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THE MERCURY^ Uttered as Second-class Matter at Me sandcvsvllle rostofllcc April SI, 1880. Simdersville, Washington County, Ga. PUBLISHED BY ». J. JERNIGAN & CO. Proprietors and Editors. Subscription: $1,50 Per Yew. G, S. LANGMADE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SANDERSVILLE, Oa. ’ n. d, ETiiit, A ■f D. KvaHb, EVANS & EVANS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW gANDERVILLE, OA. ' F. H. SAFFOLD, ATTORNEY at law, SANDERSVILLE, GA. Will praotice in all the Courts of the Middle Circuit mul in the cnuntiei grounding Washington. Speoial at* tontion given to commercial law. H. N. HOLLIFIELD, SANDERSVILLE, GA. Jtayiiu’s Millinery Oirtce next door to Mi (tori', on Harris xtroet. HUY YOUR SPECl FROM jEK.isria-A.isT, (None genuine withont our trade mark.) O.V 11AND AND FOR SALE SPECTACLES, NOSE GLASSES, Etc,, Etc. Watches, Clocks JEWELRY REPAIRED BT j:BKisrxa^Li<r. 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 THE MERCURY A. J, JERNIGAN A- CO., Proprietors. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. SUBSCRIPTION: $1.50 Per Annum, VOLUME VII. 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 NOTIOE! All Communications intended fbr this Paver must be accompanied by the full name of the writer—not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. We are in no way responsible for die views or opinions of corresftond* ents. 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. p. . >y ■ ’.'Hs