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THE ATHENS ATHENS, GEOHS.U', jAN0ART21, 1890
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And Man’s Inhumanity revealed
at Maysville,
TOO HORRl-LE TO RELA! E.
A Scandal in High Social Llle-A Pop
ular Young iook-keeper Arrested'
for the Rain of His Siueen-
yeir-old Hiece.
Quite h glarinjj scandal is afloat in
Maysville.
It is the same old story of man’s in
humanity and woman’s weakness, and
its llustration in this instance is horri
ble in the extreme, made doubly so by
the high social standing of the parties
and their close relationship to each
otiier.
From the very fact that the erring
parties are members of one of the best
families in the town of Maysville we
forbear from giving their names to
shield them from the condemnation of
a criticising public.
Ou Tuesday last a beautiful young
gi: l just arrived at the innocent age of
sweet sixteen, and who belongs to as
respecte 1 a family as lives in the town
o: Maysville, went to an official in that
place and swore out a warrant for a
certain young man of the town charg
ing him with the blackest sin known to
mankind’s catalogue of sins—seduction
amf bastardy. The young man is a
book-keeper for the largest firm in
Maysville anil has hitherto been known
as one ot the most moral young men to
be found in the land.
The officer was surprised beyond
measure at the warrant but, obedient
to its commands, proceeded to arrest
the joung man forthwith.
DNDKB ARREST.
The popular book-keeper, perhaps,
was not surprised ai these proceedings,
though he evinced no little uneasiness
at the situation into which he had so
suddenly been launched. He wasabout
t<> be imprisoned but under a bound of
$‘>00 he was again set at liberty, and
here the matter rests until ten days
hence when t he case will come up for
trial and the erring young man will be
called upon to pay the punishment of
his inhuman crime and atone for the
ruin of the iniiocent girl, which he has
so ctl'ectually accomplished.
The man lias many good and influen
tial friends in Maysville and the sur
rounding country who are greatly
excited over the affair, and there was
but little trouble in gaining the $500
bond upon which he ia now at liberty.
SOM it REVELATIONS
Beyond the arrest of the guilty man,
which took place last Tuesday, there lie
many scandalous revelations regarding
the ruin of the pretty sixteen-year-old
girl in question. The girl’s story
brings to light the brutal nature of the
man whose morals never yet
have been questioned by those
■who knew him. The story
is too horrible to publish here and now,
but in effect it is as follows:
Five months ago, or perhaps a little
longer time, the girl blooming in the
beauty aim innocence of youth came to
the house of her grand-mother, to
nurse her in okl age, and be a present
help to her in sickness, which runs
apace with age. Her grand-mother was
the mother of her seducer, thus making
hoi relationship to him that of niece.
He also lived in the house of his moth-
>r. 'When tho girl had been in the
house but a short time the young un
cle began to regard her with an eye of
lu>t perhaps, half mingled with love.
He was especially kind to her at first
and showed many evidences of more
than an uncle’s affection. The crisis
came at last.
SHE STOOPS TO FOLLY.
The young man began his seductive
overtures to his pretty niece about four
tnon hs ago. The girl tells with tears
of bitter shame and remorse how her
uncle coaxed her to yield to them, and
bow she iiesitated upon the brink of
everlasting ruin and disgrace until,
finally overcome by his entreaties,
she stooped to folly and realized too late
the betrayal of her better self. The
< hapter between this and the arrest of
the young man is replete with crime
too horrible to relate, here and now.
When the, girl found that she was
tmentiente, she was horrified and dis
mayed. islic finally decided to have
her betrayer arrested to atone for his
crime which baa been done as stated
above.
WHO THEY ARE. "
There were not two more respected
persons in Maysville than those luvolv-
e.) in this scandal. The man belongs
t>> a good family, and has by his sobrie
ty and diligence worked himself up to
a position of trust and responsibility
with the largest firm in Maysville. He
is a member of the Baptist church and
a teacher in its Sunday School. His
life lias been marked by* his steady hab
its and good moral character. The
story of his crime has come like a
thunderbolt to his hosts of friends and
relatives, all of whom are among the
best people in the county.
The girl being a member of the same
family was also in a high social stand
ing iu Maysville. She ia only sixteen
years old, is pretty and attractive in
conversation. Her disgrace is regret-
te *. by all. It is to be hoped that fur
ther developments will somewhat light
en the weight of guilt on the two par-
lies, and allay the intense excitement
that is now prevalent in Maysville over
DR. l.fl GOSS.
An Important Addition to the Median!
Fraternity or Athene-Some Wonderful
Surgical Operations.
Dr. I. II. Goss bos located in Athens,
and is boarding with Mr. T. L. Gantt,
where be will be found until he can
procure a suitable office. It is the in
tention of Dr. Goss to purchase a fot
and erect him an offloe building, which
will be one of the handsomest in the
Srate—containing a suit of four rooms,
all handsomely furnished. He has one
of the finest and largest libaries in the
count ry, and all manner of surgical in
struments for the treatmant oflnjuries
and disi-ases. Dr. Goss has been ac
tively engaged in the practice of his
profession for fifteen yean, but in or
der to perfect himself in the .different
«i hoola, has devoted a good portion of
his time to study in the finest/ medical
coll, ges aud hospitals of America. He
bag diplomas from the -Kentucky.
School of Medicine, the Louisville Med
ical College, the Atlanta Medical Col
lege, the Loomis Laboratory of New
Yoik City, aud certificates from the
New York Polyclinic, the New York
Post Graduate School aud Hospital,and
Reiser on Hemorhoids.
While doing a general practice, Dr.
Goss will devote especial attention to
the diseases of women and hemorhoids,
and in these lines will doubtless build
up a splendid practice. He is , one of
the finest physicians in the South, and
it is indeed fortunate for Athens that
the Doctor has consented to locate in
our city. Dr. Goss will at once take
his place among the leading physicians
of Georgia, and make Athens the Mec
ca for suffering humanity. Besides his
skill as a physician and surgeon, Dr.
Goss is an educated and polished gen
tleman, and with hiS estimable lady is
quite an addition to the society of the
Classic City.
In conversation with a Banner man,
Dr. Goss spoke of some interesting sur
gical operations he had witnessed in
New York. There was one man de
void of a nose, and was anxious to have
this deformity replaced. The surgeon
took one of the patient’s fingers, and
after removing the nail split the skin so
as to fit it on where the nose should be,
scarrifying the place so that the flesh
would unite. The finger was then fas
tened to its place with plaster of Paris.
In about three weeks the wouud had
healed and the flesh united, when the
finger was severved and a good looking
nose fashioned from it. The patient
had his deformity cured at the sac
rifice of a diget.
Dr. Goss says it is an easy matter to
straighten bow-legs. The bones are
broken, the legs set in plaster, snd
made perfectly straight. Surgery has
made great strides of late years, and the
most wonderful operations are per
formed.
Of late years the robbing of graves to
procure subjects for the dissecting
rooms has been abandoned, as under the
laws of New York and several other
Slates all the unclaimed dead in the
hospitals are given to the medical col
leges, which abundantly supplies the
demand.
CAPT. YANCEY’s'hOUSE~BURNED.
A Handsome Summer Home Destroyed by
the Fire Fiend.
Capt. Goodloe Yancey returned yes
terday from a visit to his plantation
and summer home near Clarkesville,
and brought the news of his serious loss
by fire.
Capt. Yancey had been up to his
place for several days looking after
some of t.ls business affairs there, and
thus chanced to be in the house at the
time of the fire. He says he went to
his room night before last leaving in
structions to be awakened in time for
the train to Athens.
When he wascalled the next morning
at three o’clock he thought it was time
for him to get up for his train, but he
was soon called the second time and
told the bouse was on fire, and unless
be hurried he would be caught in the
flames Looking out in the hall he saw
the red glare of fire and smelt the dense
smoke which told him he was in danger.
Grasping his shoes and trousers he
managed to make a hasty escape from
the burning house, but saYcd only tWoi :
chairs which he grasped as he ran
through the hall.
The cost of the house was about $3000
and was covered by insurance for
$2,000. There was about $1200 worth of
furniture in the house which was cov
ered by about $500 insurance, thus
making the absolute and total loss
about $2,000.
The origin of the fire was at the comb
of the roof where the chimney passes
out, and it is supposed that the shingles
on the roof caught from a spark from
the chimney. The outhouses were
saved.
The Star of Bethlehem.—To per
sons who put faith in predictions of
coining Munich R, the following di—
patch from Vi nna may be of interest*
Within a short time th- Star of Bette
lifin will be visible, making its seventh
appearance since the birth of Christ.
1t comes once in every 215 years, and
is of wondrous brilliance for the space
of three werks. Then is wanes and dis
appears after seventeen months. It
" 'll be a sixth star added to the five
fixed stars in the constellation of Cassi
opeia, while it remains in sight.
Malicious Mischief.—Yesterday
Mr. W. Richardson drove into the city
from his plantation near Athens and
hitched his mule and cart to a post near
the blacksmith shop on Washington
street. When he went for it again af
ter shopping through the town, he
found that his turnout had been taken
»" ay. He at once gave the matter to
the police, and Messrs. Kelly and
Goodrum set out on horse back in
search of the would-be thief. Mean
time two negroes,George McIntosh and
‘Fiddler Dick” drove up in the cart,
put it back in place, and skipped the
police, it is supposed to be simply a
€#•$ of malicious mischief.
TOLD TO GET,
AND THEY GOT. SOME WESTERN
CLAIMANT^ IN CAMDEN
COUNTY ‘‘TOTE THE
MAIL.”
A Pretty Hard Story on the People of
that County—Mr. Peek Is not
Enthusiastic over Their
Treatment
AN APPEAL ARGPED.
An Interesting Case from Hart Argued In
Athens.
Yesterday in the law office of Barrow
& Thomas, an interesting appeal case
was argued. The case comes from the
Hart Superior court, and in effect is
about as follows:
The wife and children of a man
named Powell, through him, brought
suit in Hart county against a Mr.
Thornton to recover a piece of land
which had been sold at sheriff’s sale as
the property of Wm. Powell, but which
had been set apart as a homestead for
the benefit of his family previous to the
sale. , .
The jury found in favor of the plaint-,
iff, and the defendant made a motion for
a new trial. The appeal for new trial
was argued before J udge Lumpkin yes
terday. , . *
M,. IraC. VanDuzer represented the
defendant, and Barrow & Thomas tbe>
plaintiffs. The Judge reserved his de
cision for several weeks to further in
vestigate the arguments. The case haw
caused no little interest over in Hart
county, and the decision of His Honor,
Judge Lumpkin, will be looked forward
to with much anticipation ail over
Northeast Georgia, being the same case
that caused the difficulty between Air.
VanDuzer and Judge Lumpkin.
A Ripple of Excitement.—The
Banner gave an account some days ego.
of a little disturbance of litigation in
McDuffie county, concerning Messrs*
Camp and Simpson of Gainesville..
These gentlemen have been selling a
steam washing machine in McDuffie.
It failed to give satisfaction to several
purchasers who had these gentlemen
arrested. Sheriff Hawes of McDuffie
tried to carry them to that county for a
preliminary trial, but a writ of habeas
corpusjkept them in Gainesville where
they gave bond to appear at the next
term of McDuffie Superior Court. Air.
Camp lived in Athens at one time, aiia
has many friends here who wish for
him a speedy and satisfactory settle
ment of the case.
A Frightful Deed.
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 14.—[Spe
cial.]—Last night BUI Brannon, a pa
tient of the Florida Insane Hospital*
broke in doors adjoining his room and
attacted three other patients, David
Davidson, Samuel Thackery and B. C _
Bellinger and choked them to death, pleasant problem
Brannon acknowledged committing the
frightful deed and Bays he had te it.
Justice Spear held an Inquest and re
turned a verdict in accordance vitfc
the tacts. No blame is attached to the
asylum management,^ the insecurity of
the building being responsible for the
affair.
for the marriage of Mr. John Cohen,^ot.
C. W. Baldwin & Co., to Miss Jennie
Karl, of Birmingham, on the 21st. lhe
Banner unites with, a host of friends in
welcoming the charming bride to the
city, and in wishing the happy couple a
long and prosperous life*
AT THE CAPITAL.
WHAT IS TRANSPIRING AMONG
THE NATION’S LAW MAKERS.
Washington, D C., Jan. 16.—[Spe
cial.]—The Athens post office still
bangs fire, but the prospect now is that
A. E. Beusse will be appointed. He is
strongly endorsed by Congressman
Carlton, and it is also said that Senator
Colqui-t will give him his support. Col
Buck is here in the interest of Matt
Davis, but will throw his influence to
Beusse rather tnan let Judge Speer
name the appointee. Back is very bit
ter against “our enemy”Jover a-little
financial transaction between them,
and has used bis influence to defeat
him at every appointment. President
Harrison is adverse to appointing ne
groes to important places, where they
come in--obaoxiotH-contact vrith.,the
white?; and Postmaster-General Wan-
uamaker, being affieftr, headed business
man, is anxious to fill every place with
men Who- will reflect eredit upon his
administration. Matt Davis’s illitera
cy and utter unfitness forthe ,-place.he
seeks, is a stroug cardagainsfjfim. The
Postmaster-General is in possession of
documents that it is thought will defeat
Davis. Newsome never had a particle
ot showing for the office. His" claims
are not even considered. It Is $he .im
pression ^hat.this appointment will.not
be made for some time yet. Those be
hind the scene, say that the position of
postmaster was never officially tendered,
to Dr. E. W. Speer, and that. telegram
was only sent to let.him rest "easy, as
his name had been prominently men-:
tioned in connection with the office.
Emory Speer has no .influence
with the administration „ when
he copies in conflict with Buck. Last,
night there was a conference held be
tween certain conflicting elements, but
we could not learn what was done.
Representative Bingham, of J ( Penn
sylvania, has a bill' before thp house
whose purpose is,to reclassify railroad
postal clerks into seven classes with
salaries running from $800 to $1,800
dollars per annum.
The Sheruian anti-trust billhas beeu
reported from the finance committee.
It declares all arrangements, trusts or
combinations made" with a view, or
which tend to prevent full and free
competition in the . importation, trans
portations, or sale of articles imported
into the United States, or injthe pro
duction, manufacture, or sale ofarticles
Brunswick, Jan. 16.—[Special]—The
state papers have already published the
fact that western men are laying claim
to large tracts of land in Camden
county, and had gone there to lacate
their property.
Air. Peek, one of the claimants, has
returned from bis jaunt.
He was seen by a Brunswick Times-
reporter last night, and the old gentle
man was looking exceedingly wan and
pale. When questioned about his trip
to Camden, Mr. Peck said:
‘‘Oh, never let me hear the.name of
Camden again. I feel as I had ^escaped
a most horrible death and if I live to
board, the train to-night and ride ,safely
out ot Southern - Georgia I shall feel
exceedingly thankful and greatly re -
lieved.”
a. tough experience.
“Why did you have a tough experi
ence in Camden P” questioned the re
porter.
“Tough doesn’t express it. Why,
man, if I had even intimated that* 1
had come to claim my land those people
would have cut me and fed me to the
hogs. You don’t know how bitter they
feel against anybody who visits the
county with even a shadow of a claim.
They’ve been troubled so much, they
suspect strangers the first time they lay
eyes on them.”
surrounded by farmers.
“What did they do to you when-you
tv An f" nvni‘9’*
“Well, it was like this: Mr. Brown
and I reached Camden about noon last
Monday. In the meantime, I showed
Mr. Brow n my claims to about 38*000
acres in the county, and I told him I
expected him to point out these lands
to re-survey them. We took dinner
with a good old substantial farmer, ami
induced him to go along with us.
Pretty soon he discovered what we
were up to, and the old fellow got too
wrathy to see. He immediately deft us
and carried the news to several neigh
bors, and in less than an hour Mr.
Brown and I were surrounded by at
least a half dozen of the citizens and
one of them wanted to know who I
was and what I bad come for.
ADVISED TO LEAVE.
“I gave him my name and told him I
had merely come to find some land,
which I owVi'jd in the county, and that
I i ntended-to sell my claims as Soon as
a survey could be made. No sooner did
I finish making the explanation than
the spokesman for the crowd cried out:
“That’s a brother to old Prinw-se, who
came here about forty years ago to
cheat us out of a house and home.” I
insisted that they were mistaken aiid
that I intended them no harm. At that
juncture the crowd drew off to one
side and held a whispered cousultaition.
Pretty soon they came back and told
me it wasn’t healthy for me in Camden,
and advised me to take the nearest
route out of the county limits.”
BROWN IN DANGER.
“And you took their advice?”
“Well, I thought they meant every
word of it, and 1 made haste to take the
first boat for Brunswick. I tell you,, it
won’t do to fool with those Camden
county people. I wouldn’t go back
there for half the county.”
“What became of Air. Brown, the
surveyor?”
“He was in jeopardy when I last saw
him. They thought he was in league
with me to defraud them, and I
wouldn’t be at all surprised if he pays
the penalty with his neck.”
A Doctor Shoots-Three Hrn.
Macon, Mo., Jan. 16.—[Special.]—.
Dr. J. T. Norris shot three personate
the streets of Macon this afternoon.
He • is a-physician and druggist, and
he shot Dr. W. G. Larrenbee through
the.right shoulder and leg, S.M. Wig
gins through the groin, and Deputy
Sheriff Poison through the body, poi
son’s wound is believed to be fatal.
The trouble occurred over a bill
which Dr. Norris claimed Dr. Larrabae
owed for drugs. Dr. Norris says: “I
presented the bill to him to-day on the
street,and he denied receiving soffie of _
the articles. .Later he came in cbhl report fiv>m the State that ifSady’be*
drug store and said I ought to charge tween six tbousand'and seventhou-
the drugs to the people he bought*- 2 ' M •- : —..
them for. I told him that the loan
who would make such a proposition
was dishonest, and ordered him to
leave the store. He armed himself and
returned. He called me out, and then
drew a revolver and began firing at
me.”
policy. Authority is given any person
injured by the trust arrangement to su&
in United States courts and recover
twice the amount of damages sustained
with the costa of the suits. Any per
son entering into Anv such trust.as an
officer, agent or/stockholder, or jp any*
capacity whatever, is declared guilty
of a misdemeanor, and liable, to afi,qe
TO PUNISH HIM.
A COLORED MAN MAKES FREE
WITH THE GOOD NAME OF HIS
EMPLOYER’S DAUGHTER.
A Shooting Alfay In Which the As
sailants Get the Worst of it.
St. Louis, Jan. 16,—[Special.]—A se
rious shooting affray occurred near the
little town of Br'dgeeon, thirteen miles
out of the city on the Wabash railroad,
yesterday,, caused by reports involving
the name *>f Miss Christiana Amelung,
a young lady of nineteen, daughter of
William Amelung. a farmer. Mr. Ame
lung had a colored man, Taylor Painter,
in his employ, and as the story goes
Painter had been boasting among h s
friends that he has sus tained very inti
mate relations with Miss Amelung.
This, report was first heard three weeks
ago, and .the Amelung boys, John,
William; Edward and Frank, have ever
since determined to. punish Painter for
telling such stories. They called to
their assistance their brothers-in-law,
Otto, Christ* Herman and Hugo As-
iii us, and yesterday started out to find
the offending painter.
A call was made at the house of Mr.
Creed Hall, but Painter had gone with
Elder Hnntto the bouse of Ralph Biv
ins to visit Hiss Bivins, who had been
confined to her bed for four months
with dropsy. There he was found.
Bivins answered the knock at the door,
and he was told that they had come to
arrest Painter. Bivins begged them
not (wmake a disturbance, as his daugh
ter was very .sick. Elder-Hunt asked
them if ‘they had a warrant. Just then
Herman Asmus rushed by him into the
house with a revolver in his hand, and
leveling it at Painter said that was war
rant enough for him. Mrs. Bivins
seized a shotgun from a pin on the wall,
when Otto Asmus rushed iu and at
tempted to take it from her.
Bivins came to her assistance and a
terrible struggle ensued, during which
two of the Amelungs seized Painter,
who defended himself desperately. He
was struck over the head with a revolv
er, and knocked down with a chair,
when he grabbed a flat iron, with
* fwhich he struck Herman Asmus on the
head. The men then ran out and be
gan firing through the doors. Miss
Bivins, who had run into the, kitchen
screamed, and Painter, picking up the
shot-gun, ran to her assistance Otto
Asmus was standing in the doorway,
revolver in hand, when Painter fired full
in his face. He fell back and was carried
away by his friends. Painter escaped
to Bridgeton, where he gave himself
. ti U P« and it was feared that he would
unfawful a^vofo as atainst pSife be attacked * The funded man
received the full charge of the gun,
loaded with No. 3 shot, in the lace,
both eyes being shot out.
IN ATLANTA,
WHAT WENT ON IN THE GATE
CITY YESTERDAY.
___ _ Atlanta, Jan. 16—[Special]—The
of not more than $10,000, or imprison- Seventh Baptist church was in court
mentin the penitentiary not' exceeding this
« „ n. Wk >n
era!
to
fivejrears,or both..
■A statement has been sent to-the sen
ate si,owing the annual salary of, army
officers plated on the retired list be
tween March 31,1889, 1 and December
31 last, to be $173,475.
A bill introduced by Senator Harris
today authorizes the Postmaster-Gen
ii to extend the free delivery System
all places having 1,000 population.
The Secretary of State reoefitly re-
ierred to the Secretary of the Treasury
a communication from-Mr. P. G.' Mar-
tinea of Philadelphia, inquiring wheth
er any duty would be imposed on light
ning bug" to be brought from Cuba,
with the expectation of doing business
with them. There is a provision in the
tariff act prescribing a duty on bees,
birds and live fish, but lightning bugs
have never been thought of as an arti
cle of commerce. It is said the bugs
are intended as ornaments for ladies,
dresses* - The Cnban bngis especially
large and luminous.
IN NOBTHCABOtlNA.
Questions Affecting-the Interests ot
Farmers.
Raleigh.N. C., Jan. 10.
Many “sections’ in North Carolina, are
affected in one;way or another 8y the
exodus of thb 'negroes, which continues
unabated. It is. estimated bqre from
sand negroes have been induced to that!
El dorado oiftlie-Stafes in the Southwest,
which is found to be- anything; but*
Paradise by the exodusters who, leave
Carolina by the car load.
’5' Means of tmsportationftdl at times,
and the crowds'of -negroes gathered St
railroad stations—for instance,' two
thousand alone being reported 'at Win
ston—offer food for .reflection In ca%
severe weather should set in
negroes are comparativeli
and without the means of
r of obtaining a
great quantity of previsions. Bad
weather would mean suffering fqr
them*-sickness perhaps, and an urf-
eveuing.
The Seventh Baptist was once in Wal
ter R. Dale’s pastoral charge. It is cot
in his charge now, and the circum
stances under which he was removed
brought the Seventh Baptist church
into court.
As has been published, the members
of the Seventh Baptist had a conference,
and, by a vote of seven to six, Dale was
made to step down and out. Among
the six members who were for retaining
Dale was Mr. T. M. Cowan.
After the decision of the church was
made public, Mr. Cowan wrote a card
injthe Journal, in which he published a
list of the seven anti-Dale members and
referred to them in an offensive man
ner. ... -
Mr, Cowan was arrested last week on
a warrant charging him with libel,
sworn but by Mrs. Lizzie Flournoy, one
of the seven anti-Dale church members
referred to by Mr. Cowan in his card
which was published in the Journal.
Covfan was taken before Judge Horton,
the Bell wood justice, and Messrs.
Speairs Roan were on hand to deft-nd
him. The case was taken out of Judge
Horton’s court, as the Judge 4ras
charged with having been mixed up
with the row himself. The papers were
transferred to Judge Owen's court and
this, morning set as a time for hearing
the case.
^.At^^Ortbecase was called.
.The defendant’s attorneys moved that
the case be dismissed, and the judge
"isRiissed it for want of prosecution.
. us( as he made the last stroke of the
ten upon the order, Mr. Barrett a prom-
hent anti-Dale man, rushed in and
said:
“The prosecutrix is coming!”
“Yon are too late,” replied the judge.
“Then we will just take the case to
thd grandipry,” said Mr. Barrett.,
Dales and anti-Dales began to
leave.the courthouse. A lady member
of the church, belonging to the Dale
faction, said she thought there ought to
S rayers before dispersing.
rs. Flournoy will gd before the
' try to get Mr. Cowan
... _ »rhood
folks to face.
The State press--contains many* cont
inents on the subject. Thus the' Wilson
Advance says: '“The movement of the
colored people towards Mississippi, Al
abama and Texas seems to be prett£
general from Edgecombe, Pitt, Greene
Under the 'Wheels.
Emerson, Ga., Jan. 16.—[Special.]—
At McGuire’s crossing, two miles above
here, night,before last, Mr. Steve Un
derwood was struck by the Rome ac
commodation and instantly killed.
He and a Mr. Steadman attempted to
flag the train down, but were not seen
by the engineer. As the locomotive
neared them, they attempted to cross
Tb the other side of the track.
Mr. Steadman crossed the trackaafe-
Z /but Mr. Underwood was struck
iwn and killed. The jury of inquest
found that “deceased came to his death-
by being-struek by a train.”
■Tiffn w ItHluii
. Jefferson, Ga., Jan. 16.—Judge H?
W. Bell and J. L. Williamson waited
the Classic City-on yesterday.
Judge Bril having sold his ‘lovely
cauburbaa home to Mr. K.ng, of Frank*
i litLcaunty, Ga.. for the handsome price
of seven thousand dollars, is moving to
tfteqfcthts sreek.
Col. W. T. Bennett, ourefficientffierk
of the Superior. court, lias purchased a
third, interest-in the Jefferson mill.
Washington Items.
Washington, Ga. Jan. 10.—[Spe-
ial.]—The. election for mayor aud coun-
ciljpf Washington passed off quietly on
A Coming Marriage.—Cards are out-[ Monday. Mr. C. W. Sims was elected
mayor, and Messrs G. E. Lyndon,
Boycn Ficklen, R. O. Barksdale and W
M. Hill were elected counciltnen.
- Mr. B: Toombs DuBose is getting
ready to publish a Farmer’s Alliance
journal at Washington, says tho Chron
icle,
appears that the same tendency to mi
gration manifests itself - In portious of
South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama.
And it is even seen that the colored
people are departing from Missi$sip]
and Arkansas for Toxas, and they a
also going from Texas to Mexico. It
is not likely that upon the whole, the
per cent, who migrate from North Car
olina will amount to as much as fifteen
per cent, of the colored population,~
thongh, some localities, temporary principal, ia opening,
inconvanienee will beexperieimd by* yw prbtnfsiaDra' ihfg
the wholesale depopulation Of neighbor:
without his relatives’ knowing any-
NEWS BY WIRE-
nffict^Sr^ibeL'and it is Drobable
that some ofthe members of the Sev
enth Baptist will be mixed np in the
courts for several months to come.
exposition Officers.
The directors of the Piedmont Expo
sition meet this afternoon at 3 o’clock.
Thbe committee on officers will re-
S ort in favor of the election of. Mr.
ames R„ Wylie, president, and Mr.
Lenoir and Wayne counties,’so far as’ Charles A. Collier, first vice president,
we have been able to asccertam, find it Mr. Wylie will also be general man
ager,
The rei
doubtless 1
>rt of; the committee will
e unanimously adopted.
JROKMNIELSYILEE,
Danielsville, Ga., Jan. 15.—The
first 'fie here in many days. Hog
; killing all over the county.
Dan slsvilie* High School, under the
lanagbroent of'Prof. G. A*. Gresham,
finely, and
naanccL
Dr/RJP. Sorrells is. today moving to
-hood*>wbete this is the chief himl and -Athens, : where he will make his future
tenants labor relieved upon forthe cul- 1 —* "—* **’— !
tivationof the soil."
PIS FATHER ON THE DISSECTING
table.
A Young Mfan, Discover* His Parent’s
Body in a Medical College.
Cincinnati, Jan. 16.—[SpeciaL]—A
sensation was created in Cincinnati
College of Medicine yesterday,"by a
young man named John Daly. Just as
a class in waiting was gathered about
the body of an old man on the dissect-
ine table, Daly recognized the remains
as those of his father. He threw hint*
self onjthe body, exclaipning:
“ My poorlfatnerl”
The father’s name was Carroll Daly.
He was of dissolute habits, and' died- have -located .here.
*.« . ’ L • ...1_A- f 1 lftco VUo T nat'
home. He is one of the finest physi
cians in- the 'Stnte. “and 1 leaves a large,
growing and lucrative practice "here for
a~ more favorable field. Athens has
certainly obtained a noble citizen and
an excellent family ini the Doctor and
his most estimable lady.
% Madison-eountylatnlB are bringing
good prices. The Hitchcock lands sold
well at administrator’s Kile, and W. B.
Loehr, our former editor, who had
moved back with us, sold 20>£ acres to
A?. <3.'Campbell for four hundred dol
lars.
Onr ville is taking on new life. A
few months ago there were & number of
vacant houses in town, but to-day there
i3.not_OA«. in town fit. to be. occupied
nrt tovnt a tenant.
Dr. H. J. Hampton and T. J. Brown
Miss Ella Leek of Hoodstock, Ga., is
thing of his whereabouts. They saw] chosen as assistant in our highjschoo!
the death notice, however, and made She is accomplished and comes very
inquiry/with above result. The hospi-} highly recommended,
tal authorities at once surrendered the Wearehayingbeautuul.vnnterweath
body to th« son, | er the first of the season.
A negro child only three months old,
at Kaymer, Ala, has developed a won
derful power of memory, and can re
peat any word or sentences it hears.
The negroes regard it with superstitious
awe.
The Mormons are opposed to making
Idaho a State.
Several Russian officers of the Czar’s
body guard have committed suicide It
is supposed they were implicated in a
recently discovered plot against the life
of the Czar. It is reported that the
Czar’s brother, the Grand Duke Sergius,
will shortly be banished from the capi
tal for meddling with politics.
The Fr- nch commission sent to inves
tigate the affairs of the Panama canal,
say it will soon be completed.
Secretary Proctor recommends that
the Apaches be removed from Florida,
either to the mountains of North Caro
lina or to the Indian Territory.
There are grave irregularities in the
financial accounts cf Cleveland, Ohio
Millions of dollars have been paid out
without the approval or sanction of the
City Council.
John E. Reyburn, of Philadelphia,
will be Judge Kelly’s successor in Con
gress.
The S. P. C. A. has brought suit
against a Philadelphia gun club for
shooting pigeons.
In Boston a sick woman was ejected
from her home and died from exposure.
Twelve thousand derricks were blown
down by the.wind injthe Bradford, Pa.,
oil fields.
Hattie A. Lynch, aged eighteen,
daughter of John Lynch, of Dalton,
Mass., committed suicide Monday by
taking morphine. She left a note say
ing her father’s conduct made her end
her life.
A New York woman bad her son ar
rested for robbing her.
The Government will have to refund
several thousand dollars to importers of
tobacco, on acconnt of excessive duties
collected.
Montana is out of debt, and has $33,-
000 in the treasury.
The postmaster and a mail carrier at
Bracket, Texas, are in jail for theft.
J udge McConnell has given Kuntz, one
of the Cronin murderers, a new trial.
The other three convicted men were
sentenced.
The eccentric creature known as the
“Dog Woman,” on Long Island, is
again on her travels, accompanied by
seventeen dogs of all ages, sizes and
breeds.
Four hundred cigar makers of New
York are on a strike because their
wages were reduced.
The Chicago republicans are storming
at Harrison about his unfortunate ap
pointments in that city.
New York and Brooklyn are to be
connected both by a tunnel and a new
bridge.
The wife of a negro coachman in New
York attacked and beat a white woman
whom she found walking with her hus
band.
There is a reactionary movement at
Rio in favor of Dora Pedro. Several
regiments of artillery are in mutiny,
and numerous arrests were made, and
twenty-one ring leaders have been shot.
A young woman in New York found
an infant in her bath-room.
Seventeen lives were lost in two
couuties in Kansas by the blizzard
David Loudon, a luckless New York
gambler, was driven to theft and sui
cide.
Snow drifts twenty feet deep are re
ported in the Northwest.
The Wells & Fargo Express Co. was
robbed of $11,000 in Dallas Texas.
The seat of Senator Allison, of Iowa,
Is in danger. J udge Rcthrock, who is
strong with the farmers, has taken the
field against him.
There are 12,500 persons in Chicago
sick with the influenza.
A train of cars were blown from a
track in Canada, and fifty people were
injured.
A life convict in the Ohio peniten
tiary was pardoned out by the Governor
on a forged petition.
Four persons were suffocated by
smoke in Erie, Penn.
The Hessian fly has appeared in the
Tennessee wheat fields.
Eva Powell, a young woman of Bir
mingham, Ala., tried to suicide by
taking “Rough on Rats,” because'she
was crossed in love.
The “wets” carried Lynchburg by a
majority of seven.
It is said that German-American and
Dutch hankers intend to lay a cable
from San Francisco to Tutulle, in Sa
moa.
John Allen tried to pass Confederate
bills on a blind peanut seller in New
ark, N. J., and, having been arrested,
killed himself with morphine, which,
when searched, he said was la grippe
medicine, and was allowed to keep.
New Jersey has raised its Governor’s
salary from $5,000‘to $10,000 pei an
num.
While ont boat-riding on a lake near
Carmi, 111., two young couples weie
drowned.
Negroes continue to pour into the
Mississippi bottoms by the train load.
Mrs. Playle, a young wife, of Kan
sas City, became jealous of Mayne
Hopkins, a young lady who was visit
ing her. Her husband resented it an
grily, and she told him if he thonght so
much of Miss Hopkins, he had better
take ner and go off with her. He acr
cordingly packed his trunk, Miss Hop
kins packed her trank, and they left the
house together. Nothing has been
heard of the couple since their depart
ure.
The Pennsylvania negroes met and
charged the republican party with an
nnfair treatment of their race.
John Knox, of Bridgeton, Conn., is
charged with murdering ah old colored
woman, after the manner of Jack the
Ripper.
A historic bam was burned at Glou-
chester, Mass. It was built about the
year 1789, as the‘ first Universalist
church in America, its pastor being
Rev. John Merry.
The murderers of Dr. Cronin have
been sent to the Joilet, Ill., prison.
Burke was sent to the copper shop,
Coughlin to the stone-cutters’ shop,
and O’Sullivan to the shoe shop.
Edward Hood is under arrest in New
Jersey for swindling a sewing machine
company. He received a commission of
$10 on each machine sold. He would
take out a machine on his wagon, get it
into a house under some pretext, return
without it, and report it sold. He would
pay the first monthly installment of $3
from his own pocket as evidence of
sale, and collect his commission of $10,
thus clearing $7 by each transaction.
Mrs. Eleda Harder, of Jersey City,
was handicufled and forced to sit in si
lence while her house was being rob
bed.
uVEfttH vi Affc
A building and loan association has
been organized in Lexington.
Mr. W. M. Cash, aged 75, died at
Flowery Branch. ’
Cuthbert has placed a tax of $230 on
whiskey drummers.
are raging in Thomas
Forest
county.
Machen, on the C & M. railroad is
on a regular building boom. ’
Jas. R. Smith, of Atlanta, has eloped
with his niece.
A Camden county farmer made 86
bushels of nee per acre from 42 acres.
The Georgia Huzzars drew $131 for
expenses at Jesup during the riot.
Mr. Wm. Lyle, of Banks county, is
planting corn.
Americus has received over $50,000
Hales of cotton to date.
The negroes of Georgia are organising
a great many military companies.
Mr. J. E, Thomas, of Sumpter
county, raised over seventy bushels of
rutabaga turnips from one acre.
® ov ; has offered a reward of
$300 for Will Wallace, who was re
leased from the Harris county jail.
Republican revenue officers are said
to be responsible for the house burnings
in Pickens county.
The jury rendered ft verdict of guilty
against old man Bone, with a recom
mendation of life imprisonment*
The remnant *f the Wild West show
will give a farewell exhibition in Co
lumbus, when the horses will be sold.
The Governor pardoned Cal DeVora
a Milton county convict, sent np in 1888
for five years.
A tramp was killed by a fall while
trying to find a place te sleep in a
house that is being built in Atlanta.
The negroes are beginning to move
away from the towns, returning to the
country. This is a wise step.
Phillip Dillon, president of the U. S.
brass-moldere’ union, died at Savannah,
Ga. .
Locke says he wili appoint two or
more ladies to positions in the Macon
post-office.
Atlanta had 1*391 deaths in 1889,
against 1,341 in 1888; an increase of over
ten thousand in popnlation.
Mr. Chas. E. Harman has been ap
pointed general agent of Central rail
road.
Prof. M. S. Weaver, of Eatonton, has
charge of Meson Academy, at Lexing
ton.
It is claimed that within 10 years
Brunswick will have a population of
over 100,000.
The Alliancemen of Burke county ”
have established a bank with a capital
of $25,000.
Block Bros., in Vinevllle, will start
a government distillery with a capacity
of 20 barrels per day.
The negroes are leaving Lee county
on account of the adoption of the stock
law.
Mr. Harry H. Samuels suicided at the
Gulf house, in ThomasviUe. His home
was in New York.
It is reported in Brunswick that Bob
Brewer, the desperado, has been captur
ed in Florida.
In the clerks office at Macon a peti
tion for charter was filed for incorpora
ting the supreme council, colored
Knights of Pythias of Georgia.
Something of a Blind Tom edition is
found in Morgan county, in the person
of Blind Willis, a coal black negro who
is an expert in mathematics.
Judge Eve, of the Augusta city court,
sent a barkeeper to jail for three months
and made him pay a fine of $2GQ for
selling liquor to a minor.
Hon. T. E. Winn, of Gwinnett
county, is in the race for congress, to
succeed Col. A. D. Candler, who will
decline re-election.
Mrs. W. C. Delk, Of Cobb county,
thinks she is one of Rev. W. R. Dales’
victims, and that be married her in 1884
under the name of Johnson, and desert
ed her after two weeks.
The Governor has offered a reward of
$150 for the arrest of Robert Morris,
who killed B. F. Willis, in Banks coun
ty, on Oct. 17, last.
In the U. S court at Savannah an
Englishman who married a negress in
Washington, D. C., and then tried to
live with her in Liberty county, is be
ing tried.
Mr. W. E. Smith, who was charged
with the murder of D. M. Stringer, was
held to answer for the crime of volun
tary manslaughter at the next term of
Hall superior court in the sum of $400,
which he promptly gave. Court con
venes next Monday.
Tom Woolfolk has prevailed upon the
negro prisoners in the Bibb county jail
to sign his petit' >n to the Governor
asking his removal to the Fulton jail.
He complains that he has not enough
to eat and is badly treated.
The acquitted negroes, charged with
the murder of Capt. Miller, at Perry,
were taken out of town and turned
loose. They lost no time in leaving.
Butts and Johnson were sentenced to
be banged Fobuary 15th.
Near Jasper, incendiaries have re
cently burned the housesof John Aiken,
N. W. Ledford, and Mr. Stone. The
Governor has offered a reward of $250
for the arrest of the guilty parties, and
three men have been arrested, who
were bound over.
In the negro convention W. A. Pledg
er was elected president. He gave a
lone speech on the negro question, and
said the time would come when the loy
al people of the North would find a way
to punish and prevent the criminal sec
tional nullifications of the constitution,
and the Christian people of this country
would discover a remedy to suppress
that disloyal element with whom mur
der is a vocation and perjury a pas
time.
Before Henry Grady started to Boston
to make his great speech, Charlie John
son,on the Atlanta Constitution force,
begged Grady not to eo. Grady asked
him why? “Well, I had a dream last
night. I dreamed that while you w ere
in Boston speaking, someone in the au
dience shot you with a noiseless pistol
and killed yon. Mr. Grady met Con
gressman Kilgore, of Texa3, in Boston
and told him of the dream, and some
how or other he said, that dream kept
occurring to him.
In a box car loaded with lime which
came in on the Richmond and Danville
railroad, an Atlanta policeman found
a bundle of bloody clothes with every
indication that the articles had been
stripped from a dead body and after
wards secreted in the car to hide a mur
der. The hat had been pierced by a
bullet and was half full of blood, the
pants, coat and shirt, which were also
bloody, had been ripped up both legs
and sleeves as if hastily removed when
there was not time to strip them oft' in
the usual way. There is no knowing
where the articles were placed on be
The car was traced to .‘he extreme i
of the Richmond and Danville road.
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