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THE HEART COUNTY TRULY.
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VOL. XIV.
(II! IK FIX KtIUNRRY
ANI)
Machine Works.
VtTe announce to t«hr Puhi* • that we «re
» ? pvepnre«l to mu mi fact uro fLiirim* Poll
ers ; will tuk« ostlers tor a-1 of Boil
ers. We are prepar *1 to d«> ill kinds of
repairing on Engines, Boilers :"•<! Machin
ery, generally. We keep in stock Brass
fittings of all kinds ; also Inspirators, In
jectors, Safety Valves, Steam Ullages,
Pipe and Pipe Fittings and Iron and Brass
Castings of every Description.
<>*HOU> A WALfOTT,
pJI O Fi:ss [O XA L CA 11 PS.
J 1 12 . P. C4MPlltX*a
DENTIST.
McDonough La.
Adv one desiring work done can lie ac
commodated either by calling on me in por
tion or addressing me through the mails.
Terms cash, unless special arrangements
are otherwise made.
Geo W. Bryan j W.T. Dickv.n.
IIKVAAt & MCKIiN,
attorneys at law.
McDonough, La.
Will practice in the counties composing
Ihe Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Leorgia and the United States District
Court. ' apr27-lv
j AS. 11. TI RAUR,
attorney at law,
McDoKouon, Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing
the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Georgia, and the United States District
C ourt. marl6-ly
Jt .». IfKAWAA,
attorney at law.
McDoncwgh, La.
Will practice in all the Courts of Leorgia
Special attention given to commercial and
other collections. Will attend all the Courts
at Hampton regularly. Office upstairs over
Thu Weekly office.
J r. tv AM..
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, La .
Will practicein tlieuountiescomposingthe
Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and
District Courts of Leorgia. Prompt attention
given to collections. octs-’79
■yy A. II HOW*.
’ ATTORNEY AT LAW, *
McDonough, La.
Will practice in all the counties compos
ing tlie Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Leorgia and the United States District
Court. janl-ly
lj A. IMIEPLES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
H AMI’TON, G a,
Will practice in all the counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Leorgia and the District Court ot the
United States. Special and prompt atten
tion given to Collections, Oct S, ffSH
,1 so. 1). Stewart. j R.T. Daniel.
STEWART & I»AAIi:i.,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Geiekin, La.
j 1 1C. It. .1. AltWH.n.
Hampton. La.
I hereby lender my professional service to
the people of Hampton and surrounding
country. Will attend all cal's night and
day.
LA If CA 11I).
1 have opened a law office in Atlanta, but
will continue my practice in Henry county,
attending all Courts regtilar'y, as heretofore.
Correspondence solicited. Will lie in Mc-
Donough on all public days.
Office—Room 26, Late City Bank Build
ing, Alabama street, Atlanta, Ga.
JOHN L. TYE.
January Ist, ISBS.
• ALL
Notes anil accounts of I). KNOTT A: CO.,
must he settled now. Please call on me at
tie old stand and find out your in ehred
ness. We need the money and know that
you cannot censure us for giving this, our
last warning. M. 0, LOWE,
IDionil Maine Works
AND
BRASS FOUNDRY
\\fc announce to the public that we art
11 now *dv to do all kinds of Machine
Repairi* as
Nteaii* F.nglnes Cotton 4* in*.
Kepiu iifnc and Mill Machin
ery, s'il ngnnd 4>«iiiiiiiing;
tain a Npecialiy,
We keep constantly on hand all kinds of
Brass Fittings, Insoirators (of any size).
Iron Piping and Pipe Fittings ; Pipping Cut
and Threaded any Size and Length. We art
prepared to repair vour machinery cheaper
than you can have it done in Atlanta. All
work guaranteed to give satisfaction.
J. J SMITH.
May 24, 1888
FREE.
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watch in the wrld • Perfect
timekeeper Warranted heavy,
\SOUU GOLD hunting case*.
11l th ladies and gent * sizes,
J with work* and cates of
equal T*lne. OKB Ft*to* in
*eh I’ockisijr can Heart ofit
aluible Hue of House hwld
e*. Tbtse san,plea, as well
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Ml MinkbonnStkow ohoM rra-tktt.Hmjr.malM
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.od tho. *»• tte r,pai IW. pay .13 tr P lV aa. frti.kt, ate After
von know .11, If joy *wld likn to r> “ ”“ rk f " M. Jon m
SILCOTT FOUND
living With His Paramour’s
Parents in Canada.
Interviewed by a New York
Herald Reporter.
He Say* the Charges of Forgery Are
False —He Defies the Detectives an«l
Says He Dou’% Fear TCxtraditton —Miss
Thiehauls’* Parent* Evidently t'navare
of Their Daughter’* Downfall
York, Feb. 3.—A special to The
Herald from Trrre Bonne, Quebec. says:
&C. E. Silcott. the
sergeant-at-arm*’
about $96,000, has
bilcott. „ horn Silcott fled
from Washington. The woman is also
domiciled here. Miss Tliiobaults patents
seem to be still unaware of their
daughter's fall, and apparently believe
that she is the wife of the man whom
she is said to have lured to his ruin.
In an interview Thursday’ night, Sil
cott said: “The charge of forgery is
bosh. When I
left Washington
for New York I 'a
had not the re- Y
motest idea of y <§■?’
leaving the
United States. 6- "gy
As proof of this L Ej
I point to the
fact that on the i*py
Wednesday be- i in
fore Thanksgiv- , Will
ing I drew ' AJy Ln nlj •
(K)0, and with 5
$14,000 of that I '
took up notes of l*cibk thikbaclt. |
members which had been discounted in
bank. As to the other money lam ac
cused of decamping, with I assure you I
had but very little when I left New
York.”
Silcott wanted it denied that lie was
a big winner at the races. On the con
trary lie lost heavily. He only went to
the races to keep up and be hale fellow
with the members who are running him
down. He defies the detectives and says
the best legal advice in Canada assures
him that lie lias c immitted no extradita
ble offense.
He concluded: “The day will eome
when I will not appear as black as lam
now painted.”
COSTA RICA’S PRESIDENT
Interviewed in Chicago Concerning the
Caunl.
Chicago, Feb. 3.—President Bernard
Soto, of Costa ltica, arrived in tbii city,
Wednesday morning, and registered at
the Palmer house. He is traveling in
cognito, in company with his wife and
his mother. President Soto left Costa
Rica, i >ec. 24, and went by steamer di
rectly to San Francisco. Since that time
he lias visited several western cities,
Omaha last. He is traveling as quiet as
JKjssihle, as lie wants rest and better
lealth. lie says there was no lighting
in Costa Kiea in November, and there
lias not tieen any since then.
“The only revolution,” said he, “wag
one provided for by law, and the objec
tions which w ere then raisd were not
backed by force of arms. The people
are all happy and prosperous. The
Nicaragua canal will do of the greatest
benefit to the country. Now mahogany
bound for New York, has to be shipped
around South America, hut the con
struction of the canal will cut off all that
tremendous distance. All the people
favor its construction, and the govern
ment is disposed to lie very liberal to the
canal coinpanv ”
THROWN BY A COW.
Di.HMstrou* AcdJeut on the Texan Pacific.
Live* Loht ami Cwi Burned.
Planoikmink, La.. Feb. 3.—Thurs
day about 4 o’clock, as a westbound
freiglil train on the Texas Pacific rail
road was passing SeyinourviUe, a cow on
the track which which was struck by
the engine, wrecking thirteen cars, En
gine Its, killing Conductor John P. Crilly,
Engineer Barney Bliss, and seriously
wounding Oscar Pennison, fireman and
one brakeman name unknown.
Almost immediately after the acci
dent the wrecked cars took fire and
were entirely consumed. The body of
Conductor Crilly was pulled out from
under the burning cars by a tramp who
was stealing a ride at the time. It is
supposed that the death of both
Crilly and Bliss was instantaneous anil
without pain.
The body of Crilly was badly crushed
and scarcely recognizable. The body of
Bliss was finally located under the engine,
with burniug cars surrounding it. To
extricate it was impossible, and not un
til the tire was somewhat extinguished
could it be reached. By this time noth
ing remained but the lower half of the
trunk.
SNOW BLOCKADE RAISED.
Central Purllir Filial!}’ Opens and Start,
Train, Westward.
Sa. Francisco, Feb. 3.—The trains
which have been blockaded in the Sierras
seventeen days commenced U move
Thursday afternoon. The pm . of early
Thursday morning was not encouraging,
as from three to ten inch’s of snow fell
last night, at various points along the
line of the blockade, but tlie tracks were
cleared sufficiently before night to allow
th_. trains to start.
Tlie first train, consisting of six mail
cars, drawn by five engines, left Truckee
at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon. Tlie
other trains started " from Peno and
Wadsworth, Xev.. about the same time.
There was considerable demonstration
at Reno when the trains pulled out of
that place. Fire crackers and Chinese
bombs were exploded, and everybody
took part in general rejoicing. The reg
ular east bound passenger train over the
Central Pacific left here Thnrsd.iv even
ing.
Nut Captured l»y Pirate*.
San Francisco, Feb. 3 —Tlie schooner
John Hancock, reported seized by piiates
off tlie coast of Lower California, ar
rived here safely Friday night.
mcdonough, ga.. Friday. February?, i<sdo.
A FEMALE MOONSHINER
Route, A Deputy Marshal's I’oxso With
N» Other Weapon Thau Her Tongue.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 5. A woman’s
tongue whipped out a gang of deputy
United States marshals in Murray
county. Several days ago Deputy Mar
slial Mauldin and his brothers, Tinsley
and Pearce, located a distillery in Mur
ray county. Next morning at sunrise
the men went to the still, each armed
with a double-barreled shotgun and
pistols. They cut up the still and then
hid themselves to await the arrival of
the men who owned it.
Presently the sound of a woman's voice
singing e hymn was heard across the
distant hilltops. It gradually came
nearer, and finally tlie woman, a strap
ping mountaineer, came into view. She
was tall and muscular-looking and
weighed about 200 pounds, while her
fists looked as hard as two rocks.
“Great Scott, fellows,” gasped Cnpt.
Tinsley, “It’s old Miss Brackett," and he
thought of the tongue-lashing ho had re
ceived from her lips a short time before.
It was. indeed. Mrs. Brackett, the
giantess of Murray county. She was
coming to feed her hogs at tlie still.
She saw something was wrong before
reaching the place, and the song died
awuy upon her lips. She saw the men.
and yelled out, “1 see ye; come out 'er
thar,’ ye skulking varmints.”
The men came out and removed their
hats, while a volley of vituperation fell
from the woman’s lips upon the ears of
the astonished men, in words that
would hardly make Sunday school pa
pers more readable. She said it was her
still, and they had no business to cut it
up, and she intended to start another as
soon as possible. Slip shook her fists at
tlie men and dared them to arrest her.
She siiid she was a little pulled down
from hard work in the still or she would
lick out the whole “kit an' bilin;” hut as
it was she would mop up the face of the
earth with every mother's son of them
if they came one at a time. They de
clined her offer with thanks, and con
cluded not to arrest her. Tlie men be
gan moving off, when Mrs. Brackett ran
ahead of them to her house, and armed
herself with a Winchester rifle, and
stood guard on tlie front ) torch.
As the men dodged down the hill bo-,
tween the bushes they could hear her
maledictions following close upon their
heels, and as they looked back they
could sue her vainly trying to get a sight
on their fleeing forms.
Deputy Marshal Tinsley lias since re
signed ids place in tiie service. Mrs.
Brackett will be brought to Atlanta if a
deputy can be found who will arrest her.
A TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.
Twenty People Injured at Lexington,
Illinois.
Bloomington, 111., Feb. I.—Twenty
persons wvro injured at 2 o’clock Tues
day afternoon in the high school at Lex
ington, in this county, by a terrific ex
plosion. which was heard all over the
city. While Professor Jess, surrounded
by pupils and teachers, was conducting
an experiment in chemistry, in which
oxygen was being generated iu a retort
composed wholly or in part of iron,
with iron connections, tlie retort sud
denly flew to pieces, and nearly thirty
persons were hurled ill all directions and
twenty of them more or less mangled.
To add to tlie terror of the scene a san
of gasoline, through which a piece of
hot iron had been blown, took tire, and
for a few minutes it looked as though
the building and some of the wounded
victims might lie consumed. The burn
ing gusolitie spread rapidly over tlie
lloor and seats, but tlie names were ex
tinguished after u hard fight, in which
Beveral of the students were slightly
scorched.
Those most dangerously injured by
the explosion are as follows:
Professor Jess, terribly burned about
the head, face, arms, hands and eyes,
will probably lose his sight and may die.
Bertie Far set, a youth of 20, compound
fracture of leg and artery cut; hk<gy
to die.
Cora Kemp, aged MS, compound frac
ture of leg.
Hattie Barnard, aged 16, struck in
breast with a piece of iron pipe*; danger
ously hurt.
Russell Stevenson, hurt on leg and
terribly braised.
4 liam Dawson, badly cat and
bruised,
William Hatzenpillard, badly mangled.
Asa Langstoff, seriously bruised and
cut.
A dozen others were bruised, cut and
scorched, but those names aliove are the
severest sufferers. It is believed that
the explosion was caused by impure
chemicals.
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.
Mia# Hfidand Arrive* at New York —Time,
B«venty-B«ven Days.
New York, Feb. I.—Miss Bisland,
Sthe globe trotter,
who has made a
trip around the
globe in the inter
ests of The Cos
mopolitan Maga
zine, having left
this city on the
same day as Nel
lie Bly, but going
in the opjicsite di
rection to that
lady, arrived here
Thursday morn
ing on the Both-
EUEABETH EIS LAND. n j f( J t j ier a
little less than seventy-seven days.
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Eight Men Who Lynched an Informer In
th 9 Ihdian Territory.
GatsesvlLle, Tex., Feb. I.—The
eight men charged with lynching J. H.
Keyes, near Healdtown, I. T., tlie 18th
of November last, will he held without
bail to answer a charge of murder. They
are all farmers of good standing. The
prosecuting witnesses are nearly all out
laws and horse thieves. It is claimed
by the defense that Keyes gave informa
tion against them, and that the outlaws
hanged the old man to keep him frdin
appearing as a witness.
Collision Canned By C»rfleiwiu?k»
Memphis, Tenn., Feb. B.—A serious
collision occurred on the Kansas City
incline tracks Thursday, between two
passenger trains of the Iron Mountain
and the Kansas City, Fort Scott and
Memphis roads, caused by the careless
ness of the train crew. The haggagecar
of one train and the engine of the other
were demolished. The passengers of
both tram* were thrown from their scute
and several were bruised. The most
seriously injured were: L. Hetting, leg
broken; Wesbay, hurt internally.
Ills (HE TO STAY
At IsfiLst So Says President 11a
Fonseca, of lirazil,
When Interviewed on the New
Republic’s Prospects.
•
One Tiling Thu* Warned Him in Particu
lar Was That Our Government lla«l
Failed to UnudKiiiiu the New Heimhiio.
Hut That is All flight Now, as It Has
Since Been Done— Citlftenahip*
New York, Feb. 1. —Tlie World
prints a letter from its Rio oorrepondent.
It tills swen columns. uu.Y a part of it is
devoted to an Interview 3g* We-sid»u£
Da Fonseca, thus: _ "jL
Gen. Fonseca sat on a lounge at ono.
side of tlie room and motioned me to a
ff seat close by .
J:*- “V He wore a sack
\ coatund vest Of
yb gray mixed stuff
, ftr'f black trousers
and an ordinary
, Ya 4 black necktie^
His attire show,
ed not the least
*33o>:' /Acjvvgt attempt at style.
sMrfcajSß* l was immedi
i»ipf ntely struck by
the appearance
—: —■kc/yAJKW’ of sickness and
" suffering which
, DA KONtSECA. j lie presented. He
' -* seemed to lie
about 60 years of age, was rather aliove
the medium height, of heavy build, and
with a particularly sharp and searching
eye.
His hair and beard are very gray. It
was his face, however, wliiofi led me to
believe that he was a very sick man.
His features we e drawn and his com
plexion as yellow as parchment. Had 1
not known the nature of his disease, or
rather what it is reputed to he, I should
have felt convinced that he was just re
covering from a severe attack of jaun
dice. His malady is said liy some to be
liver disease, while others assert that he
is affected with angina pectoris.
As he sat at my side i noticed his
shoulders were bent as though with age
and suffering, while at every inward
respiration there was a sharp, rasping
sound fimilur to persons afflicted with
asthma. Ills general appearance did
not by any means correspond ■ with his
photographs, which Vepn -ent nmi us a
fiery, vigorous, and generally active
person, lie is in a much "worse
physical condition than the people of tlie
republic arc allowed to bel’eve and it is
not at all unlikely that Brazil limy soon
be in mourning for the chief of the gov
ernment. Uresident Fonseca speaks no
other language than Portuguese, and
our conversation wms carried on through
themedLui of the officer in waiting,
who spoke French.
“A particular matter of surprise anil
disappointment to me," said the presi
dent, “is the refusal of the United States
government to recognize the republic of
Brazil. We certainly expected i Hut our
first recognition would come from tiicre,
hut it would appear that such a desired
event is not at all assured, and by a per
son not fully acquainted with tlie facts
tlie impression might lie obtained that
the United States did not approve of our
action in relieving ourselves of the
burden of a monarchical form of gov
ernment and assuming the more accepta
ble republican system.
"To one who did not know the glori
ous and i sttriotic impulses of the noble
people of your great country it would
appear tiiat the united States regrets the
establishment of a republic in Brazil and
would see tlie luonarchy.ro-established
here.
“Of course, we believe that such feel
ings are not entertained for one moment
by the people of the United States, hut
still the refusal of vour government to
recognize this republic leads to such an
inference." ,
“Do you anticipate that trouble may
arise from the attempted enforcement of
the naturalization law- recently estale
lished'f” asked tlie correspondent.
“I believe no trouble will result there
from,” was the reply. “Some features
of the law mav be modified if found to
lie objectionable. Even if subjects of
foreign countries do not register their
nationality in the liooks provided for that
purpose they will not lie forced to do
either military or jury duty.
“We intend doing everything possible
to make citizenship desirable, giving all
equal rights and justice. It is with this
view that that we intend to shortly es
tablish laws separating church and
state and making civil marriages law
ful.” ______
1/.<><! at leant.
Washington, Feb. I.—The comple
tion of the formal recognition of the
United States of Brazil, occurred at tlie
executive mansion Wednesday after
noon, when Dr. Valente, tlie new
minister accredited by the provisional
government, and Mr. Mendonca, _ en
voy extraordinary and minister
plenifietentiary to this country,
called and presented their credentials
to President Harrison.
Secretary Blaine accompanied the two
representatives of the new Brazilian re
public, and presented them to the presi
dent. The ceremonies took place in the
blue room and were marked by great
eordialty.
MANY FLAGS IN BRAZIL.
New 'jfroin tlie New Bcpublk—TldiiKff Not
at Serioui an Home iVnplc Say,
New York, Feb. 1. —The steamship
La Placo, which left Rio Janeiro Jan. 6,
has arrived at her docks at Martin's
Stores. First Mute Chase said: There
is no flag which is recognized through
out the country, and the people* of each
province have a flag of their own. In
December last forty sailors employed on
Brazilian men-of-war went ashore and
shouted “Viva FEmperor,” and subse
quently had their throats cut for their
enthusiasm.
There was an English vessel in port
there loading coffee and tli ing a Brazil
ian empire flag. Orders were issued to
oull down the flag, but the coffee was
leaded and tb<> old flag floated until she
was ready to leave port. Tilings are
not as serious there as some people say
they are, said Mr. Chase.
St-ainboat Hurtled.
New Orleans, Feb. B.—The Timrs-
Democrat’s Yazoo City, Miss., special
jars: The saw mill steamboat Bill Nigh,
valued at $lO,OllO, destroyed by fire at
Belle Prairie, twenty miles above Yazoo
( v ity. She belonged to Ohio parties, and
the insurance had just expirtxi. She
caught fire by the upsetting of a lamp.
A SLOW BLAST GOES OFF.
Itrofl Kilted, i’’onr Fatuity Injured uid
Eleven Otttei’M Seriously.
St'NBCUY, l’a., Fell. 1.-r-A gang of
Italian, Poles and Hungarians employed
in it idening the road lied of tlie Shamo
kiu, Sunbury and Lewisburg railroad,
from a single to a double track road,
were at work Tuesday in u cut near
Paxinos, where blasting the rook was
necessary. Shortly before noon Tues
day blasts were set and the gang of nine
men retired to await the explosion.
Unknown to them only two of tlie
blasts exploded, and the nine men had
gone biles into the cut and were at \v,,rk
shoveling away the dirt and broken
rook when the third blast exploded, and
the men were hurled iu all directions.
One of them was picked up dead. An
other had his chest crushed so rfevncely
that death is u question of only, a short
time Four wore dug from tlie me sof
di iiWs'Avirti tlirdken arms dr legs, and
two ofthe.se, it is thought, will die. The
other three men escaped with ..light in
juries. The injured were taken to the
min. rs' hospital at Ashland.
Following is a list of the persons in
jured by the explosion near i'nxinos,
and brought to the hospital for treat*
meat:
Antonio Pasguizie, injured internally,
will die: a Fiulnh.ler, No. 27, chin blowy
off and injured internally, will die:‘a
Finlander, No. 139, back crushed and
legs broken, will die: a Finlander, num
ber not known, eyes blown out, head
crushed and injured int rtiatly, will die;
Joseph N. Gordon, pit boGH, skull crushed
and injured internally, recovery doubt
fill: Guavine Doric, head and Units cut
and legs injure 1. will probably recover.
Nine others, Italians and’ hinlanders,
were badly cut and bruised. Three
Italians are missing, and it is said are
under tin* debris, although it lias lieeii
almost cleared away without revealing
their bodies.
Two Almsi lie ml,
ShaMOKIN, Pa., Fell. I.—Two more
dead have been taken from the debris of
the cxplmkm at I’nxinos. They wi-r>
mutilated so badlj that they cannot tie
identified.
Hlown to Atom*.
Pittsburg, Feb. 1. —By an explosion
of nitre-glycerine near Alton, Bradford
county, about noon Tuesday, William
B. McHenry and "exander (tonner, two
well known torpedo men, weie blown to
atoms. The men were unloading 12a
quarts of glycerine preparatory to shoot
ing au oil well, when the explosion oc
curred. The cause of tlie explosion iH
not known. Both were married
and leave large families.
AGAINST NEGRO SUFFRAGE.
IkUtliciil View* of IVofottaor l*taelp* in Ilr
lulioti to the tJiioMtiniw
Charleston, S. C., Feb. 1 Professor
Austin Phelps, of Andover, Muss., writes
Editor Hemphill, of The News and
Courier, thanking him for (lie courtesy
and candor of his criticisms upon some
remarks by Professor Phelps in regard
to Mr. Grady's Boston speech. Professor
Phelps go'B on to sav tiiat he never be
lieved in ltegro suff rage. He says Sen
ator Sumner never committed a graver
blunder tluia iu drawing the act which
legalized it. It was not statesmanship,
but desperation, it was a blow in tlie
face of nature, and nature alway s re
venges such blows.
We are sure in such an encounter to
get tlie worst of it. Wo are suffering
from it now, and will suffer more. It
limy cost more blood than tha late civil
war did. The thinking men of the south
have the si uipathy of aery manat tlie
north. Fifty ve e s ago. Professor Moses
Stuart, of Audio r seminary, a personal
friend of Calhoun, foresaw tic prevent
(lead-lock, mid told Professor Phelps lie
saw no solution but the surrender of two
or three states to the exclusive possesion
of the colored race. “But,” concludes
Professor Phelps, “I lmvn never hism
able to see tiiat' 'hristianitveauuot make
two eolorsin prolificra es live peacefully
together, as nature adjusts colors in the
rainbow.”
BESPERADO D/ING.
,1 i in Starr, llimli.mil of t lie Notorious ft.- tie
Starr, Wilt IsiTOmli to 111 Wmiiitti.
Fort Smith, Ark., Feb. 3. Jim Starr,
a noted Cherokee horse-thief and des
perado, who was shot by a United
States deputy marshal, near Ardmore,
I. T., last week, is dying of his wounds
in the jail hospital at this place. He
was the husband of the famous female
bandit, Belle Starr, who was assassinated
a year ago, while riding along tlie road
near her home. Starr was under indict
ment in the United States court for
home-stealing, and a clear case stood
against him.
He gave a bond and left ids bondsmen
in the lurch. For eight months officers
have watched for him, and last week
they located him in a cabin, which they
covered with Winchester rifles, leaving
their horses back in the brash. Starr
discovered them in time to mount Ins
horse and get a start, leaning forward in
his saddle and shooting bark with his
pistol. The officers returned the fire
with their Winchesters, one of the balls
passing through tlie saddle-tree and lodg
ing iu Starr's back, bringing him to the
ground. His relation to'the Yonngers is
not known to consist of more Ilian mar
rying tlie woman who was known to be
a runner with them the notorious Be*
Starr.
Trouble iii the Chlc*k»*avr Nation.
Dennison, Tex., Feb. I.—Serious
trouble is anticipated in the Ciriekasaxf
nation as the time approaches for the
collection of the per capita tax of $a
levied ori white residents for the privilege
of perfonuiug manual lalsir. This law
has been the source of much contention,
and on a number of occasions lias well
nigh precipitated un vmed conflict.
There arc in the nation fully 'to.two
whites, who are ripe for revolt bc'-ause
of the action of the legislature in disen
franchising them after they hav* en
joyed the rights ot citizen b p for so
many yours, and it is believed that re
sistance to the payment of the tax will
lie encouraged, in which case M i ious re
sults are apprehended.
Itiarkiunilcr l'b*ti I* Guilty.
Kansas City, Feb. 1. Arthur Blake,
the alleged adopted son of Arthur Gor
ham. the millionaire cattle dealer, of
Kinsley, Kan., on trial at Kinsley for at
tempting to blackmail Gorham, has
pleaded guilty to the charge. Sentence
was reserved.
Family FoKonetl Four Deatl.
Point Pleasant. W. Va., Feb. t.—
A family of eight persons, named Har
grave, living several miles south of here,
have been poisoned by a colored woman.
Four of the family are rejxirted dead.
PHOSPHATES.
Another Iki imt for {’tt» Iguitl of
Oi tun'd Blossoms.
Lively lntorost Taken in the
New Diacoverloa.
Tlmj l)u;M>ftit* Cover lliiudrml* of Ait•*
anti iu Homo riiui '* Aro N»l«l to He
Seventy Feet In- ThlokHtv**- Southern
Florida Overrun With Speculator*, All
Anxlonn to Huy Land.
Jacksonvii.lk. Flu., FnU fl.—A corre
sixmdet* of Tho Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette gend* the following to his paper;
teTbottrte-e i/tu vltvn’lfto aoufh Florida
a few days ago to ascertain by personal
inspection what there in in this phos
phate craze. si l was inclined to cuff it.
Groat crowds of fertilizer men, bankers,
raff road directors, chemists and their
camp followers, }iaV9 been rushing
through- iviuf' u\Vnx from here to see for
thomselvck. Lauds in curtail localities
hfive he n tioiight at the asking price
without iiiiv atrenifv! to jew tin seller,
but snapping him iip and getf'ng his
sigu aitd seal with the ntmost ha: te
No Tron bis to Srtl Lull I.
Everybody who has lands in curtain
belt , was written er wired to, am t,.jl lie
ranted a ligiije, was pretty sure fit-see
"pmelxsl/ in it.day or two will, a dud
to sign and casb to pay for it. "HiS'rail
roails wife ridled on for deeds faster
than U ivy-court! write them, and jumts
on their Muse were suddenij' wiLidrawu
from market. They were anioiri the
list to realize the meaning of this sud
den demand. One man wliorn 1 ki.ow
was askwd what tie would take for a
forty turn tract in Marion county. He
answered that he would not sell at re
tail -thai he owned 400 acres there.
“What'll you take for it all?” "Ten
dollars an in.ru.' “Draw up your deed!'
Ho drew it, and was iKikl. The land
cost him 81.2.1 four or five years ago.
The forty sold tho 400.
Through the Oi (trove*.
I took the Grange Belt railroad at Mon
roe, tieur tsmiford and ran down through
groves wFion ■ leaves are so dark that
they are blue, and whose goldim apples
rival, yea, surpass those of the garden of
I Icspcrides. Thu uxpre.-s liu tsenger was
throwing out empty crates of strawberry
boxes every low miles. At the stations
boxes of oranges, berries and tomatoes
were awaitlfig the' northbound. On tlie
south shores of Lake A|Hipka thousands
of acres are planted iu tomatoes. Hie
AjMijika mountains are the coining win
ter gardens of Florida -there may lie
other lands as good, but those are
cleared and being planted now.
Aero* of Tfffth,
Just beyond this backbono of the Ht ite,
on the wesiern slope of tlie watershed,
m tlie carlKiuiferoiis age, there must
have been vast crowds of mastodons,
saurians and winged creatures, and
sharks on these life-teeming shores by
tlie millions! Their teeth are found
there acres of them feet, not inches,
in thickness.
Tin* Dupofiiti,
But in some places are deposit* nearly
ns white as chalk, a few ana often many
feet below (he Hinfii’e, from a few
incite- to many feet in thickness, the
thickest said to lie several feet! It-'has
been been k uteri’ in past year* and con
sidered carbonate of lime. It i* phos
phate of lime. It is worth $!5 a ton free
on I * lard cars, and can lie put there for
.jl or j 2 nt most; by inuclmiery for leu*
than 81. There are thousands of tons to
the a re. Tlie demand is now in excess
ol supply. What wonder that such land
sells at SI,OOO an acre!
Augers are being bored day ami night
by prospei tors. Men wh® can draw
their checks lor *1(9,000 are waking
round in old clothes and slouch hats to
so- chat laud* are not salted. Their din
guise is not thrown off until they iss ket
ui’hjL. A great many thoiiHami dollars,
p'xlaqip scvur J mill on. have gone into
these phosphate laud* already, and the
demand increases ( ▼•-% week.
ft, Petersburg*
St. Petersburg, tho end of the orange
licit, will h ■ the shipping port lor much
of this phoßpliate. 'liiey luive deep
water, and ocelli bteainsliips ure now
landing there. The richest of theeede
posita a ill go ty Europe, the lower grade*
will he used to make Florida the very
“garden of the gods.”
Down here iu January we have fresh
strawberries, tomatoes, caWhige, beete,
peas, and bananas, guavas and the flesh
of tiie taiqsin, whose skin, with silver
scales bigger thairthe dollar of the dad
dies, will la ethe (lining room of the
old honistead hereafter, the riidiest unil
rarest of ornaments.
Pheepliatc is a re.iHty, and its possi
bilities arc incalculable, incredible.
COONEY 'TH€ FOX’S” COUSIN SHOT.
A dlluag.i Taltue Captain lnilului.s In h
I nil- I’lstol l'anilivu,
CiriC'Mio, I'eh. I.—Police Captain
Behuettlcr, of the cential station, sliot
end dtuigb I’b'i‘ly wounded Tliotnas flib-
Ixjns. a . idoonkedper, and a cousin of
Cooney "ihe Fox," in Vogelsang’s
saloon, at Ia I Randolph itrist. The
sliootin v, as the result of ill-feeling tsj
tween the officer and G m begin and Aider
man Mci 'orndek. TJie latter tried to
provoki' a quarrel with Ischuettler, and
faflin. in t! is Gihlsiu ; feted the captain
to tlie floor w ith a terrific blow on the
riglit rye.
The two men clinched and fought sav
agely for some title*, trying to gain poo
-ion of Scheuttler's revolver. Sclicut
th*r tinellv wrested the weapon from the
saloon keeper and shot him in tie- shoul
der. Gihl oiv> waa taken to his home
and the alderman was arrested, hut sub
sequeutly released on ban.
('(iiiiU-ruintl Miir4«»r«r Kurapfu.
GitEENMioiui,, N. CL* Feb. s.—Lige
Mooli’, is hwd, »din was to have banged
here next Friday ter tlie murder of
Lagra Hiatt, escaped from jail Friday.
Ha pro.tired an iron bar with which he
opened his celt and then fastem-d in tlie
jailer, who was at work on tlie gallows
on the third floor. The jailer raised an
alarm, but did not attract attention un
til Moor - had made good his escape.
IlutKia mikl '-'lilna.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 4.—Tlie de
termination of tl-e Chinese government
to construct a railway from Pekin to
Girin, a town situated near tho Russian
frontier, luu created considerable imeasi
nc j> in official circles here, and as a set
off against this it is contemplated to in
crease the Russian fleet in tne Pacific,
fA LEFT HANDED BEAR.
And tIM Bkrd Look of Soma r*nu»jlrmala
Him ton* Docs.
“Guess you follows never tackled a
left handed bear,” said an old Poeono
hunter to a group of bird shooters the
other evening. “I didn’tex.ictly tackle
one myself," neadded, “but 1 saw one
light two dogs over at the head of
White Oak run last winter, and ho
didn’t use his right paw once. Mo and
Charley Petty put a white bulldog
and a roan hound on the bear’s track
in about three inohesof snow, and tho
way they made the woods ring was
music. The white dog took the load,
and for all of twiyniles we couldn’t
keep up. Then the yelping of the two
grew louder and sharper. We hurried
ahead and found that they had caught
up to a large bear and were worrying
him. Tho bear triod his tieat to gvt
I away in tike scrub oakH, but the dogs
firesscd him so hard and nipjM-d his
lind legs nnd'flanks so often that he
backed up ugainst a rock and got mad.
He was ihijjhty mad, too, but tho dogs
didn’t seein to care tr snap if he was,
for they both kept pitching at him,
and everv time they made a lunge he
brought iiis left txiw down with force
enough to break a cow’s kick. We
might have plugged the kar with bul
lets rigid there, hut tho dogs appeared
to enjov teasing him, and pretty soon
the bulldog made"a leap and tried to
grab the bcur by the nose. Thou that
old'left paw of his got in its lino work.
Ho brought it aromid sideways this
time.' IThe bulldog failed to grab his
nose, and liefore he could get out of
tho ‘*way that awful left paw struck
him on the right jaw and tore thejxmo
loose.* That used up Mr.* lad blog, but
the other-dog was u-s brave- as u lipii,'
and he* faced the hu ;e paw and got
knocked into the brush, twenty feet
off.' The bear didn't try to use his
right' navy once, and. when he had
cleaned both dogs out, bo waddled oil'
as cool its you please anil we shot him
dead.” . ...
“I never met a lefflranded bear,” ■
said another old Monroe county hun-'
ter, “but I run across u.i tough a killer
as your left handed bear was. I was
guiding a party of city deer shooters
through the Knob mountain district at
the time. On the third day one of
city fellows got tired of standing on
runaways, and sty he took his setter
and shotgun and went olf by himself
after rutted grouse. 1 fouuk a bear's
truck in the snow near Knob pond
that morning, anil the deer sluxitor;
said they guessed they would just as
soon liunt the bear for u change. Bo I
got three dogs and put them on the
track and stationed the city chaps here
and there. The dogs hustled the bear
into a swamp and tlicn out of it. On
the edge of the swamp one of the dogs
got in liis way and was killed, and be
fore any of us could get a shot at him
lie took the hack track and disabhxi
another dog. The third dog was too
sharp for tne bear, and hounded him
into the swamp and out four or five
times. Finally the bear gave up try
ing to Hide in the Hwatnp and headed
for a ravine half a mile off. Thu fun
niest thing of it all was that the bear
ran right into the neighborhood where
the bird hunter was trying to find
grouse. Before the bird shooter liad
a chance to realize what all the crack
ing in tht) brush meant, the bear
crushed through the saplings close to
him and appeared in sight. The
grouse liuuter said his first thought
was to leg it up the hill, but be was
afraid tho bear would chase him. and
so he faced tho music and fired two
charges of No. C shot into tho bear's
face and eyes. The bear couldn’t see
to travel after that, and* wo killed
him.” Jt
One day the young sou of a man
who lives on Tunldiatuiock creek
went n mile or so from home to gather
beechnuts. A large, jet black New
foundland dog accompanied the lad,
and while the boy was busy picking
nuts from under u iree lie saw tlie dog
prick up his ears, wag his tuii and Uvt
off ns though he had spied another
dog and was going to meet t)im. This
surprised the boy, Imt he flidn’t call
the dog back. lie watched him
though, and lie quit kly saw that the
dog was trotting toward a much larger
animal and one ju t as black as the
dog. When the dog hud got within a
few yards of the other blaek creature
he suddenly put his tail between his
legs, whirled right about and ran past
the boy as though lie was half scared
to death. The moment tho dog did
this the other animal, whieh the boy
theu saw was a huge black bear,
turned tail just as suddenly and wad
dled off in the opposite direction os
fast as he could go. Each had been
very much frightened by the other,
and the boy saw nothing more of the
dog until he reached home.
Not Jong ago two men who live near
here took a beagle hound and went
over to Bed Ridge to hunt rabbits. A
large bulldog followed them and stay
ed near them while the beagle scared
tbe rabbits out of the brush. All at
once a big rabbit scampered out of the
underwood and dashed down the slope
past the men. Its appearance excited
the bulldog, und he gave chase at the
top of his speed. When he was with
in a few feet of the rabbit the dog got
tripped in some running vines and
was turned end for end like a flash.
He didn’t realize that he had beeu re
versed, and in bis eagerness to gef at
the rabbit he ran straight up the hill
tile moment lie got out of the tangle.
By tliat time the rabbit was well to
ward the foot of the slope, and after
the confused dog had run several rods
he.stopped all of a sudden, sat upon
his haunches and howled fora minute
or so, much to the amusement of the
hunters. —Staufber’s Mill Cor. New
York Tribune.
Up a Stamp.
The governor of Rhode Island found
that Charles Baal had been convicted
of a robbery of which he was inno
cent, and had jerved two years on a
term which he snould never have had.
He, therefore, pai-doned him, and in
side of tea days he discovered that
Charles ought to have got other
sentences for three other robberies he
actually did commit A jury seldom
puts an innocent man iu a hole.-—De
troit Free Press.
NO- 41.