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Savannah weekly echo., 1883-08-26
HANGED BY THE CITIZENS.

Judge Lynt Holds Court and Executes sem
tence With Unusual Form allties.
A Memphis Tenn dispatch says; On July
2Gth last Thomas Sayle, young merchant of
Oakland, Miss, eighty miles south of Mem
phis, was assassinated and horribly mutilated.
Suspicion pointed to a negro named Joe
Payne, who was arrested. Yesterday he
made full confession, and 1t was given out
that he would be publicly hanged to-day at
noon.
A dispatch from Oakland to the Appeal
thus describes his taking off: "To-day at 2:25
P. NJ. Joe Payne, colored was hanged in ac-
cordapce with the almost unanimous vote Of
500 OF 600 citizens. The proceedings were
quiet and business-iike. Sheriff Pearson made
an eloquent appeal in favor of the law taking
its course, but the crime was so revolving and
the mans confession of cold-blooded, delib-
crate murder so clear and complete that the
sheriff was overpowered and relieved Of his
charge.
q A court was at once organiDed the Hon
j. NJ. Moore, mayor of Oakland, presiding
w. n Fitzgerald and w. Y. Moore attor-
neys, conducted the prosecution. Payne
made full confession He said that on the
Sagss night Of the I'm murder fba he wsat to to
killing him for his money, and
that he waited there until Sayle came out,
when he joined him. They walked about two
hundred yards, when he knocked him down
and cut his throat, throwing the body into a
deep gully, after he had rided the pockets of
money and the store and safe keys. Then he
went to the store and got what money was
there, amounting IN all to about 80
alvssr the conIesslvl q vote Was taken ar
death by hanging was the verdlcr OF the
crowd, who acted as jurors. A gallows was
erected at once, and the prisoner mounted the
scaffold with firm step.
He made a speech, again confessing his
guilt, and advised everybody to teach their
children to avoid evil thoughts. The black
cap was then adjusted, and in ten minutes he
was pronounced to be dead. The colored
people were as clamorous as the whites for
avenging the outrageous crime, and the
people think they have done right"
Savannah weekly echo., 1883-08-26
Too Much Bathing.

There are few greater admirers of
the bath than L myself am. / like al
most every plan of bathing-with the
exception, probably, OF the Russian
moud TX plan of getting in under the
stove d burying yourself in hot
ashes. l have never tried that, but
doubtless it has its advantages
moudjik. However, | must say there
is such thing as OVERRIDING even the
bath. Although | should wish that
every one in this country were like
neutrality-suspicious., so that if thrown
into the water he would only ponder,
while quietly swimming out again,
where the nearest place was at which
to procure dry clothes and cup of
cotfee-still, it must be remembered
that men are not manatees. We could
not live most of our time in the " ater,
like those interesting aquatic animals.
People should neither battle too often
in the day nor remain too long in the
water at time, else they will overdo
it ; they will have too much of a good
thing. The after-effects of the bath
should in all cases be studied, as well
as the state of the general health.
Moreover, the temperature of the
water deserves consideration it may
suit some people to break the ice on
their matutinal tub in winter, with a
frozen sponge for mallet, but a dash
of warm water is to be recommended
when the mercury crosses the line
thirty-two degrees. One bath in win
ter and two in the heat of summer l
would not call OVERRIDING the thing
Harper's Weekly.
Savannah weekly echo., 1883-08-26
ADDITIONAL NEWS.
THE Farmers bank at Richmond, Ind, has

THE Farmers bank at Richmond, Ind, has
suspended.
AS stock train was passing through Pa
cific City, Mo-, about forty miles west of st.
Louis, eight cars were derailed and thirty
head of cattle were so badly crippled that
they had to be shot.
EIGHT men, arrested in Banks county, Ga,
for outrages upon colored people, have been
held in the United States court to answer
a charge of conspiracy.
FIRE in the works of the United States
Rolling Stock company, at Chicago, destroyed
property valued at between 100000 and
$500, 700. The property burned included
sixty complete cars valued at $500 each.
OFFICIAL returns make Proctor Knott's ma
jority for governor of Kentucky about 49,
OOO
THE treaty of friendship and commerce be-
tween the United States and the kingdom of
Corea, or Chosen, which was concluded in
May, 1882, and the ratifcations exchanged a
short time since, have been proclaimed by the
President. The original of the treaty is in
the Chinese language
THE Khedive of Egypt visited the hospitals
ut Alexandria, and spoke words of encour-
agement to the patients suffering from
cholera
Mr.. PARNELL declared in the British house
of commons that unless the deficiencies of the
land act were speedily remedied he would
lead deeper and more desperate agitation
than any that had yet been witnessed The
act, he said, had been applied with slowness
and inef1ciency different from the way in
which the coercion act had been applied
Savannah weekly echo., 1883-08-26
South and West.

WHILE worknen were repairing bridge
fifty feet high on the Kentucky Central rail
road, near Lexington KY, scaffolding fell,
rn- irritating them into the depths below.
FRrat thp nien were killed being terribly
3sau-i@l I'M THE sharp rocks; the others es-
car4i wiih >leht injuries
FfAEINa The Introduction Of cholera from
,na aivl Japan the San Francisco board Of
haith adopted resolution that all Asiatic
II it l- dttlar,d infected, and that all vessels
arrirlf5 IN 4uarantined-
"A tifE at lanville, Va, destroyed the cot
taN iaatnry f II II. a a. Gerst, the tobacco
w4ufai4e III S 1T. Holland & Co., the tobac-
ra il.tair- III Hale Hickey & Oyer and w.
VI l.,g ani -.lyoral outhouses The los is
r.tfatatpI XII Sl5hon
Ia Fr National hank and the Indiana
I.ttaa company. of Indianapolis ILL.,. with
" tAaus-l camtal of 200, have closed
fhrn inaf~
guIrREfl. BROTHERS. dealers in agricul-
tural implements. SIOUX City, Iowa, have
taiIt-3 With Liabilities at $4,000, and assets
about si40Wn
III Nt&1s3tirtItit ~ 1AA0ituIt NOnAucl
with tile schooner Lovina in the Chesapeake
fay. near Point Lookout, and the schooner
sunk in ten fa'homs IF water carrying down
the wife ard two children Of Captain w H.
Anderson of the schooner, and Joseph Low
ett, the coldred cook.
THE reunion of the surviving Federal and
Confederate sylderS who participated in the
= n sr# a..
formation of an organization known as the
Surviving Soldier Union league. IL EN-
braces soldiers Of th armies and the officers
Savannah weekly echo., 1883-08-26
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

BEEcHER. Henry Ward Beecher is deliver
ing lecture IN the cities Of the Northwest.
SHARON x-Senator William Sharon
built forty seven houses In San Francisco
during the last year.
EADs.-CaptainJ James B. Eads has received
from the government 81, 800, 600 for his work
at the mouth of the Mississippi.
EDMUNDs.-Uni States Senator Ed
munds of Vermont, was greatly benefited by
his long trip South and to the Pacific coast.
TILroN. Theodore Tilton is now in Europe.
Mrs Tilton Is said to be somewhere in Central
New Jersey taking in sewing for living.
RoEBLINGl Colonel Roebling, the Brook
lyn bridge builder, has received over 5000
letters from Engineers and men of letters in
all parts of le world.
KING o. snRsA.--The king Of Corea is
+t'~t-- ~.zl siigE+ of stature, with q
sssaStache IN m55e.ed 5ec...eed gnnn a
miId. pleas. = facs.
DE LA M1,ifR.-The Rev. Dr. Gilbert L.
De La Maty1, of Indiana, recently Green
back congressman, has returned to the min
istry, and win preach in Denver, Col
DICKINSON. Jason Wentworth who is
season, says that he viii keep that lady in the
West, where she is appreciated, and where
she will make money.
PRINCESS LOUISE Louise will, at
the queens request, remain in Canada all
summer, instead of returning home this
month to visit Marienbad She will probably
not arrive in England before the middle of
November.
TsENG.-Tseng, the Chinese European
diplomatist, wears white soled shoes, a yellow
waistcoat violet tunic and a fur cap with
three fox tails, but in the practice of monog-
amy and in many of his views of things he is
European.
FLooD.-The new house to be built by j.
C. Flood on California street, San Francisco,
will be the finest private residence in this
country 1t is to cost s., ,000, 900 without the
furniture, which will cost perhaps $4,000, 900
more. Every room is to be frescoed by artists
brought from Italy for that purpose
SPURGEoN.-Mr. Spurgeon, the eminent
London preacher, surprised his congregation
a few Sundays ago. He began his sermon as
usual, and got through his firstly" pretty
well. Then, feeling pretty warm himself, and
seeing his congregation growing listless, he
interrupted himself with the remark, "That
is the end of firstly and it's SO warm to-day
that | think the secondly and thirdly will
keep for cooler Sunday. So the congrega-
ton went its way and Mr.. Spurgeon went his
wav
Savannah weekly echo., 1883-08-26
FOREIGN.

A MEETING in favor Of assisting emigration
to British colonies was held in London. The
Earl of Shaftesi,ury presided. A resolution
was offered and adopted providing for the
ending Of 200, 900 persons to Canada and other
British colonies and for procuring them farms
in their new homes, the money for the pur-
chase Of the land TO be advanced by the state
which is to take mortgages on the farms as
security for payment It is proposed to send
10000 families to Canada next spring.
d. w. & A. DEwHuRsT, cotton spinners, of
Manchester, England, have failed for $780,,
600.
In collision which occurred between the
troops and the populace at Ekaterinoslav,
Russia, 100 persons were killed.
SERIOUS revolution has broken out in
Mexico
THREE hundred worEinen attempted to hold
demonstration before the Office of the
director ~ police at Vienna because of the
Savannah weekly echo., 1883-08-26

Admitted to bale-The sailor or
dered into a leaky boat.-Neao York
NeUS.
Red is the natural color of young
baby, but afterward it becomes yeller.
-Ne,O York Journal.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How We wonder what you are,"
Wand ring trackless space about,
Does your mother know your route?
-Somerrilte JonrndL
A Western man called his house
"Riches," because it had wings. The
heavy mortgage on it kept it from
doing much flying, however, Yo1akers
Statesman.
A Lowell gentleman, who claims to
be neither an epicure nor poet, but
who is both, says that eating apple pie
without cheese is like kissing a girl
without squeeze.-Lot0eU citizen.
Two Chicago girls held their breath
SO long that one of them tainted and
could with difficulty be resuscitated.
We suppose some young man unex-
pectedly called after an onion supper.
Philadelphia Netcs.
The man who missed the train on
account of being detained at home by
some needed repairs on his pantaloOns,
mournfully suggested that it is all
folly to say, 1T is never too late to
d."-1'erGs SittingS.
Mother in the kitchen,
Boy laying low.
Boy mighty anxious
To go to the show.
Day before show
Washboiler kissing,
Day after show
Washboi!er missing.
-EUdnsuitte Argus.
A fruit grower says is good plan
to trim fruit trees high, and pasture
orchards with sheep. The old plan of
allowing the limbs to grow close to the
ground, and pasture the orchard with
a dog always seemed to us to be very
effective, but sheep that knows his
business can also make it very torrid
for boys-Peck'S Sun.
A young city fellow, dressed in a
faultless suit and a pair of shoes that
tapered into a point in the most mod
ern style, was visiting in a rural dis
trict. A bright little boy looked him
all over until his eyes rested on those
shoes. He looked at his own chubby
feet and then at his visitors, and then
looking up, said Mister, is all your
toes cutted off but one"-Cotrier-
Journal.
"You don't mean to say that you
slept with a piece Of that wedding
cake under your pillow, you absurd
thing" said a lady to her husband the
morning after they had attended a
coupling bee. Certainly l did"
sand did you see in your dream tha
person you are going to marry-when
/ am dead?" she asked, chillingly.
"Oh, no; l only dreamed that had
never marriel at all. Susan, / am
going to save this bit of cake; am
going to cherish it, my dear. / shall
have its portrait painted by An old
master, and its statue shall stand in
the library. AS an heirloom it shall
descend She snatched it from his
hands and flung it out of the bedroom
window. my love, it has descended"
she said, sweetly.--San Francisco
Wasp.
Savannah weekly echo., 1883-08-26
Washing

THE government has just secured the title
to Wakefield, Westmoreland county, Va,
about eighty-six miles from Washington, and
the site of the birthplace of the father of his
country. The estate, comprising twenty acres,
is portion of the landed property owned
by the grandfather of Washington, whose
remains, with those Of Washington's father
tomb on the ground recently purchased.
Congress has appropriated $4,000 to
mark the site Of the house where Washing
ton was born. The design adopted by the
secretary Of state calls for q monumental
building twenty feet square and about thirty
feet high Within the foundation, at least
partially constructed Of the old brick of
Washington's early home, will be inferred the
remains Of his ancestors and relatives
AT meeting in Washington of the World
Arbitration league the following named gen
tlemen were elected vice-presidents for their
respective States: DR.. Joseph Ramsey, Ten
nessee; David D. Shelby, Alabama; B. B.
sippi, and f. H. Gillette, Iowa. Resolutions
were adopted urging conference of repre-
sentatives OF all the nations of
the world to be held in connection
with the proposed celebration in his
in 1892 Of the four hundredth ami
versary Of the discovery of America by Co
lumbus to take some action looking to com
mon disarmament and the establishment of
an international arbitration court. 1t was
also resolved that committee be selected to
call upon the President and ask that in his
next message to Congress he recommended
such action as viii lead to the Accomplishment
Of the project urged by the league.
NEW counterfeit S. gold piece has been
submitted to the United States officials for
inspection which contains $463 worth of
gold. 1t is said to be the best piece of work
Of that character that ever came before ex
perts
COMMISSIONER PRICE has taken steps to
prevent contemplated prize fight in the In
dian Territory on September 10 between
Slade and Mitchell. of Australia and England
1t was said that this selection
had been made because there would not be
any local interference and that it was believed
the United States laws would not be found
to avail against the proposed encounter
AS soon as Commissioner Prices notice was
Called to the story he wrote at once to ]. G.
Tufts, the United States Indian agent at Mus
cogee, Indian Territory, directing him to pre-
vent the fight taking place at all hazards
Savannah weekly echo., 1883-08-26
THE NATIONAL GAME.

LEWIS, of the St. Louis club, leads the
American association in batting.
PIGEONS are used in Philadelphia to carry
baseball news from the grounds to the Zoolog-
ical garden.
A DEAF mute catcher, named Ryan, is to
support Dundon, the deaf mute pitcher of
Columbus. Hadn't they better secure deaf
mute captain?
1T is rumored that new league is to be
organized, composed of ten clubs, taking in
the largest cities not represented in the league
or American association.
LATHAM the third baseman of the st. Louis
club, is the dude of the American association.
When off the field he always dresses in the
latest and most approved style, and parts his
hair in the middle.
Two ladies' mines, the Kaatskills and the
Sheldons played two games of ball at Lake
George recently. They were guests at the
hotels there. Each side won one game and
declined to play third.
OF the twenty-four players who composed
the Athletics and Bostons teams when they
made their successful tour through England
in 1874, Joe Battin, the third-baseman of the
Allegheneys, is the only one now in the Amer
lean association.
THERE are now over 100 new ballplayers,
nearly all of whom are first-class, who have
entered the professional arena this season.
The national game was never so popular as
it has been this year, and more persons are
making a livelihood out of it than ever be-
fore.
In 1881 the Boston club receipts were in
round numbers $2S, 600, against an expendi-
ture of the same amount In 1892 the re-
ceipts were $42, 600 against an outlay OF $5S,
900. This year the receipts bid fair to reach
nearly $45, 600 with an outlay of less than
ten per cent. of that amount.
WARD, pitcher OF the New York club, will
enter Harvard next fall. His ability as a
ballplayer has enabled him to further the
laudahle ambition of educating himself.
Under the college rules, he cannot play with
the HarvardS in championship games, but
his advice and experience will be of great
value in training. Beside being fine
pitcher, Ward is one of the best general play
ers and runners in the country.
THE position Of Allen, New York's pitcher,
when preparing IN deliver ball, is described
thus He spits on the end of his thumb,
looks up at the sky and down On the ground.
grins at the batsman, winks at the catcher,
throws a kiss at the umpire, plants his right
heel firmly in the ground sneaks look at
first base, then stands erect, puts both hands
behind him, rolls the ball around over the
small of his back, raises his left foot and
makes wicked dive forward as he delivers
the ball. He then pants until the ball is
returned to him, and goes through the same
maneuvers.
LEAGUE CLUB RECORD.
The official record of the league champions
ship games played up to the 11th is as follows
Savannah weekly echo., 1883-08-26
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

w. j. FLORENCE has new play "Facts.
Mr.. DION BoUCICAULT will go to Australia
next year.
JOE EMMETT claims to have cleared $125, 900
last season.
THE first saengerfest in America was held
in Cincinnati in 1S49.
THEODORE THOMAS received $1,000 per
week on his Western tour.
JOE JEFFERSON will open Mckee Rankin's
new theatre, New York, in September.
VERDI is perhaps the richest, as he is the
most benevolent composer in the world.
THE French playrights are dramatising
some of Edgar A. Poes fantastic stories.
In Stockholm two one-armed men sit to-
gether at the theatre so that they can ap-
plaud.
Fedora" with Fanny Davenport in the
title part, viii be seen in New York Octo-
Der /.
SULLIVAN is preparing the score for Gill
bert's hbretto, which is a parody on Tenny-
sons Princess"
MISS JENNIE SARGEANT, who has lately won
musical laurels in Milan, Italy, is native of
Haverhill, Mass
BLIND Tom has become virtually a maniac
in music. Piano playing has driven out of
his head what little else there was in it.
IN one week. uOt long dSU, ScFouUy-oWOC COu-
certs were given in London, of which eighteen
took place on the same evening
THE popular manager and writer, Mr.. T. E.
DeLeon, Of Mobile, has recently written a
comedy for Miss Kate Putnam, entitled Tied !;
or, Only Woman"
MISS LUCILLE MEREDITH, young Ameri-
can lady, who is said to have a fine soprano
voice, and who was the original Virginia, in
Paul and Virginia" when it was produced
in New York last year, is in London. Like
Miss Russell, she intends settling In London
to pursue her profession.
IT is related that when Lawrence Barrett,
the tragedian, sees tramp in his back yard,
he calls out to him: "Thou old fossil saurian,
if catch thy pliocene footprints around these
premises again viii break thy ganoidal ver-
tebr@ and hand thy silurian remains over to
the guardians of the people"
A BERLIN paper states that Mr.. Abbey has
posted a notice at the Musicians Exchange in
that city calling for large operatic orchestra
to perform In the Metropolitan Opera-house,
New York, during term Of six months. The
musicians are each to receive $12O month
and free passage. They are to leave Berlin
on October Q.
LUTHER's devotion to music is well known
He composed excellent chorals- It is an
nounced that q long article Of his on music is
to be for the first time printed In the complete
edition of his works, which is being prepared
for the great Luther festival in the autumn.
In one Of his treatises, Luther says that
Emusic Is gift of God and not Of man. 1t
expels the devil and makes people cheerful 1t
makes Us forget all anger, impurity, pride
and other vices. After theology, I assign to
music the next place and the highest honor.
Savannah weekly echo., 1883-08-26
A VILLAGE IN FLAMES.
vineyard Haven, a New England Summa
Resort, In Ashes.

Vineyard Haven, a New England Summer
Resort, In Ashes.
The village of Vineyard Haven, Mass, has
been almost entirely swept away by fire.
Over fifty acres were burned, caus-
.ngs an aggregate loss of about $780,
OO0t All the hotels, stores and public
buildings were burned, with about fifty
other buildings, including several small
manufacturing establishments. Nearly one
hundred families are homeless and many
almost penniless, and with no other clothing
except what they CHANGED to have on when
they were driven out into the night by the
flames
Vineyard Haven was an d-fashioned sea-
port village, the buildings mostly of wood
and tho streets narrow. and the fire swept
over it unchecked. 1t broke out at o'clock
in the harness factory of r. w. Crocker,
when twothirds of the inhabitants were
asleep. 1si,nost Immediately the whole struc-
ture was N flames and the fire began its
devastating march through the town. At 10
o'clock 1t had progressed across the main
street and vas sweeping toward the southern
part Of the village. The only means Of check
ing it were the primitive buckets The whole
village was aroused and the streets were
crowded with the effects of homeless people.
A severe northeasterly storm was blowing
ana Sngnb rain 1alnng.
Most OF the residents of Cottage City started
for Vineyard Haven between 10 and II
o'clock, and the scene they witnessed on ar
irving at the burning village was very dis
tressing. The streets were filed with all sorts
of personal property, over which the women
and children, the sick and infirm were lament
ing in pitiable manner. Every store in the
village was then on fire, and the postoffice,
express ohces, livery stables and hotels
except the Grove Hill hotel-an were in
flames. me forty acres had been burned
over. The wind that famed the fire was lit
tie short nAa hurricane. There were about
two hundred and fifty summer residents in
the village many of whom were obliged to
fee precipitately to places of safety.
The dwelling houses destroyed were not
more than half insured and they were owned
and occupied by people who live on their fru-
gal savings and who find themselves In their
old age deprived of the homes that have be-
longed to their ancestors for generations. The
village will never recover from the blow,
and a large proportion of the sufferers
are wholly without means with which to re-
build. There was no loss of life, but quite a
number were badly injured while endeavor-
ing to save personal property, and the wife of
James DAVIS, an aged citizen, died from ex
citement consequent upon the fire. An ap-
peal for aid was issued. The aggregate loss
is placed at $3.50, ,000 on which there is an in
s1lraucA of 81. 200
Savannah weekly echo., 1883-08-26
THE ECHO circula.es in every

THE ECHO circulates In every
State In the Union. With a sup
ply of News and Job Type, a
Hoe Cylinder Power Press, and
Gordon Job Press, we are pre-
pared to execute any style of Job
Printing and Book Work, from
Visiting Card to a Testament at
rices to suit the times. The
atronage of the public solicited.
Give us trial. Office Southwes
owner Bay Lane and Jefferson
5 treet, Savannah, Ga.
Savannah weekly echo., 1883-08-26

Fashionable New York tailors say
they have orders for several hundred
pairs of knee breeches for next
winter. The Gotham dudes, it seems,
are going to make a struggle for the
adoption of this form of dress for
evening wear.