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New York Sun: About twenty
yearn ago a toblwr entered tin farm
Boom of John Weot in Indiana, and,
I wing discovered while prowling
wound the houao, ho shot V cut in
order that hr might make lite wape,
The hour was midnight, and there
wae n bright harv<*t nioon lighting up
the room in which the shooting took
place Went hn<l a dub liesidn low
lied, and be gave the intruder a
powerful blow with thia before the
allot was fired. The bullet ( nteri 'l
the abomen and be lived about three
days nnd was perfectly conwioua all
the time. He declared on bin dying
bed that hia murderer waa a young
man name<l Solomon Richards, a
lawleaH character who hung about
the village two mile, away. Mix.
Wcat recognizad him ns well, ami
when Kichnrda wiw arrewfed and
charged with the crime he did not
deny it. There wasn't the slightest
doubt <>f liia guilt, and but for the
tirnincHs of the sheriff the fellow
would have been lynched. He had
been in jail two weeks before he
declared Ina innocence. As he had
no money Im could not engage a
lawyer, but lie made a atatciimnt to
the sheriff, which set that official nt
work to prove an alibi for him. On
Urn night of the shooting, Richards
liad ant in the village tavern from nine
to ten o’clock This could be verified
When he left the tavern he viaitod
two saloons, but this could not be
verified. Several persons were almost
sure of having seen him, but no one
was positive. At 10:110 o’clock he
went to a livery stable and climbed
up on the hay to sleep. Ho claimed
to have s]>oken to a hostler mimed
Warm r, but when Warner was
consulted he could not ba sure
whether it was that night or the one
preceding it On lite way from the
saloon to the bar Richards encoun
tered n person who was dressed
like himself, mid whose general
roseinblauce was very striking. Both
halted und looked each other over ns
if astounded, but neither spoke.
Not one man in a hundred would
have taken any slock in such n story,
but the sheriff, singular an it may
M'l'iii, believed Hint Richards was
telling the truth. West hud struck
the man with n dub Richards had
not the slightest wound or bruise.
The pistol with which the shooting
was done hud been left behind No
one about the village hnd ever seen it
before. How could Richards, who
never hnd a dollar nt a time, have
purchnsed it ' He was on the street
jierfectly unconcerned, when arrested.
If he was guilty why hnd he waited
right there to be taken into custody,
.when Hui farmer hud called out:
,“80l Riohards, you have shot me, but
J'll live to see you hung!"
All these points were overlooked by
everybody except the sheriff. Mr. and
Mrs. West declared that Sol Richards
was the man; that was evidence
enough, es]s ei:iily when Sol was n
gixxl-for-l.othing. Three weeks had
passed whey the sheriff got track of a
man who had pnssoil a toll gate nt nn
early morning hour, carrying n
bundle. Further on ho found that
•the man with the bundle had a bloody
.ear. Five miles further and he had
entered a farm house, alleged he had
met with an accident, and had a
scalp wound dressed. He had journey
ed n hundred miles before the sheriff
overhxik him, but here mid there he
had aold fragments of his plunder.
When finally overhauled and arrest
ed he admitted his crime almost
Ix’foro a question was asked. He
was a pixifcssional tramp, and rob
bery was nothing new to him. He
was not only dressed piwisely like
Richanls, but he ri'sembled him so
cloaely in height, build, weight and
facial expression that people came to
the jail and called him Richards He
gave his name as Terry, but as he
could remember little or nothing of
hie childhixsl, and ao this was also the
•case with Richard*, it was generally
believed that they were twin brothers.
The one was released aa nn innocent
man, and the other was aeut to prison
for such n long term as practically
naan red his death within the gloomy
walls
t»< Rise Winter il>«* t>l<*«! gets ihi.A »n.l»lu h
gmh, now is the Uim Li purity it. t*> build up
piurnuk'in and fil yv’ir- If for hard berg I t
u*;ii£ Dr J. H Mclem * Str« hgtl-.« mng <\»i
dial uid IU khl l‘udfi« t
For bale by all drugb *
Horidi Cute
Evening Wisconsin: The highest
ambition of the colored individual of
the female permission in Florida is to
possess the littlo of “cook I rom
seamiitrcflK to washwoman, they in
variably speak of each other as Mrx.
So hi I m/m "cook." My first (and
lost) "cook ' possewd ths romantic
cognomen of Violet J/>vo, Violet
app< n d one morning dressed in a
jml< blue mother liubbard, and
applied fora situation. Her services
were engaged, and the following
conversation took place:
“Violet can you coo. ?"
( ‘Y ithum.”
• ('nn you make bread?"
“N’o'um."
‘ < in you broil steak ?"
“Xo'inn. 1 kin done fry bacon.'
“('an you make cake?',
“Yuthuni."
“What kind ?"
“Hoe cake.”
"Well, Violet, what else can you
cook ?"
"(>b, nleap of things, t kin make
rice, mid hominy, and solieious Hop
ami .John."
"And what te that, pray!"
“Well, Mi sy, you jex done taka
some lice and pens and bacon, mill
put uni in a pot and cook um."
I told A inlet Love that she might
get the dinner, and hungrily awaited
the result
After sufficient time to prepare nn
elaborate meal had elapsed, dinner
was announced, and we repaired to
the table. But for n huge watermel
on that nature hud prepared, and
the contents of n tin can that our
own bountiful and enterprising north
had furnished, we should have fared
very poorly for our dinner all except
Violet Love, so hearty an appreciation
hud she of the pot of Hop-und-John
that she ate it all
J.ifi. hlkho, T. xar, Dec. 29th, 1885.
To Hr .1 II M< I HI. Ixmis, M-.
This re i iilhn Hott my Kirb r. Emily Crews,
w im tak« it tiftern years ago with a tin ant <lia
• me in connection with nictiMtrual derange
liuii'-v which produced :t severe cough and
g. m i tl debility, remit ring her helpless and
uttabh tor any kind of art vice, and after but
tling th« Mkill of H«.me of onr best physieiana
mid i dig s< vvral bundled dollars worth of
tnrioit' medicines on hei t*> no good. Last
liittr I pr<M>ui< d a bottle <»t Dr. .LSI McLean*
Homo >.pathl«* Liver and Kidney Balm, which
at om•• Iwgan to help her, aince then ahe haa
ui*i d - \ eti battles, and to our joy in restored
to good health, ih gaining fl»sh and haw be
eom« wtrotig ami able to do tier hounework, ahe
in entirely relieved of her trouble* and we
i ■olid not be iMthout the medicine under any
I coiwit bration.
W. M Chkwm.
For Male by all driiggiat.
*2l I Persons Poisoned
lit Ulf Iff Crciiiii Ealcn at a lew Ji rwy
I’if air
I’liii.inri.rii, June 23.—A special
(li.pntch siys exactly 211 persons
were poisoned nt hist Thursday’s pic
nic near Flemington, New Jersey.
Six of these persons will probably die
ami twenty are in n precarious condi
tion. It is now believed that ice
cream, which was plentifully supplied
and freely eaten, caused the trouble.
AA'liether the inside of the cream
free,'era was lined with sulphate of
zine, or whether arsenic was put in
tin' cream purposely, still puzzles the
doctors. One of the doctors has been
doing some amateur detective work.
In Ins capacity as a physician he gives
the opinion that the poiso'ious
substance was arsenic, and as a
detective he expresses the belief that
it was put in the cream by some
murderously inclined person. Many
pel sons who ate of the cream when
first made suffered no inconvenience,
while those who ate after the freezers
had been opened a short time are
sick. The victims dispersed to their
bonus, and it was several hours before
any of them come under medical
treatment. They nre widely scatter
ed over a district partly village and
partly farming.
Ycnons Debilitated Suffcrent-
From early Indiscretions, Excesses
.Ac, If you will send me your name
and address, 1 will smidyouby return
mail a treatise on the cause and cure
of nervous exhaustion, lost manhood,
loss of memory, dimness of vision, mid
all other symptoms arising from self
abuse, overwork or study. Neglect,
causes of insanity and early death.—
Address, T. AV. Rick,
2l'.i Fulton St, Brooklvn, N. Y.
au27-l
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Slaughter of The Innocents
AT
No. 1, Railroad Street
EARLEM, GA.
R. L. LAMKIN
Still in Front
With the biggest announcement of the sea
son. He is going to make things lively for
the citizens of Columbia.
Realizing the power of that commodity generally known as
‘cash,” he has determined to sell
Goods as Cheap
As Augusta or Anywhere Else
\\ ill keep constantly on hand the following
goods, which he guarantees to give satisfac
tion :
FLOUR, HAMS, SUGAR, MEAL,
D. S. SIDES, COFFE, GRITS. I ARD, TEA, RICE,
SALT, CRACKERS, STARCH, SOAP, SODA,
TOBACCO. SEGARS, SNUFF, SYRUP,
MOLASSES, CHEESE, HARDWARE,
TINWARE WOODEN WARE, CANNED GOODS
Dry Goods.
Boots, Shoes and Domestics
We Stand at the Head
WITH THE
• LIGHT RUNNING
igigsjglg DOMESTIC,
Davis, Household
NEW HOME
Sewing Machines,
• NEW STYLE
Attachments,
New Style Wood Work.
Patti-Hand Attachment Furnished Free
500 Good Second-Hand Sewing Machines taken in exchange for above makes, to be sold a
half value, 15, <lO, sls each, waarntud in go<»d Mewing order. Sewing Machines of ail mak»
epaired.
[AiF" Agents for.Domestic Paper Patterns.
Send for Catalogue and Price Liata to
THOMAS, BARTON & KEY,
The Sewing Machine and Organ Dealers, 924,8r0ad Street, Augunta, Ga
WATCHES! DIAMONDS! JEWELRH
Largest and Handsomest Stock in Georgia.
H'AVINO purchased F A BRAHE’S ENTIRE STOCK OF JEWELRY and consolidated
with it lie elegant stock formerly carried by me at my old stand under the Central Hotel,
I now offer at reduced prices the handsomest stock of Jewelrv, Silverware, Ac., ever sees in
this city, at my NEW STORE, Corner Broad and Seventh Streets, and familiarly known as
“Brahe* Corner.”
Mr. BRAHE will remain with me, and will be pleased toßce hi* friends.
WILLIAM SCHWEIGERT,
Jeweler, 702 Broad street
Shoes arc wanted everywhere,
1 ry Mulherin & Co.; don’t despair.
No More High Prices
FOR
SHOES, SLIPPERS AND HATS.
'ATTE have received our Spring Stock, which was purchased with cash from the best Facte-
VV tories of the North and East. We succeeded in seeming many great bargains. Ton
know our reputation for Helling FIRST-CLASS GOODS AT LOW PRICE*. Now is your oppoi
tunity. You will feel badly when you find that you have paid $1.50 for a pair of shoes that WM.
MULHERIN A CO. would have sold you for sl.
We quote some of our bargains :
Infants’ Kid Buttoned soft sole ShoesO to 3 10 Ladies* Cloth Gaiters 3to 9 75
InfantH’ Kid Lace Shoes 1 to 5 25 Ladies’ Glove Grain nace Shoes 3to 9 .. .1110
Child’s Kid Lace Shoes sto 7 50 Ladles’ Pebble Gr’n Button’d Shoes 3 toB.SI Io
Child’s Pebble Grain I.ace Shoes Bto 12. 65 Ladies’ Kid Buttoned Shoes, worked boles
Misses Pebble Grain Lace Shoes 11 to 2.. .. 75 3to 8 $1 25
Misses Pebble Gr’n Butt’n’d Shoes 12 to 2.11 00 Gents’ Calf Ties 6to 11 $1 Ou
Ladies’Web Slippers 3to 8 15 Gents’Dress Shoes from $1 to 250
Ladies’Pebble Grain Slippers 3to 8 50 Boys’Wool Hats from 15 to 50
Ladies’Kid Croquet Slippers 3to 7 50 Gents’Hats from 35 to 12 fO
Ladies’ Kid Opera Slippers 3to 7 75 Gents' and Boys’ Straw Hats stoll < 0
Every day is a gala day in our establishments with the numerous customers after the Bonai
zas we advertise. So come along and get your share of the Bargainst
Orders by mail receive prompt and careful attention.
Wm. Mulherin & Go.,
TWO STORES — 722 Broad St., opposite the Monument,
913 Broad St., sign of the Lare Red Boot.
H. P. SMART & BRO.,
MIDVILLE, 9 1-2 C. R. R. GA.
MANUFACTURERS OF
PINE LUMBEB
Os Every Description.
ROUGH AND DRESSED
Framing Lumber. Ceiling, Weather-boarding, Flooring,
Shingles, Staves, Laths, Vegetable and Fruit Crates, Pickets
J/duldings, Etc., Etc.
8 « am Saw and Planing Mills in Emanuel Countv. and’connected with Midville by prn
lUilrvad and Telephone Luicis.