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G EOHG I A— Taliaferro C quhty.
TKTHEHEAS Andrew L. HlUsman
*Y has applied to me for letters of
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Each room connected with the office by
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The Democrat
Tol. 5.
POHTBY.
AH ADV1 BBT.
tad—a hand to hold my own.
As down life’s vale I glide:,
Wanted—an arm to leaa upon,
Forever by my aid*.
Wanted—a firm and steady foot,
With stop secure and free.
take its straight and ownard peas.
Over life's path with me.
Wanted—e form erect and high.
A head above my owe:
So much that I might walk _
Its shadow e’er me thrown.
. /anted—an eye within wane# depth
Mine own might look and see
Uprising* from a guileless heart,
O’erflown with love for me.
Wanted—a lip whose kindest smtle
Would speak for me alone;
A Would voice whose breuthe richest affection's melody tone.
Wanted—a true religious soul.
To pious purpose given.
With whom my own might pass along
The road that leads to Heaven.
UE MUST DIE
IS TUB SENTENCE OB THE
Bang Armor’s Crime—His rrlal aU
viction—The Cenlesslon, aud
of the Court.—Incident* Attending
Trial.
No event for years past has aroused
more deep and general interest iu
midst than the trial of Hang Armor
Friday last. Amos Ellington was
well known and respected farmer
lived within a mile of Crawfordville.
He was unmarried aud lived alone.
April hist he was missed by
neighbors. On tbe morning of
day, the tenth of that moiith,*a
ty of young men set out from
fordville to find him.
Supposing his he was jterhaps ill,
first went to house. They found
deserted. They then divided in s
era! . Loud calls were
heard from one of the number.
hastened to the spot aud a ghastly
met their sight.
Amos Ellington lay dead. His
waa shattered, covered his face head and
ders with unsightly
A buUet liad entered the left ear
passed eut of through the mouth.
walude r th* wounda were
stump. The Inquest waa held,
a verdict rendered that the dveeus
bad come to Uie death aXUw Uretd*
»a unknown 'wrson.
Indignation was intense. The en¬
ceunty waa aroused to the higliest
pitch of excitement made and horror.
effort was to find the perpe¬
of the deed. Rewards were offered
the Governor and the administrator
the dead man. Mr. Wesley Wright,
this place, on the Weanesday which
the finding of (lie body, set
for Branch’s mill, on the edge of
county, in search of a negro who
been in tbe employ of Ellington
previous to bis death. This man
Sang tbe Armor. Inquiries elicited from were
and statement
that be was present at the killing
the crime was committed by Gus
following A meeting was appointed for
night, Wright when Sang in Judge tbe
of Mr. and
was to explain the circums¬
of the murder. At .this meeting
first story was then denied, and the
fixed upon Thomas Mines. On
Sang sent for Mr. Wright and
that he and Toro Mines to¬
bad done the deed. He was ar¬
and placed in jail. followed, Several con¬
confessions one
that a white man sprang from
bushes at tb* roadside as tbe deceas¬
was driving along in his ox cart,
ordered tbe defendant to strike
down with an axe; that the
man himself shot Mr. Ellington.
pistol and a tin bucket once in pos¬
of tiie deceased were traced in¬
Another story was that Alexander
a young man who lived in tbe
with a widowed mother,
Jeff Adams, a colored man, were
of tiie crime. The evi¬
on the trial presents nothing to
to support this version, or to allow that
any one else than tiie defendant was
concerned in the act.
Last week after a fair and impar¬
tial trial he was sentenced to die. The
defence was ably conducted by Mes¬
srs. W. D. Tutt, Jas. F. Reid and
W. O. Mitchell, under api>ointment of
the Court; the prosecution by Geo. F.
Pierce, Solicitor-General, Messrs. W.
H. Brooke and Jas. Whitehead. Tbe
display of skill of eloquence on both
sides was alike creditable to each. The
opening speech on behalf if Armor
by Mr. Eeid, was concise and pointed;
the conclusion by CoL Tutt, was forci¬
ble and eloquent. Messrs. Fierce and
Brooke spoke for tiie prosecution. Judge
The charge of His Honor,
in*therr ^fthilrend j ««£i2l
general presentments, we else
where give it in full.
When the verdict of the jury made
SssitL'si'.’Zs’Ji: jssss
of the law. No appeal will be made,
and naught remains to the condemned
man but the dread certainty of a hope
Sessdoom.
Throughout the trial the court room __
was densely crowded. Never before
had a case of such ghastly atrocity
CRAWj'ORDYILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2,1881.
in this county. Never before had
the tones of death been heard in kl
court*. The hanging of
will be the first in its history. Sat¬
Ob the assembling of Court, l»at
urday evening, the prisoner wealed in
to receive his sentence. Jfo sign of
emotion waa visible, saw the uneasy
rolling of the eyes—which
tnained fixed for a IMM
of this bis air Ss. Me A#
no
bora af a
brutal if be had
tst. of October
We give hie words verbatim, as well
aa the language of
REMARKS AFTER VERDICT.
Rt Court: litre you any-*
tiling to any why the of th*
law should not be pm upon you in
this case?
The Prisoner: Yus, sir.
The Court: Well, my it.
Prisoner: Well, you all knew Mr.
Ellington is dead, Tue first thing
done, he was shot. I done wrong is
the commencing of it. There were
three of us there, and after we toll¬ got
through, instead of 1 coming and
ing of it, I goes on the other if don’t way.
We have all got to die, and we
repent, In hell we’ll fall. There’s
where I say I done wrong by not and com¬ not
ing up and telling it fist
trying to keep everything kid.
The Court : Well, the verdict of
the jury in your case imposes a painful
duty on the Court.
Prisoner : Yes, sir. till I get
The Court : Wait, now, nothing
through—that is if you have
more to say.
Prisoner : Yes, I have get another
word or two to say.
Well, I put my trust in God to serve
Him the balance of my days, and tel!
the truth going and coming, I have
told a heap of wrong tales about it
from the commencement. It was me
and Mr. Steven a and George -not
George, that fellow that stays there.
I can’t think of bis name. He was
the watcher.
The COURT : Who _ was tb* other
fellow ? *
Prisoner: Jef. Ib th* evening,
three quarters of an hour by sun—that
was the time he was killed, and I ue
knowledge what I done. 1 bit him
two licks. But tb* first tiling do:;«,
JWWfwai?’- lie was shot at in Mi# wjfihn, an.
think I would have had some friends
in town. But now it ia just with the
State.
Thr Court : Well,the trial through
which you here pee red he* hear, e very
fair one—e very impartial trie). The
court took greet care to appoint three
lawyer* to defend you.
Prisoner: There didn’t but two
of them plead Iu my cere.
Tbe Court ; Well now, I know ell
ebout tbet. They here done their du¬
fully. ty. They The here Court represented you faith¬
wee very particular
in its instructions to the Jury end the
examination of the witnaases, to see
that you had e fair trial.
Prisoner : Well
Thr Court: (Interrupting.) Wait,
row; don’t toy any more.
It was very natural that there should
be a great deal of feeling in this coun¬
ty about your case. If you had been
a white man on trial, the people would
have the same feeling about the had case; been
because an . .offending man
killed—killed on his own sell, In in the
pursuit of bis daily buiness. the
day time, almost within sight of t he
court-heure,in his own country and his
native county, with his wagon and
rails, attending to his own business,
not expecting any assault, this man
was cruelly waylaid and murdered.
If you had at first given tbe same ac¬
count that you now give, it would not
have made your earn any better.
If there had been forty persons con¬
cerned with yon in the killing of this
man it would not have made your ease
better. According to your own before con¬
fession, and your own statement
me now, yon struck him a deadly blow
with an axe; and the doctors said that
he came to his death by the blows so
inflicted—that they were sufficient to
have caused the death of this poor man.
And while I am pained and sorry that
a human being should so act as to sub¬
ject himself to the extreme penalty of
tbe law, I am glad te know that we
have not been groping in the dark, and
that you now, in this court and in the
presence of your Maker, confess that
you are guilty of this horrible crime.
It does not make your case better,
even if others were concerned with
you. proceeded at
The Court then some
length to dwell upon tbe atrocity of the
crime, the certainty of the prisoner’s
doom, and to admooisb him fct earnest
and eloquent language to prepare lack to
meet his God. We regret that the
of space prevent tbe publication of his
remarks in full. The sentence of tke
law was then pronounced.
Charge ot Hen. B. H. Pottle, in th. KHe
*“f Armor ’ Murder, to Tallaftwo
Superior Court.
[Stenographic report by John if. Qrahan .]
*•«»«.«-* - »• *•*»
| their general presentments, we presmt
! in full the charge of Judge Bottle in
ttie atwe stated case.
) Gentlemen of the Jwry .—You ate enjpK
„ii n the trial of a case of great jmportaim*.
The State of Georaia accuses the defm- |h*
***• Sang Armor, with having in
■••*** ofmurder '• tW * T** r - eommltud the
«tmm eiUtewal’your upon Amo* Ellington, a
whether county. It it for you to
»f tnal accusation has bean made
ant according hnj* p** to law. The attention which
ym to the testimony, and the
latareat which you have manifested In the
wkOa counsel have bean addressing
has been very gratifying to th* Court.
-» satisfied uie, gentlemen, that you
deeply administration and profoundly pnbfic interested in
of justice with
IM9* naaetian. ascertain ■Too the exact truth of the
ataan have before you on
ij whose sfcta Is Mack; but the
mtta* ao distinction between race*.
h|M knows colors. neither “Justice, high tike its low, great
■Mb nor nor
retail; it bind*, connects, and
faa is to be tried wit h regard to Ms
kis caste, or bis social status in the
9f. The law requires the same
ha of evidence to convict this man
BB to convict » citizen occupying
[best station in society.
tgenler .gentlemen, the crime charged here
is What ia murder? The law
define* murder to be the unlawful killing
of * human being In the peace ef the auto,
hw* torson of sound memory and s di
tuto?bpi press* implied. malice aforethought, Express malice cither Is that ex
detibente intention unlawfully to take
away nmnliested t.» life Of a felldw-creature. which
Is by .external circumstances
edproie wise* of proof. Malice shall be Implied
no considerable provocation ap
P»«r». and where all the clrcnmstances of
the nant killing heart. show an abandoned and malig¬
Justice !, gentlemen, seeks for the truth
through the channels that the law has
pMrtided You for the ascertainment of truth.
can alone look to the testimony and
* of this case in the ascertainment
M the truth -it and what your duty
'you, after proper ascertainment of
we law and the testimony in this
>, should flnd it your duty to acquit,
sitter ton f»d Id, notwithstanding, consult pas
i fude, prejudice and the opinions of the
you are not the men that the
ntend* you should be when It puts
* rn B»d ill h» | liberty of tbe citizen into
Ptw, ptat gentlemen, fi^y
iMlM ilavrful killing murder, as I have aald,
of a human being
jgi the peace fy of and the descretlon, state, by a with person malice of
*t< either express or implied,
M hilling is shown the law pre
e, and put* upon the person
W* ■l duty matins. of showing that it was
l. i, not denied here that Amos Elling
A„ tfn has to hi* jkilted. death It Is not denied that he
e at vloient hands. The
n’isffkin far yen to decide is, whe did the
who is the perpetrator of this
Jury have charged
] '•!■', V \~L inJ^oI'hi.n .m, mdwIU.stamC' .u th.. „ r ..
) fi ditia:* of tk« urand-jury. until his
*rty »st»hiM ll .-d 1 and that be
tom baeoMt * and degraded that walks
most man
the face of earth, until hi* guilt I* shown
The bv the State has beyond right a reasonable doubt.
Court no to express an opin¬
ion to you about what has been proven
or what your verdict shall be. It is the
provinee and the duty of the Court to hold
up before your minds the majesty of the
law and to charge you with oautiou upon
your duties in the Investigation of this case.
Toe are charged on one hand with
the maintaining protection and enforcing society the law, with
of against the as¬
and th* lawless; on the other hand
the one charged with the preservation of
life and the liberty of the citizen.
Human life Uthe gift of God, and no
that life private citizen—has furnish a right to
unless he can the
an excuse for it. Nor has a jery the
to take the life of one charged
the crime, unless the testimony Is so
and satisfactory as to generate full
and to exclude all reasonable doubt.
Now, gentlemen, when l speak to you,
an officer of the law, as to reasonable
1 do not mean to say that any
which enter* your mind thould con¬
you. Tho human mind U so orga¬
aud constituted that it doubts in ma¬
things. Even the plainest and *im
truths are plain to some mind* which
not to others. The law does not re¬
absolute certainty about anything.
that is required U moral and reasona¬
Now certainty. morally asd reasonably
are you
that Amos Ellington came to h!s
at the hands of the prisoner at the
bar. If you are, you ought to stand firm
that conviction and enforce the laws of
land. If you are not, you ought to
him.
The rule in criminal cases is differ
from the rule in civil cases. The law
so tender with life and liberty that It
makes a different rule for the government
of Juries. Whea you pass upon the rights
property, the titles to Sana, you simply
make your verdict* in accordance with
the preponderance of testimony. You
hold the scales of justice In equipoise, and
whichever way the scales fall you render
your verdict.
But that is not the way in cases where life
and liberty are involved. The defendant
all. is not The compelled State to must introduce make testimony its at
case so
weighty that the beyond Jury must reasonable find the doubt. de¬
fendant guilty a
And when the minds of the jury, after
having conscientiously weighed the testi¬
mony, waver—come to one conclusion aud
another—and can not safely rest npon the
conclusion of guilt, it is such a doubt
as the iaw authorizes wifi you to consider; and
mind ia such in case, this case,after you having acquit. analyzed But if the the
testimony,weighing the conclusion one view that and the oth¬ de¬
er, comes to the
fendant is guilty, yon ought to stand that
conviction. If that is your conviction and
you can not get rid of it by reason, and
observation, and experience, you should
find the defendant guilty.
in Now, this gentlemen has introduced of tiie jury, testimony the .State
case be¬
fore you which they call the testimony of
confessions.
Now the law on that subject is that con¬
fession* should be scanned with great cau¬
tion. If there be testimony before you a*
to a confession of this party, the law re¬
quire* you to scan it with great caution.
In the next place you must be satisfied
from the testimony that the confession
was free and voluntary. Now the
lias allowed this testimony to go
you. Still 1 have no fight to say that
shall nof consider the free and
character of these confession*, If sue
confession was obtained by the 2
hope of benefit or the remotest fear of -.=
jury to th*- defendant when lie made it
No.
mjSSJS SygSSS: yew ££Ji moat
•AWySsssrcrsi f t
m^^abm! r thU ** fays, WM don by
thls “J* al<me ®
„ or in » connection , with oth
the' oernetj2<^rf ni;lrJ® >r sU 0f ". 0, 7, ahow * or i lu * *-t that h *>« chief wa » 1
hTmV£*>,.I. Li .i. h T «
0 ® cn m „®T how ® v ® r much
fact tffat doMnot™.* , *^h^ n ^M W W *.? , iV** 1 b J * 0 i*‘ h,t en in ’ th the * i |
crime uuilf d °^ 1 ffect . th ® question of his
* Now |
ovntUm.r. yoa . h * v ® . '’card , a
ESiteCi. areal deal nf Th°.! y £ '
of
Mid hi hta e.:« th ® J? nson, ‘ r h »»
has 'bean L awn !5,n.i.?5r said **m!n!u 'hi R, fon * U ,hat ® r *
SUKLAWX5TBlSH.SJsi! you oblivwf are obliged to consider. o
Now what weight you will attach to the
testimony of a confession, (if there has
been such before yon) is a mailer rxelii
alvaiy for vour consideration, iu tt Is
ooahaoth.e, 1 will read you the language
of a distinguished author un toe law of
evidence.
"But if, after th* whole statement of
the prtsouer is given in evidence, the
prosecutor he is at liberty can contradict to do any and pact then of the it,
whole so ;
their consideration, testimony is left to the Jury for
precisely a* in other
caaea, where one part of the evidence is
contradictory be supposed to another. For it is not to
that ail the parts of a confes
slon are entitled to equal credit. TH# Ju
ry may believe that part which charges
the prisoner, and reject that which is in
hi* favor. It they see sufficient grounds
for so doing, tf what he said In his own
favors# not contradicted by evidence "f.
fered bv the prosecutor, Mur improbable
in itself, It wit! naturally bo believed by
the Jury ; but they are not bound to give
weight to it on that account, but arc at
liberty to judge of tt like other evidence,
by if the all tbs circumstances of the case. Anil
confession implicates other persons
by name, yet It must be proved as it was
made, not omitting the names ; but the
Judge will instruct the Jury, that it is not
evidence against any but the prisoner who
made it.
But though the whole o| what he said
at the same time and relating to the same
subject must follow b# given In evidence, y ct It
not that all parts of the
statement are equally worthy tof credit,
but |t Is for the Jury to consider, under
all the circumstances, how much of the
whole statement they consider worthy of
credit or belief, including the facts assert*
those ed by the party io his own favor as well as
Now asserted against him.
of law" gentleman, in applyiug this "rule
you must consider each part of
as make against him,and reject such parts
of the confession as make In his favor,
If you choose to do so—If you find any
thing In the testimony which authorizes
yog to do to. The whole matter of the
confession Is loft entirely to the consider
ation of the shouM^ Jury. Now 'froim'the uentleman ’ sun- tot
pos. you heltev*
tlmouy Wright, that a confession was made to Mr.
Mr. Rhodes, or Mr. Hammock,
or other persons, and that it had all ele
ments in it which the law says make* it a
good voluntary confession, suppose It was fa » and
; suppose you have scanned it
with caution and come to the conclusion
that it is worthy of credit, you must not
stop there. The law does not allow a ju
ry to convict upon a confession alone. If
there is nothing to sustain this eonfesdon,
and It stands by Itself with no corrobora¬
tion, although you may believe it to have
been free and voluntary, and entitled to
full credit, you can not convict this man.
Corroboration means something which
strengthens and confirms a confession.
Now is there any eorroboratleu in this
case. The Supreme Court have decided
that in determining whether there be
corroboration or not, the Jury may look
at the fact that a man was killed, that he
came to a violent death. That Is what
tb* law calls evidence of the corpus delicti.
Now what amount of corroboration
you will require. Is a matter for you, 1
will not *sy to you, gentleman, that if you
believe from the testimony that Amos
Ellington ffleient came to a violent death, it was
to a »u how much corroboration, It is for you
say corroboration you will
require; but tho confession, with the
corroboration, be whatever It Is, If there
any corroboration at all, must be such
as generates full belief in your mind to
the exelusion of n reasonable doubt.
regard Now, you have heard the testimony in
to the manner in which Ellington
came to his death. You have heard the
testimony of the physician, with
his used opinion and the as to the instruments
mod# of his death, it
is for you to say, connecting it with
the confession (if there was a con
fession), You whether it amounts to a corrobo
ratiou. have heard the testimony,
adduced gentlemen by about the the fruits of the crime as
State. I am not author¬
ized to tell you what they were, if there
were any at all. You have heard testi¬
mony about n bucket and pistol; it is for
you to say whether this testimony is
credible, the confession or furnish** a corroboration to
which the State alleges In
this case.
Something was sa|d in the argument
about motive. It is true, gentlemen, that
the motives. iaw does The require law a Jury to look for
is presume^ that no man
who saae will do an act without a mo¬
tive, But the Jaw doesnot require tiie
State to show a motive. An act may be
done, crime may be committed, where a
motive does not appear, and tiie fact that
a motive dees not appear, is no reason
theless, why juries it is should not convict. Never¬
proper for the jury to look
for the motive wiilch may have actuat¬
ed the party in the commission #fcrime.
Now, gentlemen, I believe I have given
full instructions in regard to the |aw of
this case. I have studied to do it plainly
and simply, because I did not want to be
misunderstood by the jury. I greatly de¬
sire that thi* cane shall be fairly tried, ac¬
cording land; to the testimony, and the iaw* of
and l do not desire to use a word
that may be misinterpreted by the Jury.
This man i* entitled, as I have said, to a
fair and impartial trial by a jury of his
countrymen; and if, after a fair review of
ss apaattsswatss:
it i! rmr dittv to lull it i- \<iui
The Democrat
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2K3 duty, aa conseientioas officers of the law
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There Is one other thing to which 1 <te
sire to call your attention.
ts Suppose not guilty, you should that the find that this man
or case is not made
out *>*• doubt, according to law beyond a rmsuns
it is your duty, aa l have said,
to acquit. But suppose you should bellav#
thattor case has boo mad* out by the
duty beyond to convict a reasonable Than doubt, it is
your you have an
°* hpr duty to psrform, and that i* to my
what hi* punishment shall be. If you
flnd the defendant gnlltv without any
iiS‘ussfe'S*sAy* the death penalty must
mend, as you have a right to do, that h*
imprisoned file in the of his penitentiary natural for and
term life, tits
of the court is not to impose the pea
of death, but to pass sentence accent -
ing to your recouimeadatiua. tto gemiu.
remember what 1 toil you about that,
you find him guilty without the recoin
mendation, the guilty, penalty la death; but tf
you find him and do not wish him
you will say In your verdict;
“We, the Jury, find the defendant guilty
and recommend him to the mercy of tin*
court, and find that he he imprisoned in
of the his penitentiary liatursi life.'' for and if during find the th* dofen term
that you
daht guilty, or the State has not made
out it* case beyond a reasonable doubt, it
and is your duty toaoquit. verdict, Betlre, gnntienion,
make up your
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HANCOCK ON ARTHUR.
The Vle*-rre«l4*M Speke* «f ia High
Term* by tbe Patriot u! Governor’* U
land—Senator Heck, of Kentucky, aa
the Policy *1 Mle Democrat*.
While In Boitnn recently on hi* way to
Portland, General Uonerat Hancock was asked hit
opinion warmth of replied Arthur, and with much
that he was an able, pat¬
riotic, high-miniled being called gentleman, Chief and, in th*
event of nis to the Mag¬ with
istracy. would discharge It* duties
but one purpose, that of benefiting the en¬
tire oountry; and that th* people might
rely on his judgment with absolute confi¬
dence. t .
of A » special late date, to from the Milwaukee Bayfield, Wl*., ftcpubtiean, gives
an Interview with Senator Beck, of Ken¬
the tucky. with reference should to the course that
Democrats take In ease of tbe
death of Prtttldeal liar field. Mr. Beck
said tt would be a time when lore of
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£*'*"• P*»wwn" i on;
fj* **f,fr al *d ton anv Ihdu Jcgj 1*
. **.** ” r political f.
d ® at ^i.i <> *_- Mr. Arthurf In
juch a contingency this >5*w!?n Would u u he UD a !$ greet- r th ®
*“*"■ ifreat the calamity intensity whioh had befallen the aa*
tor spoiU of party for spirit the time m,d the
**N® r "*® 1 ' were for*
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ROUNDABOUT IN GEORGIA.
—The drouth still continues in Farm¬
ington,
—The Ooonte fair begins on the 10th
of October.
—Religious revivals are general
throughout the State.
—Farmers io Irwin county will not
make over half a crop, .
—Stewart county, at a recent meet¬
ing, passed resolutions in favor of the
fenoe law.
—The Inoreasa in the taxable proper¬
ty of Hawkinsvllle tor the past year
was #44,041.
—Mr. Churchill died suddenly ia the
Third Baptist Church,on Friday night
last in Atlanta.
—In Hawkinsvllle tbe other day,
Tessa LteCrafienreid accidently shot
himself and died in a few hours.
—Farmington was visited by a cy¬
clone last week. L was but a smalt
entertainment, and did little damage.
—The cautious Ordinary of Ogle¬
thorpe Couuty runs the marriage li¬
cense business on time, taking a lien
on tiie bride.
—The Dooly county crops, according
to the Ilawkiiisville Uisputch, are prom¬
ising. Tlw corn is in better condition
than the cotton.
—The Athens Chronicle tell* of a fa¬
tal accident which haiqteoed to Afr,
Wit. McRae, of Watkinsville. As be
was returning from church in his bug¬
gy accompanied by his wife aud two
daughters his mule, taking fright ran
away, and all were thrown out, Mr,
McRae subsequently died from his in¬
juries, but tiie ladies were not seriously
hurt.
—Mr. W. W. Simpson, who is en¬
gaged in fish raising, found, during
tiie long dry weather iu July and Au¬
gust, the supply of water which was
from two springs, failing; »o be cut a
ditch fifty three yords long to a well on
the hill; entering the well 41 feet helcw
tiie surface of tire water ana h feet from
tiie bottom of the well; and put in pipe
to convey the water to tiie foot of the
hill. There is now a nice branch run¬
ning from the welt into his fish ponds,
I«•« and it lias Increased tiie supply of wa
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