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Cor. Telegraph and Meetenoer.
Shall we go to “Coney Island ?” Of
courso we will; all the world goes there!
The fashionable up-town world of New
York; the work-a-day world from middle
New York; the wretched poverty-stricken
world from lower New York—from its
slums and its alleys, its hiding placos-of
filth and crime! The railroads leading
from the city are great sluice way a dis
charging ou Coney Island New York’s
weary, heated population. The fine lady
from Fifth avenue “in silk attire,” ‘the
beggar In rags, the shop-girl in cheap fine
ry, the elegant gentleman—the smutty
boot black—the—the—“man that stole
Charley Ross,” or anybody else, is liable
to be your t£s a vis or traveling compan
ion out for a day’s pleasuring at “Coney
Island. “One touch of nature makes the
world akin,” and one hot day in New
York sets us all to wiping our brows,
thpugh my lady uses a point-lace handker
chief and the mendicant wipes away the
drops with a tattered sleaze; and all of
us feel the same longing for cool breezes
and change from stifling city heat. Luck
ily there is a place lor us all to go, “the
high and the low, the rich and the poor,”
and “Coney Island” Is Its name. “
When
we proposed to go, a friend of ours pro
posed to go with us. Our friend did not
live in New York. .Maybe he lived In
Georgia. It dou’t matter where he lived,
lie was of a middle-aged type of beauty
and married; and his bald head spoke
eloquently of many a thrilling episode in
domestic life. When he proposed to go
his wife proposeJ to go too. He looked
solemn at this, but remarked feebly that
ho would lie delighted to have her. She
then proposed to take two of the cliil
dren. My husband turned pale at this
point and observed to me privately, “Darn
her!” 1 sympathized with him and he
went on; “Why do people always take
children on excursions for other people to
take caro of?” “Give it up,” sighed I. “I
know wliat they’ll do,” he continued
despairingly. “Those blessed young ones
will beat me with chicken bones all the
way to Coney Island and ruin my new
clothes I’ve just bought in the—the—Bow
ery.” He seemed unable to suppress bis
grief at this sad picture, and my own eyes
grew dim with tears. “What will we do
when their mother and father go off and
leavo ’em for us to hold ? Mothers and
fathers always do that way.” “Give up
this one, too,” says I. He pondered long,
then suddenly brightened: “I’ll tell you
wbat we’ll do; the oldest one we’ll hang
up, on a book, or something; the baby
we’ll roll up In a bundle, put onr shawl
strap around it, aud we’ll carry it that
way. Good idea, isn’t It? Never saw a
baby carried that way, did you? Don’t
suppose anybody ever thought of it; but
it’s a fine Idea, darn roe if it ain’t!”
“Yes," said I, hopefully, “It Is a splendid
idea, and li the baby cries much wu’II
put it in our valise.” “So we will!” he
exclaimed with delight, and thus soothed
and comforted we “bid farewell to every
fear, wiped our weeping eyes,” aud began
witli our friends the journey to Coney
Island. The baby proved on investigation
to bo the ordinary, bald-headed, toothless
aud idiotic type that infests Noitb Amer
ica (and the rest of the world, so
far as known), believed to be harmless
hut much given to making insane lunges
at people's eyes and uttering loud, tieree
yells without provocation, it also had an
a pretty woman! Do
you see her? That oue in the blue hath
ing suit. Look at her arms—look at her,
her ankles, aud there comes two or three
more just as pretty. Make haste—let’s go!
don’t cost but 50 cents, I’ll pay it—sea
bathing—the healthiest thing iu the
world. Make haste.” “Where pre you
going?” said both we wives, grabbing our
respective husbands. “Oh! wo—we are
going to bathe. Cau’t do Coney Island
without bathing .In the surf; so good for
our health,” said one; and the other said
“We’ve just heard Boynton is here. You
know Boynton. Greatest swimmer on the
earth—I mean on the sea. He invented
the submarine telegraph, orpatent diving
bell, I forget what now. Anyway, ho
swam across the British Channel in it,
and we want to switfi a race with him,
“Can’t we see it?” queried L “Of course
you can’t, goosey. We—we are going to
swim out of sight of land, and—aud you’ll
get your feet wet standing on the sand,
and you had better go back there and rest
—pointing to some seats half a mile away
—and wait ’till we come.” So the other
wife, the badd-beaded infant, the inquisi
tive child and the undersigned meekly
and obediently disappeared in the oppo
site direction. We reached the seats and
there remained—all but the Inquiring
child. She, bent ou some voyage of dis
covery, speedily left us, aud the minutes
dragged into hours, and at last “the sun
lay crimson In the west,” ahd still they
did not come—those husbands of ours!
“Where can they be?” we queried
again aud again. Alter an interminable
time they made their appearance, aud in
high feather, evidently. “Oh, we’ve had
a glorious swim r they exclaimed
“Found any sea nymphs?” asked our
friend’s wife, suspiciously, of her husband.
He winked at my husband; he was evt-
einbarrassing way ot grabbing strange
young men by the beard and calling them
“papa! ” The other child had attained
the interesting age of nine or ten. Tills
child was remarkable for its lore of
knowledge (and the pursuit thereof under
ail dilliculUes), its desire to penetrate
mysteries, to inquire into the origin of
things, to know the “unknowable! ” You
perceive this child was a “metaphysician.”
it sought to investigate “noumena.”
It was also a “positivist;” it explored phe
nomena. It was also a natural discoverer.
If Columbus had not discovered America,
this child would have done it. It was
also a lemale, therefore it told what it
discovered. Its discoveries were not al
ways pleasant—but I anticipate. After
some time riding on the cars we shot sud
denly from the open country Into a large
house. You may think this was a depot.
It was not. This was Coney Island—
the conductor said so. We got out rather
bewildered, and followed the crowd
through a wide ball, up a flight of steps,
out on an immense veranda, and fairy
laud broke suddenly on our astonished
vision. Bight in front of us
rolled the blue ocean; great breakers tum
bled in cascades of foam almost upon gor
geous beds oi flowers and tropical-hue!
foliage plants; crowds of gaily dressed
people passed and repassed in every di
rection, while from a gigantic sca-sliell,
where sat musicians clad in scarlet and
gold, floated strains of sweetest music,
and as we stood, spell-bound, all the
sounds died in one wild, sweet burst of
harmony, and a single cornet took up the
refrain, and we held our breath to listen,
for—
“Now ’twos like all instruments,
Now like a lonely flute,
And now it is an angel’s song
That makes the heavens be mate.
“That’s Levy, tho greatest cornet player
on earth,” says I; “everybody kuows his
airs—the airs he plays and the airs he
puts on—that’s he, but where are we?”
“Where are we?” echoed my husband, in
terrogating one of the passing multitude.
“This is the Manhattan Hotel, Coney
Island," replied the stranger, aud vanish
ed. “I’m glad to hear it,” said my hus
band, sitting down, elevating his feet ou
the nearest railing, Georgia fashion, and
hanging his hat on his left ear. “Man
hattan Hotel, and a darned line
place it is, too. If I could just get
on the right side of a few hundred
‘bales of futures' I’d buy this place for a
summer residence. Darn me, if I
wouldn’t, and I’d have all my friends in
Georgia to come*and visit me. I like the
idea of having a railroad rein right iuto
your house. Don’t have to hitch up aud
go to the depot, and we’d sit out here and
drink mint cocktails and gin juleps,aud”—
‘‘Vuu haven't?” said I, suggestively.
“No, I haven’t,” he replied, indignantly.
“Not asoul has asked me since I’ve been
here; and I’d hire old wiiat’s-bis-name
Levy to toot out there on bis tin horn in
that clam shell all day; his muiic always
makes me feel so good. I want to sing
some myself. I’d sing a hymn if I could
think of one. Wbat’s that one about ‘Co-
ay’s Isle ? ’ ’Tls too! Cony’s Isle I Reck
on I know what I’m talking ’bout!
‘Wbat tho’ the spicy breezes blow soft
o’er Cony’s Isle, aud every prospect
pleases’—I forget the rest, but that’s it—
Tain I flninn f a flitnlr nf
deutiy In a most hilarious mood. “OK
yes; I had an adventure with them. To
describe it I will paraphrase the—the—
‘Greek .Hylas.’ Ahem! (Striking an
attitude):
“I had but just begun to float with repta
rous motion,
Tho lucid coolness folding close nroun
mo—
When soft I heard a murmuring of voices.
And with the sound a cool, smooth arm
aronnd mo
Slid like a wave, and down the green, clear
' darkness,
Glimmered on either side a lovely maid;
They kissed my neck with lips of humid
coral,
And murmured softly: Come with us, we
love thee,
Como with u», thou beauteous youth; oh,
follow
Where thou no more shall hear of cotton
futures;
Or yetof spots, or “selling goods on cred-
Within n little country town in Georgia;
Bat by our arms be lapped in endloss
quiet,
Witlun the shadowy caves of ocean hollow;
Come with us, lovely boy, we pray thee;
We hold within our arms thy beauty pris
oned,
Come, oh come ?”
“And what did you say ?” queried liis
wife, sarcastically. I replied, sternly:
“Unlock your round, white arms; take from
my shoulder
The tangled swell of your bewildering
tresses;
For I am married! And my wife is dearor
Tnan all yon Conoy Island nymphs in
‘navy flannel.’
nm but mortal. Leave mo, then, in-
stanter!
I wonld not change my marital cxistonce,
Tho’swept by storms, shocked by domestic
Grander.
To reign a king beneath the dark green
water,
And kiss suoh pretty gnis as yon all day
and Sunday.”
‘Cony’s Isle: Come to think of it.
though, that’s a funeral hymn, ain’t it ?
No? Missionary?.Oh,I remember—taka
op a collection when they sing it. 1
knew there was something sad about it.”
“Come,” called our friend, interrupting,
“let’s go down and watch the sea
nymphs.” “Sea nymphs? “Certainly;
here’s where they live ’neath these
‘cool translucent waves’and here’s where
they ‘raise their lovely heads, above old
° ■'•An's coral beds.” So down to the beach
we went to hunt sea nymphs. Above us,
"'kiTe we went, ran two long galleries
connecting the bath houses with the sea,
and up and down these galleries passed
continually a procession ot bathers, some
going into the water, others returning,
salted and unsalted, and my husband and
bis friend studied them attentively, and
after a silence one exclaimed, sol to voce:
“Sea nymphs (?) I say .it I Ugliest lot
of women ever I saw in my life I Such
looking—well l” “Are you going to
bathe?” I asked my husband. “Not I;
don’t you know I’ve got rheumatism—
wouldn’t go in that cold water for pay.”
“Are you ?” the other wife inquired of the
other husband. “Wbat do you ask me
such silly questions for?” be replied. “It
costs fifty cents and I’ve got no mooey to
throw away, and besides I’ve got s dread
ful cough, and—good heavens!” he sud
denly exclaimed, clutching my husband
Wildly. “Ah, Lord, what a pretty woman!
The inquiring child had returned. Sho
now stood gazing at her father with wide-
open eyes of astonishment. “Why, papa,"
she exclaimed; I went down to the beach
to see yon swim that race, and I
was looking right at you aud heard
every word you said to those pretty girls.”
The father’s face suddenly assumed an
ashen hue, bat witli some difficulty lie
arranged a sweet, playful smile upon Ids
countenance, and remarked: “Never
mind ’bout talking now; papa’ll give bis
little girl some candy.” “Go on,” said
the mother to the child, “I’d like to
hear; goon.” And the inquiring child
went on inexorably. “I saw papa go to
the ropes where the pretty girls were, and
Mr. U. (pointing to my husband) was
teaching them how to swim, and the girls
hollered out: ‘Get out! get out!
you’re married, old bald head!’
And Mr. fl. said: ‘Yes, he is,
girls,* (and Mr. H. kept his hat on his
lead all the time), ‘he’s married, turn
him out!’ And the girls chunked papa
with clam shells and dead crabs till be
had to duck under, and then he raised his
head and said, ‘Ladies, ’tls false. I am
not married. I am only twenty-two years
of ace. I don’t know that man, pointing
fo Mr. II.; never saw him befare, and he
knows no more about me than a—a Geor
gia “mule knows about the shorter cate
chism.” 1 repeat, I am not married. My
baldness is premature, and, and, acci
dental ! I, I, am a native of the State of
Texas, and from eating so much beefthere
the roof of my mouth became so caked with
tallow they Lad to pour hot water on top
of my head to melt it. Hence my bald
ness.’ But the girls laughed and holler
ed, 'That’s like your hair, too thin, old
bald head, too thin!’ ” “I thought,” said
our friend’s wife, surveying him musingly,
“I thought they called you ‘beauteous
youth.’” A sickly grin replaced the
elaborately constructed smilo of playful
innocence upon our friend’s lips; great
drops stood on his blow; ho took oif bis
liat, (man’s last resort in extremity),
looked into it bard and long, replaced it
upon his head, and then fixed hi3 gaze en
quiringly upon the distant ocean.
A. profound silence fell on us all,
broken only by the murmur of
some of the “sad sea waves” that
had become entangled in this miserable
man’s few remaining locks of hair, and
now sliding down bis left ear tinkled
slowly and musically upon his celluloid
shirt collar.
L.YSCII LAW MX ILLINOIS.
A Murderer Taken from Bloomington -
Ml and Hansed—A Wild Mob’s Be* '
Tense lor tbe Millinc of a Jailer—A j
Hlcbt of LoirleuneH and Terror-
Some of the Canine Hut Led to tbe J
Traced}-.
Bloomington, 111.., October 2.—About
half 0 o'clock last night Ted Franks, the
jailer, was shot and killed by a prisoner
named Charles Pierce, incarcerated for
horse stealing. The jailor went into the
jail to change tbe prisoner from one cell
to another. The jailer had a revolver In
his hip pocket and no coat on. He went
to unlock the cell door, when the prisoner
seized the revolver and shot the jailer in
tbe back. The jailer then turned around
and was shot in the shoulder. The priso
ner fired a third shot, the ball piercing
Franks’heart, going clear through the
body and killing him instantly. Tbe
oilier prisoners seized tbe murderer and
prevented him from escaping and wrested
the revolver from iiim. News of the mur-
of
! by: “I hopes it’ll be Grant.” When it
j was known shortly afterward that it was
not Grant, but Garfield, the sharp Italian
. was asked why he wanted Grant. “Ohio
men don’t buy flowers,” was the laconic
I answer. “Grant’s friends are rich and
spend a heap of money, and makes traei-
, ness good. Ohio comes in a carpet sack.’
THE END.
By the glaring electric light I saw,
few hours’ later, our friend standing at a
counter. He was standing unsteadily. In
Ills band he held a tumbler with some
kind of colored fluid, some ice and a long
straw in it, fend he was singing in an un
steady voice aud with streaming tears,
the words:
“I'm going homo, I’m going home
I’m going home to lie no more.”
“Come,” said my husband, approach
ing him, “come, old Georgia cracker, I’m
going to put you to bed. ‘Coney Island
sea nymphs’ and ‘Gin fizz’ have been too
many for you;” and they departed togeth
er, and the last I saw o! our friend he
was singing and soliliquizing—
“I’m going home, I’m going home,
I’m coin’ home (hie) in the old ship of
Zion,
Hallo-la ! halle-lu !»
“In the old ship of—no I’ll bo—dashed if
I’m goin’ home in ‘old ship (hie) Zion.’
I’m goin’ home in City of ’Gusts, dash
me—if I ain’t. ‘Old ship Zion’ don’t run
to Savannah. Wadley done got old
Gyptian obelisk (hie) ship, but he ain’t
never heard ‘old ship (hlc) Zion,* you bet,
or he’d bought it (hie) long go, tor Cen
tral railroad. ” Mas. B. W. H.
How tbo Church 1* Bobbed.
Texas Si/Ungt.
“Yes,” said Gas De Smith, “these sa
loons should be closed on Sunday. They
are doing more to breakdown tho churches
than everything else put together.”
“Howis that?”
“Well, now, for instance, that saloon
keeper on tho corner of the nvenue swin
dles my pool pastor out of fifteen cents
every Sunday."
“How doe3 he do it?”
“Well,yon see (stop in there on my way
to church and, as he won’t credit me, X
have to shell ont the money I put in my
racket to drop in the contribution box.
le rob i me of those church funds every
Sunday regular. He ought to be ridden on
a rail.”
A Strutt Raw, or AflMl.
Washington Special to Neve York Herald id.
It is rumored here that ex-Goveruor
Dingley. who was elected to fill the vacancy
in the Second Maine Congressional dil
trict, caused by the election of W. B. Frye
to the United 8tates Senate, will decline
the election, and that James G. Blaine will
then be nominated with the certainty of
election and tbe hope of being elected the
next speaker of the House of Represeata-
1 tives.
der spread like wildfire, and cries
veugcance were soon heard from the knots
of men about the street. By 8 o’clock tbe
jail was entirely surrounded by at least
five thousand men, women and boys,
every one demanding the blood of the
murderer. For two hours the officers
wrestled and combatted with the infuri
ated crowd. Tbo sheriff, with all his
fore-, the police force, Senator Fifer,
State's Attorney Faster, and several others
stood at tbo door of the jail and pleaded
with aud fought the maddened crowd till
they were entirely exhausted. Large bat
tering rams, tledge3, hammers, and chisels
were freely used, aud iu a short Lime the
doors and windows of the office were
broken open. The mob fought for en-
tranoe, aud after considerable time tho
officers were forced back, and, amid great
cheers, the mob rushed in.
A large iron door stood; between the
furious crowd and the prisoner, hut, after
applying tLeir destructive implements for
a few minutes, the massive door tumbled
from its hinges, and tho men who had
worked so long and hard for tho Wood of
the man who had slain tlieir fellow towns
man rushed into tbe hall of the jail
proper. Tho cell containing tho mqr-
derer was designated by the prisoners, and
he, while on his knees praying for mercy,
was dragged out. A large manila rope
was tied about his n.ck, and whilo groan
ing and crying for mercy or delay, he
was dragged out, tho crowd, meanwhile,
sending up cheer after cheer.
The murderer was dragged through the
mud to a tree near tlio jail, aud iu tho
presence of about 5,000 people, he was
hanged. About this time rain began to
fall, but the crowds stayed and waded
through the mud to see the dying man.
When the murderer was raised the first
time Officer Bailey, of tho police force,
imperiled his life by running in and cut
ting the rope. On attempting io repeat
this act of bravery lie came near being
killed. A large number of people climbed
on top of a shed to witness the' execution,
when it fell to the ground. No one was
seriously hurt. After thirty minutes the
murderer was cut down. Tho coroner
look charge of the body.
The officers called out tho fire depart
ment to quell the riot by throwing water
on the crowd. When tho steamer ar
rived on the ground the cry, “Cut the
hose,” convinced the firemen that this
would not do. The ringing of the fire
bells called hundreds more on the streets
and added to tbe excitement. Among the
crowd wero a great many women, who,
with the rest, waded through the mud
and rain, aud cheered those actively at
work.
When the murderer was dangling and
struggling iu the air, a man who had
climbed the tree to adjust the rope, when
the excitement was greatest, jumped from
a tree upon the shoulders of the murderer,
probably breaking his neck. The mur
derer presented a ghastly appearance-
The eyes stared dreadfully, and his pale,
swollen face turned from side to side as
the rope closed tighter and tighter aronnd
liis neck. “There’s law for you! ”
“Baiun the infernal courts !” was cried
throughout tbe crowd.
In a few hours after the lynching tho
excitement went down. The streets
were cleared. By order of the police the
saloons wero closed at 10 o’clock that fur
ther trouble might be obviated
As Pierce was taken out of bis cell he
said to the sheriff: “I want to say some
thing.” “I have nothing to do with this,”
replied the sheriff, and the mob hurried
him out of the jail. As he was being led
along, he cried: “Give me five minutes
to pray! ” “This is not a good timo for
praying! ” cried some one. “Gentle
men,” lie shouted, “I have a mother.”
“So had tho man you murdered,” was the
reply.
It is said that only yesterday, while
Jailer Franks was in tho jail, Fierce re
marked how easily he could take his re
volver and kill him.
The decision of tho Supreme Court giv
ing Patsey Devine a new trial was receiv
ed here yesterday, and grealty exasper
ated the people, they believing lie had a
fair trial. This certainly caused intense
excitement. This evening the cries of
■justice and courts a farce!” were fre
quently heard during the excitement, and
it is generally believed that the decis'ou
was partially the cause of tbe people tak
ing this matter into their own hands.
People at Jacksonville, where Fierce is
known, say ho was subject to epileptic
fits, which have caused temporary mental
aberration. Yesterday, while being taken
to court to plead to the charge of horse
stealing,Fierce was taken with a fit which
lasted two houre, though many believe it
was feigned.
After hanging the wretch, the mob
seemed to lie satisfied and returned to
their home?, and by midnight ail was
quiet. After the body had been cut down
the people cut the rope into small pieces,
which wero carried home as mementoes
of the occurrences of the night. It is the
first banging that ever took place in the
county.
gee re la ry Blaine's Condition
Washington Mepubliean.
A gentleman who has necessarily been
much in contact with Mr. Blaine for some
time pist aoy» the Secretary i» really quite
sick—much more seriously affected than
he makes known. The personal friendship
between General Garfield and Mr. Blaine
had existed for many years, and the death
of tho former was fel: deeply by tbe latter.
This informant says Mr. Blaine told him
early in JDly that no matter how confident
tho physicians seemed to feel that General
Garfield would reoover, nevertheless he
(Mr. Blaine) could see death in the pa
tient’s face. And, farther, this gentleman
whom I gave one pound. This telegram,
however, was never sent. As tbe time for
the doctor* visit approached I was in'
formed that ‘money’ was always i
consideration, and that even £5 would
not be without its influence in determi
ning tbe character of the doctor’s report.
About half past eleven o'clock, a. ns., a
letter was handed to the ‘messenger,’
which be read out to me to this effect:
‘In case of the doctor falling to come, de
tain Mr. Kennard till twelve.' I was
very anxious to obtain-.sny liberty with
out delay, and I offered tbe man another
five pound note to let me out.
This he consented to do, and I was al-
lowed to open the street door and de
part without further molestation. On
getting out I found a hansom cab coming
up tbe street. I immediately got in and
told the cabmau to drive to the Great
Eastern railway station. There I took _
fresh cab and drove straight to Woodford
IIVUkSIlUMi AUU. iUXbUCX. Ul» UVULlCUIUll I /n , , T , , ‘■C “ ' _
says, that frequently during the months of I rclii, where I arrived about 1p.m. I
August and September, at times when all I ~ v ® d rawn U P Ibis statement of the facts
others seemed to have hopes revived, Mr. of the case, every one of which I am pre-
Blaine tried to shake off his gloom and pared to confirm on my oath if required
accept the hopeful expressions of some of | to do so.”
the attending surgeons; the Secretary
could not get rid of his foreboding, but,
witli a sign of sadness, would exclaim : “X
cannot see it! I wish I could! Doath’s
imprint is in that face! ’
A REMARKABLE ABBUCTMOX.
How an English Clerjrvmaji was Car
ried off on the Eveol HU Marriage
ana Detained in London as a Lu
natic.
From the New York Herald.
An extraordinary story of abduction,
WAITING FOB THE D1UDEGHOOM.
Mr. Kennard’s mysterious absence from
Woodford kept the hotel proprietor up till
three o’clock in the morning. In order
to Uko part iu the wedding the llev.
Canon Duckworth slept at the Caflle Ho
tel ou Tuesday night. Mr. Kennard’s
son, who was to perlorm the office of
“best man,” had already arrived, aud was
much alarmed at tbe unaccountable ab
sence of his father, in quest of whom tele
grams were seut in various directions. Miss
M. M. Bade, the intended bride, lived with
her sister at No. 3 York villas, Snake's
lane, Woodtord, a short distance from the
railway station, aud there the most corn-
reported in the English papers, has occa
sioned something like a feeling ofconster-1 P* el< ? arrangements liad been made for the
nation among timid people in London. I and for the weddiug breakfast a
T „ .. f .. / “I large marquee had been erected in tbe
It seems that, rather more than a fort-1 grounds. The wedding guests having.ar-
nlght ago, the Rev. Robert Brucc-Ken-1 rived three broughams left tbe bride’s
nard, the rector of Marnlmll, Dorsetshire, J residence for the old CliurCh bf8t. Mary’s,
In eljori, gentlenun,lnWOiI In t»w„, .be 8jS^ I j£$“iSE3US
object of his visit being his marriage with | being present to assist Canon Duckworth.
a guardian had no right to
invest the Confederate money of his ward
iu bis hands, except for State securities,
without an order of tbe Superior court.
If he did so, he became liable for tbe value
of such money at the time It was so in
vested. Judgment affirmed.
Sparrow vs. Pate A Bro. Appeal, from
Pulaaki.
Sfeeb, J.—1. Where a judge pro hae
vice presided, and upon counsel moving
for a new trial, and in contemplation of
an adjournment of the court, he paseed an
order allowing a certain time in which to
prepare a brief of evidence and that the
motion for new trial should be heard at
the specified time, as though in term time,
nevertheless If the appointed day arrived,
and tbe motion was heard before the ad
journment of the term, the law of tbe
term and not of vacation applied; and a
bill of exceptions to tbe grant of a new
trial need not hare been tendered within
thirty days from the decision, hut was in
time if tendered within sixty days from
the decision, aud thirty daya from tbe end
of the term.
2. The verdict in this cue was contrary
to the evidence, and a new trial was prop
erly granted.
(a) An owner of cotton left it with a
warehouseman for sale, leaving also tbe
warehouse receipt, on presentation of
which alone the cotton was deliverable;
the agent of certain buyors contracted for
the purchase of the cotton, indorsed on the
receipt the prioe and bis initials,aud return
ed it to the warehouseman for tbe purpose
of collecting the purchase price from tbe
buyera. The warehouseman wonld not
have delivered the cotton until paid for,
Before presentation ot the receipt the
warehouse with the cotton still iu it burn-,
ed:
Held, tbat the title liad not- passed to
the purchasers. Code §1503.
Judgment affirmed.
Tompkins rs.
(11 aim from,
fin mps
Baker.
Speer, J.—1. If a non-suit must neces
sarily have been awarded, although the
reason assigned for its grant mav have
been wrong, yet the grant itself will be
upheld.
A ROMANTIC ELOPKMEXT.
Tk* Dufklsr *f Maryland's Gover
nor SooroMjr Married la ike Clooda.
Special to tho Philadelphia Time*
Annapolis, October 4.—Society circles
are excited over tbe recently-discovered
marriage of Miss Clara Hamilton, aged
seventeen, daughter of Governor Hamil
ton, to John Stanhope, aged twenty, which
occurred last August. The Stanhopes and
Hamiitoua resided near each in Hagers
town and it was known that Mr. Staubope
had been paying attentions to Miss Ham
ilton. The Governor objected some
months ago to the young man’s attentions
and conaequently all intercourse between
the two was apparently broken off. It
transpires, however, tbat about the middle
of August tbe lovers planned an elope
ment and young Stanhope proceeded to
carry it out with haste. He went to West
minster, Carroll oouuty,. and secured a
marriage license and the services of a
Methodist miuister, Rev. Dr. Murray,
who agreed to marry them. It was ar
ranged that the ceremony should take
place at Fenmar, a summer resort on the
summit of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a
few miles from Hagerstown.
One day a pleasure party went to Fen
mar, Miaa Hamilton being of the number,
and on her arrival the young lady was
met by Stanhope and the clergyman.
They proceeded np tbe side of the moun
tain to High Rock, said to be the moat
elevated point iu the State, and there
among tbe clouds the marriage was solem
nized. Tho young people returned to
their companions as if nothing of Impor
tance had transpired. They separated
and since tbat time have lived at their
respective homes. It is said that tho fact
of-tbe marriage was discovered by a friend
of Governor Hamilton, who chanced to
look over tho records iu tbe oourt bouse
at Westminster aud saw tho rocerd of tho
license.
DYSPEPSIA.
Different Cases Defined.
Balee for lie Treetaaeet.
Dyspepf ia is the inability of the stomach
to prepare from the food eaten the nour
ishment required to sustain the body.
Among a dozen dyspeptics no two wui
have the same predominant symptoms.
Dyspeptics of active mental power and a
bilious temperament are subject to sick
headache; those who -i.. fleshy and phleg
matic have constipation, while the thin era
nervous are abandoned to gloomy fore
bodings. Some dyspeptics are wonder
fully forgetful; others ha~e great irritabil
ity of temper.
Symptoms of Dyspepsia
are loss of appetite, rising of food,
heartburn, distention of the stom
ach, headache, bad breath, sleep
lessness, low spirits, and general
prostration. Constipation is a fre
quent concomitant of dyspepsia,
but sometimes it is attended with
diarrhoea.
For the certain cure of dyspepsia there
never was a medicine discovered eqnal to
or even deserving a comparison with Sim
mons Liver Regulator. Tbe test of many
years and the experience of many thou
sands and tens of thousands of eveiy age
and condition of life has established the
fact that no one will remain a dyspeptio
who will take this purely vegetable medi
cine according to the printed directions to
be found always accompanying the medi
cine. The Regulator, as a tonio and cor
rective, will strengthen the gas trio organa
so that
The Food will not lio Corrupting nnd
Decomjtpting intnoStomach to
but will be digested without pain or dis
tress; and when thus digested thq body Ia
nourished, pure blood is supplied, and
health, vigor and cheerfulness folio* »*
Is not ""” iea3an i to the taste and is per-
Mrs Stanhone has been Vent rln*»to «» I teetty harmless. A half-tablespoonful after
dude" ?hSTSJSTsjg ssas rf t 1 jssar
the announcement, but it la nrnhshtp *l.» ?f Uken,
the governor will have
et. al.
Observations About tbe Baby.
Poston Transcript.
Tho baby does not belong to the animat
kingdom; the animal kingdom belongs to
him. He is a king. In fact he is always
aching. However, a baby is often spoken
of os “this wheat creature;” which is why
they cradle him. You can’t shock him. He
is not exactly a creature comfort Tho
baby is somotimes called on infant in fan
ciful allusion to infantry, which he is
thought to resemble because he is generally
found with arms about him. The princi
pal business of tbo baby is putting teeth.
He inserts teeth free of charge. The baby
is sometimes twins. Sleeping-cars some
times give birth to babies. The sleeping-
car is a sort of step-mother. When a girl
baby is born at sea she is a naughty gal
baby. Bless tbo baby!
The Heroic Cblemro Woman.
Brooklyn Eagle.
’ ’. was a terrible moment. Tbe man was
evidently drowning, while the crowd on
shore stood helpless and horrified. At this
janctnre some one yelled: “Oh, for a
boat 1” Hut there was no boat within ten
miles. The suspense was awfal, and the
son sank into the misty bosom of
the West like a bloody pumpkin. All at
once a female voice was heard above the
roar of tbe breakers, “Nover mind the
boat; take one of my shoes.” It was the
voice of a heroic Chicago woman, and the
applause that greeted it was heard three
hundred miles at sea.
Wbat the ;*talw»rts Want.
New York T.legram to the Philadelphia Timet.
The most stalwart of Arthur’s stalwart
friends in this State are in favor of what
they call a "blooded” cabinet, and this is
tho combination they wonld like to have:
Secretary of State, U. 8. Grant; Secretary
of the Treasury, Koscoe Conkling; Secre
tary of war, J. Donald Cameron; Secre
tary ot the Navy, Jadge Settle, of North
Carolina; Attorney General, Col. George
R. Bliss: Secretary of the Interior, Gen.
John A, Logan, and Postmaster General,
ex-Govemor A. F. K. Safford, or ex-Sen-
ator Powell Clayton.
They Den’S Buy Flowers.
Washington Telegram to Philadelphia Times.
The idea of a New York administration
carries with it here a feeling of anticipation
unknown elsewhere. When that adminis
tration is kuown to be what is termed stal
wart, the anticipation is magnified. It was
daring the Chicago convention that au old
flower seller remarked in tbe Willard lob-
a young lady, the daughter of a London I But 12 o’clock arrived and the bride-
merchant residing at Woodford. The mar-1 Rf 00111 f® not forthcoming, and tbe party
riaee was fixed to have taken nlaca on the liad t0 l eavo ^ without the cere-
15th ulL On tbat day at the appointed time whilo Jfej^naSS wi^his way^o 12 °n showed
the bride, her bridesmaids, attendants,par- Woodford !n a hansom cab. He drove fa.^ould noMstue from aSker^Sun^
ents and friends went to the parish clinrcb, stral Sht to The church, which was desert- r j or court fouuded thereon. In a claim
but no bridegroom appeareS, and, Staff I I ?? ^S^r sucT.-
waiting for some time, they had to return, had happened, and who tfeeply sympa-1 ^motlmfto'dismfM t^levl^otb!
On going to tlio Castle Hotel the gentle-1 thized whh him, aud drove with him to I ^ sustained. The court having erlntod
man’s friends were much surprised to find toSjjSiiSfieSm Jui* «* tr » or ‘l'nary » non-suit, and the effect beingtlle same,
that he was not there, and liad not been j’ lC ‘dp nt ? 1 f av ‘“8 & e ® n related the marriage the ruling will be affirmed. Judg-
there all night. It was said that he had ? x .® d to P, ac 5,?® ne , x ^ “o/ning, men t affirmed,
been taken away the previous evening by I which it accordingly did at eight o’clock, I .. - .
three gentlemen in a close carriage. Canon Morton vg . Morton, executor,
k urther inquiry proved this to be tho ! Duckworth and the rector. The bride Equity, from Clarke,
case, and that he had gotten into the car-1 2" d 1 brulgroom subsequently drove to Speer, J.—I. The courts are not in-
riage iu the belief that he was to be driv- hv rim clIned <*> construe a legacy to be specific,
eu to the bride s house by her friends. ^[further where the question is in doubt.
Twenty-four Lours later the missing I li™,, ,***’ Ken ‘ 2. The cardinal rule of construction of
bridegroom made his appearance at Wood- ”? rd „ s aixty-loar years W ills is to seek the intention of the testa-
ford and told a strange story of kidnap- ° f ap, and his wife thirty-seven. The tor.
ping and violence. Nevertheless, on tho °. dl , 4 i, Hun # ter v lr fi? t s - A testator made tho following pro-
l'ollowiug morning the interrupted mar- J] 1 ® * h!> l ?$ k lh ® visions in his will: After providing for
riage ceremony took place. The follow- apartments gave neither name, address or j ^ payment of his debtk be bequeathed
lug is Mr. Kennard’s account of his ab- ? ' week * r® 01 in ad- certain specified properly to bis wife for
Uuction and subsequent escape: I vance. bhe, in consequence, put a ques-1 life, and at her death to beequallydi-
“On the evening of the 13th of Soptctu-1 lK ’ 1 ? t0 that might arrive vided between his three children. He
her I had engaged a sitting and bed room I a ®P 81 * 00 ? k ® took t0 ko “ doctor, declared tbat he had given to ins son, W.
at the Castlo Hotel, Woodford, where I “" d , i ' v .] l0 ,,®!f ra ® d „ a H. M , property which bo valued at *10,-
iutendedto sleep that night, previous to ^° u d com ®; r , She 000. He left to his other two children
my marriage on tho following morning at I,,?{knowledge ol the name of Fraser I share and share alike, certain land and
eleven in the parish church of Woodlord. | 1111 3 ,0 saw m tho paper. | a j[ (he money and 'evidences of debt of
I was sitting In my private room, waiting I “ I which he might die possessed, after paying
for diuuer, about eight p. in., when the j THE SUPREME COURT. I physicians’ bills and funeral expenses.
waiter introduced a peisonwho repre- _ , , _—; , „ , , „ Bym codicil, he declared that, having
sonted that he had just come from No. 3 | *>«*im«m» Keauereu October 4. given to his other two children each
Dedal mu Seedered October 4.
York villas, Woodford, iu Mr. Fraser’s | Abridged for the Telegraph and Messenger by I $1,500, he then bequeathed unto liis said
, ■’-* - mu & Harris. Attorneys at Law, Macon, I son $1,500, “to bo raised out of my estate
Georgia. I before the final division between him and
Barnes et al. vs. Colquitt, Governor. For- , h ,!! aft ® r th ® dealh ° r
failure of recognizance, from Irwin. I ' ^ a * aa *®* before hli
carriage; tbat Mr. Fraser, (a relative of
mine, living in tbo neighborhood), par
ticularly wished to see me there
on a matter of importance and requested
nte to come. This person represented
mu IU uurnc. *U13 pweuu represemeu ,.. h „ i-.t- r<vmTra« * rowlfio/l I ueatu give saiu son
Mr. Fraser, and I was uuder tlio appro
heuston that tbat gentleman might have
some bad news which he wislied to break
to me. I accordingly put off my dinner
for half an hour and went down stairs
exceptions
bo sent to .this court. Tf no record be
| sent up, tho case will be dismissed, even
I though the clerk may have stated in his
certificate to the bill of exceptions that it j
death give said son *1,500 and take his
" was to be
come void, as it was declared to be made
to cqualizo the children:
Held, that the legacy was general, not
specific, and would have to contribute to
the payment of debts with tbe other gen-
are entitled to have an official record dis
tinct from the bill of exceptions.
sssTaSS^asS aSl — —-“r ^
ed messenger directing the coachman to 1 iu 3aid Iarties and counsel
drive to York villas. Immediately the
alleged messenger took his scat by my
ff- u”L?r e P ;.sr si? ^ isr H ““ * * w-*,
you alsorom^froKn FrS’‘‘Oh, - ^ckson, U. J.-l. While .mistake
yes,’ he replied, ‘I also am a friend of Mr. i°5
ass»sr».asateras5wasa«
“Terrell,” and eacTi located him in a cer
tain district, there wus a patent ambiguity,
and parol testimony was admissible to
show that Ferrell was the name of the
Echols vs. Head & Go. Appeal, from
Clark.
Sfeeb, J.—There is no vendor’s lien in
Georgia. Tbe right to attach for pur
chase money is a privilege, not a lien.
(a) Therefore, a note with personal
security having been given for tbe pur
chase money of a horse, that the vendor
subsequently bought back the horse and
thereby destroyed his right to attach, did
not release the surety on the note. Judg
ment affirmed.
the announcement,' but it is probable that and when its ttse U ^f^uiued'48^.'
tern is not left wnstlpated Or costive;
“Simmons Liver Regulator tolly
deserves the popularity it has at- t
twined. As a family medicine it
has no equal. It unrod my wife ot
a malady I had oonntod incurable
—that wolf’s-bane of onr American
people -Dyspe; aia. She desires
that all rni^ht know the virtues of
this God-given remedy.
A. E. F. ALBERT,
“Professor jn Nicholas Public school,
Parish of Terrebonne, Ia.”
“AU the health I enjoy, and
even my life I may say, is in
consequence of Simmons Liv
er Regulator. I would not tako
*1,000,000 for my interest in
thi medicine. W. XL WILSON,
“Lecturer State Grange and President
Florida Oo-operative Stock Company, P.
of XL, Wellborn, Florida.”
“Simmons Liver Regulator has
entirely cared me of the most dis
tressing case of dyspepsia I ever
saw. lam never without it on my
engine, as it always relieves me of
any distressed feeling after eating.
It is the best family medicine in
the world, and I never let it get ont
at my home. In Us praise yon may
add to this. J. H. MALLETT,
Engineer O. R. R., Savannah, Ga."
“My wife, as I supposed, was a confirmed
dyspeptic. Some three year* ago, by the
advice of Dr. Steiner, of Augusta, she was
induoed to try Simmons Liver Regulator.
At the time sue weighed eighty-five pounds
By the use of that valuable remedy she has
been entirely restored to health, and now
weighs one hundred and twenty-five pounds.
I feel grateful for the relief it has given
her; and may all who read this and are af-
flioted in any way, whether ehronio or oth
erwise, use Simmons Liver Regulator, and
I feel confident health will be restored to
all who will be advised.
“W.M. M. KERSH,
“Fort Valley, Ga.”
Manufactured only by
J. H. ZEIL1N & CO.,
PHILADELPHIA.
Bold by all druggists.
to relent. Tbe
groom is a clerk in a Baltimore commis
sion house. Thejbride's family regerd
the marriage as a mesalliance and are very
indignant. It is said the bride will have
*250,000 in her own right when she comes
of age.
Mr. TlIdea's Homs.
Hartford Tmof New York letter.
Persons patsiug in the neighborhood of
Gramercy Park stop ,to look at a build
ing that is all covered with canvas, aud
are puzzled to' make out what it means.
The canvas covering is au immense frame
that incloses the entire front of tho build
ing from sidewalk.to roof. People stand
and look and wonder why tbe bouse is
covered up in tbls way. Those who ask
whose bouse it is are told, “Mr. Tliden’s.”
Tbe enormous canvas envelope has been
on It all summer. It was put there to pro
tect the premises from tbe dust and
dirt arising from the building oper
ations next door. Mr. Tilden vacated the
horse early in the summer, when tbe
work of the masout began. They first
took out the front and rear of the adjoin
ing building, and then ran the walls back
to a depth of about 100 feet. The brick
front tbat was taken out is now being
replaced by one of heavy brown stone.
This building is to be connected with and
become part of tbe well known and al
most historic No. 15 Gramercy Park,
where Mr, Tildeu transacted most of his
campaign busiuess five years ago.
When'the work of the masons and car
penters is completed, the two structures
will be one. It is advancing very slowly
and probably won’t be finished betore
next spring. Every patt of it is done in a
most substantial manner. I doubt it tbe
work on tho Vanderbilt man.ious on
Fifth avenue is much better. Mr.
Tiiden’s new house will certaiuly
be one of the finest residences in
New York. He is spending a large sum
ofmoueyonlt, and will furnish it in
the richest and costliest scanner. Tho
most stylish of the Filth avenue establish
ments won’t surpass it in this respect.
Some of hl« friends wonder wbat he will
do with so fine a mansion, as there is no
likelihood, they say, of his taking a wife
to preside over ft and enjoy the delights
of such a home. But Mr. Tildeu proba
bly knows very well what he will do with
it. And, at all events, he may as well
use some of bis money this way as any
other.
roxscaicvn r.v
out of tbe window I found it was not be
ing driven in the direction of York-villas,
but iu an opposite one, along tbo London
road. I attempted to appeal to tbe coach
man, but was immediately laid hold of
aud forcibly held down in my seat by my
Tarver & Bro. vs. Plant &Son. Illegali
ty, from Twiggs.
Speer, J.—The judgment of the court
below being unquestionably right aud no
man living in that district, and that no
such man as Terrell lived there.
companions. I shouted for assistance,
aud was then instantly seized by the nf
throat aud silenced. My assailants were ^“5? Z,
both powerful men, andl soon found my-1 Z^enoU KfSSSPSS
drawer of the land.
3. Whether an affidavit to attack the
genuineness of a deed is sneha defense as
tear. I sa«d.‘D your object robbery ? t ted b Ll Uhout - J -
They replied: ‘No, we are not robbers,’ | Judgme £ t rcve „ e d.
self helpless in their bauds. My final im
pression was that they weroconveyiug me
to the forest, there to rob me of bauk notes
to the amount of £200, which I carried in
Quaere?
Isaacs vs. Davis. Complaint, from Pu
laski.
Crawford, J.—If a servant be em
ployed for five months at a specified rate
reasonable ground for excepting appear
ing, in the absence of any appearance for
plaintiff in error, on motion of counsel for
defendant in error, tbe record will to
opened and damages awarded for bringing
tbe case to this court for delay only.
Judgment affirmed, with damages.
Belcber vs. Black et al, for use. Claim,
from Decatur.
Speer, J.—1. The mere fact tbat
wife buys property belonging to her bus-
band when sold lor taxes does not of it
self make tbe sale fraudulent, if appear
ing that abe had separate property.
2. Where a husband’s property was sold
under a tax fi. fa. and his wife furnished
money to an agent with instructions to
buy, which he did accordingly, in a sub
sequent controversy arising under the
levy of another fi. fa. on the property and
the filing of a claim by the wile, It was
competent to prove by the agent that at
the time ot furnishing the ironey she said
it was her own and derived from her own
acquisitions. Judgment reversed.
Johnson, trustee, vs. Neal. Claim, from
Dougherty.
Speer, J.- 1. A prescriptive title by
virtue of adverse possession under color of
^ _ title for seven years will prevail against
for help, shouting as lustily as X could I horses, mules, and any other stociPstray- I *^i® Die vendor
with the bands of these men at my throat. I ing at large within its corporate limits; I of such claimant rendered before the pre-
I was dragged out of tho carriage as soon I also tbo power to abate nuisances and a I begwi, but with no levy on tho
as it Itopped, and here again 1 struggled general police power. ul i li afler ll>0 title
with all my strength to release myself I Held, that they were empowered to I ” ad . ■P®H. ‘
from my captors. I called ‘Police I Help! pass an ordinance requiring stray cattle
Murder. The policeman whom I had to be impounded, and alter being adver-
just seen must have been within a few | tised for live days sold, unless the owner
but refused to give me any further ex
planation. As we proceeded I shouted
for help whenever I saw any one within
hearing. At every such attempt I was
gagged and seized by the throat. In or
der to leave a trace of the route wo wero i i,i„
following, X threw my hat out of the win-
at Islington, where I endeavored, again in, An lit*! ml-
without success, to invoke tho police aud > t * JC usxt month. Juogment affirmed.
the public who thronged the thorough
fare, slopping at last at a house which I
afterwards discovered to he in Hunter
street.
VAIN STRUGGLES.
“A lew seconds before we stopped I saw
a policeman, to whom I loudly appealed
Mayor, etc., of Cartersville vs. Lanbam.
Injuuctiou irom Baitow.
Crawford, J.—1. The charter of a
municipal corporation contained a power
to the council to pass all necessary rules,
regulations and ordinances they might J
deem advisable in relation to dogs, hogs,
(a).’ The fi. fa. was issued in 1857; one
of the defendents in fi. fa. conveyed cer
tain land in 1850, which has been held
adversely ever since by the vendee and
those claiming uuder him; the levy was
made in 1888.
Hold, that the code substituted title by
prescription for tbe statute oi limitations
as to reality; aud therefore in computing
the time within which prescription ripen
ed, ft ran trout the conveyance and taking
possession uutil the statute of limitations
was suspended, November 30, 1801; ft
then ceased to run until the adoptiou of
the code, when ft began to run again in
tbo form of prescription.
2. Where a fi. fa. was lying idle and a
bona fide purchaser bought laud from tbe
defendant and held actual adverse posses
sion, although a levy may have been
made after this possession began, ft did
not stop tbe running of tbe purchaser’s
prescription until some notice thereof to
him.
left me for some hours. I lay down with- I charge idinseir from TTabiilty by showing I „?’ ]P /°^ lha , l L? * K>u « kk for
out taking off my clothes, reflecting on the that lie received Confederate money at a ^ fr’,!? 1 *®* a
(taat'AM* aUn.S.AH •" «—*»«-*• * *“““•* *• - j prg&UOtptlOQ OI good lAllUy IDQ lilt is do*
uption by proof
Judgement, tbe
| onus of proving such fact ia on him who
asserts it. Judgment reversed.
would
general police power
alone. * I
(6). It makes no difference, tbat the |
owner of tbe stock is a non-resident.
Judgment reversed.
Norfleet & Jordan vs. Clary. Trespass, I
from Telfair.
Crawford, J.—1. The evidence is un- |
satisfactorily sent up in .(his case, but
. . _ , , _ ... . ,,f om the record before us we are not sat-1
house) where I found two small beds pre- I isfied with tho triftl below#
pared for the uight. They asked me if I 2. Tho evidence for the plaintiff in this
required refreshment. I had been case is not sufficiently explicit to sustain
dragged away without iny dinner. L the finding. Judgment reversed.
and I asked for some bread and cheese, I
which they brought me, with a glass of I Venable, guardian, vs. Cody,
bitter ale. Alter this refreshment they in- from Jackson
vited me to occupy one of tbe beds, and
house, but in spite of all my struggles and I
appeals for rescue I was forcibly dragged
in and taken into a front room on the
ground floor. 1 was then told that a gen
tleman would appear in a few minutes
who would explain all. The pretended J
‘messenger’ then removed the fire irons |
from tbe fender and left me alone in the
room. After some time I was removed
into a little room at the back of tbe
Appeal,
Crawford, J.—A trustee may die-
perilous situation in which I found myself time when it was the con. mon and only
placed. I heard several knocks at tho currency, and when prudent businew ^/! d kbl ^P r ??" m
l ront door, and tbe men appeared to be men were receiving it, ana that ft be- I ?i.i 1
came worthless In his bands; but the
Tacts and circumstances under which it
was received must be clearly and satisfac
torily shown as evidence of good iaitb,and
the burden is on the trustee.
(a). Iu the present case tbe trustee
failed to sustain the onus thus cast on
him. Judgment affirmed.
consulting with confederates. In the early
morning the ‘messenger’ entered the room
and threw himself on tbe other bed
with his clothes on. As soon as it became
light X asked tbe man several questions,
with a view of ascertaining tbe object of
my detention. He gave me to understand
tbat he had been instructed to detain roe
as a ‘lunatic,’ and that in the morning a
doctor would come to give bis opinion on I Moughon et al., for use,vs. Brown. Claim,
my state of mind. About eight a. m. I from Baker,
asked for breakfast. They readily com- Crawford. J.—1. A material variance
plied and brought ne a nicely between a fi. fa. aud tbe judgment on
cooked mutton chop, a cup of tea which it is founded is good ground for
and breAd and batter. I then appealed I quashing the former, or rejecting it when
to them again to release me. They offered in evidence on a claim arising
told me they could not do so consistently thereunder.
with their instructions until 11:30 a. m., 2. A suit being in the name of M. and
when in the event of no doctor appearing, [ N., surviving executor and executrix of
they would let me go. I was very anx- B., for the use of another, the Judgment
tous to communicate with my friends at being lor the plaintiffs,and the fl. fa. being
Woodford. I offered tne ‘messenger’ a in the name of If. and N. for tbe use of
five-pound Bank of England note, which | the same party, the variance was not ma-
he accepted, and undertook to aend a tel
egram to Woodford in the following
words: ‘Unavoidably detained. WiU | Venable vs,
explain all In a few houre.’ Tbe tele
gram was confided to the second man, |o
terial. Judgment reversed.
Wood. Salt on bond, from
Jackson.
Stub, J.—After January i, 1803,
*
Mosely vs. Mosely. Libel for divorce,
from Montgomery.
Speer, J.—White lapse of time between
tbe occurence of a ground for divorce and
tbe application therefor may be consider
ed by tbe jury, and if not satisfactorily
explained may be good ground for refus
ing tbe divorce, yet the statute of limi
tations does not apply to bar such ac
tions.
(a). Especially would tbe statute not
apply to the ground of wilful and contin
ued desertion. Judgment affirmed.
lfr. O. O. Clay informs us that there a as
no altoroetion between himself and the
other two gentlemen, but that while he was
in conservation with one of them the other,
who was under the infioenoe of liqnor,
stepped np behind him and stabbed him in
the book, a circa ms tanoe of whioh he had
no knowledge for several seoonds after it
occurred. Mr. Clay ia now up and walk
ing aronnd the city, in seeming good
bwuth.—Americas Republican,
Wlrnt Gailwa’s Lawyer Bays.
From the Wathinaton Star, 6th.
Mr. George Scoville, the brother-in-law
of the assassin, Charles J. Guiteau, ar
rived here yesterday from Chicago, accom
panted by bis wife, aud in the afternoon
had a long interview with District Attor
ney Corkbill. He stated, after this in
terview, that he desired either Mr. Mer
rick or Col. Totten to assist him. He
said tbat If he did not think the unfortun
ate man was insane, he would not defend
him at all. If he is not insane, and can
not be clearly made to appear so, he
ought to be hung. Still he would be
governed largely by tbe advice of his as
sociate counsel and could not definitely
say what pleas would be offered. A her
editary taint of insanity and acts previous
to tbe assassination would sustain sucb a
defense, and he thought both positions
could be sustained. Guiteaa’s family
hare really known nothing of him or his
actions for quite three years, except wbat
has been learned from tbe newspapers
since the assassination, and if tbe accounts
of him and his vagaries during the time
his lamily have lost sight of him are relia-
ible, he is clearly an irresponsible being.
r He (Scoville) would not be ready for trial
at once, for he would be obliged to rake
the country over for witnesses, and doubt
less many of the most important ones
will, if possible, evade process. Guiteau
bad been in tbe Oneida community for
six years, and was at one time confined
as a lunatic. He (Scoville) thought that
he should be granted sufficient time
to arraoge his defense, and that he
tould make such a showing as would
Influence the court to grant it. The defenes
will not, necessarily, lie a costly oue,
for the government will be bound to com
pel the attendance of such witnesses as
are shown to be material, and to pay for
it. Quite a number of lawyers, and some
of them prominent ones, have written
offering to assist in tbe defense, but he
had not yet accepted any of them. Some
were Washington lawyers. He did not
suppose Col. Corkhlll would consent to a
continuance if he could prevent it. He
expresses himself as convinced tbat no
good can come of It, and tbat public senti
ment, as well as justice, demands an
immediate trial and conclusion. He
views the matter as a public prosecutor,
but be (Scoville) noped to find the court
more liberal. To tbe question: Will your
defense embrace any allegation tbat mal
practice on the part of the surgeons
In charge of the President contributed to
or was the cause of bis death? Mr. S. an
swered : “A good many doctors assured
me tbattliere were good grounds for de
fense on such a position, and I have been
told that Dr. Hammond, of New
York, who is certainly a most emineut
authority, asserts that tbe President’s
death is due to the treatment. But, as I
have already said, my strong rock of de
fense is tbe non-responaibibility of this
unfortunate man for tbe cruel crime
against our beloved President, on tbe
ground of his insanity, and, unless I am
overruled by my associates, tbat will be
tbe position I shall adhere to.”
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