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swffiSOA? MORNING . AUGUST»««•
A BITTER PILL
FOR THE THIRD PARTVITES
SWALLOW.
TO
LAWSON’S VICTORY
aliI judio.ouily stationed in small
numbers at different places in the
crowd, mostly on the outer edge so as
to make as big a sbow and noise as poss-
ibl , si.d to this end they imported all
available recruits from Atbers and
Madison. They, however,*n tbe face of
all this, triid to present a bold front,
but it was evidenc they felt the power
behind the throne of the so-culled Third
ptrty, when they tried to ran tbe bluff
by saying they were disappointed in
Watson. I don’t doubt their disap
pointment, for when every argument
their chitftian had made in an hour and
The 11 Ann hr is willing for Democrats I a half's speech was successfully met
and Third party men to read both sides I in ^ overthrown by little Tommie in
IN TENNESSEE-
ANOTHER SK'RMlSH BETWEEN tho
TROOPS AND MINERS.
THREE MINERS ROUTED
Over Watson is Very Sickening to
Them, . but They Might as Well
pucker up Their Mouths and
Swallow the Dose—A Card
From a Third Party Man.
And Several Wounded—The Men Shot
by the Miners at the Coal Creek
Camp -The Cowardice of Some
of the State Troops,
Dir me uimera -u. VI Butte,
thine is quiet thiB morning and
think trouble is over.
(Signed) F. K. Huger
To this the following reply was sent:
Nashville. Aug. 20.
Generali?. K. Huger Knoxville Teuu.:
Telegram received 13 iu. 1
Carnes to make arrest* and send prisoners
where they will be secure. Want him and
mil itary to remain till work is done.
(Signed) A^uUntG^r^.
lias'noufied ^Um^le/sees to'remov^from I The Oath Bound Miners Afra’d to talk
COAlCREEK*
j general CARNES MAKING PROG
RESS IN HIS WORK- -**
PICKET ON THE GROUND.
of a question
bis conclusion of 10 or 15 minutes, it
Coal Creek, Tenn., Aug. 23.—Al
though there, have been no further out
breaks on the part of miners. Things
lienee we publish the following card I was time for them to feel disappointed, are ominously qniet, and it isnotnulike-
from a Third party man in which he la-1 &n( ^ Mdly so.
ly that there will be more trouble before
bora to ease his mind of tbe anxiety that | Thus ended the program, and at the | the day is out. Reports come iu that
‘ the snrrouuding hills arc bristling with
armed miners.
Camp Auderson and the 8tock;ide, os
well as the town, are in complete pos
session of General Carnes and the troops,
and the commander expresses himself
as confident of his ability to fully pro
tect them with the present force, whiqh,
ious to know if there is no balm in I will soon be augmented by troops on the
restsnpon it tone, rning Watson’s fiasco. 1 ■ oun ® of the whistle of Watson’s I
In our editorial columns we reply to 1special train, he, (Watson,) with the
such portions as are worth noticing: I trophies of a conqueror and that noble
Mk. Editor : Please allow me space 1 wife of his, was triumphantly escorted
in your columns to make a few state-1 the while Judge Ltwron’a so-
tnents in reference to the above dis- I called children of Israel remained in
suasion, over which the Democratic pa-1 the wilderness, or grove, with down-1
pers pretend to be so bouyant, and" of I c;18t headrand hearts, apparently anx-
which they have made statements cal
culaUd to mislead the minds if the
publio. It is evident that incorrect re
ports of cccasions like this are pur
posely made by the Democrats, for I
have heard them both in public and
private specob. admit that wbat they
call 1’eekVslavery bill, was a good bill,
and some have g'.ne so tar as to say
they would walk all the way from
Bishop to Atlanta to vote for tbe pass
age of the bill, and one follow who has
had the honor of being a member of
both branches of legislature voted for
its passage in them. Y. t, strange to
say, their simon pure Democracy al
lows them to say iL-t it is honorable,
and that they have no remorse of con
science in just sbowirg one feature of
that bill, thus preventing its full im-
Gilcad.
Citizen. I way,
Another Fight.
DISSOLUTION NOTICE. 1 There waBanengageraefitintbe north-
The firm of Pittard, Sikef, & Co. is this I ® P« rt of town betwron Grlonel Se-
dsy dissolved by mutual consent, W. O I vier, in command of the Chickasaw
Can there and W. J. 'Whitehead reur- j guards, and about three hundred Yellow
ing. The business will be cairied on
by J. T. Pitterd and E- B Sikes, who
assume all liabilities. 8 23.dlt.w4L
KNOCKED DOWN
And Robbed-An Old Negro Has His
Head Broken.
Rich Elder, is an old negro around
town who is always busy at work and
Creek miners, whom they encountered
on the hills. The miners were routed,
and several were wounded. Two of the
Chickas&w Guards were also wouuded.
Two men were killed by the miners at
the camp and another wounded.
The New* from Knoxville.
Knoxville, .Aug. 22.—Telegraphic
information from Coal Creek reports
never troubles any one. Saturday night j everything absolutely quiet. No dia-
afeer completing all of his business he turbances occurred during the night
started to his home. On the way three The precautions taken by Gen. Carnes
1 prevented any surprise. W ires to Coal
colored girls met him and asked him I (j re ,.k kept busy, with messages of in-
port, for no other purpose than to de-1 to give them some money, and he told I quiring friends and relatives. The day
lude, prejudice and mislead the unin-1 them that be had nothing l :ss than a j is benntiful. Walthall and Givens have
formed, henoe it would r.ot be out of I five dollar bill. Rich left the girls and
place just here for me to quote a little I had not g no very far before someone
Scripture, sni say: ‘‘Woe unto you I slipped up behind him and knocked j of fifty each to search for the killed and
wounded and to see'that the miners did
not move. Payette Gentry, an ex-po-
beeu buried.
The first action on the part of General
Carnes was to send ont scouting parties
hypocrites,’’ as the Judge on this ccca- I him down. The lick was a very severe
sion, rather than attempt to meet and I one, and Rich was stunned for several
overthrow little Tommie’s argument,
gave vent to his rel : g ous nature, and
converted & large portion of his speech
into a sermon, and compared the
travels and progress of the Democratic
party to that of the children oi Israel in
the Wilderness. But the Judge made
better speed than Moses, for he brought
thorn out of the wilderness into the
promised land in three years, while my
Bible says it took them forty years.
But thoir Bible, like their platform,
perhaps can be made to mean anything.
minutes. They went through his
clothes and g,'tall of his money. He]
has no idea who did the deed but .the
police are working to get a clue and
will pick them up.
the main prison all the convicts in ox
ces of 400, as the lease contract provides
that there shall not he more than that
number confined there without the les-
6ees’ consent. The board Aid this so
that the state shall not be placed in the
attitude of violatiug the contract. .No
reply has been received. —
G. W. Pickle, attorney general of the
state, was asked if he had been consult
ed concerning the proposed abrogation
of the lease contract, and replied:
UntU Assured of Protection—Talk
of Martial Law.!
Coal Creek. Tenn., Aug. 23.—Gen
eral Carnes was, Jound at supper by an
Associated Press -representative, and
made the following statement:
"We have made better progress today
"No; J have uot been in touch with I j n 0Qr investigation than at any pro
the administration since the Briceviue ’
tronble of a ye«r ago, and of course my
advice has not been sought. ”
▼ions time. These men (meaning the
prisoners), are just beginning to open
APPOINTED GENERAL COUNSEL
Of the Receivers of the R. A D. Road. |
Washington, D.C.. August 17, 1892.
General Ohdku, j
No. 3.
Mr. Hugh L Bond, Jr., has been ap-
A friend of the Judge’s told the I pointed G. neral Counsel of ths Re-
liceinan of Knoxville, wijs fonnd^Jiear
the scene of Major Carpenter’s fight i
ambush.
He was hard bit in the hip and left
hand. He had laid on the mountaips
twenty-four hours, six of them in a
drenching rain. He had been without
food and water for forty-eight hours.
He was suffering horribly.
Tbe last body of citizens under the
sheriff and those from Nashville, Chat-i
tanooga and Knoxville, left here at 11
o’clock for Knoxville.
Tbe miners are also searching for the
dead bat under flags of truce. It is
said ten dead and twelve wounded have
been fonnd, but the exact numbers can
not yet be learned. A detachment of
100 soldiers has jnst gone np the valley
"Were you not consulted as to the I their months, and some startling devel-
legal phrase of the abrogation of the j 0 p men t 8 jfill be made in a short while.
They all belong to a secret, oath-bound
order, and the penalty of violation of
their obligation is death, consequently
they have been as close as clams hereto
fore. We have been at • work on them
however, and are just now beginning tc
convince them that they will be pro
tected against violence for making
statements. We have obtained several
confessions from them, which at thi*
step of the proceedings it would be no
wise to give ont, but when they are
made kuown they will create much sur
prise.
The general also stated that at the
rate of progress that had been made, he
would be able in five or six dayB to sep
orate the chaff from the wheat, and that
the toork of the military would be com
pleted.
George E. Irish, a notorious miner
leader, has been brought from Kuoxville
to Coal Creek. At 11:15 p. m. a detach
ment of soldiers forcibly entered the
telegraph office and examined the tele
graph files to get tbe addresses and
names of miners.
Rnmor had it that Governor Buchan
an bad rescinded the commission oi
Sheriff Rutherford of this county, but
the report could not be verified at the
lute hour it obtained circulation.
Pickets I* On Hand.
Attorney. General Pickett, who has
arrived to co-operate With General
ns,393.610,-6 S"0i,7ii,131 ,t41 Carnes in suppressing the trouble here,
Here is a fair exhibit of the diff. r-1 in conversation with ap Associated Press
lease. _ .
"No, sir. It’ was done without any
advice from me. I think it was an an
fortannte course to pursue at this time.
It savors of a surrender to the lawless
element of the state and should not
have been attempted until after order
was restored. Then it would have had
a more decent appearance. ”
COMPARISONS MADE
Wh'ch Show the Extravagance of
Republicanism.
The people do not realize the growth
of extravagance under thirty years of
Republican misgovernment. It is easy
to increase expenditures and almost im
possible to reduce them. Oar Republi
can friends are trying to shirk .respon
sibility for their extravagance by pub
lishing the foliowii g table comparing
the appropriations of the first session of
C.isp’s Congress:
Fifty-first
Coagres.
A gricnltural
Amy
Ui|il<*nra)ic and
consular
Dist. of (olumbla
Fortifications
Indian
lezislntive.etc.
M Hilary academy
Lavy
Pensions
Post-ofilce
>iver audhartor
Sundry civil
• efi.-ienry
Miscellaneous
«* orld’s Fair bill
Permanent annual
appropriations
$l,79\10\00
24,200,471,79
1,710.816,0]
O.IGO .611,15
4.21V,,0J
7,202,010-iB
21,(35,752,05
435,290,11
2t.1:*.03V3
90,457,4C1,‘0
72.220,HUS,99
25. 31.296 0
29,‘31,282,22
34,617.411,90
7,0 0,9.6,27
Fifty-second
Congress.
$3,232 97‘>,to
I, <‘01,016,0
6.323,414 27
2,731,‘’00,<0
7,tOI,017,84
21,899, *51,97
*24,817,3:
23,513,386,90
110,737,3 0,10
80.331.170,73
2i,*63,ois,eo
2-t.ao oo,)'
15,863 593.18
500/03,00
2.6 0, 0 >,00
Sheriff Morrison and posse went to In
man to serve warrants they were told
that all against whom indictments had
been returned—some fifty-four—would
surrender themselves provided they
were assured a reasonable bond would
be fixed. The sheriff reported this t(i
Judge Moon and . Attorney General
Brown, who are holding court at Jasper
regardless of threats that have been
made, and these officers informed the
sheriff to produce the prisoners and
then they would consider the amount
cf bond they will require.
Uny Remove Marshal Wndiay*
Washington, Aug. 23.—The depart
ment of justice has no direct supervi
sion of deputy marshals, appointmeuti
Every one shor.Id use P p -r>
a good
blood purifier of the age. it
Blood and Skin Diseases, Primarf o 9 ®
of° n tWs “kted* bdng'»ade“*by the mar-, ondaiy. and Tertiary Syp®£
conseouently the de-1 all. other remedies fail. p.
shale themselves, consequently the do- j au OTner remecies fail. p, p "y
partment has not interfered in the mat- Prickly Ash
ter of the conduct of Bud Lindsay,'wno
was charged with rioting at Coal Greek,
Tenn. Officials of the department h»v«
availed themselves of the information I
contained in the press dispatches on the
it may be a suggestion will be mad*
that Marshal Lindsay be removed.
you are out of spirits take P p p
Prickly Ash, Poke Root, and ‘
Vienna. Aug. 22. — The emperor.
Francis Joseph, has gountermanded the I _
order, for tj» holdtai ofA.mjtfknj
maneuvers fixed for Aug, 29. owing to | the Back, Headaches and Nervous Pt^
the intense heat. The action of the I tration and Debility and . ^
emperor is due to reports received from Exhalation and Mklari^^^p
Carnidn, where maneouvres ' have been* I 1 1 ' ’
held, notwithstanding extremely hoi
weather. Two hundred soldiers the:
were snnstruck. Eleven men died.
Cholera Is on the Iucroase.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 22.—The offi
cial cholera reports shows an increase
Sunday of 881 new cases, and an in
crease of 257 deaths as compared with!
Saturday’s figures. The total number
of new cases up Sunday was 6,891; of
deaths, 3,313.
Catarrh and a Shattered Constitution!
both male and female, nothing better
than P. P. P.
]0l,0!8,>33,00 121,813.880, r 0
writer that he requested the Judge to I eerier*, with office at 1,300 P« nnsylva- to scatter or capture 400 miners.
take up the People’s party pl&'f rm ] nia avenue, Washington, D. C.
and expose it, as he earnest ly wtn ted to I Division Counsel, and Counsel not]
find truth and expose error. This the I reporting to Division Counsel, will re- |
Judge promised to do, but the nearest I port to him.
approach he made to the platform of I All disbursements for lrgal expenses
any party, was another promise at the I or for claims against the Receivers, or
conclusion of his discourse to do so on I the property in their charge, must first
some future occasion. 1 think the
Judge was sincere in making the above
promise, »Ld intended discussing the
platf jrm, bu. he became so completely
absorbed with h» Democratic children
in the wilderness, that he could have
appropiately inquired: Mr. speaker,
where sin I at.
But the Jadge, who is an honorable
gentleman in my estimation, stated in
be approved by him.
F. W. Huidkkoper,
Reuben Foster,
Receivers
WHILE 1N10XICATED.
Death Comes to a White Man Near
Monroe.
. , Monhok, Ga., Aug 21.—Last Thnrs-
thobeg.nnmg of his speech, or sermon, day evening W. J. Tanner and his cousin
The Coal Creek terror, Bud Lindsay,
is in the stockade with twenty compan
ions.
Buchanan la Utterly Prostrated.
N ash vi lle, Aug. 22. —Governor Buch
anan’s illness is nervons prostration,
brought on by the worry of the past few’
days. He is better, bat is nuable to
leave his room, and all work at the capi-
tol is being carried on bv Adjutant Gen
eral Forman. It may be a weekhefore
the governor leaves his room. He jp
very nervous and excited.
A rnmor was prevalent to the effect
that he is utterly prostrated and is
physical wreck.
In the event of death, command of the
situation devolves upon the speaker of
the house, W. C. Dismukes, yho is said
to be a man of nerve.
ence, ana it-shows an increase in two |
yean; of $44,300,000.
How is this to be accounted for? The
best answer cornea from Mr. Dockery,
who furnishes a list of appropriations
which legislation under R:ed makes
necessary
Appropriations made at this session
of Congress < r cbargid under perma
nent appropriations under requirements
of laws passed during the last Con
gress:
Foreign mail*, $190,290.
Indian defredstion claims, $578,252,-
62.
Collecting sngir bounty, $230,890.
Increase of judicial salaries, $88,000.
tiiat tbe country needed political re- Jame8T&nn er/bo' t h intoxicated, started
form and financial relit f, and was frank 1
to confess that neither the Republican
Weldon Charcctl with Cowardice.
Nashville, Aug. 23.—A special to
The Bannei says the men who fought
m a buggy from this place to their home
oral L» „ „ .12 miles distant, and Friday morning I under Major Carpenter on the brow of
Jin, “ Tanntr, on recovering con-l W alden’e ridge say that Colonel Wool-
rc cf that the wants of the I gdonsnes*, found W. J. Tanner dead in I forcl acted with cowardice that has no
people demanded, and if he could be the buggy, while the horse was grazing L equal in the present campaign except that
bo had through tho People’s party plat-1 the road about 5 miles from here. The 1
deceased leaves a wife* and three child
ren iu dependent circumstances.
form, that be would be as strong
Popla’s party man as his Bro. (Mr.
Watson.)
' Tne lavorite theme of the Judge’s
dl.course, was tariff-reform, and around
this he rallied all of his powers of elo
quence and argument, but they wittered
an 1 came to naught when little Tom
mie rose and showed to the people that
while the Democratic platform and
party claimed to be in favor of tariff
ref oi m, that the expenses of govern
ment had to meet In some way, andihat
they offered no plan by which said ex
panses could be met in the event they
accomplished tariff reform, and that at
the present high »te of tariff which we
Hon. H. H. Carlton.
Tbe above named gentle man is bdng
pressed by bis friends in liadiaon,
Franklin and Elbert to make speeches
on the present issues. Capt. Carlton
has always been the foremost in the
he knew he knew he was sorely needed
at the latter place.
James Harris and Shell Hale, promi
nent citizens, say that when the miners
showed up Colonel Woolford and Borne
of his men kept ont of the fighL
No Eon Troop* an Needed.
Chattanooga, Aug. 23.—Affairs .at
Coal Creek are in such a condition that
all reinforcements have been stopped
imv riM ... frotn going to the front, and volunteers
ray in all contests, but at present bis 1 Chattanooga left at 8:30 a. m. for
health is very bad, and his phyaioian
baa positively prohibited him from tak
ing Jn tba campaign. Capi. Carlton
regr. ts it very much and will probably
later in the campaign take a hand. He
has thousands of friends all throngh the
now'have, the'revenuo is not sufficient] ** 8orry toknow ot
to meet the expenses of the government, *' r " ’’
thus we could never hope to accomplish
the much talked of tariff reform throngh I .The yonng men of Atheus have
the Democratic party, and to mak3 tbe I thrown themselves f quarcly in the race
; ***- ’r? 0 " "■ hassss? Bta- a°S2
put directly to the Judge; “Are you a I Cleveland president,
free trader,” to which he shook his I
noble head and said no. . St ATHAir.-inine little townof Stat-
Th« T.„io.» i n .u. .. * | ham on the G. C. AN. R. R. there are
The Judge in the course of his argu- abolll ioo per pie living and only one
ment brought out tbe foot that the
tariff on all manufactured American
goods did not add one cent to the treas
ure of tbe United States, but like' the
bounty on sugar, went direetly into the
pocket of the manufacturers, which
made it very apparent that our Demo
cratic manufacturers of the east and
north, who are the controlling power
or (hat party ooulfTnot from a business
view be In favor of tariff reform. This
fact with the confession thot ho was not
a free trader, gavest length and num
bers to the People’s party cause.
It is state! by the Democrats in their
report of this meeting, that,it teas
day of vieiory for Democracy, and that
the crowd was about «qually divided as
to Third party men and Democrats. I
will state right here that I am & citizen
of Bishop, was born and raised in Oco
nee county, have bad much public
dealings and mingling with her people
for 35 years and know nearly every
person in the county, and my candid
op’nion is that third were at least three
People’s party men to one Democrat,
but the Democrats apparently had their
Third party man in the whole lot, and
he la a doctor and hat nearly given up
practice on account of it.
Democratic Basbecuil- The Demo
crats of Oconee will have a barbecue at
WatkinsvUle on Sept 18:b. They have
several committees out getting up the
fat sheep and p’gs for the occasion.
The Banner District.—Puryears
district of Clarke county i<* entitled to
the banner apil (t should be given to
them. There is not a Third
in the district. Everyone
solid Democrats.
■d party
of them are
man
Can’t Get Them in.—Ordinary S. M.
Herrington now has five app’icants for
places in the asvlum, three whites and
two colored. The asylum is overrun
with patirnts and they can’t send them
there. This is very unfortunate as three
of them have to be taken care of by their
relatives and two are in jail.
The Watch Comes Back.—The gold
waich that Hanson wai tri»J f. r «tea’-
mg some time ago baa at last r t rned
to Athens after having been B9nt to sev
eral different places with orders to»turn
it over to Sc&rboro. Mayor Tdck has
the watch, having receipted the United
States government for it and will im
mediately forward it to Mr. Scarburo
bailed for tbe occasion who is now in biesgo.
, . v; - ^ w
~
PREPARING TO PROSECUTE.
biportwit • Correspondence Between tbe
Military' Bond*. Norman and Carnes.
Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 23.—Now
that affairs at Coal Creek have quieted
down and the troops are in control of
the state, officials are discussing the dis
position to be made of the 200' or more
prisoner*. General Norman, in an in
terview, eald that the,- state authorities,
if nscestary, will carry the prisoners to
same place where they can be secured
beyond doubt until legal action shall be
token against them; or, if necessary,
they will be lodged ip! the jail at Clin
ton and a military force placed there to
protect the authorities in the execution
of the law.
He said that so far as it was in the
-power of the executive department
everything would be done to prosecute
the rioters as criminals, nnd they are not
is be treated afiipTisoners of war. He
telegraphed General Carnes as follows:
General 8. T. Carnes, Coal Creek,
Tenn.: 1 have been in communhation
with you through General Huger. He
wires you say no more troops are needed.
Troops at Chattanooga held, as suggested,
by you. I await any farther suggestions
in that direction. In the meantiue press
everything to complete submission. Ar
tgjyy rioter possible. Hold or send
representative, expressed the opinion
that the lease system could be abrogated
at the discretion of the governor and the
board of prison inspectors, as the condi
tion of tiie lease hud been violated
months ago by the lessees in the failure
to pay the yearly fee of $1,000,000 foi
which suit was brought.
He also expressed the opinion that
martial law should be proclaimed in
Tennessee, either by the governor or by
a special session of the legislature. The
only way to handle the matter was the
methods being panned now by the state
guard with tne co-operation of the civil
authorities. He said that heroic meas
ures should be instituted.
If a dozen or two of the prime qiovers
in the lawlessness were sent to the peni
tentiary, it wonld have the good effect
of intimidating the others, and they
wonld not dare return to this vicinity
Additional clerks under new pension | for fear of aJike penalty
law,! 695,120.
M nt at Philadelphia, $C20,500.
Pensions estimate d, $4S,000,000.
Diplomatic and consular officers’ sala
ries, $25,r 00.
Redemption of National Bank notes,
$9,500,000.
Expense?, Treasury notes, $125,000.
Refund direct tax, $255,000.
Custcms, $600,000.
B >unty on sugar, $10,000 000
Snag bor ts, Ohio river, $25 000.
Colleges for agriculture anl mechan
ic arts, $833,000.
World’s Fair, $3,291,250.
Attorney General Pickett seems to be
fully aroused to the situation and advo
cates the maintenance of peace even if
the troops have to be kept here until the
September term of the court, when the
prosecutions can be instituted.
More Wounded Men,
Coal Creek, Aug. 23 —It seems that
there are several more men wounded
than have been reported. A yonng
militiaman named Michaels was shot
last week. He has one wonnd from
50 caliber needle gnn from the rear,
passing entirely through his hip and
coming ont at the lower part of the
groin. Almost at the $pme time be wua
struck by unother sharpshooter’s ball
from the front.
The wonnded man 1* wtll attended by
Total, $79,527,602,62.”
In thiB way the Republic ins force I company’s physicians and wilf recover!
ipropriations np and keep them up. I He asked the Associated Press corres-
appropriations up and keep them up.
The shipping subsidy, the sugar subsi
dy, claims, etc., are in tbe form of bill'
which can not be repealed or diminish*
ed until the Democrats have the Presi
dency and the control of both houses.
If the party will stand together this J are gritty bit pbys&ffiy~exhan3te<L
r.l ; if every Democrat, North, South,
East and West, will do bis duty,
will elect Cleveland, have a majority In
the Senate and retain control of the
House. With this organization, Demo
crats will be able to reduce expenses as
well as to reduce the taxes.
GENERAL NEWS.
them to places whore they can best bo se
cured. Wire full information and sug
gestions as to requirements ofyourco.n-
x judj
man/l os your
* fa
_ t dictate* as to
your need for anything in connection with
your command and the.situation.
[Signed] H. H. Norman,
Adjutant General.
General Norman received the follow
ing:
Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 20.
H. H. Norman, Adjutant General, Nash-
vill: Tens.*
Your tefegram of last night not received
until 10 o’clock this morning. General
Carnes is relieving ail sheriff posses this
morning. He has about 2J0 miners under
arrest at Ccal C’re***;, but ull tlje other
miners have *un off. Miners used one *
our stolen enaiiies last Right to assist
Senator Hill and District Attorn* y
Ridgeway, of Brooklyn, had a swim
ming race a few days since at Watch
Hill. The senator waa beaten.
A lawsuit involvii g 4,750,000 acres of
Arizona land is being drawn at Denver
by Hod,Jo Broadhouie, of Missouri,
for Mrs. Berotta Reaves, a Missouri
lady.
John C. PolLill, Sr., a well ^known
and highly esteemed cilizan of Pulaski
county, died at his home, four miles
above Hawkinsville, on Sunday morn
ing, of paralysis. He was ^aged about
«5 years.
Andrew Mille*, a larmer, was killed
by being knocked from a straw stack
near Fairborn, nis., darings fight with
Charles Mate.
Kansas City is rapidly fill ngnp with
Knights of Pythias to the Grand En
campment of this week.
The Hustler-of-K)me contains this
u nice of Weaver’s promised visit to
Georgia: “James B Weaver proposes
to march througn Georgia once more;
ts when with Sherman, he will fin-*
only the enemies Of tin South who will
give him welcome in his dirty Republi-
cin missionary work.”
The oldest woman in Georgia died at
the Thomas county poor house on Sun
day. Her age was one hundred and
twenty-five years. The old negro did
n it date events from the civil war as
many dc,bnt from the revolution. The
many seasons that she had experience 1
had left her wise in signs and she could
foretsll tbe indications for cold.
pondeut to tell the country that Fort
Anderson wonld not have been' taken
until every man defending it waB dead.
Colonel Anderson is in fall possession
of his position about a mile from Gen
eral Carnes’ forces, and communication
between them is perfect. The troops
bysically exhausted. ■
Captain Morton is in the field with
General Carnes. He told the Associated
Press correspondent that more, troops
should be sent to the front. Camn An
derson is exhausted by its constant
fights.
There is a terrible feeling here be
cause: of the slaughter of Knoxville cit
izens. JL more fighting occurs Knoit-
ville wilt- send many -men forward who
will go nnder the black flag.
Captain Morton’s 4 inch rifles have
arrived with ammunition and tents.
They were sent to Cool Creek.
Bad Lind*ay’* Treachery.
Coal Creek, Aug. 23.—The report
that Bud Lindsay, , the leader of the
riotous miners, whs lynched Snnday
night is incorrect. The facta in the ca
are as follows:
About 10 o’clock a party *.f citizen
,through strategy, secured Lindsay, w!
has been a prisoner here for the past two
days, from his * guards and' conducted
him up the valley toward Briceville,' a
iw miles to tbe south, with the inten
tion of lynching him.
They were folly determined and
wonld undoubtedly have carried out
their plans bnt for the pitiable pleadings
of Lindsay and his solemn promise to
The Hot Spell In Germany.
Berlin, Ang. 22.—Since the hit spell
set in, numerous cases of cholera have ^
occurred in various parts of Germany | gil diseases of
and several persons have died of the.dis
ease in Hamburg, but no cases of
Asiatic cholera have been reported.
ladies whose systems are poisoned and
whose blood is in an impure condition,
due to Menstrual Irregularities, arj
peculiarly benefited by the wonderful
tonic ana blood-cleansing properties of
P. F. P., Prickly Ash, Poke Root, and
Potassium, the greatest cure known (ot
UFFUAN BROS., Proprietors,
SAVANNAH. .... GEORGIA.
Just Published.
-THE-
Modern PariaL
Teleacopctl a Train.
Paris, Ang. 22.—The beat snapped
train at the Bourget station, causing the ]
telescoping of a train. The driver and
stroker of the engine were crashed to |
death.
Forest Fires In Austria.
Vienna, Ang. 23.—The heat has
caused nnmerous forest fires and injared
the fijld erops, especially iu Hangary,
hat the vintage prospects are fine.
A Vlltace Destroyed In Switzerland.
Lucerne. Ang. 22.—The heat caused ]
a fall of ice in a glacier in the Valley of
the Visp, which almost destroyed the ]
village of Tasch, near Zarmatt.
A Heavy Railroad Mortgage.
Austin, Aug. 22.—The Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railway has filed in
the state department a copy of a resolu
tion authorizing the mortgage of its cor
porate property and franchises to secure
the payment of the issue of bonds |
amounting to 110,000,000 for the exten
sion and improvement df the system,
and also a certificate for the increase of
the capital stock in Texas from $8,000,-
000 to $13,000,000,
A Suicide from Drink.
Nonticello, Ga., Ang. 22.—Mr. R.
W. Price, living in tbe upper part of
Jasper committed suicide by placing the
barrel of a shotgun in his month and
pulling the trigger with his toe.
He had beeita on a spree on new peach
hr indy and was trying to sober np. No |
cause beyond the fact thn$[ be was de
spondent and rdbkless is assigned.
Stabbed Her Brother.
Hillsboro, Tex., Ang. 22.—Warren]
Fisher, living three miles east of town,
became angry with his 13-year-old sister |
while he-waa helping cooking breakfast
and slapped .her jaws several times.
Sfffepicked up a large carving knife I —.
which was on the table, and before.she PaD6F OUC.I ( lotll Ol 0^
could be prevented stabbed him. The | A uuluv
1 attending physician says his recovery is
• impossible. Owing to the tender age of
'the girl she has not been arrested.
A STORY OF TBE SOL
—BY-g
FRANCIS FONTAINE.
A Noted Negro's Death.
New Orleans, Aug. 22.—Intelligence I
has been received in this city of the j
death of Dr. Colvia, a prominent col
ored physician, at his home in Paris. |
: Colvis was born in 1831, was a graduate
of the Lyceo Bonaparte and very sno-
1 cessfnl in his profession, having been
j decorated with the cross for services in \
the war, hut retained liis American citi-
zenship to the end. He was a brother I
of Major Damns, of the Louisiana!
National Guard, organized by General
Butler daring the war.
0. W.
The Book-Store.
ATHENS. GA
A Negro IUtIsW Lynched.
Guerdon, Ark., Aug. 22.—A negro |
named Bowles, who recently perpetrated
an outrage upon 16 year-old Nellie. I
Wilkes, has been snmmarily dealt with
’ by a mob. He was strong np to a tree,
shots were fired into his body and ths |
mob dispersed.
From'the Cafe Bite.
Atlanta, Ang. 22. —John Daria, who
... ... . —— has been suffering for some time from
gowith the troops and point out every,; the effects of a cat bite, died at his
itains who was implies- home nmr thin MlCO , 1 , :
" ‘ His life
Rian in the nionn
ted in the late miners’ tronble.
was spared on this condition.
Lindsay, later in the
brought back rp Coal Creek and will be
used to identify the outlaws who have
been uromiueut in the recent troubles.
Ammunition FurnUlied by Grant. j the 8o, dlor Boys.
Washington, Aug. 23.—General ' ^ UFPALO > N. Y., Aug: 23.—Juat after
Grant, actiug secretary of war, has np- “knight a number of strikers ot aym-
proved the request of Governor Bnch- pathizers, began to throw coupliug pins
T, eime r e ’ • f . or can "° ,1 ‘ at a squad of soldiers from Company F j
triages, shells and canister, and orders nftha TW>th t?....f I
were telegraphed to Rock .Island, Ill t le R-gnneitt. Ihe soldiers
arsonal, to forward the ammunition ini- wer0 ordered to fire if the pin throwing
did not stop. /■
It stopped. Captain Murphy and
Lieatenant'Morris soon arrived on the |
Beene with a detachment of the reserve,
and made " * -
‘home near this city on Saturday pighC 5
He exhibited every symptom bf genuine f
hydrophobia, and died in terrible an-
ony.
BUFFALO RIOT.
The Strikers Throw Coupling Plus at
mediately.
PLUCKY
Bttle
LIVER
PILLS
DO HOT GRIPE HOB «<***;
•Bin* eti* far
iss&ssaasgjss
TlUl orgunj,
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BeauOfy aompUodon by pur 1 --* 10 *
8*oa9-e*rt«t*mp.Xou(A»p***l»«' ,, “
DR. HARTER MEDICINE CO.. St. U«'»* "
and made a thorough search through MnrtfraoflH Not63
the yards, but could find no on6 there. „
The rumor that a man had been killed rSAWKWR ion othna _
COURT OFFICIALS.
They Will Make No Term* With th*
Miner—Lliul.ay*. Brother. *
> 83 - The
t released the tamers at Inmt^ i* is not true.
Marion county, and whom it has been The board of mediation and arbitration
feareif* would resist arrest, have hiia n ?T? Abided to begin an investigation
let lorewu tne indications lor Dold. rain, persuaded by good connsel of tharead. *1 the 8w:tcl ! m ® n ’ 8 ‘trike tomorrow and
g fltorm., etc, witbrenuikftb), uxmuj. L. rf CSSSS Lo toply
Deeds, Bonds for
tfec*.
The Banner job work
conceded to be tbe bes
the city. ^
