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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, X3rA» TUESDAY JANUARY 19 1886.
His Mysterious Enemy.
ny k»a tnom
CopjHtht, IMA, by 8.8. McClure.
•'Mr. Bid bon rue, would It lx agreeable to
you to biro tbo reitry meeting on Wednesday
evening?”
Service waa over at the little gotblo churcb
of HL Thomaa, in Falrborg, and the congrega
tion waa diaperaing in the leiaurely way that
cbararterliei people in mill rlliagea, where
all an acquaintance^ and the Sabbath gather
Ing partake! of a racial 11 well a« a religioue
nature.
The tone of deference with which the ques
tion waa asked -waa most agreeable to
Hamer Bad bourne; he felt that it was
due to his position sa senior war
den, the most liberal contributors the church,
and the richest man in the pariah, and ha re
turned a gracious ament. Tall, handsome
and erect, with a stately poise of the head, ho
mored slowly through the railed groups, feel
ing an agreeable exhilaration in the respect
wrhlch met him at esery turn, and girlng to
all a greeting in which cordiality and dig ilty
were happily blended. When ha saw a blush
on the cheek of a tall, fair girl as be drew near
her, a mile played about bis drm mouth, and
a light kindled in his dark eyea before which
Kattie Broaden'! blue ones dropped in blissful
confusion. It seemed to Hamer Badhourne as
he dross away behind his high-stepping bays,
that to be prosperous, esteemed and lored,
filed life's ftillcst cup of blessing; and that
fill cup was his. A rich June landscape lay
before him, as he passed out of the village,
blllowry meadows and broad Acids of grain
almost ripe fer the hsrrcst—ills Acids, and his
heart swelled with the pride of possession as
he glanced them orer. As bis eyes rested on
anemlnrnre commanding the wide prospect,
tbe soft beam kindled In them again as In
fancy ho saw it crowned with a mansion la;fit
ting his (Xisitfon and graced with a lovely pres
ence. Sweet Kattie Broaden! He bad loiter
ed too long in bis wooing: that very afternoon
he would drive to her widowed mother’s un
pretentious cotlagexnd then—and his thoughts
drifl.il away In a daydream such as tbe busy,
practical man, no longer young, seldom Indulg.
cd iu.
So occupied wu ho that he had almost for
r itt.n the presence of Uncle Hell. Tilbury, a
umhlo neighbor whom bo hail takon tip on
his way. Ilutsa they paused a
tumble-down old house, the old man broke tbo
silence, which had become irksome to him, by
asking:
"Mr. Badbonrno, her yon seen the man who
hra moved in along with Jim Bice ? ([ reckon
Jlm'll hev to let you liev that notch o' land o’
hlaen before long.) You l.event, eh? Well, I
wish you’d sort o’ notice him the next time
J ou git a chance. He may be all right.
on’l want to say he ain’t, Air I don’t know,
but to my mind he bes a sort of hang-dog
look, u though ho might bo a penitentiary or
Jsil bird, or somethin'o’ that kind—a kinder
wbat you may call a convict Ikce.”
“You think, then, that to be a convict
stamps a man with a look ho carries ail tho
rest of his lifo?’’ remarked bis companion, with
a slight smile and a keen glance from bis black
eyes.
"Wall, yes, I do—a sort o' mrachir shamed
look, rs though they couldn't really bold up
their heads among honest folks."
"But don't you think that convicts ever bo-
come honest men again?”
"I bcvmy doubts about It;’’ and Unolo Both
shook his head dubiously. "I’ve heard o' seek
cases, bnt to my mind they’re a good deal like
ahrepstralln'dogs—ihciy ain't to be trusted.
Why, then was Uai <s ulllle, said be wu con-
vstt.il In the p nltentiary and Jlmxl
the church when he wme out, and actually
went to preach In; an J a good many folks bad
all conAdrnm in bin., AV In leu'., two yours
> he was taken up for forgery, an’ is servin' a
term Air It now. No, I don't Want ter bo
hard on nobody; but u fur ’a I’m concernod, I
don't want nothin’ to do with any man that's
seen tbo Inside of a prison. But hero 'a my
turn. I'm much obliged fur tho lilt. Fine
hone that elf one. Wish 1 could alTord to own
oue like It, but fortune's never favored mo is
It hen you. Good day!*
Kadboume drove rapidly on alone. The
softness had all left his race, and wu aneceeded
by a stern, hard expression. A cold wind blow
up and shook the gntlu Acids angrily, anil u
he drew up at his own door, iron, rapidly gath
ering clouds a few rain drops ftill, which soon
Incensed tu a white and driving storm. Nat-
tie Brraden'a blue ryes watched in vain that
afternoon for any break In the elm..Is, and
lladhourno was shut in for the rest of the day
to the company of his own thoughts.
And anything but ploasaut compan
ions bo fuu.ul them. If ouo might
judge by the clouds which gathered over his
own fare and tho reatleesueu will, which ho
r*eed tho houses
far into tlio night.
But the neat morning the atom had cleared
away, Tbe sklee and a flood of sunshine
greeted Mr. Badhourne u be stepped out of
tho bouse; and In Uto (Vsah morning air tho
fhnclra that had^iran around him like unwhole
some foes of the ulglit. and tho furs that had
clutched at bin. like tbe bauds of midnight
spertrrs, vanished; bo oven smiled at their re-
mcmbreuco. But as ho turnod to re-enter the
house, already fl.1l of busy planes for the day,
he suildeuly paused, uud with hands that
shook as if with the ague, he hastily
effaced a mark hy the side of tho door, whilo
his Ikce turned to an ashen paleness.
It would seen, s small affair to till a strong
man with such evident agitation and terror--
only n roughly drawn broad arraw, llut might
have been counted the work of some child's
hand. And yet brraura of it Hamer Bui-
bourne's heart best faster than It had done for
many a day, amt tho cold sweat stood in clam-
my dro|it on his forehead: for that rude sym
bol brought back to him memories that he ha t
long put aside and scenes that ho hail thought
almost forgot leu, save as a chance word,
like that of Undo Seth Tilbury
the day before, unpleasantly recalled
them, lie had struggled saaiust the recollec
tion. and, as he thought had conquered it, but
now it arwo before him in pitiless clearing.
He saw s .toting clerk iu a quiet Kugl.sh town,
lured hy util cu.npanious to the exri.eme.it of
the gambling table: he saw liln. .light after
night, staking mere end mere heavily a. ins
Itasca increased, until be most win back
money not his uwn that he hail risked and
lost. Then he saw him in an
hour of weakness and temptation, forgetting
the teachings of hia dead mother, forge
- the name of hla employer for a hundred
pounds; he saw the exposure, tbe humiliation,
the arrest, th. trial, the crowded courthouse
and tlie stern Aire of the judgo. Again ha
heard the sentence—"Transportation for seven
yew re:" he saw tho prison akin, the wide ex-
twt.se of sea aud .he convict colony In Austra
lia. be saw it all in the burning light of rec
ollection, for be and that young convict had
hteuonc. Fur seven years that had seemed
an eternity in paasing he had seam that bread
anew -tamped on his clothes, the badge of hia
•hamc, the symbol of his degradation, and
evtn after .ire lapse of years tha right
ef it seemed to scorch him as if it had been a
hot iron.
FABT H.
But tlist pain was overlaid by aatronger ter-
rcr that shaped itself into s queetiou? Who
knew the secret of hia life?
Half hia life time and half the world lay be-
tween him and those accursed yean. The name
be bore was not the one Inscribed ou the con-
viet register. Ke hint had ever dropped from
hb lips which rottid furnish the slightest clue
to hla history. Who iu that quiet Illinois
town, where no one had travelled and not a
man was of k’ngliah birth, knew his history?
Badhourne wu counted a rich man.
hut be would have given many of
hia acres that morning for an answer to the
torturing question. Years ago ha had lived in
the flu that hia nut would ouo day confront
him, and bad looked with suspicion on every
strange face. But that waa ioag past. With
Us saw name ho had begun a newUffr, and
had aow for himself, as be believed, not only
the respect and ronfldence of men, but tne a
probation of Ood. He bad unconKloui.,
grown into such a feeling of eecnrity aa no
longer to dream ofapomlbilityof tbediaoorary
of what seemed scarcely to belong to his
life.
And now he suddenly found himself as it
were on the very verge of a crater, yawnlug to
open beneath hla feet. And what was held in
store for him too well he knew—the surprise
and horror and contempt of the men who had
ra long looked up to him; even old Seth Til
bury would refer to him to point hia senseless
drivel about convicts—corse him! What dm
scared the old idiot to bring up tbe subject?
He knew that hia townsmen were mention
ing hia name in connection with tbe legisla
ture. He bad a wide ambition, and had
dreamed of making that but a stopping stone
to higher honors. Now—and he shut hia
teeth hard at the thought—there waa no more
hope of advancement for him, with that
awful truth liable to throat itself into the
foreground at any moment—and Nettle
Breeden; how could ho ask
any woman to face such
revelation? In hia heart
knew that ehe loved him well enough bo be
lieved, to be hia wife should be toll her the
troth. But that to him wu impareible; he
felt that be would not, could not do it. Hia
secret had never passed hia Ilpa, and never
•bould, unless it wsa forced from him; and
how would a wife's lore wither before tho
■bork'of thedlaeovery of such deception.
All that day ha kept his room, and when he
left it there were hard. defiant,
unyielding lines about his mouth
From that day a change wu perceptible in
Hamer Badhourne which, utlrno paired, be
came more and more apparent. From being
a genial, aocisi man, with an interest In every
activity, not only willing bnt proud to lead In
every entotprise, wholo-souleu, kindly aud
popular, he grew moody, and reserved, with
drawing himself more and more from the
sympathy and life of the people among whom
he lived. Slowly the brightness went out of
Nettie Breeden's face, u her eyea sought hia
In wistful appeal that met with no more re
sponse than if it had been unseen instead of
keenly felt.
If that strange menace had come but once
ho might have shaken off thought of It; but
again and again, at irregniu Intervals, ha
found that broad arrow, to hts eyea more grisly
than a death's head, outlined, uaually with
chalk, on his auto or door, or about ills pre.nl-
<un. No wonder that the gray tbtekenod in
hia hair and hia eyea acquired a watchful, sus
picious glance. What future was there for a
man with an unseen enemy stispeuding such a
sword over his head?
And who could that mysterious enemy he?
He tbrank from each of his old friends with
the thought, “It may be he.” And so tho pois
on of mistrust and suspicion cankered in hia
breast until It choked all his genoroua Im
pulses and cheeked the flow of every kindly
feeling. If he could but discover him 1 and
his eyes would flash ominously at the thought.
Night after night he watched with a loaded
revolver in hla hand, but In vain; morning
after morning he sought for aomo clew, but
without avail. Bomettmea it seemed to him
that tha torture of suspense would drive him
mad; that It would Ire a relief to have tbe
wont come and be orer. Aud again he ahmnk
front It like tbe veriest eoword, and would
have given hla last pomeasiun for the asaumuco
of safety.
Once be determined to leave Fairhurg and
eseapo hia persecutor. He even went aa far aa
Chicago, Intending never to return. But aa he
left hia room in the hotel tho morning after hia
arrival, a faintly penciled broad arrow '
aide of hla door caught his eye. To .
read aa If Masoned on the wall: "Oo where
you may, 1 will follow I" And returning to
Fairburg in despair, be took up hia old life of
miserable breading. Not infrequently lie
wished he was a Catholic, that bs might con
fess It all to hla priest and And relief in tho
utterance, and yet he doubted if mortal powor
could draw the secret from him.
Bo Ave yean yarned, and Badboumo'a nemo
was no longer mentioned in connection with
any plara of honor or conAdcnco. lie wire
seldom seen on the village street, never in his
Burner place at church, for ho lutd grown
NEWS BY WIRE.
Happening* of the Week All Over the
Country.
St. Loom, January 11.—Quite a sensation
waa produced last night when the coroner an
neunced that Bar. H. D. Jardine, a Protestant
Episcopal minister, who waa soma weeks ago
convicted before the ecclesiastical court of
Kansas City, had committed suicide here
yesterday. Late last Saturday even
lug Jardine and bis attorney, Harrison,
2 2222Z222 SSSrJt »ffiSSWM«’5SBH5
wts innocent of the murder,and statins that he
committed the deed in self-defense. He re*
mained calm to the last, still protesting his in
nocence. After the trap was sprung the bod?
for a moment remained motionless, and then
was enacted a scene of horror, which chilled
the blood of all who witnessed it. Two doc
tors, one on either side, were each holding his
wrist, when the violent contortions of tbe
hanging figure shook them aside, and before
tbev could regain bold upon the man, whose
actions showed a fall possession of conscious*
ness of all that was going on, he made a frantic
struggle to release himself. His right hand shot
up, clutched tbe rope and held It firmly. -It
seemed as if the man must die by slow degrees
from strangulation: but one of the doctors sue-
the vestry room, during which Harrison very
deeidedly expressed the opinion that Blahop
Robertson would not grant Jardine a rehearing
of bis case. This bad some effect upon Jardine
and he manifested considerable feeling, re
peatedly declaring bis innocenoe of the charges
for which he had been tried and tbejustlce of
bis demand for a new trial, but when Dr.
Betts and Mr. Harrison left, about
o'clock yesterday morning, it was
thought that Jardine was seriously dis
turbed,
Tbe sexton of the chnrch went to the vestry
room to wake Jardine, and fonud him in a
deep sleep, and breathing heavily. He imme
diately called Deacon Dyer, assistant to Dr.
Betts, who, on entering the room detected
chloroform, and at once sent for tho physi
cians. On the arrival of tho doctors thoy dis
covered that Jardine hsd taken chloroform,
and immediately adopted vigorous measures to
restore him,bnt after three hours of continuous
efforts announced the reverend gentleman dead.
The Her. Mr. Jardine had won a very high I abort time of the tragedy the. rela
rank as a preacher in the Protestant E- iscopal I murdered family began t^dispute
chnrch, and was inclined to ritns! 'm. A ....... . -
Kansas City newspaper began a war c i him,
coming out one morning with a p' ■ are of
Jardine in convict stripes, and deck* ig that,
while yet a boy, he had serve ! two /ears In
penitentiary. Jardine at first d mied, and then
confessed tho truth of the statement. His
conviction by the ecclesiastical conrt unnerved
him, and led to the tragedy stated above.
mmwer I'lm u vuunii. *ur uu iiuii grown
bitter against Ood as well as man. People had
cessed to wonder at tho strange transformation,
amljonl? shraggod them sboulden.significantly
when allusion was made to him. Kattie Broa
den hsd t»cen wooed and won by another, bnt
wht n he heard of her marriage he only said
to himself that no wife or children would ever
have to bear disgrace because of him. Only
one solace remained, ami that was work. Ikrly
and late ho tolled with a feverish energy that
lie had never shown even in the yoars of his
hardest struggles with fortune. Year by your
his property increased, but it brought him uo
pit mure or pain when men called him a
miser. He had grown Into a nusantropio
recline, careless In dress, curt in speech, stern
in manner and bearing, with the air of a mm
whoso mind has narrowed to a single rut, and
whole angles have grown sharp for want of
kindly friction with his fellow-men.
*0000
‘•Mr. Radbournc, wake upwld ye! Wake
up!”
. Hauler Badhourne opened his eyes at this
exhortation with n vague wonder, which, a
moment later, grew to astonishment; for tho
murk of a summer’s night
was al-uut him, and only
tbe stnny an h of the sky over hts head, llut
he had only tune to utter an exclamation and
to wouder how he caiue there, when the ex
cited voice spoke again, aud ho recognized it
as belonging to Dcnuis Fly un, one of his hired
men.
'•Don’t you see you’re moat to the top of the
ladder. Wo had to paint the house and
tbe floor of tho stagin’ was takcu away this
blistid afternoon, and in a minute more you’d
'a hem a steppin’ off on nothin'. It makes
me bleed run cold to think of it. Come dowu,
do.”
“You see,” continued Dennis in ftiller ex
pin ns I ion, when they were on terra firms, “it’s
courtin' Katy O'Otady 1 am, aud when avery-
thing whs quiet I Just shliped across the field
to sco her a bit. An’ whin on me way homo,”
continued Dcunis, "I had got j 1st fcrulust the
corner of the house, ye ratuo out o' tho door;
an’ aft her ye’d stopped an’ mndo that
bit o’ a tnnrk on the side o' tho
ladder, ye turned to go up it. Auj
the dirccl
tl.o white
fateful bi
whin 1 raw ytr eyes 1 says to meself, ‘Tho
saints presarve us, lie’s walkin' in hU alape!’”
Aa the man spoke Kadbuume’s eyea followed
* “ i limt of his finger, ami there, floor «m
e wvouUght, he saw the outline of tho
roq| arrow lie kuew so well.
For a me nu lit he caught his breath as if iu
spasm, aud then he asked sharply:
‘•Dennis, are you sure 1 made that?”
*‘I only wish 1 was as sure o’ ’*Mpin purga
tory; an’ tlu ic’s tho niucil now ye did it
witb.”
Radbournc raised his hand. Yea, it held a
chalk pencil be i« membered to have used tho
evening before and to have left lying oc the
tublc of his room.
"You are right, Dennis,” he said, and re
entered the home.
And when the early morning light crept in
through au open eastern window, it restetl on
tlie bowed figure of a man. with his haggard
fare half hidden iu hi* folded arms. At last
he had found his mysterious enemy.
J, L. Estes, Burneyville, Chickasaw Nation,
Indian territory, writes: "I have to thank All
cock's Porous Plasters for saving the life of my
wife; she waa attacked with pneumonia, which
commenced with a violent chill, great cough
ing and high fever. I could not get a doctor,
but fortunately had a box of Alleock'a Porous
Plasters in the bouse; I placed one brtween her
breasts, out on each of her shoulder blade and
one on tbe small of her back. In two hours
her cough almost ceased and was very loose; In
four hours she broke Into a profuse perspira
tion. Tbe naxt day, though very weak, she
waa free from fever, and the third day was
quite well. I also cured my child of diphthe-
retie sore throat, by wrapping the neck in an
Alleock'a Porous Has ter.”
Millions of tons of ice are floating on tha
Mlwlsrippt to the gulf.
re t0 T°° r Interest, save dec-
tor bills by using Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup.
Burlington, la., January 11.—The resi
dence of the German naturalist, Charles Buett-
ncr, and one of tho finest collections of birds,
insects and animals, was burned last night.
The Iom included a collection of 00,000 insects.
Columbus, O., January 12.—Tho committee
ou | rlvilcges and elections in the house of
rrprese ntati ves this moruiug reported a resolu
tion to unseat nine democratic members from
Hamilton county. Tbe resolution was amend
ed so as to provide that a hearing be accorded
Ihe unseated members. Tho resolution was
adopted under the previous question, aud the
scats were then declared vacant
amid the greatest condition. The
nine republican meml>ert came forward and
were sworn in by the speaker. They wore
cheered by the republicans and jeered at by
the democrats. The speaker ordered the un
seated democratic members to turn over the
keys of their desks. The action to-day ... a-
ample assurance of the election of Sherman.
He will have 21 minority on joint ballot in tho
convention of the two branches to-morrow.
Bkkmng, Pa., January 12.—While Cyrus P.
Miller, the leading lawyer of Lebanon, was
driving In a sleigh through the streets of that
city today tho horse drew tip at tho bank
where Miller waa accustomed to stop. It was
then found that Miller was dead, though tho
corpse sat upright in tbe sleigh, The deceas
ed, was sixty-five years old,nod it is thought
his death was due to heart disease.
Bloomington, Ind., January 12.—Last night
Mrs. Dobson, wife of James Dobson, living in
Greene county, was awakened by a negro form
hand, who had just split her husband's head
with au ax, killing him instantly. Mrs. Dob
son hsd a fearful struggle with the negro, as
she lay in bed beside her murdered husband,
but finally tho monster fled. He was arrest-
d today, and says he committed tho deed in
asleep.
Lancaster, Pa., January 13.—Joseph J.
Dot sell, formerly saloon keeper In HShis city,
made an attempt to assaasiuate Judgo Liv
ingston this morning about 11 o'clock. Doesch
called at the judge's residence and was admit*
ted into the judge’s presence in his librmnr.
On being questioned as to his business,
Doescb advanced to tbe judge and pulling a
■elfcocking revolver placed it at Livingston’s
head. Tho judge caught tho man’s arm and a
desperate struggle ensued iu which the judgo
at cured possession of tho woapon. Assistance
arrived and Doesch was overpowered and ar
rested. A charge of felonious assault and
battery was preferred against him and he was
committed in default of bail. Doesch former
ly kept a disorderly saloon in this city and
Judge Livingston cancelled his license last
April. J-utterly ho has been in tho saloon
business in Rending. Doesch, who is still un
der Influence of liquor, nays he will shoot the
judge at the first opportunity.
Joliet, 111., January l.’l.— 1 Tho sheriff of
Johnson county, Wyoming, arrived horo last
evening with a gang of territorial convicts,
consisting of cowlsiys and Indians. Tho party
bad born on the road for a week, delayed by
snow storms on tho Uuion Pacific. The con
victs were heavily ironed, and had worn tlicir
•hackles constantly. They started for Joliet a
week ago. Their arrival created quite a sensa
tion ss they stepped from the care beaded by
two )Hiwerftil looking Arapahoo Indians bound
together hy log chains aud heavy leg shackles.
The Indian* were both young men, excellout
specimens of their tribe, fully six feet
in height aud with ravett hair
that hung half way down their hacks. Tho
sheriff explained that the Indians were cou-
victed of killiug beef in tho mountains Uoar
tho Buflslo agency, tlie penalty of which is
from one to ten years Iu tho ponitentiary. It
is raid that tho Indians at Arapahoe agency
arc in a itiu ving condition, owing to tho small
amount of supplies furnished by tho govern
ment and that these two were actually sutler-
ing for feud when they killed tho beef. Al
though they hsd tho sympathy of every onoat
the agency, they were given a .year for tho
crime. Their usnu s are ‘‘Beaver’ and "Sam
uel,” the foimcr beiug a son of tho head chief
of tho Arapahoe*
EasTON, l'a., January 13.—Matthias Booker
nut with a horrible death ln*t night nl Beth
lehem iron works, where ho wua employed.
Mil.., , lv v.I*A..a. 11 lire ... 1 ,1...
time the body bung a lifeless corpse.
Gkavkxhuxst, Unt., January 15.—Ono o
the 14 men burned in escaping from the board
ing house at Germania, which was destrovc<
by fire early Tuesday morning, died today.
Seven others are In a critical condition.
Lima, O., January 15.—A postmortem exam
ination Into the cause of the death of Samuel
Troupe, who was found dead in bed, develops
the fact that it was a clear case of starvation.
The family lived in tbe suburbs of the city,
and were in greatly reduced circumstances,
hut, it seems, were too proud to ask for assist
ance. Tbe circumstances surrounding the
death were so suspicious that an investigation
was ordered, which led to the development of
one of the saddest esses of destitution ever
known in tbe city. The snrvl ving members of
the family are being cared for by sympathiz
ing friends.
Detroit, Mich., January 15.—Several weeks
ago Frank Knock, bis wile and their two chil
dren were mnrdered and their bodies burned
in the destruction of their home. Within a
relatives of the
over a little
property that had been left. The fight is now
fairly onened in the prohate court. Last week
Gus, AI and Herznau Knock filed a peti
tion for the administration of the estate
of Frank Knoch’s children. George F. and
Albert Enoch. This last petition is on behalf
of Mary Wittman, grandmother; Gas and
Herman Knock, uncles, aud Matilda 8.
Bchwerter, Caroline and Theresa Knoch, aunts,
of tbe deceased children, the theory being
that Frank Knoch was murdered first, tho
two children thus becoming heirs, and their
heirs in turn being the two grandmothers.
The death of the paternal grandmother left
her children heirs. The wholo case turns on
tbe qi
first I
PROHIBITION POINTS.
Hhortly after 11 o'clock ho bfein to lower the
belt of furnace at tho top of t^^tuck. Whilo
doing this he was ovcrctmivM^h gsw aud fell
head-foremost into tho luFftH). His body
was burned to a crisp before his fellow-work
men, who saw him fall, succeeded iu pulling
him out. He waa alive when rescued, but diet!
after midnight.
Michigan Uity, 1ml., January 13.—A ter
rible collision occurred on tho Baltimore and
Ohio road mar 1‘oburg, a small station two
and a half miles west of Alida, yesterday,
whereby one engineer and three firemen wore
killed outright. The Indus colliding were
both heavily loaded freights, tho east bound
ono being a double header, whilo tho west
ward was in tow of tho monster locomotive
known as the camelback. The train iu charge
of this engino should have stopped at Alida for
orders but the engineer ami firemen, it is al
leged, were both asleep, and they ran to the
crossing at a high rate of speed, and continued
ou the down grade to the dreidful
calamity which awaited them.
Both trains were on the down grade
std rounded the curve at the same time, go
ing twenty-five miles an hour. The result
was that the three engines and twenty cars of
merchandise and Uve stock were heaped into
one unrecognizable mass. This caught fire
and burned fiercely for some time. The engi
neer of the west bound train was found with
his head split open from the crown to the neck
and the race fell forward upon his breast,
while his brains were scattered about the lo
cality. One fireman became pinned in be
tween pieces of wreck and was suspended hy
his bead until be was literally roasted to
death. Tbe second fireman was cut completely
In two. and the dismembered parts of his body
were round some distance apart. The third
was badly inured and died after
few hours suffering. The other
two engineers escaped by jumping.
St. Louis, January 15.—Charles Wilson waa
banged this morning at 7:45 o’clock for the
murder ef a river steamer mate some time ago.
lie retired last night at a very late boar, and
slept quietly and soundly until 4:40 o’clock.
He awoke ooel aad cairn, protesting that he
Wabrenton, Go., January 11.—(Spcial.l—
At ssn election for town commissioners held
here today, a citizens' ticket to enforce the
prohibition;law of this town was elected by a
vote’of 123,to 22 In opposition. The prohibi
tion of the liquor traffic has done sojnuch for
tFoVopIc of the town that the opposition was
powerless to rally a following.
1 ' ' ' *i * • ? of the pro
hibition law in Warrcnton. tho citizens met
and resolved to ''collectively and individually
authorize tbe chairman of this meeting to ap
point a committee of twenty-one to collect ev
idence and bring to justice every person viola
ting said law: and we likewise pledgo our
selves individually and collectively to sustain
such committeo financially and morally in
every effort to suppress said illicit trafllc, and
that this vigilant committee bo instructed to
search diligently wherever they have reason
to believe that whisky is concealed and sold
.in open violation of the law, and that they
use their best energies in searching out and
exposing all parties, white or colored, that
may 1>e engaged in the illicit trafllc of selling
whisky in our town.”
Talbotton, January 14.—[Special.]—John
W. Hall, attorney for tho anti-prohibition can
didates for aldermen, in Saturday's election,
has filed a contest on the grounds that tho
polls were closed at 2.30 p. m„ without tho
consent of tho contestants, and because tho
prohibitionists took possession of the polls and
refined to allow eighty or more electors, who
would have voted for contestants, to go to tho
polls. He alio presented a bill of inunction
to Judge Simmons this morning, eqioining
the managers from imulug certificates of elec
tion and the prohibition aldermen from qualify
ing till tho contest is heard and determined.
The Albany Nows commenting on the re
mark made to it by an Atlanta prohibltiopbt
that no one but a strong prohiritiouist would
be nominated for governor next time, stys:
"Prohibition will uot live long in Georgia after
it la run iiitonolitica. It should be kept as
distinct as chnrch aud state.”
Leavenworth, January 14.—It has boon
learned that Attorney-General Bradford has
begun quo warrauto proceedings in the state
Miprciuo court against tho county attorney,
mayor aud other city officers, charging them
with beiug in collusion with whisky seller*.
Ho will endeavor, it is said, to oust and dis
qualify them from holding any ofllco of trust
or profit. He confidently expects a speedy
hearing in tho supremo court. Two hundred
saloons are running in Lea von worth wide
open and in defiauco of tho prohibitory law.
They pay tho city $10 per month for the privi
lege, and have salaried an attorney to fight
their battles in the state.
Montgomery, Ala., January 14.—[Special.]
Tbe contest in the circuit court between tho
liquor dealers of Opelika and Judgo Frazer
was concluded today after a heated discussion.
Judge Hubbard, cf tho circuit court, decided
that he had power to issue a writ of mandamus,
but that they should have been made returns*
hie in tho courts of I.r« count.?. Tho case will
be taken to the supremo court.
Montgomery, January 15, — [Spoelal.l —
Greenville and Opelika went dry today, the
liquor (halers being unable to obtain license.
Tho ccutcri between tho liquor men anil pro
hibition has gone into court, aud uutil the de
rision is final tho towns nro dry.
Will Not Want Another Vindication.
From the Philadelphia Times.
If Rwroe.rouk ling doc* gatjback *to the sen
ate again, it is not likely that lie [will ever resign
to secure another vindication.
A Wonderful Machine.
During tho last week Gibson's cotton
seed planter was on exhibition iu Atlanta. It cre
ated a great deal of attention aud wan examined
by some of the best farmers in the state, by the
commissioner of agriculture and others. The ver
dict wo* very compllinentory to the Gibson, aud
it was universally pronounced better than any
planter that is offered. The main points of Its
advantage arc these: It is cosier operated than
other planter* because of its shorter beam, and
smaller hopper, aud for durability and simplicity
ithndmtdy uucqualcd. The main feature of the
Gibson planter, and one that will commend It to
most farmers. Is that it drop* the seed in the hills
Instead of stroking them along the furrow like
other planters. In the »a\ Ing of seed alone It will
pay for Itself In the first forty acres. Besides this
It dees away with the trouble and expense of the
first chopping or “blocking out” of Ihe cotton croi*.
Thb advantage all farmers will understand.
When planted in hills and not iu a continuous
rows the cotton starts off more rapidly and the
stand is more regular. The dropper is driven with
sprocked wheels and chain—arranged on opposite
ride front that which works tbe agitator. The agi
tator iu the hopper work* the seed doom an<l fills
the dropping pocket, which dej**ftes them iu
hills, 9, 12, 18,21 or 36 inches apart, according to
the manner In which it l* set. It puts in each
hole from four to eight seed, always enough to
insure a stand.
The advantages of the dropper are so manifest
that almost every one who saw it bought one of
the planter*. It will certainly effect a revolution
iu cotton planting. Messrs. Gibson & Gelse, who
own the Gibson planter, wish-the farmers to get
the benefit of their dropper*, even if they do not
buy the entire planter. Thoy have therefore pre
sents and dropper to HI on hi* own machine. A
dropper will pay for itself In planting ten acres of
cetton in the mere saving of seed. The price of
the Gibtoo planter 1* 19.30. at retail. Attachments
1 for * h f^ Uw Plater$4.50; for Faniuhar plant-
erN. V>, fore on cars at Brun wood. Go. Those prices
arc abeolute, though, ot coarse, there Is a discount
I to the trade.
Letter, for lufarmuluu u to thtep!inter
I te iddrMMd to liltoon A aeb*. Hruanoott. iii„
ind ff fknun knew thr Bill merit ofthelrmrahtno
their mill torn, would be tilled witl, letter,.
JM. RICH & BROS.,
64 and 66 TYhltehaU St., Atlanta, Ga.
OUR GREAT SLAUGHTER
AND
Clearing Out Sale
Of Dry Goods and Oarpets
to be continued only until Feb
ruary ioth, during which time
we intend to close out the
greater part of our stock of
$150,000. We must have the
room. Look at the few prices
this small space permits us to
give.
Black silks worth 75 cents at
50. One dollar Silks 65 cents.
Our $1.50 Silks down to $1.00.
All wool double width Tricots
at 40 cents.
Ladies’ Vests and Pants at
40 cents, worth 75 cents. _ Our
regular $1.00 Gent's Shirt at
75 cents.
Full width Turkey Red
Table Linen 25 cents. All
Linen Doilies 40 cents. 1,000
White Spreads at 50 cents,
worth go.
All Zephys 7 cents. Ger
mantown Wool 15 cents a hank.
On Cloaks we don’t stand on
prices Theyn" tsell.
Most surpri. j reductions
in Carpets.
: ~ pieces best 5-Framg
Body Brussels at $1.00 per
yard, made and laid.
225 pieces fine Tapestry
Brussels with borders, made
and laid at 75 cents per yard.
175 pieces Lowell and Hart
ford best Ingrain, made and laid
at 70 cents per yard.
Turcoman Portiere Curtains.
50 pairs at $10.00, reduced
from $15.00.
25 pairs at $6.00, reduced
from $8.50.
75 pairs (received Saturday)
of the very special bargains in
Chenille Turcoman with brass
trimmed poles, chains and
hooks, at $4 25 complete, origi
nal price $7.50.
1,000 Curtain Poles in wal
nut, ash and cherry complete,
with rings, brackets, etc., for
30 cents each.
500 Curtain Po'es with brass
trimmings complet, for 50 cents
each. M. RICH & BROS.
Tlie Globe Coin and Corn Planter
and
Fertilizer Distribntor.
Hlthettuwud it lu-
the AifcinMi
mite fair, tbe Ki-
tlonit Cotton PUd-
ten'omodotloo, the
foiled in any contest, hu been ftill further improv
ed, and is now folly adapted to any character of
soil and the most unskilled labor, two styles aad
sizes, being now made.
It is tho most durable planter made, and will
Save its Cost Three Times Over
IN a
SINGLE SEASON _
As it plants from eight to ten acres per day, with
lea than one ana one-half bushels of seed pet
acre, and open, drops, distributes fertilizers and
coven at one operation, saving
TWO HANDS AND ONE TEAM.
The uric* hu been reduced to roll tbe tlmei.
Sena for circular rlri'ix foil dewrlptloa ind
GLOBE PLANTER M’FG. CO.,
236 Marietta Street, Atlanta, Ga.
3iontHn this paper.
.’HARTER OAK,
IRON KINCfc
and other flnt-claa 000M
stoves. Rooks, grates ood
repair* for stores, fiend
for prices.
A. P. STEWART & CO.|
ACME HARROW.
rfthoutone. Prices for one hone F. O. A*tM|
*“nxe F. O. B. tSIM. Head for circulars.
^ MARK W. JOHNSON fit 00.,
wkyly 27 Marietta fit, Atlanta. OO.
WILLIAM ft U & SON-,
107 WASHINGTON STBKEr, BO3T0N M.vST,
—Dealer. In—
FINE GUNS.
guns taken in exchange. 8nme fine bargains in
second-hand now on hand. Hend stamp for illus
trated catalogue of new and second-nand guns*
Also of bicycles.
Cut this out. Janl2-wky-2t
A NECESSITY TO THE FARMER!
By which the cost of fertilisers may be reduced to
SBQ.5G
Fer ton. lu Introduction will mark a new era In
agriculture. Ford for circular, to A. A. DcLoach A
li.™.. Atlanta, Go., Manufacturer, of Waterwheel'u
Mtllp.MUl.tcne,. etc. Jauawktr
ftTVL 1 rek FUn Crop. New Sample book and
yll JJ complete outnt, 4 oenta Star Card Oo.,
Knflciu. Ohio. pcpl wCm eoranoa
IF YOU WANT
TO USE
•j TO CSE j-
Pure Vegetable Cathartic
ijon i ikj ■
■’tM,
SCHENCK’S L
MANDRAKE
“te* PILLS
gj
which have
been (n use
FOR FIFTY YEARS
J. H. SCHENCK & SON,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
janlT-dtf ran wed fri wky arm
-RECIPES FOR 100 KINDS OF INK
Send 18 2-ct stamps to Standard Ink Co.
” Jan8-wky-18t.
TUT ANTED—LADIES OR GENTLKMKN TO TAKE
If light, pleasant employment at theirown homos:
Work sent by mall. Dlstanco no objection. 12 to 15
a day can be quietly made. No canvamlng; no
stomp for reply. Please address Globe Mfg. Ca.i
Breton, Mass,, box 6844.mchJlwky^J
CUNQESAN’S
r OBACCO
REMEDIES
THB CUHUI WJtCCO StElfSS?
MS
THE GLMDQMiiN TOBACCO CAKE
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laSswitoaft— rtnwrcum. pricrxAeu.
THE CLINQttAN TOBACCO
tnwsurMiam
* <n»tAisr ird titft l'a pen.;
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( irkitWtni oak Am. .Uh« uj
tbo pstwat Miftklttff MrlhffitPtim
AriroardwiaMtettipw Irani';.fc^tott.t. tea
CiiuSiuAi] TOBACCO CURE CD.
DURHAM, N..Cm U. 8. A.
SHORT-HAND BY MAIL.
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No uncadnew as to
acRltlHntal damages to
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Our Level with Patentcil Target $5.00,
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Manufacturers East and our Ilardware firms
lndorte it.
Libera) Discount to the Trade.
Responsible agents with small capital and team
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