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fllj We Should bfi Thankful:
thankful xs^x*
That we have good pleasant church
homes and
and school privileges.
TlHNtfUIII That wc have been spared
lflAi'lIu UL from earthquakes. pestilence, cyclones
and
That while we hare not
grown sud-lenly rich, we
have the means of put-
ting aturkey on the table
THANKFUL That there are still some
square dealing merchants
in Amerieus like
JOHN G. SHAW,
Who has made us further thankful by
selling us the best class of goods at
the lowest prices
THANKFUL
That his liberal dealing has not bank¬
rupted him, and that he is <.1111
offering a magnificent line of
Dress Goads,
Velvets of all Styles,
DRESS TRIMMINGS
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BUTTONS TO MATCH,
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At prices lower than ever, for he says ht
is determined to cut down liis stock.
THANKFUL
Rat at his store we can find a Lnrgt
Stock of
CLOTHING !
Cents’ FurnishiDg Goods 1
Prom which we can select just what wt
need, at prices to suit the 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 all Styles J
STIFF AND FELT
A* Prices that Cannot be Duplicate 1 iD
Georgia 1
SHOES
Lnough to fin a first-class Shoe store. A
^ ar 8 e Lot of Ladies’ Fine Shoes just
^reived fr Stribley <fc Co.
We do i ced nor care to inquire
W he ca cheaper n other deal-
ers. Tt i s igh for o he
Thankful
^at he does it and that wc get the bene-
fit of if. fito let us all, in remembering
fair numerous, blessings not forget to bo
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ELLAVILLE, GEORGIA, Tll UKSDAY. JANUARY 5,1888.
BELMONT DISTILLING C9.,
A. Hirsch J IVI anager,
amebictjs, qa.
If you wish to purchase any Liquors and
Wines, Pure and Old, at Lowest Figures, write
to me for prices. Samples sent Free on appli¬
cation.
Sept-8 8m.
M, B. COUNCIL. 8. McGARRAH.
!
Having formed a copartnership in the--
COTTON WAREHOUSE,
—AND—
COMMISSION BUSINESS,
Respectfully announce to the citizens of Marion and. Schley that they can be
found nt the old stand of S. McGarrah,
COTTON AVE, AMERICUS, GA.
TVhe re they will have full arrangements for keeping' posted in all fiuntuation
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 (he business
feel sure of obtaining the
HIGHEST IIIET PRICE
Guaranteeing fair dealing and prompt re¬
mittances.
sept 8-3m COUNCIL & McQ AERAH.
.
W. T. TOOLE,
WAREHO USE J
AND-
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
LAMAR ST., AMERICUS, GA.,
Respectfully solicits from his friends and the
public generally, a share of their patronage
Satisfaction guaranteed. Sep-8-2tn
MURRAY & WIIiXiIAMS,
ELLAVILLE,
GENERAL MERCHANDISE ^
Bagging, Ties, Salt Meat, Flour, Lard, Tobacco )
Chairs, Saws, Hammers, Chisels, Planes,
Squares and Notions.
-A FINE LOT OF-
HATS AND SHOES.
AS LOW AS THE LOWEST.
We solicit the patronage of all and guaran¬
tee satisfaction.
P. H. Wil I i ams f
-DEALER IN-
Fancy and Staple Groceries,
fine liquors, tosacco and cigars
Is receiving a large stock of goods, and invites you to call and buy them.
now of goods, 1 he gu4l'fintea« to gall them at “living
His specialties are t e verv best an
rrofita” Don’t he/ huP'*o all you hear of ‘'below cost,” no c*toh in-tr* can Come prosper to nor run f-r
his business if at cost and this cry is a bait to you. me
good
flour, lOi tomh »l®r» liBM, LmB, wUOSS, on,
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And sdv ether unadulterated artlcl* you wnirt, and
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At lutrd times, for I’U lews you a littl* aoaejr. San eld Stand,
Cotton Avenue, * - - Americas, Ga.
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- OR,—
The Stolen Heiress.
A TALE OF NEW YORK III 1835.
BY PROF. WM. HENRY PECK,
AUTHOR 01
• The Queen's Secret • The Tower of Gold,”
* The naif-Breed,* “ Itarold’i Hate*
* 2’A« Bride of Barcelona,* Etc.
CHAPTER XVIII.—CoTiNUKn.
She was silent hut for s few moments.
Then she hissed rather than said, with a
sneer upon her grim visage:
“Suicide? Janies Bratton kill himself?
Never! lie is too mean ft coward to dare
to iniso bis hand mtainst himself!"
Jonsen wheeled upon the old woman with
swift fierceness, and exclaimed:
“You are nu ugly-hearted woman, l)amo
Grippard! bless My late honored master—God
hm \vh< rever he may now be! was
too good, too brave a hand man to run away from
yon, or to lift his against h mtelf.
His life was too dear to his wife and chil-
dren, whom he loved so well.
“tit p ringing that bell, l’ettis,” he added,
angrily, and facing the man. "Why ring it
so incessantly, man? Stop,I say, or I will
twist your head around on your shoulders.
I will soon have speech with Mr. Bratton,
if he is alive.”
With this barely uttered, Jansou started
forward to rush up the stairway wo have
mentioned. But the dame flashed out her
clutch at him as ho was passing her, grasped
his sleeve, nnd cried, shrilly:
“What are you saying, man? Alive, did
you ear? Why Rhonld Bratton be supposed
to be dead? You have just siid he was too
good, too brnve, too foiid of his children to
kill himself!”
“bo I swear he was, Dame Grippard,”
replied the Swede, fierce!?, as lie jerked
his sleeve from the dame's grasp. ‘But ho
may have beeu murdered in this house last
light. I scent murder in the air!"
With these terrible words ringing from
his set teeth and pailid lips, Jansen bound-
'd to the stairway and vanished instantly
upward. be heard His hi loudlv a v ilv shod but active feet
could lie ns they cluttered on
the stairway after had vanished bo
swiftly. Grippard
Dame glared arotmd her in a
dazed and dismayed way for a few mo-
rnents, muttering, with nshv white lips:
“Have 1, indeed, lost all that money?
Have I? Murdered? I will no: believe it.
Suicide? James Bratton dead and I not
paid? Fifty-live thousand dollars! All
|>aid by his death? I will not believe it!
It is a horrible lie! Dead, and I robbed by
him, and he not punished by me? I say it
is a foul lie!”
CHAB'i’EI! XIX
THE SWEDE'S TEliltOR.
Dame Grippard quickly regained hoi
usual a s ! eL 't ot feature. Laughing scorn-
shesaid _
:
1 lie Swede is crazy, or rather he is an
ass. Any one who knowsJames iiratton na
i do knows very wed that he would not
harm lnmself. Run from what he owes me
h*‘ probably has. You will Me I am not
mistaken, Mr. Hawksworthy. murder There le
neither death by nor suicide m this
matter.
1 see no reason but why murder ..... should be
suspected, dame; Ido suspect suicide
has men committed, replied Edward,
May . murderer, — .. if , ho , , been
ms nss mur-
dered, be hanged ten times as high as Ha-
ma ■, and be teu times as long in dying!
He has not been murdered, nor has he
committed suicide. Upon either will I
stake niy life. Oouae, Pettis, and you, my
dear \ eineena. audyi'U. Mr. Hawksworthy,
if you will be so kind, let us all go above.
Others Unit aie here may nlso come, if they
wish. Lot us see whatever is to be seen
jbove by that crazy Swede. Suicide? Bah.
Murder? Bosh l ome, my friends. Come
an!''
Forgetful, in her excitement, of her
feigned decrepitude, she hurried up the
stairway searc-ly less swiftly than Jansen
had.
But on arriving at the first landing she
suddenly remembered the role nhe was
wont to play in publio, and instautly re-
siinu.'a; . er u oat s.oun-sa and toitenng
ielib' i.iten: ss of step, feigned to he forced
;o lean against the wall, as from utter
weakness of all her joints nnd muscles.
“Oh!” sha gasped, panting for breath.
' I am about to faiut. Oh, mo! Oh,
!>lr. Hawksworthy, please give the support
>f year mm for n few moments! Do!"
Ail had hastened up the stairway after
die dime. Ed ward wa-i near her. lie sap-
(H( d she real: v was nb ut to swoon. Mind-
'll o lv of ibe fact that she was a woman
;vho seemed to stand in treat need of sup-
joit, he at once gave her his arm.
lie w:s barely n t/e to repress a shudder
,if detestation, however, as she grasped his
• r-.-.i and clutch, cl it tenaciously, forcing
n-r long, strong, and bony fingers gripingly
ip.m lus tiest).
In her heirt sha said at th b raomout:
amo d iv, S, mo day nut faraway,
man, l w I have my grasp upon yon
i.p mi \ o ir throat, upon vonr heart -more
j r. eiuiisly thm ever was claw of n tigress
,n .he flesh of her shrinking prey. I will,
vonug liawksworthy; I will!"
e then said aloud, in a gasping voioe,
ind With many breaks in her speech:
My dear Mr. Hawksworthy, lam sc
much obliged to you. Oh, how silly of me
to again forget bow very old and feeble 1
nu. nd not to remember that in,v stay up-
oa this earth must be short hereafter! Oh,
jes! In a few weeks—if what my dootori
tell me be true, and I am certain they do
not mistake uir dear Vemcm will in.
bent all the great property that is mine.
t h, Mr. Hawksworthy, she is the eweetesi
flower that ever bloomed ou this earth, and
love her devotedly. Oh, I am so happy
in knowing that so has noble a her young heart's gentle-
man as yourself won lirsl
love! Oh, mav heaven ble.s vou both at-
ways! May you be happy after yon an
married- after you are married—ns I hop«
and bcJieve you and nhe were surely bort
tube-
“Here is .-mother flight ^ w of e stairs, *• xr Mr.
married, Mr. Hawnsworihv, 1 will give Ver-
aeeua a very large sum of money, and
uuch real estate. Oh. yes; she deserve#
all. But keep all this to yoursulf, my deni
Mr. Hawkeworthy. When you arc her dot-
1 UR husbaud—in I know you will be—you
umv teii all to tl.e world, if yon like,"
Xhia and mnel. in a similar .train did
|i ame Grippar.l whisper rapidly into Ed-
ward s ear. as thoy continued their ascent
toward the dwelling-floor of the Bratton
family. followed tho dnme and Edward
• trnoona
Hosely. A ft ei th» nm den ascended l’ettis
imi several others, whose ctirioBuy to 06e
the end led them onward.
The piogress of all wasmncb slower than
Hint which Jnnscu had undo niuee we
parted from him in the counting-room.
\V hen the d ime hallo I at hint before a door
in the third story of the uiidu building,
Lumen was somewhore in the uppermost
story, seeking for his missing lule in,ister.
When the ibnnc halted she relearn d Ed-
wauls arm from her dntch, lunch 10 his
satisfaction, n d said:
“ Here is lSrattou shed-room, Mr. llawks-
worthy. Yes, his hod-room. The door
wide open uml, von see—as wo have
jot vet heard imv 1 ews from tb t Swedish
iss, of course lie did not flud Bratton in
this room. Kind hmi ni ibis loom, indeed!
Dimes Iiratton is at tins intuuln many a
aid from Now imk! Ou the way to Cuba
or Can ula, no doubt. Hut lot m bike a look
id,, the bed-room."
Sh • advanced slowly and limpingly into
lie apartment. Iho others followed her.
I ho apartment via- spacious uud well-fur-
imbed.
J he windows all faced tho gate of which
we bnve of eu spoken.
They were curtained with thin shades of
i^ht stuff which were so drawn as to ob-
icure the daylight. These curtains were
.. •itnilos oso through which l'ettis saw light of
or lamps during the preceding
light.
^ wo extinguished ... onudles, burned down
f° tUlir sockets, and a lamp dimly buru-
' n tL and many scattered i nperi wore upon
» writing table near he tho ceulerof the room.
R was plain that bed had not been oc-
cupied during Iho i ight. Nowhere was
there the slightest Bign of disoider to he
seen.
After a keen and swift survey of the
apartment, peted Dame Grippard struck the car-
floor viciously with the point of her
R, att, and snarled:
"Yah! ri ou see he has run away. He is
gone! Now may my most bitter curse trip
him to his death while he flees! Muy Lo
Eve to him be hanged, and may I be there to
see strangle! Pull up those shades.
1>et, ‘s. The light yon saw shining through
them last night deceived you, Pettis, lie
left the candles and lamp burning to de¬
eeivo any one who might he oa the watch,
Cunning villain! Oh, how I wish he was
right ,now in reach of this staff! I’d pin
him!'
Pallid and shaky again from ungovem-
ft ble “nd impotent rage and disappointed
avarice, tho dame sank into a largo arm-
chair, glaring at everything around her the
f« r > she could not gratify,
All present were silent, gazing curiously
®t her. l’ettis soo i advanced humbly, nnd
bowing low. He said softly:
Nly dear Dame Grippard—it I am per-
mitted to speak on this grievous subject¬
H seems to me that it is possiblo, barely
possible, that—that—that you may be a lit-
He—a very little—mistakeu-that is, hasty
—if I may presume to use so strong a word
in connection with one so wise as your¬
self-"
“Pettis,” snapped the dame, fieroely, “you
are simply the greatest ass that ever brayed. ”
“Thank you, Dame Grippard. It may be
that I am, as you are pleased to oall
me. I would not presume to dispute your
opinion of any one. But wo have not
fot-
“Pettis, ” interrupted the dame, “yon are
a deceived idiot. ”
At this moment a middle-aged and neat¬
ly attired mulatto woman, who was one of
Mrs. Bratton's servants, paused on the
threshold of the ........ ana looked toward
Du me Grippard had wilh a face full of terror. Old
This woman heaid just arrived at
Anchors, and below that her master
had run away, or committed suicide, or
been murdered. Her usually yellow visage
was now tallowy white. Her eyes rolled
w j t lx wonder and alarm in evory glance.
Dame Grippard darted instantly, fierce eyes ond
words at the woman
- Ho , Eunice! Are you there? No lies
to me remember. 11a! No lies! Off goes
y 0ur head if you dare to lie to me! You
know me. 1 am not a person who likes to
be deceived. Now tell me when vou last
saw Mr. Bratton. No lies! remember."
The woman was so terrified bv l.er sur-
roundings, and by what she had been told
0 f the dame's character, that she hastened
to replv, and with Mr. a trembling Bratton voice: Old
-j ] a8t gaw here at
Anchors yesterday expected morning, find Dnmo Grip-
pard. 1 to him on the place
—j n office—when I came here just now.
AU the family but him went to lfarlem to
jyirs. Bratton’s cottnge there, yesterday—•
Mrs. Bratton let me slay inthe city with
[u y H st- r last night—here is my Bister be¬
hind me. She came with me to help me
pack up furniture and things, ns Mrs. Brat¬
ton wanted us to do, lo have them sent out
to the Harleiu cottnge to-day. We are to
oack up all the bedding, clothing, and
things generally-the kitchen things too,
ind-”
"And you nre not to dare to touch a sin¬
gle thing on the premises!” snapped the
dame, before the woman could say more.
“Not a thing—not even a dish-rag, mind
or into jail will clap I Lave Mr. you James clapped!
And there I mean to Brut-
just as soon ns I can put (he grip of
the law on his miserable bide. All on the
place is mine, and-”
But here Jansen suddenly appeared in
the hall behind the mulattresses, thrust
both aside with an impulsive push, and
rushed into rather than entered the room.
Ho halted near the door m.mr.haie y
after outer ug, as if in great not'd of Inca li
and strength. His usually ro>y and b utt
visage wus now as pale as that of a corpse,
replete with horror. He co sealed hi*
hands behind him, so that those within the
room were unable to see them The two
mulatto women whom be hid timid aside
a .1 not observe the appear,,tic of
hands, clasped together us they w.c.
Ail in tho room turned iht ir eyes upon
him as he halted. lhe t ame, somewhat
startled by his abrupt entrance and by his
aspect, snapped at him.
"Now then, you foreign Mint! What
are you about? You are as i ale as a
scalded dead pig' What do you mean,
yo n fool?"
The Swede was evidently taboriag under eel-
weight of mingled terror and horror sturdy
dom if ever beiore known in his
nature. He glared at all in the room, aid
seemed to have lost power of speech.
"Have you found Bratton?” demanded
the dame, suddenly. hard
“No!" gasped Jansen, breathing him.”
and fast. ‘‘That is, I have not scon
"Have you heard him, then, yon siuiple-
“No!" gasped the Swede. “Tliatis-no
—I have neither seen nor heard Mr. Brat-
tou-but-but-"
“But,—but,- but 1 Well— but what?”
With quick and spasmodic of gasps, but
rapidly gatheriilg strength
Jansen then replied, with lii* g.ize fixed on
not here. Then 1 went into ever? room on
this floor. Then into every room above—
into every closet on each fl. or every-
whore large enough I to hide n eat even. 1
did not find him, did not find any sigu
of him anywhere!” catch bn nth.
He paused cried to him: Theimpa-
tient an me m
‘And yon were an use to expect to find
him, or any sign of him, Jansen! He is
many ob?’ a mile away by this time. Bah! The
d
Heedless of what she said, Jansen coo-
tiune(l , ^ ilh his bauds still behind him.
anti their position a8 yei uunotieed by i*ii;
"Not finding him anywhere hclow I
fancied i might lind him in the cupola—
"In the cupola!" sneered Dame (.rip-
pard. "And did .you expect to find him in
th® cupola! What* colossal us* youare! *
Htill heedless of her words, Jansen now
said, almost in a whisder, so intense was
his emotion:
"I ran up the ladder stairs that lead tc
the cupola from the little room under it.
I remember, d that in hot summer time,
some very warm nights, you know-not
though in cold nights hut of that 1 did not
then think ho used to sleep up tliero for
the coolness of thu air. I found the trap,
door closed, but not bolted on the under
aide- -mind thnt--not bolted on the under
side, dame, but fastened down by die
holts on the upper side - mind that, dime!
I bout on the underside or tho trap-door
with both my lists. I thflia thought he boh might
have fallen asleep «P alter mg
down the trap, i then heat on the under
Ride of the tmp wish the handle of my
pro it < lasp-kuite. I wonder if you heard
those blows? 1 Btruck very fast and hard."
Again he paused to catch breath. The
dame snapped at him:
"No. wo did not hear your blows. You
are a fool, finish jour story I am very
sure that Hint on did not hear them either.
Did vou force up the tmp door?"
"I did not, 1 could not. Ten men ten
times us strong as l am can not force up¬
ward that tmp.door without tools, dame. I
resolved to got t ols immed atuly. There
a> <■> plenty of tools of many kinds in the
* ffi c « i>t low. 1 jftu fiora tli© room u^ler
the , opola, on my way to the ollioe—I was
nearly at this door, and out in the hall yon-
der when I chanced to look ut my hands
fort he first time since I had beaten the
under sid" of the dame." trap-door with them.
Look at my hands,
Here Jansen suddenly flashed his hands
from behind him and extended them, e oh
wide open and rigid in fihger, toward the
dame.
Loih hands were smeared and di-o. Lr J
wdli dark red spots and stains. They and
Jansen s aspect wc re terntio.
ITO HE CONTINUED. 1
The Only Church Ping in America.
Rev. \Y. W. Montgomery, rector of St.
Thomas's Protestant Episcopal Church
it Mnrnnroneck, believes that his church
Hies the only church flag in America,
rays the New York Sun, The custom
if flying a flag other than the national
Sag from the turret of a church is not
in the Established Church in
England. St. Thomas’s Church in
lias many wealthy members
are New Yorkers, and who
elegant country places on the
Ka W.Ov’ $
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Sound. Among these is the family of
•Tames M. Constable. When Mr. Con¬
stable's wife, Mrs. Henrietta Constable,
died four years ago, Mr. Constable and
his three children built St. Thomas’*
Church and presented it to the parish is as of
a memorial of Mrs. Constable. It
stone, and though Mr. Constable has not
informed the officers of the parish what
it cost, it could not have been built for
less than $100,000.' It is often referred
to as the Arnold Chit ch, because Mrs.
Constable and was a daughter llicks-Arnold, of Aaron
Arnold, because Mr.
a son-in-law of Mr. Constable, placed
the Constable memorial windows in the
church and the chime qf bells in the
steeple. the church building
\Y hen was pre¬
sented to the parish and was consecrated
in .I une, lHdii, the 11 ig was a part of t e
gift. It was acceptable to the vestrymen and
and to l ev. Mr. Montgomery, now
everybody in Mamaroneck accepts it as a
matter of course.
The flag is of white bunting, and the
design shown in the accompanyin' cut
is in dark-blue on white ground. The
design is the seal of the parish. There
is nothing re i.arkable a! out the seal, for
every parish in America lias, in accord¬
ance with an ecclcsia tiral law, a sell of
some sort, though usually it is much
simpler than that of the church at Main-
arouer k. The seal is fre uentlv the
name of the church only. In the cut ac-
comp u.vmg It a spear intended is seen upright in
th- center. is by th s to re-
m „ the beholder of the spear with
wluib, according to church tradition.
1 lie martyr St. lhontas was killed. At-
to lied to the spear bead is a leathern
wil1 ! which in ancient times the
spearman d ew back his weapon after
casting it at an enemy.
Alpha and Omega, the firs! and the
last letters of the tIreek alphabet, one on
either side of the spear, and also the book
the Omega, are weli.tmdcrs.ood
eecdesmst. , al il symbol*, A'phtiwd link., Omega
being the works of the saviour, who
wa* the tirst ana tne tn : begl ming
and the end, while the hook signifi s St.
Thomas's mission in preaching the Word,
A carpenter’s squire beneath the Alpha
indicates St. Thomas's trade. Finally,
, s , the date of the organization of
^ Thonuw’s parish
Sexton 8uiuuel Shearer hois's th®
( , luirch , nag Iiorn f a.turretor turret of the the church enuren
every bunuay and on church festival
days.
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I I’d cat it ail at one goes*
take it and bust! lAja,
VOL. III. NO. 15.
SOUTHERN BRIEFLETS.
READABLE ITEMS CAREFULLY
REVISED FOH BUSY PEOPLE.
lmi.rovri.icnt- nml New Railroads ProJecS-
«t-lt«ll(lon>. Mortal, ond Trmpor«n«o
Hems— Fires, l»ealh«, Marrlncrs *«•
The post-office safe in Charleston, W.
Va., was blown open by burglars, The
theives obtained $400 in money and
$1,100 in stamps.
Rev. D. R. Winfield, editor of the Ar¬
kansas Methodist, and one of tho most
widely known Methodist divines in the
South, died at Little*Rock, Ark., of
pneumonia.
James C. Clark, late president appointed of the
Illinois Central road, has been
by President Duncan, general manager of
the Mobile & Ohio Railroad to succeed T.
M. R. Talcott, resigned.
The City Council of Columbus, G&.,
adopted a resolution requesting of citizens the mayor
to call a mass meeting at an
early date, to take action on a proposed received
Exposition. The motion was
with enthusiasm.
Miss . Annie . Cane, of # tv.u— Dallas, Tex., was ___
burned to death at Ward s “eniinary>
Nashville, Tenn. She was in her room,
partially dressed, and climbed up on a
chair to arrange a picture over the man-
tel, when her clothes caught fire from the
onto.
Hugh M. Brooks, alias Maxwell, ,, the
young Englishn^n under sentence of
death at St. Louis, Mo., for murdering Catho-
Arthur Preller, has embraced the
jj c faith. At the service, thirty prisoners
knelt to £ p^ke of com munion, and the
flrgt to r eive the con8ecrate d host was
Ma Mot-woII eu
'
Scab Adcock, an old citizen who lived
near Monroe, Ga., bought a gallon of
whiskey and started homo home, through and the his
fields. He failed to get
family began to look for him. He was
found sitting by a tree, with his jug be¬
tween bis legs, dead. He had been dead
two or three days, when found.
Daniel Stillwell, aged 70, a highly re¬
spected citizen of South Pittsburg,Tenn.,
froze to death. He was attempting Alabama to
make his way home from the
state line, seven miles distant, and in the
face of the first snow storm of the season,
he wandered from the road distance and perished of his
in a field within calling
own house.
A great scarcity of coal prevails advanced in
Louisville, Ky., and prices have
one hundred per cent. The supply of
Pittsburg was cut short by the drouth,
which prevented coal boats from coming
down the river. Miners in Kentucky,
within 125 miles of Louisville, are now the
sending 40,000 bushels per day, but
city consumes 70,000 bushels.
On the Lynchburg & Durham Railway,
a colored man named Terry was thawing
dynamite for blasting, when it caught
fire. Terry ran from the shanty and was
thirty feet away when the explosion One oc¬
curred, which demolished the house.
large splinter was driven through Terry’s
head, killing him instantly.
A sensation was caused at Asheville,
N. C., by the announcement of the post¬
master that the postoffice was robbed of
over $800. On opening the safe in the
morning the postmaster found the two
drawers which contained the money
broken open. The safe had been closed
and locked again. The rear door of the
office had been unlocked.
Greenville county, 8. C., by over 2,000
majority, voted a subscription of $20,000
to the stock of the Knoxville,
& Western Railroad. This subscribed subscription, by
with $400,000 previously comities, in Tennessee,
Knox and Sevier
and Haywood and Transylvania the counties,
in quired North Carolina, finish the completes road from Knoxville sum re¬
to
to Port Royal.
Henry Wise, a farmer was frozen to
death near Austin, Tex. While he was
returning home with a team and while
crossing a muddy bottom he fell out of
his wagon, burying his head and shoul¬
ders in the mud, in which position he
was found. His mules were also frozen
stiff while standing in the mud beside
wise's bod >ay. This is the first death by
freezing which ever occurred in that sec-
t j on of country.
J ‘ b P . Latimer, the ten-year-old
of Dr j. B . Latimer, of Greenville,
Q wag accidentally shot and killed by
Furma n, the twelve-year-old son
01 { As6 p itan t United States District Attor-
The _ . boys . had , . been
uey C. M. Furman.
hunting together and ® ^
They were alone in the bedroom
ing their guns, when carman actiaen-
tally discharged his fflwh-WMp entered the
shotgun. The entire load
head of Latimer, blowing off the top of
hia skull, and killing him inxfimtty. .
Asenousaccidentoccu^edontheAl- r.n the Al¬
a i )a ma Great Soutyrn load between
Eppefl and LivingfiWjn, Ala. A big ianci
^lzuc took plac6 ia i} deep cut, limited completely
Covering the track.' No. 1 ex-
presss, wh .. icli^ . j. 18 aiL the wm* train in the
1
South, ran into t “ <> rocks W
accumulated the track, . ana
which had ou
two pwenger ooMhes were thrown from
the track and turhed completely over, of
" nersons were hurt, some
IT seriously. J Later intelligence says a
... + 5 0 f eighteen cars, was 5
rt! ra n
donfolished At hv th« slide and the care
demolished, xotous Efforts we were made til day
to clear the track, but late l
mother slide took place.
A “BEAL” DRAMA.
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KtoMn«
® r »®h ««
From 150 to 175 employes of the Mm*
ncsota Granite Works, at Honesdale,
\linn now on a strike for back pay,
egrapR office. I have now a revolver on
each side of my head. They have cte-
mantled the money in the safe and are
trviuir to open it.” Here the message
., nr li an( j nothing has been
’ Were was less, than $200 in the
» t„ fe Denutv Deputy Sheriff hhe.m Free me of oito Tower, left
'
with a posse of t went f *.
have been gettin,, .
riot. The strikers t
granite ^ for the new auditorium
Chicag0 Tho laborers are
, Iuugurians a nd Bohemians, and form
| nK)Bt the totft] j Wpu i a tion of Honesdale.