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Waynesboro, Georgia, Friday, September 11 tig 1885.
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t,WT While we, of course, ex
pect in this (attitude much more
warm weather, everything points
to a very early fall, to bo followed,
we fear, by a more than usual se
vere winter. Last Friday night in
Northern Kansas, and north of that
point there occurred what to this
climate would have been denomi
nated a severe freeze. Thick ice
was formed, and the thermometer
fell to 33 degrees above zero. This
is very early for such weather even
in those high latitudes, and foretells
the coming of a long and bitter
cold winter. The cold did great
damage to the unmatured crops;
corn, wheat and oats were badly
injured, ruined or killed outright.
vr The political situations in !
Virginia and Ohio are growing ex
ceedingly interesting. In Virginia
the prospects of the Democrats
have brightened considerably du
ring the past two weeks, and the
party now hopes to put Fitz Hugh
Lee in the gubernatorial chair. In
Ohio the work is warm, John
Sherman and Foraker are running
the usual Radical bloody shirt
schedule, and doing all they possi
bly can to arouse sectional bate.—
Their efforts do not seem to pan
ort very profitably. Governor
lloadly Hayed these doughty slan
derers of the South in a speech
opening the Democratic canvass
last week, showing them up in their
true colors.
vr We have held the civil ser
vice law unconstitutional, and the
following dispatch shows that we are
not alone in entertaining that opin
ion. The dispatch says: Suit has
been commenced in the United
States circuit court to test the con
stitutionality of the civil service
law. On petition of the United
States, September 3d, ex. rel. James
A. Hinkley, a quo warrento order
was granted by Judge Wallace, re
turnable on September 2. r )th, requir
ing Dorman B. Eaton and the oth-
-er civil service commissioners to
-show cause before the court why
the defendants exercised unconsti
tutional powers. The petitioner
sets forth in the complaint ttie acts
and duties of the commissioners
under the civil service act, and ur
ges that the defendants under color
of the act are limiting the powers
of and divesting the president of
tlie duties and responsibilities vest
ed in him by the constitution,
limiting his powers and choice of
nominations to persons presented
to him by the defendants, and pro
hibiting said president from ap
pointing any other citizen or per
son to office, and to compel him to
submit the qualifications and fitness
of the nominations of persons for
public service to them instead of the
Senate of the United States after
nominations, as required by the
constitution. It is urged in the pe
tition that the president cannot ex
ercise his constitutional power to
appoint in his discretion, and the
defendants under color of the civil
service act supervise the conduct of
tiie officers of the government,
mentioned in sections 118-lf>8 of the
act, usurped and exercised the
powers and duties which cannot
lie legally delegated to nor inyest-
ed in them by citizens of the Uni
ted States. The complainant then
asks for a writ compelling the com
missioners to answer by what right
they exercise or claim to exercise
the right and power to do the du-
1 o , acts, or things set forth, and
tiiat a rule bo made that this Infor
mation lie filed, and that the de
fendants aforesaid show cause why
the aforesaid information should
not he filed.
The civil service act is directly
opposed to the following clause of
the constitution of the United
States, and must necessarily be
pronounced unconstitutional, mil
and void by the courts:
“He, (the president) shall nomi
nate, and by and with the advice
and consent of the senate, shAll ap
point ambassadors, ministers and
consuls, judges of the supreme
court, and all other officers of the
United States whoso appointments
are not herein otherwise provided
for, and which shall he established
by law; hut congress may by law
vest the appointment of such infe
rior officers as they think proper in
the president alone, in the courts
of law, or in the heads of depart
ments.”
The above quoted clause of the
constitution shows that there exists
no power in the government to di
vest the president of the appointive
power, and vest it anywhere else.—
The president may not shirk or
shift these duties and responsibili
ties, ami tiie courts will so decide.—
Now, when the courts shall pro
nounce the civil service act iiucnn-
stutional, and return the appoint
ing power to the place where the
coustution p’,1 it, we are anxious to
seo what further excuse President
Cleveland will render for retaining
Radical officeholders in place, and
what arguments certain so-called,
traitorous Democratic daily news
papers in Georgia will advance in
advocacy of such a policy.
TIIK IlOHTON MVSTKltV.
The IloUy of a flltldle-AKetl Woman Found In a
Sack, Floating In tilt* Charles Hirer, Cut to
Here*—A Horrible Crime.
Boston, Mass., August. 31.—For
more than a month Boston has
watched with keenest interest tiie
weaving of a weh of evidence in the
case of a great and mysterious
crime. The daily developments as
detailed by the newspapers have
been closely followed, hut the dis
jointed narrative has included so
many remarkable facts and coinci
dences, that the story is worth tell
ing as a whole, although tiie sequel
is still lacking. The apparently
hopeless task which the police un
dertook on Thursday, tiie 23d of
July, was placed before them on
the afternoon of that day by the
janitor of tiie Union Boat club
house, on the Charles river, who
pulled from tiie stream an old pota
to sack, containing tiie upper por
tion of tiie body of a middle-aged
woman. Within three days the
three other sections of the quarter
ed corpse were picked up at widely
separate points in the harbor. The
autopsy showed that tiie murdered
woman had met her death by suffo
cation, and that her body had been
immediately roughly dissected.
There were finger marks on the
throat, hut the doctors said she had
not died of strangulation. She had
been held face down, and probably
smothered In a pillow or feather
bed. The actual interence was that
her murderers had killed her while
trying to stifle her cries. The first
problem that presented itself—that
of identification—was an exceed
ingly difficult one, and in solving it
the most unique features of the case
were developed. The body itself,
and the wrappings, furnished al
most no clue. It was simply the
body of a stout woman, about 3(5
years old, whose features had evi
dently been attractive, hut about
whom there was no mark, scar or
unusual characteristic. She had
been dead three days, and the ex
posure to tiie action of the salt wa
ter had somewhat swollen and dis
colored the face. Photographs and
a plaster cast of the head were ta
ken at once, and the body Itself was
preserved for several days for pur
poses of identification. There were
just two points upon which the de
tectives relied for the solution of
any doubts that might arise. Three
teeth were missing, one of them an
incisor, and the autopsy showed
that the victim had suffered a mis
carriage within a month of her
death.
No one supposed that the difficul
ty encountered six years ago in
solving the great Lynn trunk mys
tery would arise in this case. That
was the case of a young girl who
died at tiie hands of malpractition-
ers. The nose had been cut off,
and in seeking to identify the re
mains, the fact was developed
that hundreds of girls were missing
from New England homes under
circumstances that threatened a
similar fate. But the Charles river
mystery of to-day is the case of an
apparently married woman of mid
dle life. Yet the investigation, as
it has proceeded, has developed
almost tiie same doubt as to the
identity of the victim as had occur
red in Lynn. No woman had been
reported to the police as missing
within six weeks, who at all ans
wered the description of tiie body
found in hags, and yet within a
week after the discovery of the
murder inquiries were made for
dozens of women of similar age
whose families and friends could
not find them. More than that,
relatives and friends within a few
(lays positively identified the body
itself as that of fully ten women.
These identifications were each ap
parently complete in all details,
and in each case the detectives
were obliged to assume that the
recognition was genuine, and to
work night and day to trail the
missing individual. It was no light
undertaking, and it proved a severe
tax upon the patience ami resour
ces of the force. In several cases
there were collateral circumstances
of remarkable significance indicat
ing that tho officers were on the
right track. One identification was
strangest of all. Three brothers, in
telligent men, one of them an offi
cer of the state prison, positively
identified her as that of Rosa U.
(lllbort, who loft Boston a few
weeks ago. She is a singer on the
variety stage, and there were Im
portant reasons, besides points of
resemblance, to indicate that she
was the victim of the tragedy. Ac
cording fo the evidence she must
lie a physical counterpart of the
murdered woman. In height,
weight, complexion, features, eyes,
hair, teeth (including those missing)
freckles oil tho arms, mark ot a
ring on tho third linger of tiie left
hand, holes for ear rings, size of
hands and feet, in every point tho
brothers declared that the body
was the image of their sister. Her
aged and infirm mother in the
country sent word that her daugh
ter had once or twice suffered mis
carriage, making it probable that
even in this respect tiie condition
of identification would be fulfilled.
So positive and complete was tiie
evidence that the police were fully
convinced they had accomplished
the most important step toward tiie
solution of the mystery. Search
was made in all directions for the
Gilbert family, and a day or two
afterward tiie officers got track of
them in Providence. But they
soon found that tiie entire family
had been visiting Mr. Gilbert’s
father in that city during the week
of tiie murder, and that Mrs. Gil
bert, her husband and children, left
for New York on the evening of the
day the first portion of the body
was found in Boston. This discour
aging set back for the detectives
was followed by more of the same
sort, so that at the end of two weeks
the case seemed as hopeless as at
the start, a clue that promised
good results for a few days was fur
nished by a man who was formerly
a steward on the schooner Oriole, a
coaster that left Boston the day be
fore tiie body was found. This man
identified an old piece of carpet
which was found wrapped around
one portion ot the body as the piece
lie had put down upon the floor of
the ship’s galley a few weeks be
fore. There had been a woman on
board until within a day or two of
the ship’s departure from Boston.
When she reached Philadelphia,
ten days later, the police of that
city telegraphed that there was no
woman on hoard, and that all hut a
small piece of the galley carpet was
missing. When the Boston officers
reached that city they learned that
the woman, who was the captain’s
wife, had been put ashore on Cape
Cod on the way out, and that the
pieces of carpet did not match.
The first information that proved
genuine did not reach the officers
until fifteen days after River
Charles had disclosed the great
crime. Then it was learned that
tiie wife of Frank Mitchell, plumb
er, on Endicott street, had been
missing for more than two weeks.
Mitchell is a Maltese by birth, hut
has been in this country about
twenty years, and has done well in
business. His explanation of the
disappearance, of his wife, Ellen,
was that she had a slight dispute
with him on the evening of Mon
day, three days before the body was
found, and that she left the house
in a huff. He thought for a day or
two that she had gone to stay with
relatives in Woburn, where the two
children were visiting. When he
found she was not there he says he
sent to other places where lie
thought she might he, but lie did
not report her disappearance until
the police learned of it by accident
after two weeks. The identifica
tion tests were first applied, and
everybody except the husband posi
tively recognized the body and
plaster cast. The dentist who ex
tracted the teeth identified the
jaws. It was ascertained that Mrs.
Mitchell suffered a miscarriage two
weeks before her disappearance,
and a thorough search failed to re
veal any trace of her later than 8
o’clock the Monday before the body
was found. For various reasons
suspicion pointed toward tho hus
band, but he was not arrested for a
week. Then in making a final
search of his house the nolice found
a loose piece of carpet which exact
ly matches that in which a section
of tiie corpse was enveloped. It is
a peculiar design of faded Brussels
carpet made over fifteen years ago,
and experts say there is no doubt
Unit tiie two pieces are of the same.
This point was more positively set
tled by another discovery. Upon
tiie carpet found around tiie body
were several coarse, short, white
hairs. Similar hairs were upon the
matched piece of carpet in the Mit
chell house. Roaming through the
promises was an old white hull dog
witli half the hair gone from his
hack. He laid the run of tho house,
and there seems to ho no doubt that
the hair upon both pieces of carpet
came from his hack. The dog is
now being cared for at the expense
oi the city, for lie will probably he
one of the most important witness
es at the trial. Tho most careful
search of the premises failed to
bring to light any sign of blood.
The crime had been committed
three weeks before the search was
made, so that ample opportunity
had boon afforded in which to clear
away the great quantity of evidence
of this sort. The police believe the
lady was cut up in a sink on the
second floor, and that the blood
drained away as fast as it flowed.
They have examined the drain,
however, without success. All tho
tools necessary for the deed wore
found in Mitchell’s shop, including
long sharp knives with which the
doctors say the body was cut in two
at the waist, and tine tooth saws
with which tiie bones of the legs
were severed. One or two neigh
bors tell of piercing screams from a
woman’s throat which they heard
come from tiie Mitchell house Just
before midnight on Monday. Others
are ready to swear they saw Mitch
ell strike his wife heavily that
evening. By going out the hack
door of the house an unfrequented
street leads directly to the bridge
over the Charles river, which is
scarcely COO feet away. This is only
a portion of the evidence thus far
accumulated against Mitchell. The
police state that they have other
important facts which will he
brought out at the trial, and they
are still at work upon the case.
Mitchell takes his arrest coolly.
Several of his statements regarding
his wife have been proven false,
but lie emphatically protests his in
nocence, and declares his belief
that his wife will yet return. His
trial will not take place for some
time yet.
A Karp Cain.
Cnrtersvlllc Courant.
Messrs. Roberts & Collins, of our
city, have in their possession one of
the only four coins made by tiie
confederate government. It is a
beautiful piece of silver, value fifty
cents. It has tiie cotton stalks and
sugar canes of the South on either
side of the shield, and the finish is
exquisite. In addition to tho coin
itself, Messrs. Roberts it Collins
have the following newspaper ex
tract that may interest our readers:
“Oscar Taylor, of Meriwether, Ga.,
has a silver half dollar, for which
he refused $1,000. It is one of the
four halves cast by the Southern
Confederacy when the mint was
seized in New Orleans. On the
liberty side the die is the same as
on tiie present half, hut on the re
verse side was substituted seven
bars and seven states, surmounted
by a pole with the cap of liberty.
A stalk of sugar cane and a stalk of
cotton are shown, around which are
the words, ‘The Confederate States
of America.’ Only four of these
coins were issued. Mr. Taylor pur
chased it from a man in Ozark, who
parted with it for the extremely
low price of .$100.”
ANOTHER.
“McKinney, Texas, March 23.—
Frank Welch, of this place, has one
of the four Confederate half dollars
cast at the New Orleans mint be
fore the city was captured by tiie
federal forces. He was to-day of
fered $1,000 for this coin, but refused
to sell for less than $3,000. One of
these coins recently brought over
$800 at auction in New York. The
coin has the statue of liberty on
one side, and a cotton stalk, a stalk
of sugar cane, and the stars and
bars of the Confederacy on the
other side.”
Messrs. Roberts & Collins hold
their coin at $1,000, and it will rise
in value as the years roll on.
Man tn. Horae.
Minneapolis Tribune.
A large crowed witnessed the
feat of strength at Minnehaha yes
terday afternoon, between Marvine
Thompson, the Cleveland “whirl
wind” pugilist, and Treliern &
Broderick’s bay horse, weighing
1,300 pounds. The match was for
$100 a side and tho gate receipts,
and the articles of agreement al
lowed of any hitch which the own
ers of the horse preferred, the horse
to pull Thompson off the ladder in
tliree trials. They brought along
with them rope and tackle, and
when it was learned that they pro
posed to use these Thompson kick
ed. Finally it was agreed to use
the tackle. A small, stout, iron-
hound ladder, about six feet long,
was used. One end of this ladder
was tied to a tree. Thompson, with
his huge leather harness buckled
about his shoulders and body
stretched himself out at full length
on the ladder, which was elevated
about eighteen inches. Thompson
then took hold of tho heavy round
nearest the tree to which the ladder
was fastened, with his feet toward
the horso. The rope and tackle was
hitched to a triangular iron fasten
ing at the end of a wide, heavy
strip connecting with Thompson’s
harness.
Time was called, and the horse
was urged to his utmost. After sev
eral unsuccessful attempts the rope
broke, and the referee declared that
the horse had been giveo fully three
i rials. The owners of the horse
took exceptions to tills decision,
however, and contended that the
triangular iron to Thompson’s har
ness could not possibly he drawn
through a staple-like arrangement
which had boon placed at the foot
of tho ladder to prevent the ropes
from swaying from ono side to tiie
other. It was claimed that when
the triangle caught in this staple
the rope broke. The referee after
wards decided in Thompson’s favor.
She W initial » Husband.
This queer story comes from
Brooklyn. One of tiie hottest days
of last June a woman, who said she
was Mary Tildeman, 2!) years old,
visited Mayor Low, of Brooklyn,
accompanied by a well-dressed
man, and asked tiie mayor to marry
them, which lie did. The certifi
cate gave the man’s name as Chas.
Graham, of No. 6 St. Felix street,
which address was also given by
the woman. Yesterday the same
young woman was admitted to tiie
Flathush hospital, as she was about
to become a mother. While refus
ing to giye her real name, the wo
man said she was the daughter of a
well-to-do resident of South Brook
lyn, and that last March a young
man, to whom she was engaged, be
trayed her under promise of imme
diate marriage. Her lover disap
peared, and she not only deter
mined not to reveal her shame to
her parents, hut to get some man—
she did not care whom—to marry
her. With this object in view,
June 12, she started out to find a
husband, and in Worth street, this
city, she met a young man she had
never seen before, stopped him,
and, explaining her condition, ask
ed Hi in to marry her. Tiie young
man consented to her proposal, and
together they went to Brooklyn,
where tiie mayor married them.
Then Charles Graham left her and
she has never seen him since. Af
ter the marriage ceremony had
been performed the young wife
told of her marriage to her parents,
hut they, in spite of the fact she
had the certificate, refused to be
lieve her, and when her condition,
became apparent they turned her
out of her home.
Murder In Kmanurl.
SwAiNsnono, Ga., Sept. 7.—The
most dastardly crime that lias ever
occurred in our county was the as
sassination of J. E. Warren on Satur
day night.
Mr. Warren was a well-to-do
farmer, and on Saturday evening
he went to carry corn to a mill in
the neighborhood, returning home
just after dark, and after stabling
his horse started to his dwelling,
and as he reached the lot gate was
fired upon by a hidden assassin and
fell to the ground, only living to
say, “Oh, Lord." Ilis wife heard
the report of the gnu and the cry of
her murdered husband, and ran out
to where he lay dead. Tiie mur
derer had lied and she was alone
with four small children. They
went to the nearest neighbor and
reported tiie death of their father,
and they gathered at the house of
the dead man. Tho coroner was
summoned and on Sunday an in
quest was held. Dr. Green Bell
made a post mortem examination,
and so close was tiie gun that the
shot never scattered, all going in a
lump, the wad itself entering into
the man’s body.
The evidence failed to give even
a clue to the murderer, and the jury
rendered a verdict that the deceas
ed came to lus death by the hand
of an unknown party.
Excitement |runs high, and tiie
lack of evidence is all that pre
vents alyncliing.
Galveston, Texas, Sept. 4.—
The officers of the steamer Lone
Star, which arrived here to-day
From Now York, report finding on
the coast of Georgia, off Savannah,
the hull of the German bark Caroli
na Susannah, of Dantzie. There
was nothing left of the vessel hut
the naked hull. The only sign of
life on hoard was a bull dog. The
starving animal was rescued. The
wreck was fired, hut would not
burn, being Matter-logged. Noth
ing is known here of the destina
tion of tho unfortunate hark or the
fate of the crew.
Malaria la generated alone low lamia, near
marshes or murh standing (valor, ami per
vades Mm air of hirer sections of country. II
uH'ccls nearly all comine within IU InlUtenee;
producing coated toneuc, had tattle, lost up-
jictlle, cost Iveness, hfiliniisneKS, yellow com
plexion, pain lit hark and llmhs, and ending
tiMitally In billions or niuridi levers, chills ami
levers, ami often lit death. Hr. At. A. Sim
mons’ Liver Medicine cares these diseases,
protects the system from mlastmtlle lullu-
enres, regulates the liver, stomach mid how-
els, purities and enriches the blood, ussslls di
gestion, and Inilldn up the system. Try lt|and
b.i convinced. .
Kansas City, Sept. 3.—The
Times’ Jefferson City, Mo., special
snys: Governor Mnrmaduke this
evonlng issued a proclamation of
fering a reward of $1,000 for the ar-
rostand conviction of the four men
engaged in the train robbery of
Blue Springs, Wednesday night,
and calling upon all sheriffs and
peace officers in the state to aid in
the search.
Havk You Evhh Tallin 1tT—Many Inferi
or remedies, have reached Ihe hands of suf
ferers, because limy Were extensively adver
tised. illliers with cipml success have stood
alone on their merits. To Mils class belongs
C.O. which tpiiclly and sucecssl'iill adver
tises Itself whenever Introduced, and Is held
and esteemed a priceless lioon to Mm unfortu
nate sullcrcrs Irom scrofulous ulcers, dls-
ohnr mg sores or wounds.
Twenty-seven minks have been
killed on Mr. C. A. Moore's farm in
Greene county, this summer.
Snow iiik Out West.
Deadwood, Dak., Sept. C.—The
unpleasant weather of the past two
weeks culminated in a snow storm
yesterday morning. The thermom
eter ranged from 50 to 00 degrees,
and more or less rain has fallen
daily for some time. The outlook
for grain is gloomy in tiie extreme.
Four-fifths of all the crops are cut,
and tiie hulk is lying on tiie ground
heating and growing. Much that
is stacked is being destroyed, even
for feed. Practically no threshing
has been done yet, and it begins to
look as though there would he
nothing to thresh. Prices have ad
vanced materially, and hut few
sales are made at any price.
Kills Ills Father by Mistake.
Monticello, III., Sept, fi.—Jacob
Swartz, a farmer living seven miles
west of this city, was accidentally
shot and killed last night by his
son, Sylvester. After the family
had retired a disturbance occurred
among the chickens. The father
and son both got up to inquire into
the trouble, the son telling his fath
er at the time to go back to bed and
lie would go and see what the mat
ter was. The son went along,
thinking his father lmd returned to
bed. After peering about some
time in the dark he saw a moving
object and fired at it with a revol
ver. To his horror he discovered
he had shot and Instantly killed
his father.
A IMme Novel Ilero.
Philadelphia, Sept. 6.—Oscar
Parry, 11 years old, committed sui
cide this morning by shooting him-
selffat his home on Sixth and Greene
streets. The boy stood in front of a
looking-glass, and guiding ins aim
by the reflection in the glass, shot
himself in the head. He had just
finished reading a sensational story,
and it is believed the story had af
fected his mind. The hoy’s father
is connected with the Connecticut
insurance company, and was recent
ly transfered from the Hartford
to the Philadelphia office, and a
week ago brought Oscar and anoth
er son here with liiin. The body
will he taken to-morrow to Hart
ford, where the hoy’s mother still
resides.
Just l.ike » Nigger.
Washington, Tex., September 8.
—Washington Sledge, a colored
school teacher from Robertson
county, was arrested yesterday for
swindling. Tiie offense consists in
offering for sale printed copies of
letters purporting to have been
written by Jesus Christ, and found
beneath a stone near M’here Christ
stood on Mount Calvary. Sledge
represented that a copy of this let
ter hung up in a house would have
tiie effect of preventing disease and
pestilence of all kinds, and M’ard off
lightning and impending danger.—
He found ready sale for tiie letter
among tho negro population.
[Tiie above letter is scattered all
over this county, and probably all
over the South. We have a copy of
it in our possession.—Ed. Cit.]
queen Victoria Disgusted.
It is said that Queen Victoria is
sick to deatli of tiie whole wediling
business, everything connected
with it having produced remon
strances, squabbles, misunderstand
ings, and every species of bothera
tion. The whole of tho royal fami
ly—all those M’lio can afford to he
independent, at least—have oppos
ed the alliance from first to last,
and tlie uncompromising attitude
M’hicli has been adopted at Berlin
lms caused profound mortification
and irritation at the court of St.
James. Prince Henry, of Blatlen-
burg, has no money and no posi
tion, and for the daughter of the
queen of England to contract so
undesirable a marriage is a misal
liance M'hich is regarded by the
courts of Europe much as county
society would look upon tho union
of a leading peer’s daughter with
tiie sou of a small farmer.
Two (11 rH’ Fight.
Statesville, N. L\, Sept. 5.—A
remarkable fight between two
young ladies occurred near here
tills morning. Miss Susie McDo
well, u Davidson county belle, fell
in love with a young man who was
devoted to Miss Uarie Long. To
day meeting at a neighbor’s house
they quarelled, and tho McDowell
girl attacked tho other with a
hatchet. Miss Long, being tho
stronger of tho two, wrenched the
hatchet from the other’s grasp. The
McDowell girl then drew a razor
and went to slashing in earnest, and
doubtless would have ended t lit)
other’s life then and there, hut the
Long girl grasped the razor blade
and tM'istcd It out of the handle.
At this time help Interfered and
the McDowell girl was carried to
Jail. She gave hall for her apiiear-
mice at court. The whole county
is scandalized by the occurrence.
Kill'd l>) in Assassin.
Amuhkts, September 7.—The
Quiet little town of Ellnville M as on
Saturday night tiie scone of a most
Milful, ( premeditated and cold
blooded murder. Between 11 and
12 o’clock Mr. Stonewall J. Tondee,
Mho was salesman for Mr. Jesse
Carter, was standing in the rear of
the storehouse, which is a Jong
wooden building, leaning on a desk,
wit.li his hack to tho door in tho
rear of tiie building, M’hich was
open. One or two persons Mere
also in the house. Suddenly the re
port of a gun Mas heard and Mr.
Tondee commenced running to tho
front of the store, exclaiming, “I
am a dead man!” Just as he reach
ed the front door he fell dead, five
buckshots having penetrated his
body.
Behind the storeroom is a cotton
patch, the fence running very near
the store, and it Mas in this patch
the murderer stood and shot Mr.
Tondee tlirough the back door.
Upon examination of tho cotton
patch several tracks, made by tho
same person, were seen, tiie tracks
being made by a bare-footed person
with some peculiarity in the foot.
Among tiie crowd congregated
around the tracks M ere several ne
groes, M’lio instantly remarked,
“Why that is Charlie Blackmail’s
track.” Charlie Blackman is a
negro who works around Ellaville
by tiie day, and has a peculiarity
in his foot corresponding with tho
track. This evidence, coupled with
the report that Blackman had
said there “were tM’o men in Ella
ville he intended killing, Stonewall
Tondee and Doc Murray, a negro,
led the crowd to believe at once
that Blackman was the murderer.
On Sunday morning he was seen
by several parties, and he would
dodge in the wood9 in an excited
manner. Sunday morning he and
several other negroes were arrest
ed.
This morning a committal trial
was had in Ellaville and all dis
charged except Blackman, who is
hound over to the superior court
for the murder of S. J. Tondee.
The largest croM’d ever seen in
Ellaville congregated there yes
terday, and the feeling of the crowd
to use severe measures against
Charles Blackman M’as checked
only by the efficient officers and
cooler persons. This morning the
prisoner Mas brought to this town
for safe keeping.
Mr. Tondee was an exemplary
young man, a little over tM’enty-one
years of age, and was at the time ot
his death justice of the peace for
the Ellaville district. No cause for
his murder can he assigned. Ho
will he buried to-day.
Dkad Shot for Mai.akiai. Diseases.—
Chillarine Is simply n “ileuii shot” for ull ma
larial diseases. We expect to keep It con
stantly in slock, for It does what it Is said to
do.—Adams A Carter, Druggists, Dodge,
Texas, Decern tier 18,18X8.
Diseased Hog Meat.
Chicago, Sept. 7.—During tho
past week the health inspector con
demned 170 cholera stricken hogs
to the tanks. Yesterday In a
slaughter house at the yards he
condemned 21) that had been killed
and dressed, and were all ready for
market. The hogs M’erc the prop
erty of various scalpers who do
business in the yards. The heavi
est weighed nearly 200 pounds and
the smallest M*ns only 30 pounds in
weight. Ruffed and diseolored flesh
inside and out, and the sickening
smell of the carcasses, made tho
discovery an easy matter. Cholera
has never been so prevalent among
hogs at the stockyards ns it has
been this season, and scalpers, it is
alleged, instead of endeavoring to
stamp out the disease by refusing
to purchase, deliberately buy stock
in the hope that they can evade tho
health inspector.
Vkuy Much 11knkkittkh.—I bought a
bottle of Mexican Female Remedy fur my
wife, uml II has benetltted her very much.—
Win. (I. Drewry Lynch a, V»., Aug. 2, 1881.
Mrs. Langtry and Fred Gehliardt
have been in lloulonge. By d.,y
they visited the gambling tables of
the Casino, and by night the public
dancing room of that resort. As
they were waltzing together Fred’s
feet slipped from under him, and
he fell prostrate. His partner went
tumbling after. A correspondent
says tho Casino has since been
densely crowded M ith an expectant
multitude.
KntIIIK Matts faction .—M’ e httv lined
your Mexican Female Remedy. Il gives en
tire satisfaction.—Mrs. mhIIIo A. ladglit, Pos
ton, Ind.
Stanley, the African explorer, is
not married, an probably never M ill
he. When he ilrst started for Afri
ca lie was engaged tn a pretty New
York girl, who gave him up for
dead in a year, and married another
man within two years. He did not
return till the end of tiie third year,
and thought the damsel should have
Minted for him, and her course em
bittered ids life.
Mlmmous’ Iron Cordial will not blacken
lliu leetli, and is dclivloua in lake,