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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION - . ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY .DANlTAliY 5 1SSG
A TEXAS CITY’S CRIMES.
MIDNV3HT MURDERS AT AUSTIN
STILL BAFFLE THE POLICE.
gfVtril Prrsoni Arretted. Out - All Prore Their Xn-
nwrcs—Itls Anneitaecd, Jlo-xertr, That the
Klitnln Will Scon l>e flalvf-d-TBJ
•torp of the Uurdere.
Aik in, Dieanhtrff!.— Excitement over Urn
Itrci.t a>##«rf*tetk»m Mill mil* high In Hi" rtty. be
ing fid doily bj the arrest of wwjicciod irirsonx,
but !:> ftierf Instance invoftlgatlon shoos that tlio
mpprcted person* aia.Jniiurcut. Ix»t suspicion fell
upon »i y person who KroHaireU .known nml who
lias tin appearance of ]*liiga rou^ft character and
he Is at onoo taken into custody. A trortd chopper
with vegetable stain* on JH* clothing was arrested.
k: dlaM night an old Mrs Iran.a rag picker,wa* cap-
ti uo t»ills a lot of rags aud dresses off which there
%u ic Mains of blood. Old knives,Icepicks and other
pierce i f Iron were found In his garbage barrel nnd
nil in the excited Imagination or the public tender
loroi i ma his guKt. Ho v. n# confronted by a i nhl
lady whovgas nrwylted lun June, and who 4 • rely
escaped with her life. She. refused to -wea ■ It at
• he wn>* tlio guilty man, though she thought oi«o of
the knives was one carried from her premises at
the time. The officer* bcllcre that the old mania
entirely Innocent, and thus far, except In tlio
Kane* fire, which was not at all mysterious, no one
ha* twin arrested whom they believe to he gnlltr.
lli>. Kanes Is supposed in have killed her twochll-
dun. 1 tit she had uoflih’gtndo with the myxfori*
«.t;» (lllbC*.
The MatrKjpau thS mnnring in 'v doubled-
haded editorial, says: “We artr authorized to
HtveeMuninrestotlietillrenJi Of Auitln that Die
c-uy arthoritlAi and executive committee nfeltl*
rena have arrived at tbu ctmcluslon, after earef I
iiiteiligatloa, that all the murders for tlio last ye r
iti this«ity can Iks tra< eddu a >|*e Ini rgore, and t<i
n (dinin class of person*, and that they will ho on-*
a tded in ten day* to give the public sitpfr owolntion
of Ktmltigly njrstemAir murders that will freo
nil gcod clllzou* from apprehensions of danger.
• trtK KTOHY OK Til* IS I MM. .
• • The story of these crimes Is more shot king than
any In the annals of NriVgatc, and lt lacks tho
11 tree of Diary that relieves the horror of tjvcry talo
of hlo< d and mytter)’. They excite the linaglna*
tioii lolely because they ore mysterious, heenure a*
yet the ablest defective* have fmind no-clew and
can aclvonif.nosatisfactory theory to account for ,
Hull cctomlsslon. Nine peopio have thus Ijncn
killed. The crimes begun with the murder of a
colon d fvoinnu’on one ChrUtmas eve, aud thc%
have butt terminated by the slaughter of two white
ladles on another. * • ..
The Hist vlatltn was a colored servant, Moll I©
• hrnllh. Her body was fouud ou ChrMiims'day, *
jski. Bhc hail been killed "with an . ax. Tlio"
corpse was backed and gashed from hem) to foot,
and almost literally cut Into pieces for the body
did not hold iogetlicr when put Into flic coffin.
ThJ lemalns were found hf tho yawl ah-.iit otto
litilidtcd feet away from her houre, hut whether
the woman had hern alive or dead when dragged
thither no one could tell. There was n<» clfort al
concealment by tho guilty person. Mo!lie Hmitlr*
met her death fin a. bright moonlight night, and
the lmudcrer'a footprint* were plainly seen hi tho
yatdwlien the day dbclosed the mangled body. '
That was the first crime, end It wnirea-iy lo And A
molls c fbr the murder. 1 he great majority of poo*
• pie concluded that some Jealous or deceived lover
ban wreaked a terrible tovenge on a faithless
woman. On the night of May 7 Lizzie Shelley, an
other colored domestic, was killed In the same
manner. There was a bright moon, the woman
was d sagged from her l*ed out Into thb open air and
laitebeied. Another Jealous negro and a worthless
girl and the glut Mention ol hale were mentioned aa
the came. the. victim and the motive ortho crime.
There was some excitement In town when It was
tt-|>orud one day In June that another eplored ser
vant girl had been found hacked aud mutilated.
Mien as Irene CTom. Thin murder differed from
the others In that the IxWly had n#t l«ccn romovod,
but there were not wanting evidence* In the vic
tim's turn tpshow that tho guilty Mrson Imd been
fnjfa trned and hastily lied, 'nils crime aroiiKid tho
. frars of tho colored |Mipniatlon. They said tho
north r* Were the weak or wltcho. nnd they all
began lo wear chanus ngalnst the evil eye ortho
loft on the morning or AtigiW doth.Mr.
V. O. Weed, a nephew of the late Tnurlnw Weed,,
hettd groans In a Itttle cabin occupied t»y hji two
renam*. KebeccaKamey, a colored womannf forty,
and her daughter .Mary,* twelve years -old. Mr.,
Weed went cat! ana found HCbeccableedingfrom an
ax wound In the head. . a Tho, girl was not in tbo
• cabin. A trail of blood lea to gstaMo half n.rnllu
away. Thcte therearcheraramc upon tin; body. The
air) had hern assaulted and struck In the trend will
an ax. tut# had been killed, hut not biitchernd
Every Htlieu now Joined In Hie cry flir a searching
Invest IgaHofi of every clow at any expense, Blood
hounds were put on tho scent. They followed
die trail fdr ten miles through tho street#,*
pros
But there
Atntln MMiid not have been drawn by one mm
The indications are that there was more than one
pern n tied alter the killing of Irene C!ros>. When
Grade- Vaure wa* led out to her death there were
three <f her friends lu the cabin, a man au<J two
• rtrorg. hearty mulatto gins, but the man was beaten
tr death ai d the trlrls elnbbcd intoinreu-ibllity.
By c.r.eman? Ilaroij*. lie wmild have found it a
hard tn*k to do away with two of the inmate*; yet
all were attacked, and of the two that !Jve. uelther
ran tell a coherent story of the awfrtl deaths. The
ef longest evMfnrr, however, iu»h»w Uixt the*<- In-
bumati butf herU-s were committed I ft more than
one person is that deduced from the fate of the two
w hite ladies, Mrs. Hancock and Min. Phillip*.
They lived In differe nt parts of the town and b.»th
met their death* after 12 o'clock the
tunc night. It 1* lu>t povdble that one man
could have killed the two ladles, hut he must
■have hastened between his ' slaughtering* If
be widted to escape under cloak of the night. He
must have rhsheu with rod hand* from the mangled
eonweof Mrs. Hancock to the peaceful, domestic
bed of Mr*. Phillips as tot a* man may run. and it
ao. he bad to carry the gory weapon through the
In Hurt- twoscRsgi they who
Tmrnnrannmw*nized g*ngof vile negroes, with-
out, any human Instinct, are responsible for the
guilt or the year have the approval of reason.
Mary Ramey wa» sleeping with her mother, a
hearty woman of forty; 1 The mother was stunned
and the girl dragged from her side. This li anofli-
l^^ctjuarHyrMrefr^unesMaMievery Ins^mjy
le. the people who
with
victim*
mutderere had evidently slruelHQPBBHMBi
than lie had intended, for Washington lingered
until moriili g wherea* firarie Vance svss killc«l o;
‘ the etiminal Intended. Notice r*
wlier.H
that the two girls l.tiriuda Roddy and Pat»y tdb-on
were only wounded. Then* was no Intent
of murder In the Mows * Inflicted; It was
merely rwolved that tineoncloustiest should dnsu
their ryes Iff the fati- of th'dr elder rompati *i.
When Mrs. IMilllina was plered OUiliy this . i-
nal|able fiend did he twit ktw> v that she •ii'llj
bustand and little H»Ud, <■• !)• ei-hUvn up |
old, rdent together
slon v
out Into the Country and l»ark Into the rlty.
mtiAJeter knew hu was pm-md by the an
for all Hie old slaw method* had been it* ...
. Iwffle the bound’s ItisHueU Henry TayMr and
Andrew Marti# were thus trailed and captured.
'J boy proved tbelf lunoeeiico aud were discharged,
tine inspected man W#s traced from tho stable,
nereis the city to whom ho took a hack.
The wheel marks led up to an I
alley back oT .the cabin. Thvro hack,
aud man dlNppeared. The whlto UccamoM|M
W hat alarmed.
» Mr*, (irado Vance aud Oratigc Wishlbaranri
colored, Uvad •« man aud - w^e In a cabin tutek of
Mr. Xhinham’i restdem-e. at North Au»thrr l.u-
«!nda lloddy and fatny tilbaou, mulatto glrb,
lioarded with them. The man ami woman slept ta
one apartnumL the girls iu 4he other. Hepiember
99, at nlglit. Washltutteti wks hkmmiitMf info In-
^eensimilty, and died the nexf’morning. Rraele
Vance was taken from hi# side, pulhsl
out Of Ure w indow, • dragged . along
the , rca*) seventy th-e » yards, atoaultodl
ami had her hralps beaten mit with a stone; tho|
I wo girls were beaten presumably wlllka sand-bag.
and when they recovered consciousness could tell I
nothing about the affklr. I.uelnd» thought shoH
• had rerownlaed the voire of a colored ‘man natuod
DocWishU. IlcandhU brother were arrested and
subsequently released. A horre Motiglng to Rear
.Orerton, another negro, was hHfiul near the plai-e,
lie proved that tho animal had iiern stolen; Tlio
criminal* did not try to remove evidences against
I themselves, for Oracle Vance's lifeless ilngers had
a death clutch on a chain attached to a watch with
wbrektu crystal. ’ the fragments id which were
found near her body. Tho murderer did nut usd
hU ax this time.
I 1 jist IHluhrr Alice Davi* wn found dead In tha
tonal way. Hhe was of tlie same ela»s as tho otlier
victims.amd the nrcroe* Iwcaine wild with terror
and talked of nothing hut the voodoo's fearful
work among the people of Huffr race. Those were
Mil tertlble tragedies, but the bloody deeds (£ Mat
. Christmas eve exceeded them all In horror. Tho
bend with the ax paid two visits to the whiten.
Mrs. Hancock, tho wife of a white mechanic, waa
found with her skull fractured in twqLplaces. .Hhe
and her -husband lived In a pretty Tittle cottage,
lie awoke during the night ami thought there
were thieve*in the hnun\ aud went to Mrs. Hau-1
cock a apartment. His wtfo'a InhI *was gory. A
trail of blood led Into the rear yard. tfW lay upon J
the turned, weltering In a'^MMil nr Mood, Imtmot
dtao. allhouch strut k twice wRhmhBhiiahM
Phe died on C'hrl-tma> day without r
aemes.
| 1 he same tilght After 12 o'clock, Mr. JamesPhll-
llpa was awakeued by. Hwureaulng of hto.aon
Jatpfs. who slept wlrfi nla >ouug wife aud Utelr in
fant iu a loom on the lower tloor of the resilience.
. Theroung man was Annul weltering In blood, lie
g was saturated with blood and the
ns.
thetreah tmlls Christmas sariSvBXS'
■temnla tmmulitlclr. folhmnrth.ra for .hart
dliuticr.UK. then kfojtpcil diinitirotut.U\l r and
rmltlnmtelndund ta go further. , The mill
wrrtloM.
how HtHv Htttntant^
Drtcfttr. Will hi. but no mon- |wwcrih.n tho
hruHlnUlnot; the c|«W «Dd llu-Iicotit in .very In-
M.nrt vote oromUln, at the .tart and worthleatVl
the flrt.h. Arc then' horrtu. bturhotk. I hr Crimea
or one or many own: I. tho mottle tho .am, In
mircawT Have they atl boon fUnnot In atl-
vatit. of execution; nr art 1 they tho .udden freak,
ofadegindcdanimal nattutf ArvlhcylhcdeUatilof
aomr tnnaitc, who wltltttradtah steel,even now
Uoihtt'j at the t in potent terror of 'everynmn
woman andahtl.l tn Amttnt Thow are .,ne.lion,
Hhlelt the detective, cautu* ainwcr. Yet every
rate of the crime, rewntl.le, all the other. Then?
an the o.htm.m fact.; the victim tn every I mancc
la a woman, lanently of the tower clam of nde-
Ptao. They are kfltot at ntaht by nn.inlI.ht—at
lead their hacked ivnialu. are fotmd with noniv-
erlnp httt the heaven, ntie i.ve of Irene i'rm« t.
W"*fl— xvtt ..acepthtH.fur her murdererwa,
bhthtenid away): all nttaekeil -tthlto .lecntna.
dramd into the oten a!r and a.-'"’• * A
loed every time eji,|t when
head wa. tru-hi.l with
never any attetirtit at e..ieti.lmeiiti
no rate taken to remove rite Itloodr token, of ariltl
noell.nl made tooHtnr.il the trace or the rod’
live fer tom., tune aft, r the cnmiatv-!ii:t of the
muidert; the guilty atjayahave know lo,|.oof the
pomtlr. even when arv employed
wbetilheaeagtJ,craaard:.nothin, 1, mt nXit
from the dead t»r are then hmuei devpotlad; on
Vaneti's
fold, slept together oh the luw'cr ffour of the lutu-
Wmi? I*W he not know that Mr. Philirp-. Sr. lived
Vfftlie upper floor w lUiitl sound oWds son's voice?
Did he not knog that HiuHoioe itself Merit aim »*t
In the shadosr of the eemral police station? Cer
tainly! Yet none of there eireuctstaueea deterred
him.-forthe ebanrcsi»f escape had all liecu studied
liefoieband. atfd (neie was no nccCwItv. to
I change the usual r ratrre of proct^ding. The mur
derer entered tho room where the young
wife lav; he carried -hh hatchet, still rnl,
perhaps, with tin- blood of Mrs. HJ!>-
cock; he stood over the bed an Instant *j as
not to mli* hl$ aim, aud then struck the sleeping.
huHnind above the right car. Jiikt where he h^i I
mother mid .fimeie .Vance's
\ not Intend tn kill any of Hu*m?
nun nmUHtre dead unw hut orange Wadi
Mr. l*lilllS(>« dl.s|M)«ed of, hit wife
gged to the vnnl and n-aultcd. Now the
......... sdvr d to kill; he did not strike a weak
Mow'over the ear. No: the ax was driven Into
the brain through the ItorehcadL
* The most prol>at»le theory and the one most gen-
crnlly believed, Is that r.eimftlng mar. laelsat Urge.
He Is erealted with having great strength, fleetnoa*
of foot, a lutieHor Intellcrt, knop ledgeof the mull
(leteetlvc methods and a secret hiding place.
In every cn*e negroes were arpestrd I
for. the -crime when the clue* - led to
them, hut they* dearly showe<l tlielr Innocence.
Why Is It that the eJues were so gmsl Immediately
after the nmnler and so worthless w hen traced up
If they werenot dclll>etfltely left so that the officers
might evarch In the w rong directlou .while the
criminal made lilseton)*? . _ .
I Where Is I human's biding place? PtvMently In.
the Ubartof the city, since he doe*hot Dear to enter
ia residence within a stone's throw of the central
bolltcstation. Were It faraway he must meet lu
putm j tug to U many people who \vould noUce hi*
Hoody clothing? •• . *
r Now It would cause great laughter anyplace out
side of Austiff to even hint that tbero. might In* fil
this day a criminal w ith an underground pAssage
and a gloomy retreat like one of Anne Uadollffe's
villains, hut here anr theory, let It Ire of the wild
est. which Will sxtUfactdrily account for the chain
of erlroes will be satisfactorily accepted. Do the
(teopleor the I’nltt <1 States outside or Austin Ictfisw
what it means to have eight women brutally mur
dered aud their bodies butchered with in twelve
months and not have even the slightest clue to the
guilty inau or men? ran people realize what it
mcaus’when tho women of a wnole city not only
dare not go on the street after twilight, but even
fear to sleep Id their own home* behind bolts aud J
bars;%htch are only a mockery to this InpalpaMe
Intruder who tsars the w Ife from her husbaud'Mslde
and leaves behind hltu a dl-honoredcorpse?
Ifall these crimes had beeu
night,or even Within one month, iflfflHiVIHHMSIP
|<1otiliti'd.that the town Held a rirsperato maniac.
Last August tliere vertTalght t«ople killed at John-1
son C ity. In Blatutreounty. One of the mod pronti-.
ucul citizens of Uio place, Al laiekle, wa#
of a helmaiacrlmo. He Immediately too! .
Ills rifle’aiid went on the warpath against nil the
I wide of the place, wreaking his fiinr principally
«»n fils own relations. Before he hid flnished eight
pcofila were dead. Tln*y were Thomas Brunswick, j
la neighbor; Mlsk I fc oekle. the n.v>asslu's danghtor;
Mrs. Tleury Lockle, the will* of his stepaoii; 1 terry I
Ixwklc, Ills brothrr; Mrs. Lockle, Ills slsfer-mdawJ
lnl.n VlwknUnn M. ll« IMnl.ro.
hi* own home and rut hi* own throat. Here* lu
Ansttn a maniac of such .a turn of mind would
soon be discovered and put oulpf tho way. but our
*maitlao.J* not InftlTlated ft that
lgud ca* •
BURNED ALIVE.
THE HORRIBLE DEATH OF A RICH
FARMER AND HfS WIFE.
Havlrg Built an Air-Tight House to Frzrent Fire
Tb#y Meet the Very Fats They Feared-A
Carole Beta the Wonaa'i Cia’btog is
a BUxe - The Xtcaemng DeUlls.
fiPOfFCA, Ul„ December 30.—The dcUlt# of
the myatc-rloiis death of Mr. aud Mrs. P^trink
Iiooucy, who wne found ChrUtmas morning,
the one suffocated and the other cremated,
make a horrible story. Foul play wa# inspect
ed, hut the circumstance* scarcely justify the
suspicion. Hooney waa seventy-t^ree year#*
old and the wealthiest farmer iu Central Illi'
noi#,hi# estate being valued at $200,000. Ry his
first wife he had four sons,pH of whom arc mar*
vied/ Ife was never known to give them so
imuh as a cent. Twenty-Jive years ago he
married hi# M-eond wife,' a childless widow,
She was twenty years younger than lie. It
was arxunirri in all the country that she would
inherit the major portion of his ci»tato. Ho
had made no will, hut wa# expected t3 call in
u lawyer after New Years.
Two years ago ho caused a great sensation
by engaging a Chicago architect to design for
him. » residence which ’should ho not bniy
magniflrciit in all respects lint alr-tighr fr«)ta
fouixlaticn to garret. Ife little knew that ho
was carefully preparing for the frightful death
of hitueelf and Wife, rf.t the sequel.. showr.
Ifooney had a horror of fire, and- it was to
provide against th6 fate which l*efal!s so msuy
iii:j rotectcd country home* that lie directed
the ordiitcrt and confraetor to spare .neither
time nor expense iu making the building
as cJqm a* ajiortahlc refrigerator. The neigh
bors all agreed that the tottering old man wa#
losing Iris mind. When the structure wss
completed the artisans liad done their work so
well that with all the interior doors open (tho*
bonce had sixteen rooms! feather-weight tc*t#-
in all parts of it fulled to show that thcro was
Hu* slightest draught. Rooney and his wife
"had a sociable fondness for whisky and often
brewed their evening punch with the favored
lifted man, who also Was allowed u room
iu the new mansion, aud was theft solitary,
guest. He wan n deaf Swede and sppke few
English words. Jit# room was ovfir the kitch
en. Chtifitmaa cvcuing Rooney came into the
village mid bouglit a half gallon of whisky.
After the anj per dishes had been cleared away
be ant doWn with his wife in the kitcjien, with
the littlo jug between them. How long they
ruuuiifcd there is not known. Just before tlio
Swede retired-lie was invited to Join Tlio old
folks xnd'lmd two piiuchc.# with them. When
he left they Were pigrry hut not intoxicated.
In the morning the hired man awakoned
with a headache. IU# pillow was covered with
root and a airkcniiig.'odor-pervaded the atmos-
nhcre of Iris ronm. Descending to .the lower
hall," the htem-li inereased. Adjoining the
kitchen waKtliA old gentleman'^ bedroom, and
next to it that of Mrs. Rponey. The doorjof
Rooney’s room w»# opfn. Reefing iu. the
hired man saw hi# master prone upon the
Hoof, hi# clothing undisturbed. I'phu shaking
the prostrated form the Swede found it Hrap
nnd lifelca#. Over the fuco of the dead, and
dinging to everything in the room, was a
black, sticky substance. Thc’lrirod man then
looked into Mrs.Roouey’sroom and thokitchcn.
then
i one wa#; a
contrary he U cool and calculating.
• TtIB HOST RfCKXT TtlKOItr.
. There* is one more theory; U lit* every fart, hut I
do not put much faith in It as an explanation. It
Is tills: The roret promluent detectives who hare
figured In criminal history andmenwhohavemade
a study of crime hold that Ifan Intelligent man de
liberately resolves to innnlcr a fallow-being, makes'
every preparation and takes ordinary care to cover
his tracks. It!« almost Impossible to detect the Mur
derer. They hold that uearly every such crime
not committed hi the heat of passion, nor for gain,
but resolved upon and carried out according
ftlPMi arqMPmm ..
murder which should baffle the whale detective
force of hniidnu. He laid all his plans studhal
the hahiutif the person he had selAeted aa- a vie
Itlra , killed her, left some money In the room and I
lied. The detective*deetded that It waa a ca#e of
robbery and murder and that the guilty man had
dreplied M>me oflii* plunder (n Id* High!. It made
a great Mir. The maniac then wrote a book toll*
ItiK how* Hi# crime had lieen commit-
u«-ii« »i iuv irouiu, inti mi ritvuiii w Hum
ly taken place. lVotde said the sum*** of
haddtirocd his bnrin. aivl that from long
jn on the scenes and luehlcnts of hi* story
. had come to leilcve tmbcm as re*alltlca. aothey
locked him up in au asylum a# a deluded lunatic,
suppose there I* such a man tn Austin. It can lie,
nay, may be. Suppose there I* a lunatic here whoae
form of manta Jerel* htm to take an acute pleasure
in mystifying the police and throwing the town
Into terror. That Would explain every thing. The
%—•*- ll0 | afnHd, there fbee he
not Tear to • violently ^ attack
.... .Jiamagc lie<L lie a vomits women.
Why? That the Maine may bo thrown uponltie
*»o art moat fre>iuently guilty of that
e hack* and nmiHatrs the bodies for
the same reason, that others may he suspected of
the au IU. He Is cunning and crosgea hit trail that
the bloodhound may Ik* outwitted, ghd lastly he
mg enough to drivo his ax through the
i bone* Tor a whole year he>ttacked only
tervant girls, and lauglted with flendlah gleo at
the tuiwmUloiu terror (uto which he threw the
-—roc#. NowhedeMroa a larger •**•“ ~ r
tatadl
Iteory llts an the Diets, J
...at more than one sire
vhould
- Charged With the Crimes,
ArirriN, Texas, January S.—James' PhlUips,
who was so aeriowjy wounded Christ mu eve, vfheu
his wire was outraged and murxlercd, )* atUl in a
very ctltlcarfyudhlon, but he wgs piece*! under
am*st Thursday night charged with being his wife'*
murderer. The Mexican. Martinez, arrested a few
days ago on sn*jffclon of bclffBtmpUcated in the
recent mysterious murders, turns oat to be a rag
richer, which accounts for the bloody clothing and
i he ladles' handkerchief* found about hUpremlnW*
lie is Mill in rmtody. Mrs. Ka«!cs, charged with
the murder of lift »on riaiule. was remanded to jail
ycMerriajr without 1*11.
A. P. Wooldridge, chairman of the ettlaens'com
mittee, Unlay officially annoumvd a reward of
ft,MO for the arrest and conviction of person*
gtiUty of the murder* tif this city of the following
K *ns: Mix Eula llrillir*. Mr*. M. II. Hr r
white, at.d Mnllk* Nmtt
douttml if James lldllip
I wife was murder
dav nbriit e!ianr,\.
ijuric*.
Inrtrased Opportunities to better Ona'a Lot.
With a eonstant desire tcvoblige its numcr-
oua patrons everywhere, the renowned Lmis-
ianaState lottery Co. bat increased iu oppor
tunities to acqnire.jreat wealth at little c:«t by
having the extraordinary grand drawings of
0 take place quarterly in place of aeml-
annually, as l.i herlo-to be In March, Jnne,
Sertcmher, anil December. Tho grand capital
UlHW.ffOO; ticket# HO, or tenths $l each. AU
Infennation will be given on application to M.
A. Danpbin, New Orleans, I^s. Let ever* man
thus easily seek to better his condition.
nnd fhilhig to find her in either, walked to the
house oflouc of her sous, half a tuilo away,
aud related at best he could the hatnfo of Iris
discovery. A party of neighbors, Including a
physician, returned with the hired man, nnd
a more rareftil investigation of tho promise.#
‘wax made. On Uu> rcntrc-tnblo wag tho half-
«»pty Jug aud the glosses. At ono side there
wan a hole - three fee) long and two.. feet
Wide burned through the floor. Near by
was n candle, half burned, and at • one oud
of tho black-rimmed aperture stood a
(tooted foot uprixfit, a charred remnant of tHe
right leg nrotrudlug from the ahrefoiof blistered
flesh ana tnnacle. Tho tall, obfr-faslrionod
* clock In the corner was open -and the key wss
on the floor. The hanging fringe of the cloth
had burned up ciooo to the circular edge of tho
table and theu smouldered out, as had the
small patch on tbo floor, within- which a
human form had writhed iu all the agonies of
a living cremation. In tho cellar they fonud
a handful 6f white ashes, a calcined skull and
part of a vertebral column.
•It was evident that Mrs. „
log up tb.e clock when the candle accidentally
ignited her clothing. She sfas doubtless weak
ened byjthe liquor she drnk* and rank to. tho
floor in /right She was a large woman, weigh
ing 2S0 pounds or more. OndA prostrated sho
was unable to rise, aud the flamci* rapidly eat
ing through her clothing to her body soon bo-
gnu tho work- of iucinoratioh. A
fire cavity „ was formed .hetfftath
her iu tho floor, and as thu..concavo furnace
burned-slowly through to the cellar tho re
mains were gradually melted -into tho handful
fotmd *ou the cement flooy beneath. Appar
ently one leg was extended at longtli and
burniug off just alg>vo the ankle, at the outer
Mm of the fire, the foot righted Itself when
dismembered. Rooney was suffocated to death..
The hired man is now abed and not exi
to live. Tho
among
test. _____
The Hlrlteat County in America I* Lancaster
In Remisylvsnia. So the census say*. Its wealth
comes from lt»to!*rro farm*. Tut: .constitution
will print, bcglnuttig In a week, two scries bf pa
per# on tobacco rat-lug-plain, practical, simple,
for hcgluucri. .
A Chase for a Thief.
Frew the Bamcsvlllc, Ua. Deinocnitr
Last Monday night an Vnson county former
decided to ilcqpin his gin house. Dnrlug the
night quite a dramatic scene occurred U* tho
dark. A colored customer had previously
hrougDt cotton to this farmer's gin, and his
bole weighed about 100 pounds more than tho
seed cotton Weighed iu would indicate, while
another pile diminished. So arming himself
and taking along two other parties the farmer
stent In tne gin house. ’During the night the
light of the moon through tho opening door
suddenly flashed in the former’s' face, and he
awoke. Grasping his pistol he rose, when he
heard one patty jump off the platform ontslde.
A noise was heard in the cotton, on the aide of
theJiousc.mnd on the joists overhead as If rats
were playing. *
The fiuiucr aud his co-watcher# instituted a
search over the dnVtonse in the dark. WUh
pistols In hand they called out to the supposed
thief to como out and* give up, thg} they had
him, etc., etc. - Failing to find him, or to hear
PRAIRIE CHICKED
Their Habits, Haunt* ami the IV
Them.
From the Houston Po*t.
Houston boa»t* of quite a large muni or of Kim-
rod* who so out almoj-t daily to hunt pfalHe cWeb
c-ns aud other game. Prairie chid * **“
has the preference orermo-t hunting,
reason that it requires careftri trained
MifflcUnt practice with the gu;*. toshoSf
wing" without a moment’s warning. 1
chicken I* an accommodating'
ami may be hunted In pleasaut w
and thi* fact may partially account for the atd
with which it Is pursued, chicken shooting, hoi
ever, is a fax-iuatingsport iu itself, the game hiring
very strong of wing, and exceedingly palatable.
! my light fluff* the hunter*—for the*jKtieratly, like
their dr>g»—hunt In pairs—leaving the farm hoi we
;'rethey have passed tbenlght. At the word of
wagon, and a few
ter* to a “likely
, n cartridge into
li barrel of their guns and turn Into the field.
whe
........... iave pHS-ed t
ni»stid the dogs leap into tl._
■rments’ drive bring* the htintcr* to i
field." The hunters alight, flip 1
dog to e‘;TMi
words, “Hunt ,,
spring out into the stubble
ireed, one hunter and one .. -----
side of the field. The d*g*
work from tlie t-dge of tho field to the cento:
cross, keep on to the other edge, return aud croi
again, covering the field in ever varying and irrej
uTar circles. Now and then one pauses and snufl
the wind blowing dow n tlie lieln, or turn* quickly
aside from hi# coni sc ami follow- up for a few
’yatdsan old scent in Jtooe of.Hnding.it grow
stronger. Suddenly one of th
sfc( d. in long clastic bounds,
waving as he lenr ' " “ *
nlj'rtrd and rental _ .. .
as is the movement, the other dog hs* nlsacrouch-
cd oud Is pointing at the first dog. chocking
him up’* with Impuelt confidence,Mioughthe
Hurry n;
nobe. - . r ,
■ulmaJ. who has not moved a musele except ■
tutu Iris heart aud lonlr hack, rise* 'slowly aud
crr.uchii)glyfblii*fcct, and-with nose extended
steal* slow’ly forward, intelligence and wary cau
tion expressed In every movement of his eloquent
l*tdy. Ill* feet ere lifted and put down like pairs
of sc-lyct, arid iris progress Is no I sell—i nrrl g^A|o||
q« the needle to the pole. M
fur- ' -• " *
iiilly close behind, guns cookerf and ready foru
d^astl—*- J *
dare i
ig warning
outwalking into the
ucuiurrru. ikwncy was huiiocuiyu wucaia.
• hired mau Is now abed and not expected
ive. Tho property will probably be divided
my the four eons without inquiry or con-
footstep# were heard running toward the door
which was quickly opened and nx quickly
closed train, Just as the door closed tne fiuv
mer flrvd, the hell passing through the plants
of the door but hurting uo one so foru heard
from. The wiery thief tripped away through
the night and the woods Joyous aud nappy*
Consumption Cared. * *
An old physician, retired from practice, hav
ing had placed in hia hands by an East India
missionary the formula of a simple vegetable
remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of
consumption, bronchitis, catarrh, asthma, and
all-throat aud lung affect ions, also a positive
and radical cure for nervous debility and «J1
nervous complaints, after having tested its
wonderful curative powers in thousands of
eases, has felt it his duty to make it known td*
his suffering follows. Actuated by this motive
and a de*irv to relieve human* suffering, I will
scud .free of charge to all who desire it, this re
ceipt tn German. French and English, with frill
directions for preparing ;*• id using. Sent by
mail by addressing with tamp, naming this
paper. W. A. Noyes, 149 Rower's Block, Bodies-
ter, N. Y. eow
"Gknfrai. HrsTF.n is the most sanguine can
didate for tlie speaker of the New York assembly.
The other follows aro hoping to teethe tlret letter
of hb name changed to a VB.”
Everytrody'e remedy is what they call Dr.
Ta Lough gyrup. Price only cents.
Loan pres the nog ...
time he docs not dare to loo* nac*, genu
body giving warning Unit., lu* can go.no further
without Wanting into the covey. •The men take
twoMcpe—whiz, whirr, three binbrbe—twp
c left, one *t(L the right. Rung! hang! bang!
man on the right kill* hi* bird, the man on
^he left kill* with the first barrel and mines With
Ills*'Second barrel. Neither linuter* nor dog stir a
step. The left-hand man breaks hi* gnu,
draws out the discharged rdiell* am! slip*
fresh ones in their places. While • he 1*
loaning up rises a fourth chicken, this, time to
the left. "The right hand man knocked It over,
irndatthc discharge of his gun -the chickens
rise on oil side*. The. left hand man gets in
both barrels and* knocks dbwn two birds. Tlrer
reload, and the dog is told tff‘rirtrnt ’em up." if
the birds arc plenty and the stubbles in good
condition, thqchauces are that a covey will be
in etch MubUe-licld. Hunters often “drew a
blank,” a* they term it, and sometimes (two
covey* sire found In one field. The covens
vary widely In size; sometimes as mapy A*
thirty or forty bird* are found together, and
sometimes sir old cock is found jriouc with a field
all to himself. The chickens in different coveys
also behave differently. At times they will setup
singly.jind In such a case; two shooters will g£t
nearly the whole covey. At other times IhdVhole
covey will rise together, and It needs quick and
skillful shooting to make each of the four barrels
count. If thtrcountry tmd flight of the Mrd« allow
it is sometimespov-lMclo “markdown” a covey
and follow them from tho field to field, imlest
they fly Into the corn, when pursuit la hojielcs*.
To a novice the sport is wildly exciting. The In
telligent and admirable working of tl}c dogs, tjic
interne excitement of the moment when the bird*
are rising with the noise and speed of a skyrocket
from the Hubble beneath their very fbct.and the ex*
licy rise to near him' and lookso
— itseCm possible to miss a bird,
and hcls very apt to shoot almost without aim. Aftor
a few misses, however, he flads that they fly like
an express train, and must be covered by (ho sights
of the gun, and quickly, too. After that his luck
improves, aud he finds that, like everything else.
It J» easy enough when you know bok, and one of
the most fascinating of all field sports..
OLD TOM’S RK-KNLISTM.ENT.
(New Year 1HII0.)
- BY SAM. W. HMAI.L, “OLD St.”
" tWritten for Tl»6 Constitution.] .
’ Down one of the noisome alleys
. .Of the city's inward slums,
Where the daylight wars with shadows,
And the suushiue seldom comes,
I wds drawn by the voice bf mourning
Befit o’er tho New Year’s tide,
Aud I knelt with revereu^ sorrow
At e dusky corpse's side.
'Two* the frame of an Afrio gkmt
Who might have bomacopuaand,
Had Jre only lived a savage
In his dark, ancestral land;.
But he df clt in a Christian country,
And warspent, on humble sieve.
Who tasted the sweets of freedom
Just a fodt-rtep from yie-grave.
“How did he die, Aunt Phcbe ?”
I asked of his weeping wife;
“Was he ready to meft-his future ?
. Did he grieve for the loss of life?” ^
Hire paused from her fitful sobblng, -
And (he teats from lrcr lashes dried,
• As she toM me the simple story,
How a child of Faith had died.
'• Yer know dat he’s ben des po'ly
. Benfc do Yicksbu’g siege mix done,
Au’ he fotchcd young master'Tbodjr
* Film onder dat ole siege gun;
Bonce nll.oh dem nights in de trenches
’Mopgid (Tff bonier, np' mud, an' rein,
Dar halnt l*cn cr day her uinnit
lie's ebber ben free fUmpaln.
“He wouldn’ gib up de feelln’
Dat whut he had doqe wux right.
An’ ud stair’ hi*store in jedgmeut
l?p yonder in JMfts’ sTglit;’
An' he sed he'd run wid pgphurtce
De race mark'd fer his way.
Tell dc night ob life wua broken
By de sun of Hcbbcn's day.
“So he waited—po' au* pec«!y—
Fer de angil’s voice ter souu',
An* cell htm up ter glorj* -
Ter wa’r a Many crown:
An’ yistldajr.ez de ole yeah
Wux hidin' down ter die, •
De po’ man called me ter him ,
An* sed, 'De troopsl> night*
*‘I thought bis miV mts strayin'.
Back ter dor wah-tlme days,
Fer I oped hk eyes turned upwards
• In a kurus klu’ o' case r
. But he talked ondpsi ex’ gently -
Ex he done In long gone yeahs,
Au' bltsacd me for my goodness
NhLs'all Iris Joys an’tears.
“Den de roof up dar mix miffin'
ter hinder hl*eyes uo mo', “
An' heasemed ter have a vUhun
Right thoo dc Hebbcnly do';
Fer he aed ile 1 jtwd wux* leadin’
Doangil bands on bight
An’ young muter wuz po*motid*
Ter tr general in Jet sky I
“Den he*reed bis fakes all mu»tcr‘d -
In 8e Chri»t’un armor bright.
An’ (lore unerfo'ms mix shinin'
Ex gyarmint# pVore and w’ite! .
•Dey’s marchlu' out/ he whisper'd. f
• *Tcr meet db po* recruit l’
A ihe rais'd his ban' dU fa*hun, ,
*Den he gtb.de right saloot.
"Nex* he bow’d his bed er mlnnlt.
An* clore bis eye# er whlle.^
Ex he sed: 'Dy will, my Jesus t'
WM de rfocetes' sort ob smile.
When he to*' back on de plllet ~
I seed dat his soul wux tftd
An’ taken de life* off wid it—
Pess IcF me dc body, de*<L
‘•Per wurd dat he lef for you mix
• Ter ax dat his bones moot lay
Clore by wid de deah young master**,
Ter wait for de jedgment day.
Ole Tom’s wid yer Urodder dU mawnlu’—
Ob dat I don't hab no fear—
Ferde doth o' hUl>Oily at midnight
Wux de bfrf o' hU soul's New Year 1”
Is Everybody Drunk?
Anion.": the many stories Lincoln used to re
late vruu the following: Trudging. along
it i.cly road one morning on my way to (
county seat. Judge overtook mo with his
wagon and invited me to a seat
We had not gone for before the wagon be
gan to wobble. Said I:
’'Judge, 1 think your coachman has taken a
.drop too much.”
Putting bis head out of tho window, the
Judge shouted:
“Why, you infernal scoundrel, you are
drunk!”
Turning round with great gravity,tho coach
man said:
“Jle dad! but that's the firs' rightful 'scision
vour Houor'6 giv’n ’u twel* mout’!”
4 If jieople knew the facts they would bo sur
mised to learn bow many' people reel iu the
ects who never “drink a drop.” They are
victims of sleeplessnesVof drowsy days, of
{apoplectic tendencies, whose blood is sot ou
f^re by uric acid. Some day they will reel no
fforc—they will drop dead, just Irecauso they
haven't the moral courage to defy useless
ijrofessiruml attendance, aud by use of the
onderfut Warner’s safe cure neutralize the
nnd thus ge_
Ameri-
Tlie practice of working female convict#
with the males on public roads, f? meeting with
strong opposition^!! Chattanooga.
‘Time well spent." means au erraud-toyour
druggist for Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup..
Richmond now claims rf population of 77,000.
SCOTT’S EMULSION OF PCItE
Cod Liver Oil, With IfypoplioNpUUes.
l»WM;iAJ.I.FDEMBABI.n FOE CIRLDBON.
A*ladyphy>ictsii nt Her Child’* Ifoqrit »1, at AI-
berjy. N. Y.,‘ *ays: “Wc have been Using BcqH’f
Emulsion w ith great m'.ccqss, ncarlyjrll of o-,u !>a-
tfents aro.Mifl'erlng froflr l*one dbeaecs and our phy-
felclans find it very beneficial.”
FrankTV. Adams, n w.ell known resident of
Galveston, recently committed Suicide in Kc-
brnVkn.
Hi* Only Medicine for 55 Ydara.
C'IIF>TER, OltANCiE C’o., N. Y*., April 7,1#<».
Br.iudreth's Rill# have l»ccu my only medi
cine for lhe past 35 years. By taking two
evpry night’ for BO nights I cured myself of a
very had attack ef'Rheumatism and Bilious
ness. Never Jokt a meal ami attended to ray
business during the time. I have also found
them oue of the best blood purifiers and liver
regulators in tlie world. Will Ire glad to
answer inquiries.
Charles 1L Westebvklt,
Justicoof the Peace.
Texarkana, which is in Texas and Arkansas,
is lo have a government building impartially
straddling the state line.
Statement or Mm. E. Hearn.
J have been troubled with eczema of my face,Tor
the past three*years ami a half* my entire face whs
covered by it, and it rendered me so conspicuous ‘
that it was unpleasant to appear in public. I con
sulted the ablest -physicians In the city, among oth
ers a celebrated specialist in dLreascfof tho skin,
who treated me during Hie first winter with trot
the slightest perceptible liencfit. I then tried tho
sulphur treatment and varied advertised medicines
with little or no effect. I visited several springs
including Hot the springs 6f Arkansas during the
tucl-rcdlng two year. At the latter point I placed
rayielf under treatment of one of the leading physi
cians, although my general health was greatly.lm-
* proved the springs failed to accomplish the purpose
of my visit. The eczema still cluug to me and was
a great-source of inconvenience and discomfort.
After returning east frilly convinced that I would
find no remedy, an acqrmln}ancc, who said that
she herself had been mired from bed, and cured of
Scroftila by S.S. 8. i$ strongly advised mo to try it,
that I began with little faltlv on my own port and
little encouragement from others. I have taken it
for two or three months, and tho result Is thfit the
disc-are is practically cured, thcro being but slight
traces of It left. Swift’s Specific Is certainly a won
derful remedy and I feel very grateful that I have
ever fouud it. ! believe It will benefit others, and
am ready to answer personally any inquiries in
reference to its effects upon me.
'MRS. E. HKARX,
i» East 9th st., New York City.
New Year, Dec. 25th, 1885.
-^SEDGWICKh-
STEEL WIRE FENCE
!U«*tlnt[<>rihc merchant wU-cl mifinfiicluron to
day It wiwdepidod la roll a convention to be held
In llilieltyuettt.ThmxUjr to consider the advlsd-
MUtyofndroncinK prices and ol>o the question
of wages fur thc ensuing year. ..
HORSfrOItlVS ACH» PHOSPHATE.
- tinware of ImtlaUqii*.
Imitations and rounterfetfa bare again ap
peared. Be sure that tho word “Hontford’a" is
on tbo Wrapper. None are gcuuino without
it. -
Mr.. Tekkvsos'
woo, coo.
fqrtnuo is put down nt
Vor Throat Iti».a»r>» and Coughs. Rrqgru’s
Bioschiu Taocacs, like all reallp guod things,
arc frequently imlialetl. Tbo genuine are told
only in ioxes. '
New Your state roailies'aWt $10,000 a yekr
from wiling the ire prlvllegeion Iter canals.
4b Editor’s Testimonial.
A. M. Vaughn, editor of the “Greenwich.Re
view,"’Greenwich, 0.;-writes: “Lut January
I met with a very severe accident, caused by
a runaway horse. I. used almost every kind
of salve to heat tjie wounds', whieV turned to
running tores, but found nothing fit do mo any
good till I was recommended HENRY'S CAR
BOLIC 8ALVE. I bought a box, and it help,
od me nt once, nnd nt the end of two months
I was eomplstoly well. ’ It ie the belt edve in
tho market, and I never fail of tolling my
friends about It) and urge thorn to ole It when
ever in need.
Sawing Madfffiroy.
MONARCH immollu SAWING MACEEIS
~ warp on
Is His best general
injars sfoe r
School-lots and Cemeteries
p,M?WftKrru°^
Ife*--"
ness, strength and ...
cheapest and easiest work! i
or aclf-opcnlnir
StrctchcrSfCnfrinn IMier#and Pool’..
For prices and parttralsrs ask Hardware
or address, mentioning paper,
SEDGWICK BROS., Richmond, Ind.
.--end SSf.
. V^STSIm'tSS:
rifflaafrfaT;
rood wire In every rapwt. Tit,
tra mad. of wronfhMnia plpeond
ill eamMUUon In llabtnns, neat,
id doraUlity. W. make tlie law.
‘rotworklngall-tron aatomtlld
a ante, and ihe neatest cheap
S2L_Ttj'_he«jrWlr.
re Dealers
GUANOijBUANO!!
“Sterling!”. “Lockwood!” •
T AGAIN OFFER My POPULAR BRANDS
I or Fertilizers ("Sterling” Gu'ano, ••Ster
ling” Acid Phosphate and "Lockwood” Cotton
ng”
jrpw.., —
South Carolina.
Ihere goods are too well known and time tested
(p require any extended notice. They trill be kept
up to their old standard of. excellence, and I will
sell them to reliable dealcrs| and mere bouts
(cash or on time) at as low a price os is consistent
with their high quality.- For terms, prices and
nnnh>i» address
• ■ n i
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. complete outfit, 4 cents. Star Card 0&»
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• REMOVAL. . •
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“Sterling” and “Lockwood” Brands.
I have moved my office io No. l.» North Pryor
street, corner of Line street, where I will lie pleased
to ree all my old and any new friends.
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Atlanta. Go., January I. Jan5 wky2t
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okrUM row
. . ... 1—
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Bin., Atlanta, Ua., Manuricturcra of Waterwheel •«
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, ■ "
Seeds—180B.
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i Thiaicuan. Voting them
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I and other valuable, forage pUnti,
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Cloven, •
Fertilixrrj,
j Chemical, tor Computing, etc.,
etc.
Send for circulan and price
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W'fmmeen adorn hotel laelodlngomruore room.
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