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g: fl m <*> • • | ,f ■ iu. u. a a. •‘ ; ; ^iweajul Wfck ihia Vdtt» *k« w, it has recently completed a ( 10,000 eroued ite borders fruit growers from every State in the Union, until It ie now sur¬ rounded on nearly every side by and vineyards. It has put up the largest fruit evaporators in tjje State. I tie the sed simply shows the progress of an already admirable city, with ths natural advantages of having the finest climate, summer and winter, In the world. Griffin is the county sent of Spalding coun- : aostrjasfixsK: > above sea level. By the census of 1890, it will have at alow estimate between 8 000 and 7,000 people, and they are all of the right sort—wide-awake, up to the times, ready to welcome strangers and anxious to secure de- i si ruble settlors, who will not be any lees wel- | am if.they bring mosey to help build up the town. There is about;only one thing we We hare several small ones, but their accom¬ modations ass entirely too limited for our asking gueete. 1 a good loca- PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY. HENHY C. PEEPLES, ATTOim AT LAW, hamptOn, aeougIa. • Practices in oil the State and Federal Courts. WetMAwly JOHN 1. HUNT, LAW GRIFFIN, GEORGIA. Office, 81 HUl Street, Up Stairs, mar22dftw1 over J White’s Clothing Store. rnos. R. MILLS, attobney at law, Win practice in the State and Federal Courts. Office over George A Hartnett’s W, . JOHN D STEWART. ROOT. T. D STEWART 4 DANIEL. ITT0ENBTS AT LAW, Over George ft Hartnett’s, Griffin, Ga. Will practice in the State and Federal Coarts. r jnlylSdti 0. L PARMER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WOODBrRT, GEORGIA. BT 1 Collections a specialty._ HOTEL CURTIS Under lew Management. L 6. DANIEL, Prop'r. ' » liter* meet all train*. Hoi Is TtatcptiH Three of Noted Gang Hanged at Ozark, Missouri. ; ‘ *'■ -' ■' V '. I.,** ' i t* _. • an 1 e *ATU> WA1KKB, J i HIS SON WILMA* ffjj| AND JOHN MATTHEWS. *“ * ou « ur Walker Kmbraes, Religion Bad U Baptised—Matthews’ Pasting with TUMtm, Wife and Children Vhry A fleeting-History of the Organ!. OZARK jail. Strangled. Dave Walker lived fifteen minutes, Bill fourteen and Matthews thir¬ teen minutes. William Walker was baptizii Thursday afternoon. He professed religion several months ago. Qn ys kef view with Tuosdsjr. their They rela¬ , tiv-won jidKlk >d|OfiWyjL all prayed Walker, together. old i Dave the man, broke down tSRHP Thursday and would with Wiley Matthews, were the leaders of the Christian Bounty, Mo., branch of {he ^gua. widely known Bald Knob- BW bers of the Ozark moun- m ^ J tains. The crime for which W \ £S*I 7 they were convicted was the murder of Charles Green and William Edens. This act was so atrocious that a long suffering community 1 •* ’ arose and invoked tire aid of bill walker. the civil law, and the Bald Knobber organi¬ zation disappeared. But before this was done thirteen, other wounded with bullets, and l l*rt«a wnman wl u »« known number of men had been unmercifully whip- ped. From brooding over 17’ / the trouble in which her husband had been in- john MATTHEWa. volved, one wife of a Bald Knobber went crazy, and after fatally crushing the skulls of two of her children with a hammer, she cut her own throat with her husband's razor and died within two minutes. The Knobber chief lost his life through his connection with a mountain romance, in which his chief lieutenant was the hero, while tiie lieutenant of the Christian county branch was lured into the road that leads to death on the gallows by his sweetheart. The Bald Knobber society was organized us a “beam-eyed society for the eradication of motes” by Capt. N. K. Kinney, a ranch¬ man. He claimed the society was intended to correct lawless, but his enemies said it was for the purpose of controlling the coun¬ try. It is certain thp vigilants soon became a class of White Caps, and from that degen¬ erated into renegades and assassins. The organization originated in Taney county. All lewdness, dishonesty and thievery was to be wiped out. The organi- members who had ?*?*. MNKET. grudges to settle enlisted the Bald Knobbers. pS’.rsaris: ?sss valley. On the night of March 10,1887, the company met there and a discussion arose as to what was to be done to old man James Edens. Edens was a tie chopper, who had come from Michigan with his wife, hi* son William and his wife, his daughter and her Husband, Charles Green, a year before. Some months before this night tiie Bull Creek company had whipped John Evans, an inmate of Edens’ house, tor “cutting up resistance be was given four lathes of the The Greens lived with old man Edens, and William Edens lived a quarter of a mile aw*y‘ the matter the company After discussing and wWp the Edens decided to ,go down family They went to tiie old man’s bouse yt/i ftft mffiwnderl the men to come out and be whipped. Some one fired through the window and rid man Edens fired through the bad the door at the Bald Knobbers, (Biking J. Matthews in tile back of the With a rush the company broke in the door and exchangee of fire were rapid. In the end it was found that William Walker, the Bold Knobber chiefs »on,had been shot in groin, old man Edens had been shot in the neck, his wife had a bullet in one hand, and William Edens and Charles Green killed. set out the next day Sheriff Za-h Johnson from Ox irk to capture tfie murders, and thre- .toy* nrreriEd except youu'4 W alter, n® many iudictmenu found tor whipping* "morning. MAY ,4 CROOKS IN CANADA SHIVERING. ***** the Weldeu Bill WflU Take la the Wn^lr Kanb#Y|i whhA la troubling the mind, of many o< SWffISgfi’dsS wore retroSv rotted entirely with the court, of law to de¬ cide. The act to paused by parliament in it, present condition, and he believed it was distinctly the desire of the home that the retroactive nature of the measure should be dropped. The Weldon act did not be¬ come law when assented to by the governor general, as is the cnee with other enactments but a special order of council will have to be passed to bring the act In force. The order in council, it is understood* will he passed early in the month of August WASHINGTON. Rumored Engagement of Kz-Soerotary Bayard to Miss Clymer, of Washington. Other National Nows Notes. New Yobk, May It—A Herald special from Washington says:' The engagement of ox-Secretary Bayard and Miss Mary Welling Clymer, of this city, is just now engrossing the attention of their friends. It is not yet formally announced, bnt seems to be fully understood by those closest to each party. Miss Clymer Is the daughter of the late Dr. Clymer, U. 8 . N. She resides with her mother in a comfortable, roomy mansion on N street, adjoining the residences of Judge Bancroft Davis and Mr. George Bancroft She is wealthy, cultivated and refined. Mr. Bayard doses bis Highland Terrace bouse here next week, and his daughters re¬ turn to Wilmington for the summer. The house and its contents will be sold at an ction shortly. _ actor, reoently appealed from an assess¬ New ment of duty made by the collector at York on some paintings imported tor the Players’ club, a sooiety which, be claimed, was established for literary purposes and the encouragement of fine arts. Mr. Booth claimed that the paintings should be ad¬ mitted duty free, but the treasury depart¬ ment has decided that the assessment was correct _____ Gen. Drum Takes a Best Washington, May U.— Gen Drum has retired from the position States of adjutant In gen¬ the eral of the United army. course of a few days he will dccupy the country home atTennalljrtown, Md , where, after his long years of service, the old vet¬ eran will exchange his sword for a pruning knife. The fight for the vacant position is waxing redhot. _ To Clear Obstructions. Washington, rVABUINUTUa, May auy 11.—The *1.-SUB Yantie nuw was ™ ordered to put to sea from New York, with a supply of torpedoes, for the purpose of geanhing for and destroying derelicts and obstructions to navigation off the Aniantio coast in ths track of ocean steamers and coasting vessels.__ First Comptroller Matthews. Washington, Msty II.—The president Thursday appointed Asa Matthews first comptroller of the trewury, vice M. J. Dur¬ ham resigned. Mr. Matthews lives at Pitts¬ field, IU., an l U at present speaker of the house of repres ntatives of that state. Whisky Sr’aed in Oklahoma. Washington, Hay 11.— Attorney General Miller has received a telegram from Marshal Needles, of OaUUoiua, saying that he had seized a lot of wuuky w hich had been smug¬ gled into that territory over the Atchison, Topeka an i Santa F a road. Note-1 Indian Fighter Dead. Washington, May II.—Information ha* been received here of the sudden death Orlando, Fla., of Gen. W. 8 . Harney, noted India n tighter. _ Anarchists Baying tor Decoration Day. Chicago, May !* —It Is reported that the Anarchists propose to deluge the city with inflammatory ciroula:* on Decoration Day, the date decided upon for the formal ing of the policemen’s monument in the Haymarket Two hundred thousand hand bills, printed in German and English, and worded much after the style of tin Hub¬ recently received by Chief of Police bard, are, it is said, being printed for bution. The police authorities, are weU informed regarding the movements of the AnarchteticSelement, and evenif they cannot succeed in the printing of the lars, which, it Is said, is being done in vate houses much after the system i“ vogue among the Russian Nihilist*, they can, under one of the municipal ordinances, arrest all persons found distributing the literature the streets or other public places . Baby Burned in Mother’s Absence. Shoals, Ind., May 11.-A few about Mrs. William Witsman, residing teen miles south of this place, left her old daughter alone, while die went to a neighbor’s on an errand, and clothes on her found the child dead, its caught fire and buynefl It tofffifr ft Schwein forth’* Insurance faceted ■ -..... ■■ puw um s Of the victim* shaft where the water from tike work accumulates, and the mangled bodies not berecovared for some time. The mi; is an old working, and the shaft is 500 fast deep. Boyle leaves a widow and seven children. It wee not his turn to ascend, but he ex¬ changed with a young man named Hooli- han. Pottovisch leaves a widow but no children. He was a brother-in-law of Mrs. Pottovisch, who, with Agues Match, Was murdered about a year ago by Pietro BaranoviskI, now awaiting execution here, and was the intended husband of Miss Match. All the others of the victims of the accident were single men. is also known as ,r Blg Vein.» There is intense indignation over the em¬ ployment of stupid Hungarians In a position of such responsibility as at the mouth of the shaft. There is thirty-five feet of water in the “sump,” and the work of recovering the bodies-is very difficult. THE C HICAGO CH INESE. Celestial Gamblers of the Windy City Chicago, May 11.-A bitter feud has broken out between the two largest Chinese dans here, growing out of a quarrel among Six of these houses were conducted by mem¬ bers of the Moy Clan, and one by a Chinn. The Moy gamblers paid in their last month’s contribution, so the story runs, but the Chinn decided not to do eo. Sunday night a big game was running, wfc an some one said the polios were liable to raid tiie place at any moment, the house not having paid its “bit” A whisper or two of this sort frightened the Celestials, and they made a grab for their states. A general fight ensued. The Chinn gambler declared that the Moys started the report to break up his business. He called hi* Chinn neighbors to bis assistance, and they overpowered the Moya The Moys summoned the polios and had the Chinn gang arrested. Then the Chinn gang called a meeting. Over 300 members of the clan met Excited speeches were made and funds raised to hire Highbinders to kill a sufficient number of Moys to satisfy the Chinns. It is said that secret assassins have been sent tor to New York, Boston, Baltimore and Kansas City, and the professional murderers are expected to arrive to-day. The Moys are in a state of To Koop an Kyo on the Indiana Foot FOOT CtJSTEK, UUSTEK, Mont, aioni., May may U.-Troops u.-uwpB, B, E and O, First United States cavalry, and a detachment of Crow scouts under command of Capt Carroll, left this post Thursday for Tongue River agency, Montana, to assist Agent Upshaw in preventing the Sioux and Cheyennes from holding a sun danoe, and to turn the Sioux back to the Pine Ridge agency. Trouble is anticipated, a* the In¬ dians cling to the traditions of the sun dance with a hold that weakens only in the presence of levelled carbines. This dance is a heathenish rite, at which the young brovee attest their courage by submitting their bodies to be racked and mutilated by the knives of the elders, mortal wounds being frequently i nflicted in this way, Only Temporary, Philadelphia, May It.—It is now Mated that Miss Kate DrexeP* entrance into a con¬ vent at Pittsburg is only temporary, and that she has no intention of becoming a Sis¬ ter of Mercy. A* is well known, Miss Droxel has for a number of years been in¬ terested in the Indian colored missions, end b«s otm&tort*d tors* «W*» tor founding schools tor the education of oolored and In¬ dian children. She novT desires to devote her entire life to them missions, and has gone into’temporary retirement for a few months in order to decide which course she will pursue._ Dragged to Death by a Cow. ST. Mart’s, 0„ May It—At New ville, a hamlet situated six miles of this place, Thursday Mary Marcus, sged 13 years, was leading a cow along the road, gad While the animal stopped to feed upon the grass the young gfel thoughtlessly justed tbs rope about her waist. The took fright and ran away, dragging the girl for several hundred yards,jmd in a tow ment* after bring rescued she died. body was horribly bruised, and presented most pitiful right. _ A Patriot's Last Journey. El Paeo, Tex., May II.—The remains of the lamented Mexican patriot, Lento de Tejada, arrived here night en route tor Mexico with the same es- ^A r __ *_#A VawI r te rffk fka #«*im! * ;■ “ [ The double intrigne culminated reo in an offer of $35 from Mrs. Munch'. TOSS* aaraarti-nss ^hSdSe where they were acquainted and settii matter. Munch’s counsel drew up the t ment which was signed and sabseqw sworn to before a notary by both the and the wo man. _ Four People Killed In a Mine Kzploi ta^™e^adkcSl^mpanykmm^ ^P rrrs s pao, ^ Ma y 18 . -FArty Sato «°T ran. Charters creek, tea miles fnm Four men, names not known, New Yobk, May U.-A special meeting of the National Democratic committee wtU be held at the Fifth avenue hotel June 13 for Z^tgSNSSTaii Col. Calvin S. Brice, chairman of the cam¬ paign committee, will be elected to fill Mr. Barnum’s place Without any opposition. Senator Goman, the ex-Congressman leading William Schott and all members of the National committee have requested CoL ftrlAA WomA fhnfrmfin 4 Geneva, HI., May IS.—A heavy wind, sc compared by a tremendous rain fall, passed over this section Friday night. Hundreds of trees .were Mown down and many orchards mined. Several windows in tile business part at the city were broken. It was the heaviest wind known here for years and has ruined the prospect for a promising fruit crop. ___ Earthquake i»*M«ryUmi. Annapolis, Md., May 18.—A shock, from what was supposed to be as earthquake, was felt here at 8:45 Saturday morning. The vibrations were from northeast to south¬ west, The trembling was accompanied by a oud clap as though some heavy substance had fallen o n the earth. _ New York, May IS.-The Tribune’s Wash, ington special says: ItD stated upon what foundation under a building in Cambridge- port Friday, ^Patrick Diamond, bnt a laborer Who had been in America a tow day*, was crushed to death under the building which toppled down, high the props supporting it giving w ay by the winds. Wage* to Be Reduced, Scranton, Fa, May 1J).—Notices were ported yesterday of a reduction of 10 j*r cent, in the wages of ail employs* at tin Dickson Manufacturing company, of this city, to take effect May IS. The redaction affect* about WO rare. 3SSj( ^ y ! ’■ 1 * A i ( '/'.rt.# t