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^AJSTKJEU-W ATCH M AN ATHENS, GEORGIA DECEMBER. 25 1888
1H£ NEGRO VS. COTTON.
«mr Brother In lllack'* Great Lovo for the
Fleecy Staple.
Our police have been very busy late
ly looking atVr cotten thieves, and we
can also say they have not let one escape
them. A fugitive before an Athens
policeman, stands a mighty poor chance
of evading the law.
The first cotton steal reported was a
few nights ago at the gin of Messrs.
Mckie and Tuck, just outside the city
limits. When the house was opened
next morning it was evident that some
one had been there during the night,
and carried oil'nearly a hale of cotton.
A pith near th: house led through
thicket of bushes and on each limb
which overhung the narrow way, was
fastened small particles of lint. This
tiail was soon discovered, and followed
up to a negro house, and from there
some distance oil' where it was hid
under a brush heap. Circumstances
pointed to If. n If rooks, Kate Brooks,
Mack dohnson and 8ue Lumpkin as
hi log implicat'd in the stia’. so they
'e brought to the osty and lodged in
jol.
ANOTHER RIFFLE.
The Crawford gin at Bswberville, was
broken open again on fuesday night,
if seed cotton carried oil",
.tuple the thieves set
WORSE THAN DEATH.
Sane, Yet Penned in a Mad House
With No Hope of Escape.
A MEMBER OF ONE OF GEOR
GIA'S BEST FAMILIES.
John D. Gilbert, of Albany, Tells a Hesirt-
rcinllng Story—lie Applied to Pres
ident Cleveland for Mercy— _ - ;
Pitiless Treatment.
Hit REPUDIATES HIDES,
An Indianapolis Daptist Preacher Creates
a Sensation*
Indianapous, Ind., Dec. 20.—Quite a
sensation has been created here by a ser
mon preached Sunday by Dr. Jeffrey, for
many years the pastor of tlie First Bap
tist church, explaining his belief in re
gard to the resurrection and eternal life,
and the much discussed question whether
the soui and spirit are separate integers
of a man s inner life. The apparent in
ference to be drawn from his argument
is that there is no hell, but that the un
regenerated man dies as the animal dies,
and the grave is annihilation for body
Atlanta, Dec. 20. —[Special.!—The
authorities of the state insane asylum at! and soul. ^ The regenerate man, on the
Milledgeville are charged with grave
anil a in:
lot
■ eg ti
innate
dauiac
m thi
■xtin
miside, which fur-
i l.ed before much
Mr. J. hr. V
11.1. AW
K>iin"
performances, and should an investiga
tion follow some startling revelations
are promised.
John D. Gilbert, a member of one of
the best families of Georgia, whose sole
crime was a fondness for liquor, wrote
to President Cleveland a heart-rending
letter stating that he, a sane man, was
kept immured in a madhome against his
will and with no hoi»e of escape. The
president referred the matter to the
governor, and after passing through
Various hands the appeal was lost, to
long has the poor inau been kept that it
other hand has a spiritual body, which,
on freeing itself from the physical body,
goes straight to the bosom of tiie father,
with no probationary pir.oii or wait ng
for a general judgment day. Dr. Jef
frey’s remarks were unorthodox. The
Baptist faith accepts a heliw id unit res
ervation. Some future action may be
taken in regard to the sermon. The con
gregation is of an old-fashioned orthodox
school, and will permit no innovations.
NODE AND PAINTED,
And Th in Roasted Before a Fire in
Horrid Agony.
HE CAME SOUTIL
GRIM WORK OF AN AGED KAN
SAS NEGRESS.
She Believed the Young Girl Had “Hooilo-
ed” Her, and Visited Her Mistress
with Awful Retribution— ,
The Girl is Dead.
Wichita, Kan., Dec. 20.—A most re
markable story was related here to-day
by Will Beatty, a Kingman county mer
chant: ‘‘About three mites south of
Dross, Kingman county,” lie said, “lives
a farmer named Bartlett with a son of
twentv one. a daughter of sixteen, and
An Aged New York Millionaire Marries
Very Mysteriously.
New York, Dec. 21.—John W. Mas-
sury, 73 years old, who is the wealthy
head of the paint manufacturing firm of
j. w. P. Masury & Sons, left his apart
ments at the Windsor hotel with a uian
j servant and a valise. He said he wa3
going south on business and pleasure.
His son-ill law, William B. Oliver of the
stock exchange, bade him geod-bve at
the hotel. Mr. Masury told Mr. Oliver
that he was going to build himself a
house at Thomaston, Ga.
On Monday a morning paper publish
ed a marriage notice announcing that
| John W. Masury. of Brook'naven, L. I.,
- had been married in Brooklyn to Mary
j O'Kennes. of that city. The notice was
a complete surprise to Broker Oliv er and
i to Mr. Manure's many friends. Brook-
haven is Merchant Masury s country res-
TO MOVE TO JERSEY.
The Ex-President Will Take Up His
Residence There.
GENERAL DAHLGREN'S Fun,)
HE AND MRS. CLEVELAND FUL
LY DECIDED.
Tlio letter Spending: Some Pleasant Days
at Philadelphia—Dining With (ieo.
\V. Childs, and Enjoying
Herself Generally.
Xl:e Meyers Will Cii^e*
New Brunswick, Dec. 20.—[Special.] j
The courthouse was crowded this mom- |
iug when ex-Senator Schenck began his j
argument before Judge Cowenhaven in ;
Mr. j
Schenck, who represents the caveators j
to the codioile, is fighting for delay, j
This codicil removes James Deshler, Mr.
Meyers’ secretary and the right hand
another of eight. The domestic wor!
was attended to by a negro woman who ! idence. Mr. Masury had never intimated
was formerly a slave. This woman is i that he thought of'marrying again.
•i . , „.... i,,' It was found that the notice had been
saul to have been a remarkable sped- , . , . ,
,, . f , | sent from tlie Fifth Avenue hot 1, and
iat‘n. She was fully stx feet in height,, was signed "John W. Masury." Mr,
muscular as a man and not at all averse i Oliver saw it, but says he does not know
to doin' r the work usually falling to ! whether tits signature is his father in-
man s part on a farm. ’ i law’s or not. The name O'Kennes is not
scute mouths ago she was taken vio-
Th. Noted Confederate WtU Co U
for Interment.
New York, Doc. 2l.-The fun B
Gen. Charles G. Dahlgren, who f™
on the Confederate side during th
war, a brother of the late Admiral YL
A. Dahlgren, who led the Union £5
took place yesterday.
The body will be placed tempo*,
J ^ u.aeeu tetnporaril
m a receiving vault in Greenwood a
later it will be removed to the gjJ?*
old home at Natchez, Miss., tot i & <
ment. ’ nter -
Gen. Dahlgren was in his seventh
year He was taken sick1hortfy“'?£
Thanksgiving, prior to which
enioved excellent health. Hi* ; v e
niiRueipma uuu wuuiu *>*•= w wa , perfect, and his mogSftcent ^
home here, after the close of j power kept luui up. Sincr he w A « ll ,
it administration. Indeed stricken Drs. Fairbaim, McCorkU a*\
Ma-on have been in constant attendan".
The general’s familv was divided dut
Ns xt
is claimed the prison authorit.es uare the cek . bratod Meyers will case.
Unt let him go free for fear lie will sue
tor false imprisonment.
Mr. Gilbert has written a long letter of
the cas t, which fell into the hands of a i
young Atlanta attorney. It has created j
a great sensation here. He says:
“My trouble is that I am and have '
been incarcerated in this institution in i
violation of the laws of this slate for '
her. more than four years, and ail hO|ie o: re- J
h i i his wagon in i len-a* has departed from mo, unless kind I
Thursday night. Brovideiioe interferes. j
f . •, , . , i.l “I came here the arst tune of my own ;
n.i.f: Hi. pounds had been j vo!ilion<and a£ ^ r remaining here about j
i-r.w'.ru t.H. i hr* ali .ir w a> u»j*oru*u to j months, I made my escape and re- j
] dn-.- i..-.-.d<)uarti r-‘, and a I rent ter; turned home.
ck policemen K lley and Gooiirtitn “The following October. 1833, I again j
i m up a til—ir man ;u Ure Athens fac- j became intoxicated, when my brother j
i . rv. The negro saw the blue coats and I hed me returned here without a liial ;
11.-w, at last when covered he showed I and contrary to my wishes. After re-j
1: hi t ut the “cop« ” gathered him m lining here a short time 1 appealed to
limit rii, :r w m.-s. and escorted him to G “ v - H - D. McLaniel for a writ of habeas !
corpus. The governor granted my pe- ■
tit ion. and Dr. T. O. Pow ell came to me
himself in person, and informed me of j
the fact, but refused to le. mu have it. j
He sent an attendant for me wlm gia i I
bed me by the arm and said: "Mr. G., '
your time is out, and you must return to
your hall.’ 1 was literally dragged from : wiu ,, rovo it . other relatives sa ti at
the room before I had been before the. 110 .carriage was celei rated, o- that if
trustees three nunme*. j there was, it was after the birth of the
"Cnthooth ot June, L. 4, I was dis-. qq v , boy. was sup; orb'd hy his
cliavg-d and return d home, and gave
lentiy ill, and. true to the instincts of j
her race, she imagined that she had been
hoodnod. _ j
‘•Hie person suspected of liaving pla ‘ed
this spoil upon her was ihe eider daugh
ter of her employer,, and when accused
she gracefully l eap-, nded. ho in a. to have
some fun, that she knew all about it and
in the Brooklyn director'".
Nobody could be found at Mr. Ma ai
ry's Nassau street office who knew any
th ng about the mama e notice.
Mr. Oliver does not know whether or
not to believe that his father-in-law has
got married. Lesovs that Mr.Masury
is perfectly able to manage his own af. .
fairs, tin 1 that if he has ti.arrieJ he has to “Cce; t one or the otters. -He lias ai -o
Philadelphia, Dec. 21.—Mrs. Cleve
land is enjoying her stay here very
much, as she always does. She is very
fond of Philadelphia and would like to
make her
che present
there has been seme serious considera
tion of that subject, but strong business
reasons were advanced in favor of a resi
dence by the president in or near New
York.
It is now quite decided that upon the
expiration of his term the president and
Mrs. Cleveland will reside at Orange, N.
J.. and Mr. Cleveland will have an im
portant business occupation in New
York.
The president has been offered the
management of several important finan
cial iaiti utions in New York city, and
it is understood th .t he has quite decided
ing the late war, he tightim- ,i
Confederate side and hia bro&e^ls*
late Admiral A. Dahlgren, who di^i
Washington in 1371, maintaining
cause of the union. 8 '
Gen. Dahlgren was personally as
quainted with Webster, Calhoun Clar
Davy Crockett, KeAn Bowie, the in
venter of the Bowie knife, and Gen
Quitman, who during the Mexican
war stormed the heights at Chai
ul tepee. Besides .x r
So Says a Man vho Evidently Thinks wo
Lone Sleep Over It.
J ••
r \v n^s, an
i. 'I lu* pe^rne's
..s, i( is S iid that
ubeii Git nn, is a’su in
iiuine was Dock
l mother negro,
the steal.
HOW HE SUFFERS-
A Gallant Confctlerntti Tell* <»f Ills Trouble*
man of John C. Meyers, who, just before | was determined to keep the speii uu unul done it witlio .t consulting his relative
his death, had the caveat filed. It puts j she died. i ’ .
in his steal II. A. Ta\ lor and Clifford A. J *' irl »*• '*** th ” ofTect that 1 ™ E SOBTH ,S A I>UZ
11. Barilet. and so loug au the contest
can be kept going those two g.nilemtn
are shut o .t Mr. Deshler continues the
work of setti ng up the estate as calmly
as if theie wei e no s :ch tiring as a c uti-
cil. James H. \ an Cieef appeared for
Mrs. Dr. Yunker. who lpus been added
lo the long list of contestants. The |
new contestant fin s in Son Fran-;
cisco, and claims to lie a grand- :
daughter of Christopher Meyers. Site was
man ied some lime age to Dr. Yunker. a
physician of San Francisco, tiie marriage
bring celebrated at tlio Louie of Mis. .
DeYoung, wife ot the eduor of the ;
Chronicle, of whom the gui was a pro
tege. The San Francisco claimants
father was William Henry Merer, son of
Christopher. His daughter claims that
he was born in wedlock, and that sh
“Tiie gill, at last seeing th? effect that
the supposed spoil h.'.i having upon the
old negress, told her it was but a .,<>.<e.
She apparently refused to believe it, and j
set about either to have revenge or tc i _ „ _ , ,
gft rid of the speii. it is not known Washington, D. C., Dec. 21.—A gen- I '
which, as s'le woul i say nqtiiia.g about tleman w-ho has just returned from In-
1 he matter. After tlie girl s explanation dianapolis savs the “south inthecabi-
l:esi night, the girl s voting admirer eau:6 . . .' . . ,,
to see her! and found no one at h u.e : net ,s . a P roolr - m w!llca m vexing Gen.
except the girl and the uegress, tiie other Harrison s soul. He finds the problem
members.of the family having gone vis-! worse than a Chin se puzzle. There is
* un j“ ,, so much south and there are so tnimv
“The old woman r.ersuaaed the bov to . . , . . , ,
go to tie- town .o puhcausa some rnedi- ! southern men. each ciamimg leward for , .
cine. The two b.-ing let', al-me, the lie-! having broken the solid s uth. that the j stopped for a - nut at a.itched Harrisons
gross stripped the g rl. and, after pound- j president elect is amazed at the n miner
ing her uniuercifullv. smeared her body ; of great men who ha e suddenly gru.vn
over with pa lit. Slio then tie l her up | up like mushrooms, and ho wonders if
‘ ‘ " ' the south wi.l have any backbone left
been-enuered some law partnerships in
New \ ork Vr it it is said that he lias de
termined not to return to the piaeluce of
law pure and simple.
His decision in favor of New Jersey as
i a residence, it is said, is in accordance
j with the wi-hes of some of the best known
the democratic tarty
in that stst-. They waited oa him a few
d lys a.o. and hisdeei-.ion. it is said, was
letiehed after ibe.r interview with him.
Some of them consul r it certain that he
will remain in politic*.
After an early breakfast Mrs. Cleve
land and a small party went from Mrs.
Wood's house for a long dri-e round
about the country. On Hie way the.
tho Mexican
serving
and one
.! V,
L-W
Mill
-d at i
I *i>e
till
cause, to
IS Ill’ll
iu Watkiusville
y c.- a r.l.i y, arc! I am proud of the wounds
] miss hear, i Lav children that 1 am
rsiMi g to iove 1 he Kst eaii'C, although
i :-‘>ilii-r i- rriidy limn th- i ll'euls.
1 1: ivi- t i sV'.rh f v my living on the
fai iii^hm in-iT y a lime wi en ploughing
i i v.re or coil. n. j have seen the blood
drip nut ot my in.ei ci'fs leg on the op-
jiC.siK- si-te oi :1m comm or corn row
vrl.ils- 1 v.ns jdeughii g,»nd would have
s:i a my iioiso^and keep hack tiie
i my stump of a Lg. It has
i a up since U was taken elf,
r untold .agonies from the
.! ' lu nr it with Christian for-
I know that tie Mate is do-
1-h
sell
its bur : I ti take
lii r
diners
A »AIJ SriCiL
M:s. n
tol.
lieistli through th
Jtri.le Kmlcd Her Life
: ilirlo) allot.
of s.edartown,
ndsv morning
dock by shoot-
ad with a p’s-
count of my treatment. In Dec, in
is r 1 again partook too freely of ardent
spirits and svas sent immediately hei o
again without a trial. Alter my arrival j
i:e:e 1 svas kept closely c litired for ev
en months. After the expiratiou of that i
time i was allowed more freedom. !
In October, lbtso, I appealved to Gov. J
McDaniel again, and failing to get an !
answer, I wrote to President Grover j
Cleveland for mercy. Tho president I
sent the letter to the governor, and toe i
governor sent it to Dr. Powell. In the i
meantime I eseaped and was at home, j
1 svas sent back hero. I receive 1 a letter !
from an Alliens lawyer asking me to
place my case in his hands. Dr. Poised ;
saw tiie letter and became enranged. I
was pi .ced in the worst ward in tho i
principal building, where every patient :
except myself was insane, and sev. val j
were raving maniacs, naked and scream- j
iug.
“Hon. Louis Amheini. the representa-
tiuie from my county, lias told mo that
1 was illegally deprived of mv liberty.
| “I would like to slate here that I have
: never been an inebriate in the true
meaning of the word, bir only become
into g ated at '.ong intervals.
I father until ha grew to manhood. He
j finally marsie.l aud went to Caiiforn'a.
I Ho died a number of years a :<>. and li.s
i wife supported their child a! terward. A
S smali number of Nesv Bruns wi.-kora
! have known of the existence of this
i grand daughter of tho millionaire, and
j some have corresponded uidi her, they
| say now. for a numlier of years, it i*
j said that Christopher Me\ ar furnished
; her wedding trousseau.
in the old 1;replace and built about her a
fire and lied. The boy soon a terward
returned, and finding the sad plight of
tiie gjirl, extinguished the Lame* and cut
her ao vn.”
Jir. Beat
he left the
Sli. has since died, and men are scour- i is not jih-me J at the prospect of West
ing the countrv,looking for th * inhuman j ' irginia getting ahead of him. Virginia
servant. Tf fbm.d, they say she will not j and West Virginia cannot both get
have a trial. " I into tho cabinet. W hile Gen. Harrison
- — ! is on the be A of terms with Gen. Nathan
THE GENERAL RELEASED.
A Cbailov i*oS orr.
| New Y rt. D c. CO.—Mr. Charles L: -
: penard, wlio wis abducted twenty yen'a
ago from his home in Brooklyn, and who
only discovered his identity last week,
i has arrived, and there was a reunion of
i the Lispenard family at the parental
j lu.ra - on ea.le street. It was a mod. st
j dwe ling on the south side of the street,
j and the family occupy the apartments
j rm the second floor. Mr. Lisp.nardoc-
| cii] ied a prominent position at tin- frugal
I board. His brother George sat oppo-ite
| him. Ilis step-father, Charles F. Morale,
| sat at tiie head of the table, and his
i motlier at his left, while Mrs. Andrew
Merkle was on his ligiit. 'i he conver.-a
Ho 1 oil nun the I’rlnccM Ana O* Delia fron!
Lout; Conthieiueut.
Np.w York. Dec. 2).—General Diss
Debar has been released at last from
Blackwell's Island prison,
left yesterday. _ | rv. Mr. Elkins went to Chicago ;o ac-
Tliu general was locked up in anotliei j complish two things—to nominate Mr.
wing of the prison, about two blocks i Biaiiie and fix Gen. Harrison in Blaine s
Alin- kenned s at Cbe.-tnnt liiii. Mis.
Cleveiand who is ver fond of dugs and
horses, and drives adiuira -lv. en oyed
•lie visit verv much. Bhe patted the
Tiie rival claimants, like music teach- dogs on the In ad an 1 went into :apt res
o er one tine 1 nilied, clear eyed creature
that is looked on as the flower of the
pack. The afternoon was spent quietly
at Mrs. Wood's home.
Mrs. Cleveland dined last n ; ht with
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Childs, utthoir i
town house. T*v-.-nty-sec indi-.ud Walnut ]
stieets. Giro, with the Kov. Mr. Wood. |
Mrs. Wood and Miss Wood came in j
early in the even mg. Among those who
met’teem at Mr. Childs' were Bi hop
Bolter, of Ne-v York, who is spendinr a
day or two here: Mr. A. J. Irrexel. Mr. |
ers. are not very friendly to each o.hcr.
Wo d comes now that Mr. Malione. of
Virginia, has given General Harrison ‘o
su'd she was dying when | on lor.-tand that he is the only cliamaut
u;e. * I the title of solid south smasher. He
Goff, an 1 on general principles prefers
him to Malione. believing as he does tin:t
Go f has wrought a great victory in
\\ est Y irginia and done more to put the
south in the ether column than any man
south of the Potomac, he has to face au
unexpected opposite n to Goff' in the per-
Ilis siiouee | s 01 ] of Stephen B. Elkins.
I Ju t here there is a bit of inside hn-to-
thiough
South American wars. Gen. Dahlgren
was one of the southern leaders during
the war of the rebellion. He had a s Cr ,
oils disagreement with Gen. Jefferson
Davis as to the proper mode of carrvinii
on the late war, which resulted in'sev
ering their personal friendship. Gen
Dahlgren drew up certain plans showing
the beat method of operation, and af
though rejected by Gen. Davis, he |,r..
served them. In later years these p.Hia
were shown to Gen. von Moltke. of the
German army, who said that if they had
been adopted and carried out as planned
the smith world be a nation to-rlav.
Gen. Dahlgren had be n married
twice. His lirst wife wits Mrs. Effi*
daughter of Job Booth, and widow oi
Thomas Ellis. She had two children bv
her l.r -t husband and five by her second.
But two of the.*e children are now liv
ing. Tlio sec. n i wife, anil who survive*
him. was Miss Mary Edgar Vannov, ot
Nashville. Tenn. Of the nine children
by the second wife eight are now living.
An Exceedingly Funny Measure
Dublin, Dec. 21.—[Special.)—Some o,
the humors of the kind purchase art ar,
illustrated by a case which has tome le
fore the commissioners.
A men named O Kelly took from his
brother a heavily burdened pro\>rrtv.
held under three leases. Iu an uxorious
moment he assigned them to Mrs. O’Kel-
Iv, his lawful wife. His biother died,
unci then Mr. O'Kellv found not only
hat he was Mrs. O'Keilv’s lord and mas-
Eugen • Wintlirep. Mr. Droxei's partner i ter. but Tier landlord. Mrs. (j’Keily saw
in Paris, and Miss Ka’e Die el. Tire her chance of realizing a slice of Joli
dinner was quite informal. Neverthe
less it was extremely elegant, and tiie
show of china and silver plate was
superb.
FEMALE “BLOCKS OF FIVE.'
a wav. Helias not
lie was sent up then
at'ier his beloved
l eu Oti it, takes
£*;• n a vi-itor since I cabinet as secretary of state—firmly be
lie got the eauav j lieviug that he would succeed. He was
r.n. ;.nd tiiai is the ! very close to Gen. Harrison, and is to-
day longer to yet
day one of his bos-vm friends. Mr. El-
that lie has no plans lot ; k i rs M-'hns legal residence in We t Yir-
thu future. ’ J gima. That uitans just now that he
The reporter tried to get from him • '' ill not. il lie can help it, jet Goff into
some idea of what he intended to do,but ! Gl .® cabinet to overshadow him, neither
d:d not succeed.
To the r. potter Clerk Crane :
“ilie general has seen Ai
• a cr six wei
y, r,. ti.Hbl.fi .-a
.'Jen name was Lilia j
Griffin. Sire •< dcs
crib d :;s ha 1 , ii.g been !
*■!'• ' r il"- Dl'I'i ■;
■’■■'iliil women iu Ced- I
ar Valley. Her fai
Ihur is T. J. Griffin,!
...: t: i..-.r-*
v •>• fill.a man of Ced- j
: ri"i. e. V. 're had ll
• e rt-SpeU of llll W'hO |
krsf * i ini. lie is
gr- aiiy affected by ]
ii.i- r u-ii t af his i
naught* 1"
T.’ie cause of tire
sui id*- is a mystery 1
n:,d \.:il profiut'iv :
en sin so. The only |
SUppl'sltiilll is tliat
domestic trouble leu !
tin- young v'--in-in •
o take h< r life.
. x . T I , 11 1 • , At 1 i.ut’1 inn r IHU uwiticiM
■ks. . .^ r * ^ ti'. 1 ia.lt, sec< ml assistant phy- . ^ion naturally turned to the time ion
Charhs 'V. Crabb, ti
OUll^
inarnod ll
Lilia Griffin is a
young man favorably
Known m Cu-ti.rt<
>wn. lie was a quiet
and iinioslriotl5 y
•■■ting feffow without
any had hsibiis. j
\ fit - r a short courtship
he \v, n lire fit-art
of tire young woman.
lior J -Gen.'S objei
rtell io the match so
after socuriuga im
,, t ,,„l
etise there was a runa-
'J i.e In ,,:** and
urootn sremed to be
lmj-py as ;cmid i
naturally he expected.
i Lev Imariicd with Mrs. L. G. Kay and
re.ru d off in their matrimonial life with
ail of life's buoyant hopes.
foil now after a few short weeks a
d:uk curtain has fallen.and the happy
bade fills tile giave of a suuicidist.
sician. said to me recently :
Damned it 1 had mv way with you.
would never put your foot on the
g ound again.’
"Mv brother says Dr. Powell is k ep-
ing me here, and Dr. Powe i says my
brother is keeping me here.
“Dr. Powell is apprehensive if I get
out now 1 will sue him for ialse impris-
oiirn- iu.
"it is with great trouble that I get a
letter mailed. J have no money, but you
will i e more tle.n remunerated for com
ing to tiie help of a poor nnfortunut -.”
Mr. Wright will take the letter I efore
th'- committee on lunat : o asylums, and
u e every effort to hive the man's
wrongs righted, if his story is true.
Killed by III5 Pupils.
"Wichita, Kan., Dec. 20.—[Special, j—
since gone by when fie was spirited
: away. He said t! at lie ha s forgotten
i his age. and could not even tell his
| mother s name, lie remembered his
un lea Ambrose and William, end al->c,
! that he had a brother George; but lie
j could not tell his last name. He de-
! scribed again the scenes through which
j lie had pa:;.- d. and referred drama!B ally ; out,
i to tiie occa-ion when Allen and Hoag
j hung him up in the barn and his fortu-j
i nate rescue. He will now petition the
legislature to permit him to drop the [
11am of Allen, tiius allowing him to re- :
tain his parents’ name.
1 aek a cut two dozen limes, but she has I
not s-en a little i it of him.”
“How is that "r” >
“Well, you see. they both attended the |
Catholic eh .roll services on Sunday, and j
that is tiie only o: p rtunity ihey have oi i
se, ing one another at ail. Ann was first j
the: e always. Tin; general knee ed away ;
in the it ar. She could not turn round, j
it is against the rules. He Couidsee hei I
Lack. Wh n le . in : church "she went
through a d or strui, ht ahead of
her. Ho pas-cu out in an opp site di
rection ”
Tiie titie of her first lecture, or when j
she wifi give it. sh ‘ r fussd to disclose, j
and, in -act, lvfus d to talk mticii any-
will his father-in-law. ex-Senator Henry
j. | G. Davis, who is (fin Harrison's mo t
< broad intimate friend. Both Davis and Elkins
will fight Golf,
No Cubinct Mvutb«rt Selected.
Washington, Dee. 21.—[Special.]—A
prominent member of the republican na
tional eommitt e, who has just arrived
from Indianapolis, is authority for the
statement th; t iarri.-ou has not yet se
lected any u. m era of his cabinet.
ITEMIZED IRRELEVANCIES.
A Glrl’» Queer Freak.
Indianal oi.is, Ind., Dec. 20.—Nelson 1
Haii.es.Mf Bourbon. Ind., came to this !
city Saturday evening by appointment,!
Thus. McCormoily, a school teacher, got ! and soon after was married to Miss May
into an altercation w iih tome of his pu- I
nils yesterdav. and was struck a fatal j
blow on ihe head with a poker by one j
of tiie i ovs.
THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
To Visit 5 Diversity Commencement.
Howe!'-, of Fulton, <-tl'i-red a resolu-
tion in the House Wednesday, fchicb
was a<h pted, providing for the appoint
in' r.t of a rou.mittce of ten from the
house and ti do from the senate to at-
ti-nd the coiDmenceinent of the Univer
sity of Georgia next June.
Heretofore this committee has been
appointed at the summer session, but
owing to the. fact the trustees have
changed tiie time of commencement
from July to June, it becomes necessa
ry to appoint this eommitt*e at the fall
session, as the exercises will have oc
curred hefoie the legislature meets next
summer.
1 he committee from the house con
sists of 11 o\vtil of Fulton, Smith of
Decatur, Humphries of Brooks, Kerry
<•: Gilmer, Fleming oi Richmond, Felton
of Bar tow, Kattosoii of Bibb. Tatum of
Dae.e, Twitty of Jackson, and .Johnson
of Floyd. On motion Mr. Chffton of
Chatham anil Mr Gilbert of Muscogee
were added to the committee.
The article of “G. 11. D.” from Oco
nee county, on the prohibition question,
is too long tor publication. It is well
wiiittn, and to the point, but we must
decline on account of its length.
AIOVF.l) OFF.
Watkinsville has been moved off
instead of brought nearer to Athens by
iron bands. By railroad it is now
twelve miles from Athens to YVatkins-
viito, or at least the C. &' M. charges for
that numberof miles. We have been
taught lrom our earliest infancy, that
Watkinsvilla was only 7 miles from the
Classic city, but since the tape line has
Tn the house Mr. Clifton introduced a
bill incorporating the grand lodge of I
united Soothe n Israelites.
The following senate bills wered passed. !
A bill graining certain privil gee to.
the Bail Ground bran h of the Marietta !
and Norili Georgia rail:oad.
Au i I o'clock the n, ecial order, which
was the consideration of a bid for the
relief of Samuel Morgan, one of the t>e-
curitics of the Bunk of Koiue.
The house w*nt into a committee of
the whole, with Mr. Aruhcim in tho
chair.
A mino: ity report was rendered by the
committee on appropriation*.
The bill authorized the payment of
$10,6711.63 to Major Morgan.
Mr. Ewing of Flo.d. Mr. Glenn. Mr.
Tatmn and Mr. Postell favored the ap
propriation, while Mr. Fleming, Mr.llar-
rel! of W'elister, and Mr. Candler op
posed it.
The committee reported progress and
asked leave to sit again.
The senate this morning settled down
to the work of passing bills. The fol
lowing were read the third time and
placed upon their passage:
To amend an a"t oun Wishing a system
of public schools in Athens Kasse l.
To amend an act to regulate public in
struction in the county of Richmond.
Pass d.
To amend the act incorporating the
town of Lithonia. Passed.
To incorporate tho Sta^i Saving asso
ciation of Atlanta. 1 asseil.
The Senate confirmed the following
appointments made by the governor:
Hon. W. C. Adams, judge of the
county court of Carroll county: Hon. C.
F. Gordon, solicitor of the co- rt.
Lion. Fa il H. Carter, judge of the
county court of Appling count* .
Hoii C. H. Mann, solicitor of the county
court of Tatnall couuty.
Meet. Then he purchased two tickets
for Plymouth, but the bride gave various
excuses for not wishing to take the
train, and that night tlfcy spent with
friends in the city.
Cn Sunda-' she disappeared, and was
not tound until to-day. Sho admitted
she had run away from “Nel-s,” and ihat
she had no intention of returning to him.
She has been residing here for the past
twelve months, ami there is a suspicion
hue lias been very -guarded in all that
sh- ■ has said to reporters. Ann is known
to h ve a very fair balance at her bank
er's, an l has no fear of starving, even if
she does not get work right away.
She has received a number of com mu*
nioati ns recently from John L. GSulii
van, a prince of spiritualists, and it is
po-sifile they may go into partnership
and establish a fact* ry for the produc
tion of spirit pictures.
Slain by a ll«r*o Tliluf.
Topeka, Kan.. Dec. 19.—A bloody en
counter took place n ar the Indian Ter.
ritory line, iu Stexens county, between
a farmer named Howell and Jim New
ton. a notorious horse thief. Howell
that another young man has enlisted her : heard a noise in his barn yard. He went
sympathy. At last accounts she persist-1 there and found the thief preparing to
ed in her determination not to live with j leave with three of the best horses. He
Haines, but the only reason she assigned i coalman e i Newton to release them,
was “Because I don’t want to.” but the desperado answered by tiling a
pistol, Howell then attacked the thief
unarmed and a desperate struggle en
sued. The farmer was overcome, bru-
Tlio Eviction KftMimod.
Fort Dodge, Iowa, Dec. 20.—The ac
tion of the settlers in overwhelming the
Des Moines River and Land Improve
ment company with litigations for the
evident purpose of preventing eviction
have precipitated a move which they
thought to restrain. Evictions were re
sumed on tiie Sneii lands. Marshal Hol
brook and* i o se evicted Wm. Spainhow-
er t. oin a farm from which his son had
been evicted a few days previous. f>nell
will now push matters until evi ry settler
•who has not made settlement is ejected.
This will be followed by an eviction of
settlers on Wells’ and Litchfield's land-;,
for whom writs have been is-ua.l. Land
owners state that they are now thor
oughly in * arnest. and in unctions will
lie mmied against all evicted settlers who
have returned to the farms.
Uttlo Nows llnppoitinKft Runclie<l Together
to Save spaco and Patience.
Governor Gray has appointed ex-Gov.
Boiter to represent in iuuiu at the iuau-
guiaiiou.
Jordan Page fell from a scaffold while
painting a chimney slack at Louisvilie,
and was killed,
Samuel Law, the murderer of Mrs.
Clista Larue, was found guilty of man-
.-laiigbtt-r at Bellefoutaine.
A formal transfer of the Bolton steel
■Larks of Canton, O., was made to a
Pittsburg company for $200,000.
Joseph I.ivensberger, of Crestline, O..
was assaulted and robbed Tuesday night
of $13o and a valuable watch.
Addison Goodman, of Otway. O., is
dying from knile wounds in the abdo
men and wrist, indicted bya yx>..ng man
named Patton.
1 .e-lie Keys, aged 15, was shot and
killed near Hopkinsville. Ky.. by the ac
cidental discharge of a pistol in the
hands of Hern Vance.
The New York supreme court has de-
Hundred* of lloston Women Voted Illegally
at the Late Election.
Boston, Mass., Dec. 21.—The illegal
voting of women m ihe recent exciting J
city election was discovered to-day it j
came out during the alderuumic recount !
of the votes in a number of wards. The ;
very lirst pr cinct recounted, No. l, in i
ward 8, showed 95 voter in excess of the j
registry, and there is no doubt that all, j
or nearlv all. of this excess wa due to
the votes cast illegally for mayor by wo- I
men. IlarL carried the war 1 by Tbli ]
votes. Numerous other precincts show- j
ing a sandier excess over the che. k list
were found, and the recount is notet
half completed.
The illegal voting is undoubtedly due
to the fact that ihe women voted the
straight city ticket, including the school
commif.ee. instead of voting simply for
tiie si liool co -.nnittse, as required by the
statutes. The question is. how did ;he'
women couie into p> ssession of the
straight tickets, and was the voting n
ali cases done unconsciouslyIt w as a
very simple matter to make the mistake,
as the soho 1 committee ballots are of
the same size as the others, and the
same ballot box- s received 1 orb tickets,
it is said that certain politicians of both
parties can explain how seme of these
ballots came to oe deposited. The to al
number of votes cast for mayor by the
women is estimated at 400. both candi
date.-. sha-ing them. The board of aider-
men. however, will not throw them out
in the absen-.e of absolute proof of ille
gality.
Bull's $24,000,000. so, like a shrewd and
intelligent woman, she insisted on bar
ing out her husband at the ex|*ense ol
the government. Thi: pro; osal was toe
rank for the by no means s ii;eatni>h
s'.on.achs of the commission, mid it was
rejected.
Commissioner McCarthy, who-e mis
sion it is to protect the interests ot tiie
British tax payer, cynically observing,
that it was not or.e of the objects of the
Ashbourne act to “root wines to tin
Irish soil.” Here anotiier judge came
in and Mrs. O'Kelly refused to pay her
husband his rent. She went into fright
I til arrears, and he has .-erred her win.
an eviction notice.
Farcical as is the application of (he
O Kellys, it is paralleled by that of the
duke of Abercorn and his tenants.
A Unity's Fn:e.
Des Moines, la., Dec. 21.—A peddler
who put up near Maquoketa was -c
frightened at threats and boisterous talk
that he tied from the house in his stock
ing feet, liatless and coatlcss. For tve
nichts and two days he remained in the
woods. His feet were frozen, and lit
was almost dead with cold and exhaii-
tion. The man who had frightened him
was Talbert Streets, on his way liou.e
from Ma uoketa under the influence ol
liquor. The latter proceeded on his wav
after the peddler had left, and his team
running away, he was thrown out and
killed. Streets was about 60 years of
age. He leaves a wife and twenty
children.
Slierman’K Sill.
MiUl*. Xil" I.IIUWTI n.io U'Cn-llim:, mil- . , T SI ,1-11-
tally beaten about the head, and to finish [ ' et * that James M. Hill s contract with
his work the thief fired three bullets I Margaret Matter, the actress, holds good
and she must return to him.
Ellis Emmert, of Clarksburg, Ind., had
into his body and rode off to the terri-j
t iry with the h rs s. The man de l l odv :
of ihe farmer was found, and a posse of
farmers organized and" is following the
desperado.
I’ronf of Arrestment*.
Edinburgh, Dec. 20. —[Special.]—
some trouble with his father, and shot
himself with a revolver, dying instantly.
He was about twenty years oid.
Gen. Hari ison has ] erein itorily de-
clincil she invitation to the Loyal Legion
banquet, greatly to the disappointment
Wednesday’s election pnssedoff quiet
ly. The candidates elected were J, E.
Murray. Mayor, for councilmen J. W.
,«•» <=•*»■; *-<*«
vre ‘Li mitre ,ermines posing candidates were 11. T. Durham,
The WatklnsvlUe Election.
course includes around to the terminus
on the Nbnheastern, even if we got on
tile cars at the Thomas street crossing,
this paying for a ride probably in tho
future. —
Mayor: f ir councilmen. F. R. Booth, J.
W. Watson. D. M. White and M. L,
Durham. Space forbids giving details.
Oconee Interprise.
More Whit* Cap Outragci,
Winchester, Ohio, Dec. 20.—[Special.]
Judge Kennear was occupied this morn- j °* the large concourse of p,omineut men
iug in hearing proof on the question of | wh ° ale at ^ anapolis to attend,
arrestments in the case of Mr. Parnell ihe case of Asa C utter against Kent
against the London Times for hi el. The | Jarvis and others, le sees of the state
conn el for the Times resisted the applt- j public works at _ Canton, O., for the lo.-s
cation of the plaintiff for an order to j °f a can; d baat in 1368, was decided in
compel the defendants to produce die . f avor defendants. The case has Lyen
contracts of the copartner owner-hip of i on 'he ducket lor thirteen years,
the Time..-, aud also its busine s books Another of the opium smugglers was
and accounts. The judge ro.-erveJ hia arrested at Batt neau, Dak., Tuesday
decision. - night. His name is A. C. Curr a. and
he was the r.gent through who u opium
was shipp-. d from Manitoba to interior
po.nt.s in Hie United States.
A man named Charles Lewitt Ta: lor 1
representing h mseit as a m nister, and
accompanied by two young gir s. regis-
T7 r ft |— | *> * tered at the Gilsey house, New Phi ad l-
n. taitt.ev, a urn- | for the admission of South Dakota into ! phia O. He was arrested on suspicion,
— The general upinion is that | and it was found that the girls were
Smith Dukota State.
Mitchell, D. T., Dec. 20. -
[Special.]
A terrible outrage occurred five miles j A mass convention of South Dakota
eonth of here last night, in the very' democrats was lieid here to day to me-
hjart of the white cap country. Three • morialize congress to pass the Platt bill
masked m<-n robbed Z. H. Cutter, a (. in- i
cinnati cattle buyer, of a thousand del- tire union
lars, beat him awfully, tied him to hia j a jj ,j 10
horse mazeppa fashion, and started it
off on a dead run. Cutter was acci-
WAiiALAKjMiss., Dec. 21.—[Special.]—
The causes that have led up to ihe sla e
of things existing in this county are va
rious. Notably among them is a series
of letters written from this part of this
state by W. H. Hinnian, special corres-
1 otid 'nt of a syndicate composed of the '
Detroit News. Cincinnati Post. Indianap
olis Sun and Si. Louis Chronicle. •These
articles were slanders against the south
of the vilest character, and it is stated
tha i uitca number of these papers were
distributed among negroes of thi, county.
Another, and what is considered by many
as one of the immediate causes of the
v.oi now in the famous "torch and
sword ’ artic.e of Gen. W. T. Sherman in
the North American Review. This arti
cle wa* read from the pulpit of a colored
church at DeKal >, the county seat of
Kemper county, on the Sunday preced
ing the date of the riot. The preacher's
name is Wm. M. McMorris, a negro
Methodist circuit rider.
W. T. Nicholson is in a very critical
condition with chances a ainst his re
covery. John Dew's condition is un-
chang' d. Frank Maury and Wm.Vanghn
are both bleeding a great deal, and are
no, as well as on ves'.erdav.
A Virginia Cyclone.
PETEP.SBURG.Dec. 21.—Petersburg was
visited last night by one of the worst
wind storms experienced for years, anJ
while the wind blew rain came down in
torrenjs. The storm was not very de
structive here, but In adjacent counties
it did much damage. The stonu was
very destructive at Hicksford, in Green
ville county, where a number of build
ings were unroofed and several hou.-ts
blown down.
i 'assengers by the train from the west
to day report the Appomattox river
higher at rarmville than ever before-
and still rising. The Appomattox here
is nearly over the wharves,and or morn
ing it is expected there will be a big
freshet cn that usually placid stream.
dentally found at midnight almost dead.
INFANT HEAD.
Little Sidney Howard Stanley, the
inf«nt son of Capt. and Mrs. II. D. Stan
ley. died yesterday morning at the Com
mercial hotel, aged two months. The
sorrowing parents have the sympathy
of the community in their hour of
bereavement.
tory w
mediate
i prominent democrats in ihe terri- j Cora Lee Stone, aged 15, of Cincinnati,
.•ill join in tho movement for uu- and Costello Pendegrass, aged 12, of St.
te statehood. Louis. They had been enticed from
Prince von Pless, who is at present ac
hieving a great deal of notoriety by en
gaging himself to various American girls,
according to the cable, is a German no
bleman of semi-royal rank, ancient ped
igree and large fortune. He is tall, thin,
awkward and washed out in appearance,
and he has two whims, British clothes
and American girls.
J. H. Huggins trade on holiday goods
has been immense, but he still has j
thousands of china cups and saucers,
vases, coir gne sets, &c.‘
“ | Magnificient line of Christmas cards vt j ointment
is. I New \ ork cost, at Haselton & Dozier’s i bleeding, heals ulceration anclffn most cases
2t music store. 14 j 1 moves Uie tumors, t druggists, or:by mall,
_ Jen enticed from
home on the promise of a paying posi
tion.
Eczema, Itcliy, Scaly Skin Diseases.
The simple application-of “Rwavnf.’s on
ment, ’ without any internal medicine, will cure
any case of Tetter, Salt Rheum, Ringworm, Files,
Itch. Sores, 1‘lnipl s Eczema, all Scaly, itcliy
Skin Eruptions, no matter how obstinate or long
standing. KJs potent, effffective, aud costs but
a ti'iiiQ. 12-4
I* lest Files! Itching Piles.
' Ymptoms—Moisture; intense itchi g and
stinging; most at night; worse by scratching,
il allowed to continue tumors form, which often
bleed and _ ulcerate, becoming very sore.
and
TO-
50 cents. Dr. Swaync * 8on7Phi\adeTphi£~’i2?i
Mrs. Preble Gains the Suit*
Boston. Dec. 21.—[Special.]—Tiie jury
in tho famous Prel-la bond case gave a
verdict this tno ning in favor of the
plaintiff. Mrs. Prebio. of $J4,7?2, with
interest to December 19th. 1888. Mrs.
Preble brought suit against brokers to
recover the value of bonds taken from
her by her son and Tost in speculation.
The case has been in court seven years.
. _ OVER IN MADISON.
This is one of the thriving towns on
the C. & M. R. R.. The streets are
filled with wagons every day loaded
with cotton, and the farmers are trading
lively. Capt. Rucker’s compress is
doing a fine business under the manage
ment of Mr. J. D. Tweedy and Dave
Jacks. Madison is a growing town.
Magnificent line of Christmas cards at
New York cost, at Haselton & Dozier's
music store. 14-tf
A Lightning Combine.
New York. L'ec. 21.—A startling story
was discussed about town to the effect
that u huge svndica;e, controlling *
capital of *3.000,000, lias been formed »>
Henry Villard to buv up and operates
large list of electrical patents, including
the stock ticker service and Edison slK"
trie lighting and other inventions, in
object of the syndicate, it was statea,
was to form a great electrical trust an
to freeze out all concerns in oi positw
that di t not come into the cqmbin -
Villard declines to talk for publication,
but says the story is not true.
Georgians Going: Horn©.
Washington, Dec. 21. —[Special.]"
A Georgia party left here to-day v * a tllS
Piedmont route—Senator Colquitt, Her
resentatives Blount and Stewart, -
Emory Winship, and Mrs. Lamar.
Macon, and Miss Annie Speer, of A tla . „
Mr. Candler and other Georgia mew
■vill leave to-morrow.
A Foreign Minion for Hay*-"-
Indianapolis, Dec. 21.—[Special ]"
is nelieved here, in view of the long c0 ^
fercnce yesterday of ex-President
with Gen. Harrison, that the former■
be offered an important foreign mi»
fines 1
An nsta intends to have the “ds
spring festival at the exposition E. ]j fT ?
ever gotten up in the South. 6 l0 ; n g
the project is possible and we ® ^
to get it in shape that will ai . g „ n d
tivate and hold all the old ex j c [a
bring new ones.—Auga sta
Elegant lines of hosiery, re duc«d
furnishing goods 8 ene ^ Lo* 1 * 5 '
prices ibr the next 10 ^ ’ jg-d-lW
Dealing & Co.