselves
large incomes by defrauding the
poor colored workingman.
ClOTOland Gets a Hoodoo Ba.ll.
During the first week of Mr
Cleveland’s administration it is esti
m? ted that full five hundred pr esents
were received at the Whitq House.
Last week a Virginia negro -of Fa-
quier county sent the President
badly written letter thanking him
for the appoinment of Mathews,
and inclosing a “luck ball,” which
the Writer declared would protect
him from evil spells and malignant
disease*. The ball was full of bent
pins and some hair which, the negro
wrote,were plucked from the tail of
• jet black dog at midnight. The
Piesident indulged in* hearty laugh
when the letter wa* read and the
novel present wa* exhibited to him,
and at a subsequent time asked and
received from Secretary Lamar
some information in reference to the
negro superstitioe in the South.
This particular luck ball is now in
possession of one of the colored
attendants at the White House*
A YOUTHFUL FIRE FIEND.
Burnet] His Baby Brother to Death and
Roasted a Cat on the Store.
Reading, March 17.—The city
superintendent of schools was in
formed to-day of a pupil, who has
ju-t entered Ihe public schools here,
who shows a remarkable mania for
torturing persons and animals with
fire. His name is Reuben Briner,
FASHION’S FANCIES.
aged 7 years, a scholar in one of
the ninth ward schools. The teacher
can do nothing with him, and is j finished that they are classed as
Spring wraps will be close fitting,
matching the costume in color and
fabric.
Dark Russian green and dark
plumb or lead are excellent colors
for between suits
Very few flowers are seen upon
bonnets; the preference is for rib
bon and delicate feathers.
The new sheer cotton dress fabrics
look like old time bareges, not like
lawns or cambrics.
Belt buckles and clasps set with
imitation stones are so handsomely
GENERAL NEWS.
The losses by the wreck of The
Oregon amount to $3,166,000.
Senators Hampton and Butler ire
members of the Episcopal chui ch.
Pear trees in Florida are being
ruined by spiders, which eat jthe
buds.
Pasteur is suffering from over
work and fears a second paralytic
stroke. _ _ ;
200 women living in Chicago
will attack the polls in a body at the
coming election and demand the
right to vote.
Frank James, the famous Missou
ri bandit, is reported to have declin
ed an offer of $25,000 a year to trav
el with a circus.
A marriage license was recently
issued to a Meadville couple whose
combined ages amounted to 124
years.
Four couples at Westmoreland.
Pa., took out licenses and performed
the prescribed ceremony for them
selves.
New Haven’s cat show was boy
cotted last week because its prizes
were made by a firm under the labor
ban.
The fife of a paper dollar is five
years, while a silver dollar will last
twenty times as long. But neither
of them lasts a great while market
ing for early vegetables.
An ox was recently killed near
Eureka, Humboldtcounty, Cal., and
in his stomach was found over half
a pound of two-penny finishing
nails. They were worn smooth and
bright by the action of the acids of
the stomach.
The late sharp freeze killed mil
lions of catfish in Florida, anJ their
bodies cover the river banks in many
places. Planters in the vicinity ot
Indian, Halifax and Hillsborough
rivers have carried away many loads
of fish into their orange groves.
The Kennebec Journal contra
diets the report that the two unmar
ried daughters of Mr. Blaine had
become or were about to become
members of the Catholic church.
The paper insists that Mr. Bliine’s
family are Congregationalists, and
that the story has not the slightest
foundation.
J. F. Copeland’s “Old Bill” is not
as famous as Stonewall Jackson’s
“Old Sorrel,” just died, but he is
older. He carried Mr. Copeland
through the war, received some flesh
wounds, and now passes a pleasant
old age near Corinth. He is torty-
two years old and quite bald as to
neck and tail.
A young man of Leadville enam-
oredof a young woman of the same
town, made arrangements to elope
with her. Each thought the other
rich. The inability or unwillingness
of each to buy the railroad tickets to
San Francisco caused a postpone
ment of their plans, and another
home is now broken up.
A young man named Arthur
George, is exhibiting his perform
ances in eating glass at the New
York museum. He went or. Sun
day night to a newspaper office and
chewed up two small glass tumblers
without making his mouth bleed.
He says that he has been eating
glass for fifteen years and has been
wealthy.
compelled to keep him sealed on a
platform near her desk. Until re
cently he resided with his parents
in Philadelphia. There, while his
parents were absent, he lighted a
piece of paper at the stove and de
liberately set fire to the clothing of
his little brother, aged lS months,
who was burned to death, while the
fiend enjoyed it and gleefully told
his parents what he had done.
He was penned in the garret and
kept on bread and water tor a
month, after which he was sent to
Reading, as he expressed an inten
tion to cut his two brother’s throats
with a butcher knife. He continu
ally wants to set things on fire in
school, the dress of the teacher or
the clothing of the other pupils, and
has several times been detected just
in time to prevent the destruction
of buildings. While his grand
mother, with whom he is now liv
ing, was away Irotn home, he
caught the large house cat, placed
her on the hot stove and roasted
her to Heath. Such inhuman acts
of cruelty innumerable have been
reported of him. Medical gentle
men will probably examine him.
War Prices la the South.
BarneiviUe (.3ft.) Mali.
..... ~ i A few days ago a party of gen-
GES. BEAUREGARD NO RIGHT TO ,| en , an were discussing high prices
HIS NAME.
Senator Mitchell, ol Oregon, has
in the South during the latter part
of tire civil war.
. . - ... "I paid $20 a yard tor a suit of gray
the euphonious mame ol John Hip- I cotton j eanSi ” Sil ij the first speaker,
THE POISONED CANDY.
Nearly every one you met yesterday
was sick from eating the poisoned candy
We heard of one young lady who waa f "p"ritV fmm”the" Fourth” WaVd “ of
made quite sick from it, and fell pros
trate on the floor.
A COSTLY OYEBCOAT.
Mr. Chas. Stern, the clothier, in speak
ing yesterday of fine garments, says he
once saw an overcoat that cost $5,000
It wa* made of Russian sable, and be
longed to a wealthy gentlcn#m in Boston’
ew York City. Five of the num
her have returned, and the others
are trying to get .back as best they
can.
Good Ground* (or a renslon.
"I don’t see upon what grounds
you can secure a pension. You
were notin the army during the
war.”
“I know, but I was in the Home
Guards.”
“Were you wounded or disa
bled?”
“No; btR I first saw the woman
who is now my wife while itve were
on parade. Since then I’ve had
nothin; but trouble, and think the
pie Mitchell. His name originally
was John Hippie, bur when he
moved West, at the age of twenty-
five, he added his mother's name to
his own, and it is my inipte-sinn,
says Carp, in the Cleveland Leader,
that the legislature el Oregon pass
ed a bill giving him a right to do it.
Senator Mitchell is not the only
prominent man who is known to the
public by a different name than that
by which be was christened. Vice-
President Wilson was born «ith the
name of Celbath, anJ he got his
name ol Wilson from his adopted
father, who raised him. Robert
Treat Paine, one of the first Ameri
can poets, was baptized as Thomas
Paine, but he did not w>-nt to bear
the same name ot the great infidel,
and he changed thq first part of it.
General Beauregard’s real name is
Pierce G. Toutan, and the name by
wh : ch he goesisof his own adoption.
Beauregard’s ancestors came from
Canada, and his grandfather, old
Pierce Toutan,emigrated at an early
date to New Orleans,where he made
a very large fortune tn a short time,
and where he acqnired great politi
cal influence. He bought an estate
outside' of the city, and called it
“Beauregard,” meaning fine sight.
General Beauregard vas named
after this ancestor,and wh^n.through
him, he was admitted to West Point,
it was rmder the name of Pierce G.
Toutan. After a time, being of an
aristocratic tendency, he changed
his name to Pierce Toutan de Beau
regard, which he, altera time, drop
ped into P. T. Beaugard. The fact
that General Beauregard has no real
right to his name will be a surprise
to many.
“and the suit of clothes cost tne
$360 after being cut and made.”
••The biggest trade 1 made during
the war,” said No 2," was $30 lor a
single spool of cotton thread.”
And I,” saitl No. 3 '‘paid $15 for a
shave.”
“How could a man carry enough
change in his pocket to buy any-
tning?” I ventured to ask.
“They stuffed it in their hats,boots,
pocke's, or most anywhere it would
stick,” ri plied No I.
jewelry.
New spring woolens come with
canvas woven grounds on which
are stripes, bars and figures of
boucle, velvet and plush.
V-shaped plastrons of velvet are
embroidered with beads of corres
ponding color and are edged with
double folds of satin.
The edges of most of the new
French evening corsages are out
lined with a single row of beads, in
jet, pearl, copper, bronze, opal or
ruby.
Elamine volours is the name given
the new canvas-woven velvet and
boucle striped figured and barred
woolens tnatare worn in the spring
Just now the acme of costly ele
gance exhibited on the promenade
is the walking jacket made out of
“a real India long shawl.”
Among newest of art occupations
is painting on leather. The idea is
said to have been brought all the
way from the land of the sultan.
Green is to be the leading color
for spring, say the authorities, and
for once fashion comes out with
something seasonable and appro
priate
For young women who want to
be chic the masculine styles are to
be retained in all their glory, from
the man’s hat down to the cloth-
toe shoes.
Just what particular style of ar
ranging the hair now is most fash
ionable would lie hard to decide.
Any style, almost, is fashionably
including the wig.
Another inconsistency of fashion
is that summer dresses and travel
ing costumes are to be trimmed
profusely with velvet in every pos
sible shade.
GEORGIA NEWS.
Whet Tobacco Chewing Lea to.
Canton, Tex., March 17,—News
has been received here of a 13-year-
old boy in the southern part of this
county committing suicide. The
hoy had learned to chew tobacco.
He got out ot tobacco, and went to
a neighbor’s hou»e to get some, but
finding no one at home he stole 35
cents and bought it. His father
learned the facts and chastised him.
He immediately went into the house
got his father's gun and blew his
brains out.
KILLING THE WRONG COW.
Mr. Nabors, before leaving for South
west Georgia, purchased a cow from Po
liceman McKie, and informed his batcher
that if he needed a cow to kill while he
was gone to send to Mr. McKie and get
it. Yesterday the butcher sent to the
wrong Mr. McKie, and got Ms fine milk
cow and killed it.
MUTILATED CUMLENCT
Mr. Hadaway had a ten dollar bill 71
terday with a portion of the bottom J Goverment ought to given tea” pen.
burned off, and sold it for eight dollars.' sion.”
Hilled by Electricity
Phii-abbphia, March 20.—Dan
id Coyle, an electric light lineman,
ditribed ao iron awning to secure a
broken dectric-light wire to-day.
He supported himself by holding
one handto the wet awning post,
caught the end of the wire with
the other, and fell dead into the
street. He bad several years ex
perience it the business, but had
become careless from familiarity
gritb iu-dangers.
In a town not far from Macon,
the other day, a couple of wicked
clerks carried a barrel out of the
store.and sat it down in the middle
of the street. The barrel was an
ordinary barrel, and was empty
The clerks looked into it as intently
as if it contained a section of a ten
cent circus, laughed and then with
drew. Men on both sides of the
street saw the performance and
were soon looking down on the
bare bottom of the barrel. Each
man smiled at himself for being so
completely sold, but he would have
died belore giving the snap away
All day long the citizens were
walking up to that barrel and com
ing away smiling. Every man in
town was caught and every man in
town kept the secret to himself.
Baxley Banner; A negro woman
Jiving near a stilt not far from the
village cut herself into widowhood
with a turpentine axe last week.
She cut a box in her husband and
he refused to live until dripping
time.
A GOOD APPOINTMENT.
Hob. R. B. Russell has been appointed
by Mr. Reese clerk of the committee of
which that gentleman is chairman, and ia
now filling the positien. Ii will be re
membered that Capt. Burnett held this
place for a short time.
BARBY HILL S ROAD.
Harry Hill spent Sunday evening
aaagnestof his cousin, Wink Taylor,
ef the Arlington, in Gainesville. He
aays he has all the arrangements made
to build the railroad from Union Point to
White Plains and will begin work on the
first of ApriL
A FOB MER ATHENIAN.
We are glad to learn that Mr. M. G.
Cohen, an old Athens merchant, is do
ing a splendid business making cloaks in
New York. Hehasalarge number of
hands employed, and is making a great
deal of money. f
A LOSING BUSINESS.
One party near Athens lost $40,000 in
the last eight years farpsing. There are
other men who make about as much at
the same basinets.
A NICKLB TRADE.
A store keeper from the country yes
terday paid Mr. W. S. Holman for a horse
in nickles. Holman would not count the
money, as it was too big a job.
ADELINA PACT*, in, (mu •unxivrtu.i
of Solon Palmer's Perfume*, Toilet Soap* and
er Toilet Article*: “I unheetUUnjty pronounce
them superior to any I over need? Principal
DepoCSIt and *7* Pail BL Now York.
Strychnine is used to kill the
larks in Terrell county.
A club of female baseballists are
playing in the small towns of the
state.
Some one has stolen the door of
the Baptist church in Snellville,
Gwinnett county.
A married woman of Brunswick
is a granddaughter of the late Gen
Hancock.
The Waynesboro Citizen nomi
nates Col. John J. Jones, of Burke,
tor Governor of Georgia.
A Knights of Labor assembly,
with a membership of 250, has been
organized in Rome.
Property in Savannah that a cen
tury ago was worth $25 now com
mands $100,000.
The survivors of the Eighth
Georgia Regiment reunite in Sa
vannah the first week of May.
The moonshiners are not shoot
ing revenue officers as rapidly as
they did a few weeks ago.
J. M. Fincher, of Newton factory,
has a baby girl two years old that
knows the alphabet perfectly.
The proposed Augusta and Chat
tanooga railroad will run through a
body of long leaf pine containing
not less than fitteen thousand acres.
Gen. Henry R. Jackson, United
States Minister to Mexico, has gone
to Washington, on business con
nected with his post.
The Woman’s Christian Temper
ance Union of Georgia call for
their fourth annual state convention,
to be. held in Macon April 2 land
22.
The Cedartown Advertiser ob
serves that in “the dim distance can
be seen the man who is willing to
sacrifice himself on his country’s
altar for $4 a day and mileage.”
It was Senator Cockrell, of Mis
souri, and not Senator Colquitt, of
Georgia, who opposed the Blair ed
ucational bill. Both of the senators
favored the measure.
Blakely News: It is real refresh
ing in these degenerate days to find
a boy who has reached the age of
ten years without learning to swear,
chew tobacco, smoke cigarettes, or
some other of the numerous vices
ot the day.
The grave of Alexander H. Ste
phens remains unchanged, but
above the last resting place of his
faithful servant, Harry Stephens,
rises a handsome monument.
Joseph Emerson Brown—old Joe
Brown, as he is familiarly called—
is one of the most conspicuous fig
ures on the floor of the senate. He
looks eighty years of age, though
in reality he is but sixty-five..
The Monticeilo News says a par
ty of United otates revenue men
on the 10th inst. went to the house
of N. W. Williams in Jasper coun
ty and behaved in a shameful man
ner, invading his dwelling with
cocked guns, using profane lan
guage and frightening Mrs. Wil
liams and the children. They broke
open the door and captured a still
that had been properly registered
“out of use.”
A gentleman troubled by owls
and hawks says that last year he
cut off the top of a tree and all the
limbs close to the trunk. On the
top of the tall stump or tree he
placed his steel-trap. During the
year he caught in the trap six large
owls, two hawks and a buzzard.
The last finally broke the trap loose
from its fastenings and sailed away
with it. We nave heard ot the
belled buzzard, but if any one sees
a buzzard with a steel-trap
attachment, word can be left at this
- office.—Meriwether Vindicator.
The gas"fire has been controlled.
Cyclone in Indiana Monday
night. Not much damage
Midnight robber*,
have bean run down and
jQGeronimo, the rebellion* Indian
leader, has surrendered.
Three valuableblock* were burn
ed in Helena. Ark.
Dr. Armstrong has refused an inj
vitation to preach to bit admirers.
Deaths from meninHtia are re
ported all over the state.
A hoop and barrel lactory will be
established in Gainesville, Ga.
A 13-year old white- girl in
Hartford, Conn., ha* aet fire to two
houses.
: Tbe body of a Michigan murder
er wa* found frozen to death in a
swamp.
Mr. Henry Watterson, editor, of
the Courier-Journal, is recovering
from his recent illness.
About 150 masked and armed
men entered the roundhouse at
Denison, Texas, and “killed” sever-
eral locomotives.
Tl.e agitation over local option in
Richmond, Va., is very great, arid
much talk for and against the law is
indulged in.
There is a law suit in Nashville
ever the refusal of a girl to sweep
the floor of a free school building
when her time came.
In Iowa, two young girls became
nvolved in a quarrel over a young
man, when one killed the other
with a revolver.
Morgan White, colored, was
killed at the Pendleton guano
works. His neck was broken by
being caught in a band.
Galveston, Tex., MarclYs2.—
Fred Gould, a boy. while opening
shells, accidentally exploded one,
which killed him instantly.
At Macon, Judge Speer decided
the case involving 30,000 acres of
land in Southwest Georgia. George .
E. Dodge, of New York, wins.
Mrs. Folger, en route from San
Francisco to Chicagn. while atafe
hotel in Omaha, found her son’s
knife and plunged the'blade into
der heart, dying instantly.
Columbus, March 30.—A negro
girl about fourteen years old fell
into a ditch at Renders’s mill, near
Greenvilie, yesterday evening, and
broke her neck. The ditch was
only two feet deep.
Cuthbekt, March 21.—The mill
pond of Greene & Moody, near
town, broke yesterday, and a dar
key passing along while the water
was low picked up a German carp
weighing thirteen pounds.
In Nansemond county, Va., Fri
day night, the 17-year-old son of J.
Van Harrell dangerously shot
Thomas Bidgoorf, because ot his too
intimate relations with his mother.
No arrests.
Memphis, March 20.—M. Blasso,
postmaster at Huspuckana, Miss.,
nine miles ^outh of Memphis, was
murdered last night by unknown
persons, who robbed his store and
rifled rhe postoffice of all the mon
ey and stamps.
The town of Murrayville, Pa., is
threatened with destruction. A
welt of natural gas took fire and
shoots up a blaze 200 feet in the
air. All efforts to put it out are fu
tile. The country is illuminated for
20 miles around.
New York, March 19.—Mrs.
Grant has paid out ot her share of
the proceeds of the General’s book
$25,000 to Mrs. Corbin, the sister of
the General, being the amount
which that lady lost by an invest
ment with Grants Ward.
Senator Colquitt addressed the
senate on the Edmunds resolutions.
His remarks were listened to by a
full senate, including many mem
bers of the house of representatives.
The speech was regarded as being
strong in argument and well con
sidered.
Ike Montgomery, colored, was
sentenced yesterday in Spartan
burg, to two years in tlie penitenti
ary sor resisting an officer. After
the sentence he was left alone in
his cell. Half an hour later he was
tound hanging toa bar by strips of
blanket.
John Mahan, known in sporting
circles as Steve Taylor, a promi
nent heavy weight, is dying at his
home in Jersey City, of consump
tion. He attributes his disease to
the thumping which he received
from John Sullivan during his tour
through the west with the cham- 0
pion.
Milton, Va., March 22.—The
Rev. V. A. Ramsey, of this place,
eloped last night with his cousin,
Miss Rosa Henley. The affair is
rendered more shocking by tbe fact
that the reverend gentleman, who
stood most high in the estimation of ’
his congregation, leaves an excel
lent wife and three small children.
Secretary Manning, of the Treas
ury department, is changing a great
many Republicans out of the de
partment and supplying their pla
ces with Democrats. Many of
these appointees are from the
South, the majority of the States
from thnt section being now repre
sented by one or more appoint
ments.
Omaha, Neb., March 22.—Ed.
Johnson, the desperado who killed
his employer on Saturday, entrench
ed himselt in a barn near Oakland,
where he resisted all attempts to
capture him, and kil’ed two men
and wounded several others. The
barn was set on fire last evening.
Fire was opened on Johnson and he
was killed, falling in the flames.
When the fire had subsided, the
body was found riddled with bul
let*.
Augusta, Ga., March 20.—A
cutting affray, which will result in
the death of one of the participants,
occurred to-night corner Hopkins
and Campbell streets. Mose Scott,
a fish peddler, became involved in
a quarrel with a couple of dusky fe
males, and Ben Johnson, a negro
painter, espoused the cause of the
girls, stabbing Scott in the back, in
juring the kianeys> and producing
wounds from which death will en
sue. Johnson escaped and is at
large.
New Orleans, March 22.—
News ot a deplorable tragedy comes
from a French settlement in Liv
ingston parish. The wife of A.
Trynahan, a young lawyer, assailed
her sleeping husband with a hatch
et, sinking the weapon into his
skull seven or eight times and dash
ing out his brains. She then ran to
the residence of a sister near by,
where she attempted to cut her
own throat with a carving knife, but
was prevented by the timely inter
ference of her sister, who succeed*
ed in getting the kniie away from
her.
The earlier reports of the Anar
chist riots at Jemeppa, Tilluer and
SsraiDg, Belgium last Saturday
night, were all far short of the actu
al truth. A great amount of pro
perty was damaged or ruined at
each place by the rioters. At
Liege, on the same night, there
was an open conflict between. the
troops, which had been massed
there for the protection of the
place, and a large body of Anar
chists wljo were marching against
tbe town for the purpose of attack
ing and looting it. The fight was
severe and prolonged, but finally-
resulted in' the repnlse ot the An
archists.