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CRAWFORDVILLE DEMOCRAT.
By Edward Young & Co.
BANG'S LAST STORY
TOLD TO IRE STL EXT TOO US AMDS
UXDSR THE DARK SWA DOWS
OF THE GALLOWS.
TffiR STAIN OF BLOOD IS WIPED
oirr ootwitu ni in nwym hiamjii,
■AND avn JUSTICE merrov IS ic'crimrcirm VI Suit Al ai) UY _
THS DEATH OP A MURDERER.
The Crlase—Tee Implicated Parties—A
■tery Teld by the negro—Respited—
mistery or .k- uie u atn .» oi • tin-- 1IIB K~
tea and et the Conviction et Mis Mar
derer—The Last Might an Earth—Last
Ceafeesion_Head
Amo* Ellington was an old and , respect
ed citizen of Taliaferro county. He had
lived there a number of years, was known
among —fhe the nennie people as as a a man man of of q» uuiet t and and
unobtrusive habits, whose ouiy failing
was his love for whisky. He owned prop
erty near r'eawfordville Crawtordville, amounting amounting to to
aoras four hundred and tweuty-sve acres.
Most of this land was covered with wood,
from the sale of which he maialy subsist
ed. ne was unmarried, and lived alone
In a small house a short distance from
town. . Some of hi. laud he cultivated to a
small extent and for this purpose employ
•d a few negro hands, among whom was
SANG AliMOK.
This _ ... liked . . by ,, Mr. Ellington .
man was more
than any of his other employees, and it
was very seldom he came to town—as be
did every Saturday unless Armor aco.om
panted him; and it was Mr. Ellington’s
Invariable custom, upnn the sale of the
wood they brought, to take Sang into
some bar and liberally treat him to whis¬
ky. Why there should have been all
this friendship on the part of Mr. Elling¬
ton for a negro so wholly brutal as the
man was upon whom he lavished his
kindness, there has been many reasons
given. Some say Mr. Ellington had been
on exceedingly intimate terms with the
wife of Armor, and, in fact, was the
father of an illegitimate son born to the
woman. This lad, it was generally be
lieved by the colored people, would be
Mr. Ellington’s heir at liis death on all
occasions lie showed tlie boy the greater
kindness. Be this as it may the intimacy
between the brutal negro aud Mr. Elling¬
ton existed. No one tlieaght anything of
it. It was an accepted fact.
On Wednesday the #th ’day of April of
the oreseut year Sang Armor drove into
Crawfordville with a load of wood and
sold it to Mr. Hal Flynt. Mr. F.ynt, sur
prised at not seeing Mr. Ellington with
him, asked Sang where was liis employer.
The negro hesitated aud said finally that
Mr. Ellington was ia the upland oversee
ing the hands splitting rails. His reply
was taken a» the truth aud nothing more
was thought of tire matter. Saturday
-vj|sv. *n »et i'i. »r w titlrtaHsaMr. Kiting
tea did not come to Crawfordvilic. Sus¬
picion was aroused. It was almost an un¬
heard of thing for Mr. Ellington not to
visit town on Saturday. The following
morning some of the young men. thinking
perhaps Mr. Ellington might be ill—and
knowing the lack of attention he would
have—walked out to his Itottse, The
doors and windows were shut and the
house bore the appearance of desertion.
Th’-y opened tlie shutters The room was
unoccupied, the floor was cleanly swept,
the bed unrumpled. This looked strange.
T he crowd separated the woods. into In squads short and be¬
gan to scour a time
a hallo was heard from one of the squads.
The others rushed te the spot. There, in
the middle of the road leading up from
the meadows and through tlie woods, lay
AMOS ELLINGTON, DEAD.
A wagon and a pair of oxen stood hy.
The lines were thrown loosely ever a small
stump. The ground around was trampled,
and marked -with the tracks of the wagon
wheels. Mr. Ellington lay prone upon
his back. His left hand grasped a whip,
his right His was feet lightly crossed crossed over his
breast. were and Ins
head turned one side. Someone raised
him. The sight revealed was a sickening
one. His right, jaw was srnshed and cov¬
ered with clotted blood. His eyes were
staring and glassy. His limbs werc
eye rigid, and just over his was a blue,
bruised mark.
A tiuy hole under the left car showed
•where man had a pistol been ball had entered. The
F1ULLT MURDERED.
A messenger was sent at once to Craw
ford-vUtc. The coroner—accompanied by
crowds of excited people—soon arrived.
An inquest was held. Two physicians
made a post-mortem examination. The
result of the inquest was as usuai in such
cases, that Mr. Ellington had been killed
by a blow gun,—cither from an axe, and a shot from
* have pistol produced or death,—in of the which hands would
of
toms "person or persons unknown."
The excitement and indignation ran
high. That so innocent and inoffensive a
man should have lieen so foully murdered
elicited but one expression of opinion
That the murderer should he hunted down
and made to suffer. Speculations were
made, but no clue Could liu gained as to
who committed tnc deed. Messrs. Wes
ley Wright and Sam. Rhodes, of Craw
fordvilI#,-took the matter in hand. They
traced some unknown matt as far as Ma
con. But tliev soon saw he would have
had no object iu Mr. killing Ellington Mr. Ellington,
savc money. never had
any money, in save hoase, some ninety-five dollars,
found his and this money, lie
had stated only a short time before, lie in
tended to pay to Mr. W. R. Gunn on a
note held bv him against Mr. Ellington
for one hundred dollars. Then the mat
ter of arrested. Sang Armor To came to light. He
was Mr. Wright and Mr.
Rbodes he confessed the crime. Hes.id
that two men of Taliaferro had bribed
bim to do it. Before his preliminary
trial. which occurred in May, he miule an
other statement. Then he stated that
Aleck Stevens, a young white man, and
George Jones had helped him do it. Jones
had held the oxen, Sang struck him with
an axe and Stevens shot him. Jones and
Stevens were arrested.
They were taken to Warrenton. Their
crime, s!r«TiS» implicate them
KSssJsjBB??. or even in it. They
it shown that he ssj!!
dence was had been seen
witli Mr. Ellington last. He had taken to
Branch's mil) a bucket known to be
CRAWFORDVILLE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26,1881.
the property of the dead man. lie bad a
pair of shoes that belonged to Mr. Eiiing
toil, together with a single-barreled pis
Ud. Tlis link of circumstantial evidence
was complete. Sang Armor was bound
over to th« Superior Court for ths murder
of Amos Ellington. In the final trial, at
the August term of Taliaferro Superior
L'eart, the Sam* facts were adduced, and
the negro was condemned to be hung on
ihe 2l*t day of October He was .remand
ed to jail, and everything moved smoothly
•u until about the middle of October when
Crawfurdrille was again thrown into a
etir by tqe presence of three detectives. It
was reported that they had come for the
purpose had of thoroughly sifting the case, aud
they accumulated facts sufficient to
make things warm, save Sang Armor's
neck, and in his stead two other men
would hang. The people discussed the
subject faeely. As to Armor's guilt few,
if any, had doubts. But under a petitioa
signed by some prominent men of Tali*
ferro, who wished the matter settled for
amee »•<> f ,,r ***. together with au affida
'it from Mr. Robert T. Edge, the admin
tstrator on the estate of tun dead man, (in
which he ssated evidence he had sufficient
tocodviet other parties.) Judge Pottle
recommended, and the Governor under
thig recommendation.
uirrreD im irvor ti,!«
, mt i th. ‘>ai, iim-.mi,., ......
WednewU, pnor to the time first set for
tlie execution. Close upon this respite
came the arrest ef A leek Stevens ami Jeff
Adams. They were taken to U arreuton,
and brought back to Crawfordvilic Satuu
and on the following Thursday their pre
liinlnary trial was held. In this trial no
evidence was adduced save another state
ment from Sang Armor in which he impli
anted the two parties. No dependence
could he put in his statements, however,
the case of the State fell through and Ste
but Nothing tlie dread wrs left certainty Sang Armor, death. therefore,
of The
judge until the sent him of hack November, to jail,there to he held
23th The crime had
fastened itself around him. lie wrs bound
about with it from his on testimony, and no
hope of died escape was left him. The excite¬
ment down, the town again became
quiet and all thoiightsof tlie brutal murder¬
er passed out of tlie minds of tlie people.
bang is Jaiy
Thursday word afternoon Sheriff Conger tlie condemned man
sent by that he wanted
to see Mr. J. A. J. McDonough. Mr. Mc¬
Donough visited him Wednesday morning,
« tan after a short conversation Sang asked
him to write a letter for him to Judge l*ot
tie, which he would dictate. The follow¬
ing is the letter;
BAKU'S LETTER TO JUDGE e. h. eoTTi.E.
I hope wlienl leaye here I will be better
off hereafter. I am sorry you didn’t get in
the rights hen makes of it and everything. Hereaf
ter w I peace with my maker, I
hone i will be a thousand times better off.
I don’t blame you having me hung and hope
I will meet you in heaven, as well as my
self. I blame mi body, I’m so afraid my
sout won’t be right, I don’t know what to
do. I don't fear, death. I’m not afraid to
tt "lluTcl^ol^a^
used mighty bad at the penitentiary and
sl,ra ',‘ *Ry mighty good. I guess if I went
Thursday Everything when moved the people smoothly again on, until
beredthat mnem
the murderer would yesterday
suffer for liis crime. Interest v as tuzfim
jue&VimvI. Thursday was RrR— Sang »»* Armor’s ' . (tt< «r.
LAST NIGHT ON EARTH.
Tlie night was passed hy the condemned
man in prayer. Ae did not sleep at all he
said, lie (Miiild not sleep. He said lie
thought was (letter the for laird him had to die. forgiven He would him, and make it
no confession this morning. It would do
him no good, lie said. Outlie visit of the
Sheriff Sang was very conly aud uncon¬
cernedly.
EATING PEANUTS.
He did not seem to fully realize his dread¬
ful position. Tlie crowd in townl is large.
There is no excitement. Everyone is sat¬
isfied. At 12:20 o’hioek. Sheriff (longer,
accompanied by liis nmrslials and deputies,
took the prisoner from tlie ’Jail. They car¬
ried him to tlie gallows, erected in the El¬
lington meadow. Sang was perched in a
wagon seated on his coffin, his head bent,
his hands clasped, the muscles of liis face
working, an
AWFUL PICTURE OP DISPAIR.
At last the soelemu procession reached
the tiie scene. crowded Sang closed dismounted from the wag¬
on, around tlie gallows.
With a faltering step, he mounted the gal¬
lows, and looked for the last time upon the
faces of tlie gathered multitude. He Im
fallen off much in weight since his con¬
finement. He looked around a few min¬
utes and hesitating for a while in a feeble
veice made his
Last speech.
Jesus Christ died for me All I’ve got
to do is to work for him forever. Oh !
Ladies anil gentlemen, l can’t come to
you. but you can come to me. j
A voice: What made you kill Mr. El
lington Sang? No reply,
Green Johnson of the colored Baptist
church, mounted the gallows. He prayed
l° n K and fervently, the negroes in the
crowd joining in. There was nothing
worthy of not* in Sang’s manner, save
the nervous twitching of his hands and
feet.
Sheriff Googer then told him he had
twenty minutes to live, and if lie wanted
to sav anything else to say it. Sang ad
vanced to the edge of the platform
said
"Ladies and gentlemen: I bciieve in
Jesus Christ. He will save my soul.
Some people dread it, but 1 don’t. I’m
ready mighty to goto Nobody heaven. I believe in Al
God. in the world can
do me any good but God.”
A voice ; ‘What made you kill Mr. El
“>«"«** 7 Tell the
truth. ) ou only have a few minutes . to
live- In ten minutes you’ll be in another
world.
Another voice. Yes; don't tell nothing
but tlie truth.’’
-Sheriff Googer . Y»u must keep quiet.
A voice: Don’t tell anything, Sang,
Don’t you answer do questions.
Sang : Mr. Uixon, I ain’t going to an
swer (To to crowd;. nothing but Ask religious questions.
tile me religious ques
tions. I can’t answer for nobody’s sins
but mv own.
Voide : Hang him ! Let him go!
Sheriff : Be still. 1 will send a guard,
Voice.: Send your guard.
Sheriff (to Marsliai). If those men con
ttnue arrest tliem,
Voice : Sang, whose sins have yon got
toanswerfor.
Sang: NobtHiy’s, mister, but my own.
At fifteen minutes to one the cap and
wsssiX?iSP2t hang broke into incoherent sj and js d is
on a
ffirs.r.rv„air.2 1 .‘ , r sa
The knot was adjusted under the right
ear. He said :
“Lord, have mercy on me. Lamb of God,
who takes away the sins of the world I
will soon leave here. O, Lord, have pity
on my poor, dying soul. Pardon me my
evil sins, O, il»'rd; O, Lord ; Be with n»y
mother and father and my little son O,
friends don't stay long in dls world. Trav
eltoJesus. Lord, don't let me die; I don't
core for my body. I don’t eare for de string
of death O, Lord have naer-”
At one o'clock the drop fell. Saner Ar
mor swung out. The drop was four feet
In fl minutes his respiration was 75; in fif.
teen minutes, 40; and twenty minutes ho
was pronounced dead. Twenty-five Ills rnln
utes after ode he was cut down. neck
was not broken and he died from strangu
lation. His body was taken charge of and
after being placed in a coffin, conveyed to
the grave.
On the scaffold Sang Armor showed no
signs of fear. He calmly viewed the crowd.
Save the twitching of his eyes,and the ner
vous ken of clinching approaching of liis hands, disolutiou. he gave He i.Oto
even
went so far as to show the Sheriff how to
adjust the noose, telling him it was made
to choke him.
The final scene in this mysterious trage
-= I y has ln-cii enacted. With’the last breath
- f Armor the law threw around tlie affair
an been im|>enetnUile cloak. Satisfaction lias
given, hut the lingering airof misery El
will ever cling to the murder of Amo
Wiigton, and tlie secrets, if any there lie,
«'u^rta inTlln.,,»f,n reVnWBds*"side rfilV’S'
»•
SENDING US WORD.
wntTTHi;pi:oPu:oFADJAl" nt
TOWNS* ARE DOING, ‘
The News of Neighboring Countiee l ull¬
ed Iroiu our Exchanges, and Written
By our t'orrespoudeuts—Wllkea. Bar
ren,Greene, Oglethorpe, Hancock, Sts.
reu Etc. *
mTH'KRIK.
Oats are being planted. . t
Mrs. Lula Ellington, o£, McDuffie, is
dead.
A panther is skipping around the corn¬
field at Deiuging. •'
Mr. B. F. Alford, formerly a resident of
Thomson, but more recently of Texas, died
nt Tyler, in Hurt State, on Friday, Novem¬
ber Ilth,
Oliver Shank, Jr., Colored, Thom-cn,
___... acr M Rn Mv shot himself. He was stnudlug
011 the steps when the gun exploded dts.
charging tie- contents through the plant '-J
shank’, “ nk s i...,,.i l l k ti.o * ,e VT,mm * n ,s . 8 l***ihfHli
'
, lu> ^ dangerous , one.
John G. Cusliing has been arrested in
Thomson for tlie robbery of tlie safe of
Mr. II. W. Gerald. Tlie robbery occurred
some weeks since, and codsiderabic money
aud valuables were stolen. Tlie case whs
worked up by detective Jones, of Alhiuta.
Cusliing. has been a resident of Thomson
about two years. He was Indnstlous, nr
with Ihe exc .ptlon 0 fap.<j.’e»»i<.' 'til‘
was considered a very clever man. Cush
ins waa bound over under a bond of Sfi.vi
for trial at the coming Superior Court.
Miss Kiiso Bay, of Warren county, was
married to Mr. G. T. Neal, of Thomson,
on November 15th.
Mr. M. K. Boyt, of Rutledge, and Miss
Mamie J. Smith of Thomson, were married
in Atlanta Tuesday. Stern parents, lov¬
ing hearts. Result elopement.
Rev. J. A. Shiloh preached his farewell
sermon at Shiloh last Sonday.
Mr. Jim Knight, of Cobbhain, will short¬
ly remove to Augusta.
Cobbhara sighs for a post-office.
IIANCOC1C
The factery at Sparta was shortly be put
in operation.
The second crop of cotton Is opening
generally.
Ishniaelite : Mr. David Dickson believes
that tlie second growth eotton on Ills plan¬
tation will average from nothing to 3U0
pounds of seed cotton to the acre.
Tlie Ishmaelite complains of that the
farmers are not planting enough small
grain.
Major Neary lias gone to Florida as
commissary to the railroad force of Colo¬
nel A. J. Earn).
Miss Emmie L. Birdsong was married to
Mr. Thomas Weslley, Tuesday the 15th.
B tit of Sparta,
"' lr , Ihomas r . 31. Smith, ail excellent ,, eiti
zen, is dead,
We are sorry to , Iaarn of the death of iit
tie Lovett Crawford, lie was a bright and
promising 1 iittle fellow
our readers must hold the Ishmaclita re¬
sponsible for this : Mr. David Diskson lias
a , mare Ilar# mule . ... th-it that comes comes In in milk milk, nnneevorv ooce every
year. While tins period iastf, shu ha* to
be milked every morning before being
hitched to the wagon. This is something
out of tlie usual order things.
The hite Jm the Confederate monument
at bparta Has been surveyed , and arrange
meats are being perfected for rearing the
shaft.
The Ishmaeljte complains of the ached
uie on the Macon ana Augusta road,
Mr. D. U. Cofleld, of Sparta, Is dead.
Consumption.
-—
WILKES
_. The grand .. jury, at the . late term of Court
returned fifteen true-bills.
Mr * ’ p K ’ T.mm'is 1 *? ' Dnio.se U “ ,Jose u 1 the the
father . of fine hoy; born Holiday tlie 14th
a
inst.
Wll Monderfu. „, to relate , I A . wild ... turkey . .
was killed near Washington the other day.
t
ore ‘ 1 ' near Washington, was burned the
fJ», ««Hated that Mr, Etoyd „ h»te«d* con- „
verting th* old Methodist choach into
hotel, with a fish pond on’top.
A vein of pure lead has been found in
the Magruder min*. One chunk taken *at
weighed 35$ pound.
Washington haw another minstrel com.
pany.
The Gazette will shortly he enlar jed,
Mr. T. W. Dunaway,of Lincoln county,
was married last Friday to Mias A. E. Gib
son, of Wilkes,
W Alt REV.
Mr. A. T. Cody, of Warrenton, died
Thurshday, the ITth.
The editor of the Clipper says his rye
patch is in line condition.
Mr. Jcrre Thompson’s cotton house near
Holder’s mill with three bales of cotton
caught on fire Thursday morning before
day Itreak, and the whole was esnsumed.
Supposed work of an looendiary.
The man who finds out the advertising
puffs for the Clipper gives Coup’s circus
a grand notice, while in another eolumu
the editor states that he never has been
to a circus but that those who are inclined
that way, may act as tqey think best.
Mr. Thomas E. Johnson, died Sunday
light of a malignant tumor.
liev. T. J. Pilcher sent tho Clipper seine
|«>tatocs weighing 3)4 pounds,
A colored citizen had n rooster in town
the other day that had no hill. The chick
was tint way and grew np so without iui
P provement *
GIVE M LIGHT.
A Suggestion to our Town Council—The
Necessity of Street Lamps—What the
Town May Have to Pay Unless Some
thing is Done.
It is but natural we should feel a con
•clous pride in our town. Where we live
and where we expect to live must naturally
be tlie most attractive place to us. Ami it
must, morever, be the desire of everyone to
see our town keep abreast with other places
nea rus, whoso country trade and whose
sources of revenue are no greater than
burs. Feeling this and knowing that out
council elected by the people and having
only the good of tlie town at heart—dvaire
to improve tlie town and build up our trade
and increase the population, iu all kinaiy
spirit and whh no presumption that they
have neglected to.do tlielr duty, we wish to
make a few suggestions.
Under this head the first thing that oe
cur* to us in the necesity of
STREET LAMPS.
Now that winter has set in,—and in prom¬
ises to be an exceedingly bad one—this is a
ff ri ’ 8 *' aecessity. Those people whose busl
UPSS Cil b 8 iliem out after sunset will often
b,nd tlie nights so dark, and tlie streets In
tad a "'livin'' •* ‘tali
Jives or persons. Last uightil was lliowri
ters experience to nearly break ids neck by
tailing over the curbing around the trees
near the court-house square. Wc could not
sue one foot in front of us. Tho darkness
was intense us to lie almost tatijlhlu. Had
there been lamps on the corners it would
hltve been different.
Again, often travelers and drummers
c«mo to Crawfordville by the Atlanta train
which reaches.here at three o'clock, At
that hour It is generally very dark. No
lamps to guide him, the depot uninviting,
the strangers unacquainted with tlie streets,
as he goes to the hotels, is liable at any mo¬
ment to run over some rock, pitch head¬
long Into Homo ditch and seriously injure,or
worse, kill himself. Crawfgrdvillc is a cor¬
porate town, and as such is subject sue and
be sued, tlisuld any such accident occur,—
and it is not only Impossible but probable—
tho council would be sued, and in our opin
o n the person injured could recover dama¬
ges. It Is tneduty of the council to place
tho streets iu sueh a condition as ho of no
danger to persons traveling upon them at
any time.F or tills purpose each citizen is
taxed a certain amount per annum, and
tlie revenue from this source should be ap¬
propriated to no other purpose. Rut let us
reduce this to even a financial basis. It is
nntcheaper to pay fgoo, t:too, even $500 for
street lamps than to be compelled, perhaps,
to pay $ 1,000 or $ 2,000 for a jury to tlie
limbs of some unfortunate )iedestrian. As
we first saiii, we submit It to the council
in a kindly spirit, {jet them think over it,
and we trust that they will arrive at the
same eonelusion we have.
There are other improvements which we
intend to suggest from time to time, by
which we can induce other people to conte
here, and thereby build up a prosperou
ami tiiriving town.
EOUNDABOUT IN GBOROIA
—Mr. W. E. MounUmstle, a well-known
fruit dealer of Atlanta, died Monday.
—Savannah had a 82,000 fire Monday.
—J. M, Seott. of West Point, was found
dead in his bed Thursday.
—An unknown man died suddenly st
the Brown House, in Atianta.Suuday last.
—Smpthe APerkerson, of ... Atlanta, have
failed.
Ole railroad ___. mania . . has seised , , Grffln. ., _
A road, it is thought will ho projected
from that live little csty to Madison.
—Capt. Whit Anderson i*dead. ,, , „ Ho wa«
well-known throughout Georgia. Ae served
L , li|!J! 1 r ”Vthl ,t Georgia senate, and alter
wards became marslial of Atlanta.
^ a j n Anderson was subsequently deputy
marshal nmrs,l8i of ot Fulton countv <-«unty for lor a a number numtv.r of or
years.
barter Siiephcrd, the sheriff of Morgan
.............
^.pica.-ant Snow, a white man almnt
«z road ne«J ■»»- Llthonia *«■■■ and r robbed of $150.
- Atbmtaatill basks in Hie sunshine of
smile oftrampsapd otherandigeiul persons.
GENERAL news.
AS tiLKASKIi FKtin TELKUR IMS
AMU LKTTt.KM.
Being thu Latest Inloraatlon as t oa
dei frwa I ha Newspapers—A Brief
Her lew or What the Country Is
Culled lor the Headers at tha I >emu
erat.
—It seems that the knights of Uie quill
ere doomed. From the following, it will
be seen that the freedom of tlie press is
not to be allowed when it conflicts with
our "high officials Thomas A McIIcer
man, marshal of Uoonevil|e, Miss., shot
killed A. U. Thornton, editor of the
Beuovill* -V.uo tlie other day. The AW*
yesterday contained an arlichi reflecting
"every on McDcerro art's official acts, to
get her with some personal abuse. Mclleer
man met Thornton on the street late in
the afternoon, and an altercation ensued,
during which blows were struck, and pis¬
tols drawn. McDeerntan shot Thornton
twice in tlie side and head. The second
shot killed him instantly. McDeerman
___.._____. ** *’ ** * W> ,, "'
'
-Tucket — . Basham, one of the Oten.lale
train rohliers, who was aentem-eil to ten
... i» the )ienitciitiary, - . and . afterw ivds
1 years
t pardon to testify as a witness for the.State.
j „,yst,.ftoisly disap,mared liThasbeen the other day.
it is presumed that fully dealt
with, as threats had previously * ’ been made
against ,,, his Ilf*.
—Chris Davis was hanged by a met* at
Athens, a*« ,u. Ohio. .. Monday . for . an outrage on
Mrs. 1/tckr, an elderly woman.
—Murders |and suicides are the main
contents of our daily impejs. Old Nick
lias got the grip on the world, and l» put*
ting * in fur last time
—Au , ltalinn a Urged patriot threw a pis
lol from the gallery at the Italian ebunr
her s the other day. Being rnstralmsl from
shooting Premier do Pretis, lie did the
next bust thing, and cliucked ttlio in deatlt
at the head of the noide minister. Mac
caluso, the a. p.. was arresred.
—Senator u . Maine . alias „ .. the f>ry ... War
Horse of the East, n* longer sighs for po¬
litical honors. Ac wilt settle down to a
quiet life. lie seems to lie “Imppy'' and
wont lie, prime minister, nor Senator, nor
Wovernor, nor Congressman, nor anything
hnt plain "Jim Blaine."
—It uiay lie some interest to slate Unit
small bomb-shells are being exploded at
extended Intervale in a portion of tlie
Eastern hemisphere known on tlie Geo¬
graphies ns Arabia. Tile indomitable
Francs are doiug the exploding.
—The distillers of the United Slates have
pooled their humes.
--’tie V Me~. I -’’V 1 „r s r's mint
tiers more titan 400,ie.0 volumes.
-The Gargeld monument fnud now
amounts to Jltfl.ooo, the ‘eltlxens of Clove
(ami contributing 94,300. Thu sum‘needed
is 1200,000.
—At an expenditure of JRO.noo, under
the stock protcetion act, 4flo,l)u0 kangartais
ami wullaliy dogs have been destryed in
New Sout Wales tills year.
—The fannurf' alllaiiuoiu Nuliraska, or.
gnnizetl only fourteen months ago, consists
already of uver three hundred local allian¬
ces, and is rapidly extending to every vot¬
ing precinct.
—'i'lie cheapest riding in Ihe world Is on
the underground railroads of London.
Borne of them carry worijawn twelve miles
for a penny—two cents. Tlie passengers
Inst year numbered 110,000,000.
—There nre sno.ooo taua employed In tlie
railroad business in this couutry.
—William C. Ueecher, a son of Henry
Ward, was married last Wednesday at
Plymoutli church to Miss Jesso lligelow,
daughter of the millionaire.
—Tlie Pacific National Bank, of Hostou,
temporarily suspended last Saturday.
—A special from Austin, Texas, says
that a freight train near Palestine was
robbed by seven masked men. Tlie train
hands were ran off by the nhberx and
nlMiut a dozen cars relieved hy tlielr con.
tents. The robbers were young men and
are still at large.
—A terrible ami fatal exulosionof dyna¬
mite occurred in Now York Tuesday. It
was occasioned by carelessness on the
part of a workman. Doors were wreiwhod
off end windows torn from their case¬
ments. Eight persons were Injured.
—Tlie rival dis|iensera of liquor at Fish¬
er's Station, Indiana, had a pitched battle
the other day. It continued two days.
Stones, pistols and knives were freely
used by tlie opposing armies. Three nu n
were killed and thirty-two wounded.
—Gulteau’s trial is In progress. All tlie
evidence thus far adduced shows that tlie
a-sassin of the President, was insane.
Numbers of physicians and civilians have
| the patriotic, '"'roduccd hero. to show The the developments crankiness of in
this ease (luring the coming week, promise
to in 4 rieli.
—.treasurer Gilflllnn . has written .... to ,, Gov
Pr uor Haygood, of South; Carolina, stating
that under the act of June I0lh 1K7« he
h«l,l bond* of ^ snd* ^ rt-.i.-.i BU , \ ' 1 y i ’’
; lsafi, amounting, together with aceumu
, R.t.-rest to $ 24 S, 7 «>, and asking
Ulmt provision bad taen made by Die
,or tl,plr payment . Governor . . has
t-m’liett that tlie bonds came under tlie
provisions e of an a.-t ot Deceniher. 1873,
i (mm the ret of Ii-m,rv ' ilsi ,!,„i ii,„u' # i
t&sjxxjx v „ nnv pi . r „ f t |,e tae vine Th, ■!::
amount of $424,370, tsaring intmest from
mitted t/> sem-tary Kirkwresl. *,
—Hon Alexander Ramlill, of Maryland
Ha dead
Vol. 5.—No. 47.
—The jwiisiou rolls forDecember demand
$7,wn
- The supreme court yesterday, Chief -
Justice Waite delivering, decided that the
capital of a tank invested in foreign conn
trie* can he taxed by the Miiited .Strtcs.
—There is in the House of Itcprcschta
Ive, Washington, 140 K.-poblicans: i.u>
Democrats; d Git’cnbarkers, and one lnde
|M-ndent Republican. It is certain that five
of ahe Give nlmcker, wtU combine with the
Republicans.
—Robberies are tlie order of the day iu
Atlanta.
—Thanks giving day was generally ob¬
served throughout tlie Stale.
—Jack Colvin, colored,(Quitman, has lieen
guilty, of voluntary mmalauglitej.
—.lim Jones,tlie night Watrli at tfiiitmun,
a,w * who has been cutting quite a ►well in
1 *"*’ keft for parts unknown the other
** ,l F- Mourning niereliunts offer $150 for
liis capture.
—A barroom was burned at Jonesboro,
tlie other day.
A * >l * C>t '.V. <ll *!* r '* r *
,, Hurry ______, Hill is one of the clevleat and . most
aceomoilatiiig conductors on tlie Georgia
....... „ l#t ls a ^
'
wi „ know «»f il<» r«>a«i which ran rtiuul it in
,, , 1" hL, n"7,. ... ' X ,
,
* ' pl ‘l* lsUniacilte,
A . drunken , J timit tlu> . train from Augu*.
on
t joeiuvs- a, last Friday the conductor—Mr. night, for >oine cause, lagan Hill—
imt us Hill di<( (|i»t wuftli Ilurry ths
s»’.ir<* n
aftm .said d m. drew his pistol but before
lie could use it tlie eomluetor knocked him
fumak, where ti«. train liad stopped for
some ladies to gel off. The d. ui. is a War
•*" ,,wn " l " 1 wl)1 - hi all prohaliilltv,
la- preedited to tlicncxl Rraud Jury of that
county for carrying eoneeiiled weapons. Mr.
IIIH is one of tlie |aditest and best r<at<Ric¬
Tickling ._ . m , _____
induces laughter, except
tickling in the throat, which causes
!'£’ “t om:e removed by Dr.
Hull’a Cough Syrup. 2.'» cents a U>tUe, '
A Wonderful " 1(111 p
Mr.f. .!*. Dnrmeott Is tin* agent for Tal
Inferrn comity for a new kind of soap Mr.
Dnrmeott enlarges on its incuts at grew 1
length. It will clean anything and every¬
thing ; is good for cholera Infuutum, deilni
rtmi tremens and anythin# else. If we ev¬
er luid any need for sueh a commodity wo
could enlarge oil tills notice, lint being but
slightly acquainted with tills useful artlrh*
of mcrcli iiiiIInc, we desist front ignorance.
W hat it Does.
’ uhtiiv.c’ennsaatbB Kidney-Wort moves the inwels irg
tons hn.wiche. uml ffijjfaM' istitts
j which are
caused Thousands by disored Uver aiui kidneys,
have lieen cured—why
should you not try it ? Your druggist
will tell you that it is one of the most
successful medicines ever known. It
ia sold in both Dry and livuid form,
and its action is (xisitive and sure lit,
either form—Ddlaa, Texas Herald,
Thrown from a Buggy.
Sheriff M, It. L. Lunger, while out driv¬
ing Thursday morning with Mr. J- W.
Tucker, was thrown from tlie buggy, hta
face bruised and wrist sprained, Thu
horse they were driving took fright at a ne¬
gro who crossed In front of Hat animal, and
began running Mr. Tucker jumped out and
iu doing so, accidentally threw Mr, fiooger
out. 'I ho Sheriff fell in the ditch and sus¬
tained the Injuries above stated. Tlsrx
were In no wise serious, and with flic m.
eeptlon of a sprained hand a small bruise
on his right cheek, Mr. Gmiger p «!» right.
• -
•‘A ■Is* ( sis or Distressing L’engli.’*
bronchial Dvy. pnrehed, sore throat, pntuinonla.
and aatlnnstlc attacks, weakened
middebilitated state of the system, ail then*
dangerous symptoms are cured by “ Dr
Swayne’s Tli* Compound Syrup of Wild Clier
r.v. first do-* gives relief, and tho
worst cough and sore lungs Yield toils heat
lug properties. All necasiywuR (lose of
"Swayne’s Fills ” should b" taken.to U ( .eu
the bowels free. They are excellent f () U
toipiii liver and billons complaints.
Death ot (Hr*. I.. A. Moor*.
’niutsday evening Mrs. L.A. Mirnre died
near Raytown. Site bad lieen in luid health,
for several ypurs. S| M . W aq tt most estima¬
ble lady, and tier death, although not en¬
tire unexpcctist, fpris heavily upon her fam,
ly. To tl»- greaf-strleken husband and re»
utives wo extend our sincere condolence b)
their sad horenvciucuts.
o- m -
For tlie delicate and complicated dif
ficiiltics tutioq, Lydia peculiar R. to I’inkham’s tlie fetjvile Vegeta eonsti
fAmt|iound is tile
tlie sovereign remedy. It
aims results. at tin* Send cgiptH, to Mrs. and produces I kisiing.
liam, 2J!I Western ydta R. Ifink
Mass., for i>aioplilets. Avenue, Lym> *
• -ta
KapIdly Uelormlng.
Rev. Green Johnson, f<sd.)tapttzcd sev
enteen males and twcnfy-f'S'r females nt
. . ..... .. . "*■ ''hureli .
I lo ” 11 on Sunday Nov.
11 1 re is a revival in progress which
''"‘"nenccd on the so<x*nil Sunday lt.Tl„ in Octo
le r nn.h r th, ausnlces of t-Jatnfs ,. Ilor- ..
...... " kl 1 and
■ omi" )’. will rnnUuue un
S " ,,,lll V »" There
-
was also a sermon at night hy > Rev iinvi.i ' *
.
l ’ 8 t l *"‘ l ld , 'r and , l-’tth
Kt ’’
I'ti', (’-ttliedi-.i )eL'me Nt tilth it it- ^Id'.nv T
with real fis V ssn .sz t (’
"' N'limlgia iimlllend
. l’m'iirielors'\ii i iu'Iiisgii Jt 4 Urn., !’
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