Decatur Democrat, Volume 25, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 12 May 1881 — Page 1

THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT. Official Paper of Adams County. * fe». n.ra.y XV'llllwxxist. Propi’ietor. Tekms: One Dollar ami> Fifty Cents Per Year.

J. T. DAILEY, ATT Y AT LAW $ J. P., HECATUB, I .DIANA. H ill Practice in Adams and adjoining i Counties. Collections a specialty. v24n2lhf I D.. PH YSICIAN & SURGEON, DECATUR, INDIANA. Office in Houston’s Block, up-stairs. Will attend to all professional calls promptly, night or day. Charges reasonable. Residence on north side of Monroe street, 4ih house cast of Hart's Mill. 25jy79tf IL |i ActieON, I’rcs’t. W. H. NiuLicK,(.'»bhi< r. D. Studabakeh, Vice Prea't. THE ADAMS COUNTY BANK. DECATUR, INDIANA, This Bank is now open for the transaction of a general banking business. We buy and sell Town, Township and County Orders. 25jy79tf X HUFFMAN’, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, DECATUR, INDIANA. Will practice in Adams and adjoining counties. Especial attention given to collections and titles to real estate. Are Notaries Public and draw’deeds and mortgages Real estate bought, sold and rented on lea- « aonable terms. Office, rooms land 2, 10. O. F. building. 23jy7‘Jlf NEW PLAINING MILL The undersign* I wishes Inannouocc to I he citizens of Adams and adjoining counties that he has put in a NEW PLAINER /»t his mills iu Decatur, where he is now ■L- ; repftted to do all kinds ot plaining a’ reas,Z ouable prices and on abort notice. He also miinufactuieg titty different kinds us MOULDIN6S Thanking the public for past favors 1 lespectfully solicit a continuance of patlouage. J. C. AULT. Decatui. I nd., May 5, 1881. Im 11 1 L. I ■ ■ivl H — ...- ■ Perry, Huston, county, Ga., January 28, 1880. In 1873, there were two negros confined In jail badly affiicted with Syphilis. In my official cap»ciiy I employed C. T. Swift | to cure them, under a contrac*, “no cure, no ' pay, He administered his -‘Syphlitic Spe- • < itic, and in a few weeks 1 felt bound In j ay him out of the county treasury, as he had effected a complete and radical cure A. S. Giles, Ord. Houston co,, Ga. Ciiatt\noo<;a, Tenn., Feb. 14,1879. The S. S S is giving good s.i'.isfaciion. (hie gentleman w ho had been confined tu liis tied six week-* with Syphilitic Rheum ifsi.i has been cured entirely, and speaks fn ihc highest praise of it. ('iti!.• s & Berry’. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, Proprietors, Atlanta, Ga. Sold by D rwinx Hoiihou<e. Call for a copy of “Young Men 8 Friend.” no. 3. 3m. Notice to Father*, Mothers, Milers, Brothers, I ncles. Annis. an<l all Relative*. Secure Certificates on your relative’s 1 lives in the PIONEER MUTUAL ASSOCI- ; ATION of UNION CITY, INDIANA,— The cheapest Relief offered by any Association in the United States. Cirtificates given on all males and females that arc of sine n.ind and good health from 20 to 85 years of age at the following low rates: $0 for a $1,U()O Certificate. $lO for $2,000; sl6 for $3,000 $25 for $3,000; or a total of sl6 to secure Certificates fur $3,000 in the First Division ; SSO to secure Certificates lor SIO,OOO iti the Second Division; S3O to secure Certificates for $19,000 in the Third Division; SSO to secure Certificates for $10,050 in the • Fourth Division; Yearly thereafter only $1 on each one thousand daring life, with the following ussesHnents in each class and division : At the death of a member, $1.23 on $1,000; $2.3 ) on $2,000; $3.33 on $3,000; and $5.50 on $5,000. AH males and females from 65 to 85 years of age are respectfully requested to | erciire certificates. Regular stock Insurance Companies do not insure over Uu years. Therefore, as this is your e only 1 chance for relief we advise you to accept ; this great osier at once, as it is dangerous ; to delay. Remember, you have no risk to become a member of this association, as j its officers have each given bond to the ninouut of ten thousand dollars for the : faithful performance of their duties. Call on or address France & King, Agents, 4mG. Decatur, Ind. | Gray's Specific Jlcdicine. TRADE MARK The Great TRADE MARK English Rem- / -3k ki»y an unfailing cure for ./y seminal weak W ness, Spcrmator rli e-», I m potency,*and all BEFORE TA<lM6.‘'’ scaßeß ‘ ha, AFTER TAKING, luuuw hs a consequence ot Self-abuse; as loss < f memory, Universal I.Hssiimie, Pain in the Baek, Dimness of Vision, Premature Old Age, end many other diseases that lead to Insanity, Consumption and a premature grave. tnY-Kull particulars in our pamphlet, which we desire to send free by mail to every one. The Specihc Medicine is sold by all druggists al $1 per package, or 6 pack ages for 85, or will be sent free by mail op receipt of tho money by addressing THEORAY MEDICINE CO, _ No. 10t> Main snoot. Bbiialo, N. I . For sale by Dorwiu s. Holthouse. Bucklen's Arulcu Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers. Salt Rheum. Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all kinds of Skin Eruptions. This salve is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction tn every ease or money refunded Price 25 cents per box. For sale by DoKWIN <fc UOLTHCCSE.

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Un cl ert o.lx.ixx s. HISKEY & BROADBECK, UNDERTAKERS Opposite Adams County Bank, <'all the attention of the public generally to a large and comblete line of BURIAL CASKETS AND COFFINS, Aud to the fact that 'hey arc using the M. 11. ANTI-SEPTIC FLUID, For Embalming, Mummifying, Disinfecting and Purfuming the tiesh of the dead, and of Preserving the Features in a natural state. A tine line of ■ SHIioI’DS Are also kept on hand. | in addition to their undertaking establishment Hiey have the largest and most complete stock of FURNITURE Ever ottered to the people of Adams County. Dot t purchase one dollar's worth of Furniture before examining iheir stock and prices. HISKEY& BROADBECK. Decatur, lud., Sept. 9, SO ly. THE DECATUR WOOLEN MILLS RUNNIMG AGAIN! Having purchased the Eicher AY oolcn Mills we arc prepared to announce to the public generally that we have , for sale at Bottom Prices at our facto- J ry on the corner of Ist and Jefferson I streets a fine line of strictly ALL WOOL GOODS, Os our own Manufacture. We earnestly solicit all former patrons of the | Eicher Woolen Mills to come aud see us. as we expect to reciprocate your patronage by honest, fair dealing. We will pay you the highest market price in cash for your wool, or make any exchange for goods, (’all and see our stock ofFLANNELS, BLANKETS. SATTINETS, JEANS and STOCKING YARNS before purchasing elsewhere, we promise to furnish you a better article for LESS MOHEY! Than you can buy anywhere else. MYERS BROS. Decatur, May 5, 1881. ts THE BLADE PRINTING AND PAPER CO. Meet all competition, both as to Quality and Prices, in supplying BLANK BOOKS, PAPER AND STATIONERY At Wholesale. 154 St. Clair St., TOLEDO, 0. February 10, 1581.—45m3 1 arm For Sale. The undersigned wishes to sell his farm in Root township. There ars 40 1 acres, 30 acres cleared, good farm house and barn, two wells of excellent water, , good orchard and good land. Price, SSO per acre—one-half cash and balance in four years. For further partic- , ulars intjuirc of Dr. T. T. Dorwin. of ' Decatur, or address the owner at Fort Wayne, lud. Christian Six, 47 m 3 Owner.

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RECTAL DISEASES S SPECIIin BY DR. A. B. JAMISON. | Who is permanently located at Decatur. — Satinfactioii Guaranteed! PILES-NO CURE, NO PAY! Os tho many cases I am now treating ! and have examined I find it a common noi tion of the sufferers “that they have (he Piles. They write, send or ask for medicine for the Piles. You can no( tell, nor could I, if I inn not make an examiniion. You would just as likely be right to call all trouble of the Rectum Cancer as to call it the you have a sore throat you desire to know what kind—Diptheria, Tonsillitis; if lever — Bilious, Lung, Brain, Typhoid, etc., then you have an idea of the danger. Then why call every trouble of the Reciutn Piles ' Hundreds of young men aud women and older persons go to their grave from Rectal diseases—most likely Ulceration 'or Cancer —and the so called Piles are not accused of murder. Never say you have the Piles unless some physician tells you so, or any other difficulty; and know how high—one, two or three inches—and how much surface diseased. One half of the cases I am called on to examine or treat have no Piles at all, but i tlisease a thousand time worse. I find many troubled with Piles, Tabs and Ul- < aration 1 have yet to find a simple case of Piles without ulceration. Dr. Allingham says “Ulceration extending above the internal sphincter, and frequently situated entirely above that muscle, is not so very uncommon a disease; it inflicts great misery upon the patient, and, if neglected, leads to conditions quite incurable, and the patient dies of exhaustion unless extraordinary means are resorted i*. In the earliest stages of the malady careful, rational and prolonged treatment is of'en successful and the patient is restored to health ; I wish 1 could say the same of the severe and long-standing cases. Ulceration of the rectum can only be mistaken for malignant diseases. * As the earlior manifestations are fairly amenable to treatment, it is of the utmost ’ importance that the disease should be i recognized early.” I believe it to be malignant, and have ' cases that speak for themselves. If you have any trouble come in lime and find out j your danger. Find outjhow much your head, memory, heart, lungs, stomach, liver, kidneys, bowels, bladder, womb, back and legs are troubled from your diseased Rectum. I could Dime many persons that I am now treating who have some one or two organs deranged an.l h ive spent a great deal of money to no purpose, because it poes not reach the cause of trouble. I Guarantee the Cure of Piles. Should I fail, I will pay your Railroad and Hotel Bills, return every cent you have paid, and make you a present of One Hundred Dollars. Examination free to all. A. B. JAMISON. M. D. Decatur, Ind., January 27, 1881.

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I Baking Powder! —the— PUKEST AM) BEST /.>■ t:ii: .h.iiihkt. $300.00 Will be paid for any A Dun, Terra Alba, or other impurities found in This Powder! Sold in Tin Cans. Try It! SOLD ONLY by J. WELFLEY. Decatur, Indiana. NATIONAL BAKING POWDER CO., aiAKIUN, OHIO. March 17, 1881. 59m3 L. C. FELLERS, COITMCIOit AND BUILDER. Aud Dealer in Building Slone, Brick. Masonry, &c., And Proprietor of THE DECATI R Steam Pressed Brick AND TILE WORKS. I would respectfully inform the citizens of Adams and adjoining counties that 1 have located a Steam Pressed Brich and Tile It'orks in Ilccatur, and will manufacture a superior quality of Brick aud Tile, and will be prepared by the 15ih of May, and from that time on, to furnish parties Building Biiek, Sidewalk Brick, Sewer Brick and Tile of every desired oaliber by the rod, at verylow prices. Call at flic lard and examine Stock and Prices. Contracts for all kinds of stone aud brick work will receive prompt attention, j March 3, 1681. 48mtj |

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA. MAY 12, ISB

DITCH NOTICE. Notice is hereby given, that at the March, 1881, session of the Board of Commissioners of the County of Adams, and State of Indiana, a petition was presented by Abner 8. Parrish, praying the board to establish the following described ditch in said County of Adams, the commencement, direction and termination being described in said petition, which is on file at the Auditor’s office of said County. Said ditch is located on the following route, viz: Commencing 30 rods southwest of the northeast corner of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section thirty (30;, township twenty-seven (27) north, range fourteen (11) east, in Adams county, Indiana; running thence northeast thirty (3b) rods, thence north 108 rods, thence north 60 degrees west 24 rods, thence north 20 degrees west 42 rods, thence north 24 rods, thence north 20 degeees west 24 rods, 1 hence north 20 degrees east 12 rods, and there to terminate. 1 Said petitioners representing “that a ! large portion of the lands through which said ditch will pass are totally unproductive for want of proper drainage ; that the construction of a ditch will not only be conducive of public health, convenience or welfare, but the same will be of public benefit and utility, and that such drainage can not be obtained without entering upon and passing th’ough the lands adjoining the owners of a portion ot which are unwilling to engage in the enterprise of im proveinent.” The Board being satisfied that the petititioners liad in all respects complied with the act approved March 9, 1875, entitled ! “ An act to enable owners of wet lands to drain and reclaim them,” etc.; granted the prayer of said petionerj; and appointed G. F. Kintz, Jacob Yager, Jr., and Richard Winans viewers, who proceeded to view the proposed location of saiT ditch, and have tile! their report and estimate, and appor tioned the work according to law, aud made oath to the same, and report the work to he of public benefit. The following list shows the tracts of land benefitt *d by said improvement and the owners' names : The west half northeast quarter section 30, township 27 north, range 11 east, owned by Abner 8. Parrish. The southeast quarter southeast quarter section 19, township 27 north, range 14 east, owned by Perry H. Andrews. The northeast quarter northeast ’quarter section 30, township 27 north, range 14 east, owned by Perry 11. Andrews. The southwest quarter southeast quar- ! ter section 19, township 27 north, range 14 east, owned by Lewis S. Wagoner. Commissioners of Adams county on pvblic highway between sections 19 and 30, township 27 north, range 14 east. ‘ The northeast quarter northwest quarter section 30, township 27 north, range 14 east, owned by Stephen Hoffman. The east half southeast quarter southwest quarter section 19, township 27 north, range 11 east, owned by Rebecca Thornton. The northwest quarter southeast quarter section 19, township 27 north, range 11 east, owned by Jeremiah Andrews. Now, therefore, he it known, that the Board of Commissioners of the County ot Adams, will grant a hearing on the above petition and report ou Wednesday, the Bth day of June, 1881, when all persons interested or aggrieved will be heard. All parties who claim compensation for land or damages by the construction of said work are hereby notified to make application in writing and file the same in the office of the Auditor of the County, on or before the day set for the hearing of said petition and report. G. CHRISTEN, Auditor A lams County. Auditor’s office, Adams County, April 10, 1881. April 21, 1881.—3w1. SHERIFFS SALE In the Adams Circuit Court, of Adams county,lndiana. John Huffnagle, ] William Allen, Lewis L. Bell, James I'. Meeker, John Devor, vs. j- February Term, Stephen H. Bailey, j 1881. Sarah C. Baiiey, George R. McDonald, Ex- | ecutor of the will of | George Cox. deceased, { Eliz ibeth McConkey. J By virtue of nu order of Sale to me di- ; reeled and delivered by the Clerk of the Adams Circuit Court, on a finding and decree rendered in said court, at the February term, 1881, in favor of the plaintiffs against the defendant Bailey ct al., and J on a finding aud decree in favor of George R. McDonald, Execu or of the will of George Cox, deceased, against the defendant Bailey, el al., aud on a finding and decree in favor of Elizabeth McConkey against the plaintiff’s and defendants. 1 have levied upon the real estate hereinafter mentioned, and willexpose for sale nt public auction, at the east door of the Court House, in the town of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, between the hours of 10 o’clock a. m., and 1 o’clock, p. m. on Saturday, May 21, 1881. the rents and profits, for a term not to exceed seven years, of the following desciibed premises, situate in Adams coun*y, I Indiana, to-wit : Beginning at the northwest corner of the southeasc quarter us section seventeen 1 (17), thence east to a stake, established - corner of William Cunninghams twenty acres, thence south to the Wabash river, ■ thence down the meanderings of said Wabash river to the middle line of section seventeen (17), thence north to the Fort H’ayne and B inchester State road, thence along the meanderiugs of said road to the place of beginning; also the southeast fraction of the south west quarter of section seventeen (17), ea«t and north of said B’abash river, and the southwest fraction of the southeast quarter of section seventeen (17), all in township twenty-five (25) north, range fourteen (}4) east, in the county of Adams and State of Indiana. And, ou failure to realize theietrom the full amount of judgment, interest thereon and costs, I will at the same time, aud in the manner aforesaid, offer for sale the fee simple of the above described premises.— Taken as the property of the defendants to satisfy said order of sale. HENRY KRICK, Sheriff Adams County. April 21, 1881. APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR. Notice is hereby <iven that the undersigned has been appointed administrator of the estate of David D. Bevelhaimer, late us Adams county, deceased. The estate is I probably solvent. FERDINAND KEINkING, Administrator. Peterson £ Huffman, Att ys. April 14, 1881. Carry I lie Sewn to Mary. I have a good farm of 100 acres, 40 acres cleared, and GO acres good timber, I 2tniles eastof Decatur. Will sell reasonable. B. H. Dent.

Three Murderers Hanged. Ciiari.ottb, N. C., April 29.—Marshal Baxter was hanged here at 11:40 o’clock this morning for the murder of • Bob” Ilentiegan in January last. He claims to have been instigated by the murdered mans wife, and confessed the commission of the crime after his sentence, for which reason no appeal was asked or granted. Within the past few weeks he professed religion, and died in the full faith of the Methodist church. The drop was five and a half feet. His neck was broken, and he died almost without a struggle. One morning in December last Robert Hennegan, a respectable colored man who lived near Charlotte, found the following notice posted up on his front door: You had better git outen of this if you don't you’ll wake up sonic morn in inissiu'. if you don't git right away hell will be your home and death will be your potion. By the captain of the band.

A brass band had been organized in the neighborhood, and Hennegan had joined it, despite opposition on the part of some of the members, and he judged that the notice was to hint to him to leave the band. He, however, continued to attend its meetings. On the night of Jan. 17 he left home and his wife never saw him alive again. On Jan. 28. two weeks after he had disappeared, 100 men organized and scoured the country for the missing I man. One detachment took a creek, and with poles began to prob the pools. They had already passed one of the largest and deepest., and were going on to another, when a negro, John Gray, said. “Stick your pole there.” pointing to a part of the pool which had been passed. This was done, and the body of Bob Hannegan was drawn from the water. Around his neck was ;l heavy chain plow trace, fastened with a running noose. The head was beaten into a pulp. As the body cauie to the surface John Gray turned his back and walked away. It was known among the neighbors that illicit relations had existed between llannegan's wile aud Marshal Baxter and John Gray, both colored, and suspicion of the murder attached to the woman. On being interrogated she said that on the night of her husband's disappearance Gray came to his house and said that Marshal Baxter wanted Hannegan to go to a frolic aud card party that night at the house of Ned Harris. Hannegan declined, saying that he was busy shucking his corn, whereupon Gray volunteered to remain and do the work. So Hannegan went. The persons lie was invited to meet were Marshal Baxter. Coy Ross, Edward Harris, and these men with Gray were arretted charged with the murder. Gray turned State’.* evidence, and his testimony showed that soon after Hannegan joined the band Baxter wanted to get him out of the way. On the night of Jan. 17 he sent Gray to decoy Hannegan to the card party, and waited in ambush until his victim came along, when he brained him with a club, after which he dragged the body to the creek. Baltimore, April 29.—John Gothard, alias Sandy Smith, colored, convicted of the murder of Joseph Woods in Baltimore county on the night of Dec. 2, 1880, was hanged at Towsontown this morning. He ascended the scaffold at 10:011 o'cleek. Three minutes later the drop fell and he died without a struggle The only words he uttered on the scaffold were : “Don't make any mistake about me.” After hanging 20 minutes he was pronounced dead. Gothard had been in the employ of Woods and on the night of the murder, while he was assisting his employer to unhitch a horse from the wagon, he struck Woods with an ax. | The latter ran to the house, a. short distance away, closely followed by Gothard, who seized a gun standing near the door and knocked down Woods’ wife. The door was closed ' after Woods fell prostrate on the floor, j but Gothard from the outside fired j through the door, the charge entering | Wood's groin and abdomen. He ; died on Dec. 8. Gothard was tried soon after, and convicted. Efforts have been made to obtain a respite on the ground of Gothard's doubtful san- | ity. but the Governor refused to inter- : sere wite the sentence of the court. ; Gothard was formerly a slave on the eastern shore of the State. Since his > imprisonment he has made several statements as to what instigated him to j commit the crime, the last one admit- | ting that his intention was to murder I the family, take all the money in the house, and then burn the house down to cover his crime; but Mrs. Woods escaped before he could carry out his intention. Ho was 58 years old. Windsor, Vt., April 29.—Royal S. Carr, who was convicted of murdering W. W. Murcouimoek on Dec 11, 1878, was hanged here in the State prison today. Carr wished to marry Murcomuiock's wife, and induced the former to go hunting with him, when he deliberatsly shot him from"bchind. He had previously served a ten year’s term for killing Mary E. Loomis in Worcester, Vt lie was a brutal, ignora-,: fellow, and has manifested no concern since his sentence.- He was hanged at 2 p. m. Carr ascended the scaffold with a firm step, aud listened calmly to the reading of the death warrant. He remarked was the two women.” Exact Imtermatiou. Lewiston Journal. The latest and most refreshing Sab- > bath school incident happened in a 1 class not a thousand miles from Lewiston. The teacher had grown eloquent in picturing to his little pupils the beauties of Heaven, and he finally asked: “What kind of boys go to Heaven?" A lively little four year old boy, with kicking boots, flourished his fist. "Well you may answer,” said the teacher. “Dead ones.” the little fellow shouted at the extent of his lungs.

HOB JEFFERSOV HAVIS EEFT KICHMOMH. (From Judge Bruce’s Reminiscences beI forethe Southern Historical Association.) Jefferson Davis and his family were in their pew that morning. I saw the sexton go to that pew in the midst of the services and speak to the president and the president retire front the congregation. 1 was not feeling very well that morning. 1 felt that something was going wrong with our cause when I saw the president withdraw : and this in connection with the indisposition referred to, caused me also to retire from church. 1 repaired at once to my lodgings on Second street, not far from the residence of Dr. Morris in Linden row, on Franklin street. Dr. Morris, a brother of our friend Col. John D- Morris, well known to most of us present this evening, was president or general superintendent of the telegraph lines in the confederate states. Immediately on reaching my lodgings 1 met a friend who asked me if I had heard the news. I responded: No; what is it? He replied : “Dr. Morris’ little daughter was just over here and said her father had just come home and stated that Gen. Lee had telegraphed President Davis that the enemy had broken the confederate lines; that the army would have to retire further south, and Richmond would have to be evacuated ” The hours 1 remained in Richmond on that melancholy Sunday, after leaving St. Paul's, were among the saddest us my life. 1 felt that our cause was the lost cause. Many of the scenes wit- [ nessed by me as I went to and fro through the streets of that good old ' city were heart rending. The bad news had spread with lightening speed all over town. Having spent much of the time during the war in Richmond. 1 had formed many acquantainees among its noble and hospitable citizens : and, I atit proud to say some of them became my dearest friends. The men generally were on the streets, and large numbers of ladies stood in the doors and on the steps of their houses, many bathed in tears, making inquiries and giving utterencc to woeful disappointment aud anguish. About nightfall I took my seat in a car of the train at the Danville depot, preparing to start southward with its sad and disappointed human freight. The president and his cabinet were on the train. By this time I had become much exhausted by the fatigues of prepcration and visits to attached friends for the purpose of leave taking, and had almost succumbed to the indifference resulting from the irredeemable loss and ' disappointed hopes. My fellow pass- 1 eagers, both male and female, in the ' crowded car were very much in the same plight. 1 never knew so little conversation indulged in by so large a number of acquaintances together, for we were nearly all acquainted with each other, and 1 may say, fellow fugitives driven by the same great calami- ' ty and wrong. Very few words were interchanged. Sleep soon overcame mast of us. This, I will remember, was my ease, for 1 dropped to sleep before the train started from Richmond, and was not aware of its departure when it left, I slept quite soundly nearly all the night. I believe we did not leave Richmond until pretty late in the night, and when day broke in on us on the morning of April 3. we were somewhere in the neighborhood of Bnsheville Junction, probably between that place and Roanoke. We stopped at every station on the way, crowds thronging to the train at each station to make inquiries, for the bad news in this case preserved its proverbial reputation for fast traveling. Everybody sought to see, shake Hands with and I speak to the president, who maintain-1 led al! the way a bold front, gave no | I evidence by word or appearance of des-' pair, but spoke all along encouragingly to the people. RE»MO.t» THE TIOOVSiII’V ' E.< — A Chat with the Notorious Xorth Carolina Outlaw In 4slieville Jail. [New York Sun ] Asheville, April. 30.—Your cor | respondent found Redmond, the fam- ! ous North Carolina outlaw, willing to . Ibe interviewed to day. He was cap- ; tured in Swain County, the wildest I portion of the Blue Ridge country, I April 7, and brought to Asheville on the 24th. The noted distiller of "the | dew drop” lay on a bed of straw stretchi ed in front of a window, enjoying the i cool mountain breeze. He extended i his weather-stained hand and asked his j visitor to be seated. Before us lay the ; great moonshiner, the dread of the ! deputy marshals, who for five years has j defied the civil authority and baffled the revenue officers. “Major Redmond, where did you get your title? You look young to have been a participant in the late war.” 1 "No sir, I wasn't in the war.” reph- ■ ed the Major. “I am just 2G years I old. My title is a nickname given me ' when a boy." In reply to further qttes- . ! tions the Major told the following sto- . j ry of his life : ! i "I am a farmer. I had got some • i lands leased, aud had begun clearing I !up my fields. I had the timber cut ! 1 down, and the laud was nearly ready to be broke up when this trouble conic on me. it was 10 o'clock one morning long about the first week in this month, when my wife asked me to step out ini to the edge of the clearin' 'round the ■ house and kill her a squirrel or two. She said that she heerd the dogs a ; 1 barking up in the edge of the woods, j and she lowed they’d treed one up thar. i 1 got down the shotgun and started up the ridge on t'other side o’ the , house. When I got in about fifty i yards of the dogs, bout half a dozen ! men stepped out from behind a clift i and hollered Halt.' I knowed them wasn't no squirrels, and I turned round and left. They kept hollerin’ Halt' I aud a shootin,’ and every once in a J 1

while f d feel a bullet hit me. They followed after me and kept on shootin’ and every once in a while hitting me, till at last they caught up with me in the holler, about two hundred yards from the house." “In how many places were you wounded ?” “Seven places, sir. I’m sufferin’ a powerful sight from ’em now. Notwithstanding the farmer’s innocent air. it is generally known that lie shot down Deputy Marshal Duckworth, who tried to arrest him in 1877 in Transylvania County for alleged violation of the revenue law. He fled to South Carolina. There his wagon and team were seized by a small special force of revenue officers, but he escaped them But a few hours elapsed before he is said to have returned to the place at which the officers hal his wagon and team and, with the mild persuasion of a double-barrelled shotgun, induced them to restore the confiscated articles. Jumping into his wagon again, he drove to his mountain haunts, known as “The Dark Corner. ’ In 1879 Redmond went to Swain County. His reputation precede J him. He told the credulous mountaineers that he was bullet proof, and they never thought of an effort to arrest him. He is reported to have said. "There are not enough men in Swain county to arrest me.” One hardy man once said, in- response to the averment that he (Redmond) could not be arrested, that ho could arrest him S ime friend of Redmond's told him of this remark. Redmond went to the man, and, catching him by the collar, shook him as a dog would a rabbit. Collector Mott of the Western District of North Carolina, hearing of the desperate character of Redmond, instructed Capt. Cobb of the special force for that part of the State to take six of his best men and capture the outlaw. Capt. Cobb failed. His posse rushed in at each door of Redmonds cabin, having heard him in there but a few minutes before. On gaining entrance. he was not to be found. There were no windows to the house, and it was afterward discovered that he had made his escape byway of the low. wide chimney. !OI),O9O Ituflfalo Killed last W inter. [Sioux Ciiy Journal.] It is estimated by competent authorities that 109,000 buffalo hides will be shipped out of the Yellowstone country this season. Two firms alone are negotiating for the transportation of 25.000 hides each. When to this is added the immense amount of skins and furs of other kinds—deer, elk, an telope, bear, beaver, &e, —some idea may be formed of the extent of the Yellowstone pelt and fur trade. Most of our citizens saw the big load of buffalo hides that the C. K. Peek brought down last season, a load that hid everything about the boat below the hurrican deck roof. There were 10. 000 hides in that load, and they were all brought out of the Yellowstone on I one trip, and transferred to the (’. K. I Peek. How such a load could have been piled on the little Terry noteven the men on the boat appear to know. It hid every part of the boat, barring only the pilot house and the smokestacks. But such a load will not be attempted again. For such boats as ply the Yellowstone there are at least | fifteen full loads of buffalo bides and other pelts. Reckoning 1.009 hides to j three car loads, and adding to this fifty cars for the other pelts, it will take | at least 350 box cars to carry this stu- . pendous bulk of peltry’ East to market. Theses figures are no gueises, but csti- ' mates made by men whose business it | is to know about the hides and furs i awaiting shipment.

Nothing like it has ever bc< n known in the history of the fur trade. Last season the output of buffalo hides was about the average, and last year only about 30.00 b hides came out of Yel- j lowstone country, or less than a third | of what is there now awaiting ship- j nient. The past severe winter caused the I buffalo to bunch themselves in a few . valleys where there was pasture, and j there the slaughter went on all winter. I There was no sport about it, simply I shooting down the famine-tamed ani-j mats as cattle might be shot down in a barn-yard. To the credit of the Indians it can be said that the)' killed no more than they could save the meat ' from. The greater part of the slaughter was done I by white hunters, or butchers, rather, i who followed the business of killing j and skinning buffalo by the month. 1 leaving the carcass to rot. When the j buffalo are all killed off, as they bid fair to be in a few years at this rate, then everybody will wonder that the I Government did not do something to | preserve this, the noblest of animal game, or at least prevent the killing of the buffalo for the hides alone. The death of General Joseph Lane recalls the fact that in the Democrat- ' io convention of 1852 he was one of the most promising candidates. It was understood that if neither Cass nor Buchanan could get the nomination their votes should go to Laue. But when the break came the vote centered on Genera! Pierce. Lane had serv- ! ed in the Mexican war with distinction I and was appointed Governor of Oregon , by President Polk. After the territo- | ry was admitted into the Union he was ; sent to the Senate, and in 1860 he was nominated for Vice President on the ticket with Breckenridge, and was badly beaten. Unfortunately he got on the wrong side of the bloody chasm, and was never heard from afterward,, lie was born in North Carolina in 1801. I and settled in our State when a young man. He was a man of great ability, and at one time stood high in the estimation of the American people.—Huntington Democ it.

From Ttic west. LobGJIOM'. Co) , I May 2. 1881. » Enirou DtcATVK Democrat; As 1 have been a citizen of your county, and a reader of your valuable paper from its first volumn, though not a regular subscriber, 1 thought perhaps some < 1 the old neighbors would like to hear of the country in which I live and its fun | ture prospect. First, 1 live in the to’Cfi of Longmont, which has about 1900 inhabitants ami with a good prospect for the future. The Colorado Central is all ready here and has helped to bnild the country so far, but now there j are three others in contemplation, two of them will commence to lay the track this month and the other will be finished sometime this summer. The property has thripled in value the last three months. \Ve have as good society at there is any place can. in the same size town ; four good churches, well filled and well supported. There will be about two million of brick burnt and used in town this summer. Also wo expect to raise over a million bushels of wheat, barley and oats to be consumed and'shipped away from this station alone this summer by our farmers. Our country is settling up very fast wit k people from all parts. Well I W’ll not trespass any more this time and -co how this will take. J. 11. SICLTs A Heartless Sab»b. [Anderson Democat.l Governor Porter is carrying out the predictions made concerning him by the democrats during the last campaign, lie was charged with being a heartless nabob, and cold blooded aristocrat! He demonstrated this fact a few days ago when he vetoed the law giving jurors two dollars per day’ for their services. They come from the common peop'e and their services are worth only sl.G'» per day when be draws Sit) per dly from the tax payers of the state for work less laborious than a juror performs for one dollar and sixty cents. to Legal .fury far Ten Vrirt, Philadelphia Timci. Erie, Pa., May 2.—Upon the opening of the Criminal Court to-day, the attorneys for Schwingel, the fratricide, caused a sensation by moving to quash the entire jury list, alleging that the jury box had not been sealed with wax, according to law. Investigations developed th" fact, that no legal jury bad been drawn in Erie County for t ?i; years, owing to the custom of sealing the wheel with mucilage, instead of wax. Judge Galbraith made the rul? absolute, and discharged nil the juror.-'. The May tenn has thus burst up. Spring Ihvindling which results from an early change from warm cellars to the freeiing and thawing of out-door, is absolutely overcome by the use the Winter Hive and its method of packing. The hive is not stripped of the saw-dust for nearly a month alter the bees commence flying in the spring. It is much superior to ordinary hives for lhose who winter in cellars, inasmuch a.' the cap is a very great benefit as a shield against the rough weather of spring, which often occurs after the bees have been placed ou summer stands. These hives are for sale at Terveer & Bowers.

NO 6.

One Hundred nod One Years Old. Syr .cose Herald. To day the birthday of Deacon 11 >bbins, aged JOl, was celebrated in Copenhagen. He is the oldest man alive who has been a representive in the New York Assembly. He was a mem her of Assembly from Lewis County in 1819. - Queer Ways <»1 Neu Jersey, Paterson Home Journal, It sounded queerly to hear Judge Dixon, after charging the Grand Jury that “the sale of intoxicating liquors is a great promotive of riotous conduct and crimes of higher grade," say : "The Court will now receive apiications for licenses." lias lie Wmia Prince it? H’tiiteli ill Review. Mr. James Gordon Bennet is engaged to marry the daughter of the Prince de Fursteuberg. Visible Improvement.—Mr. Noah Bates, Elmira, N. V., writes: “About four years ag > 1 had an attack ol billions fever, and never fully recovered. My digestive organs were weakened and I would be completely prostrated for days. After using tw > bottles of you Burdock Blood Bitters the improvement was so visable tint I was ; astonished. 1 can now, though 61 ■ vears of age, do a fair and reasonable day’s work. Price ? 1.00, trial size 10 cents. Appetite, Flesh, Color, Strength an I Vigor—if you covet these, take Ayer s : Sarsaparilla which will confer them o.i | you in rapid successi.n. j Taorui.E SxVEl).—lt is a rernirka- ; blc fact that Thomas' Electric Oil is ! as good for internal as externi! ns*. : For diseases of the lungs an I throat, ! and for rheumatism, neuralgia, eriek in I the back, wounds, and sores, it is the best known remedy, and much trouble is saved by having it always on hand. To PaaseNS Anol r to Marut. — ■•To persons aoout to marry, Douglass j Jarrold s advice was “don't ; we sup--1 plemcnt by saying. without laying in a supply of Spring Bloss >ui. win h cure albuminaria and other kidney a:> I bladder complaints. Price 59 cents, trial bottle 10 cents. Bi b It In.—Jacob Loeckman, 271 Clinton Street. Buifaly, N. V . says he . has been using Thomas s Electric Oil for rheumatism. He had such a lam 1 I back that he could do nothing; but j one buttle entirely cured him. It now turns out that the anti-treat-ing law of Wisconsin is pronounced a dead letter. It was enact 'd as a i amendment to a law long since repeaiI ed. It has ever been thus with the Republican Legislatures. They dodge the question of temperau e. but • >u- , 1 tinually keep up a slvi.v <.t favor: aa at as a kind of p inaca tor public sentiment on the question. —df iHtnryt/r DeiHT-ntt.