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ELLAV1LLE PUBLISHING CO.
GENUINE
I
THANRSBIVIN6!
Why We Should be Thankful:
THANKFUL and That growing we live city. in a live
THANKRIII l IltUUU UU homes we and ,mve good pleasant church
and school privileges.
That we have been spared
from pestilence, cyclones
and earthquakes.
That while we have not
grown suddenly rich, we
have the means of put¬
ting a turkey on the table
That there are still some
m square-dealing merchants
in Americas like
JOHN R. SHAW,
Who has made us further thankful by
selling us tho best class of goods tit
the lowest prices
THANKFUL
That his liberal dealing has not bank¬
rupted him, and that he is still
offering a magnificent line of
Biess Goods,
Velvets of al! Styles,
DRESS TRIMMINGS jf
-AND--
BUTTONS TO MUCH
:o:
At prices lower than ever, for he says In
is determined to cut down his stock.
THANKFU Li
That at his store we can find a Lnrgt
Stock of
CLOTHING.
Gents’ FurDishina Goods i
From, which wc can select just what wt
need, at prices tosuitthe state of our
finances, so that none need go
naked. Nor need we go with
uncovered heads so long
as he is offering
Hats of al! Styles,
STIFF AND FELT
At Prices that Cannot he Duplicate ! iu
Georgia !
SHOES
Enough to fill a first-class Shoe store. A
Large Lot of Ladies’ Fine Shoes just
received from Stribley .V Co.
'Vo do not need nor care to inquire
how he can sell cheaper than other deal
er-. It N enough for ns to be
Thankful
'bat he does it and that we get the bene-
R- So let us all, in remembering
riir numerous, blessings not forgot to be
Thankful
-TO--
URN R. SHAW f
^ Live end Leading Merchant,
S,„ - AItt£IiICUS$
ELLAVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 22,1887.
BELMONT DISTILLING CO.,
A. Hirsch, - Manager,
-AJMIER/ICTTS, G.A..
If you wish to purchase any Liquors and
Wines, Pure and Old, at Lowest Figures, write
t0 me for P rices Samples sent Free on appli¬
cation.
Sapt-8 3m.
M. B. COUNCIL. 8. McGARRAH.
-Ilaving formed a copartnership in the
COTTON WAREHOUSE J
—AND—
COMMISSION BUSINESS,
*
Respectfully announce to the citizens of Marion and Schley that they can be
found at the old stand of 8. McGarrab,
COTTON AVE., AMERICUS, GA.
Where they will have full arrangements for keeping posted in all fluctuation
and changes in the cotton market, and where they have every convenience for
handling, storing, sampling and showing cot on to advantage.
They respectfully solicit consignments, and from long experience in the business
feel sure of obtaining the
HIGHEST MARKET PRICE.
Guaranteeing fair dealing and prompt re-
mittances.
sept 8-3m COUNCIL &McGARRAH.
W. T. TOOLE,
WAREHOUSE J
and---
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
LAMARST., AMERIOUH, GA.,
Respectfully solicits from his friends and the
public generally, a share of their patronage
Satisfaction guaranteed. 8 ep- “ 8 - 2 m
MURRAY 8c WILLIAMS,
ELLAVILLEi GA.,
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
Bagging, Ties, Salt Meat, Flour, Lard, Tobacco,
Chairs, Saws, Hammers, Chisels, Planes,
Squares and Notions.
-A FINE LOT OF--
HATS AND 3HOc8»
AS LOW AS THE LOWEST.
We solicit the pitronage of all and guaran¬
tee satisfaction.
P. H. Williams f
-DEALER IN-
Fancy and Staple Groceries,
fine liquors, tobacco and cigars *
receiving large stock of goods, and invites you to call and buy them,
r 1 , low iaTrics a and he guarantees to sell them nt “living
u are t o vcr. be.-t «f good-, “below cost.” BO ««" «» prosper nor run
I m’t believv IIl V-.U hear of catch Come to for
and thm cry ,s a baH to yon. me
his business if he seib at «t
good Lari, Shoes, ilru
FI®, Meal, Meat,Sugar, Sis, I
ether unadulterated article you want, and
And any
‘SMILE WITH ME
I’ll leave little mtonoj $an« eld
EX ban! times, for y«u a
Cotton Avenue, - . - Amerious, Gu.
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-on,—
The Stolen Heiress.
A TALE OF NEW YORK IN 1835.
BY PROF. m. HENRY PECK,
auTuon or
'The Queen's Secret” 'The Tower of Gold,'
k rtalf-Breed,” •Batolds Hate,”
The Pride of Barcelona," Etc.
(11A I ‘TER XVI.—( ONTIN (KD.
“That is true, love, but I will not exp’aiu
my “Well. meaning just vet. "
I am impatient lo speak to you of
,
my plan, Verneena—my plan to win my
father’s cons nt to our marriage. Since
you have decided to te 1 Ihe old Witch oi
Endor Who I am, why I may us well speak
bf |hy 1*1 ah at once. Let me lie hold in
staling it. It contemplates your dwelling
Under his roof without his knowledge that
you ever even knew Dame Grippard. "
“That can never be,Jove!” replied Ver-
neeun, with a hunting cheek. "Never, save
as your wife, and with his consent, will I
enter hi3 door, Edward. “
"But listen, love. I shall never entet
his house while you are its unknown
inmate. Never—until he writes to me tc
go acquainted to his through home in him Albany, with to beoorne
who shall have his highest a young lady
won esteem as
the orphan niece, of an old friend who lives
in London, and whom he has not seen foi
many years. That fo met donr friend oi
his is now in New York. I have seen him.
We met in Loudon last year. 1 have told
him of our love. He has full confidence
In me and in my judgment. I saved bis
life last year. He will do anything to pro¬
mote my father happiness. He will present you
to my in Albany as liis orphan niece,
and desire him to receive yon as bis guest
for a few weeks, while he himself is trav¬
eling over the States. Of course, your
movements must be kept absolutely secret
from Dame Gt ippard-”
“Listen to me, Edward,” interrupted
Verneena, earnestly. “Your plan is fail of
deceit. Lean never consent to it. Wh.it!
Deceive yotir father, who loves you as be
does the apple of his eye, you have always
lo d me! Deceivo him! Never, Edward "
“My darling, do but consider how v iy
pardonable the deception Will be. His ou v
antipathy toward you-nnd he does not
suspect yet that we are lovers, or know w! c
you are-arises from what I wrote to him
the other day when I desired to sound his
opinion in (lie matter. II: hides I'aine
Grippard, Bimply because be bus heard
much evil of her dealt gs with others from
Mr. Bratton, in whom be places perfect
confidence. He has never seen her, as 1
have often told I you. He has never beard
your name. I <TTu not melTt ou it to him ir.
my letters. I wrote that teller as if for a
friend who had asked me to oblaiu my
father’s opinion of his contemplated mar-
riag with the granddaughter of Dame Helen
Grippard. granddaughter He is not is aware nauud that Verneena said re¬
puted Roland!
Under that name, if you insis ,
you can win his highest esteem, even as
you at ” once won my undying love, my
darling. “Enough, Edward. She
is glaring at u
Treat her with courtesy, ov she m, tly
into one of her horrible tages, and dis¬
”
grace “The us. old beast thinks nothing of dis¬
gracing herself, no doubt. But I will treat
her as courteously uk L can, Verneena. At
this very minute, doubtless, she is con¬
templating the ruin and anest of one of
my father’s former friends. I mean Mr.
Bratton—highly esteemed by my father, as
“■
m „, w ,
att t &’ S S' a gKSSfS
before. But when he fixed his steady,
clear, and brilliant dark eyes upon her own
with a scrutiny ns clear as her own, she
muttered to herself:
“There is something It in wonderfn his eyes ly (bal like
makes me shiver. is
the Hawksworthy eye. Why should this
young whipper-snapper of the American
navy have the English Hawksworthy coincidence. eye!
Bah! It is simply a strange
And his first name is Edward, too! Thai
is another coincidence. I am not at all
pleased wish such coincidences. I suppose
he is the girl’s lover. Strange that a mat
with the i'awksw orthy eye should be hot
lover. They look like lovois. Edward. Oh. will nc
doubt be is her darlim? I
soon learn; I w 11 soon learn that, and bis
full name, aud th -name of tin man v\Do
w;o a so bitterly to him of me in that loin
letter. That is, if he if the writer of that
letter. ’’
Mindful of her treacherous consent tc
Yerueena’s low, she now' assumed bet
most ingratiating and hypocritical close the manuei chaise
an 1 voice, and, halt ng to
said: 1
“Ah, iuy sweet grandchild, suppost
this handsome young gentleman—this gentleman-whose very
noble-looking teils young the Ameri-
garb me ho is tin officer of
cui uavy—ob, how I adore the navy!—is
i he accepted one of whom you said so
much this morning?” is the
“Yes, Dame Grippard, this accept¬
ed one, ” replied Verneena, smiling at her
lover. nodding
“Young sir,” said the dnme,
courteously to Edward, “you have my best
wishes for your happiness! My darling
Verneena is the sweetest girl in the world!
But, my dear child, you have not yet in¬
troduced me to the youug gentleman!"
“Lieuten >ntEdward Hawlisworthy, Dame
N o^s oou er e <hd' *t h e! In me hear this name
than she started so violently that one might
It ive fancied she bad just received a severe
blow on her breast. She reeled backward,
a d but for the opportune support of her
long staff would certainly have lost her
footing. for breath suddenly anti
She gasped bucket a b of iced-water
spasmodically as if a
had just been poured upon her head. She
•epeated the name in her throat, and glared
with mingled dismay and wonder at tho
coung niiifer ouicer.
CHAPTER XVII.
PAMK OR1PPABP AM) EDWARD.
Dame Grippard did not know, had nevei
even suspected, /.lino that any person named
llnwksworthy it, uvea in in America^ Imp rice The ine name name
wa: assoetetro id ue? mifiu ouiy wimffieiu-
oik s of her Ms in Bog and.
taXm, . lie continue! id ° i nothin/ in that
mmlj lb.
tFLSSX I™iW
■
1» ihl. curnuj «. M 1 i»
M ,.11, l I have never beiert* heard tliat name
WWrijWtr£ xT smh.it* \iv utiirflt What it
g»ven uie
heart ti utters 1”
* \l «s A- '
mi tms consumed but a fe\? instants.
The lovers hiul perceived her start of
iiuuzement and consternation, but could
rot imagine its cause.
“My mime seems to have surprised if
aot alarmed, you, D.uue Grinpurd," to-
marked Edward, after an exchange of
jlaneos * with Verneenn
He was of a fronk nnd sincere nature,
ind therefore found it exceedingly diffl-
.’lilt to treat courteously n person of whom
ho had always heard much evil report, L anil
vhotn be heartily ueicsitii. g ii, s man-
ter seemed very gentlemanly to the dame.
oressed who responded her quickly, side, with her bund
upou us if in pain:
"Your name, Mr. Hawkswoith.v? Oh, no.
But the sudden, the awfully sharp, pain
that seized me in this side Just as our
sweet Verdeoua spoke yojir name.
“Goodnessgraeious!" sheconiihueil, ftni-
n body's atodlv. “why should your name, or any¬
tiarno. surprise or alarm me, Mr.
Hawksworthy? Only the pain—nothing
else—made me appear surprised oralarmed.
Mr. Hawksworthy, i assure you. Permit
me to say, too, my dear youug gentleman,
tbnt I am happy indeed to see that so
noble-looking, and doubtless so honorable,
a gentleman has been selected by mv
darling Aud, granddaughter Mr. Hawksworthy, for her husband,
oh, I must tell you
what I know our dear girl will lie sure to
tell you, that I found and pasted together
fragments of a tetter which you wrote to
her the other day—as I am her sole living
relative, of course I had a right to do that,
know?"
Edward nodded curtly a dry affirmative
to this question, aud the dame continued,
smilingly, but with her soul full of venom:
“And so I know your father's opinion of
me—a veiy errom ous anil unjust opinion
it ig. From whom, may I ask, did he de¬
rive such a false opinion, Mr. Hawks-
worthy? I am sure your father and 1 have
never met or even corresponded." He
formed “That is opinion true, Dame of Grippard. what
his you Upon was
told to him by a friend in whom he reposes
unbounded confidence. It is Dot meet-
sar.y for me to give you the nnwo of my
father's fiiend. ”
‘ Ob, it does not matter, my young gen¬
tleman! Some day your father—after my
darling Verneena is his daughter-in-law—
will perhaps Ihink better of me. May I
ask if his name—your father's name, I
mean—is also Edward?"
“.My father's first name is Algernon,
Dame Grippard.” love," whispered Verueena Ed¬
“Dear to
ward, “pray do not look so contemptuously
at her. You will make her youv bittei
enemy. ”
“My darling, responded help Edward, Never in the
same tone, “I can not it. till
now have I had so close a sight of he:
villainous old Visage. I see ia its lines
cat, fox, snake, toad, spider, and tigress —
all in one face. It makes me shudder.
Verueena, this woman is capable of com¬
mitting atrocious crimes.”
Dame Grippard had dropped her heard gaze the (o
the ground Edwatd'n the moment father. she She noth¬
name of Baw
ing of what was passing between l he lovers,
and heard nothing of their whispering.
She was saying to herself:
“A'gernou ? Algernon Hawksworthy ?
a t i^y i uwu i am onto vmm x uuro itCKU
beard of anyone so named. No, never. Of
that 1 am sure.”
t-lie again fixed her gaze upon Edward,
aud said, indifferently:
“I have never had the honor and pleas¬
ure of hearing your good father’s name be¬
fore. May 1 nsk \shy you are at Old
Anchors this morning?—though, of somehow conrso,
that happened because you had
learned that our darling Verneena lovers was to
be here—eh? Oh, yes; young are
always so ardent—so eager to he with tho
loved one always! Ah, you see that I have
not forgotten that 1 was once young my-
self! You could never conceive what fond
and devoted lover* I aud Verneena sgrand-
father were—oh, yes, even after we bad
been ma ried many years. We wore famous
for our devotion to each other. What did
vou say was the cause of you: presence
here to-day, Mr. Hawksworthy?’' given «
“Since yon have at last me a
chance to answer that. Dame Grippard, I
reply briefly. I am here to transact very
important business with Mr Bratton, and
-Hi,
father ia perhaps another of Bratton’s
credilors who has learned that Bratton is
at the point of bankruptcy, and who has
sent this youn« whipper-snapper here to
get the first anti biggest grab nt whatever
is to be got out of Bratton. Mv soul! I
must look for that! I must bo tho first to
grab! It will take more than I can snatch
to pay hill of what Bratton owes me.”
She now drew nearer to Edward and
whined:
call youalways.n d as you are so soon to
be my grandson-in-law? My dear grand-
H(m _”
But Edward interrupted her with a
gsetnre of mingled anger and disgust, say*
“No, no! You are never me yom
grandson. bet—neither Dame in public Grippard. Never, private. remem- Cal!
nor in
pitiatiugly, but nearly choking herself with
a quicklv'swailowed curse of hitn. “I was
only about to say. Mr. Hawksworthv, lhat
1 am hero myself this beautiful morning to
trans tot sotno very imr.ortant business with
Mr. Bratton I wonder, now, if you have
come for tlio same business? To receive
money which he owes your father, eu? Mr.
Bratton owes me a very & large sum-a very
'«3 Nfejtsszx- 25 art js»
m&JLS. *“ “ *- ,b "' M
“On the contrary,” continued Edward, “I
have come to lend him, from iny father,
every dollar that he owes you, I nine Grip-
^Tbe old woman’s evil face blazed w,th
delight and surprise, hhe exclaimed in a
guarded tone, ana tor tne lovers' ears alone:
"All he owes me, Mr. Hawksworthy?
Ai-i-?" nod
Edward disdained to more than an
affirmative. dame herself;
"Ho, indeed!” said the to
“it seems that this young gentleman, whom
I have taken to be simply a beggarly naval
lieutenant, wholly dependent upo i his
scanty pay, is the son of a very rich man,
and has alt that money in his care,'
.- A j U did vo „ me an '" she said aloud.
“Remember, Mr. Bratton owes me nearly
or quite fifty-five thousand dollars.”
, Mr. Bratton hun s use, 'J™' 1 Dame Grippard.
That sum far more than covers all h: owes
„
“ft ^ does, it do«s, indeed, Hawksworthy,” my handsome
gra nd-I mean -Mr.
eiclaimed the dame, quivering with delight
KmL ShtX.TJr 3
»»>—
* b :;g wrtnj b
1 „ w „ , „,
whom he like*, Dame Grippard, * - re-
,
AS
v’OL rn. no.
;»•'*«> !»■<■ vm, hnimm wro;o tom \
for <h0 ,lrst tlm '’ in BO,n « Year*, ft f«*
Weeks , ago, asking him . for a large loan.
J,“° ltUer unfortunately delayed, nnd
o»d not reach my father till a few days aeo.
U«now aware of the business frmiMss
°\ Mr. .Bratton and of the business ui
w “ich he 1ms imperiled motley borrowed
f rom >'°, u - He hue perfect faith in Mr.
Br,ltton s ability to succeed in that bus.
ln !;®* ’
Does father ... , know that ...... I have
your «u
mtorest »“ that business?" demanded the
dnmo.
“He does now. He did not until he re-
ceived the letter which I have just men-
t.oucd. The money is is be advanced to
Air. H ration upon the express condition
tnut ho shall pay yon every dollar he owes
you, nnd afterward have no further bans-
actions whatever with you. ”
be continued. 1
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John P. Jackson contributes to the
New York Star all illustrated article on
Yakutsk, the most northern of Russia's
Siberian Capital. We transfer from ilia
article a striking illustration of a Yakut
belle, drawn by tho celebrated artist, C.
de Grimm.
THE ORIGIN OI THE PEARL.
How an Oyster Makes the Beautiful
Grein—A Bivalve Bunion.
The pearl has its origin in the efforts
„f the oyster to protect Itself from
the irritation caused by the pres*
of som e foreign body between the
aiell ^heli and n.d its its mantle* mantle fls ns tho the soft soft skin stun of oi
the oy-itcr is technically r termed. Accord-
mg to it West .Australia correspondent
of the Fail Francisco Chronicle, the for-
eign matter may perhaps in some instan-
cos be ti grain of sand, hut it is believed
to he more often either a parasite belonging of
some kind, or herself. perhaps an To egg mitigate tho
to the oyster
suffering caused by this vexatious intnj-
*',»»«tarn.« rial that of which
of tlu Riime mutt aa
this k1u pi oeess ' 11 1K has begun, it T continues ^ "Tin till
in tune the peftrl grows large enough to
kill tho oyster,
If this occurs the* shells open of their
own accord. Tho pearl is soon lost to
man. This danger and others that at-
tend flu* lives of oysters, even in their
( j ee p HOtl j t0lms , mi £es it inadvisable to
leave the bunks too long untished,
continue fo Inc, the older they are, the
larger the p -arm they contain. It is
thus still ft matter of doubt at what age
it ia most advisable that oysters should
be fielm.! for, but the general opinion
seems to lie that they ate at their liest,
! ou the average, when four years old.
j jf the near I is buried in the soft sub¬
i K ttmee of the oyster it is round or pear-
or if very small a suMwail. If, «tt
the other Imml, otto side ol the peall is
ttdliermg to the shell, while the other is
round.it is called a “button pearl.
Sometimes n boring parasite makes its
way through tin-shell, but before (be it irrita- gets
quite through tho oyater feels
;l!ld lu ,. s , H , t . Which it causes, and
“f" luv ,.r of pearly matter in the
yz±!,:\ rMS
...............
-8.1 XTET5 enough, »«,».»
point of find, commonplace mind the sng- for-
gesting even in the prosaic
m ati<nV of the common corn on the Jiu-
mau t<«-
Good Reason for Dismissal.
Husband — “Where is Babetle, ni y
dear
Wife—“ I discharged her this morn¬
ing.” H—“Anything serious Iho
very rmu¬
ter <
W “Well, I should say there was.
She | ut Fido to bed last night without
doing up liis tail in curl papers. What
kind of treatment do you call that for a
pug f”- Ti l- Ihte.
All U ’Lsr Uvtn.
Father (trying . to read , „ thepap 'r)—
“What veils that awful ra ket in the hall
just now of the children fell
Mother—“One
down the stairs.”
I lather (itaseibly)—“Well, you tell
iho-e children that if they cannot fall
, down stairs quietly they won’t be al¬
lowed to fall down them at all .”—A ic
Tin k Shu.
Three months’ wa. 'ttempteil, j . tin- nen-
tenoe given an Kngli^bmait wln>
but failed, to steal h hot ( ... it-} h Idin r. He
found it too hot to carry ami dropped it on the
floor.
SOUTHERN BR1EFLETS.
7f r.A It.A ItL K ITEMS CA It EFVLL1
111; VISE It Foil BEST PEOPLE.
liii|M*ovrmrnf« nn/f New Rnll I’rojef**-
(‘d-Keliffioti*. Nnrial, nnd TeraperiinW
llnatbs, Marrtaees eVe
R«’v. Dr. Basil Manly, professor in the
Baptist Theological Seminary of Louis-„
ville, Ivy., was assaulted by two masked
men, in the suburb*, at dffli, and proba-
, )ly futll)lv j n j„ mL
‘
, W bile little , child .... of ... Mr. Quarles, , of ,
u
Bulge Springs, 8. C., was playing around
the wash tub, he picked up a can of con¬
centrated lye and swallowed a quantity of
of the deadly fluid, from the effects
which he died.
by The committee and of inquiry assemblies appointed
the Northern Southern
of the Presbyterian Church will begin its
work of looking Into the question of the
organic union of the two bodies. The
session is strictly private.
A meeting of the shareholder* of the
Brunswick & Albany Bail way was held
at Frankfort, Seventeen persons, repte-
sentlng 1112,400 shares, were present. It
was unanimously resolved to sell fhe line
to the Snvanqjth & Florida company.
E. W. Marshall, one of the most prom-
fnent merchants of South Carolina, died,
aged 08 years. He was a native of Col¬
umbia and did business there until the
death of Ids father, when he went to
Charleston where he lived about thirty
years.
Information was received in Savannah,
Ga., from Boston, states that a timber
land trust company will be organized in
New York on the basis of the standard
oil monopoly. Its object is to buy and
control the limber lands of the United
States.
Shook Lassiter was instantly killed at
Tullahomn, Tenn., by a passenger train
on the Nashville, Chattanooga & St.. Louis
Railroad. He was standing on a switch
ns tho train approached, and thinking front he of
was on the main track stepped in make
the train, when it was too late to
his escape.
Capt. Paul F. Hammond, after an ill¬
ness of two mouths, died at liis old Beech
Island, 8. C., home. He was one of the
ablest writers in South Carolina, ns well
as an industrious farmer. He was a son
of the late ex-Governor Hammond of
South Carolina. He leaves a wife and
(ive children.
Charles Breitz, ft blacksmith boarding
tit the Owen house, in Yorkville, 8. G.,
committed suicide while under the influ¬
ence of whiskey, by jumping from a win¬
dow In the third injured story to the pavement and
below. He was internally
died. Breitz belonged to Salem, N. 0.,
was about twenty-eight years old and un-
mu fried.
Charles Parker, sen of Dr. J. W. F.
Parker, of Somerset, Ify., was fatally in¬
jured near Chattanooga, Tenn. He was
going north on a freight train on the
Cincinnati Southern Rond and as the
train was passing under the East Ten¬
nessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad
bridge he was struck on the left side of
(he head by one of the bridge timbers
nnd his skull fractured.
Mrs. Henry Husband, while (raveling
to her brother’s house, some miles from
her own home, near Meridian, Miss., was
assaulted and robbed by n negro. After
committing the robbery, he cut out the
lady’s tongue. Mrs. Husband recognized hat he
the negro and brought his name husband so t of the
would be arrested. The
unfortunate lady is a man of considerable
and it is supposed ’ the negro
means, his had with her.
thought victim money
A fire broke out in Hamblin's hard
ware store, St. Augustine, Fla., caused
by an explosion in tho oil room. The
flames spread rapidly to building* east
nnd southeast. Loss; Hamblin & Ge. f
hardware, building, $10,000;stock$100,
000; R. H. Gordon’s block, loss $12,000.
Both partly insured. Estis & Brown,,
dry goods, $10,000; insured $. r >,000.
Paris Brothers, drygoods, $15,000; in¬
sured $0,000. Aspinwall house, $10,-
000; partly insured. The city market, house
jail and council chambers, engine build
Saneohez block, and several other
ings were damaged. Total loss $200,-
000. Insurance about $00,000. The
burnt portion south of the plaza near the
sea wall, will be rebuilt in the old Span¬
ish and Moorish
BKGDIE IN«ANE »ri)l)l!SI,V.
- During the performance of “Article
> „ j J oi ara Morris at the Washington. Inter
kTo house the nitty was
oeene which hafehv recalled theta
mo* shooting case wm • six
■ . .
or seven years ago. Seated m . t . < * ub .
of a large aud.encc was M.ss An 1< s;
ssjsrxrtSrir4v4t l
»“ r P K,d 5™.
son of Senator Morgan, o! . a 11
at his desk, and calling the young <
out in the street, llrod at him n peateuiv
with a revolver. The shot, however, in ¬
flicted only a slight wound and the youug
clerk refused to prosecute. At the end
of the first act of “Article 47” where
Miss Morris as the Creole girl ( ora. is
shot by her lover, George Duhamel, Miss
Horton became violently insane. She
was taken from the theater by the police.
TOKt;It CASK.
The Nashville, Tenn., police have ar¬
rested a shrewd negro who is wanted by
the government and parties in Ohio, Ken¬
tucky, Kansas, Mississippi and Tennessee
for swindling ignorant people out of
small sums of money. He goes by the
name of W. H. Washington, Dan Wil¬
liams and Jim Douglass, operating He in is
Nashville under the latter name.
a gambler and general fraud, but is
wanted for personating a federal officer.
His method was to hunt out widows of
soldiers, inform them that there was a
large amount assigned them by the pen¬
sion office, pretend to give a cheek, col¬
lect two dollars or more for alleged Wlieu noc
essary expenses, and leave,
searched he had a dozen or more Voodoo
bags on him, and it appears be has also
been filling the role of a Voodoo selling preacher Voo¬
snd driving a good business
doo bags at a dollar aud a half apiece.