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Box} 130, Huntsville. Ala.
SATURDAY August 13th 1887.
Ex-Secretary LiNcoLNis gr wing iu
popular favor as a Presidential can
didate.
Public Administrator W. J. F. Stap«
ler, of Lauderdale County, is reported to
have “skipped” with $2,500 of funds that
had come into his hands.
Men who know all about running
newspapers are lucky, as they don’t seem
to know how to run anything else suc
cessfully.—Puck.
Texas casts Its iiruuI Democratic
Majority in favor of its dram.—Tex
as Democrats are “agin” temper
ance.
— ■ — ■
In reviewing the drouth situation, the
Ciiicago Journal says the outlook for the
agriculturists of Illinois, < Indiana, Iowa
and southern portions of Michigan and
Wisconsin is gloomy in the extreme.
A heavy storm prevailed throughout
Wisconsin Tuesday night, doing a great
deal of damage iu the middle portion of
t le State, and putting out forest fires in
the Northern portion. Some lives weie
lost.
From the vigorous kick of the Re
publican elephant in Kentucky the
world is notified that august animal
is neither dead nor sleepiug, and pro
poses to move on to the fiont in
1888.
John Clay, the only remaining son of
Henry Clay, died Wednesday of heart
disease, at his home near Lexington in
his 67th year. He leaves no children.
Twenty years ago he became a Catholic.
Thus far only two colored railroad
employes have been dismissed from
the service for color blindness, while
twenty or more whites have failed
in the examination-.
—
While it go3s hard with old rail*
readers to lose their positions after
years of service for ca’.or blindness,
still the safety of passengers is more
t) be desired than a few paltry dol
lars in the pocketsjof a few employes,
be they ever so faithful.
Mr. Loverless, an energetic busi
ness man of Motegomery, Ala., has
supplied a long felt want at the Cap
ital by opening a first-class colored
Hotel, knovtn as the Loveless House.
The travelling public should see that
the enterprise is abon lantiy sop*
ported.
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Webster’s Unabridged Illustrated.
—Viewed as a whole, we are confi
dent that no other living language
has a dictionary which so fully and
faithfully sets forth its present condi
tion ss this last edition of Webster
does that of our written and spoken
English tongue.—Harpers Magazine.
Federal aid to education is a ques
tion that is provoking discussion with
all the education conventions through
out the country. Let the work go on—
the way to keep a question alive is to
discuss it. This question will be before
the next Congress and will continue
there until it is settled according to the
wishes of the people—Oadsden Times
and News.
Heaven and Huntavllle
Anniston Hot Blast.
An Alabama man is credited with say
ing that when he died was on the road
to neaven, he desired at least three days'
furlough to spend in Huntsville.
Come To Stay.
Logans port Chronicle.
The June-bug disappers in-June,
The lightning bug in May;
The bed-bug takes his bonnet off,
And says, “I’ve come to stay."
Vlnoent On the Stand
On the opening of the court in Mont
gomery, August 9, the State examined
their witnesses, realative to indictment
5253, as to the twenty thousand dollar
draft handed by Vincent into Fred Wol
ffe’s bank, and endorsed by him as State
Treasurer. Nearly all the witnesses tes
tified pretty uniformly, to-wit: Vin
cent got the draft from the Merchants
and Planters National Bank of Mont
gomery to the order of Isaac H. Vincent,
State Treasurer, and handed it into
Wolffe’s bank, endorsing said draft as
State Treasurer, {and Wolffe’s bank sent
the same for collection to New York.
The draft was given for margins due
Wolffe on cotton futures which Wolffe
transacted for Vincent in New York.
When the State rested, counsel for
the defense placed Vincent on the stand
to testify in his own behalf. His state
ment as to his transactions with Wolffe
and others was pretty well sifted. Vin
cent's memory seems to have left him
on many vital and important questions,
but was more explicit when he gave an
account of his whereabouts since bis
flight. He was under the impression
that Fred Wolffe was fiscal agent of the
State, when he gave a draft of $20,000,
which statement, however, was prev
iously denied by the State witnesses, Gil
mer and Levine, former employes of
Wolffe.
Vincent’s testimony took up all the
evening. Vincent exhibited much ner
vousness during the examination, and it
is freely expressed that the testimony in
his behalf did him more harm than
good.
The defense closed. The State will
offer some testimony in rebuttal to-moi
row.
Vincent’s testimony.
At 4 o’clock Vincent took the stand to
testify in his own behalf, he was exam
ined by Col. J. M. Falkner, of counsel
for the defense; he stated substantially as
follows:
As to the specific bill of exchange for
$20,000 on which this case is based he
said he did not reccollect much about
the circumstances of paying it out to
Fred Wolfle’s igents, but that it was his
custom to keep deposits with all the
bankers in Montgomery except,perhaps,
Farley, Spear & Co. He did not remem
ber ever to have had any transactions
with that bank when he received certi
ficates of deposits or checks on the city
banks. He usually let the money re
main in the bank until it was needed
for State uses. In this way he saved the
State several hundred dollars a year,
which had been formerly paid out for
exchange to transmit funds to New York
in payment of the semi-annual interest
on bondB.
He said he deposited this certificate of
$20,000 with Wolfie in the same way as
he did with other banks, and as he had
frequently done before with Wolffe’s
bank. He positively denied that it was
paid to Wolfle’s agents, as he credited it
on his cotton margin account, and if it
was so used it was without his knowl
edge or consent.
He testified that he deposited money
in this way with Wolffe during the lat«
ter part of 1880 and that he got $110,000
worth of exchange from Wolffe, which
was used in paying the interest falling
due in January, 1881. To the best of
his recollection the exchange was on the
National Park Bank, New York. The
State’s fiscal agent in New York was the
Importers’ and Traders’ National Bank.
He further stated that afterwards, dur
ing the years 1881,1882, he had deposis
ted at different times sums amounting to
about $160,000 with the Wolffe house in
Montgomery. None of this money, he
said, was deposited to his private account
for cotton margin UBe. He swore posin
tively that the only money he had ever
deposited with Wolffe for this purpose
was $1,000 of his own private funds, a
bout February 16th, 1880, and that after
that time Wolffe never called on him for
any margins in cotton speculation. He
testified that when he came to Montgom
ery as private secretary to Gov. Hous
ton he was worth about $6,500 himself,
and his wife had about $2,000.
While he was private secretary he was
very successful in making money deal
ing in State Horseshoe money and State
bonds. He swore that when he entered
the office of treasurer he was worth in
money about $30,000, that witness had
deposited various sums of money with
Fred Wolffe’s house here, amounting
altogether to probably $270,000, and that
during the whole period of two years or
more, while these deposits were made,
witness did not use a bank pass book or
a statement from Wolffe, of the amonn.f
He kept a private memorandum of them
himself, which he thought he had put
away among his private papers at the
Capitol, but which had been destroyed
or lost, he did not know bow. He per
sisted in the statement that these mon
ies were not placed to his private credit
with Wolffe, but for the purpose of use
for the State in New York.
When pressed on the question wheth
er or not be pursued a similar loose
comae with any other banks in the city,
be could not specify instances with any
other bank on any amount. He testified
that whenever the Wolffe banking house
telephoned him at the capital that they
wantend $2000 or $10,000 or any sum of
money, he brought it down to them eith
er in currency or New York exchange
as they wished. He had never had a
complete statement of the transactions'
in cotton through Wolffe. He knew how
each deal went, but never knew at any
any time the amount of losses or gains.
He knew he had lost over $100,000 in '
cotton speculation, but when pressed on
the question whether it was not over j
$100,000, he said he thought not. He.
said he had never taken the trouble to'
count it op; that he did not want to!
know it.
Many questions were addressi d by
Col. Tompkins for the purpose of fin
ding out how long it was before the wit
ness lost the $30,000 which he said be
had when he became treasurer. On this
his memory became very defective. He
could not recollect the dates and amounts
of his various losses, nor could his mem
ory be refreshed by questions suggested
by documents in the hands of the State.
Some questions were put to him about
the property he owned in Montgomery
and about the furnishing of his resic
dence on Court street, but they devel
oped nothing startling. He was quesj;
tioned mainly as to the circumstnaces of \
leaving in 1S83. He admitted he knew j
his money was short, that he had been
reminded of it by his clerk, Mr. Craw
ford, and had been informed that the
legislative committee was going to exam
ine his office the next day after; he left
he said he told his clerk he would get uj.d
bis money from Varcon’s banks where it
was deposited, and have ,it there. He
got it from other banks in the city ex"
cept Wolfle. He had been, looking for
Mr. Wolffe here for some days. He
went to Wolffe’s office in the afternoon
and found that Wolffe wasn’t there, and
his clerk did not know when he would
come. He concluded he would go to
Newr York and see Mr Wolfle in
person. He did not think the legislature
committee would get through with the
examination of the office in less than a
week, and he would be able to get back
before they counted his money.
He detailed the beginng of his trip and
his getting to Cincinnati and there send*
ing the accounts in papers of his being a
fugitive from justice and of a reward of
fered for him. He then said it was not
worth the while to go to New York and
went to St. Louis. From St. Louis he
went down the Mississippi River stop
ping at different places. Finally, how
ever, he went to New York and sailed for
Kingston, Jamaica. There he stayed
aitouttwo years, when he wentto Mexi
co and then finally drifted into Texap,
where he was captured last spring.
TRIANA.
Fiiirt.Crops Close of
School.
Under the reviving influence of
splendid crops and tbe “boom’' the
people are in high spirits. In West
Hadis >n the crops are better at this
seasou than for ten years past.
Onr public school taught by Mr.
W. G. Allen closed its ten months
sessiou last Thursday with a cred
itable examination and closing ex
ercises. Iu Spelliug, Reading, Arith
metic, History, Grammar, andGeog
rapLy, the branches taught, the
pnpils dispUyed.in their examination
a remarkable aptness and efficiancy,
acquitting themselves iu a manner
alike an honor to themselves and
teacher. The visiting patrons went
home well satisfied with the pi ogress
made by their children. Tbe pupils
and patrons generally are sorry to
h-.ve Mr. Allen leave up, but glad to
know tbat the vacation is to he short,
and that he will be back again about
the middl? of October and reopen
school.
Success to the great and good
Gazette.
M. F. Ragland.
NEWS AND SENTIMENT,
From Colored Exchange-.
Birmingham has a Kindergarden.
Nusbvi le has a co-operative col
ored store.
A banquet is proposed for Fred
Douglass on his return from Europe.
Hon. Jos, H. Rainey, the first col
ored Congressman, died latt week at
Georgetown, S. C..
A man died in Gt eenboro last wet k
who hud 168 fits an hour before he
ditd Forpe-ed to have been caused
from eating poist nad watermelon.—
Selma Independent.
Can Benjamin be dead? A1 w! he
Wis a fellow of infinite versatility and
good parts. Hu will be miss'd al!
along the line if the rnrnor proves
tru . — Augusta Ga. Sentinel.
The year 1887 will bea memorable one
to speculators. The great wheat deal at
Chicago, the coffee deal at New York
and the late wheat speculation on the
Pacific Coast, brought financial ruin to
every speculator and hanking house en<
gaged iu “doetoriug the returns” and en
gineering the different deals. Yes, 1887
thus far, has dealt kindly with the peo
ple, but has devoured speculators.
A TERRIBLE DISASTER. !
_
AN EXCURSION TRAIN PLUNGE8
THROUGH A BRIDGE.
Two Hundred People Killed and Many
Others Injured—The Wreck Take# Fire
and a Horrible Holocaust Occurs—A
List of the Dead as Far aa Learned.
Peoria, Ills., Aug. 12.—For some days
past the Toledo, Peoria & Western railroad
has advertised an excursion train to run to
Niagara Falls and back at reduced rates.
The great heat here and the industry with
which the excursion was advertised brought
it to the notice of everybody and a large
number of citizens from this and surround
ing towns availed themselves of it When
the train pulled out last night there were
twelve coaches filled.
Superintendent E. N. Armstrong accom
panied the party in his private coach, aud
this was coupled on next to the baggage car.
Accompanying him were Mrs. H. D. Gould
aud daughter Nellie, Mrs. Parker and sev
eral others, wives aud relatives of officials
of the road. A large crowd assembled to
see them off, aud as they pulled out of the
station it was noticed that the train was a
double-header, that is, that there was an en
gine behind assisting the one in front by
pushing. Nothing more was heard from the
train until this morning at A o’clock, when
a dispatch was received that it had gone
through a bridge at Chatsworth, and that
one hundred people were killed and as many
were badly injured. The union depot was
thronged at an early hour this morning with
friends and relatives of those who were on
the train. The excitement was intense.
It was reported that Will. O. Clark, of
the Peoria house, and his wife were among
the killed, and that Mrs. H. D. Gould and
daughter had been taken out of the wreck
dead, that Armstrong was instantly killed,
aud that the wreck had taken fire and
burned up dozens of people who were other
wise uninjured. Amidst the confusion and
excitement better news came in slowly. It
was learned that Armstrong was safe, to
gether with every one in his car excepting
Mrs. Parker, who had her ankle injured.
Neither Mrs. Gould nor daughter are injured
at all, and many who were reported dead
are uninjured.
The trouble seems to be that the bridge
over the Vermillion river was set on fire by
the flames that have been raging, lately and
that the stringers were so weakened that
they let the bridge down in the bed of the
stream with all the cars.
An old Toledo, Peoria & Western con
ductor named George W. Scott who left
here at 2 o’clock this morning has just tele
graphed that over l'RJ are killed, but that
no one in the sleepers are injured. This is
regarded as authentic. No names oau be
obtained. Engineer Clintock was killed.
The wreck is about three miles from the sta
turn.
A train of twelve coaches of wounded
reached Peoria at 2 o’clock. Over one hun
dred are still at Chats worth in the town
hall, school house and on the platform. All
but live sleepers went through the bridge.
The Illinois Central railroad officials in'
this city say the train was drawn by two
engines, and as they are informed consisted
of fifteen sleepers. It went through the
bridge, two mile* west of Piper City, and
about half way between Chatsworth and
Oilman. The second engine broke through
and went down, taking the cars with it.
The Wagner sleeping cor office, at the
Lake Shore depot, has information that four
of iU cars were burned up, but they do not
know how many passengers were killed or
injured, but the number is undoubtedly
large.
The bridge through which the cars went
was a small one. It had been partially
burned which had weakened it Ten coaches
had either gone through to the bed of the
stream, or were piled up in promiscuous
heaps crosswise and lengthwise on the
track. So far seventy bodies have been re
covered and none have been taken from the
cars underneath, and not even a sound can
be heard from them. It is feared that all in
those cars are dead. The number of killed
will reach 200. The wounded, as far as can
he ascertained, will number 150.
Among the dead are the following: Annie
Zimmerman, of Peoria; a baby of Joe Neal,
of Peoria; Edward McClintock, engineer of
Engine 15, roasted alive.
Among the injured are: J. E. Dechman,
of Peoria, slightly; Miss Pearl Adams, of
Feorgia; Mra Kit tie Welsh, of Peoria, ribs
broken ; Robert Zimmerman, of Peoria,
badly hurt; Miss May McVoy, of Peoria,
badly hurt; Mra Joseph Neal, of Peoria,
leg broken; E- A. Parker, of Peoria, seri
ously hurt; Wallace Robinson, of Peoria,
badly injured; Mra I. W. Grant, of Peoria,
daagsroualy; Mra P. Cress, of Washington,
111; Mra. May Lass; Arthur McCarthy;
Jama* Blair; Joe Hatton, baggage master,
Of Peoria; Jesse Meeke, of Eureka; Mra
Bucket, of Forest.
Among the Peoria excursionists on board
were the following: Miss Mary Morris,
William Ulrich, Mr. and Mra M. W. Regan,
Mra P. F. Valentine., Joe Neal, wife and
baby, Edward E. Putney and wife, Mrs.
Phema Frahm, Miss Lizzie Jonee, Mra W.
M. Allen, Mrs. James Deal, Mra William
Ball, J. E. Dechman, Adam Schemberger,
Mias Jennie O’Shaugbneesy, Mias Adam
Webster, Charles Webster, Edward Comp
ton and wife, Miss Mary McEvey, Mra
John Murphy, Mr. C. S. Dotty, Mra Garret
son, Lewis El Rottermsn, G. A. Smith, A.
N. Morton and wife, Robert Kennedy.
Destructive Forest Fires.
Fort Wayn*, Ind., Aug. 12.—The foreets
adjoining the city are all on fire, and
farmers are busy fighting fire and taking
care of their property. The Wabash road,
which runs through Little River prairie, are
experiencing great trouble getting their
trains over the road between here and Roa
noke station, ten miles west. All of their
passenger trains have been delayed from
two to four hours getting over the prairie,
and the grass up to the ties is on fire. The
fire department has gone to the west end of
the city to control grass fires that endan
gered the bridge across the St. Mary’s river
on Main street.
Antidote Worse Than the Poison.
Dbtroit, Aug. 12.—A crowd of 500 was
at Center park last night watching the
efforts of two doctors and several policemen
to save the life of Charles Tegler, twenty
four, who bad taken morphine with suicidal
intent. Tegler was stripped nearly naked
and while being walked about waa whipped
with wet towels and a barrel stave. The
people watched the proceedings as if it were
a show and volunteered to do the licking.
Tegler will have ihe satisfaction of knowing
that the crowd saved bis life, even if they
did it for their own amusement.
Ihe lloodlers Sentenced.
Chicago, Aug. 12. — Ex-Commissioner
Lynn entered a plea of guilty to conspiracy
In Judge Jamieson’s court this morning and
was sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000. The
prisoner received his sentence calmly and
appeared to be perfectly satisfied. Ex-Chair
man Klehm was the next on the list, and ha
was sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000, Mr. -
Grinnell recommending him to the leniency
of the oourt. An immenee crowd wac ppm
ant in crngi
THE BIGGEST DEAL YET.
Th* CoaMlidated L. * S. Shop* Secur
rd-Bnlldlnt to Beitiii at One*.
Special to the Mercury.
Decatur, Ala , Aug. 10.—The Board
of Directors of the Decatur Land Com
pany formally ratified, last night, the
contract with the L. & N. R. R Co , for
the location of their consolidated car
shops at this place. This is deciuedly |
the most important of all the great eL* '
terprises Decatur has secured. The en* |
gineer-in-chief for the L. & N. Road, Mr
Mumford, has already selected the loca*
tionfor the works and will commence
the erection of the buildings at once.
The contract calls for the erection of iron
and brick buildings exclusively. The
worxs and necessary trat^cs will cover <r7
acres of land.
A Georgia woman was struck dumb 1 y
lightning. It doesn’t; seem possible that
one whack could do it, and yet they say
that lightning never strikes twice in the
same place.
We are informed by the poets '.hat ‘’it
is love that makes the world go round.”
The Merchant Traveler says that it is a
somewhat notable fact that a very limit
ed quantity of poor whiskey will have
the same effect. j
W. W. MEADOWS,
Practical Vatclimaker& Jeweler
Gold & Silver Plating
REPAIRING Neatly DONE.
301 W. 9th St. Chattanooga
Dr. A. B. Shelby, j
2 Doors South of Post Office on j
Franklin St. I
Office hours from 9 to 11 a, M.and
from 3 to 6 p. m.
Messages left at Aliison, Adams &
Echols, Drug Store will receive at
tention.
Calls in town and country will be
promptly attended. Residence at
office.
BEAST!
Mexican
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LiniiMn
CURES
Sciatica,
Lumbago,
Rheumatism,
Borns,
Scalds,
Sting*,
Bites,
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Coras,
Scratches,
Sprains,
Strains,
Stitches,
Stiff Joints,
Backache,
Galls,
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Spavin
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THIS GOOD OLD STAND-BY
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The Houeewlfe needs Itfor general family u*
The Cannier needs It for his teams and bis men.
The Mechanic needs It always on fats wot
bench.
The Miner needs It In case of emergency.
The Pioneer needs It—can’t g«t along without It
The Parmer needs it In his house, his stalk,
end his stock yard.
The Steamboat man or the Boatman nai
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The Horse-fancier needs Vt-tt is tj, ^
friend and safest reliance.
The Stock-grower needs It—It vU nulla
thousands of dollars and a world of traut
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ALLISON, ADAMS S ECHOLS,
Druggist and Pharmacists,
-DEALER IN
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Pure Wines and Whiskies for Medical Purposes.1
S. East Cor. Square Opposite the Post Office.
Precriptions carfully compounded at all
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You Will Find Every Thing Yon War
JEWELRY,
Silverware,
Spectacles.
WATCHES,
CLOCKS,
Best of
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CALL AND SEE FOR YOURSELF.
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VERY RESPECTFULLY.
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At and Below Cost
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OF
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