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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY MARCH 1G. 1886.—TWELVE PAGES.
ENGINEER GUGEL KILLED.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE
SOUTHWESrERN RAILROAD.
A IVond-P«ifr Killed And A Fireman
Scalded—% Terrible Afternoon of n
Beautiful .Sabbath Bay—Other
Local Items of Intercut.
Meagre details of an accident on the
Southwestern railroad were received in
Macon last night. Owing to the fact that
the telegraph offices near the scene of the
accident were closed, bnt few particulars
could be obtained.
From the best sources it was learned that
passenger train No. 1, leaving Macon at
10:10 yesterdny morning, ran over a cow
near Batesvilte, fourteen miles west of
Eufaula, in the afternoon about 4:40,
throwing the engine and baggage car off the
track and instantly killing Engineer Wil
liam Gngel. The wood-passer, namo un
known, a yonng man from Montgomery,
was so severely injured that lio died short
ly afterward. Fireman Jim Norris was
badly scalded. No passengers were in.
jnred, so far as can be learned.
About thirty yards of the track was torn
up and the engine badly wrecked. The
second-class car was also damaged.
Mr. Gugel was a son of Master Mechanic
M. Gugel, of the Central railroad, and was
among (lie safest and most efficient en
gineers in the service of the road. His
remains were taken to Eufaula on a pole-
carand will probably reach Maeon to-Jay.
RAILROAD RACKET.
A Budget of Items Picked Bp In Hallway
Circles.
Home Sfty-oight or sixty different lines
Comprise the membership of the Middle and
Western States Freight Association,
Amputation of salaries is anticipated be
cause of the success of some railroad offi
cials in getting a large business at no revenue.
The Virginia Legislature has voted down
a proposition making the giving of railway
passes to members of the State government
a misdemeanor.
The "Wn. l’enn," a locomotive built in
Philadelphia ill 1835, was the first railroad
engine ever run in California, and is still
doing good service in that State.
The war in rates between the trans-conli-
pentn! r jads, it is said, has had the effect of
-wiuYviotM.'.^ “ leffi 0 eraigiation of negroes
—.from the South to lo*'!' r California.
There has never prevailed Bfljh low
freight rates on cotton as during the pres
ent season, and freight was never before
moved with so little trouble in transporta
tion.
Colonel Zachry thinks $15,000 or $20,000
can be raised between McDonough aud
Yellow river in aid of the Georgia Midland,
if the McDonough route is selected.—
McDonough Weekly.
The Gainesville Sun is authority for ttio
statement that the Richmond and Danville
ltnilrnml Company have purchnHe.1 the G.
J. & S. narrow guage road, and will shortiy
m&ke it a broad gnage.
Brooka county will subscribe $50,000 for
xne Macon, Ou.i»Kvon and Quitman rail
road, and if any neighboring town wants to
raise ns a bean we’ll see thorn snd go a few
thonsand better.—Quitman Free Pi sis.
It develops that the suspension of rail
roads by strikes affects all classes of com-
merce very seriously. Some method should
•exist by which arbitration between con-
-servativo men of both interests could adjust
matters without so much personal and buxi
Bess suffering.
A Louisville railroad man who is well in
formed as to the movements of C. P. Hunt
ington says that he is at the bottom of the
transcontinental fight, and is carrying out a
long-cherished programme which, he think*,
will result in a large settlement of immi
grants on bis various line* in the Honthwest
. and West, ns the travel will naturally drilt
that tray,
The railway touts Id Norfolk, down the
eastern ahore of the Chesapeake, requires a
long ferriage ncroas the lower part of the
bay. Some time ago half a dozen loaded
freight can were lost from a barge in rongh
weather, snd, though a wrecking expedi
tion has boen making diligent search, no
trace whatever has been found of either car*
or freight, which were, perhaps, drifted out
to sea by tho tide.
When everything is working in harmony
on what are called Gould’s Southwestern
system of railways, including the Texas
and Pacific, the average monthly pay roll
will aggregate in round nurat>cr*fl,CU0,UU),
and the num disbursed monthly for pur
poses other than wages amounts to about
$50U,UUU, making the total monthly dis
bursements on the lines of the system
$1,500,nun, or $18,000,UOO for twelve months.
The great bridge across tho Hudson river
at Storm King Mountain will be built after
-ill, nays the New York Sun. A contract to
build tho bridge, which is to be a gigantic
cantilever, of the pattern so well known to
visitors to Niagara, has been signed with the
Phirnix Iron Works. The contract also
calls for the building of twenty stiles of
' -connecting track, and the amount involved
is $1',, OOO.non. The bridge will be one of
the simplest and one o( the greatest eugin
eeling woika yet undertaken in the country,
There will be two piers, 150 feet high, one on
each aide of the main channel of the Hudson.
These piers will sustain a treble cantilever,
of which the roadway will be abont 225 feet
above the water.
HE WAS AN ENGLISHMAN,
But Jnst a Trille Off Color ..Don't Yon
Know.*'
Buffalo Express.
Clever Tom Wbiffen, than whom there
aro no more dignified l’ooh-Babs and few
better fellowB, tells me thi* anecdote: Be
fore the days of rapid transit on tho Atlan
tic, English actors were few and far be
tween in thi* country. In those times an
Englishman in America wo* more or less
of a curiosity—as many of them ore oven
now. In a company which was doing
Shakspeare at one of the Boston theatre*
wo* an Engli*h actor named Coleman. He
wa* an actor of the old Bchool, and quite ns
trngtc off tho stage as on. His fellow-play
ers chaffed him in tho dressing rooms on
account of hia being an Englishman, and
particularly on a difficulty he experienced
in tho use of the aspirate. This had been
done ho much that tho Englishman was
roused to furionsiess if any one dared to
imitate hia cockney misuse of the eighth
letter of our alphabet. One morning he
came down to breakfast at the Tremont
House in not a very pleasant frame of mind.
He had been chaffed pretty hard tho even
ing before and in addition had not slept
well. The waiter—a darkey of the darkest
hue—laid the bill of fare before him and
awaited hi* order.
"’Ave you bany fresh heggs this morn
ing?*' asked Coleman.
"Yes, sak," answered the darkey; "’ow’U
you ’ave 'em cooked, sah? Boiled, scram
bled. fried, homelct—hany way you like,
sah.”
Coleman tnrne.l quickly, gave the waiter
a sharp look, frowned, anil then, os though
making up liis mind that his ears had de
ceived him, iuuicuted his preference in the
way of “heggs.”
"Hany think belsc, sah?" asked tho
waiter. "Cawu beef'ash is very nice, Bali,
dis tnawniu.' But of fish, sah? ‘Albnt
steak, sah, finnan 'addio, fresh cod—" Cole
man’s faco turned purple. He jumped to
his feet, caught the waiter by tho collar,
and held him at arm’s length.
"What ilo you mean, sirrah?” he roared,
‘ by kimitating a gentleman’s speech. I ’ave
A TRICK THAT WAS VAIN.
A SCHEME TO CHEAT THE GAL
LOWS FAILS TO WORK.
Ford an.l Murphy, the New Orleans Mur.
derers, Poison Themselves—llut tho
Majesty of the Law Is, Never
theless, Fully Upheld.
a mind to throttle you, you kimpertinent
scoundrel 1"
“Hi begs per pardon, sah, but Hi really
cau’t 'olp it, sah. Hi’rn an Englishman my
self, salt.”
"You lie, you villain,” bellowed Coleman.
“You’ve been pnid for this.” By this time
some of the other guests had intervened,
and the darkey, pale with fear, was released
from the actor’s clutches. The head waiter
vouched for the fact that the darkey was an
Englishmen, born at Putney, an.l Coleman,
restored to his equilibrium, settled down to
his breakfast again—but with a change of
waiters.
A STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION,
THE STATE FAIR.
RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLAGES.
The Baltimore Methodist Conference—Aid
for Negro INliicatluu.
Statstos, Va.. March 12.—The session
of the Baltimore Conference of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church South was to-day
occupied with the continuance of reports
from local preachers, showing in the aggre
gate gratifying results. All candidates
were advanced except Potter, Roane,
Treztse and Brown, who were tot examined.
A feature of the session was an address by
Dr. McFerrin, in behalf of the Payne min
istry for the education of colored preachers.
He made a powerful appeal for aid to the
negroes, paying a glorious tribute to the fi
delity of the race during the war. A collection
of $575 was taken np for the University.
Among the memorials to the General Con
ference will be one asking the General Con
ference to consider the expediency of adopt
ing forma for chorch records, quarterly con
ference journsls and class books, according
to a plan prepared by Dr. Smith; end
another asking a change in the discipline to
relieve presiding elders from the duty of
securing statistics at the last quarterly con
ference, and requiring preachers to furnish
the same to presiding elders.
A Lovely Complexion.
“What s lovely complex too," we oflea bear per-
weesoy. ‘1 snaffer what .he dove for Itr la
““ ~ real loxellv.ee of the com
Thoeo who havo
A Brave Woman In Command Saves the
Wreck and the Wounded from Burning.
VicssBuno, March 12.—Tho steamer Ike
Bonham, which left here yesterday for
Bayou Vidal, exploded her boiler when
eleven miles below tho city, and a short
distance from Bodford Point, on the
Louisiana shore, William H. Andrews, the
mate, and several colored men of the
deck crew, were blown overboard an.l
drowned. E. P. MoElroy, the pilot, and
Chas. Girard, theenginecr, white men, were
seriously scalded aud bruised. The steamer
L. H. Sargent of the sumo line, bound for
Davis Bend, was about u mile distant from
the Ike Bonham when thn accident oc
curred. uw. Immediately luod.4 fnr tho
Bonham and reached her os the wreck
drifted on the bar and settled down in three
feet of water. Tho Sargent arrived here
last evening with tho wounded. None of tho
bodies of tuo drowned had been rocovcrod.
Engineer Charles Girard of the Iko Bonham
makes this statement:
'Pilot McElroy was in command and
Mrs. William Sargent wns in chnrge of tho
office. I hud just tried the water in thu
boiler and found scant two gauges. I had
left the wheel and gone hack in tho cabin
to dinner, leaving Andrews stoering. In
un instant the shock came. I was knocked
down and hot bricks from the fnrnaco
almost covered me. They were culling for
help. The explosion toro away tho office,
pilot honse, chimneys, for ward boiler deck,
and all the forward part of tho cabin, throw
ing them into the river, Bix deck hands were
blown overboard, only one of whom was
recovered. AU on boaid wero scolded ex
cept Mrs. Sargent. Immediately after tuo
explosion alio took command of the boat,
went below, helped to launch the yawl, and
commanded those who were able to n sene
those in the river. By this time the debris
around the boiler bail caught Are, and she
seized the draw bucket, drew water from
the river and qnenebed the flames, after
which she took a shovel and threw the red-
hot furnace brick overboard. Mrs. Hargent
by her heroism saved the wreck from burn
ing, and with it my life and those of the
other wounded on boaid,”
Captain Hargent is in Kau .Viitonta, where
he hue (’one for his health. During his ab
sence his wife bos had the management of
his boats, which work she has always done
successfully. While the wreck of the Bon
ham was burning, her clothing cunght fire
several times, but she tore off the burning
fragments,
The McCarthy Verdict.
SAXDr.usviM.E, March 12. As wired last
night, the jury in the McCarthy case brought
in a verdict of Dot guilty. Mr. McCarthy's
family and a few friends was quite demon
strative in their rejoicings, hut the immense
crowd preserved perfect order, due to one
of two renxons, viz: either a difference to
the request made by Judge Carswell to that
effect, or the feet that while circumstantial
evidence failed to convince the minds of
the jurors of McCarthy's guilt, the popular
mind in tho community is not convinced
by the verdict of hi* innocence.
There was no excitement whatever during
the triul; in tact, when the enormity of the
attempted crime is considered and the
great weight of circumstantial evil a ;ce
against Mr..McCarthy, the coolness ot unr
citizens was remarkably, at the time of the
crime and ever since.
It is understood that Mr. McCarthy and
family will leave thie morning for Augusta.
New Obuuxs, March 12.—At 7:30 this
morning when the keepers of the jail made
efforts to arouse Ford and Murphy, they
could not wake them np. After an’ exami
nation the physicians concluded that the
men had taken belladonna. At 9:30 Mur
phy had rallied a little, bnt Ford is still un
conscious,
A Baton Rouge special says:
The Governor this morning received a
telegram from Sheriff Butler, of Orleans
parish, saying: “Ford and Murphy attempt
ed suicide this morning by swallowing
poison. They , t re jn a stupor and in a com
atose condition. The d ictors believe the
attempt a failure, but cannot say how long
it may take to restore them to conscious
ness. Should they not revive before the
hour fixed shall I execute the warrant not
withstanding ?” The Governor replied:
"Y'es; go on with the execution. Carryout
the warrant”
Ford and Murphy were therefore hanged
at 12.51 o'clock.
Preparations for the execution began ai
12 o’clock, when the yard aud corridors
were cleared of prisoners. Both men were
lying in their cells. Murphy was in a
semi-conscious slate, and although his eyes
wandered in all directions he could not un
derstand what was going on. Only once
did he give evidence of sensibility, and then
lie held out his hand to Pat and endeavored
to shake hands with him. It was only for
an instant, for he once more relaxed into
nnsoonsciousncss, and this notwithstand
ing that emetics had caused him to eject the
poison. It was of a greenish hue, and af
ter a careful examination it was pronounced
to be powdered belladonnn.
At 12:35 the arms anil legs of the two
men wero pinioned, while they were in re
cumbent positions. Six witnesses wi r-
sworn in by Sheriff Butler and the death-
wntnnt was read to eus without hearing,
and to eyes without sight. The men were
carried to the scaffold at 12:45.
It was indeed a miserable spect icle. At
the gallows they wore placed in a sitting
position, with their backs to tho wall, to
give them support.- Nearly all present in
voluntarily turned away from the sickening
sight, some even Jbaving to nerve them
selves against a tainting fit and to hold fast
to the balcony rail forsnpport. Fortunate
ly thero was not long to wait. It needed
only a few minutes, or seconds, rather, for
ihe executioner in his dominoo and mask
to adjust tho ropes and black caps. He
thou us quickly as re-eutered bis cage. Al
most instantly tlio sharp “swish” of the
axe was heard as it cut the rope, anil simul
taneously the trap fell. The bodies ahot
downwards eight feet, rebounded with a
jerk anil thon^fc-ll back | fetching the cords
to their utmost tension. Death was in
stantaneous.
The bodies wero allowed to hang for
twenty-tivo minutes and were then cut
down, at 1:15 p. m. The sime jury which
witnessed the hanging viewed the bodies
and gave a verdict of death by hanging.
The necks of the two men were dislocated.
The Proposition to Uulil It In Atlanta but
Macon the Proper Place for It.
Edltorn Tm.ri.n.u'C: In regerd to your article
In lasl .Sunday's issue on tho State fair, I have
only this to say: If the merchants, business men
snd property owners will raise the $2,500 salted tor
by tue fair committee of the state Agricultural
Society, and will give the management of the fair
an earnest moral support, we do not think there
can be any doubt with regard to the success of tho
fstroflKHO. Wltlt so Increased and much better
arranged premium list, with full time for advertta-
Ing the fair, and with the hearty co-operatloa of
the people of Macon, it is bound to succeed.
It hse been decided to open the fslr on Wednes
day the 27th dsy of October sud keep it open ten
dsys exclusive of Suudsy. With the fair as sn In
ducement snd low rates of fare which are always
made by the railroads, we c&u very- reasonably count
on bringing to Macon during these ten days twenty
thousand visitors—if they spend in Macon an aver
age of $5 each, a very low estimate, it puts in cir
culation tieo.ow. If this Is done, does it not seem
that $2,500 is a very small amount to ask of the
people of Macou? I behove the largo premiums
offered and tho thorough cauvass which the man
agement proposo to make, will secure splendid dis
plays In every deirartment aud especially by agri
cultural clubs, and in the stock department—the
liberal purses offered for trotting, pacing and run
ning horses will tiring first class representations In
each of these classes.
Now, Messrs. Editors, if wo make large and
creditable displays of agricultural products, of
horses, cattle and other live stock, and fnrnisb
those who like tho sport good trotting and running
races and induce a large attendance of visitors who.
while sojourning in our hospitable city, shall drop
some tens of thousands ot dollars into the tills of
our merchants and tbua enable them to meet prompt
ly their obligations for rent, for goods and for ad
vertising, surely the small investmeut of $2.50(1 wifi
be wisely made.
It not intruding too much on your valuable
space 1 shall at another time say something in ■
gard to the permanent location of the fair, to which
your article was more particularly addressed.
ltOUKRT A. NlSU
TbC'bodiea were taken charge of by tho Ford
in Ford's vest pocket was (onnd the fol
lowing letter:
Nsw OnutAgs, MatcIi 11th ls*8.—At night—
To the good Histera of Mercy and .11 my religious
frlcuds—I cannot bear the terrible disgrace 1 bring
on my Innocent offenriug. I dint deserve
this terrible ending.' My enemies have tri
umphed this time, lbiker and Cunningham
1 leave you my curae; to the balance my bleeetngs.
1 have been despondent to-day. I will answer all
to my God. Hood friends and -■miners.-' Dr. UuU
and C. H. Parkers, tt la your time next So, dear
Watera, forgive me, aa well ae all. Good bye.
(Signed) F. H. roan.
A TENSION FOR MRS. HANCOCK.
Dynamiting the Chines*.
Fobti.axd, Obkoon, March 12.—Early
Ibis morning an attempt wa* made to blow
up a Chinese wash house at Third and F.
streets. The perpetrators evi
dently knew little of the nse
of dynamite, as they placed tho
explosion* on the (runt porch, which wua
demolished, bnt the main part of the house
wa* nniiijured. About midnight Col. J. K.
i’hillip*. commander ot the first regiment
of the State militia, wa* fatally assaulted
near bis residence. Colonel Philips has
been outspoken concerning tbe outrages
against the Chinese.
A o.w ilock U advertise,l to run ter s hundred
■ en.urics, when, the Herman maker fnnkly adds,
■its -* ae. bank worts * will have to be changed.
O. H. Holberg. paator Woodhavtn M. E. Cbnrch.
South Wood haven, Queens county. New York,
ststse: “I have seed Allcock’s Plasters for thirty
fears. Never found them fail to care west sees of
t ie beek. spine and kidney difficulties. They are
very agreeable and strengthening. A short time
sg 11 r-t in a prof we perspiration while preaching.
Imprudently going home without my overcoat, 1
lost thn use of my rates, end the next day had a
Washington, March 12.—The report
which accompanies the bill granting a pen
sion to the widow of General Hancock gives
a brief resume of tho serviced rendered to
the conntry by General Hancock. HU
death, it says, was asotreo of universal
public grief, as bis lifo had been a public
blessing. Ho has passed into history with
out challenge; of his honor and his success
before tbe tribunal ot the soldier bis career
is already of final record; ot his military
successes ho left abundant memories; of
hi* inagnamity the Americans he
defeated in war are cheerful witnesses.
Ilia services were all that could he
demanded in patriotic endeavor and devo
tion. As a type of American patriotism,
Gen. Hancock will live in the history of his
countrygand in Ihe hearts of his country-
men, regardless of sectional or party divi
sion, Brave in war, tender and true in
peace, his sympathies and active benevo
lence were to thu last day* of his life freely
aud almost lavishly expended in behalf of
his sick and suffering comrades, their
widow* and their orphans. No appeal from
them ever full upon hi* unlistening car.
Tbe laat effort of hi* life wa* tbe direction
of a letter which he had not thu strength
sign, making a strong appeal in behalf of
thu widow of a deceased officer. The
nature of the service in which Gen. Han.
cock was engaged, the constant drain npon
his pecuniary resources made necessary by
tho position he occupied, and the farther
tax upon hi* mean* by hi* full-handed gen
erosity to unfortunate comrades, has left
his widow in straightened circumstances,
und, to some extent, dependent on private
liberality. This, s grateful county should
not permit. Your committee, considering
this one of the exceptional cases in which
it becomes their duty to recommend a de
parture trotu ordiuary precedent and poli
cy, heartily and unanimously recommend
the passage of the bill,
Opposed to Fnitnnsl Aid for education.
Washington, March 12.— 1 The House com
mittee un education postponed to-day until
April 3d the various fall* before it extend
ing government aid toward* common school
education. It was tho general understand
ing that the object of tbi* motion was to
defeat the bills. Willis, Whiting and ,ou “'
O'Donnell voted against the postponement
and Wilkins, Miller of Texas, Maybury,
Barnes, Mahoney, Strait and Isaac Tuyior
of Ohio, in favor of the motion.
The Virginia Baptist CuDgrom.
Danviixz, March 12.—Tbe Baptist con.
gross adjourned to-day. Among the inter
esting papers read to-day wm one from
Professor Winston, of Richmond, in which
be took the ground that State colleges for
males onght to be opened to female* desir
ing to push their studies Iteyond Ihe curricu
lum of tbe average female school The
congress will bold their next session in
Lynchburg.
THE TOWNS AROUND US.
PUTTING THE CLAMPS ON THE WHIS-
KY MEN OF GAINESVILLE.
An Interview With Capt. Powell.
Barneivllle Gazette.
Cornering Capt. Powell in bis office a fow days
since, we asked him:
What about this move in Atlanta to capture tbe
State fair."
'apt. P.—‘‘Well,it's a short and simple story. Tb-
citizens of Atlanta have beeu visiting the .State fairs
for several yearn. An a class, they arc not alow to
see and recognize a good thing. They estimated
ttie fairs and concluded that Atlanta ’Hliould go’ for
them. Individual feelers have beeu thrown out for
several years. At tbe recent meeting at Columbus
formal invitation was given. In re
sponse to that invitation and some
subsequent approaches, a committee was appointed
to go to Atlanta, confer with her citizens and see if
they meant business, and if ao, how much. Com
mon courtesy demanded this much at our hands.
This committee is not confined to Atlanta, by any
means, but is authorized to receive aud consider
propositions from Macon also, or any other city in
Georgia, as to that, for the holding of the tttate
fairs, with an eye somewhat to fixedness, aud re
port to the next meeting of the executive commit
tee."
What do you think of Atlanta's chances for the
fair?"
Capt. P.—"Really I have very little Idea aa to that.
They seem to be very much in earnest, and are
moving through sundry repreacntatlve committees
to tho perfection ot their purposes. You kuow
what sort of folks they are. They remlud tuo of
what Hauta Anna said of General Taylor lu our war
with Mexico. At tho battle of Buena Vista tho old
Mexican hero said "he had Taylor whipped several
times, but that he waa such a fool he didu't know
Atlanta never admits defeat. I believe she
hat never admitted eveu her artesian well to bo a
failure. As tho Macon Telkorai u remarks, "it is
hard to bore through her cheek." Her rule is to
succeed with everything she undertakes, and if ahe
falls not to admit it. With auch a spirit there ia uo
Pluck is power."
... _ ..rounds? lias ahe
suitable place for a fair ground aud race track?"
Capt P.—"Can’t say. Hho says ao. Hhe thinks
>. lu fact she thinks she has a place auitable for
anything. 1 have never aeon it though. Expect t j
make a personal surrey soon for my own satisfac
tion.”
What will Macon do abont It?"
Capt. P.—"Macon is not ao nervona and excitable
as Atlanta, but la pretty sure. Takes more time to
delil>crate like Davy Crockett and then ‘goes
ahead.’ She ia the ‘Central City' with unsur
passed railroad facilities, her park superb and al
ready equipped for holding fairs, her race track tho
Crushed Under the Wheels—Violating the
City Law—Poisoned by Yellow *!as«
mine—A Wife'* Petition Un
heeded—Hwllroad Hun-off.
Gainesville, Ga., March 12.—The city
council held an extra meeting last night to
consider tbe license question for barrooms.
They decided to grant license and put $500
tax on retailers, $250 on wholesale liquor
dealers and the same amount on druggists.
The restrictions on barrooms arc stringent.
They have to close at 10 p. m., and not
open before daylight. No minors are al
lowed to even enter these places, and it
they attempt, the barkeepers are to expel
them at once. Three applications went in
last night but the council did not act. They
are considering other limitations to be sub
mitted to-night, when another extra
meeting will be held. Several whisky
men are here looking after places in which
to open. Two or three wholesale men are
among the number. Judging from the ac
tivity in that lino this morning we will have
lively times in whisky traffic. No crowds
are to bo permitted to congregate about
these places, and music, dancing and card
playing, even in anti-rooms, are positively
forbidden. A drunken man must he turned
out forthwith, and the barkeeper must see
to it. A violation of any of the above rules
forfeits the license, and the city
authorities aro at liberty to
close such a place in«ta??t*r.
Crushed Under the Wheels.
Savannah, March 12.—Frank Jenkins,
negro, eighteen years old, was knocked from
ft construction train by a projecting post on
the Savannah, Florida and Western railroad
about 11 o’clock this morning at the cross
ing of Middle Ground road, two miles from
tho city. He rolled under tho train which *
>assed over him, mangling him horribly,
its left leg being mashed off and his body
ripped open. He died in a fow moments.
He is said to have come here from Albany
Bainbridge.
Whisky Luvv-lironkor*.
Savannah, March 12.—This morning
Mayor Lester had a jargo number of liquor
dealers before him, charged wi;h selling
liquor without a city license. Sentence wns
suspended in order that the question be de
cided whether the parties were amenable
to the city ordinances or the State laws.
The police were notified to look sharp for
the violators of tho liquor laws, and it is
said these laws will be strictly enforced in
tbe future.
PULPIT, 1>EWANd Pe
Something for PIouiTpeopieto p 1
day IfTheyWl. h r M l
The Florida Chautauqua ovenoA m
lecture by Leou U. Vu2snftjtf.fr*
tbe eccentricities of some author* e! #
Tbe Rev. John Henry Drew \u n,
in-law. ban Just been appointed^ ^
of a Kentish pariah, woC , ’ , *
Tbe Florida Methodlata hav^M'^i]
color line into two conference*
Una conference, however, continue.* 8
black and white. Ue8 *«
Tbe prttty Turkish women in for.,
becoming "Christianized" to the
thinner and more tran*parent I*
face-covering*, than their religion te!*-
Tbe Sacramento Bee sncconti I
California net apart lotne Sunday <£}* I
of anti-Chineae sermons in all
think thie would ojien the eyes of
The pointed allusions togxmbliij
eiety, in ado on a recent Sunday It 1
Boston minister, suffused with blmhaJfl
the fair tranegreaeors-their Kuil ,!
briugiug thie confession to their countil
Joe Cook, of Boitoj, says: “If i
was addicted to smoking I would »wJ
we had * dog that preached we wiJJI
tabernacle. That is the wide dUfo"
ecclerilaetical aud utilitarian \Usw B
curring on a variety of topics wise atTS
Pittsburg Commercial Gazette. *
At a I.vnn church on Sunday onlr tu J
and sexton appeared, on account <73
weather. The aexton wm cowr.laluii 1 ,j
of attendance, when tho der^yiD^j
"You snd I are the only salaried men to J
and were it not for that fact probably *. J
have ventured out."—Lynn ,
A mission band of children in the htt
Keehoukeon, Uinter county, N. y. ( J 1
money for missionary purpeesii'by
selling trailing arbutus, which growid
on the Hhawangunk Mountain*.
have alrenty received » good nixnt J
this aud other cities where their it
known.
Owv of t
truthful, ai
was relate*
might floa
ihorne to la
Into the ce
feet of wa
W-gged rub
lantern In
the apartu
[obtained,
upou asm
lily of twe
|was the ui
family—B
Consiih
Mr. and \
Indiana, i
haunted t;
romantic
hardly hi
ds W'
tmnndu
attic floor
Wonderful Cure*.
W. D. Hoyt k Co., wbolasala and retail drurgists
of Uorne, Ga., say: W* have been selirng Dr. King's
Hrw Discovery. Uertxv Bitura ar.d Borklen'a Am
ra Salve for two years. Have never handled remi
dies that sell sa well, or give «u« h universal satU-
faction. There have Wn eomc wonderful curve
, effected by thee* medicines la this city. Several
violent pain in my back, kidney# and cbeet. I could ’ caeee of pronounced Coneamptiou have been entira-
bardly breathe, three AlkecUe Hasten applied to . ly cored by use of a few bottle* of Dr. King’s Vew
my bark, cheat and kidneys cured me completely m IHecwery. taken In connection with Electric Bit-
six boors. I waa astonished how quick my breath- j teru We guarantee them always. Sold by Lamar,
►d kidneys en
astonished I
tag became ener after applying."
Kankla * Lamar.
he same time
tbe late flood,
n a neighbor-
i thirteen eggs
lng tbe water
rork and went
Upon {leering
ra» about two
> pair of long-
the ben. With
h in and abont
e hen could be
ilddy standing
ided I
ided by a fam-
alls. The raft
; in the cellar,
imiuodate thie
Her Prayers Wore of No Avuil.
Moxtoomeky, At.a., March 12.—Mrs.
Ward, wife of W. J. Ward, now under sen
tence of death for the murder of Jacob J.
Palmer, in Dale comity, was in the city to
day She sought Governor O’Neal and be
sieged him with a prayer for commutation
the death senteuce. The Governor re
fused firmly, and Ward vill be hanged on
Friday of next week.
Lucked Sufficient Krlilf-nce.
Marietta, March 12.- Joe Haywood, the
negro who has been in jail charged with
murdering Chan. Howard, tho negro watch
man at tho Marietta and North Georgia
shops about a month ngo, was liberated to-
Inight by order of Jndgo Brown, os no suffi-
fer- inf **** ** D j*‘ t plentiful, and oient Avidaiicft to hia conviction was prc|
excellence for holding fain. This move on thntSri diiced before the grand jury now in session,
lof Atlanta should put Macon on her metal. 1 dn
not think, with all her advantages, sho should al
low the ‘scepter to depart fmm Judah.’ ’’
"Which place do you prefer?"
Captain 1\—■"That, under the circumstances, i*
not a fair question. I aai representing the Agricul
tural Society, snd if I bail a personal preference as
between different cities, it would be subordinate to
whet 1 might consider tho bext interests of the so
ciety. Macon of counn> is my 'first love,' and all
my official agricultural life centres there. Sho has
always done well, and my intercourse with her and
her citizens has always been pleasant. But my ac
tion must be iMwed upon facts and tho proactive
betterment of the society. This is the onu question."
"What about tbe next fair?"
Captain P.—"That will bo held in Macon, but
don't care to speak of that in detail until 1 receive
the premium list. We hope, however, to make it
fturpaw anything yet held In the State."
AN UGLY AFFAIR.
A Party of Negroes Attempt to Murder Dr.
I*. L. Johnson.
A brutal attempt wa* made by a party of negroes
to murder l>r. L. L. Juhuaon lael night about
o'clock.
The scene of the attempt was the sidewalk In
front of Dr. Johnson’s residence, on the corner of
Second and Broadway street*.
At the hour mentioned Dr. Johnson wa* at home
with hi* family. It waa Just after supjier. and he
was quietly resting hiuisclf. when a party of these
icgroes passed his door, talking in a loud tone of
iolce ami cursing. When within a few feet from
his gates the negroes paused on the sidewalk aud
begun cursing louder than over.
Dr. Johnson soon grew tired of their annoyance
and went outside to remonstrate with them. In
stead of it* having tbe desired effect i p n them,
they refused to move on, aud liegautu curse louder.
Dr. Johnson again remonstrated with them, when
they cursed him, using vile epithets, lie became
Incensed, ami struck one of them lu the face, amt
when hedid this one of the negroes drew a knife
with a long, keen blade and plunged tt In the doc
tor’s left ariu. Another picked up a brick and dealt
him a heavy blow on the right knee. The party-
then fled.
l)r. Johuion hurried into his hon«e and summoned
isDtance. Both wounds were fouud to be very
patnful, the knife wound especially, being a deep
and ugly one. They were not of a serious nature,
however, and were soon dressed.
Owing to the darkness it was Impossible for Dr.
Johnson to recognize his assailants. Not even a due
to their identity coul 1 be obtained.
Children rnlsoned by Yellow Jus in Inc.
Ikwinton, March 12.—Yesterday after
noon a meHsengcr came iu town after a
ihyaicinn for the little aon of Mr. Miltou
fell, and related that Mr. E. C. Lindsey’s
son had just died. Both children were
>oisoned by eating wild yellow jasmine
jIoshoius. Mr. Bell's child died before the
physician could reach him.
Deatructlon of n Gin House.
Columbus, March 12.—Mr. C. It. Illege’s
gin house in ltuKHell county, .together with
one bale of eottsn and about three thous
and bushels of cotton seed, waa destroyed
by fire this moruing before daylight. The
insurance waa $1,000 and Iona $2 000. The
fire waa of incendiary origin.
Tho Wrong Kind of a Hoof.
Kavannaii, March 12.—Eight partica were
before the «*.ayor'a conrt thia morning for
violating tho city ordinance in having
■ibngle roofs placed on^their bonnes. The
mayor gave them until next Friday to have
them covered with metal or slate.
Kan Off Noar Cliattanoogi
Marietta, March 12.—The ]
train due here at 5 o’clock this m
off tbe track near Chattanooga in
arrived yet, 7:30 p. in. All e
traiua are delayed. Nobody kill
An Old Man Tired of Li
Coluebuo, Oa , March 12.—Brfnh Mm tin,
an old citizen ot Taylor county, committed
auicide Wednesday night by shooting him
self through the head. He was tired of living.
NOT A MODEL MOTHER-IN-LAW.
sml then
key out o
| young cc
up stairs
in. me iia
shining
| When th<
flame U-|
went out
until the
The T
m exhibited by
trion township,
tone;moon in a
ig quite weirdly
perlrnce could
ae. Mys’erious
1 by night, aa if
>pped upon the
id searching for
1 to account for
Uppreseed tones
eof the house,
aa to throw the
One night the
? bed by a crash
> in, which was
At light atiove,
be upoer floor.
Ued a lamp, thel
be ceiling, and
nor eight til -
Pouring Petroleum Down a Man's Hack
and Netting Hint on Fire.
A French gentleman named Kean Bon-
neau, living at tho village of Yatigny, uear
Moulina, hns just met with n horrible death
at the handa of hut mother-in-law. The
other ni^ht M. Bon neau was seen rushing
out of uia honse completely enveloped in
tliunea. In naponae to the piercing criea,
the neighbor* gathered round him, and at
great risk to themaelvea ultimately aucceeded
in patting out the fire, hut M. Bonneau
waa dreadfully burned, and he aoon died in
fearful agony.
Before expiring he made a deposition to
the effect that he waa seated half oaleep l>;
the bed of hia wife, who hod been very il
for acme time. He was aroused by the
aenaation of aomething cold pouring down
hia back, and a minute later found bimaelf
in flames. M. Bonneau positively aaaerted
that hia mother-in-law, with whom he wua
on bad terms, had set fire to him, after
drenching him with petroleum. He per
sisted ao positively in thia extraordinary
statement that the mother-in-law has been
arrested, and will be jrn^ upon trial. Ac
cording to her, the affair was an accident
TURNED T1IE HOSE ON HIM.
$ recent Duuksrd baptismal»
, Mei s luliil, one Of Ilia bspajMl
K woman, was nearly atranxM K J
—-mil so prostrated at the third thu]
be carried to a neighboring bouse uj J
thirteen-year-old girl endured the t "
smiling face. Kadi was in the i
least ten minutes.
It ii not perhaps generally known _
mage, of Brooklyn, has a brother Gojv
a clergyman, and a very exci-Kcut t’n?
pastor of a church in Port Jervis. It
that Dr. T. De Witt Talmage said not
Goyn was the best preacher in the Tu^
Dr. Goyn’s parishioners agree with hit
The Bev. Thomas Iv. Beecher, wbo^
of Elmira, publishes a card thxnkic7
voted for him "for tho expression of
deuce and for the honor you thereby
and thanking those who voted ,
your kindness in excusing me froa k
cares that would havo been to me *
come aud well liigh intolerable bunhU|
A young lady friend of mine ha* i_
in an Episcopal Sunday school. i*Le L
ing for soveral Sundays to expU.n i
meaning of Lent aud tho Holnmmtj 'I
vance. Yesterday she asked: "Now, i "
in tell mo what Lent in?"
lied: then a littlo girl in tho corner i
bow." "Well, Maria, wbat is it?" l
when the ladies auk the gentlemen to c.
—Louisville FosL
A very bright little lad of 13 jm
popular vocaliHt, joined hi* luutlii-ril
cently and felt very proud ov*»r it. Ia
stalking around the Iioumc, bearing t«:l
with dignity, a much younger bmtbwJ
"You feel mighty big. don't you? Ill
thn church anyway!" On being a-WJ
plied: "Because I won't I'm golo<m
Ringer like father, and stagers never juiai
you known!”—Utica Observer.
"Yon may look," said professor Sri
twentieth anniversary sermon ‘-into «
the prevailing Christianity, Ur.ivem^>ll
Presbyterian, Kplicopalian, and you ^
at once a desire to benefit socity thre
pie life aud teachings of Jeeus Ciirutl
aud teaching are seen as instantly *j; |
betterment of mankind, and the puljitd
which U simply destructive or which if
the past is alike out of harmony."
Clergymen or other friends ue»ironfl|
water direct from the river Jordan.
Arch Priest Hatherly of the Greek c
proposing to make his third pllgrlruqtl
tern, will have great pleasure in pruca-x|
(sic) for them under his immediate*:
genuineness of which will be vcrifli
thorittee on tho spot. Terms Ra, perbd
remitted in advance, with a full amlckl
address to Messrs. Papavanni A la.I
etc.—English Cllurch Times.
One of the clergyman of Louisville I
consistent in his opposition to Hun<Uja|
To a church notice which he h*l jr
Haturday evening uewspaper he a
tho Hunday newspaper* not to copy it. il
to the editor wrote: "I learn that mj 4
nouncements frequently apjiear in toll
per*. They are copied from the Hsf"
papers. J am coowdeutiouely and <
posed to Sabbath desecration, and
appear to encourage Sunday pa pen tji
even in this way."
A Methodist preacher in North i
horse which t oeseesee strong rex*
remarkable memory. Ou the Amt ar.11
days in the month Mr. t?adlan hold* ■
town which is reached by taking the i
the road, whiln on thn second ami f"-
the town in which be preaches is xt U'l
of the right fork of the road. Thel
a word ora touch of the bridle ntm
first aud third Sundays to take the :
and on the second and fourth Suudx.u f
right—New Orleans Picayune. I
One of the lions of the metropoli* a
the Kcv William Milburn, the blindp
is chaplain of the House of ltcpmei
polutmeut which he held years sgo ’
mere stripling. He waa afterward* t
rich churches in Eastern cities, but*;
frig eye became blind he left the*
youth and became an Episco|>alixn. H
tidetful memory aud a deep, rich'
L. ight to be remembered when be m
veetry-room wearing hia snow-sh:*J
figure commanding and hia face grxtij
book or prompting, although stone b
the entire church service, lilt "ow-
stoned utterances, the old Mfth
wwer dwelling in tho bllud preacher,
..-IplMcnpsUati* *x It had formerly K"“
ers of Wesley. After a brief and I
the Protestant Epi*< opal church,
turned to hia first form of worship. •
odist ministers to tho spiritual wanafl
ssntatives.
will correspond
s United Huts#,
of Sunday work
Wo off
fa-e and
on tho b
ditino of
droo hai
strong a
... B. Kwankin, of North Mamh»*ti|
tho reputation of whipping bis
hia childr ii. One night a mob of
went to hi* house and told him that
the town at once. * They gave hi® * _
gripsacks, and then they marched
main stn et, a big fellow walking c*-'"
ting hi* leg* witli a cattle whip.
limit* were reached he waa stripP* 1 *
whipped with blacksnake whips-
occurrei ce of the kind reported tr<a
in a few week*.
IjxvRon Kiau, of the Virginia tWJ
bought a piece of cheese and p ut “JJ
coat pocket, and afterward U-d the
time. Then he put it on aud * r -* H
where he piayeit card* for the 1
aa he thought, that Tom Uracef. "J
ou, nudged him very often as a mi |
hi* card*, lie io*t, aud accused 1
leaillug hirn. While Ora ey ■‘•jl
ba l touched him a big rat
pocket. He had been fca*titg m
uudgiLg the card player.
Thu era in UilUJelptU
»icUn, who Irave *u uiuu.11
UM) l-.i-h There Me twelve wht—'J
.bout $12.1*1) ewel), »u,l there «e
ofrr $5,i)*) ate* wh.
nr*.
re-1 eraMlon, on
soil often wm.
), itopn.M eon*
in* period, chll-
hlrhlo twlldnp
It* l
tov.lnpnwtit will
A Mianriibnrg, Ohio, *|>eci*l sot*: Wm.
F. Howell chine to thi* town Hominy, sml,
after securing $270 on a for-gwl check, pro
ceeded to “do” tbe town. The forgery wa*
ducoveret) and tbe town mnrshnl arrested
Howell Monday night. He n»i,tetl tbe of
ficer, bnt tbe Utter finally sneceeded in
getting him into a cell Just a* tbe insr-
aha! released hu bold, tbe fellow drew i
knife, which be slashed across the officer’s
face.
The marshall fell to the ground nncon-
aciona, and wm removed by citizens. He
iaina dangerous condition. An attempt
was made todue-m tbe prisoner who wm
Annulling a revolver and a knife, bnt with
out success. Great excitement prevailed,
and an angry mob soon gathered abont tbs
cell. Tbs volunteer Are department wm
Anally called out, tbs call Hooded and the
desperado anbdoed. It is thought an at
tempt will b* made to lynch him.
MU*, xtolhlas. aad heallaf ia Dr. (age*. Catarrh
Respectable Dr< *$**J
never deceive the pnbllc. hat ,
Jobu dm^ttoU who oifvr . pofyL,
cum." "cepsicln," "C’epoe a -
tell yon it t*substantially ti»« _
Befison’s Cepcme Plaster. «>r
Ism r*>r the Imitation, for it
iltal agt-nt. it U absolutely wortS^J
ttOB of Benson's aa tbe only
Dial ami high curative q«uu
many years’ experiment ami U«a»
the part of the proprietor*; y * *
pharmacists ami druggist* • i
evtrined*. Protect yourseil
buy tag of reputable ftakw.yf^
takes by persocal examined**’ %
the “Thfwe Hrah." trademark
cut the word 'il*peine."
\ Cure of Pnenn
Mr. 11. D. Earar. J
ilea (hter vu uk)* with •
■nitrated with rnenmonl*.
elan. r>v. th. cam ap and mM
few boon at amt.
a frtoad nommesded DA. "*
foil THK LCSGflL —
ampUdltmaM* »-*•»£
that It pfodnradaamtod c*—w
t and by