Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 28, Number 14, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 April 1879 — Page 1

YOIi. XXYHI- NO 14. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL, 2, 1879. v WHOLE NO. 270

SENTINEL SPECIALS.

A Bis Fire Tisits Lebanon, Kentucky, InTolring a Loss 'T of $50,000. Arrest of , Frank Ellis, the ColdBlooded Assassin of Hickman, the Operator. Failure to Sustain the Charges of Contempt cf Court Aeainst Linn and Collins at Wabash. Tom . Buford, the Murderer Elliott, Repents and pects to Hang. of Judge ExGeneral Beamregwd'a Denial that He ' Tried to Change the Louisville Journal to at SecettNlon Paper. SEW ALBANY. Dejrraded Kenturkians in the City Court A Probable Murderer Home Again Township Trustees Greenback Politics Wedding and Death. Special to the Sentinel: New Albst, March 31. Three men, three women and two children, about as degraded specimens of human depravity as ever struck this city, was in the city court Saturday morning. They were from Whitley county, Ky., and gave their names as Snead, McFarland and Oats, at first claiming to represent three families. Oata was arrested on a charge of drawing a pistol on Mrs. McFarland. The evidence proved that the gang were living together like beasts, swapping wives and liasbands as inclination dictated, and doin other and shameless acts. They were traveling on foot. OaU was fined 110 and casts, and lodged in the station house, being suspected of a mur der in Kentucky. The others were given half an hour to get out or town, and got. Lafayette Johnson, the Jeflersonvllle man, whose disappearance from this city caused great nneasicess to his family, is at home again. It was probably only a plain drank. Township trustees complain very loudly at the reduction in their pay. The trustee of this township does more work than any one of the county officers, and the past winter has saved the county fully 12,000 on expenses of Uie poor. Two dollars per day for inch an oflicer is very small pay. The Greenbackers held a meeting in the Sixth ward of this ctly Friday night, and nominated Charles Jones for councilman They will not nominate a full city ticket, but will indorse the administration of Mayor Mai bon, and recommend the members of their pa-ty to vote for his re-election. Miss Barbara Wolfe, an accomplished and highly esteemed young lady of this city, died Friday night. A fire Saturday afternoon slightly damaged the Hippie & Roger planing mill, on Water street. Mrs. Mary Castlan died last night. Sie was an old citizen of this connty. The body of William Cezar, who died so sud denly at Grenada, M iss., several days ago, lias been delivered to his friends by the board of health of that town, and will be buried here to morrow. The Indntriiit Burglar A Murderer's ffeartlenxneAA Bishop Seott Death. Special to the (sentinel: New Albas v. March 31. Burglars were at work again in the city last night. They entered the residence of R. C. Watts and stole the contribution box of the First Presbyterian church Sunday-Mil ool, containing 113 80, and some other property. They broke open window at Judge J. S. Davis" residence, pack ed up all the silver-ware and some other arti cles, bnt were frightened away without their booty. Matthew Wolfe, the parricide, was taken from jail by the sheriff last night to seethe remains of his sister, lying at the residence of his mother. The scene wait a sad one, the mother and the surviving sisters giving way to the most intense grief. Wolfe, however, was but little affected, and when taken back to jail was wholly unmoved. He is now in jail on a peace wrrrant for attempting to break open his mother's bouse and threatening to kill her and his sisters. His murder of his father was a horrible affair, but he was acquited by Floyd county jury on a plea of insanity, he being crazy drunk when he committed the crime. Bishop Scott, of the M. E. church, and the senior bishop of that church, will remain in this city until next week. He is greatly troubled and weakened with bleeding at the nose, and is very feeble. Mrs. Nannie E. Ecribner, wife of C. E. Scrlbner. and daughter of Silas C. Da; , Esq , died to-day. She was a lady of many noble traits of character, and a member of the best society of Uie city, of which she was an ornament. The members of tli9 Legislature who visited this city and Loaisvule, Sunday, had a royal reception, and returned home very tiappy, Some of them claim that the bock beer down here is superior to the Indianapolis article. I.OrlSVlLLE, KEXTl'CKY. Heath of the Week Ruildiiix Permit Op. position to the New Health Officer Dirty Nt New Trials Asked BnfunL, the A aia. ia the Loni-eiiUe Jail. Special to the Sentinel: IsnrixviiA., March 35. Tne deaths the past week cumber 40, of which 12 were from cob.' sumption. It is said the secret political order of "Elepliant" will oppose the nomination of Dr. Blackburn In the State convention. The or der Is anti-Catholic Three of the members of the board of health elected by the Council Thursday night have resigned. The feeling against the new health oflicer Dr. Montgomery) is very decided among physicians, and ; an- lndepend ent board of health 1 talked of. The city Is in a deplorable state of filthlness. ana unless were is a vigorous cleaning up. -visitation from yellow fever the coming sum' mer is certain, should this dread disease again ravage the South. Anderson, the wife murderer, had a hearing for a new trial Saturday, which was granted Webster, the companion of George Wash ington in the rape of the little Otto girl, will have a hearing for a new trial Monday. Buford, the assassin of Judge Elliott, was brought bare from Frankfort Saturday even Bg, and will be kept in the jail of this city tor i

safe keeping until the September term of the criminal court. . ,

MuNerons Mother-ln-Law Tom Buford Indifferent as t Ills Fate. Special to the Sentinel : Louisville, March SI. Mrs. Wilhelmlna Harting, who formerly resided near New Albany, was arraigned In the city court to-day on the charge of poisoning with Intent to murder her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Louisa Harting. The case has a bad outlook: for Mrs. Harting, and was continued until Friday next. Colonel Thomas Buford, the murderer of Judge Elliott, makes no pretense to being insane, and this dodge of his attorneys will not win. His conduct since his incarceration in the jail of this city has been quiet and orderly. He says he expects to be hung for the crime, and the result was a matter of indifference to him. SHELBYVIL1E. Trial of Charle Hawkins for Attempt to Murder leath of a Woman 111 Years Old. Special to the Sentinel: Shelbyvillr, Ind., March 31. The case of the State vs. Charles Hawkins, for assault and battery with attempt to kill Constable Richard Thrall, was called in the circuit court here tbis morning This is the sequel to the famous "Battle of Smithland," which was fully described in the Senti nel early in February, and which has given he Hawkins family considerable notoriety. It will be remembered that a posse went out to Smithland to arrest "Babe" Hawkins, and during the encounter which followed. Consta ble Thrall was shot by Charles Hawkins, brother of "Babe." Thrall was hit in the arm and badly wounded, the iesult being his confinement to the honse for several weeks. It is for this offense that Charles Hawkins is now on trial. The entire time of the court was consumed to-day in hearing evidence for the StateTwelve witnesses were examined, chiefly in reference to the attack on the house where the Hawkins people were congregated and details of the shooting by the oilicers and occupants of the building. The State will close about noon to-morrow, but the trial will probably last un til Wednesday. It excites considerable Inter est, as is e idenced by the large crowd of speciitors throughout the day. Messrs. Leonard J. Hackney and W. S. Ray represent the State, and Blnir & Ferris, of this city, appear for the defense. Rebecca Anderson, an ancient colored wo man who claimed to be III years old, died here yesterday and was buried this after noon. She was . originally from Buckingham county, V., and remembered many Ecenes and incidents of the Revolution ary War. Sne belonged to a man who served In the continental army, and used often to boost that she helped raise supplies for the suffering patriots. "Aunt Becky" is not to bit classed with the mythical "nurses of Washington," but was a real boda fide relic of revolutionary times. She heard Uie first gun fired at Yorktown,and was in the vicinity at the Loid Com wall is surrendered to the Immortal Father of his Coun try. Tbis interesting "old Virglncy darkey enjoyed almosfperlect health throughout her long life, and was always respected by her acquaintances. VINCKXNES. V Nehool House Destroyed by Lightning The New Gas Company. Special to the Sentinel: Vincennes, Ind., March 31. A very heavy rain storm, accompanied by lightning, passed over thii section Saturday night. A school house at Wheatland was struck by lightning and completely demolished. Xo other damsge reported. The consolidation of the Vineenues and and Citizens' gas light companies, of this city. took place to-day. The new company will be known as the Citizens' Gas Light company, At a meeting of the directors, held Katur day evening. Captain Issac Mass, ol the Union Depot Hotel, was chosen president, and Mr. George G. ltaiusdell secretary and treasurer The old company has been inexistence sluce 1S"7, its charter expiring in' a few months from this date: when it began buslnets its gas was sold at 1-3 per l,r0) feet, and until the erection of the Citizens Company's works was sold at the rate of $1. The new company's contract with the city is to furnish Its gas for 20 years at 13 per 1,000 feet. but npon the completion of its works the com pany voluntarily reduced the price of gas to 850 per 1,000. The old works will be Immediately torn down and a flouring mill will be erected at once upon the old site. M'LLIVAN. Arrest of a Supposed Murderer Seduction Case. Special to the Sentinel: Scluvax, Ind., March 31. Frank Ellis, the man who killed Hickman, the telegraph operator, at Lawrencevllle, 111., last week, is supposed to be arrested here. The description tallies, all but the shoes. The case of Alonzo Troutman, of Louisville, cnarged with the seduction of Miss Fannie Brunker, daughter of Dr. W. A. Brunker, manufacturer of Brunker s Carminative Bal sam, will be called in the circuit court to morrow. Forty-five witnesses are summoned and it will prove a warm case. HROWXSBCRG. A Dwelling House Burned. Special to the Sentinel: Brow Nsnciuj, Ind., March 31 .The residence of Dr. F. C. Ferguson, township trustee, was destroyed by fire this morning. Loss, 11,200. No insurance. The cause of the lire Is un known. James T. Davidson was seriously In jured during the fire by a bncket, thro wn from the roof ot an adjoining house, striking him on the head. B LOO M INOTO X. C'barpie's Charge. Special to the Sentinel : Bloomingtok. Ind., March 31. Rsv. A. B. Charpie,of Rochester, lad., has accepted an Invitation to become the pastor or the Baptist church in Bloomiogton. He will enter on tall aew laliors the second Sunday in April, lit ii last. , LEBANON", KEXTl'CKY. A Fifty Thousand Dollar Fire Beauregard' .' DenlaL Special to the Sentinel: LKBsJKUt, March 81 Early this morning 16 houses were destroyed by fire. Involving a loss of So0,000. The Insurance will cover about onefourth the loss. The Lebanon Hotel la la ruins. The Aim House, destroyed by Ore in Janu ary, is to be rebuilt at a cost of 831 ,10. The annual conference of the M. E. church

of Kentucky, convenes at Jackson Street

church, this city, Wednesday. . General Beauregard, in a letter to the Even ing Post, denies absolutely that he ever offered the late George D. Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, 125,000 or 830,000, or any other sum, to change the Journal to a secession paper, dur ing the first year of the rebellion. : WABASH. The Charge of Contempt of Court Not Sus tained. Special to the Sentinel. Wabash, Ind., March 31. The case of the State of Indiana vs. Lee Linn and Jerry Col lins, for contempt of court, was to-day decided for the defendants. During the last five days the case has been np in court, and the interest on the part of the citizens of Wabash county has been Intense. It is a victory for free press. AVON. A Boy Fatally Shot by H is Playmate. ' Special to the Sentinel: Avon, Ind., March Si. James Rogers, aged 7, was seriously wounded to-day by the acci dental discharge of a shotgun in the hands of playmate John Davis, who was not aware the gun was loaded. The discharge entered the thigh, making a very painful wound. CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS. A Sad Accident. Special to the Sentinel : Charleston, March 31. D. Sheerer, an em ploye in Gage's mill, fell backward to-night through the stair hole of the mill to a lower floor, sustaining terrible In furies internally and splitting his hip bone. He remains Insen sible, and will probably die. FORTVILLE. Iepot Damaged by Fir Special to the Sentinel: Fortville, Ind., March GlTue depot at this place caught fire from a defective flue about 7 o'clock this evening and damaged the building to the amount of about f 150. Insured in the Continental of Chicago. TAR IS, ILLINOIS. eath of a Prominent Business Man. Special to the Sentinel: Paris March 31. M. M. Lamson, a promi nent business man here, of the firm olBurtA Lamson, leading grain dealers, died here very suddenly early this morning, A wife aud two children survive him. ANDERSON. A Sudden Departure. Special to the Sentinel: Aniierson. Ind., March 81. Dr. H. C. MeComber, dentist, departed from heie between two days, leaving numerous creditors aud no assets. I IKK RECORD. Lorisvu.LK. Ky., March 8!. At Lebanon, Ky to-day, 18 houses were destroyed by Are, Loss, (30,000; insurance, 8,000. Huimon. X. T March 31. An incendiary burned Triraper's wadding mill at Riversville. Los, fTO.OUO; insurance, f $5,(00. Columbus. O., March Si. The residence of Thomas Hamlin was partially destroyed by fire to-night. Loss, XO; insurance 1000, in the Niagara, of Buffalo. WASHINGTON ITEMS. The argument In the Oliver-Cameron case will be concluded to-day. Captaia Edward O' Meagher Condon, the Fenian, has been appointed to a clerkship in the treasury department. The president has nominated William L Scruggs consul a'. Chlnkaing; William E. Burchard consul at Omoa and TruxiUo. Colonel French, late sergeant-at-arms, had an attack of veitigo yesterday In the Sen te cloak room, but soon recovered sufliciently to be taken home. Capture of Moonshiner. Cincinnati, Muvch 31. Deputy United States Marshal Cochran, of Covington, who has been in the mountains or Eastern Kentucky for the past two weeks, telegraphs that he has cap tured 11 moonshiners and destroyed n number of illicit stills. He is expected to arrive here to-morrow witli his prisoners. Receiver Appointed. New Orleans, March 31. Judge Billings, of the United States district court, in the appli cation of loreigh depositors, ba3 appointed William C. Black and Josegh Oglesby receiv ers of the New Orleans Savings Institution. Will Have to Hang. ' Memphis, Tenn., March 81. To-day the motion for a new trial in the case of Joseph Bensteen, found guilty of rape, was.overruled, and the prisoner sentenced to be hung on June 30. An appeal to the supreme court has been taken. Sent t'p for Life. Huntinotoh, W. Va., March 31. On Satur day the jury in the case of Henry Johnson, for the murder of Mrs. Parsons in January last, returned a verdict of murder In the first degree, and he was sentenced to the peniten tiary for llfe. . A Sad Suit-Lie. Memphis, March 81. II. F. Voss, a German, committed suicide yesterday, shooting himself with a pistol. Grief over the seduction of his inly daughter was the cause which proiryited the ravh act. A Bold Robbery. Charleston, S. C March 31. A man named Morgan was arrested here to day while passing from the First National bank with 120,000 of United States bonds and other seem i ties, sto len from the president's private room. Fortune's Favorites. Louisville, March 31. The eighth drawing by the Commonwealth Distribution company took place here to-day. Ticket No. 21,202 drew 10,000; No. 1,135 drew $10,000; No. 11.41S drew 5.00(1. ' A Land Slide. Prrrsrow, March 81. A land slide on the Le high Valley frtllway ;threw a locomotive from the track, killing Engineer Nicholas Scbilhnger and seriously injuring the fire man. Death of a Fine Trotting Stallion. St. Louis, March 81. The trotting stallion Woodford Mambrlno, that made such a fine record last season, died here to-day at the sta ble of his owner, R. C. Fate. The Debt of Teuneosee. Nashville, Tenn., March 8L -Governor Marks to-day signed the bill providing for the settlement of the State debt at 50 cents on the dollar and 4 per cent. Interest.

THE NEWS OE A DAY.

A Destructive Prairie Fire at Sioux City, Iowa. I Large Number of Lives Lost Daring . the Conflagration. Accident on the Grand Trunk Railway Bear Detroit. Qui e a Number of New Arrests Made at i St. Petersburg. The latest Kcsi From (lie Zola War The Brltlab Kecd Relnloreemeniw. A HOLOCAUST. Macrlilce of Property, Life and Products by Prairie Fire. Sioux City, March 31. The- Journal has startling reports of the ravages of a destructive prairie fire up the Big Sioux valley and throughout Southern Dakota. The fires on Saturday were of unususl force, and destruo ti ve beyond precedent. The poles on the tele graph line on the Sioux City.and Pembino railroad were burned so that the line has been dawn, and reports from that quarter are not full. A merchant of Eden . iu Sioux City today tells harrowing tales of the losses in that quarter on Saturday. From bis stoiedoor the town occupying an elevated positionlie counted 13 farm houses in flames, and he says more than 40 in that vicinity, have lost everything houses. barns, seed, grain, etc.. The flames traveled with such rapidity that the people were un able to save anything. The stricken people are dazed by the terrible blow that has fallen on them. The large Norwegian church, five miles from Eden, was burned. In the same neighborhood, a child, it is reported, was fatally burned, s also its father, was terribly burned in his efforts to save the child's life. Northwest of Belolt, a Norwegian named Nicholson, while working to save his property. was caught In the fire and so badly burned that lie can not live. It is reported thai two other men In that locality were burned to death. In the vicinity of Portland vllle it is said that not less than SO farmers lost their hay, grain, etc. West of Elk Point EH Richardson lost, a largs amount of grain; the school house with all the books and contents also burned. At White Swan, opposite Fort Randall, the telegraph office with all effects was burned, as the operator reports from Yankton agency At the same place the Government stables were burned, bnt the slock was saved. Altogether an immense damage has been done, and the hardships to settlers Is partlcn larly severe. The grass grew very rank last year, and the protracted dry spell has made It powp rfal food for fire. ' The Zulu War. Mabkthbuxh, Mfeich 11. Several native runners, induced by large rewards, started for Ekowe with dispatches for Colonel Pearson, but returned, reporting the roads destroyed. Every approach li commanded by the military. Kroals forts and country is swarming with Zulus. With the utmost care, Colonel Pearson's supplies, it is believed, will be ex hausted by the end of March. The expedition organizing on the Lower Tugela for his relief amounts to 14 companies of regulars. As soon as the native contingent is sufliciently strengthened the expedition will be pushed forward. A serious break has occurred be tween Sir Bartle Frere and the governor of Natal in consequence of the harsh measures sanctioned by the former to conscript the natives. Supreme Court Decision. Washington, March 31 .The Ohio and Mis sissippi Railroad company, plaintiff in error. vs. the Merchants National bank of St. Lou's. Th3 was a suit brought to recover from the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad company, as common carriers, Ihe value of 108 bales of cotton for which the Merchants National bank otSt. Louis held the original bill of lading as security for a loan, but which was delivered by the agents of the railroad company in Phil adelphia upon a duplicate bill or lading to the other parties. The judgment of the circuit court in favor of the bank is aflirmed by a divided court. Aceldent on the Grand Trunk Ruilway. Detroit, March 81. A baggage car and first coacb, engine and tender on the east-bound night express, on on the Grand Trunk milwayjwere ditched within two miles of Smith's creek, Saturday night. A brakeman named Robert Wilson was killed instantly. Thomas Cowan, a fireman, was seriously scalded and died lost night. Engineer Walters was scalded, but not serious. No passengers were injured. The accident was caused by the removal of rail. Henry Ilines, , Michal King, section men recently discharged, were arrested on snsplciou of being the guilty parties. j - " . Fast Mall Undesirable. M EMPflLS, Tenn., March 31. At a joint meetlog ol the Chamber of Commnrae and the Cotton Exchange, held this afternoon, resolutions were unanimously adopted protesting against the fast dally mall service on the Mississippi liver that will n any way interfere with the mail contract of local packets. Colonel A. J. Kellar was appointed to present the resolu tions to members of Congress and the post master general. ' ' ' ; Two Suicides. 'terrb Haute, Ind., March 31. Levi Foslg, a names! maker, shot himself through the right temple this afternoon, the ball coining out at the top of his bead. He 11 ved half an hour. F. N. Hollln, a stranger,' was arrested for stealing harness. Being locked up, he took a dose of strychnine, from which he Is having terrible convulsions and is expected to die. ? Kurning of the Helmunt Oil Works. - Philadelphia, March 81. The Belmont Oil works, owned by William L. Elkins 6c Co., bui ned to-day. Frank Callsghan and John Greaves, workmen, were burned the former fatally and the latter seriously. Loss esti mated at from 175,000 to 1100,000. The Ponca State Their Troubles. CniCAOO, March 81. The Tribune's Omaha special says a band of Poncas, now here, hekl a council with General Crook, and Standing Bear and Buflalo Chips drew a dismal picture of their sufferings, wrongs and misfortunes. and protested against being sent South to the Indian Territory, but acknowledged that they

must obey and go. They only asked that

General Crook furnished them money to bury those of their number who must die en route of fatigue' and unaccustomed beat. General Crook said all their sad story was known in Washington, and all help must come from there. He could en'y furnish them I rations for their southward loumey. Five ponies now here are already 111. ''- Election of Officers. ' Sax Francisco, March 31. At the annual mee'ing of the Sutro Tunnel company to-day the following officers were elected : President, Elliott J. Moore; vice president, C.W. Brush; directors: F. F. Low, J. J. Williams, Alex. West, Patrick N. McKay, John F. Miller; treasurer, Lazard Freeres; general superintendent, A. Sutro; secretary, Pelphon W. Ames. FOKEIGN NEWS. GREAT BRITAIN. A 8 .MAI. I, RATTLE. Lonhox, March SI. Two thousand Afghans attacked a small detachment of Britbjh in the Peshln valley and were defeated with a loss of 00 killed. No casualties among the British. . THE AFOITAN WAR. London, March 8L In the House of Com mons to-day Sir Stafford Northcote. chancel lor of exchequer, said that the negotiations with Afghanistan had not been completed. and that he was nnnble to communicate the details. He bod no information that an ad vance on Cabnl had been ordered. THE FINANCES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM - THE ZULU WAR. London', March 31. The total receipts from the various sources of revenue of the United Kingdom for the financial year, now closed ,wa8 83,115,4172, which is 111,02? below the estimate' The receipts from customs show a deficiency of 181,000 from excise 300,000 and from stamps 2U0,(00. Other branches of the revenue show an increase In the receipts. The net increase in the revenue, compared with the last financial yrar, is 3,352,673. Ia Ibe House of Commons, after a long de bate, a- motion censuring the Government's Zulus war policy was defeated 306 to 24S. STOPPAGE OK THE EXPEIUTION. Loxnox, March 31. A St. Petersburg corres pondent learns, upon good authority, that telegrams we retelegraphed Sunday directing the steppage of all preparations for the expe dition to Merv until further orders. The latest dispatch from Madrid says the condition of Princess Christina is nearly hope less. RUSSIA. ' A LARGE 5CMBKK OF ARRESTS TO BE ISVKSTIGATKU. St. Fetershl'rg, March 31. Forty-five per sons were arrested the night after the attempt on the lifeof General Von Drertelln, chief gen d'aremerie. Some were of such high rank that they were not sent to common prisons. They include officers oi the guard, court chamber lains aud two daughtcrsof a prominent min ister. A committee has been appointed to inquire Into the causes of the deaths of 2t0 of S00 in mates of Charkofl Central prison within four months. FRANCE. NO TBliATY S1TTI.KO O.V.' Paris, March 31. President Grevy on re ceiving the aricnlturaldelegatesasxuredthcm that no treaty of com merce would be con cluded until the Chainlwrs had come to a de cision on the subject of a commercial policy, WILL HAVE THEIR, WAT. Pari., March 31. The extreme Republicans threaten to abolish the senate if It interferes with the will of France In the matter of the removal of Paris represented by the Chamber of Commerce. ITALY. QARIRALDI ON THE EXPEPITION. Rome, March 31. General Garibaldi has written a letter depreciating the proposed colonizing expedition to New Gulna. Headvises tbs projectors instead to hold them selves in readiness 10 complete the greatness and unity of Italy. FOREIGN NOTES. Thomas Couture, the celebrated painter, is. dead. Neither the English nor French Govern ment have any information of the alleged French occupation of the English Island of Matacong. ' Rights in the Road. New York Paper. road, it usually extends to the middle of the roadway. The farmer owns the soil of half the road, and may use the grass, trees. stones, gravel, sand or anything of value to him. either on the land or beneath the sur face. STibiect only to the superior rights of the public to travel over the road, and that of the highway surveyor to use such ma terials for the repair ot the road; ana tnese materials may be carted away and used elsewhere on the road. No other man has a right to feed cattle there, or cut the grass or trees, much lees deposit his wood, old cuts. waeons or other things there. Ihe owner ot a drove of cattle that stops to feed in front of your land, or a drove ot pigs which root up the soil, is responsible to you at law, as much as if they did the Fame thing inside the fence. Nobody's children have a right to pick up apples under your trees, althoui the same stand wholly outside ot your fence No private person has a right to cut or lop off the limbs of your trees in order to move his old barn or other buildings a:ong the highway, and no traveler can hitch his horse to your trees by the sidewalk, without being li bie, it he gnaws the bark or other wise injures them. If your well stands nnrrlir on vonr lm.d snd DHrf.lv nnfid tha fence, no neighbor can use it exceDt bv vonr .Mi.lnn xr. MAM A - i.. to stand in front of your land and insult you with abusive language without being liable to you for trespassing on your land. He has a right to pass and je pass in an order ly and becoming manner; a right to use the road, but not to abuse it. But notwithstand ing the farmer owns tbe soil of the road, even he can not use it for any purpose which interferes with the use of it by the public lor travel. Ha can not put his pig pen, waeonp, cart, wood or ether things there. If ths highway surveyor or Jers them away as obstructing public travel. If he leaves such things ou'side his fence, and within the limits of the highway, as actually laid out, though some distance from tbe traveled path, and a traveler runs into them in the night and is injured, the owner is not only liable to him for private damages, but may also be indicted and fined for obstruct ing a public highway. And it he has a fence or wall along the highway, he must place it all on his land, and not half on tbe road, as in case of division fences between neighbors. Bat as he owns tbe soil, If tbe road is discontinued, or located elsewhere, tbe land VVUMUUa awaeW VMV W Va V N4V MM1U reverts to him, and he may close it to the center, and use it aa a part of his farm.

AN UNHAPPY MOTHER.

A Curious Case Before the Court of Geor-' gia A Daughter's Startling Discovery In a Mom In (j Newspaper. - Special to the Courler-Jourual. Macon, Ga., March 20. A very curious case ia before the courts of this State, in- ' volving ice custody of a young girL About 17 years sgo a young girl of striking beauty, belonging to one of the most re? oec table ' . families In Georgia, was married to ' eentleraan of good position. Shortly after . their union a daughter was born to them. About this time the young mother yielded , to the temptations of the world, and broke her marital vows. It is even said that she was untrue to her husband immediately after marriage, and that he was not the father of her child. At any rate they were '' separated, and se plunged iDto the ' deepest debauchery. Her rare beauty gave her great notoriety, and for years sbe queened it over the fst men of Georgia, living in luxury and selecting her lovers. She never kept her child with her, : but about seven years ago placed it in the Apple ton Home at Macon, which is under charge of the Episcopal church. The child liviog there grew up to young womanhood, being now about 1G years of age, and possess ed ot great personal charms. In the mean time the mother wrote constantly to the daughter, and occasionally visited her, representing that she made a living by taking ia : sewing and doiog millinery work. A few days ago the young girl was brought from the "Home" to Atlanta by a messenger sent . cy the mother, and received in a close car- . nage. She was carried to the house of a relative, the mother saying that she did not dare to take ber pure child to her own house, where she must have discovered the true state of things. The girl begged to be allowed to go with her mother, to whom she was very ' much attached, and the mother, not having- i the strength to tell her the truth, took her to -Hue house in which she lived alone. The matter leaked out in some way, and the morning papers had a full account of the matter. The paper fell into the girl s hands before her mother had seen it, and she read " the whole story, discovering the horrible situation in which she was placed. It teems thoroughly established that the mother had no designs on her daughter, but that she was devoted to her, and intended to send her to some relatives in Texas, where she might live in a pure atmosphere, aud have a bright and peaceful life. Soon after reading the article the girl dressed hud left the houee, eayicg lhat she was going to visit the Episcopal minister. An hour or two later a carriage drove up to the mother's door, containing the sheriff and two ministers with a writ of habeas -corpus for the girl. They found the girl already gone, and returning to U.e parsonage found her there. The mother, who has accumulated considerable money, employed lawyers and went into the courts to recover her daughter. The case has been before the courts, but has not yet been tried. The church has able counsel, and declare that the child will never be given up to the mother, adding that while she was anxious to go to her before sbe knew her character, now bags to be kept away from her. The mother is determined to go to the very highest courts with her appeal, averring that she means to give her child a respectable home and a fair chance iu life. She says that tho fin has begged .her for months to take her from the chanty home. saying that the matron had said 3b e was going to bind ber out as a servant At pres- -ent the girl is with the Episcopal minister in Atlanta, and is esteemed a young woman of noble and endearing qualities. The greatest interest prevails over the esse, and it may become a cause celebre. Concerning Tea. The addition of a few drops of lemon juice, or of any other ' vegetable acid, renders tea more exciting; ana this custom prevails among poor Chinese and many Russians. The addition of an alkali, on the contrary, makes tea lees stimulating, and in some measure narcotical. In the East some drugs are put into tea to give it aphrodinacal qualities. Tea excites the movements of the heart If i than coilee, is less hostile to sleep, is less fit to sustain intellectual labor, out more wan coiiee u increases me eiiminative activity of the skin and respirationIn many persons tea produces an astringent effrct on the intestines aud a trou blesome constipation. The addition of a few drops of generous wine can prevent the wakefulness which tea causes. More than everything, experience araileth to indicate to any one whether, from the state of his tiervee, his brain or his digestion, he ought to prefer tea or coffee. In every fashion it seems to be proved that, after dinner, the Chinese leaf ought to be preferred to the Abyssinian berry, in very coia countries, and on very cold days, and consequent ly with supreme reason in the Arctic zone tea is the best of drinks, as all travelers have demonstrated. Dr. Kane did not hesitate to call tea the' "great panacea of Arctic travel." The excessive use of tea, especially the green tea, produces obstinate wakefulness, nervous tremblings, convulsions, cramps of the stomach, palpitation of the heart and so on. The Pope on Brains and Legs. New York World. When Pius IX. was Tope, Fanny Elssler visited Rome, danced and set the public crazy. In 43 hours the gilded youth, her admirers, had subscribed 12,000 francs and bought a splendid crown to be presented to her as a testimonial. When the time came for presenting the danseuse with it, one of the subscribers, an excellent young noble, obtained an audience of the pope and asked ir there would be anything wrong in tne presentation if the pops had any objections. "I have neither objection to make nor advica to offer," said his holiness, "but it does seem to ms that you might have pitched upon a more appro"pnat gift. In my simplicity a) a priest, I have always thought that crowns were made for beads and not for legs." The crown was duly given to the danseuse, who meanwhile had heard of the pope's saying, ana promptly I sent the value of the gift in money sent the value of the gift in money to the I parisu prienia lor weir your, x ma x.-v. uoxu I rf thin in hi. Inrn anil wfa of this tn his turn, and when next he met one of the subscribers to the testimonial said to him: "You were quite right in giving that woman that crown she has Just proved that there is more sense in her legs than you bal ia your beads." What the South Will Do. (Augusta ((is.) Cbronlcle.l If the purposes ot the South, were revolu tionary or unpatriotic, she , would long ago have made them manifest. But, possessed of the greatest devotion to the Federal Union, and only wishing ths establishment. of the fundamental bases or true freedom, she will do her whole duty by the Demo cratic party and its leaders, and has no fear that they, if successful, will do their duty by her. . Reserve" Humor. ICleveland Herald. It is to be hoped that whatever else the present Congress leaves undone, it will net fail to pass a law forbidding any Teasel to lanH nunM than resa nf Traill nw fnTnr nnnn 1 HMIw iUWI V laarass w una mm wa J wuv v s v HywH I our shores. An appropriation bill should I be affixed to this measure.