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The Jones County News.
M. C. GREENE, Pub isher.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
JONES COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
Judge Superior Court—.1. C. Hart.
Solicitor General—H. G. Lewis.
Senator—lion. W. H. Harrison.
Repreientative—Hon. J . F. Anderson.
Ordinary—R. T. Hom.
Clerk Superior Court—AV. W. Barron.
S heriff—R. N. Bthtdge.
County TYeasurer—>F. M. Stewart.
Tax Receiver—J. A, Chiles.
County Surveyor—R. H. Bonner.
Coroner—iR. B. Trapp.
Judge County Court—>T. C. Barron.
JURY COM'S.—AV. A. Card, J. M. Mid-
dlehrooks, J. F. Barron, John Gresh¬
am, E. P. Morton. ■
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION—
J. D. AiK'hor*. Joe \V. Barron, J. R.
Van Buran, S. A. Hodge, J, AV.
Anderson.
CHI'RCH DIRRCTORT.
METHODIST.
CLllNTON CTRCUIT—>R. A. Seals,
pastor: Clinton—First Sunday at 11 a.
^ii.. and at niglit; Sunday school at J
m., IV. H. Holsonhoek, Supt.
ST. LUKE—'First Sunday, at .'{ p. ni.
ROUND OAK—Second Sunday and
Saturday before, at 11 a. m.. Sunday
school at 10 a. m.; R, J . Smith. Supt.
JAMES STATION—Third Sunday, at
11 am.. Sunday school at 3 p. m.; R.
H. Kingman, Supt.
HADDOCK STATION—Saturday be-
*oro fourth Sunday, and fourth Sunday
night., Sunday school at 3 pan.: W. M.
Farrer, Supt.
FORTVILLE- -Fourth Sunday, at 11
a Bonner, m., Sunday »chool at 10 a. m, R. H.
Supt.
BAPTIST.
UNION HILL-Forth Sunday and Sat
urday before ll a. m., T. H. Greer,
pastor: E. Sunday school at 10 a. m., R.
Hiitchin», Supt.
NEM' SALEM - First Sunday and
Saturday heforo at 11 a. m., E. AV.
Sammons, pastor; Sunday school at 10
a. m., J. H. C. Ethridge, 'Supt.
BLOUNTSVILLE— 1 Third Sunday ajid
Saturday before at 11 a. m., E. AV.
Sammons, pastor; Sunday school at 3
p. m.; R. T. Smith, Supt.
ELMM—I'ourth Sunday and Saturday
before at 11 a. m., E. AV. Sammons,
paator.
FOILV iMUHIIFRFD.
A Citizen of New Turk Killed In
New Orl'enn*.
By Southern Associated Press.
New Orleans, March 1.—The dead body
of W. H. King, of Albton, New York, was
ifemiid ing early this morning near the cross¬
of the Louisvillei and Nashville, on
The Northeastern Railroad tracks. The
remains were in about three feet of
water and were face downward. A labor-
cade ih,i discovery and notified
Ihe police. Two officers were sent on a
Inimical' to the spot where the body
lav.
IJxamiiiation disclosed three terrible
gashes in the hack of the head, either
one being sufficient to cause death. Upon
turning the body over it was seen that
there was another great gash in the fore¬
head just over the left eye. There was
still another cut on the left side of the
face just at the point of the jaw. The
remains were placed on a stretcher and
- carried with some difficulty, to the hand-
car where thuy were placed.
The body was brought to the city and
transferred to the morgue at the Central
station to be viewed by the coroner, 'there
Is was identified by Mr. Lacosts, of No.
58 ltoyal street. Eacostc said that he had
known king for about four years. He
was employed by the Waterman Photo¬
graphers of Chicago and had frequently
visited this city for the past few yaars.
He had been continually here lor Ihe past
year and a half.
King was 32 years of age and has pa¬
rents residing at Albion, Now York. Rob¬
bery was evidontly the motive for the
murder, as the pockets of Ihe deceased
were found to be turned inside out.
Fire In Wnrenboro.
By Southern Associated Press.
Savannah. On-. Mur-li, 1. A special
lo the Morning Nows from Waresboro,
6a.. says:—Tlhiis moriiiiirg about 2
o’clock, a destructive tire occurred here,
It was discovered in the grocery de¬
partment of the Wares boro Trading
Uompany, from wtiiutl it spread. Tim
principal losses are. The Trading
< annipany $8,000, insurance $6,006; \V,
' Cannon $1,600, insiira.ii-e $ 600 ; M.
• Spi-nee, $2,<8*0, with no insurance;
r. -I. M. SpeiucY', $1,-5<Kl, no iusinraiiee.
Chnuce* Swindling.
By Southern Associated Press.
London, Mareh, 1.—The Stanhud’s
linjin-ial rejtorter wilj say: The
chance* of sh.pit'cnts of gold to Ne-.v
York are daily liecoming smaller. It
the gold-buying syndicate crc.io* Bills
in Ijoadon, in Neu York for the pnr-
puse <>f keeping g"ld from ieaerng, the
bills ('an be little el-"' tlicin drafts upon
the gold bought or lujyabl» on tl is side
by mean* of the loan.
Grady IJuy.
p, ytiiiillv'in Associated Press.
Atlanta, Oa.. Mar 1 -h I.- There will be
a Grady day at the Cotton States and
International Ex p 'sition. President
C ,>|li r will fix the date probably in
Oettil'or. Mr. Grady was sponsor for
the first Piedmont Exposition and de-
vted hia whole time to it while it was
underway.
Rlclmrd O’Gorman Deail.
New- York. March 1. - Richard O'Gor¬
man, the eminent Irish Nationaslt scholar
and critic, died at in o'clock la i night
a* his hom" in Brooklyn in Ihe 75th year
of his age. Two years ago he had a se»
vere fall and his death was the result.
GRAY, JONFS COUNTY, GA ■i MARCH 7, 1895
MEN CRUSHED
TO DEATH.
\ CONDEMNED Ill'll .ding falls
XX I’l'll A CIIVSII.
dead ROIIies IIWE IIEI’.N
REMUYFU FROM THE HI INS.
The Men XX ere Engaged in I'nlling'
llii- SlriK-Inrc llmin.
tty South rn Yssoeiate t t ress.
Now York. March, 1. -Shortly hel'ore
10 o'clock this morning the buildings
at. Forty-third Strivt and Tenth A venue,
kiim’ijn a« Hie old Mailt house, fell with
a crush, carrying do»(n with i!t a dozen
or'more men nit work uiioii il. All the
workmen who were in the building ni
I he time of the amohtaiit are nceouniteo
for. It is now know In that 'three were
killed, and thirteen injured, none seri¬
ously.
The building, which was >a six story
one, iwais luting torn down in order that
four Hint houses might, be erected in
ii'* place. The wjorkimen had taken
down the tnvo 'tup floors and were at
work palling down like fourth floor this
morning and laid piled up a lot ot
bricks on the floor vlliich the wheeCibar-
row men were carrying away when,
liutter the Heavy load, the iron beams
supporting the floor broke, carrying the
brick and iron rattlers, beams of wood
and iron, and the dozen men at wlurk
there down with it.
Fire Alarm Seal 111.
An alarm of tire was sent in and iu
a few minutes a hook ami' ladder team
and two engines wlere on the scene.
After a few moments work rite firemen
dug out a 'number of the unfontiinatt
workmen who had lx-ien buried in the
ruins and they were sent to the hospital.
Tin 1 search for those who were more
deepl.' buried, was continued and soon
several men iwere taken out. Two ot
them Were dead, which left little hope
for those who were Will under the mass
of bricks and iron girders. Several
of those taken out had been badly
crushed. Their legs and arms were
broken and they were otherwise injured.
'Jtie list of the dead ’and 1 injured 1 , so
far as known, is as follows:
The Dead.
ANGELO TKIUUORA, ail litiaHan,
668 Eleventh avenue.
HI GH CULLEN, residem e uii'Uii'.nv'i.
JOHN O’OONiNOR. a laborer 483,
West Forty-"third Street, di'ed ill an
ambulance on the wjay to Roosevelt
Hospil'iti.
The Injured.
1’AT RICK CURRAN, 40 ytfaa-s old,
Ouk 1’oiiut.
EDW ARD MEENEV, 30 years, 563
West Fortv-third street.
MICHAEL GREELEY, 24 years old,
No. 743 Tenth avenue.
JOS. MALLOK, 26 years old, No.
743 Tenth avenue.
IJ * I! 1S STERN, 22 years old, No-
226 Westt Sixtieth, stbreet.
FELIX MORAN, 28 years old, No.
178 West Ninth, street.
THOS. O'CONNOR, 27 yeans old,
No. 533 West Forty-fourth, sitreeit.
The llnilding Culideinned.
Il is said ‘that the building, which
w as owuied hy John M -Kelvey, was con
i, ‘;ni,M'd by tlie depiaptmenit of building's
nlboU't. Iwo yea is ago. George O'Keefe,
the contractor who was tearing it down,
said that, must, have been some rotton
iron beam on the fourth floor which
gave \ jay under the heavy load and
caused the mufoi'tmva/te aiccident. '"It
is said that l'orty-one men were ait work
on the building when the floor gave
way.
Tile contractors, Cut risk Keegan and
Geo. O’Keefe, who were tearing down
the building, were arresited this after¬
noon and held oil the elvarge of man-
sli lighter.
RAILWAY SALKS.
Mr. I ■■ >ii<i ■■ Sell* Two It ii i I roods To
Hie Southern.
By .Southern Associated Press.
Atlnn'n, On., March 1. The Consti¬
tution publishes-.the-announcement of
the sale of lib 1 Asheville -and Spartan;
lluii'g. and n Iso of the Spartanburg,
Union and Columbia railroads t-> the
Southern Raitivuy 'Company .by Mr.
Jidiii II. Imnun. of New York. Mr.
Inman und hi * 1 family have for a long
time owned controlling interest- in these
roads. Tlie contract price Tails for the ■
immediate payin' lit of $2,000,000 iu se¬
curities '•(' llm Southern Railway Com¬
pany and also a large cash payment.
The Southern Railway Company took
pni-st ssioii of both of tiles" properties
today.
A Humane Measure.
By Southern Associated Press.
lamdon. March I.—In the House of
Commons today lion, Secretary Asquith
Introduced the Factories hill, which pro-
an allotment of 20 cubic feet of
space lo every person employed; pre¬
scribes that dangerous machinery shall
he unclosed, forbids the exacting of over
time, from persons under the age of 18,
and reduces and limits the period of over¬
time for women.
A Mneon, Georgia Firm Full*.
By Southern Associated Press.
Macon, Ua.» March 1. —Judge Harde¬
man, of the Superior errurt, has appointed
a receiver for 8. Waxelbaurn & Sou.,
olio of tho largest wholesale drygoods
houses ia the State of Georgia. J. AV-
Cabiniss, cashier of the Exchange Bank,
is t'he receiver. The application was inside
■by S. Waxelbaurn. the senior partner- as
against his son. Joseph AV-axi Ibaiim. wh«i
wanted the Ibustness to continue. AVaxel-
tmum >N Son were burned out a short
time ago, sustaining a complete loss of
the stock on hand. The assets, includ¬
ing amount of settlement with insurance
coiniKiities, are a Brut $350,000, liabilli-
ties $210,0**0. Financial depression is
cited as the cause for having a receiver
appointed at this time. i
REVIEW OK THE TRADE.
A Resume of ImluMtrliil CmnliOtMi*
for llir Week.
By Southern Assoataiteil Press.
New York. Mniroh 1.—-Brudlstivet’s to¬
morrow, March -ml. will say: White the
course of geiuoral trade during the first
two mouths of ithe current your Jims been
disappointing, February ends and M until
begin with tangible, though not ms yet
suitisfmetory, signs of improvement. It, is
encouraging tnuwte that gains are re¬
ported in the volume of trade at almost
every Southern city, nowithstandIng ad¬
vices from Northern cities where* jobbers
supply Southern and Southwestern mar¬
kets; that low prices for products had
curtailed the purehasiiinig ability at the
South and Southwest. At the West there
is least encouragement, improvement
being reported only from Ixmievilie*
Chicago, St. Liouis and St. Paul. Mi'.dtrr
weather has not favored the business sit¬
uation at the Northwest. The move¬
ment of phosphates is more active ait
Charleston, and business is increasing at
Nadi vide, although Southern coun try
roads are heavy. The approaching in¬
ternational fair ait Atlanta resulted in
the employment of more peoploand mer¬
chants are more hopeful. believing re¬
duced cotton acreage and increased cul¬
ture iu other lilies will benefit >tihe plan¬
ter tinancially. Savannah, Jacksonville
and Birmingham report u moderately In¬
creased demand, as does New Orleans,
the Mail'di Gras having drawn many
visitors, mud the action of the Senate as
to sugar bounties having stimulated bet¬
tor feeing. Weather ion litious iu Texas
have also resulted in gain.
Diiii'm Review.
New York, March 1 U. C. Dim A
Co.'s weekly review of trade tomorrow
will say: No gold sum ml, though ster¬
ling exchange has risen dose to the cx-
jn irting point. ami it dots not yet appear
than the syndicate ins made any effort
to control the exchange market. Ism-
don has soil about 10.* ml shares of
stock during the week me I the market is
distinctly lower for railroad shares,
though a shade stronger for trusts. The
stock market waits abjectly for Loudon,
and foreigners show, time far, more dis¬
position to sell than to buy. Withdraw¬
als of goal by redemption of legal ten
dens have not ceased, but since the clos¬
ing of the syndicate contracts have av¬
eraged about $ 120,000 per day. There
is no essentia', change in the money mar¬
ket, though rates are somewhat higher.
Agricultural Products.
Agrieultural produrto are a shade high¬
er, but without any reason which looks
to future operations. '.More people are
idle in the great iudrstnos than were
idle last week, but not lor reasons which
distinctly affect the future. 'I’lie indus-
trics make very .slow gains where they
make any. Little is said of the stoppage
of tile Edgar Thoimson Steel Works,
though inany thousand hands Carnegie depend on
its oipeiafion, because the Co.
lias purchased .">0,000 tons of Bessemer
pig at $.06 ao $10 at 11i<ttsburg, a price
imlieating that the liiggist concern in
Western Pennsylvania does not want to
malke iron for less. At other markets
pig iron Iras been <|uiotl, and elsewhere,
as at Pittsburg, structural orders ac¬
count for a. large -share of tin' new busi-
m*M reported, though activity ill wire,
wire rials and baibed wire still continues.
Bar iron and steel are tinner at Pitts¬
burg. lint without eliaugc in quotations,
and on tlie whole the reduced consump¬
tion in Jit unary docs not seem to have
more than matched the reduced produc¬
tion.
Tlie Cotlim IommIh lliiikvt.
The market for co|lon goods is fairly
active and the demand improves in some
grades, but Is on the whole decldely
disappointing, though this week there
has been no sensational l-edu itioe In
prices. Undoubtedly the accumulation
of goods continues and Is the most dan¬
gerous feature of the trade.
Failure*.
Thu failures for three weeks of Feb.
have shown liabilities amounting to $8,-
523,028 against $11,420,418 for the same
week last year, in manufacturing $2,557,-
050 against $5,045,847 last year, and in
trading $5,260,330 against $6,281,693 last
year. Failures for the weiek have beesn
250 in the United States against 261
last year, and in Canada 38 against 42
last year.
Arrested For Setting Liquor.
Aiken, S. C. March, 1.—(Speiial*
Piat. Collins, white, a detect ive, from
Holland's detective agency of Charles¬
ton, caused ei'ielidcra'ble exciteni‘MiI. on
•the-street today. Colllius Inns been in
Aiken for several days in the employ
snf .the city, to run down “blind tigers,”
and gambling. lie today, caused the
arrest: of Mrs. HI:;i,.vS««-k, wife of .Ino.
M- Blaylock, formerly of the Union
Depot Saloon, of Augusta:, on the
Charge of selling liquor. 'IMie case
will lie heard tonion-ow morning by the
mayor. What caused the chief excite-
irteut, however, wias ,tihe -arrest of eight
-ir ten coloredl men and boy* for gamb¬
ling. The negroes oil the street make
tii re tlireals against Collins, but nothing
probably will llie done by them. It is
not U.sieved that any evidence can is- *
found against .Mrs, Blaylock.
POPULIST CALL.
14 I* Presumed Alubnin.-i Populist*
Are Preparing for 1894
By Southern Associated Press.
Birmingham, AJa.. March L—The fol
lowing call has been issued by tihe Peo¬
ple's Party, the supposition being that
its object 5s to formulate plan* for the
campaign of 1896:
Every member is earnestly requested
to tie present, as questions of vital irn-
poi lance wilti bo brought before the >tn-
unt-l ee. Th- Candida Ies f<>r tin- z- ate
ticket ;ir>- also invited (o attend hi*
meeting.
I Signed. I V. S. M. ADAMS,
Chairman Exeoutimie Committee.
T. M. POWELL. Secretary.
At the request, of a. mucus of the Popu¬
list members of the I*;gi*]a,t ore held at
Montgomery on the 16th tost., I hereby
call a meeting of -the State Executive
Committee of tlie People's Party at
Birmingham, March 1.2, 1806, at 11
o’clock a. m., in the parlors of the Opera
House Hotel.
HEADLONG INTO
A COAL CAR.
AIV EXPRESS CAR MEETS AY Oll-
S’l ltlX TIOX
H.NOIXEEH VXIl ASSISTANT FIRE¬
MAN KILLED 1\ THE XX KECK
A Number of Passenger* tlnxc it
Narrow Enciiim-.
By Southern Associated Press.
Non York, Maivh I. The 6 o'clock
express of the Royal Blue Line (New
York and W’aMluiiiatim ever Jeisey (Vn-
trail. I’biliidel'pliia and Reading, and Bal¬
timore and Ohio!, was wrecked while
passing through Bayonne at 6:61* llii*
evening. At leas! 611 paseeiiigel's had a
muai’iiloiis escape. The dead are:
WILLIAM TllOMAiS, of Philadel¬
phia, engineer.
WiXIFIELD IIDI,LAND, of Philadel¬
phia. axsietant fireman.
Nolr h h \va>s norhnisilyi iinjun'd ami
only three trainmen slightly. An a>vi-
rlenl In a coal Iratn had'hloiked tin-
tracks .in.si a) the ‘iitoment Ihe expre*.-
train e.amit> uiong, amd Ihe heavy train
plunged into a loadedl couli ear at fall
speeil. The passt'iiger eiigini' wa* re¬
duced to 'scrap iron. The baggage ear
wa* telt sei >|h i] and ii I h-rly drmo!i.died .
A portion <>l ije roof now rests on top of
the coal Iraiin. The smoking ear left
the railis ami slid over Ili<- top of lln-
tender. Tile day e>ach and lilt' sleeper
left lie- track Inn remained on Ihe
ground.
XX reekiqge on Fire.
The wreak 1 .1 ugh I tire from tin- en¬
gine and the Bayonne lire department
was summoned to the si'enc. Tliey put
out tlie tire and assisted, tlie raiinoad
nmn in removing the wreck.
AVilliain Thoma*, flu- engineer, sI nek
to his post, lie was taken out and laid
on tie' hank, where lie died. His leg*
were broken and he wa* injured in¬
ternally. El 11 1 ni.in < lireII was taken
out and carried to Ihe -19th street sta¬
tion: an ambulance surgeon attended
to hi* wounds and lie win* taken to the
Bayonne hospital. He :i,s badly bruised,
built not fa'laily injured. Baggage Mas¬
ter Geonge Hopkin* d|oes not know how
lie got mil of lit* car. Nothing remaintsl
of the the sMi- hut a pont'iim of the roof.
Frank Applegate, a passenger in the
cmioktT. was slightly injured, lie pro-
cei'de'l on Ir* journey later tonight. The
body of Winfield HcUfUid’ was taken
from lie- wreak after the tire had been
extinguished.
THE MEXICAN WRECK.
Sixty People Killed In tlie Inter-
Oeeonle Hnilmiy UlMiiHter.
By Southern Associated Press.
lOity of Mexico, March 1.—A wreck¬
ing train arrived here early tills morn¬
ing from the scene of yesterday's ac¬
cident on tile Inter-Oceanic Railway.
It brought 40 persons who had been in¬
jured in the crash and the derailed care
witli Francis Crosson and two other
surgeons, who were sent out yesterday
afternoon soon after the new* of the
dliba*ter wati received here. 'Many
persons were left dead on the spot
where the train left the track. Others
were on the point of death and of (hose
brought hack, one or two ca'Miofc possi¬
bly recover.
The crew of Ihe wrecking train told
the first story of the accident. The
train consisted of tea coaches. It was
chartered 1 to Pilgrims from Amecamcca
and the engineer was under orders to
run carefully. It wa* filled with pil¬
grims—many of them women ami child¬
ren .
At the city station shortly before \
(/dock, nlsml 28 utiles from the capital,
and midway between Tamella and Ten-
ango there i* a sleep down grade and a
sharp curve.
The engineer took the grade and curve
without slowing vud the engine jumped
ihe track. The engine and tendet
brook* loose from tint coaches and
(polled down tlie embankment. The
coaches ran off about 50 yards furthei
on. The rear coaches crashed down
against tlie engine and tender and
trestle and vi(enl to pieces at. the foot of
the embankment. Five coaches were
smashed so as to he little more Ilian
pile* of splintered boards and holts and
1 avis ted iron, .Scal'lemd among the
wreck were human bodies.
When the doetoris arrived with a
wrecking train they found the bodies of
siixty pi'ligrim* near the tvreilk, amd five
more had nol been taken from lire ruins
beiatiKe then- wa* no way of cutting
them loose. The live wfer-r neNcued.
the ihx'tors worked for ii.'.‘ hour* to
get the injured into eoncMtioni to make
tie' journey back
All the doctors agree Ilia: 'tie- seeie-s
n,( tie- wreck and tile c*a(hes ihliring
if.- retin ii Inune were 11 )-‘ most pitulde
ill their experie'P'e. Th- wrecking
train arrive J at the scene wliere the
wlrcdk oiourreii a: 1 o'Hm-k. anil ii did
not, stand back until nearly midnignt.
All the plkgiiiii* vvei’e Mexican* The
engineer and conductor of the train are
Hlipposed to have e*ea|*'d. serious in¬
jury and they have tted. Sixty-five
persons were hilled and 40 injured. The
dead list is likely to be increased, a*
several pm-wenger* who were brought
ba'dv In the wrecking train are expected
to die within 24 hours.
llroke HI* Neck.
Statesboro, 6 ( 1 ., Maivh 1. lS|*< i,d. I
Mr. Fred Worth got rid of one of hi*
tine horses u'lisaitiMunitory ycsterdisiy in a ratlier peeidiar
mild, way. His 4*»y,
George, was -in tin- horse's I>.i>*k to ride
him out for a few minute* exercise,
when tii- aniiral, I* ing very spirited,
reared up and fi ll over backward, br-nk-
ing his neck. Tlie rider wa* Hie same
I*>y who cm me is, near being killed last
week by by rum way horses, and saved
himself this time only by sliding off
an t getting out of tihe way before the
home f-M bn-k. Mr. YY’ortli held the
animal at alxnit $160, and was expect¬
ing to trade him off yesterday evening.
A MURDERER
PAYS THE PENALTY
THE SLA l EH OF FAItHF.lt LEIGH
EVI'IATES HIS PRIME.
THE EXEPtTlOX WAS XXITXESNKI*
BY THOUSAND*.
Tlie Hurilereil Hun XX it* u Ho*4 I'roN-
lierou* I’lnuter
Atlanta, (lit., March 1. (Sp<*‘iul.) Joe
Dean, the negro murderer of Farmer A.
L. 1 avigh. of Oannipliell county, paid the
penalty of his crime on- tlie scaffold to
day.
The exeoufioui occuiTcd at Fairborn,
the county seat, of Onimpflvcll enmity, in
the presence of six or seven t'hbiiHivnd
people. .history the
Few hangings in the ol
State have been of a more «eusat.iomil
character. The first attempt to perform
the executiiou made a. t hrill of horror run
through the immenBo crowd of «pec-
ta-tars.
When tlie trap was sinning the negro's
weight snapped the rope in two. and he
fell to the ground unconscious, but still
alive. lie was 'pickol up Iby Sheriff
Camp and hi* assistant* and placed upon
the scaffold a, second time, amid a second
time swung off at the end of the moose
before his neck was broken.
People began to arrive in Fnirbiirni II*--
fere dawn today, conning in vehicles
from aill parts of the .surrounding coun¬
try.
Tto* scaffold was erected mwv the jail
inside of a fenced enclosure. The crowd
would not consent to ‘being deprived of a
full view of the honging and the fence
was 'torn down long before Doan mount-
ed 'the scaffold
Dean made a speech jin the court house
ibeflore being taken to the scaffold. He
haraimgued 'the crowd onii the ’forgiveness
and mercy of God* and declared limit he
was perfectly willing to hang for the
crime lie had (Manumitted. He described
in dotiai 1 ] the killing of Mr. Leigh, who
was tine Hve»t friend he had ever had.
But he said he was seized with a craving
for money and 'to get. i't he eomimllbnl
the murder. The derails of t he imurder,
which occurred last eunmmer, are famdiur
Do the reading public.
tMr. Detigih, who was one of t lie most
pros}>erous fa rimers of Gajnq»lbe<lil <m minty,
was called to his door one lifighit hy Dean,
who worked on the place. Dean said
one of 'the other tenants was sick and
wanted Mr. Leigli ixj go to him. When
tho old gentleman reached tiro spring in
a clump of bushes, a few hundred) yards
from the house, Dean sprang upon him
and crushed kite head vvii'th a boulder,
lie then returned to the house for the
purpose of robbing it* ‘but Miss Tjcigli,
the daughter of the murdered man, hav¬
ing her suspicions aroused by his acthwrs
drove hiiim off at the muzzle of a shotgun.
The country was scoured by parties
of citizens for several days, when the
murder, became known, limit it was not
nut ill a week later Iha.n Doan was ctup-
l/ured near Tallapoosa. He confessed,
amxl to prevent him from 'being: lynched,
lue was placed in i'hjltiom couinty jail and
kofft hen*, untii yesterday evening, when
he was 'taken to EaiTbum by Sheriff
Camp to be hanged today.
II. F. West, of Atlanta, has been
appointed assistant commissionary gen¬
eral of the Stab* troops with the rank
of lieutenant: colonel. Mr. Went is
tin* son of Col. A. .1. West, postmaster
general. He is thoroughly competent
for the office and will bo a valuable aid
to Com missionary General Battle, of
Columbus, largely upon whoso recom¬
mendation the appointment was made.
The newspaper publication* regarding
the visit of Biehop Becker of the diocese
of Savannah to 'Home, to sec* tin* pope*,
have called forth a statement from
Father B. Kelley, vicar general of this
parish.
Father Kelley takes a foremost posi¬
tion in the affairs of the Oatholc Church
in the State, and hs statement regard¬
ing Biidiop Becker will be read with
general interest, in view of the publica¬
tion to which it. refers.
Father Keiley gays: “Bishop Becker
lias gone to Rome simply tand solely
IsM-ause every bishop in tho United
Btatco is bound Vyy law to visit. Rome
and render an account of his diocese,
every ten years. The bishop has been
to Romo before while he was bishop of
Wilmington, Del. If is not the opin¬
ion of a large number of the clergy that
a new province- will he created out. ot
tin* province of Baltimore. Even it
this was contemplated no new diocese
could la* created in Georgia.
“■Bishop Becker is not, and never was,
a rival to the cardinal. I am honored
by the intimate fricnduluip of both 1
these gentlemen and I know whereof 1
spea k.
‘"Bishop Becker did not become a
•Catholic in Rome. He was received
into the church by Rev. Joseph Plun-
ke't at Martinsiburg, who died while
pastor of Portsmouth, Va . Bishop
Beekqr d'id not. attend) the Vatican
council, bccnuee only recently appont*
ed and to -a new diocese he did not
w r ish to leave his work- He did not
have charge of the religious services I
wlmt'ver that mny mean in Baltl
more during the rbnence of Archbishop j
SuiildiriK, hut Kind ]v offlriatl'd on<-* oi- !
i„ t |„«„
of a bishop were required. ,
“Bishop Oihhott* was nol in Rich j
mond a*»i«tii>K Bishop McGill when
Archbishop Spald died. Bichop
Gibbons was sent to Richmond u* suc-
censor 10 Bishop McGill after the lat¬
ter'* decth. It was at the suggestion
of Bishop Becker that Bishop Gibbons S
VOL. 1. NO. 9.
was transferred to Richmond a* locum
tenens until n successor was selected.
The fact of Rev. Fr. Honchy leaving
the Jesuit* and entering the secular
priesthood did not cause, occasion ot
precipitate a trouble ln'lwoou Bishop
Becker and the Jesuit*. There was *
question I vet ween Bishop Becker ami
llie Jsuitx which was referred to Rom*
and decided by (lie propaganda, ami
Flit her llenrliy Imd nothing to do witli
it.
Having had no war, Bishop Becker
did not have to make pence with the
| Jesuit*, whom lie always esteemed
highly, as all right, thinking and unpre-
judved men do. He gave the Jesuits
the college and pa nil at Macon for other
reasons.
THE HEAVENS FOR MARCH.
On Hn* 2UIli, at I o’clock in the after¬
noon, (lie «un will arrive at the vernal
equinox and the days and nights then
will he of equal length. On the 10th a
total eclipse of iiu* moon will occur, visi¬
ble throughout the country In meridian
time as follows:
11. M. S.
Eclipse begins ........... ..... C 3 68 42 p. m.
Total Eel Ipso........ ..... — - ol 30 p. in.
Middle of Eclipse ...... o 30 18 p. in.
Total Ends .............. ..... 27 00 p. m.
Eclipse Ends .......... ..... 0 24 48 a. in.
'I’he first contact will ouccur on the
moon’s eastern limb 120 degrees from the
north point, and the Iasi contact on the
western limb 0!) degrees from the north
point of tlni moon. The full moon will be
totally obscured when high in the heav¬
ens, and altogether the pheomenon will
bo totally obscured when high in the
heavens, a rare, and Interesting one.
Every one should make It a point, to wit¬
ness il.
On the 28th there will be a partial
eclipse of the sun, visible in the North
Atlantic. It will not lie. visible in the
South.
Mercury.
This shy planet has Just passed Us In¬
i’. »rior conjunction, and c-n the 24th it will
attain its greatest western elongatlm, at
which time it may be seen as morning
star Just ahead of the sun at daybreak.
On tUn 23d the moon will pass within one
third of a degree of Mercury, but the cond-
junction will take place in the evening
when the planet is invisible to us.
Venue.
Venus Is now rapidly taking her place
as queen of the evening sky, and low in
the west Just alter sunset her resplen*
d nl beams may bo seen struggling with
the dense atmosphere near the horizion.
Jts altitude and brilliancy will continue
to increase every evening for several
months, during which time it will he the
most prominent object in the western
heavens. The telescope shows Venus now
to have a crescent shape, Indeed, this
planet undergoes all the phases of the
moon in its journey around the sun. On
the evening of tin* 28th, the neiw moon
will make a pretty conjunction with
Venus, passing about four degress to the
nor! li¬
Marx.
If the observer will turn his eyes to
the Pleiades or Seven Stars nigh up in
the south at dark, and a little past the
meridian, he will see a bright red star
about two degrees to the southeast of this
group which Is slowly changing its posi¬
tion from night to night. This red star
is the planet Mars, which not many
months ago was attracting so much ot-
tonlion among astronomers on account
of its near approach to the earth at that
time. It Is now much farther away
from us, and is still receding. The planet
Neptune is also very near the same group
about three degrees distant from Mars,
but Invisible as It always Is to the naked
eye The red star to the east Is Aide-
bara.ii in Taurus.
Jupiter.
Jupiter crosses tho meridian at seven
o'clock, and is by far the most conspicu¬
ous object in that part of the heavens.
The only other star that rivals It Is fchrlus,
or the Dog Star, farther to the south.
Jupiter Is now In the constellation Tau¬
rus and in a, splendid position for obser¬
vation. The telescope always reveals
beauty and Interest when turned upon
this gigantic world. More than thirteen
hundred times as large as our earth, It
swings majestically in space with its live
moons revolving around it in even vary¬
ing positions. The discovery of these
moons, it will be remembered, was the
first triumph of the telescope, and the po¬
tent witness that, swept from the human
mind the fallacious doctrine of Ptolemy.
Dttturn ami IlrniuiN,
Both' those* planets are In the constel¬
lation Libra, now nearly on tho opposite
side of the sun from us. Their great, dis¬
tances' from us now prevents a satisfac¬
tory observation of them for several
weeks yet.
The OoiMhdlutloiiN und Fixed Slam
Almost directly overhead and a. little
to the north Js Auriga, with the bright
star ('a pel la. Near by is a small trl-
angle of tiny stars called the Kids. .High
up in tho northeast is Gemini with the
two large stars Gastor and Pollux. The
first of these Is a beautiful double. About
twenty degrees to the west of Capella is
the wonderful variable Algol, which Is
regularly eclipsed by a dark companion.
On the meridian In the south Is the con¬
stellation Orion, the richest quarter of
the sky for the teloscoiM*. The three
stars in a lino are called the Belt,and be-
cause they form a line nearly throe do¬
grees long it is some times called the as-
tronomer’s Yard Stick. It is a convenient,
approximate standard of measure in osti¬
um ting distances between the stars. Just
below the Belt are three other faint
stars, the central one of which Is the
nucleus of the celebrated nebula In Orion
just considered the greatest marvel In the
heavens. A telescope will reveal its faint
nebulosity extending over an enormous
area.
The largo bright star east of Orion Is
Sirius, or the Dog Star, so celebrated In
Egyptian history. It is by far the bright-
*•«(. of the fixed stars, and Its size has
been estimated to be one thousand times
o ul ' H,jn - The ancients de-
scribed It. as n red star; Its color Is now
distinctly whtto. II has a small compan¬
ion revolving around It about 9 years
at a distance 28 times tho sun’s distance
from the earth, and yet ho near Sirius
does II appear, that only the largest tele¬
scopes can seperate the two. .Sirius Is
receding from us at the rate of twenty
miles per second, and it requires seven¬
teen years for Its light to reach us.
OTIS ASHMORE.