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Me sandcvsvllle rostofllcc April SI,
1880.
Simdersville, Washington County, Ga.
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SANDERSVILLE, GA.
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I Slit'llKT or THE CONFESSION IL.
n flint Murflotl People
Sliiinird tin* Poller,
A sensation was created in Milwaukee,
fiy the publication of a statement by the
Itcv. Father An ton .1. Docker, pastor of
St. Anthony’s Church, in that city, sup
posed to he a deu'hbod confession mauo
to tho clergyman.
About midnight on tho 11th of
November, Istfii, a otroct car driver
named tlrotlio was attacked by two high
wayman in a lonely spot outside ilio
city linulH. They tired upon him and
ono bullet fractured his skull. Ho es
caped with his money, but for a time
"as thought to he mortally wounded.
Ill- wi'o was so ovorcomo by the atluir
that she became, and still remains, a
raving maniac. Thu Street Hallway
I ompnny offered a reward of $500 for
lire arrest and conviction of the high
wayman, and a few days later detectives
?[, r . es . tf| l 11 nineteen year old 1 ov, namod
\>illiniu I’uctz known among ids com-
mili'-as “Wild , ill," and Muhlon Mc
Cullough, a member of a prominent
[ninily there, but known as a wild young
Dn the day following tho arrest
folio-
McCullough was alleged to have nindo
9 confession to the police, in which ho
to acknowledge that he and
lurtz planned and oxeeuted tho i ttack,
but lie charged I’uetz with firing tho
mots. Pact/, was said to have made a
uuiilar confession,
I ley were tried in May, tsm. Twenty
witnesses testbed to an alibi but they
"’ere ennvicted. Puctz was sentenced
to dirce years and one month's imprison-
ineni and McCullough to threo years,
noth wore released from tho Penitentiary
witlini a few days of each otiier,
Met ulloiigh broken down in health and
nppnroiitl.v dyin ; from consumption,
f uetz is now living with relati os in an
interior town in .Michigan, and McCul-
tougli is with relatives near Bav View.
. At the time of the trial it was stated
in their testimony by tho defendants
nit tlmirallogod confessions were forced
juu thorn. They swore Hint durinj
ueir confinement of ten days at Police
■»lCft(l(IllJirtfive .... I...'... I
K'Hiurters they were starved, beaten,
luiir; up by their thumbs and otherwise
treated, in order to force them to mnko
confession, Puotz swore that lie fin-
ycMiifessecl to keep from starving.
Die following card is published:—
CARD TO TUB rUBUO.
J'T ' IC0n authorized to state, for tbo in-
. 111,1 "f die public anil for tbepurpono of
f'.'.ii 1 " 111 " 'be moral reputation of Malden Mc-
1 " I 'and William I’uetz, f lint they were
in,, V' V uiiiiicenl of tbe at lack upon and alioot-
. street ear conductor, AnansI (trotlio,
Jj.N"vem)ier II, 18St, at Bay View, for which
' 1 'Time said parlies were convicted and
-m m-i ,1. -n, iH deel.irat ion ami lvproi
proRontor
authori
al nhoot-
tv! , f i M ,n,ul ° re, l U0H t und uimii tli
in-1 - lm ' ty R uilt y (,f die assault i
y.;' .dm sire t ear eonditetnr.
1." " lor information will bo given nmlno
s asiiona answered.
Pq . . „ ANTON ,T. DECKER,
\fl H stw of St- Anthony’s Chureb, Milwaukee,
.correspondent called upon Father
,® r > hut tho clergyman remained
cW- l |iSl iu thu P 'nioso staled m the
“ing words of his card, and it does
kii-
J,'.' w,1 ° the guilty parties w
hr M° steps will be taken to
era. Tm-
socure
p, l )ftr don from Governor Rusk for
rn ' Il nd McCullough in order that they
ship J ° rosi;ore d t0 the rights of citizon-
rlf.H ^ r ° ,,K paper thinks that Pow-
?, erl J should be paid ' ' '
:f un $5,000. it is
that thi.
Hr. p
a higher sa ary
hoped, however,
suggestion will not induco
fitnV ° r " , !*y lo 01 'der himself out on a
°r higher wages or shorter hours
.... about 100,000 quarts
QUarti P “ S ?? evel 'y year. One million
oth,.,.'./ l ,™ 8 hipped to England und the
ThirJ’’ 0 , 0 ’°00 come to this country.
^ wlla t jpakea champagne dear.
haif'I? R ttle railroads do not care
the 8hnrM ULl \ al)0Ut tiu! lon S haul and
. ysuort hau an tw, r i~ 1.1
1 hig hau[ 1UUl US they do ahout makbl ff
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SOUTHERN ITEMS.
fipection sf the mine bv two of the party.
'Pile company has sufficient capital to do-
capi
velop the mine, and from all account*
they will get rich at the business.
Mr. J. ,T. Goodwin, who lived near
Scranton, was killed in a very singular
manner. Ho was hauling timber
w ith two oxen, when one of the wheels
of his wagon struck a stump. He went
to the tongue of his wagon to guide it so
as to let the wheel of the wagon clear the
stump, mid while thus engaged the oxen
started off, and, before ho could get out
of tho way, tho piece of timber that he
was hauling caught his leg between a log
that was lying on the ground, and liter
ally peeled the ffesli off to the bone.
Medical aid was summoned ns soon as
poBsiblo, Imt before relief could be ren
dered lie bled to death.
An inquest was held in Greenville on
tlio body of Echo Kilgore, an old colored
man from Arkansas, lie was once a tan
ner in tho city, hut, went to Arkansas
several years ago in the liopo of bettering
his condition. It appears from the evi
dence before tho coroner that on hia way
homo lie was thrown or fell from a train
on tho Western and Atlantic road near
near Lily Pond, Ga., on Friday, the 14th
of January. Wile lie reached Greenville
lie was in a scmi-uucoiiscious condition,
and lie never (rave any explanation of his
misfortune. It is thought there waa foul
play, and the case has been committed to
Captain A. Blythe, who will investigate
tile matter.
Robert Jones, colored, a convlot from
Richland county, was killed while work
ing on the Columbia canal by the caring
in of nu embankment. Jones was
digging out, (lie earth from the foot of
the embankment und had dug in until he
had made a cave in the bunk. Suddenly
the mass of earth above gave way and
descended upon tho unfortunate work
man, burying him alive. The other con
victs immediately wont to tho rescue and
dug away tho earth as fast as possible,
but when tlm man was found ho was
(lend, having boon horribly crushed and
mingled, besides having been under
ground a sufficient length of time to have
been suffocated to death. Twenty-two
months ago Jones was convicted of bur
glary and larceny and sentenced from
Richland county to live years in the pen
itentiary. This is the second fatal acci
dent of the kind which lias occurred on
the canal in tho past six months.
The main building of thu hotel at Silver
Springs Park is up, and commands n
splendid view. The hotel will be three
i-torics high and have sixty-live rooms.
A large corps of surveyors aru at work
getting ready for the great Milo of the
tnislcu of tho Florida Winter Home com
pany, who is soon to sell all the lands at
Orange park and Ridgewood to the
highest bidder at public auction.
The shad fishermen of Paintka report
tlie heaviest run of shad for the season
on Saturday and Sunday nights, and on
Monday night the eight boats in Reyn
olds’ camp at E. S. Rugby's place, in
East Palatka, caught 2,000 very lino
shad.
The Fruit Growers’ association at
Orango Purk have built a large two-story
packing house near tho depot. This is u
stock company composed of permanent
residents, who have made a great success
iu strawberry culturo and small fruits.
Captain Porter says that the mocking
birds of Dade couuty do not sing, lie
has bought some Leon county songsters
to learn the naughty birds of his soctiou
to sing. Another strange thing ahout
Dade county is that there is not a road
in the county. People there generally
travel by water, or ride along the beach
or through the woods. The forest trees
are all tropical and different from other
sections of the state.
A Tallahassee lady dischaiged her col
ored servant recently and got up the next
morning to find her choice flowers dug
up and destroyed. Last week unotlier
lady discharged her colored servant, who
was sister to the first girl discharged,
the same thing having happened to this
lady’s flower yard. Suspicion rested
upon the girl, and aftor some investiga
tion sufficient ovidence was obtained to
convict her, and she is now serving her
country iu the chuiugang.
As a result of a call for a meeting of
orange growers to convene at City Point
on Saturday, February 5, a good number
of representative men were present. Va
rious questions of interest were freely
discussed, but the chief interest centered
on the Orlando exhibition It was re
solved to send an exhibit of Brevard
county products under the auspices of the
Indian River Fruit and Vegetable grow
ers association and to invite growers to
co-operate under this head.
Thomas F. Moore, ono of Lake Jack
son’s farmers, cut up his lands last year
into six one-horse farms. One he culti
vated himself, put on fertilizers and
worked it with system. The result was
twelve bales of lint cotton, besides other
mi.- colored tenants who
SANDERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1881.
NEWS NOTES GATHERED
FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The parties to tho robbery of Mr. Elli
son’s house, in Fairfield ‘county, have
been caught. The nurse and threo of her
friends me the guilty ones. They are nil
in jail now, having been incarcerated
alter u preliminary hearing beforo Trial
Justice C’atlicnrt. The money was recov-
ereii. Tho jail is rupidly filling up as
court approaches.
A company of twelve men from Illinoi*
have leased for a term of years the gold
mine of Frank Anderson, in the Willing-
ion neighborhood near Abbevillo. The
lease was entered into after a personal in-
a dangerous conflagration. Burglars re
moved a pane of glass from a front win-
dow in the storo of George Myers & Co.,
on King street, and crawling through tho
aperture attoinpted to break open the
money till, by cutting it loose, fearing
the alarm attached thereto. Possibly be
ing disturbed or alarmed tliey loft it un
opened, but left a lighted lamp which
they had used immediately under the
drawer. When tho store was opened
Thursday morning the till hnd the bot
tom nearly burned and a lot of old papers
were just beginning to ignite. A few
minutes more and all would havo been a
blaze.
ALABAMA.
The Tuscaloosa Gnzetto will shortly
issue a daily.
Tlie population of Auburn is beginning
to increase.
Tho citizens of Selma are raising funds
I Until) It /llilnoinll.M. 4<-v UT t. * .
City to make a bid for the negro world’s
exposition to ho held in that city.
Sum Hogan, a negro lirakemnn, was
killed Thursday ul liowison, two miles
below Stanton. While tlie train was in
motion, Sam slipped, falling under tlie
cars, the trucks passing over his thigh
and a portion of his body.
The Tusealooia Times gives this ns an
example of the rise in real estate in tlmt
city: “L. II. Waller sold a lot on Broad
struct to James Gaudin for $1)50. Tho
same lot wus offered a few weeks ago
for $-100, but found no purchaser.
Tliey say tlie dogs in Gadsden hare
grown so in numbers and intelligence
that tliey will insist on going to church
and other public gatherings, much to
the annoyance of tho people. Yet with
such exhibit ions ot purity and sociabil
ity the Gadsden papers would have them
exterminated.
On Monday morning when Sheriff
Tidwell went into tlie jail at Blounts-
villr to feed file prisoners, one of them
knocked the jailer in the head and made
his escape. One other prisoncr t cscapcd,
liut was soon captured. Thompson, the
young man who knocked down the Sher
iff, is still at large,
R. Ogden Wat-on, of Mobile, was
awakened Thursday morning by a noise
in his house, Ho arose and went out
on tlie back gallery, where lie was as
saulted by a burglar. The "burglar
slashed Watson oil the arm with a razor,
cut his night clothing into ribbons, and
finally kicked him in the abdomen and
left him reuselcss on the floor. When
Watson revived the burglar hud escaped.
Near Abbeville there is a man who,
for several years of his life, wore dresses
and passed off as a woman, would visit
young Indies and have them lo visit him,
stay nil night with each oilier until lie
was nearly twenty-one years of ago, when
one day. to his surprise, he found out
that lie was a man, and pulled off his
frock, and ban since married and is now
tlie head of n family.
NORTH CAROLINA,
A hoard of aldermen of Goldsboro held
n special meeting last week and decided
to lake immediate steps towards giving
Goldsboro an adequate system of water
works.
Rev. Wm. A. McDonald, who has
served a pastor of Philadelphia Presby
terian church, of Mecklenburg county,
continuously for the past twenty-two
years, died suddenly of heart disease, at
tho old Morris homestead.
The news from the fishermen in the
Albemarle and Pamlico sounds section is
tlinL the catch of fish is large. Herring*
were never so abundant thus early in tho
season, aim wmte snart or large size are
being caught in great numbers.
A bold robbery was committed on Bull
creek, Madison couuty, on Tuesday night.
The stores of John Bruce and Merritt
White were broken into and robbed of
money and goods. Bruce recovered
about $100 wortli of his goods, finding
them hid under a ruck cliff iu tire moun
tains about three miles distant from the
store. No ehu to tho thief.
Henry Artis, colored, was recently
sentenced to bo lmnged nt Goldsboro, for
the murder of Iris stepdaughter. lie is
in a dreadful condition of mind. llo is
to be hanged tlie first Friday in March.
He says lie was drunk at the time he heat
out the girl’s brains. lie cries and screnms
ceaselessly, and it is thought may die of
grief aud fright before the day of execu
tion.
A CLEVER COUNTERFEIT,
crop*. The five
leased the other five farms scratched over
their farms as usual without fertilizers
or system, and all combined only made
ten bales of cotton. This is the secret of
hard times among tho colored people.
a* a*- Augustine another daring bur-
giwy has been attempted and tiro old
city escaped from what might have been
A Oomiterfelt Two Dollar aid a Half Gold
I'lceo at l’blladolehla, Pa.
The United States mint at Philadelphia
Tuesday secured a counterfeit two dollar
nnd a half gold piece of 1858, for which
it lias been in quest for years, for the
purpose of completing its cabinet. It
was presented to Superintendent Fox by
L. H. Taylor & Co., bankers, who got it
in a $10,000 lot from the sub-treasury.
This amount of gold was forwarded to
New York in the afternoon and this one
piece was returned as a counterfeit. By
a Philadelphia bank it was pronounced
genuine, and acid at the sub-treasury
subsequently failed to show it anything
but good.
At the mint, however, the aaaayer de
clared it a counterfeit—oh of the most
dangerous bogus gold coin* ever made.
“It contains only twenty-aeven cents’
worth of gold,” he said. “Yet it* weight
is that of the real article to a hair. Its
size is exactly the same, aave that tho
genuine coin is slightly thinner at the
middle than the counterfeit, and it has
tlie true ring of pure metal. We have
been looking for an example of this
counterfeit for ten or fifteen years to
place in our cabinet here. I readily re
cognized it by the head upon it. Tint
style of the head of ‘Liberty’ was not
printed upon tlie two and a half pieces of
1852.”
KILLED HIS PARTNER,
La»t Sunday at Houghton, in Bossier
pariah, La., Henry Bodenheimer shot atid
killed hie partner, Wm. M. Mercer.
Mercer had been drinking all day, been
in several row*, and wound up by abus
ing Bodenheimer and threatening him
with a pistol. Bodenheimer then firad
with th« above result.
A VESSEL SUNK.
* Slenmei- Arclini-ril In Ni>w York Harbor Is
Struck by Ico null -Sinks.
Tlie British steamer Wells City, while
anchored off pier 00, Thursday, was
struck by a heavy field of ice coming
down tho liver on tho outgoing tide,
which caused hor to drag nnehor. She
lind no steam on and was helpless. Slio
drifted n mile and a half, until she ran
broadside on tlie bow of tlie Morgan line
steamer Lone Star, which was also at an
chor in mid si ream. The cut-water of
tlie Lone Star struck the Wells City just
abnft the engine room nnd cut a Hole iu
her largo enough to admit a two-horse
truck, and she sank in twenty minutes.
Those on board escaped in their own
fiionts. The Lone Star had all she could
do to save herself, hut finally got up
steam ami ran behind a pier. She suf
fered only a few hundred dollars’ damage.
The Wells City is a now vessel, valued nt
$150,000, ami hnd it cargo valued at
$140,000, both fully insured on the other
side of the Atlantic. Tho Wells City’s
masts and smoke stack aro visible above
the water, opposite Christopher stroet.
THE COAL HANDLERS.
Tlipy llrsolvo to Go llnck to Work at Old
Price*.
A committee of coal bont captains who
81 ruck in sympathy with coal handler .
waited upon Superintendent Stockton of
Urn Delewarc and Hudson company a
Weekawken, N. J., Wednesday. A sh rt
consultation was held and tlie eoinmitte-
reported to the union that they had been
received favorably. It was then decided
by the captains to return to work at tin
old terms.
Although largo crowds of strikers
gathered on the HtreotH no brenoh of tin
ponce occurred. A Inborer who hnd vis-
ili d Broken Rock, in Hoboken, and was
returning, was mistaken for a “scab,”
nml hut for tho timely arrival of police
would lmvo been beaten. Non-union
men arc escorted to nml from tlie ferry by
tlie police.
Freight handlers who were employed
at tho West Shore company’s docks have
returned to work.
A KENTUCKY TRAGEDY.
Tlie Town of Adnlrevllte In a Fever ef Ex
citement.
A special to the Atlanta Constitution
from Adairsville, Ky., says: This piaco
was thrown into a fever of excitement by
the killing of Fayette Thoughber by Bob
Gorham. Thoughber, who was a very
nice, quiet gentlemen when sober, was a
perfect desperado when under the influ
ence of liquor. Ho was in town on Sat
urday and was drinking, and it is said
that he threatened to kill Gorham before
lie left town. Tlie two met in the
square, Gorham witn a shotgun and
Thoughber with a pistol. Who tired first
is not positively known, but Gorham
fired one shot and ’Thoughber five, tlie
shot of Gorham taking effect in the hand
und breast, of Thoughber, ono shot pass
ing through the heart, lie staggered aud
fell ngainst tlie bank of Adairvillo and
died in four minutes. Ho was taken to
the office of tlie Blanchagc house and
dressed, and was carriod to his home in
Robertson county, Tennessee. No in
quest was held.
HEAVY SNOW STORM.
Much Htiflerliiff Ainoig Hu mini IloInRs
well as Cattle.
Specials from Dakota and Montana re
port accounts of heavy losses to stock
from heavy snows and long continued
oolii. Tho snow lias laid upon thepround
continuously sinco the middle of Novom
her, nml it has been necessary to feed dur
ing tlie greater part of that time. Forage
is consequently so scarce that straw stacks
two or three years old aro being bought
up for feeding purposes. Heretofore it
lias been necessary to feed comparatively
little during tlie winter. A special from
Butte, Mont., says t-hecattle loss in Mon
tana, near Fort Assini lioine, is estimat
ed at 75 per cent. Sixty dollars is refus
ed for a ton of coni, and green widow poles
nrc selling nt $10 a load. Flour and oil
aro also scarce.
COUI-D NOT HOLD II111.
A man was arrested at Marietta, Ohio,
Saturday on suspicion of being one of the
men wanted at Cleveland for the Ravan-
na murdor. lie gave the name of John
Cole, aud answered the description of the
prisoner who was rescued. A description
of tho man was scut the authorities at
Cleveland, and an unsuccessful attempt
was made Tuesday to photograph tlie
prisoner. Wednesday night lie broke
from his cell, released all tlie prisoners in
jail, and all fled. Wednesday tlie fol
lowing despatch was received from Cleve
land :
“By all meanshoid him. He is uudoubt
edly the one we want.”
He was to have been chloroformed and
photographed.
THE FLOOD SUFFERERS.
A special from Muir shows little *n-
coungement for the flood sufferers at
Lyons, Mich. The water has been rising
slowly and tlie damage to the buildings
continue The latest fear is lest the
channel of the river be permanently
changed, in which event the town will
lie compelled to go out of business. Tlie
water carried away part of the Camel]
mill, and its completo destruction it
feared. At St. Joseph the St, Joseph
river is tho highest ever known, and is
cuttino a new channel.
MEXICAN PENSIONS.
Tk. VitrMi Aikoil to Stop Up to The Con-
uii.aiouor’a Dealt.
The commissioner of pensions invites
pensioners under tlie Mexicau pension
la
law to communicate directly with tlie
pension bureau at Washington. The
c immissioner has prepared letters of in
structions and blank forms of application
and affidavits for witnesses, which will
be furnished to each direct applicant, and
which, if properly used, will greatly
hasten the adjudication of the rights of
thu appUaaato,
■
INCENDIARY FIRES.
Sioux City, In., is in n state of great
' excitement over the alarming number of
incendiary fires nnd burglaries which
have occurred there within a few nights.
Tho town is infested by a set of desper-
nto criminals, who have been attracted
by tho spirit of lawlessness, shown by a
considerable class of tlie community.
Tuesday night a business block on Main
street was mysteriously burned. At the
same time a dozen residences on tho
“hill,” wero burglarized. There were a
dozen cases of housebreaking further
down town Wednesday night.
Late in tlie evening the town was
alarmed by lire. The livery stables at
tached to the Iowa house were burned to
Hie ground. Tho house is kept by Frank
Klepscli one of the men interested in tho
saloon fight last summer. Ilis place was
enjoined and ordered abated. No special
comment was excited by this fire, but
when a second broke out, it half hour
inter, there was much excitement nml
speculation. This was a largo stable at
tached to tlie Planters house, kept by
Henry Mielki," nnolhor man whose place
was abated. Mielki and Klepscli both
belong to tho rebellious German saloon
element. In the second stable, when a
man entered to rescue stock, tho halters
of horses-were found to bo cut. Both tires
were plainly incendiary,
A third and very dangerous lire broke
out suddenly in a large clothing house,
within three doors of tlie Hubbard liouso,
in the centre of tho city at 11 o’clock p.
Tho entire property was destroyed,
ic flames wi
but a spread of tlie flames wns prevented.
Remarks are beard on tho streets that
this is the work of prohibitionists.
Others say the liquor men havo done
to excite sympathy.
AGAINST STRIKES.
Representative* «r Fremlnent Now York
Firm* Meet nml Drunnize.
Nearly 500 representatives of promi
nent New York firms engaged in differ
ent branches of tho building trades met
Wednesday afternoon at the headquarters
of tho Master Painters’ association.
Architect Chiirles Bulk presided. Air.
Bulk stated the object of tho meeting to
lie to form a building employer's pro
tective federation for the protection of
employers in every branch of building
trades against tho unjust demands amt
restrictions of lnbor unions. Ho said the
step had been contemplated some time by
employers who wore out of patience with
tlie mnny strikes which have seriously
hampered building operations in this city.
A committee appointed for that purpose
hud drafted a report giving tlie griev
ances of employers, which was accepted
at a previous meeting nnd issued in tho
lorm of a published address with a re
quest to employers to take part in tho
proposed organization.
He concluded by suggesting that em
ployers organize in trado sections and
elect representatives to a central execu
tive committee to t iko charge of all mat
ters pertaining to tho trades. The sug
gestion was not considered, but a com
mittee on organization was appointed to
draft a constitution nnd by-laws. Tlie
committee as appointed represented tlie
following trades: Painters, carpenters,
iron workors, framers, plumbers, archi
tects, roofers, builders, heating, plasters,
gas fixtures, elevator makers, marble
workers, eloctrioians, plumbers’materials
und blue stone cutters, The stone setters
refused to join.
A GAMBLER SHOT.
\ Representative of Hie I.aw nnd Order
Lenvuo In Trouble.
At Lavenworth Kansas, the “Sara
toga” saloon was closed by the shcrill
upon the complaint of two representa
tives of the Law and Order Leaguo, Carl
Miller and F. M. Anthony. While tlie
two were pasting the place that had just
been closed by their efforts, tliey were
set upon by a gang of roughs, who
knocked them down, tore their clothes
and otherwise maltreated them. Miller
regained his feet, pulled a pistol mid
fired one shot, which took effect in tlie
leg of a gambler named Ryan. Tlie crowd
did not scatter, however, and wero pre
paring to assault the two again when the
police arrived und drove them off, inking
Miller nnd Anthony to the county jail for
protection. The closing of the saloons
has engendered a most bitter feeling, and
there is no telling what tho outcome
will be.
AN OLD MAN’S DISGEAuL.
The Treasurer of Texas llrnnil l.oilae at (lilil
Fellow* In Trouble.
Judge Thomas M. Joseph, for several
years treasurer of tho Grnnd Lodge of
Odd Fellows of Texas, is short in his
accounts $28,185, being tlie entire fund
of the Grand Lodge. Joseph was de
feated for re-election last week. He says
he lost the money nearly four years ago
in mining. He was mayor of Galveston
from 1858 to 1802, and stood high in the
community. He is nearly 70 years old,
and has a large family of grandchildren.
He is utterly prostrated by his fall.
Grand Master Gibbs declares he will
prosecute the defaulting officer until the
doors of the penitentiary are closed upon
him. Joseph is practically under arrest
now.
ROASTED ALIVE.
rhree Men Perish In a Darning Jail a*
Mnrfreeabere, Tenu.
The jail at Murfreesboro, Tenn., burn
ed Sunday morning, and three men con-
fined in it neriahed in the flames. Tho
lire broke out at 18:80 in the office, non
an unknown cause. Jailor Jackson, who
was asleep up stair*, rushed down stairs
and opened the doors. Ten men in the
upper cages escaped, but three men in
the lower cages could not be reached.
They cried piteously for help until the
flames reached them. The names of the
three are Moses Maney, Jack Irwin and
Dilge Lyon. They are all colored. The
first two were put is for wreaking a train
last fall, and the third for forgery.
Those who escaped were captured, but
were released by order of the county
judge, there being no place to keep
them.
NUMBER 43.
THE MERCURY.
MUSHED EVER! DESIST
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DECLARED FALSE.
A TENNESSEE SENSATION.
Kloux City, Imva, In n Ntnte of Greet
Excitement.
A New Phase to tho Aliened Texas Elec
tion Ontrnffc.
Kx-Govcmor Irclnnd, of Texas, ac
companied by twenty-eight citizens of
slii
Washington county, Texas, is on his way
to Washington, where ho and his compan
ions will appear before the senate com-
mitte which will investigate tho charges
of election outrages made against citizen
of Washington county by those republi
cans who fled tho contry for fear of being
lynched, nnd who cluim to have lie
dr
Irivcn out by democrats.
Ex-Governor Ireland says that nt the
cIobo of the election in Washington county
Dewcs Holton, tho son of a candidate for
county commissioner, rode up to tho pre
cinct, dismounted and domandc ’ ’ "
tanco to tlie polls and was told to
A Lever's Attempted Revenge In Davidson
County,
The arrest of Elisha Greig at Nnsliviller
Thursday roveals a diabolical plot to
commit murder nnd arson. On Sunday
night the residence of Mr. Jesse Nolan, a
fanner of Dnvidson county, was burned,
and tho inmates of the house, Miss Mnt-
tio Ormcnt nnd Mrs. Hamlet, barely es
caped cremation. Tlie fire wns supposed
to bo incendiary, nnd now Greig makes
confession of having set fire to the house.
Ho said ho had been hired by a fnrmor
neighbor, Jim Bullayjack, to burn the
place. Bullayjack had planned, he said,
to burn Miss Orment, who had refused
, him in marriage. Tlie plan was to catch
1 in it- her if she escaped burning and murder
come her. Thoy took a rope ulong to drag
in,- nnd upon opening tho door was shot her to the river and throw the body in.
down in his tracks by a negro named Hi!!. After they sot firo both got frightened
Eight of the occupants of the room were \ and uioused the ladies, who were alone,
arrested and threo of them subsequently Mr. Nolan being iu Nashville. Tlie men
lynched. Tlie others (led the country for
fear of being similarly trealed, and
brought the charge against the democrats
of the county that they were driven out.
The ex-governor says:
The whole story of llic-c men is a pure
fabrication. Every statement they lmvo
made to show they were objects of politi
cal persecution is absolutely false and
that will be easy to prove by all these
witnesses. Thoy were not driven from
the country, but loft of their own free
will and desire.
run off before tho Indies, whs hnd barely
time to got out, could see who they were.
Greig was arrested on suspicion, and con
fessed as above related. Bullayjack lias
disappeared, but officers arc after him.
Miss Orment wns to have married Bullay-
jack’s rival next week, and hence his de
sire for revenge.
SHOT THE WRONG MAN.
ARE TO BE SUPPLIED.
Tlm Texas Drouth Haflerers to be Hupplle4
with Hred*
Commissioner Colmnn of the ngricul-
An Ianoeeal Man fall* a Victim to a Fosse
of Piirmiera*
A double tragedy occurred in Pike
county, Arkanas, Saturday. Alfred Mo- i
Clinton, a desporsdo, waylaid Allen Wil
liams and robbod him of $50, then
stabbed him nnd rode away; A posse,
under the eommand of officer Henry
Wood was organized and started in pur
suit of McOhnton. It was decided to
surprise the desperado, and tho posse
secreted themselves in tho woods along
tho roadside, whero McClinton wns ex
pected to puns on his way homo. Soon
after twilight two men rodo down the
road, ono of whom was James Snvngc,
cousin of Officer Woods, nnd tho other
wns G. W. Trout, a well-known citizen.
Both carried shot guns.
Wood, mistaking 8nvago for McClin
ton, told him to “halt." Bavsgo paused.
Wood then ordered him to throw up his
hauds. Bnvngo wheeled ids horse and
raised his gun, when Wood fired. The
ball entered tho breast of Savngo, who
fell from his horse nnd died shortly,
When Officer Wood discovered his mis
take ho was overwhelmed with grief, and
would havo killed himsolf had not a
friend interposed.
lural department, in speaking of the sug
gestion contained in the
president’s mes
sage vetoing the bill for tlie distribution
of seed to Texas sufferers said:
“Tho suggestions of the president that
members of congress relinquish tlioir
quota of seed for the benefit of distressed
districts is nn excellent one. It is en
tirely fensililo nnd if adopted will enable
mo to do a great deal of good. There
are now remaining to the credit of sen
ators and representatives 228,000 pnek-
I ages of seed. On tho lttli instant, I ad
dressed a letter to those who have city
! constituents suggesting such a donation
of seed, hut havo obtained t hus far in this,
way only 18,000 pnekages. County jlldg-
1 cs throughout tlie drought-stricken re-
i gions aro sending in the names of tlie
sufferers nt tlie rate of nearly 1,000 per
liny, and whatever is done should bo
done quickly. If this suggestion of the
president is adopted. I shall give ray per
sonal attention to the distribution ami
carefully divido the feci? among the
legions affected.”
AN UNEXPECTED TURN.
TWO RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.
L-i'lilim Unre lipmollehoil Hut No Lose of
Lire Deported.
At Watertown, III., on tlie Chicago i the state came up for its passag
d Iowa railway, Tuesday morning, tin- ; ponents of the bill discovered
Dubuque train, with two sleepers, had that they could not defeat it, and in ordci
I'ho I'rople of Went Virginia lo Volt* Uw
Hie Prohibition i|iiei»tioiu
An unexpected turn was taken by the
senate of West Vn., Thursday morning
when tho bill which bad been passed by
the lower houses to prohibit tho sal of
intoxicating liquors and drinks within
- ' Op-
ill! fact.
j'id passed the station when tlie C) di ngo,
Burlington and Quincy train, which fol
lows it, crushed into it, completely
wrecking tlie sleeping cars. The en
gineer of the Chicago, Burlington nnd
Quincy train broke his legs in jumping
from the cab, but by alino-t a miracle
nonejof tlie passengers on tho train wero
injured. Each engineer claims that tho
other wns two minutes out of his time.
At Robinson creek, five miles west of
Shelbyvilie, IU., Monday night tho en-
”im> of New York express, on the India
napolis and St. Louis railroad, became
disabled and the train stopped for a few
minutes. A brukeman was sent back to
flag tlie freight train, but too into and
the engine crashed into the sleeper de
molishing the renr end. The freight en
gine was also wrecked. The passengers
escaped uninjured.
to do tho next best tiling tliey called lor
vote on the joint resolution which pro
vides for tlie submission of tlie question
to tho people of prohibiting tho manufac
ture and sale of intoxicating liquors iu
this state, which had not been announced.
Upon tlie call of tlie vote on submission,
three members who had voted against
submission changed their votes to aye,
which gave tlie resolution a two-third
majority, Submission will be voted on
in November, 1888, at tbe nex’ general
election. The lower home passed tlm
resolution two weeks ago. The bill pro
hibiting sale of liquors and drink ■ wns
then laid on tlie table. The prohibition
ists aro very enthusiastic over their vic
tory.
JAIL DELIVERY.
THE HUNGRY FED.
Note
Tlie Drought Commuloneri of Texas Ilo-
gln Tlirir Work.
Tho drought commissioners appointed
by Governor Ross to distribute the $100,-
000 appropriated by the legislature for
tlie relief of people in the drought-
stiickeu district of Texas, arrived in
Fort Wortli on tho midnight train Sat
urday night and spent Sunday there,
leaving for Eastland, the county scat,
Monday. Tho commissioners began their
labors at Lampasas and havo visited and
inspected the condition of affairs in six
counties up to tho present time. They
say they find the people in need of assis
tance wherever they havo been, but tlie
principal things they need are seed and
feed for their stock, and those the com
mission lias not the power or authority to
furnish thorn, the legislature having re-
stricted them to simply furnishing flour
and meal to those in actual need of bread
and who will make tlie required oath to
1 h it nlTecl.
A SHOCKING AFFAIR,
Charles Kloze, a Schlcisingerville,
Wis., saloon keeper, loaded two shot
guns Sunday evening, and emptied tho
contents of ono into his wife’s head, us
she was kneading bread, killing her in
stantly. He then tried to shoot himself,
but merely blow away one cheek . He
locked tlie door, poured kerosene over
the furniture and set it on fi e. When
the neighbors tried to enter, he loaded
one of tlie guns arid blew out Iris brains.
ACCIDENT AT A SAW MILL.
The saw in a portable sawmill on the
farm of L. D. Wright, a wealthy farmer
living eight miles from California, Mo.,
flew to pieces Saturday, one part of it
cutting open Wright’s breast, exposing
his heart und killing him instantly, and
another piece carried away part of the
head of Miss Thompson, a young lady
who had gone to the mill to call the men
to dinner. She died from the wound.
A VALUABLE INVENTION.
Mr. Charles M. Noble, mining engin
eer, the present popular superintendent
of the Woodstock furnaces, at Anniston,
Ala., has received letters of patent for
an improved arc electric lain]). Applica
tion hai been made for patents in Eng
land, France, Belgium and Germany. It
is the cheapest, simplest, best and‘most
powerful lamp ever invented.
Wlilcb HhiI tliu Ufli’Ot or cUvla*
I'rUonrrn I heir liberty.
Information lias been received of a
wholesale jail escape at MorgantonN. C.,
which occurred on Monday night. Among
the number of criminals confined in the
prison was one Sam Pearson, a notorious
character, but a scion of ono of tiie best
families in tlie stale and a fellow having
many friends. The sheriff lives several
miles in the country, and entrusts the
pi i -nners to his jailer. Pe irson’s friends
wrote to tlie unsuspecting jailer a note
and signed tlie sheriff's name. This or-'
dcreil the jailer to allow Pearson to go
out to visit his relatives, his aunts family,
who lives in the town. As the jailer
came to let out Pearson, the signal waa
made, and by a preconcerted arrange
ment, the prisoners overpowered the jailer
ami escaped. The alarm was given and
a posse pursued, but only two wore cap
tured.
DAMIIEI) INTO A RAVINE.
Andrew Joselynn, a farmer residing on
Lookout mountain, his wife and two
small children, bud a thrillifig experience
while descending tho steep mountain road
oa u wagon. Ilia team became unmanage
able and ran away. The wagon was
pitched over a precipice, carrying all its
occupants, who were dashed into a ravine.
A11 were more or less injured, audit is
feared Joselynn and his son will not re
cover.
A MURDERER LYNCHED IN TEXAS.
Deputy Sheriff Upchurch, at Dedkis
Texas, on Monday, had a negro i. tuned
Jim Richard under arrest, and the latter,
watching his opportunity, jerked bis pis
tol out of its scabbard and shot and killed
Upchurch. About sundown Monday
evening over seventy-five masked men,
armed to the teeth, took Rithard from
tho custody of guards aud swung him to
a neighboring tree.
ELECTION FRAUDS.
m
tmm
The federal grand jury, which has been
investigating frauds committed at the
election in St. Louis last November,
made its final report to Judge Treat in
the United States district court Thurs
day, aud returned twenty-two indict
ments in addition to those heretofore
found. A special jury has beeu called to
try these cuses at the March term of the
court.
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