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THE BANNER ATHENS, GEORGIA, bEBi DR TUCKER IS DEAD. EDITOR OF THE CHRISTIAN IN- DEX FAI.ES FROM A SECOND STORY WINDOW, Causing Injuries Which Resulted in His Death—The Funeral To-Day— The Pall-Bearers—Sketch of His Life. Special t > Tlu' Banner. Atlanta, Sept. 9.—Rev. Dr. Tucker is dead. This announcement will carry sorrow to many hearts in Georgia and the sooth especially among the Baptists, of which denomination he was acknowledged to l>e one ot ihe leading men. The circumstances surrounding the doctor’s death are peculiarly sad, since an accident was the cause of it. He was appointed from the Second Baptist church as a delegate to the Stone Mountain Baptist association, which lias been in session for several days at. Sharon church. lie attended the meeting on Friday and Saturday afternoon, going directly to his residence on Capitol avenue. lie letired early, leaving his wife in the sitting room downstairs. About 12 o’clock Mrs. Tucker went up stairs, and soon afterwards the doc tor awoke and began talking with her. He has been troubled agood deal with insomnia, and about one ^o’clock lie went into the bath room, as he could not sleep. Jn a short while Mrs. Tucker heard him groaning as if in pain, and on going into the bath room site saw that the\\i"dow was open, and on ilie ground, twenty feet below, the doctor ■was lying gt - using as if in great agony. When brought into the house and t-x- •amined it was found that his collarbone *nd several ribs were broken, and Dr. Hunter Cooper, his son-in- law, was fearful that he had been internally in jured. Dr. Tucker recovered consciousness but could not tell how he fell from the window. It is supposed that on enter ing the bath room he took a dose of bromide to make hi in sloop, and then took his seat in the window. While here he must' have gone to sleep and fallen out of the window. He remained conscious up to 10 o’clock last night when he began sink ing, and at half past live this morning breathed his last, surrounded by liis family. THE FUNERAL, During his life Dr. Tucker always expressed a desire to have his funeral preached by Rev. 1 >r. E. W. Warren, of JIacon, but formerly of Atlanta, as the two have been lifelong friends. The following gentlemen have been selected to act as pall hearers: Major W. F. Slaton, Mr. A. D. Adair, Judge John T. Pendleton, Mr. Samuel M. Inman, Dr. A. W. Calhoun, Mr. D. C. Bacon, lion. John T, Glenn and Mr. Henry Hillyer. Mr. Humphreys Castie- man, Dr. Amos Fox. After the funeral services are over the body will le laid to rest in West- view cemetery. Dr. Tucker leaves a wife and two children, Mr. II. II. Tucker and Mrs. Henry P. Cooke. He leaves an estate valued at about one hundred thousand. Rev. Henry Holcome Tucker, D. D,. I.LI)., wa- perhaps the most brilliant Baptist Georgia ever produced. When a mere child young Tucker was taken to Philadelphia* where, with oc casional interruptions, he remained until lie was eighteen years old. lie was baptized in 1834 in the river Delaware by tiie elder . Brantley and was ordained at LaGrange, Georgia, in 1851. He reoived his preparatory education in the University of Pennsylvania. In 1846 he was admitted to the bar in Forsyth, Monroe county, Ga. He practiced his profession until 1848 when he abandoned it to enter the Christian ministry. Selling his law books, he repaired to Mercer University to receive private instruction from its venerable president, Dr. Dagg. He taught young ladies for two or three years in the Southern Female col lege. LaGrange, Ga., and afterwards for a short time, in the Richmond Fe male institution, Richmond, Va. In 1850, he was elected professor of belles- letters, amVmetaphysics in Mercer Uni versity, which position he held unti 4he year 1861, when th institution was, in a measure, broken up by the war. In 1866 he was unanimously elected president of Mercer University, and it was during his administration that the University was removed from Penueld to Macon. He had the credit of being one of the chief promoters of that change. Resign ing the'presidency of Mercer Universi ty in 1874, he went to Europe, taking his family with him, and was absent over a year. While there he assisted iu the formation of the Baptist church in Rome, and baptized a man In the Tiber, probably the first time such an act was* performed there since the days of the early Christians. While in Paris he officiated durin g large part of one winter in th American chapei. In 1874 lie was elected chancellor of the University of Georgia, a position which he filled four years. At the time of his death he was the owner and editor of the Christian Index, which he has been editing almost with out interruption for ten years. lie opposed secession and debated the issue publicly; but when the war com menced he took sides with his own peo ple, and, from first to last, co-operated heartily with the Confederates. One of the first to foresee the salt famine, he earnestly advocated the manufacture of salt,wnd soon became the president of a large salt manufacturing company. When small-pox prevailed in this country he provided himself with pure vaecine virus and a lancet, and vaccin ated all, old and vonng, black ant white, whom he found willing to submi to the operation. He was the author and founder of the “Georgia Relief and Hospital associa tion” an institution which correspond ed largely with the Northern Christian commission, and which carried aid and comfort to tens of thousands of sick and wounded Confederate soldiers. A COLORED ROMULUS. Capture of a Child that Was Stolen and Reared by a Wolf. Special to the Banner. Sandy Point, Tex., September 9.— Some twenty months ago a woman living on the banks of Brazos missed her tim e months old baby from the pal let where she lmd left it lying during an absence of a few minutes. Search was made for the infant, but no trace of it could be discovered, and the whole affair was wrapped in profound myste ry until a few days ago. A rarty of gentlemen were riding through a some what unfrequented portion of the thick woods that border the river, when they were startled by seeing a strange object run across the road. Thinking at first sight that it was a wild animal, several of the party were about to fire on it, when the one who had been nearest to it called to them not to shoot,but to ride it down instead. This was done with difficulty, for the’,underbrush was thick, but'nt last the creature was overtaken in a dense copse. It was half running, half : eaping, first on all fours and then near ly upright. The gentlemen dismounted and .at tempted to lay hands upon it, but chat tering frightfully and savagely biting and scratching, it broke away from them. They could see that it had a hu man face, though the brown body was covered with long tangled hair, and the nails of the hands and feet so long and curved as to be claws. It ran with in credible swiftness, getting over fallen- trees and dense masses of creepers at a rate that obliged its pursuers to exert themselves to the utmost to keep it in view. It finally ran into an immense oak tree that lay oprooted in the ground ami the hollow trunk of which formed a yawning cavern. By the dint of poking in the tree with sticks the party succeeded in driving out an old wolf, which immediately took to its heels. It was not the object pursued, as it was not the object sought. This, too, was dislodged and lassoed with a lariat made of hides. It bit and scratched so fierce ly that it was thought advisable not to approach it, as it was half dragged, half led home with the lariat about its neck, howling and yelping like a wolf. The fact of the negro woman’s child having disappeared was well known to all, and it was decided that this must be the child. The old wolf bad evident ly stolen it and for some reason adopt ed it for its own. The mother declared that this conjecture was correct, claim ing that her child had had a malforma tion of one car, which peculiarity was found in the monster. It is kept tied up in herjeabin, suffering no one|to lay hands upon it, and is fed ou raw meat, as it refuses to touch any other food. The woman has hopes that she may yet reawaken the human in it, but in the meantime' she is reaping a harvest from the crowds who come daily from all parts of the country to inspect the strange creature. FLORIDA EVERGLADES. STRANGE DISCOVERIES IN THIS TROPICAL WILDERNESS. What a Party of Explorers Found—A Hound and Cave on,an Island Filled With Mummies and Images. —A Wonderful Stcry. A SAD DEATH. Mrs. S. A. Briggs Passes Away While Visiting Athens. Mrs. S. A. Briggs died early yester day morning at the residence of her son, Mr. W. P. Briggs. About six weeks ago she came up from Blackville S. C., to spend a while with her son and enjoyed excellent health until two weeks ago, when she was taken with disentery, which caused her death. She had the best medical attention, and all that loving bands could do was done, but death soon relieved her of her suf ferings. She was one of the best and purest of Christians, and made many friends here by her lovely disposition and charming manners. ' Everybody she met, she loved, and invaiiably had something kind to say about them. Her intense sufferings were’ borne with great patience and fortitude, and her death, while not unexpected,» was a great shock to her family. The remains were carried to Black ville, S. C., where they will be interred in the family burying ground. She leaves four sons, a daughter, and a host of sorrowing friends to mourn her departure. The bereaved children have the sym pathies of the entire community .in their great loss. No matter what the school of physic, — They each can cure an ache or plitlnstlc At least ’tin said they can; But ns Science turns the wheel still faster. And quacks and bigots meet disaster, To ns there comes a common man Whose merits hath wou countless zealots, Who nse and praise his “Pleasant Pellets.” The “Pleasant Purgative Pellets” of Dr. Pierce, though gentle in action, are thorough, anil never fail to cure bil iousness, diseased or torpid liver, and constipation. From the Inter-Ocean. A party of well-known Atlanta gen tlemen, Messrs. VV. P. Carter, Alfred Nixon, II. B. Wrenn, and Frederick Maxwell, returning from a hunting and fishing trip to the Euerglades of Florida, told a wonderful story about a discovery in the depths of this vast swamp. The party had been out for absut two weeks, and had not been very success ful, game being comparatively scarce. Learning from the natives that they would find better sport by going deeper into the recesses of the swamp, although warned at the time of the danger owing to the difficulty of threading one’s way through its tangled mazes, they decided to penetrate the famous Everglades. Securing a light boat, manned by two negroes, with provisions to last them for a fortnight, they sffirted down one of the sluggish streams leading toward the heart of tiie swamp. Toward the end of the fourth day, during which time shooting and fishing had been a good deal better, they were surprised to find themselves issue from the tangled jungle and lloat out on a large beautiful lake. In the centre of this sheet of water was an irregularly shaped island, pro bably a half mile in length and almost the same in width, standing considera bly above the level of the surrounding marshes and comparatively bare of veg etation. On this island was a circular mound about 100 feet high, covered with various kinds of trees. The hunters at once landed, with the purpose of ex ploring what they at once .surmised to be a relic of the ancient mound builders. They soon discovered that the trees were of a species they had never seen before, the wood being of a remarkably close fibre and hardness, and when, after considerable time ami labor, the two negroes succeed iu felling one of the smallest, the rings showed it to be almost 2,000 years old. Mr. Carter, the first to arrive at the summit of the eminence, discovered a shaft sunk into the bowels of the mound. No rope being obtainable, a grapevine was substituted, and Air. Carter began his descent into the darkness of the opening. After having been lowered a short distance, feeling at the same time in the sides with a stick, he peeeived a sudden widening of the shaft, and, striking a match, found a corridor ex tending on both sides as far as he could see by the feeble light. Telling his friends of his find, he daringly entered the gallery,where he wVasqHickly joined by Mr. Maxwell, and the two started out to explore the mysteries of the mouud. They had proceeded but a few yards when the gallery suddenly enlarged and disclosed to them a chamber about 15 feet high and 20 feet square. Here a strange sight met their eyes. In rows abound the room were queerly shaped coffins, made of the wood of the trees which grew on the mound, anil covered with unintelligible characters. Grouped around each coffin were gold pots and utensils of great value, also inscribed with hieroglyphics. In the middle of the room was a miniature mound, and in this were found pots, images, and va rious bric-a-brac. Searching further, they found several similar chambers, some empty anil some tilled with all manner of strange and curious arti cles. Returning to the shaft and descend ing further, another corridor was found connecting with more rooms than the first one, but on reaching the bottom the explorers discovered a third gallery leading into a chamber, the splendor and magnificence of which fairly took away their breath. While the walls of the rooms on the other levels were of earth,walls of this were of beaten silver, the ceiling of a kind of unknown blue metal, thickly strewn with diamonds to represent stars, and the lloor of brass. On one side of the room were thirteen gold thrones, exquisitely carved on which sat as many mummies, these no doubt being the deceased kings of this people. Opposite each throne was a marble statue, probably representing the king it faced. In the centre of the chamber was a mound similar to those in the other rooms, in which were found coronets, sceptres, an d other insignia of royalty. Securing as many trophies as they could well take cure of the party set out on their return to civilization. A Good Bill. Mr. Johnson, of Clinch county, has introduced a bill in the Legislature for every man who carries a pistol to reg ister the same with the clerk of the court. Several amendments will be added to the bill on its final reading. One of the amendments is that every man who registers his pistol shall be provided w ith a tag which he shall wear around his neck, showing that he has the right to carry a pistol. Another amendment is that at night the man having the right to carry a pis tol shall wear a big bull’s eye lantern on his breast so that the people may know he has a pistol on his person. Still an other amendment will be offered. That the person so registering shall have placed over their door in large letters: “Keep on hand a registered pistol of the six shooter variety. Tramps, book agents and preachers take warning.” Mr. Johnson is proud of his bill, and has no doubt of its passage unless loaded down with amendments. A NEGRO LYNCHED Tlie-Mol) Tied Him to a Tree and Rid dled His Body with Bullets. Special to the Banner. Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 9.—John Signiond, a one-legged negro, * w as lynched this morning near Sterling Creek, Gaston county. Sigroond was employed as a laborer on the farm of Squire J. B. Moore, a highly respected citizen of Gaston county. Yesterday evening, while Sigmond was doiug some work-about the house, Mr. Moore went into the field. No one was at the house except the negro and Airs. Moore’s twelve-year-old daughter, who was sitting in the bedroom. Sigmond saw her through a window from outside, and went in and quickly entered the room where the girl was. Then lock ing the door he made an assault upon her. The girl began to scream at the top of her voice. Her father, hearing her cries, hastened back to the house. Securing anaxe he went to the door,and finding it locked, broke it open just in time to catch the negro by the foot as he has jumping out of the window. Air. Aloore struck the negro two or three times, then bound him and took hint be fore a magistrate. A preliminary .trial was held, und the negro was turned over to the officers to be committed to jail. It is about ten miles from Stanley Creek to Dallas, slie county seat, and it was after midnight when the officers started on their journey to tiie jail. When about four miles away, about seventy-five masked men rushed oi\t from the woods and surrounding the officers, demanded that they turn their prisoner over to them. The officers said nothing and allowed Sigmond to be carried away. The mob had gone only a few hundred yards away when sever al shots were heard. To-day the body of the negro was found tightly bound against a large oak tree in a standing position, with his head as if facing the mob. Ilis body was riddled with bul lets, at least fifty shots haying been fired into H» THE G., C. AND N. ROAD- How Work is Progressing this Side of Chester. Air. Sylvan us Morris lias just return ed from a visit to Chester, S. C. He tells us that the G., C. and N. road has been gr deil for some distance this side of that town, but he did not know how far. A number of hands are now at work finishing up the road to Clinton, a dis- ! tance of fifty miles. The next section | to be let out is to the Savannah river, i which will be done in a few days. Air. Alorris saw the train come in from Alon- roe, N. C. It is said that Col. Jas. AI. Smith will put in a bid for grading the en tire road from Athens to the Savannah river, and if he gets it will push the work through with a rush. ANCHORS WEIGHED. OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT “ATHWART THE FOAMING BRIME.” He Sails Across the Deep Blue Waters and Gives the Banner Seme Details of the Voyage—Fair Seas and Sunny Skies—America the Fairest Land cn Earth. STRUGGLING FOB FREEDOM. The Colored Brother Joins the War Against Trusts. Special to the Banner. Statesburu, Sept. 11. — On Friday last a colored Farmer’s Allianee gave a barbecue at Stateburg, in South Caro lina. A large crowd was present and the occasion was full of interest. Sev eral members of the white Farmer’s Alliance wore present and were invit ed to address their colored fellow-citi zens. A colored man also spoke from the same platform and upon the same general subject. The speakers, white and colored,denounced the trusts in un measured terms and declared the inten tion of the farmers to combine for their own protection. The white men pres ent were treated with great courtesy by their colored hosts, and the colored people were’tlianked in formal resolu tions for their “kind, cordial and con siderate treatment” of the white men who attended the barbecue. Nobody was killed on either side—in fact there was only one side and that the side of the people. RAILROAD MEN INDICTED For Obtaining and Selling Tickets Which They Knew Were Stolen. Special to The Banner. Lynchbukg, Va., Sept. 11.—Charles Mortimer, night station agent of the Norfolk ahd Western, and E. Goodman, ticket scalper, wero sent to the grand jury yesterday, the former on a charge of embezzling a few railroad tickets worth $100, and the latter for receiving them, knowing them to be stolen. The tickets were found by a colored car cleaner, who gave them to Alortimer. Instead of returning them to the proper office, lie made a arrangement with Goodman to sell them and divide the proceeds. The tickets belonged to Henry W. Marger, whose name they bore. A Boiler Exploded. Special to The Banner. San Francisco, September 11.— Four men employed in the California sash, door and blind factory were in stantly killed yesterday by the explo sion of the boiler. Two others were probably fatally injured. Two more are probably buried the ruins. Two other boilers were blown there hundred feet. The room of the factary was com pletely demolished. Larne, Ireland., Aug. 1889. —Our boat is lying in the harbor at Larne. We will sail in a little while. The har bor is beautiful as the sun is setting. The water is illumined, the lighthouses on the two headlands stand in clear relief against the sky. “The .flowing tide comes in” rapidly, and will soon be high enough for us to#ross the bar. A British torpedo boat has just passeil, and small boats are playing constantly about the gentle heaving waters. On the whole the harbor, surrounded by the shores of the Emeral Isle, makes a pretty picture. I spent the day at Bel fast—bought some Belfast linen—went to a flax-spinning factory. Visited a ship-yard and saw ship-building in all its stages. A ship of White Star line was in course of eonstructon. The passenger list is very large, and I fear we may be crowded. Ol'F COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND,SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST. I feel very near to home, although the “Log” says we are eight hundred and twenty-four miles, from Sandy Hook. Weather is fine, and every sail is-set to the wind. We have had two days, that even the sailors admitted with reluctance, were pretty rough. - We were pitched about very like the shot in a baby’s rattle. Had a nice concert last night, and ser vice todav. 1 am impressed with the fact that so many pictures that we see of the sea, and think are overdrawn, or exceptional, are but representations of every day occurrence. For example, yesterday, I saw three or four boats not unlike those of our home boat club, en tirely out of sight of land, with two men standing ou each of them haul-t ingin their ypil-lines, The waves, were so high that they would disappear entirely into a trough of the sea. The next instant it was beautiful to see the tiny things riding on the crest of the waves, with the solitary crew of two men so entirely unconcerned and happy. I judge of the latter from the social way in which they waved their caps to us. It seems very strange to me that so few people have any fear of the sea. I thought at least that I should feel awed, but it is not so at all. 1 have seen only two persons that seemed to fear the mighty deep. As I stood in the saloon door and saw the waves run ning one after the other over the deck, I experienced only a sense of intense amusement and pity as I saw one of the ship’s crew so sea-sick that lie could scarcely navigate. The boat would lurch violently to the port side, and then a big wave would rush across the deck from the star-board, or she would ride high ou one wave and plunge her bows deep •inco the next. Then the water would treat the steerage passengers to a gra tuitous bath that was not perhaps amiss. I am glad of the difference between between this trip and tiie outward bound voyage. Our party then was so much made up of Southerners, that I had little opportunity of comparing the two sections, This is different—my room-mates are a Scotchman, a Pitts- berg man and a New Yorker, all show ing different phases of character, and each, I suppose, an exponent of his par ticular section. There are several Northern men that I see a great deal of and a real nice Irish fellow whom I find quite interesting, but not all agreeing with the popular idea of an Irishman. 1 love the Southern people better than any on the face of the earth, but I am brought to realize that they are behind in some things. In the matter of ac complishments the people whom I have met are ahead of us. Nearly every one can do one and do it well. It is said of the Scotch mother that she educates her hoy and then learns him a The Northern people keep up better with the world and what is going on it. They see and know so many of the noted men of the day, see and hear the finest actors, lecturers and singers. They travel and study more than we do. Some one says of the Bostonians, “They study from the cradle to the grave,” but for a’that and a’that my heart is true to the South. I tell you this is a go-ahead world that we live in, and unless we keep moving we will get left, but move with that speed and good judgment that will take us the through trip. The English understand this bet ter than we do. What about the sea? Professor Smith, of Davidson College N. C., says: “Oh the sea, the beautiful sea. You’re not what you are cracked up to be.” Sea sickness may have inspired his sen timent. To me it is grand and beauti ful. Its vastness suggests eternity. It is beautiful under the nuonlight, the starlight and even in the black night, for the effect then is as if phosphores cent lights follow the ship on each side tie tut water it .. i "M blue and shining* “***. J If the water is broil caps SUR "anj ^ great Am,. ric ,' . Lntler thes illlle a ^V * >eco,npare,Uoa bowl'r'H, the stui light fallen, ’ a ^apy, briny u? ** wj fellow feel like u sugar to take the tL*‘ nU » 1 A calm night wi h e "nt of ^ ^owsthesea^N »y- Yet when the ,, U ’ nh< >f|J and the. black gW ° n &U theglinnnerin™ 0n . lhe ^ ship looks like a niil u' ll,at H shooting stars 5 t* 115 freely f M shooting tiful. We have had bird, v the entire distance ot'h? ^ a few hundred mil* If have passed two whale M Gulf Stream, and can,iu'H out even coats or tdanket-aN flannels and winter cloj ^ forcible. ie * at! I spent an hour this mon - “^“muling tht-J did me a world of world of good. Mrs r sl ;7'l on a sensation sore tin dstcr li’ii me that I was taking enjoyed particularly' and notes on Westmin^ lauls. It was a coincident received them just as [ u ... visit those places. I did f ee n when I realized that three w rtb i pass without ..receiving any l rttf home, but 1 am learning ' nought hut pleasure. If it does^j I have enjoyed the anticipation.] IX 1’OIlT 4tll SEDIKMBtt America is the grandest cowJi sun shines on! New York that well, perhaps I gotoofJ I am very glad to he again ‘•J uutiv e heath.’ I hope to be better for all that I have seen, ajd that I love my home betterthnU, have done before. Yrm see I n { J it before in the "beautiful p t -r-p,J made py absence and distance. I leave New York to-morrow f«| agarn, and will go from there m\ cinnati The trip will take the Hudson, and by way of tliel Lakes, Unless my plans change* 1 will reach Atlanta sometime ii| near future, by way of the tins Southern. 1 am prolonging rujl beyond what 1 expected, but I Ml it is an opportunity, and when l| hoaoe, why, I will he there. J. D. V.< The HUFf- -PATTEM. Excitement the Thrsateatil Created in Athens- Both Col. Huff and Mr. Fatal are well known in Athens—the '4 having attended college lien—anda threatened duel created agood desl| excitement in our city. No one doubts the courage ofa one of these gentlemen. The impression yesterday was, bowl that Mr. Fatterson did wrongiunsl ceptiug Col. Huff’s explanation ii( mauuer that it was tendered. Tkl onel plainly shows that iie hadd°J sire or intention to wound Mr. M son’s feelings, and was anxious#! everything that a brave and bo®! man could to avoid a difficulty. In this he is endorsed by puoiie# incut. It seems the easiest nwtteiB siblc to have settled the trouble,! the conciliating overtures made bjlj Huffjbeen met half way. Col. Huffs courage has never' and never will be., doubted. necessary for him to face Mr. H son’s pistol to establish tuis is an old man, too, and we.t would have been much wiser to- left the vindication of his c0Uta ' i . veracity to the high character always borne. We have never met Mr- -* 1 ^. but hear him highly spoken of. young man, however, an' 1 lUt “ Y blood is quicker ami warmer ^ Huff'’s. Hence it seems that # be perfectly willing to meet ^ tr-ule half way, and accept the , no personal affront was in e We hope that this unfortu* has ended, and now that t ® bitterness has worn off, m" ^ will interceded and get 1 - reconciled. No correspond ^ ^ traction is necessary. Ft tlefnen meet as brave an ^ men should, shake hands, ly agree to forget the __ ‘jefffersonJottiaS 5 - Special to The Banner. , Jefferson, Sept. jnt», brough the first bale o ferson today, and sold i * & |« the junisr partner of jut* Austin & Co. have sold ^ for several years and the first. Our people r-JJ* A the cotton man, and are pay the best pri °® U We were glad to see q{ a ^I Yonngkin and Duke B » with us Sunday last* ^ iJ Hydrophobia itself •* a I daze. I