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H ^Kstpeid, Jindiolb i wrapper. nine- I dth. th.BS MedkTjA^M from this PRISEB S88A- IV *n NERVOUS PHYSICAL DKBILIT Y.Dr.Parker and scorpe of Antotant Physicians may be consnlted, confl- dentisliy, THE PEABODY by mail or MEDICAL, in person, at INSTITUTE, the office of No. 4 BBleach St., Boston, £ Maas., to whom sol orders “ for books . or letters •• for * advice should to directed as sborsk DOUGLAS 83 SHOE «^S» •S SHOE FOR LADIE8. JEST _____SHOES. Examine W. L. Douglas 22.00 Shoes tor enttemen and ladies. mm FOB SALE BY SCHEUERMAN & WHITE, CR1FF1N. rrtB WHELES 3 STAMP 748 H _—PRESS CO- REYNOLD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA Agents Wanted I Catalogue FBEEI RUBBER STAMPS, SEALS, BADGES, CHECKS,STENCILS, ' STEEL STAMPS, &c. Sole Manufacturers of Tho Wheleas Self-Inking Rubber Starr.o Printing Press ——........ E pgy.mmnarrn mm 3 S 3 SS 11 ) I uimimii. Ftom* Murderers Hanged in the Tombs, New York City. Nolan and Pookenham, Lswis and Carolin, Swung iiOT In Fair, to Satisfy the Law'* Dom in.l.—Brief Resume of the Crimes For Which They Pw'd the Penalty-Why They Were Not Killed by Kteetrlelty—A Remarkable Execution. New Yoke. Aug. 24.— Four murder¬ ers were Imaged in tile Tombs Friday morning. X.tian, Paokraka n, Lewis and Cnroli-i. i’ue first two wore hanged at 8 :4’J o’clock, and Lems and Carolin at 7:08. Lewis was stmnglod to death. Carolin protosled his innocence as ho stood under the fatal noose. 0: s »lv , " ;. TT r. THE TOMBS. The situation of the gallows, on eaoh of which two men were hanged, was such that an interval of five minutes was new w ary between the two exeou- tiona Though the structures were a considerable distance apart, the noise of the drop on the gallows wkiob first sent Packenham and Nolan out of the world giust have been plainly heard by Lewis and Carolin. All Trust<nt In QoJ. The four men went into eternity iirm in the belief that their salvation wan in God. The scene in the little chapel when ma-s wan sai l, and the subsequent fells ‘ between "..... die men were very Impressive. The two Catholic tlic pri priests who adiniiiutorad consolation to the men with them during until their the lost lost minute. hours, stayed The 2*ropitri>tl..it. Preparations for' the conducting of the first of tho men to the gallows were commenced about 0:80. At 6:8> the jury composed placed entirely in position. of newspaper At 0:44 Carolin men, were Lewis taken the ana were across prison yard to the boys’ prison, where they were pinioned. Carolin was puff¬ ing hard at a big Lewis cigar: and Carolin had As soon as been transferred, the sheriffs and priests who conducted them returned, and moment later the hangman was sum¬ moned to make the preliminary prepara¬ tions for the execution of Packenham and Nolan. As soon as there were com¬ pleted, the hangman returned to his place under Packenham the gallows, and and Nolan in a few minutes were led out on route to the scaffold. The sheriff and under sheriff led the way, 'while the condemned were Hanked on one side by a priest and on the other by an officer. They walked with a firm ep, but their faces wore anxious ex¬ pressions. Both men looked around as they from walked reporter to the to another, gallows, glancing though one as hungrily searching for a familiar face. They had only about forty feet to go, and‘were soon placed under the cross ’beam. the Both black had already been pinioned, their heads, and ready to be caps drawn were on their faces, and over the nooses were about their neoks. The men hod emerged from the prison at 6:'l8, adjusted, and two minutes later the nooses were the black cap drawn and the twinkling rone holding bodies the weight was into cui the In a the snot up air a distance of about four feel and fell book to within two feet of the ground. The struggles of the men were very feeble and it wus evident that their necks hod been broken. Packenham died in seven minutes, while Nolan sur¬ lowed vived a hang minute longer. thirty minutes. They were al¬ some Why Not By Electricity. It may be asked why these men were not executed by electricity. This is true only when the murder was com¬ mitted on or after Jan. 1. 1889. The crimes of these five murderers all took plaoe prior died to by that the date, old method. and they conse¬ quently rfaesi Lewii. Jaok Lewis, the colored murderer, killed Alice Jackson^ mulatto on July 17, _ 1888. because she JACK LHWI8 a c o ok. He foroed the kitchen. Mb way She in ordered and and went weu him straight of to ont the house and he shot her in the breast and abdomen. She accused him of the erime before witnesses just previous to her death, and when he was arrested he eoknowledged the added. orima, '"and I meant to do it loo" he Patrick Packenham. Patrick Packenham, the oldest of the was 60 years of age. He mur¬ dered his wife by cutting her throat March 18 of lost year, because she refused to give him money to with which to buy onetime liquor. he At was Hg^cSwa had Ctf late years he been idle and his wife had to sup¬ he port him. Twice was threaten¬ ed with arrest for beating the wo¬ man and attempt¬ ing to throw his am out of-a win¬ dow, and an hour later he commit¬ ted the crime for her. He was a quiet person and gave little troubla, after his conviction. * ; er live with him. He atte m p t e d to murder her sevaral mouths before he suo- teeded. He fired several shots at her at that time and thought that he had killed her. He fled; when he found that she was still alive, he returned to this city and wanted her it to to live uve with witn him m again. She refi fused, and he kept ipt bothering bothering that her after up to the morning that he murdered her. He called on that day at 9 a. m. at the house where Alioe Jackson ..disfigured police she almost was naiDlNAHD ._ ..... C.lBuUS. beyond with blood recognition. from her She was oovered waist head to her Carolin stayed in the room with the murdered woman until the police came and arrested him. He made no resist¬ ance, and did not tiy to deny the crime. All that he said was that the woman was not and really his wife of They were tickets very poor, a number pawn wore found upon him. Jama* Nolan. James Nolan murdered Emma Bnoh, who had left her husband to lead a life bod met Nolan and lived with him fluidly for a while, but told him to leave her. He threatened her when she wanted torid her¬ self of him. She locked him out tiie The next next day night he called to nee her. As she came down the stairs he poll¬ and ed out fired a at pistol her. She was within three feet of him when he fired and fonr bullets en¬ tered her abdo¬ men. In her ante mortem state¬ ment to the coro¬ ner. Emma said that she had sup¬ e ever since sbehad <AHES SOLAN. lived with him. He He had had frequently abused her. He quarreled with her the he night palled before the she locked pistol him out When God’s she screamed “For sake don’t touch me.” His only response was to begin shooting her. Charles Giblin. Charles Giblin, who, on February 17, 1888, shot Mrs. Madoline Goetz at No. a the judges whose CBAAUt them, GUILIN. selected duty the it was day to re¬ of sentence same execution for all. Never in the hr' of the Tombs have so many men ed before their there crimes on four, the same but day. being were one s white man, his aversion to dying in company with three colored men led a governor to respite him po another day. A 1 c ut h.'njr .Vo *n<*. The mo>'t moving scene about this hanging was the awful expression upon the plaoes faces under of the the men gallows. os they Nolan's took their jaw hung down, his hp quivered, and for a moment he looked as though he would self collapse. however, He (juiokly and, although recovered his him¬ lips still trembled, there was a regular mo- which showed that he was repeat- prayer. Pookenham was also evi- prayiug. the ooudemned staring fix¬ i were edly ahead ut the bare wall of the prison when the caps were drawn. From a slight hemorrhage at the back of No- * »’s neck blood triokeled down over his collar. It was caused by the burat- * old an sore. i bodies were turned over to their friends. When their caps were removed Nolan’s face showed the greater contor¬ tions, although the eyes and mouth of Packenham were partly open. Nolan’s were staring wide 'open, and his i wore a horrit horrible expression. Epoch. The transition from long, lingering and painful sickness to rdtrast health marks an epoch in the life of the individual. Such a re¬ markable event is treasured in the men and the agency whereby the good heal been attained is gratefully blessed, Hence it is that so much is heard In praise of Eli trie Bitter era. So many feel they y owe owe their their n i toration toration to uu health, to uu the use u™ of the Great Alterative and Tonic. If yon are troubled with any disease of Kidneys, Liver or Stom¬ ach, of long or short standing Otters. you will surely find relief #1 by use of Electric i 2. Anthony’s Sold at 50c. and per bottle at Drugstore. _ A Rector of Grace Church. Dear Sib—I n 18611 broke out with an attack o! Poison Gak. Whether or not it came back on me during the next three or four years I do not re¬ member,but from about 1865 to 1885 I suffered mos severely from repeated attacks of this eruption. The use of some external remedies gave a relief— I ’twas found only that temporary—till Iodide of Potassium in 1879 and Syrup little. of Sarsaparilla However, benefitted then me I not a even was not cured, for from 1882to 1885 the attacks were more severe, pro¬ longed ing and frequent than ever, four, com¬ and upon five me as many the as In even times during year. the P. P. Spring P., of 1885 I that took a Bourse the of and from time to free present (June 25,1886) I have been from eruptions of this poison. Only bumps onoe, early in this month, a but few appeared on my wrists, being with plagued for Oak about I twenty-five years Poison consider my¬ self eared, and by tbe use of about one bottle of P. P. P. D, WATSON WINN, Rector Grace Chnrcb, Way cross, Ga. He was seen to do it who by a woman lived in the same house with them. She looked in at a window, and saw ping Carolin his wife chop¬ m the face with hatchet. He wi holding her head between his knees. He chopped at it and again and when again, she was found by the ton street while shoot endeavoring to her hus¬ band, Valentine, in a quarrel over a counterfeit bill, was also con¬ demned to be but was respited sixty days by last the governor Wednesday. All of these five men were sentenced to death between December and e veruici, had their ir appeals i overruled ad by the court of E final fli re- sort By a curi¬ ous coincidence Her Pnen- lent The Dynamite Gun Problem Praotioatly Solved. At Trial Mad* la th* Itolawar* River Near Potty'* Island —Flog* Usad la Flaoa ol tho Regulation Shells- Mogl- neer Sowell’* Taira a Decided 8n«o*»*. Final Tart to Be Mad* •«®n. Philadelphia, Aug. 24.-A highly of interesting and successful trial tho pneuinatio gun armament of the dyna¬ mite cruiser Vesuvius was made Thurs¬ day, in the present* of Lieut Seaton Sohroedor and Lieut William F. Fnl- lam, of the navy. Lieut Sohroeder is to command the Vesuvius as soon as she is put in commission, and Lieut FuUam is to be second in command. The trial was made in the Delaware river, near Petty's island. Twelve shots were fired in quick suc¬ cession, although there was no attempt to attain rapidity of fire, sinoe the veaf- ael was in a tide way end had to be care¬ fully pointed before eaoh shot The pro¬ jectiles used were the plugs regulation representing shell, the weight of pounds which contains 200 of high ex¬ plosive. weight plugs The of these was 500 pounds, and some > unsteadiness i iD flight was due to the fact tiie oenter of ■avity was not plac it would be the regular shells, are perfeot- regulation shell trial, tiie as plugs, they are which far more expensive all than s ] answer poses in experiments. How th* Loading 1* Dun*. the The hydraulic in meohanism satisfactory. for working gun was every way Many alterations to secure additional safety and efficiency had been made which neoessarilv caused delay in the date of trial All the operations of loading without were single performed hitch. The smoothly lower and a sec¬ tion of the gun barrel is first ’ ’ into a horizontal position, Fr for each ec gnu are carried in a five-bar- reled reservoir whioh hioh revol Yes the volver. cartridge holder in an ordinary re¬ The lower section of the gnn barrel seotion o rammer. barrel reservoir is turned on a oent shaft to bring another ’■ for the loading. captain in A the signal ilot that the tower rangements gnn is ready to be f Automatic ar- prevent the poesibiii firing before the gnn is ready. The Requirements Exceeded. The contract with the government stipulates that five shots shall be fired respect. Since the guns ate the ship at a fixed elevation tho i , of projeotile must be controlled by pressed air. the Powerful pumps an to compress ah’ in the storage voirs voirs np np to to a a pressure pressure of of 2,000 2, pounds p per square ’ ’ *’ reservoirs ’ air for “at cession. Before ead) shot a valve is opened ad¬ mitting air from the storage reservoirs into the firing reservoirs until the pres¬ sure is observed to rise to about 1,000 pounds dosed. per square The firing inch, when the there- valve is pressure, than 1,000 of from the the firing in reservoir of the to the projectile. breeoh gun the rear How tU* Range it Regulated. It ig evident that if the valve is left pen so that air from the firing reservoir continue to o flow flow into ^---- the gun baritpl * remains in the greatest range will be attained. The shorter the time daring luring which which tke the filing valve is left open the the lea less the amount of air air that that will will the the be be admitted to the gun, and tiie shorter shorter range i of ' the the projectile, The smaller the charge charge _ of put > smaller powder in an ordinary gnn the _ the ______ vol- ume of gas formed and the less the range. A Difficult Problem. To secure this cutting off of the air be¬ tween the firing reservoir and the is tiie of key the to the most whole difficult system, problems in one mechanics—one that has never been solved or attempted except in a dyna¬ mite gnn. Its solution could not reasonably suit Of the be expected patient except stndy. as a re- most Thousands of experiments and tiie most laborious investigations have been neoessary, and it now appears that suc¬ cess is certain. The valve used in the trial was invented by Mr. Sewell an en¬ gineer in the employ of the Dynamite Gun company, who has worked indi fatigably, and well deserves success. The Final T**t. the Gapt Rapaeff, the chief engineer with the of assistance company, Mr. was Sewell present, conducted and the of trial will control Having the proved air and shot that it the off valve de¬ as sired to vary the distance at whioh the shot will strike, it of is the .intention Tues¬ to convene the board officers next day, if possible, to conduct the final trial required by the con treat The members of the board are Com¬ mander C. F. Goodrioh, Lieut. Seaton Sohroeder uroeuer shots shots and ana AneuE Lieut from from Bradly ciwuy each each A. ax. x Fisk. i mm. in in If five five ore are fired fired gnn gnn mile, ten i ie, minutes, and and if the the projectiles capacity ranging of one the reservoir ervoir is is storage be sufficient for shown ________ to fifteen shots tiie fulfilled, last provision and the of Vesu¬ the oontraot will be vius will be put in commission as a port of the new navy. Mnrderer Found In Jxll. colored, Atlanta, who Ga., Aug. 24.—George of the murderers HH1, was one of William Miller, on an excursion train near Savannah, on Ala., May jail, 20. has been found in the Ozark, where be is confined for some misdemeanor. His partner in the murder, Frank Blount, was hanged several weeks ago at Val- Self-defense Against a Dangerous Foe Forewarned is not forearmed in the case of those who incur the risk of mi attack from that dangerous foe, malaria, these unprovided with a means af defense. Bnt if in peril me aided, sustained and reinforced with the great fortifying safeguard. Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, miasma, prolific breeder of evils man¬ ifested in the shape oi bilions remittent and chfiks and fever, ague cake, dumb ague, and the calenture of the Isthmus and Cent American coost, is nullified and rendered harmless. Onr western pionwr settiere and 'ners, d writers in tropic malarious lowlands, localitiee and visi- its of and dweller* in in this this country country i____ and many . quarts , oi tbe iriobe, have tor year* been ncqrnihted with the fact and me constantly medicine provided with this unparalleled defensive .. ...... . nnlraM- ane of the stomach, liver and --{ MANUFACTURERS OF j- Sash, Blinds, Doors. We ate hete. and here to sta on ^vl' hand a large sloe K-i* DOORS, SASH AND BUNDS! which we defy competition on. Wi ]iu ve « dr^ lam ber,’ of Mouldings, the fluent vunlity mid < mi cuiufiiit« e the veryliest goods. In the way of Month s, Bulls stole, *•»<•., i to., we ran j«st beat tbe best the price yon can g+i any when-! And «.* |;j WiioMw andDoor Frames ours is born place and to raised come. In Oei.inr(ii, V n «nd "Iwune < ».ti. r , . t intin‘ y..- nn> home folks; him-»i v«.!>-dfc3r cWcIm'iii timemtd.attention to working wood'lot the ufitt tw.nlv ;.*!•*. to kl.rtw how to work to the best ndvantage. We nh:o i niploy good workmen, w ho under¬ stand how to do the work. For these Iran mntiy other reasons we might name, we claim thunk a right to patronage of the people, We heartily the public g ficrnll.v for very liberal patronage, and solieit a continance of the same. DON'T FORGtT THAI VIE WILL HAVE. - — f —** — ““ .............. ;$4Li ■p m T3 m T=ai m m m . (Prickly Ash, Poke. Moot an* Potaaslnm.) -MAXES positive cubes of ah, fobks and man at- — Phyilctrts endorse P. P. P. M * splen¬ yon win regain fleeh and etrengOL did combination, »nd prescribe it with p Wuteofenergysnd ell diseases resnlting greet sstlshBUon tot tbs eons ef sU from overtaxing the system hs cured by towns end stages ef Primary. Bseoadszy the nee of P. F.F. 11 •tel TertUry ByphiUs, SrpWUUe Bbeu- QlanduUr msitsm. Scrofulous Swellings, Oiceresnd Bbsomstism, Sores, Sid¬ as whoee blood It In an Impure oonditteadM ney Complaint*, old Chronio Ulcere that s ImJ benefited by the wonderful tonte and SYPHILIS SCROFULA GmJ have resisted til tnstmant, Osterrh, SJdn blood cleansing properties of F.F.P* Dlwiifn. , ^**[1*1 Ffloito Prickly Ash, Poke Boot andFotuslom. Compltilnta, Mercuritil Poison, Tetter* Sold by ell Druggists. 8csldhead, etc., ate. ..... P. P. P. 1* s powerful tonic snd an LffPliNUMi, Proprigtors. excellent spptttxer, building np the WHOUCMU Dsussisvs. system rapidly. If yon are wsak and T.i mock, SAYAN*AH, fUU feeble, and feel badly by P-. and rfml1 | RHEUMATISM ' ■ ■■ ; ; from Tokio, Japan, arrived in Bloom¬ ington Thursday, and will take a two years’ coarse in the Bloomington law school Thefonneris and 33 years of aim and the latter 24, both araaxoep- tionaUy in telligent _ Circa* Train Wreaked.. six train oars killed of the thirty Banmm ring horses, & Bailey chariot cirous smashing a team and two camels, besides a great deal of circus belongings. The loss is $60,000. School Notice. The West Griffin Private School for literary I and musical training ling will wi be experienced Monday, and Sept. 2, 1889. teacher will have charge of competent Music class. For terms, Mbs. Ac., J, apply to augl eodtf C, Gorham, Principal. 6 “ c.«. it, Time Nut lie, 1 , * In effect August 18th, 1889. No. 15 —Dailv, Except Sunday. Leave Griffin...... ..............J........6:45 a. m. Arrive Atlanta...................... 8:00 “ No. 16 —Daily, Except Sunday, Leave Atlanta.... .............................6:05 p. m. Arrive Griffin......................... .,...8:05 No. 17 —Sunday Only. Leave Griffin...................... ..........,7:40 a.m. Arrive Atlanta...............................9:85 ” No. 18 —Sunday Only. Leave Atlanta.............. ..............3:00 p. m. Arrive Griffin.............. ,.....,..5:00 “ No. 3 —Daily. Leave Arrive Vaco) Griffli tte'/fr-W-"-r'............... n........................».......6:25 .8:30 a.m. •* Atlanta________________....._____.....7:00 “ No. 11 —Daily. », Leave Macon..... a, ................... 8:25 a.m. Arrive Griffin.............. 10:43 “ “ Atlanta..............................13:30 p.m. No. 1 —Daily. - Leave Macon...... Arrive Griffin.................... Leave “ .... .......... 4:00 ArrivcAtianta...................... .....5:45 " No. 13 —Daily. Leave Macon................................ 9:00 6:40p.m. Arrive Griffin................... “ “ Atlanta.............................10:40 “ No. 2 —Daily. * Leave Atlanta...,..........................6:50 8:17 a, m. Arrive Griffin.... " ........ " Macon................. 10:80 “ No. 12 —Daily. Leave Atlanta.------------------p. m. Arrive Griffin..................... -.4:00 * ,nn “ Macon . ....6:15 No. 4—Daily. Leave Atlanta............................., nta......................... 7:05 p. m. Arrive Griffin............................... 8:35 “ . *• Macon................. .11:00 *• No. 14 —Daily. Leave Atlanta..............—.......... 9:05 a. m* Arrive Griffin.......................... 10:43 “ “ Macon........------....—------ 1:00p.m. No. 27 —Daily. Leave Griffin...—..—8:30 o, ib. “ Newnan......................... 10:20 “ Arrive Carrollton........................11:85 11 *y No. 28 —Daily. Leave Carrollton.......................—4:20 p. m *• Newnan........................ 5:23 *• Arrive Griffin——7:20 “ No. 29 —Daily, except Sunday. Leave Griffin..—--------------.........1:80 p. m. Arrive Newnan----------- .4:80 “ Leave *• ...................——.—.5:25 “ Arrive CsrroHton.......................7aD0 “ No. 80 —Daily, Except Sunday. Leave Carrollton...........................8:45 a.m Arrive Leave Newnan..—.....—. Newns •w*»»**«M**a«*M*™*W ;; Arrive Griffin.------ ------- 10:85 tm- For fartherdntormatkm relative tc., write to tfek- to NEW YORK OK BOSTON -IS VIA- SAVANNAH I *8.4... —AKD TBE- * ! OCEAN : STEAMSHIP: LINE —-Of TH U-*- - Central Railroad of Georgia. SUMMER EXCURSION TICKETS Now on sale at reduced rates. Good to re¬ turn until OctoberSlst, 1880. Free Magnificent from the heat Steamer and dust-, and elegant Incident service All- to Bail Routes. Ifyou are sick the trip will in¬ vigorate and barn! you np. 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