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CITIZEN.
Volume 4.
Waynesboro, Georgia, Friday, January 29th, 1886.
Number 39.
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Emigration anil ( rime.
we have opposed
. you seen the liitle one in front go t H
flood our country t()U tr<il .|^ | UUjt lir „uml as if uncertain
Fur a long time
the movement to
with a pronvec jus lot of fdieigu emi
grants. We have contended that
many of the great crimes committed
in the North and West sections, which
have long asserted that they were
growing rich and powerful by foieign
emigration, were the legitimate out-
cropiug ot this influx of populmi .t>
from the over-crowded cities of Eu-
rop* 1 . Tl^e Sjuth does not need ihis
foreign population, educated ami
steeped in crime, and every movement
to bring the European jail birds into
our fair land is a conspiracy against
posterity. But while the South is rt-
ceiving only a small proportion of this
immigration, the crimes imported with
these people, like the cold waves, arc
coming towards us, and are destroj-
ing our peculiar civilization. The
following dispatch shows the progress
that this wave is making towards the
South:
Cautersvili.e, Ga., Jan. 23.—Be
tween 10 and 11 o’clock last evening
dynamite was exploded on the front
verandah of the residence of United
States Commissioner Aaron Collins.
The flooring and roof of the verandah
and all the windows in the front part
of the house were shattered, and Mr.
and Mrs. Collins, who occupitd a bed
within about three feet of w here the
explosion occurred, were severely
shocked. The terrific noise aroused
quite a number of the citizens, who,
with the police, hurried to the scene
iu a very short time. The mayor s >on
had armed men in search of the mis
creants. Suspicion pointed to Tube
aud Sam Jackson, brothers, and
special warrants were issued for their
arrest by Judge Fain, who is holding
court here. Tube Jackson was found
at his father’s house between 1 and 2
o’clock this morning, hut escaped amid
a shower of bullets.
Sam Jackson was arrested about
daylight, u-ar the Etowah railroad
bridge, two miles from town, and
lodged in jail. Blood hounds have
been procured from Atlanta and a
possee is now in pursuit of Tobe. A
desperate encounter is probable if he
is overtaken. Warrants were out
against Jackson for violating the reve
nue laws and intimidating United
States witnesses. He made his escape
from a United Stute3 marshal last
Tuesday, aud is said to have made
threats against Collins and others.
Tobe was in town last night. Mr.
C Alins lives iu the centre of the city,
near the railroad, and the explosion
occurred while freight trains were
passiug. Hundreds have visited the
scene of explosion and much sympa
thy is expressed fjr Mr. and Mrs.
Collins. Great excitement prevails iu
the city.
Telegrams from Cartersville, to the
Atlanta Constitution, at 12 o’clock
Sunday Dight indicate that Tube Jack-
sou is still at large.
The bloodhounds have been runuing
his track without a rest for more than
24 hours.
Unless Jackson can secure a horse
or reach a train he will soon bo under
arrest.
When Detective Simpson uuleslud
the dogs about 4 o’clock Siturday
eveniug they jumped the trail iu less
than a minute, aud w-re off like a
streak of lightning. The pursuers
rode behind the dogs until dark, aud
then began dropping oil' one at a
time. After dark Detective Simpson
aud a few men continued the chase
until late in the night, when a short
rest was iudulged in. The horses were
fed, the dogs cared for comfortably,
the men ate something, and then the
ehase was resumed. During the dark
hours the progress w’as not so flue as
duriug the day. After midnight an
other halt was called, and then about
day the chase was resumed. Before
the dogs had run the track an hour
yesterday morning they began to tell
the detective that the trail was grow
ing fresher. Of course, no one hut a
person acquainted with the habits ol
a bloodhound knew what the (logs
meant by their actions. Detective
Himpson, however,knew that they were
gaining on the fugitive, and pushing
his tired horse up kept close upon the
<log8. The dogs traveled rapidly over
broken tields, fences, ravines, and
through woods, and kept it up until
after dark last night. At that hour
the correspondent lelt the field, and
when lie left the dogs were bung ( ail
ed off for aslmrtreBt. Before leaving
the field he asked Detective S'lupson
what he thought of the chauces ofcap
turing Jackson.
“Good,” he auswored.as he munch
ed at apiece o c >ru bread and fat
meat.
‘•Why?”
“Why V Because the chances are
go id. We are now ouly a short time
behind Jackson.”
“How do you know ?”
“Because I do. Those dogs have as
much sense as a man. They know ex
actly what they are doing. This morn
ing about sunup they told mo just us
plain as you can talk that they were
much nearer the man than they were
lastuight. Fll bet my head Jackson
knows we are after hiiu with dogs.
He moved nearly all night, but rested
a short while. All during the day
the dogs have been telling me thnt
they wore gaining ground and I think
if I had three hours more daylight I’d
run him in.”
“Can’t the dogs lie mUtukon?”
“No, them dog?! That big one,
“Nig,” is the finest dog iu the South.
He never makes a mistuke. The lit
tle oue might do such a thing, hut
j the big one—never. Tlier, old Nig
won’t let her go wrong. Have not
which way ti go, then stop until -Nig’
came up, a dozen tinns it - lay? Well,
that old dog never dots that, and if
you notie. d lie always kept right on
as if the old lady had not slopped. If
Jackson stajs on the ground Nig will
hole him.”
“la it not poesihle that you are not
on Jackson’s track ?”
“Ob, well I casi’t tell you about
that, hut I guess I am. If it was
Jacksou’s track that was pointed out
to me when we started, then we are
after him yet. Those dogs know the
track they scented on their first leap,
and are on it yet. Y ou can just bet
on that. They will never leave it un
til called (ff, and never get lost.”
“.Suppose Jackson gets a horse,
what, then?”
“When the dogs get to where Jack
son’s tracks stops they will strike the
horse’s trail ami then it will he a race
between the dogs and the horse.”
“Whose d"gs are those.”
“C»ptaiu English’s. He has refus
ed $2,000 for the little one, and no
man has money enough to buy old
Nig. The old fellow aiu’t for sale.
He has captured more convicts than
all the rewards Gov. McDuniel ever
offered. He has been knocked into
the hospital for a month by an East
Tennessee passenger train, and is
worth his weight in gold. YV ha, that
dog can’t be valued. But here. ‘Nig,’ ”
said the detective to the dog, “we
must look at your feet.”
The dog approached Detective
Simpson, who began patting him on
the head. He is a large, terrible
looking bruto aud can whip a hall
dozen men.
A well-known Atlantaian, who
knows old Nig well, said last night:
‘ That dog has been following Jack-
son for thirty hours. I’ll bet $500
that lie’ll ruu him iu if hestaysou the
ground.”
TIIE OTHER STORY.
“On Sunday evening Jackson was
closely pressed. Now Jackson hap
pens to be a man who can make any
dog his friend, and he waited lor the
dogs to come up. He then made
friends with ‘ Nig,” aud taking off his
suspenders put them around the dog’s
neck. He then drove the small dog
back, and walking off, led Nig with
him. The small dog wouldn’t work
well without Nig, and when they
found Beard this morning the finding
was an accident. Say, they haveu’i
told you what they found when they
got up on the cliff where they saw
Jackson, have they?”
“No. What did they find?”
“Well, I didn’t think they’d tell
you. It’s too good to keep, and I’ll
tell you. Why, they found Jackson
gone, and on a tree where Jackson
had rested, they found a note. The
note had been written by Jackson aud
was addressed to the pursuing party.
It read like this :
Don’t he uneasy about Nig, the
bloodhound, for I have him with me
I won’t hurt him. He is too go< d a
dog to hurt, and I know it because he
has followed me where no other dog
would. I’ll take care of him aud when
I’m done with him I’ll send him back
to Captain English.
“Now, that’s what was iu the note
they found pinned to the tree,” con
cluded the railroader, “and they are
trying to keep the thing quiet. Now,
take my word fur it, Jackson knows
those hills like I know the State road,
and he’ll lead ’em a wild chase, laugh
ing all the time, and when he gets
ready to give up, he’ll do it.”
A Marriage Joke.
A lawsuit just entered at Lumber-
ton, N. C., brings to light an extra- j
ordinary marriage performed re- j
cently in a^ieighboring township.
‘Squire James Bilsop was called on
some time since by John Trant, a
Croatan Indian, who solieted his
services to marry him to an Indian
girl. The squire stipulated to per
form the ceremony Monday evening
about dark. While in a group of
young men a few days later he men
tioned the interview, and said it
was the first time in his experience
of twenty-one years that he had
been called on to perform the mar
riage eeremonv for Indians.
Just after dark Monday night two
young men, one of them dressed as
a woman, came to the squire and
asked to be married, saying they*
were the Indians. The squire came
out with a lamp in hand and the
wind extinguished it. One of the
party then said: “We are in a hur
ry; don’t matter about the light;
marry us in the dark,” The squire
at first demurred, but the man said:
“I’ll pay you $o; we are in a big hur
ry.” Squire Bilsop then performed
the ceremony briefly. When it was
over he asked for the license and
fee, whereupon the young man
laughed, and after telling him how
he had been sold ran off. The next
day lie demanded $5, which they re
fused to pay. The third day he was
ill of pneumonia, and had a narrow
escape. He is still confined to his
bed. Yesterday he instituted suit
against Davis Furneyhough and
lticlmrd Roach for $1,000 damages,
lie alleges that he caught pneumo
nia by standing out in the cold to
perform the bogus ceremony, and
alleges also that as he did perform
the ceremony he is entitled to the
15 fee, out of which he has been
swindled. Later the parties asked
him to withdraw the suit upon pay
ment of the $6. This lie declined to
do.
A Juggler's Kate.
An Oconee, Ga., telegram gives
the following particulars of an acci
dent that occurred at that place on
tlie night of the 20th instant: “Last
Saturday night a man came to this
place, and gave his name and ad
dress us ‘Prof. George C. Dean, Bel
mont Grove, Oxton Road, Birkan
head, Cheshire, England,’ and pro
posed to give a slight-of-hand per
formance last night, lie was on
hand last night, and performed
many pleasing tricks. While per
forming on the trapeze he fell a dis
tance of about six feet. He said lie
was not hurt, hut the audience
noticed that his face was a ghastly
white. He then said he would re
tiro to black lus face for a comic
performance. The audience await
ed liis reappearance tor nearly an
hour and then dispersed, somewhat
surprised that lie did not return
especially as the doorkeeper, Mr
PourneUe, of this place, still held the
proceeds.
“This morning a section master
on the railroad found the missing
professor ,by the side of the track
about one and a half miles from this
place. IIis skull was broken and
his brains protruding. l)r. L. A
Gray bill was seat for, and did every
thing that was possible for the
wounded man, lint it is impossible
for 1dm to live.
“It is supposed that the fall from
the trapezo deranged his mind, and
he wandered away and was knocked
i from the track by an engine.
C. ('. painlessly i'lli'i'h chancres, elmn
iToiil. herpes, midii I sore* canoed by poisoned
IiIuimI, by neutralizing and totally destroying
thcspucllle poison will i'll produce* unit bails
till* distaisi'.
Advertise in The Citizen.
lie Wants to (let a Wife.
Charleston News; anil Courier.
A Georgia man of letters who has
thrown off the shackles of English
“as he had wrote,” and who “wrights
wright on” what he himself doth
know, has addressed an open letter
to the young ladies of Charleston
which they will find to be of special
nterest for various reasons. It is a
model of amatory correspondence,
and a good example of phonetic
spelling. It comes from the classic
wilds of Coweta county, and
will explain itself to all who are or
may be directly interested. The
envelope is a postal curiosity. The
address reads as follows: “Charles
ton, South Carolina. Wanting some
young Laidy to Keepup correspon
dence With Me.”
Hie contents of the letter read
thus:
“Jan lithe 1880. Haralson Ga
coweta county. I Hear By seat my
Self to ask soino one to keepup cor-
raspondence Witli me for the year
of 188(5. Send your name in plane
Letters an send me your fotograph
so that I will take A likeing to you
and several of the nabors girls
around you send several fotagraphs.
I am A looking out for me a wife if
you will Send a real (the word is
underscored) fancy girls fotograph
I will come out there this Summer.
“Wright Soon and let Me know
what I can do about comeing out
there I want to go somewhere to
find girls to soot me.
“F Lemon Garrison.”
In a Tub of llot Water.
Wayckoss, Ga., Jan. 19.—At 4
o’clock this afternoon a little 5-year-
old son of E. H. Crawley, a pomi-
nent merchant of this city, was
scalded in a most frightful manner.
The child, who has been afflicted
from its birth, had a nurso in con
stant attendance upon it, and it ap
pears that tlio nurse went witli it
into the hack yard, where tho fami
ly washing was being done, and
while not noticed the child climbed
upon tho brick work in which a
largo iron boiler Is placed. The
boiler was filled with water in which
clothes were boiling. The child lost
its balance and pitched headlong
into the boiling water, which al
most emersed it. Death ensued to
night. •
Chlllarlue
I« tlm only guaranteed vegetable ohvu for
I'nvor anil ague, chill* anil fever, ilumb linin’,
remittent anil Intermittent bivi'i'N, billion* fo-
vta', neurulglu, anil all malarial diseases, It
Is koIiI by all druggist*, who will rofuiui tlm
purchase money If R fullu wlmn taken um dl-
rootad.
A tramp struck Amerlcus recent
ly, and casually remarked that he
had not worked any in a year. Ho
was promptly taken before Judge
l’ilsbury and sentenced to twelve
months on tho chain-gang for va
grancy.
l!. o. C. ronillly our oh elironto soreu, scrofu
lous ulcer*, discharging wounii*, brul*t‘*
scalds, blotches, burn*, Dimple* unit nil *kln
eruption* caused anil foil by talnteil or Impure
blood,
I,nek Out for Him.
Savannah Times.
A few weeks ngo the Timex gave
an expose of a white man—a well-
dressed and sleek-looking rascal—
who had been going around among
the colored people, offering, for the
consideration of 50 cents down and
a weekly installment of 25 cents, to
give them $5 per week when they
were sick. He succeeded in obtain
ing some money from many colored
people, until Thomas Clark, the
well-known collector, had his atten
tion called to the swindler by one of
the victims, who was a tenant of A.
Barie, for whom Clark was making
collections. The man said he had
an office on Whitaker and Brough
ton streets, but tin inquiry it was
ascertained that he had none there,
nor could lie obtain any if lie tried.
The Times reporter followed this
swindler up and exposed him.
Another swindler is going the
rounds and lie ought to be arrested.
He goes to the most unpretentious
looking houses and keeps away
from the thickly populated sections,
and especially where men are about.
He lias a small box in which he
keeps a varnishing powder, which
he claims will clean ui> furniture,
stoves or any thing almost. He will
intrude himself in the kitchen or
parlor, and with a cheek almost un
paralleled will demand a trial of his
work. He will then ask 50 cents for
a box of the stuff, which he claims
is only a sample of what he will de
liver in a day or two. Ho told
several people in tho southern and
western section that he had an office
on Bay street, with a large clerical
force which was putting up the
polish, and it would be delivered in
a day or two. There were several
gullable enough to be taken in by
Ids plausible talk. He is doubt
less a swindler and should be turned
over to the police.
To (let Hid of Cockroaches.
Confectioners’ Journal.
A correspondent writes as follows:
“I beg to forward you an easy, clean
and certain method of eradicating
those loathsome insects from dwel
ling houses. A few years ago my
house was infested with cockroaches
(or ‘clocks,’ as they are called here),
and I was recommended to try cu
cumber peeling as a remedy. I ac
cordingly, immediately before bed
time, strewed the floor of those parts
of the house most infested with the
vermin with the green peel, cut not
very thin, from tho cucumber, and
sat up half an hour later than usual
to watch the effect.
“Before the expiration of that
time the floor where the peel lay
was completely covered with cock
roaches, so much so that the vege
table could not be seen, so vora
ciously Avere they engaged in suck
ing the poisonous moisture from it.
I adopted the same plan the follow
ing night, but my visitors were not
nearly so numerous—I should think
not more than a fourth of the previ
ous night.
“On the third night I did not dis
cover one; but anxious to ascertain
whether the house was quite clear
of them, I examined the peel alter
I had laid it down about half an
hour, and perceived that it was
covered with myriads of minute
cockroaches, about the size of a flea.
I therefore allowed the peel to re
main till morning, and from that
moment 1 have not seen a cockroach
in tho house. It is a very old build
ing, and I can assure you that the
above remedy only requires to be
persevered in three or four nights
to completely eradicate the pest. Of
course, it should he fresh cucumber
peel every night.”
Colil Weather In Texas.
At Fort Elliott, Tex., on the 28th
inst., it was estimated that 15,000
head of cattle lay dead on the prai
rie within a radius of seventy-five
miles of that place. The prairie
dogs are nearly all dead. Several
persons were badly frozen. The
lowest recorded by the mercury was
10 deg. below zero.
Tried to Ilreak the (luu.
On the plantation of Robert Free
man, three miles from Griffin, lives
a negro who lias a passion for hunt
ing, and to which sport his wife had
a strong aversion. On Saturday,
25th inst,, when the husband signi
fied his intention of going hunting,
she seized the gun, which was load
ed, and throwing it upon the floor
with groat violence tried to break
it. The gun was discharged, the
load entering the hips, .and she bled
deatii.
President for One Day.
A St. Joseph, Mo., dispatch, dated
January 27, says: “David It. Atchi
son died at his home in Clinton
county yesterday, aged 79. The de
ceased was United States senator
from this state from 1843 to 1855,
and was vice-president of that body,
lie also bears the singular distinc
tion of having been president of the
United States for one day. He was
born in Fayette county, Ky., and
early in life removed to this state,
settling in Platte county.
Wyoming’* AVIlil Doga.
Two years ago several domestic
dogs strayed into the mountains on
the head of Wind river, Wyoming
territory, and became wild. They
have now increased to some twenty
in number, and have developed a
fierce spirit. They have located in
an immense cliff, and from here
they issue oil their excursions, which
are very disastrous to the young
stock of the ranges, killing and de
vouring the strongest and most ac
tive calves, and easily pulling clown
a yearling.
A Eight In the Mountain*.
A report was received from Kan
sas City, January 27, of an engage
ment about the Kith instant, In the
mountains of Sonora, between a
party of Mexicans and a small de
tachment of Crook’s Cavalry, under
Capt. Crawford. The parties met
while in search of renegade Apaches.
The Mexicans, it seems, fired on
Crawford while he was waving a
flag of truce, inflicting wounds from
which lie has since died. The troop
ers returned the fire, killing the
Mexican Captain and four of his
men.
San Francisco, Cal., January 27.
—A telegram received at the pre
sidio to-day from Fort Bowie, Arez.
signed by Gen. Crook, gives the con
tents of a dispatch received by the
latter from Lieut. Maus, dated
Nocori Sonora, Mexico, January 21.
It states that troops under Capt.
Crawford on January 11 surrounded
and attacked an Indian camp fifty
miles southeast of Nocorei. A two
hours running light took place, and
a number of Indians were wound
ed, but all escaped. The hostiles
sent word that they wished to hold
a conference. While the troops
were in camp awaiting the time
fixed for the conference, they were
attacked by 145 Mexican soldiers.
Efforts were made to let them know
that the troops were Americans and
friends. Capt. Crawford and Lieut.
P. Maus advanced to talk with them,
when a voily was fired. Crawford
was shot in the head and Horn, the
interpreter, was slightly wounded
in the left arm. The Mexican fire
was returned by the scouts of Craw
ford’s command, but was only suf
ficient to keep the Mexicans at a
distance. The firing lasted half an
hour, when Lieutenant Maus suc
ceeded in having a talk with the
officer in command of the Mexican
troops, their captain having been
killed. He was told the Americans
were taken for hostiles owing to
the darkness. Crawford was mor
tally wounded.
Small I’ox In Texas.
Brit. Urnnt’a lllg Check.
New York letter in the Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette: Jesse Grant
said on Monday that his mother
had received her first check from
the publishers on account of “Gen.
Grant’s Life.” 1 have not seen the
tact mentioned in the newspapers.
How much do you suppose that
check was for? No less than $260,-
000—“the largest sum ever paid at
one time for literary work,” he said.
The next largest check, he thinks,
was paid to Macauley, 150,000 coi>ie9
of his wonderful history having
sold within four weeks. But I think
Walter Scott, who was the idol ot
his generation, and who wrote
against Time, Death and the Sher
iff, is entitled to tho second place.
It I am not mistaken he received
$200,000 from Constable at one time
Just before he was made a baronet,
and he earned $100,000 a year for
nearly a score of years.
In 1828 a Russian merchant began
to dig a well at Yakutsk, in Siberia.
At different times work has been
continued, and now It has reached
a deptli of 382 feet. At that depth
the ground is frozen solid, and esti
mates by scientists, based on the
temperature, indicate that the freez
ing continues to a depth of at least
(500 feet. As no degree of cold at
the earth’s surface could penetrate
so far, it is held that the formation
is glacial, and that the upper de
posits have been continually made
on frozen ground that has never
had a chance to thaw out.
A special to the Galveston News
from Kyle,dated Jan. 28, says: This
morning when tho passenger train
on the International and Great
Northern railroad from San Anto
nio arrived at San Marcos, it was
discovered that two of the passen
gers in the smoking car wore sick
with smallpox. Tho other occu
pants of the smoker were immedi
ately removed, and the car was
coupled to the rear of the train and
brought to Austin, where it was
switched off.
The lluns Must Uo.
Comparative quiet lias prevailed
in the coke regions up to the 28th.
Efforts are being made to start up
various outside works controlled by
furnaces, but with poor success, and
the furnaces will soon be compelled
to “bank down” if the strike con
tinues, ns the. supply of coke Is run
ning short. No more trouble is ap
prehended until Feb. 1. Then the
eviction will commence, as Frick &
Co. have put forth the edict that
tho Hungarians must go, and, as
the other miners have agreed to
stand by them, serious trouble is
feared.
The agent of a New Moxico ranch
man paid his semi-annual visit to a
distant grazing ground, only to find
the sheep herder dead and tho sheep
quietly feeding in a fertile canyon
near by, jealously guarded by his
dog. In the rear of the corral, into
which the sheep were driven every
night, luy tho bleaching skeletons
of a dozen or more sheep. Aston
ished at tho sagacity of tho dog, tho
ranchman secreted himself and
waited until night. As tho sun be
gan to sink the sheep came troop
ing in, with tho dog in the rear.
They crowded into tho corral
through a narrow opening, and as
tho last one pushed forward tho
dog seized and killed him, and then
dragged the lifeless body to the rear
of the corral, where ho made a
comfortable supper oft a portion of
tho carcass, leaving tho balance for
future meals. He had been doing
this ever since the death of his
master, and would probably have
continued his guardianship over
the tluek until he died.
The Atlanta University was paid
by the state $8000 recently, the an
nual appropriation by Georgia for
the maintenance of that institu
tion.
Simmon*’I run t'orUlul Invigorates anil re
cuperate* I lie muscles anti limn*.
The Signal Service llureau.
Second Comptroller Maynard has
been examining the accounts of the
signal service and weather bureau
of the war department, and as a re
sult has issued a circular to subordi
nate accounting officers, directing
them to readjust tho accounts of
that bureau from September, 1880,
to present, with a view to ascertain
tho exact amount of the unauthor
ized expenditures made by its head.
Gen. VV. B. Ilazeu has been at the
head of the bureau since December,
1880. It would appear from the cir
cular of Judge Maynard that lie has
already discovered unauthorized
expenditures in Gen. llazen’s ac
counts amounting to hundreds of
thousands of dollars. Satisfactory
vouchers are lacking. Appropri
ations have been misapplied, the
limits of appropriations have been
exceeded, and tho laws and regula
tions of the army have been ex
ceeded in the expenditure of mil
lions of dollars. The inuliitenanco
of a literary bureau at an expense
of from $30,000 to $10,900 a year; tho
maintenance of a detective service
whoso only reported work was done
in the attempt a year ago to discover
the Identity of tho handwriting of
“an open letter” to Ilazeu. The
erection and rental of unauthorized
buildings and telegraph lines are
particularly animadverted upon.
Forage for private hands has been
furnished out of tho public funds,
and the public interest lias been
subordinated to private interest in
other eases. Tho third auditor con
curs with the second comptroller.
A Muc hly Married Man.
An Atlanta special of January 28
•says: The railroad accident that
killed Mr. J. \V. Pierce, of Los An
geles, Tex., the purchaser of the
mare “White Gypsy,” has develop
eel a racy sensation. Mr. Pierce has
had two wives to turn up to get his
money and to sue the railroad for
damages. He seems to have had
botli an Indiana and a Texas wife.
His Indiana relic is Mrs. J. P.
Weaver, and appears to have pri
ority of time, matrimonially. Mrs.
Pierce is represented by Gen. Gar-
trell, and Mrs. Weaver by Walter
Brown. Mrs. Weaver is in the city,
and has had the body taken up and
identifies it as her husband. She
has an Indianapolis undertaker,
Mr. Hedges, who corroborates her
recognity of Weaver’s identity. Mrs.
Weaver married Weaver in Chica
go in 187G. In 1882 he left for Texas
witli $8,000. She learned that he
had taken a new wife and was pass
ing as J. W. Pierce, and she had him
prosecuted and fined. She lias cor
responded with him regularly, he
laiming to have quit his evil ways.
Pierce or Weaver had $600 on his
person when killed. Mrs. Weaver
means to law to the last for her
rights, both here and in Texas. The
case Is sensational enough and has
all the elements of a first-class
criminal romance.
Tlie All-Absorbing Theme.
An Atlanta dispatch ot the 28th
says the one absorbing theme of
conversation in the city is the Arm
strong church trial for immoral rev
elry. The entire day has been
taken up by the quibbling of coun
sel over tlio admission of certain
damaging testimony, which, it is
understood, consists of affidavits
from the proprietor of tho hotel in
Cincinnati where Mr. Armstrong
registered, anil of the hackman who
drove him about in search of Lillie
Shaw. Hon. Frank H. Miller, of
Augusta, was selected by the court
ns referee, to settlo all disputed
points of law, and the choice gives
general satisfaction. Under rulling
of this referee much evidence
that the defence lias labored
to have excluded will be
admitted. It is the general
impression iu tho city to-night, after
conversation with different persons
who are in a position to be well In
formed as to tlio feelings of tho
court, that Mr. Armstrong’s charac
ter will he fully vindicated, and
that tho court will prefer to believe
tho solemn protestations of tli3 cler
gyman in preference to the state
ments made by irresponsible par
ties and by women of ill-repute.
Advices from Rangoon say that
of the Burmese rieo crop this year
it is estimated that 1,000,000 tons
will ho available for exportation.
A Pkkfmt substitute for calomel, mercury,
liliii' um**, i'll', run I*' fouiiil ill M. A. Sim
mon*’ Liver Moillrlne.
At a fancy dress ball in Melbourne,
Australia, one of the lady guests
appeared as “Sport, the Spirit of the
Times.” She wore a pink satin
bodice, on tho front and back of
which wore pictures of horses.
Upon her skirt were painted the
Puritan and Genesta, her sleeves
were decorated with a painting of
a foot-baller and a lacrosse pluyer,
her fan was a lawn-tennis racquet
covered with satin, on which a
painted scene showed ladies play
ing tennis and croquet. Her cap
and sash were gold, the colors of the
trotter Grace Darling.
The Mississippi river is blocked
by a solid mass of ice from St. Louis
as far north as the mouth of the Illi
nois river, and as far south as St.
Genevieve, a distance of sixty-five
miles. The ice is sixteen or seven
teen inches inthickness.
Sour Stomach anil Koul Breath
Are canned by indigestion, and are Immedi
ately cured by a dose of M. A. Simmon's
Liver Medicine. Sold everywhere.
Governor McDaniel has offered a
reward of $200 for the capture and
conviction of the party or parties
who attempted to destroy tho town
of Jackson, in Butts county, on the
17th inst., by setting fire to the store
of I). M. Ponder.
Jessen, an American citizen, was
arrested at Kiel recently and ex
pelled from the German empire, the
time of the government’s notice to
quit having expired.
The Georgia state lunatic asylum
was recently paid its Noyemberal-
lowance of $14,582 80 for the support
of the institution for that month.
All, How She Suffered.
Tills lady bud been married thirteen years,
and during at. least one-half of that time hud
been a sulterer from the effects of leuconrhteu.
or whites, and its many utlendunts. She wan
very much reduced in strength and llesh, be
ing unable to take any uetlve exercise. The
Mexican Female Remedy was at lust given a
eiirelul trial, and an improvement wu* noted
from the start. She Is now a perfectly healthy
woman, and owes her restoration to this
remedy.
Boarding-:-House.
I take this method to Inform the public
that I have opened a boarding bouse for
Permanent A Transient Boarders,
AT IIEPIIZIBAII, QA.i
and solicit the putronuue of the traveling
public. I have backs aud baggage wagons to
meet every train for the iiefommodallon of
all my patrons, aud delermluod to ninka
them comfortable and satlNlled. All I u*k la
atrial. BkW" Rules reasonable,
A. W. RHODES.
Dec, 8ft, ISSo-If liephalbub, (iu.
"PRIVATE AND TRANSIENT
BOARDING,
The undersigned having taken charge anil
newly furnished the liar House, takes this
mctlnsl to announce to the public thut she
1* prepared to accommodate Private and
Transient Hoarder*. Iter room* are large,
nicely furulNlied and comfortable, her table
will always I*' furnished Willi the be*t to ho
had In the market, while she guarantees po
lite and prompt attention, ller terms are
reasonable. She solicits a share of the public
put ronage, and only usks a trial when she
feels sure she will give sallsfuetlon.
MRS. J. R. STRATFORD.
Juni.VXU-tr
' IV
£2 XT!
r TAKE this method of Informing all my
old patron* aud the public generally thut
1 can again be found at my oldbarber shun,
where I am prepared to do In the highest styln
of the a rt.
MU AVI NO,
SHAMPOOING,
HAIR DOTTING, Etc.
I also keep on hand for sale SHAVING
SOAPS, II.UR OILS and POMADES, of
the very best qualify, cull and nee me.
I guarantee satisfaction, (live me a trial
wlieii In the city. GKO, PKKK1NH,
octiW’Mtf Next door PolhlU’* Drug Store.