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About Schley County enterprise. (Ellaville, Ga.) 1886-1??? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1886)
SCHLEY - COUNTY ENTERPRISE A j, HARP. Publisher. BOLD TRAIN R0B9ERS. Xlirco Mon Capture a Train in Broad Daylight. Intimidating Federal Soldiers and Robbing the Passengers. In broad daylight n fow days since the mail and express train on the Fort Woe and Beaver Railroad, stopped at a water tank just north of Bellevue station, jeventy-fivo miles north of Fort Worth. A few minutes before the I train arrived three men had ridden up to »b vise two hundred yards from tho tank, tied their 1 orses and ordered dinner. They I walked 1 isurely toward the tank, and about that time tho train pulled in. One of the robbers withdrawn pistol ordered Kngineor Ayers aui his fireman aud O. G. Miller, an¬ other Ml:hirer who was riding in the cab, to aliight. which they did. Ho then marched them through some thirty them feet taking from all the tram and went the valuables they bad. VV Idle this was going on the other moa went through th.s train. One of the passengers, who the was looking out of tho win¬ dow an divining 1 saw operation with the train men, the situation, wont iuto tho for'.ardcirs aud exclaimed: ■Tat un ity your money nn i valuables; we will bo robbed.” At once the passengers wrote 1 ail they could and awaited results. soldiers Inthesmokhig-car belonging were five United HUitcs negroes) to the Twenty- fourth Infantry, hargo under command of Gap- tain Connors ia 1 of two deserters who were I- ing taken to Leavenworth from Fort Sill. B le u it was seen that tlio sol lion s were going ti fight, j begged several him passengers wont to ConuM-an t> submit tamely, saying the women* and children were greatly alarmed aud that all the valuables were h. l ion away. Connors reluctantly con- sented to do as requested. By this time tbe two men had l ea ned tho Soldiers, and cover- ing thrm with revolvers, demanded their pi t i's, w hich the soldiers surrendered. ‘•How miti h money have you got? asked one of the robbers. “Only -> i0 to foed my prisoners with,’ an¬ swered Connors. ‘You can keep it, thou,” and the rohbers pawi coach: on. They said to ladies in tho lust tid “I anything a lies, you need not be afraid, wo won’t .Many e of tho trom you.” And they did not. in _ passengers recreted their money various ways, giving most of it .with tlicir diamonds) to several ladies aboard. Miss Kate Haas, of Fort Worth, His. t. .. charge Chambers, of nnd other valuables. of Pottsdam, N. Y., ro- ce ved fo,iH)0 and some diamonds, and Mrs. U itti. k. of L'ar thu. o, Mo., took her hits- bantsgoid lars. watch and several bundled dol¬ Mrs. V. ittick was greatly incensed at tho oceedings and boldly stood up in the car asked i. tho forty men were going to sub¬ to such an outrage at the hau is of two 0 worth Abo of it S!S,<KX) in money and diamonds and other wore left by tho robber* the r haste to get through tho and because they- did not search ladies. They were evidently novices in business, and went away with the paltry 1 of s lid, three gold w at lies, ten silver watches five revolvers aud one gold ring. '1 !;•■ robbers loft tlio train at the rear of tho tl eper, mounted horses standing near by and rode raj idly a.vav. The train was then hurried on to Bellevue, '•heve telegrams wore sent to Superintendent 1 rost, 11 fc t ort Worth, who immediately se- i.'. 1 . eili-ring ^. Orewardfor each robl er in l.ss than an hour five posses of officers an! ' iti ens were in pursuit under Sheriff Me! am, of Montague; Marshal Black, of Bowie, aud otiio; 3 . The men w.to all dros-red ia cowlroy style, nn rod from livo feet seven inches tosix leet i’i lie ..lit, and all ha i sandy lieardsof about t: ri-e weeks’ growth. Tho tallest man had a > unit :n h s left eye. Tney made no effort to conceal their fa es. and talked and joked with the pas augers a they robbad them. FIVE SAtLOSF L03T. Tlicir Boat Overturned While Help- jug a Disabled Steamer. ■While performing an art of heroism First 0 v, r BarthiDmow H.'Henry, of the steam- (•!):•> Kmckarbocker ot tbe Cromwell line’o) it: r: on. and four brave me rubers of tho re* s i's creiv lost their livos tbe other morning ia the terrible storm of win 1 aud blinding snow which swept the New Jersey coast. The Knickerbocker arrived at New York frmn New Orleans after n tempestu HIS nn'n -e'of seven days. When tlie Five Fathom I.ightho iso li nl been rea bod, which is 1 .0 miles distant from New York city and off the roast large ot New Jersey, the lookout with sighted a schooner in the di.stauoe the dis¬ tress signal flying. First O il: er Henry prop s <1 to the Cajv lain that men I 0 .-out to hr relo-f. lie prom- oli' ;‘>h> lelf. and asked that four men When - row bo detailed to a “company him. the crew learned what was wanted I sir of tho Hi: mt experience. I of t lie sailors vol- uuteerod theirscrvices. With groat difli ulty sad danger the lifeboat, which was a new obs •-11 of tie- most improved 1 attorn, was loiverej. uikcers and men jumped in an 1 I;-Gl-' ''cabled l away on their errand of mercy to the aij hour s it hooner in tho distance. roach Nearly J-hooner, took tho bout to tho fi -he aud every bow ami then on her i|i 1 wn, list to tho breathle s passengers an crew, who were watching her from tho ste.nirr r.Mung in tho trough of the sea. At 1 1 st the schooner was reached. 8he P rn '"i..l to lie the Alary D. Creamer, bound to Philadelphia. Her captain said that her rudder had broken, an 1 that she was help- 1; ' s. She wantoi to be torved to Philadel¬ phia. Th'so on board tho Knickerbocker then twicer Henry take a lino from the crviiso:- an Is: w the boat’s crew pull town: d the Eire:: rbocker. As tho 1 rew rowed away the line from the schooner' was payed ? halt u f> 1,1 t.hadistance le by little. had Finally, boon accomplished, when about a wave like a mountain enure and struck tli3 lifeboat broad ile. the towlino parted in twain, tho lifeboat capsized and her comma riding olliror and crew wore soon struggling in the water, it seemed hoars but it was in reality only a law minutes when the boat wo s righted and three of those struggling with tlio waves were seen to clamber iuto bor. Tho other two were never seen again. Again tho boat procee led laboriously on Journey. First ollicor Henry took the one of tlio sailors at the oars and pulled with tho remnant of his crew. The passengers towing on tlio stea n r saw him cease sclt t» the „ u ,e- Heat that time lashed hiiu- seat ou which iie - at file wind still continued to blow the tre- aen Ions galo, and the billows see.nod higher ihati ever bofnro. But on and on tho boat until “’’if it .'Hth was within a jn-ogress bniliug hardly perceptible ofthottux- °t i sva b hers tlio easy steamer’s decks. , on then thrro rolled a threatening wave from tie northwest, higher by far than any which .'’y jerrihc preceded blow. it, Once anil struck she the capsized, life boat anl u 111 tliri-o be more “38 the mem oulil distinctly seen liat- fhe waves, next wa e that came took the boat 011 an.o' Join'd re ^’ the I 111 '* hull w Wh of tremendous (he forro It flung it eve in steamer. was m an instant aud sunk out of sight. i„„, l ' ar )'Gy bad tho life-ti<-at gone it) the bot- tbe b >dy of a man was seen float ttia'nl b;er steamer's side. It was that of Henry. brought Lines were thrown and w«rn " e ,'° on duck. They liJjJ life lu t M state-room he occupied in 1 * r «. brought to the city. The 18 of the sailors wore not found. "II1ILE #ALE EVICTIONS imminent, th' '' k Y )0 e ° 1 , evi * and tlonH Wcstropp threatened on Kilt, '' estate* iu ire nrenl^ prepwmg U ' ll ’ t0 V C1 “ r< '’ Irelon<1 - Ten wit 3 THE YEAR 1887. O) t- m fj! ■ask \Friday t 1SS7 llll Jon. 7 I i » 3 4 5 0 fcgg- ' * 4t 6 7 8 95 l8 II 26 19 13 20 13 to 18 ti 12 19 20 13 21 >4 22 15 23 23 24 25 27 =4 35 26 37 28 39 30 Feb. 30:31 i Aug. 31 nllUr?' 1 J| 3 as* 5 1 2 « 1 3 6 12 7 V 10 II 12 13 «9 >4 SilS >7 ll u 20(21 27128 22 23 24 a 2t. J4 »5 »7 Mar. $isi; . »=. Se pl 31 5 8 1 T J 1011 28 13 4 5»7 9 10 19 13 13 14 13 16 17 JO JI 23 23 23 2 24 25 26 is 19 20 21 22 2} 34 27 28 *9 3°:3» ...... 73 26 27 28 29 30 Apr. 1 2 Oc*. 3 4 1 6 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 *5 ■gas ,1 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19,20,2 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 27,20 29 23 24 25126 27 28 29 May 6® Nov. 30® ... ... 1 2 3 4 5 ■" - *1 a 3 4 S 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 678 11 11 u 15 16 17 l8 26 19 20(21 23 U 13 *4 22(23 *51*9 *7 ll 22 23 24 25 27 20 2i 34 25 293031 V. a 8 L 9 r ”, ■ June 334 Dec. . » 3 t 6 7 8 9 iojn 43678 13,14 9 10 ■ JI3JI4 >5 16 27 18 ; 11 ia 15 1 617 19 20)21123 33,24 35 I 18 19 20 21 22 y 24 26 27128)29 30) .1 .. 25 26 27)28 29 • 31 Eclipse* for 18b7. ifn-r, will be four Eclipses this year -two 0 f ths Snn slid two of the Moon. The first Is a Partial Eclipse of tho Moon, Febru¬ ary t’niteJ 8rh, MW o'clock in partial the morning, eclipse, and visible In (he States as a also in the Pacific Ocean and Asia. The second Is nn Annular the Eclipse of tUsSun, February Ible In tile 2Jd, United 7 59 States; o'clock visible in afternoon; In Sooth Pacific tnvls- Ocean and western coast of South America. tbe third is a Partial Eclipse of the Moon, Angust 31, at 3:33 o'clock in the afternoon; Invisible in the United Slates; visible In Western Asia and East Europe. The fourth is Total Eclipse of the Snn, Angnst a 18th, 11:13 o'clock in ths evening, and Is invisible In tlio United States. The eclipse will be total at licrlin in Herman v. Kontgsberg, Yeddo In Japan, anil llicode Oro in the Pacific Ocean. Morning Stars. Evening Stars, Venus, after Sen t. 21st. Venus, until Sept 'flat Mars, after April 24th. Mars, until Apnl 84th. Jupiter, Nov, until April 20, Jupiter, until Nov. after April 20, after S. 8. Saturn, until Jan. 9, after Satnrn, after .Jan. 9, un¬ July 18 , til July 18. Feb. Tth, Mercury, until Keh. 7, i Mer airy. Hfter after Mar. 21, July 2S, 1 I May 2fth, Sept tilth. Nov. 7. f’lunetn Brightest. Mercury, March 5th. 18th, July 1st, setting 17th, December then jost after the Sun; April August I'ith, rising then Just before the Sun. Venus, August tuth. October 29th. .Japiter, April 20th. Mats, not this year. Saturn, January 9th- The Four Sen sous. Winter begins December 24, ts-tfi, and Iasi E2US Spring “ March 20, 13S7. “ “ Summer “ June 21, “ “ “ Autumn “ September 23, “ “ “ I.EAPINtl I'UOM A MOVINCJ TRAIN. O. 11. Jenne, a retired merchant, of Elgin, 111., accompanied by his wife and brother-in-law,F. L. McClure, proprietor of the Elgin Canning Works, started on a trip l ist week for the benefit of his health. He had been suffering from melancholy and it was down. feared that his mind would break He was watched carefully, however, and all went well until last Thursday, when the train was passing through Indian Terri¬ tory and running- down grade at thirty miles un hour. Suddenly Mr. Jenne sprung through the car window. Ilis wife caught his clothing, but could not) hold him and he dropped stopped to the track. Quickly the train was and backed up to the spot. Mr. Jenne, strange to say, was still alive and could speak. He had suffered internal injuries from which he died. IRISHMEN ARRESTED. The I'rluis Apjircacliina in lelshAflairii John Dillon, member of parliament foi east Mayo, William O’Brien, editor of United Ireland, Matthew Hains, member for east Galway, and David Sheehy, member of parliament for south Galway, «ere arrested Thursday in the town ol Loughrea, county defraud. Galway, The charged with conspiracy to trustees' in prisoners have been acting as conduct¬ ing the plan ot dissatisfied the campaign and been receiving from tenants the re¬ duced rents refused by landlords or land¬ lords’ agents. At the time of making the arrests the police took away from Mr. Dillon 80 pounds which he had just re¬ ceived in trust from tenants. The four gentlemen were taken before a magistrate mid remanded for a week. THE IRISH DIFFICULTIES. The order of business in the coming session of the British Parliament will probably be as follows: The session will open with the introduction of a Coercion bill, including special provisions for the de¬ suppression of boycotting. It was cioed that local Government measures affecting England and Scotland shall have precedence over legislation on the same subject for Ireland. The result of this will be that no Irish business except such ns relates to coercion and to the bill extending the ecope of the Ashbourne Land act will be transacted. ANNISTON ALA. BOOMING. The large body of land of the Oxana Land company has been sold to a rich syndicate. Several furnace* will be built. VV. G. Ledbetter, of Winston, N. I’., has purchased three hundred acres of mineral land from the Cooper’s, inside the incor¬ porate limits of Anniston. W. 11. Wil¬ liams, of Anniston, purchased Glover, the rich five mineral lands of Doctor miles north of Anniston. A furnace will be built on all. In consequence of these sales real estate is excited. UEN. HANCOCKS WIDOW. The friends of the late General W. 8. Hancock have as a tribute to his memory, raised a sum of money to purchase committee a home for his widow. The having the matter in charge has decided, after consultation with Mr». Hancock, to purchase a home in Washington D. V., where, therefore, she will hereafter make her hom*. MINERAL LANDS BOOMINL. A report has just been received of an- zither sale of mineral land on the line ji the Norfolk and Western railroad near Roanoke 7 Vu amounting ,7c to $20,000. 1 Ins makes an aggrt gate of sales < $100,000 in the last two months. ________—-- Tin,- posl AND - tbe LEAGUE. The Pope had it conference with Car- dii.-il flimponi and nrenared instructions to .v the r-i Irish bishops V,; W>n Mi chirgtng lira [no- them to ke ep their clergy scrupulously within the limit* of duty in regard to the antt-reut movement in ireland ELLAVILLE, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER ‘33, 1886. McQUADE’S GUILT. THE “ BOODLE” ALDER MAS i <>\- VIVTED AT LAST. Tiir Jury on lli» Meroml Trlnl ltnulrr u Vnrdlrt Within Fifteen 'limit.. It will be remembered that the first trial ol Alderman Mcyuado, charged with ms" largo bribe to pa-s the Broadway horse-ear charter In New York, resulted in no verdict, notwithstanding that the Alder- manieaccomplices te titied to the illegal acts of bribery in order to save themselves. Be- iause no corroborative evidence was offered at the first trial, Jedge's charge wat favorable to the prisoner, and the jury was discharged utter being out a long thno and being unable to come to a decision, nine standing for till and three for conviction. At this-second trial the testimony of the two accomplices, with corroborative evidence, was offered, and the result was reversed. We give the closing^ scenes of the trial from the York papers as follows: The second trial of ox-Alderman Arthur J. Mcghiade, on a charge of re eivinga Broad- in connection with the grant of the way franchise ended early last evening 111 the conviction of the defendant. 1 be result was quickly reached when the iase was on e submitted to the jury. The trial occupied which were nineteen spent in court obtaining davs, a jury. twelve The of J District Attorney, and a strong charge by Re order South. j before The case 7 was and submitted the jurors to the retired jury shortly to the j p. st., 1 Grand Jury room.adjoiuiug the court room, under tbe < hargo of the court officers. Ju less than fifteen minutes-the jurors informed I Jime finer Curry, who' was prepared I meilintely cominum rated to Recorder Smyth. ! j who had just sat down, with the counsel and j attorneys dinner for served tho people, the to District-Attor- a hastily pre- m nevs office. Without waiting to finish their meal the Re-order and his companions ha-tened to the court-room. Mctjuade, his brother and his lawyers were already there They occupying their ac ustomed seati were evidently prepared for the worst. believing that if a verdict had been reached so quickly it mud be agaiust them, since they pinned their only hope upon a disagreement jrKStetyasftKsa: among the twelve. of the Recorder’s charge had heeu spoken. there were less than fifty persons in the room, few haying expected that an would be come to so soon. Ihe faces of the jurors wore an expression which ill concealed the conclusion they had reacbe 1. All appeared to feel keenly positions the responsible and tics attached to their one or LCtopBy ttt Pr ^ nel '' V Pr ^‘ 0i ' “Haseyou agreed upon a verdict;” asked Assistant Clerk Moser when the jury were seated and the crier had caUed the assembly t °'°\Ve r iiave," responded Foreman Henry ! Ottenberg deliberately. verdict?” asked the clerk. , 1 “tV hat is your “We find that the prisoner is guilty of the charges lOUtained ill the fnstcount ot the indictment,” was Mr. Ottenberg s firm and | distinct reply. word guilty MeQuade, who to At the up this moment bad retained the perfect com- 1 ia iront of him and drew hiniseit out ot • his chair until he almost stood erect and then sank hack again. The color rose j quickly recovered his self-possession, how ever, mid when he turned around to speak t> ms brother he appeared as little disconcerted as the most disinterested spec- tutor. (J noral Tracy, Mr. New.ombe and ex-Senator Grady, the they prisoner’s lawyers, sat as stolidly as though were not, con- After thanking and complimenting them the jury tbe Recorder discharged Tombs tube and sentenced Mctjuade I was taken back to the {ssssf.s“■ on the following Friday. The maximum j 1 F 1 OLEOMARGARINE. | stnlialli'* ami Fl«ur*» Showing the Oper*. ■ ion ofllie New Tax l.aw. The Secretary of the Treasury has trans- mitt -rl to the Senate a report, prepared by Mr. Miller, Commissioner of Internal Reve¬ nue. in answer to Senator Ingalls’s resolution calling for information about tbe operation of the Oleomargariu • law. By this report it appears that since Novem¬ ber t, the date at which the law went iuto oper¬ ation, spreial taxes provided for therein hive been a-sensed on thirty-four manufacturers of oleomargarine, ou kOt whole ale dealers, and on 2,415 retail dealers. The number of pounds of oleomargarine assessed at two cents per pound was 4,4:>J.l 74. The pi iocipal collections were in the First Illinois district, where 2,(ilJ,70'J pounds were taxed, The other districts where the colie tions wore aliove tho average were as follows: Colo¬ rado, 101.951 pounds: Kansas;‘378,551 pounds; First Third New York, Massachusetts, 191,979 pounds; 155,894 pounds; Second New York, 1355,454 pounds; Rhode Island, 284,- JLli pounds. establishments, ton (»f the manufa taring are in the First Illinois district, five m Kan- sas, three in Second New York, three in Thirteenth Ohio, and fivo in Rhode Island. None of the other districts contains more than two factories. The wholesale dealers First Michigan, Rhode Island and Louisiana. There are not more than four wholesale deal- ers in any one of the other districts Third Massachusetts is next with 294; the Twenty-second Pennsylvania, 181; Rhode Island' 177; First Pennsylvania, 157; Fifth ibM York, First Ohio, 75: Kansas, 72; First New In 65; Eighteenth Ohio, 57; Colorado, 49. the remaining district* the number of retail Healers range from one to thirty-one. PLEURO-PNEUMONIA, National At<1 Invoked to Stamp Out the Cattle Scourge. The Committee of the Consolidated Cattle Growers’ Association of the United States, appointed to prepare and present to Congress a bill for the extirpation of conta- g i OUS pleuro-pneumonia and like dis- eases among cattle, have been in Con- ference at Washington, with Members of Congress haveperfectod and government leading offi<iats. They ^“'tTf' a bUl, the features of a ami executive ability, whose functions pay are to be suspended by the President when- ever the public safety will permit and re- stored whenever he deems necessary; the conferral on the Commission of ample powers to discover, quarantine, appraiso, slaughter, and pay for diseased and exposed cattle and to establish rules and regulations therefor, to havethe force of law when approved by the j-resident; the linpositionof penalties for ob- struction of officers or concealment of dis- «**<», an! the power to em —-r loy the best veterinary skill to be foun . with other needed assistants, andtomake necessary appro^ri*- ex- pendituras. The bill eah. for tb* vtou of |l,QQO,OOJ, DESTROYED BY FIRE, AN AWFUL DISASTER TO A MIS¬ SIS >' VVl STEAM no AT, The Fluent float on the Hirer Hurnctf, With Thirty or Fort? of Her PnocnfifM. The steamboat .T. M. White, from Vicksburg for New Orleans, was burned at y| ue y to „ e , Point Coupe, three Di¬ f our miles above Baton Rouge. She had a number of passengers onboard, Her cargo consisted of 2,100 bales of cotton and 0,000 sacks of seed. Several lives were reported to have been lost, butCapt. James T. Muse, who was in command, telegraphs that only one person, the por- Thu ter of the boat, is known to be lost. boat and her cargo are a total loss, The J. M. White was built in 1878 ut a cost of 4225,000. She was regarded by many as the finest nnd fastest ever run on the Mississippi river. She was owned by Oapl. John IV. Iobin. Her cargo was valued at $90,000. I he insurance on the boat is $20,000, - and her eargo is undoubtedly fully Mstited. W hen the Y\ hite took fire she was U- . mg at Point Coupe taking on cotton. 8h<- had on board 3,500 bales of cotton iU td 8,000 sacks of seed. This makes a cargo valued at $150,000. Thomas Barry, second . of the White, engineer was on duty when the fire broke out in the cotton im jdsliip. He savs that for a time he .« ”'i" it finally gained such headway they could do nothing with it. Barry states that the t j re spread 1 so rapid'ly * _ that the boat in a , minutes, • . was wranned ^iap]>ea in in flames names lie thinks there were ton or a dozen lives lost, iueliiding a colored fireman an( j t „- 0 colored chambermaids, one of *mmm* »"»* Wa.hlj.ston Tlio second cook, coloted, was also lost. He also reports the loss of Captain Bird Floyd, : superintendent £ of the Vidaliarail wit his wife and daughter, o > who were passengers, lie knows nothing as to the number of passengers that were aboard, but thinks there were not very many. Ile believes there were some wo men and children on deck. Evidence is accumulating lost that there were many more lives than the story of the engineer given above would indi <««, »«»>< «* «. Iroin the steamers " list The following is a as far as ascer- tained of white persons daughter, missing: 5 L. H. Stafford, , wife ... and . of \ id all a; G. Wash Floyd, a well known steamboat man; Mrs. Murray, from Natchez; Miss A , s yp-Cabe, of West Feliciana, name^ anti two other lady passengers, un- known. Three men undone woman were w alking on the hurricane roof when the roof fel| in and a u doubtless disappeared in the fa™*- They were burned to dentil. Two white men, names unknown, i a charge of a premium drowned. ox, jumped over- | m ., r( j au <] W cre Mrs. Dr. Wade, . ... cst f e. elii n 1.111,1. ■ made .. a most mr ,ct miracij m j rann " . lous escape, but is almost frantic with grief at the los.-> of her sister, Miss*M r She speaks in glowing terms of r , f ,bi "'?i? « ?• Y\ <i^h r loyu, 3>nO SrtCiificea T his life in trying to save the lady passengers. All officers of the White were saved. w.le, ol Ottowa, S' »«?„«• Ills, j- r. m Captain Henry C. Brown, State engin- eel ; "now a- a. mssemrer passenge on on tne the White v nue, estimates the loss of life at thirty-six. He gives the names of the following per- sons w p 0 were saved, but were all sjigl'tly injured and were left at Point Coupe: John .Stahl, pilot; Hortense Smith, Mrs. Smith, of Racine, Wis., and a gentleman and his wife, from Chicago, "»>«■ ”»>■»-. about thirty cabin passengers and a number of negro cabin passengers in the “bureau.” The number of deck passengers is un¬ known. Mr. Brown savs: “Trash Lloyd, formerly a clerk on the Willis Hayes, ran through the cabin calling up the passengers, and nob}” 1 —t life trying to save othars. Capo, Sri (i S?. commander of the White, had been ill all day and was in bed when the fire broke out. The chief mate was in charge of the steamer. I had about ten feet start of the fire, and although I rati rapidly forward, when f reached the bank the fire was within twenty-five feet of me. I had on only my underclothing when 1 reached the bank. 1 did not see a soul in the cabin as I ran through. The cabin was in full blaze at the-time, and the flames were ra pidly eating their way tothehurri- cane deck. BLIND, BUT REACHED CANADA Mr. Storer’s Business Frirnds Sny that He Has Fled Owing Them £30,0)10. For lullnv ; / yeiir s William Storer has been engaged . ,, Ihc . . diy- in commission goods business at No. S.'lti Church street, New York, lie enjoved ' friends the full coufi- of his business and of the a. came near being elected vestryman of the Lutheran church, of which he was a reg- ffiar member. His sight had always been .™-«. ...... .......... denty blind. His friends sympathized with him in his misfortune, but were i.ffi t0 gee that t |„ i oss of ],j s s i„ht did *•••« .P revont from . attending to hie business, and the merchants on Church gneet thought that Mr. Storer was con- ducting a successful business enterprise „ nti , t Pri day morning, when he dia- peared. llis creditors, employees and friends have since been comparing notes, and have come to the conclusion that Mr. Storer's indebtedness will iinum; t to $30,000. THROUGH A TRESTLE. A passenger train on the Chapel Hiil branch of the North Carolina railroad Chapel went through a trestle half a mile from Hill, last Wednesday night. Six ot eight people were seriously hurt, m eluding Conductor Brown, Engineer “ridge Builder May, aud N. A Stedman, of Raleigh. Nobody was killed. t oi.MSiox . . IN .hx-ivi t Mtc. I » . . A collision . occurred on the 1 , and Western railroad, near Cripp' | ( ....m lam tiou Ttu-dav morning, where ' ' By , two engines . weti wrecke . i a . .... ,. x ploded. No lives were lost, but one en .-irieer ' j named 8. J. Roberts, wv ' ""t i' . 8 w burn*-,' 000 A Rsng ofvUftst. O waary JUan4»! that, aU tljp day, Were set td;lla.bor bardanU^ipg: Now softly fall (be shadows gray, The bells are rung for even song. Au hour ago the golden sun Bank slowly down quo tho west; Poor, weary Ruuds. yBut- toil is done, T’ia time for rest: —’tis time for rostl O weary Feetl that many a mile Have trudged along n weary way. At last ye reach the trystiug stile; No longer four to go astray. The gently bending, rustling trees Rock tho young birds within tho nest, And softly sings tbe quiet breeze: “ 'Tin time for rest!—'tis time for rest!” O weary Eyesl from which the tears Fell many a time like thunder rain; O weary Heart! that through the years Beat with such bitter, restless pain, To-night forget tho stormy strife, And know wliat heaven shall send is best,; Lay down the tangled web of life, ’Tis time for rest!—’tis time for rest! —Flo retire Tytee. The Widow's Pumpkins. It was a brilliant October morning, the grass all sparkling with honr frost, the trees waving their rod-jeweled arms to the sunshine, and Eliakim Ellis was driving serenely down llay Hill. “I aiu’t a poet,” thought he, “but if I was, 1 could write a lot of rhymes about like this. Why, it’s poetry all the way through. And—eh?—how?- wliat? Who’s that?” It was the Widow Hepsy Hall, stand¬ ing at the door of her little one-storied house, and beckoning with her long, lean arms toward him. The farmer drew his rein. “Hold on Sorrel!” he apostrophized his steed, “You ain’t never in a hurry, when I want you to be, so I calcerlutc you can stand still a bit now. Wal, Mis’ Hall, what can 1 dew for ye th.s morn¬ ing?” I’ve got some pumpkins that I want to sell,” likely said ones.” the l^low Hepsy. “Drellul “Pumpkins?” echoed Eliakim. “Why, bless you soul, Mis’ Hall, pumpkins is a dreg in the market, just now. The pumpkin crop has turned out powerful good, thunk Providence, and our folks is feedin’ ’em to the caows." A shadow of dire disapi»ointuieDt crept over the old woman’s face, as she stood there, unconsciously picturesque, against the ourly hop-tendrils and crimson wood¬ bine leaves that garlanded the doorway. The tears came into her dim eyes. i i Then 1 may as well give it up,” said she, in accents of dispatr. “For 1 haiu’t nothin’ else to sell; and Belindy had set such store on my cornin’ down this autumn afore cold weather set in.” . • Eli?” said Mr. Ellis; good-uaturedly. “You was a-goin’ down down to Beliu- dy’s, eli?” “I can’t without no money,” said the Widow Hepsy Hall. “And I was sort o’ calculatin’ on them pumpkins. Th u corn hain’t amounted to nothin’, and tho weasels has tuk all the poultry, and the dried berries mildewed that last dog days weather, and the carpet-weaven’ business is awful dull; so what be I to do?” “Can’t ye put off your visit?” said Eliakim, thoughtfully flicking the top off a cluster of saucy ox-cved daisies, that grew close to his wagon wheels. “Belindy’s little boy’s got the croup,” said Mrs. Hali, lugubriously. “And her husband has fell off a scaffold and broke his leg. And if ever I'm wanted there, it’s now.” “1 swan !” ejaculated honest Eliakim, as he realized what the double meaning of poverty and misfortune was. “Fetch me them pumpkins; I’ll buy ’em any¬ how.” “I’ll let you have the lot for a dollar,” said the Widow Hepsy, wistfully. “They’re jest out in the corner lot.” “Ain’t eh?” “Bless me! who’ve Igot together’em?” reproachfully retorted Mrs. Hall—“and not a soul about the place, and me with that crick in my back.” 1 Eliakim Ellis’ heart smote him. Who was he, to complain of a little extra trouble, when the Widow Hepsy was so much worse off than himself? So lie alighted, and led Sorrel labor- I iously down the stony cart track toward the corn field, where, amid the harvested shocks, gleam <1 the ruddy gold of pump¬ I kins innumerable. * ; “Pumpkins!” screamed Mrs. EJlis, j when her husband drove into the door- yard at noon. “Pumpkins! Why, Elia- kim Ellis, what on earth are you bring- ing pumpkins her* for? Ain’t we got the barn-chambers full, aud the lots full, aud the very cattle won’t eat ’em? Be you clean gone crazy?” Mrs Ellis was a high-cheek-boned female, with projecting front teeth, and hard, greenish eyes, like badly-colored marbles. She was one of those who wots hip gain as the fire- worshippers fur down before the sun. “Money is money!” was her favorite axiom. And Eliakim felt his heart sink within him as he faced her stern, uncompromising ease. be began. “They’re jest a few—” “A few!” shrilly echoed his wife. “The waggin is heaped full! And we a-throwin’ of ’em uwuy every day ! That’s jest a* man’s calculatin’ 1” “Jest a few ” said Eliakim hiti hinsr desperately on the first section of his ipeach, “that I’ve Drang down her* to srl for Mrs. Hall. There ain’t much market up that-a-way, you know, Loisy. “And," lie added to himself, “good¬ ness knows how glad I’d be to sell ’em if I had the chance! I ain’t lyin’, uo- how!" Miss Ellis gave a prodigious sniff. “Don’t you fetch that there truck inside of tho door-yard, ’Liakim!” said she. “Jest dump ’em on the roadside and let the neighbors’ hogs cat ’em up as quick as they can!’’ But Mr. Ellis took advantage of a tin- peddlcr coming along on the other side of the street, and engaging his help¬ meet’s attention, to smuggle iu the load of pumpkins, “1 won't watte ’em anyway,” said lie. “If anybody’s hogs is to eat ’em, it may as well be mine.” That afternoon, when lie came in to supper, a thing happened which had ucver before befallen him in all his mar¬ ried life. He found the tea-kettle cold, the Gra¬ ham gems unbaked, the table unspread and his wife crying piteously. “Eh!” said Eliakim, blankly. “What in-a 11-crcation’s— the matter now? You ain’t sick, be you, Loisy?” “Yes, I be!” sobbed Mrs. Ellis. “Heartsick, Liakim. Oh, what liev I done? I’ve sold them old gray pants o’yourn to the tin peddler, and never re. membored how I’d put that there hundred dollar coupon bond you gave me to keep, in the pocket, because I calculated no burglars would take a pair o’rngged old panst. Oh, dear! oh, dear!” For one minute Eliakim Ellis stood silent. A hundred dollars was a hundred dollars to this hard-working man, who could only save and scrape by littles. But he looked at Louisa’s pale, woe¬ begone face, and his great, tender henrt rose up within him like the billows of the sea. “Don’t fret, Loisy, my gal,’’he said, cheerfully. “It was only au uccideut. 'Taiu’t wuth frettiu’ about.” Aud he bent down and kissed her forehead—a rare occurrence in their undemonstrative household. “We’ll go to work and make it up as fast as possible, my dear.” “Oh,’Liakim!” sobbed the good wife, “I don't deserve you should be so good to me. I’m a cross, see din’ ereetur, nnd—” “Tut. tut, tut!" goodhumoredly inter- rupped her husband. “Guess 1 ain’t goin’ to hev nty wife abused this a-way.” “And I’m sorry I spoke so short about them pumpkins,” added Louisa, dole¬ fully. Mr. Ellis whistled under his breath. He was almost disposed now, to regret that he had paid out that dollar for the Widow Hepsy’s pumpkins. “However, it’s done,” he said to him¬ self, “and it can’t be undone. Loisy’d best be left in the dark, 1 guess, about it.” He was alertly ktaraie^lie tire, while Mis. Ellis moved i.-. very energetic ' ‘< * * !" siowd". Al ‘1 who -Ill'll '1 m M jfl in jM i" He held out the folomi^ rnent. Eliakim looked odd. “Fetch on Diogenes num said lie, “1 calc'lute loEfl man at last!” “Get out!” said the tfl don’t want none o’ your -sv, fun poked at me. But 1 tell you y dew want. Them there puinpkirj "'* s c,niri ’ ,n wlu ' u 1 eJtch H sauce-pan and two dippers for thq pants with your good lady, I’ll gL five rents apiece for ’em.” ] “Done!” cried Farmer Ellis, joyfully” “There’s to be a big dinner up to Stapleses Hill,” went ou the tin-peddler. “And they re goin to bake two hum tc pumpkins-pies, and ii!l the pork and beans that's to be had. And there’s goin' to be a corner in pumpkins. I’ve got my wagen out here, so 1 gm-ss we’ll load upright uwuy.” And Bins the liundred-dollur coupon bond was returned, all safe and sound, by the tin-peddlcr, who, was as honest as he was shrewd, and the Widow Hepsy Hall’s pumpkins were aatisfacto- rily marketed. So much so, indeed,that Eliakim even purchased out of the profits « snuff-colored merino gown, which he left at the widow’s door the very next lime he drove past. “It’s a oity she can’t share more o’ the good luck, said he, Mrs. Hall found the gown, neatly wrapped iu paper, at he door when she came home from cranberry ing in the i swamp, and she never knew where it 1 came from. But she made it up, and wore |P it to her daughter Belinda’s in the J j city. But houe-t Eliakim has not yet to!d j Louisa, his pumpkins, wife, that and he paid bought dollar Widow for Hepsy’* a them in good hard cash. “It ain’t best to tell women every- , thing!'’ ratid hc r U.Un VOL. LJ. NO. 13. Delay. Always to-morrow and never to-day. 8<> tho winter wears t ill the bloom of May— Yet vGmt i-i a month more or loss f' you aay. But, ns May goes over th • purpling hlU, You lead before and J follow still From end to end of the mouths, until Mv passion wars,with the autumn weather To tbe vary end of its tender tetter; For, uever apart, yet never together, We walk as wo walked In the bloom of May; Rut at last your "to-morrow” ia my “to-day,” W lieu wlmt is a month more or less?" I say. Novak Pen-y in Independent. i-lMOBOl’S. A last farewell—A shoemaker giving up his business. Yoked garments are much worn—By oxen. They are gored. A trade union —X marriage between business rivals to promote trade. Schoolmartn to little Josio: “Where is the North pole?” “At the top of th« map, inarm.” The tailors and dressmakers are th* individuals who dwell most on the eter¬ nal fitness of things. “Nerve food” is advertised. This U the kind of food the man cat* who wants to occupy two seats in a crowded rail¬ road car. A little girl calling with her mother at it new house where the walls were not yet papered, exclaimed: “What a bald-headed house, mammal” Some western papers look with horrot on the use of the word “woman" in re¬ spectable society. One of them recently chronicled the finding of a “lad’y* skeleton.” “Here, you,’’howled a customer at a restaurant to the waiter; “can’t you see that I don’t wear laceshora?” “Yes, sir.” “Well, then, what do you mean by bringing me this shoestring in my soup? Take this back just as quick a* you can and bring tne a plute of soup with a button hook in it.” Rubber Milk. Tiie method of treatment for congeal¬ ing rubber milk in tbe Para district is a* follows: Small cups are attached to the trees, and, when filled with juice, are emptied into tin pails of a certain size, having closed lids, the cups being again at¬ tached to tiie trees. After going th* round of the trees, the contents of thi* pail are emptied into another usize larger and so on, tilbthe covered pail of largest size is filled and ready to be strapped on to the saddle of a mule for removal. By this plan the natives are saved the trou¬ ble of condensing and preparing th* milk for market, by smoking. The large can of rubber milk, on arriving at th* magasin is elliptic 1 jpto a bath of water, tiie ti'iiipraaUj^ '.^HBtalfliMhLjmitcd to the inh^^M ence. iu till WIT alD and c of it a w ad t'i»> _ th-'Towl aud I I wanted for my supper disliked to t.liink the alligator had beaten me. Poising my rifle 1 hesitated an instant between the demands of pride and appetite, aud, decidmg to kill the >tor, banged away. The turkey flew off with a screech and the ’gator never budged. By this time I was ‘madder than a button’and paddled up to‘stir up’ bis laziness, when a reckless poke revealed that 1 had been shooting a dead carcass. Ihe shot of the day be¬ fore had got in its work and the alli¬ gator had crawled out (as is their habit) to die in tiie sun. Then 1 wished 1 had shot at the Detroit Free Prett. quicker Than Wall Street. “No, 1 wasn’t cleaned out in Wall street,” he replied as ho choked back a heavy sigh. “Wall street was too slow lor me ' I got my $7000 on a Monday; on Tuesday l invested iu a short-horn bull; on Wednesday morning I got up (iu <j found that he had been kicked to by a *40 horse.” “Did you have anything left?” “Onto about $13, and I paid that to a fellow to kill tho old horse and haul both bodies to the wood*.” - Wall Ntrw «
