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Story of the War in
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IXTIiODUCTOBT.
Eople extremely severe strain
of the South, especially those
Ud along the southern border of
L<oa and Dixon’s line. It would not have
Ld EL bo severe innocent. if it had not Men been precipitate for the
J of tho
should be tho ones to assume
Lduties aud not pay Many all its penalties; with but
i Ikes do poor women,
ill children, have had to resort to that
tof food that an animal would disdain
eat, in order to sustain life in thal
KSifhnckers, guerrillas, jayhawkersand
■S ■udcuiild ui«>n those that break were through along the the bor-
■" not ter-
.j,,, f bru-h-tbioves and escape, ln-
■L B;:v upon indignity was heaped upon
K ult.-lol (-males, until a desperation
Bruised dues! air took possession of them
K them to do acts heroie, or drove
downward to devilish deeds.
Hie H; northern part adapted of tho State tli of Arknn-
Bwnlion vas peculiarly to 6 successful
HoiiiiMdde-peradoeB of tho nefarious business ol
Kiionof that infested that
the country. 1 he numerous caves
■itei.ortliwes! Hof furnished a safe retreat in
pursuit and an impregnable Ozark sirong-
■liin Buareiii enso of attack. The Moun-
He. the northwestern part of tha
Ks, The “divide,” or top of the moun-
is comparatively level — about half of
Hnrfac- Hied being prairie and the remainder
Hber. with a stunted, inferior growth of
The "breaks” are that portion of
H country situated between the streams
■the divide, and this broken, hilly sec-
■nisof such a nature and sameness that
■urge S they body of men could parallel not traverse with it
ess were to go the
fcs. A stranger in the depths of these
■-forests, without a guide or compass,
■Hid easily become lost and bewildered.
■Upon the topmost point of this con-
■hms range of mountains runs the road
Born n<i«\ as it was known years ago, as
■"Wire Bed Road.” This road was formerly
bv the Butterfield Express Company,
Ids vire was stretched along its winding
■use, Id over which news was transmitted,
important points thus brought into
■secommunication Ire with the world. As
was no rail or water connection with
■iscountry, lams, the trafficking w ;s done with
which carried the produce out, aud
■ought those things wanted by the iuhabit-
p. Wave labor had made many families
jadthy, piled people nnd there here. were There some intelligent, also,
were,
put |» people of the poorer class, and not a
of them possessed the essentials for
■king ly fir t-rate villains, capable of doing
desperate deed that crcumstanees
Kmed to render desirable. Their oppor-
Nj c-'me with the coming of the war,
piny poved it. story will show how well they im-
jlcrthe fetalo I better understanding of this his-
bavo written this preliminary
fplnnation.
■“Mother, ■1 Lillie John is come! John is come!”
Eddies danced on her toes, in a
l lw , by tho open window. Her hands
■to clasped ffi erstasy, and her loose golden
PMloated gauzily around her tall, elegant
I by, no, not John, surely, so soon after
turning to college!” replied the mother,
■ stately, gray-haired dauie, as she slowly
Jujusted ■ iscertainly her gold-bowed he", she continued, spectacles. “But
I now going “for Jeff
for his luggage. Something
■ wrong, or John would not have left his
Pities i ow, when he is so near graduating.
Post I can it be?”
her question was unanswered, for Lillie
r rasl 'od out upop the lawn and in a mo-
P nt more was strongly clasped in the em-
r° P»r« °‘ ft big, noble-looking young man of
twenty-one years of age.
L „"7? u kive grown, sister, in the past
i’ ' , B ™ John as he looked in admiration
r" 1118 lov ely sister. “Can it be that you
tinL° T Wl v ^ ou B0 hill and womanly slight in and so small short
were 80
but you did not think 1 would always
“am small, did you, brother?" laughingly
the pretty girl.
I - e N dear, I am afraid that it would
f j been better if you had always re-
Pawed my little sister.”
I e look of nayety had all passed away,
I L, ouo had taken its place.
PL 1 ’ 8 he 50111,1 can John? You can’t bo
Lim!ai ' 8etipUB fl inquired.
’ to ° serious, dear child,” ho
I,, f,r , 1 ol,! ■ , t? answered meet his as ho crossed the
f meeting doting mother. ___
■fiw aobe family, was affectionate, for they
1 with all the elevnting
1 such U e °P l8 -
L; “‘biles r i . widow, her husband
‘ was a
Lb" l °i "ed a few years previous to the
lcmn 8 our story. lie had been a phy-
’ a n lm< l Rene South from a Northern
IsgL. 0 i Ll1 , s ., sf ® u Jp v 1 ‘1 ‘he young battle man, of after life trying, in bis
laths leantif! S ift, , , - ’ hlo had loved and
won a
fill tn i JIU e - who had the courage and
Hio ii ^ am * help build a home and a for-
ii'ink a ?n W * ani ‘ “"’ay from relatives and
ient J aft * ‘hoy had succeeded was evi-
v I PnB looked domain
nd t, i over the vaRt
ln ‘° consideration the grand
xt -n mansion, with its broad porches
, >y
tmt.l near around, and the numerous
“hugs, among which were the
ilaves < h' l,rters i” for tho Eddleses owned
t SLA!°y 11,111 ed Won ‘heir adopted county, and for inde- ia
leu nnd had a competence happi-
lesa „»„ „_? a 7 vouchsafed enjoyed all the There
fer« to mortals.
B'lttin u ad W ° children, John and Lillie, and
* ‘° their grown doting to be a prido who had ft
i L„", b wed parents,
'Ton tfiem everything that wealth
Mil f ,® !; rocllr r had «. been The death of tho blow husband to the
. ,‘h® a severe
Pkevi-'i i loss was irreparable, but
PofivYf ° r JiU and hiving friends and each oilier
stoi-v oiv^ ) 1 - ‘he co ’nfort; and at the time recent our
inWt ?. ,on 8 h d severe pain of healed, a
bourn!,, Aft .. »v footings ft partially they been gathered
large all
jl me open fire-place that throw
3 „i light
iti yffiemut over tho grou p and made
s L,’ ‘’lestions on this chilly March fiven-
were eager y asked and
kitt n fortt “toe, but tin, two ladies,
•
ha, “ (, ' r catnral shrewdness ln d insigLt,
tifcn-a- ‘hero was something hanging
‘ J on John's mind, and that white he
seem 'd cheerful ho ^ ar from feeling
B0
“There Is somoting the matter, John.
Are ton nuwaI. dear eon?* a.ked the fond
mother, reaching forward and lovingly * ?
stroking his ourly hair.
“Mother,“John slowly replied, end he
held his head low, “we are on the brink of
a terrible war. It may not lust Iona; 1
hope be terrible. it will not but if it does, U isgoing K to
1 hat brought me homo ”
iaspect and friendship so iong as yen con-
duct yourself as a geutlman should "
“Theso are unsettled time<, Miss Lillie
and you must have aome one to take an
interost in your wcllfare— some one to pro-
tec! you. 1 love you, may 1 not be your
protector?’
the^Ioor 0lm &rUS ° anJ ‘“onghtfully paced
"In May the convention will meet, and if
our State secedes, which I believe it is de¬
termined to do,” Johu went on to say, “the
United states will send troops here, and
fighting is likely to take place even on our
own “No, plantation. ”
no; the people of Arkansas cannot
be so rash as to bring war into their own
borders, Mrs. Eddies replied, “for it would
be rush and suicidal for them to do so, und
they must know that they would suffer by
the act. No, it cannot, cannot be.”
“1 do not wish to frighten yon, mother;
but the conutry is greatly agitated, and war
is unavoidable. I bo South has g quo too
far. ”
“What hud we best do, my son?"
“I am not decided on what will be best,
but I conhi not remain away from yon,
kuowintf the oxcilcd condition of the people.
Perhaps Lillie it would bo better for you and
to f>o North to our relatives, and re¬
main there until all danger is past. 1 will
remain here and see to the property.”
"Mother may go. but I never will while
you reinniu hero,” said Lillie.
She bail becu an attentive listener until
now. Her pearly teeth were cloned, and a
firmness se; t ed around the delicate mouth
as she spoke.
“We never should run from an imaginary
danger. We will all remain here until (here
is evidence of trouble," the brave mother
rep.'i. d, and the children quietly acnuiecsed,
alihongh the better informed mind of John
Eddies convinced him that there were rea¬
sons for fear.
As tho spring passed away and snmmer
cime, it was observed that there was an un¬
usual increase of lawlessness.
The convection had met as arranged and
the act of secession was passed.
The citizens that were opposed to the act
did what little they could to prevent any
separation from the General Government,
but they were in a helpless minority, so
when the deed was done and the State had
severed the link that bound it to the nation,
their lips wero sealed.
Johu Eddies acted with great discretion,
and refrained, as much as possible, from
expressing his opinion for or against seces¬
sion; but he believed that w ar would be a
death-blow to slavery, and his judgment
was, that if that institution wa3 wiped out
it would be far preferable to remain with
the old Government than to establish a new
one. He was a Northern man by nature,
nnd Mb sympathies were w.th that people,
although he owned slaves. While he w»a a
Unionist, yet i.o man loved the “sunny
South" better tlinu he. He was not entire¬
ly alone in his Union sentiments. There
were others who believed with him, but all
used the utmost caution in their speech.
All such men, who did not show the proper
sympathy for the South, were mark-d, and
neighbors and others made it troublesome
for them. It was very unpleasant, to say
the least, to live under such circumstances
and to suffer such annoyances as they were
subject to. theEddleses of the
While were now aware
fact that it would be better to depart, they
could not consistently do so and leave so
much valuable property without protection,
so they co .eluded to remain.
CHAPTER IL
THE REJECTION.
The people were becoming more and
more excited as time wore on, and somo
■difficulties had already occurred on account
of the bitterness of
Edom Woodsley, tho son of a wealthy
neighbor, who had been an occasional vis¬
itor"to the Eddies mansion, was now almost
a cow-tant one. He was a young man of
fair looks nnd good education.
While he was gentlemanly in deportment could
and possessed oi a handsome face, he
not conceal the undercurrent of treachery
und baseness of bis nature. Culture and
circumstances had influenced him to be ft
gentleman against the natural tendency of
his baser nature. Lately his attentions were in
directed to Lillie, who received them a
lady-like manuer, but with a coldness that
should have convinced him that they were
not desired.
Mis. Eddies and John joined in her dis¬
like for the young man, bnt he was always
comteously treated while enjoying their
k that gentle¬
“John,” said Edom, as ho met
man coming froiri the house one day to
give orders for some work to be done on
the piautat on, “it is about time that we be¬
gin organizing. People in other parts of
tbe State have already organized, and we
will hove to show our hand. ”
soou and the
“I shall remain with my property protector, and
ladies, as thev have no other
will not take any part in this aflair bb long
as possible,” John replied. part than
"You may have to take a sooner
you are aware of. The ‘ Feds, are likely to
run into Arkansas soon, I hear.
"I can't help that,” John replied, shortly.
“You will fight, of course-fight for the
freedom of your country?” Edom asked.
“Yes. I will, whenever my country is in
danger of losing its freedom. ”
"But we are in that danger mood, now. replied
“I am not in a fighting I don't intend
John, “and until I have to
fight in useless cause. “
to a is useless? xiflom
»• j)o yon soy out Ctiuso
domanded. folly . Hie South _ com¬
“It s the worst ever
mitted, and it will be a death-blow to our
institutions," said John.
“I traitor. ^
seo; you are a
“You are a liar, sir!”
As John said the words in a slow, meas¬
ured tone the blood left the fooe of yonng
Woodsley. anil clenching his fists he was
about to spring forward to strike bis com¬
panion, when the queenly figure of Lillie
Eddies stepped out of the doorway and in
a commanding manner called for Edom to
stop. another step.
“Stop, sir. stop! not dropped at his side,
Instantly his arms He began
aud lie was ns meek as a lamb.
to reason. He saw that his zeal for the
South was likely to endanger his success in
obtaining the beautiful girl whom he loved,
and who so imperiously commanded him.
Craftiness now changed him completely.
“.John, I was loo hasty. I am sorry I have
better control over myself than to act
no KCafS.jg
'1&
he answered, for he intuitively saw the ob¬
ject of tho t udilen change in his demeanor.
“Very well: we will Jet this matter drop
aU ’\'es, Histe frieudm 1 ” Edom replied aloud, but
ffi was'some'what-flushed Miss Eddies as he stood, ad¬
vanced slowly to where smilingly
a d teaching on: his hand he this
sa.,1 "1 trust \ou will forgive me for
rashness; I could not have been m my
right senses to have thought of injuring on«
EI.LAVILLE, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1888.
l0 , her w hom I-I-would gladly
1 hat is enough nonsense, Mr. Woodslev.
lhis is too serious a matter."
“® ut 1 ,u » in earnest, Miss Lillie."
'»e.l, then, that is more reason for not
mentioning "May it."
I see you alone. Miss Eddies?” ho
asked.
• It is not worth while. If you wish to
anything plied. to mo you can say it hero,” sho re¬
“Rut this is on business of some mo-
roent and interest to you. ”
“Very well, then, be brief." And Lillie
led young Woodsley into the parlor.
"Lillie," he broko out abruptly as he
clasped her hands, “yon must know that X
love you! yes, that I adore you! O, have
you not a little lovo for mo in return?"
“I can never love you, Mr. Woodsley, 5
sho replied; “hut you will command m
"Rut how will that affect us? We will
have nothing to do with it.”
bands Why, mother, they are now organizing
of soldiers all over the country- al¬
most at our own door. The danger of los¬
ing life and property, in case of war, is
very great.”
‘•Wo havo a protector,” Lillie loftily re¬
plied.
“John, you mean, of course?"
" Yes."
“Rut you do not understand.”
“Understand what?” she asked.
“That Johu is a tra-,” but before he
could finish the word “traitor” ono delicate
finger was pointed at him like the barrel of
a pistol, and with equal effect.
“Don’t you dare say that of John, you
scoundrel!" spoke. and her eyes flashed as ‘she
“What! do you call me scoundrel?” he
demanded, _ doing his utmost to control his
temper, which still showed by facial con¬
tortions.
“I call anyone a scoundrel that dare to
say our John is a traitor.”
“I moan that he was a Unionist, and
against tho South, if that pleases you
better. ”
“He is not against (he South, sir,” Lillie
angrily answered.
“Well, he is not with us, and you know
that ‘he who is not with us is against us.’ ”
“Neither am I with anyone w ho is wicked
enough to break up our Government; but I
do not wish to talk more of this matter.
We are having trouble enough now.” And
she arose to go.
“Lillie, Lillie Eddies, will you not say
that I may hope; that I can somo time call
you ‘wife,’ and thus have a protecting
claim over you? I can be of great help iu
these troublesome times to all your family,
if you will only bid me hope.”
“No, Mr. Woodsley, I do not wish to
marry; and if I did it would be by different
wooiug than this.” And Lillie advanced
toward the door.
her Edom Woodsley stepped suddenly before
aud grasped her arm with such force
that it made her cry out with pain. “ I must,
and will know-” Hut before he could
finish the sentence a blow laid him quiver¬
ing on the floor. A pleasant-faced, plainly
attired young man stood over tho prostrate
form and prevented the half-fainting girl
from falling, and conducted her gently to a
seat
Tho stunned man only remained in that
condition for a moment, when he began
raising himself and looked around in a be¬
wildered way, until he began to compre¬
hend what had happened, when with a look
of unutterable hatred he stumbled to his
fe- t, and, shaking his list ut his antagonist,
growled through his grinding teeth' for this
“Henry Arno, you will pay dearly
interference. I'll follow you until your
death but I will have revenge,” And with a
curse he turned and passed out aud away.
"O, Henry, what shall I do, what shall I
do?” the poor girl moaned as sho afraid partially of
recovered from the shock. “I am
that man, he is so bad. ”
“Do not fear him," replied her now com¬
panion. “I will attend to that gentleman if
he dare to evor molegt you again.”
“I am not afraid for myself, but he swore
so horribly to have revenge upon you that
he will certainly do so if he has a chance.
He may kill you. ” And she shuddered at the
thought.
“I will not let him take me unawares, and
he is loo cowardly to attack me openly, ” he
replied. John returned from the fields he
When
was astonished to find the household in a
great state of excitement over the events
related and the evils they were likely to
bring in the future.
Mrs. Eddies had returned from a visit,
and when apprised of the occurrences of
the day was in a state of anxiety and foar.
Two days from Henry Arno’s encounter
with Edom Woodsley, five strange horse¬
men rode up to the Eddies mansion and
demanded dinner, which was readily fur¬
nished them.
The strangers were heavily armed, and
they flourished their pistols with a wanton
recklessness that greatly frightened the
ladies.
“Gentlemen, you are in the presence of
ladies, nnd you will please conduct your¬
selves like men,” said John in a tone of ro-
spectful request. that jarred the china the
With an oath on
mantel shelf one ot them, a big, burly,
red-headed fellow named Jim, demanded
what ho had to do about it,
“I am the proprietor of this and place and
the protector of these ladies, I propose
to take care of them,” John replied
warmly. aint it?" asked
“Your name is Eddies, he turned
u,.«
vonug Eddies. . „
• “John Eddies is my name, sir.
“You are the chap what is agm the South,
tint yer ?”
“No sir. The man who says John Eddies
is against the South is a liar."
“Does yer say I’m a liar?” demanded the
ponderous , „
sna Uy-eved visitor, drawing unpleasantly a
□avy pistol, aud putting it
De who I am against the
“Only the man says replied.
South,'” ho undauntedly aint us?
“Then yer agin South. _
“Not against us.” the
“Theu jino
“Join who?” Put
“Jine the Capting. your name
d °nviio Captain?”
is the toward his
“Me,” pointing his finger
AVhat regiment do yon belong to, Cap¬
tain?” inquired John.
“None yit. ”
“Have you got your commission?”
“Got which?” from the ,, Gov¬ _
“Your commission-papers raise
ernor authorizing you to a company,
JO “Don’tneed < This is ‘comishing’
any. scoundrel my he
ns yer call it,” said the as
cocked the ponderous pistol, and, taking a
careless aim, shot the head from a photo- the
graph hanging on the wall, across
room. ruffians
The ladies screamed and the
y6 Johii gendyVoiced doorway into his anothor mother and room sister and
through a door. He knew now that he was
closed the cutthroats and
in the presence of a gang of
thieves, that he knew aft( rwa'dl.v the nauio
of bushwhackers and giur i la,.
noxious IJi, object company now as soon Go go' and rui .is o, quietly Jkra ob- as
possible. [10 J1E COXUNUliD. ]
SOUTHERN SPRAYS.
INTERESTING FACTS BRIEFED
FOR BUSY HUMANITY.
MOVEMENTS IN RELIGIOUS, TEMTERANCB,
MASONIC AND SOCIAL CIRCLES—rttlKS,
ACCIDENTS—INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS.
Alabama.
The Alabama Masonic grand lodge
laid the corner-stone of Jefferson
county day. courthouse, at Birmingham,Thurs¬
The coal miners of the Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railroad company, at Pratt
mines, are determined to fight their strike
to a finish; but they have decided to fight
it for themselves, so on Saturday they
declined an offer of the central com¬
mittee of the Knights of Labor to take
charge of it and manage it for them.
At Ensley, six miles from Birmingham,
Terrell shot dead, Darden, a negro ex-convict, was
Sheriff on Thursday, by Deputy
Jack Pasco, Pasco arrested the
negro for burglary, and while reading
the warrant the officer was knocked
down by his ptisoner, who then started
to run. Pasco got up and started in
pursuit. The negro again turned on him,
and was then shot through the heart.
Darden had just served out a five years’
sentence for burglary, and robbed a store
at Pratt mines a few days after he was
released.
A collision took place at Muscadine
creek, on the Georgia Pacific road on
Thursday. The Atlanta bound passen¬
ger train ran into a west bouud freight
train which was leaving a side track.
The freight engine was driven into a box
both ear, splitting it in half. The pilot of
engines were demolished, and the
cab of the passenger engine was torn off.
The baggage car was smashed. The in¬
jured are: William Spinks, engineer of
passenger train, face bruised; B. H. Fill¬
more, bruised. baggage master, lip cut and hip
A. B. Dunning, express messen¬
ger, nose smashed.
Arkansas.
An Alma dispatch says: “The hardest
rain for many years have been falling
in Arkansas in the kst two days, and the
streams are all overflowed, Immense
cotton fields and corn bottoms are over-
flowed, and the country is suffering gen¬
eral inundation. So quick was the rise
from the Big Frog and Clear Creek that
the people were forced from their homes,
and some were compelled to swim for
their lives. Many women and children
are standing on the tops of houses crying
for help, w ith water ten feet deep around
them and still rising. It is feared that
several lives have been lost.”
Florida.
The state immigration convention met
at Jacksonville on Wednesday, and
migration adopted measures to Florida. attract reliable im¬
to settle in
The western portion of AYakulla county
is peculiarly gallons adapted to bee culture, and
many of honey are annually sold
by the people of that vicinity. No pains
whatever is taken in the cultivation oi
this industry, the old fashioned gums
being still in use. Many of the citizens
on the upper Ocklockonee have from 150
to 200 hives.
Gsorila.
Governor Gordon, on Thursday, par¬
doned J. M. A. Slringer, sentenced to
imprisonment for life for killing John
Goddis in Lumpkin county.
An accident occurred on the Macon and
Covington railroad on Saturday. Half
way between Round Oak and Hillsboro
the engine w r as thrown from the track and
demolished. The engineer, William
Roberts, received slight injuries.
At a large gathering on Thursday night
of Mitchell Post, G. A. R., of Atlanta,
and their Northern friends, Prof. Thayer
suggested, and it was received with great
favor, that memorial services for both
Confederates and Union soldiers should
be held on the same day.
Kentucky.
A supplementary report was mado on
Thursday on the investigation Louisville. of ex-
Treasurer Tate’s office, in It
shows that $18,000 taxes paid by the
Kentucky Central Railroad Co., has never
been accounted for.
Maryland.
The General Assembly of the Southern
Presbyterian church met in Baltimore on
Thursday. The sermon was preached
by Rev. Dr. Strickler, of Atlanta, Ga.,
moderator. The assembly includes sixty
presbyteries, which are and represented gen¬
erally by one clerical one lay dele¬
gate, though gome of them have two ol
each. The whole number is about one
hundrod and fifty, who are entitled to
seats in the body.
Aliisoiiri.
Tho Mississippi river at St. Louis has
been steadily, but slowly, rising for a
number of days past, but it is some six
feet below the danger line as determined
by tbe United States signal service. The
gauge on Saturday marked a little over
twenty-six feet of water in the channel,
and some of the cellars along the levee
were filled from water backing up do
through sewers, but steamboat men
not apprehend a big freshet. The break¬
ing of the levee at Hannibal and Quincy
hus relieved the main channel of the
river of much water, and unless the Mis¬
souri should pour out a flood on the pres¬
ent rise there will not be much damage
done at St. Louis.
Word comes from O’Fallon that the
water is now an unbroken sheet from
bluff to bluff, except in the extreme
southwest portion of the bottom. Busi-
no e R on thc Keokuk line is wholly sus¬
pended, as an open lake of water reaches
from St. Peter to beyond old Monroe....
The gap in Sny levee, through which the
whole of the Mississippi is now pouring,
has widened almost thirty yards. Sny
basin contains 120,000 acres of fine
fanning land, tnd it is estimated that
fully 75,000 acres will be inundated. Of
the submerged lands 50,000 acres are in
crops, and the majority in wheat... .The
flood situation grew worse on Wednes¬
day on the opposite side of the river, and
it is now most certain that Indian Grove
, district will be abandoned for years to
C0D1C- Indian Grove region is completely
; COTt . rc d with water. No loss of life has
vfct been reported, ‘ but the damage to
-
^ ■ ^ in t he tw0 districts is known to
^
North < Htoliua-
John Kellar was near a steam sawmill
in operation at Hot Springs, Suddenly
(lie gearing caught while the saw was run¬
ceeded ning through a log, when the sawyer suc¬
iu reversing it. The shiv being
released from its tension threw a
sliver through the body of Kellar, killing
him.
Information comes from the tobacco¬
growing comities of the western part of
the state that two-thirds or more of
young plants were killed by the recent
frosts. Vegetables and wheat were
greatly damaged nt numerous points in
the mountains. The mercury went be¬
low 80, and in one instance to 25 degrees
above.
South Cnrollnn.
About half a dozen vessels of the
North Atlantic fleet will rendezvous at
Port Royal, arriving on Suuday, and
during a week’s stay will treat visitors to
a grand sham fight, etc. The yacht
clubs of Charleston and Savannah will
attend.
Will Palmer and John Dammond, la¬
borers on the C. K. & W. Railway, were
arrested nt Greenville on Thursday
charged with not aud canying concealed
weapons. On last Sunday night, while
they were passing several citizens’ houses,
they cursed their families and fired pis¬
tols.
Tennessee**
Buildings aggregating in value ovei
#1,000,000, have been commenced in
Chattanooga siuce January.
Pension Examiner, Dr. J. L. Gaston,
of Chattanooga, has been removed, and
Dr. W. T. Hope takes his place.
Joseph R. Anderson, who was nomi
nated tor Governor of Tennessee by the
State Prohibition Convention, died on
Saturday at his home in Bristol, after a
few days’ illness of typhoid fever. He
was 68 years of age, president of the Bris¬
tol Bank, and for many years a prominent
business man of East Tennessee.
The Grant Memorial University of
Tennessee is in need of funds, and the
president is of the institution, Dr. John F.
Spence on a collecting tour in New
York. It is not for the education of tho
colored people, he said, as some have
supposed, but for Southern whites. It
has now over 1,000 students. Over
#8,000 has been collected in the last few
days.
Prof. Lawrence, of the High school of
Jellico, persistently dunned J. M. Chan¬
dler, agent of the East Tennessee system
of railroads, for tuition fees for two of
Chandler’s children. Words ensued, in
which the character of Mrs. Chandler was
brought iuto question by Lawrence. The
husband thought the matter over and on
Saturday, arming himself with a Smith
& Wesson revolver, he went to the Con¬
gregational church where Lawrence was
at worship, and find four balls into him.
The wounds may prove fatal.
Thursday was a gala day in Somerville.
The ciews from either end of the Tennes¬
see Midland were at work laying track
just west of town, and so nearly together
that it was known early in the day that
the day would witness the laying of the
last rail. The whole population visited
the track in the afternoon and inspected
the systematic working of the large crews
of men, and quite a large Dumber re¬
mained till dark, when the last spike
was driven, united and Memphis and Jackson
were with bonds of steel.
Deputy Sheriff Shipe was shet and
killed by Hicks Martin, a negro whom he
was attempting to arrest on the Powell
Valley Railroad woiks, twenty miles
north of Knoxville, Tbe negro was
wanted in Alabama for murder, He
went to the tent where Martin was in
company with other negroes, and called
for him. He met the sheriff at the door
with two pistols, and began firing on
him. Shipe fell riddled with bullets be¬
fore he had time to draw his weapon.
He died in a few minutes without speak¬
ing. The negro made his escape.
Virginia.
Among the admissions to the Naval
academy at Annapolis, Md., as cadets is
Robert Sasser, of Virginia.
HOW HE LOOKS,
For the first time since his critical re¬
lapse, Emperor Frederick has been out¬
side of the Schloss. On Saturday, peo-
p’e assembled in front of the palace were
gratified by the appearance of the empe¬
ror and empress in an open carriage. The
emperor still bears marked traces of fever,
but his appearance daily improves. Dur¬
ing the drive the emperor remained reclin¬
ing on pillows. A marque is erected on the
lawn behind the Schloss. It has two
windows and is carpeted. The interior
is furnished with u telescopic table,
couches and folding sofa, especially made
for the emperor’s use in open air.
The latter was greatly enjoyed, and the
invalid delayed his return to the room s
until constrained to do so by Dr. Mac¬
kenzie. While walking he looks very
frail, and is obliged to lean on a staff.
Every step is taken with evident effort.
He takes strong interest in the prepara¬
tion for tho wedding of Prince Henry
and Princess Irene. It is expected that
the marriage, instead of beiDg semi-pri¬
vate, will be a court celebration, as¬
sociated with the emperor’s recovery.
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
The Supreme Court of Michigan has
unanimously declared the local option
law unconstitutional. The constitution
provides that no law shall embrace more
than one object, which shall be embodied
in its title. The local option law is en¬
titled ‘ ‘An act to regulate which the manufac¬
ture and sale of liquor,” is not at
all what the law is for.
NEW BISHOPS.
The African Methodist Episcopal Gen¬
eral Conference at Indianapolis, lnd.,
elected four bishops, occupying the en¬
tire day on Friday in this election, and
the following wore chosen: W. T.
Gaines, Ohio; of Georgia; B. W. Arnett, of
E. T. Kaner, of Pennsylvania, and
A. A. Grant, of Texas.
NEEDS ATTENTION.
On Vinegar Hill, Morris Island, in the
harbor of Charleston, S. C., tho heavy
winds have blown the covering of sand
off the bodies of as large number of sol¬
<ji, n Meaehin j in the «uu.
VOL. III. NO. 35.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
HOW CONGRESS IS SPENDING
ITS TIME AND ENERGY.
OFFICIAL ACTS OP TnE PRESIDENT—AP¬
POINTMENTS AND REMOVALS—WIIE11U
THE NATION’S MONEY GOES—GOSSIP.
CONGII KSSlONAL.
tion In bill the Senate, the pension appropria¬ be¬
ing tho was taken up, reported the question by the
on amendment
commiltse on appropriations to strike out
the words, “That in all pensions to
widows, the date payments shall ho made from and
of death of the husband,”
been, to insert, “That nil payments which granted have
or which may hereafter he
under the general laws regulating pen¬
sions to widows in consequence of death
occurring the from cause which March, originated 1861, in
service since the 4th of
shall commence from the date of death of
the husband.” The Senate proceeded to
l>usinc>s on the calendar and passed,
among hill other hills, the following: Senate
and barracks appropriating #150,000 of the for quarters national
at branches
soldiers. military home for disabled and volunteer ship
Bashes Senate bill for a light Va., at
Bluff Shoal, Elizabeth river,
not to cost over #60,000....
In the House, Mr, Henderson, of Iowa,
presented the conference report on the
Cincinnati exposition bill and it was
agreed to. The House went into of com¬
mittee of the whole (Mr. Springer, Illi¬
nois, in the chair) on the tariff bill,
Mr. Nichols, of North Carolina, favored
the repeal of tho intcrnnl revenue system.
Other speakers against the Mills bill
were Messrs. Romeis, of Ohio; Sawyer,
of New York; Spooner, of Rhode
Island, nnd Felton, of Colorado, and in
favor of it, Lane, of Illinois, and Marsh,
of Pennsylvania.
GOSSIP.
design Secretary the Fairchild twenty-dollar has approved silver the
of new
certificates, bearing an excellent likeness
of the late Secretary Manning.
Indian Commissioner Atkins will ten¬
der and receive acceptance of his resig¬
nation at an early date, probably taking
effect June 15th, after the letting of In¬
dian contracts for the year.
A cable message from United States
Consul Lewis, at Tangier, was received
at Washington on Wednesday, saying
that all questions of disagreement be¬
tween Morocco and the United States has
been settled, nnd that he had gained all
points contended for.
Through its chairman, Representative
Matson, the House Committee on Inva¬
lid Pensions on Wednesday reported a
bill proposing to remove the restriction
upon the payment of arrearages of pen¬
sion in the case of claims filed before the
date of the passage of this act.
The White House has become too warm
for the President and Mrs. Cleveland,
and they have taken possession of Oak
View for the Summer. On the 2nd ol
June they will celebrate the second an¬
niversary of their marriage, The Presi-
dent has announced his intention to gr.
to Germantown, Pa., June 21, to attend
the celebration of the two hundred aud
fiftieth anniversary of the establishment
of the Presbyterian church, lie hus ac-
cepted the invitation to review the New
York and Brooklyn parades on Memorial
Day and will be tneguostof the New York
Manhattan club on t he first of June.
A FIEND S DEED.
Three weeks ago a tramp named
George Cook secured employment on the
farm of John Sommers in Scipio town¬
ship, Indiana. On Wednesday, Mrs,
Sommers went to La Porte, field leaving her
husband ut work in the and three
children in cure of Cook. On returning
home the mother was horrified to find her
eleven months’ babe dead in tho cradle
and Cook absent. Cook, who was chased
and arrested, says he did not mean to kill
the child, but did so by shaking it, be¬
coming angry at the baby because it cried
and would not hush. Its neck was
broken.
DIED IN PRAYER.
While Elder James Quinter, editor of
the Gomel Messenger, of Huntington,
Pa., and president of tbe Normal college
at that place, was upon his knees on the
rostrum in the center of the tent leading
in prayer at the German Baptist Confer¬
ence, at North Manchester, lnd., sur-
rounded by an audience of 3,000 persons,
he was stricken with apoplexy and died
almost instantly. While praying, it was
observed that he grew incoherent and as
he uttered the words: “We are glad to
meet again,” he expired.
FOOLI8H MAN.
Fred Marsden, a well-known play¬
wright. was found dead in his room on
West 26th street, an New York, having
committed suicide by closing the win¬
dows and turning on the gas. Marsden
was one of the most successful play¬
wrights in America, and had an income
of about #10,000 a year.
KNOCKED ’EM OUT.
The judges of the Liquor License Court
of cision Philadelphia, Wednesday Pa., rendered in their de¬
on the cases of
applicants in the 22d, 23d, 24th, 25th
and 27th wards. Out of 531 petitions
for license only 182 were granted. In
the five wards there are at present 1,024
saloons.
The Professional Inventor.
Under the heading of “A Hint to In¬
ventors,” the Texas Siftings gives the fol¬
lowing characteristic dialogue, which is, in a measure,
of a class of inventors:
First Yankee: “What puts you in such
a good humor this morning 1” Second
Yankee: “I’ve just got my patent for
my now patent ink eraser. I wouldn’t
take $50,000 for it.” “Did you get a
patent last year for inventing an indeli¬
ble ink ?” “I did, and p invented sold it for
$30,000, and now I’ve an
eraser that will even remove writing ink.”
done with my own indelible
“What are you going at next *" “I’m
going to invent an ink that can’t be
erased with my new ink eraser. I toil
you, there is money in this patent busi-
u ..-s if you go at it right.”
AROUND THE GLOBE.
ITEMS GLEANED FBOM TELE
PHONE AND TELEGRAPH.
INTEHESTINfl DOT# ADOPT THE NOtlTfT,
EAST AND WEST—THE EUROPEAN SITU¬
ATION—DOINGS OP KINGS AND qUEIINS.
Five hundred perrons have been
drowned by floods in Mesopotamia.
‘'Buffalo Bill” (Col. W. F. Cody, oi
Texas) land arrived in New York from Eng¬
hour. on Saturday, and is the lion of the
“Prof.” Godfrey, an expert colored
boxer of Boston, Mass., has challenged
John L. Sullivan to a bout with the
gloves. tho “champion The colored man agrees to put
slugger” through.
» The National Convention of the Equal
Rights Wednesday, party met at Des Moines, Iowa,
oil and nominated Mrs. Belva
A. Lockwood for president, and Alfred
H. Love, of Philadelphia, for vice presi¬
dent.
Vice Admiral Sir William Nathan
Wright Cl, Hewett, K. 0. B., K. C. 8. L.,
V. commander of the channel fleet of
tho British navy, died in Portsmouth,
England. sinco He had served in the British
navy 1847, becoming a commander
in 1858 and rear admiral in 1878.
Tho committee of New York printers
who arc making efforts to raise money to
erect a monument to the memory of Hor¬
ace which Greeley, held a meeting on Sunday, at
a committee from the Horace
Greeley post, No. 577, G. A. R., was pres¬
ent. The Secretary was directed to com-
unicate with Gen. Roger A. Pryor in re¬
gard to soliciting aid from the Southern
societies.
The Leadville express on the Denver &
Rio Grande road, was derailed while
rounding a long curve in Brown’s can¬
yon, Colorado. The express and bag¬
gage cars were dashed to pieces on rocks
in the canyon, and the smoking car
was partially demolished. The day
coach and sleepers turned over on tho
track, but were only slightly injured.
The escape of many from death is re¬
garded as marvelous, although many were
bruised.
The celebration of the anniversary ot
tho battle of Gettysburg will be opened
by the first corps on the first of July, at 1
6. m., at the spot where Gen. John. F.
vnolds fell. The programme will be as
follows: Address of welcome, Governor
James A. Beaver; response, General Ab¬
ner Doubleday; Smith, speeches by War Gov-
nors R. J. Kirkwood, Frederick
Holbrook, William Generals Sprague and Fred¬
erick Snaythe; and John C. Robin¬
son, James Longstreet Lucius Fair-
child, J. H. Hine, historian first corps;
Generals James A. Hall, Joseph Diokin-
eon and J. P. Rea, commander in chief,
G. A. R.
A WILD CHILD.
Siranjje Discovery of a Hunter In
Georgia Mountains.
[From the Rome Tribune. ]
The mysterious appearance of a lost
child in tho cliff’s around Mount Alto,
about six miles down the Coosa River,
near tho Kixey farm, is creating consid¬
erable excitement in that neighborhood.
One day last week Crew Price took a
hunt over the mountain ranges adjacent
to the farm on which ho resides. After
he had been hunting some time he
heard his dog barking at a lively rate on
the opposite side of tho mountain on
which he was walking. As lie got near¬
er the dog, he thought, had bayed some
large animal and was afraid to attack it.
But the astonishment of the hunter can
be better imagined than desoribed when
lie discovered that the dog had at bay a
small boy on a cliff of a rock just above.
The boy was apparently about 10 years
old, and rather small for his age. His
clothes were ragged and torn, and tha
bottom part of his breeches were frayed
into shreds around his ankles. He wore
no hat nor coat, and his once white
shirt was dirty and split in the back and
front. His sleeves were almost torn
into ribbons, leaving his arms exposed.
When Mr. Price began talking to him
the little fellow began crying, and would
not answer the questions asked as to
who lie was or where he lived. The
oliild soon began climbing up the rooks,
and disappeared in the direction of
Cedar Cliffs. As soon as possible Mr.
Prioe tried to ascend the precipitous
side of the mountain to follow the boy.
The hound tracked the lost child for
somo distanoe, but could not follow the
trail after reaching Cedar Cliffs. The
search was continued for some time, but
never found, a vestige of a traoe could bo
from which it seems that the boy
was well acquainted with his haunts.
Mr. Price lives on the Rixey farm, but
neither himself nor any other man in
the neighborhood, who are accustomed
to hunt squirrels and tm-keys on tho
range of mountains, have ever seen or
known of the child. Nothing more has
been heard or seen of the lost boy since
Mr. Price’s discovery. There is talk
of organizing a party of those living in
the neighborhood to look for tho boy,
and find out who ho is and how he was
lost.
Without a Mortgage.
Tho Macon (Ga.) Telegraph pays:—A
few days ago several prominent citizens
of Georgia wore returning to their homes
from the meeting of the State Their Agricul¬
tural Society at Wapeross. financial con¬
versation turned upon the con¬
dition of the farmers of the State. One
of the party remarked that he believed
there was a county in Georgia in which
there was not a single farm under mort¬
gage. The statement was questioned, asked.
and the name of the county was
“I do not believe there is a mortgage on
a foot of land in Liberty County,” the Clerk was
the reply. It happened of Liberty that County
of the Superior Court
was on the train. He was summoned,
and when the question was put to him
deolared that there was not a real estate
mortgage on record in his office. A
county which is entirely clutches agricultural, the
and yet has evaded the of
mortgagor, is hard to find in any portion
of the United States. It is said that
there are two other counties in the State
in the same happy condition, but we
have tha official returns of only one; it
bears the appropriate name, Liberty.