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- ATHENS BANNER TUESDAY MORNING DECEMBER 8, 1891 THIEVES! THIEVES! THAT' THR eK g t# ailnft . tH E W4Y TO WRlfE UP *TH£ SITUATIONS. CAUGHT YESTERDAY. Money From all Classes of PeoP>e and Taking Clothes and Valuables—The Police are After Them. It m»y j, B t it i* inore in THE ELECTION IS OVER AND THE NEW OFFICERS | ARE ELECTED. AN AVERAGE VOiii POLLED. There Was Some Scratching Pone In ] the First Ward—More Interest Than Usual Manifested. did V be tlie result of hard times, than likely the result of .mrAl meabae 38, D ‘‘ „, n8 is generally noted for her rslitv , and in truth she is a most "jS recently there has broken outs * hr epidemic of thievery, and it K * . u if everything is unsafe if left "Twcul'l take columns to tell of all the little things stolen day by day Athens, yet it goes on. * Yesterday a eouple of negroes ^daringand quick work Tom uawkins, a negro boy, had sold bile of cotton at the warehouse of * r ?. Moss & Rowland, and was coming away for there. He stopped a ! „ minutes in a crowd of negroes, one was Burt Miller. Burt soon Ut the crowd and Hawkins soon miss- ^ t e n dollars of his money. He sworn cu!;i warrant for Burt and Sherifl tvi t soon had him behind the bars. Turner Mitchell, a long, slim mulat soon come to the polite and reported ,, a<e of exactly the same nature. He had sold a bale of cotton for twen- ty seV en dollars and was back at his wagon. W hile lie sat there talking to a negro Mme ,l John Atkins, the proposition wa , nude to go off and play a game of cards. He refused, and John left bim An empty pocket was at once discover ed, Mitchell reported Atkins to Officers Keliey and Culp, who tracked him to a h,.i,on Thomas street and put tin nippers or him. He, too, was put in the ju*. Sheriff Wier also arrested a negro ntn „ ,l George Yerby who some tim> since robbed Robert Hunter of a amal sum of money. And it dosen’t stop there. It is of »• varied and abundant nature. It reaches out and embraces coats, pants, dr. sses, hats, cooking utensils, cod. wood, medicine,rabbits, cats, dogs, boots, or any thing that has any value attached to it. The commonest trick of late is foi darkey to goto a man’s house am tell > i> wife that her hu-.baud has sent fir his pants or his overcoat. In tbi- nihi ner several things have been stolei recently. The police are at work in the matte- of ferreting out these thieves, and when they are caught the juries of Clarke county will fix them up in roy- al style. There are a great many loafing vaga bonds who have no visible means of support, and who resort to stealing to unU-a livelihood. The penitentiary is the place for such, and diey’ll get there sooner lsii-r. The election passed off quietly Wednes day in Athens. And the democratic nominees went in as a matter of course. It was thought that there w< u’d be a very slim vote polled, but as it turned out nearly fifty per cent, of the vote polled last Wednesday wa? polled yes terday. The total vote polled wag three hun dred and one. The candidates had a few carriages out and brought out the voters to the polls in some !nsm ces. In the Pirst ward there were one hun dred and twenty-five votes polled. At this ward £here was some scratching Mr. Tuck’s Wme and the substitution Mr. Browh’shwtsad. This was confined to a verv. very few voters, however, an ! Mr. Tu.-’-t came oat with one hundred and twenty votes, only five having been scratched. Capl. Farrell received the full number of votes. In the Second, the democratic nomi nees, Messrs. Tuck and Gordin*,receiv ed sixty-thee straight votes. In the Third, the nominees, Messrs Tack and Cohen received sixty-two votes. In the Fouith,fifty-one votes were polled, all being for the nominees. The ticket elected was the one nomi nated last Wednesday an I the compost tion of the Mayor an t Council foi 1892 as follows: Mayor—H.,C Tack. Aldermen 1st. ward—vv. F. Dorsey, W. D. O’Farrell. Aldermen 2nd. ward—-I X Booth, John Gerdine. Aldermen 3rd. ward—C. G. Tal- madge, Julius Cohen. Aldermen^dth. ward—A. H H • tgson, 1.1. Smith. The new Mayor and Council wilt take their offices the first of January. TO GO AWAY. GOVERNOR HOGG HIS TALK WITH A DELEGATION OF COLORED MINISTERS. THE GRE\T MISSION. The Governor of Texas Receives A Committee of Preachers of the Colored Methodist Confer ence at his Office- Extracts From His Brief Address. lttie Julia Stovall Will Live in Augus ta. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 2d.—[Sp*ei il.]— Julia Eloise Stovall will be the ward of Mrs. Stewart Pbinizy, of A ugusta All litigation over the child has end ed. A YOUNG LADY’S DEATH. Miss Mattie Meadow, of OanlelavIHe, ■s Dead. Tuesday night at the home of her fa ther, Mr. I. J. Meadow, of Danielsville, Mi<- Mattie Meadow passed away. I-nr some time she had been ill with piieiimnuia and all that oareful atten- ti"ii and loving hands could do was tio'il'. But the dread disease could not be cli.-ekid: the angel reaper came and gathered in the lovely flower. Mi s Meadow was nineteen years of age; young, beautiful; with all the graces of young Christian womanhood Beloved by all who came into asso ciation with her, she will he missed from her accustomed place among her many friends and acquaintances. The funeral exercises occur today in D&nielsville. Miss Meadow was a sister of Mr Toombs Meadow and Mrs- John W Williams of this city. A Wonder Worker Mr. Frank Huffman, a young man of Burlington, Ohio, states that he bad been, under the care of two prominent physicians, and used their treatment until he was not able to get around They pronounced his case to be Con sumption and incurable. He was Persuaded to try Dr. King’s New Dis covery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds and at that time was not able to walk across the street without resting, He found, before he bad used half of hollar bottle, that he was much better _ he continued to use it and is to-day enjoying good health. If you have any Throat, Lung or Chest Trouble try it. guarantee satisfaction. 10c. trial \\ bottle, at J. Crawford i Co’s. Bh.l Xye In Athkns.—The famous Bill Xye will be at the Opera house in this city on the evening of Deo. 9th.. and theatre goers have a treat in store, Danlfii Brower, the Agent* Lima, O., Dec. 8.—Several months •ifo Daniel Brower, a fruit tree agent, ^presenting the firm of Snyder Bros. 01 Cridersville, came here for the pur ine of soliciting orders for the firm. After several weeks’ sojourn he returned to Cridersville and turned in his orders for a large amount of trees, etc., and received bis commission, which amount ed to about $390, and disappeared. When the time for delivery came it was found that all of the » were fictitious* the majority of them being tlux' dead persons and evidently taken from tooiabstones. The grand jury inaiete.1 Brower, and Sheriff O’Neilllocated him Austin, Dec. 2.—Bishop Grant and a committee of eight prominent preach ers of the Colored Methodist confer ence called on Governor Hogg at his office in the capitoL The governor, in a brief address, said among other things 'You colored people do very well, ex cept when you go into politics. When you do that you generally have some mean white man to stir yon up and get you into trouble. Governor Hogg referred to the peace able and praiseworthy conduct of the negroes dnring the four years of the war when the white men were in the army and their homes and families an protected; when the negroes had the opportunity to pillage, burn and de stroy, bnt did none of these things. The governor said that in his own coun ty, daring the war, there was not a case of incendiarism. The negro had main tained his fidelity to the whites till the proclamation of emancipation. The governor alluded to the lynching of a negro in Cass connty and to his en deavor to pat down mob law in Texas [applause by the oommrtteej. and said he wonld do his part as governor of the state to protect their race in their lives, liberty and property. [Applause.] Gov ernor Hogg counseled the colored people to lay aside race prejudice, which the intelligent men of both races ought to educate the people against, A colored preacher, recently from Pennsylvania, replied to the governor, saying there ought to he no antipathy felt by the negro against the white m and that they ougnt to have the white man’s confidence. Governor Hogg replied, saying the state was dominated by the Democratic party which had eqnallv divided the school fund with the negro when it had the power to do otherwise. Addressing the Pennsylvania preach er, the governor said: "When yon go back north tell your people that th people of Massachusetts first brough. African slaves to America. Slavery was a godsend and emancipation was a godsend, because,” as the governor be lieved, "these two events will eventn ally result in the enlightenment of Africa, which can be done by the negro himself better than by the white man The governor counselled the colored rate of the sonth to send all its surplus educated young men to the dark conti nent. That he believed was the great mission of the southern negro To Hang for Burglary, Charlotte. N. C., Dec. 2.—Alfred Davis the negro now confined in the Mecklenburg county jail under sen tence of death for burglarizing the res idence of Mr. John W. Wardswortn, gets a few days’ respite. Judge Meares sentenced him to be hanged on Dec. 3. His lawyers got up a petition asking Governor l_olt to commute the death present to represent Mis Brantley, and I sentence to imprisonment for life. This Mr W. K. Miller, of August*, *ud I Governor Holt firmly declined not to Judge John T. Peudlet i to represent I ,jo. g e Wi tented, though, to give the Mrs. Pbinizy. I burglar a ’espite. Sheriff Smith re- Messrs. Hoke and Bar *n **mi h were - MUSIC. On, take the lute thla brooding nour for me— Die golden late, the hollow crying lute— Nor call me even with thine eyes; be mute. And touch the string*: yea, toneb them ten derly; Touch thorn and dream, till all thine heart in thee Grow great and passionate and sad and wild. Thou on me, too, as on thine heart, O child. The marvelous light, the stress divine shall be, And 1 shall see, as with enchanted eyes. The unveiled vision of this world name by,' Battles and griefs, and storms and phanta sies. The gleaming joy, the ever seething fire. The hero’s trinmph and the martyr's cry. The pain, the madness, the unsearched de sire. —A. Lampman in Century. THE LABRADOR PIRATE. Judge Hopkins award***. Mrs. Pbinizy, and a qm v r whether or not the decisis < t diate effect, and two cubes* ■d to as to imme- corpnB cases would probably be the result, one by Deputy Sheriff Barnes to get pos session of the child, and the other by Mrs. Pbinizy to take the child from Mrs. Brantley. The fl'-t case was to come before Judge Lowndes Calhoun and the other before Ju>lg- Wt stinore land. This morning at nin<- ’.-lock there, were two gatherings in - v -e ordinary’s office. Messrs. Hoke and Bu on Smith were of the opinion that under r.l • agreement it was best to proceed no fu-iher with the case. After a conference that b>*>te«l about two hours, a compromise * as * ff eted aud signed by ali part s me ested. That compromise was as Ivili.e.s: Georgia, Fulton oouny—This agree ment between Mrs. Nita S B utley and Thomas P. Stovall, pa- 1 - of the first part, and Mrs. Marion < Puinizy, l »rty of the teoond part, wit - a tb the following facts: . „ First—Mrs. Marion C. P hhzv shall be appointed guardian of J im E Stov all in pursuance of the jnd " •-nt of Judge John L. Hopkins; the >ceed- ings in the court of ord; of ilr sup erior court of Fulton cou v snail be dis missed, and the appeal in Richmond iperior court shall be di mia-ed. Second—Mrs. Erantle” and'Mr Stov all sballretain the child -nicil J. >uarj 1st, 1892, they agreeing'hat au< shall be in Augusta, tne bom. of Mrs Phin- izy, on that day. Third—Mrs. Pbinizy agrees that the | child shall make a visit of reasonable length to Mrs. Barntley during each of her vacations; Mrs. Brantley shall have the right to visit Juiia at any time. Mrs. Phiaizy expresses hers* f a» g»Id that this shall occur. Mrs Brantley shall be apprised of any ‘ickness of Julia at any time. Juli-i - hall have the rigth to correep-. d freely Fourth—Rights as Jre-i ved bi Mrs. Bran’ ley to send to J ulia uy money that may be received from Ju - ’*1- h>-r. Ii Julia’s father shall retu - o Georgia his right to the custody • go toian- ship of the child is in no by this agreement or th- s i-p of Mrs. Pbinizy. This p; because of the parties ceived a telegram from Raleigh stating that Governs r Holt had decided to give Dawns a respite to Friday, Dec. 18, and that the proper papers had been for warded by mail. When told the news Dawns said he was "mighty glad of it." The Ladies Ware Mistakes. Jackson, Mich., Dec. 8.—The ladies of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Uuien of Hanover. Jackson county, had the idea that William Bowerman was dispensing real lager beer from his soft drinks emporium. He was arrested and brought before Juatioe Bur gess, charged with violating the liquor law. Eight women, members of the temperance union, were in oourt and found out that the strongest bever age that Bowerman had been selling was hop beer. It was adjudged that there was no cause for action. ffhen Baby was stek, we gave her Castorla. When she was a Child, she cried for Csstorta When sfae became Miss, she clung to Castorla VtMoSbehat JMren. she gave themCasterit ffected tment crii- drawn Ken t, have an CALVIN S. BRICE. | Connty Treasurer Holman Sues Him for His Taxes. Lima, O., Dec. 2.—County Treasurer I Edward Holman entered suit against Calvin S. Brice for unpaid taxes. Brice earnest desire to promote tqe happiness here the other day, as he has done of Julia, and because ^t'-y ^ | a t regular intervals ever since he bad <»n Julia’s >m* -ding avoid further appearan < part in oourt under any December 2nd, 1891. Marion C. Phi-izt, NitaS- Bkantlkt, Thos. P. Stovall.,Jb. senatorial aspirations, and Holman im mediately commenced suit against the senator. The petition filed reads as fol lows : That defendant, Calvin S. Brice, Btands lawfully charged upon the last w L Calhoun, Ordinary Fu tou Co., duplicate of Allen connty with taxes in n. the sum of $1,500,145, that said taxes 1 have become delinquent; that the same -..MHrRitMrs I amount, with penalties thereon, are electric Blue . now due and wholly unpaid. The plain This remedy Is become- so well kn0 ^ n tiff prays judgment against said de- and popular wvHHgW&ur™ nl.on. fendant for 8um of $1,500,145, with All who have wrti Electr o B»ttf isaing tne costs of writ*, same son* ot praise.A purcr iuedicuie dtee I *"■ not exist and i; i 9 rtUHrantecd to do all lhat »d. Electric Bitters will cure an of the Liver and Kidneys, will rc- m„ve Pimples. B.dls, gall Ri.eum and otu- arafitciiionse iused by impu Mooti.— Will drive Malaria from the sya-einand nrevent as well as cure all M daria fevers. For-jure of Hea-iache, .Constipation and Indigestion try Electric Bntew—Entire sat- Was Well Pleased.—Mr. Frederick Warue was well pleased with bis visit to Ath-ns this time. Ho had a splendid audience, save a good show, and wil I robably return to Athens again nex-. eason. Bucklen’s Arnica saive. The best salve in the world for cuts. For years the deep and tortuous and great bays op the Labrador coast afforded a safe haven to bloodthirsty pirates and rovers of the seas, who, driven by hot pursuit from more frequented waters, repaired to this northern shore to mend their shattered vessels. Here, daring the short summer, they recovered from their wounds; here, too, they secreted their booty; here, perchance, the long songht treasure of Captain Kidd may be hidden. Who can tell what secrets are' held forever in the recesses of these wavebeaten and rockbound shores? Wondrous traditions are told of hidden wealth on Labrador, and that these are not all old men’s tales this true story of Manning may convince the reader: Toward the cloee of the Eighteenth century a Scotchman named Maiming* settled on the Labrador coast, and alone and nnaided followed the rough and precarions calling of a fisherman. At the cloee of each season lie visited New foundland to dispose of his catch to the English traders, bay his stock of provi sions and then retnm to his lonely dwell ing to pass the long and dreary winter. For several years he led this life, till by his economy having amassed a few hun dred dollars a great longing seized him to see his native land. Accordingly he crossed the Atlantic, and daring the round of visits to his Scotch friends he met a bonnie lass, whom he persuaded to share his Labrador home. Fitting out a small vessel or schooner, he set sail for America with his young bride and a crew of hardy settlers and their families. This was in the year 1806. Bnt after twelvemonths of industry at Labrador Manning grew restless and persuaded the most active and daring spirits in those parts to join him in a new project. Toward the latter part of October, 1307, he placed his effects on board his vessel and quietly slipped out of the harbor, determining to lead a life of piracy. All his old habits of thrift and industry seemed to have left him, a very demon of adventure seemed to have driven out bis better feelings and wiped out all natural affection, for with heart less cruelty he basely deserted his wife and young child. A stranger in a strange land, far from home and kindred, the fate of the unfortunate woman is not known; most probably she did not sur vive her cruel treatment long. On the coast there is now a small set tlement called Mutton Bay or Meccatina Harbor, and about a mile east of this settlement is a deep inlet called by the French “L’Anse aux Morta” or Bay of the Dead. This bay is screened alike from the fury of the sea and the obser vation of passing vessels by a small island which is easily mistaken for the mainland. Under the ragged and frown ing cliffs which overhang the Bay of the Dead, so called because an old burying ground was tljpre, Manning and his companions landed. Securely sheltered, there they perfected their plans for a life of piracy and bloodshed: and in trnth no spot could be more admirably adapt ed for such a conclave. The coarse taken then by vessels on their way to Quebec from Europe was through the Straits of Belle Isle, close to the north shore of the St. Lawrence, and just outside of the island behind which Manning and his crew lay in hid ing. At that date a packet was sent ont annually by the British government with the pay of the forces stationed in Canada on board. Manning knew this only too well, and was on the lookont for the vessel. Unsuspicious of danger, she neared the island, when Manning with his ship darted suddenly from his place of hiding and swooped down upon her. She fell an easy prey. Her unfor tunate captain and crew were butchered, the treasure removed, the vessel scat- tied, and no trace of the fonl deed left At Quebec the overdne ship was anxious ly looked for, but hope died ont at last, and it was thought that she bad suc cumbed to the fury of the Atlantic. The following year another packet was sent ont, and she shared the fate of her pre decessor. The loss of two vessels and their crews in such a short time aroused suspicion, and a third was sent ont, but with her a man-of-war. All went well till the vicinity of the Bay of the Dead was reached, when, the man-of-war having fallen far astern, the pirate schooner darted ont, quickly captured the packet, secured the treasure, and destroyed all the crew with one exception. This was a negro, whom Manning wished to keep for a servant. This man, hoping to pro pitiate his captor, told him that the man-of-war was cloee behind them. The news so alarmed the pirate that he beat a precipitate retreat to the island. That night another dread crime was added to the long list already committed by the bloodthirsty wretch. Fearing discovery, and believing in the adage that dead men tell no tales, he changed his mind about the negro. He resolved to bury his treasure, and, under cover of a blind ing storm, while the thunder rolled and the lightning, cleft the sky, he collected his ill gotten gains into five small casks. With the assistance of the negro he placed them in as many holes dng in the old burying ground of the Bay of the Dead. Having accomplished this he suddenly sprang on the unfortunate ne gro and plunged a knife into his heart. As the life blood slowly ebbed away he twisted the limp form of his victim around the central cask. At this dread passage ana neaaing to warn treat. Sail was quickly set, aud the schooner escaped through the eastern outlet. The storm of the previous night Still raged wild and fierce. The sea was lashod to fury- The waves rau high, striking the vessel with resistless force, throwing her on a sunken reef. With despairing shrieks and prayers to the God whose laws they had outraged, hei wretched crew were launched into eter nity. All were thought to have per ished. Twenty years passed, a new genera tion grew up, and the story of Manning and his exploits was well nigh forgotten. Then, as now, trading vessels from Nova Scotia frequented the coast to supply the scattered settlements with the necessa ries of life, receiving in return furs and fish. in the year 1830 the captain of one of these vessels happened to be in an inn in Halifax bilking over his summer voy ages. while smoking a pipe with a friend. They observed that an old man, sitting ■ at a table near them sipping his whisky and water slowly, appeared highly inter ested in their conversation. When Captain Black left the inn the old man followed him into the street and eagerly questioned him abont the Labra dor coast. Before they parted he made the captain promise to take him to the Bay of the Dead the following spring. Captain Black had harbored there once during a great storm. In the Bpring, when the warm rays of the son had loosed the icy barriers of the coast, Cap tain Black, mindful of his promise, sought the mysterious old man, bnt found him dying of fever. Amid the ravings of delirium the astonished and horror stricken captain was told a tale of murder, bloodshed and robbery on the high seas, and of the hidden treasure of the Bay of the Dead. Manning (for the dyvig man was none other than the notorious ex-pirate), with blasphemous curses foretold death and destruction to any one who shonld at tempt to secure the ill gotten wealth. In a paroxysm of fear and despair he died unrepentant, unabsolved. The captain was too bold a man to be deter red from seeking the treasure by a dying man’s corse, so he immediately set sail for the Bay of the Dead. The weather being foggy and the coast dangerous, he approached with the ut most caution. Within a few hundred yards of the coveted goal, the burying ground, a strange faintness came over him, his limbs refused to bear him. Eager to secure the treasure, which had from long brooding become his sole ob ject in life, he with a great effort drag ged himself to the bow of the vessel. At that moment the ominous words, “Death, death, death!” sounded in his startled ears. A mortal fear overop-ead him, and he had barely sufficient strength to order the crew to pat about. The sailors, wondering at the slmnge conduct of their captain, obeyed jnst in time to pre vent striking a sunken reef. Among the crew of Captain Black’s vessel on this occasion was a lad of some thirteen years or age. Ricketts by name. The captain had made rather a pet of this boy, and during the long voyage had related to him the story of Manning. Thirty years passed, and no farther attempt was made to wrest the wealth from its ghostly keeper. In the year 1860 Rick etts, then in middle age and living in the United States, was a haunted man. In dreams and in his waking hoars the apparition of Manning followed him, urging him to go to the Bay of the Dead and secure the treasure. Old inhabitants of the coast say that in that year (1860) a strange vessel flying tne American flag sailed into the harbor of the Bay of the Dead. The captain whose name was Ricketts, hired a fishing boat, and while ostensibly engaged in fishing operations spent a great pait of his time in explor ing the shore and digging. After a month spent in this mysterious way he departed, returning, however, the fol lowing summer. Again he was watched, and from the burial ground at the Bay of the Dead was seen to unearth a large wooden box or cask, which he carried off with him. Again, so late as 1880, a strange Amer ican vessel paid mysterions visits to the bay. Their object was and is a subject of endless conjecture among the fisher- folk. There are now many graves at the Bay of the Dead, and the good people of the coast, with their great respect for the dead, disturb them not to search for hid den treasures. •It cannot be asserted positively that the treasure of Manning has been torn from its hiding place and the spirit of the murdered negro released from bis long and faithful vigil. Bnt it is a sore and certain fact that a dweller under the cliffs of the bay has of late, without ap parent effort, become very wealthy, and rumor hints of treasure trove. Snch is the story of Manning as related by a na tive of that bleak and desolate coast, and though the mellowing hand of time has thrown a halo of romance over the pic turesque Bay of the Dead and the deeds done there, the main facts are well es tablished.—Maud Ogilby in Boston Transcript. Where Cheapness Benefits. In ready made cloaks and dresses for women there has developed recently an enormous business, and the cheapness of the product has not only given employ ment to new handB, but has enabled women to dress better than ever for a given amount of money, and to wear garments of style and finish hitherto un attainable by many of them.—New York Sam in Indfanapol tad retained re he arrested him tively cure s piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satis faction or money refunded. Price 2r cents per box. For sale by John Crawford A Co., 1 Christmas Go^ds.—The are getting in some hris'm.s eo-v’s, and they elegant display of them. Wholesale aid retail druggist*. Caetoria* oinent the old Scottish superstitions na- are asserted itself, and he believed that the “wraith” of the negro would keep gnard over the treasure, preventing any adventurous outsider from unearthing it. He then heaped np the earth over the five casks in the form of graves, judging that no French habitant, whose rever ence for the dead is proveroial, would molest them, and at each apparent grr.7e he placed a stone, to carry out the illusion. At dawn the pirate sentinels saw the man-of-war sailing through the western ■— •-••*■** * - their To- Going to Woke,—The workmen have gone to work on the new stables of Mr W. A. Jester on Clayton street opposite the Y M C. A. buildin ?. RECEIVER’S SALE. The undersigned as Re ceiver of the assets of E. S Edge is now selling at the store No. 321 Broad, street Athens, Ca., a full and desir able stock of Furniture anc Undertaker’s outfit. Come one, come all. All kinds of Fed Room suits, Chairs Wardrobes and other desira ble kinds of Furniture. The stock must be sold at once and at the very lowest prices Do not delay as it may be all sold before you come. John W. Wier, Receiver. 321 Broad St„ Athens, Ua. NEWS DISPATCHES CONDENSED. An Epitome of Happening* from Ever? Section. The smallpox t-pidamic on the coast of Georgia is oa the wane. The new issue of the Windorn $2 sil ver certificates htuPbegnn. The Chicago Times has started a pres idential boom for General Nelson A. Miles with a page of history of his life. Sir Alexander Campbell, lieutenant governor of Ontario, Canada, has beeu stricken by paralysis and is in a critical condition. Francisco Hernandez, who robbed the paymaster of the eleventh battal ion of the Mexican army, in Chihuahua, will be shot. A Bordentown, N. J., special says: John Parnell, a brother of the late Charles Stewart Parnell, arrived at Old Ironsides from West Point, Ga. He and his mother sail for Ireland. The eight women on the Illinois World’s Fair board have decided to ac cept invitations to go to any part of the state to deliver addresses in the interest, the proposed exhibit by Illinois women. A special from New York says that Ex-Presideut Grover Cleveland, accom unit'd by Mrs. Cleveland and Baby nth, left the city for a Jersey winter resort. The period of their absence is not known. At Philadelphia, Chris Magee of Pittsburg, said that the Pennsylvania delegation to Minneapolis would be for Blaine. Blaine could have the nomina tion if he wanted it, and the indications are that lie is in the field. A St. Loni3 special says: It has ju°t been discovered by the Corcordia Pub lishing company, printers of religions books, that Martin C. Barthel and Mar tin H. Barthel, father and son, two of its most trusted employes, are short in their accounts. A Braddock, Pa., special says that Mrs. Mary McVeagh, who has been fasting for 148 days,- has died. Mrs. McVeagh has been suffering with a cancer in her mouth and has been sub sisting on bnttermilk, wine and lauda num. She was 68 years of age. The New York Chamber of Commerce will send a delegation to the approach ing session of the legislature, to urge a liberal World’s Fair appropriation. John Boyd Thatcher, one of the New York commissioners, thinks there is no doubt that an appropriation of not less than $300,000 will b-i made. The London Times in its financial ar ticle says tiiat the report that Russia is buying silver is true, but only enough will be bought to provide a new subsid iary coinage to replace the nickel .alloy known as billon. The fairly large amount required for this purpose, the Times adds, will be purchased in in stalments. Rev. Dr. S. J. McPherson of Chicago, at the instance of a number of associ ates prominent in religious circles, will correspond with individuals and soci eties in the various denominations with a view of having a conference of dele gates from all parts of the country to arrange for a religious exhibit at the World’s Fair. A Clarksburg, W. Va.. special says that O. D. Matheny of Mineral Spriugs, attempted to pour powder from a bottle luto a lighted pipe "just to see what it would do. ” He saw, bnt he sees no more, as the bottle exploded, tearing his haud and arm badly and burning his face and eyes so severely he may possibly lose his sight. At Ottnmwa, la. Miss Ora Heady, the affianced of Earl Sylvester, killed in the Charlton wreck, created a sensation by swooning at her lover’s grave. They were to have been married. A strange coincidence is that while her brother and her lover’s sister were being mar ried at Guthrie Centre, a telegram was handed them announcing Sylvester’s death. 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