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THE DAWSON NEWS.
By E. L. Rainey.
A SAD AND WIERD STORY.
A DESERTED BRIDE OF THREE
DAYS’ TIME.
gick, Penniless, Homeless and Friendless,
She Is Indeed a Vlctln': of thejPer-g
fidy of Mar. Her Remarka
ble Marriage and Bri
dal Tour. .
From the Macon Telegraph.
Homeless, friendless, penniless, sick
and deserted, lay Mrs. W, H. M:Daniel,
a bride of three days, on a lounge in the
ladies’ private parlor at the union depot
yesterday afternoon, as she told her
gorrowful tale to a Telegraph re
porter,
The poor, deserted, humiliated woman,
ghe is little more than a girl, presented a
pitiable appearance as she sobbed aloud
and wept bitter tears of repentance. It
was a scene to move the stoutest heart,
and had the perfidious husband or the
stern father been present they would
no doubt have relented, and taken her
again to their heart and home, ;
It is seldom that sucha young person
is fated to suffer the bitter experiepces
that have been the lot of Mrs. McDaniel,
but the story is best told as she told it
to the reporter by beginning at the be
ginning. She said:
“My home isat Wellston, Houston
connty., My father’s name is W. W,
Richards, and my maiden name was
Mary E. Richards. Several years ago I
married an artist named Charlie John
son. We traveled considerably, but at
Ashville, N. C., I learned one day from
a conversation I overheard between my
husband and his brother, whom* he had
jnst accidentally met, that he had a wife
and several children in California. Of
course I created a scene, and told him I
intended to return to my father. He
t 1d me he would be glad to get rid of
me., Icame home and remained there
nntil four weeks ago. I could not. get
along with my stepmother, however, and ‘
decided to go out in the world to make
my living. I wentto Pomna, and there |
earned $1.50 per day packing peaches,
but last Thursday went to Atlanta, and
from that point started to Jacksonvilla,
Fla. Wh le at the Southern railway de
potin Macon a man walked up to me
and said: ‘Excuse me, madam, but the
moment I saw you I fell in iove with ‘
you; will you marry me? Of course, I
was surprised and av first did not know
what to say, but as the man appeared to
be a gentleman I said to him, ‘Yes,’ and
said I would marry him at ouce. He
then told me his name was W. M. Mc-
Daniel, and that his home was in Atlan
ta, but that he was then employed by
the Southern railway in this city. Ne
immediately went to the ordinary's of
fice and procured the license. We then
went to the residence ot Rev. H. O,
Judd, where Mr. Judd performed the
ceremony. Now, I rather yon wouldn’t
mention in your paper what I am ajout
to tell you, but we walked to Wellston
Thursiay night. A rather remarkable
bridal tour, wasn't it?”
When Mrs. McDaniel spoke these
words she smiled for the first time, but
in another moment she was in tears
again, “You see, neither of us had
-much money, and Mr. MecDaniel made
the proposition in fun, I thought; but
Itook him up, and we walked,” she
continued, .
“When we reached home, my father
drove us away and told me never to
tome back. We got on the Georgia
Southern train, and when at the junction
my husband got off t» see about a boy
whose leg had been broken by the train
—at least, that is what he told me. That
Was the last 1 have seen of him I ar
tived here last night without money and
without a place to sleep. Mr. Parker
very kindly let me sleep at the Brown
.[lnuse, but I have been here in the wait
g room all day, sick and worn out.
This morning I went to the Southern
railway pesple and asked about my hus
band. Tiey informed me that they did
lot know him. I don’t expect to ever
s¢e him again.” ;
“What do you propose to do?” asked
the reporter,
"I can work if I can keep well, but my
bealth is bad. I wish I could get to
keep house for somebody."’
The reporter left,and a little later
Acting Chief Charles Carnes arrived and
bad the poor unfortunate and heart.
broken woman carried to the hospital,
el ) W st
Always in season, Hopking' S
g°xs§'&’,’ (Halled Corn). " Elogant Juach
RUMORS OF A FUSION TICKET.
Leading Populists Deny That It Is
T;ne. .
An Atlanta special says Chairman
Tom Watson of the populist state execu
tive committee has issued a call for a
state convention of his party to be held
in that city on August 6. The announced
purpose of the convention is to put out
a ticket for governor and state house of
ficers, and to elect a new committee.
Nothing is said in the call ab ut dividing
the state ticket with the republicans, as
has been said would be done, and it is
not believed that there is anything in
that report. If there is fusion between
\t.he populists and republicans it will be
‘the kind of fusion that was practiced in
‘the last election, the republicans voting
for the populist ticket as a matter of
individual preference.
Chairman Buck of the republican state
committee is out of town and itis not
known what that party will do with ref
erence to putting out a state ticket., No
call for a state convention has as yet
been issued, but one of the reports of the
proposed fusion has it the proposed fus
ion ticket is to be launched with Dr. Fel
ton, of Cartersville, for governor. Mrs.
Felton, who is here, however, denies that
the doctor is figuring on the move. She
declares that it is understood by the pop
list leaders that there is to be a division
of the offices on the populist state ticket,
Other well-known populists deny this,
while still others are mnon-committal
when approached on the subject. The
calling of the populist state conven
tion settles one thing, and tbat is
that the talk of the return of
the populists to the democratic
party since its capture by the
free silverites is idle if the populists
leaders have any control of their follow
ers. Watson and bis advisers have noth
ing to gain by coming back tv the demo
cratic party and everything to lose, they
think, and they will make the same
fight against democracy this year as they
did two years ago, with Watson himself
at the head of the ticket. Judge Hines
says he would not accept the nomination
again,
A GOOD ONE FROM KANSAS,
Remarkable Death and Burial of a Her
mit Farmer in Kansas.
A story comes from Butler county,
Kan., which is as romantic as it is
strange and peculiar. While a terrific
storm was raging Otto Schaffer, a her
mit farmer who had lived there many
years, took shelter in 4is cabin and was
ofiering up a prayer for protection when
a bolt of lightning demolished the house
and killed bim. Neigbhbors found the
body on the floor and summoned the
coroner, who prepared the body for bur
ial, and in doing so made a discovery
that bas been the talk of the county,
He says Schaffer was a woman. The
deceased was an ex-soldier, and partici
pated in many battles of the war. De
spite this discovery the grand army vet
erans turned ou’ and gave Schaffer a
soldier’s burial. An incident happened
in the burial services which the old com
rades believe was a warning sent from
God. As one of the comrades fired a
last salute over the empty grave into
which the coffin was being lowered it wvas
found th t the gun was loaded with a
bzll as well as power, and the shnt killed
a dove that was flying over. The dove
fluttered aud feli on the coffin dead.
The deceased leaves c msiderable prop
erty, but no one in the county knows of
auny relatives,
Where It Rains All the Time,
There is a group of islands to the
south of New Zealand called the Sisters,
or Seven Sisters, which are reputed to
be subject to a practically counstan:
rainfall. The same may be said of the
islands and mainland of Tierra del Fue
go, saving for the difference that the
rain often takes the form of sleet and
snow, On aline running around the
world from four to eight or nine de
grees there are patches over which rain
seldom ceases to fall. This is called
the ‘‘zone of constant precipation,”” but
but at the same time there are several
localities along with it with very little
rainfall, The divisions are most capri
cious. Thus, for instanee, while the
town of Panama has a six months’ dry
season and a very wet one, Colon, on the
other side of the isthmus, about 37 miles
away, is deluged with rain during the
wet season.
e S
Mrs. C. L. Mize’s stock of millinery is
now in, Don’t fail to see her goods be
fore purchasing. You will find her
stock nice and new, and her prices al-
Ways correct. ; Aot
Dawson, Ga., Wednesday, July 8, 1896.
3
CUBA’S YELLOW FEVER CURSE
A SEVERE EPIDEMIC THIS YEAR
k ALMOST CERTAIN.
The Spanish Authorities Refusing to Give
. Out Accurate Information on the .
Number of Soldiers
Stricken.
The most alarmiug report from Cuba
with respect to yellow fever comes from
Sagua Lagrand, where, jthe marine hos
pital service is advised by its last report,
there are forty-one cases and four
deaths. 1t is expected that within a
very short time the fever will become
epidemie, and if it does not beccme vip.
ulent in the city of Havana all previous
experiences will be set aside.
The present war and Its relation to the
sanitary condition of Cuba is referred to
in the last annual report of Surgeon
General Wyman, and the statements then
made will represent the conditions of
this summer, only in a more aggravated
form. On this subject General Wyman
then said that the imsurrection had in
terfered, to a great extent, in the trans
mission of exact information from the
disturbed proyinces, and the nojrmal
condition of health inthe island hagd
been largely modified by the presence of
a great body of non-immune Spanish
soldiers. These persons have taken the
disease and added to the natuial num
ber of cases annually prevalent in that
island. The difficulties experienced last
summer will be met with again this
summer. Accurate knowledge as to the
number of troops stricken with the dis
ease is denied by the Spanish govern
men*. The reports from Havana last
year showed a total of 1,593 cases and a
mortality of 30 per cent,
This summer special precautions will
be taken to prevent the introduction
from Cuba into the United States of yel
low fever. Each of the four revenue
cutters patrolling the Florida coast car
ries sanitary inspectors to intercept fish
ing smacks and other vessels cominz di
rect from Cuba with no intent to enter
legally any port of entry and also for the
purpose of intercepting any returning
fillibustering expedition or refugees seek
ing to land surreptitiously. Sanitary
inspectors either have been or will be
stationed permanently in Havana and
Santiago, and such inspectors will be
seni to evry seaport of Cuoba to report
to the marine hospital service on the
prevalence of yellow fever, 1
RAPE AND BULLETS.
A Negra in Lincoln County Lynched for
the Usual Offense.
WASHINGTON, GA., July .—News has
justreached Washington of the lynching
of a megro rapist last night about 12
o'clock mnear Lincolnton.
About 8 o’clock Tuesday morning,
while Henry Mercier, a farmer, was
away at his work the negro shpped into
the house, overpowered his wife and ac
complished his hellish purpose. He
immediately fled toward South Carolina,
but the alarm was set up at once, and
soon all the roads were filled with
searchers. He was overhauled a few
miles on the Carolina side of the river,
captured and brought back, where he
was fully identified by Mrs. Mecier. He
was svung up, riddled with bullets and
left hanging by the road side.
The negro was a total stranger to ev
erybody. It is supposed he was from
South Caroliua. The Mercier family is
among the best in Lincoln county, Mr,
Mercier being a nephew of Colonel Wil
liam Mercier of Augusta. Mrs, Mercier's
condition is very precarious.
#s#loo -;trewa“rrd $lOO.
The readers of this paper will be pleas
ed to learn that there is is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all its stages, and that is
catarrh, Hall's Catarrh Cure is the
only positive.cure known to the- medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu
tional disease, requires a 1 constitutional
treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the sys
tem, thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building ap the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have so much faith in its
curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that it
fails to cure. Send for list of testimo
nials, Address,
F. J. Cagxey & Co., Toledo, O.
I@=3old by all druggists, 75¢.
el P eetesn——
Broad tires for wagous are coming into
popular favor all over the country. Some
states are ad pting laws prohibiting the
use of tires of less width than 2&inclm
and from that to four inches. The ob
ject is the protection of the roads.
HARSH ATTACK ON HOWELL.
Editor Blackburn Irate Over Alleged Bad
Faith,
In Atlanta it is feared that sgerious
trouble will ensue between Capt. g
'Howell, the well-known politician and
editor of the Atlanta Constitaution, and
Editor B. M, Blackbarn of the Evenin s
Commiercial, as the result of an edito
rial which appeared in Editor Blackburn’s
paper over his signature. Captain How
ell is denounced in the most cutting
terms by Mr. Blackburn, who almost in
80 many words invites him to call for
his satisfaction, if he wants any, under
the code duello. 3
Captain Howell was stated to be in
Macon when inquiry was made for him
at his home after the appearance of tte
article.
In his excoriations, Editor Blackburn
says he will treat any newspaper reply
from Captain Howelll with contempt,
but will render him satisfaction in any
other wayfhe wants it, and adds that “it
will be no Albert Lamar affair, either,”’
thus alluding to the duellistic trouble in
which Captain Howell and the late Al
bert Lamar were principals some years
ago.
The direct cause of the attack is Edi
tor Blackburu's dissatisfaction at Capt.
Howell’s stand in the matter of naming
delegates from the fifth district to the
Chicago convention at Macon last
Tnesday. He states that Captail How
ell had pledged his honor to him and
then betrayed him.
Editor Blackburn and Captain Howell
both have the reputation of being men of
undoubted courage, and if there is no re
sort to the code to settle the matter] it
is feared that there will be serious diffi
culty when they meet.
IT COST BA.NNA $lOO,OOO.
McKinley’'s Manager Paid 02,000 Out of !
His Own Pocket, |
An intimate friend of Major McKin
ley, according to a dispatch from Cleve
land, 0., said in an interview on Satur- |
dny: ‘‘The appointmentof Mark Hanna |
3s campaign manager was about the .
shrewdest political move McKinley has ‘
made in all his career. Hanna not only
devoted his entire time to the cause, but
}contributed freely towards it expenses.
iA canvass extending over scveral years
is an expensive undertaking, and the
money had t) come from somewhere.
“Mr. Hanna has said recently that the
campaign cost him $lOO,OOO. Of that
amount $38,000 was contributed by
friend of McKinley throughout the coun
try. As oneitem of the expense it may
be said that the costof keeping the 1
the friends of the cause posted on its ‘
progress was $2,500, It was done by
mailing 1,600 copies daily of one of the
local official organs to the convention ‘
delegates and leading republicans in all
parts of the country. That was done for
several months, and was but a single
feature of one of the most perfect politi
cal organizitions ever made in a politi
cal campaign.”
Japan Withm:t.l)omestic Animals,
Japan is a land, says the Popular
Science News, without the domestic an
imals. It is this lack which strikes the
stranger so forcibly in looking upon
Japanese landscapes. There are no cows
—the Japanese neither drinks milk nor
eats meat. There are but few horses,
and these are imported for the use of
foreigners. The freight cars in the city
streets are pulled and pushed by ecoolies
and the pleasure carriages are drawn by
men. There are but few d)gs, beasts of
burden nor in hunting except by for
eigners. ;
There are no sheep in Japan and
wool is not used in clothing, silk and
cotton being the staples. There are no
pigs—pork is an ucknown article of diet,
and lard is not used in cooking, There
are no goats or mules or donkeys. Wild
animals there are, however, and in par
ticular bears, of an enormous sice,
Electric Bitters.
Electric Bitters is a medicine suitedl‘
for any season, but perhaps more gensr
ally needed when the languid exhausted
feeling prevails, when the liver is torpid
and sluggish and the neéd of a fonic and
alterative is felt. A prompt use of this
medicine has often averted long and
perhaps fatal bilious fevers. No medi
cine will act more surely in counteract
ing and freeing the system from the ma
larial poison. Headache, indigestion,
constipation, dizziness, yield to Electric
Bitters. 50c. and $l.OO per bottle at
Sale-Davis Drug Co's, ;
The oat plant is in Italy regarded as
gmmsfiop,ol music. m’ CuTh Ry
Yol. 12.—N0. 47,
HAD MORTON SCARED.
THE SECRETARY TELLS OF HIS
TRIP TO THE WEST
1 S
i Cranke Caused Him to Hire a Body
guard in San Francisco., Detectives
at Work.
Since his return to the capital from
‘the pacific coast Secretary of Agricul
ture Morton has been regaling his Wash
ington friends with stories of his narrow
escape from assassination by cranks in
San Francisco.
But it is safe to say he is not telling
all the incidents of his visit, including
the employment of a bodyguard to pro
tect him and the employment of a foroe
of detectives to hunt down the men who
sent him the repeated warnings,
The secretary arrived in San Francis
co May 12, and that night submitsed to
a long interview, in which he denounced
the silver craze. The next afternoov he
received an anonymous letter signed
‘‘Native Son,” containing this warning:
“No goldbugs are wanted in Califor
nia. Get out of the state, or else have
your brains shot out. Get back to
Washington and remain with the other
traitors. Get away from here as fast as
steam can carry you. Our people are
starving on the gold standard,
*“‘We propose to kill all such villians
as you and make room for honest men
at government. Get out of Califor
nia and go back to Wall street, you thief,
robber, traitor, imposter and villian com
bined. )
*P. S.—Fair warning,”
This was followed by similar warnings
and Morton’s stay in the Golden Gate
metropolis was cut short, While there
he was accompanied by a bodyguard of
police all the time, and since his depar
ture detectives have tried in vain to run
down the writers of the letters, While
Californians are loath to believe the sec
retary was in any dangex hedid not view
the threats in that light, andjsoon return
edjto Washinyton.
ITALY EATEN UP BY TAXATION.
Serious Condition of the Peasantry, Mesny
of Whom Are Starving.
A letter from an Englishman who has
long b~en a resident of Italy is publish
ed in Truth, and gives a serious picture
of the situation of affairs in that cound
try. He says that a reyolution is only a
question of time, that the taxes are 60
per cent. on all incomes, and that the
starying state of the peasantry and the
lower classes generally equals that of the
French before the revolution. In Sar
dina, he adds, mothers are feeding their
children upon grass and weeds by the
roadside, and that in all parts there are
deaths from starvation.
The women straw workers of Tuscany,
it also appears, are in open revolt, and
everywhere the men and women are re
duced to skeletons, and are to be seen
carrying their last rags to be sold for
taxes. In Lombardy and other north
ern districts, where the people live on
insufficient Indian corn, the writer also
says, that horrible disease, pellagra, is
increasing, and more than 100,000 per
sons are affected, of which number
about 8,000 die yearly. A good part of
these victims die insane,
CAUGHT FISH IN THE TOWER.
Rare Sport Enjoyed 135 Feet Above the
Earth.
From the Americus Times-Recorder.
Mr. W. H. Speer, of the waterworks
department, climbed to the top of the
standpipe yesterday to make some slight
repair, when he noticed several fish
swimming in the iron tank, 135 feet
above the earth, Having a line in his
pocket he cast a hook in the clear water
and soon caught three fish. each nearly
a foot in length, A very fine trout that
would probably weigh five pounds was
also seen in the tank, but was too smart
to be caught. The fish had evidently
been there a long time and lived well in.
high hife.
Men Who Court Death. -
The foreign legion of the French ar
my is a unique body of troops. It is al
ways sent on dangerous missions or
where absolute foolhardiness is requir
ed, and it has never been known to fal
‘tein explanation is given in [the fact
that many of its members are foreigners
who have been forced to leave their na~-
tive countries. They are ntterlireckr
less and are anxious for death, but do
not choose toe commit suicide. There
are political refugees of all sorts, be
sides men who have been dishonorably
dismissed from other European armies
for various criues and misdemeanoss,
as weli as criminn)~who are umm
der assuimed names. o o
