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THE BLACK MASK.
THE MYSTERY OE ART OLD K.V6-
LIH MAiitlOX.
Th Watch that Told a D,ul,i Title.
A SCENE OF BLOOD AND HORROR.
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The nunxiination of Col. George Mayne,
locally know a, ‘the Red Squire,’ at Mirfield
Abbey, York,hire, in 1822, pose,e feat
ure* which entitle it to be recorded among
the moat notorious crimes of th, century.
Miriield wa a small country town, aud the
Abbey was the residence of ike lord of the
manor. It had formerly been the abode of
an ecclesiastical fraternity, and had retained
its name after the property was secularized
It went irflo the possession of the lamily of
the Sugdens, and came into the family of
the Mayne, by the marriage of Col. George
Mayne'* grandfather to Sarah Sugden, the
heiress of John Sugden, well-known in the
West Riding of Yorkshire as Jackspur, on
account of hi, furious riding.
The Abbey was a very extensive building,
and had been considerably altered from its
original style. The stables and outhouses
were intact so far as their exterior was con
cerned, and the grand central hallway, din*
ing-room and chapel were little changed
from the days when friars and monks and
high dignitaries of the church feasted and
worshipped within its walls. The wings ol
the building, however, had been refashioned,
and that without much regard to the unity
of the whole.
TRI BSD sqciKß.
Col. Mayne was born in 1775, and was an
only child. He entered the army at an early
age, and fought in every campaign from 1780
down to the battle of Waterloo. In that
terrible engagement he was surrounded by
a band of the enemy, and it was attested,
and received at a fact that he not only fought
his way out, and escaped, but left the mark
of his sabre, and in most cases fatally, on
every one of the thirty-three Frenchmen who
encompassed him. From this circumstance
his neighbors christened him ‘the Red
Squire.’
Col. Mayne married in 1800, and had four
children—John and Ralph, and Mary and
Alice. In 1812, the mother of these chil
dren died, and the Colonel did not marry
again until 1818. In that year the reetbr of
a neighboring parish died, leaving a widow
and two children, Charles and Robert, This
lady's name was Wynne, and her deceased
husband and Col. Mayne had long been on
intimate terms. Within ten months of the
death of Dr. Wynne, Col. Mayne married
his widow, and her family removed with
her to her new home. In November, 1819,
Mrs. Mayne
OAve *iara to a sou.
Shortly before her father’s marriage,
Mary Mayne was wedded to a neighboring
gentleman, and died in giving birth to a
still-born child. John Mayne, the eldest
son, was a consumptive hunchback, and
died in 1820. Ralph was therefore heir to
the Abbey estate, and in the case of bis death
the property would fall to Col. Mayne's son
by his second wife.
Soon after the marriage of the Colonel
with Mrs. Wynne, Charles Wynne and
Ralph Mayne were sent to Oxford together.
Here they led a dissipated life, and having
been involved jointly in a disgraceful tavern
brawl, they were rusticated—that is, sent
home for a certain period, after which they
might return to college. Instead of going
home the young men went to London, and
quarreling over a woman of notorious char
acter, fought a duel in which
BALPH MAYNE WAS KILLED.
Of Col. Mayne’s children by his first mar
riage,‘only Alice remained. She was a
beautiful and amiable girl of eighteen, and
to her the Colonel was fondly attached. She
would inherit a small income in her moth
er’s right, but it appears that her lather was
anxious to cut off the entail, so as to enable
him to leave a part of the Abbey estates to
Alice, the whole of which would otherwise
go to Henry, his son by his second wife. This
state of things brings us down to the begin
ning of the year 1822. At that time
there was resident in the Abbey Col. Mayne
and his wife, Alice Mayne, and Robert
Wynne, Mrs. Mayne’s second son by her
former marriage, aged eighteen. Charles
Wynne, Robert’s elder brother, had fled to
the continent after the killing of Ralph
Mayne in the duel. Before proceeding with
the narrative which is to follow, it may be
well to give a brief description of
COL. HAYirs'B ETUDY.
The grand central hallway already referred
to, stood out about twenty feet in advance
of the wings, and the chapel was to the left
of the front, and opening on a terrace gar
den. This chapel remained pretty much the
same as when used for its original purpose,
with the exception that the floor was car
peted and that it was fitted up with the usual
library furniture. This was Col. Mayne’s
sanctum, and here he was wont to sit of an
evening, and sometimes far into the night,
reading or attending to the business of his
estate, which was very extensive.
For some time the Colonel had been greatly
annoyed by poachers. Robert Wynne was
a big, burly youth, fond of his gun and dogs,
and spent much of his time in the field. He
had repeatedly complained to his stepfather
of the depredations committed by poachers,
and was mainly* instrumental in stirring
him up to prosecute them. Several of them
had been arrested and sent to jail, and the
Red Squire had consequently become some
what unpopular among the less reputable
class of his neighbors.
THI LAST NIGHT or LIM.
The reader will now be prepared for the
story which follows. It is taken chiefly
from the depositions of witnesses examined
before the Magistrates and Coroner.
John Carr, Col. Mayne’s valet, deposed as
follows:
'lt was my custom to go every evening to
the Colonel’s study to see whether he re
quired anything before I went to bed. On
the evening ofMay 3d, I went as usual, and
found the Colonel seated at his desk with a
number of papers before him. He asked
me to close the window near by, and I did
so. He then said, lodking at his timepiece
on the mantel:
‘John, you are going to bed early.’
■No, Squire,’ I replied, 'This clock is half
an hour slow.’
‘He took out his watch, and replied:
‘Well, I declare, so it is. Put it right by
my watch.’
TMBia MINI;TUB TO TIN.
‘He held out his timepiece, and I aaw it
was threa minute* to ten. Then 1 set the
clock on th* mantlepiece by the watch, and
quitted the room. Before going to bed 1
went into the housekeeper'! room, and sat
talking there for aome miftute*. 1 waa
standing with the door half-open, ready to
say good-night. The house was very still,
and 1 beard a noise on the gravel on the
front of the entrance. I walked down the
hall, and listened. 1 could hear nothing,
and bent down my head and listened at Col.
Mayne's door. At the same moment the
key was turned by someone inside. It
startled me, and I went back to the house
keeper’s room. She was standing at the
door, and l said:
‘I wonder what the Colonel is locking his
study for. I heard tba key turn as 1 was
passing.’
TUI BCINK or BLOOD.
‘Perhaps he’s afraid of the poachers,’ the
housekeeper said.
‘At that moment a dreadful shriek wag
heard. It sounded at a distance, and as
though it came from the outside. Mrs.
Dunn, the housekeeper, and myself ran to
ward the entrance, but before we had got
many steps another thriek was heard. It
was the voice of a woman, and was imme
diately followed by two cries ot ‘Murder!
murder!’ The sounds came from the Colo
nel's study, and Mrs. Dunn and I ran to the
door. It was open, contrary to our expecta
tions, and we entered.
'Mrs. Mayne was supporting the form of
her husband, as he drooped over the side of
hie chair. Blood was oozing from a wound
in the left breast. His head lay hack, the
jaw was fallen, and the eyes were glazed.
MRS. MAYNE WAS DEADLY PALE,
and could hardly articulate. She pointed
to the window, which was open, anil said:
‘He came in, there. It was alt dona in a
moment. I had no time to cry for help.’
T went up to the Colonel, and took his
hand in ming. It was limp and powerless.
Then I begged Mrs. Mayne to retire with
Mrs. Dunn. She sat down at the far end of
the room, and Mrs. Dunn opened the Colo
nel's liquor case, which stood in one corner,
and procured some brandy. I found that the
Colonel was quite dead. 1 opened his vest
and shirt, and saw a wound I could have pit
my finger in, just beneath the nipple. The
clock on the mantlepiece was exactly
TWENTY-SIX MINUTES PAST TEN.
I aroused up some of the servants and we
spread a mattress on the floor and placed
the Colonel upon it. Then I dispatched the
groom to the nearest magistrate, Squire
Breakspear, and he and two other neighbors
came to the Abbey, accompanied by Dr.
Armstrong.
Sarah Dunn, the housekeeper, deposed
thus: As I and John (Carr) were going to
ward the door after we heard the first out
cry, we were stopped by two or three other
shrieks and a cry of murder. John said it
came from the study, and 1 said, ‘The door
is locked and we can't get in,’ for John said
he heard the door locked just a few minutes
before. John, however, tried the door and
found it open; he went in and saw the Colo
nel lying back in a chair and Mrs. Mayne
standing close by, as though she was hold
ing him up. There was blood on his shirt
and vest, and all over the carpet. Mrs.
Mayne was very pale and her lips seemed
parchen. 1 said:
‘Good God, mistress, what is the matter?’
She pointed to the window and said:
•He came in through that, and I had
•so TIME TO CRY YOB HELP.’
Then John said he thought Mrs. Mayne
had better go somewhre else, and I led her
away to the far end of the room near the
door, and gave her some brandy, which I got
out of the case. Then l removed her to her
room and her maid and myself attended to
her. She was hysterical, and a kind of be
wildered —dazed like—for she never mens
tioned her husband all during the night.
Caroline Mayne, the widow of the deceased
Colonel, deposed as follows, in a calm, dig
nified way, evidently exercising superhuman
self-control.
I am the widow of the deceased Col. Geo.
Mayne. At dinner, on the evening of May
3, my husband informed that me he had pre
pared certain documents which he desired to
read to me, and asked me to be in his study
by 10 o'clock. About 10:10 I went there,
and found him writing. I remarked that
the room was close, and he asked me to open
a window, which 1 did.
AS I STOOD BY THE SIDE OP HIS CHAIR,
watching him write, snd occasionally ex
changing a word or two, 1 heard a noise as
of a footstep on the gravel outside, close by
the window nsar which the Colonel was sit
ting. I drew aside the curtain and looked
out upon the terrace. At the same moment
there was a quick footstep, inside the room,
and I turned hastily away from the window.
I saw a tall man in a black mask standing
behind my husband, as he sat engaged over
his writing. Before I had time to cry out
the stranger grasped the Colonel by the back
of his coat collar, pulled him back, and
struck with a dagger over the right ahoulder.
I heard the blow, as though the weapon had
struck metal. My husband attempted to
rise, gave a loud groan, and fell back in the
chair. Then the stranger
SPRANG THROUGH Til* OPKN WINDOW,
and I cried ‘Murder.’ I had been too much
horror-stricken to move or utter a cry be
fore. I don’t know who the stranger was,
and I could not identify him.
James Armstrong. M. D , deposed that he
was summoned by Mr. Breakspear and ac
companied him to the Abbey. On entering
the study he found Colonel Mayne lying on
a mattress. He was dead, but still warm.
There was blood on his shirt, vest, panta
loons and dressing-gown In an inside
pocket on the left side of his vest was a
watch. There was a mark on it as though
it had been struck by a sharp weapon. The
face of the watch was broken, and the inte
rior injured. The watch had stopped, and
the hands poiuted to fifteen minutes past ten.
I found a wound underthe left nipple, which
had caused death. It appeared as il
KADI BY A THREE KDGED’dAGGER.
James Harkness, constable, deposed that
he examined the garden and the grounds
near the house. He discovered no tracks,
and nothing which threw any light on the
crime. In the West Coppice, a narrow strip
of woodland that ran between the park and
cross road, he discovered a black silk mask.
The mask was produced, and Mrs. Mayne
was requested to examine it and see whether
she could identify it as that worn by the as
sassin of her husband. She trembled vio
lently as she held it in her hands, and after
a hasty glance at it failed to identify it.
This was the case as presented by the sev
eral witnesses in their examination before
the Coroner. An open verdict of murder
against some person or persons unknown
was returned, and the matter lay there ap
parently wrapped in mystery.
Before long, however, the authors of the
crime were to be disclosed, and the light of
day was to be let in on
THI OtTILTT SICRIT.
It may be remembered that Charles Wynne
the eldest son of Mrs. Mayne by her first
COLUMBUS, GA., SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 5, 1876.
marriage, lied to the Continent after the kill
ing of Ralph Mayne in a duel. In the
month of June following the murder of Col.
Mayne, Charles Wynne returned to England,
and was arrested at the Golden Cron, in
Charing Cross, charged with the murder of
Ralph Mayne. His baggage was also seized,
and a package of letters written by his
mother was discovered. The authorities
deemed it right to examine theae letters, and
came acrosaone written on At ay 1, two days
before the assassination of Col. Mayne. The
contents were so singular aa to eicite con
■iderable interest and suspicion, and the let
ter was made the basil of a secret and close
inquiry.
A SUSPICIOUS LETTER.
After referriug to the affection which the
writer bore her exiled son, this passage oc
curred:
'I don’t think Col. Mayne would proceed
against you for the killing of Ralph, but it
is very certain that his feelings toward you
are such as to render it utterly out of the
question that you should return to the Ab
bey during his life-time. But he may not
live long, and when he it gone, my ton and
your half brother will be master here. As I
told you, he has been arranging to cut off the
entail in order to leave a large part of the
estate to his daughter Alice. I have not
strenuously resisted him in this desire so far,
but I can assure you that it shall never be con
summated, 1 will send you a remittance next
week, and. I hope, an invitation to the Ab
bey, for things will be changed here by that
time.’
This letter for the first time directed sus
picion to Mr,. Mayne, as the instigator of
the murder of her husband. The matter was
put into the hands of a Bow street runner,
named Townsend,
A FAMOUS DETECTIVE OP HIS DAT,
and he, accompanied by an other officer,
went north to attempt a solution of ‘The
Mirfield Mystery,’ as it was styled. It is
not necessary to detail all the steps taken to
work up the case, and only the results ol the
officers’ labors will be given.
On reaching Mirfield, the defectives affec
ted no concealment, but went towork appar
ently on the theory which generally pre
vailed there, namely, that Col. Mayne had
been murdered either by a poacher whom
he had threatened, or by the companion of
poachers, whom he had sent to jail. While
seemingly gathering up evidence in this line,
however, the officers were in reality work
ing on another theory—that Mrs. Mayne
was the author of the crime, and that Col.
Mayne was removed to prevent hit aliens
ting a large part of bis vast property from
his son by his second marriage, and bestow
ing it on his daughter, Alice.
‘nuci.’
Townsend ascertained that on the night of
the murder Robert Wynne took a horse
named Buck from the stables, saying that he
was going to ride over to Mr. Hawley’s, six
miles away, as he and young Hawley were
going out gunning early next morning. He
returned, however, before midnight, and ap
peared to be greatly astonished and horrified
at the Colonel’s death.
‘Where is my mother?’ he asked; and ad
ded: ‘How fortunate that Hawley’s place
was closed for the night when I got there,
and that I returned home!'
Then he went to his mother’s room, and
never once saw the body of his stepfather.
Townsend ascertained, moreover, that
William Fosbeck, a butcher of Mirfield, hear
ing that his son, a mere lad, was consorting
with poachers, determined to find out the
truth of it, and for that purpose went up to
the residence of Col. Mayne’s head keeper to
make inquiries. The keeper’s residence
was a few hundred yards in the rear of the
Abbey, and on returning home
POUBECK LEAPED THE WALL or THE PARK,
and crossed the coppice to the road. The
night was dark, but hearing the snorting of
a horse close at hand, Fosbeck searched
around and found the animal tied to a tree,
He felt the saddle and bridle, and in so doing
discovered that the horse had a peculiar
horny excrescence behind the ielt ear. He
identified the animal thereby as a horse
which he had sold to Colonel Mayne, and
which went by the name of ‘Buck,’ on ac
count of the horny growth referred to. While
Fosbeck was examining the horse, 10 o'clock
struck.
These facts were placed before a Magis
trate, and the testimony taken by the Coro
ner was carefully considered. These points
were noted down:
DRAWING THE MESHES AROUND THEM.
1. At 3 minutes to 10 o’clock on the night
of the Colonel’s murder, his watch and the
clock in the study were exactly in time to
gether, for John Carr set the clock by the
watch.
2. The Colonel’s watch was struck by the
dagger which gave thq/etal stab, and so in
jured that it stopped, thus indicating the
momeut of the commission of the bloody
deed- fifteen minutes past ten.
3. When John Carr entered the study on
hearing the CTy of murder, the clock on the
mantlepiece pointed to twenty-six minutes
past ten; so that between the fatal blow and
the cry of murder uttered by the woman
who saw her husband recieve iris death blow,
an interval of ten minutes was allowed to
elapse—ample time for the assassin to make
his escape.
4 The key was turned in the lock while
John Carr stood listening, and two or three
minutes before the cry of murder was heard.
The door had been locked during the com
mission of the deed, and unlocked by some
one inside after the deed was done.
THE LAST LINE.
Mrs. Mayne and her son Robert Wynne
were arrested on a charge of murder. If
anything was required to complete the chain
of circumstautial evidence, it was found in
the discovery in Mrs. Mayne’s possession of
the old silk cloak out of which the mask,
found in the woods after the murder, had
been made. The scraps and clippings were
wrapped up in it, and the mask and these
remnants corresponded precisely with that
part of the cloak which had been cut away.
There was no admission of guilt from
mother or son, although no doubt existed
that the son's hand gave the death blow.
The lad was sent over the sea to worse than
death, but he bore up and founded one of the
wealthiest business firms in anew colony.
The mother died on the gallows in York,
without a tear or a word of penitence. She
had enriched her child and the price she had
to pay for it was not begrudged.
A Triumph of Hutch Engineering.
Amsterdam, Nov. I.—The great
Maritime canal connecting this city
with the German ocean was opened
to-day with imposing ceremonies, at
which the members of the cabinet
and foreign representatives were
present. A grand banquet took
place this evening. The city is cov
ered with flags. There is a general
illumination to-night and a splendid
exhibition of fireworks. The canal
is 16 mile3 long, and has at the sea
end a harbor covering 250 acres,
which, however, is not quite com
pleted. _
Ship News.
Boston, Nov. 4.—The schooner Early
Bird, from Santo Domingo for Boston, was
abandoned October 24th. Three were
, drowned.
The Fever at Mavanuuh.
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 4.— Yesterday
total interments 14, whereof 7 wore
yellow fever; five burials of colored.
Weather very warm.
Henry E. Backus, of the firm of A.
H. Woods & Cos., is dead.
The mortuary report for the twen
ty-four hours ending yesterday at six
o'clock p. m., shows the following
condition: There were seven deaths,
of which five were of yellow fever;
five whites and two colored, one of
the latter being of yellow fever. The
weather is warm and oppressive. A
dense fog prevailed last night. In
the southeastern section of the city
at one o’clock p. m. it was so dense
that objects could not be discerned
fifty yards. Yesterday was warm and
cloudy, and at this writing a olear
sky scatters the hopes of cooler
weather and frost. At a meeting of
the Medical Society, held yesterday,
a number of new cases were reported
and a committee appointed to in
quire into their status, as to whether
the return of the absentees has in
creased the number of developed
cases. This committee will report at
a subsequent meeting.— News, 'MI.
Cremation In Kaxc-Gothn.
Permissive cremation is notf fairly
established in Saxe-Gotha, both
the civic authorities of the the town
of Gotha and the ducal government
having expressed themselves favor
ably. In a recent sitting of the town
council it was decreed that the ne
cessary apparatus shall bo introduced
into the now cemetery. It was laid
down that fire-burial should only
take place if a wish to that effect had
been clearly formulated by the de
ceased, and if the medical officer of
health had testified there was no rea
son to assume that death had occur
red from criminal violence. Provis
ion was also made for a treatment of
the ashes in accordance with the
treatment due to human remains.
The ashes are to be gathered in urns,
which may be either handed over to
the family of the deceased, or be set
up in a hall in the cemetery, destined
for that purpose. A sum of fifteen
thousand marks, offered by the Fire
Burial Society of Gotha, was accepted
by the town council.
John H. Lick Trying to Breuk HU
Father's Deed of Truat.
San Francisco, Nov. I.— lt has
been ascertained that the main
grounds on which John H. Lick in
tends to contest his father’s trust
deed are insanity and undue influ
ence on the part of the trustees and
others, who, it is alleged, have used
means to prejudice the deceased
against his son by falsely accusing
the latter of obtaining the passage,
through the Legislature,of abill pro
viding that no descendant should
divide over a certain proportion of
his fortune to charitable or other ob
jects aside from the natural heirs,
by which and other alleged untrue
representations, the deceased was
induced to leave the estate in trust,
to the prejudice of the petitioner.
The legitimacy of John H. Lick
will rnako a prominent feature in
the contest by trial, and the impres
sion prevails that It will be difficult
to prove any action on the part of
bis father by which his legitimacy
can be established.
Uan Ustello’s Show Kohl Out.
Constable Frank Morris yesterday
sold the remains of Dan Gastello’s
circus and menagerie at auction in
the presence of a large crowd of prob
ably 200 people. The sale took place
at Colonel Charles C. Burns stable
on Locust street. It was made in ac
cordance with an execution levied
on the property by S. It. Stickney,
the clown, and one or two other per
formers, for salary due and unpaid.
The sale was an immense sacrifice,
us the property worth $4,000 @r $5,000,
brought only about $1,200.
Joseph Morris purchased a fine
black horse for S4O; a ticket wagon
worth S3OO or S4OO for $155; three sets
of fine harness for $45 ; three camels
for S2OO, and the entire canvas, ropes,
seats, poles, &c., for $lO5, making a
total of $545. All but the harness
was purchased for parties In the
East
The camels were worth from S4OO
to S7OO each, and the largest of the
three, an immense Arabian drome
dary, is said to be the finest one of
the species in the country. This fine
animal brought SIOO at the sale, and
the others SSO each.
The circus canvas, double, is worth
probably $3,500, and brought only
$lO5. It consists of two coverings,
one of which is new, the affair beiug
water-proof.
Henry Gumberts purchased two
animal-wagons for SSO.
Captain Hornbrook, for other par
ties, purchased a fine gray ring
horse and two trick-mules for $275,
the two mules bringing only $75.
Colonel C. C. Burns took a trick
stallion, Excelsior, at S2OO, but it
was discovered afterward that the
animal was dying with colic, and it
is doubtful if the Colonel will receive
him.
General James M. Shackleford,
one “calico” ring-horse (billed as a
thoroughbred Arabian) $67 50.
Henry Brommslbaus purchased
two little black Shetland ponies, a
perfect match, for SB2 50.
The total amount of the sale was
$1,220.
NO NEWS OF THE FRANKLIN.
Has She Foundered, with Tweed*
Washington, Nov. 4.—The Navy
Department has no news of the
Franklin. Navy circles are of the
opinion she foundered in the recent
cyclone off the Atlantic coast. The
brig was one of the oldest vessels in
the navy and not very seaworthy.
There is no telling how long her ar
rival may be delayed. The State De
partment contradicts a report that it
has a statement or confession made
by Tweed.
And still Another.
Louisville, Nov. 4.—A collision oc
curred this morning on the Louis
ville, Lexington & Cincinnati Short
Line Railroad, near Peewee valley,
between a wild engine and an express
train bound south, killing Ginther,
the engineer of the wild engine, and
seriously injuring two firemen and
an express messenger. No passen
gers were killed.
THE TURKISH SITUATION.
TERM* OF THE ARMISTICE.
. i -i... i.— ...
Reported New Demand of Ruaila.
■ ' ■—.l""
London, Nov. 4.—Montenegro ac
cepts the armistice oh the same
terms as Sorvia.
It is stated that the Austrian Am
bassador at St. Petersburg has been
ordered to go to Livaiia, and rumor
ed that the Turkish Grand Vizier
will go there also on a confidential
mission.
A dispatch from Belgrade to the
Times confirms the statement that
the armistice, as accepted by the
Porte, is unconditional.
The official announcement is a
two months’ armistice from Novem
ber Ist; hostilities to cease immedi
ately, both armies retaining their
position occupied upon receiving no
tice.
It is understood that there are no
other conditions attached, and that
Montenegro has also accepted the
armistice.
New York, Nov. 4.—The Herald’s
London speoial says a rumor pre
vails that Russia will demand the
withdrawal of the Turkish troops
from Servia, which Turkey cannot
assent to, aud thus a conflict will en
sue.
Constantinople, Nov. A— Tho for
eign ambassadors met at the resi
dence of Sir Henry Elliot, British
Ambassador, yesterday, to settle
upon the method of determining the
demarcation line between the bellig
erent armies.
A Compromise In the French Chambers
London, Nov. 4.—Reuter’s dispatch
from Versailles says since yesterday
there has been a compromise be
tween the supporters of the Gatineau
bill for the cessation of the prosecu
tions against the Communists. The
nature of the agreement is not stated,
but in to-day’s sitting of the Chamber
of Deputies anew bill proposed as a
compromise was adopted excepting
an article transferring to juries the
trials of offenders in contumaciam.
Another.
Cincinnati, 0., Nov. 4.—A passen
ger train going west on the Ohio and
Mississippi railroad, collided with a
freight train this evening near Shoals,
Ind., killling Engineer Scott, and
fireman Kieglor. Some of the ytas
sengers sustained slight injuries.
Wheat anil Cotton.
Washington, Nov. 3.— The digest
of crop returns for October, prepared
by the Agricultural Department, in
dicates a reduction in the wheat crop
of nearly one-sixth, while the quali
ty is somewhat superior. Every sec
tion indicates a reduced crop except
tho Middle States, which increased
about two per cent.
The figures point to a total yield of
245,000,000 bushels. The rye crop is
four per cent, below last year, with
somewhat better quality. The barley
crop is six per cent, below last year.
Buckwheat is a full average, and
oats a slight falling off.
Condition of cotton is as follows:
North Carolina, 84; South Carolina,
80; Georgia 87; Florida, 80; Alabama,
70; Mississippi. 83; Louisiana, 82;
Texas 91; Arkansas, 86; Tennessee,
91.
Business Improvement In Europe.
London, November 4.-There has
been much fluctuation on the Stock
Exchange during the week, which in
the early part was of an unfavorable,
tendency, in consequence of Eastern
affairs. The announcement of the
conclusion of an armistice produced
a great improvement. Since Thurs
day an important advance in prices
has occurred, aud the majority of
stocks attained their best point for
somo weeks.
The Continental bourses, during
the last three days, have also been
very buoyant.
Fastest Ocean Trip on Record.
New Yoke, (Nov. 13.—The White
Star Line steamer Britannic, anchor
ed on the bar at 1 a. m. Saturday,
having completed the fastest pas
sage on record—7 days, 13 hours, 11
minutes, mean-time, from Queens
town to New York.
Crists In the French Cabinet.
Paris, Nov. 4.— After a debate on
the bill for the cessation of prosecu
tions against the communists, which
Dufaure opposed, and Gambetta sup
ported, the Chamber by overwhelm
ing majority voted to proceed with
the disruption clauses of the bill.
The issue is supposed to involve the
resignation of the Cabinet.
Another Railroad Disaster.
Wheeling, W. Va., Nov. 4.—Nine
cars i’and a locomotive were pre
cipitated through a bridge, a dis
tance of thirty feet, on the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad, two miles east of
Moundsville. Engineer H. Hamilton
was killed and an unknown woman.
The engine was seriously injured.
The "Weather To-Day.
Washington, Nov. 4.— For South
Atlantic States, northeast winds,
stationary or higher temperature,
stationary or lower pressure, and
cloudy or partly cloudy weather will
prevail.
—* ♦ -
—Why is an orator during his perora
tion like a man about to dress in the morn
ing? Because he’s nearing his close.
MACON’S DEMOCRATIC TURN OUT.
The I.nr,eat in Meorslal
ONE THOUSAND NEGROES IN LINE.
Special to th. Time,.]
Macon, Ga.) Nov. 4.—The largest
Tllden and Hendricks demonstration
ever known in Georgia is now in
procession in this city.
There are one thousand negroes
In line.
THE BETTING POOIJN.
STILL STRONGER IN FAVOR OF TILDEN.
New York, Nov. 4.— Among the
pools last night, general results in
favor of Tllden, 3,000 to 2,400; S3OO to
$240, $l5O to $125.
On New York, Tllden SIOO to $37;
SI,OOO even bet on Tilden getting 20,-
000 majority in thq State.
One hundred to eighty dollars bet
that Tilden’s majority in New Jersey
will not reach 7,000.
POLITICAL ROW IN NEW YORK.
Fight Between Whltei und Blacks.
New York, Nov. 4.—While the col
ored clubs from Jersey City were re
turning home, after the Republican
parade disbanded last night, a row
occurred near Debrosses street ferry.
The whites used paving stones, brick
bats, &c. The negroes used pistols
and dirk knives. Wm. J. Merriman
was stabbed in the left breast—the
wound may prove fatal; Thomas J.
Foster shot in the right leg; James
Norton shot in the left breast, and
two others were slightly wounded.
None of the colored men are known
to be injured, nor were any of their
number arrested.
HIGH-HANDED FEDERAL CBI RPA
TION.
GEORGIA OFFICERS DRIVEN FROM THE
POLLS.
Atlanta, Nov. 4.—United States
Marshal Smythe, notified the Chief
cf Police to-day that he had exclusive
control of the polls Tuesday, and that
the police force and all other parties
had no authority there, and advised
them to keep away from the polls.
TEI.EURAPIIIC SI'MMARY.
Philadelphia.—Fifty cents admis
sion to the Centennial continues to
November 18th.
Washington.—Weedon O’Neil has
been appointed Marshal for Ken
tucky.
New York.—Judge Launore, sitting'
in Supreme Court at chambers, has
granted an order extending the time
of H. Ward Beecher to the amended
complaint of Francis D. Moulton
twenty days.
Newahk, N. J.—George Stickert, in
a fight in a saloon this a. m., killed
one and fatally wounded another.
Several others were hurt. Stickert
claims to have acted in self-defeuce.
New Yoke.—The Brewers and Gro
cers’ Bank was, on the Ist inst.,
opened for business, with a capitul of
$1,000,000.
Omaha, Nov. 3.—Major Howard
and Dr. Dauiels arrived to-day from
the West, haviug in charge 88 Sioux
ludians, and ; five interpreters.
Among the Indians are Spotted Tail,
Red Dog, and Youug-Man-Afraid-of-
His-Horses. They are en route to
the Indian Territory to visit that
country, preparatory to moving their
tribes thence.
The Man Who Have Odds.
Detroit Free Press.]
After a strange man had finished
eating a hearty meal at one ol' the
stands iu the City Hall Market yes
terday, he remarked to the woman:
“As I was sitting down to this meal
I said to myself that I’d bet one dol
lar against the dinner that the green
back candidates would not curry a
single State. If they do. you have
won the dollar, and shall have it.”
“I want thirty-five cents of you,”
she replied, pulling off her comfort
er.
“Or I’ll bet you five dollars that
the Democrats will carry New York
State,” he confined.
“I want my pay or there’ll be trou
ble right here!” she exclaimed, slip
ping off her bonnet.
“Or I’ll betthe same sum, on the
same terms, that the Republicans
will carry it,” he remarked, as he
wiped off his sandy goatee,
‘H never bet, and I want my pay I”
she called out, being ready for ac
tion.
“Great heavens! but look at the
odds I offer you I” ho gasped. “Inot
only let you bet on the other side,
but I offer you tho most fearful odds
that have ever been given since the
advent of the Christian era!”
“I can’t help the odds,” she an
swered, as she got hold of his coat
tails. “You can’t leave here till I
get my money.”
“Or, I’ll bet you $35 against this 35
cents debt,” he wenton, “thatneither
Hayes nor Tilden will be elected.
One of them must be, but I offer to
bet they won’t be, simply to permit
you to coin $35 out of my hard earn
ings. Great Jigs! hut such another
offer was never known since Oliver
Cromwell kept a fighting dog 1”
“Thirty-five cents! she shrieked,
pulling him around.
“Last, but not least, I’ll bet you
forty to one that I haven’t had thir
ty-five cents about me for a month!
Come, now, I offer you every chance
to win.” ,
She gave him two solid kicks, and
was designing and drafting a third,
when he made a bolt and left a coat
tail in her grasp.
Corn is quoted in the Chattanooga
market at 45 cents for white sacked
in depot—wheat,choice,sl.lo to $1.15;
white. $1.02 to $1.10; red, $1 to $1.05;
oais 47 to 50 cents.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
BY TELE6HAPH TO THE DAILY TIDES.
HONEY AND •TOCltft.
NEW YORK. Nor. 4.—Evening—Money easier,
offered at 2; sterling quiet at2);gold dull
Governments dull and steady; new
6‘a 13. States quiet and nominal.
PARIS, Not. 4.—Rente* opened 108f. and 6*.
COTTON.
LIVERPOOL, Not. 4.—Noon—Cotton advanc
ing; sale* 20.000; speculation and export 6.000.
Futurea—middling uplands,low middling clause,
new crop, shipped November and December
per aail, 6 U-32d, November delivery 6 5-16d;
February aad March 6 13-32d. new crop, abippod
January and February, per aail, 6 7-82daf> 7-16d;
January C 15-32d, shipped January and February
6 13-32(1, November and December 6 11-32d. Fu
tures weaker, seller* offered at a decline of l-32d;
uplands, low middling clause, shipped October
and November,aatl,6%d;Noveraber delivery 6)£d;
December and January 6 7-16d, January and Feb
ruary 6)£dall-32d; new crop, chipped February
and March, sail, 6 16-32d, March and April deliv
ery 6 15-32d*7-16d. The receipts to-day were 1,-
100 bales—no American.
1:30 p. m.—Uplands, low middling dance,
new crop, chipped October and November, per
aail, shipped January and Febuary, per
sail. 6 15-33d. March delivery 6 16-32d.; new crop,
shipped January aud February per sail, 6>£d.
•hipped January and February, 6 15-32d; January
and February delivery January and Feb
ruary 6 11-32d; February and March delivery
• 7-16d.
2:30 r. m.— Sales American 5,600.
8:30 p. m.—Uplands, 6 5-lCd; Orleans 6)*d. Fu
tures l-32d cheaper; uplands, low middling
clause, new crop, shipped Novembar and Decem
ber per sail, 6 11-32d.
NEW YORK, Nov, 4.—Evening—Cotton firm;
net receipts 747, gross 8,760. Futures cleaed
barely steady; sales 26,000: November 11 21-32;
December 11 11-10a23-32; January 11 22-82; Feb
ruary 12H*5-32; March 12 11-32; April 12 17-32;
May 12 11-16*23-32; June 12 July 12
31-32a13; August 13 l-16a3-32. Sales 642; mid
dling ll**al3. Consolidated net receipts 26,876.
Exports Great Britain 2,104, France 6,539, Conti
nent 223.
GALVESTON, Nov. 4. Cotton strong, mid
dling 11‘4; net receipts 2,482; gross—; sales
3,223; exports coastwise 1,710.
NORFOLK, Nov. 4.—Evening—Cotton strong;
middling 11; net receipts 5,909; gross—; exports
coastwise 868; sales 7,000.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 4.—Evening-—Cotton Arm;
middling ll?,'a>;; gross receipts 146; sales 616;
spinners 215; exports Continent 800; coastwise
150.
MEMPHIS, Nov. 4.—Cotton strong; middling
11 receipts 423; shipments 2.262: sales 2,300.
AUGUSTA, Nov. 4. Cotton firm and active,
middling 10 >**>.; receipts 2,936; sales 2.149.
CHARLESTON, Nov. 4. Evening Cotton
firm; middling 11#; net receipts 4,436; ealei
2,000; exports to Great Britain 2.104.
SAVANNAH, Nov. 4. Evening Ootion
quiet; middling 11%; net receipts 4,682; gross
480; aalea 1,719; exports ooaatwise 2,661,
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 4.—Evening Cotton
■trong; middling 11#; low middling 11)*',
good ordinary 10#; net receipt* 2.861; gross
4,101; sales 6,000; exports France 6.639; Conti
nent 1,930.
MOBILE, Nov. 4.—Evening Cotton active;
middling'll#; net receipts 849; sales 1,600; ex
ports coastwiae 968.
BOSTON. Nov. 4. Evening Cotton firm; *
middling 11#; net receipt* 498; groa* 1,261;
•ales 700,
WILMINGTON, Nov. 4.—Evening Cotton
steady; middling 10#*#; net receipt* 401; aalea
182.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 4—Evening Cotton
atrong; middling 11 # ; net receipt* 1,166; gross
1,254.
PROVISIONS. dcC.
NEW YORK, Nov. 4,—Noon—Flour dull and
steady. Wheat quiet and heavy. Corn dull and
unchanged. Pork firm $17.12#a17.25. Lard
firm $lO.lO,
NEW YORK, Nov. 4. Flour still In buy
ers favor, only limited business doing $5.25*6.60.
Corn to fair extra Southern $6.65*8,75. Wheat
heavy I*2 lower, only limited export and milling
demand, $1.25a28 for winter red Western, $1.34
for white Western. Corn heavy >4*l lower,
moderate demand for export and home use, 68*a
>4 for graded mixed, 60 for white Western, 58
yellow Southern on dock. Oats a shade firmer.
Pork Arm aud quiet.Jnew mess 17.25. Lard firm
er, prime steam 10.10*15. Coffea quiet and firm.
Sugar quiet and firm. Rice steady. Freights
dull.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 4.—Evening—Oats firmer
aud higher; Southern prime 35. Rye lairly act
ive aud firm. Provision* quiet aud unchanged.
Coffee easier and moderately lower. Whiskey
dull. Sugar quiet.
CINCINNATI,(Nov. 4.—Evening—Flour quiet;
family 45 Csa9u. Wheat quiet aud ateady, red
1.20a28. Cora quiet and firm 49*5(1. Oata
dull 3Ui37. ttys inactive 08. Barley dull uud
nominal, No. 2 red laU *1.06a1.08 Pork la
111 tair demand 18 60. Lard In good demand
ateam a)ja: kettle tlo.lKjatlo.2C. Dnllt anata
in fair uemaud; alioaldera 61 i, clear rib aidea
a cl. ar sides B Baco j firm, holders firm;
shoulders 7>6; clear rib sides ‘X. clear
al its 9!is‘a Whiskey steady 8. Batter dull
and drooping; choice Weatorn reserve 20; Cen
tral Ohio 17ai8.
ST. LOUIS. Nov. 4 —Evening Flour duUsnd
lower to sell, superfine fall |3.75a4; extra do.
$4.23a4.60; doubte extra do., *4.75a5. Wheat
firmer with acme salea, higher, No. 2 red fall
it 19 No. 3 do. $1,09a1,25. Corn firmer, 40,‘ia
40 ‘i. Oats firmer SOgaX bid. Bye lower, 67.
Barley quiet; prlmo to fancy Minnesota 76ca
$1 00. Whiskey quiet at 8. Pork lower, jobbing
*16f,0a75 Bulk meats firmer for car lots of
loose shoulders, 6&, clear rib aidea 8 15. clear
sides 8 40. Bacon null, shoulders 7#X clear rib
sideg B\,aJi- clear aidea 9XX. Lard quiet,
LOUISVILLE, Nov 4.—Flour steady at full
prtcia; extra f 4a4.26; family 46.00a50.25. Win at
steady aud iu good demand; red !.15al,18; amber
1.20; white 1.20a 1.98. Corn steady; white 47.
mixed 45. Oat# firm, white 38. mixed 25 Pork
scarce, firm aud in demand. Bulk meats quiet
and steady, shoulder# nominal; clear rib side#
8)f, clear aides 8. Bacon ateady and In fair
demand, shoulder# 7RaBX. clear rib sides 9;
clear Bides Bugsr-curod hsrns steady aud
firm 16. Lard firm, tierce lla.X, keg 11X-
Whiskey iu active demand.
Jerome Park Baeee.
New York, Nov. 4.—Extra day at
Jerome Park —mile and a quarter.
Starlight won; Galway 2d ; Red Coast,
favorite, 3d. Time: 2:15J.
Two miles—Vigil won; St. Martins
2d; Virginius 3d. Time; 3:40
Mile heats—first, Mettle won!
Egypt 2d; Rhodamanthus, 3d. Time:
I :47}.—Second, Madge won; Mattel
2d; Art Athlene 3d. Time: 1:47}.
Third. Madge won. Time: 1:48.
New York, Nov. 4.—Steeple chase
—Bullett won; Deadbeat second;
Resolute third. Time, 4:16.
Black silk and cashmeres.
If you are in need of such goods look at
my stock before buying.
otcS-eodtf J. Albert Kibven.
ELECTION NOTICE!
The following named persons are
hereby Appointed managers oi the election
at the different precincts in the county of Mus
cogee to be held on Tuesday, the 7th day of No
vember, next, for Electors of President and Vice
Preeident of the United States, and one member
of Congress for the Fourth Congressional Dislrict
of Georgia, viz:
Columbus—T. J. Chappell, J. P.. Charles A.
Klink snd George Hungerford.
Nance's—C, Ogletree, J. P., T. J. Wstt, and Ja
cob W. Kimbrough.
Bozeman's—J. W. Massey, J. P. W. R. Tur
man, and James H. Patrick.
Steam Mill—E.P. Willis. J. P., 8. S. Jenkins,
and Asa B. Low.
Upatoie—John D. Odom, J. P., Emanuel Bitch,
snd Andrew Jackson.
Edward’s—Geo. M. Bryan, J. P., J. E. Broad
nax, and L. K. Willis.
Managers will please call at my office for the
necessary blanks.
F. M. BROOKS,
October 23d, M 79. Ordinary.
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