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VOLUME VIII.
Church Directory.
METHODMI'.—-Douglasville—First, th r<f
*nd fifth Kiindajta
Fai.t Sprinos—Beeond Snuffy, aj <1 Satur a.
betoifi.
Miuwai—Fourth Sunday, and Rnlnrdav 1«-
fore. W. B. PX>nj, I’Asroa
Baphst -Di ijXlaavilJe, first and fourth Sun
days, liuv. A. D. Vaughu, pastor.
Masonic,
Itmtrla ville Lodge, No. 289, F. A. M.,meet’
on Saturday night wore the first and third
Hpndavs in eu. h mouth. J. 11. Carter, W. M.,
W. J, Camp, Secy.
County Directory.
Ordinary—ll. T Cooper.
Clerk—s. N. Dorse t.
Kheriff-Jl. nr> Ward
De| nty Sheriff—G. M, Souter.
Tax II cover—E. 11. Camp.
Tai Collector—W. A. Bayer.
Tn usurer—Hani ttei Hli>ui uon,
Surveyor—John M. Huey.
Coroner—F. M. Mitcbeb.
BUI'SJItOR COURT.
Moots on third Mondays in January and Jul)
•mi holds bro weeks.
Judgt—Hon Sam-on W. Harris.
8“1. Ocnl. -Hon. Harry JI. Heid.
Clerk—B, N. Dnrsott.
Sheriff—Henry Ward.
COUNTY COURT.
Meets in quarterly s< ssion on fourth’ Mon-
Saya in February, May, August and November
ami holds until all the easea on the dock't are
Salted. In monthly s. ssion ituMieta on fourth
Monday- in each month,
Judge— II >n H, A. Massey.
Hoi. Genl.—Hon. W. T. Ilolerta.
Itaiilff—D. W. Johns;
ordinary's oovmt
Meets for ordinary puryo-ea on first Monday,
and for county purposes on first Tuesday Lu
each month.
Judg 4 —Hon. M. T,.Cooper.
JUHriCKM COURTS.
730th Dist. li. M. nmols tiisiThursdnvin each
month. J. 1. Feeiv, .1. !>., W. IL Cask N. I'..
1». W. Johns and \V. K. Hunt, L. (J,
7;if>tli Di t. G, M., inieta st em d Balmdav.
A It, Bomar, J. I’., B. A. Arnold, N. I'., 8. C,
Jer ger, J fc C.
7dUh Dial. G. M. m-ota fourth Saturday
Ftaukhn Cwr. J. |», B Baggett, N. I*.,
J. C. lain-. »«■.: M. s. time, L. Cm.
12othh D ,i. G. >l. un o's hrd rtaturdar. T.
M II uni Im J. 8., M. L Yaus, N. }’ «, W.
lUkk' 'h. L.C., J, JmirdiKi, 1., o.
vlZdfftn D s ~ G. M. meets third Saturday. N,
W. Camp, J. T, W, 8. j lidsun. bi. 11,,I 1 ,, J. A
HU1,.11.
12715 t Dist. 0. M. meets first Ba'urday. C.
C. Chuii'ii, .1. P. Aiberry Hembree, N. B„
" . L. C.
1272 id Dist. G. JI. mw'ii fourth Tridar.
Gi o. W, Smith, J. I'., C. J. Buhiiisoii, N. I’..
T_a, < *,
1273rd Diet. G. M. meets third F Liny. Thi s
White, J. I’., A. J. Bowen, bi. I’., W. J. Il.ubm
L. C.
Professional Cards.
robertTmassel
ATTORNEY AT LAW
DOCQLASVU.LE, <IA,
(Office In front room, Doraott’a Building./
Will practice anywhere except in the County
Court of Dunglass county.
w. ft. James,
attorney at law.
Will practice in «B the courts, Slate tu
Federal. Office on Court House Square,
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
WM. T. ROBERTS,
ATTORNEY AT L AW,
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
Will practice in nil the Courts. AU h>ga
husiucM will receive prompt attention. Oilier
in Court House.
C. F>. CAMP,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
Will practice in nil the eourla. Ali hiuintM
intrusted to him wdl receive prompt attention.
B. G. GRIGGS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DOU3I.ASVn.LE, GA.
Will practice In *U the courts, State and
Federal. x
JOHN M, EDGE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
DOUGLASVIIAiE, GA.
Will practice in all Ute court*, and promptly
attend to ali business entrusted to his rare.
j. s.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
Will practise In the courts of DnngbMM,
OamplMdl, Carroll, rauklbig, Cobl,. F.dum arid
•dj nninj routitie*. I‘rmnpt aitculiou given
hr all InuuneM.
J. H. McLAKTY,
ATTOUN EY AT LAW.
DOUGLASVILLE. GA.
WUI nracthT «u ali tire both Slate and
Fa»h OtrHe*ti<wta a ap<vta ty.
JOHN V. EDGE.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DOUGLAS VILLE, OA.
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Husband—“Tlurnk the Lord!”
Wife—‘’Why, what do you inoant”
Hti"l'and—"i’erbups there won’t he so
much bill if they leave the bird’s bill
'>h ' ports of Japan were opened
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tLcr? were only eleven intoxicating
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DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA. TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 18S6-
BY THE STORM.
nfDIANOLA, TEXAS, COMPLETE
LY SUBMERGED.
i Terrible Destltntion Amvag the Whites
and Negrroev—Many Houses Washed
Away and Many Lives Lost.
From Indianola comes sad news
i about the storm which occured on Satur
! day. During the height of the storm
the signal office was blown down, carry
! ing with it Captain I. A. Reed, signal
officer, and Dr. H. Rosencrans, both of
t whom were lost. The fire broke out
I among the ruins, which extended for
: blocks on both sides of the street, des
troying thirteen houses, among which
were D. H. Regan’s large dry goods
store and Dr. Leads’s extensive drug es
tablishment. Dr. Lewis was in the
building at the time it took fire. He es
caped being burned to death, but was
subsequently drowned, his body being
found yesterday. So far as can be learned
the following is a complete list of the
lives of the white people lost:
Captain I. A. Reed, signal officer.
Dr. Crooker, Dr. H. Rosencrans, oi
Elgin, Ills.; formerly resident of Indi- ■
anola.
Mrs. Hodges and two children, of Dr.
Hodges’ family, of Cuero.
Mrs. Henry Sheppard.
Mrs. Crooker.
Two children' of Mrs. Max Luther, of
Corpus Christi.
Dr. Damsheads.
A German, unknown.
Beside the above, the bodies of ten
colored persons have been found. The ;
body of Dr. Crooker, the twenty-second !
victim, was found Monday. Foui
miles of the track is washed away,
rendering it impossible for trains to
approach Indianola. There is much !
destitution there among the poor classes, I
who have lost everything they possessed, i
The depth of the water is reported as
groat as it was during the great storm of
1875, when Indianola lost nearly two
hundred of her citizens, who were swept
away. Friday the flood of water over
the doomed town was so rapid that with
in two hours after the first apprehensions j
were felt every street was submerged I
many feet.
The lower end of the peninsula is com- j
! pletely washed away. The storm came
jin the shape of a hurricane. The waters ,
I of the gulf rose up and in three hours the !
whole peninsula on which Indianola is ;
situated was under ten feet of water. !
The total loss, as far as now known, to
Texas from the gulf storm, is as follows:
Human lives lost, 38; loss to crops, |l,-
000,000; lose to city and town property,
$3,400,000; loss to shipping ana harbor
improvements, $900,000.
TILE LOBS LN BAN ANTONIO.
The damage to this city by the terrific
' cyclone of Friday is estimated at $2,500, -
: 000. No loss of life has been reported,
, and the work of reparation is already in
progress. From the surrounding country
come reports that the cotton crop was :
seriously injured. The plant was broker. '
down and the staple beaten out by the I
rain and blown away. Passengers on the '
Aranzas Pass railway, from Beville to
Floresville, report great ravages by the
storm at both points. At Beville many ;
houses in the course of construction were
demolished and old ones were unroofed
lor otherwise injured. Two churches at
I Floresville were completely ruined, while
several stores and dwellings were dam
aged seriously. An aged couple, in at
j tempting to cross a swollen stream in a
wagon, a quarter of a mile from Flores
ville, were swept down the stream, and
the woman was drowned.
FREE AT LAST.
Erflrvr <uttin* Released by the Mexican
Governmeat.
At 11.80 on Monday morning, Cutting '
was taken once more before J udge Caa
| tenda’s court, when the official minutes
; of the Chihuahua supreme court, which
Ivui arrived this morning, were read
to him, which recited the decree, releas
ing him from further custody. Hie de
; cision of court is based entirely ujm'Q the
j fact that Medina, the offended party, had
waived his right to civil suit for dam- |
! ages, the court holding tliat this ended |
; procrodifiga of state. When released by ;
the court) Cutting replied:
“As long as I am not further detained
a I accept liberty, and I request
i that a copy of the decree of the supreme
; court be given me for my future use.”
This the court consented to do, in
Spanish. Judge Castenada sent a copy !
, of the decree to Jefe Politico, who sent |
back word that he, in person, would give
Cutting his liberty, accompanied with !
some wholesome advice.
Cutting said: “Well, I can’t under-‘
stand what all this has to do with my
card in the El Paso Herald, for which I
( was solely arrested, for four week incar- |
eerated, and was being tried at the time!
my government made a demand for my -
; immediate release.” j
It is said on the other side of the river i
tliat the Mexican constitution, prohibit
. ing thp residence of agitators and othei
dangerous characters in the republic, will j
be enforced against Cutting.
I “Was your case decided by a full
bench?” asked a sympathizing friend of
a disappointed law-seeker. “I should I
think so,” said the other. “They must i
have all been drunk to have made such a
decisiQiL n
The highest monolith is the obelisk at
Karnak, in Egypt. The obelisk is as- |
cribod to Hatasu, sister of Pharaoh f
Thothmes 111., who reigned about 1600
B. C. The whole length is 133 feet, and !
its weight 400 tons.
ANARCHISTS CONVICTED.
UEVEX TO MANG AND ONE FOR
TME PENITENTIARY.
Scenes Inside and Outside the Court House
—What the Zeitung says of the Ver
dict—To Appeal the Decision.
At 9:20 Mrs. Parsons entered the court
room with her reticule, accompanied by
a woman who has attended her through
out the trial. She was given a seat be
tween two policemen, and with two po
licemen immediately in her rear.
Whether this precaution was to guard
against any extraordinary exploit in the
court room or not, of course, is not
known, but the seat accorded the female
anarchist was deemed significant.
The court was called to order at 9:54.
The prisoners were not observable to the
eyes of but very few in the court room.
They presented about the usual appear
ance, though Spies and Fischer looked
deathly pale. The jury arrived 9:55.
There was an impressive silence as they
filed in. When the jury appeared, Judge
Gary enjoined absolute si’ence. There
was a whispered- consultation between
the judge and clerk, when the verdict
was read as follows:
We the jury, find the defendants, Au
gust Spies, Michael Schwab, Samuel
Fielden, Albert R. Parsons, Adolph
Fischer, George Engle and Louis Lingg
guilty of murder as charged in the indict
ment and fix the penalty at death.
We find the defendant Oscar W. Neebc
guilty of murder in the manner and form
as charged in the indictment, and fix the
penalty at imprisonment in the peniten
tiary for fifteen years.
Captain Black asked that the jury be
polled. The jurymen answered with firm
voices.
A MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL.
Captain Black said he would desire to
make a motion for a new trial.
State’s Attorney Grinnell said it would
be impossible to dispose of the motion
during the present term, but by agree
ment, the motion could be argued at the
September term. This was agreed to by
the defense. The court let the motion
be entered and continued until next term.
The defendants were taken back to jail.
The court then arose and addressed the
jury as follows:
Gentlemen of the jury: You have
finished this long and very arduous trial,
which has required a very considerable
sacrifice of time and some hardships. I
hope that everything has been done that
could possibly be done to make these
sacrifices and hardships as mild as might
be permitted. It does not become me to
say anything in regard to the case that
you have tried or the verdict you have
but men compulsorily serving
as jurors, as you have done, deserves some
recognition of the service you have per
formed beside the meagre compensation
you have received.
The foreman of the jury said:
The jury have deputed to meet
only the agreeable duty that it is oui
province to perform, and that is to thank
the court and counsel for the defense and
the prosecution for your kindly care to
make us as comfortable as possible dur
ing our confinement. We thank you.
The court responded very briefly.
The prisoners had filed out during
this interim under the guidance of baliffs.
Mrs. Schwab, wife of one of the pris
oners fainted when she heard the verdict.
The Arbeiter-Zeitung says of the ver
dict in the anarchist case: “The news
which is conveyed in the above head
lines was communicated by Mr. Osborn,
foreman of the jury, to Judge Gary.
‘Spotters,* which mingled among the
crowd, in the street, broke into a hurrah
when the announcement was made, but
the judge became quite pale. Not even
he himself had expected it. Mr. Grin
nell awaited it openly—presumably ho
had liis reasons for so doing. Marshal
Field and men of his stripe have much—
unlimited money. What do people say
to verdict? It considers it impossible.
We also could not believe the first news
till it was confirmed later.
Captain Black at once moved for a new
trial. Mr. Grinnell did not object, and
Judge Gary will hear the motion at the
September term. Should he refuse it,
then there remains nothing but appeal.
We are ourselves too much excited to
say more to-day.”
The excitement of the crowd in front
of the court house was something intense
while the verdict was being awaited.
There ws a none of the joking and laugh
ing tluit is heard on any other occasion
that brings the mob to a stand without
those dreary walls—the execution of a
convicted criminal. Each man seemed to
be holding his breath. Such conversa
tions as were held were in a low tone and
related solely to one topic, probably the
conviction of the eight prisoners who
were waiting for the hour which was to
mean life or death to them. There was a
cordon of police stretched along the side
j walk in front of the outer stairs of the
building. A dozen blue coats mingled
with the crowds, and more stood guard
> over the little gate in the alley that leads
to the jail yard. Detectives and police
men in citizens’ clothes were every where
to be seen. There was also a regular
guard at the street entrance of the build
ing. and a deputy sheriff and two officers
were stationed on the iron stairway lead
ing to the court room.
When the verdict was announced to
the waiting people outside, cheer after
cheer went up and continued for some
time.
ENVOY SEDGWICK 1* MEXICO.
■ Envoy Sedgwick arrived Friday at
El Paso, Tex., went across the river and
was closeted with American Consul Brig
bam, and afterwards left for the City of
I Mexico.
QUICK RETRIBUTION.
.4 fleeing burglar kills his
PURSUER.
Captared and Hanged Within TwO Hotiri
After His Victim’* Death.
A tertibte tragedy was enacted the other
morning at Huron, Ind., a quiet little ham
let of two hundred inhabitants, on the Ohio
and Mississippi Railroad. Residents of the
place were startled about one o’clock iri the
morning by cries for' help. Dr. W, C. But
ler’s wife heard the cries and awoke her hus
band, who immediately went to the rescue.
He was soon joined by others, who, on ar
riving near the point from which the cries
came, perceived two men struggling, but
failed to recognize either.
As they approached one man drew a knife
and plunged it into the other, after which he
fled. The crowd passed the fallen man and
pursued the murderer. Alter a short race,
and firing several shots, he was brought to
bay in the grass near the railroad culvert.
Returning to where the fallen man lay they
discovered it was Mr. John T. Davis, a
highly respectable citizen, and agent of
the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad
at Huron. He was then without the
power of speech. There was a cut about four
inches long in the muscle of the right arm,
which had severed the main artery; a cut in
the neck under the jaw, and a bruise on the
forehead as if he had been struck by a rock.
Dr. Butler endeavored to save his life, but
he had passed beyond human aid, having
bled to fleath.. Mrs. Carrib King was the
first person to reach the victim, ana his last
words were: “Carrie, I am dying. That man
murdered me.”
After securing the murderer the crowd
brought him back to where his victim lay
: and asked him if he had killed tljat man. He
I answered “No.” The shirt sleeve from the
i left arm of the murderer was missing and
parties went out to search for it. They were
successful, and it was soaked in blood,
i After finding he would be captured he had
; torn it off and cast it away. They also
i found Mr. Davis’s clothes in the stock pen,
I with his gold watch- in the vest pocket.
I James Strange, Constable of Spice Valley
■ township, Lawrence county, arrived on the
scene and took charge of the prisoner. When
searching him they found a fine burglar saw,
spectacles and* cases, two combs, a pair of
! rubber shoes, a caseknife without any stains
of blood, a brick mason’s hammer and some
other articles. It was learned that he had
been lingering around the depot and had
asked several suspicious questions.
When Mrs. Davis heard of the arrest she
desired that she might see the man. He was
token to the residence, and she said:
“Wicked wretch! you are the man who
j killed my husband!” She then said: “That
man entered our bedroom, which is in the
part of the house facing the street on the
i first floor, through the front door. He tried
to secure the money under my pillow and
awakened me. 1 was too frightened to cry
; out; yet, seeing me awake, he took Mr.
I Davis's trousers and. vest-from the foot of the
bed and fled. I awpke Mr. Davis, who im
mediately started in pursuit of him. That is
the last time I saw him alive.”
The prisoner’s shoes were found in front of
the Davis House, and he acknowledged that
they were his. He was then taken back to
where the victim lay, when a party of six or
eight masked men appeared and took him in
charge .without any resistance. They took
him to a walnut tree at the east side of
Crim’s store on Main street When asked
1 what his name was he said William Dunn,
' of Cincinnati, Ohio, and that he was fifty
's four years old. He was asked if he had any
thing else to say and answered “No." A
! rope was quickly thrown over a limb and i
the murderer was swung into mid air at 3
i o’clock.
The body was cut down and a Coroner’s in
i quest held. The verdict read: “Came to
I his death by the hands of parties unknown.”
i He was placed in a rude imitation rosewood
I coffin and the remains were buried in a field.
While returning from the scene on the pas- j
senger train L. P. Stephens, son of the Coun- I
ty Clerk, and O. P. Pierce, both of this place,
became involved in a quarrel. Stephens j
struck Pierce with a pair of brass knuckles, j
and Pierce drew a knife, stabbing Stephens I
in the side and abdomen, inflicting fatal I
wounds.
THE RASUREB CASE.
An InvMtiffatlon Shows It to Have Been
a Brutal Murder of an American Citizen.
Colonol John A. Baker, a prominent
lawyer, writes Colonel EL H. Bee, of •
Austin, Texas, saying he has been inves- •
' tigating in Mexico and Eagle Pass the ;
‘ Rasures murder by request of the mother I
and widow of the unfortunate man. Offi-1
cial search was made for charges against.
Rasures and none could be found. Be- :
1 fore he was shot his murderer said: ’
i“This is the same spot where you ar-.
rested and disarmed them,” alluding to I
the Mexicans; “do you remember it?”
I don’t think, however, this changes the
' question, as he was kidnapped, and de
manded a trial as a citizen of Texas, and
' j as suqh entitled to her protection, and
’ through her to the protection of the
I United States. I shall put in a claim for
SIOO,OOO damages in the name of the j
widow and heirs of the murdered Ras-
■ ures.
Governor Ireland authorized the fol-,
' lowing reply:
“If he heirs or-family were living in
' I Texas at the date qf the murder, the |
j 1 damages is proper, and the governor of
Texas will have no hesitation in indors- '
’ ing it.”
* THE FISHERIES QUESTION.
k
Lord Iddsleigh, foreign secretary, has
: written to the International Arbitration
I association, saying he concurs in the be-
I lief of his predecessor. Lord Roseberry,
i that the moment is inopportune to re
• ; ceive a deputation to discuss the subject
i of opening negotiations with the United
■ States for the establishment of an Anglo-
American tribunal, whose duties shall be
i to consider international questions.
Lord Iddsleigh says that the fishery
question which the arbitration associa
i | tion refers to, is at present a subject of
' diplomatic negotiations, and expresses
i the hope that results may be favorable.
The largest library is the Bibliotheque
National, in Paris, founded by Louis
XIV. It contains 1,400,000 volumes,
t 300,000 pamphlets. 175,000 manuscripts,
| 300,000 maps and charts and 150,000
coins and medals. The collections and
[ - engravings exceed 1,300,000, contained
. Ln some 10,000 volumes.
NUMBER 30.
THE NEWS IN GENERAL.
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST
FROM ALL POINTS.
EASTERN AND middle states.
A SMALL boat sofitafni nff • five Swedes up.
set in Raritan Bay, opposite Perth Amboy,
N. X Three of the Swedes—a man and
two wonisa—were drowned.
A FIRB in NW York the other night de
stroyed the plant oi the Brush Electric Light
Cortryttny. causing a loss of about $130,000.
Twelve hundred lights went out, and part of
ths city was ifll darkness.
The body of the <even-year-old Freeman
boy, alleged to be one'of the victims poisoned
by Mrs. Robinson, of Mass., has
been exhumed and examined -by chemical ex
perts. Signs of poison were disyo v ® rec “
Mayor Grace,of New York, has removed
Rollin M. Squire from the position or Com
missioner of Public Works, subject to therap
proval of Governor Hill.
Developments in-the case of Gray, the
defaulting Treasurer of two Boston mill cor
porations, show that he squandered the
stolen money, together with his wife’s for
tune, on the support of a fleet of yachts.
Delaware Democrats at their State Con
vention in Wilmington nominated ex-Con
gressman B. T. Biggs, a wealthy farmer
and peach grower, for. Governor, and John
B. Pennington, a lawyer, for Congress.
The lifeless body of Gray, the defaulting
Boston Treasurer, was found on the 18th in
the woods at Milton, Mass. H 6 had driven
into the woods and then shot himself. Ex
amination of the books of the two corpora
tions discloses a deficit of about $600,000.
The Pennsylvania Democratic State Con
vention, held in Harrisburg, nominated
Chauncey E. Black for Governor on the
first ballot, he receiving 193 votes to 120 tor
Ex-Senator Wallace, twelve for
and one for Dechert The ticket was com> ;
plated by the nomination of Robert B. Rick
etts for Lieutenant-Governor, Maxwell Ste
venson for Congressman-at-Large, J. S.
Africa for Secretary of Internal Affairs, and
W. J. Brennan for Auditor-General. The
platform endorses Cleveland’s administra
tion; favors a just and fair revision of the
revenue laws, and expresses sympathy with
the cause of labor.
Part of a train went through a bridge
near Brattleboro, Vt, falling into the river
sixty feet below. Two railroad employes
were killed, a Jhird was probably fatally in
and five or six other persons were
y hurt.
Treasurer Samuel G. Snelling, of th©
Lowell Bleaehery, has been arrested in Boston
charged with a defalcation of $40,000.
The Grant Monument Association has re
ceived eleven models of design for the dead
General’s monument. The estimate of the
•culptors range from f50,00C to $90,000.
SOUTH AND WBST.
The Geddes aqd Bertrand mining mill, in
Secret Canon,' Nev., has been destroyed by
fire; low, $200,030.
Fifteen thousand people witnessed, at An
napolis, Md., the unveiling of the statue
erected in honor of Baron De Kalb, the Ger
man soldier who fought on the side of lib
erty during the Revolutionary War. Gov
ernor Lloyd and staff were present, and Sec
retary Bayard made a speech.
Three ranchmen were killed and two
-wounded in a desperate fight with Indians
in Arizona.
The whole country north of the Missouri
River in the vicinity of Fort Benton, Mon
tana, has been burned over by great prairie
fires. Immense damage has been inflicted.
Four persons were killed and one fatally
fajured by a storm at Newark. Dakota. Mrs., .
Culver was frightened to death the some’day
by a storm at Chicago.
StbikinG switchmen at Chicago have at
tempted to wrpek several passenger and
freight trains. A train of seven cars filled
with passengers narrowly escaped disaster.
General Arthur M. Manigault, a vet
ernof the Mexican war and an ex-Confeder
i ate officer, died a few days ago on South
Island, 3. C.
The Democrats of Ohio have nominated a
fuU State ticket headed by John Mcßride,
ana adopted a platform which “cordially
endorses the administration of President
Cleveland.”
State Conventions of the Michigan Dem
ocrats and the Greenbackers have been held
simultaneously at Grand Rapids, aud a fusion
effected,' the latter naming candidates for
Governor, Treo?urer, Commissioner of the
Land Office and Superintendent of Public In
struction, and the former naming the rest of
the ticket.
The Irish American Land League Conven
tion, the members es which are Parnell’s
•American allies in the effort to obtain home
rule for Ireland, opened at Chicago on the
18th with an immenro attendance. John
Davitt and Mrs. Parnell were present
The steamer St Paul, which has arrived
at Han Francisco from Ocnal&ska, Alaska,
brings news of {the seizure of three British
•choohers by the-United States revenue cut
ter Corwin for violation of the seal fishing
laws in Behring's Sea.
Pahnell’s peace policy was sustained at
the second day's meeting of the Irish-Ameri
can Land League Convention in Chicago.
This result was due to the efforts of Michael
Davitt and the other foreign delegates. Reso
lutions warmly endorsing Parnell’s policy
were adopted. John Fitzgerald, of Nebras
ka, was elected President, receiving 703
votes to 244 for Hugh McCaffrey, of Penn
sylvania. The latter was unanimously
elected Vice-President. The financial state
ment showed that in the past two years
$320,252.57 had been collected, of which only
' $5,000 were still in the hands of the Treas
urer.
Eliza Woods, a colored cook imprisoned
in tiie ieii at Jackson, Tenn., on the charge
at causing a white lady’s death by poison,
wsjb forcibly taken from confinement by a
mob and hanged. Arsenic had been found
to the dead woman’s stomach.
Nebraska Prohibitionists have nominated
H. W. Hardy for Governor.
Four persons were kilted in a tornado
which nearly destroyed the village of New
ark Dakota.
A VERY SAD STORY.
A Yoan< Lady Die* From Fright •»< Ex
haaattoa.
A singular and very sad story comes
from Morgan county, Tenn. Miss Louisa
Voss, daughter of one of the leading
families of the county, was teaching a
school near Kismet. Friday after
noon she received word that her mother
bad l>een taken dangerously ill. The
young lady would not wait to secure a
conveyance, and ran rapidly home. Just
as she" reached the doorstep at home she
fell dead from fright and exhaustion
and her mother lived but a short time,
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