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VOLUME 11.
Potash Victim. Cured by 8. 8. S.
S. S. S. vs. POTASH.
I have had blood poison for ten years. I know I have taken one hundred bottles of
iodide of potash in that time, but it did me no good. summer my faee, neck, body
and limbs were covered with sores, aud I could scarcely use my arms on account of rheu
matism in my shoulders. I took S. S. S., and it has done me me re good than all ot her medi
cines I have taken. My face, body and neck are j>crfectly clear and clean, and niy rheu
matism is entirely gone. I weighed 118 pounds when I began the. medicine, and I now weigh
152 pounds. My first bottle helped me greatly, and gave me an appetite like a strong man.
I would not be without S. S. S. lor several times its weight In gold.
C. E. MITCHELL, W. 23d St. Ferry, New York.
Attention Everybody!
WE HAVE THIS DAY REDUCED OUR PRICES GREATLY!
All Hop airs Will be X*ess th.an Heretofore.
This is Done in View of the Hardness of the Times. We Keep
on Constantly a HEAVY STOCK OF WESTERN WAGONS,
STUDEBAKEK, KENTUCKY, and other Makes, which we will
Sell Cheaper than Ever Before.
You Want the Best Wagon you can Buy on any Market Buy
The Celebrated JONES WAGON.
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BiELEEFI
Forty Tears a From
CATARRH
Wonderful to Relate.
<*-
“For forty years 1 have been a victim from
tarrh—throe-fourths of the time a suihead and
Excruciating Fains Across My MTensive that
Nostrils. Tiie discharges were S for the good it
I hesitated to mention it, ey/'i have spout a
may do some other during my
voung fortune from .5 obtain relief from the
forty years of fluff*.- l 1 ’patent medicines—every
doctors. I havej^of— from tiie four corners of
cue I couldrelief. And at last (57 years
the earth, ou nc t W ith a remedy that has cured
° a iv--mado me anew mar.. 1 weighed
??.u-mmds'ond now weigh 14(1 fused thirteen
..f "ic-medicine, and the only regret I
Jvi Mi being In tho humble walks of life I
iiv nr have conlldence to prevail on all ca
tarrh u ® epers t 0 U3C w hat has cured me,
PIONEER liLOOD RENEWEK
“HENRY Cil EVES.
“No. 267 Second St., Macon, Ga.”
“Mr. Henry Cheves, the writer of the above,
formerly of Crawford county, now of Macon,
Georgia, merits the confidence of all interested
in catarrh. W . A. H U KF,
Ex-Mayor of Macon.
A SUPERB
Flesh Producer and Tonic!
Guinn’s Pioneer Blood Renewer.
Cures all Flood and Skin Diseases, Rheumatism,
Scrofula, Old Sores. A perfect spring medicine.
If not in your market it will be forwarded on
receipt of price. Small bottles $1.00; large bot
tles $1.75.
Essay on Flood and Skin Diseases mailed
free. MACON MEDICINE COMPANY,
Macon, GA.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Council Chamber, )
CAKTKU3VILI.K, Ga., Dec. 22,1885.1
It is ordered that the following shall constitute
the standing committees of the Board of Alder
men for the year 1886:
Stkkkts— A. M. Franklin, John P. Anderson
and W. A. Bradley.
Finance— A. R. Hudgins, Gerald Grifllnaml
George 11. Gilreath.
ordinances— Gerald Grifiin, A. M. Puckett
and A. It. Hudgins.
Ckmetrky —George 11. Gilreath, A. M. Frank
lin and E. D. Puckett.
Hicmkk —W. A. Bradley, A. R. Hudgins and
A. M. Puckett.
Public Buildings— E. I>. Puckett, \V. A.
Bradley ami John I*. Anderson.
It is nirthev ordered that this order l*eentered
on the minutes and Clerk furnish each Alderman
with a copy hereof.
(Signed) Jno. 11. Wiele, Mayor.
Attest: Ham’l F. Milam, Clerk.
It. E. CASOIST,
Resident Dentist.
Olllcc over Curry’s drug store, Cartorsvllle,
CENTRAL HOTEL,
ROME, GEORGIA.
O. MOSS, Proprietor.
Ample A ccommoilations for Commercial Trav
ers and Theatrical Companies.
In centre business locality and street cars run
front of the door, auglS
d* aa A. Y EAR. Tiik Courant, tjhe best local
paicr in thd State.
THE CARTERSVILLE COURANT.
CAUTION.
Consumers should not confute our Specific
with the numerous imitations, substitutes,
jxAash ami mercury mixture ? which are got
ten up to sell , not on their own merit, but on
the merit of our remedy. An imitation is
always a fraud arid a cheat, and they thrive
only as they can steal from the article imitated.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free. For sale by all druggists.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC VO.,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ua.
“A BOWLl) SOGER BOY.”
One of the Macon Volunteers and Ills
Ability as a Drummer.
SAMUEL DUNLAP, OF ATLANTA, OA.
The excellent picture we present at the head
of this column, ia of a man who ia aa well and
favorably known in his capacity aa a traveling
man or “drummer”- as any one mau in the
United States.' ‘
Mr. Dunlap aaid in conversation recently:
“About f<pir ysars?ago I had a severe attack of
rheumatism, which completely disabled me for
a time, aud which doyalopod Into what ia com
monly called ‘chronic/ j attacking me whec
least expected, and laying, xnfi jip entirely; in
capacitating me lor any kind of business, and
Causing me aa much suffering in a day as should
be crowded in a life time. After one of my moat
severe attacks, and when I had just got able to
hobble around, I met J. M. Hunnicutt, an old
friend, and he said he could make a remedy
that would cure me, and, by gracious, he did. I
toqk two bottles of his staff, piCpared from
roots and herbs, and I have never had a twiuge
of rheumatism since. 'The medicine was not
prepared for sale at that time, hut was manu
factured by Mr. ifimmcult for his friends.
About six months ago it was determined to
place it npon the market, and a firm was organ
ized for that purpose. Two weeks ago, in the
midst of "my suffering, I noted in oue of their
advertisements that it was good for kidney
troubles also. I knew it would cure rheuma
tism, and I bought a half a dozen bottles at onoc
and determined to give it a fair show at a kidney
disease of long standing. It may seem extrava
gant, but the first day’s use gave me relief, ami
before I had completed taking one bottle my
disagreeable symptons had entirely disap
peared. I have used two bottles up to this
time, and I have not felt a trace of my disease
for a wdek.”
J. M. Hnnnlcutt A Cos., the manufacturers of
fjunniontt’s Rheumatic Cute, Atlanta, Ga., as
sure us that their medicine is on sale at the low
prioe of SI.OO a liettle, at all reputable druggists
and can no procured at wholesale from jobbing
druggists everywhere.
DR. J. M. YOUNG.
He Endorses Curry’g Diarrhoea and Dys
entery Specific.
D. W. Curry : Dear Sir: lam familiar
witli the formula and mode of preparing
Curry’s Diarrhoea and Dysentery Specific,
and prescribe it in my practice, with the
most gratifying results.
Respectfully, ‘J. M, Young, M. D,
They M uat Have It.
Dinkyu.i.e, Ga. —Mr. D. W. Curry:
Please send me one dozen more of your
Liver Compound. Wherever it is used
It gives satisfaction. I sold the last bottle
I h&d this morning. L. Richardson.
Manufactured by D. W. Curry Carters
ville Ga.
CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1886.
/OEN. LEE’S BODY SERVANT.
A Resilient of Boston—He Relates Stories
of the Southern Leader.
From the Boston Post. ]
“Yes, sah, I’se tie man. 1 was Massa
Robert Lee’s body servant durin’ de
wall, surah enuff.” Anthony Riley, a ne
gro was busily engaged in scrubbing the
lloor of Horticultural Hall when a re
porter accosted him. A curious chain of
circumstances brought Anthony to Bos
ton, after an eventful life as Gen. Robert
E. Lee’s body servant, the fortunes of
war depriving him of a comfortable
home and a kind master.
Some interesting facts were elicited
from him during a conversation. It
seeing that Anthony sprang from a long
line of slaves, ilis father, Atrolius
Riley, and his grandfather were slave*,
belonging to the Custis family of Ar
lington Heights, Va., into which family
Washington and Lee both married.
“Andy” is now over 50 years old, al
though he looks much younger. He
has an intelligent face and a jolly dispo
sition, always cracking jokes with the
employes in the building. He was born
on the Custis plantation. When Gen.
Ixie married Martha Custis, Andy was
a boy of about 15. With many of the
800 slaves in the Custis family Andy fell
to Lee’s share after the marriage, and
eventually became his body servant.
During Gen. Lee’s courtship Andy
remembers but little. He used to see
him drive up the beautiful
circular path, lin*d with magnificent
trees, to the house, Jump down from his
horse, Rob Roy, and linger near Miss
Custis for hours. Just after the mar
riage Andy was made one of the house
servants and wltnaased a continual
round of gavety and pleasure. was
then captain, United States army, ac
cording to Andy's recollection. He re
members seeing two stripes on the
shoulders of his uniform. When the
young officer went oil’ with a hunting
party it was Andy’s duty to brush the
flies from Lee’s horse and open the gates
of the estate. Partridge hunting was
one of the events on the plantation in the
season, a snort of which Lee was very
fond, especially as he was a crack shot
with the sporting gun.
“De white folks lived high when
Massa Lee was on de plantation; just de
same as goln’ to Saratoga, boss,” re
marked Andy. ,
Afterwards Andy was placed in charge
of the horses. When Lee went to Har
per’s Ferry on John Brown’s raid Andy
hitched up the carriage and drove to
Leesburg, where the carriage was put up,
and Lee, accompanied by his young ser
vant, rode on horsback to Harper’s Ferry.
From this time until Andy ran away
from his master and joined the Northern
troops he was Lee’s body servant. His
especial duty was to take care of the
horses Robert and Dick, both of which
were Kentucky thoroughbreds. Andy
accompanied Ms master to Richmond,
and was present with him when Ells
worth was killed in Jackson’s Hotel,
Alexandria; thence to Manassas,
Chickahominy and many other places
in Virginia. His position as body
servant brought him near his master al
ways. Andy states that it was his duty
to keep very near Lee, even in engage
ments, in order to take care of his horse
at a moment’s notice. Lee’s manner was
always kind to his servants, though he
rarely expressed opinions before th**n*
When everything was
ly, he would sometimes A gelinff. <*ndy
and show evidence ftfy tickled "after Bull
says he was d'tfften gave his men a $5
Run. Hesf clothes and other pres
bill, P lle loved his own people,
3/tf was a domestic man, accord
ing to Andy’s statement. At home,
he used his slaves very kindly, and all
were happy and contented. Andy re
mained with Lee as his body servant until
the war had progressed about two years.
When Lee went up the Shenandoah Val
ley, cn route to South Mountain, Andy
ran away. Instead of leading the Gen
ral’s horse around to him, as was his
custom every morning, he turned him
over to a small darky boy and left the
earap. It was three days before he
reached the northern lines at Fairfax
Court House. Arriving there he became
the servant of Gen. Reynolds, performing
the same duties 3 before. He never saw
the General again nor the small boy to
whom he gave the horse in charge. After
the war Andy roamed about in New
York State, working in stables, hotels
and clubs, coming to Boston some four
teen years ago. He has been In his pres
ent positon at Horticultural Hall for the
past twelve years. According to Andy’s
story Lee was extremely fond of the
thoroughbreds, “Robert” and “Dick.”
He would ride them very hard at times,
but was always particular in giving in
structions to Andy to give them the best
of care. Even when at home on the
Virginia estate, the four horses attached
to the family carriage would receive the
greatest care after a drive, and, from
Andy’s story, the General had as great an
affection for his horses as for his family
and men in general.
GORDON’S TREATMENT OF HIS MEN'
Ramsey’s P. 0., Murray County, Ga.,
June 9.—Editors Constitution. Wishing
to bear testimony to the great, good and
gallant old hero, General John B. Gor
don, I will say that I was only a sixteen
year old in 1863, and was a member of
cjmpany H, 31st Georgia regiment, Gor
don’s brigade, and was on the march
with him from Summerville ford Rapid
Ann River, Virginia, to Orange Court
House, Virginia, in 1863. The distance,
as well as I can remember, is about
eighteen miles. The march was made
through in one night. After we had
marched about two miles General Gor
don noticed that I was barefooted and
soretooted, and that it was a struggle for
me to keep up with the command, and
dismounted and helped me on his horse
and allowed me to ride him the balance
of the night, and General Gordon walked
the entire distance among and with the
boys. I have been in several battles
with General Gordon, and he was al
ways in front when duty called him
there. I have seen him avert disasters
in our army by keeping to the front and
encouraging his men when and where
they were the hardest pressed. He
shirked nothing; as brave and generous
a man as Gordon is not capable of doing
anything wrong, and is incorruptible.
T. W. Price,
Cos. 11, 31st Ga. R., Gordon’s Brigade.
ALL SCIENTISTS KNOW THE
proneness of insects to deposit their eggs
in decayed fruit. What creates worms
In the human body? Think of this, and
give Shiner’s Indian Vermifuge occasion
ally to your children.
For the speedy and sure cure of head
ache nothing equals Curry’s Liver Com
pound.
GEN. GORDON’S FATHER.
A Most Touching Letter in Regard to the
Senatorial Resignation.
Jackson County, Ala., May 22,1580.
—Editors Atlanta Constitution: I see
from a copy ot your paper which has
been sent me by some friend, that my
son, lion. John B. Gordon, has resigned
his seat in the senate of the I’nited
States, and that much excitement pre
vails on account of it. I think it, per
haps, not out of place for me, his father,
to write you this communication. My
son has ever been obedient, dutiful and
confiding. From his earliest youth to
the present time he has been the pride
and joy of my life. I am now nearly
eighty-five years of age—a few more
days and I shall have passed away.
I would feel that my teachings and
counsels would have been to little pur
pose if the slanders and falsehoods ut
tered against my son had any founda
tion is tact.
As I stated above he has always been
obedient and confiding. When he could
reach my ear he has always consulted me
before taking a momentous step.
lie made me a visit in March last, and
while here he said to me, “Pa, 1 am
tired of public life. I crave the peace
and quietude of my home and home af
fairg ; besides I can’t save up any money
out of my salary; and the idea of dying and
leaving my family without a competency
troubles me no little.” He then went on
to say that if he was out of the senate he
could make a great deal more money and
would have to spend a great deal less,
and added that he had about ooncluded
to resign, feeling that the public inter
ests would not suffer thereby, and his
private interests would lie protected. I
advised him to that course and urged
him not to delay it, and instead of being
surprised at ilia resifination now, I am on
ly surprised that it was not sooner. As to
the insinuations that he was bought out,”
or “bargained out,” I pronounoe it in
famously and shamefully false, and my
blood almost curdles aud ray old limbs
totter with indignation when I think of
such charges being made against him.
From his youth to his manhood he has
been the embodiment of honor and
truthfulness. In his boyhood he would
never betray a friend, and at least once,
to my knowledge he suffered a severe
punishment at school rather than betray
the confidence of a schoolmate. Would
he then now, in the zenith and glory of
his manhood, betray the people in whose
defente he has proven, on a thousand oc
casions, his readiness to die! Would he
betray, or sell for lucre that integrity and
honor which is dearer to him than life
itself! No! no! no! Away with such
infamous falsehoods. Let them who
condemn his course put themselves in
his place. He had served his people in
war and in peace with undying devotion.
He had on his hands a large and grow
ing family; his state and people are now
free and prosperous, and no longer re
quire his service; his financial and aome
matters demand his attention. The con
stitution and the laws of his country give
him tne right to resign. Ilis salary is
not sufficient to support his family and
meet all his needs for money, lie is not
rich; after years of toil in his country’s
service, he comes out poorer than he went
in. He is offered a position which will
afford him rest and quiet and a compe
tency. Georgia has other so-is capable of
filling his place in WV--
fhon is ;!'" e of wfcfch he is guilty.
wi. ’ ' his accusers would not.have
.Uted as he riw -- --- umr circum
stances ?
With Governor Brown's appointment,
I have nothing to do, and only feel inter
ested in it as an old citizen of Georgia. I
am satisfied of one fact, however, and
that is that he has the brains to serve his
state with great distinction, and that
Gov. Colquitt appointed him because he
thought he was the best man for the
place, and that Georgia’s interests would
not suffer in his hands. I voted for him
for governor and julge many years ago.
He certainly made a good judge and ex
cellent governor. I sincerely trust and
believe he will serve his state as faith
fully now. Truly yours,
Z. 11. Gordon.
THE MILLIONAIRE.
Who is this hard-w'orking man ? That
is the millionaire, the man who wanted
to get rich and has got rich, and is get
ting richer every day. Is he any hap
pier for it? Happy! Bless your soul
he’s more miserable, has more cares and
anxieties and harder work than ever.
He is the worse slave of them all. lie is
pushed with business and business is
pushing him. He has so many irons in
the lire that some are burning his lin
gers while others are getting too cold.
His present life is a rush from the meet
ing of this board to that board and
thence to some other board. lie is a di
rector of this company and a trustee in
that, and a silent partner in another,
world without end and more coming.
He hasn’t time to eat and hardly time to
sleep, and when he does lay liis poor
head on a pillow he can’t stop thinking
of his business plans and schemes,
and fears, from whirling and whirling
through it. lie can’t take a day to
spend in quiet out of town, and, if he
could, he would take all of his business
with him into the woods. He is a slave
and a victim, liis millions in bank don’t
bring him as much enjoyment as anew
ten cent piece given to a ten year old
boy. lie is infected with a mania for
getting, and more he gets the more lie
wants. If you could see him just as he
is and where he is inevitably going, and
how he is going there, you would only
pity him. He is one of the coming vic
tims of demantia paralytica, the preva
lent ailment among so many Wall Street
men. —New York Graphic.
Cleverly Caught.
In Rome, Thursday, was a Mr. Kiig,
of Bartow county, and two boys, oneof
whom was Albert Furrnount. Albert
was suspected of stealing ass bill from
John Kennedy, also of Bartow comtj.
In order to ascertain whether or not tie
boy stole the money a clever ruse wai
adopted. Mr. King brought the boy,
with a companion, to town and watdiel
every movement he made to see if h
spent any money. Soon after enteiin£
town the boy went into Wyly Richard
son’s and bought sc. worth of crackers
and tendered ass bill. He was given
the change and soon afterwards went
to Gammon’s, where he purchased a suit
of clothes. All of this Mr. King noted,
and without saying anything to the trap
he had been caught in drove home, the
boy suspecting nothing. Mr. King said
the boy would be turned over to officers
of the law. —Rome Bulletin.
Richard M. Hoe, of New York, whose
name will be remembered as long as
printing presses exist, died suddenly at
Florence, Italy, whither he had gone
with his wife and child for rest and
pleasure.
All the delicious extracts are to lx
had at Curry’s soda fount.
LOW PRICES AND HIGH WAGES.
New York Sun.]
During the past fifteen years the prices
of all stable commodities, measured in
gold, have steadily fallen. During the
same period the wages of labor have not
fallen, but, on contrary, have slightly
risen. While the workingman earns as
much money now as he did fifteen years
ago, and a little more, he can buy with
it one-half more food, fuel, and clothing
than he could then. Thus, in effect, his
wages have increased one-half.
Can this state of things be maintained?
Judging from past experience we should
say that it could not, and that unless
something unforeseen happens, the pres
ent high rates of wages will have to come
down.
Of course, much can be accomplished
by the union of workingmen against a
f 11 in the money value of their labor,
and, from the case, they have every’ ad
vantage on their side. Employers hate
to incur the risk of strikes, and conse
quently put off provoking them as long
as possible. They would rather keep up
the prices of their goods, and thus throw
the burden of high wages upon consum
ers. But, under the pressure of compe
tition, the time will come when this
expedient will not answer. Somewhere
else in the world a break will occur, and
the shock will affect the whole line.
For example, steel rails are now so low
in England that they can be delivered,
duty paid, at our Southern ports at a less
price than American rails of the same
kind. This must inevitably reduce the
price of rails here, and, of course, lower
the wages of the workmen who make
them.
In like manner hardware, cotton and
woolen cloth, and other manufactured
articles must come down to the level at
which they can profitably be imported.
Cheap as American-made clothing is, it
will be cheaper, just so soon as clothing
made in Europecan be brought to under
sell it. Against this competition Amer
ican tailors will struggle in vain. They
will either have to accept lower wages or
go without work.
What is this true of railmakers and
tailors is equally true of all other manu
facturing hands. The steady and per
sistent fall in the prices of commodities
all over the world, caused by the opera
tion of the gold standard, is bound to
tell upon all wages alike, and bring
them down to a common level. The
trades least affected will be those con
nected with building, because they are
not directly subject to foreign competi
tion ; yet in their case the result will be
produoed by the invasion of men from
other countries and from other less well
paid employments. When masons, car
penters, plasterers, painters, plumbers,
and tinners are earning more money than
can be earned in other countries or at
other trades, the number of masons, car
penters, and so on will increase among
themselves their wages cease to he more
attractive than those paid to other work
men. The process is slow, but it is sure,
and it cannot be defeated.
The wise thing for their
is, thei’ejftgft vVages while they last, and
lay by as much as possible for the hard
times that are in store for them. Instead
of spending every cent that they earn as
fast as they earn it, they should practise
a little self-denial, and put a few cents
out of every’ dollar into the savings
bank. This may compel them to live a
little less comfortably now, but it will
help them to live better by and by, and
thus make a satisfactory average.
ENOUGH TO MAKE DEMOCRATS
GLAD.
From the Boston Journal.]
A gentleman who claims to know the
fact, says that the President told some
Southern and New York Democratic pol
iticians Saturday that he was going to
change his tactics. “You think,” said
he, “1 am not removing Republicans
quick enough for you during the next
six months, let me know.” These gen
tlemen came away from the White House
almost hilarious. Their Democratic
bosoms heaved with expectant joy, and
later in the day in their cups they gave
away a good deal moreot their conversa
tion with the Chief Magistrate of the na
tion and of his with them than Mr. Cleve
land suspects. There was one happy
party of Democrats in Washington that
night, and many a bottle of champagne
was opened, and many a toast was drunk
to Cleveland and his bride. The account
of this little episode came to me direct,
and more of the particulars. There are
many circumstances which seem to cor
roborate this. One hears the furloughs
in several departments, and after fur
loughs come new appointments. Here
is one case: The clerks employed in the
Sixth Auditor’s office are very uneasy
about holding their positions, as a num
ber will be discharged on the first proxi
mo. The list of those who will have to
go is made out, and at the end of this
month sixty clerks will receive the yel
low envelope which contains tne enforc
ed leave of absence.
A MUSICAL MONKEY .
Pall Mall Gazette. |
There was a great fuss a few months
back about Sir John Lubpock’s wonder
ful dog, which its master had almost
taught to speak. A monkey has com
pletely eclipsed the quadruped. A well
known American savant has educated a
favorite monkey to become a good pian
ist; all monkeys, this gentleman main
tains, have more or less a musical faculty.
If men had not invented the piano, the
learned American seriously maintains,
monkeys would infallibly have done so.
After only forty-eight lessons the monkey
Tabitha, who is a real ornament to her
sex, could play scales with surprising
dexterity. The suppleness of their fin
gers, their agility, their strength, all
tend to show, at least according to Ta
bitha’s master, that most monkeys are
born pianists. Patience is the only thing
required to bring out this hidden faculty.
There is another fact which strikes one.
monkeys have this great advantage over
human pianists: they have four hands,
while men are unfortunately not endow
ed with more than two. A monkey,
among other advantages, can thus, it will
readily be observed, play a duet without
the assistance of a companion.
The United States Minister to Persia,
Mr. Fred 11. Winston, has tendered his
resignation, and Mr. Bayard has signified
an acceptance. It is said that a love dis
appointment is at the bottom of the re
signation. A young lady promised to
marry and accompany him abroad. She
backed out and he has resigned. So the
gossip goes.
IN ROBBERS’ CAVE.
The Secrets of a Famous Robber Hand
Discovered.
Sax Antonio, June 16. —The recent
discovery of a skeleton in Robber’s cave,
fifteen miles north of here, and its
identification last evening by a coroner’s
jury as that of Frank Harris, a young
man who was arrested by’ constable
Frank Scott, in September, ISS4, has
produced a sensation here, and officers
of the law believe that they have at last
got hold of a thread that will unravel
the history of the worst band of mur
derers, stage robbers and horse thieves
that ever infested Western Texas.
How many’ murders the Pitts Yeager-
Pitron band perpetrated In the last ten
years no man will ever know.
Pitts and Yeager killed United States
Marshal Gasting while on their way to
the penitentiary for life. Pitts was
killed at the same time, and is
now serving his sentence.
There were always some six or seven
members of the gang whose identity was
a profound mystery. “Joe” Brannan,
another member, was killed week before
last by officers in a desperate hand-to
hand fight. Brannan’s death proved the
means of giving officers their present
valuable clews. A few day’s after he
was killed, his brother, Captain Calvin
Brannan, came to town and made a
statement that Constable Frank Scott
and his father, Thomas Scott, were both
members of the famous gang, and had
killed Frank Harris in the fall of 1884.
The Scotts had previously stood fairly
well in the community, only a few peo
ple suspecting them. They were both
arrested, much to their amazement, and
are now in jail. Who directed the offi
cers to the long-lost robbers’ cave is not
known, but it is thought Calvin Brannan
told them where to find it.
SIXTY MILES AN HOUR.
From the Birmingham Age.
Y r esterday an Age man was an atten
tive listener to the conversation of a
small group of railroad men. “This
talk about trains running sixty miles an
hour is all bosh,” said a big, broad
shouldered engineer. “Why, there is
not a fast train on any road in the coun
try that makes regularly more than for
ty-eight miles an hour. Say, did you
ever figure on that sixty miles an hour
business? Now, see here, take an en
gine with six-foot drivers and to make a
mile a minute the drivers must make
over three hundred revolutions.”
“Say ? You’ve never been on a Texas
road have you?” inquired a small size
chap who was smoking a stogy. “Why,
in Texas where the roads have no
curves or grades, we run freight trains
sixty miles an hour, schedule time, an’
talkin’ ’bout fast trains, why, I once ran
a fast mail on a Texas line, and we ran
so fast that the mile posts seemed to be a
solid wall, but still we didn’t gain any
thing by running so fast, for we had to
watt at every station to catch up with
the train.”
tfotnin ! \V by, don’t you know there’s
less danger of an engine jumping the
track when it’s running fast than ' when
it’s running slow? The electricity or
something in the track seems to hold
the engine down. Why. I was runninf?
an extra engine over the road one day
and going about ninety miles an hour,
when I came to a sharp curve, and I’m
a liar if she didn’t shoot strait across and
hit the track just right. We gained ten
seconds by the jump.”
“Let’s take something,” said the
heavy man, aud the crowd disappeared
into a saloon.
MISS CLEVELAND AT THE WHITE
HOUSE.
I heard that Miss Cleveland is likely to
spend a good deal of time with her new
sister-in-law. A lady who called on her
the day before she went away informs
me that Miss Cleveland laughingly said:
“My leave taking is not to be in the least
tragic. I shall go away now, but return
later, and I dare say, on the whole, that
I shall be in the White House quite as
much as if there had been no wedding. It
will be different to be sure; I shall have
no responsibility and shall be free to
come and go at will, and to do my work.
I leave now because I believe that every
new mistress of the White House should
be under no restraint whatever. Every
woman called to the position must give
to it her own individuality; no training
before hand fits a woman for the place
and its duties. She must learn after
ward, and to succeed, must shape her
own course and rely on herself. She
cannot follow in the footsteps of her pre
decessor. My brother’s wife is a bright,
attractive young woman. She has char
acter, and will, I am sure, develop
strength and adaptability. I am sure
also that she will be much liked; indeed
nobody can help but like her. She is a
sensible, sweet girl, a thoroughly Amer
ican woman, and that is what we want
in the White House you know. It is
much better that she should begin her
new life alone, without me. The posi
tion is so circumscribed, so bounded by
narrow limits, almost unnatural in its
restrictions, I shall be very glad of the
freedom and chance to continue my
work, which is more to my taste, I have
no misgivings about Mrs. Cleveland;
she is older than her years, and fully re
alizes her responsibility.”
John Burrows, an old Elkland, Pa.,
farmer, had a pet ewe with twin lambs
running in a field into which a two-year
old colt was turned a few days ago. The
next morning, when the farmer went to
the lot, he found the colt and one of the
lambs on one side of the fiield and the
ewe and the other lamb bleating discon
solately on the other. Burrows went to
fetch the stray lamb away from the colt,
but the latter kept running around it in
a circle, keeping itself between the lamb
and the farmer and trying in every way
to prevent his interfering with it. Bur
rows finally secured thedamb and carried
it back to its mate and mother. The colt
followed, whinnying and trying to get
the lamb back. A few minutes after
wards the colt separated the lamb from
the others and drove it along ahead of
him until they were at the other side of
the field again. The lamb seemed to like
its new companion, and the two frisked
and played, while the ewe and the other
lamb were much distressed. The lamb
was again separated from the colt, and it
was necessary to take the colt out of the
lot in order to keep the three sheep to
gether.
Asa spring medicine Curry’s Com
pound is invaluable. It stimulates the
secretion, carries off the excessive bile,
enriches the blood and tones up the sys
tem —thus preparing for the enervating
heat of summer.
NUMBER 21
HE DID IT FOR A JOKE.
A Young Man Four Months In Jail Ac
cused of Murder.
Dedham, Mast*., June 14. —. Since last
January a young man named Lyons lias
been kept in solitary confinement in the
county jail at this place awaiting trial on
the charge of murder. In the same in
stitution, though allowed greater liberty’,
is a young fellow named Kirby, upon
whoso testimony Lyons was arrested and
charged with the crime. The murder
was one of the most brutal that has ever
been recorded in Massachusetts. Last
Christmas an old lady living alone in
Foxboro was chopped to pieces in order
to get at an old pocket under her dress
supposed to contain $lO. Suspicion at
once rested upon a young woman who
worked for her. Soon after the murder
Kirby told the police that Lyons had con
fessed the deed to him.
It now tnrns out that he thought it
would be a good joke to scare his friend
Lyons a little. He manufacture 1 tl.a
yarn, but he told such a straightforward
story at the preliminary hearing that
Lyons was at once held tor the grand
jury. Kirby says he wanted to tell tho
truth when lie appeared before the grand
jury, but he become frightened and did
not dare do it. Then he became so ex
cited that he did not know what he did
say. This story was told by a prisoner
who was discharged from the jail this
morning. This man says that Kirby has
suffered a great deal since he has been in
jail. Kirby told him that if he really
thought any thing would happen to
Lyons he would shoot himself. The
police have no evidence against Lyons
except that furnished by Kirby, Under
those circumstances he will doubtless bo
released at once.
MACK AY’S LATEST VENTURE.
Ills New Plan to Collect and Transmit Eu
ropean News.
New York Special to Philadelphia Times. 1
John M. Mackay has just returned
from a Hying trip to Europe to look after
his important matters on the other side
of the water, lie seems to he entirely
absorbed just at present with his tele
graph operations in this country and
his cable system across the ocean. In
relation to the latter, he says he is en
tirely satisfied witli the income at the
present rates of toll. There is a rumor
that Mr. Mackay is going to or
ganize a a foreign news service
in connection with his
cable system. Until recently the Asso
ciated Press had used his cables for their
press matter, but a short time ago they
went hack to the Western Union compa
ny without giving Mr. Mackay any no
tice. ilis scheme, as reported, is to have
special correspondents in all the great
news centres of Europe. They are all to
be men of position, and able to do the
best class of work. They are to send
the news to the main ollicers in Lon
don, and there it will be put in shape
and sent to this county. The gossip
which marks out this scheme for
Mr. Mackay says that John Hassell
Young, wiw l,l Europe, isto have
uuarge of the whole service, and to have
his headquarters in London. It is to be
hoped that this is true, for certainly it
Mr. Young should undertake to do this
work he would give us something from
the other side worth reading. 4'he
present news service from Europe,
viewed through my spectacles, is about
m o lat- of stud as ever went into
a newspaper. I doubt it any journal
it in the office without its costing so much
money to get it that one twentieth of it
would be printed.
FORTY FEET TO DEATH.
ATraln Hurled Through a Trestle Near
Foxburg, l*a.
Pittsburg, June 17.—At Point Creek
trestle, near Foxburg, Pennsylvania, on
the Pittsburg and Western railroad last
night, the axle on the middle car of a
long freight train broke as just the train
was on the centre of the trestle, and the
entire train of twenty cars was thrown
into the creek, forty feet below. A large
portion of the trestle-work was carried
with the train. Four of the crew were
buried in the debris, a fifth, Conductor
Ivime, escaping serious injnries by jump
ing. When the wreck was cleared it
was found that Engineer George Settig
and Brakemen Steffey and Ivase had been
killed, it is thought outright, as their
bodies were terribly mangled. Fireman
Gougher was still living, but his injuries
are believed to be fatal. The accident
will cause great delay to the traffic of the
road. _
THE INDIAN WAR.
Athens Banner-Watchman.]
Mr. Buchanan, an old veteran of the
Indian war, and who lives near Athens,
was in to see us yesterday. Mr. Buch
anan says he is just as much entitled to a
pension as a Mexican veteran, and we
think so, too. There are now fifteen or
twenty of the old Indian fighters Hying
in Clarke county, and a pension from the
government would help them along on
the down grade of life. Mr. Buchanan
entered service in 1537, when he was 17
years of age, and served under Scott and
Floyd in the Cherokee war and in the
outbreak of Billy Bowlegs in Florida.
Gen. Scott and Air. Buchanan weighed,
and he only went 95 pounds, but he stood
the march from Lawrenceville to Cedar
town, through a trackless wilderness,
with the endurance of older men. The
troops gathered up all the Indians they
could find, and, carrying them to the
present site of Chattanooga, the redskins
were placed on hoard of boats and sent
west.
Will Stewart, a negro boy, of Macon,
has been working anew chicking-steal
ing racket, lie would go into the yards
and say that the neighbor requested the
loan of a hen or a rooster, and that would
be the last of the chicken. When his
scheme was found out lie became quite
indignant at being called a chicken thief,
and went to the city hall yesterday to
have the spots removed from his charac
ter. He told Officer Jones about it, and
the officer thought the best way to wipe
out the stain would be to lock him lip for
a warrant. While the ollicer was pre
paring to thrust him into a dungeon, he
made a break for liberty and escaped.
The officer being lame, was unable to
pursue him, and he was soon several
blocks away.
Chattanooga, Tenn., June 1G. —The
first dynamite factory to operate in the
south will begin work near this city to
day. The Dixie Powder company have
quietly erected a plant near Wauhatchie,
on the Nashville and Chattanooga rail
road, and set their machinery before any
body knew what was going on, and to
day steam will he turned on and work
begun. The capacity is 2,000 pounds
daily.