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VOLUME 18.
OBIFFIN, GEORGIA, U. 8. A.
Oriffiu in the beet and moat promising little
Ur in the South. Its record lor the past
ball decade, ito many neweuterprieee in oper-
.tion, building and contemplated, prove this
o ' e a business statement and not a hyper-
olical description. and into
Oaring that time it hae built put
most successful operation a f100,000 cotton
Mtory and with this year started the wheels
B ( i second of more than twice that capital.
It has put up a large iron and brass fonndry,
fc tilizer factory, an immense ice and bot¬
, 1 blind factory, a
tling works, a sash nn
broom factory, opened up the finest granite
aunrry in the United States, and now has
’ our large oil mills in more or less advanced
italics of construction, with an aggregate au¬
thorised capital of over half a million dollars.
It is putting up the finest system of electric
ighting that can be procured, and has ap¬
plied lorfts o charters for street railways. It
has secured another railroad ninety miles long,
and while located on the greatest system in
t he South, the Central, has secnred connec¬
tion with its important rival, tbs East Teu-
uetsee, Virginia aud Georgia, It has obtain¬
ed direct independent connection with Chat¬
tanooga and the West, and will break ground
■ a few days for a fourth rood, connecting
with a fourth independent system.
With its five white .and four colored church-
M, ii has recently completed a 110,000 new
Presbyteriau churfeh. It has increased its pop¬
ulates by nearly on# fifth. It has attracted
aruuud it* borders fruit growers from nearly
, Ter y State in the Union, uutil it in now sur¬
rounded on nearly every side by orchards
and vineyards. It has put up the largest
I rait evaporators in the State. It is thehome
of the grape and its wine makingcapacity has
doubled every year. It has successfully in¬
augurated a system of public schools, with a
oovMi years cumcalnm, second to none.
This is part of the record of a half decade
and simply thaws the progress of an already
admirable city, with the natural advantages
of having the finest climate, summer and
mates, in the world.
griffln is the county seat of Spalding coun¬
ty, situated in west Middle Georgia, with a
healthy, fertile and rolling country, 1150 feet
aboVt sea level. By the census of 1890, it
will have at alow estimate between 6 000 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¬
sirable settlers, who will not be any less wel¬
come if they bring money to help build up the
i. wn. There is about only one thing we
med badly just now, and that is a big hotel.
We bare several small ones, but their accom;
mudatioue are entirely too limited for our
nsine s, pleasure aud health seeking guests.
If you sse anybody that wants a good loca¬
tion for a hotel in the South, just mention
Griffin.
Griffin is ths place where the Sawn* Nkws
s published—daily and weekly—the best news¬
paper in the Empire State of Georgia. Please
enclose stamps in sending for samplo copies,
and descriptive pamphlet of Grilfin.|
This brief sketeh is written April 13th, 1*89,
sml wiU have to be changed in a tow months
o embrace new enterprises commenced and
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PROFESSIO NAL DIRECTORY.
kENKY C. PEEPLES,
f attorney at law,
lUMl’TOti, GKOHuIa.
Practices In ederal
ourts. ncttol&w ;wly
JOHN J. HU.iT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
OBIFFIX, 0EOUGU.
Office, 81 Bill Street, Up Stairs, over J. H
White’s Oiothiw Store. mar22dAwly
rHOS. R. MILLS,
ATTORN ST AT LAW,
WiU practice in the State and Federal
Courts. Office over (ieorge & Hartnett’s tnetti
3v2tf
JOHN » STSWAKl. ttOBT. T. DANIEL.
STEWART & DANIEL.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Ur*r Georgs It Hartastt’s, Griffin, Ga.
Will practice in ths State and Federal
dirt*. A __ *"% julyl9dtf
CLEVELAND & GARLAND,
.dentIsts,
GRIFFIN, i GEORGIA.
0. L. PARMER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
- WOOBBCRT, GEORGIA.
Will Ppramjlt practice attention in all the given Courts, to all and business where
ver business calls.
**"• Collections a specialty.
preferred foptg&iggr-stt who furnish horse and giv
their can a
whole time to the business. Spare mo
ments may be profitably employed also,
JOHNSON '••vacancies in towns and cities. B. E
* CO., 1009 Main 8t., Richmond
N B.—Please state age and business expert
Never mind about tending jrtam^ foi
i every Town and
to aell our Goods,
os* ooi.ua, and we
SEES.- for Uut three \ will dot pay
RICH MO V
MUJUIRIIJ
Shot Dead for Slapping Justice
Field in the Face.
Deputy United States Marshal
Nagle His Slayer.
The Turbulent Career of One of the Mott
Notorious Character* of the Welt Cut
Short—The Tragedy Occurs in a Hotel
Dining Boom at Lathrop, Californio.
Judge and Mrs. Terry’s History.
Sah Francisco, Aug. 16.— This city
and the entire
state were startled
Wednesday morn¬
ing that by Deputy the report Uni¬
ted States Mar-
Nagle had
Ot and instant¬
ly killed ex-Judge
■DavidS. Terry in
hotel dining
.room "while at Lathrop
the deputy
JUDGE TERRY. was protecting
Justice Field from an assault at Terry’s
hands.
Judge Terry was counsel for Mrs.
Sarah Althea Sharon, plaintiff afterward in the
celebrated divorce case, and
married her.
Not long ago Judge Field, of toe
United States supreme court, rendered
a deoision against Mrs. Terry, who was
so incensed that she applied an and oppro.
brious epithet to the aged jurist United at¬
tempted to shoot him in court.
States Marshal Franks used considera¬
ble violence in preventing her from
carrying out her intentions, his wife’s whereupon
Judge knocking Terry the came marshal to down and rescue, draw¬
ing his famous bowie-knife.
Terry was flnaUy handcuffed and by
order of Judge Field both were sent
to six jail months’ for contempt sentence and Terry his received wife thirty a
days in expired Alameda four months jail. Judge * Terry’s It
term the ago. hot-headed was
generally Californian predicted would make that desperate ef¬
a
fort Justice to be Field revenged. his home
from Angeles, was where on he had way attend¬
ed court fros in the southern circuit Judge
Terry was in communication with Los
Angeles, and learned that Justice Field
would leave on the 10:80 p. m. train.
He and his wife at once arranged to
leave Fresno by the same train. They
were had obliged be oontent to start with at is a. ordinary m., ana
to an
coaoh, taken. as all the sleeping oar berths
were
At 7:10 a. m. the train stopped at La¬
throp for breakfast.
Justice Field, accompanied by United
States Marshal Nagle, entere d the
dining They had room. not be¬ '"■“-
gun their break¬
fast Terry when and wife Judge
en¬
tered. As soon as
Justice Mrs. Terry Field saw she
hurriedly dining ’Jeft the
room.
Judge Terry took
a seat some
tance away and
approached Field
from behind, an mbs. terry.
expression pressiou * his ’ countenance. of oi implacable impxacaDie Without hate nate depicted aepictea of
on . a word blow
wamini truing Terry dealt the justice a
on i the the face.
“Hold! Hands off that man!” cried
Marshal Nagle. Terry paid no atten-
tion to the warning^ ’ ig, but bul prepared to
administer a secon nd blow. That ; men¬ n
acing for, quiok gesture was flash, the he Ni *2£ last le act drew of his his life,
as a ‘ re-
■ - fired. • Terry
volver and staggered,
when the judge Nagle fell took with aim a two second bullets time in and his
body. At this . moment Mrs. Terry rushed ,
in
from the train with a hand satchel, cry¬
ing: him!” “Let When me she get at him! her husband’s I’ll finish
saw
body clown, lying encircled on the her floor she about bended his
arms
"■'i orying before wildly, "Kiss die?” me! Cannot
me Terry opened you his and
a supreme effort, his
The lips met, but . his
sunk and hfs splendid stright-
oat in death.
of the shots penetrated the head
the crowd e other that the tried heart to capture Nagle him defied w»d
boarded the train Tracy for San Francisco. oonveyed
He was arrested at and
to Stockton.
. Justice Field proceeded to Oakland
Mole and was driven to the Palace hotel,
i interviewed he said:
arte have been in circulation all
> [his country intention that Judge to assault Terry and had
me
that If I dared to resent he would kill
ma I was warned and advised to arm
myself by a hundred different people,
but while I in positively the performance refused of to go date.” armed
said the United States my district at¬
He
torney Angeles had ordered to meet a him deputy and protect seat to
Los he knew nothing of the
him, ana that
deputy marshal’s mission until he was
informed by the officer himself.
District ordered Attorney Justice White, Field’s by arrest tele¬ at
San graph, Frisoisco, and the order was execu¬
ted by Chief of Police Lees. The asso¬
ciate bail justice was immediately released
on
Terry’s Personnel.
David S. Terry was at one time chief
justice of the supreme court of Cali¬
fornia. and Justice in September, Field. 1859, He was wte suc¬ al-
ceeded s^mmentfi^m^btio^lus- by
toty. «J* He He bora bora in in Todd load county, county,
was was California
SjffiyBWMSs Ky, |n 1828: and came to in
the members who
Maloney, one of his ,
held, in but asa a ass
Sbssbss
GlUFFIN, GEORGIA. SATURDAY MORNING. AUGUST 17. 1889
Justice Field. He was married to Sarah
Altliaa Hill, i>ho claimed to be the wife
of him ox-Sonator resentful Sharon. attitude This brought toward
into a
Justice Field, who, United last year rendered a
deoision in the States cirouit
court, denying her claim to be the wife
of Sharon. Mr*. Terry reading created a scene
in oourt doringtoe of the deci¬
sion, charging Justice Field with being
corrupt, and as she refused to remain
quiet Justice Field directed that she be
removed from court
When the order a deputy of the attempted Judge to Terry carry
out oourt, his
interfered, drawing a dagger from
vest He was disarmed, and both Terry
and his wife were committed to jaiL
Marshal Nagle’* History.
David Nagle, the deputy United
States marshal, who killed Terry, is well
known tn this city. In the latter S& ]
of the '70’s he went to Arizona, chief am of
polioe 1881 received of Tombstone. appointment While as ooonpying
that with position he had frequent encoun¬
ters the criminal element, and by
his behavior soon earned the reputa¬
tion of being a man of indisputable
courage and bravery. He shot ana killed
a Mexioan desperado in Tombstone
after pointed a fierce encounter. marshal here Nagle A was ap¬
and when deputy Terry made the assault year ago, on
Marshal Franke last September Nagle
disarmed him. Reports circulated that
‘ r Judge Field i
t body caused guard Nogl. to him „
____________ he . months
when came to this coast a lew
^Nagle has wife is and about family 85 years in this of oity. age, and
a
Field.'* Protection Ordered.
Indianapolis, Aug. 16.— if Attorney Marshal
General Miller, when asked
Nagle was appointed Field, said: special “Just bodyguard before
of Justice it
Field went that west Terry was would brought either to my
attention Last June as*
sault I him or the Judge marshal Sawyer. of the district
wrote to had
telling him of the threats that been
made, and in substanoe said that it was
due the courts and country that the
judges should be protected, aud that
they should be able to discharge theii
duties without fear or menace, and that
it was his duty to provide and have
present a force of deputies. ”
Mr*. Tarry Had a I'Utol.
New York, Aug. 16.—A San J?ran*
cisco special to The Tribune, says in re-
gard * to to the Terry shooting that when
Mrs. Terry e dining room she waa
_
observed by Mr. Stackpole, one of the
proprietors of the hotel, who anticipated
trouble, and walking in to where Judge
Terry sat he asked why Mrs. Terry had
left fine table.
“Judge Field is here, ” observed Mr.
Stackpole. "Do you think your wife
would be so indiscreet as to oause
trouble?”
“Why do you ask that question?” said
Terry. “Because I do not wish to have trou¬
ble here,” was the answer.
“Idon’t know,” said Judge Terry
quietly, and then he added significantly,
“there This might alarmed be trouble.” Mr. Stackpole, and he
walked back to the door determined to
watch watch Mrs. Mrs. Terry Terry as as she she his returned. returned, hack As
soon walked ” as ’ slowl; Stackpole fiowly around turned behind Justice Ti
Field. As the first shot was fired Mrs.
others epted took her, the bag. Upoi
ination afterward away the bag f< >n found exam- to
van
contain a pistol_
Mr*. Terry’* Ufe.
Cape Girardeau, Mo., Aug. thirty-nine 16.—
Mrs. Terry was born here
years ago, and was one of two ohildren
of Samuel Hill, a prominent attorney of
this place. Her parents died in 1854,
leaving She related her and to her brother of the best $40,000. fami¬
is some
lies in the county, and as ‘ she grew up
to womanhood was noted for Tier re¬
markable beauty.
She graduated from St. Vincent’s oon-
vent in this oity. She developed a spir¬
ited temper and when she reached
womanhood had things all her own way.
She flirt. acquired Broken-hearted the reputation of lover, being and a
over a
with her fortune almost squandered, where in
she 1870 she started for California,
met Senator Sharon, with whom she
subsequently sumably took up her residence, pre¬
as a wife._
The Coroner’* Verdict.
Stockton, Oal., Aug. 16.—No new
faots were developed at the coroner’s in¬
quest of over witnesses Judge Terry’s their body. testimony, A num¬
ber gave
tiie proprietors of the hotel in Lathrop
among them. The coroner's jury then
brought in a verdict that the decease
came to his death from the effect of gun
shot wounds inflicted by David Nagle at
Lathrop. .
Nagle Refuse* to Talk.
fused Stockton, interviewed, Oal., Aug. 18.—Nagle re¬
to be
“I am a deputy United
and simply did my duty as an offioer.”
He appeared very pale. oool and determined, looked
but was very He was up
alone.
_
Chief of Police Fatally Shot.
Jackson, Term., Aug. 16.— About 1
o’clock Gaston Wednesday morning, walking around as Chief the of
Police was
jail he was fired upon by negroes, re¬
ceiving ten buckshot in his face and
chest. He will die. Several negroes
and were lying around supposing the jail that in the the weeds
porter grass, of the Arlington who is in jail negro for
assisting a lynched young white during girl the to elope, night.
was to discovered be
When and, being by Gaston fired they start¬
ed to run, upon, re¬
turned the fire with the above result
No arrests have been made.
Fell Heir to *350,000.
Birmingham, Ala., Will Aug. mg. Maiming, 16.—Wednes¬ 16.—wear
PHRPHBH day morning clerk the the Manning, Southern head b
money order in _j
press fying office, intelligence this cite, that received he had just the fallen grati¬
heir to $850,000 in money and property
by Vincennes, the death Ind. otf Young his grandmother, Maiming read at
the information without any manifesta¬
tion of either surprise position, or delight, and but left
quickly for Indiana, resigned where his be will take oharge
of hi* fortune.__
A Whack a* Western Farmer*.
Jamestown, N. Dak, Aug. 16.—The
Northern Dakota and Northern Pacific
Elevator companies have effected a busi-
deal whereby the competition to
‘ ‘ Dakota will be re-
mer will have to ao-
Emperors William and Francis
Joseph at Spandau.
A Sham Battle Fouffht for Their
Especial Benefit
The Strange Effect FroUnced by One Dl-
vlston Using BuaokeleM Powder—The
Two R uler* VMt the Tomb of Emperor
Frederlek —‘European* at Zanslbar
Alarmed—Foreign Note*.
Berlin, Aug. 16.— Emperor toft William
and the Emperor of Austria Berlin
at 7:45o’olook Wednesday morning for
Spandau, whore a sham fight took place.
Four battalions of troops crossed the
Havel river, which at this constructed point is 450 of
metres wide, on a bridge
ninety pontoons. The building of the
bridge and passage of the troops were
accomplished in a remarkably short
tima
The battle took plaoe on the tenbat- heights
of Spandau. One division of
ixplosives was strik-
> the old powder be-
_____oped in smoke. The
the western force being
thrown book on Spandau.
A Strang* Sight.
with All smokeless the aooounts powder of the at the experiments Spandau
sham fight concur in saying that of no
smoke was visible at a distance 800
yards, and that no sound was heard be¬
yond • slight tapping. A strange effect
was produoed by the speotade <3 a large
mass ingly of inactive, troops in but firing really position, pouring seem¬ forth
a deadly fire. William
After the battle Emperor
called the officers together and criticized
the operations. The two been emperors special¬
lunched in a tent that had
ly erected on the field for that o’olook. purpose.
They returned to Berlin at 1
At Frederick’s Tomb.
In the afternoon Emperor William
and his imperial guest visited the Fried-
enskirohe, where the Austrian emperor late
laid a wreath upon the ooffin of the
Emperor Frederick.
China to Have a New Railroad.
Tung, Shanghai, viceroy of Aug. 16.—Chang Tung, has been Chi
transferred to the Kwang viceroyalty of Liang
Hu. It is believed that this transfer has
taken plaoe in consequence of the Han¬
kow-Pelting trunk railway. The railway
will now’ *
Chi Tom
having cate with been a capital formed oi te ont the
Li Hang Chong, carry elder
scheme. has an
brother of Li HnngChang, of hang, has been ap-
pointed viceroy yy of J Kwangtung.
Torts* Field a Point.
London, Aug. 16.—Attorney General
Webster announced in the house of com¬
mons Wednesday evening that the gov¬ the
ernment had derided to amend
tithes proposal bill to by make aocepting the landlords theopposition’s instead
of the occupiers liable for the payment
of the tithes. The announcement was
greeted with cheers by the Liberals.
The Welsh members of parliament
have expressed their gratitude to Mr.
Parnell for his assistance in the tithes
bill debate.
Trouble Feared in Zanclbar.
here Zanzibar, much Aug. alarmed 16.—The lest the Europeans Mussul¬
are
mans shall beoome riotous daring the
Moslem New Year festivities. There was
a slight disturbance Wednesday, but the
disaster arrested was quelled. and put in The prison. ringleaders During
were
the the row rioters the became Indian troops panic-stricken confronting
ana
fled.
Mobbed tlu Archbishop.
Berlin, Aug. 18.—While on a visit
Wednesday to the town of Reinscheid,
Westphalia, the insulted venerable and Archbishop stoned
of Cologne was on
the streets by a crowd of nnti-Catholios.
To Consult Boulanger.
. i
». i
gone to Lo:
Boulanger regarding shor a tly. proclamation
which is to be i ssued
Greece Back* Down.
Athens, Aug. 18.—In consequence of
pressure from tile central European has
powers, countermanded the Greek orders government to Greek
the war
ships to proceed to Crete.
THE KANSAS STORM.
Over a Score of Eire* Reported tot
Damage Estimated at Ores *500,000.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 16.—The
storm which passed over the Missouri
valley Monday night was the most dis¬
astrous known to this section this sea¬
son. Over twenty persona and the it damage is said,
were killed by lightning ruined
in animals lulled and crops wul
run up over $500,000. This, of coarse,
includes the damage to railroads.
Reports from other towns state that
there were fatalities, but as yet give few
particulars. The storm extended over consider¬
a
able part of Kansas and Nebraska, Leaven¬ St.
Joseph, Hiawatha, Atchison.
worth, and as far by west water, as hail Pawnee and light- City
report damage
m ^illiam
Curran, a huckster. 60 years
of age, was drowned in a swollen stream
Rear Ford’s Br anch Mond ay night
Fought Death for Two Hour*.
Easton, Pa, Aug- 16. —The storm
MMfc
J the Le
Freeman _____ went in
Benjamin Andrews, out a row
boat Pennsylvania, to lave a cofferdam, where New the
England nSroad Poughkeepsie bmlcting and brides.
a a
The boat upset and Andrews drowned. was carried
down the stream and Don¬
nell held on to a rope to two hoars,
bat finally fell book exhausted and ms
also lost__ ,,
Murdered at a WsdfUng.
CiNonwATi, Aug. 16.-
son of a well know nOi
LOWER CONGO BASIN.
An Interesting Report from Explorer
Emory H. Taunt.
Washinoton, Aug. 16.—The depart¬
ment cl state has received from Emory
H. Taunt, the African explorer, who is
commercial agent at Borna, Congo the
Free Lower State, Congo an interesting basin. .Lieut report on Taunt
states that since hip lost report to the
secretary of the navy, made in Febru-
1887, while liouteuant iu
navy, the organization of the
Congo fected, and Free State well has equipped been per¬
of officials, oourtsof now a law, corps
po.i to aloes, cus¬
toms stations, a standing army of gold, from
I, 200 to 1,500 men, currency of
silver and Copper, and in successfully foot every-
proper well organized shape to government
,
are to be found.
Boma is the seat of government in
Africa. About navigation Lieut. Taunt lights
savs: "There are at present no
either at the mouth of the Congo, or on
toy point of the river. It has been
proposed to establish one at Banana,
ana the matter is now under considera¬
tion. Vessels drawing twenty-one feet
can ascend the river as far as Matodi,
175 is miles absolute from Banana, necessity. bnt here There a pilot
an are
baaoons established at different points
as far os Boma. Above Boma there is
neither buoy or near reach beaoon. The first
large steamer to Matadi was the
Luolaba. line. This 1,850 vessel tolls, made of the the trip Liverpool in June,
drawing twenty feet of water.
“At the present writing," Lieut
Taunt goes on to say, “the relations of
the Congo free state with her neighbors
ore v#y satisfactory. There have been
some disputes about the question of
boundaries of the extreme eastern lim¬
its of the state in Central Africa, whioh
I understand wul be definitely settled
during African the affairs, proposed to be conference held in Brus¬ on
soon
sels. . •
“I am not ready at this \vriting," he
says, “to pass upon throughout the prospect Congo to
American trade the
valley. But I have as vet found no
reason to change my reports, made in
1887, that there is no opening on or in
the vicinity firm of the establish, Lower Congo for an
American to with reason¬
able prospects of success. The con¬
sumption large, of and ootton when goods the Upper at present Congo is
very is opened it will increase tenfold, for
we
(the United States) will then have the
enormous trade of the Arabs of Central
Africa in addition to the Congo natives.
The question will then arise, can our
American cotton manufacturers compete
with Manchester?”
Lieut. Taunt concludes as follows:
“I have no later information of Mr.
—'-—ress than that published
press. Mr. Stanley re-
______ ... camp on the Arruwurai
last vear, and with nis rear guard start¬
last ed back further to Lake authentic Nyanzi Up to had June been 1
no hews
received at Boma. The general impres¬
sion is that he will next be heard from
on the east coast of Africa. June 1 offi¬
from cial dispatches the Upper were Congo received to the effeet at Boma that
Tibboo Tib, the Arab chief and slave
trader, hal left Stanley Falls with a
huge pected force to act to join mediator Stanley, between and was him ex¬
as
and the hostile Arabs of eastern Afrioa.
At Banana I met Mr. Wigd, now of
Stanley’s expedition. FromWard’s ac¬
count the sufferings of Stanley and his
people have not been exaggerated. Star¬
vation, sickness, hostile natives, dense
jungles, in fact every African obstacle
carried was encountered, the explorer but through. pluck ” and push
main Lieut. few Taunt days, is and *in Washington presented his to re¬
a re¬
port in pe rson at the departm ent.
Riot at Petersburg, Pa,
Huntington;^ Pa., Aug. 18,—A riot
fca_________
laborers. The newly-arrived armed
negro themselves with revolvers, negroes dubs and
stones, in the melee one of the Italians
was shot dead, another had his head
split others open with a stone and several
were seriously the hurt. The Italians
were drive n out of town.
Excitement Arou i.l Mutkogee.
Little from Rook, Ark., Aug. 10,—Ad¬ that
vices the decision Muskogee, of the Interior L T., department say
holding in the five that tribes claimants will not to be citizenship allowed to
remain in the territory until their
claim is adjudicated is causing much
excitement. The derision affects a
large number of persons who have set¬
tled iu the country expecting to become
citizens.
An Iowa $lu»otfn&.
Lyons, Iowa, Aug. 10.— H. G. Stone
shot Dr. Hitchcock on the streets of Co¬
manche, Iowa, four shots, Wednesday. of which The assas¬ took
sin fired one
effeot in the back of the victim, inflict¬
ing wounds which may prove fatal.
Both are well known citizens, and no
cause for the assault is known.
Fire In a Cotton Factory,
Janesville, Wis., of the Ang. mule 16. spinning — Fire
originated of the in Janesville one Cotton Manu¬
rooms
facturing
fl o’clock
though water caused e $10,000 to $15,000 ^ damage .
;
fully insur ed.
_
Young: Cyclone in Illinois.
Russell, 111., Arig- just 10.—A. of this cyclone town
struck the region east
Tuesday nignt and caused great dam¬
age. Holly way 's horse ranch, Sever's places
orchard and creamery and other
were wrecked. wide The by cyclone mile appeared and half to
be 200 feet a a
long. ____ -
Wnter* Recede.
Lincoln, Neb,, Ang 16. —The waters
in the Salt creek bottoms have receded
rapidly. the floors Of the covered 2,000 homes with submerged mud to a
are
depth of from six to is ten ruined, inches. and Every¬ furni¬
thing perishable ets and clothing damaged.
ture, carp are
Cool in Cabs.
Havana, Aug. 15.— A bed of coal oi ex¬
cellent quality has been discovered near
Santa Own*. It liaving the proved adequate
for lighting purposes, gas company
Iowa Republicans.
££ 3kSs was nominated for governor f** on tho 8
Poyner was nom-
York City’s Hangman
of Gallowses.
Neighboring Counties Asked
to Loan Theirs.
,
Pnokeuhaiu, Glblln, Corolla, NnlJtu
and I-owl*. til* Doomed Quintette, Pan*
tho Titnu—Giblin Coufldeut of » Now
Trial—The Other* llovj O.voo Dr All
Hops and are ¥r*l>a»-U»- far Death.
New York, Aug. 16. - -Old Jt e Atkin¬
son, the expert hangman, has his hands
full of businoss and is visiting the borrow sher-
iffs of neighboring counties hanging to of tho
frames for the
five men in the Tbmba wmtenced to
death to murder, and who are to be ex¬
ecuted Ang. 28,
As none of the sheriffs happen to own
more than one, the ~ of getting ting
required number of frames * is giving
t muoh trouble.
Cdnesday Sheriff he went Golden, to Dong Queens I----_
city county. and saw * of
“Got any gallows to lend?” said Joe.
“We have a nioa specimen here that
has not been used in ten years. Then
two negroes were hangod on it You can
have tho loan of thotnut be careful, for
we Wanted don’t know how soon it maybe
Tho gaflows again." will be sent to tho Tombs
prison this week. . '
Only those who ths have condition experienced of it
under can appreciate sentence of death. To the oasual men
spectator, Packenham, in Giblin, Carotin, of the
Nolan sheriffs and death Lewis, watch, now do charge not
different the other 860 prisoners appear
from
in the Tombs, bat on a more careful
examination marched of and their down demeanor in the as prison they
ud
yard suffe
ness______ ___________ ... ■■ ■ decided’ ■
oen, ex-
eept ■ _IP__| -. Paokennam yed up by toe hopes most
of „ a new trial. is
religiously inotined, private and devotions spends a in good the
deal of time in
empty cell set apart for that purpose.
He is a Catholic, os are also Giblin apd
Nolan, while Lewis and Carotin have'
been brought up in the Protestant faith.
Father those Gelinaslias been very attentive his
to of the men Mr. belonging Heath, the to Prot¬
church, chaplain, and Rev. frequent in his visits.
estant is
Giblin’s unhappy wife visited him
Wednesday morning. The iutei
was vary brief, but the distressed wo¬
man after left finding the prison husband in a hopeful confident mood
her so
of a new trial. Tffe others have given
up all hope and will endeavor to meet
death in ■ manly end maintain Christian composed spirit.
They and resigned are aided demeanor to by the a absence
of any flowers these or other maudlin tributes.
So far offerings have not been
presented. The served with breakfast at
men ore
8:80 a. m,. dinner at 1 and supper at 6.
They go to bed at U :80. No liquor or
beer is allowed thorn. The food is
wholesome and abundant and their ap¬
petites unaccustomed are remarkably to outdoor good. exercise Having
been
all of the men are yard, soon though tjred they by their
exeroises in the es¬
teem it a great privilege.
TRUE B ILLS RET URNED
Against Several of the Ken Connected
with the Great Fight.
New Orleans, Aug. 16.—A special to
The Times-Demcwpit from Purvis,
Miss., says that Wednesday eight afternoon
the grand jury handed in true
bills. They are against Frank Steven¬
son, Fox’s Kilrain’s representative; manager: Johnny W. E. Harding, Mu
Kilrains bottle holder; Dan. Mi
Sullivan’s bottle holder; Dennis
who built the ring; James Wakely and
Charlie Johnson, Sullivan’s backers,
of G. the D. Queen Edwards, na general Crescen passenger t roaa. agent
a
Heavy-Weight•FttgllDe Murdered.
Chicago, Aug. shortly 10.—John before Gallagher o’clock
was fatally shot 12
Wednesday night, by Ollie Smith, in
Sinclair’s saloon, 150 South Hals ted
street. pugilists. The They men are recently heavy-weight matched
were
tto a puree of $500, and the
g a made ne<
paper, when Smith entered, and a
move as if to strike him. Gallagher
squared off to defend himself, when
Smith drew a revolver and fired. The
ball struck Gallagher below and near
the heart.
_
Jabs Kllrxln Released on Ball.
Baltimore, Ang. 16.—Jake Kilrein
was released Thursday on i next, next,_ $1,000 fU John boil Rooney, Thursday
until * a
sporting becoming * his seanniff.
m an,
In Arms Against Armoor A Company.
Findlay, O., Aug. 16 —Armour k
Company, of Chicago, began the emo¬
tion here Wednesday of an immense re¬
frigerator building. It is to be com¬
pleted within sixty days. This will be
a distributing point for their meats, and
local butchers and dealers, as well as
stock raisers and buyers, are already eople. up
in arms ag ainst the Chicago p
Oil Tank Struck by Lightning.
New York, 15,000-barrel Aug. 16. oil — tank Lightning of the
struck a
Constable
the Sandy Hook testing grounds^and it
struments. Loss about $15,00 &
Went Down With the Engine.
Mora, Minn., Ang. 16.—Erie Troolin
was crossing £b the Ann river machine bridge Tues¬
day with threshing and
traction engine, it and collapsed, when part and way
across machinery the bridge precipitated men into
ami Hans were
the river. Peterson, toe engineer,
was killed instantly, but toe other es¬
caped wit hout injury.
_
. Arrested for Robbery.
Garrett, Ind., Aug. 16.—^William
Davenport, toe ex-pugilist, for the tart
MRS. MA YBRiCK'S
tioner,
hang Mm M
Fifty-two
MajrUrSck’* NQ
New York, Aug. mm
davit that while Mr. 1
her that itwf.l’
that he could not do ’
Threshing Ma
Aberdeen, machine
jog ■
csss actingas fireman,-
gSites was
The dead men were aU
Stabbed t
g °B i
Knives quarreled'
we
Robert eta
killing him in
Virginia ]
rSTTbSli ^TSSiSZasr-: **
A Condensation nt Interesting that e*
Chtef of Polios Ga»ton was *1---, __
at Jackson, Team
y JSf stiit&roct a ft
by a violent electric storm.
Pire destroyed tto Xmrtrtt to* depot rt
JoekaonrUle, Fl*. Lorn, $25,000.
Tbs prairies, a few miles to tto nr-**- -~*
southwest of MUst City, 1"
It is said th* forest fir
started by tramp* to revenge for I
A heavy storm pa*
The Ice* will reach
$100,009.
^
fig&inst &11 tbs principal* t uvf I
prize fight,
At Carbon Kill Mto ^Afo .,
commissioner 1,000 Hiss majority. XipeSXX
— * -
. Btr awb
see, died at her home near e l Ty
JSSS’JSt6iT£±ai Plains, aged 102.
Unnilnfttnn IreA
There is talk ot asking tto J
ury to find hlmwU,
iBSS-sP the
floods to Lincoln, Reh, to’ ---*-
sided. The principal damage is to t
Ungton and Missouri railroad, whl
twenty miles of track near Tecumeoh.
An unknown man was run <
near Evanston, Ind., li
badly that amputation
operation 'Causing bis del
hour*
Near Vincennes, lad., T a ]
on the Evansville and
way went throu gh a b
dozen passengers were hurt I
ously.
The schooner Marian Maneoo, C
Me., reports that during a gale C
two of the crew, John V
nard McKinnon, were i
drowned.
Herbert N. Cunntr
Soley, Gay fit Door, l
Boston, Musa., was arrested fa X
on the charge of having
from the firm.
J3SV2?’&£ir&
new government
a, wee buried b
probably fatally crashed.
An unknown man
aad tolled at Oarmei, — .