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']■h(i ink* uttzvn.y A Uv*-Wpokly Paper on Lire ISHUts 1'ublLsked i Every Friday Morning, at V\ ;iy- nesboro, Ga., bv the SUL L I VAN B 3 OTHERS. RATRS Ofi SUBSCRIPTION: One Copy One Year, $2 00 “ ■’ Six montliM, 1-001 “ Tliree month. 1 ) 2<0 14T All NubsoriptionB must be occompunied I by the CASH. I H A J Vol. 1. Waynesboro, Ga., January “26,1883. He nvv till/* ■ i i.s peytJDiV Ad vei/Crtnir »iU<v ut. Trhoaa-i;l .... t .ilu i Ail (KiutiiK't aurertisv merits paya:>Ai «j«ar tc rly. Ail ooa'.iuuuiCfttioas 'or p« e.iomrl ben*tit will, be chanced for as advertisements. Advertlsccnentsto «a oupy mpoekb] v* r| be charged >S5 per cent, uln ve n^ular laUttS. Notices in iocal uud bnamew column 6 ci>. per Una; In local 10 eta per line eanh inrastfoii For terms apply at this office. THEMONUMWfTAL MURDERESS k\ni <h* Fredriokton, O., January 19.- Mrs. Emma Stillwell, the woman who declared that she had committed four foul murders, who died Tuesday night, a few minutes before she breathed h r last she positively maintained that ih< confaesion'she had previously made was true in every particular. Her dying agonies were painful in ihe extreme. Land within a few minutes of her d - ease, she horrified all preseut by her profanity and hurdened declarations — A Presbyterian clergyman, of Water ford, was entreated bv the woman’s father-in law to visit the unhappy wretch several weeks before her death. To tbfe gentleman, and to her father in- ! aw, she made the statement which follows, and which was written down by the clergyman to whom she related the details of her crimes. “A few days ago I visited the home f Mr. Marion Stillwell, a gentleman who jesides near Waterford, Knox county, O., as a minister, to see and converse with Mrs. Emma Stilhve 1, his |daugbver-in-!aw, who was lying: here in what was the last stages of incura ble consumption. She and her husband cm to their father’s in Novemb r u-i-'t, from Ottumwa, la., and since that time she h id been sinking rapidly ui£- r the power of the disease. 1 n an ther bed in the same room slept an er woman, one hundred and one rs of age. suffering the physical mis iucident to such extreme age. And f iu a cradle near the hearth was the sick und dying child (nine months old) of he savage mother, who has confessed a series of crimes unparalleled for icir coldblooded atiocity. The tin specting husband of this unfeeling 'e was that, night groaning under the liiart of a terrible cancer, which bad at day been cut from his swollen face, the midst of these pain.ul surround- s, Mrs. Emma Stillwell turned toiler her-in-law, Marion Sti.lwell, and id: I was born in St. Joe county, Jnd., 1851. When only sixteen years of e, I was married to Benjamin Swi- ,rd, a Herman mechanic, at Marys- lie, Missouri With him I lived nine years, becoming the mother of thiee children, g^ly maiden name was Em ma Hoard. I was brought up in the atholic church I can speak the french, German, and Lat.n languages as well as the English. I have a broth er in Missouri, named Chester. In 1876 my mother and brother aided me in murdering my husband for his mon ey. They threw him down on the floor, and I struck him on the h ick of the head with the pole of an ax, and he expired. As soon as we saw ha was dead, we laid him on a •bad, on his face, when mother and brother left for their home. 1 took the children nnd went to a neighbor’s. Here I asked for protection from mv husband, who I said had oornc home intoxicated. Alt named it Gertie, but its father did not know till we had been married a year and a half, that I had ever been mar ried before, or was the mother of three children. I really loved Gertie. My brother Chester, uiv mother, my aunt Betsy Smnstmc and myself, murdered the child among us We made a s'r ng J decoetioii of peach-leaf tea, and we poured it down the girl’s throat, hold ing her nose tiii she ceased to brea.he My aunt made the tea, Chester poured it in the child’s mouth mo her h Id ts nose, and I kept it on my knee till 1 A SISTER RESCUED BY HER BROTHERS FROM INHUMAN FOSTER PA RES TS. Oswego, N. Y., Jan. 20.—John Hickey, a well-to-do farmer, and Mary Jane, his wife, were held for $1,000 hail yesterday, on the charge of cruelty j to Osee Everett, a girl now 19 years old, whom Hickey took from her poor parents eight years ago, promising to bring her up. V\ hen they first obtain ed possession of her she was a healthy child, but she is now maimed and mu tilated, bein ' hardly more than a ske'e ton. weighing only sixty-seven pounds. felt the last quiver ot life d e away.- - ,,. „ , , . . , 1 . “ ! Ihe discovery ot her horrible condition My ot other was about to strike the j child on the head with the stone hammer I but we told him that the mark would | show. As soon as vre saw that Gertie was dead we washed her and dressed her in funeral garb. 1 id her out, and MASONIC TEMPLE. Augusta, Oft Souths n Headquart.?rs I or Fine Dry Goods. awaited with some degree of anxiety ihe reiuni of her father that night from the railroad. He suspected nothing. After Gertie’s burial, I feared to live any longer in that place. We removed to Ottumwa, Iowa, where we remained till laet November, when I got so sick that we thought best to come home to Ohio, where I am now dying. When in the west brother and I attempted twice, after Gertie’s death, to murder her father. Twice Chester and I went into his room designing to take his life. Both times he was awake, aud excited ly inquired what, we were after We excused ourselves by saying that we were hunting a rat, allaying all suspi ; cion. At lust we agreed to send tor mother to aid us in Stillwell’s murder. On the journey mother met. with a rail road accident which so disabled her that she lay a helpless invalid at. our house for six months. Dining all this time, my innoceut, kiud, unsuspecting hus band treated her in a manner truly humane. He paid all her surgical aud medical hills, and when she died, all funeral expenses—even placing a plain stone on her crave. Must I say itl Mother died by my own hand, and by mine alone! She had murdered my father, also an illegitimate child sent to her to put out of the way. She is said to have done this deed tor pay—a few was made about a week ago by her I brothers. They immediately had her torturers arrested, when she was re- j ; moved from the pea in which the Hick- | eys had kept her. She presented a frightful appearance. On her head were a saore of lone and deep gashes, and her arms, legs and body were simi larly disfigured. Her face bears hardly any semblance to humanity. The clothes she wore when recovered stuck to her body, and her stockings had to be cut from her gashed feet and limbs. She accounts for every bruise and gash, and can tell when they were inflicted. She can neither count, spell nor read, and can scarcely talk intelligibly. She says she was kept in a cold, open shed | in winter. At night Mrs. Hickey would thiow cold waier over her so i that it froze in her ha ; r, aud froze her : toes so that large portions of them fell j off. The testimony of her neighbors i and her own simple statement combined make the c.ise a most horrible one. It l can’t possibly be described in print. In j addition to criminal proceedings against J Hickey, civil action will also be brought , against him for #10,(>00 m the name of j the girl’s brothers to secure partial re luuneration for her sufferings. We keep on band at h11 times the finest and beat assorted stoek,and we have the mo»t elegant store for showing it in all the South. Velvets, Plushes, Silks, Satins, Novelties, and everything desirable in Dreaa Goods. Fine Hosiery, Ladies, Misses and Gents’, Gloves, Laces and Notions gene rally. Underwear in great variety. Cashmeres, jerseys, Jeans, Homespun*, Linen and White Goods. Cloaks, Dolmans, Jackets, &c. Blankets and Flannels. Everything in the Dr) Goods line is is our stock. We offer no trash, hut on good goods we G UA RANTEE PRICES against every market iu the United States. A strictly first-class Drewmakiag Department is a feature of our business. Orders filled promptly and carefully. a oct2Cf82.am. DALY & ARMSTRONG. DAY Augusta, The Carriage Emporium of & T A N N A H I LL, . . • Georgia. Macon Graphic: Work has again been suspended on the bulldog of the Wesleyan Female College since last Saturday, owing to the second appro priation rnudo by Mr. Scney, of 25,- 000 dollais, being exhausted, and the committee having no further tunds at their command to continue the work.— Half dollars. She has aideu in the deeds I ^ j^upei intendent Hartman and his work- have just told you. W e have sued the j Lien oan on jy wa jt un t,i] a third reini- raiUoad officers for the injury done her, j bursement comes from somewhere.-— so I dispatched her one night with the j There has now been $65,000 expended hammer, which was used in the death of I on tbe structure, and it would, no doubt, take $40,000 more to complete oihers.” This confession the dying woman made to the writer, and to Slill- the college according to the original well, her father-in-law, and when the p i an8 . p ttr kj tia , the architect, said it substauce of this terrible recital svas ; C( „|d be executed for $35,000 What read to her she assented fulness. to its truth- a great mistake was made in this cals cu'ation. Crocket, Jan 19.—T. H. Hall, senior member of the firm of T. H. Hull & Son, killed himself accident ally Wednesday morning, in drawing a pistol to shoot Henry Morris, colored. The ball passed through the nght thigh, Atlanta Post-Appeal, 20 inst: The colored man, Harrington Williams, who about ten days ago, surrendered himself to Govornor Stephens for protection against an apprehension of being mob bed for the burning of Millen turned out to be a crank, as wau supposed , severing an artery in the left. He probable at the time. After a thorough died in » very few minutes after being investigation, being satisfied the man shot. Mr. Hall approached Morris, aud the favors I sought wt re readily g ant-1 was laboring under a mental hallucina- demanded payment of a debt, and on ed. Rising early. 1 repaired to oui j Gon, to-duy Governor Stephens direct- , refusal attempted to draw a pistol to (bloody home. I gave the alarm that j ed the sheriff and jailor of Fulton shoot; in so doing he shot himself.— Ben was dead - murdered through the county to turn him oyer to his father, J. , He shot tho negro three times before G. Williams, who came for him from , dying. the city of Augusta to take him homo j The Nationjtl Hapublican says, the and have him properly attended to. (voxe(1 que8tion M t0 the 0WDer ship of Harrington is not guilty of the crime j Guiteuu - 9 bone8 is now Uke j y to be set „ with which lie charges himself. The • tled> M it fa un g #r#lood that th « Rev , probability is that he will land in the , Ur> Uiokg who wa9 the spiritual ad- lunatio asylumu soonas his turn comes, j viser of the a38a( , inj ha8 expressed a wil- We learn thalTin consequence of j li,l S ne8S to execute » paper tranoferriug the recent “mileage system” of pay I * 11 his rl ^ ht and Utle C - H - adopt' d by th< Richmond and Dan* niglu for his money. This v.cw for a time seemed to pass us true hut after wards mother, brother and 1 were ar rested, but acquitted for want ot'ovi deuce. We got Swigurd’s money. Af ter this wo kept a lunch house in Ma- rysvi'le, Missouri. A stranger stopped ope evening lor lodging, 'ihnt night we took his life iu oi der to get his mouey. After smothering hiut with a j IT. S. A. feather bed, we struck him on tho head, . . . . . , , *. vtlle r"sd, all the trujht c*r couduo with a hammer. \Ne couceued hi 1 body in a pile of rubbish iu the sub urbs of the town. Iu 1878, I first uiet your son, I. V. Stillwell. Altera short acquaintance we were married. Not long uf er we tent to Rido, Neb., where my first was boro. W e t"rs s»i'e fi.ur have tlir-‘wn Up tLoir jobs. On<* c rtduotor, who tried the new racket, w-js not ublt) to make more than $19 in the lio-t two eka tvi h a l the running he couli do.— T \e conductors *iV'* » \i^t ut y hciiv; rm'tuci too oloscy—A'heuB Bin- <»< r. Atlanta Constitution : A com'any has boon organized iu Atlanta, with u oapital of $300,000, for the purpose of outting cypress timb r, and m iking it mto susb, Minds and doors. It is o aimed that cypress it oauoh better for this purpose than white pine; loo* arej Finest Stock and Lowest Prices. Victorias, Extension Tope, Canopy Tops, Rockaway* and Buggies, aM styles and grades. The patent American Ro*d-Cart. The easiest riding and moat perhet two wheel vehicle yet produced. Leads all others. Supersedes all etfeer*. Three quarter Trotting Wagona. Ladiea’ Phaetons, elegant styles. Couch Material. Fine Paints and Varnishes, Saddlery and Fin* Harness. Leath- ' ,r ' I er fiudingH. Best quality Seamless Gum Belting, pure article. Leather Belting. Lacing. Fine Trunks and Valises. Agents fur Wilson, Childs A Co’a Philadelphia Wagons, the lightest sad beat. «ct.6, : 82.cm. All Men Agree That the boat is cheapest, and especially is this true in FURNITURE. Just see some of our prices: P rl r Sets ih Hair Cloth, Walnut Frame from $35 to $9U. The best Rsw Silk Stt Mr. $65 ever off* rod. Nice Walnut Chamber Set-, Marh It Top, $55. The $est Walnut Marble T.q» Set in the market for $65. WE DEFY COMPETITION FROM ANY ANDEViZRY QUARTER. WE ACKNOWLEDGE NO SUPERIOR, AND FEW EQUALS, TN THE SOUTH. Who ever heard < f Cano Seat Chairs for aovauty-ffva ovals. Extension Tables me dollar per foot. We guarantee satisfaction in every case. Our stock of Mattresses nod Spring Beds i« complete. Steam Dro8rt°>d Feathers always on h«fid AH goods packed a »d shipped free of cinrga. Upholstering done iu aH its bronchi*. Our new Catalogue will Ih* r*>ady about October 1st. J. Ix. MOWCO M