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HE CRAWLED OUT.
Newt Vorce, the Celebrated Col
orado Outlaw, Captured.
THREATENED WITH BEING DYNAMITED
From the Globe-Democrat.
Dknvek, Col., Deccnilier 20.—Newt Vorce,
"known as the “Deer Trail Terror,” Las been
captured, and contrary to expectations. he wa«
taken alive. He was captured by the aid of
fire and giant powder, and at 3 o’clock was
brought to Denver and placed in jail. This
practically terminates tho career of a dosptrfr*
uo who has terrorized the eastern Colorado
plains country, and has defied the officers of
the law. His terrorism has extended over
a period of eight months; for the past two
Weeks ho has been hunted as they would a
jnad dog by tho officers of the law. Dur
ing this time he has played the role of a mur
derer, highwayman and general desper
ado. While he has been hunted two
deputy sheriffs have been shot, one badly
wounded and now in the hospital at Denver,
and the othci instantly killed. Another fa
tality was that of a sheep-herder, Robert
Lathrop by name, who was killed yesterday at
daybreak by the sheriff’s posse, who mistook
Lathrop for the desperado and shot him dead.
Deputy Sheriff Cnntley was shot by Vorce
ten days agowhile attempting to arrest the
desperado. His right arm was broken, and
he is now suffering from a complication of
diseases which may terminate fatally.
Last Sunday Vorce shot and killed Gay B.
Hollingsworth, one of a posse who had him
surrounded in a dugout on the Mill Iron
ranch, where Lnthrop, the sheep-herder, was
killed.
THE SUMMONS FOH AID.
A telegram was sent t the sheriff’s office in
Denver for as i tanre. It was said that the
desperado was surrounded in a dug out on the
Robin.-on ranch, twi Ivo, miles north us Doer
Trail, Under Sffirjli Chivington ami Deputies
Lynds and Yates took a special train at once
an«l prococ d< <1 to the scene. They arrived nt
D‘ v»‘Trail at 3 o’clock yesterday. A poss** of
tweh c men was se uicd there and arrived at
the Kobin, -i. i;*.nch al (lurk last night. Vorce
was found to hr unrounded in a dugout
Which was used for stabling purposes.
He had five hors s in the dugout which
belonged to the rati h < «n Robinson. Vorce
had arrived then* on i hursday last and had
remained in hiding ever r.ince. When Colonel
t.’hivin;-,ton arrived time he found the dug-out
■urroumb d by Wiley and .lames .Adams,broth
ers, wlio vi re <‘( irt« <l behind barriers at a
safe distance from the desperado’# retreat, but
were in position to fully cover the dug-out
with their rille and to prevent Voree’sescape.
C< 1 ih‘l*< ’hivington at once resolved upon des
perate n.e ;‘uirt . This was nothing less than
the use of dynamite. Colonel Chivington is
known throughout the west as an
intiepid officer. Ifo is known
as the h» roof the famous
Rand creek massacre, which occurred in 1K64.
At a time when Colorado was suffering from
Indian depredations ho surrounded several
hundred Indians in a valley of Sami creek and
massacred them all with shells and bombs.
For this l.e was cashiered as an officer of the
army, but lie obtained lasting obligations from
the people of Colorado, as it had the effect us
ridding the territory of the bothersome Sioux,
Cheyenn •* and renegade I’tea. Chivington is
now < 5 years old, hut he Is as erect as he was
in the prime of his manhood. He stands six
fret four inches in height, has white beard
and hair and weighs 250 pounds.
A I,’.MID WITH GIANT POWDER.
When he h it Denver yesterday he carried
b large amount of guns and ammunition, ami
also seventeen stabs of r iant powder, with
fuse attacffi d. Alter taking in the position at
th<‘dugout ho stationed his twelve men in a
circle ar- und the diigmit at a distance of 250
yards <Ri h. was known to Im; in tho
dugout anl heavily armed; therefore the keen
est foresight anil precaution had tu bo usd.
Tim guards previously posted had kept up a
fire * n the dugout for thirty-six hours, and as
they had been unable to g« t a favorable shot
at the de. pi rado it was considered by Chiving
ton as a useless task to continue tho shooting
me thod- Accordingly he at once set about
the hazardous task of placing tho dyna
mite. The du ;out was'-al uatrd in an embank
ment with the door on the side. Next to the
creek, hi the real of the dugout, was a straw
eta< k. and sloping irom that was an undula
tion in the prairie. The door of tho dugout
was the only position from which Vorce could
tihoot. lin was well guarded by men in front,
who had in tractions toshootas soon as tho
desperado bowed his head. It was now about
ten o’clock at night, and a snow storm had
come up. It Was cold and blowing. Colonel
I’hivh';ton, iircoinpanied by Mr. McShane, a
ranchman. now proceeded down the hill to
wards the dugout, covering themselves b.v the
filr.iw '. k. 1 bev carried with them the
®ev< nf<sta ks of giant powder. They pro
ceeded guard*div. as it was intensely dark and
tin y did not know but that the hunted man
Imd managed to get out <4 the dugout unseen
and might be on (ho surface of tho dug
out. In time they found out to the contrary.
I’L.M ING HIE I X PLOSIVE.
Tho immense quantity of giant powder was
placed on the roof of the dugout and the at
tempt was made to light the fuse, but the fuse
would not burn, it having got wet from tho
anew . Colonel Chivington then decided to set
fire to the straw stack, knowing that the dames
xvould communieal * to the woodwork of the
dugout and thence to the ciant powder. While !
the straw stack v :w burning the country Found
about was lighted up and the cordon of the
posse was lighted, the men being brought in
irom 150 \ aids to hi yards distance from the
dugout. Th- stack burned fiercely, and the posse
waited path ally for the desperado to conn*out.
Colonel Chivington ami McShane remained
near tin* dugout. As v< t there was no danger
of the dynai.:it< exploding, and they preferred
to be in readiness to take Vorco alive if ho so
Signified. McShane never took tho point of
his ride from the doorway of tho dugout, thus
protecting Chivington in his other work. It
Was now near midnight, and the tire was get
ting uncomfortably < lose to the dynamite.
Chivington and McShane were thinking of
withdrawing. Finally they heard a voice
coining out of the depths of the dugout.
While he could not see he could hear the roar
ot the burning ’raw stack, and he fell that
his dung'r wu' imminent. Ho called out if
he could surrender or it he mu t bo roast d
alive. In tuply, Colonel Chivington stated
that he was surrouni* d by dynamite ami
death was only a matter of a lew moments,
but ihat if ho w ished to surrender and would
come out »>f hislmling pia e without arms and
hands up he would n i Im* injured. Tho des
pciadu said he w* uld do it.
THE SVHKKXDEK.
Accordingly won! vvns s< nt out to the circle
of guuids nui to shout. MeShanv however,
kept his rife up il - I ami in readiness to drop
the desperado if he exhibited the least sign of
treachery. Voice came out of the dugout w ith
hands up, nt! the time pleading not to lie shot.
Colonel Chivington then went up tothedesper
ate man and found that he was without arms.
He was then handcuffed, and members us tho
jK»>se closed in and \ orce was an unquestioned
prisoner. It w.s then found that it was
too late to remove the dynamite and it
was left to do its work. However, one of the
pos#e, more venturesi'ine than the others,
volunteered to go after the arms of the des
perad»« in the duco.it He secured a Winches
tcr and a 4t caliber Colt’s revolver, und had
Bearce!v got to a safe distanoo from the dugout
when the explosion o < urred. It made a deaf
ening noise, ami when the smoke cleared away
and the men visited the scene, then' was not
n vestige of tho dugout left. An immense
hole was dug into the earth. Had Vorce
remained in the dugout it is scarcely
possible that uny trace of him could
have been found. Wagons were then
taken .nd the nri*<>n« r and pussc driven to
I>« er I'iaii. They arrived there at day break
this uunnuu and the was given a
break*ast. He had not <aten for thirty six
hours, and for the most of this time he Lad
been' instantly .-!»«<ulug from the dugout.
The killing of Robert Lathrop, the aheep
herder. « n Sunday morning was a most dra
matic affair. Wken the d« Mwrado took pos
session us the Robinson ranch on Tuesday, it
Was by ft i< aide means, lie held up the owner
aii l t rrori.-.ed I.aikn p. who was working for
ILhiuson. They knew who the (iesjHTado
wns w th< ut Is a g told, and they did limply
at they Mtn luld.
THE KILLING OF !. At II HOF.
Xvn<‘s Lh alien wa> no| known until Fri
day. It w a-, suspected at Deer frail that he
had taken ivli ge then , nad in order to ascer
tßm an« io was s« nt tu tho ranch for th<»
©bicuriblv purpose us buy mg burses. He fuund
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out the situation and reported to the officers at
Deer Trail, who sent the two Adams boys and
a man named Johnson to the spot. These men
t«x>k up a foolish position, being
where they could not leave without
placing themsclvoH in jeopardy c the despe
rado’s ritie. After remaining in this position
twenty-four hours without food ordrink, they
drew cuts as to who should run the gauntlet
ami make their position known. It fell upon
Johnson, and he successfully ran the blockade.
It was at daybreak that morning, shortly after
Johnson left, that a man wearing Voree’s
well-known sombrero, walked out of the dug
out towards the horses. Instantly the two
guardsmen fired, and the man fell dead. It
proved not to be Vorce, as was sup
posed, but Robert Lathrop, the
sheep herder, whom the desperado
had terrorized. It is supposed that Vorce com
pelled the sheep herder to put on his (Voree’s)
hat and then sally forth for the purpose of
feeding the horses. It was undoubtedly a cun
ning ruse on the part of the desperado, and it
<’ost the unfortunate man his life. Vorce was
interviewed on his arrival at Denver. Speak
ing of the killing of the sheep herder, he said :
“I had just started out to feed my horses, hav
ing slept at Robinson’s ranch the night Iwfore.
Lathrop, a sheep herder, and myself started
out to look after stock at the stables, ami hy
some fortunate circumstance for me Lathrop
had j>ut on my hat.
BTAKTLED BY SHOTS.
“We were walking along talking, and the
first I knew of tho presence of any one was a
volley of rifle shots, and Lathrop was shot
down. I immediately sought shelter in the
dugout stable, as my horse, saddle and arms
wen- there. Then the siege commenced.”
“You woo taken completely by surprise,
wen; you ?”
“You bet I was.”
“What has been your experience since the
hunt began after you?”
“I have felt ns if I had no show to live. It
seemed that every way I turned some one was
wanting to kill me. Os course I have a few
friends, and I was told that 1 would be shot on
sight, and I was determined tu protect my
self.”
“How were vmt armed?”
“1 had a4l Winchester and a 41 Colt’s re
volver, and plenty of ammunition.”
“It is stat< <! for a certainty that you were in
Denver la; I Thursday night. How is it? were
yon lh< r< ?”
“No, I have not been in Denver for several
months, and have no desire to.”
“It is also said y<m were in Bryor’s last Fri
day after ammunition ; were you?”
“No, 1 was not; it was easy enough to pick
up ainmunition without going there for it.”
“Who w; s in the dugout when Gay Hollings
worth was shot ?”
“That is a question I do not like to answer,
but may have more to say about it another
time.”
• How is it that you have not made vour es
cape before this; haven’t you had plenty ol
opportunity ?”
“That is also something I do not want to
talk about. I think I could have gotten away
if I had tried.”
“It is reported that you were wounded dur
ing tho fight with Hollingsworth ; how is it?”
A BI LLET IN IMS NECK.
Taking a red silk handkerchief from about
his neck, Vorce showed tho reporter a bullet
holo, which he said was received yesterday.
Vorce was in the confederate army, and served
under General Lee as a scout, performing
much valuable service in that capacity. He
is a man fifty years of age and weighs 180
pounds. He is live feet eleven inches in
height, and is one of the best built men on the
plains. He is dressed in plain clothes, but
throws his white hat back in a
dashing manner from his rather
intellectual brow, which gives him
a very distin.niisln'd appearance. Tie wears a
heavy blonde' miist.K he, has a keen, piercing
blue or gray eye, and stands erect like a man
proud of Lis physique and anxious to impress
ev< ry om with his importance. Whenever he
fin s a rille at a mark or an animal he invaria
bly has suspended from the little finger of his
right han't a heavy revolver, so that in the
ev< nt of missing his mark with the gun ho can
hit it with his revolver. He does this to keep
in practice for any emergency. “Billy”
Frost, the man who was Newt Voree’s
companion in tho “L. IL C.” ranch
one wok ago yesterday, is in the city,
and will doubtless be arrested and held for a
v itn* ms, th*- most important, one that tho state
eanjobtain in the prosp* etivu trial. SexeralDci r
Trail people are in tho city, among thorn Air.
J. JI. Lawn'iicc and Harry Marvin, who
have actively aided the authorities, ami who
stand icady to go upon Frost’s bonds as soon
as ho is arrested. I’rost willingly makes a
statement in reference to his association with
Vorce in the dugout, and as it is clear in al
most every detail, it is possibly best told in his
own language.
t host’s story.
“1 took charge of tho ‘L. 11. C.’ ranch Sat
urday, December 10, and on arriving there
found a man nam- d Met'aull, who remained
to snppor ami afterwards laid down to rest.
While (‘hatting to. »'ther, Vorce, whom 1 know
slightly, appeared and entered the dugout, ap
pearing nervous in the evening. I got him
some supper and then we talked till mid
night. Sunday morning I got up ut day
light, and McCanll started home after break
fast. I told Vorce if ho remained I
would not, and he said ho didn’t want
me to get hurt on his account. Ho said ho
would leave at dusk, but at 2 o’clock the sher
iff's party arrived, w hich fact Vorce was not
backward in announcing. He broke for the
door, took aim rapidly and tired. At tho
same time two shots were tired at him, one of
w hi* h cut a holo in a rod handkerchief about
his neck. Vorce retmned the tire and ex
claimed, ‘They are thicker than fiies, and I
am going to b<» killed right In re. Tell Mollie
(’oilier that J sold my lift* ns dearly as possi
ble.’ Mollie Collier is Voree’s companion,
having lived with him near Deer Trail for
two years past. She is now in jail in Denver
charged w ith being an accomplice.”
Catarrh is caused by scrofulous taint in tho 1
blood, and is cured by Hood’s Sarsaparilla,
which purities and enriches tho blood and
gives tho whole system health and strength.
Try this “peculiar medicine.” It is prepared
by C. I. Hood X Co., Lowell, Mass.
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A General Calamity.
From the Arkansaw Traveler.
In a Kentucky town. Stranger (to native) —
[ Your people seem to be deprvnred.
•Yes, we haw suffered an aw fill calamity,”
“Financial crash T”
“No, worse than that. Buck Sj tilers is dead.”
“Your mayor. I suppose
“Oh. no; be k< pt the lk‘w Drop *al v>n.”
M ist have laen a prominent man. ’
“No. iv 4 paiticularly.”
“Then why stl uld his death cause such general
; sadnosT”
•*W‘ny, you *ce hb wife has decide ! to keep the
saloon closed until alter the Amend.”
I‘vvt Uu:rrA' i Yovh 1 i N*.s with a Stub
born Cov.gli, when a sate and eert.iin remedy
can be had in Dr. Sayne’s Ex|H'ctor.mt.
Ten V>l utßS of i™.
It happened one afternoon la«t year, during
the mouth of November, that I received a tel
egram calling my presence in London early th
next morning < n an important business matter.
I wired back this reply:
Mr J. Devon, Anderson's Hotel. London: Shall
leave Burtown r y 12 tonight, arid will . nil on you
tomorrow at S:l‘. Kkjghtyu
Having despatched my message I finished
off the day's work with all speed, and then re
turned to my lodgings to make preparations for
my journey.
The remainder of tho evening was spent in
skimming over the morning's paper, wherein
I found little to interest me. in disgust, I
Hung the thing on tire floor. It alighted at a
graceful angle, on whose apex appeared the
heading, conspicuous as leaded type could
make it—‘‘.Shocking Wife .Murder in Hurtown
—Arrest of the Murderer.” I picked up the
paper and proceeded to digest the ‘‘harrowing
details.” The gist of the news was as follows:
An abandoned ruffian, Chippy Watson by
name, bad, after the fashion of his class,
beaten his wife's skull with a mallet, in conse
quence of some domestic disagreement.
Having committed the deed, he coolly put on
his coat and hat, and was proceeding to depart,
when the neighbors ami police, attracted by
the screams of the unfortunate victim, rushed
in and secured him.
It was now past eleven —time for me to
make my way down to the station; rather
more than time, in fact, since that imposing
stnicture was distant from my lodgings by fully
two miles. None the less, on reaching my
destination there was only one minute left me
win rein to take my ticket and secure a seat.
The latter operation, thanks to the slowness of
the booking-clerk in handing me my change,
had to be accomplished by mnningthc gauntlet
ol guards and porters as tho train began to
move.
No sooner had I ascertained that my limbs
were uninjured by theXum ereinonious fashion
in which the railway oflicials had ‘‘assisted”
me to my seat, than I discovered that the only
other tenant of the compartment in which I
was ensconced was a voting lady, and one,
moreover, of no small beauty. Now, I am a
■hy man as far as the fair sex is concorned.
So it happened that, as I contemplated tho
charms of my vis-vis from behindtho evening
paper, which I had found time to buy on my
flight to the station, a measure of my courage
returned, ami in the inspiriting words of Mr.
Gilbert, said Ito myself: “I’ll take heart ami
make a start; faint heart never won fair lady.”
“I trust you were not alarmed by my uncer
emonious entry?” I remarked, with some in
ward misgivings, but much outward assurance.
For an answer, a quiet stare and a slight
contraction of th«) pretty mouth of iny com
panion—indicating tier opinion that, as a
stranger and uniutroduced, I had no right to
speak to her.
The sense of defeat and disgrace fairly over
whelmed me for a while, andjmy eyes wander
ed over the paper I held in my hand, seeing
but understanding not what they saw. At
length they lighted upon a fa
miliar name, .‘‘Chippy Watson,”
and their owner recovered his senses
ami almost forgot his grief as lie road the fol
lowing lines: ‘ The Burtown Murder—Escape
of the Prisoner.” After detailing the inci
dents of tho hearing before the magistrate and
the remand of the prisoner, pending the in
quest, the paragraph wonton as follows: ‘‘On
leaving the court, Watson was conducted be
tween fuor officers to the van. Just as he was
stepping in, and when the policemen were
endeavoring to keep back the crowd
that pressed round, the prisoner suddenly
snapped his handcuffs, in some inexjilicable
manner, and knocking down the constables
who threw themselves upon him, broke
through the bystanders and fled down tho
street. The whole affair took place as it seemed
in a second. Ono minute, and Watson
rigorously guarded, was quietly walking into
tho van’ in the midst ol the officers; tho
next gaud ho was free, tearing down too
sheet witli tho police ami the populace at his
heels. Ho was seen to dodge down a back al
ley, known as Shut Lane, and followed by
tho crowd of several hundreds. At the end
of Shut Lane he disappeared round a corner,
and, strange to say, has not been seen again.
There can be no doubt that he will be re
captured, but his present escape and disap
pearance are most mysterious. We under
stand that tho fellow possesses singular
strength and agility, but none the less, it will
be a standing disgrace to our police authorities
that a prisoner should thus, in broad daylight
and in the midst of a crowded thoroughfare,
effect his escape from the bauds of justice.
Ho may be distinguished by a scar across
his chin, and by having an arrow tattooed on
tho back of his left hand.”
As I lay back in my seat to muse upon what
I had read, my thoughts began after a while to
wander and my head to nod, according to their
u out at midnight, and before long I fell asleep.
How long I slept I cannot tell—probably for a
few minutes only—but in those few
minutes I underwent a most discomforting
dream. I dreamed that Chippy Watson
stood over me, mallet in hand, and that
my traveling companion was holding his
arm, to avert tho threatened blow. She
struggled in vain und the mallet fell—
yet with a strangely light touch—upon my
arm. Witli a start, I a woke, and then saw the
girl of my dream bending toward me with a
scrap of paper in her hand. But her face, how
terribly was it changed! Instead of the dainty
pink flush 1 had last seen, there was a ghastly
whiteness in her cheeks, and her eyes seemed
starting from her head with terror. Holding
up one linger as if to command silence, she
passed me tho paper, on which were written
tho following words: “Someone is underneath
the seat, and lias just touched me.”
Was it the dream that tilled mo with the
thought that tliis was no idle alarm? I cannot
tell; but this much 1 know, that in an instant
there flashed across my mind with overwhelm
ing force tho thought of the escaped wife mur
derer.
Returning my companion's silence-signal by
a gesture of acquiescence, 1 wrote upon the
paper:
“It is probably only a dog. Shall 1 look nn
der tho seat
Her answer was short and to the point
“No; do not look. It was a hand.”
Hi re, then, was a sufficient dilemma ; but by
comparison v\ ith what had passed lieforo be
tween my feilow passenger and myself, it was
n dilemma that 1 tell almost disposed to wel
come. Tiic male sex in my person was about
to assume its rig!.tio.l position of protector to
its weaker, if would be independent compan
ion. Sweet was my revenge : and yet, tho re
venge scarcely promised to be »holly pleasur
able.
My first action was to remove any suspicion
that might be in the mind of the mysterious
third occupant of the carriage, through the
presumably accidental action of having
touched the lady's dress. Giving vent to an
audible yawn, as thougli I had just awakened
from sleep, I remarked in a tone of cool imper
tinence: “You really must excuse mo for ad
dressing you again, madam : but will you per
mit me to smoko to enliven this tedious
journey ?” As 1 spoke, 1 accompanied my
words by a meaning glance, and was favored
with tho reply: “Certainly, if you wish it; I
cannot prevent you.”
Thereupon I produced my valise and tobacco
pouch and proceeded slowly to till tho former
as I thought out tho plan ot action. On refer
ence to my watch I saw that the train would
stop in another ten minutes. Clearly. the only
thing to do was to wait till we reached Black
ley, and there get assistance to tind out who
our unknown traveling companion might be.
The longer I pondered over tho problem the
more curious for its solution did 1 become,
and then, heedless of tho warning 1 had re
ceived. I struck a match and intentionally
dropped it. Stooping down, with a muttered
malediction, to pick it up, 1 east a searching
glance underneath the opposite scat, and then
my blood ran cold, as the faint gleam of the
taper revealed the back of a inau's hand with
the mark of a tattooed arrow upon it. Chippy
Watson then was our companion—a doomed
and desperate man!
Hy a mighty effort 1 controlled iny voice
sullieieutly to say: “Excuse mo reaching
across you. madam, but that was my last match
ami 1 could not afforvl to let it go out.”
j The girl, into whose white cheeks the color
I showed uo trace of returning, murmured some
unintelligible reply, and for a tew moments
we sat in silence’ Again 1 looked at my
' watch. Thank Heaven! in five minutes we
should is.' at Blackley, and the awful ride
would bo at an end. Scarcely had the thought
formulated itself, when the girl opposite me
sprang up trembling like a leal, and shrieked
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HENRY W. GRADY, Director Southern Farm. I< Q v
(Also Managing Editor of Thu Constitution.) J
The Southern Farm Has the Best Writers. Its Poultry Department is Perfect.
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THE JANUARY NUMBER | JfOR. I. 'J. JIORIHEN,
hOVniIIIDTM I” fl TITI I President STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY,
IjIUUULII. JL A 111 111. I jUj&j Has an article in January Faiim on
wm be the I Dairy in CeorOia,”
BEST FARMERS’ MAGAZINE ! I
EVER ISSUED. I ■ Full of news about
It will contain fifty pages filled | i | piTTTpp AND PUTTER-MAKING
with letters from the best farmers I ?/f ’ I bullLr ' Aiw hUUE.x\ marhnU
Os the South. I S L 7 i TT „ T ~ , „
■ f sa y s: * sell more pounds of
Dr. Jones left the Cultivator to edit The Farm, I | than of cotton, and it pays
and does not now write for the Cultivator. B W. L. JONES, Editor Southern Farm. g
■ illißl I *ll a Illi liil H i HI" 1 1IIIH "'H ll'lll I" I 'llinni
among THE SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE JANUARY "FARM” WILL BE:
Ist “How a Prize Farm Is Run,” by GEORGE W. TRUITT, who raised five bales of cotton to the acre. Giving a full history
’ ’ of h?s farming and everything raised or made on his farm.
r ><\ ‘‘Cheese-Making in Ohio” — Record of a trip from Georgia to Ohio—by A. L.HAblao, -Esq. ,„ .
“Fishes for the Farmer,” two articles; one on “Carp,” by Dr. 11. if. CARY, Fish. Commissioner, and one on Sped. Icm Cat
4th “fH apes an<i YVine-Making in Georgia,” by Hon. FELIX CORPUT, of Cave Spring.
tth.
SALTER, of Albany; Commissioner HENDEBbON. of Georgia; J. H. ALEXANDER, ,C« M. CADY, P. J. ItEDDING*
7th Dr al Jo°nes’s “ Inquiry Box,” covering page after page of information, by Dr. J ONES, the Editor of Southern Farm.
st ’ “The New Method of Composting” by Mr. B. F. BROWNE, whose discoveries about the coinpost heap have mane such a
sensation, in fuller details, with answers to inquiries. In beginning your compost heats this article alone will be worth
9th. “ ’/he LcConte' Pear— its its Future,” (illustrated), by T. E. BLACKSHEAR, Esq., of Thomasville.
Every Article in “The Farm” is for Southern Farmers
MOST IMPORTANT YET.
The lanuarv “Farm” will also contain the exact formula and method of cultivation by which the Prize Crops
r,r rm.... *>n<l Cotton for the George W. Scott Premiums were raised. These crops were:
1 CoTTON-Vcor-o W. Truitt, of Troup county, 8,76 b pounds of lint cotton on five acres;. J. T. Wyatt, of Jasper county 5,000 pounds of
lint cotton ;J. W. Mann, of Campbell county, 2,677 pounds of lint cotton on one acre (over five bales to tae a rj). George V . Truid, of 1 xoup,
2^cL°RN- j n T\ Sim>n, ; of’ ftlS"to the°"cre; M J. J- Millirons, of Coweta county, 171 bushels to the r.cre; G. W. Truitt, 156 i
bushels to he acre; J. L. Clay, of Paulding county, 109 bushels to the acre; J. H. V idner, ol Coweta county, 10u 2 bus-.e-.s to the acre.
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ere I could stop her. “Oh, the hand has
touched my foot again !”
The moment the words left her ups I heard
a sudden movement under the seat, and quick
er than thought a figure appeared upon the
floor. In that moment I flung myself upon
the niffiau and clutched his throat with the
energy of despair, knowing that should he
once gain his feet, it was all over with me. the
lighter and weaker man. Can I ever forget
the horror of that five minutes’ ride? Tho
whole compartment seemed to be falling upon
me. Teeth, nails, feet, all were attacking me
at once, but through all I kept my grip upon
the murderer’s throat, and though I stream
ed with Wood and almost lost consciousness,
still held on. while the girl's screams rang
dinilv through my ears. Suddenly the train
stopped; the struggle ceased, and I fainted
across the body ot my captive.
When I recovered consciousness at length. I
found myself lying upon a table in the Black
ley station waiting room, with a sympathetic
crowd around me. and best of all, I saw a face
bending tenderly over me, the face of the girl
of my dream and my discomfiture. After
making two or three efforts, 1 managed to ask:
“Whereis Watson','’’
“Very nigh dead,” replied a ruddy-faced
farmer who stood beside mo. “You three
quarters strangled the life out of his ugly body;
he was black in tho face when they lifted you
offhim.” , ..
"Do.von know that he is an escaped wife
murderer?” I inquired feebly.
“Yes. we know,” responded my honest
friend. “The Burtown police telegraphed
after the train to have it searched, because a
man answering his description had been seen
in the station before it left. The police have
got him safe, my lad. this time, and no mis
take. Why. I saw him handcuffed and his
arms pinioned behind him, and lie a lying half
dead tho while, after the throttling as you
gave him.”
Do my readers want to hear the rest of my
story, now that the catastrophe is told ? If so,
1 will inform them that Watson, on breaking
loose from the police, after turning tho corner
of Shut Lane—where it will bo remembered be
disappeared—contrived, by an almost incredi
ble effort, to scale a high wall, and so gain the
shelter of a railway embankment. Along this
he crept until he reached the mid-town tunnel,
where he lurked all day, until, late in the
evening, he crept into the station, and con
trived to secrete himself in a carriage of the
midnight mail, with tho results before men
tioned.
There is one more incident in close connec
tion with that journey to be told: it is this,
that there will be a marriage early this spring.
The name of the bridegroom will be Knightly;
the name of the bride does not matter. She
was never formally introduced to ber future
lord and master, and therefore it is surely un
necessary to tell the name she will soon cease
to bear, to a passing acquaintance like the
reader.
A REMARKABLE CASE
From the Jones County, Ga., Headlight.
The death in Griffin of Mrs. Lucy W.
Pitts, the aged widow of John Pitts, recalls to
mind a fearful tragedy, by which her family
were once plunged into the deepest grief.
About the year 1820, there resided a mile
from Clinton, a very estimable family named
Rose. Two daughters graced this home, and
by a strange coincidence, both were wooed and
won by men bearing the same name. Howell
Williams wedded Miss Lucy Rose, and George
Williams Miss Martha Rose—the former af
terward became Mrs. Pitts.
George Williams was then considered the
handsomest young man in the county. If he
had habits of dissipation, these hab
its were carefully concealed; if tho
embers of a fiendish and ungov
ernable temper smouldered in his bosom, a
calm exterior betokened them not. He was at
tentive to his business, and as clerk in the dry
goods house of Mr. Samuel Griswold had the
confidence of his employer and his contem
poraries. He lost his position in tho store
eventually and determined to leave town. He
bought the farm now owned by Mr. Samuel
L. Chiles, three miles from Clinton. His cot
tage home was brightened by the presence of
two tine boys, and his wife, was a model of
gentleness. ' One morning Mr. Williams went
to the bedside of his young wife, at whoso
breast slumbered their infant daughter, not
yet ten days old, and leaning over her
he loft a good-bye kiss upon her cheek, telling
her he would not be long away. Coining to
Clinton, lie met his sister-in-law going out to
see the sick wife, bidding her remain at his
house until his return, and soon after reaching
town entered the nearest bar-room and began
to drink. Some time past noon he concluded
to return to his home. On entering his wife’s
room ho found Mr. 11. Williams and wife,
with whom he began an unprovoked quarrel,
to avoid which they both left tor their home in
Clinton. This seemed but to add to his
passion, and he began to threaten his wife,
who left her bed, running to the field where
the bands were plowing. While calling upon
these negroes to save her, she was caught
and held by Williams, and with his
knife cut her throat literally from ear to ear.
Sinking on the earth, hor life ebbed away.
Leaving her body there with the frightened
negroes, he rushed back to the house, and,
seizing the sleeping babe, threw it from the
opened window to the ground below, but its
wrapsand the bedding around it saved its life.
After being brought to a trial he was sen
tenced to be hung. On the appointed day.
Williams asked for a glass of water. He drank
the water and threw the glass upon the -t.no
floor of his cell. Picking np one of the pieces,
he deliberately cut his throat: but, not to to
thwarted.au |indignant public clamored that
he be hung, and, although life was nearly ex
tinct, his wounds were touttd about ami he
was carried to the scaffold, the rvje adjusted,
the trap sprung, and the wife murderer's spirit
had gone to meet his maker.
A Socialist Church.
From the Philadelphia Press.
AV. 11. Benson, of Philadelphia, announces
that he is about to found a socialist churab, ti.e
members of which will believe in God and a life
hereafter. All members will be requested to take
the following oath: I hereby solemnly swear that
I will not rob, cheat, strike, tell lies about, commu
nicate disease io. nor injure in any way a fellow
member if this church. 1 nlo swe-ir tfiat I will
drink distilled and fermented liquors with great
eaie and moderation. I also swear that I will not
lend money to, nor borrow money from, a member
of this church except as a regular business tiansac
tion, I also swear that, as far as lam able, I will
keep my body, clothes and dwel'ing n a clean ami
healthy condition. I also swear that 1 will give to
this < i urch, etorv year, one per cent of my income,
provided said one' per cent is not more than iVO.
To Mothers.
AIRS. AVINSLOAV’S SOOTHING SYRUP
for children is an old and well-tried remedy.
It has stood the test of forty years. Twenty
five cents a bottle.
A Universal Interests
AV,II bn fell in Um article which AIR. GLAD
STONE lias written expresely for the Youth's
Companion. The subject of the great states
man is the ■■Future of the English-Speaking
Races,” and the paper is said to be remarkably
lucid and suggestive.
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Father and Son Sentenced.
Ikokton, Ohio, December 23. —Pearson Mc-
Coy was today found guilty of murder in the
second degree for the killing of Dr. AVni. T.
Northrup, at Harchild, la.-t April. He and
his father killed Northrup in u fight growing
out of a prohibition quarrel, Northrup being a
prohibitionst and Mc Coy a saloon keeper. Alf
McCoy, Pearson's father, is now serving a life
sentence.
Whatever name or designation is given to
Fever and Ague, or other intermittent diseases
it is safe to say that Malaria or disordered state
of tlie Liver is at fault. Eliminate the impuri
ties from the system and a sure and prompt
cure is the immediate result. Prickly Asl*
Bitters is the safest and most effective remedy
for all biliarv troubles, kidney diseases, and
like complaints that has ever been brought be
fore the public. A trial is its best recommen
dation.
“‘Brown** Itronelilnl Troches* are excel ent
fbr the relief of Hoarseness or Sore Throat, C-ey
are exe edingly cUeetive.*’—Christian World,
London, Fug.
Turning Night Into Day.
AA’liy is the sun like people of fashion? It
turns ilidit into day—the time people catch
cold, which, if not attended to in ,ti nK ‘; "
duce consumption. Take in time Taylor'S
Cherokee Remedy of iswcctGuiiiand Mullein.