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WEEKLY
VOLUME XIV.
TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2, 1883.
PRICE G C ENTS
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THE SEAMY SIDE.
A DAY’S RECORD OP WEAK AND
"WICKED HUMAN NATURE.
Kurd*r an4 Lynchlnr*—Youthful Train Wreokers-
Dukei ReUastd—Uaualng la Ncrtb rarrltna—
A Caaidun Giovo Firm Abscond*—Ab.
saondlc* Rjbb-r* and Defaulter*.
Special to The Constitution.
Columbia, Decembir 29.—-To-day Jira Cole-
lunn, the murderer of Sarah Willis, was ar
rested in this city. He attempted to .escape
immediately affer committing the deed but
fearing capture, returned and hid under a
bed in his house. A colored woman dis
closed his hiding place and two policemen
captured him without much difliculty. They
placed hint in n wagon and drove rapidly
toward jail. Before they had proceeded very
far they \v< re interrup'ed by an infuriated
mob cf negro men and women, armed win
axes .ind Micks, who swore vengence on the
murderer, ami attempted to take him from
his captors. They drew pistols and warned
the lynchers not to molest the prisoner. It
was with great difliculty that the mob
could be prevented from killing Coleman on
the spot. It followed him to jail and sev
eral times attempted to take him from the
officers. It wus induced by tho authorities
to disperse and forego its design. To-night
it is thought another effort will be made to
lynch Coleman There is great excitement
among the blacks
A WOMAN MURDERER'S CONFESSION.
Logan. Kuti., Decern her 29.—Yesterday Mrs.
McKune Was am sted for the murderof George
Lord in May, 1880. At tho Serrett house ln.st
night she made a full confession to Sheriff
Alien, of VVakena, where she is being taken
for trial. The particulars in the case are
these: In May,IttSO, George Lord, agedubout
CO, left his family for a trio west in company 1
with this woman. They traveled together to
Monument, near which they camped, and
while Lord slept in the night
she killed him by shooting him in the back
of the head with a pistol, after which she
dragged him down in a ravine and buried
him. Next morning she took his team and
about $700 in money and drove back to Hayes
city, there she sold the team, took the cars
and came back to Kirwin, neur where she
lived on Bow creek. She «narried shortly
after McKune, under which name she is now
arrested. She was doing well, and the fam
ily were well thought of by their neighbors.
She is about 28 years of age, of large size und
will weigh 1HU pound 4 , broad forehead, prom
inent cheek hone.*, and black hair and eyes.
She says she has Buffered a thousand deaths
sinco tho murder
upon with suspicion and could only obtain
short credit.
Houston. Texa«», December 29.—-At Colum
bus Wednesday n son of Captain Stafford was
shot hut not killed. Some of the friends of
young Staff»rd hanged the would-be assassin.
Litti.s Rock, December 29.—A Gazette’s
Hope special j-ays considerable_ alarm is
prevalent over the reported uprising of the
blacks who threaten to burn the town to
night. The streets are patrolled by as herifFs
posse,
a family for zola.
A MILWAUKEE SENSATION.
Milwaukee, DrceiubrP 29.—A sensation
was produced this morning in the town of
Milwaukee by the discovery of the dead body
of a farmer named Christopher U-mcIicI
hanging to a tree near his residence. Roecbel
and his family, consisting of wife and son,
had become notorious for their crazy oral* a
at their home, and when the old man’s body
was found this morning, it was generally
believed that he had been nfhrdert-d by his
tos'im strengthened
mWo
wife and son. Tbi»t_
hv the strange actions of inWtter and son, and
( ^A>indii)g of 8pois of blood on the Door of
house. Upon the forehead of the old
r5an there was a mark as if he had been
“'ruck by a club. The theory of murder was
generally accepted until the coroner’s jury
returned a verdict this morning of suicide.
The Koechel family have had tbe reputation
MSpjLiil^iiJyi/tlibgl being all possessed
of qevTJs. three wero jndovibtediy Jn-
fto'l'jf. - li KTT-luWr 7r2nri~ religious
excitement, and the ton from long associa
tion with insane parents. The mother and
son area! present in jdl in this city. Both
seem to to be well pleased at the action of the
man in shuffling off his mortal coil. They
will probably be sent to the insane asylum,
PANIC IN A CHURCH.
New York, December 29—At the Christ-
mustide celebration of Trinity church, Mt.
Vernon, last night instead of a Christmas
tree a Jacob’s ladder had been arranged in
the church. It waa simply a pine ladder
trimmed with pines and cedar. A lighted
taper falling among the sprays of evergreen
on tho ladder at once caused a blaze,ami some
one shotted ‘Tire." A stampede immedi
ately followed for the doors, which opened in
ward. and in a few seconds the weight of
hundreds ol half crazed people were thrown
against them,and no power could have swung
them open. Children fared worst; men and
women trampled them under loot without
mercy. Fortunately a few oool headed per
sons succeeded In extinguished the flames
sml restoring order. It u believed that no
one was serious injured. About one thous
and men, women and children were in tho
church at the time.
AN ABSCONDING RAILROAD MAN.
CnicAGO. December 29.—C. M. Silliman,
m nogvr of the freight and transportation de
partment of the Punt & Bradley manufac
turing company, has been missing several
days. The firm claims that lie has absconded,
and thut a partial examination of his Looks
-i ...»>.r i r >nn u'ltli ilif>nru().
A Fattier, Boa and 81-trr* all.af an Extraordinary
Chant* tor.
Cincinnati, December 27.—Another bloody
chapter must be written in the sensational
history of a notorious Cincinnati family. Jim
Chumley has killed his man. His father, u
well known officer, was shot down in the of
fice of the Cunt ral station two years ago last
August, by Colonel Tom Snell baker, then
manager of the Vine Street opera house, who
was acquitted of tiie homicide. Hi la, the
youngest daughter, was the mistress of Sncll-
baker, and the originnl cause of the tragedy'.
Mollie Evans. another daughter, was noto
rious os a worker of country members at
Columbus. Slie is now a Cincinnati sport
ing woman. Another daughter of tbis re-
markable family was prominent \ears ago
as a stage dancer, and is believed by many’
u» be identical with Fanny Lear, tbe scarlet
woman who was exiled from tho Russian
empire for mashing a grand duke, and get
ting from him some of the imperial family
diamonds. Still another sister was the ad
venturess, w.io, in the roll of an American
widow, so infatuated King Leopold Second,
of Bavaria, years ago. Leopold, then a sus
ceptible youth, took daily winks in the pri
vate park, adjueent to the palace, and learn
ing his hours, the adventuress, with the
freedom born of an American sovereign wo
man, was always there in ad
vance, reading a book. The king,
smitten with her beuuty, introduced
himself to her notice by raising the fan which
BILL ARP’S CHRISTMAS.
HE EATS.HISTURKEY AWAY FROM
HOME.
KILLED BY HFR LOVER.
Tha Journey Out to tho IIou*«—Bratad Around t*
Fcs’lvo Hoard—What Tb«7 All Qot lor Fr««U
Chris m4S in th* Coun ry—For Whom th#
New Year Will b* LuoKy, Eio.. E o.
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show an embezzlement of $500, with tho prob
abilities that it will amount to thousands. It
is said to have ber/ accomplished by pocket
ing small amoun’/ln the way of rebates for
overcharges by rjflway companies.
HANOI.WlN EOSTBCAROLINA.
Danville, Vjf December 29.—Ivison Slade,
colored, was MXiged to-day at Yanceyvillc.
North OuduK f ' ir tho murder 1 of Bora
White, coIo'O). on June <• The, dro I> ft" 11 al
ten o'clock it is supposed the neck was
broken 'Urt strands of the rope broke, but
theshe’rifj®*ugfit them and kept the rope
from un»flng.
DUKES REl EASED. . ,
1 ill-'ip 11 P* 4 -- December 29.—Special to
the C-JflPrick* .S-ntlnel from Uniontown,
Penn # ftats: Dikes, who Killed Captain
Nut*. V'f' , w’ days ago, lias been released on
$p> Xft) bail
- yotmiFCLTBAlN WRECKERS.
Mbripkn, Ownn., December £9.—Edward
y.D«»A It. m uml Charles Silks, aged respective
ly eleven and eight years, of Wallingford,
r ‘ j, on I c n/ nrr* -t 1 d tl.i- ut'u im»"ii.
Jihai ir wot they who attempted to wreck tbe
pas-enger train Tuesday, beta* prompted to
do eo because au employe had driven them
off tbe track.
A SUIT WITHDRAWN.
Sr. Louis. December 29.—The damage suit
for $5,000. of Alice W. bUjhack ny&taii John
ji c.fckeiill, managiu/ editor of the Post-
•Dil^a.cb, for the km of her husband, A1O0S4
W. tfte.% back, was diamisred to day at the
plain 1 * If *• instance and cur. The suit was
lit, *t»« r tha grand jury had ignored a bill
a • ns’ ( oJronil for knit tig Say hack.
A CIIICAOO D«X>KKEEPER.
CuiCAOO, December 29 —John Parry, book-
Keeper ior ar»rn«§* , 7
CTB was arrested last Bight and beta In four
thousand dollars bail on charge of forgery.
JO ibe extent of tour thousand live hundred
dollar* by a mU m of fraudulent cUcd, in
foltekn with a bar-fender and a large saloou.
The bar u nder tew not yet been arrested.
r member of the Arm is an ex-
TId
of HI
,, an Kxruaei n.
u'iuIn r 29 —Tho boiler of a
n exploded yesterday, while
wbs im! * f work people. A
ions were killed. Three bodies
it extricated from the ruins.
i hJjK.ToI * IKDIL.-.
The court otlicers
finally bought tbe woman off with a lurgo
sum of money, The Cnumleya are scattered
now. Jim has been a mun-of-all-work for
Wm. H. Dunkmann, undertaker and livery
stable man corner of Everett and John
streets, for several mouths. Thomas Lamb,
formerly a livery stable keeper whom drink
had drugged down, is now' employed in the
same establishment. Chumley is 31 years
old and unmarried; ho lived m tbe stable.
Lamb was 39 years old nud hud a wife and
five little children who lived in two rooms
near the stable. Mrs. Lamb brought both
men their suppers every night, which they
ate together in the office. To-night, shortly
alter six o'clock, Lumb was drunk, but both
men were eating in tho office as usual, Mrs.
Lamb sitting near on a sofa. Chumley told
Lamb to wash three w’agons, which he do
clincd to do, and complained that lie did all
the work. A quarrel resulted, blows were
interchanged und as Mrs. Lamb rushed from
the office Chumley drew a buff dog revolver
and tired twice, hitting Lamb in the left
shoulder and four inches below tho heart.
The lust wound was fatal. Half an hour later
he was dead. Chumley ran out fora doc or,
nd quietly submitted to arrest. Huc'aim-
the snooting was in self defense. Ho is a
man of no reputation. At the time his futher
wus killed be was ou the police force, but
was discharged after a year’s service. This is
the third man thut Jim Chumley has shot.
When Jim was ubout 17 years of uge ho fired
u pistol bullet into one of the eyes of hi*
brother-in-luw while they were sitting at the
table at home eating u meal. Evun* did not
die, lf». J a'very ,»!•»•»> ^« 1 .* ',* >. was
« that i.e did not iccetvO oft
death wounX While Jim was on the poli
force he shot a man whom he saw running
through an alley, but did not kill him. Jim
was formarly married, but the divorce courts
settled that for hint a couple of yeurs ago.
We dined out Christmas. It has been u
long time since wo dined out Christmas. In
fact, it has been a right smart while since we
dined out atall. We are home folks, we
and most always havo a Christmas for the
family uudsome friends, und have the parlor
greened up and a Christinus tree in the mid
dle of it, and Mrs. Arp and I play the pa
triarchs of the concern. We don’t run about
uiucb, that is, not both of us ut once, simul
taneously at the same time, for something
would go wrong, certain und shore. But we
were invited a month ago, ull und singular,
xnd we knew the big pot would be put in the
ttle one, and that the lurkty gobler had
jeeugobling down dough a long time, and so
we rigged up the big wagon, uu«t the children
stuck evergreens up in the corners, und tied
some on the wheels, and on the bridles und
harness, and we took in nubor Duke and his
wife and baby, and ail went sailing and si ag
ing up the roai^like a pussel of luniuks. The
horses caught the infection and pranced high
and that made the evergreens thrash
’em around,and all I could do wus'to set buck
on the spring seat with my feet braced against
tlie fore gate and puff hurd ou the rains und
holler, "Wo, Molly! Wo, Queen 1 Wo, 1 tell
you! Wo, 1 say!" But they couldn’t hear
narry word, lor the everluxting singing and
shouting, "Can Anybody Tell Me Where
Nuncy's Gone," and all such hilarious tunes.
I thought I heard Mrs. Arp exclaim some
thing ever and anon, for the road was rough
und me wagon bounced over the roc as ana in
uud out of ihe rut« umuztug, and so I vain Di
ed to look buck uud sue was u holding ou to
the rounds ot her chair with a desperate grip
uud her luce hud Ute most pitiful muu re
igned expression 1 ever saw. Ail along tl;
i Dt-ath cf« Yonnu I adjr k) l*>« Awldcn *1 lllucliarcf
•• f» f.rr Uver’* l*l*iol
Stracc-'E, N. Y., Dc»'’luber 28 —One of the
sadAt t ir.igedic. ever nac cd in this commit-
P^was that of this fternoon, when Miss
Im-g- iix Lewis, a re |>erted and beautiful
young lady, met her i -ath instantly from tbe
prem it are discharge her lover's revolver.
She had but time to address a few loving
words •«> hef betrothed before breathing her
!ust. The particulars of the sad affair, as
1earned this evening, are contradictory to the
rumors .V-t were rife earlier in the day.
when it was noi*ed about thut it was a case
of murder. At.ss Lewis lived in Diamond
sireet, and had received the addessesof Mr.
George ’.V.-7a*es for some time, and their
wttiding Announced for the near future.
Preparations of au elaborate nature were al
ready under way. Tbis afternoon Mr. Gates
railed upon Miss Lewis, and, at her Folicita
tioi. ,wus re arranging some of the evergreens
about tl-D chnndalier. He had mounted n
step ladder and was engaged with the decora
tion >, whtn a 32-calibre revolver fell from his
nut.- d<- coat poiket, and in its descent s ruck
tl.-e ii- lder and one of the chambers was ex
ploded, * Mi.vs Lewis was standing near, and
the hull fctmek her in the neck. She fell to
the door, btif, before Mr. Gates could reach-
arose, but only to fall into his arms with
leinarx: "ObJ George, you have killed
you nave killed me!’’ He supposed he
amtlion was eousfid by fright, and en
desv >r«d to quiet her, hut she pointed to the
bullet aolu in tier neck and asked for he
smeiliog salts. She was able to walk to t
COTTON SEED OIL
Thr Starting of Th* Muscogee Oil Mill—l'h* Origin of
th* Bohrm-, Wb? Were lal’.IIowThty Wiot
to Work, and What They Hit* Don*—A
Leok at the Mot Wttila in Motion.
the resultof JEALOUSY.
A Man Worked Upon by Jealousy BheaU Ilia Twe
Ohl'drin
Boston, December 28.—A dispatch from
Amherst to night gives tin* details of a horri
ble tragedy in Packardville, eight miles from
that town to day, where a fatln-r shot and in
stantly killed one of hischlldrtn and probably
futully wounded another. The story is thut
Morriara A. Montgomery, 23 years of age.
has not lived with his wife f«
for nearly a vear.
and Saturday he visited her at her father’s
farm at Packardville, remaining there till this
morning. Jealousy on his part was tbecau
of the reparation, and he asked her to-day if
WwUld
she w-uld live with him again, and she
refused, on tne ground of former abuse. Me
gut angry, and went our doors, where he saw
Irs two children —George, 0 years old, and
Eva, 4 years old—playing. He
pulled a revolver from his pocket,
and fired at the boy, killing
him instantly. He then tired at the girl
The tiring attracted the inmates of the house,
and on tfielr rushing out he fired at bis wife,
an t ihtn at her father, Horatio Marsh, but
fortunately mused them both. The old gen
tlemun grappled with Montgomery', threw
him, and took a*
a way tbe weapon, ana Anally
drugged him into the house and secured him.
lie was taken to Enfield tiffs afternoon, and,
pleading not guilty, was held for medical ex
animation. 'Ihe family came from the west,
and, although they have been in Mu»uchu-
setts about a year, not much is known of
them. Montgomery is a man of apparently
average intelligence does not drink, and sayr
he remembers nothing of the shooting. Hf
pleaded not guilty in court in a firm voice,
and to non-experts does not appear like ac
insane man.
POISONED WITH PIE.
A lleetuian M*«U ■ M/*tcrl*u* Death—III* Wife Ha*.
Fisiikill Landino, N. Y., December 30.—
There is considerable excitement here caused
by the death of David W. P»y, a wsll-ufdo
boaimuu, aged forty-five, who partook of a
gla*s ot water and a piece of pie on thcd9th
in-tAnt and immediately commenced to
v.iinlt, at the same time experiencing a tend-
rible burning pain in his mouth ami throat
His physician was in attendance, and as he
did not obrain any relief, Dr. U. C. Wilson
was called in consultation, but at
midnight the patient expir d in
great agony. The suspicious circumstances
of the case prompted the attendant physician
to communicate with Dr. J. I*. Schenuk, the
coroner, who impaneled a jury. From state
ments made to them yesterday by the doctors
they ordered a post mortem examination ho
t ike place at once, when Dr* Shel. Wilson.
Maith, Schenck un t 8tack took part in the
proceedings. Tne coroner took the fluids
front the stoin:<f;b to he unalyz d by Profrasor
Dorcmus, in X -vr York. ThU morning soa-
pfefon in dih-cted to the Wife, who, four
years since w _s married to Mr. Pay when she
was only Y it .-en Wean of sge .Stic denies she
pobe ned him. The deceas. d leaves a grown
up daughter, who has resided ia Muttewan
since tbe
id marriage.
Tfcc .\}bl( rut*l Carrier*.
VoLffe RtglMU-r.
ii'v in tbU a ds'igenras habit in the young,
•ni-m think that It I* aunty. r "or f - lx.
.luy/'l consists Ineot»Ug> of A>ul.tn dsriug
it, in abhoriingbailyfug, biltfldofttiaad
3 t..-l ii tliili -1 I* "( ••• I‘*
ud em hi i !e*f»f Id*
—heaveti »tve
i»hf*po>Lcr,
ami slopped unu luukeo und wuuUereo/ One
old woman looked at us over her spectacles,
and 1 heard her suy, "is they all crazy and
j«st been a drunk in,” und u uarkey Puilorcd
will, "Dull! iolks is selling du iizzaid oil.'*
But We got there all sale uud hud u glad .wel
come and the .men folks went a naming and
the young mufflers Compared bublts und tne
old cuts told ’em ull uduui how tj raise ’em,
und by und by we all got
sKAian AiuuNu hieFKsrivE uoakd
und eat turkey, uud pie, ami ens.ura und so
forth,'and ielt ut peace willy ourselves uud
ull mankind. Tuu ChristmuJ gilts weie ull
eXUibltcd and admired. Tin- bracelets uud cur
lings uud pins uud that tame big ctiuir cush
ion. i lound a pair ot sli/pcrs up tiuru iiiut
just lit me, und now every ingm i am strut-
ting around like *t lilte/ary gentleman. And
I’ve got a lieW inksiutid and u hex of cigars
and a big lino cup und saucer, und Mrs Arp
ota wriung-desk uml u line linen lublcoioin,
.lid the slnuiren got u lot of Utile tilings lliut
lave made them ever / so happy, Anu men
came a box ot orani^ r uli tile wuy front Flor
ida, and i told C’ar^.iid Jessie it* sit down
y it and eaf just us muny as they
, ,nnt*» Vn--.**-‘ f
tiling OU.'.oVe, und i w«di#»U tiierk w
enough lor once in their lives. When 1 wus a
boy orange* were very scarce and very nigh
uud we children thought a naif of one a liber
at allowance and bo when 1 got to be a young
muu and visited Mobile and saw the golden
pyramids ot beauufu»| run piled up on the
wiiuriw 1 bought me u dozen lor u quarter and
camped beside ’em un lit 1 hud got enough
and dideiit want uny more. 1 beiieVo it is u
good Idea to gorge u child sometimes on good
things for they don’t liuuker after it so much
alter that, bet the sugar bowl down ou the
floor by the baby uud let it eat ull over its
face.
Christmas is a gay lime in the country us
well as the town. It belongs to everybody
ulike. It is a weeks rest for the year
that bus gone—a year of toil uud
trouble und care und it helps u man
to tpend <t inertly uud happily if ho cun.
I he darkey still thinks it belongs specially to
liiui, and he wouldn't work ull ttie week for
live dollars u day. buys I to one of my urn-
uu-'f, "Tom, you are awiuffy behind with
you cotton, uud this is mighty nice .veather
wo£t:jntic with grief, und rushed into the
street like mad and gave the alarm. To the
coroner, who was summoned, ho paid, be
twern^iis sobs: "I loved and cherished the
ynuvglndy, and she perfectly worshipped
me.” When asked concerning his practice of
cari\ ing u weapon, he paid: "I have not boon
accustomed to carry a revolver. I brought
this One to shoots dogs in the outskirts of tlm
city when out riding. On Sunday 1 started
for a drive, and slipped my revolver into my
outside coat pocket, and it remulned there
till Jo-<luy, when this terrible catastrophe has
overtaken me." No one was in the room at
the time of this tragedy, but Mr. Gates's ac
count of the fair isiuliy credited.
Til E FUNNY FORD BROTHERS
Bvirr* U**t«a Andlvna* luta J**pt*f Through (tir
t 11*11 Wind***.
Special to The Constitution.
Bouton, December 30 —During the lecture
to-night by the Ford Brothers in one of the
uhgidiury halls in Horticultural building,
Tretpont street, nn exciting scene occurred
rough” loudly expressed the opinion that
ttic Brothers we-e "no good." Ilia reflection
upon their nrowers was immediately taken up
by flu* Fords, who drew their revolvers, and
brandishing them in u terrifying manner,leap
ed from the stage into the midst ot the au
dience,apparently hen ton slaughter. Thcnu-
dicnc- stampeded immediately, and such was
tln-ir Imste that many Bought egress through
the windows,smashing Bashes to facilitate their
exit. The hull is on the ground floor and
the windows open directly on the street.
Policeman Robinson, who heard the crash of
glass and saw the people running from the
hall, made his way into the /building and
seized both brothers, who hud/asHitiffied sev
eral -people with the butt end : 6( their revol
vers. The officer proposed to take them to
the ^police ?ktatiou, and they desired to be
allow d toln^klium their revolvers, avowing
to pick it." Old Tom looked amazed uud
said, "Pickout collou Christmas! My Lordy—
1 never done do 1 ike of uat for my oid mai-
ter, and 1 ain't gwiue to do it for myselt I
know. Can't pick cotton Chnsimus,'' and he
gave a grunt of iud.iguution ut the idea. They
are burning rabbits by day ami going to
frolics ut niglit, uml the white folks urc Going
the same pretty much.
THE BOYS’ DOGS.
Our dogs and gu is are in demand now. I
never did like dogs much except old Bows
und he is dead uuu I never expect to limi his
match uguiu, but Ralph has supped in on
me und his mother some way inch by inch
until there are four dogs hero now—nearly us
many dogs us sheep. lie got a lice dog first,
und we let him keep him because
lie was u little oae uud wus w’ell behaved and
dident do nothing hut ee> ou the brow of the
hill and bark us everybody went by. Next
he went crazy tor u setter uog, and we finally
give wuy ou his promise that the dog should
never come in the house, never. Well, thut
dog won’t sleep anywhtre but under some
bed, and they have to poke him out with the
broom most every day. Ho ia u setter. I
reckon, but he got to setting rabbits ami
squirrels, und so Ralph borrowed u nabor’s
dog to set with him und train him, and he
fe«t the uaboris dog so Well uud so bigu that
he won’t go homo at ail, but sets about hero
ull the time waiting for his vittuls. He h u
handsome dog, and fie kuows it, and will
walk through the hull forty times a day
without wiping the mud off his iect, arid H
they throw the broom ut him nc looks back
iiiil:gti^nl. an nucu ai to s,*y it joudoth.it
again I’ll leave hero and not hunt with
Ralph uny more. Aud now there is!
one more to mention. A pup that
don’t set nor stand but lies by the tiro and I
runs after the chickens ami fights with the'
its and carries off huts and aiioc.-i und gloves
ml chaws em under the house. But the dogs I
ml the cats please the children and so it’s all |
right I reckon—it's all right. 1 remember the
first rabbit 1 ever caught und how proud I was
when I twisted him out of a hollow tree with
forked slick.
of their lives,
not permit this,
ruder arrest; but tl
not allowed to stay
ng to programme, and he
m the officer to allow
proceed, not, however,
hud token the names of (he
seven assaulted parties as witnesses, and ex
acted a guarantee that the Fords would up-
pear when wanted by tlir police
Prom the Columbus Nun.
We have often said ii, and just as often
meant every word of it, that you can't hold a
city like Columbus down. The men who
would like to do so are wonderfully scarce,
but they couldn’t if they would. Ever and
ation some new enterprise of gigantic propor
tions spring into existence. The lust, but by
no means least, is the Muscogee oil company,
which, on yestesduy, set in motion the finest
oil mill in tin* south. Tiffs may be an ex
travngant expression, but our authority is
from a gentleman who has bet n in the build
ing basinets for twelve years, and who lias
erected more than n dozen mills. Such a
huge affair deserves notice, and we shall
therefore begin at the beginning. Several
gentlemen, about u year ago, de
nied that they would luiihl an oil mill, luff
nfter canvassing the situation the project fell
through. Another party of gentlemen then i
took tip the iniitlir, mid after perfecting their
arrangements, oiganized the Muscogee oil
company, with a capital stock of $100,000. A
charter was obtained at the November term
of the superior court, and the organ'zafIon
whs perfected by electing tho following
officers: L. M. Burrus, president; J. 1).
llougli. secretary and treasurer. Directors—
L M. Burrus, J. D. Hough, Amory Dexter,
a SUICIDE
U U DAY N.OHT.
K. tV. Ilurdrn, in Inwmn Man, T*ke« III* Own Life
by nhovtla* lllia<*« ir.
LAstBaturedy night about rixo’c'.o* k E.W.lUrden,
a )i)A)i of unsound mind, committed suicide at 90
htoucuai] strict, by shooting himself in the head
with a pistol. Harden wan a nursery man, and
wax aged about thirty-two years. He was unmar
ried. About dark that night (he neighborsto Har
den hcaid the report of the platol. accompanied by
tho scrcamH of a w< man, mid rushed Into tile
hoiioc to aee tho cause of the alarm. Harden waa
found on the floor in a poot of blood, while in thr
center of his forehead was a frightful wound,
from which the blood had run pro-
fuselv. Between the wounded man’* legs
lay the instrument of death with one chamber
empty. ’Ihe wounded man whs placed on alounge
which wan soon covered with 1>I< <>d. aii>i the ap<-a-
tacle was rendered ghastly in the extreme. The
wounded man was in a dytngeoiiditioii when found
died soon after It Hp|H*arcd that being of nn-
s.und mind, he hadtucii placed in the room, aug
|a*rliH| h lockt'd in and flail obtained the pUtol by
Dn-aktng open a trunk that contained it. Coroner
IIHhurn had a Jury summoned, and nn investiga
tion m ide. a verdict of death by ids own haudH
wits rendered.
Shrlll.lii'i Know Ii H m Landed K*al*.
From tho Philadelphia Pros.
If Solomon's methods of diaciplinlng children l*
ever to bo followed it is w en they seek to amuse
themnelves by pointing gnus or pistols which tnoy
don't know are loaded. In the con* of ’.he grown
up fools who And amusement In this Mime pastime.
M. M. Hirttch,and F. J Jenkins. The hoard
decided to niuko a contract at once lor the
erection of u building suitable for the pur
pose. The contract was awarded to
Sir. I). H. Cuswoll, of Kush-
ville, Tennessee, and one of tho most
experienced oil mill builders in the country,
lie has built twelve or fifteen, and ban a num
ber of patents on the machinery lined. Tho
company are indebted to him for one of tho
most conveniently urrunged tiff 111 in the
country uud he does not hesitate to suy that
this null is the best, of his knowledge, now in
Operation.
THE nUll.DlNUH.
Tho building la an ornament to the
the section in which it is located. It is out
on the east common, a few hundred yards east
of the depot,. nd the surface for several acres
around is perfectly level. The main building
is of brick. 3 stories high, 75 feet lung, 35 feet
wide and 00 feet high. Just on the south cud of
this is two brick htiildinys, one the engine,
the other the boiler room, each 45 feet long'
21 feet wide. 'On the cast side is a brick lin*
ti*r room, two stories high, 50 feet long and
.’fl feet wide. Tho seed and storage house
is a framed building, 128 feet long. 75 f**et
wide and 85 feet high. TIlO whole building
s so arranged as to appear as one, und i.s
overed with a metal roof. The warehouse
i painted and in a pretty building. The
iigfnc is powerful, and must of necessity
»e so, to run the heavy machinery required
ii the mill. It was mude by J. B. Roman*.
f Nashville, and ta 125 horse power; 1(1x30
inch cylinder, has u fly wheel fourteen feet
diameter which we.gli* H,000 pounds and
makes one hundred revolutions per minute.
Yesterday morning the work was
all completed and .
THE ENGINE STEAMED TP.
flue ami imprison incut ar>- not too severe a punish
ment. It mailers not how unpty the firearm m.iy
lie, they have n busincM* to alarm others In till*
f»ohhhi’, and one who knows ho little ns to ltiilulKO
amusement schh.m haa wp.aeenough to
know certainly whether he is imuiMInga loaded
weatMUi or not. A here the sport ends fatally, as it
dO- s so often, it o rrleg it* own punUhincnt to tho
reck leaf and foolish oecnsiou of it. 11 1m because
the aiming of cinpu guns and pinto!* ia suffered to
tire i)
announced that
TWINS IN BIRTH, CRIME AND DEATH.
Tho A**n**la* *f Slwr J*nk of Philadelphia, L’aa.
■ill HuUIrte Together.
Trenton, N. J., December 30.—About 0
o’clock tiffs morning the body of William
Rusk was found in the wate’-power near the
Mute cjpitol. His feet were tied with u piece
of clothes-line, ami his hands were fattened
behind him with a silk handkerchief
deceased and Iffs brother Jacob left Philadel
phia ufter fatally stubbing Police Ollicer Jar
vis an Christmas night They came to tiffs
city and secreted themselves In tho house of
their sister, Mrs. Mills, on William street.
The brothers left the lmu*c ut ubout 4 o'clock
tiii* morblng, taking with tbsm a pieca of
clothes line, and saying they would drown
tbemselVC*. and th.it tiieir bodies would not
be faraway from tho place where their cluthofe
would he found.
At five o'clock this morning two overcoats
and two hats were found on the bunk and
were identified by Mrs. Mills as belonging to
her brothers Men were ut once set to work
dragging tho water power, and succeeded in
finding the body of William. At 8:3Uo'clock
the bo ty of Jacob, tied exactly the same ah
thut of his brother, was recovered. They
were each 20 years ot uge. Their bodies Were
removed to the morgue. Tne Philadelphia
authorities were notified. The coroner will
hold an inquest on the remains to-morrow.
Tha Kfrrt «f Ucla* I’riil4i*t
Oath.
Our presidents whom Ihe people love to honor
grew old aod auxiou* in their office. HcneraJ
Washington took on nearly ail hi* ago white presi
dent. and '’mired to lay the ofltye down at the end
of lour years; and only kept it from the deepest
«;n»<) of duty, backed by the entreaties of the
bright* *t characters of hisdiy,
end of a year.
. worried to death at the
I’.eMdent Polk barely survived his
Mr. Lincoln came Into his office, notwith-
-tnudltiK the ircrnettdo is campaign he had gono
through, a l)alo a giant of i
ami before many
Pin face could hardly bo
,.x,........ rul (Irani, who some think never
bothered himself much, exclaimed to'aid the end
of the presidency: “My responsibilities are so
great that 1 have often thought I would sink uml*
them.” The face of (iarfieid never smiled after he
btcuica president.
Why a |l«-*«it*r f-urr. iidwrr J.
CoLUMUL's, O., December 29.—John McElvoo ha*
bten brought to the bar rucks from Chicago hha do-
sorter. MeKlvee dewriod from Company <J, 11th
Infantry, in iw»:j ami has since lived in llllnol*. He
recently determined to makvan effort to get a pen
sion, and was Informed by a Washington ponfclon
iigi-n't. with whom be ojH'ned ar orrespoudeneo that
he could procure one for him if bo would procure
a dlscbarne, either honorable or dishonorable.
MeKlvee wrob* the adjutant general of Clio army
giving the clrcuinHiAiico* in connection with his
ram*, and was informed by that oflhdal that ho
would have to aurro der himself to the military
autboriticR and take tbe chances of a court martial
to get bis dlscharg . Hu weiit to Chicago aiuyii^
Th* FsItM Vaaaljr CaaraM.
The canvass for oouuty offices In Kullon Ulhe
warmest which hoe l)een known for many year*.
The ehief Interest centres in the race for cJerh <•/
the satfcrfor The cAttdici^ts are the present
day, the'eierlfflnn^^^^Hflr M
cinploywl In putiliiK it tiiKether, p.rtlculol^ put week tho ufflea nl lh. dark m. burvlu-Uwl,
r> WBS it ail interesting time to Mr. Cireweff, mij* numlierof valuable record hooka were stolen
Occurring at suoh a Juncture. It called unusual al-
S1R HUOH ALLAN'S WILL.
l>U»**al af aa K*UU mt from #0,000,000 t* #10,-
000,000.
Montreal, December 30.—The will of
j Sir Hugh Allen.divides’hif estate equally
among bis own family. Eight daughters re
ceive $159,000 each ou attaining major! y. und
during minority un allowance of $1,5<X) per
annum. The married daughters receive in
terest on tiieir portions from tho present until
tin- estate is finally wound up, which
will be when tin* youngest son attains
hi., majority. Hugh Montague and Brice
J. Allan Lave been made partners In tiie
firm now us their portion. Alexander It
Aden gets $50 000 and deeds of the prop
erty he !lv#h in at Bmokville, Hugh Mon
tague Allan is made heir of Rav* nsenag, with
$-DiO per week to keep it up in Hb pres* lit con
dition and stvlc. At the settlement of the
••atute Hugli Montague gets on»*-hnlf, Bryce
Jam* s oin-f'iurth, ;n i Artiiur E Iw.ip.l «*m-
folirth of tho net reaidtlf. None af tfie hinps
will lie fold to pay legacitf, and accounts are
to come out of tho residue. The testator di
reels that the firm lie carried on as ut present.
Tire trustees art Andrew Allan, brother of
hir Hugh, Anderson Roe, Thom ts Milburn,
wnd Alfred JI. White. Tho two s ins will be
added when they attain tiieir majority. The
a^ets are esfiniated all tiiu way from ^C/rjo,-
OU) to $10,000,<XK).
Kci.ta«l.y Ka*rul*.
j he is making\pf hlui-
a corcmuniiy, «#d per-
early grave or a enu*.
THE NEW YEAR.
The new year is at han't and I hope it will Few Yore, DtOrmber 'M.—Inspector Murray
in-one of peace nml happirn .ss to every bo*lv. j ii*s'* <i a pr*»< *-loo that > iiteitd poilo head'juar-
They say iri bound Vj be a lucky one lor you i ter»i*day. There were two farmers sad a abarp-
can’t divide it by any number but seven but I faced eonflden* *.* man. The pariy wMlntrrefuted
reckon it will Ue lucky to them only who j toguperfmcn-I*nt WmIIIurhs Hi/ur It. Regf.-y sad
work and Are^dUigeni lit bur-nttsandptudeiit | N)lli0 f p«ini<-vtlle. Kentucky, ami the sharper -*
.dvr Morw.*, who gave hts residence -is No.
nciitrcet. Mr. B g ey told the ktory of ihe
iriven her out several da>s unJ she 1“ u fence I ,n - Fomeffmc bzo fie received a letter
breaker but I am sorry lor it now and will ! { " m Few York. * flWing wo-ihof
p jy him the damages it sliedon't get well f-*r ( mom y for t>*t. ’1 be i<!
* * * *"i| J don't brJ* *
the trial would prove its success or failure.
All the belts had been put on, all the con
uectioiiH made, und every one present were
eager with the excitement of the occasion.
At last Mr. Caswell stepped forward
and announced all ready!
TIIE start.
Mr. Thomas West, the engineer, at this
signal began to null out Hie throttle. The
engine trembled for a moment ok if uncertain
of the duly It was expected to |»er?orm. A
nilm stillness took posseHslou of those who
were eagerly watching. But they were not
field long iti suspense. Tho greut fly wheel
la-gun to move and (o grow faster and faster;
the machinery begun to move each different
machine, us though bitrprised at the suddi u
change of eirffrs, until soon the machinery,
from pit to dome, was all in motion und clut
tcriug their rail for M-rd Not a licit slipped,
nor Wes ever machinery more a success.
Everything worked like a charm und every
body wus perfectly satisfied.
IIOW OIL IS MADX.
In order to give u more intelligent idea of
this we follow the ie< d, us they are find pui
into tho hopper end until they have gono
through fill tne different processes. The need
are first put into n hopper where tin y are fed
to t lie clip elevator by a screw conveyor. They
puss through a sand screen which takes out
tire sand and are then pushed over a shaker
und fan to tukeoutafi heavy sub-tunces which
ay be found in the seed. Tiffs Is a patent of
Mr. (.'unwell's und is Maid to he the most
plete in use. From here it is taken to the
timers where it purees through three 10(f saw
gins and is freed from all lint. From them e
they are all carried by a belt conveyor lo an
other elevator and emptied into the huller,
where they are chopped, hull and nil. After
pulsing through the luffler they are again el
evated to the third story where they puss
through another screen Here the hull ami
meat separate, the meat going buck to the
second story, where it pa-ses between large
rollers ami they arc well compressed. They
are now ready f*>r cooking ami are conveyed
to the M-o/ml floor info six Inutcrs After u
certain length of lirn** tho plugs are drawn
from the )i< uters uml the contents are emp
tied into a bin. They an* then
taken out and put into small a t< kriurnlplae, d
between iiiatB and a gull) pr*;«Hol. The oil Is
then emptied by i.ieuris of u large pipe into
the ground lank. Jty means of a pump it is
fore. d into two large settling tanks in a **ep;i-
rate apartment, ami after two or throe days it
is drawn oil into barrels ami is now n-ady for
sliiiimcnt. After In ing cooked, put in to sacks
an*! pressed, iJieoiJ lake remains and ran be
ti-< d to gr* at advantage after being ground
“ H plendhl fertlli
v ^ t. n. MU-
t*rm. During ih#
tendon to tho itrugglo for tho office. Tho burglary
i* a mystery. Mr. Htrong Is taking energetic step*
ta ferret out the authors of the crime.
' KroM lh* Dark aad HIm4; Ur*aa4.
Heurl Waiterson’s Courier Journal.
Governor fltepiienn, of Georgia, has begun hi*
gubernatorial carver by pardoning a couple of mur
derers w ho have no shadow of a claim to executive
clemency. This 1* very bad for Governor Btephona’s
administration, and very bad aud wefully drnnor-
till/.lug for IbeiUie of Georgia. Deeds of violence
In ihe souffrerii siab-s are dlm-tly encourased by
till-ner-urseil "exia-ullvc eleuieiiey.” Ho long as
Dini clemency is «<>)j)Jnl-UTe*J ibe »f)ol-sun and>e
volv\-r wl.lcouilii ic iheir deadU work.
Tb* Mrsallr* *f lt«-p«rUr.D*la*Uvc*.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
A Philadelphia edit* r ii lu favor cf having news
paper reporters coininlreluiiud a* n|hs:U1 |*ollc*-men.
Thai would tm capital here lu Chicago. When a
re(w»rtvr, for Pittance, found a mayor who was
glum ami refux d to bilk, he could crack him over
the bead with a club, ami haul him lu Just m other
rerpi ctsblo ciilzeiis are sometime* With reamers
logxers would lun howl
lib asliig lu each hand.
along the principal
Ml** J<Mi »kl*« Nrct.- U*a4.
Wasiiinuton, December SO.—a ire Josephine
Meeker, daughter of (Re late N. C. Mee*( gffip
a a* tortuie*l and killed by t'U 1 Indians In the mao- '
mere of 1S79, died here this morning of pneumonia.
clerk hi lire otlire of the secretary of tbe
Interior aim not held In high e»leem tor her per
sonal *| slides. Miss Met k* r and her rnothc-r were
prlsoneis lu the hand* of the (he Indians foi some
lime and were finally nwued by General Adainv
A lilval Mmtkmr Nb.'aUa.
From the Montreal speclalor.
*Muthcr rilupton’s prophecy having failed ot ful
filment, somebody la France haa brought to light
ancient oracle recdiifiug thcenU of the worhi for
that year In which Good Friday sfiall fall on St
George’* l)«y and Faster on St. Mark's. Ihesecoln-
cilleii'-e-, it Is said, will oc nr lu 1880. I he ainoupg
nfld-nce to he ehned In thtu prediction dd-
pends mainly on ihe artlvsl or aoii arriVul oi Wig-
gin* Matchsioriu.
U eff.
bold*
fine for
:l», on u 15-im li;
ull pump-, and *
mutlil)X ub-e>rbcd i
cd
Oil
Wark la C*M*in«.
The work (n coig-es* Is pracilcally auspended,
aldmiigh the huusi-* nfusc-*i intake tbe usualry
>>o many ineialn rs are uw tyon leave of ab-
- that it L itnp<.ivible to get l«*gvthvr a quorum.
Ibis week, bow* ver, all will be iogvtiier again,
and arei-ahm of unusual aciivily may be looked for.
Tb<* I'«I«m,ni4 fas.
Mi.kmiw, December SJ. - Fifteen employe* of lire
(’bhk.i-aw coo;M-iagu company, who board at a
Iii>use up town, were poisoned Haturday ni 4 hl by
wbh Ii they ate al supper. Twoof
Ut* m are -Ull seriously
he haVo oilgluated Ir* m
h« I I ol die it nil ou the i
i be
The |*ohuii isiupjKjaed
up.
I pul
to
flu
1 honest ami do unto others &s they Would
have others do uiito them. 1 ibot u nalxir’s
cow lire other day when I was road for 1 hod
i better to bear
clever
would have
these little aggravation* than to lose our tem
per and teke revenge in ha^te ami rct>«»t of
jt at Jei>ure, to lei us all >el in willi flu. new
year and sec bow naboriy we can be.
Bill Arp.
ii lawful
caught the farmer, nml
on u>ibisdiy to * ’*)ic tiie bargain. The
{ley-Jmet Morse In » Thlnl aveun# sa'</m this
■nliig hi d |mM film $1<X) f*
e lir.-t
»n
ii tbe H potll i
Hptloii. 1 1 '
• I th* in <
• thr
sure. But all f* urn were
lie’ll oil begun to pour fr*
trough prepared for it«r<
ne-M- *l by u nuruner **f our prominent «ri-
Z"ii»*, all of wii iii wiffi tire company «qi.:ff : y
u> much !»uc • •- in ull their futir*- iiiauufac
fur*-. Tbe * il mills of the Mu-* ogee oil com
pany are now in full blast wiibGO'JUh Sm-heU
of eottor tree*! on bum], 40,W>J otlu-r bush*-.s
pur* i,a-* *!. und are u complete til cess. Tbi
Enquirer-Sun extend- * »*i)gr.itu!aiioiia.
Th* ttr«l* l'r*|M mt ISSO.
Washington, lie*tmlx-i jy.— ThecoinmUslouerof
agrl*-uliure has prep • red a revised table, showing
Uic grain pr;>-Jm'ii *u for the year ended December
1-t III- us follows: Corn, I Clout) >,0 0 busheU;
wh st, 5lO,OUO.UO>; • at*. I7o.u0u.uuu; barley, 45.0U0.-
U O. Tyr. .'J.IAU DW, bUCkWilCHt, IJ.OUU.OA); lolol.
2, */)-’, v(JU,*sU.
A* k«wgtiu* Dvaarta III- HI fa.
Isdianapoun, ireccmiier .9. -Rev. (feorge E.
I>au», the alleg -1 evangelist, w hoh.-j-oecn holding
re\»v*»1 uk-clings at Fort Wayne, was to day Hoed
tin ami cost* for desertL g h.s wife. He c«»:.ducte*l
deriving a revenue from comrluuuoua
Ii lllcl *1. I
nala. He I
* ap|M *1 Uiud.
(p*>l '
r««*4 I>ca4.
i. l'ecc-mU-r29 — Janus Buchan
au aged couple hung s.oi c
ii. wi re fo m*l dca*l In Le*l nl
vi-ning The o.ro'u-r found
lu:ul causes.
• wif*
Ts* Mmmk IklsrsJ.
New Orleans, UeceuiUvr 30. -John C. Caiatsack,
ow* *1 thirty, a native of Virginia, and one c-f the
civil engineers lu charge of tho Improvement* bo*
|ii^uiN«te by the Mla*i*-f|ipl rivet comml-slon fu
U luliy of liayou, died nee: Iasi uignt front OU
ovcrd.se ol chloral.
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