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teE ATHENS BANNER TUESDAY MCANIN0 JULY 5,n»i
GETTING ANX1QUS
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TARIFF ■
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fj'
FECTSOF MORE
ISLATION.
;MOCR.VTluW)OKGRESSMEN
m
obi sed to Pause-Reed end Hte Fol
lowers at Their Old Tricks of Fili
bustering—An Adjournment is
Wanted Abeut July 12.
h
Washington. Juno 30.—Tho Demo-
cmih- managers in the lionse have
reached tlie poiut where they have been
obliged to p iuse and consider whether
ii is advisable to undertake to pass any
more tariff bills this session.
It is an undeniable fact that anumber
of representatives are extremely anxious
to t;et through the work of the sessioa
ami adjourn at tho earliest possible mo
ment, and they feel that their object
t;.nnot be attained if any further tariff
legislation is to be attempted. In this
b lief they were borne out by the action
v f the Republican minority, which
promptly began to filibuster, under the
leadership of ex-Speaker Reed, as soon
as an attempt was made to resume con
sideration of the tin plate bill.
Morever, political considerations bare
been brought forward to strengthen the
arguments of members who ure averse
to any more tariff talk and action upon
,uiv other tariff bills. The subject was
the occasion for a special conference of
the Democratic members of the ways
and means committee. There ure three
important tariff bills now pending bo-
f< ve the committee, namely, the free
lumber bill, tho free sugar bill and the
bid placing iron ore on the free list.
When the question arose as to wheth
er the committee should proceed to act
upon bills and determine the order of
tA-a jient, it soon uppeared that politi
cal considerations were involved, and
the proximity of the presidential and
cmigr-ssional elections was ulso taken
mm account. Opiosition was made to
immediate action on tho free lumb r
D.li by some members osi the ground
t’n.it its passage by tlio bouse might
haw a damaging effect on the Dem i,
emtio party in certain states—particu
larly North Carolina, where the lumber
industry is now of formidable propor
tions. Then certuiu member* were
nfrai l that tlie report of the free sugar
hal would lie a disastrous politic d
move in its results iu some of tho stab a
where refining interests are large, and
ether members dreaded the result in the
iWtious of the passage of the free iron
err bJl. In view of ihecouilict of views,
it was decided that it would bo well to
del; v consideration of the bills now bo-
f,i> the committee for oue week, before
which time another conference will
probably be held.
The matter of a final adjournment
was also a question considered at the
c.'iitcrenee. and it is understood that
tiie resell ntion was practically agree I
upon favoring adjournment on the J2tl»
ut July. There was some disposition to
tu ik.- ihe date later, but an earlier dale
pi i vailed, especially as it was recognized
that the senate would modify the reso
Inn u hv fixing a later date, in confor
uiity with a practice that, is always fol
'•>wid Two of this members o»* iiu
committee declared their purjiose to
join iu a report recommending a later
date for adjournment, so that tliebousa
shall be compelled to pass tlie tariff bills
J....V in the committee's hands.
There seems to be but little doubt
tli,-it tire tin plate bills, the silver and
l.-nd ores bill, and the bill limiting to
$1 ‘I in value the personal effects of
t< u. i.-ts tlmt may be admitted free of
ilu v. will all receive action at the hands
id tae lionse, and be sent over to the
senate before the session Is over.
Go«*s Ov«r for n Week.
In the senate, the anti-option bill has
gone over for a week, without action,
by the senate judiciary committee.
In the house, Mr. Forney, from the
committee on appropriations, lias re-
p'.ru-d hack the legislative appropriation
b il with the senate amendments, and
m i\*ed the senate amendments be non-
coiiCiirred in, atid a conference ordered.
The motion was agreed to, and Messrs.
K .rui-y, Dockery and Henderson, of
Iowa, appointed conferees.
The house has passed a joint resolution
making a temporary provision for the
support of the government.
. ON TO OMAHA. 1
The Delegates to the Third Party
Convention.
The delegates are .going on to the
Omaha canvention of the Third party,
which meets on the 4tta inst.
Georgia will be represented,of courcO,
and the leaders of the State will l>e
high in the councils of the conventiouf
The del gates from the Eighth all go
except Mr. Overby, of Oconee.
The following is the list of delegates
that have gone to Omaha:
State at Large—C H Ellington, M I
Branch, C C Post and M D Irwin. 1
First District—W C San ’leford, R L
Moore, Jr., J F Brown, Dr. Gay.
Second Distriot—I Map’es, J A Chas-
PROHIBITIONISTS.
TUB PROCEEDINGS OF I .THE CON-
INVENTION IN CINCINNATI.
JOHN P. ST. JOHN CHAIRMAN
The Close by Delegates will Run the
Business, and Southern States
Have Little Say In the Matter.
bird District—F D Wimberly, S
Montgomery, D H Hauser, B W Scott
Fourth District—W R Gorman, J Y
Carmichael.
Fifth District—J L Chupp, W H
Nally, Dr. Albert, A W Ivey.
Sixth District—J Y Lowe, R W May,
J E H Watt, James Walker.
Seventh District—
Eighth District—G T Murrell, J R
Robbins, W Y Carter.
Ninth District—T Pickett, Dr. A L
Nance, C Chitwood, J F Barnwell.
Tenth District—R A Kelley, W G
Sammons, Mr. Milton, Silas Reed.
Eleventh District—P D R Stansell
Dr. A I Haynes, L D Downs, F W
Kent.
Their Choice for Candidates.
The choice of the Georgia delegation
for the Vice-Presidency s :ems to be El
lington, of McDuffie, while for Presi
dent they aie diyid d. Weaver, Puw
derly, Blaine and Gresham are all spo
ken of.
TLe office ,a ibis case is surely seek
ing the man, and as it is nothing more
than a sacrilice, there doesn’t seem to
be much timber to be chopped up.
STEVENSON AND THE SOUTH.
HPP-H. H-Carlton Talks of Our Next
Vlpe-Presldent.
The more the peop’p of the Soul^
hear and know of Hon. A- J3. Steven
son, our vice-Presidential nominee, tb
more they like him and his reputation
Hon. H. H. Carlton was speaking
him yesterday to a reporter.
“Yei>, I know him well,” 8& ; dhe. “He
is a man of remarkable ability and is
universally popular. In 1888, so im
pressed was I with his ability and wortl
that I telegraphed from Washington to
the Georgia deleg ition at St. Louis re
questing the deb gates to support
Mr. Stevenson for the vice-Presidency
1 am glad to see my wish has at last
been fulfilled.
“I know that General Stevenson is
great friend to the South. He dido
serve in the war on either side but be
was a Sjuthera sympathize:.
While I was in Congress, I deemed
it of benefit to my constituents that
they should have better mail facilities
and through the assistance of General
Stevenson, I suco :eded rjt creatin
twenty-eight new pistoiBces nr fh
Eighth Cineressional district.
“1 regaid his selection as one of emi
nent wisdom.
GROUND TO DEATH.
Rid.
A Nameless Negro Stealing
Meet* a lloriiblo Fate.
Atlanta, June 30.—A nameless ne
gro wax ground to death in tho Georgia
railroad yards.
The negro was stealing a ride on a
freight train when he fell beneath the
"heels of tho fast moving cars. Eight
cars passed over him, severing his head
from his body, nnd mangling his body
in the nioj.t horrible and shocking man
ner.
Scattered along the railroad track for
1'*' yards ..ere pieces of flesh torn
fri::: tho body of the unfortunate man,
and scattered about the train as it
dashed on. The horrible mutilation
that was left was not recognizable as
n ' ;i n. Not a vestige of shape was left
to what had been a living human being.
“ e was about 16 yeiiro old, and ^
•(ringer in these parts.
WANTS HER DAUGHTER-
A PRIMA DONNA’S BATTLE IN THE
VILLAGE OF ATHENS.
“SHE IS THERE TO STAY”
KICKED BN A HORSE.
ingfc
1'imi iiing la Behring Sea.
San Francisco, June 80.—Accordi
i advices received from OaUalaakai,
things ara going to be lively in the
| IF hritig sea this season. Already theij®
l! s a . r < l>ort that the warship Mol
i nas fire,! upon a run-away sealer.
I ln 'hc itious are that a number of poach-
l£5 a defy the fleet, and enter Behring
lr fU at the risk of seizure and impriaon-
nt- The migrating herds are now;
l“'ar the passea, and the craisers,i*re fol-'
I low ing tho| „
la .* 'Khting Bob” Evans has evinced a
U,! e i r,,Ulu * Uon ^ balk the poachers,
iW b^ 1 r . e " ar<1 to consequences. He
Mr. James M. Devant, of Balrdstown,
Sustains Severe Injuries.
Mr. James M, Devant, who lives near
Bairdfctown, received severe injuries
Wednesday afternoin by being kinked
by a horse He is in a critical condip
tion, and Mrs. B. H. Kinnebrew./ a
niece of Mr. Devant, left yesterdarf to
be at bis bedside. It is to beho’pad that
his condition is not of so /serious a
nature as at first thought. ^ '
Now TryThyi.
It will cost you northing and will
surely do you good*,’ if you have a
Cough, Cold, or rtny trouble with
Throat, Chest or Lungs. Dr. King’s
New Discovery^ for Consumption.
Coughs and ColiSsJs guaranteed to give
relief, or monW tHU be paid back.
Sufferers from.La GrTppeJoumUt just
the thing andfunder it* use had a speedy
and perfect recovery. Try a sample
bottle at our expense and learn for your
self just inow good a thing it is. Trial
bottle 10c. atJ. Crawford & Co’s
and Palifaer A Kinm-brew. Drag Store.
Large sifze BOc. andtl.00
’‘AFTER FIFTY YEARS
/ —
An Old Clarke County Citizen Cele
brates His Golden Wedding.
Thursday in the city of Atlanta, Rev.
F. M. Hay good celebrated his go’den
wedding, having been married fifty
years ago.
Mr. Hay good is a native of Clarke
oonnty and is now seventy-five years
of age. He was ordained as a Baptist
minister at Mars Hill, on December 19,
1941. He has kept an cord of all the
sermons he has preached
during the fifty-one years
of his ministry, and they foot
np the large number of 3,110. He
preached the first sermon ever preached
in Atlanta.
Mr. Haygocd has a sister Mrs. Sarah
Thornton, of Athens, % and also another
Cincinnati, June 30.—The national
prohibition convention organize! by
electing ex-Governor John P. St. John
of Kansas temporary chairman.
The name of A. F. Wolfenbarger, of
Nebraska, Lr secretary, and a list of as
sistant secretaries and sergeant-at-arms
selected by the national committee met
no opposition.
A slight fight over the temporary
rules prepared by the committee oc
curred on the question of their adop
tion, J. B Cranfield of Texas, taking
the lead against their adoption. These
provide 1 that only delegates present
should be entitled to vote. This would
have dt p rived a number of far off* states,
especially those in the extreme south a
part of their representation in the tem
porary organization, as all their dnle-
g tea could not come on account of the
expense.
He said that if th«se * roles were
adopted it would leave the control o!
the convcn.ion in states around Cincin
nati. It wduld cost $3,500 to send the
thirty-five delegates of Texa& here and
they could not afford it. The tempor
ary rules would probably be the per
manent rules, Hemoved that each
delegation have the right to cast its full
vote whether all the delegates were
here or not.
After alively tilt Mr. Craufill carried
his amendment on a rising vote, arid
thin the rules with this amendment
were adopted. The roll of states was
called for the announcement of com
mittee membership and then the
convention adjourned until 4 o’clock,
after given dirfetions to the committee
to proceed at once to the work assigned
thtjp. The most interest centered in
the membership of the platform com
mittee and the new national committee,
At the afternoon session, the platform
and national committees were announc
ed. The credentials committee report
ed 072 del* gates present—Louisiana and
South Carolina -being the only states
without representation.
T ha presentation of the report of the
committee on permanent organization
recctninendir.g Colonel Ritter, of Indi
anapolis, for permanent chairman and
Sam Small for permanent secretary
and reinstating the rn’e voted down in
the morning giving states’ votes only
for delegates pr* sent, was the signal for
a fight. Rev. Mr Small presented
minority report recommending that
each state delegaticu be permitted to
cast the full vote to which it is entitled. ,|
He made a vigorous speich in favor of
the minority report, and pro tea ted
•gainst dej rivii g these Stated of their
full v<i£suftjrtfKY'MMt« 1 bM-wtioe. The
minortof Seymour in ISffated by a vote
of 359 Iceland’* firs* 1 the majority re
port wMas^find** so that absent dele
gates will hay* no vote.
ColoneVBUtter was escorted to the
platfor^u.and Governor St. John turned
oven'the gavel {o him. „
'Speaking consumed the balance of the
Evening.
Until Matters are Settled Between
Her and Her Former Husband, Dr.'
J. W. MurreUe—Her Stage Name
IsRecca Murllla, but Plain
Mrs..W. H. Leydon Ans
wers Her Purpose In
Legal Respects.
thf. informed that it is a part of jigfe* Mrs. Mary A. Jackson, of Oconee
sealers’ plan to doc’ge into Russian • ’
'•iters in case of" pursuit, and he is
ajj ' to checkmate that move.
UBRAL DONATIONS
fhou d be Made to the Re-union Fund.
The chairman of the Finance com-
-•''•ah nitron v*?urgi*
MVi.'irv^rr-unloD, Capf. C. G. Tal-
® a,: £e, at dV.vtw v i»tant», Messrs.
- J - O’Farrell T*. I Smith. wiU
county
His life has been one of good deeds
and crowned with good results.
A VALUABLE REMEDY
Hon. Edmund L. Pitts, the late pres
ident of the New York State Senate
utee on the 3-d Georgia and Troup writes: __
- State or Nkw Yobk, Shnatb Chamber
Albany, March 11,1886
1 have used A llc-ck’s Porous Plas-
’’Farrell an. Smith, will
ton C &H upon th«n» jjp« to eontrlb-
f, t0 the fund be. 10 defra y
h^PcmesoftWraWon- -
1 ~ 1:0 donations 1*^, l^T* 1
Ini'!* 1 *• noifileyastoodthat Ati. -
I ni #n* have alw I contin 1 flrm on thi8
l u mioc an d W ld EtAi:dS. u e to do so as
b| & t« the jror’
tbbs in my family for Hie past five years
and can truthfully say they are a valu-
ablr remidv »nd effect great cures. I
•should rot be without them. I have in
several instances given some to friends
eufft-ring with weak and lame bocks,
„ nd they have invariably afforded cer
tain ar.d speedy relief. They cannot be
too big/'Jy commended.
THE LADIES
Are Earnestly invited to Take Part.
The ladies are to take a leadii g part
in the preparation for the reunion of
the Confederate veterans this month.
The meeting Tuesday afternoon a
theY. M. C. A rooms will be a large
one. The following names were una-
voidab’y omitted in the publication of
the list of those requested to be present:
Mrs. W P Welch, Mrs. W J Morton,
Mrs. Geo Meiij iitir.h D Du Bose, Mrs
Tom Vincent, Mrs. A H O’Farrell,Mrs.
G H Palmer, Mrs. A L Hull, Mrs. Geo
W Mabry,Mrs. Pipe Barrow, Mrs John
Benedict.
Misses Mtggie Morton, Daisy Tal-
madge, Maggie Talmadge, Louise Du-
Bose, Estelle Ritcb, May Hull, Sophie
Scbalk-r, Jule Moss, Julia Carlton.
All ladies in Athens are also invited
to be pres« nt end any wife or daughter
of a confederate s< Idler is expected
and asked to aid in making the re-union
a complete success.
Notbing aids more in thesobieyroent
of 8ucce88of eny undertaking than- the
effort of the ladies, nnd upon this spe
cial subject they delight to work.
Rlicninalisiu was ao bad tvat Junes Irvin, of
nt. vsi nab. could hardly walk from palnlnhlfl
shonldtr, and jcicts of Us legs. I’.'P.’P.
(Prickly Ash Poke Boot ard Potaisiom,) was
resorted to and irvm is wed and happy.
Abbott's Fast India Cftrn Paint removes
quickly all corns, llmnions and warts without
pain.
A prominent iiaUroad Enycrlntendent living
In Savannah,oi-e svneiing lor yiars from Ma
laria and Ocneral Dchliily, says, on having re
covered his health by the use of P. P. P. thinks
thathe will live forever if he ran always get P.
P. P. (Prickly Ash, Poke Boot and Potassium).
This party's name will be given on application
RHEUMATISM CURED.
PORTSD AMKR’S BSD t TAK STORE, )
LAKH CITY, FLA. j
P. P. P. Manufacturing Co.:
Gents—Having suffered with rbenmaUsmfor
some time, and tried great many remedies, but
could find no relief until I used your great and
beneficial P. P. P. 1 fecou.menu It tosailering
bum a i itr. Yonrs,
1 J. POT8DAMBB.
Elmira Telegram.
Athens, Pa., June 18.—Never in the
history of this lively boro has the com
munity been so thoroughly stirred as at
the present time, over the alleged at
tempt by the noted prima donna, Mrs.
W. H. Leydon, whose stage name is
M’lle. Rocca Murilla, and who was f< r-
merly the wife of Dr. J. W. Mu.relle, a
well-known dentist of this boro, to get
S ossession of her eighteen-year-old
aughter, Kate Cobb MurreUe,a prepos-
sesring, black haired and dark eyed
miss, a perfect typj of the young south
ern gill. The circumstances of the al
leged kidnapping are, as near as can bj
gleaned by witnesses of the affair, that
Airs. Leydon, Katie’s mother, arrived
in Athens and put up at the Stimson ho
tel the lore part of the week, from Cal
ifornia, where she had been playing an
engagement
WITH AN OPERA COMPANY
and had made considerable money, her
average salary being $150 per week
On Thursday afternoon, Mrs. Leydon
secured tne services of Charles Fitzger
ald, a hacktnan of this boro, and in com
pany with Constable and Acting De
tective Guy Hallon, of ’i'owanda, took
a carriage and drove up Paine street to
the corn, r of Elmira street, where a
family by the name of Sheridan live.
Here driver Fitzgerald halted his car-
e and Mrs. Leydon sent a small boy
to the residence of Dr. MurreUe, which
is located in the next block. The boy’s
instructions were to go to the MurreUe
residence, ring the front door bell and
ask f. r Katie MurreUe. If ske appeared
at the door the lad was to tell her that
Mbs Sheridan wanted to see her right
away. The boy succeeded with his
mtssage and Miss Murreile put in an
appearance a few minutes afterward in
front of the Sheridan house. As soon
as she arrived Mrs. Leydon in a plead
irg manner asked the young girl to get
into the carriage, as she wanted to have
a talk with her about *‘May,” meaning
her grandmp, the abbreviation being
southern patois for that name. It is
claimed that Katit refused to talk with
her iuotht p and
that she was seized
by the Towanda detective and her mo
ther and forced into the carriage, which
was rapidly driven toward Sayre. The
young girl’s soreams attracted but little
attention at the time, but the carriage
had no„ been out of sight over a quarter
of an hour before the news bad spread
over tfie entire village, and wildest ex
citement prevailed. A pleasu'e pa;ty
consisting of James MoNamara, John
nie Hill, Richard Hill, Geo>ge Lockett,
Billy Sergeant, Ered MoAvoy, had jus:
left Athens to drive to Waverly. They
had beard a rumor of an abduction, but
did not know who the parlies were.
About half way between Athena and
Waverly they ovwtook Fitzgt\r&la’a
hack and heard the girl scream for
he p. 'Cuey ordered - the driver to
stoiF and warned him that if he did
not they would take him over; to the
pond and duck him until be was ] sorry
for what he bad done. After consid
erable parley the entire party was
brought back to Waverly. Mibb Mure le
being driven to her father’s Home,
where he: mother kissed her good-bye.
Mrs. Leydon, Detective Hailon and
Driver Fitzgerald were then Fsryed
with a warrant, charging them with as
sault. The parties were subsequently
arraigned before justice Nichols and
held lor trial Monday forenoon, ‘ Jane
20. N. O. Harri?, the banker, became
bondsmen for the appearance *fl the
accused. He did so at the request Ipf the
Messrs. Little, of Towanda, who are
employed as Mrs. Levdon’s counsel.
THE PASTIES INTERVIEWED.
•
A representative cf thi Telegram ar
rived in the village this forenoon] and
undertook to get the story of the $ rou
ble from the parties interested find! suc
ceeded, but not without some trojub'e.
They all claimed at first that their : lips
bad been sealed by their lawyers; list
they give utterance to something that
would prejudice the case when it pame
up for trial on Monday. Everybody in
Athens was ready to talk about tho af
fair, but few knew anything of the his
tory of the parties most concerned,! who
are Dr. J. W. Murelle, Mrs. Wi H.
Leydon, pronounced “Lidon,” and (Miss
Katie Mnrelle, their daughter. The
Telegram reporter first visited ( Dr.
Mui oil’d home onFaine street. His pres
ent wife, who is a daughter of Judge
Nason, of L parte, Sullivan county, In
this state, is a cripple and has to be
moved about most of the time in au in
valid ohair. She stated to the Telegram
reporter that she was anxious that, the
whole troth should be known as nearly
all of the accounte thus far published
had been garbled ones. Just aashe was
about to retire to another room Dr
Murelle’fl attorney came into the bpnsc
and made considerable of * bluff spout
newspapers and newspap-r-men in T .
eral, and said thst be ahould insist that
thr girl should not be interviewed -as
.they had tesolvcd to say nothing until
the trial took place. The reporter gave
a little “Uncle John” talk, and 1-rer’
Johnson relaxed enough to allow the
reporter to ask the girl an important
question. Mrs. Murelle stated Jhat
Katie was suftcrirg from theixeite iient
over the affair, bordering on hysTria,
and the repoiter had to promho| he
wouldn’t scare her to death with «
lent questions, as he was ncted farjanu
near by bis excellent breeding. A Jer a
wait of several minutes Katie appeared.
She won her hair like a Stage ingenue,
flowing on her shoulders with a slight
half curl at the ends. She looked ter-
sent my wife to New York to take mu
sic lessons, under Max Mare'zek’s tui
tion. I paid all her expenses. In 1877
Bbe again returned to New York, and,
before I knew it, was sinsrirg in a vari
ety theater in that city. From that time
forth she drifted off' from me and re
fused to come back ard live with me.
In April. 1880, she returned and iu com
pany with her, I started f .r the north.
At Cincinnati we separated, she going
toSf. Louis, where she had same kind of
an eDgagomeut with an opera troupe. I
came to Syracuseand afterwards iner
ted at Wilkesbarre, where I lived for
about five years. I often sent her mo
ney to assist her, as she did not make
more than half of her expanses. It was
Bent with the understanding that he
folks were not to know that I assister
her, as she would often use a portion of
the money to buy presents for the chil
dren. I tried to get her to come to St.
Louis and live with ms, bat she refused.
X went to Providence, R. I., where she
was playing an engagement at the Park
thcati r, and there and then gave her
the alternative of going back to live
with me at Wilkesbarre or I would pro
cure a divorce from her. She refused
and I came home and instituted divorce
proceeding’. Notice was served by pub
lication. An absolute divorce was
granted in the Luzerne county courts,
December 4, 1S>2. The divi roe is a
matter of record. My daughter was
then living with her grand mother.Mrs.
Cox, in AthenB, Ga. In March, 1888,1
met my daughter in Virginia and
brought her to this place, where she has
lived ever since. I have nothing to say
against my former wife’s chastity. She
is the mother of our daughter and I
will not say aught against her.”
MRS. LEYDON’S STORY.
There is no doubt that quite a number
of Athens people sympathize with Mrs.
Leydon in her trouble. There’s a story
that her daughter has been used as a
servant by the present Mrs. Murelle,
and has bad her proud southern spirit
crushed by being obliged to wheel her
about in an invalid chair. It is also
claimed by Mr. Leydon’s attorneys that
the divorce obtained by Dr. Mnrelle is
a bogus one, and that Monday’s trial
will briDg out some decidedly sensa
tional features. A Telegram scribe saw
Mrs. Leydon in the parlors of the Stim
son house. She is a fine looking woman
with an imperious, determined manner,
as if she was born to command. But
hir regal manner was only perceptible
at the introduction. When she began
to talk of Katie and their southern home
and read extracts from her letters, her
assumed bearing melted away, and she
softened down into a tender, womanly,
motherly talk that showed that her heart
was in Athens, and it throbbed for her
child just like any other true mother’s
would.
“Well, I will tell yon my story. We
were married in 1868, by Rev. Robprt
Elliot, bishop of Texas. My family is
a proud and distinguished one, and
boasts of the intimate friendship of the
Cobbs, Marcys and ether first lac
of Georgia. My father paid fer my
musical ed ication and ic was only
when Mr. Murreile failed in business
and we became bard up fir money,that
I took to the tt'ge to gain a livelihood.
I took care of the family and really
supported Mr. MurreUe for a long time
I have receipts in my possession show
ing that 1 have furnished him money.
He can ridicule my going on the variety
stage as much as be pleases, bujw'f.'wus
tho variety stage that iguvt-u3 a living
when be could notyearn one for us. He
tried to mnfefi a living that way himself
and .urfa given a part to learn, but failed
and luid fo give up his engagement.
When/he went to Wukesbarr* 1 secured
a place through my own influence for
him with Mr. Griswold, a dealer in min
ing supplies. He received a salary from
this source of $75 i>er month. In re-
ard to his oomir gto Providence, he
id ocfme and sent up his card under
the assumed name of Williams to my
room j&t the hotel after the petfoumance,
hoping to catch me in delicto flagrant,
but be failed. I occupied a room with
Miss (Bella Romaine, and he was not
admitted until he sent up his right
namefand assured the clerk that he was
my hpsband. He did threaten me at
the time that he would get a divorce,
but as 1 knew he had no gri unds upon
which to procure one I paid no atten
tion io the matter. As to the charge of
kidnlpiog, it is absuid. If I had want
ed to have stolen my child I could have
mou ' ted the driver’s seat and driven
across the Hue defying all pnrsners.
simply wanted to talk to her and have
her tf.» to New York and spend a couple
of w|Eeks with her grandmother and if
she wasn’t satisfied then she could re
turn] to Athens. I have not come to
Athens, 3,000 miles from Galifirnia, to
be niade a fool of. I am prepared to
stay; here until this . whole affair is
shotyn up in its proper light. He made
an agreement with me in Georgia in re
gard to the possession of the child, of
which I have a copy which yon can
print in the Telegram if you wish. I
have God and some good attorneys on
my .side and I’m going to win. Here
are isome letters showing how Katie
wanted to come back to “May.”.
EXTRACTS FROM KATIE’S LETTERS.
“I would like to take wings and 11;
home to you folks who love me besL.
know father loves me but my dislike
fort he North and the people is so much
that sometimes I think If I had the
money I would come to you.”
“Yon must not think because I did
not write to you for three or four weeks
that I had forgotten you, for you are in
my mind every night when I say my
prayers, and-1 pray God that you and I
will-have a home together again before
we die.”
“I can’t never brace up until I oan
get with you or some one else besides
mj surroundings. Of course, father is
good and kind to me, but I can never be
bappy until I get away, i have never
been bappy since I have been here.
Everybody seems so cross to me all the
tiine, and I am so tender-hearted thai.1
can’t stand.it.”
]Mrs. Leydon further said thatshe had
obtained a divorce from Dr. MurreUe
aud bad married again. She said it al
most broke her heart to think that
Ef&Ue who was so well born should have
to become a common servant when her
grandmother wai ted to provide her a
Stood home. The only dresses amlmon-
ety Katie has had since she came to
Atbers I sent her. Only last May I
t ent her $15 in money.”
It is claimed that there’s a fortun
i iwaiting Katie and that is what the big
i ight is being made on. Mrs. Leydon
mas a large array of lawyers on her ride
hi eh shovs that she has the the mon-
y to fight her way through the courts.
‘I h&ve brought my trunk with me and
irtend to stay till it’s oyer,” said Mrs.
as fol-
custody and control, or the r'ght to dis
pose (hereof as be may choose of Jos
eph C. H. Murrell, minor son of said
parties to this agreement, without in
terference by the said Rebecca L. Mur
rell.
Rebecca L Murrell is to have the
sole custody and control or the right to
dispose thereof as she may choose of
Katie C. Murrell, minor daughter cf
said parties without interference by the
said Joseph W. Murrell.
But the said parties are to have th
right and privilege of communicating
wish said children, the said Joseph W.
Murrell with the said Katie C., and the
said Rebecca L. Murrell with the said
Joseph C. H., or the right to make per
sonal visits and see said children as of
ten as may be desired without hind
rance or objection or obstruction, and
in consideration of such division of said
children, the said parties further agree
that the house and lot in Athens, Ga.,
upon which homestead was taken some
years ago, upon application cf said
Joseph W. Murrell, shall be at once
placed in the charge of Pope Banow,
esq., or of L unar Cot.b, esq , or both of
them, (both being of Athens, Ga.,) and
sold at private sale, or upon order of
court, if necessary to obtain such order,
ar d the proceeds of si ch sale to be equ
ally divided between tlie said Joseph W.
Murrell, Joseph C. H. Murrell, Rebecca
L Muirell and Katie C. Murrell.
And if the said Pope Barrow and La
mar Cobb decline to act as such agents,
then said parties name and appoint
James M Pace,of Covington, Ga., as
such agent.
This agreement executed in duplicate.
Witness our hand and seal this 3rd
day of January, 1883.
(Signed) J. W. Murrell, [seal ]
(Signed) Rebecca L. Murrell, [seal.]
In presence of E F. Edwards, Ordi
nary, Newton county, Ga.
Georgia, Clarke county:
Personally appeared before me T. A.
Burke, who, on oath, says that the above
and foregoing is a true and comet copy
of an agreement entered into between
Dr. and Mrs. Murrell, and now in
possession of A. J. Cobb, esq. Sworn
to and subscribed before me this 13th
day of May, 1S91. Feed S Morton,
Notary Public,
Clarke county, Ga,
[seal] T. A. Burke,
* THE FIRST BILL. T
The Agricultural: Appropriation Has
~Zm i Passedithe House.,
Washington, July 1.— In the hotted,
Mr. Hatch called up the conference re
port on the agricultural - appropriation
bill, and demanded the previous ques
tion upon its adoption. The previous
question was ordered—yeas 168, nays 48
—and the report^ was agreed to. Thi®
is the first general appropriation bill
which has finally passed the house. *
The floor was then accorded to th®
committee on labor. Mr. Taraney ot
Missouri, called up and the house passed
the senate bill granting thirty days?!
leave of absence to the employes of th®
government printing office. Mr. Tars-
ney then called np the bill to enforc®
the provisions of the eight hoar law.
The senate has voted to adjourn ovec
till Tuesday next.
Mr. McPherson withdrew his request
for the privilege of addressing thesenat®
on the silver bill.
An attempt was made to agree upon
some future time when a vote shall be
takes on the silver bill, but owing toj
the absence of Mr. Morgan, the mattcrl
went over without an agreement bein; J
reached.
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at any ume write to GEO. HOWELL £*
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E very one in need ol lnfornatlon on the sub.
ject of advertising will do well to obtain a copy
of “Book for AdvmlMr*,” sgs pages, price one
dollar. Hailed, postage paid, on receipt ot
price. Contains a careen 1 compilation from th®
America:' Newspaper Directory of all the bast
papers and clas3 journals; gives tbe circulation
rating of every one, and a good deal of Informa
tion about rates an '
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Family Bibles.
Stationery
OF EVERY VARIETY.
Lowest Prices!
The Handsomest Lady In Athens
Remarkid to a friend theother day that
she knew Kemp’s Balsam for the Throat
and Ludes was a supirior remedy, as it
storped her cough instantly when other
cough remedies bed no effect whatever.
So’o piove tfiteand coEVlnceyou of its „ - _
merit any driggUtwHl giveyouaSamv ! and my daughter, Katie, you are alii
pie JBcttie Free. Large size 60c and fl. acquainted with- In the year it
ribly pale and seemed to be in very low
spirits. In respons e to-the reporter’s
question: “Miss Murelle whom do you
prefer to live with, your ..mother or fa
ther,” she replied In a trembling voice
keeping hereye tn Mrs-rMormle,, “I
prefer to live with my father. That is
the truth*” The reportedaid not p-ess
her with further questions but bade the
family ’good-bye and proceeded to Dr.
Morelia s office where he /obtained^the ! {L ey don. The agreement was
following statement from that gentle- . h 0wa;
man respecting his
harried Life and divorce.
He said: “In 1868 j lived at Covi 1
ton, in the state of Georgia, andt
year married Rebecca S. Vox She
longed to one «f the best families
Georgia, and, besides other aosompl
ments, possessed a fine soprano vr
We lived happily together fir a
years, and two children, a son
daughter, were born to us. Bot,
living here now. My son is a pi
A GAY PARSON
Gets Twenty-Four Hours to Leave
Town.
Visaua, Cal., June 30.—Rev. James
Wilson, the pastor of the First Presby
terian church iu this city, Tue3 day night
was given 24 hoars to leave town. W il
son was in the habit of taking two young
girls riding in a buggy, and on several
occasions took undue liberties with
them.
Tuesday the father of the girls came
to town to kill Wilson, hut was per
suaded not to do so. Wilson acknow
ledged his guilt. He is over 70 years o£
age, and heretofore has been greatly es
teemed. He left town last^ waning,
tearing his family behind^'
' Rescued Seamen Abroad.
London, June 30.—The North Ger
man Lloyd steamer Trave, from New
York June 21. for Bremen, arrived at
Southampton and had on board Captain
Hulbert of the British ship, Fred B.
Taylor, from Havre May )2, for New
York, and nineteen of the crew of that
vessel. The Trave had a collision with
the Taylor on June 22, in latitude 40
north, longitude 69 west. The Taylor
was so badly damaged that it was pre
sumed on board the Trave that she sank
shortly afterwards. The chief officer
of the Tuylor was crushed to death and
Captain Halbert had his teg injured.
Another Victim of Liquor.
Lawrenceville, Ga., June 30.—The
Georgia, Carolina and Northern railroad
killed its first man in Gwinnett county
near Auburn station last Tuesday eve
ning. The man’s name was Norman,
and he had been attending the teachers’
institute which is now in session at
Lawrenceville. It is supposed that he
found a blind tiger somewhere between
Lawrenceville and Auburn, and became
intoxioated. He was seated upon the
end of a cross-tie, and when the evening
freight passed up it knocked hiui off.
His injnries proved fatal.
A Social Scandal Abroad.
New York, June 30.—Jacques St.
Cere, the Paris correspondent of tho
New York Herald, cable® as follows to
his paper . ! U-he»» from Bucharest that
Mile. Yacarese®, formerly the fiancee of
the crown prince of Roumania, is send
ing to the Princess Marie of Edinburgh,
who is tow the fiancee of the prince,
the love letters which she received from
Prince Ferdinand. The English court
is quite excited over the scandal, and
tho matter is considered to be without
precedent. ”
A Deliberate Sniclde.
Huntington, W. Va., June 30.—An
unknown but good looking woman loi
tered about the C. & O. whaxf boat here
about two hours, whan, just as the
steamer St. Lawrence passed, she tied
an an apron over her eyes and jumped
against the wheel house, afterward go
ing te tho bottom of the riTer. It was
the most deliberate suicide ever known,
and the victim is believed to be a noto
rious courtesan of this section. At a
late hour the body had not been recov
ered. ^ '
_ _ _ house door
Specimen Cases, day In July next, wii _
S. H. Clifford. New Cassel, Wis. war 'BfiSffStf 0ne ~ lot -? f
troubled with Neuralgia and Rheuma
tism, his Stomach was disordered, his
Liver was effected to an alarming de
gree, appetite fell away, and he was
terribly reduced in flesh and strength.
Three bottles of Electric Bitters cured
him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, HI.,
had arunningsoreonhislegof eight
Bar’s standing. Used three bottles of
lectric Bitters, and seven boxes of
Bucklen’8 Arnica Salve, and bis leg is
sound and well. John Speaker,
Catawba, O., had five large Fever sores
on his leg, doctors said he was incura
ble. One bottle Electric Bitters and
one box Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured
him entirely. Sold by J. Crawford &
Co’s, and Palmer & Kinnebrew, Drag
store.
I
D. W. MGregor,.
Successor to Burke,
BOOK STORE CORNER,
Established 50 Years.
ATHENS,
April 12-wtf
GEORGIA
THE AGREEMENT,
Georgia, Newton county.
Articles of agreement this day, Janu
ary 3,1883, made and entered into be
tween Joseph W. Morrell, now of
Wilkesbarre, county of Luzerne, and
j state of Pennsylvania, of the one part,
! and RebeccaL. Murrell, row of Chica-
' m: D( ok county, state, of Illinois, of
The Banner job work is
conceded to be the best
the city.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
By virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary
of Clarke county, will bo sold before the court
house door In Athens, Georgia, on the first
Tuesday in July next, within the legal hours of
sale, the following property to-wit : A tract Of
land lying in said county of Clarke, about five
(5) miles from said city of Athens, near Athens
and DanlelBrille road, with (1) boxed house
and one log house thereon, of one room each,
bounded on South and East by lands of J. R.
Crawford, on North by lands of Wilson estate,
and on West by neighborhood road, containing
five and one-half (51-2) acres more or lees. Sola
as the property of Leah Dunn, dec’d. for dis
tribution, etc. Terms leash. This June nth,
18U2. B. H. NOBLE,
Administrator of Leah Dunn, dec’d.
W4t.
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ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
By virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary
Of Clarke oounty, will be sold before the court
• in Athens, Georgia, on tho first Tues-
In the legal hoars of sale,
to-wit: One lot of land
In the city of Athens, Georgia, on South Rock
~ ng street, bounded on the North by lot of
ns & * merica Thomas, on the East by said
South Rock Spring st,on the South by lands of
Mrs. Anna Hudgin and neighborhood road, and
oa the West by lot of Barcns Derricote, said
lot containing two (2) acres, more or less. Sold
as the property of George Echols, deo’d., for
distribution, etc. Terms cash. This June Uth
189*. „ B. H. Noble,
Administrator of George Echols, dec’d.
W It.
Office Commissioxebs foi Public Prixierg,
Atlanta, Ga., June 1st, It92.
Sealed proposals for doing the Public Printing
as prescribed in Section 1.M0 of Code of Geor
gia 1882, for the next ensuing two years,
be received at the office or the Secrets'
State in Atlanta, Georgia, for thirty days
this date. fsv
All necessary blanks will be furnished upoc —
application to the secretary cf State, Atlanta.^ ^
Philip Cook, Secretary of State.-1 „ >. Thea
Wx. A. Wsight. Comp. Uen’l. { Prng.Com” . ..
R. U. Hardeman, Treasurer. J 8 01 \ u
nn«
The Population of Athens
Is about 12,000, and we would say as
least one ball are troubled with some
affection of the Throat and Langs, at
those complaints are, according tos-ta-
tistics, more numerous than others. We
would advise all our readers not to neg
lect the rpqprtunity to c®f’ ep+tH
! any*
FARM LOANS. rtlc 5n W
Negotiated tn the foUowing counties: CUJ$&.; £
Oglethorpe, Oconee, Jackson and Walton. m
Apply to Cobb* Co.
Athens, Ga.
OverJ. S. King* Co., Thomas St. entrance
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