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VOLUME VIII.
A COLORED SAVIOR.
Ueorals Colored Peoplo Aro Stopped Vroin
Prodnolna n Play.
In 1088 the villagers of Ober Ammor-
gau, in the Bavarian Highlands, on the
cessation of n plague which desolated the
surrounding country, had vowed to per
forin every tenth year the Passion of our
Savior, out of gratitude and ns a menus
j of religious instruction, u vow which has
ever since been regularly observed. It
, , was afterwards somewhat remodelled
munitions and baggage of such foreign J and is perhaps the only mystery or inira-
militnry organizations as may desire to do play which has survived to the pras-
nnrticipate m the^ militia encampment • — 1
SANDERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 0. 1881.
Appointment* nfHoiulirrn Mon-Intere»tln«
Report* or Drpnrlinriit llllleora-Noti h
A limit Noted Ofllcliil*.
TIIE ClttOAQO CAMP.
The President has issued a proclama
tion allowing the free entry of the arms,
nml drill to be held in Chicago, 111.,
October next, upon satisfactory as-ur-
nnccB being given that none of the ar
ticles shall be sold or permitted to iV
main in this country.
LANDS RESTORED.
Acting Land Commissioner Slokslagcr j
lias issued the necessary instructions to I
carry into died Secretary Lamar’s recent
order restoring to settlement and entry
certain railroad indemnity lands, among
others tho following: Alabama & Chat
tanooga road, Alabama, about 2,500
acres, covered by unapproved selections;
Vicksburg & Meridian llnilroud of Miss-
is-ippi, about 1,500 acres, also covered
by unapproved seieotions.
the president’s programme.
President and Mrs. Cleveland on their
arrival at St. Louis, Mo,, Saturday even
ing, October 1st, will proceed Immed
iately to the residence of Mnj. I). 11.
Francis, whose guests they will bo until
Monday morning, when they will take
(|iiiirters In 0110 of the hotels. The Pres
ident and wife will, 011 Sunday, October
Uth, in Madison, AVis., be the guests of
Postmaster-General Vilas, and will be
theguests of Senator Howell E. Jackson,
at Nashville, Ton 11., Sunday, October
10th.
GEN. CROOK’S MOVEMENTS.
Gen. Mcfcolcy, Acting Secretary of
AVnr, said that the department had not
heard from Ocn. Crook since lie was or
dered to go to the sceno of the Indian
troubles in Colorado. Gen. Maefeely
discredits iho published reports of a fu
rious light near Bangley, and reiterates
what himself nml other army officers
Imve said, that if the civil authorities
will leave the sett lenient of the ditHculty
to Gen. Crook, the trouble will soon bo
ended and the Indians all brought back
to their reservation; and that this will all
lie done without the United States troops
tiring a single gun.
AN EXTENSIVE FRAUD.
The Pension Olliec lias information
that Henry S. Anderson, of Sexton,
AVnslii ngtou Co., Ark., has been convict
ed in the United, States Court of the
Western district of Arkansas of six sepa
rate ollenscs against tlio pension laws,
namely: Taking illegal fees, one count;
presenting fraudulent papers, two counts;
and forging evidence, three counts.
The special examiner having the case in
ehargo reports that material was in hand
for convictions almost ad infinitum, hut
six convictions afford scope for the iu-
tliction of punishment to more than till
the measure of fife remaining to the of-
fender, these were deemed sutllciont.
■WIIAT TIIE PRESIDENT IS DOING.
It is the intention of the President to
sptnd the next few weeks at Onkviow.
1 to regards this ns his vacation time, and
while lie will spend it near the capitol so
that he can attend to actual public busi
ness, lie will not feel obliged, when nec
essarily called to tlioAN’hilo House, to i!c-
Votoauy time to persons seeking places
nr merely desirous of paying their re
spects. Tho,President appointed- Prof.
G. Brown Goodo, assistant director of
the national museum, to he commissioner
of fish and fisheries, Vice Professor S. F
Baird, deceased. Judge McCue, solici
tor of tlio treasury who was first tended
die oll’ico, declined it because of his lack
uf scientific -knowledge.
NOTES.
Tlio President lias been invited fo be
present at an all-day jubilee at tlio East
cm Schuetzen Park, Biltimoro.
The President lias appointed Robert
0. Crowley, of Mississippi, to be marshal
of tlio United States Consular Court at
Ningpo, China.
The finding of a court martial has been
approved,dismissing Cajit. CyrusN. Gray,
25tii infantry, from service for appenr-
nig at inspection for duly ns officer of 1 ho
while drunk.
The British government lias notified
•He Department of State that Alio date of
receiving applications for space at the
Melbourne International Exposition lias
been extended from August 81st to Oct
ober 81st, 1887.
Mayor Hewitt ami a committee of the
Board of Aldermen appointed for that
Purpose, sent an invitation to Mrs. Presi
dent Cleveland to attend the New York
firemen’s parade and inspection next
month iuid present a stand of colors 011
hint occasion to tho fire department.
The Acting Secretary of tlio Treasury
niiule the following appointments in tlio
Internal Revenue service:- Fulton .T.
Williams, gauger, District of Georgia;
Winfield S. Morris, Samuel C. Fontnin
'ual Thomas K. Do AVitt, gaugers, Sixth
district of Virginia; AVrn. F. Odraplxfil,
gaugers, Fifth district of North Carolina;
Luke Vcrner, storekeeper and gauger,
District of South Carolina.
- - .— pres
ent day. The last performance in Bnva-
X,
GENERAL NEWS.
PHOTOGRAPHS OP HATTERS
AMERICA AND EUROPE,
IN
SOUTH CAROLINA QUAKES.
The
nml
ria took place in 1880. The persecutor
°f Christ considers his part an act of re
ligious worship, and ho and the other
performers nro said to bo selected for
their holy life. There are usually about
live hundred plnycrs. Some soven or
oght years ago, Salmi Morse, who had
visited Ober Auimergau, formed a com
pany of nbout one hundred players in
San Francisco, Cat, with James O’Neill,
who impersonated the Savior, nml gave
one performance in the Grand Opera
House. The building was packed to
suffocation, but immediately after the
play tho principal characters were ar
rested and lined, and were not allowed
to give another performance. Morse
then went to New York and made prep
arations to present it on a grand scale.
Hundreds of performers were engaged,
hut the authorities them prevented its
presentation. Mors; then gave it up,
having lost his fortune in attempt
ing to present it, ami shortly
alter committed suicide. The lie-
gtoes of Summerville, Augusta's
Ga., pretty suburb, wire to produce the
fur-famed passion play, and at the hour
of 8 o'clock a large audience, composed
of both wtilto nml colored, congregated
at tho ball to witness tho piny. However
just before the performance was to lmvo
commenced, the iiiar.-lial of Summerville
mounted the stage and informed the ac
tors that if they attempted to imperson
ate tlio Savior lie would arrest them. As
to tho other portion of tlio performance
they were at liberty to produce it, but lie
hud been instructed by tlio commissioners
of the village to stop the show immediate
ly if any one tried to impersonate Christ.
The action of the authorities disconcerted
the colored people considerably, ns they
had gone to the expense of getting up
handsome costumes for the occasion.
Most of those who p'ere to take part were
bright mulattocs, but the person who
was to impersonate the Savior wns as
black as tile ace of spades.
QUICKLY BEHEADED,
Prnnzltii, (lie murderer of Mario Rog-
liault, was executed in tlio jail yard in
Place de la Roquelte, Pans, France.
A crowd of 20.000 gathered during the
night, and the police had great difficulty
in keeping them within bounds. Tho
mnjoiity was of the rougher element, but
quite a number belonged to the respect
able class. Prnn/.ini emerged from the
prison, accompanied by the prison chap
lain and guards; he stopped for an in
stant and seemed about to break down.
He kis.-ed llie crucifix held by the abbo,
iuid knelt to receive the knife. An in-
slant afterward and Mario Rcguault was
avenged.
A AIONHTEICS CONCESSION.
Jesse Pomeroy, tho boy murderer of
Boston, Mass, who has been in prison,
several years, us the result of n scries of
horrible murders never surpassed for
atrocity, has just confessed to 11 crime of
which lie was not suspected, lie admits
having decoyed a little boy named Hor
ace Miller out on the South Boston
marshes and cut him almyst to piecis.
Pomeroy lnd a mania for cutting people
up. lie was only fourteen years old at
the time. A number of weak-minded
women have been trying to get the boy
pardoned, but it is thought this confes
sion will put a quietus on their efforts.
COOL AVEATIIER.
Prof. Foster, of Iowa, and other repu
table weather prophets, predict cool
weather until about December 1st, after
which date, the winter will he rather
warmer than usual. The first part of
September will bo unusually cool, it is
said, and about tho 10th a very
heavy storm may bo expected to cross
tho continent. This storm will lie
accompanied by high winds, rain, hail nml
thunder. Its most destructive force will
bo expended in the Atlantic States. The
middle ton days of the month will prob
ably be warm, and the last ten days will
by cool.
GRAY AND 1ILITK.
LINCOLN’S OLD HO ME.
Robert T. Lincoln lias deeded the fara-
t’y homestead at Chicago, 111., to tlio
chile of Illinois, which will formally
take possession at once. Robert Lin-
e °hi lias owned the house sinco the
assnseination. Jinny efforts have been
ai'.ule by speculators and ad venturers to
j 1 I'chaso the property, but Mr. Lincoln
jins repeatedly refused all offers, intend-
ln 8 probably to deed it ultimately to tlio
R, ate and save it from tlio grasp of the
t» nicy makers,
TARUET PRACTICE.
Elaborate preparations havo been made
for tlio reunion of the 28il Georgia in
fantry, at Adairsville. A colonel in a
Pennsylvania lcgimont, who was for a
timo a prisoner of tho'28d, has had mado
a largo diamond cross of unique design,
valued at $2,500, which lie will present
to liis former c aptors as a mark of lus
estocm. Tho cross will bo presented by
11 delegation of ten Pennsylvania young
ladies, who will coino to Georgia in a
special car. At the state line they are to
lie met by a delegation of Georgia young
ladies and veterans.
an express solo.
Tho present franchises and business of
the Baltimore & Ohio Express Company
have been sold to the United States Ex-
Company for a period of thirty
Thu sale was made directly by
fire-
years.
Another attempt was made to assassi
nate the czar of Russia, A nihilist, dis-
b'fiised ns an officer of (he guards, ap
proached the imperial guards while they
were escorting tho czar on his journey
Bern St. Petersburg to Kroznoc-Selo, and
twice fired a revolver at tlio emperor.
• he (list shot wont wide of its mark, but
the second perforated the czar’s coat,
the assailant was promptly seized and
fltarnwfl*
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
no other parties being recognized, the
Europe,
a million in ca
ill
di and the balance’ in
jailed State! Express Company
stock.
the' oeuater, ga., riot-
From a careful investigation of all the
circumstances connected wBji tlui Deca-
negro named Pritchett, who has not yet
been captured, and »
huliiur in Tennessee. ,,e M s
in cd Gather and Lovejoy have been
arrested and aro now in the ja.lat At-
lanta.
Homo Knlo Agitation—Hulling l*ot of
European Pollile*—Labor Matters
at Homo ami Abroad, etc.
McGurriglc, the Chicago, 111,, “boo-
dler” who escaped to Victoria B. C., has
fled to Hong Iiong, China.
Isaac Lucas, treasurer of Wnpokettn,
Ohio, and $81,000 of the county fund,
are missirfg. A reward of $2,000 is of
fered for information of tho whereabouts
of Lucas.
A conspiracy against the Spanish gov
ernment has been discovered at Ponce,
Porto Ilicc.. Forty persons linvo been
arrested, including the president of the
autonomist club.
Yom PI1011 Leo, tho Chinaman, who
recently married an American heiress of
Nerv Haven, Conn., lias accepted a posi
tion on the editorial stuff of tho Now
Ilaven Register.
Frank C. McNeally, 19 years of age,
employed in tlio Biddoiord savings
bank of Saco, Mo., rail away with all
the bank’s money and securities amount
ing to nearly $300,000.
Henry George’s friends in New York
havo subscribed $15,000 for the estab
lishment of an evening paper to bo called
tlio Evening Standard. It will make its
appearance on September 15tli.
Tho collector of customs nt Suspension
Bridge, N. 1’., has seized the Canadian
steamer Hastings, for violation of navi
gation laws in carrying passengers be
tween Lewiston and Olcott, two Ameri
can poits.
Gen. Forron, the French secretary of
war, lias enusod two of liis private sec
retaries lo be arrested on a charge of
high treason, it is charged that they
disclosed to tlio Paris Figaro tho plans of
tho war office for the mobilization of
French troops.
The Loudon Times protests against tlio
treatment to which British sealers, in
Behring se.a, nro subjected by American
authorities in Alaska, and suggest* that
the government send a cruiser to Alaskan
waters, to secure strictly legal treatment
for British vessels.
Gcorgo A. Ely, of Pottsville, Pa.,
docket clerk to the county commission
ers, suddenly disappeared. Subsequent
investigation has revealed the fact that
Ely lias been engaged in forging and ne
gotiating county bonds, one of $100
having been traced to him.
The police order forbidding the so
cialists to celebrate the death of Ferdi
nand Lassale nt Berlin, Germany, did not
have tho desired effect, ns thousands of
the followers of the great labor union
organizer made a pilgrimage to Grunau.
A serious row occurred during the day,
and sevoral arrests were mado by tlio po-
lico.
Two cnltlc dealers of Wotnelsdoorf,
Pa., purchased 11 number of car loads of
cuttle at the Buffalo stock yards, which
were sold to different farmers. Some of
the steers showed signs of alarming
sickness, and wero found in their stalls
dead. Dr. Bridge, stato veterinary sur
geon, snys the disease is Texas fever.
Farmers nro greatly alarmed, fearing a
spread of the disease.
Robert Bonner drove Maud S. on the
throe-qunrtcr-milo track on his farm, at
Tarry town, N. Y., tho fastest mile that
lias every been made to wagon. The first
half wns made in 1:08.J, and the lust half
in 1:04}, making the mile in 2:18}.
Mr. Bonner urged the innre only on the
last half, when she mado the marvelous
time of 1:04} to a wagon on a three-
quarter track.
Fresh condemnation of Pasteur lins
been stirred up by the dentil of Lord Don-
crnilc, in Franco. Doncrnile was bitten
by a tame fox, and although I10 under-
wont the Pasteur treatment, lie died in
frightful agonies, and with all the symp
toms of hydrophobia. Pasteur declares
that ho did not see Doncrnile until two
weeks after the fox had bitten him, and
when it was toe late to announce a euro
with absolute certainty.
Au attempt was made to burn a bridge
over ft culvert oil the Wnbnsh Railroad,
one mile cast of Lafayette, liul. A
freight train came around the curve at
full speed and the engineer seeing tho fire,
put on stciun and passed over safely. The
second section of the train was flagged
and stopped before it readied the bridge
and the trainmen put out the tire. As
tlio engineer of the first (ruin reached
the burning bridge lie saw men run out
from a hiding place near by and disap
pear in the woods.
The American ship Ropes, 4,200 tons
burthen, the largest ship that ever sailed
into Puget sound, arrived in Tacoma,
W. T., being 29 days from Yokohoma
with 8,771 tons of tea and other mer
chandise for Chicago, Boston and Phila
delphia merchants. The ship, Alexander
Gibson, is due in a few days from the
same port. The arrival of the Ropes is
the beginning of direct trade between
Yokohoma and Tacoma, goes Eastward
by 180 cars of the Northern Pacific rail
road Tlio value of the cargo of tlio
ship is $1,500,000.
As a freight tiain 011 the Cleveland &
Marietta Railroad neared Oldham's tres
tle, four miles north of Cambridge,
Ohio, the bridge was seen to be on fire.
The engineer called for brakes, but as the
trainmen thought it was too late to save
the train several of them jumped. I he
fireman, Win. Adams, had a leg broken
and was otherwise hurt. Other jumping
trainmen were severely injured. The
engine and all tho train, except three
cars passed over the trestle, sixty feet
of which fell with tlio three last curs,
dropping them forty-seven feet.
EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO.
A brisk earthquake shock was experi
enced in tho City of Mexico, agitating
houses and making the people dizzy. In
some streets ’the peoplo run out of their
liousos and fell on their knees, praying.
The shock was not severe, and mostly felt
in tlio outlaying portion of the city. The
direction of* tho earthquake was from
north to south, und its duration was
eight seconds. In the eapitnl of tlio
stato of Guierro, two arches in tlio ar
cade in the main squaro were thrown
down. Earthquake shocks wero felt at
Qiziba, Flapa and Qttumba,
ilSiS *’
People Hoincwlint Frightened
Efinrchc* Filled With Sinner*.
Three shocks of earthquake occurred
in various parts of South Carolina. Tho
disturbance was very slight in Charles
ton, which would iudiento that the center
of the trouble was northwest. Neverthe
less the excitement there is very great. A
largo number of white people have loft
tho city on summer excursions. The ne
groes were greatly demoralized, holding
nightly prayer meetings iu churches, and
uiiiify conversions occurring nightly.
Household labor is utterly demoralized.
Among tho whites a vague feeling of
unpleasantness prevails, but thoro is no
interruption to business of any kind.
An earthquake shock was felt at Or
angeburg. It wns accompanied by tlio
usual rumbling nois •, which was quito
lengthy and loud. The shock was general
ly felt. Columbia must got the full benefit
of the earthquake. Houses shook and win
dows rattled to a decided degree. Tho
trembling lasted about ten seconds. A
pronounced cnrtliqunko slufck was felt
at Sumter last night about a quarter
of 11 o’clock at imrht. The rumbling
Hound was particularly heavy and tho
tremor very perceptible. A loud roar
with a small Bbuko was experienced at
Camden.
SOUTHERN ITEMS.
BUDGET OF NEWS GATHERED
HERB AND THEBE.
NUMBER 10.
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COLOR LINE IN VHUHNIA.
The oily of Petersburg, Va., is in a
fcverisli stale of excitement, caused by a
clash between the colored peoplo and
whites. Mrs. Dejarnett wns struck in
tlie street by a negro man, while she wns
interferring iu lielmlf of her child, who
had trouble with n young negro. Tlio
negro man wns arrested, fined $50 and
sent to jail. Dr. Samuel Hinton, a
prominent physician, inturferred in nn
alteration between bis young son anil
some colored children, among whom was
a girl. The girl with a stick threatened
liis soil. Hinton expostulated, and tho
girl's response was that she would kill
the boy. Dr. Hinton then shot the girl.
Ho was arrested and brought before
tlie mayor's court, and the case was con
tinued. The colored peoplo have be
come very violent and havo demanded,
through a colored lawyer, lliat the sumo
punishment bo inflicted on Dr. Hinton
that was given in the case of tlio negro
wlm struck Mrs. Dejarnett. A card
published in tho papers and signed by
piomincut colored men, lias incensed tlio
while portion of the community. Wur-
ranls were issued and the editor of tho
Index-Appeal and tho signers of the card
were arrested on tlio ehargo of libel.
Tlio excitement lias become so intense
that tlie mayor ordered three companies
of militia to hold themselves in readiness
to presorvo tho pence.
CUT IN
A watchman in tlio employ of Wiescl
Bros., nt 0 White street, New York, on
opening tlie store discovered n mail inside
tlio railing. Knowing tlie intruder had
no business thoro, bo quickly locked the
door and went for a policeman. When
the officer appeared on tlio scene the
supposed thief started for tlie front of
tlio building, and without hesitation
sprang headforemost through tlio plate
glass window. A.largo sign outside tlio
window impeded his descent, and lie lay
face downward on tlie shattered glass,
which was fast cutting his body in two.’
He was re; cued from his position, but
died in ten minutes afterward witlioTit
uttering a word. Ho was identified 11s
Jimmie McDavitt, a well-known profes
sional thief. O11 the officers searching
the promises, a confederate ofMDnvilt’s
was found and captured. lie is known
to the police as “Rats.”
“HETTY AND THE BABY.”
Atony ltnllronil Acolilenl*—IVhat 1* Train*
plrliialn Temperance .11*ller*—Seelnl
Ami l(cll«ioiis (iosulp-
The remains of Judge Samuel Hall, of
tlio Supreme Court of Georgia, were laid
at rest at Albany.
I. O. McDaniel, tlio father of cx-Gov-
ernor II. D. McDaniel of Altoona, Ga.,
is dead. Ho was born in South Carolina.
The mayor of Savannah, Ga., has or
dered the police to arrest overy person
displaying swiuging signs or signs erect
ed on top of posts.
Warren Frazier, a colored brakeinan on
tlie Georgia Railroad, fell between two
box cars ns the train was passing Grove-
town. nml wns instnntly killed by tho
wheels passing ovor his body.
The extensive works of the St, Louis,
Mo., Car Wkoel Company, situated in
the western suburbs of tho city, wero
destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated
at about $100,000; fully insured.
At Jackson, Miss., Chief Justico
Cooper refused lo issue a writ of luibcas
corpus in the ease of Hamilton and
others, charged with tlie murder of Gnin-
broll, the editor of a prohibition paper.
Tlio Board of Aldermen, of Albany,
Ga., refused permission (o the Salvation
Army to parade the streets or make any
demons)rations, on tho ground that the
army wns a miisaticc, and tho majority
of tlie people opposed them.
Tho Atlanta, Gu., polico havo got on
to tho now racket of tlio drinkers who
wish to evade the prohibition law—in
dependent clubs. Recently, several ar
rests were inode of porters, waiters and
barkeepers of such places.
A meeting of citizens of Atlnntn, Gn.,
was held, to consider tlio advisability of
holding an election about Nov. 20th, to
repeal the picsent prohibition law. One
citizen offered $10,000 as a campaign
fund to defeat prohibition.
Unprecedented rains havo fnllcn
throughout North Texas. All tho rivers
aro over their banks, anil ninny washouts
aro reported. Trains nro all delayed.
Eleven persons have been drowned nt
Cleburne, seven of whom belonged to n
family named Schmidt.
Hon. C. G. Meinjniugcr, of Charles
ton, S. C., who was secretary of the Coli-
federnte States treasury and one of Pres
ident Davis’s most trusted friends and
confidential advisors, is seriously ill at
liis summer residence nt Flat Rock, and
not expected to recover.
An accident occurred on the East Ten
nessee rnilroud, Romo division, ill Long’s,
fifty-live miles from Atlanta, Ga. Freight
train No. 80 ran into the second section
of No. 80. Roth engines were damaged
considerably and n delay of three or four
hours caused. No lives wero lost.
Chester, 8. C., is very much excited
over the reported indications of a gold
mine there. An expert from Colorado
reports that from specimens of ore found
there, lie lias faith enough in it to pay a
tntion
Dml Colored Mon Rim Thing* Their Own
Way on n Hiennier;
A lot of negro gamblers took passage on
the steamer Tnrouatoeska at Apalachicola,
Fin. When about twclvo miles from the
city they became engaged in a quarrel
with a lot of negro raftsmen. Pistols
were drawn and a fusilude of shots be
gan. The captain of tho steamer, assis
ted by liis crow, attempted to quell tlio
disturbance. A negro drew a weapon
upon tlio officer and told him lo vacate
the lower deck. Tlie captain and liis crew
being unarmed, retreated to tlio upper
deck. The steamer was then put about
and headed toward the city. Just before
she mado the landing at tlio wharf
Capt. Randlotto ordered tho police
to lot no mnn como ashore.
The negroes then look a small liont,
when the officers began firing upon them.
Tho lire wns returned, but with po effect.
About two hundred other negroes had
congregated upon tho wharf, armed
with stloJcd and weapons of various kinds,
and Several of their number wero urging
tho IfltUyks to pitch into the whites. Sev
eral urrcsjji -..wero made nml somo thirty
shots were tired. Tho militia were or
dered-put; and it was only by tlio cool
ness and determination of the whites that
a serious Hot'was prevented.
WILL IIE HUNPENIIKIL
The Chicago III*, lie,mil snys, tlie
seven condemned anarchists aro to liang.
Information 1ms been received through
reliable sources, that, the supremo comt
will affirm the dentil verdict against the
nnarchists when they meet. The opinion
in the case will then lie filed by tlio jus
tice who made it, and it will roceivo tlio
signature of all other justices, who, it
would appear, are fully acquainted with
its contents. Chief of Police, Ebersold
and Sheriff Matson have already received
an intimation of what is roming, mid
they have been making active preparation
to meet any emergency that may arise.
That Sheriff Matson also had received di
rect intimation of the action of tlio court, h
evidenced by tho extraordinary precau
tions ho has been taking lately in keep
ing suspicious persons out of the jiil
Everybody who calls to see tlie anarchist-
is closely watched wliilo in j d 1 , and no!
v few visitors nro denied l — msion.
RIVALLING WOOLFOLK.
Frankfort, Ky., was crowded with
peoplo from all parts of tlie state, and all
was a bustle of excitement, tlio occasion
being tlio inauguration of Gen. S. B.
Buckner. The grand stand in the stato
house yard wns beautifully decorated
with flags, festoons and flowers. Seats
were provided for the people in front of
it, and back of the slate house were 150
tents spread for the use of tho soldiers.
A procession composed of tlio stato mili
tia, officials, judges of court of appeals
nnd superior courts, and tlie city fire de
partment and police, escorted Gen. Buck
ner to tlie state house, whore tlio oatli of
office was administered to him by Chief
Justice Price. The retiring governor, J.
P. Proctor Knott, will make liis homo in
Louisville nnd resume the practice of tho
law. It is iiaid one of the first acts of
GoV. Buckner will lie to stamp on the
lawlessness now prevailing in Rowan
county.
COLORED BAPTISTS;
The American National Baptist Con
vention (colored) assembled 111 Mubilo,
Ala., in annual session. Delegates were
present from Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio.
Rev. M. J. 1/immon?, of Louisville, Ky.,
tlie president, made the opening address,
showing tlio progress of the work of the
colored Baptists. A11 address of wel
come was then made by tlie Rev. IV. F.
Owens, pastor of tlie Third Baptist
Church, in which tlie convention is
meeting. Dr. Simmons was re-elected
president, and the Rev. Mr. Owens vice-
president.
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS’ HOME.
One of the most popular movements
that lias been started in the South, is the
suggestion of Samuel Inman for the es
tablishment in Atlanta, Ga., of a Con
federate Soldiers’ Home at. Atlanta.
The principal citizens of the state of
Georgia have expressed their approbation
of tlio scheme, and at the Piedmont Ex
position, boxes will be placed to receive
the donations of those who desire to aid.
At tho time the Home was projected,
which wns finally located at Richmond,
Va., Gen. J. A. Gordon endeavored to
have it placed nt Atlanta, and undoubt
edly ho will take 0,11 active part in tlie
Homo now proposed. A large portion of
the money to build tho Richmond Home
was contributed by Northern veterana
ALUU8TA QUAKE.
large amount of money for a plnntat
wliqrc the specimens were found.
The heaviest rain of tlio season fell at
Raleigh, N. C., and extended over a
large area. Bnino streams roso at the
rate of l.Ir' 1 inches per hour and flooded
crops. Laigo quantifies of hay in the
low grounds wore washed away. Great
damage lias been done to all Ik “'-ground
crops.
The total voto cast on tlie liquor ques
tion in Meriwether ooimly, Gn., wns
2,850. Of this, 1,014 were cast for pro
hibition, and 1,880 votes wero cast
against prohibition. Tlie prohibitionists
make the claim that hundreds of negroqs
who voted wero disqualified because
non-payment of taxes.
Frank W. Harper, of Versailles, Ky,p,
lias ordered a beautiful and costly mom jj
ment of pure white marble to bo place' t
over the grave of Ten Rrocck, the cel’’ 111
brnted trotting lioree. It will bo sevu-l 1 -'
feet and two inches high, surmountei ol
with an urn. The date of Ten Brocck’ail
birth and deatli and liis famous rccordii K
will be inscribed 011 the monument. 1( |
The rate committee of tho Southertjij
Tariff Association, which is composed oi^.
nil tlio freight agents in tlie Southern
States, met at Atlnntn, Ga. Tiro matters
connected with rates and classifications'*
were discussed. A new rate was made)
on tho goods manufactured in cotton fac-d
toiies, and the classification was chnngeilli
from tho fifth lo tho sixth class. n
A (ire occurred at Brnuchville, S. C.,
nnd destroyed nine bui.(lings, ns follows :,f
Hamilton’s genoral store and. residence, e
Black’s general store, A. F. II. Duke’s,
general store and residence, J. Knrrish’s”
millinery store, Pearlstinc, Karish & Co.’s
general store, J. R. Mayes’ general store
and D. D. Myers’general store nnd dwell-:’
ing. Loss $10,000; insurance $0,000. 1
Cal Toliver, tho lad 12 years of age
who was spared by the Logans during I
tlie mnssnero nt Moreliead, Ky., was fired;;
011 from ambush near town. Several of-,
Logan’s followers, who have been in-p
dieted for supposed participation in the j
massacre, are biding in the mountains j
near town, heavily armed, and cannot be
arrested. Trqops will leave when court j
adjourns, and it is expected fighting will)
begin then. I
A fire broke out in Riggs’s livery stable 1
nt Richmond, Ky., destroyed it, and •
then spread to tho business portion of l
the city. Arnold’s grocery, Gentry & .
Co. ’s hardware, then tlie new opera,
house, Neff s produce store, Douglas’s
butcher shop, Green’s opera house, the 1
Adam Express Company’s office, Dinned ■
& Co.’s restaurant, and Smith & Belton's’
shop were destroyed. Loss about $00,-»
COO; insurance $20,000. t
A flic wns discovered in tho kitchen of:
the James Hotel at Denton, Texas. The-
proprietor seeing the flames beyond con-f
trol, had the guests aroused. Col. A. J. t
Hitchcock, a Texas veterau, was warned ^
and started from liis room, but lost his
way and ran into the flames. After a R
long search liis charred remains were j
found, in the ruins. He was one of the ‘
survivors of tlio Fiinnin massacre at Go- ’
line! in March, 1837. He was 73 years of
age, a native of Georgia, and leaves a
largo estate.
Albert Meiul did n terrible murder at
thoMondville mining camp, at Santa Fo,
New Mexico, in which lie was partner.
Ho had fallen out with tlie company and
went lo tlie camp to secure certain papers.
Ho hid in tlie bushes to ambush lus part
ners, two of whom were expected to pass
in a wagon. When the team was within
fifty, yards of tlie camp, Albert stepped
from the brush with a Winchester rifle in
his hand and ordered a halt. He ordered
a Mr. Hands to call Ilarvoy Mend and
Joseph Downing from tlie cabin. Mead
and Downing enmo out. Albert fired
mid Downing fell dead. A second shot
killed Harvey Mead and a third fatally
wounded Hands. Fred Mead, who was
in tho wagon, attempted to fire 011 Albert,
hut liis weapon snapped, and the two
men clinched and struggled for tlio weap
on. Fred securing it, allot Albert through
the lionrt.
A I’lOUS CAME.
Albert Howell, aged 30 years, a letter
carrier, was arrested in Boston, Mass.,
on tlie charge of embezzling letters. lie
was held in $1,500 for the next term of
court. Howell 1 ever .-tol<; the letters on
his own route, but took letters from t. e
boxes of other carriers before they had
been put in tlio pouches. Howell is a
church member and carried his religious
/ \v‘ ( ,, . t 4‘rtf. !"vleetTii’t -[I'e"l'is,istst'cliur
liapsist e
Tuesday before tlio lid Sunday, at 4 j>. k
in each month.
THE METHODIST... l’.irsonago Aid s
ciely meets every lst/Tuesday in the Me
odist Church at 4.00 ociook p. in.
PROTRACTED MEETING...At Smyn
M P. Cun, pastor Saturday before tl
■llh Sunday in August.
SUPERIOR COURT CALENDER.
HON. JAMES. K. MINES, -- Judge
COL. >' if. ROGERS, Solicitin' Uencra
A. M. MAYO, Clerk,
C. A. WALL, Sheriff,
CASH PRICES.
13Y
Holt A Bro.
Conti F.CTI-: 11 AY E EKI.V.
Lorillftids Snuff per lb
Stick Candy “ “
fin ct;
10 c.ti
25 ct
“ “ 7 \ ct
“ “ (i (a 7 etH
“ 8(«S 10 ct
“ “ 25 cts
“ “ 5 ct
noco per lb 5
per can 10 ct;
per cun JOcti
per can 10 ct.
per gal 30 ct;
•• “ 21 (i'j 25 ct
17* cH
Tobacco
Soda
Sugar
Lard
Powder
So aP „
oa il L >
Apples
Oysters
Tomatoes
Vinegar
Molasses
Kerosinc Oil
Ribbbon Cano syrup per gal 50 cl
Remember we keep all kinds of gro
ceries and roll them cheaper than any on
else. We aro also headquarters for Glass
ware, Tin ware, Crockery wave, Woddenwari
notions, Jewelry, nml every tiling else kept
in a first class Grocery Store Dont fail ti
come to see us when in seaicli of bargains
We can lie found at the 10, cent Store ol
standj uid oppos to Pringle’s store,
Respectfully,
HOLT & BRO.
Ma 17tli 1887,-3 mo.
BEFORE THE DAWN.
Tlio silence of tho summer night—
A space or two ltefnro its flight',
Falls deeper on iho ilowy height
And hollow, where nil webby-whlte,
Tlio early mists begin to float:
And then the peaceful hush is stirred—
Tho flwt swoct enrol of a bird
From out tho solemn dark Is hoard,
A clear, awakening note.
We hoar It, rousing from a dream,
And know wldle nil things earthly seem
Wrapped closo in n'ght, a vague white glean*
Is surely broadening to n beam
Of flaring light and forvont power;
A drowsy fancy of tho dawn
Comos to us, in n moment gone—
Perhaps n fairy on the lawn
Is creeping from each flower.
Torbaiis between tho night nnd day,
Tho elves do meet nnd dance away
Tho mystic hour when mortals stay
Enchained by slumber's potent sway,
Amt vanish when the east grows red.
And in good truth must fairies ply
A hundred arts while yet the sky
Is dark, before tho planets die,
Or the late moon lias fled.
They tint tho volvot sward anew,
And brim tlio lilybolls with dew,
And tlngo the skies with tender blue,
And trail white veils of vapor through,
Tho treotops nnd tho valleys low;
They stir and fail tlio drowsy air,
And scatter fragrance everywhere;
And pin white blossoms hero and there
Like starry flecks of snow.
And lol when daylight breaks serene,
Upon th* widespread, rndiniit sceno—
The bloom of (lowers, the dewy green
Of treotops, with white webs between
The early glow of lane nnd lawn,
AVe look, anil utter words of praise,
But reck not of the honvon-sent fays
Who set the picture for bur gnz#
And flit before the dawn.
—I Ini tie Whitney,
PITH AM POINT.
Old ns tho hills—The valleys.
A legal hlnnk—Tlio idiotic lawyer.
A largo head is a sign of brains, but a
big head is a sign of folly.—Philadelphia
Call.
A plceo of her cake she'd givo—how kind—
Whenever to ask he did see fit.;
Now they nro married, it piece of her mind
She will glvoSvithout his asking for It.
—tloodaWs Sun.
A novel under tlio curious name of
“Tho Wasp” is jufit published. It must
have a had ending.—Life.
The small boy in n frolic
Hobs the orchard of its apples,
And Ids in’nrds cruel colic
Subsequently grimly grapples.
—Button Courier.
“Johnny,” said the minister, rather
severely, “do you clicw tobacco?" “Yes,
sir,” wns the reply, “but I’m clean out
just now; Jimmy Brown's got some,
though.”— Washington Critic.
Truth, crushed to earth, will rise again,
It springeth quickly up;
And those who lmve tried tho experiment says
It’s the sumo with 11 barrel hoop.
—Tid-Blts.
Oft In the chilly night,
Ero solar rays hud bound us,
linvo wo for lient cried out
With blankets all around us.
But now when Sol has got tlio cal 1
To burn us up like tether,
Wo sigh for Ice, with breezes nice,
And elvll-servico weather.
—New York Journal
Short Stories From the Chinese.
A young tiger met an old one ami
said: “I got hold of anmn to-day whoso
upper parts wero so tasteless und his
nether parts so sour, that, hungry ns I
was, I left him in disgust. I wonder
wliatsortof man this could lie?” “A
student who has lmd to buy liis degree,"
was tlie reply.
Chang anil Cluing mutually agreed to
start a brewery. Said Chang to Cluing:
“You supply tho rice and I will furnish
tlio water.” “But,” queried Chung, “if
the profits are divided accordingly to tho
capital embarked, 1 am afraid it will bo
difficult to upportioq your share.” “Oh,
I’m not afraid,” said Chang; “when tho
brow is over, give me tlio water; you
can have the remainder.”
A man wns seized by a tiger. Tho
victim’s son took his bow and pursued.
“Hit him in tho leg,” cried tlio father,
“else you’ll spoil the mnrkot value of tlio
skin.”
A bibulous individual, on entering a
restaurant, noticed that tlie wine cups
were small. After seating himself, lio
gave vent to a most demoniacal series of
howls and groans. “What is the mnt-
. ter?" asked the startled landlord. “Ah,”
answered the man, “my father, a hale,
hearty mnn, met his death nt a friend's
table by accidentally swallowing a small
wine cup, so whenever I see similar ones,
tlie memory of the sad event overcomes
me." It is needless to add that the cup
was replaced by a huger ouc.
A hard drinker dreamed that he had
become possessed of a bottlo of genuine
stuff, hut, determined to enjoy it
thoroughly, he had begun to beat it.
During the heating process lie awoke.
“IIoo, hoo,” he groaned. “If I had.
known this was to happen, I would havo
drunk it cold.”
A servant did not fill a guest’s cup to
the brim. Tho latter, holding it up, re
marked :■ “This cup is too deep, and
broke a piece of. “How is that?” cried
the host. “If the upper part can’t hold
liquor, of whnt use is it?” was the smart
rotor;.—Chinese llceicw.
Several slight shocks of earthquake; 1
were felt at Augusta, Ga.
Go slow in this hot weather anil spa*#
tho hearse horses.
$100 to $300
A MONTE
can be mach
working for us, Agents proferrec
who can furnish their own horses ani
give their whole time to the business
Spare mements may bo profitably
employed also. A low vacancies
towns and cities 1 B. F. JGHNSOI
& CO., 1013 Main street, Richmond
Vn. 4-23-3m
Discipline Must Bo ’Preserved.
A cadet at West Point was recently
arrested and confined three days in the
guard house for brushing a fly off his
nose while 011 parade. And that same
day the Indians came up to a small fort
in Northwestern Dakota and chased tho
man on picket duty a mile and a half
and then run off twclvo'hcad of horses
nnd yelled so loudly that the hair of tho
commanding officer, who recently came
out from Washington, turned white. And
tiie Govcrnmcutnovcrsaida word—not a
whisper. You wouldn’t havo known it
was anywhere around. In fact.it wasn’t.
It was back at West Point running that
poor cadet all over the grounds nnd
whooping at him till it was hoarse and
asking him what ho meant by insulting
the flag by brushing that fly oil his nose.
—Dakota Bell.
Wo ffommonly slander more through
vanity than malice.
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