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12 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