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Newspaper Page Text2 VON POLLNITZ MUST HANG OOV. NORTHBN DECLINES TO COM MUTE THE SENTENCE. A P!a of Insanity Interposed by the Plaintiff’s Attorneys—The Murdered Woman'B Father Writes to the Gov ernor In Oppoettlon to a Petition for Clemency. Atlanta, Ua.. Dec. 2s.— Gov. Nortben has refused to interfere with the law in the case of J. B. Follnitz, sentenced to be hanged In Bainbridge on Jan. 6 for murdering his wife. Miss Pullen, a daughter of J. W. Pullen of Cave Spring, an attractive young lady, was teaching school in Bainbridge, where she met Von Follnitz, then a widower, and mariied him. One day he came home under the influence of whisky. He entered his wife’s room and began talking. Angry words were heard by others in the house. Then followed the sound of blows and a heavy body falling on the floor, and the cries of a man as he stamped upon something followed by the •creams of a woman. Hruised and bleed ing, and well nigh dead, the poor woman staggered from the room and fell in a hoap in the hallway. She was taken up aud cared for, and sent to her father at Cave Spring where she died two days aftor her arrival. A PLEA OF INSANITY, Von Pollnitz’a attorneys are now en deavoring to stay the process of the law on the ground that he is crazy and a petition was sent the governor asking that his sentence be commuted to life imprisonment. Id writing to the governor the prisoner’s lawyer says: "If the defendant is crazy ne should be tried for lunacy under the regu lar form of law and dealt with as other lu natics. If be is not a lunatic he should suffer the penalty for hie brutal crime. His case is still before the court, and should lie finally disposed of by the court before the executive undertakes to interfere.” J. W. Pullen, father of the murdered woman, on hearing of the petition sent to the governor, wrote him a letter, in which he says that Von Pollnitz robbed bis wife stnd then murdered her. He had taken everything away from her except a little jewelry, whloh was pawned after the brutal ntlaok. and furnished barely enough money for his daughter to get home. He begged the governor not to interfere, as the gal lows would be deprived of a fiend and the penitentiary imposed upon to admit such a tuaa as Von Pollnitz within its walls. SHOT FROM HIS HORSE. A Man Kills a Foy for Cursing Him for Snow-balling Him. Macon, Ga., Deo. 28. —A bloody tragedy was enacted at Bailey’s Mills, five miles from Macon, yesterday afternoon about 5 o'clock, resulting in the death of young Burney, aged 19, son of Will Burney who resides at Traoy’s Mill, thir teen miles from Macon, at the hands of Frank Taylor, a white man resid ing about five miles from Macon on the Columbus road. Young Burney was passing Taylor’s house on a horse.en-route for Macon when Taylor and a number of friends pelted him with snow balls. Burney’s horse shied and Burney turned and cursed Taylor and then rode on up the road. Taylor hurried into the house aud returned with a Winchester. Burney was not far distant when he leveled bis deadly rifle on him and pulled the trigger. A sharp report followed and Burney reeled and fell from bis horse to the ground. The ball had entered the back passing through him and death ensued in stantly. Coroner Knight was summoned to-day to bold an inquest over the remains. Taylor effected his escape, but Sheriff Westcott and a posse are in hot persuit, SUICIDE ENDS A LIFE OP SHAME. A Country Girl Weary of Her Career After a Year of Sin. Atlanta, Ga., Dee. 28.—Lizzie Hean, a young woman who fell from grace last sum mer and came to Atlanta from her borne in Kutledge to bide her disgrace, died at the Grady hospital this morning about 3 o'clock. Last night the woman was found in a stupor in her room on Marietta street by her companions, and whon physicians were summoned it was discovered that she had swallowed an eighth of an ounoe of laudanum. Her career iu this uity was a short and desperate one. More sinned against than sinning, she oould not follow long the gilded path of shame, and after a few short months resorted to death for relief. Just before she died the poor creature beoame conscious long enough to say to the doctors at her side. “I am happy tow.” STRIKERS CHARGE CONTEMPT. Judce Speer to Be Asked to Call Up the Central's Manager# Macon, Ga„ Dec. 28.—The latest move made by the striking operators on the Central railroad of Georgia will be to file a petition asking Judge Speer to call upon General Superintendent Wadley, Supt E. W. McNeely and Division Superintendent W. C. Epperson to snow cause why they should not be attached for contempt of court. The petition will be died to-morrow morning and the strikers say that they will push It to the utmost The strikers sav that no attention has been paid to the order of the oourt directing that the members of the Order of Railway Telegraphers have the preference for positions and that on the contrary they have been Ignored since the crder was Issued. FIBB ENDS A WOMANS LIFE. Mr*. H. G. Allan of Spalding County Fatally Burned. Ohm-fin, Ga., Deo. 38.—Mr*. H. C. Allan, an estimable Christian lady of this county, was badly burned Saturday night and died from the effects to-day. VV hile preparing the supper for her family her clothes caught Are and before assistance reached her she was so badly burned that human efforts to save her were unavailing. She had the best medical attention Mrs. Allan leaves a husband and three little ohlldren. Crushed by a Train. Abbeville, Ga., Dec. 28.— A dreadful tragedy occurred Monday night at Rhine, eight miles east of Abbeville, in Dodge county. Pierce O'Neal, an employe of the TCey Lumber Company, while under the in fluence of whisky, was run over by the be lated east bound passenger tram of the Sam railroad about 7 p. m , and his body was lit erally torn to pieces. His head was crushed, one arm and one leg were se. ered from the body, and both feet cut off. The unfortu nate man leaves a wife and six children. A Tramp Badly Cut. Avgusta, Ga. , Dec. 28.—An unknown white tramp, who declines to give his name or any account of himself, was discovered on the street to night and sent to the hos pital. One of his ears is slit in two, and there is a long gash back of bis neck and another on one of his hips. He was coveied with blood when discovered, but refuses to give any explanation of bis condition. Leaped Into the Well to Die. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 28. —The coroner’s lory to-day held that Wade Niobolls.the engineer found in the well on Pryor street test night, cauie to his death by suicide W hen the body was fouod it was believed that the man had probably been nur- UWM. Snow at Abbeville. ♦ Ga., Deo. 28.—A light snow ell here Monday night, end nature was clad so an immaculate tone this morning. PARDONS BY THE GOVERNOR. An Interesting Story Revived by Clemency Shown e Forger. Atlanta, Ga. , Dec. 28.—Gov. Northen to-day handed down his Christmas pardons. The governor has made it a rule to devote muoh of the holidays to the consideration of applications for pardons and this year, atares..lt of his kind work, a number of convicts will breathe the aid of freedom with the beginning of the now year. Par dons were recorded for the following to day. Fred A. Blackwood, sent up from Rich mond county in 1887 for forgery. Andrew Crawford, oonvlcted and sen tenced for manslaughter lu Thomas county, to a term of sixteen years. Crawford, who is a negro, had eight years yet to serve, but during a mutiny recently he rendered valu able service to the guards. Buck Mobley (colored), sent up in 1888 for thirty years from Cobb county, was also one of the lucky ones. Horse stealing was his crime. Jim Clayton, given a o year sentence in Stewart county at the term of 1890, was pardoned. The governor removed the disabilities of Richard Williams, a negro con victed of hog stealing in Macon county, aud Prince Hol lis, convicted of cow stealing in Chattahoo chee county. AN INTERESTING STORY REVIVED. The pardon granted to Blaokwcod. the forger from Richmond county, revives a very interesting story. Blackwood had ob tained a lot of goods from an Augusta mer chant on a forged order, and then skipped out to South Carolina. The merchant fol lowed him to South Carolina and there ar rested him without the aid of the law and finally lodged him In the Augusta jail. The arrest in South Carolina without authority of the law resulted in the taking out of a warrant charging the merchant with kidnaping. His attorneys defeated the requisition, however, by reviving a case tor dog stealing which had been entered against the merchant and the South Caro lina authorities were notified that if this was settled he would be delivered over to that state ou the kidnaping charge. Be fore this was disposed of, however, the merchant died. He had accomplished bis purpose In getting Blackwood into Georgia, however, and having him convioted. The governor refused to pardon Andrew Ray, sent up for mule stealing for three years from Chattooga county in 1801; Davit Yancey, sent up from Polk county last February for twelve months for assault and battery, and Adam Guthrie, sent for twelve months from Warren county last spring for selling whisky without a lioense, as no good reasons for granting the pardons were given. LEFT BETWEEN SUNS. Atlanta Anxious to Find a Couple of Insurance Schemers. Atlanta, Ga., Deo. 28. —The detective department of the oity began a vigorous search to-day for two m*n who came to At lanta about a mouth ago and ofieued an office on Hunter street as the agente of an employment agency and insurance com pany, styled tbe “Mutual Aid and Indus trial Sooiety.” The names of the men, while operating in thii oity, were known a* George and Dixie Hannah, St. Louis being the point from which they claimed to bail, Dixie Haonah repreaentlng himself s presi dent of tbe society, which, a* developments have shown, proved a bad thing for tbe un sophisticated Atlsntiaui who became inter ested in it. ONLY 10 CENTS A WEEK. For 10 cents a week membors were to be secured position*, so the Hannahs said, and besides this, when they were sick, their 10- cent fee was to entitle them to Huocor at the hands of the eociety, which we mostly pushed among the negroes and the more ignorant white elasa. It is said that there were fully 1,000 members of the oonoern in Atlanta who have been handing up their dimes regularly to maintain the style of the festive Hannahs, who several days ago turned up missing, and besides a small army of dupes leaving a lot of bills unpaid. INTEREST OF THE FOLIC*. The police first became interested In tbe Hannans when some time ago a Mr. Arnold, who had preceded them to this oity, took out a warrant obargiug them with cheatiug and swindling, and that they had frozen him out of bis interest in the “business.” They were released on bond before a magis trate, and day before yesterday is the last that has been seen of either of them. When their disappearance was reported to the de tectives a visit to tbe office of the concern showed that it bad evidently been vacated between two suns. YJCLLOW PINKS VALU*. It la Valuable for It's Tar Even After It is Dead. Waycross, Ga. . Dec. 28.—After the yel low pine is dead it in not only good for fuel, but it is valuable for the tar it will yield. Ware county has an abundance of this timber. Where severe storms blew down tbe yellow pines several years ago are to be found the finest and greatest amount of tar producing timber in South Georgia. The people of this section have not engaged in the production of tar to any extent. It is well known that tar finds a ready gale and brings a good prioe. In tbe pine region of North Carolina there are tar kilns in every community. Those who en gage in the work and manage successfully realize handsome profits. PUNTA QORDA POINTERS. Tbe New Gauge of the Florida South ern Railroad. Punta Gorda, Fla., Dec. 28.—The gauge of the Florida Southern railroad is now obanged from narrow to standard. The old stock of cars and engines has been sent north to the main line running out of Pa latka Jan. 1 through service will be put on from Jacksonville and a through sleeper from Cincinnati. This makes a saving of forty minutes in time each way that used to be required at Arcadia to transfer from one to three cars of fish. A large force of men are now at work resurfacing and respiking the changed portion. W hen this work is completed a fast schedule will be put on. Punta Gorda has never had a boom but has had a steady growth from the first. Business Is probably better and money easier than any town of Its size in the state. Punta Gorda is now a subport of entry. Vessels can now enter and clear from here without having to put into Key West as formerly, thus savmg double pilotage, commission towage and delays in Key West. C. A. Depuy has purchased the fixtures of tbe Bouthawd hotel and will become pro prietor Jan. I, W. J. Smith retiring. Mamed, Joe Lewis to Miss Leta Phillips. The testimony in tbe salvage olaim of tbe Charlotte Harbor Lighterage Company against tbe bark Chittagong will be taken before Judge DeCoster, United States com missioner, on Deo 28. O. A Mygutt of New York is having an Immense sharpie pleasure boat built. While it is a model of ugliness, it is also a model of oomfort. , A CHRISTMAS BOAT. Melrose the Beene cf a Pretty Holiday Festival. Melrose, Fla., Dec. 28.—Christmas passed off very quietly in Melrose. The Sunday school varied the usual order of things this year, and instead of a Christmas tree bad a boat, or ship. The boat was placed across tbe end of tbe church, with the sails •; read as If under full headway. Hundreds of beautiful presents for the chil dren and old people were pinned on the sails and piled in tbe boat, filling it from atein to stern. When the curtains were drawn back, revealing it to the audience, it made a very pleasing sight, and it wa* the •. pinion of all present that it was far ahead or the old-fashtcoed tree, THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1892. STORY OFAHAUNTED MILL T3B ROMANCE OF A RUIN IN THE ADIRONDACK!*. A Woman Hanged Berself to a Beam After the First Day’s Run and 111 liuck Followed Ever Afterward—An Old Gravestone. From the New York Sun. Northwood, N.Y., Dec. 27.— The sports man or tourist who travels by the way of Northwood on his journey to the hunting grounds in the Moose river region of the Adirondacks follows a rugged and crooked trail for about three miles, and theu after pasting a little graveyard on the left reaches a spot where the road, heavy with sand, pitches down to the old wooden bridge over Little Blaok creek. Rarely will the tourist do more than glance to the right as he reaches the bridge, but many a man has stopped midway on the bridge to look in silence on the stream below, it is only a picture of still water framed in by birches and willows and spruces and hem locks, but the yellow sunlight comes down through the green leaves and splashes and romps about over tbe black pool and drifts away and away until trees and sunlight and shadow and black water melt together in tbe unmeasured distance. In its restful beauty the picture is a com plete contrast to tbe sceue ab >vo the bridge, so complete, indeed, that the glance given above is apt to irritate if it produces any impression on tbs tourist. Nevertheless, the scene there is very picturesque in its woy, for it inoludsg an old ruin known as the bauuted mill, the remains of an old log dam, with the winding stream and a breadth of sand in the foreground, and back of all tbe ragged edge of tbe great ilderness. It is a somber picture. a pict ure of blasted hopes, of which the Adiron dack region is full, and the story of it is Jike the picture itsolf. Although the trees behind the mill form the beginning of the unbroken wilderness, the country here has been settled many years. More than 100 years ago tories from Canada and patriots from the Mohawk chased each other to and fro across Little Black creek, not very far from this old mill. Tbe value of tbe tall spruces as saw timber and that of the water power afforded by the stream were known to all tbe early settlers of the Mohawk. The desr made parks in the swauips there In winter time and the trout filled tbe stream. It was an inviting country to look at then as now, and pioneers hacked great holes in the green forest, hop ing to make farms there, but the farming did not thrive. Elsewhere about tbe region mills were erected, and these did somew hat better, but tbe land was too poor for farm ing aud the market too far away and the roads too rugged for very profitable mills. Among the rest who tried to make farms there was Henry Clymer, a handsome, black-haired man, with his handsome, black-haired wife. They settled on Little Black creek, it is said, because when look ing at different places for sale, Mrs. Clymer was so charmed by the beauties of the long, narrow, still water, now seen from the bridge, that she would look at no otter place. Clymer was from Brooklyn, he found his way up here in the days before the Utica and Black River road was built. He did not tell anyione where he oamo from, however, and it was several years before his neighbors learned from him the fact. He told them at first that he was from Buffalo, and because of his knowledge of that city must have lived there some time. H. was a man of some means and bad a hearty, friendly way that very quickly gained the go .and will of his new neighbors. He worked steadily during the week on the plaoe he bought and on .Sunday made or received visits or went hunting with some of the neighbors. To the casual observer he was at first in no way very different fr m his neighbors, save in she fact that he was somewhat of a ten derfoot In woodsy and farm work, But very soon after his arrival in the country the gossips began to find both Clymer and his wife the ohief topics of their conversation. First of all, the couple was "too lovin’ to last." It is not in good form In this region for a man to show any affec tion for his wife before folks, but the Clymer* were a little worse In this respect than any one ever did see here. Later It was observed that the woman had lived some time in a different social circle from the man. Her speech and deportment, when compared with his, showed greater re finement, even to the woodsmen. T beu it was seen that while he was affectionate in his treatment of the wife, “she was the one that done most of the love-makin’.” In theoourse of two or three veers this last peculiarity became marked, aud the wife, who at first bad been sprightly and almost a romp, lost her vivacity. She de veloped a jealousy for her husband that was at first unwarranted. Meautime the farm bad not prospered. He bad cleared more land and had raised bay aud cats aDd added to tbe number of cows, but these had con sumed capital he brought with him. he had scarce made bit food out of the farm, so he set about building a mill on the banks of Little Blaok creek, where he owned tbe water right. He worked with two or three neighbors all one winter getting out the stuff and logs for the saw, and in the spring brought a millwright from Utica and put up the frame that is now tumbling into the stream. People were so well pleased:to have tbis mill erected—a mill with a patent turbine instead of the old-fashioned overshot wheel, not to mention other improvements, that they almost forgot to talk about wnat’ they didn’t and did know of Mr. Clyraer’s domes tic affairs, and so when the day arrived that a log was rolled on to tbe carriage and water turned on the wheel and the lever pulled that started the first cut in the mill there was a very great crowd of men, women and children present to see the work done, and to give three cheers as the first slab fell from the log. Of course there wa* a big dinner in honor of the event The first boards cut were used to make a pionic table, on which enough cake and dried berry pie ware piled to give everybody indigestion for a moutbi But Clymer and his wife waited on the table, and she gossips observed that Mrs. Clymer seemed to have recovered some what of her old spirits. She laughed aud romped as she had not done in more than a year. Nevertheless, while the meal was vet but half over, she left the table to go to the house, where one of the pryine neighbor women found her kneeling beside tbe bed crying as if her heart would break. w,th a picture of a fair haired baby before her. As iuok would have it Clymer came into the room just then. The wife made a wild effort to conceal the pioture. but failed According to the prying neighbor a brief but remarkable scene followed. Clymer made a grab for tbe pioture when the wife sprang to her feet and defied him, holding the picture behind her, but saying nothing. “I thought you left all those things be hind you,” he said. There was no answer. “Kept that because it looked like him, I reckon.” Still no answer. “Well, you might run back to him. You know what he’d call you and where you’d stand with your aristocracy.” “Leave!” she said iu a quiet voice, point ing to the door, and ho went away without a word, as did the woman who had seen the doings through a crack iu tbe partition. That night Clymer drove away toward Utica with the millwright who had put up the mill, intending to remain over night at Trenton and go ou next day to the city. Tbe sawyer who had been employed at tbe mill got out of bed at daylight next morn ing and went out for a look at the machin ery. He had not gone half way to tbe mill when be taw something moving within it which a closer inspection showed was tbe body of Mrs. Clymer swaying to and fro with tbs breeze at tbe end of a rope with which eh* had banged beraelf to one of tbe beams. How the alarm was spread, a doctor and the coroner vt} sent for, and Clymer waj overhauled by a fleet horseman before he reached Holland Patent, need not be told. At tbs inquest Clymer told about having "a few words” with tbe dead womai, “but it was nothing serious. She must have gone crazy suddenly.” In tbe last statement every one concurred. It is usual for country people to think ail suicides insane. Of course, the oorouer told the editor of tbe country paper about the suicide and and the next week tbescorv was printed. This in turn, having been well written, was espied by a New York paper. Then the settlement on Little Biack creek had an other sensation. A man with fair hair came driving into the settlement with a livery team from Trenton. He was all the way from Brooklyn and carried the story of the suicide clipped from the New York paper. He wanted to know where the woman was burled. A neighbor directed him to the little graveyard, and then followed him to see nbat he would do. But he merely gat down on a log near the new mound of earth and leaned his head on his hand without a word. After a while he got up and told the driver to go on to the mill; he wanted to see Clymer. But Clymer was not at the mill. The ne.gbbor who bad told thu way to the grave, had gone to the mill, where he told Clymer about the stranger up at tbe grave. They say Clymer grew very pale as he listened and then, after running to the house for his rifle, fled across the creek aud into the woods. This is about all there is to tell of the old mill. The strauger left word that he would come again some time, but he never did. He drove back to Trenton, where he left an order for a gravestone to be placed on the woman’s grave, and then took the stage for Utica. Clymer came out of the woods the next day, but refuse !to talk about his troubles, and not lo: g nferword sold out at a sacrifice and disappeai ed. The man who bought the mill proved in capable and failed. A second purchaser had no better luck. Eveutnally. while this owner was on a spree in lioonville, the dam broke, ami the swirling flood washed the foundation from under one side of the mill, so that it toppled over and almost went to pieces. No one ever thought of repairing it. The people round about after Clymer ran away, concluded that Mrs. Clymer was not Mrs. Clymer, but the runaway wife of the fair-haired man from Brooklyn. The more superstitious think that because of tbe life that she led her spirit has been unable to rest, and has ever since haunted the scene of her death. They think they hear her groans and screams when the storm wind roars and whistles through the old frame, aud in spite of the heavy sand there many a horse has been lashed into a run that rider or driver might be quickly carried by. But, though frightened by shadows and natural sounds as they pa-s the mill at night, there is one memento of the woman, the odd monument that was erected at her grave, that seems to attract rather than re pel them, for they often gather there to gaze at the fair shaft that was only half blocked out from the crude stone, to read the single word, “Esteila,” that it contains, and to repeat over aid again all thev know and guess about the haunted mill. CRAZY HOHBE HOTEL. A Rather Lively Hostelry Up in the Coeur d’Alenes. From the Seattle Pr ess-Timet. Whoever enters the region of the Metal Heart should not fail to visit Wallace, the metropolis of the Coeur a'Alenes, and who soever visits Wallace can not conveniently do otherwise than stop at the Crazy Horse hotel. The proprietor, aided and abetted by two or three dusky porters, meets one at the depot by a vehicle drawn by animals which exhibit pronounced symptoms of insanity, and lead one to believe that they are de scended from tbe Illustrious equine after which the hostelry is named. There is only one Crazy Horse hotel in the Cffiur d’Alene*, Patient as the people are they will not submit to the indignity of another. Tbe proprietor has been at one time or another major, justice of tbe peace, leader of the vigilantes, chief of tbe fire department, chiet of police, elder in tbe church, purveyor of choice liquors, and has held a number of other offices. He has re cently become an eider in the church, and after the evening meal he fills a pipe of huge dimension-, and it the least encourage ment is offered will recite the history of the Cosur d’Alenes and express his belief that every town lot contains a mine. “It’s the most desirable place to live in the whole United States,” he said. “The peo ple’s morals are improvin’. Never see eich sights now as there used to be. Why, when I was chief of police it just kept me busy chasin’ from one plaoe to another stopping people from fightm’. It just seemed as if ” Here a man stepped up to the bar and asked for the best brand of embalming fluid. A bottle of whisky labeled the “Road to Glory” was set before him, and he poured out one giass and drank it, care fully retaining bis hold on the neck of the bottle. '•As I was sayin’. stranger,” continued the bonifaoe, “this is getting to la such a moral country that it’s durn monotoon us sometimes.” Here tbe man at the bar filled up his glass again and drained it without ap parent effort. The lines about tbe old man’s mouth began to grow firm and there was an unmerciful ring in the voice as he con tinued : “This is the moralest country—hyar, stranger, drop that bottle. I don’t whole sale licker, nor do I keep a distillery to fat ten hogs.” Angry words ensued. The visitor was a man of athletic build, but the old man grabbed a club of prodigious dimensions and victory soon perched upon his banner, and the stranger’s blood flowed on the bar room floor. The stranger fled. “Such things w ill happen sometimes,” be said, apologetically, and then added: “Just wait until I wash my hands and we’il go over to prayer meetiu’.” Landlord Bancroft of Coeur d’Alene City is another peculiar character. Not so very many years ago he was so much disgusted because tender feet would persist in giving him small chauge that he gathered up all the 5 and 10-cent pieoes he could find in tbe town. He put them in a bag aud suuk them in the lake. Almost any flue day now he may be seen iu a boat at the locality where ho threw them overboard fishing for the once despised coin. The editor of a weekly paper in the Coeur d’Alenes is an adept at the suppression of ness. It happened that a duel was fought iu the main streets of Mullan, and, thinking to do the editor a favor, the intelligeuce was promptly communicated to him. The editor listened in an apathetic sort of way while the tale of blood was unfolded, and then said: “Well, if thoie two fellows want to carve each other up, ’tain’t any of my business, as 1 can see; besides. ( 01. Brown has just sold an acre lot for $75 cash, and my article,‘Real Estate on a Boom.’ will orowa out any such little thing as a duel be tween two miners about a woman.” Duval's Tax Collector. Tallahassee, Fla., Dec. 38.— 1n the mandamus case against Johnson, tha sus pended tax collector of Duval county, the order of the supreme court is that a per emptory writ issue commanding Johnson to forthwith turn over the office and books to bis successor, Mr. Gillen, appointed by tbe governor. A Flood in California. Ban Francisco, Dec. 28.—The Sacra mento and Ban Joaquin rivers are flooded and great damage is being done by the waters. One million dollars will not cover it. M. Bris om is a prominent Free Mason end a deadly foe of the Jesuits, lie Is said to have been one of the first French statesmen to ap preciate Gsmbetta, and tbe latter showed in* gratitude for this recognition byhelpinr M. Brisson secure the presidency of the Chamber of Deputies. Would Do Bstte Prison Missionary Don’t you think that after you regain your lib erty you can do better? Burglar-Well, I'll koov enough not to heve another ial rhat'x so durn deaf he can't bear a p’lleemau till lie s right ou us.— .\tw y u) g Weekly. A BIG BATTLE IN MEXICO FEDERAL TROOPS ROUTED BY THE REVOLUTIONISTS, Thirteen Soldlar3 and a Score of Revo lutionists Killed—The Regulars Com manded by Oen. Garcia and the Revo lutionists by Gen. Estrada —The Troops 250 Strong end Their Op ponents 300. Laredo, Tex., Dec. 28.— News wss re ceived here last night that Mexican soldiers, j £SO strong, and revolutionists, 800 .strong, fought on Monday at Las Animas, Mexico. Thirteen soldiers and a score of revolution ists were killed. Many were wounded on both sides. The revolutionists were com manded by Gen. Estrada and the Mexican troops by Gen. Garcia. The Mexican troops were routed. It is said that the town of Guerrero is now in danger of te ing captured by tbe revolutionists. Many of the Mexican soldiers are flocking to the standard of Gen. Estrada. The revolution is assuming a more serious aspect than it was thought 1. would at first, and Uncle 18am is doing right in rushing United States troops to the scene, as they may yet be needed to protect the interests of Ameri cans on the border from straggling bandits, smugglers, etc., who will commit much vandalism if the revolution on the border continues. Gen. Garcia arrived at New Laredo yesterday with seven wounded Mexican soldiers. FIRS FOLLOWS MURDER. A Negro’s House Burned After His Wife Had Eeen Murdered. Melrose, Fla., Dec. 28.— A horrible murder was perpetrated Christmas day on a poor old defenseless colored woman about four miles from this place. An old par alytic negro, Mose Phillips, and bis wife lived in a small house they owned in what is known as the Scrub, on the lice of tbe Georgia Southern and Florida railroad, and wore making a living by working their land. Mose left borne early in tbe morning on Christmas day to visit a neighbor, and ou his return later in the day he found his house burned to the ground, and tbe partly consumed body of his wife in the asbes with her skull crushed, the deed having been done with an ax or other blunt instrument. A young negro man who had been work ing tor them is suspected of the crime. He had trouble with the old woman a few days before about not getting his breakfast and left after abusing and cursing her. It is thought that he returned to the house od the day of tbe murder and after killing her robbed the house and set fire to it. A pssse is in pursuit, but they have not succeeded in finding him yet. • THIRTEEN AT DINNER. An Incident et Melrose Which Will Confirm Borne In a Superstition. Melrose, Fla., Dec. 28.—The death of W. G. Cade here a short time ago will con firm a great many people in their belief concerning the bad luck of having thirteen at dinner. A year ago Dr. Frank Mcßae of this place invited a number of friends to eat Christmas dinner at his house, and dur ing the pr gress of the meal one of the guests noticed that there were just thirteen seated at the table. The matter was discussed in a jocular way, none present believing that there was anything unlucky in the number, and it wss agieed that they would put tbe matter to a test and see If one of the number died before the year was out. Mr. Cade was one of the number and died from apoplexy very sud denly eleven months after thedinuer. which fact will confirm some in their belief in the superstition. The thirteen were seated by accident. SYRUP OF FIGi Ol>m ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acta fently yet promptly on the Kidneys, jiver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c ;and $1 bottles by all leading drug jgists. Any reliable druggist who I may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who | wishes to try it Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Cd SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK. N.V. SPECIAL NOTICES. ELECTION FOR DIRECTORS. Acocsta and Savannah Railroad, ) Savannah, Ga.. Dec. 27, 189.’. ( An election for seven directors to manage the affairs of this compeny for the ensuing year will be field in the banking house of Hull A l athrop in 6avannah. on TUESDAY, the ad day of January. 1893, between the hours of 10 A. au and 1 p. m. W. 8. LAWTON, President. A FULL LiNE or RICKBECKER'S COLOGNE AND EXTRACT JUST RECEIVED AT SOUTH BIDE PHARMACY, A he room and Henry Street*. JOH> NICOLbON, JK^ ATTORNEY AT LAW, ROOM NO. . Provident Savings Life Building, For 25 Cents. Cures all ache*. Cures all cams. Cures all diarrhoea. Cures the cholera. PUNJAB BALSAM ROWUNBKI. PHARMACIST. He still hat the prescription Books of Butler's Pharmacy, and is the only one who can repeat the proscription* MARRIAGES. BRYAN-Wll.L.—Married, Dec. it. 182. by Rev. W. C. Schaeffer. Ma. L Max Bryan or Savannah, Ga., and Mas. J. O. Will of Phila delphia, Pa. ~ MKETINOv ATTENTION, B. P. O ELKB A regular aession of the lodge will be held THIS (Thursday) EVENING at 8:00 o’clock, in encampment room. Odd Fellowe' building. W. R. THIGPEN, Exalted Ruler, H. S. Johnson, Secretary. SPECIAL NOTICE. An important meeting of the Ryais Club will be held TO-NIGHT at 8 o'clock at Catholic Li brary Hall. Every member of the club and every person favorable to Maj. Ryais' candi dacy is invited to attend. The executive committee, Messrs W. W. Gordon, C. D. Russell, R. J. Wade, J. L. War ren, P. H. Gearon, R G. Fleming, John D. Gould. Henry Ambos, G. B. Pritchard, Law rence Kelly, D. G, Purse, Peter Reilly, E. W. O’Connor, M. W. Dixon, G. W. Parish. John R. Young, D. L. Jackson and E, M. Habersham, will meet promptly at 7;45 p. k. Every mem b.T of the committee is urged to be present. By order W. G. CANN, President. M. A. O’Byrne, Secretary. POLITICAL ANNIM; NCEMENT.*. FOR CLERK SUPERIOR COURT I am a candidate for re election to the above named office, and would be thankful for a con tinuance of the support heretofore given me by the voters of Chatham county. JAMES K. P. CARR. SPECIAL NOriLAk. On and after Feb. I, 1990. the tads of meas urement of oil advertising In the Mown*} News will be agate, or at the rate of $1 40 an inch for tbe first Insertion. No Special Notice Inserted for lees than Si 00. FOR ~ Twenty-one-foot Naphtha Launch for sale, together with all fittin-e complete, all in prime order. Owner is buying a larger boat of same makei Address DIXIE, this office. NOTICE. Having determined to resume my regular business of bridge building and pile driving. I have disposed of the confectioners and res taurant known as “The Delmontco," at No. t# Bull street, to J. E. VON EBERSTEIX, who will continue the business. I bespeax for the new management the cor dial support of the public. P. A. VON EBERSTEIN. NOTICE TO BRIDGE CARPENTERS. Six good men wanted at once. R. A. BLANDFORD, County Engineer, Court House. A CARD. Heating Stoves at reduced prices at LOVELL & LATTIMORF/S. Savannah, Ga., Dee. 29, 1892. We would like to have it clearly understood that we are in the Furnace and Baltimore Heater business and are doing a great deal of this work. This department is under the di rections of Mr. J. W. Rudge of Richmond, Va., one of the best and most expert mechanics either north or south. A comparison of our work with that of others will prove it. Call on us for all estimates. LOVELL A LATTIMORE. SPECIAL NOTICE. Neither the master nor consignees of the Swedish bark MINUET will be responsible for any debts contracted by the crew, STRACHAN A CO., Consignees. THIS cad Tradf/ \mark, M / \ C Is on the best and cheapest SHIRTS, COLLARS AND CUFFS made. COUNTY DOWN MANUFACTURING CO., FALK CLOTHING CO.. Sole Agents. ELECTION FOR~dTrECTORS. Central Railroad and Bank iso Cos. of Ga., ) Savannah, Ga., Dec. 1, 1892. ) An election for thirteen directors to manage the affairs of this company for the ensuing year will be held at the Banking house in Savannah, MONDAY, the 3d day of January, 1898, between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and 1 o'clock p h. Stockholders and their families will be passed free over the company's road to attend the elec tion from the 31st of December to 2d of January, inclusive, and be passed free returning from the 2d to the sth of January, inclusive, on presenta tion of their stock certificates to the con ductors, T. M. CUNNINGHAM. Cashier. SPECIAL NOTICE. WE HAVE NOW RECEIEVED OUR SUPPLY OF HOI,ID AY PACKAGES. To those who have not left’ orders with us, would state that we ordered an extra supply, and now have on hand beautiful lines of Fancy Baskets and Boxes filled with Huyler’s delicious assortment of Candies. SOLOMONS & CO., I fit Congress Street. 2 Bull Street CONSULTING OPTICIANS, DR M. SCHWAB 4: SON, OPTICIANS, No. 23 Bull Street, W!U have special sales of Optical Goods for the holidays. We have the largest and best stock in the city. We make special price# on holiday good*. Our stock consists of Gold Spectacles and Eyeglasses, Lorgnettes, Opera, Field and Spyglasseo, Microscopes, Magnify ing Glasses, Magic Lanterns, Stereoscope*, and Graflscopee. Also a special line of Chate laine Cases for spectacle and eyeglatse*. N. B Every pair gold spectacle* or eye glasses bought for holiday present* can be ex changed within one year free of charge. This iuclndes examination of the eye# and proper glassee fitted without any additional cost to purchaser. R U. MeCALL, DRUGGIST, Corner Coxseess and Whitaxee Struts, WILL SELL FINE HANDKERCHIEF EXTRACTS In fancy bottles at greatly reduced price* TBIS WEEK. ___ AMUSEMEKTk. S A V ANN AHTHEATER. Thursday. Dec. 29. AL, G. FIELD FAMOUS AMERICAN MINSTRELS, to—Peerless Celebrities—tO. Always the best PRANK E. McNISH, (The original) SILENCE AND FUN. The laughable burlesque, the “Darktown Circus, or America Discovering Columbus ” and many other novel feature*. Grand street parade at 12 m. Grand concert at 7p. s. The only minstrel company in America owning and using their own train of palace can JOHN W. VOGEL. Business Manager. SEATS AT LIVINGSTON’S DEC. 27. Next Attraction. Jan. 3—J. K. EMMET. H/.KKS. THE MIS Bit OF SAVANNAH, Capita! §500,000 Transact* a general banking business. Maintains a Savings Department and allows INTEREST AT -I PER CENT., compounded quarterly. The aocounts of individuals, firms, banks and corporations are solicited. With our large number of correspondents in GEORGIA, ALABAMA, FLORIDA and SOUTH CAROLINA, we are prepared to handle collec tions on the most favorable terms. Correspondence invited. BRANTLEY A. DENMARK. Prssidxnt. M B. LANE, Vice President. GEORGE C. FREEMAN, Cashier. SAVANNAH BANK AND TRUST CO, SAVANNAH, G-A INTEREST AT ON DEPOSITS IN SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Collections on Savannah and all southern points, we handle on the most favorable terms and remit at lowest exchange rates on day of payment. Correspondence solicited. JOSEPH D. WEED, President. JOHN ft. KGWLAAD, Vice President JAMES H. HUNTER. Cashier ESTEVE& C0., - 116 1-3 Bay Street, SAVANNAH. - - GA.. DO A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. BUY AND SELL EXCHANGE ON ALL THE PRIN 0F FRANCE AND nJKTuIjAL. DRAW OR A. RUFFER 4 SONS LONDON f PARIB. j HAVRE, CREDIT LYONNAIS [ BORDEAUX^ I ROUEN. I NANTES. „ l DUNKIRK.etc. ESTETVE & CO BARCELONA P. ALFARO &CO MADRID BARROSO i CO, LISBON rates paid for drafts of masters of Spanish vessels and for drafts drawn by masters of vessels bound for Spanish ports. ewse ury. ARTISTIC ~ SILVERWARE TEA AND DINNER SERV ICES. And all other objects made of Sliver. SAMUEL KIRK & SON, At our New Store and Manufactory, 10* BALTIMORE ST.. EAST, BALTIMORE, MD. Established 1817. Also fine WATCHES, JEWELRY, DIA MCNDS. ]___ riIOTOGRA. Another New Lot of Engravings, ETCHINGS AND WATER COLORS JUST RECEIVED BY * Launey & Goebel, Who are also headquarter* for fine Photo graphs, Crayon, Pastel and Water-Color Por traits from life or oopy; also, the largest and finest line of Moldings and Frames ever shown in Savannah. Now is the time to put In your orders for the Holidays. N. B-—Studio now 31 Whitaker street, one door south of Broughton. PRI N’TERS AND BOOKBINDERS. GEO. M. ffiICHOLS, PRINTING, BINOINGy BLANK BOOKS* 934 Bay St. Savannah* oranges. Oranges! Florida Oranges, Apples, Lemons, Nuts, Raisins, Cocoanuts, Cabbage, Etc.. Etc. HAY. GRAIN AND FEED. W. D. SIMKINS, WHITER RESORTS. THE OGLETHORPE, BRUNSWICK. GA. A perfect winter resort hotel. Opens Jan. 4. Send for circular Famous for healthful climate, balmy sea air, pine forests, fine drivsi and aquatic and field sports. WARREN’ UHLAND. Jr., Manager.