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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., !’ ‘ pi’tiVuisls ’ UH ’ SellhVijl}