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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY MARCH 25.1884- TWELVE PAGES:
OUR ANTI-LIQUOR FIGHT.
Against the Demon of Intemperance*.
For Happ/ Homei and a
Happy People.
lire KUclt shnrt lrtiem giving the 6rlt eflheto ol
Hqnor In communities iseimi'M h; tho write:.
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???cures, feud them lu, mothers, lathers, wires
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THE LIQUOR QUESTION IN OHIO.
The democrats of Ohio promised to pass, if
they gained the power to do so, a graded
liquor tax bit) in place of the Scott high-11-
cense law, and at a recent caucus of the dem
ocratic members of the legislature it was
agreed to pass such a bill. The taxes agreed
upon aro as follows: for sales of $2,000 or un
der, $75; for sales from $2,000 to $3,000, $t00
tax; $3,000 to $5,000, $150 tax; from $5,000 to
$8,000, $200 tax, and over $8,000, $250 tax.
Some of the democrats do not like the new
schedule, and the republican papers of the
state freely predict that no graded tax bill
will be passed. As iu all liquor legislation
there is a great diversity of opinion and much
confusion.
The other provisions of the bill are not im
portant. The first section requires each
retail dealer to keep a correct record
of sales and the prices charged.
The assessors are to return the gross sum
received at each bar, whether the sales were
for cash,barter or on time,but excluding sales
on prescriptions or for mechanical, pharma
ceutical or sacramental purposes. No account
is to be taken of sales of ale, beer or wine at
a picnic or festival conducted by a society for
benevolent purposes. All assessments are to
be a lien upon the real property in which the
business is conducted. Persons selling less
than three gallons at the same time are to be
considered retail dealers. All sales on Sun
day are to be unlawful, except in cases where
the council of a cify or the township trustees
otherwise decide.
A notice of the proposed act is advertised
in a newspaper thirty days before its intro
duction in the legislature. Tbe act enables
the ordinary of a specified county to order
an election to be held on tbe liq uor question
whenever a certain number of citizens peti
tion for the same, and after due notice shall
have been given of the time and place of said
election.
Taimaok os Tkmpxrakce.???-The Rev. T, Do
Witt Talmege was in Chicago last week and
a representative of the Tribune found him
at the Grand Pacific hotel smiling and
looking as if he was at peace with
himself and all the world. Said he : "Tbe
work of salvation is progressing well with us.
Last week 130 new members joined my church,
running my membership up to 3,100 souls. I
believe the work of Christianity is going ahead
all the time; at any rate I feel satisfied^with
the evidence of growth that I see about me."
??? How is it with the cause of temperance in
the east?"
" Weil, we have not quite as much excite
ment over it as you have in the west, but still
we are not asleep. A measure looking to the
submission of a prohibitory amendment in
tbo stale of New York was lost in legislature
last week by a very few'votes. A high license
bill is now up, but from what I can learn it
will surely be defeated, and I hope it will.
Iniquities are hydra-headed, I have no faith
in tne high licehse theory. Either it is right
or'wrong to tralllo in liquor. If it is right,
then a man ought to be able to sell Whisky as
freely as he does clothes or bread. The whole
tendency of tbo high license movement is to
monopolise wickedness and make it glitter,
and while it suppresses the smaller plaoes,
that cannot afford to pay the required sum,
and into which tbe wealthier classes will not
S o, It encourages tbe large ones and makes
riuklng respectable and fashionable. So
soon as the law permits the sale of liquor it
S ires It its sanction, while if liquor selling
sgainst the law it becomes disreputable.
The necrssaiy evil theory never accomplished
any reform, but it has been a nursery of vice.
If the law permits and winks at those things
'they soon become rampant. Take the social
evil as an illuatrailnn. Whereverthe law has
been called in to regulate it It has accom
plished tbe worst possible results. High li
cense is undemocratic and unrepublican; it
gives to some rights which others do not pos
sess; it is a shield aud an apology for wrong.
They say, ??? How are you going to raise money
to run our cities if you do not fax the liquor
business ?' In reply, I quote Mr, Gladstone,
who said some years since: 1 Obliterate alt
income from tbo rum trsfllc in Great Britain
and 1 will see that sufficient revenue Iv col
lected for the purposes of government. With
the discontinuance of public houses tomes a
decrease in tbe number of poorhouses and
almshouses, which they keep full. There will
bo no trouble in raising enough revenue when
the amount needed is so materially reduced.???
No, tbe cause of temperance is advancing all
the while, and just as American slavery, by
its rapid advancement and extension, hasten
ed its own downfall, so will tbe liquor trafilc.
by iu graspiug and aggressive policy lead up
to its annihilation. A reaction will set in ;
it already setting in,???
CCEUR D???ALENE MINES.
' way of mining. Nevertbelrts. every train,whether
from the cash south or west, going In the dlrecUon
of the mines It Issued down with men bound tor
the gold fields. Thera ate very nearly
'*0.000 people on the ground i
sent, and the number seema rather to in
crease than dlmlnlih. Half a deten or mors
outes have been opened up Into the mines, all or
nearly all of them branching from the main trunk
of the Northern Pacific rollroad, which at tu near
est point passeswlthlu twenty-eight miles of Esgle
City, the hesrt ol tbe mlatug district, Tbo prtncl
pal ruad leads from Beiknsp, which s few weeks
sgo was only a tank station but is now a booming
town ot ilx hundred Inhabitant!
and growing every day. Four
weeks sgo there wss nothing bnt the rallrosd Bu
tton in Belkoep. To-day twenty-live saloons are
In full blast and doing a rushing business. Lots
a re surveyed and on.ihe market, selling rapidly at
from 1250 lollOtW each, and every purchaser starts
bnlldtog at once.
Besides the Beiknsp, there era other good routes
by which the mines may be rcschcd. Kathdrum,
Trout, Creek Station (now called ToneClty) Uerou,
Spokane Falls tnd other staUone along the North
ern Pacific railroad are termini of welt traveled
routes; hut as Ratbdrum is about eighty miles trom
Eagle City. Trout Creek a mere trail two feet wide
over the summlte ot bleak aud rugged moun
tains nearly 800 feet high, Heron away oil to
the right In another territory, and Spokane Falls
away oS to the left in still another territory, 1 think
the road from Belknap has the best right to be
called tbe main routo to the mince. The North-
era Pacific railroad seems to concur lu this view
selling tickets from any point oa IU lino direct to
Eagle City via Belknap.
Opinions vary concerning the true inwardness ol
the Carer d'Alene as a mining country. Forex-
ample, a private letter from a thoroughly reliable
man on the ground, lays: "Hen are going luto the
mince from all polnU at tho rate of 200 a day.
fifteen days the number will be doubled. After
March 15 it will he one grand rush cr stampede.
Not less than 75000 people will go In by August 20,
???a the mines are so easy ot access. The mines are
rich. There can be no question about the fabu
lously rich quarts tones discovered during
the fall sud winter, assaying many thousands of
dollars lu gold to the tou. Piter mines have been
opened, pa) ing from 17 50 to 1.0)) a day to tho man,
although as yet but little r-lucd, on account ot
scarcity of material aud deep snows. Nuggets tn
site from tl to WO are not uncommon. Tbe oldest
practical mlueis from tho Pacific Slope, Colorado
aud tbe Black Hills ase the most enthusiastic over
tbe richness of tho district "
I think this sutement rather rosy-hued, for It Is
loo early yet to know Uie exact truth. Beforedes
velopmeuis were well under way tbe country wae
covered with deep snowa, which have not yet
disappeared. The other side ot the picture le
furnished in a letter to me from (gentleman who
was one of tho earliest at the Creur u??? Alone region.
He says: "It may not bo amiss to call a halt In
this rush ot fortune seekots until something more
definite Is known icgsrdlng tho now El Dorado.
To me It looks like ,an advertising scheme by
which railroad and other tiansportstlou compa
nies, dealers iu miners' supplies, hotels, restau
rants, saloons, etc., propose to reap a rich harvest.
Not one In a thousand of those whocomo Into the
Crour d???Alene mines will go back richer. Tho
iresent rush is unwise and can but result dlsaa-
rously to a majority of those who now cornu luto
the mines. Until it be proved that tho Caieur
d'Alettes can give substantial support It la a good
place to stay away from.
In spite of this adverse opinion nuggets and dust
are displayed as the product of the Ctsttr d???Alenex,
and some pretty nig figures have been refused ter
claims along rrllchard and Eagle creek. One en
thusiastic writer says: "Gold Is found )rom the
grass roots to bed reck, which lies at an average
depth of eight feet." Another write* from Mur-
rtysvlllo. a now town on Pritchard creek, six miles
above Esgle city: "l'ho mother lode can be seen
-"~w tl crosses Pritchard creek. It ts flfte-"
, and gold can bo seen in the bed of tht
where the water has laid the vein bare.???
THE GRAND JURIES
Gold Discoveries la Xortkw.st.ro lJoSo-WooStrfsl
Static,*
Foar Kaeon, Montana, March 19 ???The most tre
mendous mining erase cf the period now prevails
throughout the entire northwest, broughton by tho
recent discovery of gold In the northwest extremity
of Idaho. Carer d???Aleno Is a spur ot the Rocky
mountains which juts off luto Kootenay county,
Idaho. Eaperleoced miners have long contended
that the precious metal exists somewhere In that
section, hut when the Batman river stampede began
to dio away, alter drawing nearly the whole ot Cal
ifornia to the spot, Idaho weaecllpeed by Colorado,
which then began to astonish the world with Its
enormous yields. But the lsto discoveries have
tamed the eyei ot mluers again toward Idaho.
An old prcspector named A. J. Pritchard was ab
sent In the Creur d'Alene mountains tor lour years,
working entirely alone. UponcomUgoutln June,
1*82, for provisions, tools, etc . he offered to ex
change for hts purchases some pure gotddust whten
be had In his possession. This was sufficient to set
people talking, and pretty soon It began to he ru
mored around that Pritchard had "struck It rich,"
Two other men, named Marksom and Gerrard, ac
companied him bick Into hta new field, In August,
1882, but were obliged to retnru to Spokane Falls
In October of that year, harlog run short ol provis
ions. Daring the summer of 1883 they disappeared
amoeg the reorasreof the Carer d'Alene mountains,
hut, being no longer able to cooceal their move
ments, publicly proclaimed their object, and staked
rich clalma along Beavercreek and Pritchard gulch,
tributaries ol the north fork ofCn-srd'Aleae rivet
By October, ISM, the excitement bad attained
considerable proportions, but the advent of cold
weather again put a atop to all mining operations
SiUl the enthusiasm of the old mlnere wss uncheck
ed and they came pouring in fromCallforaie,Colora
do and the Black HP Is In great numbers. Tbe I'-sm-
pede fa beyond all proportion to whst has been d|<
covered, although that there ts gold In the Cu.-ur
d'Alene country is an incontrovertible fact. Ita
existence In large or paying quantities remains yet
to bedimonstisted.
The rush is at least two months ahead of the
time, and those who are already on the ground
mast nsuasarity he at heavy expense while the
cold weather and deep snowa prevail: and until
the nows disappear very Uttlecan be done tn the wMbecommon
la Kercaa, Wa.hl.gtea saS CTowrta C.antlci-Wbs
rhcrUave ts far.
From tho Coweta Presentment!.
Ills with great pleasure wo note the fact of sn
almost entire cessation ot crime In onr county. Wo
have no cases arising from feuds or fightsemong
ourcltlrons reported to us; no serious crimes or of-
teases o(a criminal nature and but lew misde
meanors, and only one cats of larceny.
From the Washington Presentments,
In our toveitigsUoa It hu been disclosed to us
that some lawyers practicing at this bar are In ar
rears for theUVrofesslonal taxes.
We regret to sse tho loose wsy iu which the chela
car g Is managed. We loara that the convlots are
permitted to stroll about lu tho neighborhood In
which they are located unguarded
Iu consideration ot tho lino coadltlon ot the
county flnancca we recommend that a redaction ot
dve cents bo made oa tho hundred dollars, for
county purposes.
Wo note tho evils that result from the Intemper
ate uso or spirituous liquors In our county are less
frequent than formerly. It la the duty of all good
cltlsens by their examples os well as by their pre
cepts to rebuko tho practice ot excessive dram
drinking. Iu ouroplnlon the moral fores that is
constantly brought to bear against It hu dono a
great deal tomlilgato thaenl and tho topo of our
people la generally Improved.
From tho Morgan co. Presentments.
Tbe school commissioner, Mr. W. II. Cocroft, re
ports that he hu dUb rased; to public school teach
ers and for Iheexpcnses of his J office ld.289.GI and
recc loved 81,212 88.
We recommend to the governor the re appoint
ment of 11. W. Baldwin u judge of the connty
court, also tbe rc-sppolntmeut of W. It. Merlin u
county court solicitor.
After a thorough Investigation of the new road
laws at pssaed ov the legislature, this grand jury
After several days of laborious Investigation, we
have found the morel state-four county In a fair
condition end the freedom of our community from
THE ALAPAHA RIOT.
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE
MAYOR AND GOVERNOR-
Tho Oovtrnor Call* on t*o Mayor of Alapiha for a
Statement of tba Facta Concerning the XUot-
rhe Reply of tho Major and Council???
A Statement dr the' Facta, Etc.
The official correspondence between Gov
ernor McDaniel and the mayor of Alapaha,
in reference to the recent riot, has just been
given to the prets. The correspondence pre
sents a right interesting statement of the oc
currence. ???
It will be remembered that the mayor of
Alapaha called on the governor for military
aid, but sent no detailed report of the situa
tion. As reports indicated that there was an
apprehension that the trouble would be
newed, the governor sent *a telegram as fol
lows on the 7th of March:
J. H. Kirby, mayor, Alapaha, Ga??? Is farther
trouble anticlmird at Alapaha? This oillco la
without intoimatlon from you atnee T"
night. It in expected that tho civil autl
will make all ueceesary arrangements to preserve
tho peace and enforce the law without calling for
military aid. Answer immediately.
Henry D. McDaniel.
To that telegram the mayor replied by wire
that a statement ot the situation would be
mailed. The following was then sent to the
governor in accordance with the request for
in format iou:
Alipaiu, March 7th. 1884. -His Excellency
Ileury D. McDaniel, governor, AtUuta, Ga. Dear
Mr: in the name ot tbe peopled Alan aha. we, the
mayor aud councilmen of Alapaha, desire to ten
der our heartfelt thanks for your prompt action O-
Tuesday last, which without donbt averted a riot
with all its attendant horrors. We wish to make a
brief rt* foment of the facts in the-ease:
On Saturday last a countrymen named Dan
iel Turner, who has * ever sluce the town
was incorporated opposed the
administration of the laws thereof, and b
fiance to ita authority, waa drunk and disorderly
on our streets. Our town marshal, as was bis duty,
arrested and locked him up. Turner was after*
wards released under bond to appear before the
mayor for trial on last Tuesday, tho 4th Inst.
SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENTS.
Faar Co ored ChliSrca Chopped to Flcec* la Hark*
Coast*.
From the Augusta Chronicle.
Yesterday afternoon reports reached the city of a
moat atrocious aud unheard of tragedy lu Burke
county, in which several colored childreu had
been brutally murdered iu a cabin which thdlr
parenls had just left. Investigation Into these ru
mors showed that they were revo itlrgly true, and
special advices to the Chronicle from McBean, near
where the quzdruplo murder wrs committed, de
veloped a story lacking only In sickening details.
The mune* of the colored family wo do uot know.
About a mile from McBcan. however,
yesterday morning, lu a llttlo cabfu
Just across the creek. in Burke
county, a colored mau and bis wife, the parents of
the unfortunate children, left for the field, Uklng
with them their eldest son. In the courao of the
known in Berrien connty as dee-
adoea whatever ho pleases In Alipaba." They
paraded our street*, threatening its town officials,
nd having emitd the mayor and marshal par-
IcuUrly took charge of tho town. Tbe
major issued an order for them to disperse,
but before it was reived a citizen of this county
of well known Integrity, wbo was not unfiiendlr
to either ride, came to tbo councilmen aud bcgg???<
1 or God's sake uot to have hat older read to them
for they were ready to kill tbo man wbo lead I
and evory other citizen of Alapaha wbo opposed
them The authorities being unable to mars one-
third tho force of the rioters, aud knowing tho drs
perate character of the men composing the crowd,
determined not to serve the order, but tocall upon
tbo governor for aid in dispersing them. They con
tinued to parade our afreets, menaces to peace and
good onlcr until tbo telegram from you stating that
tho Albany Guard* bad been ordered to the scene
had been itcclvtd. Tho mayor had
then already postponed the trial to
Saturday, 15th Instant. They left late
in the afternoon swearing that they would return
on tho day set for the trial iu much greater force
and lake tbo town. Now sir. In view of these facta
and the character of the men arrayed against us,
s well as our inability to collect sufficient tome/'
I rotcci oum^ves and fami.loi and properly admli
ter the law, being a very small town with few
citizens wlUlug to take au active part against these
patties, although all of them should, we ask would
tbo law-autnorfzeyou to direct tbe Albany Guards or
some other military force convenient, to bo in read-
In cm to come at the call of the mayor of this place
on March loth? Wo shall use our utmost endeavors
to preserve tho peace through civil officers, b
fear we cannot, henco our request for tbomllltarr.
With their presence we know that we shall be able
to enforce the law, without It we fear our town
must be glvon over into the the hands of the mob,
who regard neither God nor man in tho further*
auce of tbeir vile alms,that wo must surrender our
charter of iucorporatlon*
W. P. Frier,
Joseph H. Baker,
W. K. Roberts.
J. II. Kirby, (Mayor,)
, J. If. GRIFFIN,
W. J. McMillan.
To that letter Governor McDaniel respond*
ed os follows:
Exxcutivb Office, Atlanta, Ga., March 11.???
lion. J. U* Kirby, mayor, eta, Alapaha. Ga.:
Dear Sir???I have received tho communication of
utelf and tbo councilmen of Alapaba dated tho
. inat. In which after staling the cause of the re*
cent troubles In said town you express the fear
that tbo same will be renewed on the 16th Inst, and
ask if 1 will direct the Albany Guardi or some
other military foice convenient to bo in readiness
to come at the call of the mayor otwsald day. The
occasions on which the governor can call out tbe
military fn aid of the civil power aro very limited,
Indeed the plural should not bavo been ured,
'*"??? ???*???0 li only one occasion when such action *???*
authorised, te wit: "Whenever
duo enforcement of the process of the courts is so
resisted and sat at defiance as to require asid inter
position." uot. you will observe,whenever tho due
enforcement of tbe process of the courts is resisted,
but when It Is so resisted, that is when tho reslat*
ance Is ao great as to require "such Interposition."
This, I respectfully submit, should not be tbe out
when, as In this instance, ample time has been
given to prepare for tho threatened dlstuibanc *. It
appears that the rioters number only 26 men. There
???ru in tbe oounty of Berrien, subject to tbo call of
tbe sheriff. certain) y several hundred
law abiding citizens, wbo would
witn alacrity to hlr summons
oobabitatioQ ol
in oar community, is shocking and dUgustfng be-
yound expression, It cries to beaveu for abate
ii. T his crime, in lu nature, bis been such as
sir ???
to elude our grasp owing to tbe limited time
of our session. We deeply J ???*??? **--
necessity which calls for its men tic...
log the fouutaioa of our social life; It la rululng
and degradlog young men. What is to be done?
Wnat can be done? Men wbo would scorn to have
tbe imputation put upon them of equalizitlon
with negroes, have neverthelem found the lowest
depths of moral depravity In this uunaatural
ihame of tbelr Mycs. We urge onr muuldpal.au-
'booties In Madison, to use every means at their
command, which will abate this most enormous
evil.
In an appendix Messrs. K. W. Butler, A. A. Bell,
J. J. Clark. W.T. Hollingsworth and W. H. Burr
dissent to the paragraph about public morals.
TROUSERS WITHOUT FRINGE.
Ssrlag Fasklat fir Gtailrmaa-Tha New l*zrtt
d Cup*.
From the New York Journal.
Early spring fashions have male their appear
ance upon tbe street Jockey caps are the most no
ticeable feature. They are made of silk and are
green in color as a general thing, although every
shade in the rainbow is represented. These caps
are worn by men of all ages, It looks ratber out
of place-one of these parti-colorcd caps on the
bald bead of some solid citizen, but custom will
soon accustom them to the publto eye. Taken by
themselves they are gems of beauty. Ibe ybor
is of pateut leather. The knob on top is a big brass
button, and ridges run from tbe too to tbe lower
circumference of tbe cap. This style of head grar
Is tbe llgitimate sneossor of the Eagllsb cloth bat
which took the town by storm last winter. The
jockey cap will occupy tba fashionable field until
the reign of straw hat and white derby.
Then the yellow pantaioous, which were hinted
at a month or ro ago, have resolved themselves
into reality. They are built all one size from end
to end. A false wabt is supplied with .each pair,
besides which the original waist Is detachable
That fa, there are four distinct per?* to eech pel.-,
of trousers???two funnels .tor the limbs and two
body carts. This enables the owner to reverse and
revolve hi* trouiers, preventing them from fading
It also precludes tbe possibility of their bagging at
the knees aud divides by two the risk of iho bot
toms bec< mtng frayed. Skillful concealed books
and eyes at either end of the detachable parts are
the coupling fscultl*. These troupers are not
favorites witn tailors, but they are the outcome of
a public necessity, the tailors iske tbeir revenge
by charging a price and three-quarters for th???
tbe county
and ask him to be present In Alapoha onthoiGth
instant, with such additional foroo as may be nec
essary. This being dono it is highly probable the
rioters will be notified thereof aud will abandon
their lawlen purpose. This course, while it Is In
conformity to law, is also the wiser course. If the
military were used to prevent or disperse
the unlawful assemblage, the rlotera
would probably return so soon as the mili
tary wore withdrawn; whereas, if It appears that
tbe cltlsens of tbe county are resolved to preserve
order and sustain the civil authorities, the vicious
snd the lawlrns, who are really a until fraction, of
the people, will be awed Into permanent aubmls
slon and tranquility v Trusting ihat^ by^prudent
very truly yours,
Henry D. McDaniel.
It developed that Turner gave himself up,
and everything remained serene after the first
storm.
A CYCLONE INCIDENT,
A Itiatrkfbii IziUzc* oT Fcrnaii If errta?? fraat the
Late storm.
The following remarkable instance ot femalo
heroism deserves a niche in the history of our times
It sounds like tho commencement of a border ro
mance ot the mysteries of a Rocky Mountain gulch,
but 'tls true. Ou tbe night of tbe 9ih of April,
1883, when tbe cyclone pasted through Wilkes
county, tbe houreof a Mr. Brooks was swept awaj
and bis wife killed. He lived on the bank ol
Fl'hlng creek, where he was keeping atoll], Tbe
creek Is a large stream and difficult to crops, with
tbe aid of two bridges. After the terrible crash,
Brooks found blmaeif holding ou to a post aud ill
llttlo daughter holding bis band,
bis other daughter aod son
nowhere to be seen. The daughter was
blown to the mill race and kept from drowning
by bolding on to a Umb. tbe troy was some dlitahce
from tbe houie mortally Injured. Tne father
finally got bis children In the part of tbe mill left
standing, and there tboee little sisters sat with their
dying brother, while the father wandered about in
a due, and not finding bis wife, crested over tbe
creek to go to bis mother ln-law'*. lie told bis
brother-m-law. who went to a near neighbor???
house,and told the sad s;ory. The neighbor. Mr.
WillUm ifouke, was sick, but his wife, afrs A. If.
House,volunteered to go over the creek. Tne storm
was still raging, tho wbole country ablaze with
electricity, and raining as if the fountains of the
deep were broken up. Mrs. House
ssked a black boy, Tom. to hitch the
bouhtf to a little wagon and carry her over tbe ereek
io the mill. To bis pralso Tom was ??oou ready with
???be wagon; and Mrs. House, with a negro girl aud
Tom, started to the scene of death and suffering.
lh??f storn siJH continnlnf, and cn reacbJog the
creek It was rushing through the storm-logs and
betwetn the bridges with fury; leaping ana lash
ing as If mad witn everything which checked i s
count*. Nothing daunted this heroic woman,
hurried the driver ou, teillng him to be
quick or they would not be able to return
m tbe creek wa* rising. They wound around trees
aud limbs and finally reached the last bridge and
behold a tree ban fallen across it, but the brava
Tom got out amid tbe darknes% in water aimott
swimming, and removed the tree top. and ail passed
over. Tnere on the floor of the wrecked bouse lay
tbe body of Mrs. Brooks. And as the grey dawn
aud around the doorstep and floor waa
S eeted with traces of blood. Becoming terlfled at
e suggestive sight he stampeded to the field and
hurriedly told his father what he had seen. The
old mau mounted his horse and rode homeward
with all posslblo haste, and, buntiui
through the door. was appalled a
the horrible pprctacle. There lay upot
tnetr beds and flour, weltering In their blo^d, four
little children. Two of them were chopped to death
the rude flooilug with status. The pareuia were
almost beside themselves, ana no conceivable duo
to tho tragedy could be obtalued. The houso was
not robbed???there had been nothing there to steal;
no vestige of the mysterious and murderous
hand could be detected. It is useltas
to add that tho white aud
colored people of Burke county are shocked aud
incensed at the wholesale slaughter ol lunoout
children. Thev do not believe mat any such de
mou exists in their midst who would commit such
an act. Every possible aid aud sympathy has been
extended tbe affiicud family by ail classes and
colon, and every effort will be made to ferret out
matters and to apprehend tbo perpettatora. The
oldest child, a girl, wo aro told, may survive, with
proper attention, although she waa unconscious
last evening.
A 8TORY FROM TALBOTTON.
How as Alabama Refugee Get XHm??cif late Further
Treubie.
From the Enfaula, Ala, Bulletin,
Doputy Sheriff Bryan James returned on list
Saturday, by the steamer Kverlngham, from Tal-
botton, Ga., having In charge the wclUfoown negro
shoemaker. Frank Wallace, who recently escaped
from Comer's chalnganguear Spring 1I1II. aud ran
over into Georgia. Frank had opeued a shoo shop
in Talbot connty about six uilea from Talbottou,
and ff he bad stayed in his shop and minded his
business bo would have been there now hi all prob
ability, But Frank loves music, excitement aud
a big crowd, and hearing, last week, that tho
Wizard oil men were lu Talbottou and giving
night)/concerts fn the streets, am! having heard
there fine singers In Enfaula, and, feeling tgsla tho
excitement and sensation their music produces, it-
waa more than he could stand, and he borrowed a
mule and put out for town oni> night in the hope
that the veil of darkness wr.uld couveel bln Identity.
It wss aud mistake oil his part, as tho officers of
Talbottou had a full aud accurate description
of him and they marked him for their owu
at first sight, and went for him. Frank rsn
for bis mule, but before he could unhitch and
mount the animal the officers were npou him. Hu
had just strldcd tho mule as an officer tclzcd tho
reins, bnt his sudden grasp at the reins frightened
the animal, aud It reared straight up oa its bind
feet aud spilled Frank heavily and fully upon his
back on thegrouud. Frank arose shooting at tho
sheriff, who attempted to*shoot In return, but bis
pistol snapped several times or Frank would
now bo under Georgia dirt. Frank got up
aud ran away aftor firing three shots at bis pur
suers* who now Included nearly the whole town.
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