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FAWNING TO NONE—CHARITY TO ALL.
VOLUME VIII.
DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY L 18SI-
NUMBER 52.
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.
I METHODIST—Docglasvii lk—First
third and fifth Sundays.
Sai.t Srnntos—Second Sunday and
I Saturday before.
Midway—Fourth Sunday and Satur
day before. \V. R. Foote, Pastor.
15APTIST-^-DorGLASVii.t.E—First and
• fourth Sundays. Hev. A. B. Vaughn,
pastor)
MASONIC.
Bquglasville Lodge No. 289 F. & A.
M. Meets on Saturday at 4 P. M. before
the first and third Sundays in each month.
J. C. Wright, W. M.J; J. L. Perkins,
Secretary, Winston, Ga.
COUNTY DIRECTORY.
Ordinary—H. -I Cooper.
Clerk-—S. N. Dorsctt.
Sheriff-Henry Ward.
Deputy Sheriff—G. M. Souter.
Tax Receiver—E. II. Camp.,
Tax Collector—W. A. Sayer.
Treasurer—Samuel Shannon. |
Surveyor—John M. Huey.
Coroner—F. M, Mitchell. J |
f, SLTF.RIOR cornT.
Meets on third Mondays in January
July and holds two weeks,
kludge—Hon Samson W. Harris.
Sol. Genl.—Hon. Harry M. Reid.
Clerk—-S. N. Dorsett.
Sheriff—llemy Ward.
COUNTY COURT.
Meets in quarterly session on fourth
Mondays in February, May, August and
November and holds until all the cases
on the docket are.called. In monthly
and
the fourth Mondays
session it meets on
in each month, j
Judge—Hon. R. A. Massey.
Sol. Genl.—Hon. W. T. Roberts.
Bailiff — D, W. Johns.
ordinary’s court.
Meets for ordinary purposes on first
Monday, and for county purposes on first
Tuesday in each month.
Judge—Hon.- H. T. Cooper,
JUSTICES’ COURTS.
780th Dist. G. M. meets first Thursday
in each- month. J. I. Feely, J. P., W.
H. Cash, N. p| D. W. Johns and W. K.
Hunt, L. C’s.
780th Dist. G. M, meets second Satur
day.,. :.A. R. Bomar, J. P., B.A. Arnold.
.■NjsPV'S, C. Yeager, L. C.
784,Dist. G. M. meets fourth Saturday 1
Franklin Carver, J P , C. B. Baggett,.
N. P., J. C. James and M. S. Gore, L.
C’s.
1259th Dist, G. M. meets third Satur-
dav. T. M. Hamilton, J, P., M. L.
Yates, :N. Pi, S. W? Diggers, L. C,, S.
J. Jourdan, h. C.
1260th Dist. G. M. meets third Satur
day. N. W. Camp, J. P., W. S. Hud
son, N. P., J. A. Hill., T.^SS
1271st Dist. G. M. meets first Satur
day. C. C. Clinton, J. P., Alberrv
Hembree, N. P., ——, L. 0. "
1272d Dist. GYM. meets fourth Fri
day. " George Ay.' Smith, J. P., C. J.
Robinson, N. P., , L. 0.
1273d Dist. G. M. meets third Friday.
Thomas White, J. P., A. J. Bowen, N.
P. W. J. Harbin, L. C.
THE NEW SOOTH.
NEWS NOTES GATHERED
FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS.
Prof a SBional Cards.
; ROBERT A. MASSEkT
ATTORNEY AT LAW
DOUGLASVIU.E. GA.
! (Office in front room, Dorsett’s Building.,;
VV ill practice anywhere except in the .Count}
Court of Douglass comity.
Wr.YJsiilES,
ATTORN BY AT LAW,
Will practice in all the coiirte, Slate aD
Federal. Office on Court House Sqtiaro,
DOUGLASVILLE, G A.
WM. T. ROBERTS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
Will practice in all the Courts. All Jega
Business will receive prompt attention. Office
in Court House.
C.D, CAMP,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
Will practice in all the courts. All business
entrusted to him will receive prompt attention.
B. G. GRIGGS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
Mill practice in all the courts, State and
Federal
JOHN i, EDGE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
Will practice in all the courts, and promptly
attend to an business entrusted to his oare.
J. $. JAiES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
Will practice in the courts of Douglass.
Oarnffoen, Carroll, Paulding, Cobb, Fulton anu
agftofiBing counties. Prompt attention given
J. H. McLAKTY,
attohnky at law.
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
Will practice in a 11 the courts, both S t ate and
Federal. Ooheetiohs a specialty.
JOHN V. EDGE.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
bq-uglasville, ga.**
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FLORIDA.
The Tampa Tribune, rising to the
growth of the town, ha* become a semi
weekly.
An immense black bear was recently
killed near Hick’s prairie, nbt over three
miles from Eustis., His captors hold a
magnificent skin to testify to their prow
ess.
There are now in the course of con
struction and in contemplation within the
city limits of Tampa, about seven or
eight brick blocks, costing from $6,000
to $40,000 each, making an aggregate of
Rbout $116,000.,
Oranges are still being forwarded north
from Palatka, and the returns are very
satisfactory to the growers and shippers:
A better average price has been received
for the fruit this season than for some
time past.
A meeting of the citizens of Mantee
county has been called to assemble Satur
day, February 5, at Pine Level, to advise
with their senator and representatives oh
the questions of dividing the county and
the lihe of the division.
The scales, gauges and all the custom
house implements have , arrived, and the
preparations are now complete to put the
immediate transportation act in force.
In other words, the customs dues on goods
imported into Tampa will be collected at
that place, instead of at Key West as
heretofore. -
Johnnie Williams, a white boy of Pen
sacola, while out huning last week, near
Magnolia Bluff, took deliberate aim at
what he thought to be a bird in the
bushes, and filled the face and neck of a'
negro with what is known as “mustard
seed.”- For a two-dollar note the darky
signed a contract agreeing to forego his
righjt to prosecute.
The grand jury of Orange county have
found a true bill for forgery and Uttering
a forged note against F. II. Black, the
senior member of the now defunct firm of
Black & Nanway. The decease of that
firm resulted in the sudden disappearance
of Mr. Black and the leaving behind of «
number of sorrowful friends, He ■ j.
arrested in Tampa a few days ago, taken
to Orlando and lodged in jail, where he
is now awaiting trial,
mississirsi".'
During the last six months the .JViekB-
burg Building Association 1 ; has made a
profit of $19, 331.17 on a capital of $90,-
000, or nearly 23 per cent per annum.
Joe Thomas, who killed Clias. Murphy,
editor of the Rolling Fork Review; and;
Mayor of that town, in 1871, and: who
was sentenced to the State penitentiary
for life, has been pardoned, by the gov
ernor.
Mr. J. E. Carter, living a few miles
east of Ripley, accidentally dropped a
pistol on Tuesday last, when it was dis
charged, the ball passing through the
back part of the head of his wife, inflict
ing a severe, if not fatal wonnd. The
lady was alive at last accounts, but her
final recovery is involved in doubt.
Captain W. II. Edrington, of the
steamer Phil. Armour, states that two
negro men were drowned near Ben Eagle,
Sunday night, while his boat was at that
place. The men were out in a dugout,
and their craft was turned over while a
short distance from the shore. Neither
of the men could swim, and both drowned
before help arrived.
Mr. L. C. Dulaney, of Boliver, coun
ty, was ambushed and shot from his
horse near Rosedale., His wounds from
goose shot, arc dangerous if not fatal.
Two negroes were arrested on suspicious
circumstances. There being much in
dignation aroused by the -crime, they
were: carried to Greenville to prevent
lynching.
The,second fire in three months on W-
W. Johnson’s place, near Red Bone, on
Wednesday evening destroyed his new
steam gin and thirteen bales of cotton.
The gin was a new ope and valued at
$2,500. It was built but a short time
ago to replace one was destroyed about
three months aSo, and was one on the
finest in the Red Bone neighborhood.
The dead .body of one George Harpei
was found on the Loughborough planta
tion, in the northern part of Washington
County, on the 11th Inst. Harper was
from Memphis and had been employed as
engineer at the Plantation Oil Mill, and
was discharged. His death was from a
fractured skull, probably with a car-pirn
He was probably killed for the small sum
of money he may have had.
Lem Smith, a well-known planter in
the Deer Creek neighborhood, last Thurs
day night was badly wounded by a shot
from ambush, but it is thought that he
is not dangerously, hurt. He statesdhat
he started from his home to ride on
horseback to Watsonia station, on the "l.i
N, O. and T. road in Sherkey county,
and was still traveling when night fell.
He was in a thinly settled district, when
two men suddenly.appenred on the road
side and began shooting at him.” Five
shots were fired before he drew his own
pistol anil bega* shooting back. His as
sailants drew off when he opened on them
and escaped. Mr. Smith was wounded
in the left side but managed to stay on
his horse until he reached a place where
he received assistance.
It is reported that a new oil mill is to
be started at Vicksburg as an adjunct of
which an improved paper mill will be
built. A new process of making paper
is to be used and a recent patent for mak
ing fine paper of cotton seed bulls will
be introduced. The lint from the cotton
seed has been utilized by paper makers
for some time, but the hulls have hereto?
fore been used only as fuel. The new oil
mill will have a paper mill connected with
it, and the material Used for paper mak
ing will come- from the oil mills, The
new use for the hulls will make the mills
an extraordinary good investment, and
the solid business (mengof Vicksburg are
much interested in the projected mills.
Several *f the most enterprising of these
have been ,.organizing a company, which:
is to begin operations with a capital of
fl,000,000,
KORTH CAROLINA,
Surveyors are at work on the Wilming
ton (Coast-Lingrailroad from that, city to
Wrightsville Sound, and it is stated au
thoritatively that within .thirty, days
grading will begin.
The Carolina Central railroad company
has under construction at its depot in
Wilmington a large building to be used
for the storage of fertilizers, 218 feet in
length, and 78 feet in width.
Peanuts have advanced in price, as the
result of a small “boom” that began: the
latter part of last week. The supply in
Wilmington and other markets is repre
sented, as light, and but Tittle stock is
coming in.
While H. A. Neill, of Davidson coun
ty,.was at work at his cotton gin last
Friday; his left hand came in contact
With the saws, and the hand and arm,
half way up the elbow, were horribly
mutilated, the flesh, being torn off and the
leaders t irn out-
A new find of magnetic iron ore is re
ported near Webster, in Jackson county.
It was found by a miner named Schrer-
ber, who has been exploring in that .sec
tion of the State, , The ore is said to
form a bed covering a large area, and is
claimed to be highly magnetic..
Two brothers in south Iredell were
sleeping, together last Saturday night,
when one of them “dreampt a dream.”
He was accused of crime and an officer
was after him. He resisted arrest and
dealt'the officer a stinging blow in the
face. The other brother caught the force :
of the blow and is going around now with
a black eye.
W. S. Sisk, of Union Grove township,
and family, left . a couple of weeks
ago for Kansas: and carried iu a gourd the
provisions which were to last them
throughout the journey. It was one” of
these old-fashioned Jacksonian democrat
ic gourds;: and a gentleman ’ who
saw them unpack it for supper as they
struck camp two miles north of town,
observed among other things: they took
out of it six cooked chickens;
At Egypt, in Chatham county, a Penn
sylvania company has purchased a large
area of coalfields, and 1 propose to begin
operations there in the near future: They'
propose to begin by supplying local de
mands.along the lines of road most con
venient to them, and:to gradually broaden
the business.. There are also parties con
tracting for the Ore Hill iron property
here, for tire purpose of erecting a fur
mice. The indications for that particu
lar district are brightening. When
work is once begun there in earnest, a,
large and permanent business will result -
GEORGIA.
There is talk of starting a bank in
Greenville with $25,000. capital.
The Presbyterians,of Griffin are about
to build a new church.to; cost,$3^000}
A widower in Oglethorpe county has
recently taken unto himself a thirteen-
• ear-old bride'. Y
Ordinary Giihsun, of Oglethorpe, sold 1
one hundred and. fifty-three marriage li-,
censes during 1»86,
T he county commissioners of Houston
have contracted to put new cells in the
jail at an expense of $4,000.
The town clerk of Fort Valley has pub
lished a notice for nti election in March,
to determine whether the Council shall
issue bonds to raise money to .build a new
school house,
A large land Trade was perfected last
Week, in Screven* county, by which Mr,
L. F. Pfeiffer becomes the owner of about
seven or eight thousand acres of the Gib-.
bon§ lands near the Haga Slaga landing,
on the Savannah river; This is the big
gest transaction of the kind that has oc
curred in the County in many years. If
was a cash trade.
The first damage suit for injuries re
ceived against the Rotne and Carrollton
railroad has been filed in the clerk’s of
fice, in Floyd county, Henry C. Boyd,
i section hand, is the plaintiff, and lie
sets forth that on account of a collision
of a lever: car and an engine on the road;
about the 15th of last December, he had
One of his arms fractured, and was other
wise injured. He claims damages to the
amount of $8,000.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
THE ENGLISH PRESS.
A TRAIN DEMOLISHED.
STILL WE AXE LOOMING.—NEW
XATT.no ADS IN TENNESSEE,
THE LONGSHOREEMNS’ STRIKE-
Land Sales In Anniston, Alabama,—A Ten
Story House for Birmingham.
Records of the Secretary of the State’s
office of Tennessee show that twelve rail
road charters have been granted within
five weeks, as follows: Tennessee Cen
tral, from Brydston, N. C», to Tennessee
points; Knoxville and Nashville; Ten
nessee, and;. North Carolina, from East
Tennessee to Murphy; North Carolina;
the Bristol and South Atlantic, from
Bristol eastwardly ; the Baltimore, Nash
ville and Memphis, from Bristol to Mem
phis; Chattanooga and Southwestern,
from Chattanooga to Columbus, Georgia ;
Cumberland Valley and Hnoka, from
Cumberland River to North Carolina
line; Memphis and NashviJIe,Trom Mem
phis to Nashville ; Cincinnati and “Bir
mingham, from Chattanooga to Birming
ham, Alabama; the Missouri, Tennessee,
and Georgia; Tennessee Midland, from
Memphis to Bristol, and the South Pitts
burg and Sequahatchie,. from the Ten
nessee line to South Pittsburg.
Charters have also been granted to four
large street railway corporations, two min
eral paint companies, four marble compa
nies, one oil company, (eleven large man
ufacturing corporations and six-land com
panies. Thirty , minor manufacturing
companies have applied for charters, but
have not received them yet.
AT ANNISTON ALA.
The auction sale Monday was sixty-tour
lots, ■ amounting to two hundred and
seventy-two thousand dollars,
Purchasers are from every state in the
union. There was some delay and de
ficiency in the way, owing to the; hurry
in getting ready. The sale was publicly
continued Tuesday, after which the sales
were private by the agent and Officers of
the company. A noted contractor and
corps of surveyors from Minnesota have
gone tq work on the Anniston and Cin
cinnati railroad. To realize the situation
and enthusiasm it is necessary to be
present. Knowing ones can count up
seven million dollars represented now for
investment in'real estate. . Ninety-five
cents has been refused for the company’s
stock. Very little on the market at any
price-
AT CHATTANOOGA.
The sale of 110 Jeet, corner of Market
and Seventh streets, was consummated
Monday, at eighty-four thousand dollars,
to Mississippi parties. They will at once
erect a one hundred thousand dollar
building'..,- ’ : -
A company has been formed and all
the stock subscribed for the organization
of a $800,000 national hank. The head
of the institution is E, E. Watkins,
president of the Mericliau National bnak,
and Charles ,A. Eyerty, president of the
First National bank of Meridian. All
the money is pledged and every 1 detail is
already arranged. Tho bank will be
ready for business as soon as the charter
can be procured.
AT BIRMINGHAM.
Josiah Morris, of Montgomery, is hav
ing plans drawn for one of the finest
Buildings in the south, which he will
erect in Birmingham at once. It will
contain ten stories and one hundred and
fifty offices, and will have all the modern
improvements.
The committee of citizens called by
the probate judge, examined the county
courthouse, and condemned it as unsafe.
A new courthouse costing $250,000 will
be built.
THE SAVANNAH FIRE-
Ocean Steamships Dikely to Be Delayed for
I Want of’Coal.
Mr. Hicks, of the Ocetlti Association of
Longshoremen and Knights,of Labor, re
ports. that not a pound of Coal ws*; put
aboard any ocean steamOrs inNew York,
Brooklyn : n l Jersey City Tuesday.
Eleven ; rain elevators have suspended
business, 'i wo >f them are on the Ham
burg an 1 Bremen piers in Brooklyn, and
six in Brooklyn at Prentice’s stores. The
elevator men refuse to load : grain into
ships that take Old Dominion freights.
The trans-Atlantic steamers cannot sail
on time if this continues to-morrow, and
the United States mail will be delayed.
The Wilson Line has advertised for a
large number of men, offering them high
wages, Louis B. Debean, of the French
line, notified a committee that called
upon him to-day that he had no freight
from the Old Dominion Line, and that
the 250 bales of cotton were from ocean
Steamers, and the longshoremen went to
work. No coal, however, was got aboard
La Bourgogne.
They Discuss the Action of the United Stntes
Senate—Wilf There be War f
The London Post, in an article on the
passage of the fisheries hill in the United,
States senate, says: :, 7 .
We are sure that Mr. Ingalls outepoken bit
terness against England does not represent. tbp
feeling of either the American senate or peo
ple- • On tfie other hand it would be foolish to
shut our eyes to theJmpo. tanceof the question
involved. * ■
, The Chronicle thinks the fact that Mr.
Ingall’s splenitic outburst 1 neither sur
prised nor shocked the more respectable
senators is a far more serious matter than
tfie dispute itself, and hopesytliat the
Washington authorities; wm toariy ’ dis
claim any community of feeling; with
Ingalls. The “Daily News” Kays:
Today’s telegrams' from New York, Montreal
and Otlawa are of a ; Very - rqassurfng character. ,
Nobody here regarded the;violent speeches of
Senators Ingalls, Hale ant Frye seriously.
Even dignified American senators are not above
playing to the gallery. It.is much to be hoped
timt no steps will be taken to .exa-perate the
quarrel, and that the gdod' sense of Canada
will insist upon a policy.of peace.
The Standard says:
President Cleveland will probably have tho
good sense, to veto the measure, orkgreC to it
merelyun form, as a prelude to amicable nego
tiations. We protest against the . idea oCM th'ei-
England or Canada being coerced into yielding’
a jot or tittle of their rights by such unp y
threats. We have none of the nlts|ie r motives
assigned by. Messrs. Ingalls, Frye and' Hale,
butAmericans, by demanding sueh .terms as
those indicated, ask morb - than jus dee. / The
dispute, however, ought not to he boyend the
power of diplomacy,
Explosion of Two Hundred Pounds of (Slant
Powder on a Missouri Pacific Train.
About two hundred cases of giant
powder exploded while in transit over
the Missouri Pacific road a half mile west
of Fort Scott Texas, at one o’clock Tues
day morning. It was being transported
in a magazine car. The train consisted
of 23 freight cars and 15 cf them were
completely demolished. The magazine
car was blown to atoms. The engine was
badly broken up, but not; blown off the
track. Scott Hooker, brakemau, was in
stantly killed. A great hole was blown
in the rq.ad bed and rails and ties ground
to powderifor several rods distant.: .En
gineer K; R- Dillon and Fierman S. Shu-
ford, although badly.' frightened and
stunned,’were not seriously hurt. Con
ductor Elliott and a rear brakgman who
were in the caboose were. injured. The
shock'from the explosion was siAply ter
rific. Ten thousand dollars’ worti of fine
plate glass and window glass wfctbroken
■ in buildings throughout the
western part of the city. Many thought]
it was an earthquake and left their, beds
and ran from their houses panic stricken.
It.is reported that several window glasses
were broken at Nevada, Mo., twenty-five
miles distant, and also at Rich Hill.
Houses were shaken all over this country.
innocent boys imprisoned.
Whipped Until .VVillinu to Say Anything-
They Confess to. a Crime.
Three years, ago, .nqxt May, Mahlon
McCullough and. William Puetz, two
boys connected with.some of the leading
families Of Bavview, wjere. sent, tq sjtate
prison for three years,! upon cpnviciion
of having shot and ’ robbed August
Grothe, a street 1 car ' driver. , Today
Father Decker, pastor of St. Anthony’s
v liurch, announces that the boys are in
nocent, and - .’ that-, the, guilty man has
made himself known to him through the
confessional.; He- refuses, however, to
divulge fhe name; of the latter; but has
asked Governor Rusk to pardon Puetz
and. McCullough.
The assault on Grothe-was made one
dark night in the suburbs of Milwaukee
in true highwayman style- , Grothe re
fused to surrender his change box and
was shot, it is supposed; fatally. At
sight of the bleeding body Mis. Grothe
became a raving maniac and is now con
fined in ah asylum. At the trial, a de
tective testified that the boys confessed
their part in the act and robbery. Puetz
and McCullough say that the confession
was forced from .them; that for ten days
■ they w,erc beaten, starved, hung up by
the thumbs and otherwise ill treated, and
thai'they confessisd to escape starvation.
Twenty witnesses testified to an alibi,
but they were convicted. McCullough
is said to be dying of consumption.
A DARING BURGLARY.
A Railroad Agent Compelled to Unlock Ills
Safe at XUchmo.nd Texas.
Between one and two o’clock Monday
morning,: three masked men entered the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe railroad de
pot, at Richmond, Texas, and under
cover of a pistol compelled a watchman,
named Gregory, to open the doors lead
ing to inner offices, They then attemp
ted to drill through the Safe in the sta
tion agent’s office.. After drilling for
soine time, thq men became impatient and
two Of them went to the residence of Sta
tion Agent Hagen and roused him out of
bed, telling him the freight house was on
fire. As the agent came out of the house
they seized him and forced him at the
muzzle of a revolver to accompany them
to the depot, where, under threats to
take his life if he refused. Hagen opened
the safe. The robbers then secured $!,-
400 in money. After rifling the safe they
ordered Hagen and Gregory to remain
quietly in the room at the peril. Of their
lives. When Agent Hagen finally looked
out the meh had fled. It is not known
whether they left on horseback or on
foot. There is no clue to their identity.
SMALL-POX IN NEW YORK.
GOVERNOR LEE BANdUETTED.
The Flames Destroy Three Brick Buildings.
About nine o’clock Monday nigh t a fire
was discovered in the rear of Ruwe’s
steam bakery and candy factory, On Bay
street, Savannah. The flames spread
rapidly, and in an hour; the inside] with
the whole stock, was completely burned
out,. The bakery comprises two four
story brick buildings, and wijji be a total
loss. The adjoining building of the
same block, occupied as a lager beer de
pot and sales rooms, by George Meyer,
caught, and was destroyed. Ruwe had
an insurance for $80,000 and $14,000 on
stock. Meyer has insurance on his stock
for $5,000, M. A. Cohen $3,000, O. G.
Filligant $1,000 and J. F Wheaton <&
Co. $1,000. It is thought the total loss
will approximate $50,000, about $10,000
of which is not covered by insurance.
The origin of the fire is unknown,
CHILDREN UNDER WATER.
Ten Minute* Under Water and are Reached
Alive at Bant. |
A sewer a quarter of a mile in length,
running under Niagara Falls Ont,,.forjns
part of the bed of Muddy Run creek,,
which, during thaws in winter, is swol
len into a rushing river of large volume,
which empties itself into Niagara rivet :
over the precipice near the whirl pool
rapids. This river was running fifteen
miles an hour Saturday evening, when
Bertha Farrel, aged four years, who was
seated in a hand sled, slid into it. ller
sister Blanche, aged ten, jumped in alter
her, and both were swept into the. river,
A rush was made for the other end of the
sewer, and men secured by ropes, jumped
into the water and waited for the chil
dren to appear. Bertha came first, nr,.14
the water, and Blanche followed on top.
When taken out both were apparently
lifeless, but after much difficulty both
• were resuscitated. The children were in
the water ten minutes, most of the txfne
submerged.
THE WHITE PLAINS TRAGEDY.
The Bodies of the Two Murderer* Identified
—They Were Two New York Boys.
The two dead bodies of the murderers
of George A. Mead, who committed sui
cide to avoid arrtSSt, have been identified
as Thomas and John Trestham, brothers,
aged 15 and 19. Th*y belong in New
York, where their father; and oldest
brother are respectable manufacturers of
wire goods. The third man who was in
company with fhe dead boys on the train
the’ night they were killed, and who re
mained on the train and went on past
White Plains, was another brother named
Henry. Tne eldest brother, James. I.
Trestham, who lias identified his brothers’
bodies, says they only left home Wednes
day, and were only absent one day before
losing their lives.
He Responds to a Toast to the “New South’ >
at St. Paul, Minn.
Over one hundred guests sat down to a
reception and banquet given by the Mag-
nolia and Opossum Clubs in honor of
General Fitz Hugh Lee, of Virginia, and
party, Tuesday night. Senator C. K.
Davis and! Governor McGill were among
the'guests. Judge Flandreau made the
welcoming address," recalling early recol
lections of ’possUmhunting amid the hills
of Fairfax county, and paying a warm
tribute to Virginia, the' “land of brave
men and fair women.”
Responding, to the toast “The New
Northwest,” E. V. Smalley thought that
all that remained 1 of the great struggle
was the memory of the courage and ideal
devotion to duty it called forth. His
toast to the descendant of “Light Horse
Harry” was drank standing with many
hearty cheers. „
General' Johnspn’ recalled some amusing
reminiscences of Gen. Lee’s early adven
tures in fighting Indians in Texas, and
’.galled upon General Lee; himself to .re
spond to the toast “The New South.”
General Lee declared meetings of this
j sort would do, a great deal of good. If
we had known each other'bettor before
the war,: that struggle might have been
averted. \
PROHIBITION IN IOWA.
A STEAMER HAS A MISHAP.
The Clyde line steamer Delaware, from
New York via Charleston, bound for For-
nandina, went on a north bfeaker;off St ..
Andrew’s sound, in a slight fog, at 6 a,
m, Sunday. The sea broke over her, and
when the tide rose she. pounded heavily
The captain sent a boat to Brunswick,
twenty miles distant, and obtained three
tugs. The ship got off with-the aid;of
the wind at 7 o’clock Monday morning,
just before the tugs arrived:. Her rudder
and main boom were lost. The tugs
hauled her out of the breakers, and got
her safe into Fernandina harbor.' There
was no panic among the passengers; and
the vessel does pot appear to be mq|griab
If injured,
Two Dos Moines Brewers Set the Law at
I Defiance*
Two brewers, Aultman and Mattes, of j
Des Moines, Iowa, recently asked . Judge;
Love, of the Federal court; to discharge:
on the habeas corpus proceedings under;
Judge Brewer’s decision that antecedent
brewery: property should be compensated
to the owners. . Judge Love notified At?
torney-General Baker of the proceedings,!
and at his request the hearing was post-)
poped till April." It is understood that
.the brewer’s attorneys have advised them
that, thqy are now wards of the Federal
Court, (and therefore exempt from the
Clark law. The began selling beer again
Saturday. It Was next to impossible to
get near the bar at either brewery. Seiz
ures were made hourly by constables, but
the amount carried awaywas only small.
The two brewers were arrested in the
afternoon, and gave bond for appearance.
They are.determined tp carry on the re
tail business over the bar again, and will
contest .the case vigorously.
FROM PITTSBURG, PA.
The coal operators along the Baltimore
and Ohio district have been compelled tp
close down a number of their works on
account of the scarcity of cars. They say
t hat it is almost impossible to get cars
front the West; and that' sidings at many
of the mills are full of . unloaded cars,
'lie scarcity of cars has been particularly
j.Oticeable within the last few days.
About 1,000 men are out of work by
these suspensions.
COTTON RAISING IN MEXICO*
SUNSET PlCTUlxnS
At eve, when the day Is dying
Adown in the clouded westv
I Climb to my lonely garret,
Athirst for its peace and rest.
I look from my western window
Away to the sunset sky,'
Ahd watch, wjth a vague heart-aching,
Its pageantry glow and die. >
From out of the deepening shadows^ i
And up through the rifts of gold, ;
Troop memory-haunting faces,
: And forms that wero dear of old.
And the dismal years sweep backward
Their burden of woe and pain,
Their heartaches and tears and parting*,
And leave me my past again.
Oh, memory, treasure-laden I
If only your gates would close ’
To open no more, forever, - • . 1
1 On our deep, heart-piercing woes— s
If only the glad and joyous -
Might break fjjonASpnr magic train,
HoywiiaaBy woimlnaii Vou gladly
. .Who shrink from you now in paint
One facef-Oh. the years of darkness
- That lie ’twixt its bloom and mei ’
Beams but of the falling shadows ,,
That darken the sunset sea. 1
And the dear, bright eyes, all smiling.
Are bright as the sunset’s gold!
Dear eyes! and the sweet hands beckon
Away to the Father’s fold.
Another face so sweet and gentle,
With a serious, boyish grace,
Shines out of the flaming splendor,
Ah, this is my lost love’s face;
But it greets me now, as never;
Save out of some sunset sheen;
For years of rebellious grieving’
Lie his and my face between.
I watch them with heartsick longing!—
These two—they were all my own!
And my life seems strangely blighted.
And joyless now they are gone. :
But over the sunset borfiers,
Adown by the jasper sea,
I shall some day find my children, '*;*? ■
Awaiting and watching for me. | 1
—Net li e Watts Me Ye y, in Oiirrent,
aev
Great Danger that the Disease May Become
Epidemic.
The health commissioners of New
York city held a special meeting Tues
day to discuss the danger Of small pox.
Doctor Janes, sanitary superintendent,
and his assistants and Doctor Taylov,
chief of the bureau of contagious dis
eases, each represented that with now a
dozen centres of Infection on hand
and much cold weather yet in store, more
help was necessary in Dr. Taylor's bu
reau to ward off danger.:
The board is short of funds, and it was
stated that before more could be demand
ed a formal declaration would have to be
made, in effec#that small pox was epi
demic in New York. The board thought
such a statement would cost the city $1,-
000,000 of trade, and it was resolved to
increase the vaccinating force by using
about seven hundred dollar* now on
hand from the sale of virus. Six addi
tional doctors were appointed at once.
OPENING THE COAL FIELDS.
Tl»* Ta*kaloo*a Ala., .People to Have An
other Road.
: The board of directors of the Tuska-
loosa Coal, Iron and Land company met
Tuesday, and agreed to take immediate
steps to build a standard gauge railroad
north into the company’s coal and iron
'fields. An engineer has been engaged to
make the survey, and the company’s
I agents are in the field to secure the right
■ of way. All other preliminary actions
have been taken, and the building of that
road is now an assured fact. 1 : Captain
Early Hardaway has been employed to
survey the five thousand acres of subur
ban land belonging to the company, and
to lay this body of land out in lots, and
to make it all that-an addition to Tuska-
loosa should be. A corps of engineers
have been selected, and both schemes
will be pushed to completion by the com
pany.
RAILROAD ri’REE PASSES.
The Texas legislature Passes a lew Pro
hibiting Tlieir Use by State Officials.
Saturday a bill passed the House
to engrossment, at Austin, Texas, mak
ing it unlawful for any judicial, .execu
tive, administrative or legislative officer
in this Stale or of any district or county
in this state, excepting sheriffs, consta
bles or other peace officers, to accept free
passes or tickets or any device, instru
ment, article of substance that may be
recognized or accepted in lieu ^thereof;
from any railway company, its agents or
employes, qr to use, cairy or display The
same upon any arilway in. the A
penalty is a fine not exceeding $1,000.
PITH AM) POINT.
Strange as it may seem, when mone
is close it is difficult to get very near i
—Boston Post. < i :
A fashion journarsays-'there is a knack;
in putting on gloves. Come to think of
it,, that’s so. You have to get your hands
in, as it were. — If dsfdn/fton. Post, mp
The nineteenth century is marching on
apace, yet no man has been able to dis
cover how a woman can put thirty yards
of cloth into a winter suit.— Calf. - -:
The rockets oil a chair never stick out
half so far behind at any other time as
when a man is prowling around in.tho
dark barefooted.—Danville Breeze.^., „
; It is very difficult for a lady to enter
or leave » par^Mre ffiji i ai *?h'
practice-and a carriage. The carriage is
the hardest part to acquire.—PuA/c,
Custoipcr (entering a notions shop and
point.ing?dut’an article)— “What is that
for?’’ Obliging clerk (continuing to
read a newspaper)—“That's for sale.”—
Lowell Citizen.
. Smith—“My wife wants a new dress
every day Jn the year. Jones— “She
must be awfully extravagant. Does she
get it?” Smith—“No; that isthc reason
she is compelled to wantjifr.”’—Bingham- .
ton Republican;
Father—“You are a bad boy. 7 John-
ny—“No, I ain’t.” “Yes you are,:and
if you give me any more impudence: I’ll ,
punish you severely. I’ll tell your sister
to play a tune on the piano for you.”
Johnny promised ■ to _ behave himself
henceforth.—Siftings. . ■_, .. 1 ;h ,w;
A fond father has a fair daughter at :
boarding school. An old teacher of the
girl met the lather and asked : “Is yoar
daughter making progress in her school •
work?”. “I should . judge .she is,” re-.
plied the fond father. “Why,, she has
one’’grammar that cost $11.”—Buffalo
Express. . ■]'
“Oconomowoc!” yelled the brakeman.
“O’Connor may walk, may he?”.-ex*,
claimed an Irishman at. the other end of
the car. “An’ faith, if yes jnane me,
me, you’ll; have a fbine time makin’
O’Connor walk when he’s paid foive
dollars tor this bit 0’ pasteboard.”-—rit.
Paul Herald. 1
The
AGAINST THE PINKERTONS. |
A bill unanimously passed the lower
house of the legislature of Michigan
Tuesday directed mainly, against: import-
ed detectives. It prohibits sheriffs from
appointing any deputy not a citizen and
elector of the qovwty wherein appointed,
A great deal of suffering is reported
among the Chinese in Mazatlan, Mexico,
arising out of differences between the la
borers and companies Which brought
them out.
The cotton crop in Mexico this year
will amount to about 300,000 quintals,
and as 100,000 quintals a month are re
quired to supply the nulls of the country,
a sufficient quantity to make up the de
ficit will have to be imported from the
United States.
A BACK OF TRANSPORTATION,
Coal operators along the Baltimore and
Ohio district have been compelled to
close down a number of their works on
account of the scarcity of cars. They
say that it is almost impossible to get
cars from the west, and that, sidings of
many of the mills are full of unloaded
Cars. A scarcity of cars has been partic
ularly noticeable within the last few
' days. About 1,000 men axe thrown ouj
of §mployiqent by tbfIf suspensions,
The pldest Newspaper. > • :
The oldest newspaper in the whole
wide world is the King-Pau^ or Capitab
Sheet, published in Pekin. . It first ap
peared A. D. Oil, but came out only at
irregular intervals. Since the year lOSl* -
however, it has been published weekly,
and of uniform size. Now it appi ars in;
three editions daily. The first, issued
early in the morning, and printed, on 1
yellow paper,-is*.called -'/■ - ■- ‘‘•t 1 >1) I'-i-
ness sheet), and contains trade prices and
all manner of commercial intelligence.!
The second edition, which comes out
during the fotonoon, also printed upoa
yellow paper, is devoted to o iicial an
nouncements and general news. The
third edition appears: late in the after
noon, is printed on red paper, And bears
the name of 'tttativBPau;^country sheet).
It consists of extracts. from the earlier
editions, and is largely subscribed for in
the provinces. The number; of copies
printed doily varies between 13,000 and
14 , 00 °. _ J -A
Invention of the Lock.
This is not a modern device. Among
the ruins of the great temple of Kunak
its general principles have; been discov
ered. From this we gather that it is
at least forty centuries old- The lock
smiths of China, we are told, had, cen
turies before the birth of Christ,: per
fected a lock out of which a sharp bam
boo thorn would dart and strike the
hand of any one wrongfully’- tampering
with it. The end of this bamboo thorn
was steeped in a poisonous decoction,
and should the luckless thief , escape
death he would be mainaed for life. But
this story ts hardly entitled. to full be- J
lief, for the reason, as tho Chinese tiiem-d
selves claim that gunpowder wa; mauu-..
factored by ihem at that time, a Celestial
safe blower could easily render tiie thorn
harmless by the aid of a few grains of
powder.
Boston’s gross City debt has increased
nearly $1,009 000 in the past two years.
The total-liability is morethat o i ih,®0|
‘OOH, anri it keeps grpwiagi stea4il.y<.