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J 980.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
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SANDERSVILLE, OA.
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lurronnding Washington. Special at
tention given to commercial law.
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SANDERSVILLE, GA. *
OIUco next door to Mis. Bayne's Millinory
Store, on ITarrli street.
J1UY YOUIt
LBS
nipiu
FROM
(None genulno without our trade mark.)
ON HAND AND FOR SALE
Watches, Clocks
Consistency, Thou Art a JoytoI.
Glii G knt (a warm admirer of youth
ful sport).—-“Now, boys, plug up his eye
and knock his hat oil. liloss their littlo
hearts, how they do enjoy that healthful
exerciso1”
Ut.n Gent (with opial warmth).—
11 'Od rot those littlo scoundrels. There’s
to lie a stop p ,t to this infernal
snowballing,”—Life.
Sounil-tlio-Alnrm Costume.
—Fliegende Blaetter.
At the Festive Board.
turi; 1- - Petorby, will you pleaso carvo the
I thank you. Tho man who
i Vl i s ! mist either bo a fool or rascal,
, J don’t care to be cithor.”
‘'What do you mean?"
. U ho keeps the choicest portions for
1 ') 1 j c '“ l*o is a scoundrel,; if he does
ut hcej) them for himself ho is a fool,
J !‘ s i.said, 1 don’t care to place my-
111 other category.—Siftings.
SPECTACLES, NOSE GLASSES, Etc,, Etc.
Street Car Striker* M.bblng tho Police of
the Modern Athena
A serious riot occurred in East Cam
bridge Sunday afternoon as a result of
tho recent street car tio up. Shortly
after noon a large crowd of strikers and
their sympathizers gathered on Main
street, Cambridgedort, and as various
cars of the Cambridge lino pasted con
ductors and drivers were hooted as
“scabs.” At 1:30 p. m. there was a
great mob at the junction of the Webster
street lino with that on Main street, and
os a car turned into Webster nvenuo tho
mob began hurling bricks and stones at
the car and its occupnnts. By tho tiino
the car got through the crowd it was a
complete wreck, Each succeeding car
was similarly treated until no less thnu
five cars had boon badly damaged. Then
tho police were telephoned for, nnd with
in twenty minutes a largo force of officers
arrived on tho scone. The mot) had by
this time been worked up to n high de
gree of excitement, nnd when the officers
attempted to disperse tho crowd they
met with determined resistance. Bricks
nnd stones were thrown at tha police nnd
many of tho officers were wounded.
They then charged the mob with drawn
revolvers, and it instantly scatteiedin ull
directions About a dozen of tho strikers
were ariestcd and conveyed to the police
stntion. A littlo later the mob assem
bled again further down tho avenue and
wrecked another cnr. The police, rein
forced by n mounted sqund, now charged
tho crowd on “doublo" quick, and tho
mob dispersed alongside the streets after
discharging a volley of bricks at the po
lice. Theso missiles took effect in a dozen
cases, and ns many offirers were more or
less seriously injured. Another lot of
prisoners was taken and tho station house
was filled with those arrested. None of
thoso injured nrc thought to be fatally
hurt. There was no further trouble after
the last dispersion of the mob on Webster
avenue.
AUSTRALIAN RABBITS.
JEWELRY
IIEI'AIHBD DT
TR3 RUSTICS .A3ST.
The Commissioner of A«rirnltiire Appealed
lo Prevent Iinporlnll-iii.
Tlio Agiicultural Department lias re
ceived many letters from dilTcrcnt pnrtr
of I lie country witli reference to the in
troduction of Australian rabbits into this
country. Commissioner Column says:
“There is no Australian rabbit, no spe
cies being native to that country. J lie
rabbit that lias done so much harm in
Australia and New Zealand is an intro
duced species—namely, the common rab
bit of Europe. While there is no posi
tive evidence to show that the European
rabbit would be the curse in this country
that it is in Australia and New Zealand,
yet there is no proof to the contrary, and
its introduction here would lie, to say the
least, unnecessary and hazardous experi
ment. As to the power of any ollicer of
the country to proven t I he introduction
of this post into tho United States, I know
of no law conferring any such authority.
Congress might enact a law conferring
upon the Commissioner of Agriculture
power to prevent the landing of any ani
mal in the United States which in his
opinion would be injurious to agriculture
on the same principal that it prevents tho
introduction of cattle affected with con
tagious diseases. Unless there is pre
meditated importation by dealers, there
would seem to be no occasion for alarm,
ns this rabbit lias during three centuries
of communication with Europe not been
introduced, or at least lias not become
established, nnd there would seem to be
still less danger in future.”
FROM OUR CAPITAL.
The lllll lo Provide Tor the Notional Defense
Completed.
Tho bouse committee on military af
fairs lias completed its bill to provido for
the national defense and it will be pre
sented to the house us soou as tho report
can be prepared.
It appropriates $2,500,000 for tho pur
chase of rougli finished forgings for steel
rifled, high power guns for the coast de
fense, of eight, ten nnd twelve-inch cali
bre; $080,000 for the erectiou and equip
ment of n factory for finishing tho afore
said heavy guns; $000,000 for the con
struction of twelve-inch rifled mortars;
$000,000 for torpedo boats, torpedoes
nnd submarine mines; $250,000 for gun
carriages; $250,000 for breecli-loading
steel field guns and their equipment. An
advisory board to luive supervision over
tho disbursement of those amounts, is
created, of which the lieutenant general
of the army is ex-officio president. This
bill was prepared by Chairman Bragg,
nnd is acceptable to all members of the
committee, nlthougli from the discussion
which followed its presentation, it ap
peared that several members favored
more liberal appropriation than is carried
by tho bill. Tho speaker will be con
sulted by members of the committee as
to the best methods of getting the bill
before the house, but it is believed that a
chance to secure action can be found only
in the last six suspension days, when
two-thirds vote will bo necessary.
DRIED PEOPLE.
Discovery of Ihe Docile- of n Family Wlio
Died 2,000 Yean Ago.
Col. J. n. Wood, of St. Paul Minn,,
has received the bodies of five persons; a
man, woman, and three children, taken
from a grave in the Bad Lands of Dakota
by a miner. Tho bodies are simply dried
up. They are not petrified, and are in a
remarkable stnte of preservation. Scien
tific men who have seen them, say they
belong to a race which existed two thou
sand years ago. The fumily will bo sent
to tho Smithsonian Institute.
A LARUE FIND,
It is reported that some time ago Mr.
Titus Wimberly, who resides in a beauti
ful inhabitancy two miles from Loacha-
polka, Ala., found ten thousand dollars
buried under grounds of an old smoke
house on the old Wimberly plantation,
owned by his father who has been dead
for several years. It is not fully ascer
tained whether the report is true or false,
as Mr Wimberly heeds not to the inter
rogation concerning the found silver. lie
lias invested a largo amount in Binning-
ham’s real cstute.
FRIGHTFUL EARTHQUAKES.
FRANCE AND ITALY FEARFULLY
SHAKEN.
Many Uvea Reported Lout.-The Carnival
at Nice Ilroken Up.—Extent
of the Shock*
Severe earthquake shocks were felt
throughout Franco nnd Italy Wednesday
doing much damago to persons nnd prop
erty. Associated press dispatches from
Homo says: At Nico houses rocked,
walls cracked, and in some cases frail
tenements were thrown to the ground.
People rushed from their houses and fell
upon their knees in the street, praying
for deliverance from sudden death. Vis
itors to tho city became thoroughly
frightened, nnd are leaving the place.
Many persons were injured by falling
debris. J b
The shocks caused nn awful surprise to
the crowds of innskers returning home
from the carnival festivals in their fancy
costumes, worn nnd bedraggled by the
night’s exercises, and looking dull nnd
dreary under the glare of tlie curly morn-
ing sunlight. The first shock created an
immediate panic.
Many casualties were caused by the
shocks. The people arc panic stricken
and tho entire population nrc in the
streets. The railway station is beseiged
with visitors who nre anxious to leave at
the first chance that offers.
At Marseilles the walls of a number of
buildings were crnckcd. Shocks were
also felt at Leghorn and Milan and several
places in the province of Genoa, Italy.
Shocks were felt with great severity nt
Savona, near Genoa, nnd a number of
houses were wrecked nnd eleven persons
killed at that plnce.
Two violent shocks were felt at Tntilon.
The first shock was of 15 seconds dura
tion and the second 12 seconds.
At Cannes, three shocks were felt nt
the same hour. Many persons nt that
place rushed to tho seashore for safety.
At Avignon three shocks were exper
ienced between six and eight o’clock.
The first shock was very severe and
awakened everybody in tho place. Sev
eral shocks were felt at Genoa nt six
o’clock.
There nre rumors of enormous damnge
in tho mountains, caused by nvnlnnches,
set in motion by tho shocks. Horses be
came restless nnd refused to move hours
before tho event.
At Cervo, nenr Dinno Mnrina, 800 per
sons were killed by being buried in the
ruins of falling buildings. Railway traf
fic is suspended beyond Lnvona. Prison
ers in the government jail nt Finnlborgo,
alarmed by the earthquake, attempted to
escape, but were overcome by tho guards.
The earthquake devastated the whole
of Italian Riviera. At Noli, on tho gulf
of Genon, and not far from Savona, sev
eral liouBes fell nnd fifteen persons were
killed. Six persons were killed nnd
thirty were injured nt Oncglin, also on
tho gulf of Genon. At Dinno Marino,
nenr Oncglin, scores of people were killed
nnd hundreds were injured. Fully one-
third of the town was destroyed.
IN CORSICA
grent Lisbon earthquake was also felt,
though it did no injury.
While the center of tho Inst disturb
ance was at Nice, the area of the shock
was vast in its proportions. It was felt
distinctly in Rome nnd westward almost
to the Spanish coast of tho Mediternnean,
though no serious damnge is reported in
any othor locality than in that included
in the area of a circle inscribed around
Nice, with a radius of about seventy-live
miles.
TKIKENDOUB STORKS.
A Wind Miami of Gnat Hifillals-UrM
Last.
Two sharp shocks were felt iu Corsica.
It is reported that several persons were
killed nt Mcntono, where St. Michael’s
church was bsdly damnged and the post-
office wrecked. An inmate of the con
vent of the Holy Sacrament nt Nice died
from fright.
TIIE EXTENT OF THE SnOCKB.
TLc shocks nffcctcd a wide eccentric
area. The first shock occurred at 0:80 a.
m,, nnd the last nt 10 p. m. Accounts
arc vague and conflicting,but there seems
to have been no dnmnge done in the in
land towns. The earthquake was felt
throughout Liguria and Piedmont, but
tho wires nrc broken and news travels
slowly. Tho people everywhere spent
the night in the open nir.
The news of the earthquake was at
first disbelieved in Paris. When con
firmed it caused the greatest sensntion.
Anxiety over the fate of friends was gen
eral, nnd tho telegraph offices worn soon
crowded. Light shocks were felt at
Nimes, Privns, Valence, Grenoble nnd
Lyons. The gendarmerie barracks at
Mentone collapsed, and several persons
were killed or injured. Business is sus
pended almost everywhere.
Reports from various places put the
total number killed nt more than fo ir
hundred, und many more fatally injured.
LATER NEWS.
Further dispatches from the earthquak
ing district, state that over 2,000 people
have been killed. At Nice the panic lias
not subsided, and fugitives arc fleeing in
every direction. The people are afraid
to re-enter their houses and hotels, nnd
the heights back of the city are crowded
with refugees. Two thousand English,
American and Russian visitors were en
camped during the night on elevated
ground. Six thousand people have left
the city nnd started for Paris.
Further details received show that the
effectB arc far more serious than was at
first thought. Tiie loss of life and de
struction of property have been terrible.
The most startling news comes from
Gcnose Riviera. Over
FIFTEEN HUNDRED PEOPLE WERE KILLED
in that district. At the villnge of Bnjnr-
do, situated at the top of n hill, a number
of inhabitants took refuge iu a church
when the shocks were first felt. A sub
sequent and greater shock demolished
the church, and three hundred people,
who were in it, were killed. The de
stination of property in sections of Italy
visited by tho earthquakes was immense
and widespread.
Fifty persons were injured at Mentone
and one killed; killed two persons and
injured ten at Nice; killed four and in
jured two at Bar; killed two nnd injured
twelve at Bollene. At Chateau Ncnf
many were injured. At Savona two
houses fell, killing nine persons and in
juring fifteen.
The total number of deaths reported
up to tho present writing is about two
thousand. Shocks were feU at Parma,
Turin and Cosenza. Undulations of tho
earth were noticed at Clutarin, in Sicily,
at tho foot of Mount Etna.
The center of the disturbance seems to
have been in the province of Nice, on tho
southeast coast of France.
No severe shock has ever been felt in
this immediate section before, though
the earthquake in Switzerland in 1801
was slightly felt along tho coast. Tho
A tremendous thunder storm paused
ovei the north and west on Friday morn
ing doing much damage to persons and
property. Trains were lifted from the
tracks and dashed to pieoos. A Denver,
Col., special says: “In this city many
buildings were unroofed, smoke stacks,
chimneys, nnd telegraph and telephone
poles leveled with the ground, nnd plate
glass windows broken. The damage will
reach several thousand dollars. Outsido
of Denver, tho casualties reported lire
considerably greater than in the city. On
j the Denver and Rio Grande railway, four
i miles north of Colorado Springs, every
j coach of tho north bound Salt Lake city
express, consisting of two sleeping cars,
two passenger coaches and a bag
gage and mail car, was blown from
the track, nnd the mail car and its con
tents were burned. nnd the accident
happened when tho train was on a high
embankment, a short distanco further,
tho loss of life would have been groat.
Fortunately, however, the ground was
[icrfectly level nnd no ono was injured.
A passenger train of throe coaches, on
the Denver nnd South Park road was
lifted from the track by a terrific blast
nnd hurled down an embankment. One
(mseeiiger bad his leg broken and several
others were bndly bruised. Near Como,
on tho same rond, tho Leadville express
was blown over a bridgo nnd nearly all
of the passengers nnd train men were
severely injured nnd the coaches were
badly wrecked. All tho incoming trains
on vnrious roads were from five to ten
hoars late on nccount of tho storm.”
At Rochester New York the wind blew
down Court street bridge and a young
man nnd young Indy went down with the
wreck nml were lost. Others are missing
but the exact number of lives lost esnnot
yet be ascertained.
Trains on most all lines North West
nnd South of Minneapolis were aban
doned.
CAVING INTO THE RIVER.
The Rliilnlppl River Hank nt l.cotn Gives
A way.
From Greenville to the “Commercial
Herald” says; The river bank nt I.cotn,
Miss., suddenly commenced caving Wed
nesday, nnd made such rapid headway
that the warehouse and office at (belaud
ing, with their contents, including a
large qunntity of corn, hay, pork and
other merchandise, went into the river.
The Anchor Line steamer City of Vicks
burg, which lay nt tho distressed village
nt this time remained there for several
hours, nnd with the aid of tho entire
crew, succeeded in moving a large quan
tity of cotton from the bank, which oth
erwise would have been a prey to the
roaring Mississippi. A special messenger
came hero on the City of Vicksburg, to
secure house movers, ns a good many
stores and dwellings nre in immediate
danger.
The latest reports from Lcota are very
gloomy. The caving lias not yet stopped,
nnd tho large storehouse of Frnnkel <fc
Elkaf is expected to go into the river at
nny moment. A number of residences
also arc in danger and their furniture has
been moved out.
The Protection lcveo at the north end
of the new Reid levee gave way Thursday
morning. All opening about sixty feet
wide nnd two feet was made. Thousands
of sacks were sent to the scene of tho
disaster, were filled with earth, nnd put
in the opening. A later telegram states
that it is believed the break will lie
closed. The rapid caving of tho river
bank at Refuge mill eiulnngers the rail
road track in that vivinity.
A ROMANTIC MARRIAGE.
A Mntrlmoiilnl Hr illation It r ported from
Chattnuoog;n, Trim.
A decidedly romantic marringo occurr
ed at Clmttnnooga, a few nights since,
which lias just leaked out. Miss Minnie
George is tho pretty dnughter of Captain
J. F. George, nnd she has for a longtimo
been engaged to John L. Jones, a well
known youth of thnt city. They wished
to get married, but being afraid to ask
consent, concluded to elope. They secur
ed a carriage at a late hour nt night, and
a friend having procured a license they
started out to lie married. They saw
Pastor Wambald ns he was leaving his
church, nnd lie was called to perform the
ceremony. The pastor took his seat in
front of the couple and driving to a
neighboring lamp post in order thnt ho
might see to read tho license, lie made
them man and wife.
THE OLD JOKE.
Prisoner* In Texiu Dock Their Keener Up
nml Escape Willi the Keys.
Tuesday evening a dnring jail delivery
occurred nt Belton, Texas. The jailer
was about to place n prisoner arrested in
a cage with seven otiiers, when a blanket
was thrown over his head and his keys
taken from him. The prisoners then
threw him in the cage and locked the
door upon him and esenped, carrying the
keys with them. Up to midnight it had
been impossible to gain entrance to the
jail, and the jailer stands a good chance
of passing a day or two in confinement.
8I1ER»IAN’S SUCCESSOR.
There is nn impression nbroad that
Senators Hoar or Ingalls will be selected
to succeed Senator Sherman ns president
of the senate. It is not known that
cither is a candidate for the honor, and
the impression has for a basis only in
formal preliminary talks of this afternoon
among tho senators. In addition to their
well known stnnding and long experi
ence both are expert parliamentarians.
It is thought that the senator elected
will fill tho position not merely during
the recess, but during tho next congress.
A MURDERER ARRESTED.
OATES, THE QUINTUPLE MUR.
MERER, TAKEN IN.
A Full Account of III* During Dccita-Tke
Slnycr *r Pope Woolen,
A special to tho Atlanta Constitution
says: Doubtless tho most desperate crim
inal that lives in tho south was captured
nt Lipscomb’s camp, on the edge of Grif
fin, on tho Georgia Midland railroad
Monday night. A full account of the
dnring deeds nnd bloody murders com
mitted by this man, if fully written out,
would read more like fiction than real
facts. This man is named Andrew Oates,
and hia hands have been dyed in human
blood five times. Ho is a spare made
man, about fivo feet seven inches high,
and weighs about 140 pounds, nud is not
over thirty-three years old.
The crime that has led to his arrest
was committed Christmas day in Wulkor
county, Ala., Andrew Oates was working
at Puckett’s camp on tho Kansas City
railroad. On Christmas day a crowd of
negroes assembled at a grocery, nnd after
taking on a good supply of‘liquor got
into u gambling game. After plnying
for some timo a dispute arose and pistols
were drawn, nnd Andrew Oates succeeded
in bringing his mnn to tho ground dead,
with a pistol bnll through his heart.
Andrew Oates, Ed. Moore, George Tools
nnd Jiiq Troup left tho plnco of tho
shooting nud started nway. In about
ono hundred yards they met Mr. Pope
Wooten, who formerly lived at Stone
Mountnin, On., who, bearing the tiring,
had started down to see about it, with a
pistol in his hand. He met these negroes
in a narrow path. Andrew Oates jerked
the pistol from his hand and fired ntliiin,
ths ball going clear through him. Tho
other threo negroes opened fire also, and
Pope Wooten was stretcliod out on tho
ground with four pistol balls through his
body. Tho negroes then made their
escape.
George Toole aud Jim Troup were soon
captured nnd lodged in jnil in Wulker
county. Ed Moore, or “Jack the Rab
bit,” as ho is called, was captured about
two weeks ago iu Birmingham, Ala, On
his person was found a letter from An
drew Oates, written from Cartersvillo,
Qa. Mr. Til Long, who captured “Jack
the Rabbit,” came immediately to Cart-
crsvillo. Ho resorted to several means to
come up with Oates, but failed to get
any clue. Finally he learned that Oates
had been in Cartersvillo staying with a
negro named Allen Ori, but had left.
Mr. Walker then began working on Orr,
nnd finally succeeded in getting a letter
from Orr, written by Oates from Griffin.
Walker, in^compnny with tho deputy
reeded to
sheriff of Burtow county, proi
Griffin nnd weut immediately to Lips
comb’s camp and succeeded in bnmrintr
Andrew Oates.
OTHER MURDERS.
Andrew Oates killed u man at High
Bridge, Ky., one at Inman, Tcnn., one
nt Salby, N. O., and had a hind in the
killing of the negroes in the grocery on
tho Kansas City railroad, iu Walker
county, Ala., and in killing Mr. Pope
Wooten at tho same time. Mr. Til Long
and deputy sheriff of Bartow county left
with Oates for Walker county, securely
ironed. Mr. Long snys that Oates is tiie
last of tho four who nre wanted for the
two murders; that, the evidence is suffi
cient to convict them, nnd they will cer
tainly suffer the penalty of their foul
prime, lie says that Oates itf the most
desperate of the gang, and thnt they
have had a good deal of trouble in ef
fecting his capture,
A sad incident is connected with tho
murder of young Wooten. His father,
Dr. Wooten, was a respected merchant of
Stone Mountnin. On the morning of his
son s murder he received a telegram spy
ing simply “Pope Wooten is dead.” As
he had n brother living in Birmingham,
lie supposed thnt it was he who was dead.
He did not know to the contrary until ha
reached the home of his brother in that
eity. As soon as the truth flashed upon
him lie exclaimed, “My God,” «ud fell
buck dead.
ANOTHER RAILROAD.
IlirmiiiKbaiii Ain*, nnd Tnllabntace Fin.,
to be Connected.
The Birmingham, Georgia nnd Florida
railroad company, through their chosen
representative, have secretly purchased
of tho Tallahassee, Bninbridge and Wes
tern company, the old road bed known
as tho Bninbridge, Cuthbcrt and Colum
bus road, and propose building a through
line to be completed this year, from Bir
mingham, Ala., to Tallahassee, Fin., via
Opelikn, Florence, Cuthbcrt and Bain-
bridge. The conditions prescribed me
donations of the stipulated sums from the
countries through which it will run from
this place to Bninbridge. The money is
to be given to tho company in considera
tion of the enhanced value which will
nccruc from the building of suid line to
the real estate of the parties donating,
nnd nothing else is asked in return.
These sums will aggregate one hundred
thousand dollars along the old road bed
nlone, and linvc already been obligated
iu notes, to be void if not built by tho
first of 1888. The road is to be built and
operated as a connecting line for the
Kansas City road, now nearing comple
tion to Birmingham, nnd will give a
through line to the Atlantic nnd gull
ports. Parties who have just left G'uth-
bert for the lower counties are arranging
the preliminaries, which have been con
ducted in the quietest manner, nnd the
hands will lie put to work as soon ns
these are completed. These gcntleraer
give every assurance of the ability of the
corporation in whose interest they are al
work, to build the line, and have already
paid a large cash sum for the old roac
bed.
SALE OF TIIE HARNETT BIIOALN,
Mr. James M. Veal, executor, has sold
the estate’s interest in tho Barnett shoals
to Mr. It. L. Bloomfield for $10,000.
The deeds were passed and the money
paid Tuesday. Mr. Bloomfield made the
purchase for a Boston matting manufac
turing company, who will at once go to
work and build several large cotton mills.
This is the finest set of shoals in Georgia,
and will furnish enough water power to
turn the spindles iu a dozen large cotton
mills.
A TERRIBLE WHITER.
Fcnrfnl Suffering nn* Hardship* from Oolil
Weather In the Northwest.
Tlio winter of 1886-87 will long be remem
bered throughout the Northwost for tho ex
treme severity ot tho temporature and the
unusual depth of snow. Old-timers always
referred to former yoars os “high-water
marks,” butthis veer eclipses all previous rec
ords. The so ven ■ weather started i n soon after
tho _ Moo. ury thermometers wore
often congc-aled non spirit thermometers
wore kept busy jumping from 40 to 00 below
zero. Half a dozou times has tho 00 notch
boon touched, and once this season 02 1-8 be
low zero has beou scored on tho Saskatche
wan plains. This year the snowfall is unpre
cedented. In some localities it is nuywhoro
from ten to fifty feet deep. On tho love!,
throughout the National Park and elscwhoro,
it fi frqm eight to twelvo foot deep, and on tho
dead-level prairie from etghtoon to forty
inches. Of courso, such a heavy fall must
bring more or loss sulToring and death.
Already this winter n number of deaths
I from cold have occurred in Dakota. Not
lonir since Charles Bchroeder, living near
\ alloy City, Btartcd from bis house for
one u<K) feet distant. A blizzard was
blowing and tlio thermometer registered ill
below. Not reaching homo, his family ami
neighbors turned out with lanterns, fol
lowed his tracks iu tho snow all night nnd
found where ho hail lain down in a strnw-
stack and then gono on. Tho next day tho
body was found twelyo miles away on
tho prairie, lying on its face, where
ho had fallen from oxhaustion. The
body was frozen into a chunck of
c ?* A days Miss Maggio Butin, a
Rohool-toarher nt Highmore, while going
front the school to her house, was frozon to
death. Tho bodies of ttiree Indians who be
longed to Berthold Agoncy, wore found
frozon noar Ashland. Her oral more Imvo
Imjoii missing since Christina-, nud they must
have been caught out. Their bodies will
probably bo found when tho snow
melts iu tlio spring, iu MotPnun a number
of casualltlcs liavo already occurred.
Tony Wiso and a Swede named Martin
wore nt #orl< on mfulng property on tlio sido
of Slump Mountain. A huge avalanche
swept down themountainsidonud burled tho
men into oternity without a moment's warn
ing, burying thorn thousands of foet below.
Pom Williams, a slioop herder near Mossgalo
Springs, about sixty yoars old, was discov
ered lying fnco downward in tho snow. Ho
was dead, but tlio shoep were wandering
aimlessly about. Many bad boon stamiieded
by packs of wolves.
A band of British America Creo Ind inns
rnino across tho line last fall and whilo the
weather was line camped in the mountains
betwoon tho forks of Nun Kiver. An unusual
snow followed and the wretchod creatures be
came penned in by an Icy wall. From sovouty
the number was reduced to flfty-ono by
starvation, when whtto men hunted them up
nnd brought relief. During tho latter port of
January fifty lodgesCrow Indians, catnimd
on Clark’B Fork, camonear dying. Many did
perish, hut tho majority managed to sustain
life by oatlng tho cattle that died in the
snowdrifts.
Twelvo hundred ontof a herd of fifteen
hundred shoep were lost in ono locality, and
tlio survivors wore so badly mutilated by
coyotes nnd wolvos thnt they dlod. Nome
shooptnen In Western Montana have lost
entire herds. There is no doubt tiie cnttlo
industry bos rooelvod a serious blow.
A WICKED WOMAN.
A Worthless Woman Arrested In Mobile, Ala.
—HrnmUoiml Devidniiuienis.
The escapade of tlio wicked woman
who enticed two young girls to leave
their homos in Cincinnati to follow her
to New Orleans, the detention of one of
tho girls, Miss Lillie Hcitz, by the police
of Montgomery Saturday night, nnd the
subsequent arrest of tho woman niul olhei
girl, Lizzie Walters, in Mobile, has
proved a highly sensational affair. Chief
Gerald, of tne Montgomery police, wired
the Mobile authorities-to hold tho prison
ers at ull hazards. Tho woman gives her
name as Grace Gardiner, nnd claims to
livo in Houston, Texas, but tho tickets
were only to New Orleans, nnd the of
ficials nre of opinion that she only meant
to take tho girls to that city where they
would have been in her clutches. Miss
Ileitz, who was detained here, tells a snd
story of how she nnd her companion were
persuaded to leave homo nud mado the
victims to a wicked scheme. She says
she is willing and glad to return homo.
An officer from Cincinnati will tnko
charge of the girls and tho woman and
carry them back. The woman, Grace
Gardiner, will lie prosecuted and punish
ed ns far as possible.
8ALVATION ARMY.
Their Attack on th* “Tar Heel*”—A* Inter-
eailug Ncundal.
Some weeks ago the Salvation Army
mado its first appearance in North Caro
lina, and made n concerted attack at
several points—at Raleigh and Charlotte
in particular—upon the forces of the
devil. In Ruleigh they created very lit
tlo sonsation and made few converts.
Quite tho contrary was Ihe case in Char
lotte, where they took the town by storm.
They made converts by scores, nnd their
performances have boon of the most sen
sational character. But the greatest sen
sation in connection with the matter has
just been made public by charges pre
ferred against a member of the army
known as “White Cross.” The complain
ant is Lieu’t. Alexander Cliapin, und hs
there is a woman in the case tlio affair b
of a scandalous nature. Tae offender i
to bo regularly court martialed, a detail
from the army having been made for the
purpose.
AN ENGINE1R LOST.
An Alabama River Engineer Dl**appear*~
Nuppoaed to have Drowned.
J. R. Moffit, engineer on the steamer
Alabama, running between Mobile and
Montgomery, is missing, and was prob
ably drowned in tho Alabama river Wed
nesday night. The boat was coming up
the river to Montgomery and when seven
teen miles above Selma, Moffit took a
lantern and oil can, and went to the ex
treme rear end of the boat to oil some
machinery. He did not return, and when
the search was instituted, could not be
found on deck. The conclusion is that
ho fell or was knocked overboard by the
lever, and drowned. The boat was
lnnded, and a yawl manned nnd sent back
to search for him. The captain has re
ceived a telegram from the searching
party, who went back to Selma, bring
ing information that tho missing engin
eer had not been found. Moffit was about
05 yean old.
IIIHMINGIIAM’M NEW PAPER.
Th5 first issue of the Daily Evening
News, a new afternoon paper, will appear
at Birmingham, Ala., next week. It will
be a seven-column quarto, aud will have
full telegraph news service. The paper
is owned by a strong stock company of
prominent citizens, and stnrts with every
prospect of success.
VAR IMPENDING.
GERMANY ALARMED AT THE
PROSPECT.
Th* French linlldlnar Hut* for One Hundred
Tbnun ml .Mon on the Frontier.
The Berlin Nachrlch ten says: "Thothrent-
ening character of tlio situation across tho
western frontier Is bo oming much more
acute. 9 In view of tho fact that huts hnvo al
ready been constructed to shelter 100,000 mon,
and that preparations havo boon mado to
ihelfer a similar number around Belfort, wo
hnvo, boyond doubt, to deal with nothing
less than tho .strengthening of tho French
line, to onnble them nt the beginning of hos
tilities to throw a largo fur o hoars tho
frontier, and thus transfer o; orations to
German Toiritory.”
Herr Tisscndorf, Chief Procurator of the
Imperial Tribunal nt ImlpBic; Commissary
Tausch of the Criminal Inquiry Depart
ment., nnd Public Prosecutor Vacnno have
held n long ronfcronco ot Ntrnsburg.
Horr Tissomiorf afterward started for
Mulbauscu nnd Herr Tausch for
Molz, It is supposed tho object of their jour
ney is to innko inquiries respecting secret
communications betwoen Gorman and French
Anarchists, and concerning n reported con
spiracy betwoon tho French Patriotic 1-eague
aud its adherents in Alsace.
Continued arrests of Socialists nt Magde
burg hnvo paraly/ed the electoral agitation
thoro. Thirty-eight Socialists were taken Into
custody, including nn st of tho numbers of
the local doctoral committee. >
i’rineo Hohenloh", (lovornor of Alsnce-
Lorralno issuod an election manifesto. Ho
said:
“Tlio Government lias asked for tlio p is-
sago of a Soptonnnto Army bill because it is
porsunded that Germany will bo threatened
with the danger of war ns soon ns that part
of the French nation which longs for war
regards the military strength of France
siq orlur to thnt.of Germany. If Alsace-Lor
raine v islies not to bo exposed to tbo terrors
of another wnr, let pencenblo nnd concilia
tory Doputies bo elected to the now Reich
stag—Deputies who accept tho peace of 1871,
Tho«o who vote to return membe sot the
protesting inntl-Gormnny) party, or enemies
of tlio Government’s Noptonunto bill, will be
responsible for tlio continuance of disquiot
and the resultant injury to trade nnd com
merce.
“If in Homo electoral districts tho friend*
of peace find thoinsclvos unable, became of
the pressure of former political leaders, to
put forward the candidates they would Ilka
to have oloctod to the now Helahstag, they
inay deposit blank voting papers, nnd in tills
way express thoir views nnd record tho real
opinion of tho country.
“The re-union of Alsuco-Lorraine to Ger
many is irrevocable as long ns tho German
Empire oxists. Theso days nro pregnant
with decisive Issu. s. Liston only to wlmt
your conscience nnd good sense and your,
love of home nnd your family and your
property dictate.”
(Tho “Honlouimto Army bill” referred to in 1 * 111
tho foregoing is the recent measure intro-!
ducod in tho German lieii h.tng and advo
cated Btrongly by l'rineo Bismarck nnd Gen
eral Von Multko. Tlio bill provided for nd-1
ditional army supplies nnd organization, the!
appropriations to run for seven years Its!
opponents, liowovor, carried an amendment
making tlio a; preprint,Ions and provisions of
tbo bill to rim for only threo years, whore->
upon Emperor William dissolved the liolcli-
stng and ordered now oloetions, hoping to
get a majority of now members iu lavorof!
tho sovou-year measure.—Up.)
A WONDERFUL GORMANDIZER.
A Small Boy, Ihit nBI| Kator— ** *iifi
M Hqtiaro '
Henry Flowers, a fourteen-yoar-old boy of
Jefferson Township, Ind., is one of the most
peculiar spedmonsof humanity that however
come to light in that section. Ho cams to
Martinsville lost Baturday, as Is his usual
custom, and was taken to the Mansion
Houso of that city by two prominent clti/ons,
who bargained with the landlord to furnish
the hoy a square meal for fifty-five cents,
thoy wishing to satisfy their curiosity ns to
his abilities as an cater. Thoy did not have
long to wait until their fondest hojios of get
ting (he jokoupon tho landlord was realized.
He ate six pieces of light bread, two pieces of
corn bread, two largo slices of beef, roasted
with gravy; two largo slices of roasted pork,
four large potatoes, one dish of beans, one
dish of slaw, two dishes of hominy, one dish
of parsnips and two pieces of pio. After eat
ing his pie he (ailed for a bowl of oysters,
and was Informed that they wore not on tha
bill of fare for that day. He then weut to
Dr. Blaekstone's to eat again, and his meal
there consisted of soven potatoes, three
slices of brood, each six by eight inches; two
siicos of roost beef, two cups of coffoe, ona
dish of tomatoes, ono dish of butter bcaua
nnd two pieces of pie. As is usual with him,
his hunger was not yet satisfied. Ho went
from Dr. Blaekstone’s to one of the city
bakeries, there purchased ton cents’ worth of
cheese and crackers and ato them, and at
last accounts he was In his usual condition.
The boy is very lean and of less than tho
average height for bis age, beiDg only ubout
threo foot high, and weighing hut forty
pounds. His skin is thick and yollow, hi*
cheeks hollow and sunken, and his eyes givo
nn unmistnknb'e proof of bis constant nun-
gor, which he evinces on all occasions. Nol-
dom, if over, does one encounter such an np-
etito, and it is a wonder where he stows
away go much food. No physician at Mm
tiusvllle can satisfactorily diagnose Ids case.
BOOTHS SLAYER CRAZY.
Ctrbtlt’* I***ne Prank* In th* Kansas
H*n*e of Representatives.
Boston Corbett, the slayer of John Wilkes
Booth, created a sensation in tho Kansas
House of Representatives a fow days ago.
At the commencement ot the sesssion of the
Legislature, Corbett was appointed Assistant
Doorkeeper. Tuesday he strapped on two
revolvers, and took with him a box of car
tridges. Then, with a drawn weapon, he
drove a negro attendant from tho Hall of
Representatives. Sergeant-at-Arms Norton
attempted to expostulate with him, when
Corbett cocked one of his revolvers, and,
pointing it directly at the officer, told him to
travel. Corbett then looked for Speaker
Smith, and on meeting a member who some
what i'osembled him, was about to fire when
the member threw up his hands and said ho
was not the Speaker. The member was then
permitted to move on. Corbett took posse-
Biou of the Speaker’s gallery, and, walking in
front of the doors, held it during the entire
morning session, refusing to allow any ono to
come near him. Three policemen were
called, but they would not venture into the
dark corridor, and the slayer of Booth hold
possession. At 12 o’clock he sent word down
to the House to adjourn or lie would come
down and adjourn it himself. The Houso ad
journed.
Corbett was afterward captured iu tho
lower corridor, disarmed, and taken to tlio
police station. He was adjudged insane and
confined in an asylum.
FIFTEEN OF THEM BAGGED,
About 4 o’clock Sunday morning,
while Lieutenant Kilgore and a squad of.
police were seizing a negro gambling den
m Chattanooga, Officer Mitchell attempt
ed to burst in the door. As ho did so
the door was opened nnd one of the no-
groes split his head with a hatchet. Ho
was removed home and it is feared his
injuries will prove fatal. Fifteen negroes
were arrested aud nre in jail to await tlio
result of the officer’s injuries. J. p.
Mays, proprietor of the den, is said to
havo iuflicted the blow.