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th? ;viacox Weekly telegraph: Tuesday, march 30. i88g.-tyvelve pages.
in . no , (!6nt purchasers" in
of «nch’gai n e 8 BUt Ct8dfced made n ° mcDtio “
A FAMOUS SUIT DECIDED.
•JUDGE Sl’EEK'S OPINION FAVOBA. I °“°J tike* right*ifonTsK^Udl
HLB TO THE PLAINTIFF. I in another. Intiianu once owned all of the
laiida involved. It came about through the
^yprsFCsgpss
lhe bank took a mortgage on the Georgia
lands. In the distribution of the assets of
the hank, at its dissolution, the State of In-
diana became the owner of the mortgage and
„,e United CircuitOonrt yea- dUdSSjJffibPiS couveyadio IMto
OLD BALDWIN GOES WET.
AN ELECTION D*Y WITHOUT ANY
TROUBLE.
Th. U«U*e»Br 1*1- ^ n(i Solt 1
** AOO A err* of Georgl* Timber Lauda,
"trained at More than 8100.-
000, Involved. He.
The Prohibitionist* Claim Thn.t There are
Just Ground* for a Legal Content—
Much Excitement Prevail*—A
A Complete Surprise.
Briu’U*. anu luc IF*™* lti vo,u * UQ *M* question Judge
Crocker. , A *i,; a na aa ®P®W says, “that a State has many of the
' It will he remembered thnt this case was j )owerH of a 1)rj l cor, oration and I do
‘‘At the October term of the court, .1885, not see why a State mayZhnyaida ™
».luda. ?P*« "T?* torvoT 1 ?^ b °“ if “ ™ n turn Lho-st£nn“
Polio* w1 ^ * ou . a . ‘: ,r y °: j he hy the purchase. Most ummcHtionahlv it
sud also the mam points in Judge is true that the Stato of Indiana could Aot
gpeer's opinion. hold laud iu the State of Georgia if the State
It is proper to say that to Jlr. A. at. Sex- 0 f Georgia objected to it," As Georuia did
ton, Mr. Dodge’s b ““n®“nl !‘ ot ® b i ect the c0 ’ lrt eonsidered it scarce-
Fas'msn, belongs the credit of unearthing l y appropriate for Messrs. Brices
S' detesting the stupendous conspirney Hull and bleeper to raise ^
which the history of the case exposes. Mr. question of offended sovereignty at this late
Sexton spent two years gathering evidence 3ate. ;‘No alien may hold Lds in Geore
to npset the plans of sleeper. Hall and g, a while the comity which exists between
Brim, working in several States He dts- the States of our Onion will not, in my
played rare detective powers, and untiring I judgment, legalize tho purchase and the
Lergyand faithfulness in the interest of his possession of land in unother State as a gen-
r.ncpal. It was in Mr. !xe:iton s office that eral proposition, still it would authorize
Briggs, then a bookkeeper, conceived the snc j, a transfer to the Stato as would be
plan "Web ho and his partners no skilfully necessary to prevent it from loss.”
aid ami ho cunningly endeavored to exe- The prayers of the bill were gra
ite. 110 <l»inages were proved.
This i* the case: Lanier A Anderson and R. K. Hines rep-
Orer 300,000 acres of land, valued at resented Dodge, and Luther J. Hall and
$1,500,000, were involved in the cause. The Hill A Harries appeared for the respondents.
Vl*. are heavily timbered with yellow —L! v
Tae and are known as wild lands. They PROHIBITION IN RICHMOND
... divided into 1,500 lots, and lie in Tel-1 , . ;
to Dodge, l’utnam, Baldwin and Laurens | Ih< *Cltlwn. Ansjou. bMdk. Quetta.
«i„,t t,v Oenroe E Tlndcn a I Richmond, Va., March 22.—The agita-
Bn bill w«* y ^York against lion over tbe local °P lion In thb city is
S“rA Vlali! OlivlrV Briggs, H. G I K r( l ttt '. R, . ul . mucb talk for and against
granted and
Mi pledgevidle, March 22.—The election
to determine whether or not whisky shall
be sold in Baldwin county came off to-day.
Tho question has been'agitated for some
time, and both sides marshaled their forces
in the very best manner.
The total number of votes registered in
the county whs 1,955. Of this number 730
were white, and 1,255 colored. Tho num
ber of precincts were four, Milledgoville,
Brown's Crossing, Cooper's and Butts. In
terest centered mainly in this precinct, os
the heaviest voting was dono here.
Contrary to all expectation, tho election
passed off very quietly throughout the
entire county. Nothing occurred here to
disturb the Berenitv, and the day passed
almost without an incident.
At 12 o’clock the prohibitionists here
were confident of victory. The number of
votes polled was 050, of which they claimed
500. The unti-probibitionists depended
largely for their strength on Browns and
Butts.
The poles opened here at 6 o’clock in the
morning, nt all the other precincts at 9
o clock in the morning, ana dosed at 3
o'clock in the afternoon.
The IndieB heio manifested great interest
in the result of the election, and materially
sided the prohibitionists by serving hot
coffee and dinner free to all who voted the
dry ticket. Their headquarters were opoo-
phiusut declared that the respondents
surreptitiously ascertained the fuct that
one of his deeds had been, as they
supposed, defectively executed. Tho deed
nitre ' ' *
SteKr aud perhaps seventf-fi^’ otherm I «>£»» *» j?- To have the ques-
aie«|*r nu * i ... * f rtanrcrla tlon 8 ®H1bc1 before the time for renewing
Tb a, r ;, ,|l0 i!^n,ion of tho heirs of three I licenBC3 for another 1st, the
«itb the ex p- p, , Liquor Dealers Protective Association last
tomerlv 5 Maine* 6 DoXe circulated a petition tor signa-
CrocVer, to J £ .j, ' j j P turcs of citizens, calling npon tho judge of
clsimeu to be the owner ot the landsI to Hnatin Courbj to or(ltr * n dection, and
controversy. Hui title, ho d eged is trace- jn a * hour9 reccivo( , oyer 5 0U0 na ^ eR>
dile through P yj . Today tho petition was presented to
fb‘ lands, Which are widely seatterel in five " 1t,sc “ , ’ u ; f e PioWhly on Wednes.
we wuui, .. nnrJatrxiaA day njiuie the day fer bolding an election.
eo JPj22’ averred that ahout a vear before If tbe is not named this week, the vote
tl S w,.s filed the respondents, Messrs. option cannot he taken until thirty
i, 11 .nj ttiaanMMMMndMi « r»i u *n days utter tlio municipal election, which
®Tpriv. him d lris ES%: com-1 4"
SHOULDER STRAPS.
Tho AsNigmnent of tho Major-General* of
the Federal Army.
rod to was one Irom Colby, Chase IWashikoton, Misrch 22-]Ills not Ukel,
Crocker. Other allegations in the th ®. War Dopartment will announce the
biU sot forth that in 1833 a stock » «■£ ‘ b « major generals until the
Lianv was formed in Maine to P 5 ?" 1 }* 8 * b, ‘>l b » v « Mted on the nomination
to timber land in Georgia to build saw ? f
mils sad to develop the lumber resources be ‘ h .' u Schofield will he transferred
of IbeState. Before incorporation it was to tbo divi f lo “ 0 ‘ Ike Atlantic, with hcad-
alled tlio Georgia Land Company, bnt at- 'lifers at New kork. Terry will be
temnls was known as the Georgia Lnm- “"•f?®' 110 the oommand of the division of
her Company. Stephen Chase, Abraham Ihe -Missouri, with headquartera at Chicago,
Cohv ami Samuel E Crocker wire sent to
Gooi^U as agents of tho company. In 1831 ?* tho . racl !. c : wllb bc “ 1 ? u, ' rl ,
they purchased the lands from Peter J.Wil- J Trn.n .l f
liams. of Baldwin county, but never set np I “oDlt SOJ'ioiyisjor-GcnfTal. from the com-
i «nv claim to the lands in their own right. H.and of the diwon of the MUouri, the
Mter.ards the same pa.tics bought lh/U00 » r ri«tand most imporUmt in the army, to
I km ia th« same manner from Josiah I tbe A’.Xnl ‘I
1 Floaraoy. Colby, Chase and Crooker are an <Jt fB ®t sal1 * '“A®,* tnct tt0 '
.11 iJ. Their lieiis never claimed the I with his expressed desire.
lends until they were induced to make
th. power ol attorney to Briggs, Hall and „ Jaehne . QuIck Reply.
Slcciwr New York, March 22.—Alderman Jaehne
'Ike deed from Williams to Colby, Chase *■» brought into the Court of General Ses-
sad Crocker was by mistake made to them f io “* tbi '' morning. The jury handed in an
in their individual names, bnt not as ngents I indictment ogidnst him, and he was placed
of the Georgia Land or Lumber Company, “t tho bar, uid after the charge ngsinst him
The complainant further charged that wmj stated, be was foraally asked if be was
j Briggs, Hall and Sleeper were proceeding to Rui'ty or not guilty. He promptly answered
nuke a number of contracts for lots of laud “ n °t gHf'ty before hia counsel eonld stop
in different counties, and with a largo nnm- bi “- At request of counsel for time to ex-
btr yf persons which will involve in a amino‘ho indictment, ho was given unU
molliplicity of snita to protect his interests. Wednesday morning to enter his plea. BaU
Drijjgt «nd bin partnora were also charged
with oonctfoliug the contract* instead of re 4 Ihe indictment against Jaehne contains
folding them. Dodge prayed tho court to two counts. Under the first, it is charged
h'M tin respondent? to account for dam- ‘hat ho ws» a memberof the hoard of alJcr-
vgts snd for rents and profits of the lands m f B of 1881; that the Broadway surface
Which he charged them with appropriating railroad applied to the committee of conn-
to their own use. The court waialso asked c l f° r authority to construct and operate a
to enjoin Briggs, Hall and Sleeper and their railroad on Broadway; thatsnch apidication
*«™ti from further interfering with the Pending before said board during
braids, mid from making sales, lease* and ,b « ol 1884 . “ d lbat defendant
contracts to the land in dispute. “ "icb aldermen, m; de an agreement vntli
An injunction waa aaked for against the ®*b« personsi tliat for the *um of *2 0,0*10
omy alleged trespassers. bis vote in relation to the application should
I Bum Hall and Sleeper Med a joint an- be inflncnecd.
I "»cr, denying all combination. They laid T b® nccond connl charges the tame of-
I th. complsinunt never was the legal owner I t 'O-u under the consolidated act.
I of tho lands; that tho deed purriorting to T b® punishment under the tint count
| have been made by Colby, Chaseand Crooker imprisonment for ten years in State* prison.
I to the Georgia Lumber Company, conveyed “““ fin ®. *"& nnder the second count
I to title, aa d that the compsny'i cltarter u he may bo imprisoned for thro* yean in
j jnconBUtutional. They aUo awierted that | l “ e P«nil«ntiary, and fined $o,000.
Z SJ! 1 ? a ‘ l0 b ? tbe co fP°* ,ati ?“. 10 DccUlon In III.Chicago FlectionFiattdCm.
S^j'&'Xlrt^B^n ^Lwash™. March ‘J2.-TU Snprome
I ‘hst iiadcr^iovron, oT P Mtorney from^he Mockin-Gllllaghcr "‘cases. Tb* crimw
l^jniofColbv C'liitHJt und thnv itnvn I charged HgoiuHt the defendant* are infa-
rod Ic^'r^of U. k^ men- «>• “f-ning of the co^titn-
Ihtovlm the compl«fmu t’H bill, hut they tioD ’ »“!> c “? ot „ b ?, bebl '°
It*n*to?tte Wnrw^m^S^^XeeontSd
*“ *old to Brio. 1*. h Butk^ Lf iWa?hm ! HW * r I °Th ‘° F* l*~«rae<led with by grand
I MU, for whom ti,Jury indictment, instead of by infonna-
K-.uXd .t*oXevsLut 8 ‘ion. The dedsion rondero/ in the
Why.c h »sesndCrockerhoughttbeUnds ^.‘L 8 i*‘ e * o^^Mackk"
ratersr.iJL u ^Si
let the < in Chicago at the last Presidential elcc-
liwpoudents^denieif ,ion . net* aside the two year* sentence
b ; lllt ' r . I'.v Idea, sot up UiX wme licts in !. m I>o“ d by Judge Blodgett i ? the United
is.'jV’-u 1 . l ' ec b>red that he bonght in
■ lx.lli.rV u ' ,v - , w mas u. bonght iu
I in.i I, 1 , 1 from the heirs of Colby, Chase
I I,. :' 0011 "’ “d paid them *309,OUO.
|jad„’r i0 K ,bo '‘'luminous evidence,
|.| i l '?,?l >ctr m 7* in his decision thut Peter
I which c*,?* ori^fudhr owned the lands
I l<im "5 b >;bb*a» and Crocker bought from
larin’eii u uj btst question to be deter-
Itor , l „ L V 1 “ 1 buy for themselves or
l i 'onLil,i’f r, S* bomber Company? It is
L.ifl.v i,i ‘fonht from tbe evidence that
*,, jm „’,. b “" ®nd Crocker were agents of tbe
Into, ?“on- It ia true that the deeds were
‘ mL tl,MB M 'f in their own right, bnt
md • I’praneou* rotters to the company
* ‘trong orray of fact* show coacln-
Ttev tbey booifbt for the company.
Iwr’,1,, 7 ,r fi'tended that tho lands wore
pisA.rVi r lb *msclvoa. Butler is a pur-
| ii ■ r,n Sj tb ® b*U» at law, but he occu-
Lvin., b ®ttcr position than they did, who,
Cr,„ b. no T "' 1 d title, could not giro him
*he'w,!t PS** !“ ‘bis connection waa that
Taw ot btephen Chase made no refer-
I rs ?“>', Un 'is in Georgia.
|ile*ilt '“th is, Butler, Briegs, Hall and
Vrui'krr U" * bu beirs ol Colby, Chaae and
interlopers; they are not
•iiion cUlm *‘ nU of this land, say* the
'''ny a charge in tho
Hn[h )v } b *‘ be is merely a clerk in tbe
M !i, | * . tolby ' ,,U snswer was evasive
Ikiee ‘ho* tb*t he had sworn to it.
pricg, I, j, stUr the heir* at-law gave
r* cle’rk bon*! ^ !»*“ “* »tlern*y
M'l i.V to® pretended price of
r^-h the* limli * eTtu , containing tracts
I »e attorneys said they had sold to
Mates Court, but docs not uffect the term
ot five years in the penitentiary which he
is now serving under a State law tor perjury.
An Adverse lleport on Hanning's Coon.
Wasiiinuton, D. C., March 22.—The Sen
ate committee ou the District of Columbia
has decided by a tie vote not to advise and
consent to the nomination of B. C. Mat
thews of Albany to be tecorder of deeds for
the District of Colnmbiaand Blackburn
therefore authorized to report the nomina
tion adversely. It is understood that tho
votes in favor of the confirmation were cast
by Ingalls, Pike, Palmer and Brown; and
those In the negative l>y Blackburn, Vance,
Harris, and Itiddleberger. The death of
Miller of California, who waa a member of
the district committee, leaves the committee
with eight members, hence the tie vote.
A Dc.psrado'a Humble rate.
Omaha, March 22.—Ed Johnson, the des
par ulo who killed hi* employer Hutnrdsy,
intrenched himself in a barn near Oakland,
where he resisted all attempt* to capture
him and killed two men and wounded sev
eral ntlien. Tbe barn wse set on fire last
evening. 1’iro was opened on Johnson snd
he was killed, falling In the flame*. When
the Are had subsided, th* body was found
riddled with bullets.
Killed by en Klectvle Shock.
Liscbbcbo, Va., MArch 22.—Meyers Pat
terson, an employ* of th* electric light
company, wbil* repairing * lamp tbi* *f to-
Doan, received a shock from an electric
current, killing him instantly. He wse
a pole twenty feet from the ground.
e pi
vided for as bountifully ns were tbo whites.
At the churches last uight special services
were conducted in behslt of the prohibi
tionists. Prayers were offered that the re
sult might be in their favor, and that the
contest might pass off qnietly.
Both sides worked hard, and the negro
vote all day was at a premium. The elec
tion hinged on their vote, as the figures
show, and a desperate struggle was made
over it.
The employes of the Lunatic Asylum
came over about 2 o'clock, over a hundred
in number, and voltd solidly the prohibi
tion ticket.
Miu.EuoEvn.Li, March 22.—The returns
from alt the voting precincts came in
promptly to-night. The following is the
official count:
Milledgivillo, for the sale, 1G5; against tbe
sale, 570.
Browns, for—3G1; against - 47.
Butts, for—237; aguinst—45.
Cooper’s, for—242; against—38.
Total-for the sale, 1,005; against the
sale -704, giving the antis a majority of 301.
1 here is much excitement to-night over
tho result, and the election will certainly
he contested. The prohibitionists claim
that there were at least six hundred illegal
vot.B polled. The grounds for contesting,
us near as can he learned, are : First, the
polls were kept open at Brawn’s twenty
minutes over time, which will take about
thirty from the antis’ majority. Second,
that tho cost on executions of insolvent
taxes, amounting to over six hundred do!
lars, have not been paid.
Tbe leaders of the prohis, anticipating
tronble in this direction, caused the follow
ing circular to be issued on last Saturday
and distributed among the crowd.
"To all whom it may concern: Look out,
tronble ahead. Take waralug in time.
Georgia, Baldwin coanty, otlico of Ordin
ary, March 20th 1880. It has come to my
knowledge that many persons on tho in
solvent tax list in said county have lately
paid their taxes to Mr. T. W. Turk, the tax
collector, with a view of analifying them
selves to voto at the pending election in
stead of satisfy log the executions against
them; therefore, as a friend to all snch, 1
hereby caution and warn you that such
payment was illegal and void, and the re
ceipt given by Mr. Tnrk for snch lain
is utterly worthless. The executions with
costs thereon most be paid np an]
satisfied before yon are qualified to vote.
Yon have already violated tho law igut
runtly, doubtless, by taking the registn.
tion oath and by voting you will subject
; --ourselves to donblo criminal prosecution,
Tom which no antis or other [m son caa
irotect yon. I presume Ml. Turk will re-
urn to the proper persoos nil monies psil
to him npon their insolvent taxes, snd yon
can then put yourselves right on the record
for the future. Tho superintendent* cf
elections will he furnished with a list show
ing who have insolvent tax exeentinns
against them, and of course will see to it
that inch do not vote. 1 refer to
Article 2, Section 1, 1’aragraph 2,
of the Constitution of Georgia, and
also code of 1882, section 8G2, which latter
is in these words; When the collector
shall have his insolvent list credited, it
shall be the dut of they tribunal allowing it
to retain a copy of such list mid direct the
collector to issno executions for tbo aims
and place them In the bands of some con
stable of the county for collection, who
■ball be entitled to the same feta as be is
entitled for other execution* and two and
one-half per centum, and the balance shall
be paid by the constable to the ordinary,
whose duty it shall be to transmit the same
to tbe treasury. Signed, Daniel B. S in-
ford, Ordinary.”
The antie, on tho other hand, claim that
the election was legal and that all voters
who registered to hold the tax collector's
receipt in full for back taxes had a perfect
right to vote and that a telegram was re
ceived from Judge Lawson, judge of this
district, this morning eluting the kame.
KNIGHTS IN MASK.
Tliey Take Poosee-inn of Iocnmutlres amt
Aatuetste a Watchman.
Denison, Texas, March 22.—At two
o’clock yesterday morning the watrhmen at
the round-house here were surprised by the
appearance of shout 150 masked men, who
commanded them to keep quiet. The
watchmen, ten in number, were taken np
and carried to tiro office of tho shops, where
a guard was put over them. They were
told to remain where they were quietly, as
the masked men came determined to do
their duty, be the consequences what they
might, and that they would not he injured;
so the watchmen sat iu the office awaiting
the resnlt. Of the mob of 150 men notone
spoke a word except the leader, who, after
placing tho watrhmen under guard, went to
the middle of the turn-table, where all
eonld hear him, and said: "Men, you know
your duty—do it" Then every man broke
in the same direction, without the least
noise. In about five minutes the speaker
returned to the office ami addressed the
wutchuien, saying: "Gentlemen, wo are
much obliged to you for your conduct, and
wish to return our thanks. Yon are all at
liberty to go about your business. Good
morning.”
The watchmen stepped ont of the office,
and not a n an was in sight or could be
heard. They then made an investigation as
to wlmt had been dono. The passenger
engine that was to have left for Fort Worth
this morning nt 4 o'clock was found with
the steam cock open, tho hose cut, fire
dumped out and • ‘killed" entirely. They
failed to open the water gauge, so the en
gine had enough water to carry her to
Whitesboro. While tho hands were heat
ing and bringing her to life again, new hose
was pnt in, and in about an honr she
steamed np in the depot and took ont a pas
senger tram thut bad laid there all night.
In the shopa the men found that a large
stationary engine had been removed from
its place, the water let ont of the tanks,
hose cut, pins removed, nnd the engines
"killed,” so that it will take some days to
bring them to life again.
Tho damago done to the machinery was
very great, and it will take some time to
repair it. Every masquerader carried a large
I iiece of iton, brickbat, or something simi-
ar, so as to he prepared for combat if tbe
watchmen resisted. The watchmen, seeing
the size of the mob, knew it was useless to
resist, and so allowed them to do what tho'
would. The celerity and qnie* with whicl
the work was done showed that the men
ha-l been well trained and instructed. The
wutchmen have no idea who they were, and
those that wore no masks were strangers to
them. Thera is no way, consequently, of
finding out the guilty parlies.
u Don't I ail to See Me?
If You Need AnytliinginMy Line.
I am prepared to Furnish
CARRIAGES!
Biiggiew, YV n“ oil!*, Harness,
BABY CARRIAGES, LAP ROBES, WHIPS, IIORSE BLANKETS,
PLOW GKELAH, Etc.,
Cheaper than they have Ever been Sold.
AN EXPENSIVE BILL OF FARE
A Chatham Coanty Cyclone.
Savannah, March 22.—Persons from lhe
northern portion of Chatham county to-day
report that a tornado passed through that
section Saturday afternoon. For several
miles timber was destroyed in a track of
about one hundred yards wide, tinder
growth being smoothed down ar, with a gi
gantic road roller. Buildings and fences
on the plantation of Hr. Frank Cole w. re
blown completely down, bnt tbe tenants,
fortunately, escaped death as if by a miracle.
Jews from Polsad.
Warsaw, March 22 —The exo ins cf Jews
from Itnssian Poland has attained extrsur
dinary Qgnrcs. Statistics show that daring
the year 1885 no less than 20,100 left tbe
country for America, to say nothing of
those who emigrated elsewhere.
Death Kathtr than Stripes.
Charleston, March 22—Ik* Moat
gowery, colored, wk* sentenced to-day in
Spartanburg to two years in tho peniten
tiary for resisting officers. After the sen
tence, he was left alone in hi* celL In half
an boor he was fonnd hanging to the bar by-
strips nude ot blankets.
VaTheae’a Pise.
PhUadnlphis Prma.
Senator Vorhec* it getting ready to make
n thundering speech against tb* eirilserric*
bill Than is too* reason to sat peel that
Yorbce* want* to take tb* civil service bill
off Into a corner and talk it to death.
Ciiicaoo, March 20.—"Billy” Boyle, a res
tnurant keeper, lias found a novel method of
evading the State civil rights law, which
10 to colored people the same nrivileci
in hotels, restaurants nnd pdhlic places tin
white Jicoplo enjoy. When a negro sits
down nt one of Boyle’s tables he is politely
handed a special bill of fare, from which tho
following pries nre cnlled: Porterhouse
steak, $3.75; thesnmo with oysters fur $3.90:
asnrloin with mushrooms for $2.05; pork
snusage only $3.35; fried chicken, with
cream sauce, whole, $1.20; picked np coil-
fish, $4.25; and fried apples anil salt pork,
$4.35. Fried eggs cost $2.25; tomato omo-
K *4 ,30; brook trout, *5.GO; frogs’ logs,
$5.75; broiled pmirie chickens, $(1.76; buck
wheat cakes, $1.10; oatmeal mush, $1.25:
nickled pigs' feet, $3.00; fried oysters, $5.30
tor half a dozen; buttered toast, $1.10
romodbcct hash, $4.25, and livornnd bacon,
$3.25, nnd the wholo cun lie washed down
with tea, coffee or milk at 50 cents. Tho
guest is calmly invited to call for wine, 11
quern, ales and cordials.
The object of this is, of conree, to drive
tho colored guests from tliu restaurant, nnd
it seldom fails. Often pride would hid there
stay, but prido must be backed by money or
it will have a fall. It is a question if this
discrimination ngninst one class of people is
not illegal.
BOUND AND GAUGED.
An Old Lady Made to Tall Where Her N**t
KgB Was Secreted.
New Orleans, March 22.—A special from
Aberdeen, Miss., says: Go Saturday night
three stranger* went to the honse of Mrs.
Hchlnnders, a widow lady, living across tbe
lake from T'chnla, twelve miles from Lex
ington, gagged nnd bound her nnd a ped
dler who wiih in tbe house at the time, with
the view of securing a large sum of money-
said to be serrated about the honse. The
old lady was subjected to nil manner
of torture. It was not until they
curried her to the fire nnd threatened
to burn her, that she told where $1,300 was
secreted. As soon ns this sum was secured
and $100 that tho peddler bad, the robbers
left for Lexington to take the train. The
peddlergot out bis knife, cut tho cords and
released himself and crossed the lake to
Tcbnla and gave the alarm.
Town Marshall McUee, C. Jenet and
John Uwin started in pursuit and over
took the robbers about a mile from Lexing
ton, where a battle occurred. One of the
rubbers wus instantly killed snd another
wounded, Jenet being slightly wonmled.
The wonnded robber was traced to the edge
ot town, and hopea are entertained of bis
capture. $215 was found in a sack ad
dressed to Mrs. Hcblander* on tbe persou
of the dead robber. In hia bat was a band
neatly embroidered and with the initials
C. O.” No papers were fonnd to identify
him.
A Nenvatloual Prayer.
Washiniiton, March 22.—In his opening
prayer this morning the chaplain raid: “We
beseech thee, Almighty Ood, to help the
people of this country to learn that money
;nined otherwise then us thou cotnmnndest,
by sweat of face as fair and honest wage of
honorable, manly worksof brain or hand, is
gained by theft, no matter how we name
stealing; that money is never converted
into wealth unless it ceases to be a pander
of onr lusts nnd lifts us above tbe level of
animats; lifting us to tho graces of life, ele
vating our hearts to manly aspirations,
making n* kindly with onr kind, (sttient to
God's laws and reverent to our-elves. Rid
the land, we beseech Thee, of all gameste-rs,
whether they gamble with dice, or cards, or
chips, or with wheat, or stocks, or corn, or
cotton. Deliver us from the iufl'ience and
power of robbers, who, enticing their vic
tims to boards of trade and stock
exchanges and bucket shops, name
their practices of plunder "shearing
lambs.” Enlighten onr ir.U!!igenco
with Thy trnth; sweeten and deepen
onr humanity with thy love, quicken onr
t iety with tby spirit, and may Jesus Christ
become more and more master and rnler of
onr lives aud characters and thoughts. Wi
pray through his hallowed name, amen."
The delivery of this prayer was atten
lively listened to and caused quite a sensa
tion among tbe members. On motion of
Bnttenvotth of Ohio, seconded by Weaver
of Ohio, it was ordered printed in the Itec
ord.
Mew I'm for a Smoke Stork.
Pimuvao, Pa., March 22.—The Are at
the Mnrraysvilk gas well was effectively ex
tinguished about noon to-diy, by meant of
an Immense smokestack, which was placed
over tb* pipe and the flame* smothered.
The air about town i* impregnated with
gn*. bnt no seriousre*ulU are
I. L. HARRIS,
OS and 100 Cherry St., Macon, Ga.,
Is tho place to look for or write to when you need anything
in the above line. Don’t buy from small dealers who chargo
high prices, but send to me, or call in person before purchas
ing, and I will convince you that money can be saved by trading
at headquarters. It won’t cost you a cent to bo shown
through my establishment. If you can’t come, writo for
prices.
I. L. HARRIS,
98 and 100 Cherry St„ Macon, Qa,
GROCERIES!
o
Th" undersigned have opened a large nnd complete stack in Grocrirr aS JHt Th i ->1
Strsf.t, and respectfully invite all in need of Supplies, to enH ..u taern Melt nnrobariit.’
elsewhero. Tho stock includes all the staplos used by farmers, aud baa keen feleviJ*
.. .. j ( i* en marked at
with special referenca to their want*.
PRICES TO SUIT
TIIE TIMES,
and planters will find it to their interest to consult them.
WRIGHT & HILL,
121 Third Street.
JanlTAlUkwflm
DINK'S heard rlixik
C00KST0YES
ALWAYS SATISFA CTORY
EIGHTEEN SIZES AND HMDS
ALL PURCHASERS CAN BE SUITED
MAN D PACnmiD IT
Isaac JLSheppard & Co.,Baltimore,Hi
AND
Georgia Chill Remedy
CblUfl end fevers have for ran affected tlion-
anil will ruuUnue to do eu until lb* merits r,r
Hall ■ Oeoride Chill turned, become known, -mu
!e nojwtent buubu* ooetrum. but tbe reeult of tlie
experience of a quarter of e century In enmpouad-
la*ud manuracturtn dm* In our Southern dt-
raafe- I bare cured mreiU and tboumade or ota-
om ofchrqnlc ehUh afie rthev bad for a long Umo
reeletrd the effurte of able nbveicteae anil mu Men
•“^orara* to have so, rtfert. Onebotti? In .11
cases of leee than eix months etendin* will effect a
permanent cure. Iu that time a sufferer would
opeud double tho amount forqulnlno sad yet not be
cured. 1 append a few eertt*calaa showier wket It
Jj^e'-mplUhed-thousands MaM u {{
r 1 ®f the Superior
Court of tbo Macun i-Uvult. was cured of chills sad.
fever by tbe use of Hall e Oeorgla chin Itctueily.
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