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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY
VOL. XY.
PRO FESSI ON A L CA Rlt S.
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DENTIST,
McDonoi'oh Ga.
•.iiv one desiring work done cun !>o n<w
cnirmodatcd eilher by railing on nie in pei -
«on or addressing me timing!) the mail..
Terms cash, unless special arrangements
*:e otherwise matin.
(■u> W. P.RVAN j "'.T. OIIIKEN.
URVi> .V I>H'K li.’S,
ATTORNEYS AT I,AW,
'’ , Do\Ol UM . • '• A.
Will practice in M-o aunties coiiijmsiiig
ihe Flint Judicial v^ircuit,tin Supreme Court
ci Georgia ami •1" I’uitr'l Stale. District
Court. »prt!7-l y
j**- «S. W HVFM,
attorney at law,
MrDojsoi’im, Ga.
Wdl practice in the comities composing
the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Georgia, ami the United States District
C ouri. mariti-ly
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attorney at law.
McDonocuh, Ga.
Will practice in all the Courts of Georgia
Special attention given to commercial and
..ther collections. Will attend all t lie Courts
it Hampton regularly. Office upstairs over
The Weekly office.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga .
Will practice in the counties composing the
Flint Judicial Circuit , and the Supreme and
District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention
given to collections. octs-’?J
A. itKOH iV,
’ ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in all the counties compos
ing the Flint Circuit,, the Supreme Court of
Georgia and the United States District
Court. janl-ly
i| a.
* ’ ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Hampton, Ga,
Will practice in all the counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Georgia and the District Court ot the
United States. Special and prompt atten
tion given to Collections, Oct 8, 1888
«iso. D. Stewart. | U.T. Daniel.
NTEtV tRT & UANIIK,,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
GRirttN, Ga. » **•
j||lS. K. J. AinOM).
Hampton. Ga.
I hereby tender my professional service to
the people of Hampton and surrounding ,
country. Will attend ail cal’s night and j
day.
JoiiV i.. xvii.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Gate City Natioal Bank Building,
Atlanta. Ga,
Practices in Ihe State and Federal Courts.
GRIFFIN FOUNDRY
AND
Machine Works.
\\Tq announce to the Public that we arc
tV prepared to manufacture Engine Boil
ers ; will take orders for all kinds of Boil
ers. We arc prepared to do all kinds of
repairing on Engines, Boilers and Machin
ery, generally. We keep in flock Brass
fittings of all kinds; also inspirators, In
jectors, Safety Valves, Steam Guages,
Pipe and Pipe Fittings and Iron and Brass
Castings of every Description.
ONItOUN A WALCOTT.
EIO FOR TEXAS !
Here is the opportunity of a lifetime. A
splendid farm and pasture about one mile
and a half from Henderson, Texas, most
under fence. The land lies well. Here you
use no guano and make more cotton per
acre than they do in the south with guanos.
The lauds are mostly under fence and well
timbered where not in cultivation. $4.50
per acre. Terms easy. Apply to,
Oct. 24. J. Harvev Turner
He dcrson. Tex.
Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained, snd ail Pat
ent business conducted for Moderate Fees.
Our Office is OppositeU. S. P^te wtOffic:e
and we can secure patent in less time than tuoee
remote from Washington. . .
Send model, drawing or photo., with descrip
tion. We advise, if patentable or pot. f ree of
<iar<*e. Our fee not due till patent is secured.
A Pamphlet, ,l flow to Obtain Patents, * with
names of actual clients *in your State, county, or
town, sent free. Address,
C. A.SNOW & CO.
Opp. Patent Office. Washington, D. C.
FOR MEN ONLY!
LOBT or FAILING MANHOOD;
• VIE aadS£KVOUB DEBILITY;
S ■ |W#Akne«§ of Body and Mind, Effect*
Error* cr Excuse* in Old or Yoonf.
Fobu•». S MAYWOOD fully Bwtftred. Mrw to ealarf* anJ
Ftr*»?»he»WBAB,LRDSTKI,oPEDORI»ANg*PAKrtI OF BODY.
Afeolsulr BBf»liiLtf MOMB TBIATMBKT—BmMM la a day.
r>*p t««i!ry from fcO Stale* ao4 Ferelfa < ooatriea. Write thorn,
PtWtfipth* Book, pxplaaatlra and proof, mailed for a lad) free,
«**•£ fcfHE MEDICAL CO., BUFFALO, N. V.
TEN DOLLARS
will be oa:d lor the bestw r.’ption of theceKbrau-a
Nvx Cnrtoon entitled “Tl* W».i "g,. <r d .
Tn. Kaat Traiii'Si*. » irslnitv *
Kuil»;>v. IH-, ription shall mrl'id. all jy.. '> *«!
shown in the cartoon t ontest Dec ,*1
Onsa bps Ha S 3 and TuiSac7 Hshit?
11l B B Ucured at home with*
P*B B B RMlout pain. Book of par-
I mfl BVB ticiliars sent FRKE.
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A SUGGESTIVE OPINION. .
Judge laiwrcnce Thinks Congress Shout;!
Limit tlw Bight of Appeal.
New York, Jan. 27.—Judge Lawrence
heard argument upon Convict Janies J.
Whalen’s application to be released from
Sing Sing.
Whalen was sentenced under his sec
ond conviction in December, 1888, for
two years. When that term expired he
demanded his release, hut the warden of
Sing Sing claimed that he had the right
under the law to hold him for the com
mutation, which he received for good
behavior on his former sentence. Wha
len’;, Slot m ill once was for seven years,
and his commutation was years.
Judge Lawrence reserved decision, but
in so doing took occasion to say:
“I am not one of the judges who be
lieve that every law should lie construed
against the state and in favor of con
victs.- ’
He did not believe in the United States
courts stepping in in the case of murder
ers, and said it was about time congress
should put a stop to it.
This was a reference to the recent dis
covery that by raising a constitutional
question and applying to the United
States court for a stay of execution un
der a conviction in the state court, the
convict, though the stay he denied on
the ground that there is nothing, in the
point raised, can of right appeal to the
United States supreme court from that
decision and can keep this up indefi
nitely.
SHOT HIS WIFE.
(ieorgp Snyder’s Cowardly Aet Witnessed
l>y Tlieir Children.
San Marcos, Tex., Jan. 27. —George
H. Snyder, one of the wealthiest citizens
of this place and agent for the Southern
Agricultural works of Atlanta, Ga., shot
and killed his wife.
The following is the account of the
tragedy: Mrs. Snyder had just returned
from church, when her husband shot her
three times, killing her almost Distantly.
No one witnessed the shooting hut two
children of the murdered woman, who
was a refined lady and well-liked in the
community.
Snyder was arrested, and refuses to
talk. He gives no reason for his bloody
act. Neighbors of his say he has often
threatened to kill his whole family. They
have three boys, two of whom were at
home when their father killed their
mother, but they lied, and up to last
night they had not been heard of, nor
can they be found.
Snyder and his wife are from Rome,
Ga., and have been living near San
Marcos about two years,
AGAINST LOTTERIES.
Arelibishop Ireland Issues an Order —The
I*Tan to be Abolished,
St. PaFl, Minn., Jan. 27.—The Catho
lic church, which up to the present time
has permitted lotteries at church for the
raising of money for church purposes,
is to shut down on all such practices, at
least in the sections of Minneapolis and
North and South Dakota. Archbishop
Ireland has issued thfl following order:
•‘Sentiment has become so pronounced,
and rightly so, against lotteries and
chance games, that we deem it our duty
to prohibit altogether, as we now do. the
raising of money for religious and char
itable purposes by the sale of chances,
the sale of wheels of fortune, or by any
method savoring of lottery or gambling.
The rule which we now make admits of
no exception. It applies to counties as
well as to towns, to convents as well as
parishes.”
Arrested In a Cave.
Wheeling, W. Va. , Jan. 2?. —A man
calling himself John Stevens, but who Is
believed to lie S. A. Shaw, who is want
ed for the murder of James Rogers, in
Jersey county, Ills., last summer, has
been found in a cave near Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs and Jocked up.
He has been living in the cave since Sep
tember, going out at night when food
ran low. With him were captured a sot
of burglar tools, a Winchester, a re
volver, four.knives and other arms, and
also a quantity of line dry goods. He
claims to have killed a negro nt Hinton,
this state.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis In Mail Health.
Louisville, Kv., Jan. 27.—A friend
of Mrs. Jefferson Davis has just returned
to this city from New York, where she
left her. In speaking of Mrs. Davis, she
said that she was in a very critical state
of health. She scarcely ever leaves her
apartments at the hotel where she is
boarding, and receives her guests reclin
ing. Heart trouble Is said by her physi
cians to be the specific cause of her ill
ness. Her daughter, Miss Winnie, is
with her, and is assi-tiug in finishing the
life of her father, whicii Mrs. Davis is
writing,
Indignant at (tie Light Sentence,
Kingston, N. Y., Jan. 27.—Two years
ago at a hotel in Mexico, Oswegocounty,
in an altercation between John D. Rior
dan and Daniel Haley,the latter received
a wound that proved'fatal. Riordan was
arrested and indicted. In the court of
sessions at Herkimer, Riordan was con
victed and sentenced by Judge Evans to
pay a fine of §I,OOO, or in default thereof
to serve 1,000 days in Auburn state
prison. Riordan, who Is in well-to-do
circumstances, will pay the fine, Much
indignation is expressed over the light
sentence imposed for the crime.
Houses I! I on-u lip With Dynamite.
Bluefikld, W. Va., Jan. 2?.—The
fourth instance in which houses in this
vicinity have been biown up with dyna
mite occurred here last night. Tiie home
of James Collins was demoH-hed Thurs
day night. Moses Henry’s store was
partially wrecked the same night, and
William Roan’s dwelling was demol
ished and several jiersous injured. Three
arrests have been made as a result of the
explosion last night. The town is ter
rorized.
Violated the Lottery Law.
Harrisburg, Fa., Jan. 27.—Levi
Eichholtz, of DiUsburg, York county,
was arrested by United -States Marshal
Anderson, of this city, for violating the
lottery law. He had sent money for
lottery tickets to M. A. Dauphin. Eich
holtz >va« brought to Harrisburg and
held in SSOO bail for a hearing before
United Stales Commissioner Wolfe,
AND HENRY COUNTY TIMES.
McDONOUGH/.GA., FRIDAY', JANUARY, 80, 1891.
MONEY FOR LEVEES.
Millions of Dollar* Krcomnwtuled by the
Committee.
Washington, Jan. 27.— Chairman Bur
rows,from the house committeeou levees
and improvements of the Mississippi
i ver, submitted to the house a favorable
report on a hill drafted by the committee
hi appropriate $10,000,000 to repair and
build the levees on the Mississippi from
the head of the passes to Cairo, to be ex
pended in accordance with the plans of
the Mississippi river commission.
The report says that the opinion
formed by congress in 1880 that the levee
system would form an important auxili
ary in channel improvement, has ripened
into the conviction in the minds of the
majority of the commission in charge of
the work that a continuous line of levees,
sufficient to confine the overflow waters
to the channel, is indispensable and nec
essary to t lie complete improvement of
the channel of the river for navigation,
and that it would prevent destructive
floods.
The opposition to previous appropria
tions, based on the ground that the real
object in view was not the improvement
of the channel, but the protection of
private property from overflow, the re
port says, is refuted by the statement of
the Mississippi river commission that
only tfboilt $8,000,000 of the $14,000,000
appropriated on the river have been ex
pended on levees and that this expendi
ture has demonstrated that the govern
ment could-not if it would thoroughly
improve the channel and protect the
banks of -the Mississippi without inci
dentally preventing destructive floods,
and could not accomplish the latter
without the former.
The overwhelming weight of the testi-
Pffiny in the opinion of the committee is
that the Mississippi pan best be improved
by providing a ourrent sufficient to
scour out the channel. Any interrup
tion of the flow of water, the engineers
without exception say, results in the
formation of a liar directly below the
break which impairs the channel in very
nearly the same proportion as the water
diverted by the crevasse, As experi
ence has shown that the work of river
improvement is greatly retarded and
rendered less effective and more costly
by annual or biennial appropriations,
the committee propose to place at the
disposal of the commission the means
necessary to a continuous and extensive
prosecution of the work.
The report then makes a strong argu- j
meat in support of the constitutional j
right and duly of congress to provide an j
eitiejent system of improvement of the
Mississippi.
SOMETHING IS WRONG.
Connecticut Girls lluii Away—Perhaps
Their Homes are Not Pleasant.
Middletown, Jan. 27.— Almost every !
week counter girl
runs a Usually they
are from 13 to 18 years of age. They
pack a little kit of things, slip away
from the. old homestead after nightfall,
hurry to the nearest railroad station, and j
are whizzed away to the great city. j
The police of Connecticut cities are j
looking for more than a score of run- j
away girls now, all of whom quitted j
their homes within the last six weeks. |
Five girls disappeared from places in |
the neighborhood of New Haven within |
the past two or three weeks.
Dora and Mary Berger ran away from
this city, one from Berlin and two from
New Haven.
Fruit Trees Pruned by Ice.
Middletown, Jan. 27.— The late ice
storm wrought great havoc in the fruit
orchards of Connecticut, In some
towns, the farmers say, entire orchards
were completely wrecked. The back 1
country roads leading through woods
are still impassible in places on account;
of creat piles of tree Jimbs jn the way. j
Peach and pear trees sulferod worst, be- !
cause their branches are fragile, hut in i
many instances apple trees, too, were i
crushed. Many farmers think that next
season’s fruit crop in the state will be
almost a complete failure, hut old
weather prophets do not believe the
dir; ful prediction. It is said that an ice
storm does heroic and beneficial prun
ing, and at a time of the year when
trees iire not apt to suffer on account of
the wounds inflicted.
Itellef Committee for Nelirankit Farmers.
Chicago, Jan. 27.—Thirty-two ooun
ties in the western part of Nebraska are
in sore distress, and Congressman-elect
Bryan, W. A. McKeighan and C. M.
Ker of tlic first, second and third Ne
braska districts, are at t lie Palmer house,
on their way as a relief committee to s<>
licit aid from congress. “From the state
treasury,” said Chairman McKeighan,
“the farmers of these counties will re
ceive $.">00,000, and we want congress to
make an appropriation of $1,000,000 to
give them a start in the spring. I think
they are worthy subjects for national as
sistance.”
Auleep Nine Month*.
PIXON, 111., Jan. 27.—Mrs. Grace G.
Ridley, of Amboy, XU,, who went to
sleep about nine months ago, awoke
Friday afternoon for the first time.
She wandered about the house, but did
not s)>eak a word. At tea time (die took
her accustomed seat at the table, but
could eat nothing, and when some one
of the family attempted to assist her,
she motioned them away with a gut ter ai
sound. It is not known whether she
went to sleep again, but her condition
puzzles the doctors.
A Woman Clmrgoil with I'nrgmy,
Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 27.—Mrs. AnnaS.
Custer of Littlestown, Adams county,
is charged with forgery. She had ap
plied for a pension, and forged the name
of a clergyman and notary public to the
papers. She did not get the pension, and
now says that she did not suppose any
' <xl> would be harmed by the forgery.
She lias leen taken to Philadelphia to
answer to the charge.
To Commit an Atlanta Oculist.
New York. Jan. 27.—0il his southern
trip, Mayor Grant will, it Is s* l j i con .
suit an eminent oculist now in Atlanta,
and, if it Is necessary, undergo an opera
tion.' His absence from the city may
last anywhere from ten days to three
weeks.
Mgi'wl lor This Season.
( <.l CUBES, 0.. Jan. 27.—Mark Bald
win, the baseliall pitcher, has signed a
contract to play with the Coinin'; is as
sociation team the wining season.
THE AUTHOR FOUND.
RKtanliouse, Col. Polk’.n Former Sefretary,
Ha* Confofigcd.
Washington, Jan. 2fi.—The Federa
tion people met again Saturday, and all
the notables—Powderly, Livingston,Ma
cune and others were present. The
meeting was a secret one. McClammy
of North Carolina, ami Lewis of Missis
sippi, Alliance members of the house,
were amciig the eudiene?-
Livingston and Macune made a siart-
in the morning. The •di
tor of the Kansas Alliance organ en
closed them a letter written by
..ousc, Col. Buiko f w mui wAdutuTy, ac
knowledging that he wrote the letter
published in the St. G>u;s Uh.be-Demo
crat, charging that Livingston and Ma
cune were hacking Calhoun for senator
for a monetary consideration.
It will he recalled that this publication
came near causing a rupture in the Ocala
convention, and that it did subject Ma
cune .Old Livingston to an investiga
tion.
The letter published in St. Louis was
written here, but was dated at Atlanta.
It seems that in Ids anxiety to down
Macune & Co., lie clipi>ed the letter
from the Globe-DeiwxTat and encclosed
it to the Kansas paper for reproduce
tion, acknowledging he was its author.
Among other expressions he suggested
that Christ had his Judas and the Alli
ance laid its Macune. There was mani
fest excitement in The Economist when
this letter was read.
The struggle over the cloture rujg is
well under way, and an early vote will
be reached,
A DRUMMER’S GOOD LUCK.
Picket! Up iig a Corpa<—A Stomach rump
and a battery Saved Him.
Chicago, Jan. 27.—Frank Kline, a
salesman for a New York dry goods
house, has had an experience iu Chicago
that ho won’t soon forget. lie was laid
out as a corpse in the city morgue, and
was restored by an electric hart cry.
Kline has a large salary, and enjoys
life. His first few days in this city on
this trip were more than usually success
ful. lie bought a large diamond with
his surplus cash. lie went out for astroll
in the afternoon, and stepped into a sa
loon. The first glass of the concoction
the bartender gave him made him forget
all alxiut his big sales and his diamond.
A girl in the saloon, under the pretense
of a caress, put her arm about ids neck
and removed $75 ]■■ m his pocket
book and a New York Central mileage
ticket, and also took the big diamond.
When Kline showed signs of reviving
ho was thrown into tb« street, where he
fell into a stupor. A few minutes later
he was picked up for dead and taken to
the morgue in a patrol wagon.
Dr. McNamara, of the county hospital
staff, happened to Itc in the place, and
something caused him to believe there
Wjg* life tpau. A jgymaeh
pump and an electric haffcrWWFrfie
work, and in half an hour Kline walked
out. Ho returned to New York.
SNOW IN RUSSIA.
1C very tiling Covered Up, mid Numbers of
People Frozen to Dentil.
St, Petersburg, Jan. 27.—Terrible
snow storms have prevailed throughout
the southeastern portion of Russia. Deep
drifts have been formed, and whole
villages and numbers of isolated houses
have been almost buried in snow. The
railroad trucks are entirely useless, and
the only means of communication lie
tween the villages and towns is by
sleighs. Numbers of people are known
to have been frozen to death, and it. is
feared that, as the snow disappears,
further loss of life will le revealed.
The city of Kharkow, capital of the
government of Klmrkow, on the Khar
kova, is so completely isolated by snow
that the only way of communicating
with its inhabitants is by telegraph.
Kharkow is a city of about 80 >,otto in
habitants, and it is feared that, should
its complete isolation continue for any
length of time, there will be terrible suf
fering, owing to the scarcity of provis
ions among the poorer inhabitants.
WEIGHING SPIRITS.
Tlio Commissioner Lx perl men ting—Tlie
System 31 ii 3’ Im* Adoptotl.
Washington, Jan. 27.—For the pur
pose of securing the most accurate
method possible of ascertaining the con
tents of packages of distilled spirits for
taxation, the commissioner of internal
revenue has for the past few months
been conducting a series of ex iieriments
in order to determine whether more cor
rect results may not lie reached by
weight than by- the system now prac
ticed. The investigations thus far made
indicate that about all the imperfections
in measurement caused by manipulation
of tiie packages may be overcome by
the system of weighing. It is also Ixi
lieved that the expense of officers may
be reduced under the promised system.
All the correspondence and interviews
thus far held with nnmiiers of the
leading spirits producers in the country
warrant the statement that they are
almost universally in favor of the
change, Should tiie facts developed mi
further investigation continue favorable,
it is very probable the coinmisioin-r will
take the necessary steps for establishing
a system of weighing spirits for taxa
tion in the near future.
FIRED BODILY.
Jolm L. Sullivan I>ecl»r®<l to be u Shame
and Discredit to the 101k*.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 27.— Dr. Quiuliu of
Chicago, the head of the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks, has been h re
since last Thursday. Friday night, at a
meeting which he attended, the doctor
suspended the prize fighter, John L. Sul
livan, as a person “who is unworthy to
associate with gentlemen, and whose
conduct has brought shame and discred
it upon the order.”
Sullivan gained admission to tiie order
at Newark, N. J., where he gained ad
mission as an actor.
Dr. Quinlin, in his order of suspen
sioD, lias forbidden any lodge to admit
Sullivan. Tho headquarters of the order
were removed from New York to Cin
cinnati last July.
Ru.pocted of Murdering Hlh Mother.
Springfield, 0., Jan. 27.—John
Doyle, aged 30, has been arrested,
charged with murdering his mother.
Neighbors found her sitting up in bed
and her face horribly distorted. Finger
marks showed plainly on her neck.
THEY ARE DISAPPOINTED.
Maple Sugar Men Say the McKinley Tariff
Bill Downed Them.
Rutland, Vt., Jan. 27.—The senti
ments of Vermont farmers toward the
McKinley tariff bill have undergone a
; very decided chango during the ptist
week.
They had been told that the sugar
bounty would benefit them in making
maple sugar, and, acting on that, they
i made preparations to largely increase
and improve the yield this year. The
1 decision of the attorney general that no
: bounty can l>o paid this year on sugar
| produced before July 1, has rendered all
i tlieil piqwiutiuu. useless lor the present
| season, and a large number have gone to
| a considerable outlay, for which they
I can get no compensation for another
year. Many email producers can ill af
tonl the expellee and 'lie inconvenience
tor which they will get no return this
season.
The farmers are not the only sufferers.
There are factories in the state which
make a specialty of the manufacture of
sap buckets, evaporators and other uten
sils used in maple sugar making. The
managers of these enterprises were over
run with orders from producers, and had
made extensive preparations for hand
ling a largely increased trade. Now the
orders are tioiiig cancelled and the man
ufacturers suffer.
Before the announcement of the decis
ion more tiian 500 applications for licenses
had been received from sugar producers
at tho office of the collector of internal
revenue.
SPORTING ON THE ICE.
A Nuinlwr of Young People Sustain Very
Serious Injuries.
Anhonia, Conn., Jan. 24. —Since the
ice storm of Saturday and Sunday the;
double ripper has lieen enjoying a har
vest of broken bones and lioodH.
The first accident to occur was to Miss j
Alice Cotter, prominent in ihe King’s :
Daughters, who had lier right thigh j
broken. Henry Fagan crashed into a j
freiglit car on his ripper, and besides '
breaking his left arm stripiied the bones
of the flesh and muscles. Tuesday night
Sterling Lockwood struck a curbstone
with his ripper, and cut a gash iu his leg
from the ankle to the knee.
Daniel Willsey.of White Hills, plunged
off a bridge on his ripper yesterday and
fell Into a river. Ho was 'taken out with
five ribs broken. Fred Konnison was
struck by the ripper of another lioy, and
his leg was stripped of flesh and muscles
from tho knee to the Ankles Maggie
I’halen was picked up by £#le>l and
hurled twenty feet into the uir. Badly in
juring her internally, and a little soil of
George Gotul was injured in the same
way at another coasting place, Essie
Marsella, aged 14, was struck in tho back
by a ripper, which knocked her off her
Hied and inflicted injuries.
In-plitCdw it itJffiT'f Jonh' ‘MTifnWw"
brought out an ancient pung and filled
it up with twenty people. The awkward
vehicle got the lietter of tho pilot, and
the wliolo twenty were thrown out.
Morrissey sustained sovero injuries to
his back.
A TERRIFIC GALE NORTH AND WEST.
Thousands of Wires Down—>Tl» Western j
Union System Wrecked.
Washington, Jan. 27.—A terrific galo
completely prostrated the Western Union
system most of tho distanco between
Baltimore and New York. It is esti
mated timt alxiut a thousand poles arc
down in the district.
About a thousand are re|x>rtod down
between Washington and Grafton, W.
Va., along tLe line of tho Baltimore and
Ohio railroad. The wreck is more com
plete and covers a wider area than the
celebrated blizzard of tlireo years ago.
The storm completely isolated New
York, and Western Union officials say
it will lie two or three days before things
can lie righted, They have hut three
wires out from New York, and they are
to Buffalo via Albany.
The streets of New York are blockod
with poles and wires.
Advices received from other sections
stato that immense damage was done,
hut notidng definite can lie learned now.
A GHOST SHIRT.
Fergeant Fluher Rent It um m Relic of tli«
“(»lio»t Diiiicc’* by tlie Indiana.
Leavenworth, Jan. 27.—A relic of
the Wounded Knee fight haw come
through the mails from Pine Itidgeagen
cy, add ressed to C. M. Halinger, of tliis
city. It is a “ghost shirt,” worn by a
Brule chief in the fight, and in the ghost
dance the night before the fatal day.
It was sent to Mr. Malinger by First
Sergeant Edward Fisher of troop I, first
cavalry, who vouches for its genuine
ness. It is made of canvas, trimmed
with buckskin and feathers, and daubed
with paint, rings and stars decorating it.
“Ghost shirts” were worn by some of
the more superstitious Indiras in the
fight to protect them from the bullets of
the soldiers. The chief who wore this
shirt was slain, but there is no mark of
a bullet hole in the garinont.
A PATHETIC STORY.
A Dying Child in Michigan C'nlU for Her
Father.
Atlanta, Jan. 27.—Mayor Hemphill,
of this city, is in receipt of the following
letter, which speaks for itself. The let
ter was turned over to the chief of po
lice':
144 Pkquejt’b, Avk., Detroit Mich.
Deak Mr. Mayor—My father, Jere
miah Marr, age #5, eight 190, height
medium, sallow complexion. Left here
last June after meeting with many
losses, since when wo have not heard
from him.
Now his dying child calls for him, and
I ask that for love of God and humanity
you make this inquiry as public as possi
ble.
By so doing you will do much for an
afflicted family.
In anticipation of your good offices, I
remain yours gratefully,
Caj.berne Mark.
KI«:1u*<1 an Innane Man to Death.
Richmond, Ind., Jan. 27.—The jury in
the case of James A. Woods, the attend
ant at the Easton hospital for the insane,
charged with kicking T. Jay Blount, a
patient, to death, returned a verdict of
guilty of voluntary manslaughter, fixing
the |*malty at twemy-one years in the
lieuitentiary. The jury was out three
hours. Wood was overcome by the re
sult.
WIRES AT WORK AGAIN.
The Great Telegraph Hloeknrie Raised uml
Business Greatly Relieved.
New York, Jan. 29.— New York’s
greatest telegraph blockade has been par
tially raised. Western Union officials
were congratulating themselves at 9p.
m. that they had fifteen wires in work
ing order, witli the prospects of having
communication opened today to all prin
cipal points, either directly or indirectly.
The line weather meant a great deal to
the different companies. A thousand
men were at work in tlds city and the
neighborhood, putting telegraph, tele
phone, tire, and light lines into shape
again. The telephone service, winch
suffered more heavily by Sunday’s storm
than all the other lii As together, had im
proved hut little. Thirty-five hundred
subscribers are still cut off. District
messenger calls all over town were prac
tically useless.
Western Union’s fifteen wires ran to
the west and Boston. All the southern
business was transacted through Cliiea-
S's Philadelphia was finally reached by
way of Chisago, I’iitHlxirg and Washing
ton. One wire was working on tho di
rect line to Boston. One wire was given
to the Associated Press.
Up to midnight business had linen uc
; cumulating in the office, hut the acting
wire chief said that it could all be
I worked off before daybreak.
The regular subscribers ~f the Postal
were clamoring for wir. s from the West
j ern Union, hut all their matter wan ro
j fused. The Postal had two wires in uso,
; and was refusing United Pres; business,
i Uue wire hud boon run through direct lo
Boston and another, quadrupled, was
I being used, half for Albany and ball' for
; Montreal direct, where all Pacific coast
; business was sent. Both companies were I
j utilizing their surplus oj orators to de-
I liver messages by train through Now-
Jersey and Ixing Island and in the towns
| along the New Haven road. Special
I trains on all tho roods leading to New
York were put at the service of the
Western Union officials, w ho despatched
tho men in gangs of ton or twelve; s fust
as they reported at headquarters.
MIZNER’S DEFENSE.
Tli« Kx-Mlnister Believe* He Did ill,
Duty In the Bar ratal In Affair.
San Francisco, Jan. 29. Lansing B.
Mizner, ex-ministor to Guatemala, has
decided to make public bis official de
fense in the Barrundia case, lie justi
fies this on the ground that Mr. Blaino’s
letter dismissing him wus given to the
press tlireo weeks lxiforo it reunited him
and two weeks before congress met.
Ilia defense, in brief, is that the Ear
rundiu affair was a mere incident in
comparison with tho settlement of tho
war between Salvador and Guatemala,
which lie, as dean of tho diplomatic
corps, brought about on| the very day
Barrundia was killed.. and which ro
“qrffrend Ma- aVM •*- .ittwfMilh. «■ ' -
Aside from this, however, he asserts
that his course was strictly in accordance
with international law, as Barrundia
was guilty of non-political i,s well as
political crimes, and cites, in justifica
tion of his position, the action of Secre
tary Bayard in the Gomez case.
lie quoted President Harrison's mess
age to the effect that diplomacy should
Do frank and free from intrigue, and
says it would have been intrigue to have
abetted the captain of the steamer Aca
pulco in evading international law by
preventing liarrundia’s arrest. He points
out that on July 4 last tho authorities of
Salvador were allowed to arrest Senor
Delgado, minister of foreign relations,
on Ixxird the same vessel.
Mr. Mizner says bis course was ap
proved iu writing by the entire diplo
matic corps in Central America, except
ing the Mexican minister, and lie con
cludes by submitting his case to his
countrymen.
FOUGHT TO THE LAST.
A Mad Stallion and a .fiirkaMM, In Morccr,
Fight a Terrible Hattie.
Lexington, Ky., Jan. 29.—A buttle to
the death took place in Mercer county,
between a valuable saddle stallion and a
jackass, l>elonging to William Thomas, a
stock raiser.
A few days ago a mad dog bit Thom
as’s little boy and the stallion. Tire horse
went mad, and kicking dow n the door
of the jaek’B stable, commenced biting
him. The jack retaliated, and for fifteen
minutes they fought, using their tooth,
heels and fore feet. Finally the jack
tore tiie stallion’s left ear with ins teeth,
and tiie stallion then bit a piece from the
jack’s neck. This seemed to make tiie
jack more ferocious than ever, and,
grabbing the lower part of the stalliou’s
neck in Ins teeth, he tore out his wind
pipo. But the high mettled stallion did
not give up. and before falling lie kicked
the jack's left bind leg, breaking it just
below tiie hock. He then fell dead. The
jack uttered a long, loud bray and went
into his stable. Ho was covered with
blood and wounded unto death, so that
his master killed him to put him out of
his misery.
Tiie isiy was taken to a mudstone.
The stone stuck tlireo times, and tie
shows no signs of madness. It is bo
lieved lie will recover.
They lire Working to W'in.
Ogden, Utah, Jan. 29. —There is no
little excitement hero over the coming
biennial election. Tiie present Gentile
administration has made many enemies
and there is a strong anti-ring feeling in
the Liberal party, and a citizens party
lias been formed which ignores old party
lines and will endeavor to place .Mor
mons on its ticket. This new party has
secured control of a number of tiie
wards, aiuMl is expected that the citi
zens’ party will receive many new
votes, and by securing tiie Mormon vote
make a close race for tiie control of the
icity.
Found With HU Head Cut Off.
ATHOL, Mass., Jan. 29.—The headless
body of a man, who had been run over
by the cars, was found by Trackwalker
Fay, on the railroad track eight miles
east of this station. The remains were
later identified as those of Frank lajou
ard, of this town. The body was fear
fully mangled, and the head, which was
found at some distance beyond, was cut
so as’to he unrecognizable. It is proba
ble that Leonard was intoxicated, and
was lying across the track, when struck
by a train.
Charles McGlinsey, an engineer on tiie
Birmingham Mineral road, was caught
under an overturned engine and killed,
Tuesday,
THE VERY LATEST NEWS ITEMS.
Interesting and Pithy Point* Gathered
From Kvcry Section of the Conntry.
A Revere snow and wind storm struck
\v ashingt-on city early Saturday night,
alia lasted about eight hours.
Jack Gist, a negro, while out hunting,
in the lower part ot Union county, S. C.,
accidentally shot himself, which proved
fatal.
Henry C. Berry, who robbed Grace
church of two silver candlesticks, in
Louisville, Ky., was yesterday held to
answer by Judge Thompson.
James T. Hayes has sued Alfred Lynn,
at Birmingham, for $5,000 damages for
libel in telling that he (Hayes) during
the war, stole a horse from a widow.
Congressmen are commenting upon
the action of several southern legisla
lures in declining to take steps to par
ticipate in the world's fair pending con
sideration of the election bill.
The Augusta carnival was a success
in every sense. It paid its way; it at
tracted thousands of visitors to the city,
and gave a Ruperb advertisement to Its
commercial and manufacturing enter
prises.
George Joyce, a farmer of Shelby
county, Lid., while engaged in felling a
tree on his farm, met with a terrible
death, caused by a falling limb, which
mashed him into the ground, killing him
instantly,
I. F. Fojco walked out of a second
story window of his residence at Roches
ter, N. Y., while in a fit of somnambu
lism, and fractured his right logon the
pavement below.
F.mile Van Marcke, who is said to have
lieon the most famous cattle painter of
modern times, died at Hyeres, on the
Mediterranean, a few days ago. C. P.
Huntington has one of his pictures, for
which he paid $11,500.
Itishon Howe, of South Carolina, ac
companied by Gen. Ellison Capers, of
Columbia, passed through Atlanta, Fri
day, returning from Selma, Ala., where
they had gone to assist in the consecra
tion of Bishop Jackson.
Sid Morgan, a convict, who escaped
from the Georgia clmingang some time
ago, was captured in Atlanta Friday.
Morgan was married to a young colored
damsel the day before, and was enjoy
ing his honeymoon when arrested.
A young woman engaged in taking
subscriptions for a liook, while pursuing
her avocation in Moser’s tannery, in Now
Albany, on East Eighth street, fcdl into
an open vat filled with tho pungent
liquid used in tanning, and was rescued
with much diiiiculty by the workmen.
Last Sunday, tho 25th, a new sleeping
car line was inaugurated between At
lanta and Louisville via tho Western and
Atlantic, Nashville, Chattanooga ami
St. Louis and Louisville and Nashville
railroads. The sleeper leaves Atlanta at
11:10 p. m., arriving at Chattanooga 4:40
a. m. Leave Chattanooga ha. m., leave
Nashville 11 a. in., arrive Louisville S
p. in.
•H-flitr Cniiied Elective Railway com
pewy. of Nashville, which has brought
charges of discrimination against tho
Louisville and Nashville, anil Nashville,
Chattanooga and St. Louis roads, has
prepared a hill to bo introfflioed in tho
Tennessee legislature providing for tho
establishment of a railroad commission
in that state.
Miss Eliza Shrader near Jeffersonville,
Ind,, while [sissing through an enclosure
in which a drove of hogs were roaming,
was attacked and terribly lacerated by
tho brutes. The young lady’s lower
limbs were frightfully lacerated, and
when discovered she was lying uncon
scious upon the ground. Her condition
is said to be critical.
Three years ago they were digging
people out of the snow-drifts in North
Dakota, and the cattle as well as human
beings were freezing to death. In tho
same localities the thermometer regis
tered 82 in the shade a few days ago,
men walked about in their shirt sleeves
and picnics were numerous. The south
is the place to live in.
Superstitious people living in St. Louis
Euchre-town, a small village near Sey
mour, Ind., are puzzled ana perplexed
by the sounds of a hell which apparently
rings three times about 1 o’clock each
morning from the basement of an aban
doned distillery. All efforts to unravel
tho mystery are unavailing, and many
people are greatly alarmed.
Tho report of the engineer officers de
tailed to watch the performance of the
engines of the cruiser Newark on her
recent trial trip, has been submitted to
the secretary hf the navy. It shows an
indicated horse [lower of about 9,000, an
excess of 500 horse power over tiie con
tract requirements and entitling the con
tractors to nearly $50,000 premium.
Another train has been put on by the
Ixiuisville and Nashville road between
Nashville and Louisville. It leaves
the former city at 11:20 o’clock a. m.,
making connections for Louisville witli
the morning train from Chattanooga,
1 Atlanta and Jacksonville. The train
| will arrive at Louisville at 6;20 o’clock
i p. m., or in time to make connection
with the bridge trains for the north
west.
Mrs. Betsy Averall, who died Friday
at the age of 108 years and eight months
I and eleven days, at her old home, New
I’reston, Conn., was a remarkable in
stance of vigor at a very advanced age.
The three weeks’ illness that ended in
the death of this woman, who had lived
through every presidential administra
tion, was the first that had confined her
to her bed for a week in the course of
her long life.
\V. B. Webb, the well known tobac
conist, is lying dangerously ill at his
home, 1108 West Jefferson street, Louis
ville, Ky. He is afflicted with inflam
matory rheumatism, lie has been in
poor health for several years, but his
last illness dates from about two months
igo. His condition has been so serious
for the past week that recovery is des
paired of. He may die at any time.
It is estimated that since the founda
tion of this government to June 30, 1890,
no less than 15.540,707 immigrants have
landed in the United States. The num
aer who came last year was 455,302. Of
this number 57.020 came from England ;
53,024 from Ireland ; 12,000 from Wales;
52.427 from Germany; 56,199 from Aus
tria-Hungary; 51,799 from Italy; 33,047
from Russia, aud 29,652 from Sweden.
The 2-year-old son of Mr. E. P. Line
berger was burned to death Thursday
evening at Belmont, twelve miles south
of Charlotte. N. C. His mother left tho
house for a few moments, and the child’s
clothing caught fire. He ran out in the
yard to his mother, and the wind mad
dened the flames, which soon complete
ly envoi oisil him. He soon died from
his burns.
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