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HUNTSVILLE GAZETTE.
BY HUNTSVILLE GAZETTE COMPANY._“With Charity For All; and Malice Towards None. ” SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 Per Annum.
VOLUME X. _HUNTSVILLE. ALA., SATURDAY. JUNE 29, 1889. NUMBER 32.
" ]., T little hope is entertained of the
.,,Vl l.v of the wife of ex-President
j,., t„i v.ho was recently stricken with
apoplexy and paralyzed.
Ji -i ri« t cuts up some queer capers
-tonally- dames Riley has just
-...iced in Ne\v York City to
v,,.irs in lho pemtentiarv for
stealing' ten cents.
•jin l'nited States steamer Nipsic,
ti .-on!v survivor of our fleet in Sa
waters during the terrible hur
,,nC at Apia, is en route to San
I'ruK'isro under convoy of the Alert.
i']i; Georgia watermelon is in the
, more plentiful than ever. Thus
south labor in behalf of the
,.-s of the freedmen and the en
J.jeimi' lit of the growing crop of doc
tors- ^
Ir is understood that the prelimi
n:v and unofficial correspondence,
started some time ago, will shortly re
mit in a reopening of negotiations for
tiir settlement of tho fishery question
with Canada.
Captain Ml ukkll of the steamship
Missouri has received through the
Danish Consul at Baltimore the in
m_ uia of the Danish Order of Daune
bro;. accompanied by the most gra
,-in is thanks of llis Majesty the King
of Denmark.
l'\ iti:i> States Commissioner Phelps
:i- arrived from Germany with the
- noon agreement, which will become
i• ■ .'rative on receiving the sanction of
the United States Senate. Mr. Phelps
-ays it will he a great surprise to
Americans when published.
A trial of the Maxim automatic guns
was made at the naval proving ground
at Annapolis, Aid., recently. One of
the guns Hied 750 shots in a minute
and tho other 350. The Maxim gun is
used in Germany, Russia and France,
and is claimed to be superior to tho
Gatling gun in rapid firing.
Tiie St. Louis police authorities seem
determined that the gambling frater
nity shall not run the town. A night
or two ago they rounded up tho tin
horses and look forty of the outfits
and forty-nine of their attendants into
ihe corral, the latter being charged
w ith felony under the Johnson law.
William J. Hilton, a wealthy and
miserly old. merchant of Franklin, Ky.,
in order to vent his spite on his wife
and other relatives, with whom he is
at variance, and while standing almost
on t lie brink of the gra ve, caused a keg
to be burned, a few days since, which
contained *;>< 1,000 in greenbacks and
four per cent, bonds.
An effort to secure tbe pardon of E.
I Harper, the Cincinnati bank wreck
lias brought to the surface the fact
th'J he is running an extensive iron
mill in his wife’s name while nominally
state convict, the operations of the
concern being directed by him from
hi< retreat in Columbus by wire, and
" suiting in a splendidly-paying busi
(hiVEiiNou Bilki.lv of Connecticut
">s signed the new secret ballot bill.
F provides for a secret ballot and pro
hibits any ticket peddlers from ap
proaching within one hundred feet of
polls. It also provides that the
:''ate shall furnish the paper on which
the ballots are printed, but the print
. and distribution is left to the po
litical organizations.
A St. Loi is real-estate man has just
’ • ■n made the victim of the “badger”
Cm-. . and instead of quietly submit
ting \i;i- had the woman and the “in
- .lured liushand” in the case arrested.
I' ‘in' lirst known incident of the
in that city for a long time, and
1 light of precedents in such cases
d its stand an oxcelent chance
' doing service for the State.
1 until-: thousand people are reported
u the verge of starvation at Braid
'• 111. They aro the striking miners
1 their families. Were it not for the
getables they have succeeded in
' ■'>? in their gardens gaunt famine
":,i have done its work ere this.
:0 "'ages of the miners have been cut
Percent, since 1S80, and another
f ten cents per ton was the cause
1 tuo present strike.
A insiwivu Was sent out a few even
Ancp to the effect that McDow,
murderer of Captain Dawson at
" ston, s. had been elected
m of the Lafayette Artillery, of
‘"ily. and much comment was oc
1 thereby. Later advices from
" ' >n indicate that there was not
oi .i of truth in the report, and that
' nit out by some one in the in
'■of McDow, whose trial for the
' is now in progress.
:- i'Aiiv Thai v has ordered that
'lags now in service as ensigns
1 ui-jacks on hoard the ships ol
■ vy and at the navy yards be
m on July 4, nnd new ones hav
■"I'ty-two stars on the blue union
to replace thorn.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL,
Ox tho 21st Cardinal Gibbous ordained
six priests, nine deacons and eighteen
sub-deacons at the Baltimore (Md.)
Cathedral. Twenty-six others received
the lower orders and seventeen took the
initiatory step toward the priesthood.
Ox the ‘20th a state dinner, followed by
a reception, was given at the Elysee
Palace, Paris. Among those present
were United States Minister Reid and the
visiting American engineers.
It is said that the King of Holland has
had a serious relapse of the malady
which last year caused a temporary
resignation of the reins of government.
Michael Davitt will testify before the
rarnell Commission, July‘2, audit is ex
pected that he will be tho last witness
summoned for the defense. His evidence
is regarded as of much importance, and
is looked forward to with considerable in
terest.
Dr. Carl Botticher, director of the
Royal Museums of Berlin, died on the
22d.
Ox the 22d Mrs. Margaret Quinn, aged
one hundred and one years, died at her
residence in New York City. She was
born in Ireland.
The Connecticut Legislature adjourned
sine die on the 22d.
Ox the 23d President and Mrs. Harri
son, Dr. Scott and Postmaster-G eneral
Wanamaker attended the Beadle Presby
terian Church at Cape May, N. J. In the
afternoon the President and wife diued
with General Sewell, and Mr. IVana
maker visited the Presbyterian and
Methodist Sunday-schools.
Up to the 22d Kidder, Peabody & Co.,
of Boston, had received subscriptions to
the Johnstown fund aggregating $145,
000.
The French war-ship Dnqnesne, flag
sliip of the Pacific fleet, arrived at San
.Francisco, on the 23d, from Panama, hav
ing on board Rear Admiral Lefevre.
It is said that Lord Charles Beresford,
Conservative mem her for Marylebone,
will resign his seat in the British Parlia
ment to accept command of an iron-clad.
Princess Augusta, sister of the Queen
of Denmark, was reported dying on the
24tli.
On the 24th the President signed the
warrant for the extradition of Martin
Burke, the Winnipeg suspect.
Enoch Townsend, of Saco, Me., on the
23d rode from Boston to Portland, Me.,
on a bicycle in a single day. He started
seven miles west of Boston at 5 a. in., and
arrived in Portland at 3 p. m. in good con
dition. The distance traversed was about
112 miles.
O.v the 24th Gabriel Renville, chief of
the Sisseton and Wahopotou Indians, had
an interview with Acting Indian Commis
sioner Belt, and urged a settlement of
back annuities duo the tribe siuce 1862,
amounting to about $350,000. Ho also
urged that the Government purchase their
surplus lands, 900,000 acres. Mr. Belt
favors a commission to ascertain their
value.
Edward Burgess writes to the New
York papers that the yacht Volunteer is
all right, and will not ha sold to any one
who will not race her if called on.
Bishop James V. Cleary, of Kingston,
Out., has beon nominated as (he sueces
or of the late Rt. Rev. Pierce Power,
Bishop of Waterford and Lansmore, Ire
land.
The Peace Cougress opened in Paris on
the 23d. Mrs. Love and Mrs. Belva Lock
ood were elected honorary members.
On the 24tli George W. Bradley, the
leading third-party politician of the Now
bnrg (N. Y.) district, died suddenly, aged
sixty-two years. He was a traveling
salesman for Dunham, Buckley & Co.,
New York, and at one time was a manu
facturer iu that city.
Quite a crowd was present when the
President arrived at Camden, N. J., on
the 24th,on his return trip from Cape May
to Washington, and the people closed in
on him and tried to have some hand
shaking, but the President managed to
avoid this, and, lifting his hat, escaped
into a carriage.
CRIMES AM) CASUALTIES.
On tlie 22d Henry A. Cassidy, who was
convicted of settiug tiro to the Catholic
Protectorate at White Plains, N. Y.,
some weeks ago, was seutenced to sixteen
years in the State prison at Sing Sing.
A skiff containing eight persons was
driven over the falls at Throe Rivers,
Que,, on the 22d. Los Rivard and his two
children; George Hamit”, B. Bellerive
and Hiss Bellerive were drowned.
On the 22J nearly four blocks in the
business portion of Vancouver, W. T.,
were destroyed by fire. About thirty
buildings were consumed: loss, i,0,00'J.
On the 22d H. S. Salvant, aged fifty-two,
and C. J. La Breton, aged forty-three,
both clerks, were arrested for righting a
duel in the City Park at New Orleans.
The parties had exchanged three harmless
shots before the officer came upon the
scene. They were placed under bonds to
keep the peace.
Johnstown, Pa., was visited by anoth
er calamity on the 24th. Fire destroyed
twenty-five or thirty buildings, and at
one time threatened to make a clean
sweep of all that had been left by the
flood.
Charles pe Baum, the defaulting
cashier of the National Paik Bank of
New York City, was sentenced on the 24th
to five years and seven months imprison
ment.
At Jones’ Point, N. Y., on the 2oJ, a
gang of colored men and one of Hun
garians engaged in a serious riot, the re
sult of which was the shooting of four
Hungarians by a colored man.
On- the night of the 23.1 the residence of
John Ockershauseu, the sugar refiner of
Stamford, Conn., was burned; loss, $12.
090.
E\.klt on (he morning of the 2ith a
fire, caused by an overheated furnace, oc
curred in the" buildings occupied by the
Manhattan Brass Company, of New York
Citv; loss, $300,030.
On the 231 Michael S. Harr old, a
weal'hy resident of Valparaiso, lad., shot
himself in the head after returning from
church. Too close attention to business
had unbalanced his mind.
In Berlin, on the night of the 23d, at a
gala performance given in honor of
Prince Leopold’s wedding, the Premiere
Ballerinas’ costume caught fl.ro and she
was seriously burned.
On the 211h ten dynamite cartridges
were discovered in the basement of the
hospital of Harvard College. The fuse
had been lighted but had failed to burn.
The bombs contained enough of the ex
plosive to have destroyed the whole uni
versity.
Thomas Gavax, of New Brunswick, N,
J., demanded money of his widowed
mother on the 24th. Upon her refusal to
comply he beat her about the head with a
hammer. 11a then put kerosene on the
floor and set fire to the house. Neighbors
managed to rescue the unfortunate wom
an, who was very badly hurt. Gavan was
arrested.
MISCELLANEOUS.
On the 20ih the municipal authorities of
Paris gave a garden party in the Parc
Monceau in honor of the committees of
the exhibition and the exhibitors. Thirty
thousand invitations were issued. Tho
affair was a grand success.
The Civil-Service Commission has is
sued a report of their recent tour of the
larger post-offices of the West. The
postmaster at Milwaukee, Wis., is
severely censured for violations of the
Civil-Service law.
On the 24th the annual class-day exer
cises of the Senior class of Yale College
occurred. After the histories were read,
tho class ivy tree was planted on oue of
the walls of the new recitation building,
during which an ode was snug. The ivy
planted was a slip taken from a vine
which covers a famous castle in France.
TnE North German Lloyds Steamship
Company have decided that their steam
ers will discontinue calling at South
amton.
It is said Russia has occupied Deer
Island, in Corea, as a coaling and naval
station. There is a Russian man-of-war
there, and nobody is allowed to land or
leave without a permit from the Admiral.
Ox the 22,1 a three-days' celebration of
St. John’s Day by French-Canadian so
cieties began at Fall River, Mass., with
solemn high mass at the four French Cath
olic churches.
During the past two months a largo
number of weavers have left the Black
stone (Mass.) mills, their complaint being
that they can not make sufficient wages
to support themselves. Many looms are
now stopped on that account.
On the 22d the attendance at the Turn
ers’ athletic exercises in Cincinnati was
immense. There were fully 12,000 spec
tators present. The exercises continued
all day.
On the 25th the fortieth annual conven
tion of the American Medical Associa
tion met in Newport, R. I. Two thou
sand physicians with their families were
present. The association includes tho
leading doctors in regular practice, col
lege professors, hospital surgeons and
specialists.
Ox the 24th the eleventh annual con
vention of the Roman Catholic Union
Knights of St. John opened in Washing
ton. About 150 delegates from various
cities were in attendance.
At high noon on the 21tli the new
Masonic Temple at Pittsburgh, Pa., was
formally dedicated with impressive
Masonic rites. The officers of the Grand
Lodge of Pennsylvania were present and
conducted the ceremonies.
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.
The Bank of Malvern (Ark.; was char
tered on the 24th under the State law with
a capital stock of j25,000.
Solicitor Hepburn, on the 24th gave
an opinion to the Secretary of the Treasury
that there is nothiug in the law to pro
hibit the laudiug of Chinese laborers who
desire merely to pass through the territory
of the United States in transit.
Twenty-five houses were destroyed at
Johnstown, Pa., on the 24t.h by lire.
Mrs. Susan O. Anderson, widow of
Gen. Samuel R. Anderson, at one time
president of (he Bank of Tennessee and
subsequently a Confederate commander,
died at Nashville, Tenn., on the 24tb.
The trial of Dr. T. B. McDow, charged
with the murder of Capfc. F. W. Dawson,
commenced at Charleston, S. C., on the
24th.
The Rev. William Henry Beecher,brother
of the late Henry Ward Beecher, died at
Chicago, 111., on the 24th, aged S7 years.
The Hon. James D. Richardson, of Mur
freesboro, Tenn., representing the Associa
tion of Old Line Whigs, has received from
Ex-lTesident Cleveland a letter in reply
to an invitation extended by the associa
tion to be present at a Fourth of July bar
becue. Mr. Cleveland states that he has
arranged to spend the day in Massachu
setts and therefore cannot come to Tennes
see.
Commissioner Hord, of Tennessee, will
issue a circular letter to the cotton growers
in Tennessee, in which he will urge them
not to sell their cotton seed for less than 25
cents a bushel.
Gov. Eagle, of Arkansas will order a
special election to be held in St. Francis
county some time in July, to fill the
vacancies existing there in the offices of
Sheriff and Assessor. Forrest City, the
scene of the recent riot, is the county sent
of St. Francis. Sheriff Wilson, it will be
remembered was killed in that riot, and
the Assessor has since resigned.
A *>ob of masked men from Murray
Goun-y, Gn., went on the 24th to the jail at
Dalton, Ga., and demanded the keys of the
jail from the sheriff. They were after
young Taylor, who killed his step-father,
State Senator Fields, in an altercation
near Dalton. The jailer gave up the keys, j
hut Taylor was not to bo f und. The ;
sheriff, having heard of the mob, bad re
moved his prisoner to a place of safety.
It was ascertained at the Pension Bureau
at Washington, on the 22d, that telegrams
from the United States pension agents at
Augusta, Me.: Topeka,Ks.; Detroit. Mich.;
Boston. Mass., and New York City that
the funds with which to pay army pensions
were exhausted, and that no further pay
ments of pensions could be made uu til after
July 1.
CAMP TWENTY.
The story of the Trial ami Conviction 01
l>r. Cronin as a British Sny by Camp 20
( lan-Xa-Gae!—State’s-Attorney Conge
necker Claims to Have evidence Sufti
eienr to Hang Half a Dozen—Anotliei
Man Under Survi!lance.
Chicago, June 2->.—An afternoon papei
says: Camp 20, of theClan-na-Gael, and
its methods will be thoroughly investi
gated by the Grand Jury, and it is more
than probable that ten or more of it
members will he indicted for the rnurdei
of Dr. Cronin.
Ihe State’s attorney lias already in his
possession enough evinence to hang at
least half that number, and before the
Grand Jury resumes consideration Of the
Cronin case ednesdav he expects to
have a complete chain of evidence encir
cling the camp or at least the guilty mem
bers.
Shortly after the finding of the body of
Dr. Cronin the State’s attorney received
an anonymous letter which set forth at
great length the details of a meeting of
Camp 20, ou a Friday iu tlier latter part of
February. John F. Beggs, the No. 1 and
senior guardian presided at the meet
ing, which was atteuded only by what is
known as the inner circle of tiie camp.
At this meeting, the letter says, Dr.
Cronin was tried as a British spy, found
guilty and sentenced to death, and his
executioners were chosen by secret bal
lot.
Every effort was put forth to find the
author of this letter, but without success.
In vain Coroner Hertz questioned every
Clan-na-Gael man who was before the
coroner’s jury as to the proceedings of
the camp at its meetings since the 1st of
January. Every one was ignorant. Yes
terday the light broke ou the darkness
which covered Camp 20. Detective
Palmer had a long interview witli Judge'
Lcugenecker early in the morning am'
about an hour later a Hurried-looking
man was admitted to the Judge’s office by
the side door. He was a C'lan-ua-Gae]
man, and corroborated the contents of
the letter in every detail. Who he is
could not be learned, but so satisfactory
was the information he gave t?ie judge
and so complete the proof of the plan
ning and premeditation of the Cronin
murder, in Camp 20, that he said an hour
later:
“I’ve got evidence enough now to hang
half a dozen.” This man further re
vealed, it is said, that the trial, condem
nation and execution of Dr. Cronin was
entirely in accordance with the usages of
the Clau as specified iu other oases, nota
bly that of the informer Carey, who was
tried by the same process under which
Dr. Cronin suffered death.
Another Statement—John F. Beffgs the
Man.
Chicago, June 2.-).—Despite his vigor
ous denials it is positively known that
State’s-Attorney Lougeueeker has re
ceived important information regarding
the plot of which Dr. Cronin was tho vic
tim. This information came to him in a
letter unsigned, but which contained
many statements outside of the main
issue which convinced the official that it
could be relied upon. It states in effect
that Cronin was tried in February by the
inner circle of Camp 20, John F. Begg.s
presiding, found guilty of beiug a British
spy and sentenced to death. Instead of
calling for volunteer “removers,” lots
were drawn, the name of every man
present being written on slips of paper.
The names of those selected were not
made known at the meeting. The only
one of the participants who had definite
knowledge on this point was the man
whose duty if became to notify those
upon whom the choice had fallen. This
man, according to the letter, is John F.
Beggs. The State’s attorney is moving
heaven and earth to discover the writer,
and is willing to promise him immunity
and ample protection if he will come for
ward.
The grand jnrv yesterday afternoon
suddenly took up the Cronin case and is
sued au order for Beggs’ appearance.
Officers searched for him high and low,
but he could not be found. Later the
State’s attorney went before Judge Shep
ard and secured an order directing Post
master Sexton to produce before the
grand jury all applications for money
orders or registered letters and all other
information which might have a bearing
on the murder.
It was said late last night that the po
lice were on the track of some of the in
dividuals who attended the trial, and
that Begg.s would be arrested, if found,
to-day.
Luke Dillon is quoted as saying that
the polico have another suspect under
surveillance of whom nothing yet has
been said. He is a Californian; has a
lucrative business, and enjoys an excel
ent reputation. This man, who, he be
lieves, is the original “Simonds,” is, he
says, the last man in the world that
would be suspected of such a crime.
The dispatch from Rome, via London,
to the effect that Archbishop Feehau had
made a report on the Clau-na-Gael to the
Vatican is characterized as sheer non
sense by Vicar-General Muldoon. The
church, he says, does not act so quickly
as is thus indicated.
DIABOLISM.
Wicked Attempt to Blow Ip Harvard
College Hospital with Dynamite.
Boston, June 25.—Ten dynamite cart
ridges have been discovered in the base
ment of the hospital at Harvard College.
They would be sufficient to blow up the
whole university. Kerosene had been
poured around and over the cartridges
and a fuse had been started. The fuse,
however, had burned out without produc
ing an explosion. The cartridges were
joined together, so that had one exploded
all would have done sc. Each of the
cartridges were about seven or eight
inches long. They were placed in an up
right position in one of the basement
sills and were contacted with a common
fuse. One of the cartridges set off as a
test tore up the ground in a very elect
ive manner. The other nine have been
removed by the police and securely
locked up. There is no clew to the par
ties who placed them in the basement.
The work must have been done late Sat
urday night or early Sunday morning.
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS,
T. J. Quinn, an express messenger, waf
*o badly injured at Holly Springs, Miss.,
a few days ago, that he died soon after
being taken to Memphis, Teun.
There are now confined in the main
prison at Nashville, Tenu., and the branch
prisons in the State 1,410 convicts. Of
this number over 300 are colored, 45 are
females and 5 are white females.
An epidemic of charbon prevails among
farm animals in the neighborhood of
Yazoo, Miss., and at other poiuts in the
Yazoo valley. Famous veterinarians
were en route to the scene of the scourge,
and every effort will be made to check the
disease.
Esquire J. G. Malone, one of the oldest
magistrates of Jefferson County, Ky.,
dropped dead of heart disease while
testifying in court a few days ago. He
was sixty-eight years old.
It Of Mississippi’s 491 convicts, 339 are
leased to contractors by the board of con
trol at $9 per mouth, plus board, clothes
medical attention. The remaining 177
are worked inside the walls and on the ;
penitentiary farm near the city.
The last spike in the Western extension
of the Georgia Pacific was driven a few
days since near Winona, Montgomery
County, Miss,, about two hundred milos
west of Birmingham, Ala.
Bishop Galloway of Mississippi, who
preached the baccalaureate sermon at
Vanderbilt University at Nashville, Tenu.,
recently, startled his hearers by his vig
orous declaration on the race problem.
“It must be solved,” he declared, “with
the spelling-book and the Bible, and, too,
largely by white teachers from the South
ern Methodist church.”
Thieves robbed the post-office at Way
cross, Ga., recently, securing $1,100.cash
and several registered letters.
Granville Goins was killed by a Cincin
nati Southern train -near Chattanooga,
Tenn., a few days ago.
W. S. Morris was killed by a switch
engine in the Louisville & Nashville
yards at Birmingham, Ala.
At Bowling Green, Ky., Robert Caddis
ihot and killed Joseph Tisdale in a saloon
row. Both colored.
Tom Mitchell and Harry Ardell shot a
peddl*} fatally near Shedhersville, Ky., a
few days since. They were captured.
Bardy Hamilton, who iu February last
murdered Joe Lee, a Chinaman, and was
convicted of the murder, was hanged at
Rome, Ga., a few days ago.
Governor Buckner of Kentucky issued
a warrant for tho execution of Charles
Dilger at Louisville July 31. Harry Smart
will hang ou the same day.
Judge E. G. Peyton, ex-chanotHor of Urn
Jackson (Miss.) district, died at his home
in Hazelburst, a few days ago, of heart
trouble. He was an able jurist, and was
on the bench about fourteen years.
At Clanton, Ala., a few days ago,
Philip A. Givhan, a well-known mail of
Birmingham, formerly a special detective
m the Hawes case, was shot by W. A.
Collier, his father-in-law, and instantly
killed, Givhan having made a murderous
assault upon his family after threats.
The commencement exercises of tho
Vanderbilt University at Nashville,Teun.,
were held recently in the presence of a
large audience. Diplomas were awarded
to thirty eight students, many of whom
graduated iu the highest courses. Ad
dresses were delivered by Bishop Har
grave, president of the board of trust,and
Chancelor Garland.
In the wreck of a construction train
near Pratt Mine near Birmingham, Ala.,
a few days ago, Henry McCauley and
Walter Beasley, white miners, were
crushed to death and fifty or sixty hands
more or less injured. The train ran over
a cow and was derailed, going down a
steep embankment.
Governor Lee of Virginia has received
a letter from Rev. James H. Tayior, of
Rome, N. Y., offering to return to the
State silver plate taken from the coffin of
Lord Botecourt at Williamsburg during
the war. Taylor discovered the plate in
a jeweler’s window. The offer has been
accepted.
The dead body of David A. Pettus, a
white section boss on the Mineral road,
was found lying iu a vacant lot iu the
suburbs of Birmingham, Ala., recently,
Pettus had been murdered and robbed
of a fine gold watch and $100 iu money.
His bead had been beaten to a jelly with
rocks. The coroner’s investigation so far
reveals no clew to the murderer.
John Williams was shot and fatally
wounded at Emory Church, ten miles
east of Sardis, Miss., a few days ago. by
Sirs, llatiie Campbell. The shooting oc
curred immediately after the services
and Williams died the following morn
ing. The provocation for the killing was
the charge made by Williams that be
had been criminally intimate with Mrs.
Campbell several months ago, upon
which statement a bill of divorce is now
pending.
Joseph Dowe, a well-known yonng man
of Birmingham, Ala., was drowned while
bathing in the Coosa river recently. He
came.home a few days ago from the Agri
cultural and Mechanical College at Au
burn, Ala., and went to Elmore County to
spend a few days with a friend. They
went to the river and yonng Downe was
drowned. The body was recovered.
The people of Yancey County, N. C„
are greatly excited by reason of a brutal
murder. Amos Austin shot and killed
Henry Ledford. There had been bad
blood between them all spring, but the
shooting was without provocation. Led
ford was one of Yancey’s best citizens.
Austin made good his escape. Ledford
thought all differences had been settled.
Austin is a desperate man, and is in hid
ing in the Great Smoky mountains. Bands
of mountaineers are pursuing him, and
heavy rewards are offered.
At Jackson, Tenn., a few nights ago, a
negro boy, about fourteen years old.
George Person, was arrested for stealing
a bottle of whisky, and locked up in the
calaboose. Not longer than thirty min
utes after the calaboose was discovered
to be in flames. Every effort was made
to save the boy, but the fire had advanced
so far that it was impossible. The cala
boose was an old wooden building, anti
situated near It. E. Hopper’s business
house. This was badly injured. It un
insured for *1,000, which it is thought will
j cover the loss.
UKCLE JAKE’S JOKE.
PEAKIN' of Jokes,” x
said Uncle Jake, aa
ho reluctantly i
pushed his empty i
glass away, “’minds
me that I used to bo
powerful fond o' t
I playin’ pranks when./
I was a boy. When y
I was’bout eighteen
years old I used ter
lay awake nkfhtu to
study up some pr#
jec’ er uuther to git
off on somebody. It
done ms more good to put a tack where it
'ud be set down on than it would to’ve
found half a dollar;-and I’d go ’thout my
dinuer any day to git a chance to hide tho
1 hired mau’s hat. But I had an experience
one night that changed my sentiments con
siderable. Alius after that whenever any
| body said auy thing ’bout jokes it mado
me feel like I wanted to go out behind tho
barn and think.” And a shade of melun
| choly flitted across tho old man’s face as ha
! recalled the misfortunes of that long-ago
| night.
“Tell us about it, Uucle Jake,” urged
Bronson.
‘‘Well, it can’t do no harm to tell it, as I
i know of,’’said the old man, after a moment’s
“I FIXED THE WRONG IUTGOT.”
reflection. “It happened the night o’ Aleck
Simpson’s birthday party. Aleck had kind
o’ give out that his party was to be one of
the finest affairs they’d seen in that neigh
borhood, and so I made preparations accord
ingly. I’d got the promise of Emily Petei*’
company. Emily was a smart little critter
goin’ on seventeen, and the purtiest gal in
the county. All the boys were wild over
her. Her cheeks ’minded you of straw
berries and cream and she had a way of
flashin’ her big brown eyes at a feller that
; used ter set my heart a thumpin’ like a
woodpecker hammerin’ on a holler limb.
“I hitched tho sorrel colt up to pap’s new
top buggy, and I jist calculated mo an’
Emily'd lay ’em all in the shade. I knowert
the other fellers ’ud be jealous of me for a
month to come. Hut wo had a little spat on the
way and by the time wo got to the party I felt
more like layin’ down in the haymow than
goin’ in ’mongst tho crowd. I could a stood
It though if Emily hadn’t got up a flirtation
with Fred Gibbs, a spindle-shanked leather
head that I despised top o’ the earth, and
give me to understand that she was goiu’
nome with him.
“That jist made mo red hot. I went out
doors and sot to work to think up somo
plan of revenge. By and by tho thought
struck me that I could get even with Fred
and Emily and have a great joke on ’em at
tho same time by steaiin’ the bars offen
Fred’s front buggv-whcels s6’3tho buggy
’d tumble down with ’em on the road home,
nnd I went right straight to tend to it.
After I’d throwed the bars over into the
cow-lot 1 went off and laughed till I was
sick, a’ thinkin’how Fred and Emily ’d
be piled out on the prary and have to walk
home.
“Soon as I could straighten my face up I
went in and cut sich a splurge among the
giristhat I reckon I must % made Emily
jealous; anyways, she left Fred and kind
o’ made up to me. By the time wo was
ready to go home wc was as sweet on one
another as though nothin’ had happened.
“The first half mile of our road was
smooth as a floor, but I didn’t hurry none.
1 told Emily the sorrel colt was young arid
it wouldn’t do to drive him too fast, and
she ’lowed I was right.
“We got along splendid till wo came ton
little creek we hud to ford. As the wheels
went down the bank there was a jolt and
then a wobble, and out we went into the
creek, ker-chunk. Jeminy! You could
a’ heerd the screech Emily give as slut
sousea into that icy water clean over into
the next county. I felt like hollerin’ my
self, only m.v mouth was so full of mud and
gravel I couldn’t. Quick’s I could I helped
Emily out. By that lime we could hear the
sorrel colt a-tearin’ down the lane half a
mile away, jistlickety-brindle; so there was
nothin’ left to do but w'alk back to Simp
son's. It was along towards the latter eend
of October, and our clothes froze stiff.
Emily's mouth must ’a froze shet, too, I
reckon, fer she’s never spoke to me to this
day. Of course 1 felt awful, but for all
that I couldn’t help chucklin’ every time I
thought of the trouble that Fred and his
girl ’ud git.”
“Did Fred’s buggy wheels come off in the
creek, too?” asked Bronson, after waiting
in vain lor the old man to finishdiis story.
“iNoap. Didn’t come off at all. Ye see,
Fred’s buggy stood right side o’ mine that
night; it was darker’n a sack o’ black cats,
and I was in a dreadful hurry, and—well,
Wie fact o’ the matter is, 1 fixed the wrong
buggy.” _C- F. C'AitTEii.
Calumny Will Come.
A distinguished United States Senator re
cently said: “There is considerable abuse
cf me just now in the public prints. It is
all owing to a singular fact. I declined to
make peace with my enemy at his price. I
have always made it a rule to defy perse
cution. In every man's life there is some
thing which he wants to keep to himself.
My life has not been perfect, and I realize
it. but, when any one professes to know .
something damaging about me, 1 never beg.
(t is simply a question of time when the
persecution will commenos, and with me
he sooner it comes and is over with the
tetter.” fie is eminently right. Though
.e be chaste as ice and pure as snow, ne
•ublic man can escape calumny at some ye*
tod of his life,